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This week is Tolkien week, which was first started in 1978 by the American Tolkien Society and starts with September 22, ending after one calendar week. That's why this week will be for the most part Tolkien-themed, except for Friday's post. So, let's talk about five things we can learn from Tolkien's work. #1: Absolute... Continue Reading →
J.R.R. Tolkien once envisioned creating a body of interconnected legends that would reflect the essence of England’s mythic past, saying in a letter to Melton Waldman in 1951: “But once upon a time, (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from... Continue Reading →
There are terrible books, and then there are truly terrible books. Terrible books are the ones where you read them and though the characters may suck, the plot be nonsensical and contrived, the dialogue forced, and the reasons why it's a New York Times Best Seller beyond your comprehension, you still somehow persevere to the... Continue Reading →
As I think most of you know that I was in the Percy Jackson fandom for a long time, primarily from middle school to the beginning of high school. Most of this was because it was Greek mythology - which I already liked - turned into a fun story with snarky teenagers narrating and I... Continue Reading →
Surah Al-Baqarah was easily one of the worst, most tedious reads ever and is a prime example of how (supposedly) no man can produce anything like even a single surah of the Quran. It's because any self-respecting writer would see what they wrote, burn it, then turn themselves in to a mental hospital or hurl... Continue Reading →
I had heard it said by several of my friends that junior year was going to be the worst year of high school...and they were kind-of right. It wasn't that it was the absolute worst year of my life or anything. What made it the hardest academic year for me was just the massive workload... Continue Reading →
After a week-long break, we're back to Flippin' Fatwa Fridy, but this time, we're no longer in the Introduction, but are finally in the religious text itself. Part of this is because I couldn't remember everything else wrong with the Introduction and didn't care to find everything else that was wrong with it, and part... Continue Reading →
I wanted to write about this a few months ago when it was first announced that Greta Gerwig was planning to cast Meryl Streep as Aslan in her new version of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. However, back then it was just rumors, and no one knew for sure if all the hype was actually... Continue Reading →
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