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Ten Talisman Quotes

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt is to recall profound/ witty/ [insert your chosen adjective] things that book characters have said. It made me think of quotes that have seemed miraculous to me, full of insight and capable of bringing great healing. I call them “talisman” quotes.

1 / Your Sacred Friend

“When someone who I have given a great deal to
And who has been a source of great hope
Betrays and insults me,
May I regard him as a great sacred friend.”

~ Shantideva (as quoted in The Anger Diet by Brenda Shoshanna)

2 / Perfect as you are

“These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, We Are the Builders of Our Fortunes: Success through Self-Reliance

Tags favorites, listmania, quotes, top10tuesday

Index Recommendations

Monthly Recap (Feb-25)

A clock to perhaps remind me that it’s time to get back to the blogging time capsule, cough up at least one post a month. So here I am, with a monthly recap :: some reviews of the hits and misses for February 2025.

Only the Winds

First, music share — I am totally obsessed with this song. If anyone has any listen-alikes, please do share!

Twilight of the Gods

Animation retelling of Norse mythology, and how the Norse gods came to an end. Only Season 1 is out so far, so fair warning for cliffhanger. (Warning also that this is NOT family friendly.)

This show is absolutely brilliant in plot and execution, the dialogue is tight and spell-binding. Thor is this hammer-wielding, jealous, spoilt, cruel, self-destructive, hateful THING. But his grand time is coming to an end (hopefully) when Sigrid decides to take revenge for the murder of her clan at Thor’s hands. On her wedding, no less.

Can a mortal defeat Thor, especially when all the other gods are rallying behind Thor? The real lynchpin of the show is Loki, Thor’s underestimated, reviled brother, in whose hands rests the fate of the Norse gods. Watch for episode 5, where a bitter Loki describes himself as the ultimate scapegoat for everybody else. This show is so good!

Tags 10-rated, favorites, monthly wrap-up

Best of List Books Index Memes Starred Recommendations

Mid-Year Check In: Best of 2024 So Far

Post author By Lexlingua
Post date June 30, 2024
3 Comments on Mid-Year Check In: Best of 2024 So Far

I am ready to write bad angsty poetry on my never-ending reading/ blogging slump! Still, somehow, pushing myself to do this mid-year 2024 blogpost on stuff I have liked till now.

Let’s all pledge to move out of Slump Valley! And just in case these recs reach you, hope you’ll like some of these.

1 / The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Tags 10-rated, B&Wmovies, fantasy-fiction, favorites, kdramas, listmania, mysteries, new adult, non-fiction, old films, science-fiction

Best of List Memes

Eye of Newt: Fictional Food for Thought

Post author By Lexlingua
Post date May 28, 2023
4 Comments on Eye of Newt: Fictional Food for Thought

A very intriguing prompt for this week’s Wyrd & Wonder: Eye of Newt! Magical ingredients, spell components or fantasy cooking… or any story tropes or character ingredients that make the perfect brew for the reader in us. This got me thinking of some of the interesting fictional cuisine items that I have come across in fantasy books!

Butterbeer | Harry Potter series

Lembas Bread | The Lord of the Rings

Wonka Chocolate Bars | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Queen of Hearts’ Tarts | Alice in Wonderland

Goblin Fruit | The Goblin Market

Death of Marat | Sunshine

Nobby’s Mum’s Distressed Pudding | Discworld series

Pop Biscuits | The Folk of the Faraway Tree

Groosling Soup | The Hunger Games

Just… some Honey | Winnie-the-Pooh

Any of these be your “eye of newt”? Did you recall any of these dishes? Did you ever try to give them some mundane world recipes? Did this post bring on some hunger pangs? Spill the beans! 😉

Tags #WyrdAndWonder, book-tropes, favorites, food for thought, listmania

Best of List Memes Music & Poetry

Magic Mayhem Music

The wonderful Wyrd & Wonder reading/ blogging marathon is being hosted by Annemieke (A Dance With Books), Ariane (The Book Nook), Jorie (Jorie Loves A Story), Lisa (Dear Geek Place) and Imyril (There’s Always Room For One More).

This Sunday, the prompt is our favorite songs that we associate with the Magical. Some great food for thought – and obviously my chance to conjure up some music for magic and mayhem.

Scenario 1: You are a dark witch, brewing something strong

Yaima – Magician

Tags #WyrdAndWonder, book-tropes, favorites, listmania

Best of List Books Memes Starred Recommendations

Top 10 Underrated Books

This week’s Top 10 Tuesday has us looking at top 10 books that we recommend often to fellow bloggers and friends. Since May is also the month for Wyrd & Wonder, I’m going to stick to some underrated books from fantasy fiction that I do like to clobber people with.

Tags #WyrdAndWonder, 10-rated, fantasy-fiction, favorites, top10tuesday

Miscellany Recommendations Watchlist

First Quarter Wrap-Up +Movie Recs

Post author By Lexlingua
Post date May 8, 2023
5 Comments on First Quarter Wrap-Up +Movie Recs

Well, it’s been more than a quarter, but it’s just easier to sum up that way! I’m still not getting much reading done, but at least I managed to find some really good movies. Here’s a wrap-up for the first quarter.

Tags B&Wmovies, classics, fantasy-fiction, favorites, feelgood, Japanese Literature, middle-grade, monthly wrap-up, mysteries, period dramas, underrated

Best of List Books Memes Recommendations

If you like… Mythological Fantasy

Post author By Lexlingua
Post date February 28, 2023
18 Comments on If you like… Mythological Fantasy

This week we have a genre freebie for Top 10 Tuesday, and I am going with Top 10 Mythological Fantasy Books. I really do like a plot where the gods get interested in mortal affairs, leading to much chaos — and great world-building.