Hi, Polli! Nice to see an introduction on the forum, and I hope to see you around more often on this side of the site!

Just a poem by its lonesome this time.The Utter EastFrom the stirring in his heart to the day he finds what he seeks, this the heart of Reepicheep's v...

Went to the Super Mario Bros Movie yesterday. Story could have used some buffing up and I would have liked to see some more done with a particular cha...

If a people group tends to eat a lot of something strong and aromatic, they tend to smell of it. If Italians have a garlicky meal, they’ll smell of it...

There is no story reason to include that. Just because two stories feature Calormenes does not mean they even reasonably tie into each other.

Until such time as there’s a cast, I wouldn’t worry about it. Much of whether that’ll be anything like a remote possibility depends on the portrayed a...

*shrugs* I don’t see why there can’t be more, but it’s not a groundbreaking notion (Aravis and Emeth already took care of that). But there’s more to e...

@knight: No, not yet! I do have a little children’s abridged version of Ben-Hur, but I’m pretty sure I haven’t even read all of that. @jasmine: What m...

The HHB-Esther parallel isn’t one that had crossed my mind before! That’s a great observation, knight!

I need to actually read Ben-Hur one of these days…. Clearly, Simonides was a more admirable figure in the original! I’m generally of the opinion that ...

Please keep the discussion on Jadis and Tash here so we don’t go off on rabbit trails.

It’s been almost a month since I read the first of the Wheel of Time series. Expect to pick up the next one soon. (I don’t know all that’s in this ser...

Took a break from WWII history after the previously mentioned book, and blitzed through a Nero Wolfe mystery last weekend before jumping into another ...

Yeah, I’m curious to know whether the ending sticks the landing!