Pearl's Odyssey

   Dear Reader,     Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have pixie dust?     In life even the smallest of tasks can seem like the hardest: making your bed, cooking a meal, finishing an assignment, even sleeping can seem daunting when the dark tendrils of insomnia creep up in the corners of your mind, and drive you mad before you could even possibly imagine of entering the Kingdom of Dreams . But what if that's all we could do... dream? Dream our lives away, dream our worries away in an eternal slumber?     Today's article is not a review dear reader, if anything far from it. Today I'd like to discuss the magic one can find just by dreaming, today I want to reach out of the screen you're reading this from and whisper a possibility in your ear. The possibility of pixie dust , a gift found in literature, making its way into our lives.     Pixie dust , what a funny word. A term coined by none-other than J.M. Barrie in his no...

      Dear Reader,    Today we delve into one of the most wonder-filled films I must declare is out there: Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle ! If you didn't know, fellow reader, is that this film was adapted from the book of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones and let me tell you, the tale is phenomenal !     I have decided to touch on this tale with the reason of showing how through literature and film, one can form an amalgamation that resembles a true masterpiece. Tying both reality and fiction, love and loss, despair and self-discovery, the way film can not just contrast literature but essentially add on to it is one of the greatest things I must say a director, like Hayao Miyazaki, can do.      The story incorporates a sense of wonder and magic as it circles around the major theme of self- discovery within a romantic sub-plot. Following the 18-year-old, Sophie Hatter works at her family hat-shop trying to make ends meet ...

        Dear Reader,    I didn't know whether I wanted this to be a standard book/movie review, but I think the best thing I can offer to uphold my promise of writing the truth and staying true to myself, is if I write what effect this series and its character had and still have on me, rather than my basic opinions. I am no critic and therefore I find the idea of sharing my opinions rather futile. If one is interested in the story then by all means dear reader, look it up! Don't take others' word for it! Follow your curiosity and delve deep into the magical creation of C.S. Lewis! However, through this reflection shall I dare call it, I intend on digging through the roots of what Narnia truly means to me and maybe through this, maybe just maybe, I can encourage you to listen and let Narnia's voice reveal itself to you.    So... here it goes.    Ever since I was a young girl I'd always loved the wondrous world of Narnia: Where centaurs th...

  Dear World, Oh I'm so glad you've decided to join me on my adventure! I'm thrilled to announce that this is my first ever blog. Here you can find me ranting about all things literary from books to movie adaptions through my reviews, expressing and sharing my own writing,  giving the few writing tips I've learnt along the way and maybe even slithering in another thing I absolutely love: baking, or maybe I should refer to it as literary baking . *…cough...cough...*   But let's save that for later. Anyway, I intend on branching out and developing my literary knowledge through trying the three ways of literary escapism: novels, poetry and drama so expect to find me ranting about those things too... Who knows maybe we'll even get to meet and acquire the input of our amazing authors here! We'll just have to wait and see. Ah! I'm so excited to start this journey with you, I'm sure it will be simply thrilling . So without further ado... let's begin :)...