Stories, Sips, and Shenanigans

Stories, Sips, and Shenanigans

Grab a book, pour a glass, and let's spiral together.

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  • Blogmas Day 2 – My Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time – Part 1 – My Honorable Mentions

    Blogmas Day 2 – My Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time – Part 1 – My Honorable Mentions

    Christmas movies are my Roman Empire. Every December, I rewatch the same holiday films I’ve seen literally dozens of times…and still tear up like I didn’t memorize entire scripts. I know the endings. I know who gets the kiss, who learns the lesson, who saves Christmas, and yet? I’m still on the couch sniffling into…

    Ashley Wilkes

    December 2, 2025
    movie
    christmas, christmas movies, december, film, holidays, life, movie review, movie-reviews, movies, reviews
  • Blogmas Day 1 – Welcome to Blogmas 2025!

    Blogmas Day 1 – Welcome to Blogmas 2025!

    Besties…we made it to December. Somehow. Against all odds. Through chaos, cliffhangers, and emotional boss battles no one warned us about. Pull up a chair, unwrap a cozy blanket, and prepare to witness my blog’s very first Blogmas – cue the confetti cannons, dramatic holiday soundtrack, and the soft glow of a softly lit Christmas…

    Ashley Wilkes

    December 1, 2025
    reset, Uncategorized
    blogmas, books, christmas, holidays, life, lifestyle, movies, personal
  • Series Review – Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

    Series Review – Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

    After a month-long reading slump that had me staring at my bookshelf like it had personally betrayed me, I picked up Blood Like Magic again – and suddenly my brain was like, “Yes, this…more please.” I ended up devouring both books like I hadn’t read them before. They hit even harder the second time. These…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 30, 2025
    books
    afrofuturism, blood like magic, book-review, bookish, books, fantasy, fiction, liselle sambury, reading, sci-fi
  • Nostalgic Movie Review – A Little Princess (Bring Tissues, Blankets, and Your Inner Child)

    Nostalgic Movie Review – A Little Princess (Bring Tissues, Blankets, and Your Inner Child)

    You ever rewatch a childhood favorite and realize it emotionally wrecks you on a whole new level as an adult? Yeah. That was me with A Little Princess. I went in thinking, “Oh, it’s that sweet movie I loved as a kid,” and came out sobbing like I’d just gone through emotional boot camp. Somewhere…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 20, 2025
    movie
    1995, a little princess, book-review, books, children’s movie, fantasy, fiction, movie, movie review, nostalgia, writing
  • Book Review – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing didn’t just take the bookish world by storm – it flew in on dragonback, burned my expectations alive, and whispered “violence is normal here” before making me fall in love with everyone. This book is basically if The Hunger Games and How to Train Your Dragon got tossed into a blender with a…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 18, 2025
    Uncategorized
    book review, book-review, bookish, books, fantasy, fourth wing, reading, rebecca yarros
  • Nostalgic Movie Review – The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney’s Darkest and Most Underrated Movie)

    Nostalgic Movie Review – The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney’s Darkest and Most Underrated Movie)

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is probably the most bold, emotionally scarring, spiritually charged kids’ movie of all time. I can’t believe Disney looked at Victor Hugo’s depressing gothic novel and said, “Yeah, this’ll sell Happy Meals.” And yes, I did get the Happy Meal. It had an Esmeralda toy and Esmeralda was my…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 12, 2025
    Uncategorized
    1996 films, animated movies, animation, blog, disney, film, kids movies, movie review, movies, the hunchback of notre dame
  • Nostalgic Movie Review – Eve’s Bayou aka The Movie I Had No Business Watching at 11

    Nostalgic Movie Review – Eve’s Bayou aka The Movie I Had No Business Watching at 11

    I was eleven, home sick from school, and bored out of my tiny mind. Daytime TV was giving nothing, so when I scrolled through channels and saw Jurnee Smollett’s face, I thought, “Oh hey, I know her from Full House!” And Meagan Good? That girl from Cousin Skeeter! Clearly, this was going to be some…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 10, 2025
    Uncategorized
    1997 movies, black film, eve’s bayou, film, film review, horror, louisiana, movie review, movies, reviews, writing
  • The A to Z Book Tag

    The A to Z Book Tag

    I saw The A to Z Book Tag created by the legendary Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner and immediately said, “Oh, this is my Roman Empire.” Because nothing screams “reader with questionable impulse control” like turning the alphabet into a personality quiz for your bookshelf. Let’s get to it! Author You’ve Read the Most…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 10, 2025
    Uncategorized
    book-blog, book-review, bookish, books, reading
  • Why I’ll Never Apologize for Liking Romance Novels

    Why I’ll Never Apologize for Liking Romance Novels

    Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not ashamed of loving romance novels. Not even a little. Not even when people roll their eyes and act like reading about love, yearning, or – heaven forbid – happy endings is somehow intellectually inferior to the latest 800 page “sad man wanders through existential crisis and calls it…

    Ashley Wilkes

    November 5, 2025
    Uncategorized
    beverly jenkins, book-review, bookish, books, booktok, discussion post, fiction, hannah grace, reading, romance, romance novels
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