Our Non-Bookish Favorites of 2021

We're pleased to welcome you to the second installment of our year-end series. This time, we brought you all the non-bookish things we consumed and loved during 2021. To avoid misunderstandings, unlike our "favorite covers" post, this one contains stuff that was released before 2021, as well as in 2021. We didn't want to /…

New Favourites and Horror Movies in Our October Wrap Up

Hi everyone! Blogging wise, October has been a fantastic month - we have so loved sharing all our Spooky October content with you all, along with our marvellous guest posters', as well as seeing everyone else's amazing Halloween and autumn inspired posts! The end of the year is fast approaching so we hope you all…

My Favorite Forms of Media Besides Books

Hello friends, Vera here with a discussion about forms of media (besides books!) that I enjoy consuming. Some of these media types and titles (because of course I brought you some recs) will be familiar to you while others I haven't really talked about on the blog before. Today's post is heavily inspired by /…

April Wrap Up Feat Life Updates, Books, and Other Fun Things

Hello everyone and welcome to our April wrap up! It's been a little while since we've put one of these together, but we have some great books and a few other fun things to talk about this month. As always, we've divided the wrap up into several sections and we hope you'll enjoy reading our…

Happy Blogiversary to Us, ft. Things That Have Kept Us Going for the Past Year

Hello friends! Exactly seven years, at the age of seventeen I created the original version of Wordy and Whimsical, which - to be perfectly honest - started off rather weakly. While the blog was very different then and was hosted on blogger, I like to celebrate W&W's blogiversary on the same date, March 15, so…

Matching Books With Some Old Kids’ TV Shows

Hey there, it’s Sabrina!  I don’t know about you, but I used to watch a lot of TV growing up.  Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t spend my childhood glued to the screen, but I did watch a variety of shows that I very much enjoyed - some to extreme extents.  I’m hoping that there’s…

A Discussion About My Comfort Characters

Hello friends, Vera here. 👋🏻 During the past few months, I've seen many people talk about their comfort characters, i.e. characters that can make you feel happy or safe when you're upset, anxious, or sad. In most cases, people find comfort in these characters either because they are able to relate to them or because…

Anything But Books: Our Non-Bookish Favorites of 2020

Hello friends! With today's post, we have arrived to the final addition to our end of the year series, which is both sad and exciting. Sad because I enjoyed working on these posts and happy because we are now at the very end of 2020. I know that crossing the line into 2021 won't immediately…

Halloween Appropriate Recommendations To Read, Watch, and Listen To

Hello and welcome to another Spooky October post! 👻 For those who are just joining us, Spooky October is a seasonal event we've held on our blog in the past few years in the weeks leading up to Halloween. I feel like, even if you don't like or celebrate Halloween, there's something about everyone's excitement…

A List of Books to Try if You Enjoy Black Mirror

Hi, it’s Sabrina!  Having only seen ten episodes of Black Mirror, I’m possibly not the most qualified to write this post, but I’m doing it anyway.  I tend to enjoy books like this, and they really intrigue me so I have a fairly long list. I also want to say - if you tried just…