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Rachel Reviews: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
When your 14 year old boy, who doesn't read fiction, tells you to read The Hate U Give because "I think you'll like it, Mum", you don't decline. You pick that book up and you devour it. And it wasn't hard to like this book although in a lot of ways, there's not a lot to like.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in BookClub
The Book Signing
She was sitting. That was all she was doing. A table, a pen, her books - they were her only companions. She had been so excited about today. This is my moment, she thought as she bustled about. In a couple of hours, she'd be able to bask in the validation that she would receive.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: What News on the Rialto? by Anthony R. Wildman
I am so glad that I discovered Anthony Wildman's books. They are a joy. Such an easy read and the perfect way to transport yourself if you are a fan of light historical fiction which is imaginative and well-realised, with good characters, convincing dialogue and which evoke the time in which they are set easily and with assurance.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Fool's Tale by Nicole Galland
The Fool's Tale is a book which is set in a mediaeval Welsh kingdom called Maelienydd in a time where borders were constantly under threat and the keeping of lands involved bargaining, truces, marriage pacts and inevitably, war.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in BookClub
Throwing Stones. Top Story - March 2025.
Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven from Stranger Things) talks on Instagram I don't know about you but at the moment, I am constantly questioning people's motivations for things. Is it a state of the world thing? Maybe. I think that it is also to do with a recent surge in my consumption of videos in the last couple of days after the debacle in the Oval Office. But that's another story.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in Viva
Rachel Reviews: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
This book...where to start? It was moving, surprising, mythical, uplifting, desperate, callow, warm. It was a tour de force. It could simply be described as a book about friends but it is so much more than that and the imagination employed to create a book such as this is so rare! Lennon has created something which will stay under my skin for days to come.
By Rachel Deeming11 months ago in BookClub
