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Rachel Reviews: Truth and Transformation (Taking Wonderland) by Martin Baynton. Top Story - August 2025.
To take Lewis Carroll's timeless "Alice" books and a selection of their uniquely bizarre and unsettling elements and craft them into something which has the same rich taste but a new author's seasoning is the move of a bold writer, I think.
By Rachel Deeming5 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Lost Color of Namiri by Elisabeth Fowler
Gosh, I did enjoy this book, made all the sweeter because I was sceptical about whether I would. I'm glad I took a chance. Enter the world of Namiri, the dominion of panthers. But this is not a place of harmony. Far from it. Rival tribes seek to annihilate each other, named Obsidians, Alabasters and Pariahs respectively. Purity is valued here and if you're not flawless you are cast out...or worse.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: To Desire the Stars by Venus Campbell
There's a contentious succession taking place on your home planet and you need a place to hide out or you could lose your life. Earth is your chosen destination and with your alien technology, you can cloak your ship, generate everything you need to blend in and lie low, with little to worry you.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in BookClub
Dining Out. Runner-Up in Leave the Light On Challenge.
I can remember the exact moment when I realised that my dad was a bad man. It's not a nice place to be at any time of life but as a young kid, it's the worst, I think, because you don't really have the analytical tools to deal with it, tools that, over time, you've gathered and honed with the experience of living. Then you can craft it, whatever it is - the disappointment, the betrayal, the fear, or all of these things combined - into something manageable, that you can look at, at least, and live with.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in Fiction
Dear London
I don't like to admit it but I'm past my festival going age, I think. Too many smells, too little comfort. However, I do still like to watch Glastonbury on the TV from the comfort of my sofa and I was intrigued by a feature that I saw called "Letters Live" where celebrities read out letters by famous people and others to an audience.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in Writers
Fighting for Life
"You can have it," the man in front of Ryder said, solemnly, resigned to his fate. "You deserve it." Ryder looked at the man's bloodied nose, steadily streaming red mucus, and his lank hair, hanging down over his face. He was poorly dressed and would be referred to as "unkempt" by his mother. Not quite a hobo but not far off. The man would not look him in the eye which was curious as moments before, he had been glaring at Ryder as he'd gripped his shirtfront, his eyes wide, bulging with fury, as he spat his angry, defensive words into Ryder's face.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: Small Things Like These (dir. Tim Mielants). Top Story - August 2025.
A sinus head. A rest on the sofa. Not bad enough a head to warrant going to bed but painful enough to make me want to stay very still. And so, it was movie time again. I was in the mood for a quiet story and it seemed like Small Things Like These had good reviews so I thought I would give it a go.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in Geeks
Rachel Reviews: The Bangle Bombers Blast Banks (3rd book in Cockroach the Superhero series) by Steve Frederick
I really enjoyed Steve Frederick's book, even without having read previous instalments of Cockroach's adventures. I was a little wary going in, Cockroach's moniker not really lending itself to competent superhero-dom but I needn't have worried as Frederick has written an entertaining tale for late primary readers which will appeal. I know this because it appealed to me now and it would have appealed to me too at that age.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The History of Islam from the Beginning to the Present by Christoff Namel
It is difficult for me to write a review of this book based purely on its content; not because it's reprehensible or confronting or difficult to understand but because I didn't feel like there was a lot of it, which is a strange thing to say about a 50,000 word book.
By Rachel Deeming6 months ago in BookClub
