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Rachel Reviews: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
I am so glad I discovered Katherine Rundell. This has been one of the best things that I can take away from 2023 - The Golden Mole was a revelation and, when I discovered that she also wrote fiction, it was only a matter of time until I sought her out.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a book which is very much of my time, set in the days where the world of gaming was beginning to blossom into the powerhouse of entertainment that it is today.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Why You Should Read Children's Books by Katherine Rundell
I love Katherine Rundell so it is no surprise that this will be a favourable review. However, I was a little surprised by the brevity of this book, although I heartily endorse the message contained within. It is an essay rather than a book, a discussion of a viewpoint to promote debate.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Shakespeare: great writer or overrated?
I was scrolling on Facebook absentmindedly when I spotted a clip of Dame Judi Dench and immediately, my interest was piqued. For those of you who don't know her, which seems unlikely, she is an actress and a person who I hugely admire. She is also, which is relevant to this article, an advocate for Shakespeare's works and the timelessness of his words, which I wholeheartedly support.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
My Senses Reel with Spice
I've never written a villanelle before. It might not be something that I rush to do again. However, the smells from my kitchen this afternoon after a Christmas baking marathon were an inspiration as was a perusal of the works of famous Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas and so here, immortalised in stringent poetic form is my sensory experience from preparing to fruition as I created traditional Christmas fayre for this festive period.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Poets
Knowing the Enemy: The Last Tribes of Britannia by Lea Moran. Top Story - December 2023.
I love stories about ancient Britain and Lea Moran does an excellent job of creating a tale set in those times, which draws on the uncertainty between tribes and the fight for dominance as well as the fear of invasion from outsiders.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit and Other Stories by Sylvia Plath. Top Story - December 2023.
I had no idea that Sylvia Plath wrote children's stories and I'm not sure why this surprised me so much. I purchased this book on a whim in a charity shop, out of curiosity but also because I have not really read much of Plath's work. I'm not sure why that is really. I think that my perception of Plath is of someone battling with depression and so my view of what her work may contain or the subjects that her compositions may be about has been tainted somewhat. I'm not saying that that has put me off but likewise, that assumption may not have drawn me in. I have rectified this by ordering "The Bell Jar" and will report back on my impressions in due course.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Where or When by Anita Shreve
I read Anita Shreve now with a bittersweet-ness born of the knowledge that there is only a finite amount of her books left to read and that I know that it will be a powerful read that I will thoroughly enjoy. And such was the case with Where or When and as always, the anticipation of more, like the pile of her unread novels, is diminished on its completion.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
