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Journalling - to the year of looking inwardly
I am reading a very interesting book at the moment: Secret Voices - A Year of Women's Diaries, edited by Sarah Gristwood. It is a thick book with a dark green cover and a yellow braid attached for you to keep your page. It is, as you would expect, divided up into days and within each day are entries from women's diaries across the ages.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in Journal
Rachel Reviews: Seville by Paul A. Mendelson
Imagine you're part of a couple returning to the place of your honeymoon thirty years later. Would it be a trip to re-conjure the vibrancy and excitement of young love or would it be a reminder of what has been lost in the thirty years that you've been together?
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in BookClub
Looking back: 2025 was a beast. Top Story - December 2025.
It's difficult to know how to start this. I've suggested that it's been a tough one from my title and in many ways, it has; however, there is an argument that it's not been that extraordinary at all, merely this wonderful thing we call "life" with all its climaxes and pitfalls.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in Motivation
Rachel Reviews: Crying for the Moon by Mary Walsh
Some books you read and know exactly what they are setting out to do. Then there are others where, as a reader, you can't work out where to place them. The only clear thing that I can say I loved about this book is its cover which reveals much under careful examination in the right light.
By Rachel Deeming2 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd
You may not know this but William Boyd is one of my favourite writers. I have never picked up a Boyd book and been disappointed. I think this is because he is an excellent storyteller and for me, that is the singular most important thing about a novel. It needs to transport me, immerse me, make me believe and it needs to be done with the smoothness of royal icing: devoid of bumps and marks and with a shiny glaze and a sweet taste.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: Nearness of the Wild by Hilary Scharper
There was much to recommend this book to me before I even started it as, if there is one thing I love, it's a lighthouse so "The Lighthouse Chronicles" was bound to tempt. However, the book is actually mainly set in a nursing home rather than a lighthouse, but we are transported to many other places throughout the book through reminiscences and memoirs.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: No Sanctuary by Graeme Chambers
I really enjoyed Graeme Chambers' murder mystery book from start to finish. We follow Max Dempsey who has moved to Provence, France with his teenage son, Luke for two reasons: the first because he loves the place and it holds warm memories for him; the second because he is escaping another life, one where he lost his wife and Luke's mother in a tragic accident and he is hoping that a new setting and a completely different lifestyle will help both him and Luke to heal.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
A rough guide to writing a 400 word review
My good friend on here, Teresa Renton, suggested that I write a guide on how to write a review. I respect Teresa enormously. She is a wonderfully gifted writer whose work has variation of tone but always great depth and lyrical quality which should be explored at your leisure - but soon.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in Writers
