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Rachel Reviews: Ransom by David Malouf
My familiarity with Homer's The Iliad is limited. I have an idea of some of the characters discussed and the traits but I cannot profess to have much detailed knowledge. I have it on my bookshelf but I have never read it.
By Rachel Deemingabout 19 hours ago in BookClub
A Walk in the Woods
The wide open spaces were calling to her. The linear orderliness of blocks with their rectangular form and regimentation were starting to literally box her in. She felt cramped, encroached upon, her colour bleached by the drudge and the drain of city living.
By Rachel Deeming4 days ago in Fiction
Rachel Reviews: The Age of Treachery by Gavin Scott
The Age of Treachery is a book which is many things in terms of genre as my snippet explains. Duncan Forrester is our protagonist, a university fellow at Oxford who is settling into life post-war when a colleague is killed and Forrester takes it upon himself to uncover the perpetrator of the crime. This gains greater importance when Forrester's friend is implicated for the murder and out of a sense of friendship as well as personal guilt, Forrester is compelled to help him.
By Rachel Deeming4 days ago in BookClub
Palace
She gazed up at the ornate ceiling. This was home. It felt like an elaborately decorated prison. Like the home she'd left. It had been a month. Her husband was...? She wasn't sure yet. Handsome and powerful. An accomplished lover albeit a bit detached but then, so was she.
By Rachel Deeming5 days ago in Fiction
The Bag
"Excuse me! I think this is your bag!" Jason waved the taupe shoulder bag in the air like a leathery flag, trying to attract the attention of its owner as she headed off along the platform away from the carriage. The back of her head was just visible above the others bobbing on their workaday way to wherever. He took a deep breath to shout when the announcer came over the system and he knew that he could not compete.
By Rachel Deeming7 days ago in Fiction
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