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Rachel Reviews: To review or not to review? . Top Story - November 2023.
It's been a strange week for this writer for many reasons, most of them requiring me to draw on emotional reserves that, for the most part, remain slumbering deep in my inner recesses, never needed in the charmed life I lead.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Cows [Don't Follow The Herd] by Dawn O'Porter
The Cows is a book that surprises. Dawn O'Porter takes our perception of what women should be in terms of traditional views and messes with it, presenting us with a truer, more 21st century vision. I found it challenging in terms of its direction and what it highlights, not its content, and darkly humorous.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in BookClub
Reading Orlam
Introduction For my birthday I got the Polly Jean Harvey book "Orlam". I was a little confused about it at first, but now it has revealed itself to me and I am enjoying exploring the worlds and magical mythical creatures and people that are described here.
By Mike Singleton đź’ś Mikeydred 2 years ago in BookClub
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman is an old 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The movie is actually a very cliche modern "Cinderella" Hollywood love story. Heroine Vivian is a street girl, one night on the street encounter lost rich Edward. Vivian led Edward to the hotel where he was, and was hired by Edward as a "companion girl". After a while, the two of them had a spark, but they both knew they could only be on the spot.
By taylor jane2 years ago in BookClub
From Friendship to Something More
As we walked out from the theatre, I felt something in my mind. I asked her something. She answered me with a smile. As she was smiling, her eyes were getting smaller. That time I felt my hear racing. It was like a butterfly rushing through my body. We both started walking on the road. As I was walking a brisk wind swept through the street, sending a shiver down my spine. Seeing her walking beside me, my immediate thought was, 'I wanna hold her hand.' I quickly snapped back to reality. 'Get a grip on yourself, man. She is your friend,' I thought. I still think about it. So I finally built up the courage and planned to propose to her. I looked into the mirror and started practicing. I was continually walking and talking. I will say, 'Will you—arrgh!' I took a deep breath. I will say, 'Will you go out with me? I know I am not the perfect guy, but I hope you can bear with me.' I can't belive I am here. My heart is beating rapidly. Don't mess this up. I am walking towards her. She says, 'Hey, how is your day going?' I say, 'As usual, what about you?' She says, 'Well, same. I have some stories to tell you.' I say, 'I also have something to tell you.' She says, 'Ok.' Now it is time, man. Say it. I say, 'Bear out with me.' She gives me a confused look and says, 'Huh?' I say, 'Let's grab a meal.' We walk into a restaurant and sit at one table. We order our meal. She keeps talking. Our food comes. We start talking and eating. Suddenly she asks me, 'So when are you gonna ask me out?' I choke on my meat pie. I say, 'Was it obvious?' She says, 'We have been hanging out multiple times and we also went to the movies.' I seriously don't know what to say as it is sudden. Maybe you guys can help me.
By storydreamer352 years ago in BookClub
Review of 'Twin Crowns'
A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders—the first novel in a new YA duology from bestselling UK authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Perfect for fans of The Selection, My Lady Jane, and Caraval. Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she’d steal her sister’s place on the throne. Trained from birth to return to the palace and avenge her parents’ murder, she’ll do anything to become queen and protect the community of witches who raised her. Or she would, if only a certain guard wasn’t quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic would stop causing trouble. . . . Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility—and she won’t let a small matter like waking up in the desert with an extremely impertinent (and very handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her duty. But life outside the palace is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never had. But as coronation day looms and each sister strives to claim her birthright, an old enemy becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?
By Cyn's Workshop2 years ago in BookClub
