Ann again

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I was just starting to re-read Falconers Lure, and noticed that Nicola tells Patrick that Ann keeps a diary (they are discussing rubbish presents, and there is the slight implication that diary-keeping is not something Nicola has much respect for).

I tend to think of diaries as being about one's hidden feelings, secrets, worries, speculations about other people, etc., rather than just daily records of 'what was done'.

Given that quite a lot of people didn't think Ann would even admit to herself that she had a family liking list, some of those subjects seem fairly off-topic for her.  What kinds of things do you think she'd put in it?  Just a record of what she did?  Or would she actually say what she thought about her family, things that went on, etc.?  Would she say anything critical about anyone?  Does she have a lot of worries about how the others are doing, and/or insecurities about herself - does she worry what people think of her? etc etc.

(fan fic anyone?)

If I'd had to pick one of them as being a diary keeper, I might have thought Nicola would - she seems the reflective sort as she gets older (though not, perhaps, in that first year when she's described as not being able to settle to a book or be calm about things, and I guess Falconer's Lure is still in that year).  Do you think she'd see more value in it as she gets older?  In some ways, the books feel a bit more like a diary from her because we see the internal workings of her mind already.