Category: Book/Author Highlight

• Book Highlight: Once Series

  I read this, what I had thought was a trilogy, over break and while it may be for kids I suggest having an adult nearby so kids can ask questions. I’m not sure if there are answers to “Why are people so heinous?” But they’re going to be asking that after these books. This is…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 26, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #after, #maybe, #morrisgleitzman, #now, #once, #puffin, #rachelreads&reviews, #soon, #then

• American Girl Retrospective

  Since I have almost finished my American Girl collection (4 more to go, woo woo), I decided to do a little retrospective on the series that has touched so many childhoods and have surely sparked my interest in historical fiction. My retrospective will be primarily focusing on the arc of the series since they’re pretty…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 2, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #addy, #americangirl, #caroline, #cecile, #claudie, #courtney, #felicity, #historicalfiction, #josefina, #julie, #kaya, #kirsten, #kit, #mariegrace, #maryellen, #melody, #molly, #nanea, #pleasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebecca, #samantha

• More Thoughts on Tales from Shadowhunter Academy

  Cuz apparently I’m still not over it. Maybe it’s a bit nitpicky or maybe I’m biased because I enjoy Simon/Isabelle/Sizzy but I want another Tales from Shadowhunter Academy. And this time I want it to truly focus on Simon and Izzy.   What I mean is that while the anthology format was entertaining and showed many parts…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 20, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #cassandraclare, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #talesfromshadowhunteracademy, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #YA

• Book Highlight: The Valentine’s Hate

  If you like enemies to lovers this is the one you should read for today, Valentine’s Day. It all started when Lizzie Alonso and Brian Anderson were in second grade when he called her card stupid. Then eighth grade when an unrequited crush and bra stuffing led to the humilating Tiolet Titties nickname. Then eight…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 14, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #avonbooks, #contemporaryromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #sidneyhalston, #thevalentine'shate

• Author Highligt: Maurene Goo

  Desi Lee is a straight A, type A, school president, Standford dreaming nerd. Basically she’s winning at everything in life with waaay too many extracurriculars and an almost encyclopedic/photographic knowledge of obscue things from Middle English to trees to cars, the latter thanks to her mechanic father. When she was little, she convinced herself that…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 7, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #Ibelieveinathingcalledlove, #macmillan, #maurenegoo, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #romance, #scholastic, #sinceyouasked, #somewhereonlyweknow, #thewayyoumakemefeel, #YA

• Author Highlight: Julie Murphy

  This bold and body-positive author always manages to hit the right note in her YA novels of being true to you no matter your size or sexuality.

  rachelbeerwoman

  January 10, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #balzerandbray, #bodypositivity, #dumplin, #harpercollins, #juliemurphy, #puddin, #pumpkin, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #YA

• Notable Author: Erin Hunter

  Though I suppose I should authors since Erin Hunter is the nom de plume of several different authors. But honestly this post isn’t about them. I decide to go on a binge and reread these series. Well reread the first series, the rest are entirely new to me and see if they still hold up.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 21, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #bravelands, #erinhunter, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #survivors, #warriors

• Book Highlight: Unsung Heroines of the Holocaust

  This is an important book. Discounting the rise of ahate crimes that you can see every day on the news, but survivors of the Holocaust are slowly dying out. It is an event that shouldn’t be forgotten and I certainly think people will remember but hearing and seeing witness account do stick more. This book…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 30, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #holocaust, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahsilbersteinswartz, #unsungheroinesoftheholocaust, #womenshistory

• Author Highlight: Greg Weisman

  I’m pretty sure Greg Weisman can do it all from television to comics to novels, all while splciing and mixing sci-fi, myth, Shakespeare, mystery and more. Clones, convulated Xanatos gambits, magic and technology tend to be staples of his work.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 27, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #badguys, #clangathering, #comics, #dccomics, #gargoyles, #gregweisman, #growingup, #macmillan, #rachelreads&reviews, #rainofghosts, #slavelaborcomics, #spiritsofashandfoam, #trainingday, #YA, #youngjustice

• Book Highlight: Girls Who Run the World

  While everyone knows the big names, Tesla, Musk, Bezos, women have been inventing and leading just as long. After all women were the ones who invented the washing machine, Monopoly, windshield wipers, the list goes on. But you can read a history book if you want to learn more. Knapp is seeking to put a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 22, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #dianaknapp, #girlswhoruntheworld, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #women'shistory