Category: Book Suggestions

• Antique Reads: An Old Sweetheart of Mine

  This poem by James Whitcomb Riley would be an ideal Valentine’s Gift. It’s rhymes are charming and is filled with nostalgia of the late 1800s as the narrator remisces over a nightcap of his first sweetheart in grade school. Plus it has a nie twist. Also just look at the illustrations with its sepia palette,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 21, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #anoldsweetheartofmine, #antiquereads, #jameswhitcombriley, #rachelreads&reviews

• Antique Reads: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

  Since my grandmother frequents flea markets, sometimes she’d buy me a book or something she’d thought interesting. Though it didn’t always align, one book I enjoyed was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. Now I haven’t seen the movie full-through, just the iconic Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend song so I can’t compare the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 20, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #anitaloos, #antiquereads, #gentlemenpreferblondes, #rachelreads&reviews

• Nonfiction Dog Books

  Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalvan shows the relationship between dog and man can help veterans after their tours with Tuesday giving the trust, openness and “normalcy” he craves as he deals with his ongoing PTSD. The Second Chance Dog by Jon Katz follows the…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 19, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #ballentinebooks, #davebarry, #dogbooks, #ericogrey, #grandcentralpublishing, #hachettebookgroup, #harpercollins, #houghtonmifflin, #jonkatz, #lessonsfromlucy, #luiscarlosmontalvan, #memoir, #merlesdoor, #michaelhingson, #nonfiction, #peterzheutlin, #rachelreads&reviews, #rescueroad, #simon&schuster, #sourcebooks, #susannahcharleson, #tedkerasote, #thesecondchanccedog, #thomasnelsonpublishers, #thunderdog, #untiltuesday, #walkingwithpeety, #wherethelostdogsgo

• Families in Graphic Novels

  Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Truthfully, I was going to look for the musical first but when I saw this in the library I figured I should see the source material, and wow. I didn’t have any idea what it was about other than it was an memoir of family dysfunction so it really threw…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 17, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #alisonbechdel, #andnowIspillthefamilysecrets, #funhome, #graphicmemoir, #graphicnovels, #harpercollins, #lucyknisley, #macmillan, #margaretkimball, #memoir, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #somethingnew

• Hello, Psycho

  No one goes to intentionally befriend a psycopath. The problem is once you see past their charisma and friendliness and start piecing together the gaps in their stories, they may be onto you and will do anything to shut you up. At least that’s how it is for these protagonists. We Were Never Here by…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 14, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #ananonymousgirl, #andreabartz, #geerhendricks, #macmillan, #mystery, #penguinrandomhouse, #psychologicalthriller, #rachelhawkins, #rachelreads&reviews, #recklessgirls, #sarahpekkanen, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #thewifebetweenus, #thewifeupstairs, #thriller, #wewereneverhere, #youarenotalone

• Contemporary Romance 4 mini reviews

  The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon This is a fun contemporary romance that begins with female friendship, and what makes you faster friends with complete strangers than shared humilation. When Samiah finds out via twitter that the man she had been dating was catfishing her and two other women (while using her resturaunt reservation to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 13, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #adibkhorram, #alihazelwood, #avonbooks, #contemporaryromance, #farrahrochon, #grandcentralpublishing, #helenhoang, #kissandtell, #minireviews, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #theboyfriendproject, #theheartprinciple, #thelovehypothesis

• Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers ReRead

  Okay, I didn’t get to Stephanie Plum six yet because someone else borrowed it in the library so I decided to go for the Between the Numbers novellas since they’re short and don’t really require knowledge of the other books that I don’t know.

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 11, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #comedymystery, #janetevanovich, #plumlovin, #plumlucky, #plumspooky, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #stephanieplum, #visionsofsugarplums

• Stephanie Plum #1-5 Reread

  So I decided to reread the Stephanie Plum books since I think I gotten into a funk where I just skim and skip to the funny parts I remembered. So this time I reread it and I paid attention.

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 6, 2022

  Book Suggestions, Uncategorized

  #comedymystery, #fourtoscore, #highfive, #janetevanovich, #oneforthemoney, #rachelreads&reviews, #reread, #simon&schuster, #stephanieplum, #threetogetdeadly, #twoforthedough

• Isle of the Lost and the Difficulties of Continuity

  Okay, I’ll admit when I first heard of the Descendants movies involving Kristen Chenworth way back in 2014, I had made fun of it. Especially the unimagenative names given to the children of the characters. I mean Evie – Evil Queen, Jay- Jafar, it just seemed so lazy. But then I read the first Isle…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 4, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #continuity, #descendants, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #isleofthelost, #melissadelacruz, #rachelreads&reviews, #thoughts

• #SoMaternal and Mothering Books

  People Like Her by Ellery Lord This book is a semi-mystery focusing on mommy blogger and icon, Emmy Jackson, her husband, Dan and the mysterious stalker that seeks revenge on for having an ideal life that feeds the insecurities of others. It’s a book about the darker undercurrent of internet fame and the obsessions behind…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 3, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #bunmiladitan, #confessionsofadomesticfailure, #ellerylord, #graphicnovel, #harpercollins, #kidgloves, #luckyknisley, #macmillan, #mothering, #peoplelikeher, #realisticfiction, #thriller