Category: Book Suggestions

• Star Power

  As part of my nostalgia year, I decided to finally look at a series that keeps popping up on Goodreads suggestions when I filter Hollywood, celebrity etc. It was for lower schoolers in the vein of Hannah Montana and such. After all these years of reading the summaries I had to find out what they…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 19, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #cathyhapka, #celebrity, #hollywood, #lowergrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #starpower

• Nov Books

  Private Label by Kelly Yang A perfect title for the private things that Serene and Lian hide from their peers and their family in this moving, coming of age romance. Serene is the daughter of single mom and major fashion designer, Lily Lee. Her real name is Liu but her mother’s Board of Trustees thought…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 30, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #askmymoodringhowIfeel, #avi, #dianalopez, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #katherineteaganbooks, #kellyyang, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #middlegrade, #privatelabel, #realisticfiction, #trueconfessionsofcharlottedoyle, #YA

• Finished Nancy Drew!

  It only took over a year and browsing through Internet archives to get to the final two Nancy Drew books that escaped my grasp-The Clue of the Whistling Bapipes and The Strange Message in the Parchment. Oddly enough, they both involve a lot of sheep. The Bagpipes have Nancy heading to her ancestral Scotland homeland…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 19, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #carolynkeene, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #theclueofthewhistlingbagpipes, #thestrangemessageintheparchment

• Fall Nonfiction

  Humans of Judaism edited by Nikki Schreiber Taken from the social media hashtag, this is a collection of stories from Instagram highlighting the breadth of the Jewish diaspora, their traditions and stories and tales of survival. From sweet stories of Bashert (think kismet) where two Holocaust survivors meet again in New York after the war, and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 16, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #aliwong, #anitasarkeesian, #arccartbooks, #behindtheseams, #biography, #bookindustry, #briannajonnie, #bushelandpeckbooks, #celebrity, #crazybrave, #daniellehigley, #deardiary, #deargirls, #dianevonfurstenberg, #dollyparton, #ebonyadams, #fashion, #feiwel&friends, #funnybusiness, #graphicnovel, #hachettebookgroup, #heroesofworldwartwo, #historyvswomen, #humansofjudiasm, #ifIgomissing, #interviews, #jarretkeene, #jennyjordhal, #joyharjo, #kidliterature, #leonardmarcus, #lesleyarfin, #lindywoodhead, #martabreen, #memoir, #missingandmurderedindigenousgirlsandwomen, #nealshannacappo, #nikkischrieber, #nonfiction, #popstars, #proud, #publishing, #simon&schuster, #smashthepatriarchy, #taylorswift, #taylorswiftandtheclothesshewears, #tenspeedpress, #terrynewman, #thestoriesbehindthestories, #thewomanIwantedtobe, #vicepublishing, #warpaint, #worldwartwo, $ibtihajmuhammad

• Fall Comics

  Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia. Illustrated by Gabriel Picolo. After the less than steller preceding books, Garcia gets the plot momentum moving with a good dose of character development. Much like the others, Kori thinks she is a normal teenage, albeit a bit more introverted due to her Ehlers-danlos syndrome making socialization a literal pain…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 14, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #autobiographical, #awkward, #berrybrookmiddleschool, #brave, #candlewickpress, #cheetara, #christinasoontornvat, #comingfoage, #crush, #dccomics, #domenicocarbone, #dynamitecomics, #elliotkahn, #enemies, #gabrielpicolo, #georgekambadais, #grace'stwist, #graphicmemoir, #graphicnovel, #graphicnovels, #hudafahmy, #hudafcares?, #joannacacao, #josiecampbell, #kamigarcia, #lostsoulbeatpeace, #maggiethrash, #middlegrade, #miniseries, #myadventureswithsuperman, #pablomcollar, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #soolee, #starfire, #svetlanachmakova, #teentitans, #thesquad, #volumetwo, #yenpress

• Fall Romances

  Full Exposure by Thien-Kim Lam It’s been almost two years since I read the first book in the series, but it was wonderful to return to the girls of the sex positive series. Josie is a boudoir photographer but she’s been feeling burnt out. Plus it may be a steamy business, it’s not always a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 10, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #accidentallyinlove, #avonromance, #beforeIletgo, #berkleyromance, #contemporaryromance, #daniellejackson, #diversereads, #fullexposure, #kennedyryan, #rachelreads&reviews, #thienkimlam

• Oct Books

  The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava The job market is a difficult one. Just out of her accounting program and saddled with debts from paying her brother’s court fees, Ember Lee Cardinal knows she’s capable but no one is hiring her. Until she fudges her qualifications and chooses Caucasian instead of Chicksaw when…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #avonromance, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #danicaneva, #darkhorsecomics, #graphicnovel, #indigenousfiction, #judyblume, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #starringsallyj.freedmanasherself, #thebountyhunterandtheteabrewer, #thetruthaccordingtoember

• Latinx History Month

  This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan No, this has nothing to the controversial Blake Lively movie. I’d actually argue it is more well-written than that storyline but I digress.

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 15, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #contemporaryromance, #familia, #fiction, #hispanicheritagemonth, #kennedyryan, #latinx, #laurene.rico, #lowergrade, #luludelacre, #rachelreads&reviews, #salsadreams, #thiscouldbeus

• Mr. and Mrs. X

  Well, you’ve got me at a delightful time when after watching X-Men ’97, I’m into a GambitxRogue obsession. Well moreso, Gambit, but they’re so so good together! I mean, the endless tension where she cannot touch him without hurting him. He, the rougish (ha!) thief that is so devoted to her despite the struggles. The…

  rachelbeerwoman

  October 1, 2024

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #comics, #gambit, #kellythompson, #marvel, #marvelcomics, #mr.andmrs.x, #rachelreads&reviews, #ringoffire, #rogue, #rogueandgambit, #vol1, #vol2, x-men

• Sept Books

  Hera by Jennifer Saint Hera usually gets a bad rap by modern perspectives. A shrew, a horrible mother, a jealous bitch are the most common modifiers. Her husband cheats but she punishes the mistresses instead of Zeus himself. Then again, it’s not like she can go on a one on one attack with the King…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 30, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #avonromance, #cinderella, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #enchanters, #fairygodmother, #fairytale, #fantasy, #feliciagrossman, #flatironbooks, #greekmythology, #hera, #historicalromance, #jencalonita, #jennifersaint, #marrymebymidnight, #middlegrade, #prequel, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #retellings, #snowwhite, #wakememostwickedly