Category: Book Suggestions

• Aug Books

  She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sara Smarsh Who doesn’t love Dolly Parton? I mean, she can sing, has fabulous costumes, has an amusement park and still gives back to her roots. So it’s no surprise that Dolly has a few books written in her honor.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #animalbooks, #autobiography, #dollyparton, #jennifers.holland, #musicbooks, #nonfiction, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #scribner, #shecomebyitnatural, #simon&schuster, #unlikelyanimalfriendshipsdogs, #workmanpublishing, #YA

• Summer Comics

  Scout is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong Scout is obsessd with Pristine Wong’s fantasy series and when the author is scheduled to go to AlmonteFest, Scout is determined to attend. However, she needs money. Money. . . or a skill in trombone. The school band is also attending AlmonteFest for their final music…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 16, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #alexhirsch, #annaandthemysteryofthemountains, #cassandracalin, #christinadiazgonzales, #disneyhyperion, #disneyprincesses, #graphicnovels, #gravityfalls, #invisible, #jadearmstrong, #lostlegends, #middelgrade, #mulanandthepalaceofthesecrets, #pancooke, #pizzaface, #puzzled, #rachelreads&reviews, #rexogle, #rhonaclearly, #scholastic, #scoutisnotabandkid, #thenewgirl

• July Books

  Bloomability by Sharon Creech I’ve always liked the cover of this book but I never actually read it. Until this month that is. It’s about a young girl, Domenica aka Dinnie who’s been kidnapped to Switzerland. Well, not really kidnapped. Her family is having lots of dysfunction that the eleven year old doesn’t comprehend so…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #avi, #bloomability, #chrisgrabenstein, #don'tyouknowthere'sawaron, #historicalfiction, #humor, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #sharoncreech, #welcometowonderland

• June Books

  Pillow Talk by Stephanie Cooke. Illustrated by Mel Valentina Vargas You know those sexy male gaze trope of women having pillow fights in their lingerie. Well that fantasy gets upended by the Pillow Fight Championship. It’s a real thing where girls get dressed up as wreastlers to pillow fight their rivals into submission. It’s a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 30, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #christinalauren, #disneyhyperion, #erinstanton, #graphicnovel, #meanttobe, #melvalentinavargas, #nonfiction, #pillowtalk, #rachelreads&reviews, #stephaniecooke, #susie’sseniordogs, #tangled, #tangledupinyou, #YA

• Summer Comics

  Well so far, let’s face it, I’m going to be reading a lot more over the next few months but here are the new ones I read. Go with the Flow and Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams and Karen Scheeman Williams and Scheeman deliver two wonderful graphic novels dealing with a very…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 26, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #christinasoontornvat, #gowiththeflow, #graphicnovels, #graphix, #growingpangs, #karenscheeman, #kathrynormsbee, #lilywilliams, #lookonthebrightside, #middlegrade, #scholastic, #thetryout, #YA

• May Books

  Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon Sophie and Nick have been best friends since they were toddlers, next door neighbors playing in the mud and blending the artistic talents as dancer and piano-player respectively to create “Terrible Twosome” performances. They know each other better than anyone, love each other and respect each other…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #acrosssomanyseas, #fredaceves, #historicalfiction, #middlegrade, #ouryearofmaybe, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachellynnsolomon, #rachelreads&reviews, #ruthbehar, #simon&schuster, #thenewdavidespinoza, #wecan’tkeepmeetinglikethis, #YA

• April Books

  Spy x Family vol 11 by Tatsuya Endo Endo’s delightful spy family goes on a field trip! Okay, only Anya is going on a field trip and she’s determined to step up her role in becoming friends with Donovan Desmond and the rest of the Desmond family. Which she has the perfect opportunity to do…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 30, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #comingofage, #ericsmith, #inkyardpress, #johnflorio, #littlebrownandcompany, #manga, #markedman, #nonfiction, #ousieshapiro, #rachelreads&reviews, #reamshukairy, #roaringbookpress, #spyxfamily, #tatsuyaendo, #thenextnewsyriangirl, #YA, #youcangoyourownway

• Disney Villains

  The Disney princesses may be on all the merchendise, but with the advent of the anti-hero or anti-villain, Disney villains have been having their own rennisance where they get to tell their tragic backstories. Some mroe successfully than others. But who can blame people for wanting more as not only do they try to steal…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 1, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #alessandroranaldi, #chuckbrown, #comics, #cruelladevil, #dynamitecomics, #elliotkalan, #hades, #maleficent, #rachelreads&reviews, #scar, #soolee, #sweeneyboo, #trevorfraley

• March Books

  My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor Sonia’s memoir is a thoughtful reflection of Sonia’s life and career beginning with her childhood in the Bronx and her parents’ complicated relationship. One bourne out of love but had turned sour when she was 6 due to her father’s alcoholism, being poor, and the need for medicine for…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 31, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #angeladavis, #autobiography, #badfeminist, #essays, #gloriasteinem, #memoir, #myautobiography, #mybelovedworld, #mylifeontheroad, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #roxanegay, #soniasotomayor, #womenshistory

• Nancy Drew ReRead P5

  Hey, remember when I almost read the entire Nancy Drew series? Well, here’s a few more that I missed because someone had checked them out. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall shows that Nancy Drew, much like Kim Possible, has built up her reputation as a reliable teen sleuth so now other adults are seeking…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 17, 2024

  Book Suggestions

  #carolynkeene, #mystery, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #theclueinthecrumblingwall, #theclueoftheleaningchimney, #thephantomofpinehill, #theringmaster’ssecret, #thescarletslippermystery