Category: Book Suggestions

• 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

• 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