Category: Rankings

• Ranking The Popularity Papers

  The Rocky Road Trip of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang: I love road trip stories so this one gets the top spot as Lydia and Julie get to spend the summer across the American West and East Coast encountering giant dinosaurs, mutant blueberries, and earthquakes. But more dangerous than the rattlesnake (possibly flat tire) they…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 29, 2022

  Rankings

  #amyignatow, #loveandotherfiascoswithlydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #theawesomelyawfulmelodiesoflydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang, #thelessthanhiddensecretsandfinalrevelationsoflydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang, #thelongdistancedispatchbetweenlydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang, #thepopularitypapers, #therockyroadtripoflydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang, #wordsof(questionable)wisdomfromlydiagoldblattandjuliegrahamchang

• Ranking Wildflowers

  Jade: Jade got number one mainly because I enjoy emotional turmoil and Jade has plenty of emotional turmoil as the pawn in her parent’s vicious divorce where both are utterly focused on climbing the corporate ladders that they neglect her. So she turns to internet chat rooms which leads to a traumatic kidnapping that is…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 28, 2022

  Rankings

  #cat, #intothegarden, #jade, #misty, #pocketbooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #star, #vcandrews, #YA

• Ranking Cheer!

  1. Home for the Holidays: This got the number one spot because it brings the biggest plot twist and potential status quo changer in the form of Katie and Maddy bonding in New York. There’s also the possibility that she’ll move to NY permenantly to live with her father and boring Beth so Maddy really…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 28, 2022

  Rankings

  #bevenvsevanandotherhighschoolrivalries, #cheer!, #confessionsofawannabecheerleader, #homefortheholidays, #middlegrade, #pyramidofone, #rachelreads&reviews, #revengeofthetitan, #simon&schuster, #zoeevans

• Ranking Drama!

  1. Everyone’s a Critic: This book comes at number one because of the major shift in character development and aspirations for the series’ protagonist, Bryan Stark. And it’s only the second episode! Bryan has always wanted to be an actor, not on Meryl Streap-level, that’s his best friend’s Sam’s perogative but he is fine with…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 26, 2022

  Rankings

  #drama!, #entrancesandexits, #everyone'sacritic, #paulruditis, #rachelreads&reviews, #showdon'ttell, #simon&schuster, #thefourdorothys, #YA

• Ranking Gallagher Girls

  1. Out of Sight, Out of Time: One of the things I most admire about this series is that it allows Cammie and the other characters grow, maturing with the plots growing increasingly dark as they grow. This would be one of those instances as Cammie has gone on the run from the terrorist organization,…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 24, 2022

  Rankings

  #allycarter, #crossyourheartandhopetospy, #disneyhyperion, #don'tjudgeagirlbyhercover, #gallaghergirls, #i'dtellyouIloveyoubutthenI'dhavetokillyou, #middlegrade, #onlythegoodspyyoung, #outofsightoutoftime, #rachelreads&reviews, #unitedwespy

• Ranking Finishing School

  1. Etiquette & Espionage: Now I’ll admit maybe this series would have been more enjoyable to me if I had read the Parasoul Protectorate first, I mean I was a bit confused that this was steampunk London and vampires/werewolves exist? It was all a surprise but that’s why the first book in the series gets…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 24, 2022

  Rankings

  #curtsiesandconspiracies, #etiquetteandespionage, #fantasy, #gailcarriger, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #mannersandmutinies, #rachelreads&reviews, #steampunk, #thefinishingschool, #waistcoatsandweaponry, #YA

• Ranking Fairygodmother Academy

  1. Kerka’s Book. Kerka is the latest in the line of her family to undergo the journey to Aventurine and wield the Kalis sticks. She’s thrilled as it is a family honor but that adventure is dimmed by the recent loss of her mother and the distance between her and her sisters. In fact, her…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 23, 2022

  Rankings

  #birdie'sbook, #fairygodmotheracademy, #fantasy, #janbozarth, #kerka'sbook, #lilu'sbook, #rachelreads&reviews, #sumi'sbook, #trinity'sbook, #zally'sbook

• Ranking The Hollywood Sisters

  1. Backstage Pass: Again maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s the rose-tinted glasses but whenever I read this, I fall in love with it all over again so this gets the number one spot. The wit, the fun, the inadverted celebrity jinx Jessica brings to all the guest stars. This was as an excellent introduction into…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 22, 2022

  Rankings

  #backstagepass, #caughtontape, #marywilcox, #onlocation, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #starquality, #thehollywoodsisters, #truthorscare

• Ranking Secrets of My Hollywood Life

  Family Affair: This is number one to me, not only in that we get more insight to Kaitlin’s day to day tv show life. But also for the biggest surprise so far in the book series. Kaitlin and Skylar team up against a bigger enemy. The young upstart, Alexis Holdon who’s sweetheart next door personality…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 12, 2022

  Rankings

  #broadwaylights, #familyaffair, #jencalonita, #noplacelikehome, #onlocatiom, #onlocation, #paparazziprincess, #poppypublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #secretsofmyhollywoodlife, #YA

• Ranking The Rajes

  Dev brings a new spin to Austen’s famous works with her Rajes series, focusing on a formerly royal family settled in California as the hard-working new generation navigate social class nuances, chasing their dreams amid family pressures and expectations and of course, find love. For as Dev wrote in her author’s note for The Emma…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 4, 2022

  Rankings

  #contemporaryromance, #harpercollins, #incenseandsensibility, #janeausten, #pride, #prideprejudiceandotherflavors, #rachelreads&reviews, #recipeforpersuasion, #retelling, #romance, #sonalidev, #theemmaproject, #therajes