Rachel Reads & Reviews

Book of the Month: The Handmaid’s Tale

I’m sure a book this well known needs no summary. I mean it has like two netflix adaptations and is taught in various high schools, so I’ll get to it. I read it during high school, and didn’t have many new insights on it other than how scarily accurate and timely it is. My friend…

rachelbeerwoman

April 12, 2026

Book/Author Highlight

#dystopian, #margaretatwood, #rachelreads&reviews, #speculative, #thehandmaid’stale, #YA

Beth is Dead Review

When Beth March is found dead in the woods on New Year’s Day, her sisters vow to uncover her murderer. Suspects abound. There’s the neighbor who has feelings for not one but two of the girls. Meg’s manipulative best friend. Amy’s flirtatious mentor. And Beth’s lionhearted first love. But it doesn’t take the surviving sisters…

rachelbeerwoman

April 11, 2026

Reviews

##mysterythriller, #homage, #katiebernet, #littlewomen, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #sarahbarleybooks, #simon&schuster, #simon&schusterbooksforyoungreaders, #YA

Book of the Month: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen’s Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls.…

rachelbeerwoman

April 7, 2026

Book/Author Highlight

#bookcomparison, #carolynkeene, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #thehiddenstaircase

Nancy Springer Interview

Nancy Springer is the author of thirty-plus fantasy and mystery novels. Most may recognize her as the author of the Enola Holmes series, adapted by Netflix with Millie Bobby Brown. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about her major influences, research and of course, the movies and what’s coming next. Enjoy! I…

rachelbeerwoman

April 5, 2026

Interview

#enolaandthedisappearingduchess, #enolaholmes, #enolaholmesandtheblackbarouche, #enolaholmesandtheclangingcoffin, #enolaholmesandthecrypticcrinoline, #enolaholmesandtheelegantescapade, #fantasy, #harpercollins, #middlegrade, #mystery, #nancyspringer, #netflix, #rowenhood

Silverhawks: Wings of War Review

A NEW STORY ARC BEGINS WITH THE GALAXY’S GREATEST HEIST!Rebuilding a criminal empire doesn’t come cheap, and Mon*Star needs a big score to keep the credits flowing – the bigger, the better. There’s only one target that really fits the bill: the treasury planet, Dolar!If the resurgent mobster can pull it off, he’ll have enough…

rachelbeerwoman

April 5, 2026

Reviews

#dynamitecomics, #edbrisson, #georgekambadais, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #silverhawks, #silverhawks(2025), #spacecops, #spacewestern

Silverhawks: Partly Metal, Partly Real Review

Recruited from every corner of known space by the Federal Interplanetary Force, the SilverHawks were engineered to be the first line of defense against Limbo’s ruthless agents of chaos. In the nearby galaxy of Limbo, the deadly mob boss Mon*Star has escaped from his confinement on Penal Planet 10 — and he’s looking to take…

rachelbeerwoman

April 4, 2026

Reviews

#dynamitecomics, #edbrisson, #georgekambadis, #rachelreads&reviews, #scifi, #silverhawks, #silverhawks(2025), #spacecops, #spacewestern

Thundercats: New Age Review

Technically volume five hasn’t been released yet, so I’m giving my own title to #21-25, and a lot of lore has been dropped. See description for #21. In this issue: Lion-O returns to the Cats’ Lair to reclaim his leadership over the ThunderCats! Visibly older and wiser, the now-seasoned ruler carries himself with a new…

rachelbeerwoman

April 3, 2026

Reviews

#declanshalvey, #drewmoss, #dynamitecomics, #thundercats (2024), #thundercats(2024), #thundercats:lost, #volumefive

Thoughts on Poetry

Well, it’s National Poetry Month. I think it’s obvious from a perusal of my blog that I don’t read poetry much. It’s too empheral for me who likes to grasp themes and character arcs rather than F E E L I N G S. I know books are subjective, but poems feel even more so…

rachelbeerwoman

April 2, 2026

Uncategorized

#poetry, #poetryishard, #poetryispretty, #rachelreads&reviews

Author Highlight: Katherine Applegate

I first became acquainted with her when I was in lower school thanks to the ever popular (At least I hope it still is popular in a cult sort of way) Animorphs series. It even had a tv show as it dealt with PTSD, genocide, and despairing, everyone is miserable in the end alien invasion.…

rachelbeerwoman

April 1, 2026

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight