Rachel Reads & Reviews

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J.C. Peterson Interview

J.C. Peterson is the YA and adult rom-com author for bookish readers. Her novels include Being Mary Bennet, and Lola, At Last. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about Pitch Wars, P7P and what she has coming next. Enjoy! 1. You got your start with PitchWars, what did the mentor program entail? …

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January 29, 2025

Interview

#beingmarybennet, #contemporaryromance, #j.c.peterson, #lolaatlast, #prideandprejudice, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #YA
Cool find: Riverdale High

So I think most everyone knows these ‘New Look” stories that briefly lit up the Archie scene in the early 2000s. Very controversial when they came. Fans derided the art as ugly or unnatural, but since they didn’t replace the ‘house style’, the vitriol faded and the readers accepted each exciting new look event for…

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January 28, 2025

Book Suggestions

#archiecomics, #badboytrouble, #bookseries, #breakupblues, #comics, #goodbyeforever, #graphicnovels, #it’sfirstlovejugheadjones, #melaniejmorgan, #michaelpellowski, #newlook, #nobaseballforbetty, #onelastdatewitharchie, #rachelreads&reviews, #riverdalehigh, #thebigbreakup, #thematchmakers, #tourtroublesandbettycooperbaseballstar
Hailey Alcaraz Interview

Hailey Alcaraz is the author of Up in Flames and the upcoming Rosa by Any Other Name. She graciously took the time to answer my questions and talk about her love for retellings, the impact of the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and more about her upcoming work. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start simple, what were some…

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January 27, 2025

Interview

#haileyalcaraz, #hispanicheritage, #latinx, #rachelreads&reviews, #retellings, #rosabyanyothername, #upinflames, #YA
Keala Kendall Interview

Keala Kendall is the upcoming author of How Far I’ll Go and No One Gets Left Behind in the Twisted Tale series. A hapa Native Hawaiian writer of descent, she is also the co-founder of Pacific Islanders in Publishing and works to increase the PI-diasphora representation in literature. She graciously took the time to answer…

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January 27, 2025

Interview

#disneyhyperion, #hawaiidiasphora, #howfarI’llgo, #kealakendall, #pacificislander, #rachelreads&reviews, #soonripesoonrotten, #twistedtales, #YA
History Mystery P2

The second half of the series gets a little bit darker. The mysteries involve dangerous individuals whose actions are not explained away as a misunderstanding or bitterness. Often there is real hate or greed motivating them, and they have the weapons to back them up if others get in their way. There is more exploration…

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January 20, 2025

Book Suggestions

#alisonhart, #americangirl, #barbarasteiner, #betrayalatcrosscreek, #circleoffire, #dangeratthewildwestshow, #dangstersatthegrandatlantic, #elizabethmcdavidjones, #enemyinthefort, #evelyncoleman, #ghostlightongraveyardshoal, #historicalfiction, #historymystery, #kathleenernst, #kathrynreiss, #middlegrade, #mysteryatchilkootpass, #mysteryonskullisland, #pleasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #riddleoftheprariebride, #sarahmastersbuckey, #scholastic, #thestrangecaseofbabyh, #whistlerinthedark
History Mystery P1

I have discussed this a little bit in my historical fiction pages but as I’m rereading this for the first time in years, I thought I’d go a little more in-depth with my thoughts. For those that are not in the know, History Mystery was a 1997 spin-off of Pleasant Company’s very popular American Girl…

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January 12, 2025

Book Suggestions

#eleanorae.tate, #elizabethmcdavidjones, #evelyncoleman, #historymystery, #hollyhughes, #hoofbeatsofdanger, #katherineayers, #kathleenernst, #meganmcdonald, #middlegrade, #mysteryatthedarktower, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahmastersbuckey, #scholastic, #secretsof26thstreet, #shadowsintheglasshouse, #smuggler’streasure, #theminstrel’smelody, #thenightflyers, #troubleatfortlapointe, #undercopp’shill, #voicesatwhisperbend, #watcherinpineywoods
Reading Goals 2025

I’m beginning this year with my feel-good favorite by Steve Kluger, My Most Excellent Year. This is the tenth year in a row I’ve read it and just the sort of comfort-reading one needs when faced with so much uncertainty in the world. This year I truly mean it when I say I want to…

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January 1, 2025

Book Suggestions

#contemporaryromance, #disneyhyperion, #fairytales, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #regencyromance, #retelling, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #YA
Reading Log 2024

1, 212 books! Or 1, 213. I forgot if added The Making of Gone with the Wind to my count as the last book of the year, and I’m too tired to recount everything again. Still, you read that right. Over a 1,000 books in one year. If you don’t believe look down below at…

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December 31, 2024

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Dec Books

Storm: Dawn of a Goddess by Tiffany D. Jackson Storm is my favorite Marvel superheroine. In fact she may have been the first Marvel superhero I was exposed to. I mean she’s just so striking with the white hair, the glowing eyes, the weather powers. She’s so awesome, the goddess moniker is well earned. But…

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December 30, 2024

Book Suggestions

#appleinthemiddle, #marvel, #northdakotastateuniversitypress, #rachelreads&reviews, #simonandschuster, #stormdawnofagoddess, #tiffanydjackson, #unbecoming, #xmen, #YA
Book of the Month: Hitwoman #3-4

We did it! We did it! We finished our final book club selection, making it twenty books in one year. Yay us! Well technically, it’s twenty one as #3 of the Hitwoman series, The Hitwoman gets Lucky is a novella of 80 pages so it made sense to continue on to #4 which is a…

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December 29, 2024

Book/Author Highlight

#actioncomedy, #avonbooks, #confessionsofaslightlyneurotichitwoman, #jblynn, #rachelreads&reviews, #thehitwomanandthefamilyjewels, #thehitwomangetslucky, #theneurotichitwomanseries