Rachel Reads & Reviews

Book of the Month: Northanger Abbey

So we didn’t quite finish the gothic satire within the spooky season month but we got there!

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November 8, 2024

#fiction, #gothicsatire, #janeausten, #northangerabbey, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction

Author Highlight: Suzanne Nelson

I may have briefly mentioned Suzanne Nelson’s works before as her Heart and Salsa novel was the book that got me into the global coming of age series, S.A.S.S. Today I’m going to focus on her Foodie series which is just as the title implies- A collection of stand-alone novel focusing on how sweet and…

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November 1, 2024

Book/Author Highlight

#abatchmadeinheaven, #cakepopcrush, #donutgobreakingmyheart, #foodie, #foodiebooks, #foodieseries, #hotcocoahearts, #ionlypiesforyou, #macronsatmidnight, #middlegrade, #pumpkinspiceupyourlife, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #shakeitoff, #sundaemyprincewillcome, #suzannenelson, #you’rebaconmecrazy

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…

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October 31, 2024

Book Suggestions

#avonromance, #comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #danicaneva, #darkhorsecomics, #graphicnovel, #indigenousfiction, #judyblume, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #starringsallyj.freedmanasherself, #thebountyhunterandtheteabrewer, #thetruthaccordingtoember

Gotham City Sirens (2024)

It’s been years since their original series and in teh decades since fans have been clamoring for the return of Gotham’s most famous villainesses. Finally the DC gods have heard their pleas with a 4 issue mini-series. It was. . . okay. Now I’m not a regular DC comic reader so maybe there have been…

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October 22, 2024

Book/Author Highlight, Reviews

#catwoman, #dccomics, #gothamcitysirens, #gothamcitysirens(2024), #harleyquinn, #leahwillams, #poisonivy, #punchline, #rachelreads&reviews, #whiterabbit

Book of the Month: Hemlock Island

Yep, we’re already on the next book of the month. It was a quick read thanks to Armstrong’s exciting cliffhangers and short chapters that make one want to keep going, and going until it’s 2 in the morning and the mystery is revealed. The titular Hemlock Island is owned by author/writer, Laney. Well the cabin…

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October 21, 2024

Book/Author Highlight

#hemlockisland, #horror, #kelleyarmstrong, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #thriller

Twisted Tales: Princess of Thieves Review

What if Maid Marian was the real outlaw? Three years after her beloved uncle, King Richard, and best friend, Robin of Locksley went to war, and Maid Marian went to Paris for schooling, Marian is back. The war is over and her uncle promised her a spot on his council. But she is greeted at…

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October 20, 2024

Reviews

#disneyhyperion, #marimancusi, #princessofthieves, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #robinhood, #twistedtales, #YA

Saddlehill Academy

10 years since readers were introduced to Sasha Silver and Lauren Towers, and we are back! But not to the colonial greens of Canterwood Crest. Instead we head a few hours away to the rolling lawns of Saddlehill Academy where a new horse girl aspires to live up to her idols while facing drama at…

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October 19, 2024

Book/Author Highlight, Reviews

#canterwoodcrest, #fallinghard, #horsegirl, #jessicaburkart, #perfectrevenge, #rachelreads&reviews, #saddlehillacademy, #sequel, #simon&schuster, #sweet&bitterrivals, #theshowdown

Asgardians: Odin Review

Since I loved, loved, loved O’Connor’s Olympians series, I obviously had to check out his newest offering. The Asgardians! A quartet on the slightly less popular but just as well known Norse pantheon. As one can guess, the first book focuses on the All-Father, Odin, leader of the Aesir Gods and covers the creation myth…

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October 18, 2024

Reviews

#asgardians, #firstsecond, #georgeo'connor, #graphicnovel, #norsemythology, #odin, #rachelreads&reviews, #volumeone

Twisted Tales: Sally’s Lament Review

What if Sally discovered Christmas Town? Dr. Finklestein rarely allows his creation to go outside his lab. She’s not ready? What more could she want? It’s safe with him? But Sally wants freedom, she wants to be apart of the community of Halloween Town. She wants more. She soon finds out that so does the…

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October 17, 2024

Reviews

#disneyhyperion, #rachelreads&reviews, #sally’slament, #thenightmarebeforechristmas, #twistedtales, #YA

Prince of Glass and Midnight

Prince August of Charmant has simple aspirations for life. He doesn’t want to gain land or fight dragons like legendary kings because he knows wanting more leads to greedy rulers. He wants to help his kingdom and solve their problems. He is less enthusiastic about his lonely father’s insistence that he get marry. August liked…

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October 16, 2024

Reviews

#cinderella, #disneyhyperion, #disneyprinces, #linseymiller, #princeofglassandmidnight, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA