Rachel Reads & Reviews

Book of the Month: Rise of the Snake Goddess

If you want to read my full review of the book, just click on the tags below. Anyway, rereading it didn’t bring up new insights for me. It’s still very enjoyable although I feel the first one was better as it had a tighter plot and it was longer in general. Still, there’s lots to…

rachelbeerwoman

February 11, 2024

Book Suggestions

#adventure, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #jennyeldermoke, #rachelreads&reviews, #riseofthesnakegoddess, #YA

Love & War Review

I know it looks a bit ironic to start the month of Valentines, love and romance with a broken heart title but it is just the theme of the story, Alex and Eliza do triumph through their obstacles like any good HEA.

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February 1, 2024

Reviews

#alex&elizatrilogy, #historicalfiction, #love&war, #melissadelacruz, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #YA

Jan Books

Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh Dhillon Sunny G is still reeling fom his brother’s death a few months before. It doesn’t help that his family have had no discussions about this. Between the Punjab way of not dealing with those issues and the Sikh belief that death just is, a natural…

rachelbeerwoman

February 1, 2024

Book Suggestions

#don’treadthecomments, #ericsmith, #inkyardpress, #macmillan, #mitaliperkins, #muppetsinmoscow, #natashalancerogoff, #navdeepsinghdhillon, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #sunnyg’sseriesofrashdecisions, #therowman&littlefieldpublishinggroup, #YA

Book fo the Month: Mansfield Park

Since we swiftly finished Shutter Island, the book club decided to go straight on to the next book, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Since Austenites the world over know the plot, I won’t repeat it but these are just general thoughts I have after reading it for the first time in years. I’ll admit I’m…

rachelbeerwoman

January 29, 2024

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#janeausten, #mansfieldpark, #rachelreads&reviews

Past Present Future Review

I received this Netgalley ARC for free from Kanter’s agent in exchange for an honest review It may have been a few years since Solomon first published the adventures and romance of longtime rivals, Rowen and Neil on the eve of their graduation, but it’s only been a summer for the overachievers. Now, they’re apart…

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January 25, 2024

Reviews

#pastpresentfuture, #rachellynnsolomon, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #simon&schuster, #todaytonighttomorrow, #YA

Finally Fitz Review

I received this Netgalley ARC for free from Kanter’s agent in exchange for an honest review. Ava (our titular “Fitz”) Fitzgerald’s brand is all about sustainability fashion. In fact, she has created quite a career out of it on social media. Soon, she’ll upgrade on a prestigious fashion internship in NY and prove to her…

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January 23, 2024

Reviews

#finallyfitz, #marisakanter, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #simon&schuster, #YA

Author Highlight: Rachel Lynn Solomon

Our next author highlight is Rachel Lynn Solomon whose books tackle complex emotions with emphasis on personal development entwined with spiritual faith in some cases. Which sounds really sophiscated but I love how she is able to blend heavy topics into typical YA rom-coms. My library only had three of her books, and one which…

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January 15, 2024

Book/Author Highlight

#rachellynnsolomon, #rachelreads&reviews, #seeyouyesterday, #simon&schuster, #simonpulse, #YA, #you’llmissmewhenI’mgone

Dear Justyce Review

Quan has been in and out of the incarceration system since he was 11. He came from home of trauma with a mom in an abusive relationship and a dad who is there for him until one night he gets carted off to jail, the night that lives in QUan’s nightmares. Despite Quan’s best efforts…

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January 13, 2024

Reviews

#dearjustyce, #nicstone, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

Author Highlight: Samira Ahmed

If you want to read something that makes you take a hard look at our society, the ugly and the hopeful, read Samira Ahmed. If you want something that is relatable, opinionated and has distinct protagonists, read Samira Ahmed. If you want to read romance, read topical issues, read personal growth, read family communication, read…

rachelbeerwoman

January 10, 2024

Book/Author Highlight

#hallowfires, #internment, #littlebrownandcompany, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #lovehateandotherfilters, #rachelreads&reviews, #samiraahmed, #sohoteens, #YA

Loveboat Forever Review

Pearl Wong knows who she is, aspiring pianist who has already played on stages around the world, and knows where she’s going, the Apollo Summer Program, a guarantee acceptance to the wider classical music community. Until she gets into a tiktok scandal where her hat, remiscent of old Asian stereotypes, draws fire and her spot…

rachelbeerwoman

January 9, 2024

Reviews

#abigailhingwen, #comingofage, #harpercollins, #harperteen, #loveboatforever, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA