Rachel Reads & Reviews

Nancy Drew ReRead P4

The final seven wrap up the Nancy Drew series in a . . . well t didn’t really wrap it up as Nancy Drew lives on forever and the series followed that cue without any sappy goodbyes or retrospectives but act like its just another day in her life. So let’s get to the final…

rachelbeerwoman

December 10, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#carolynkeene, #middlegradde, #mysteryofcrocodileisland, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #theclueinthecrosswordcipher, #thedoublejinxmystery, #themysteriousmannequin, #thesecretofmirrorbay, #thespidersapphiremystery, #thethirteenthpeark, #thethirteenthpearl
Author Highlight: Gloria Chao

So I decided to spend the week reading Gloria Chao’s catalogue of books. Which okay that was easy since there’s only four and she’s addictively readable. While each premise seems light, she also deals with the more difficult frustrations of coming of age as a Taiwanese American daughter of immigrants and the difficulties of communication…

rachelbeerwoman

December 9, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#gloriachao, #ourwaywardfate, #rachelreads&reviews, #rentaboyfriend, #simon&schuster, #vikingbooksforyoungreaders, #whenyouwishuponalantern, #YA
Nancy Drew ReRead P3

Now onto the vacation series, otherwise known as #30-40 more or less. This was a very exciting set as it combines my favorite book trope, travelling with Nancy Drew mysteries.

rachelbeerwoman

December 9, 2023

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#carolynkeene, #middlegrade, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews, #theclueintheoldstagecoach, #theclueofthedancingpuppet, #thehauntedshowboat, #thehiddenwindowmystery, #themoonstonecastlemystery, #themysteryofthefiredragon, #thesecretofthegoldenpavilion, #thewitchtreesymbol
Author Highlight: Neil Gainman

Initially I was going to stop at Gainman’s classic child horror tale, Coraline, but I saw that he has several fairytale adaptations in his repatoire so I felt I had to read them to complete my fairytale TBR pile. Let’s get to it! The Sleeper and the Spindle was the only “high school” level book…

rachelbeerwoman

December 7, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#chrisriddell, #colleendoran, #fairytale, #graphicnovel, #hanselandgretel, #lorenzomattotti, #neilgainman, #picturebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #snowglassapples, #thesleeperandthespindle
Nancy Drew ReRead P2

I know I started the year with a Nancy Drew reread, and finally twelve months later I get to the rest. I’ve been busy. Nonetheless, I almost got the whole collection minus 4 of them that had already been checked out from the library. Or stolen. It wasn’t quite clear. Anyway, onto the second reread…

rachelbeerwoman

December 6, 2023

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#carolynkeene, #middlegrade, #mysteryattheskijump, #mysteryofthemosscoveredmansion, #nancydrew, #nancydrewmysteries, #passwordtolakespurlane, #rachelreads&reviews, #theclueinthejewelbox, #theclueintheoldalbum, #theclueoftheblackkeys, #theghostofblackwoodhall, #thelueofthevelvetmask, #themessageinthehollowoak, #themysteryoftheivorycharm, #thequestofthemissingmap, #thesecretintheoldattic, #thesignofthetwistedcandles
Farrah Rochon Interview

Farrah Rochon is the author of several romance and YA books including The Boyfriend Project trilogy, The Holmes Brothers and Almost There. Farrah graciously gave her time to answer my questions about football, romance and Louisiana atmosphere. Enjoy! 1. You started out with a Bachelors in Science before getting your Masters in Arts. With how notionally…

rachelbeerwoman

December 5, 2023

Interview

#almostthere, #avonromance, #bayoudreams, #contemporaryromance, #disneyhyperion, #fatebechanged, #pardonmyfrenchie, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #theboyfriendproject, #theholmesbrothers, #thenewyorksabers, #twistedtales, #YA
The Bloody Chamber (and Other Stories)

You know how darker, sexier retellings of fairytales are all the rage? Well you have Angela Carter to thank for that subgenre in fairytale retellings with her collection of short stories that subvert and invert these popular tales to pay homage to their darker origins while making it slyly progressive. Putting the females in peril…

rachelbeerwoman

December 5, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#angelacarter, #fairytale, #inthecompanyofwolves, #penguinrandomhouse, #pussinboots, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #thebloodychamber, #thebloodychamberandotherstories, #thecourtshipofmrlyon, #theerlking, #theladyofthehouseoflove, #thesnowchild, #thetiger’sbride, #thewerewolf, #wolfalice
Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 11-17

Even though the library didn’t have vol 9 or 10, I had to know what happened next and went straight for 11. Thankfully, it was easy to sum up what had happened in between though I was shocked. Armstrong has a sister!! Prince Ling’s body was taking over by Greed! May has joined up with…

rachelbeerwoman

December 3, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#fullmetalalchemist, #fullmetaledition, #hiromuarakawa, #manga, #rachelreads&reviews, #vizmedia
Thoughts on Chain of Thorns

Well, I’m all caught up on The Shadowhunter Chronicles as I finished Chain of Thorns this week. So all that’s left is the final trilogy and the last book in The Eldest Curses trilogy. Woo-hoo. I must admit I procrastinated for almost the entire year before getting to CoT because the prospect of 800 pages…

rachelbeerwoman

December 2, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#cassandraclare, #chainofthorns, #fantasy, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #thelasthours, #YA
Hiddensea: The Once and Future Nutcracker Review

Maguire takes readers to a deep dark wood where Dirk the foundling dies and comes back to life. It’s a traumatic incident and the foundling boy, who was never quite whole in the first place, ventures out into the world. Alone, and lost, apart from others and haunted by the past he blocked out, Dirk…

rachelbeerwoman

December 1, 2023

Reviews

#gregorymaguire, #hiddensea, #morrowpaperbacks, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #thenutcracker, #theonceandfuturenutcracker, #williammorrowpaperbacks