Rachel Reads & Reviews

Beautiful Chaos Review

After the events of the summer, Ethan, Lena and all their loved ones are dealing with the consequences of their actions as this southern gothic turns to the End of Days. Garcia and Stohl jump right into the the dire state of Gatlin with plagues of locusts or lubbers as they are dubbed, heat burning…

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March 3, 2023

Reviews

#beautifulchaos, #fantasy, #hachettebookgroup, #kamigarcia, #margaretstohl, #rachelreads&reviews, #southerngothic, #thecasterchronicles, #YA
American Girl Retrospective

Since I have almost finished my American Girl collection (4 more to go, woo woo), I decided to do a little retrospective on the series that has touched so many childhoods and have surely sparked my interest in historical fiction. My retrospective will be primarily focusing on the arc of the series since they’re pretty…

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March 2, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#addy, #americangirl, #caroline, #cecile, #claudie, #courtney, #felicity, #historicalfiction, #josefina, #julie, #kaya, #kirsten, #kit, #mariegrace, #maryellen, #melody, #molly, #nanea, #pleasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebecca, #samantha
Books for Women’s History Month

It’s women’s history month again! And since last year I did a 8 part series of books one can read, I’m just relisting them here. You can search the tags by title or author to check out my thoughts and summaries on them. But basically one could choose to read a book a day for…

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March 1, 2023

Book Suggestions

#academics, #amazonsabolitionistsandactivists, #americasfirstladies, #anathologies, #anathologyofamazingwomen, #annmccallumstaats, #annshen, #badgirls, #beautyqueens, #becauseIwasagirl, #blackgirlsrock, #brazen, #bygonebadassbroads, #comics, #dangerousbooksforgirls, #deadfeminists, #doesmybodyoffendyou, #dynamicdames, #extraordinarymothersanddaughters, #femmemagnifique, #frontiergrit, #girlhood, #girlsquad, #girlswhogreen, #girlswhoruntheworld, #goodgirlsandwickedwitches, #goodnightstoriesforrebelgirls, #grandesdreamers, #graphicnovels, #imaginingourselves, #inpraisefordifficultwomen, #inthelineoffire, #janeagainsttheworld, #jasonporath, #kateschatz, #lawbreakingladies, #leagueofextraordinarilyfunnywomen, #lorettaross, #middlegrade, #modernherstory, #monstershewrote, #moxie, #nativewomenchangingtheirworlds, #noisemakers, #nonfiction, #notyourprincess, #ourstoriesourvoices, #powerinnumbers, #rachelreads&reviews, #renegadewomeninfilmandtelevision, #reproductivejustice, #sammaggs, #shechangedcomics, #sherepresents, #shutin, #thebookofgutsywomen, #thegirlwhorodeashark, #theradicalelement, #tyrannyofpetticoats, #unscripted, #unsungheroinesoftheholocaust, #watchusrise, #wearedisplaced, #women'shistorymonth, #womeninscience, #womenofthepinetreestate, #YA, #yesshecan, #youtoo, #zingtsjeng
Feb Books

Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz Almost a companion to Something in Between, readers may remember Royce’s much nicer younger sister Olivia “Liv” Blakely. Now it’s four years later and the sweet kid is dealing with a tumultuous personal demon. Bulimia and cutting. The former is her way of making sure she’ll always…

rachelbeerwoman

February 28, 2023

Book Suggestions

#balzerandbray, #beckyalbertalli, #belles, #bellestrilogy, #cleopatra'sdaughter, #courtneysummers, #crownpublishing, #feiwel&friends, #goingdark, #hachettebookgroup, #harlequinpublishing, #harlequinteen, #harpercollins, #I'mthegirl, #instantkarma, #jencalonita, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #marissameyer, #melissadelacruz, #michellemoran, #oliviaabtahi, #penguinrandomhouse, #perfectlyparvin, #poppy, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #simonvsthesomosapiensagenda, #someonetolove, #st.martinspublishing, #thegrassisalwaysgreener, #theupsideofunrequited, #unionsquareandco, #winterwhite, #YA
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

Well the final book in the Princess Academy trilogy brings things full circle as the quiet, short girl who defied everyone’s expectations (including her own) to graduate princess academy and defeat bandits has been recruited by the king to teach his three young cousins to be proper princesses before Danland goes to war. As you…

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February 27, 2023

Reviews

#bloomsbury, #fantasy, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale, #theforgottensisters
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone Review

After enjoying the first novel, I was surprised to find out that there were two more books making it a trilogy, so of course I had to get into it. Taking place almost a year since the events of the Academy and Britta’s engagement to Prince Steffan, the girls of Mount Estkel finally get to…

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February 27, 2023

Reviews

#bloomsbury, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #palaceofstone, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale
Happy Anniversary

It’s official! It’s been one whole year since I started this blog. I’ve done 24 interviews, 415 posts and I’ve definately read a lot of books. So to celebrate let’s think about special books. I, for one, still remember the first book I got from the public library. Of course I can’t find the exact…

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February 26, 2023

Uncategorized

#rachelreads&reviews, #strawberryshortcake, #worldoffriends
Ranking Desperate Duchesses

And they’re not desperate as the title might make you think. We’re in the Georgian era people and unlike the stuffy ton, the parties are more decadent, the games, the rich more careless and everyone is out for their own pleasure. Yes, I say pleasure. All these dukes and duchesses are well-acquainted with the complications…

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February 26, 2023

Rankings

##whenthedukereturns, #adukeofherown, #anaffairbeforechristmas, #avonbooks, #desperateduchesses, #duchessbynight, #eloisajames, #georgianromance, #historicalromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #thisduchessofmine
Gillian Claire Swearingen Interview

Gillian Swearingen is a college student at the Columbus College of Art and Design, creator of Archie Art April (an Archie themed fanart challenge) and regular contributor to Archie Comics. She graciously took the time to talk about her life-long love for Archie, researching the depth of Archie history and her possible future in the…

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February 21, 2023

Interview

#60magicalstories, #archiecomics, #rachelreads&reviews, #sabrinatheteenagewitch, #thearchieencyclopeda
More Thoughts on Tales from Shadowhunter Academy

Cuz apparently I’m still not over it. Maybe it’s a bit nitpicky or maybe I’m biased because I enjoy Simon/Isabelle/Sizzy but I want another Tales from Shadowhunter Academy. And this time I want it to truly focus on Simon and Izzy. What I mean is that while the anthology format was entertaining and showed many parts…

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February 20, 2023

Book/Author Highlight

#cassandraclare, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #talesfromshadowhunteracademy, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #YA