Rachel Reads & Reviews

Thoughts on Canterwood Crest

So after rereading the entire Canterwood Crest series for the first time in like 7 years, my biggest thoughts from it are….

rachelbeerwoman

September 6, 2022

Book Suggestions

#canterwoodcrest, #jessicaburkart, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster
Book Highlight: The Tale of Despereaux

I finally read this Kate DiCamillo classic. I admit I vaguely knew the story since I had the graphic novel adaptation of the movie but we all know movie’s take artistic liberties so I was interested to see what changed and what stayed the same. While I found the narrator addressing the readers a bit…

rachelbeerwoman

September 5, 2022

Book/Author Highlight

#animals, #candlewickpress, #candlewickpublishing, #fantasy, #katedicamillo, #lowergrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #thetaleofdespereaux, #timothybasilering
Golden Age Biographies

So I already wrote a post about how I enjoy TCM books (and the channel in general) so of course, it inspired me to read biographies of some of Hollywood’s brightest stars. No reviews here since it’s been a while since I read them but here are some good biographies to begin with that give…

rachelbeerwoman

September 4, 2022

Book Suggestions

#audreyhepburn, #avagardner, #barbaralemming, #biography, #brando'ssmile, #crownpublishing, #crownpublishinggroup, #donaldspoto, #elizabeth, #elizabethtaylor, #enchantment, #frank:thevoice, #franksinatra, #geraldclarke, #gethappy, #goldenage, #hollywood, #jameskaplan, #jrandytaraborrelli, #judygarland, #leeserver, #macmillan, #marilynmonroe, #marlonbrando, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #susanlmizruchi, #tcm, #w.wnortonpublishing
Thoughts on new American Girl cover

So American Girl is releasing a new historical girl from the 1920s! Woo, I love that mainly because I love the 20s so it’ll be good for kids to have a new, admittedly more entertaining way to learn about the Harlem Renissance rather than just school books and lectures. However, I do have one cavet…

rachelbeerwoman

September 3, 2022

Book Suggestions, Uncategorized

#americangirl, #beforever, #claudie, #historymysteries, #lowergrade, #mysteryofthedarktower, #rachelreads&reviews
What’s this book?: Update

I posted a few months ago about a book series that I simply could not get remember the name of and was driving me crazy. No one from the internet void answered but my local library helped. That lower school edutainment series was America’s National Mysteries Series by Carole Marsh. Boasting Real Kids, Real Places,…

rachelbeerwoman

September 2, 2022

Book Suggestions

#america'snationalmysteries, #carolemarsh, #lowergrade, #rachelreads&reviews
Thoughts on Shadowhunter Anthologies

I’ve already discussed my thoughts on the Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy anthology so now I go onto The Magnus Bane Chronicles and Ghosts of the Shadowmarket.

rachelbeerwoman

September 1, 2022

Book Suggestions

#cassandraclare, #fantasy, #ghostsoftheshadowmarket, #hollyblack, #kellylink, #maureenjohnson, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahreesbrennan, #simon&schuster, #supernatural, #themagnusbanechronicles, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #YA
Summer YA

Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta While I’m usually iffy with Pride and Prejudice adaptations since they’re everywhere, there’s always one that manages a new spin to it that makes me enjoy the story all over again. It helps that the protagonist, Elizabeth is a musical nerd so I immediately connect with her as she sings…

rachelbeerwoman

August 31, 2022

Book Suggestions

#aishasaed, #ashotatnormal, #beckyalbertalli, #bloomsbury, #bruised, #camryngarrett, #can'ttakethataway, #crystalmaldonando, #debatingdarcy, #doesmybodyoffendyou, #fulldisclosure, #gettingovermaxcooper, #harpercollins, #hopepunk, #likevanessa, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #lockerhero, #loveisiarevolution, #macmillan, #marcellakarp, #mariemarquardt, #marisareichardt, #mastersofmischief, #mayracuevas, #michellequach, #middlegrade, #middleschoolmayhem, #nofilterandotherlies, #notheretobeliked, #penguinrandomhouse, #prestonnorton, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #rachelreneerussell, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #sayantanidasgupta, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #st.martinspublishing, #stevensalvatore, #tammicharles, #tanyaboteju, #themisadventuresofmaxcrumbly, #YA, #yesnomaybeso
Top 5 Archie issues

Archie #600 Archie marries Veronica! Obviously this is number one for being such a historic making issue, launching the two timelines of the marriages everyone has been waiting for. Can’t get much better than that. Betty and Veronica #271 This is such a fun Riverdale lady reunion. I mean literally all the girls have some…

rachelbeerwoman

August 30, 2022

Top 5

#archie, #archie'sgirlsbettyandveronica, #archiecomics, #bettyandveronica, #lifewitharchie, #rachelreads&reviews
Top 5 Archie Digests

Tales from Riverdale #35 The Visit-Mysterious alien visitor named Bjordu comes to Riverdale to collect spiecemans and he has set his sights on Betty and Veronica! Not if Archie can stop it. The return of Scarlet-I love Archie’s Weird Mysteries and this was the very first I read featuring the return of Scarlet Knight. If…

rachelbeerwoman

August 30, 2022

Top 5

#archie'sdoubledigest, #archiecomics, #b&vfriendscomicsdoubledigest, #betty&veronicadoubledigest, #bettyandveronicadigest, #talesfromriverdale
Matilda Review

Apparently I missed the book lovers memo about reading Matilda. People were always shocked that someone who likes books as much as I do had never read Matilda. So I have finally rectified that. Actually it’s the first Dahl book I have read which is another blasphemy but I already saw the movie versions of…

rachelbeerwoman

August 29, 2022

Reviews

#lowergrade, #matilda, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #ronalddahl