Rachel Reads & Reviews

Jamie L. Rotante Interview

1. To start off simply, what were some of your big influences when you began writing?I’ve been writing in some capacity since I was in about third or fourth grade. At that time it would just be shorter stories, usually inspired by whatever we had to read for school at the time. That love of…

rachelbeerwoman

August 22, 2022

Interview

#archiecomics, #bettyandveronica:senioryear, #bettyandveronica:thebondoffriendship, #bettyandveronica:vixens, #comics, #rachelreads&reviews, #razorcake
J.B. Lynn Interview

Easy questions first, what are some of your favorite authors or books to read on your downtime? One of my goals this year is to read a poem every day. I signed up to a site that emails me one daily so all I have to do is open my email in searching of finding…

rachelbeerwoman

August 22, 2022

Interview

#comedymystery, #confessionsofaslightlyneurotichitwoman, #cozymystery, #cursedchicksclub, #j.b.lynn, #kikilong, #mystery, #psychicconsignmentmysteries, #rachelreads&reviews
Author Highlight: Min Jin Lee

You might be noticing the trend of notable authors having generation sprawling sagas. What can I say, I like the subgenre. As such I enjoyed Pachinko a bit more than Free Food but both are well-written tomes exploring themes of immigration, class, and family.

rachelbeerwoman

August 21, 2022

Book/Author Highlight

#freefoodformillionaires, #grandcentralpublishing, #historicalfiction, #minjinlee, #pachinko, #rachelreads&reviews
Pretty Little Liars: Toxic Review

All things seemed to have settle down in Rosewood but as only the Liars know, A is still out there. And even though Helper A has been put away in jail, Ali still has minions. Specifically a following of Ali Cats who like many groupies of socios and murderers believe Ali is a misunderstood hero…

rachelbeerwoman

August 21, 2022

Reviews

#harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #toxic, #YA
Pretty Little Liars: Deadly Review

Remember when I said the last book brought the verve back into the series, this one brings the blam. Ali actually lets the ax fall and leaks all the girls’ secrets as well as a forged videotape framing them for Tabitha’s murder in Jaimaca.

rachelbeerwoman

August 20, 2022

Reviews

#deadly, #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #YA
Pretty Little Liars: Crushed Review

Shepard brings some verve back into the series by having the Liars bring the fight to A and get more entangled in A’s web.

rachelbeerwoman

August 19, 2022

Reviews

#crushed, #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #YA
Top 5 Disney Fairies Books

My very very biased raking less based on story plots and more on who was my favorite fairy and hw pretty the illustrations were. 1. Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon by Lisa Papademetriou First off Rani because Rani was my favorite. The girl cut off her wings to save Neverland. She is amazing, also I…

rachelbeerwoman

August 19, 2022

Top 5

#disney, #disneyfairies, #disneyhyperion, #dulcie'stasteofmagic, #fawnandthemysterioustrickster, #fireandthefullmoon, #gailherman, #lauradriscoll, #lisapapademetriou, #pixiehollowtales, #rachelreads&reviews, #raniinthemermaidlagoon, #vidiaandthefairycrown
Summer Nonfiction

Popular by Maya Van Wagenen I read this memoir a long time ago for a project in middle school so it was nice to revisit it again. This memoir details Maya’s journey to finding popularity by utilizing a How to be Popular Guide from the 50s by then teen model Betty Cornell (who writes the…

rachelbeerwoman

August 18, 2022

Uncategorized

#americaferrera, #americanlikeme, #anthology, #binge, #elizabethacevedo, #harpercollins, #inheritance, #inkyardpress, #janeagainsttheworld, #janetgrutler, #justinbaldoni, #karenblumenthal, #manup, #mayavanwagenen, #memoir, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #popular, #rachelreads&reviews, #roaringbookpress, #saracieaj.fennell, #simon&schuster, #tyleroakley, #visualpoem, #wildtonguescan'tbetamed, #youtoo
Lisi Harrison Interview

1. To start off simple, when did you first begin writing? What were some of your big inspirations? I always wanted to write, I think I always had those voices in my head my whole life. When I first read Harriet the Spy when I was younger, I loved the idea of observing people. And…

rachelbeerwoman

August 18, 2022

Interview

#alphas, #fantasy, #girlstuff, #graveyardgirls, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #theclique, #thedirtybookclub, #thepack, #thepretenders, #YA
Pretty Little Liars: Burned Review

The Liars are on their senior eco-cruise where things and a person are going overboard.

rachelbeerwoman

August 17, 2022

Reviews

#burned, #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #YA