Rachel Reads & Reviews

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Top 5 Mangas

Aka the only five I’ve read, but I still highly enjoyed them. Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi The first first anime I watched and this year, I finally got to devour the original manga and it is just as good. Seriously Inuyasha has it all, action, romance, lore, and great character dynamics and relationships. They’re all…

rachelbeerwoman

March 24, 2022

Top 5

#fruitsbasket, #harpercollins, #harperteen, #hayaomiyazaki, #inuyasha, #kodanshainternational, #manga, #markcrilley, #mikifalls, #naokotakeuchi, #natsukitakaya, #nausicaäofthevalleyofthewind, #rachelreads&reviews, #rumikotakahashi, #sailormoon, #simon&schuster, #vizmedia
Ranking The Gilded Age Girls Club trilogy

Here’s a little break from regency romances in the UK ton. Rodale’s trilogy is set in the hustle and bustle of Manhattan with working women and womanly pursuits at its center. Here’s my ranking of Maya Rodale’s The Gilded Age Girl’s Club.

rachelbeerwoman

March 23, 2022

Rankings

#aheiresstoremember, #avonbooks, #duchessbydesign, #gildedageromance, #historicalromance, #mayarodale, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #somelikeitscandalous, #thegildedagegirlsclub
Take the Monkeys and Run Review

The first book in the Barbara Marr Mysteries series by Karen Cantwell is just as funny as advertised. This comedic mystery follows movie lover and housewife, Barbara Marr as she stews with the inexplicable development of her husband moving out of the house because “he needs space.” Yeah, I’d be furious too if my husband…

rachelbeerwoman

March 22, 2022

Reviews

#barbaramarrmysteries, #berkley, #comedymystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #takethemonkeysandrun
Hamilton and Peggy: A Revolutionary Friendship Review

Hamilton and Peggy is a perfect addition for a Hamilton fan or a historical fiction fan. L.M. Elliot skillfully interweaves historical facts and documents with emotional resonance that makes these characters don’t feel like disnant historical figures or amazing musical heroes but just real people living in the Revolution.

rachelbeerwoman

March 22, 2022

Reviews

#hamiltonandpeggy, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #lmelliot, #rachelreads&reviews
Betty and Veronica: The Bond of Friendship Review

A serviceable entry into the Archie-verse of stories as part of their new Blue Ribbon imprint which is specifically for the company’s graphic novels. I enjoyed Brittany Williams’ pie-eyed style with its vivid, bubblt color palette which perfectly fit the tone of the story of various imaginative scenarios of potential B&V career aspirations. Rather than…

rachelbeerwoman

March 21, 2022

Reviews

#archiecomics, #bettyandveronica:thebondoffriendship, #brittaneywilliams, #brittanywilliams, #jamieleerotante
If you like this, try. . .

I decided to take a little break from my “Favorite book (insert genre) suggestions” and try this. These are books I couldn’t fit under one particular category nor do I love them them enough to write a paragraph of why one should give it try. Besides I a lot of them have overlapping themes/genres/ideas with…

rachelbeerwoman

March 20, 2022

Book Suggestions, Uncategorized

#3sistersclub, #akemidawnbowman, #amazingdaysofabbyhayes, #amigasinc, #annanadthefrenchkiss, #asteptowardfalling, #aurevoircrazyeuropeanchick, #beachblondes, #berkley, #betweenthelines, #bloomsbury, #bumped, #cathleendaley, #cheer, #chooseyourowndestiny, #clementine, #confectionatelyyours, #dish, #disneyhyperion, #exposure, #flirtclub, #foreverfour, #friendsforkeeps, #fromthefilesofmadisonfinn, #girlmadeofstars, #gooneybirdgreene, #greenwillowbooks, #hachettebookgroup, #harlequinpublishing, #harpercollins, #heroine, #ifyoulikethistry, #laurenbarnholdt, #letinsnow, #likenoother, #lindseylevitt, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #mariekenijamp, #melissadelacruz, #middegrade, #missperegrineshomeforperculiarchildren, #onlittlewings, #peaceloveandbabyducks, #penguinrandomhouse, #petalpushers, #piratica, #popularitypapers, #princessforhire, #rachelreads&reviews, #randaabdelfattah, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #sisterhoodofthertravellingpants, #somethinginbetween, #sometimesithappens, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #starfish, #stillstarcrossed, #suchaprettygirl, #sweetheartofprospercounty, #teashopgirls, #thealley, #thecupcakequeen, #theearthmybuttandotherbigroundthings, #theegyptgame, #thefemaleofthespieces, #thegirlwhofell, #thelineswecross, #theyearmysistergotlucky, #thisiswhereitends, #throneofglass, #ttyl, #YA, #youinfiveacts
Reggie and Me Review

Part of the New Archie Comics that seeks to bring that Archie brand of humor and hijinks with some more realism and depth, Tom DeFalco’s look into Riverdale’s resident class clown and town jerk is superb.

rachelbeerwoman

March 19, 2022

Reviews

#archiecomics, #graphicnovel, #rachelreads&reviews, #reggieandme, #sandyjarrell, #tomdefalco
Women’s History Month Books P7

Now here’s a little break from history books and nonfiction. Here’s relatable YA books focusing on double standards, femnisim, beauty, love and sexuality and all those things in between. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu I forgot to put this in my Diverse Reads post of 2021. In fact it was the first book I read for…

rachelbeerwoman

March 18, 2022

Book Suggestions

#abramsbooks, #beautyqueens, #becomingamericana, #becominglatinain10easysteps, #feminism, #givingupthev, #hachettebookgroup, #jennifermathieu, #kodykeplinger, #lararios, #libbabray, #macmillan, #moxie, #nicolekozer, #pristinepublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #serenarobar, #shutout, #simon&schuster, #unscripted, #womenshistorymonth, #YA
Bloody Jack Review

Ah yes, the first in L.A Meyer’s ship-faring, sailor girl series. I actually have this series before, and by read, I meant skimmed. So while I knew the basics of the plot, this is my first time actually reading it, and I enjoyed it very much.

rachelbeerwoman

March 18, 2022

Reviews

#bloodyjack, #harcourtchildrensbooks, #lameyer, #rachelreads&reviews
Favorite Graphic Novels

Excluding Archie. That will be its own post. Fiction Nathan Hale’s Hazerdous Tales by Nathan Hale Modern day Hale (same name, no relation) uses the famous Revolutionary spy, Nathan Hale (of “My one regret is that I have one life to give” fame) to narrate adventures and incidents throughout history. This abundence of knowledge from…

rachelbeerwoman

March 17, 2022

Reviews

#abramsbooks, #almostamericangirl, #americanbornchinese, #andrewmcneelpublishing, #anyasghost, #avatarthelastairbender, #beprepared, #bloomsbury, #boom!studios, #brooklynallen, #candlewickpress, #darkhorsecomics, #deadweight, #deanhale, #debbietung, #disneyhyperion, #elisabettegnone, #evonnetsang, #faithhicks, #firstsecondbooks, #geneluentang, #georgetakei, #graceellis, #graphicnovels, #graphix, #harpercollins, #heykiddo, #honorgirl, #jarrettjkrosoczka, #jerrycraft, #lernerbooks, #lumberjanes, #macmillan, #maggiethrash, #marjanesatrapi, #marvelousfantasticincredible, #matthewseely, #maus#artspiegelman, #mollymuldoon, #myboyfriendisamonster, #nathanhale, #nathanhaleshazerdoustales, #newkid, #noellestevenson, #pantheonbooks, #penguinrandomhouse, #persepolis, #quietgirlinanoisyworld, #rachelreads&reviews, #rainatelgemeier, #rapunzelsrevenge, #realfriends, #robinha, #rollergirl, #scholastic, #shannonhale, #shannonwatters, #smile, #squarefish, #stanlee, #stanmack, #susanchaplin, #terryblas, #thecartoonchroniclesofamerica, #theycalledusenemy, #topshelf, #versbrosgol, #victoriajamieson, #witch