Rachel Reads & Reviews

Book of the Month: The Lost Bookshop

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found… For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the…

rachelbeerwoman

November 12, 2025

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#eviewoods, #harpercollins, #magicalrealism, #onemorechapterimprint, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelostbookshop
Girls Survive P4

I finished! I finished the series, and thus finished my historical read-through of the year. Wahoo! This was an excellent series for historical fiction lovers, getting into the underrated parts of history as well as several well-known events. Even more groundbreaking were not only the diverse set of protagonists, but that they went beyond the…

rachelbeerwoman

November 8, 2025

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#ailynncollins, #anitrabutlerngugi, #anyafleesthefallout, #audreyunderthebigtop, #capstonepublishing, #chernoyble, #coraandtheterribletwister, #cristinaoxtra, #emmacarlsonberne, #erinfalligant, #essieandthemarchonselma, #fayeandthedangerousjourney, #fumikoandthetokyotragedy, #girlssurvive, #hettieandthelondonblitz, #historicalfiction, #jennil.walsh, #jessicagunderson, #juliegilbert, #kimsigafus, #middlegrade, #minandtheprotests, #nativeamericansinhistory, #ninaunderarrest, #rachelreads&reviews, #ruthandthenightofbrokenglass, #susangriner, #taraandthetoweringwave, #tienmansquare
Girls Survive P3

This batch of Girls Survive books focus on historical events I already know, and have been covered by Lauren Tarish’s I Survived series. As I mentioned before, it is why I initially thought it was a rip-off riding on the coattails of the former’s popularity. It’s not entirely, but Leah Braves the Flood by Julia…

rachelbeerwoman

November 2, 2025

Book Suggestions

#carrieandthegreatstorn, #charlottespiesforjustice, #civilwar, #emmacarlsonberne, #emmiinthecity, #girlssurvive, #historicalfiction, #jessicagunderson, #juliegilbert, #leahbravestheflood, #lilyandthegreatquake, #maddyandthemonstrousstorm, #maribelversusthevolcano, #marieandthedeadlyplague, #middlegrade, #millieandthegreatdrought, #natashadeen, #nikkishannonsmith, #noelleatsea, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebeccaridestherevolution, #revolutionarywar, #salimaalikhan, #sanfranciscoearthquake, #sarahhannahgomez, #titanic, #veedabybee
Fall Comics

Spy x Family vol 13-14 by Tatsuya Endo The latest chapters in the Spy x Family saga are as thrilling, and funny as usual. I didn’t expect for there to be a spotlight on Mr. Henderson and Martha, much less have a tragic romance during the war, but I loved it! It reminded me a bit…

rachelbeerwoman

November 1, 2025

Book Suggestions

#anathology, #ashesoftheacademy, #avatarthelastairbender, #emilybowencohen, #faitherinhicks, #graphicnovels, #guatemalangenocide, #history, #hudaf.wantstoknow?, #hudafahmy, #indigenousmcs, #jenxu, #kikihughes, #krhodes, #legendofkorra, #manga, #memoir, #michaeldantedimartino, #mysteryonpenquanisland, #pabloleon, #patternsoftime, #rachelreads&reviews, #silencedvoices, #spyxfamily, #tatsuyaendo, #twotribes
The Seventh Veil of Salome Review

1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times. So when the film’s mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also becomes…

rachelbeerwoman

October 31, 2025

Reviews

#biblicalretelling, #historicalfiction, #latinas, #oldhollywood, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #silviamorenogarcia, #theseventhveilofsalome, #women’sfiction
Dear Canada

Much like it’s US counterpart, Dear Canada features the fictional diaries of pre-teens, and some teens during important moments in Canadian history. Since we have no education about events happening north of our borders, this was an educational primer for me. It was super interesting what events were the same, and what were unique to…

rachelbeerwoman

October 24, 2025

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#barbarahaworthattard, #canadianhistory, #carolmatas, #dearcanada, #gillianchan, #historicalfiction, #janandrews, #janetlunn, #janetmcnauaghton, #jeanlittle, #julielawson, #karleenbradford, #katherinebradford, #marshafochukskypuch, #maxinetrotter, #norahmcclintock, #perrynodelman, #rachelreads&reviews, #rubyslipperjack, #sarahellis, #scholastic, #sharonstewart, #susanaihoshi
Book Highlight: For the Rest of Us

From Lunar New Year to Solstice, Día de Los Muertos to Juneteenth, and all the incredible days in between, it’s clear that Americans don’t just have one holiday. Edited by the esteemed Dahlia Adler and authored by creators who have lived these festive experiences firsthand, this joyful collection of stories shows that there isn’t one…

rachelbeerwoman

October 23, 2025

Book/Author Highlight

#a.r.capetta, #abdinazemian, #aditikhorana, #anathology, #anewday, #candacebuford, #corymccarthy, #dahliaadler, #diadelosmuertos, #diverse, #diversereads, #diverseromance, #diwali, #eid, #eidwithoutaplan, #elijah’scomingtodinner, #habarigani, #hillcountryheartbeat, #hinduholidays, #holi, #holihail, #honorthedeadtohonortheliving, #islamicholidays, #jewishholidays, #juneteenth, #karunariazi, #katherinelocke, #kellyloygilbert, #kosokojackson, #kwanzaa, #laurapohl, #lunarnewyear, #makingupishardtodo, #merrychrismukkahloser, #natashadiaz, #nowruz, #p.s.Idon’tloveyou, #preetichhibbier, #quilltreebooks, #rachelreads&reviews, #ramadan, #sonorareyes, #thereturn, #thisishowit’salwaysbeen, #tisthedamnseason, #valentine’sday, #wintersolstice, #worldholidays, #YA
The Taylors Double Review

This is going to be a unique as The Taylors are two novels, one middle-grade, one YA by two different authors focusing on the same group of friends as they navigate love and friendship through their namesake, Taylor Swift. So let’s start with Calonita’s. Taylor (aka Teffy to her family) is terrified to start middle…

rachelbeerwoman

October 20, 2025

Reviews

#comingofage, #contemporaryromance, #elizabetheulberg, #jencalonita, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #scholastic, #taylorswift, #thetaylors, #thetaylors:lovestories, #YA
Top 5 Magic Attic Club

Perfect since there are five girls in the Magic Attic Club. What is it, you may ask? Released in the mid-90s, the Magic Attic Club was a brand of dolls with accompanying books and accessories encouraging kids to embrace their imagination and friendship. Apparently they were very popular back then because I found a wiki…

rachelbeerwoman

October 18, 2025

Top 5

#alisonridestherapids, #fantasy, #heathertakesthereins, #keishadiscoversharlem, #knickerbockercompany, #l.e.williams, #lowergrade, #magicatticclub, #megan’smasquerade, #ninaalexander, #rachelreads&reviews, #rosefacesthemusic, #sherricoopersinykin, #trishamagraw, #zoelewis
Bedeviled

“Mom always said my dad is the devil. I never knew she meant it literally!” All Angel’s father (a.k.a. the Devil) wants is to be a part of her life. And in return he has the power to give her anything she wants—including popularity and a date with her long-time crush, Cole Daniels. But Angel…

rachelbeerwoman

October 15, 2025

Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

#bedeviled, #carefulwhatyouuwishfor, #daddy’slittleangel, #fantasy, #humor, #lovestruck, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #shanipetroff, #thegoodthebadandtheuglydress