Tag: #jencalonita

• The Retake Review

  In this sci-fi/magical realism novel, Calonita tackles the struggles of chaging friendships in the hellscape that is middle school adolescence. Zoe and Laura have been BFFs forever but Zoe has been noticing they’ve been drifting apart. She’s determined to ignore her doubts and try harder to reconnect with Laura after a summer apart, and give…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 6, 2023

  Reviews

  #friendship, #jencalonita, #magicalrealism, #middlegrade, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #theretake

• April Books

  Rogue Untouched by Alisa Kwitney Since rewatching X-Men Evolution and Wovlerine and the X-Men for the first time in years, I find that it is better than I remembered and Rogue is the best. So of course, I had to read this novel from a new series showcasing origin stories and original adventures of Marvel…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 30, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #abigailhingwen, #aconytebooks, #aladdin, #alisakwitney, #diamondintherough, #disneyhyperion, #harpercollins, #jencalonita, #lilymenon, #lostlegends, #loveboatreunion, #loveboattaipei, #makeupsbreakups, #martingramsjr, #marvel, #marvelheroines, #marvelpublishing, #otrpublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #rogueuntouched, #st.martinspress, #thetwilightzone, #YA

• Summer State of Mind Review

  Since Harper McAllister’s dad (cheesily nicknamed McDaddy) hit it big as a music producer, Harper’s family moved out of their comfortable home to pricy upstate New York where she quickly finds herself in the popular crowd and sharing the wealth with her new best friends. However, when her parents get hold of her overcharged AMEX…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 16, 2023

  Reviews

  #hachettebookgroup, #jencalonita, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #poppy, #rachelreads&reviews, #summerstateofmind, #YA

• 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

• 12 to 22 Review

  You might be able to guess from the title but this middle grade book brings its own tiktok take on the feel-good movie, 13 Going on 30. I’m surprised it hasn’t been done before since it’s so beloved. At least it’s something new from the constant variations of Freaky Friday. Harper Lancaster is thrilled that…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 9, 2023

  Reviews

  #12to22, #delcourtpress, #fantasy, #jencalonita, #middlegrade, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction

• Ranking Secrets of My Hollywood Life

  Family Affair: This is number one to me, not only in that we get more insight to Kaitlin’s day to day tv show life. But also for the biggest surprise so far in the book series. Kaitlin and Skylar team up against a bigger enemy. The young upstart, Alexis Holdon who’s sweetheart next door personality…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 12, 2022

  Rankings

  #broadwaylights, #familyaffair, #jencalonita, #noplacelikehome, #onlocatiom, #onlocation, #paparazziprincess, #poppypublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #secretsofmyhollywoodlife, #YA

• Sleepaway Girls Review

  Ah summer camp, the pine trees, the color wars, the bug spray. I never got the appeal but Calonita makes a good case for it with Samantha Montgomery who heads to Whispering Pines for a change of scenery and to get away from being the third wheel to her BFF and boyfriend love bubble. Right…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 25, 2022

  Reviews

  #camp, #jencalonita, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #poppypublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #sleepawaygirls, #YA

• Turn It Up Review

  As one can tell from the very fun cover, Calonita takes a cue from Pitch Perfect in her new novel about three friends trying to achieve a capella championship by bringing the failing Bradley Academy’s all girl acapella group, The Nightingales from rag tag group to passable winners for the November, Turn It Up competition.…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 24, 2022

  Reviews

  #acapella, #jencalonita, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #turnitup, #YA

• Reality Check Review

  Since I so enjoyed Calonita’s Secrets of My Hollywood Life, I decided to check out her stand alone novel, Reality Check. While Secrets starred Kaitlin, an actress who had been working on tv and movies since she was 5 years old, the protagonist here is Charlie Reed, a regular girl who waitresses and goes to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 20, 2022

  Reviews

  #jencalonita, #poppypublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #realitycheck, #YA

• Juicy Drama Series

  I love a good juicy drama, backstabbing, high fashion, television, that’s how I got into reading and now I feel compelled to share it with everyone on the internet. Even as it painfully dates me to an early 2000s girl (the best era, let’s be honest), and most of these are from the now unfortunately…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 4, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #2000s, #aristobrats, #candencebushnell, #canterwoodcrest, #celebrities, #commercialbreaks, #drama, #drama!, #fiction, #grandcentralpublishing, #hollywood, #jencalonita, #jennifersolow, #jessicaburkart, #joannaphilbin, #killingmonica, #lightscameracassidy, #lindagerber, #lisiharrison, #lucybparker, #nostalgia, #paulruditis, #penguinrandomhouse, #pgkain, #poppypublishing, #rachelreads&reviews, #robinpalmer, #secretsofmyhollywoodlife, #simon&schuster, #simonpulse, #sourcebooksforyoungreaders, #talent, #theclique, #thedaughters, #tv, #zoeydean