Tag: #penguinrandomhouse

• The Bloody Chamber (and Other Stories)

  You know how darker, sexier retellings of fairytales are all the rage? Well you have Angela Carter to thank for that subgenre in fairytale retellings with her collection of short stories that subvert and invert these popular tales to pay homage to their darker origins while making it slyly progressive. Putting the females in peril…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 5, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #angelacarter, #fairytale, #inthecompanyofwolves, #penguinrandomhouse, #pussinboots, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #thebloodychamber, #thebloodychamberandotherstories, #thecourtshipofmrlyon, #theerlking, #theladyofthehouseoflove, #thesnowchild, #thetiger’sbride, #thewerewolf, #wolfalice

• Spare me your Revenge

  You know how sometimes you see a passing feud on a tabloid and you get into it? Like it’ so vapid, so irrelevant to your own life but somehow you managed to not only read that article but then go into the rabbit hole of everything in that feud to the point that you can…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 12, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight, Reviews

  #atriabooks, #britishroyalfamily, #memoir, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #princeharry, #rachelreads&reviews, #tombower

• 80s Kids Fantasy

  For my 600th post (already!) I decided to take a trip down fantasy memory lane by reading those classic 80s favorites for the first time. They’re pretty famous so I’m not going to go into the summaries of each but discuss my thoughts on why they managed to stand the test of time. While I’ve…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 8, 2023

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #bloomsbury, #hancourte, #penguinrandomhouse, #peters.beagle, #rachelreads&reviews, #sooz, #thelastunicorn, #theprincessbride, #thewayhome, #twohearts, #williamgoldman

• Aug Books

  Huck: The Remarkable True Story of How One Lost Puppy Traught a Family-and a Whole Town-About Hope and Happy Endings by Janet Elder As I’ve said multiple times. I’m a sucker for dog memoirs even if they’re a bit sad because, with all the variations, it harbors the same theme. Dogs teach us more about…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 31, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #aconytebooks, #amandabridgeman, #annasortino, #awjantha, #beckyalbertalli, #blackflame, #broadwaybooks, #centaurrising, #comingofage, #cradle, #debcaletti, #disneyhyperion, #gennmcmenemy, #ginnyrorby, #girlunframed, #givemeasign, #hocuspocusandtheallnewsequel, #howtospeakdolphin, #huck, #janeyolen, #jarrettkrosoczka, #jennywilliamson, #jimmybeason, #josephbruchac, #juliemerberg, #kateinwaiting, #kimberlygriffithslittle, #marvelcomics, #memoir, #nativeamerican, #nativeamericansinhistory, #nicejewishgirls, #nonfiction, #penguinrandomhouse, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #reycraft, #rockridgepress, #scholastic, #scholasticgraphix, #soundoflight, #sunshine, #thetimeofthefireflies, #voicesofthepeople, #willwight, #womenofmythology, #worldmythology, #YA

• July Books

  Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes Although I finished the Brigderton series the other year, I am a completist so I had to read this companion book even though it is connected more to the tv series than the original novels. I’ll admit, since it said companion I thought it would be more…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 31, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #abramsbooks, #amidsummer’snightmare, #arielandthecurseoftheseawitches, #avonbooks, #behindeverygreatman, #bloomsbury, #disneyhyperion, #drawingthevote, #eventhisIgettoexperience, #fantasy, #firstladies, #historicnonfiction, #jadeadia, #juliaquinn, #kodykeplinger, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #margarettruman, #marlenewagmangeller, #memoir, #michelleobama, #nonfiction, #normanlear, #oncemorewithchutzpah, #penguinrandomhouse, #poppy, #queencharlotte, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #shondarhimes, #soulsmith, #thelightwecarry, #theregoestheneighborhood, #toddhasaklowy, #tommyjenkins, #wearethepower, #willwight, #YA

• June Books

  Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garret Mahira always wanted a sweet sixteen, was promised one but socioeconomic difficulties made the big event fall through. But inspired by her best friend’s Sweet 16 and her annoyance with the required “coming out” convention as a life changing announcement rather than a celebration-Mahira decides to make it…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 30, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #allwehaveleft, #blairthorburgh, #camryngarrett, #cradle, #edwidgedanticat, #fantasy, #fridayI'minlove, #futureperfect, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #hopeandotherpunchlines, #isabelallende, #jenlarsen, #jessikirby, #juliebuxbaum, #kellyyang, #lgtbq, #meganfrazer, #metoo, #ordinarygirls, #parachutes, #penguinrandomhouse, #poetry, #rachelreads&reviews, #secretsoftruthandbeauty, #simon&schuster, #stewartlewis, #taraaltebrando, #thebestnightofyourpatheticlife, #thegoodbraider, #thewindknowsmyname, #thingsweknowbyheart, #unsouled, #untwine, #wendymills, #willwright, #YA, #youhavesevenmessages

• May Books

  Take the Lead by Alexis Daria If you enjoy Dancing with the Stars, readers will love Daria’s Dance Off series where long time instructor, Gina has been dying to get a trophy after ten seasons of losing. Unfortunately, she gets paired with reality wildnerness star, Stone whose claim to fame is that he’s tall and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 31, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #aapimonth, #alexisdaria, #andshewas, #annagarcia, #apholovestory, #asshewas, #atlanta, #boysIknow, #contemporaryromance, #danceoff, #flatironbooks, #followyourarrow, #greekmythology, #harpercollins, #hula, #Iloveyousomochi, #impostersyndromeandotherconfessionsofalejandrakim, #jasmineiolanihakes, #jennifersaint, #jessicaverdi, #kathleenglasglow, #loanle, #maurenegoo, #middlegrade, #mybasmatibatmitzvah, #patriciapark, #paulajfreedman, #penguinrandomhouse, #priyankataslim, #rachelvail, #realisticfiction, #rebeccacaprera, #sarahkuhn, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #spin, #st.martinspress, #thelovematch, #throwback, #wellthatwasawkward, #you'dbehomenow

• 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

• Ana María and the Fox Review

  The British ton, and romance readers everywhere are startled by the arrival of the Luna Sisters after they narrowly escape their home in Mexico in the midst of the French Intervention. While the circumstances are less than ideal especially with the threat of never returning home, the girls are slightly heady with excitment. In Mexico…

  rachelbeerwoman

  May 3, 2023

  Reviews

  #anamariaandthefox, #historicalromance, #lianadelarosa, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #thelunasisters, #victorianromance

• Crossed Review

  The second book in Condie’s Matched trilogy picks up quickly with Ky burying a body as part of his work as a decoy in the Outer Provinces. Technically, burying the bodies of his fellow decoys are not part of the job description, Officials couldn’t care less about the bodies as long as their jackets and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  April 5, 2023

  Reviews

  #allycondie, #crossed, #dystopianfiction, #matchedtrilogy, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA