Tag: #penguinrandomhouse
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Set in the backdrop of WWI, two loves stories intertwine as the couples face trauma, and bigotry with the help of the gods.
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I was going to put all 4 titles but it looked clunky. Now here’s 4 books I read over April that were good but I didn’t feel like they warranted one big review each. Dangerous Play by Emma Kress Now this teaches me not to judge a book by its cover or title or summary.…
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King I’ll confess something. I didnt watch Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. And the little I did watch, I found slow and boring so I didn’t really know or care about his life until I was an adult and my mom made me watch the…
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I adore Ruta Sepetys’ Forgotten History books. They all have short two page or one page chapters which make it compelling to read as it always makes you want to turn the next page for more and before you know it, you’ve read 300 pages of emotional turmoil, resistance, spirit and heartbreak. Now the Forgotten…
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Rita Moreno I read this memoir every summer, it’s just so good. Starting from her childhood in Puerto Rico, Moreno paints a rich picture of the world and the brother she left behind when her mother unexpectedly picks her up to travel to New York for new opportunities and a new husband. There it is…
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My Not So Perfect Life Cat has been telling her parents she has the perfect life back in London working at an advertising company. Really, it’s her flighty yet shrewd boss, Demeter who has the perfect life. Something which all her co-workers and her resent for the way she steps on their toes and requests…
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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…
Rachel Reads & Reviews 