Tag: #rachelreads&reviews

• Girls Survive: Graphic Novels

  I’m sure everyone thought I was done with this series. I was too until a little search brought up that the series has graphic novels. Not graphic novel retellings of the series, but all new stories and historical disasters. The completionist in me had to read them all.

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 12, 2025

  Uncategorized

  #ailynncollins, #amyrubinate, #annieandtheunsinkableship, #baileyandtheblaze, #barbaraperezmarquez, #bonnieandthefierycrash, #capstonepublishing, #capstoneyoungreaders, #doloresandral, #emmacarlsonberne, #gemmaandthegreatflu, #girlssurvive, #graphicnovels, #gretaandthenightfire, #historicalfiction, #juliagilbert, #kateandthecityoffire, #lowergrade, #paulinaandtheburningofpompeii, #prudenceundersuspicion, #rachelreads&reviews, #reiescapesdisaster, #rosieandtheraceforfreedom, #susangriner, #tingandthedeadlywaters, #zoeandthethunderingsnow

• Salvación Review

  Lola de La Peña yearns to be free from the societal expectations of a young Mexican lady of her station. She spends her days pretending to be delicate and proper while watching her mamá cure the sick and injured with sal negra (black salt), a recently discovered magic that heals even the most mortal sicknesses…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 8, 2025

  Reviews

  #latinx, #latinxmcs, #magicalrealism, #rachelreads&reviews, #salvación, #sandraproudman, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #wednesdaybooks, #YA

• The Cuffing Game Review

  It is a truth universally acknowledged that when there is a hot person, there is also someone with a crush on them. Mia Yoon has a plan for everything. Get a full ride to her dream film school in Los Angeles, behind her mom’s back, and escape her middle-of-nowhere hometown—check. Produce her own dating show…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 5, 2025

  Reviews

  #contemporaryromance, #harpercollins, #lylalee, #prideandprejudice, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #retelling, #thecuffinggame, #YA

• Asgardians: Loki Review

  As night falls on Asgard there is one who does not dream. Loki, a trickster of epic proportions, has much to think on. He hearkens back to his challenge to the wolf Fenrir to break the strongest Dwarf-made chains. He remembers Thjazi, the jotunn in monstrous eagle form, and his pursuit of the apples of…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 3, 2025

  Reviews

  #asgardians, #firstsecondbooks, #georgeo'connor, #graphicnovel, #loki, #norsemythology, #rachelreads&reviews

• Sunrise on the Reaping Review

  As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is…

  rachelbeerwoman

  December 2, 2025

  Reviews

  #rachelreads&reviews, #YA, #scholastic, #suzannecollins, #thehungergames, #dystopian, #sunriseonthereaping

• Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely Review

  In 1969 twenty-three-year-old starlet Lori Lovely, the apple of Hollywood’s eye, shocks the world by ditching a promising film career to take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as a Benedictine nun. Gossip columnists and scandal sheets can’t get enough of the story. Why would a successful starlet take the veil? Was she hiding from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 26, 2025

  Reviews

  #chicklit, #comingofage, #contemporaryfiction, #harpercollins, #historicalfiction, #hollywood, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahmccoy, #spiritual, #whateverhappenedtolorilovely, #williammorrowbooks, #women’sfiction

• Ranking Cinderella Cleaners

  13 year old Diana didn’t expect her new after-school job at her family’s dry cleaners to end up providing so much adventure. After all, it was forced on her by her harsh step-mom, and she can no longer participate in her beloved drama club. But slipping into the garments of the customers, Diana goes from…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 24, 2025

  Rankings

  #achangeofdress, #cinderellacleaners, #contemporaryfiction, #maskappeal, #mayagold, #middlegrade, #prepcool, #rachelreads&reviews, #rockandrole, #schemespirit, #scholastic, #swanfake

• Top 5 Zodiac Girls

  Continuing my nostalgia trip, the Zodiac Girls are a series of stand-alone novels featuring a girl at a crossroads in her life. For one month (not necessarily their birthday month), they are chosen to be Zodiac Girls and the planets come down to Earth in human form to guide them through their life lessons. There’s…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 22, 2025

  Top 5

  #astrology, #bratprincess, #bridesmaidclub, #cathyhopkins, #doubletrouble, #fromgeektogoddess, #macmillan, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #starchild, #zdiacgirls, #zodiac

• Dame Jacinda Ardern Interview

  Jacinda Ardern is the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, whom you might remember for her decisive handling of the Christchurch shooting, and subsequent gun reform, and COVID-19. She graciously took the time to answer some of my questions about her new memoir, and picture book. 1. It’s been two years since you stepped down…

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 19, 2025

  Interview

  #adifferentkindofpower, #jacindaardern, #memoir, #newzealand, #picturebook, #politics, #rachelreads&reviews

• Ranking Go for the Gold Gymnasts

  Written by Olympic medalist, Dominique Moceanu and author, Alicia Thompson, this quartet dives into the grit and determination of competitive gymnastics combined with the coming of age and friendship of the Texas Twisters teammates.

  rachelbeerwoman

  November 19, 2025

  Rankings

  #aliciathompson, #comingofage, #disneyhyperion, #dominiquemoceanu, #goforthegoldgymnasts, #gymnastics, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #sports