Tag: #rachelreads&reviews

• Catching Fire Review

  I’m back and so is Katniss, though she’s a lot worse off than I. Even though it’s been a few months since she ha sleft the Arena no one will let her forget the trauma she’s experienced. Starting with the Victory Tour which President Snow makes a surprise appearance to blackmail Katniss into submission. Her…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 9, 2023

  Reviews

  #catchingfire, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #suzannecollins, #thehungergamestrilogy, #YA

• Top 5 Dear America

  Originally I was going to do a full ranking but then there’s 35 books and I don’t hate myself. Also the last time I read all 35 was in 2020 where I read the 35 books in 17 days (I was under self-pressure okay. It was a stupid idea) and got eye strain for a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 7, 2023

  Top 5

  #acoalminer'sbride, #andreadavispinkney, #barrydenenberg, #colormedark, #dearamerica, #dreamsinthegoldencountry, #historicalfiction, #kathrynlasky, #middlegrade, #oneeyelaughingtheotherweeping, #patriciac.mckissack, #rachelreads&reviews, #scholastic, #susancampbellbatoletti, #withthemightofangels

• Top 5 Royal Diaries

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 6, 2023

  Top 5

  #anacaonagoldenflower, #catherinethegreatjourney, #edwidgedanticat, #historicalfiction, #jahanaraprincessofprincesses, #kathrynlasky, #kristianagregory, #maryqueenwithoutacountry, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #royaldiaries, #scholastic, #sheriholman, #sŏndŏkprincessofmoonandstars

• Ranking Girls from Many Lands

  Now the other series American Girl spun off was the Girls from Many lands series for older middle schoolers tackling historical periods from eight different lands and more intense in some senses. What I mean is that half of the series tackles serious topics like court intrigue, colonization and genocide. The other half is more…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 5, 2023

  Rankings

  #alevlytlecroutier, #americangirl, #anniedalton, #ashesinthepathway, #chitrabanerjeedivakaruni, #gatesofgold, #girlsfrommanylands, #historicalfiction, #janekurtz, #kirkpatrickhill, #laurenceyep, #marycasanova, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #siobhánparkinson, #takingwing, #theblacktulip, #thecelticknot, #thelastflower, #underthehyena'sfoot, #victorysong

• Beautiful Chaos Review

  After the events of the summer, Ethan, Lena and all their loved ones are dealing with the consequences of their actions as this southern gothic turns to the End of Days. Garcia and Stohl jump right into the the dire state of Gatlin with plagues of locusts or lubbers as they are dubbed, heat burning…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 3, 2023

  Reviews

  #beautifulchaos, #fantasy, #hachettebookgroup, #kamigarcia, #margaretstohl, #rachelreads&reviews, #southerngothic, #thecasterchronicles, #YA

• American Girl Retrospective

  Since I have almost finished my American Girl collection (4 more to go, woo woo), I decided to do a little retrospective on the series that has touched so many childhoods and have surely sparked my interest in historical fiction. My retrospective will be primarily focusing on the arc of the series since they’re pretty…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 2, 2023

  Book/Author Highlight

  #addy, #americangirl, #caroline, #cecile, #claudie, #courtney, #felicity, #historicalfiction, #josefina, #julie, #kaya, #kirsten, #kit, #mariegrace, #maryellen, #melody, #molly, #nanea, #pleasantcompany, #rachelreads&reviews, #rebecca, #samantha

• Books for Women’s History Month

  It’s women’s history month again! And since last year I did a 8 part series of books one can read, I’m just relisting them here. You can search the tags by title or author to check out my thoughts and summaries on them. But basically one could choose to read a book a day for…

  rachelbeerwoman

  March 1, 2023

  Book Suggestions

  #academics, #amazonsabolitionistsandactivists, #americasfirstladies, #anathologies, #anathologyofamazingwomen, #annmccallumstaats, #annshen, #badgirls, #beautyqueens, #becauseIwasagirl, #blackgirlsrock, #brazen, #bygonebadassbroads, #comics, #dangerousbooksforgirls, #deadfeminists, #doesmybodyoffendyou, #dynamicdames, #extraordinarymothersanddaughters, #femmemagnifique, #frontiergrit, #girlhood, #girlsquad, #girlswhogreen, #girlswhoruntheworld, #goodgirlsandwickedwitches, #goodnightstoriesforrebelgirls, #grandesdreamers, #graphicnovels, #imaginingourselves, #inpraisefordifficultwomen, #inthelineoffire, #janeagainsttheworld, #jasonporath, #kateschatz, #lawbreakingladies, #leagueofextraordinarilyfunnywomen, #lorettaross, #middlegrade, #modernherstory, #monstershewrote, #moxie, #nativewomenchangingtheirworlds, #noisemakers, #nonfiction, #notyourprincess, #ourstoriesourvoices, #powerinnumbers, #rachelreads&reviews, #renegadewomeninfilmandtelevision, #reproductivejustice, #sammaggs, #shechangedcomics, #sherepresents, #shutin, #thebookofgutsywomen, #thegirlwhorodeashark, #theradicalelement, #tyrannyofpetticoats, #unscripted, #unsungheroinesoftheholocaust, #watchusrise, #wearedisplaced, #women'shistorymonth, #womeninscience, #womenofthepinetreestate, #YA, #yesshecan, #youtoo, #zingtsjeng

• 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

• Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters

  Well the final book in the Princess Academy trilogy brings things full circle as the quiet, short girl who defied everyone’s expectations (including her own) to graduate princess academy and defeat bandits has been recruited by the king to teach his three young cousins to be proper princesses before Danland goes to war. As you…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 27, 2023

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale, #theforgottensisters

• Princess Academy: Palace of Stone Review

  After enjoying the first novel, I was surprised to find out that there were two more books making it a trilogy, so of course I had to get into it. Taking place almost a year since the events of the Academy and Britta’s engagement to Prince Steffan, the girls of Mount Estkel finally get to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  February 27, 2023

  Reviews

  #bloomsbury, #fantasy, #middlegrade, #palaceofstone, #princessacademy, #rachelreads&reviews, #shannonhale