Tag: #rachelreads&reviews
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Missed Potential in Tales from Shadowhunter Academy
If it isn’t evident as you read, these are all my own opinions. Feel free to agree or disagree or just add your own thoughts in the comments section. Maybe it’s because I read the Shadowhunter Chroncilesout of order that I have this opinion. But I wish Tales from Shadowhunter Academy had more stories following…
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Top 3 Julie Andrews Books
Not only can she sing and dance but she can write too. This British star has it all and here are my top 3 favorite books of hers. It would have been 5 but the other two I read are memoirs and did not not fit the criteria of my post here which was to…
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Smith High Rankings
Marni Bates’ Smith High series is endearing awkward but also a lot of fun so now I shall rank them from favorite to okay. Invisible Jane Smith, the averagely named school reporter wishes she wasn’t so average anymore. She hadn’t always wanted this. In fact she was content to be on the sidelines until her…
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Top 5 Ann M. Martin Books
Main Street I literally read this series 10 years in a row, every summer. It’s just so comforting and wholesome. It starts with the orphaned Northrop sisters, Flora and Ruby who are taken to live with their grandmother, Min (short for in a minute) in Camden Falls, MA. It’s not so tragic as they’ve been…
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Twisted Tales: Tale as Old as Time Review
Ah, one of my favorites, and Braswell did a lovely job with her twist of “What if Belle’s mother cursed the beast?” Yes, everyone Belle’s mother is alive and she’s the infamous Enchantress that kicks the whole story off.
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Twisted Tales: Straight On Till Morning Review
Braswell explores the scenario of ”What if Wendy first traveled to Neverland with Captain Hook?” which is a great twist indeed. Here Wendy, John and Michael never went on their grand adventure to Neverland after Nana catches Pan’s shadow. Rather Nana caught Pan’s shadow but he has never appeared to them. Now years later, Wendy…
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Top 4 Meg Cabot books
Girl meet Boy series This fun, frothy romcom series is written entirely in epistolotory form. meaning that it’s written in emails, texts, and such. No prose, which makes it a very fast read as the characters swap gossip, get into miscommunications and get sexy. The romances all share small-town girls falling for outsider city boys,…
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Top 5 Mangas
Aka the only five I’ve read, but I still highly enjoyed them. Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi The first first anime I watched and this year, I finally got to devour the original manga and it is just as good. Seriously Inuyasha has it all, action, romance, lore, and great character dynamics and relationships. They’re all…
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Ranking The Gilded Age Girls Club trilogy
Here’s a little break from regency romances in the UK ton. Rodale’s trilogy is set in the hustle and bustle of Manhattan with working women and womanly pursuits at its center. Here’s my ranking of Maya Rodale’s The Gilded Age Girl’s Club.
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