Tag: #YA

• Summer Anthologies

  If you could live inside one Taylor Swift song for a day, which would you pick? In this shimmering anthology, thirteen best-selling and acclaimed authors do just that, reimagining some of Taylor’s most iconic songs as love stories.  Whether you’re in an era of fairy lights and folktales or diss tracks and dance floors, here’s…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 9, 2026

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #annm.martin, #baby-sittersummer, #babysitter'sclub, #beckyalbertalli, #coebooth, #crystalmaldonando, #elisabryant, #emmastraub, #j.elle, #jahnnan.malcolm, #jenniferdugan, #jesseqsutanto, #juliemurphy, #katherinemcphee, #krystalmarquis, #laurasebastian, #lynnpainter, #middlegrade, #peterlerangis, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahkuhn, #sarashepard, #scholastic, #sloanharlow, #thebaby-sittersclubfanedition, #thebabysittersclub, #YA

• Jenny Pausacker Interview

  Jenny Pausacker is one of Australia’s most prolific children’s authors, academic and essayist. From 1975 to 2007, she wrote 72 books in almost every genre. She graciously took the time to answer my question about her boundary-breaking books, queer literature and what she’s currently doing in her retirement. Enjoy! I’d been telling stories from early…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 6, 2026

  Interview

  #ataleoftwofamilies, #australianliterature, #counterculture, #countersexist, #genderconstruction, #gettingsomewhere, #goingoverboard, #historicalfiction, #jennypausacker, #kidsliterature, #middlegrade, #mr.enigmatic, #queerliterature, #rachelreads&reviews, #roleyourown, #scholastic, #scholasticaustralia, #sisterhoodandsecrets, #whatareya?, #YA

• Summer Books

  New Crush by Cassandra Calin Lia is finally feeling settled into her new life. Her friends are amazing, her French is improving, and her periods… ugh, those are still terrible. But Lia’s crush, Julien, is noticing her. Lia thinks he likes her, but she can’t tell for sure. And while she’s obsessing over him, Lia’s not noticing…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 5, 2026

  Book Suggestions

  #alexandramonir, #alonewithme, #amparoortiz, #autobiography, #avoicelikemine, #blackcanary, #braveandbold, #breakingsilence, #cassandracalin, #cindypham, #comics, #dccomics, #dcicons, #debhaaland, #don’tbeadrag, #dragkings, #dragqueens, #dystopian, #earthakitt, #encanto, #fairytale, #fantasy, #freakshow, #gayclub!, #gitadesaiisnotheretoshutup, #graphicnovel, #kingsqueensandinbetweens, #kylecaseychu, #lgtbq, #macmillain, #memoir, #newcrush, #papercutz, #penguinrandomhouse, #pridemonth, #queerfiction, #queerromance, #rachelreads&reviews, #retelling, #sammaggs, #saraquinlan, #simonjamesgreen, #sleepingbeauty, #speculativefiction, #tanyaboteju, #thenewadventuresofencanto, #thequeenbeesoftybeecounty, #thesecretworldofbriarrose, #tw:sexualassault, #YA

• Against the Darkness Review

  For generations, the Slayer was supposed to be the chosen, the one girl in all the world with the power to stand against the vampires, demons, and forces of darkness. When Willow used the scythe to call up all the potential slayers at once, it changed everything. For years, the slayers have been working and…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 3, 2026

  Reviews

  #actionadventure, #againstthedarkness, #buffythenextgeneration, #buffythevampireslayer, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #horrorcomedy, #kendareblake, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• One Girl in All the World Review

  Into every generation, a slayer is born. One girl in all the world . . . sort of. Frankie Rosenberg is the world’s first slayer-witch, but she doesn’t have that slay-life balance figured out just yet. She’s still reeling from the deadly explosion at the anual slayer retreat—and new evidence that some slayers may have…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 2, 2026

  Reviews

  #actionadventure, #buffythenextgeneration, #buffythevampireslayer, #disneyhyperion, #fantasy, #horrorcomedy, #kendareblake, #onegirlinalltheworld, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• In Every Generation Review

  Frankie Rosenberg wasn’t yet alive when her mom, Willow, her aunt Buffy, and the original Scooby Gang destroyed the Hellmouth and saved the world from the First Evil. These days, life in New Sunnydale is blissfully quiet. Frankie is just trying to survive her sophomore year at the rebuilt high school and use her budding…

  rachelbeerwoman

  July 1, 2026

  Reviews

  #actionadventure, #buffythenextgeneration, #buffythevampireslayer, #disneyhyperion, #horrorcomedy, #ineverygeneration, #kendareblake, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Book of the Month: Six of Crows

  Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A convict with a…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 29, 2026

  Book Suggestions, Book/Author Highlight

  #fantasy, #grishaverse, #leighbardugo, #rachelreads&reviews, #sixofcrows, #YA

• Capturing the Devil Review

  Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World’s Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 29, 2026

  Reviews

  #capturingthedevil, #forensicmystery, #hachettebookgroup, #jamespattersonbooks, #jamespattersonpresents, #jimmypattersonimprint, #kerrimaniscalco, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #stalkingjacktheripper, #suspense, #thriller, #victorianfiction, #victorianmystery, #victorianromance, #YA

• Escaping from Houdini Review

  Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they’re delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 28, 2026

  Reviews

  #escapingfromhoudini, #forensicmystery, #hachettebookgroup, #jamespattersonbooks, #jamespattersonpresents, #jimmypattersonimprint, #kerrimaniscalco, #littlebrownandcompany, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #stalkingjacktheripper, #suspense, #thriller, #victorianfiction, #victorianmystery, #victorianromance, #YA

• Hunting Prince Dracula Review

  Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper’s true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe’s best schools of forensic medicine… and to…

  rachelbeerwoman

  June 27, 2026

  Reviews

  #forensicmystery, #huntingprincedracula, #jamespattersonbooks, #jamespattersonpresents, #jimmypattersonimprint, #kerrimaniscalco, #littlebrownandcompany, #mystery, #rachelreads&reviews, #suspense, #thriller, #victorianfiction, #victorianmystery, #victorianromance, #YA