Tag: #YA

• Book Highlight: Every Body Looking

  This has some commonalities with Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X following a girl’s coming of age story featuring first gen problems in verse form. However, Ada’s story takes a different track. Her name in Igbo means “first child” befitting how she shoulders the expectations and pressures of everyone else, trying to be a good Catholic…

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 17, 2022

  Book/Author Highlight

  #candiceiloh, #comingofage, #everybodylooking, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Thoughts on Shadowhunter Anthologies

  I’ve already discussed my thoughts on the Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy anthology so now I go onto The Magnus Bane Chronicles and Ghosts of the Shadowmarket.

  rachelbeerwoman

  September 1, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #cassandraclare, #fantasy, #ghostsoftheshadowmarket, #hollyblack, #kellylink, #maureenjohnson, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarahreesbrennan, #simon&schuster, #supernatural, #themagnusbanechronicles, #theshadowhunterchronicles, #YA

• Summer YA

  Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta While I’m usually iffy with Pride and Prejudice adaptations since they’re everywhere, there’s always one that manages a new spin to it that makes me enjoy the story all over again. It helps that the protagonist, Elizabeth is a musical nerd so I immediately connect with her as she sings…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 31, 2022

  Book Suggestions

  #aishasaed, #ashotatnormal, #beckyalbertalli, #bloomsbury, #bruised, #camryngarrett, #can'ttakethataway, #crystalmaldonando, #debatingdarcy, #doesmybodyoffendyou, #fulldisclosure, #gettingovermaxcooper, #harpercollins, #hopepunk, #likevanessa, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #lockerhero, #loveisiarevolution, #macmillan, #marcellakarp, #mariemarquardt, #marisareichardt, #mastersofmischief, #mayracuevas, #michellequach, #middlegrade, #middleschoolmayhem, #nofilterandotherlies, #notheretobeliked, #penguinrandomhouse, #prestonnorton, #putnam'ssons, #rachelreads&reviews, #rachelreneerussell, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #sayantanidasgupta, #scholastic, #simon&schuster, #st.martinspublishing, #stevensalvatore, #tammicharles, #tanyaboteju, #themisadventuresofmaxcrumbly, #YA, #yesnomaybeso

• Pretty Little Liars: Vicious Review

  Ah it’s the end and it is a doozy! The Liars are at the end of the line since being accused of Ali’s murder and their prospects are grim. The world has turned on them and counter evidence to their innocence is sparse. They try to put up a brave front but it’s hard considering…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 28, 2022

  Reviews

  #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #thriller, #vicious, #YA

• Bravely Review

  Here’s another one for International Princess Week and I think the princess in the spotlight today should be obvious. Especially since it’s titled Bravely. I’ll admit I came into this with low expectations as I was not much of a fan of the movie but it absolutely blew me out of the water. Split into…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 27, 2022

  Reviews

  #brave, #bravely, #comingofage, #disney, #disneyhyperion, #maggiestiefvater, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA

• Long Live the Pumpkin Queen Review

  Apparently this is Princess Week so it’s good timing to post my thoughts on the story I never knew I wanted. The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those movies that was a pretty excellent standalone with a creepy aesthetic and memorable characters that you think its fine as a standalone. But this book expands…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 26, 2022

  Reviews

  #disney, #disneyhyperion, #longlivethepumpkinqueen, #nightmarebeforechristmas, #rachelreads&reviews, #sheaernshaw, #timburton, #YA

• Pretty Little Liars: Toxic Review

  All things seemed to have settle down in Rosewood but as only the Liars know, A is still out there. And even though Helper A has been put away in jail, Ali still has minions. Specifically a following of Ali Cats who like many groupies of socios and murderers believe Ali is a misunderstood hero…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 21, 2022

  Reviews

  #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #toxic, #YA

• Pretty Little Liars: Deadly Review

  Remember when I said the last book brought the verve back into the series, this one brings the blam. Ali actually lets the ax fall and leaks all the girls’ secrets as well as a forged videotape framing them for Tabitha’s murder in Jaimaca.

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 20, 2022

  Reviews

  #deadly, #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #YA

• Pretty Little Liars: Crushed Review

  Shepard brings some verve back into the series by having the Liars bring the fight to A and get more entangled in A’s web.

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 19, 2022

  Reviews

  #crushed, #harpercollins, #mystery, #prettylittleliars, #rachelreads&reviews, #sarashepard, #YA

• Lisi Harrison Interview

  1. To start off simple, when did you first begin writing? What were some of your big inspirations? I always wanted to write, I think I always had those voices in my head my whole life. When I first read Harriet the Spy when I was younger, I loved the idea of observing people. And…

  rachelbeerwoman

  August 18, 2022

  Interview

  #alphas, #fantasy, #girlstuff, #graveyardgirls, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #theclique, #thedirtybookclub, #thepack, #thepretenders, #YA