Rachel is Reading
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I’m not typically a Lit Fic reader, but this short disaster novel is incredible. Heavily pregnant Annie is at IKEA when an earthquake hits Portland. This is her journey to find her husband and herself, via the story she tells her fetus. It’s emotional, tense, heartbreaking, and brilliant. 💙📚
August 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m not typically a Lit Fic reader, but this short disaster novel is incredible. Heavily pregnant Annie is at IKEA when an earthquake hits Portland. This is her journey to find her husband and herself, via the story she tells her fetus. It’s emotional, tense, heartbreaking, and brilliant. 💙📚
I HATE literary fiction, especially when it’s done well. It rips your heart out, leaving you angry, exhausted, and overwhelmingly sad. This book is riveting, with complex characters you can’t help but care for deeply, multiple POVs that are so well-written, and it is emotionally devastating. 💙📚
June 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I HATE literary fiction, especially when it’s done well. It rips your heart out, leaving you angry, exhausted, and overwhelmingly sad. This book is riveting, with complex characters you can’t help but care for deeply, multiple POVs that are so well-written, and it is emotionally devastating. 💙📚
This Book is Dangerous is the Narwhal and Jelly version of Sesame Street and Grover’s The Monster at the End of this Book (my childhood favorite) and it is equally delightful. 💙📚
June 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This Book is Dangerous is the Narwhal and Jelly version of Sesame Street and Grover’s The Monster at the End of this Book (my childhood favorite) and it is equally delightful. 💙📚
…and with that Rachel Gillig becomes an auto buy author for me. I loved One Dark Window. The writing is immersive, the characters are compelling, and the magic system is unique and clever. That ending, though! It’s a good thing I already have book two. 💙📚
June 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
…and with that Rachel Gillig becomes an auto buy author for me. I loved One Dark Window. The writing is immersive, the characters are compelling, and the magic system is unique and clever. That ending, though! It’s a good thing I already have book two. 💙📚
I asked my indie bookstore for a book that would block out the world, a story that would pull me into its pages and keep intrusive thoughts at bay. They delivered. The writing and world building are immersive, the magic system is fascinating, and the characters are complex and contradictory.
June 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I asked my indie bookstore for a book that would block out the world, a story that would pull me into its pages and keep intrusive thoughts at bay. They delivered. The writing and world building are immersive, the magic system is fascinating, and the characters are complex and contradictory.
Dreamscape Media recently began re-recording John le Carrè’s work with Simon Vance as narrator. Vance is brilliant. I just finished The Spy Who Came in From the Cold for the eleventy-billionth time. It’s a Cold War spy novel classic for a read. I love it more with each reread. 💙📚#booksky
June 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Dreamscape Media recently began re-recording John le Carrè’s work with Simon Vance as narrator. Vance is brilliant. I just finished The Spy Who Came in From the Cold for the eleventy-billionth time. It’s a Cold War spy novel classic for a read. I love it more with each reread. 💙📚#booksky
I’ve seen other reviewers say “no matter how horrible you think Facebook is, the reality is worse”. I am horrified by the depths of the depravity. I wish the author had acknowledged her own complicity better. There’s an astonishing lack of self awareness, but I appreciate this memoir. 💙📚
May 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’ve seen other reviewers say “no matter how horrible you think Facebook is, the reality is worse”. I am horrified by the depths of the depravity. I wish the author had acknowledged her own complicity better. There’s an astonishing lack of self awareness, but I appreciate this memoir. 💙📚
I love I Hate Fairyland. Gert is truly horrible, but I just love her. 💙📚
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I love I Hate Fairyland. Gert is truly horrible, but I just love her. 💙📚
I finished the Greater Charlotte Book Crawl today! 22 independent bookstores spread across 7 counties. It was fun, but it was also A Lot. Looking forward to spending Indie Bookstore Day tomorrow at my “home” store. 💙📚
April 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I finished the Greater Charlotte Book Crawl today! 22 independent bookstores spread across 7 counties. It was fun, but it was also A Lot. Looking forward to spending Indie Bookstore Day tomorrow at my “home” store. 💙📚
I adore Vera Wong and this cozy mystery series. It makes me yearn to be part of Vera’s adopted family. She is good-naturedly nosy and manages to fumble her way into trouble and into the solution to the murder. This series is a murdery book hug and I am here for all the hugs. 💙📚
April 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I adore Vera Wong and this cozy mystery series. It makes me yearn to be part of Vera’s adopted family. She is good-naturedly nosy and manages to fumble her way into trouble and into the solution to the murder. This series is a murdery book hug and I am here for all the hugs. 💙📚
Currently reading The Book of Lilith by Barbara Black Koltuv, Ph.D. and came across this passage. Clearly women have been choosing the bear since the dawn of time. 😮💨
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April 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Currently reading The Book of Lilith by Barbara Black Koltuv, Ph.D. and came across this passage. Clearly women have been choosing the bear since the dawn of time. 😮💨
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I’ve apparently stumped @thestorygraph.com filter for the onboarding challenge reader profile match prompt. In their defense, when you mostly read mysterious, adventurous, dark fiction and have to exclude Mysteries (& books in a series) you can’t be surprised when the filter returns no results. 💙📚
April 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’ve apparently stumped @thestorygraph.com filter for the onboarding challenge reader profile match prompt. In their defense, when you mostly read mysterious, adventurous, dark fiction and have to exclude Mysteries (& books in a series) you can’t be surprised when the filter returns no results. 💙📚
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Happy Pub Day to Heartwood & Amity Gaige. Thanks to NetGalley & Simon/Schuster for the ARC. This is an engaging character study of three women centered around the search for a missing hiker on the AT in Maine. Well-written and compelling, I was invested in the women and the outcome from page one.
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Happy Pub Day to Heartwood & Amity Gaige. Thanks to NetGalley & Simon/Schuster for the ARC. This is an engaging character study of three women centered around the search for a missing hiker on the AT in Maine. Well-written and compelling, I was invested in the women and the outcome from page one.
April 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Happy Pub Day to Heartwood & Amity Gaige. Thanks to NetGalley & Simon/Schuster for the ARC. This is an engaging character study of three women centered around the search for a missing hiker on the AT in Maine. Well-written and compelling, I was invested in the women and the outcome from page one.
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Review of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. Audiobook narrated by Joel de la Fuente. 💙📚
Review of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. Audiobook narrated by Joel de la Fuente. 💙📚
Review by dgrachel - The Spear Cuts Through Water
There are so many POV shifts, interjections and one liners that are spoken by other people in ...
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March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Review of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. Audiobook narrated by Joel de la Fuente. 💙📚
Review of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. Audiobook narrated by Joel de la Fuente. 💙📚
Out 5/6, free ARC from NetGalley, Love Languages is a queer romance graphic novel. The art style isn’t my favorite, but Albon does a great job using color to evoke mood. There wasn’t much chemistry between the leads. It was a slow shift from strangers to friends to lovers which was believable. 💙📚
March 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Out 5/6, free ARC from NetGalley, Love Languages is a queer romance graphic novel. The art style isn’t my favorite, but Albon does a great job using color to evoke mood. There wasn’t much chemistry between the leads. It was a slow shift from strangers to friends to lovers which was believable. 💙📚
Out April 1st, I received a free copy thru LibraryThing’s early reviewers program. It was good, but not great. Historical romance set in late 1800s NY, with Irish mythology mixed in. The only characters with depth were the leads. Everyone else was a stereotype/caricature. 💙📚
March 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Out April 1st, I received a free copy thru LibraryThing’s early reviewers program. It was good, but not great. Historical romance set in late 1800s NY, with Irish mythology mixed in. The only characters with depth were the leads. Everyone else was a stereotype/caricature. 💙📚
Yesterday, I finished 4 books: 3 digital ARCs and an audiobook I started in January. Today, I can’t decide between another eARC and a MG mystery. Am I mentally ready for dark adult books (mystery/thriller/suspense) again or do I need to go back to lighter fare? 💙📚
March 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Yesterday, I finished 4 books: 3 digital ARCs and an audiobook I started in January. Today, I can’t decide between another eARC and a MG mystery. Am I mentally ready for dark adult books (mystery/thriller/suspense) again or do I need to go back to lighter fare? 💙📚
Shenanigan’s hunt for a gang of art thieves takes her to France, the French branch of the Family’s hotel. Full of great characters with even better names, chaos and murder abound. This offers a deep dive into lessons on processing big emotions, reparations, legacy, and greed among others. 💙📚
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Shenanigan’s hunt for a gang of art thieves takes her to France, the French branch of the Family’s hotel. Full of great characters with even better names, chaos and murder abound. This offers a deep dive into lessons on processing big emotions, reparations, legacy, and greed among others. 💙📚
It took weeks of slowly introducing the new girl to the old chihuahua, but it was worth it. 🥹
March 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It took weeks of slowly introducing the new girl to the old chihuahua, but it was worth it. 🥹
For the sake of my mental health, I’m completely throwing out my serious/dark March TBR and I have replaced it with MG delights, starting with The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln which is a quirky gothic mystery with delightful characters. 💙📚
March 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
For the sake of my mental health, I’m completely throwing out my serious/dark March TBR and I have replaced it with MG delights, starting with The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln which is a quirky gothic mystery with delightful characters. 💙📚
Beinart offers more nuance on Israel and the October 7th Hamas attack than I’ve seen before, without both-siding genocide. I appreciate the discussion of language and interpretation. He does a great job weaving Jewish theology into his arguments and I am grateful for the insight. 💙📚
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beinart offers more nuance on Israel and the October 7th Hamas attack than I’ve seen before, without both-siding genocide. I appreciate the discussion of language and interpretation. He does a great job weaving Jewish theology into his arguments and I am grateful for the insight. 💙📚
(Title in image) Part memoir, part history, part journalistic reporting on current events, this is a concise damnation of Western imperialism, particularly the pervasive Islamophobia and unwavering support for genocide. If it doesn’t make you mad, you aren’t paying attention. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸 💙📚
February 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(Title in image) Part memoir, part history, part journalistic reporting on current events, this is a concise damnation of Western imperialism, particularly the pervasive Islamophobia and unwavering support for genocide. If it doesn’t make you mad, you aren’t paying attention. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸 💙📚
Switching from audio to print. The narrator is fantastic, but it’s very confusing on audio. There are too many POV shifts and one liners that are spoken by other people in other time periods. I just can’t follow it but I’m so invested in the story, I don’t want to quit in frustration. 💙📚
February 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Switching from audio to print. The narrator is fantastic, but it’s very confusing on audio. There are too many POV shifts and one liners that are spoken by other people in other time periods. I just can’t follow it but I’m so invested in the story, I don’t want to quit in frustration. 💙📚
It’s been ages since I picked up one of Penny Reid’s romances. This is a funny, sexy, heartwarming, tear-jerker of a book with authentic mental illness representation. It reminded me of why I fell in love with her books in the first place. 💖
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February 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s been ages since I picked up one of Penny Reid’s romances. This is a funny, sexy, heartwarming, tear-jerker of a book with authentic mental illness representation. It reminded me of why I fell in love with her books in the first place. 💖
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