Rachel Reads Books

I'm totally literate

Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Contact

Author Archives: Rachel

What I Read in February 2023
books I read this month

What I Read in February 2023

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Brief thoughts on all 12 books I read this month. Continue reading →

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
fiction / literary fiction / review

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I have followed the author of The Survivalists on Twitter for years and was really excited about the book. I suggested it to several library systems to buy. I enjoyed her Grub Street Diet which I read after the book and filled in some blanks for me. I too grew up eating seasonally because it … Continue reading →

What I Read in January 2023
books I read this month

What I Read in January 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all 22 books I read this month. Continue reading →

How to Survive Everything: A Novel by Ewan Morrison
fiction / review

How to Survive Everything: A Novel by Ewan Morrison

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Rachel • 2 Comments

As you may have noticed I rarely read books by men. It is books like How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison that remind me why. Continue reading →

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
fiction / mystery / review / suspense

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I’m going to start by saying that Prom Mom doesn’t come out until July but I was lucky enough to get an ARC on Netgalley. I wanted to write this while the book was fresh in my mind–as soon it was downloaded I started reading. Continue reading →

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus
food / food writing / nonfiction / review

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I was so excited to read Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus that I stopped what I was doing to read the second I got the notification from Netgalley that I got the galley. I had been looking forward to this book since I first saw her tweet about the deal. Continue reading →

What I read in December
books I read this month

What I read in December

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Brief thoughts on all the books I read this month! Continue reading →

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
fiction / review / time travel

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

The year is almost over and I thought I’d end on a high note and read the earlier book of an author who wrote a book that landed on my top books for the year list. I wouldn’t say her more recent book Acts of Violets was great literature and a true classic but it … Continue reading →

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption by Katy Kelleher
nonfiction / review

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Essays on Desire and Consumption by Katy Kelleher

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I was so excited to read this book. It sounded tailor made for me and I’ve followed the author online for a long time. I love the history of objects and reading about our personal connections to them. I just didn’t really enjoy it. I wish she had decided to write a memoir about her … Continue reading →

Recipe for Disaster: 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival edited by Alison Riley
essays / food / food writing

Recipe for Disaster: 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival edited by Alison Riley

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Honestly, this was kind of a disaster of a book. It felt like it was cobbled together at the last minute and was written largely by people who didn’t seem to know what the theme was or care about it at all. One or two essays were okay but largely they were a bunch of … Continue reading →

Post navigation

← Older posts

Archives

  • February 2023 (2)
  • January 2023 (4)
  • December 2022 (5)
  • November 2022 (3)
  • October 2022 (2)
  • September 2022 (3)
  • August 2022 (2)
  • July 2022 (6)
  • June 2022 (3)
  • May 2022 (5)
  • April 2022 (3)
  • March 2022 (5)
  • February 2022 (3)
  • January 2022 (6)
  • November 2021 (1)
  • October 2021 (2)
  • September 2021 (1)
  • August 2021 (1)
  • July 2021 (3)
  • June 2021 (2)
  • May 2021 (1)
  • April 2021 (2)
  • March 2021 (2)
  • February 2021 (3)
  • November 2020 (2)
  • September 2020 (1)
  • August 2020 (2)
  • June 2020 (1)
  • May 2020 (1)
  • March 2020 (1)
  • January 2020 (1)
  • November 2019 (1)
  • May 2018 (2)
  • April 2018 (3)
  • January 2018 (1)
  • October 2017 (2)
  • September 2017 (5)
  • August 2017 (10)
  • July 2017 (19)
  • June 2017 (11)

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • biography
  • books I read this month
  • crafts
  • essays
  • fiction
  • food
  • food writing
  • graphic novel
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • horror
  • letters
  • literary fiction
  • memoir
  • mystery
  • nonfiction
  • review
  • suspense
  • thoughts
  • time travel
  • true crime
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Rachel Reads Books
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Rachel Reads Books
    • Join 50 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Rachel Reads Books
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...