Rachy Reads

Writing Wednesdays

It’s been a while, hi, hello! A gentle return to work from Maternity Leave. I honestly have so much respect to all the mums/dads/carers/guardians out there navigating the sleep deprivation and returning to work. Your whole world just changes entirely when you have a little person to care for and sort of puts everything into…

World Book Day!

It’s world book day! Believe it or not this is one of my favourite days of the year, I loved spending months deciding what character I was going to dress as for school.  To celebrate world book day here’s a stack of books I’m excited to read this month!  Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson…

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Rachy Reads rating 4 * This book was recommended to me by a friend as ‘it’s like a grown up princess diaries’. I loved reading Meg Cabot growing up and this did not fail to live upto it’s expectation. I ended up reading this book as part of a book club and I’m so glad…

Always and Forever by Jenny Han

As a series I give this a 3.5. Only because for me the second book feels like the conflict is forced for the sake of writing a second book. The first and the last are superb though.  With it being Valentines weekend and the release of the final film of this series being released on…

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Rachy Reads rating – 4.5* So this book turns out to be like marmite, you either love it: “A lush debut; Owens delivers her mystery wrapped in gorgeous, lyrical prose.” Alexandra Fuller, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight or hate it: “Utter Claptrap” Elizia on Amazon reviews. I picked this book up…

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