Rachael Tamayo's Blog, page 9
October 23, 2020
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (Audible)
Ok this book sucks. I was hoping that it would be better, but it's ridiculous. The story is once again weak, the characters are shallow, and the plot is thin. It's page after page of Edward complaining about Bella's smel...
October 16, 2020
Twilight VS The Lost Angels Series
Ok, I've seen the movies. Meh. I sat down and decided, as an author I want to see what all the hype is about, so I read the first Twilight book. It's very much like the movie.
September 28, 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes-- Suzanne Collins
In case you don't know, this is the 4th book in the Hunger Games Saga and I'm finally reading it. First of I was so excited to see that it was narrated by the same guy that did You by Caroline Knepes. Yay! His voice is g...
August 28, 2020
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: Stuart Turton (Audible)
This book is said to be like Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day, and boy they weren't lying. Talk about unusual- but in a good way. This story is so unique, and I tied myself in knots imagining what a feat this was to e...
August 4, 2020
Bram Stoker's Dracula: On Audible
As much as I hate to admit this, this is my first classic to read cover to cover. And I use the term read as in listen- because I wasn't born in 1897 when this book was written and this sort of daily "speak" was commonpl...
July 20, 2020
Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang (Audible)
What a ride this book was. Turn of the century New York. Dracula has just come out. No book I've ever read has ever made thank God for the protection of the FDA like this one did. Its got to be the most realistic histori...
July 7, 2020
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (Audible)
I saw this book recommended by another author I know, so I grabbed it and I'm not sorry I did. I love how different this thriller/mystery was. Not your everyday mystery/domestic thriller that we see echoed again and agai...
June 23, 2020
TWIST: GENEVIEVE RAAS (AUDIBLE)
I read the first book in this series a while back and loved it. Fantasy is outside of my typical genre, but I was unable to resist this retelling of the classic fairytale Rumplestilskin. Twist is the second in a three-b...
June 9, 2020
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires-Grady Hendrix
What a ride this book was.
May 23, 2020
THE WIDOW OF PALE HARBOR: HESTER FOX (AUDIBLE)
This is the second book that I have read by Hester Fox, and I really enjoyed this one too. Great gothic-historical mystery. There is a fine silver thread that connects this book to the last one (The Witch of Willow Hal...
