Rachel
@chemist-that-bakes.bsky.social
Scientist. Nerd. Baker. Cat lover. Book addict. Progressive AF.
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👂Full Speed to a Crash Landing by @bethrevis.bsky.social: well this was a breath of hilarity! Ada is ridiculous and impulsive in the best way. Looking forward to reading the next one. Very enjoyable narration by Dara Rosenberg and David Bendena.
5/5 #BookSky
5/5 #BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
👂Full Speed to a Crash Landing by @bethrevis.bsky.social: well this was a breath of hilarity! Ada is ridiculous and impulsive in the best way. Looking forward to reading the next one. Very enjoyable narration by Dara Rosenberg and David Bendena.
5/5 #BookSky
5/5 #BookSky
Both by Sangu Mandanna:
📖The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: I can’t overstate how much I enjoyed this. Literally laughed out loud over and over.
📖A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by: Totally different world of magic but just as hilarious, poignant, and engaging.
4/5 #BookSky
📖The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: I can’t overstate how much I enjoyed this. Literally laughed out loud over and over.
📖A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by: Totally different world of magic but just as hilarious, poignant, and engaging.
4/5 #BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Both by Sangu Mandanna:
📖The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: I can’t overstate how much I enjoyed this. Literally laughed out loud over and over.
📖A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by: Totally different world of magic but just as hilarious, poignant, and engaging.
4/5 #BookSky
📖The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: I can’t overstate how much I enjoyed this. Literally laughed out loud over and over.
📖A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by: Totally different world of magic but just as hilarious, poignant, and engaging.
4/5 #BookSky
Both by Jillian Meadows:
📖Wreck My Plans: a sweet Christman romcom with the usual hijinks, but still quite enjoyable.
👂Give Me Butterflies: STEM and romance and consent?! Be still my heart. I adored this book. Delicious narration by Jason Clarke and Victoria Connolly.
3/5 #BookSky
📖Wreck My Plans: a sweet Christman romcom with the usual hijinks, but still quite enjoyable.
👂Give Me Butterflies: STEM and romance and consent?! Be still my heart. I adored this book. Delicious narration by Jason Clarke and Victoria Connolly.
3/5 #BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Both by Jillian Meadows:
📖Wreck My Plans: a sweet Christman romcom with the usual hijinks, but still quite enjoyable.
👂Give Me Butterflies: STEM and romance and consent?! Be still my heart. I adored this book. Delicious narration by Jason Clarke and Victoria Connolly.
3/5 #BookSky
📖Wreck My Plans: a sweet Christman romcom with the usual hijinks, but still quite enjoyable.
👂Give Me Butterflies: STEM and romance and consent?! Be still my heart. I adored this book. Delicious narration by Jason Clarke and Victoria Connolly.
3/5 #BookSky
📖Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws: holy drama, Batman! Never seen characters with such short tempers. I did like the growth in confidence of Dakota over the book, and I do love a cat dad carpenter man.
2/5 #BookSky
2/5 #BookSky
August 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📖Seven Year Itch by Amy Daws: holy drama, Batman! Never seen characters with such short tempers. I did like the growth in confidence of Dakota over the book, and I do love a cat dad carpenter man.
2/5 #BookSky
2/5 #BookSky
👂Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood: Rue was such a fascinating character to be in the head of. Demolished this book so fast, I can't get enough of explicit consent! Awesome duet narration by Jason Clarke and Callie Dalton.
15/15 #BookSky
15/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood: Rue was such a fascinating character to be in the head of. Demolished this book so fast, I can't get enough of explicit consent! Awesome duet narration by Jason Clarke and Callie Dalton.
15/15 #BookSky
15/15 #BookSky
📖 Deep End by Ali Hazelwood: this is what 50 Shades of Gray wishes it was (why yes, I did despise 50 SoG, how did you know?). Loved the science, as a woman in STEM. Spice is off the chart. I related so much to Scarlett’s neurotic tendencies.
14/15 #BookSky
14/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📖 Deep End by Ali Hazelwood: this is what 50 Shades of Gray wishes it was (why yes, I did despise 50 SoG, how did you know?). Loved the science, as a woman in STEM. Spice is off the chart. I related so much to Scarlett’s neurotic tendencies.
14/15 #BookSky
14/15 #BookSky
👂Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady: this was such fun! I also needed a happy breather after the last. A twist on You’ve Got Mail but it still felt fresh, plus so much love for independent bookstores. Wonderful narration by Karissa Vacker and Brandon Francis.
13/15 #BookSky
13/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady: this was such fun! I also needed a happy breather after the last. A twist on You’ve Got Mail but it still felt fresh, plus so much love for independent bookstores. Wonderful narration by Karissa Vacker and Brandon Francis.
13/15 #BookSky
13/15 #BookSky
📖 The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros: yep, this one broke me. I rarely cry while reading a book, but I was sobbing by the end. Yet, I would gladly read this again. Couldn’t put it down: phenomenal, beautiful, heartbreaking, glorious story.
12/15 #BookSky
12/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📖 The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros: yep, this one broke me. I rarely cry while reading a book, but I was sobbing by the end. Yet, I would gladly read this again. Couldn’t put it down: phenomenal, beautiful, heartbreaking, glorious story.
12/15 #BookSky
12/15 #BookSky
👂Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry: Loved the world building and plot twists. LOTS of internal monologuing, so the story sometimes dragged. I wish that Odessa had more spine, she was passive with occasional bold moments. Narration by @ms-brentmoor.bsky.social was fantastic.
11/15 #BookSky
11/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry: Loved the world building and plot twists. LOTS of internal monologuing, so the story sometimes dragged. I wish that Odessa had more spine, she was passive with occasional bold moments. Narration by @ms-brentmoor.bsky.social was fantastic.
11/15 #BookSky
11/15 #BookSky
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst: Sometimes you want to retreat into a comforting, cozy read. I’m so glad to get Terlu’s story after reading The Spellshop, and you can’t have enough talking plants. Picked up a copy (+signed of Spellshop!) from my local bookstore.
10/15 #BookSky
10/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst: Sometimes you want to retreat into a comforting, cozy read. I’m so glad to get Terlu’s story after reading The Spellshop, and you can’t have enough talking plants. Picked up a copy (+signed of Spellshop!) from my local bookstore.
10/15 #BookSky
10/15 #BookSky
👂Hooking Up and👂Making Up, both by Helena Hunting: I liked Hooking Up more (I lean towards mature protagonists) and I wanted Ami’s story after Shacking Up, but I did enjoy both! Excellent narration by Jacob Morgan and Muffy Newtown.
9/15 #BookSky
9/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Hooking Up and👂Making Up, both by Helena Hunting: I liked Hooking Up more (I lean towards mature protagonists) and I wanted Ami’s story after Shacking Up, but I did enjoy both! Excellent narration by Jacob Morgan and Muffy Newtown.
9/15 #BookSky
9/15 #BookSky
👂Quicksilver by Callie Hart: this drew me in - wonderful world building. I loved the unique magic of the quicksilver. Phenomenal duet narration by Anthony Palmini + Stella Bloom. Looking forward to the next one!
8/15 #BookSky
8/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Quicksilver by Callie Hart: this drew me in - wonderful world building. I loved the unique magic of the quicksilver. Phenomenal duet narration by Anthony Palmini + Stella Bloom. Looking forward to the next one!
8/15 #BookSky
8/15 #BookSky
👂The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand: ooh the hospitality sector drama! It took me a bit to get used to bouncing between all the characters, but I really loved this book and its twists. Rooting for Grace the whole time! Narration by @theerinbennett.bsky.social was excellent.
7/15 #BookSky
7/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand: ooh the hospitality sector drama! It took me a bit to get used to bouncing between all the characters, but I really loved this book and its twists. Rooting for Grace the whole time! Narration by @theerinbennett.bsky.social was excellent.
7/15 #BookSky
7/15 #BookSky
👂American Queen by Sierra Simone: not my jam unfortunately, I only read about halfway. As one can see from my list, I read plenty of spice/BDSM, but in this one, consent felt a lil coerced, like the FMC wasn’t able to make her own decisions, and the degradation was too much for me.
6/15 #BookSky
6/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂American Queen by Sierra Simone: not my jam unfortunately, I only read about halfway. As one can see from my list, I read plenty of spice/BDSM, but in this one, consent felt a lil coerced, like the FMC wasn’t able to make her own decisions, and the degradation was too much for me.
6/15 #BookSky
6/15 #BookSky
👂Sinner by Sierra Simone: I read Priest last month so obviously needed the next one in the series. Loved this unusual story, fell hard for the characters. As always, can’t resist narration by Jacob Morgan! Major spice 🌶️
5/15 #BookSky
5/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Sinner by Sierra Simone: I read Priest last month so obviously needed the next one in the series. Loved this unusual story, fell hard for the characters. As always, can’t resist narration by Jacob Morgan! Major spice 🌶️
5/15 #BookSky
5/15 #BookSky
📖 The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod: a second-chance romance with musicians, with a lot of heartfelt emotions and plenty of band drama! I quite enjoyed this. Best part of my bingo card is finding new-to-me authors: I plan to check out more of Xio’s work.
4/15 #BookSky
4/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
📖 The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes by Xio Axelrod: a second-chance romance with musicians, with a lot of heartfelt emotions and plenty of band drama! I quite enjoyed this. Best part of my bingo card is finding new-to-me authors: I plan to check out more of Xio’s work.
4/15 #BookSky
4/15 #BookSky
👂Summer Romance by Annabell Monaghan: this is a reread for me, but it was my first time with the audiobook. The story is full of dry humor, witty lines, and actual laugh-out-loud moments which were enhanced by narration by Kristin DiMercurio.
3/15 #BookSky
3/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Summer Romance by Annabell Monaghan: this is a reread for me, but it was my first time with the audiobook. The story is full of dry humor, witty lines, and actual laugh-out-loud moments which were enhanced by narration by Kristin DiMercurio.
3/15 #BookSky
3/15 #BookSky
👂Quicksilver/Callie Hart
👂Hooking Up👂Making Up/Helena Hunting
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse/ @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social
👂Shield of Sparrows/Devney Perry
📖 The Last Letter/Rebecca Yarros
👂Battle of the Bookstores/Ali Brady
📖 Deep End/Ali Hazelwood
👂Not In Love/Ali Hazelwood
2/15 #BookSky
👂Hooking Up👂Making Up/Helena Hunting
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse/ @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social
👂Shield of Sparrows/Devney Perry
📖 The Last Letter/Rebecca Yarros
👂Battle of the Bookstores/Ali Brady
📖 Deep End/Ali Hazelwood
👂Not In Love/Ali Hazelwood
2/15 #BookSky
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
👂Quicksilver/Callie Hart
👂Hooking Up👂Making Up/Helena Hunting
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse/ @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social
👂Shield of Sparrows/Devney Perry
📖 The Last Letter/Rebecca Yarros
👂Battle of the Bookstores/Ali Brady
📖 Deep End/Ali Hazelwood
👂Not In Love/Ali Hazelwood
2/15 #BookSky
👂Hooking Up👂Making Up/Helena Hunting
📖 The Enchanted Greenhouse/ @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social
👂Shield of Sparrows/Devney Perry
📖 The Last Letter/Rebecca Yarros
👂Battle of the Bookstores/Ali Brady
📖 Deep End/Ali Hazelwood
👂Not In Love/Ali Hazelwood
2/15 #BookSky
👂Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood: Rue was such a fascinating character to be in the head of. Demolished this book so fast, I can't get enough of explicit consent! 🌶️ Awesome duet narration by Jason Clarke and Callie Dalton.
15/15 #BookSky
15/15 #BookSky
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
👂Not In Love by Ali Hazelwood: Rue was such a fascinating character to be in the head of. Demolished this book so fast, I can't get enough of explicit consent! 🌶️ Awesome duet narration by Jason Clarke and Callie Dalton.
15/15 #BookSky
15/15 #BookSky
📖 Deep End by Ali Hazelwood: this is what 50 Shades of Gray wishes it was (why yes, I did despise 50 SoG, how did you know?). Loved the science, as a woman in STEM. Spice is off the chart. I related so much to Scarlett’s neurotic tendencies.
14/15 #BookSky
14/15 #BookSky
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📖 Deep End by Ali Hazelwood: this is what 50 Shades of Gray wishes it was (why yes, I did despise 50 SoG, how did you know?). Loved the science, as a woman in STEM. Spice is off the chart. I related so much to Scarlett’s neurotic tendencies.
14/15 #BookSky
14/15 #BookSky
👂Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady: this was such fun! I also needed a happy breather after the last. A twist on You’ve Got Mail but it still felt fresh, plus so much love for independent bookstores. Wonderful narration by Karissa Vacker and Brandon Francis.
13/15 #BookSky
13/15 #BookSky
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
👂Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady: this was such fun! I also needed a happy breather after the last. A twist on You’ve Got Mail but it still felt fresh, plus so much love for independent bookstores. Wonderful narration by Karissa Vacker and Brandon Francis.
13/15 #BookSky
13/15 #BookSky