Rachel

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Rachel is Currently Reading

Rachel is currently reading

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights / The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle

bookshelves: historical-fiction, favorites, 2020-book-challenge-reads, 2025-book-challenge-reads, i-want-to-read-2025, currently-reading

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"Finally finished the first story. King Athur lore is easier to digest than reading the real thing, for me, as the writing is quite difficult to get used to and tires my ADHD brain easily. I lost interest about halfway and have been struggling to get the rest read.
onto Robin Hood!!" — Dec 28, 2025 08:39AM

Dec 28, 2025 08:39AM

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Christmas With The Elf King: A Cozy Christmas Fantasy

by Lenore Stutznegger (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 25, 2025 06:51PM

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Isabelle and Alexander

by Rebecca Anderson

bookshelves: series, romance, historical-fiction, fiction, currently-reading, 2025-book-challenge-reads, i-want-to-read-2025, series-i-am-reading

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— Dec 12, 2025 10:41AM

Dec 12, 2025 10:41AM

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Rachel’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Eliza, from Scratch: A Charming YA Rom-Com About Culinary Rivalry, Korean and Thai Heritage, and Love

Eliza, from Scratch: A Charming YA Rom-Com About Culinary Rivalry, Korean and Thai Heritage, and Love by Sophia Lee

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My hands still. “Halmeoni wrote these recipes?” “She wrote them for me when I told her I was moving to America. She said she would never forgive me if I forgot how to make the dishes she made me growing up. When I first moved here, I made ...more

I absolutely cried. This book has so much HEART!! And it made me miss my own grandmother, and her recipes. Many of my grandmother's recipes are Pennsylvania family recipes from her side of the family: "Aunt Evelyn's pasta salad", "Family Favorite Applesauce". :)

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Rachel’s Quotes

“Since the day we met, there has never been anyone but you. And there never will be anyone but you. You are my queen, and I need you.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, The Traitor Queen

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“Overcoming hardships in the past makes people who they are now: survivors and heroes. Our job is to make them realize that on their own.”
― Miye Lee, The DallerGut Dream Department Store

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“didn’t realize you paid such close attention to me.” “What makes you think I’ve ever looked away?”
― Olivia Rose Darling, Fear the Flames

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“And it didn't take long for him to realize that, having overcome the dream, his trauma was no longer a trauma, but a mark of his achievement.”
― Miye Lee, The DallerGut Dream Department Store

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“What makes you feel you’re not free?” he asks to the breathless audience. “Whatever it is that has you bound—whether that is a place, a time, or an outdated belief around a physical disability... Please don’t dwell there. Instead, seek out the things that do bring you freedom.”
― Lee Mi-ye, The DallerGut Dream Department Store

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