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Book Recommendations for Different Genres (2024 Edition)
I missed the actual anniversary, but it's time for the third biannual post where I give one (or two if I can't choose) book...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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Fate Be Changed by Farrah Rochon - Review
Book Synopsis: What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as...
Lyra Thompson
2 days ago3 min read
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(SPOILERS) The Shadow Throne (Ascendance #3) by Jennifer A. Nielsen - Review
Book Synopsis: War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia...
Lyra Thompson
6 days ago2 min read
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Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill
Book Synopsis: Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she falls in love with...
Lyra Thompson
Jun 32 min read
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(SPOILERS) The Runaway King (False Prince #2) by Jennifer A. Nielsen - Review
Book Synopsis: A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Just weeks after Jaron has taken...
Lyra Thompson
May 303 min read
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Promise Me Tomorrow by Donna Jo Stone - Review
Book Synopsis: For sixteen-year-old Nina, communicating her emotions is ridiculously hard. She expresses those best through art, the one...
Lyra Thompson
May 133 min read
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss - Review
Book Synopsis: Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in e-mail and now "txt msgs", we have made proper punctuation an...
Lyra Thompson
May 103 min read
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(SPOILERS) Sunrise on the Reaping (Hunger Games #0.5) by Suzanne Collins - Review
Book Synopsis: As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the...
Lyra Thompson
Apr 253 min read
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The False Prince (Ascendance #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen - Review
Book Synopsis: In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a...
Lyra Thompson
Apr 93 min read
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Hey, Jude Carpenter by Storm Shultz
Book Synopsis: Jude Carpenter likes his life. Sure, his mom is a little intense sometimes, and sure, it would be great if his older...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 213 min read
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(SPOILERS) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - Review
Book Synopsis: Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 213 min read
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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen - Review
Book Synopsis: A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story, Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody."...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 153 min read
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Hope at the Ocean's Edge by Chantal J. MacDonald
Book Synopsis: Sadie Jones experienced extreme devastation at only nine years old. Now on the cusp of her high school graduation, Sadie...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 93 min read
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The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - Review
Book Synopsis: A portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 272 min read
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Between You and Me by Melissa Knight - Review
Book Synopsis: Meet Colton, the heartthrob of Rayburn High. With his charming smile and flirtatious nature, the girls are wrapped around...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 183 min read
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The Socialite by J'Nell Ciesielsky - Review
Book Synopsis: As the daughter of Sir Alfred Whitford, Kat has a certain set of responsibilities. But chasing her wayward sister, Ellie,...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 93 min read
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Dandelion Dust by Faith L. Potts - Review
Book Synopsis: Like a speck of dandelion dust riding the tides of a prairie wind, life is fleeting. Though I never realized just how...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 272 min read
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(SPOILERS) London in the Dark by Victoria Lynn - Review
Book Synopsis: London, 1910 Budding Private Detective Cyril Arlington Hartwell has a conundrum. London is being ravaged by the largest...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 183 min read
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I Don't Dance by Jesseca Wheaton - Review
Book Synopsis: Ty and Jen have been friends for nearly as long as anyone can remember. But when Ty goes off to college and leaves her...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 141 min read
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Counted Worthy by Leah E. Good - Review
Book Synopsis: Heather Stone lives in fear of repeating the past, yet she continues doing the one thing that could trigger another...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 102 min read
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