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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott - Review
Book Synopsis: With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, Jo March -- now Jo...
Lyra Thompson
6 hours ago3 min read
(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
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
The Screwtape Letters (Annotated Edition) by C. S. Lewis - Review
Book Synopsis: A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 63 min read
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Review
Book Synopsis: A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 12, 20242 min read
Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve - Review
Book Synopsis: MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the creators of the...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 21, 20243 min read
Emma by Jane Austen - Review
Synopsis: Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Review
Book Synopsis: Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English...
Lyra Thompson
Jun 1, 20234 min read
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Review
About the Book: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel...
Lyra Thompson
May 9, 20233 min read
Little Women Movies: 1994 VS 2019 Comparison
I've seen the Little Women movie adaptation three times now. I first watched in back in 2021 before I read the book and really enjoyed...
Lyra Thompson
May 6, 20234 min read
(SPOILERS) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Review
Book Synopsis: Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Review
Book Synopsis: In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Review
3.5/5 stars. This book was required reading for my English class. It was super short and I probably could've completed it way faster if I...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 2, 20202 min read
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