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(SPOILERS) Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer - Review
Book Synopsis: Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in...
Lyra Thompson
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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Always Emily by Michaela MacColl - Review
Book Synopsis: Emily and Charlotte Brontë are about as opposite as two sisters can be. Charlotte is practical and cautious; Emily is...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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(SPOILERS) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys - Review
Book Synopsis: While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 22, 20243 min read
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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
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Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen - Review
Book Synopsis: Sydney has always felt invisible. She's grown accustomed to her brother, Peyton, being the focus of the family’s attention...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews - Review
Book Synopsis: When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life....
Lyra Thompson
Dec 26, 20234 min read
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(SPOILERS) Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith - Review
Book Synopsis: Let luck find you. Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 30, 20233 min read
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(SPOILERS) The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord - Review
Book Synopsis: When it all falls apart, who can you believe in? Everything is going right for Lucy Hansson, until her mom’s cancer...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 7, 20235 min read
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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
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(SPOILERS) Sunset Lullaby (Christy and Todd: The Baby Years #3) by Robing Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Christy’s life with Todd and their two little ones in their cozy Newport Beach cottage is everything she ever hoped for....
Lyra Thompson
Sep 26, 20233 min read
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(SPOILERS) Salty Kisses (Christy and Todd: The Baby Years #2) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Christy is elated when her best friend arrives in Newport Beach. Although the reason for Katie’s journey from Kenya is...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 3, 20232 min read
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The Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck
Book Synopsis: An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories....
Lyra Thompson
Aug 24, 20233 min read
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(SPOILERS) Sandy Toes (Christy and Todd: The Baby Years #1) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: A new season begins for Christy and Todd with a pregnancy test and a disillusioning visit to the doctor. As they try to...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 16, 20232 min read
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Annie, Between the States by L. M. Elliott - Review
Book Synopsis: Annie Sinclair's Virginia home is in the battle path of the Civil War. Her brothers, Laurence and Jamie, fight to defend...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 11, 20233 min read
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The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin - Review
Book Synopsis: August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 9, 20233 min read
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One More Wish (Christy and Todd: The Married Years #3) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: As Christy blows out the 26 candles on her birthday cake, she closes her eyes and makes a wish. Could this be the year...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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(SPOILDERS) Home of Our Hearts (Christy and Todd: The Married Years #2) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Christy and Todd are looking forward to being part of two important weddings. Christy would never think of missing Katie's...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 24, 20232 min read
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Canary Island Song by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: When Carolyn's grown daughter tells her she needs to "get a life," Carolyn decides it's time to step out of her familiar...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 12, 20233 min read
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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
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Forever With You (Christy and Todd: The Married Years #1) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
About the Book: Now that they have been married for almost two years, Christy and Todd are facing challenges neither of them expected....
Lyra Thompson
May 10, 20232 min read
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