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FARENHEIT 451
Ray Bradbury
HEY, JUDE CARPENTER
Storm Schultz
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 14, 20224 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...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 2, 20224 min read
(SPOILERS) Losing Brave by Bailee Madison and Stefne Miller
Book Synopsis: Payton Brave's twin sister, Dylan, has been missing for more than a year. So has Payton's memory. Amid the turmoil of her...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 17, 20224 min read
(SPOILERS) By Your Side by Kasie West - Review
Book Synopsis: When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn't think things could...
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Lyra Thompson
Nov 1, 20214 min read
(SPOILERS) Everything That Burns (Liberté) by Gita Trelease - Review
Book Synopsis: Camille Durbonne gambled everything she had to keep herself and her sister safe. But as the people of Paris starve and...
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Lyra Thompson
May 23, 20213 min read
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith - Review (+ the sequel novella)
Book Synopsis: If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 14, 20214 min read
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord - Review
Book Synopsis: Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 5, 20213 min read
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray - Review
Book Synopsis: A general’s daughter… Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 1, 20213 min read
(SPOILERS) Matched by Ally Condie - Review
Book Synopsis: In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices....
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Lyra Thompson
Nov 17, 20203 min read
Letters to The Lost by Brigid Kemmerer - Review
Book Synopsis: Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she...
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Lyra Thompson
Oct 12, 20203 min read
(SPOILERS) P.S I Like You by Kasie West - Review
Book Synopsis: While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she...
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Lyra Thompson
Sep 22, 20204 min read
What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter - Review
Book Synopsis: There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash. He’s an incredibly talented graphic...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20202 min read
(SPOILERS) On The Fence by Kasie West - Review
Book Synopsis: For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older brothers has its perks....
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Romeo and What's Her Name by Shani Petroff - Review
Book Synopsis: Understudies never get to perform . . . which is why being Juliet's understudy in the school's yearly "Evening with...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Enchantee by Gita Trelease - Review
Book Synopsis: Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians... When...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20202 min read
(SPOILERS) Beyond The Break by Heather Buchta - Review
Book Synopsis: Manhattan Beach native Lovette has two rules in life. One: no surfing. Not after her brother's accident. Two: absolutely,...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 23, 20202 min read
Everybody Knows Your Name by Andrea Siegel - Review
Book Synopsis: Meet Magnolia. Her father’s dead, her boyfriend’s ditched her to commit himself more fully to surfing, and her mother’s...
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Lyra Thompson
Aug 22, 20202 min read
(SPOILERS) The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen - Review
Book Synopsis: Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom...
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