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Summerlost by Ally Condie - Review
Book Synopsis: It's the first real summer since the devastating accident that killed Cedar's father and younger brother, Ben. But now...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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Revolutionary (Anomaly #3) by Krista McGee - Review
Book Synopsis: Back in the underground State against her will, Thalli is no longer the anomaly she was before. She has proven herself to...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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Luminary (Anomaly #2) by Krista McGee - Review
Book Synopsis: She was an anomaly with a death sentence. Now she's free. Thalli was scheduled for annihilation. She was considered an...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - Review
Book Synopsis: Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys....
Lyra Thompson
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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(SPOILERS) Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson - Review
Book Synopsis: Adam Moynihan’s life used to be awesome. Straight As, close friends and a home life so perfect that it could have been a...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 7, 20244 min read
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Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Sierra came to Sunset Beach for relaxation—not for world-class surfing and certainly not for romance! When a wealthy...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 27, 20242 min read
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Why Pro-Life by Randy Alcorn - Review
Book Synopsis: So much is at stake in the abortion debate. If pro-choicers are right, precious freedoms are in jeopardy. If pro-lifers...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 14, 20242 min read
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The Traitor's Wife by Allison Pataki - Review
Book Synopsis: Everyone knows Benedict Arnold--the Revolutionary War general who betrayed America and fled to the British--as history's...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 11, 20243 min read
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Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson and Susan Flory - Review
Book Synopsis: First came the boom the loud, deep, unapologetic bellow that seemed to erupt from the very core of the earth. Eerily, the...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 9, 20242 min read
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(SPOILERS) Swing by Kwame Alexander - Review
Book Synopsis: Things usually do not go as planned for seventeen-year-old Noah. He and his best friend Walt (aka Swing) have been cut...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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Graduation Day (The Testing #3) by Joelle Charbonneau - Review
Book Synopsis: In a scarred and brutal future, The United Commonwealth teeters on the brink of all-out civil war. The rebel resistance...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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Independent Study (The Testing #2) by Joelle Charbonneau - Review
Book Synopsis: In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 15, 20242 min read
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(SPOILERS) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - Review
Book Synopsis: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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Unoriginal Does Not Mean Uncreative - An Analysis on Tropes
It's been a long time since I've written a non-review post on this blog. I think that's only happened one or two other times years ago....
Lyra Thompson
Aug 11, 20242 min read
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The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau - Review
Book Synopsis: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn't that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 5, 20243 min read
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(SPOILERS) On Little Wings by Regina Sirois - Review
Book Synopsis: Jennifer is an only child, and so were her parents—at least that's what she thinks, until she finds an old photo in the...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 30, 20243 min read
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On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision - Review
Book Synopsis: Renowned scholar William Lane Craig offers a readable, rich training manual for defending the Christian faith. This...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 28, 20242 min read
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an unfortunate...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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(SPOILERS) Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom - Review
Book Synopsis: The Rules Don't deceive me. Ever. Especially using my blindness. Especially in public. Don't help me unless I ask....
Lyra Thompson
Jul 19, 20244 min read
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Walls by L. M. Elliott - Review
Book Synopsis: Drew is an army brat, a hotshot athlete poised to be his high school’s star pitcher, when he has to move for the sixth...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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