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Lyra Thompson
May 13, 20243 min read
Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God by Frank and Zach Turek - Review
Book Synopsis: Seven fictional stories―Captain America, Iron Man, Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, Batman, and Wonder...
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Lyra Thompson
May 8, 20243 min read
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Book Synopsis: During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie...
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Lyra Thompson
May 1, 20242 min read
Gamora and Nebula by Mackenzi Lee - Review
Book Synopsis: The relationship between teenage adopted sisters Gamora and Nebula is as volatile as ever. When they end up on a...
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Lyra Thompson
Apr 27, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - Review
Book Synopsis: protect the diamonds survive the clubs dig deep through the spades feel the hearts Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver...
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Lyra Thompson
Apr 25, 20242 min read
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys - Review
Book Synopsis: Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a...
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Lyra Thompson
Apr 10, 20243 min read
(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...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 29, 20243 min read
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by Catherine Reef - Review
Book Synopsis: The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 28, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) Finding Paris by Joy Preble - Review
Book Synopsis: Sisters Leo and Paris Hollings have only ever had each other to rely on. They can't trust their mother, who hops from city...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 24, 20244 min read
(SPOILERS) Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy - Review
Book Synopsis: For Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly,...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 13, 20243 min read
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...
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Lyra Thompson
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Braced by Alyson Gerber - Review
Book Synopsis: Rachel Brooks is excited for the new school year. She's finally earned a place as a forward on her soccer team. Her best...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler - Review
Book Synopsis: “Seven in 10 Protestants ages 18 to 30―both evangelical and mainline―who went to church regularly in high school said they...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 22, 20243 min read
(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...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 19, 20243 min read
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel - Review
Book Synopsis: There's little question that he actually lived. But miracles? Rising from the dead? Some of the stories you hear about him...
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Lyra Thompson
Feb 11, 20243 min read
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John - Review
Book Synopsis: The extraordinary story of a refugee football team and the transformation of a small American town. Clarkston, Georgia,...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 30, 20244 min read
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games #0) by Suzanne Collins - Review
Book Synopsis: It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 21, 20243 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...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 19, 20243 min read
The People of Sparks (Book of Ember #2) by Jeanne DuPrau - Review
Book Synopsis: The sequel to the critically acclaimed The City of Ember continues the story of Lina and Doon, who have emerged from the...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 13, 20243 min read
(SPOILERS) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - Review
Book Synopsis: Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis...
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Lyra Thompson
Jan 11, 20244 min read
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom - Review
Book Synopsis: At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell. For the first fifty...
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