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(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...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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(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,...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 24, 20244 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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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...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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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...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 26, 20242 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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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...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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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,...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 11, 20243 min read
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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...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 30, 20244 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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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...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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(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...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 13, 20243 min read
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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...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 11, 20244 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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(SPOILDERS) Son (The Giver #4) by Lois Lowry - Review
Book Synopsis: They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 19, 20234 min read
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The Case for Grace Student Edition by Lee Strobel - Review
Book Synopsis: In The Case for Grace Student Edition, Lee Strobel and Jane Vogel present a compelling and highly personal experiential...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 9, 20232 min read
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(SPOILERS) Messenger (The Giver #3) by Lois Lowry - Review
Book Synopsis: Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. Village...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 7, 20234 min read
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The Case for Faith Student Edition by Lee Strobel - Review
Book Synopsis: Lee Strobel knows how important it is to find answers that ring true. With his background as an award-winning legal...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 1, 20232 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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