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IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER
Italo Calvino
THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOST THINGS
Jessica Brody
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Send For Me by Lauren Fox - Review
Book Synopsis: Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents' popular bakery in Feldenheim, Germany,...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 12, 20224 min read
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - Review
Book Synopsis: In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 12, 20223 min read
(SPOILERS) Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 3 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
This is the third volume in the Sierra Jensen series. As always, I'll have a separate review for each of the three books. Book #7: Open...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 8, 20227 min read
As Old as Time by Liz Braswell - Review
Book Synopsis: What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? When Belle touches the Beast's enchanted rose, memories flood through Belle's...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 24, 20224 min read
ETHIX: Being Bold in a Whatever World by Sean McDowell - Review
Book Synopsis: High school and college students are bombarded today with mixed media messages of moral relativism. Ethix: Being Bold in a...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 19, 20222 min read
(SPOILERS) Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 2 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
I'm onto volume 2 of the Sierra Jensen series, books 4-6. I'm enjoying this series so far. Book 4: Close Your Eyes Book Synopsis: Sierra...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 8, 20224 min read
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - Review
Book Synopsis: Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival....
Lyra Thompson
Sep 22, 20223 min read
There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones - Review (+ Finding You Movie Review)
Book Synopsis: Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen year old. She's witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the...
Lyra Thompson
Sep 4, 20225 min read
I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir by Bart Millard
Book Synopsis: MercyMe’s crossover hit, “I Can Only Imagine,” has touched millions of people around the world. But few know about the...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Book Recommendations for Different Genres 2022 Edition
It's been exactly two years since I did this the first time and I've read a lot more books since then, so it was time for an updated...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20222 min read
(SPOILERS) Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 1 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Series Synopsis: She's the bold, free-spirited type. She's cute, she's fun, and she's following God. She's Sierra Jensen, Christy...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 25, 20225 min read
A Dog's Promise by W. Bruce Cameron - Review
Book Synopsis: A Dog's Promise continues the story of Bailey, the good dog whose journey started in A Dog's Purpose and continued in A...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 12, 20223 min read
If We Survive by Andrew Klavan - Review
Book Synopsis: What do you do when a mission trip suddenly leaves you caught in the middle of a revolution? Will Peterson is part of a...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 1, 20223 min read
Departures by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
This book consisted of new novellas, one about Christy Miller and the other about Sierra Jensen, who Christy met in the last book and who...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 19, 20223 min read
(SPOILERS) Christy Miller Collection Volume 4 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
I'm onto the fourth and final volume of the original Christy series. There are many more in the series (her friends, college years, etc.)...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 13, 20227 min read
(SPOILERS) Christy Miller Collection Volume 3 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
I'm back yet again reviewing the Christy Miller series. If you've read my reviews on the first two volumes you know how this works - each...
Lyra Thompson
Jun 2, 20227 min read
(SPOILERS) Christy Miller Collection Volume 2 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
This is the second three-book volume in the series which includes books 4-6. I'm going to do a separate review for each book like I did...
Lyra Thompson
May 10, 20226 min read
Henry and Violet (Once Upon a Time #6) by Michelle Zink - Review
Book Synopsis: Henry and Violet finally have a chance to be alone. Granted, it's on a school field trip, but with some clever planning...
Lyra Thompson
Apr 11, 20224 min read
(SPOILERS) Christy Miller Collection Volume 1 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting...
Lyra Thompson
Apr 9, 20229 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...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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