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How to Stay Christian in High School by Steve Gerali - Review
Book Synopsis: High school is full of temptations. How can you stay focused on God? This book tells about teenagers in the Bible and how...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 3, 20232 min read
(SPOILERS) As You Wish (Christy and Todd: College Years #2) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Christy is finally back in the country after finishing her year abroad. Together with her friends at Rancho Corona...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 1, 20232 min read
Until Tomorrow (Christy and Todd: The College Years #1) by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
Book Synopsis: Nineteen-year-old Christy Miller has been on her own for nearly a year, studying at an international university in Basel,...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 27, 20233 min read
(SPOILERS) Sierra Jensen Collection Volume 4 by Robin Jones Gunn - Review
It's time for the fourth and final volume in the Sierra Jensen series. Three books in one, three reviews in one. Book 10: Hold On Tight...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 16, 20236 min read
Anomaly by Krista McGee - Review
Book Synopsis: Thalli has fifteen minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live. The toxic gas that will complete her annihilation is...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva - Review
Book Synopsis: Charles Dickens should be looking forward to Christmas. But when his latest book, 'Martin Chuzzlewit', is a flop, his...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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
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