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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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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata - Review
Book Synopsis: Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura....
Lyra Thompson
Feb 12, 20223 min read
(SPOILERS) Losing Brave by Bailee Madison and Stefne Miller
Book Synopsis: Payton Brave's twin sister, Dylan, has been missing for more than a year. So has Payton's memory. Amid the turmoil of her...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 2, 20224 min read
(SPOILERS) By Your Side by Kasie West - Review
Book Synopsis: When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn't think things could...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 17, 20224 min read
The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart - Review
Book Synopsis: Children You must not come STOP Dangerous The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a...
Lyra Thompson
Dec 11, 20212 min read
(SPOLIERS) Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - Review
Book Synopsis: Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 8, 20214 min read
(SPOILERS) Everything That Burns (Liberté) by Gita Trelease - Review
Book Synopsis: Camille Durbonne gambled everything she had to keep herself and her sister safe. But as the people of Paris starve and...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 1, 20214 min read
One For the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Review (SPOILERS)
Book Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Carley Connors can take a lot. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother, she's learned to be...
Lyra Thompson
Aug 4, 20213 min read
I Don't Have Enough Faith to be An Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek - Favorite Quotes
5/5 stars. As a Christian who loves apologetics and knowing how to explain my faith when questioned, I loved this book. It had so many...
Lyra Thompson
Jul 5, 202127 min read
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith - Review (+ the sequel novella)
Book Synopsis: If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl...
Lyra Thompson
May 23, 20213 min read
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - Review (SPOILERS)
Book Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 28, 20213 min read
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Review
Book Synopsis: In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that...
Lyra Thompson
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord - Review
Book Synopsis: Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but...
Lyra Thompson
Feb 14, 20214 min read
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray - Review
Book Synopsis: A general’s daughter… Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the...
Lyra Thompson
Jan 5, 20213 min read
(SPOILERS) Matched by Ally Condie - Review
Book Synopsis: In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices....
Lyra Thompson
Jan 1, 20213 min read
Letters to The Lost by Brigid Kemmerer - Review
Book Synopsis: Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 17, 20203 min read
Catching Fire Movie Review
I watched the movie a couple days ago but I’m just now getting around to reviewing it on here. I liked the movie and thought it was a...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 8, 20201 min read
(SPOILERS) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - Review
Book Synopsis: SPARKS ARE IGNITING. FLAMES ARE SPREADING. AND THE CAPITAL WANTS REVENGE. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 7, 20202 min read
Hamilton and Peggy: A Revolutionary Friendship by L. M. Elliot - Review
Book Synopsis: Peggy Schuyler has always felt like she’s existed in the shadows of her beloved sisters: the fiery, intelligent Angelica...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Review
3.5/5 stars. This book was required reading for my English class. It was super short and I probably could've completed it way faster if I...
Lyra Thompson
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Reading Habits Tag!
I got these questions from a Youtube video by someone named Ariel Bissett, I'm not sure what original source she got them from. These...
Lyra Thompson
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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