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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
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
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