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Elysearyn

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” ~Louisa May Alcott Bookstagram: @elysesliteraryescapades

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Made for the Movies
Iconic Series
Level 6
My Taste
The Outsiders
These Hallowed Binds
Little Women
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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Pride and Prejudice
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  • Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
    Take #2

    At long last I have given in, and am picking this back up after my failed attempt to read it last year. Let's do this 🫡

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    Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

    Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise

    Ruth Reichl

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  • Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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  • The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
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  • Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
    Take #2

    At long last I have given in, and am picking this back up after my failed attempt to read it last year. Let's do this 🫡

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  • The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
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  • The Outsiders
    FAVE BOOK ATM

    2 months on and I don't think I am ever going to move on from this book 💕😭

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    March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

    March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women

    Kate Bolick

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  • Little Women
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  • More to the Story
    Elysearyn
    Feb 21, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:
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    Book #2 in my quest to find good modern Little Women retellings+reimaginings!

    I read this book for the first time back when I was around thirteen, and remember liking it a lot at the time. I enjoyed rereading it as an adult, even though it felt more simple than I remember and I was a tad skeptical of a few choices the author made (ahem hinting and “Jo” liking “Laurie”). That being said, I deeply appreciated how the author took some of the main plot points from Alcott’s novel and used them to write her own story. You could tell where the inspiration came from, but it was an original story in it's own right, which I think is the mark of a good adaptation. 💗

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    More to the Story

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    Hena Khan

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    Hena Khan

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