Based on the calendar I know it was summer, but the only way I believed it was hearing from friends and family how they were melting away in intense heat. Seattle hovered in the 60s or lower for most of the month. I'm not complaining except it is nice to actually see a pedicure when you've gotten one and when it stays chilly I wear socks. Weather aside, what a month. I can ... Read More...
It’s Not About Books: Italy
It began with sunshine and smiles as my family found each other in the small confines of the airport in Florence and ended with shouts and threats seven days later in the same airport in the dark of 5am—when our flight to Frankfurt was cancelled. The shouting and shoving did not come from me because I was so groggy and disoriented I could hardly process the fact that after a ... Read More...
Arrivederci for Now
Happy Friday, readers! No review today because by noon I will be aboard a plane heading to Italy. Yes, the long awaited family vacation has arrived! For the next seven days I’ll be traipsing around Florence, Cortona, and Siena. Probably even seeing gorgeous landscapes like the one above. What a lucky lady I am. Due to the crowds this time of year I won’t be taking in any of ... Read More...
Happy Anniversary: 4 Years Later
Tomorrow will be my four-year anniversary with The Gilmore Guide to Books! I’m not sure I thought I would make it this long, but here I am, still reading and writing. Before I do anything else I want to thank all the wonderful booklovers who have been supporting me from the beginning—and the new readers who have joined them. It’s hard to say just how much it means, but ... Read More...
June Reading Wrap-Up
Hello, lovely bookworms! I know there are are probably only a handful of you not heading out for the long weekend, but I just wanted to quickly wrap-up my June reading because it's been an interesting month. Most of the last week has been streaming the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials and texting madly to my swim/book geek friend Sarah at Sarah's Book Shelves over everything from the ... Read More...
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews
Happy summer, book lovers! I hope you're all getting to enjoy nice weather, sunshine, and, of course, some great reading. In an effort to help, I'm back with three books that left me thinking It's Not You, It's Me. If Whitney Terrell’s goal in his novel The Good Lieutenant is to mimic warfare, then he succeeds. The novel opens with the search for ... Read More...
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