The Gilmore Guide to Books

Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time

Sunday Sentence: Still Writing

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.     Now the page is no longer blank. There's something there. It isn't your business yet to know whether it's going to be prize-worthy some day, or whether it will gather dust in a drawer. Now you've carved the tree. ... Read More...

November in Pictures

It’s been said by some (mostly my husband and my mother) that I read A LOT. That I can then write about it is even more confounding to them. It’s always been difficult, but in that great way that anything worthwhile is. When I can find the right words to convey to a reader what it is about a particular book that moved me or made me think, it is the best feeling in the world. ... Read More...

Sunday Sentence: The Valley of Amazement

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.   Ecco, October 2013  If I stopped running and stood still, I would be accepting that what I had was all I would ever have. And then I would no longer be lost, because there would be nowhere else to go. ... Read More...

Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon: Evening Hours

  Kind of no point in saying it's hour 17 (even though it is) of Dewey's Readathon, because I started 4 hours late. However, now is when I'll really come into my own. At least that's what my 27-year-old self would say. At my age, I'll do my best but will probably crash by 2am. Here's what's happened so far: Readathon Stat Tracker Pages Read: 418 Hours Read: 8.5 I ... Read More...

Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon

I'm way behind at this point but won't make excuses. I'm a first timer who heard about this from my blogging friend Shannon at River City Reading. The read-a-thon started at 5am PST but if you know me even remotely, you know I barely acknowledge 5am much less read at that hour. So now I'm up and going. I'm 100 pages into my first book Lexicon which I've wanted to read for some ... Read More...

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