The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/ 32 32 38398750 September Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/10/september-reading-wrap-up-8/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/10/september-reading-wrap-up-8/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:27:25 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19823 September and summer are officially over, but it feels hard to believe when it’s still so warm across much of the U.S. Also because I have barely made a dent in all the new fall releases I was going to read! I need to get reviews written, but The Pirate Queen still stands as my […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/09/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built/feed/ 0 19817 The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/09/the-pirate-queen-by-ariel-lawhon/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/09/the-pirate-queen-by-ariel-lawhon/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:49:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19809 Hello, fall! It may not be here officially, but in the book world this week is one of the busiest for new releases. And this year looks to be huge with fall novels coming from popular authors like Hernan Diaz, Barbara Kingsolver, Jodi Picoult, Elin Hilderbrand, Emily St. John-Mandel, Bonnie Garmus, and Kate Atkinson. I’m […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/09/the-pirate-queen-by-ariel-lawhon/feed/ 2 19809 August Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/august-reading-wrap-up-9/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/august-reading-wrap-up-9/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:01:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19794   It’s time for another monthly reading wrap-up. And the impending end to summer. The good news is that there are SO MANY authors coming out with new books this fall that the reading should be stellar. Stay tuned!   There needs to be a better word than messy to describe Sisters of a Halved […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/august-reading-wrap-up-9/feed/ 2 19794 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil-by-v-e-schwab/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil-by-v-e-schwab/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:10:26 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19739 The sprawling Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil spans three centuries and in doing so introduces and follows three young women, each completely different, but ultimately bound to each other whether they want to be or not. Maria is a young woman in Spain in the 16th century about to be married off to […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil-by-v-e-schwab/feed/ 0 19739 The Children by Melissa Albert https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-children-by-melissa-albert/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-children-by-melissa-albert/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:44:18 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19784 In her new novel, The Children author Melissa Albert goes with the familiar theme of life as the child of a celebrity and pushes it even harder. Edith is a writer who gained her fame and fortune by writing a series of children’s fantasy books, using her own children’s names and even their likenesses. Ennis […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-children-by-melissa-albert/feed/ 0 19784 The Top of the World by Ethan Joella https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-top-of-the-world-by-ethan-joella/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-top-of-the-world-by-ethan-joella/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:29:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19776 When Maggie’s older brother, Chip disappears for the summer after the end of his senior year in high school it’s a big deal. Because it’s probably the last summer he’ll ever have and she and her parents are left alone and wondering if they’ll ever see him again. They do, but he never says anything […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/the-top-of-the-world-by-ethan-joella/feed/ 0 19776 A Year of Marvelous Ways https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/a-year-of-marvelous-ways/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/a-year-of-marvelous-ways/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:12:47 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19771 Marvelous Ways is a 90-year-old woman living in a camper in Cornwall, England. It’s 1947 and what was once a vibrant small town has dwindled to closed up shops and a few stray residents. And yet, Marvelous sits at the crossroads near her home every day, waiting. For what or for whom she doesn’t know, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/a-year-of-marvelous-ways/feed/ 0 19771 City of Widows https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/city-of-widows/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/city-of-widows/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:30:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19765 Nadia Hashimi’s novel, City of Widows is set in Kabul in 2021 as America is in the final stages of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan. Despite all the promises made by the Taliban to honor the changes made in the country they are already targeting women for harassment and are arresting and/or killing anyone who […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/city-of-widows/feed/ 0 19765 This Book Made Me Think of You https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/this-book-made-me-think-of-you/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/08/this-book-made-me-think-of-you/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:53:52 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19757 Sometimes I have to stop being a critic and simply lean into what I’m reading. Such was the case with This Book Made Me Think of You. A trusted friend recommended it so I decided to give it a try, despite knowing it was a full-on romance. Period. If you don’t know what means: a […]

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