Ethan Joella Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/ethan-joella/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:10:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Ethan Joella Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/ethan-joella/ 32 32 38398750 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 My 9 Favorite Books in 2024 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:40 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18858 As I started reviewing my reading year there was one stat that jumped off the chart at me. Of the 13 five-star books I read this year my favorite 9 were backlist (published before 2024). I’m sure publishing analysts could provide an easy explanation (fewer books published in an election year) or a psychologist something […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/my-9-favorite-books-in-2024/feed/ 4 18858 The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/07/the-same-bright-stars-by-ethan-joella/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/07/the-same-bright-stars-by-ethan-joella/#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2024 07:39:49 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18541 As evidenced by Wednesday’s review I’m always up for dark dark fiction if there’s humor somewhere in the horror. At the same time, I appreciate a gentler approach—slice-of-life novels if you will. Ethan Joella’s The Same Bright Stars fits in this quieter space perfectly. Jack Schmidt has been in the restaurant business since he was […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/07/the-same-bright-stars-by-ethan-joella/feed/ 2 18541 A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/a-quiet-life-by-ethan-joella/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/a-quiet-life-by-ethan-joella/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:29:13 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18176 We live so much of our lives without telling anyone. Apparently, this is going to be an emotion drenched week of reviews. When A Quiet Life opens, a Pennsylvania suburb is locked in the throes of winter, while three of its residents are just as frozen in their grief. Chuck is a man in his […]

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