Jesmyn Ward Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jesmyn-ward/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:49:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Jesmyn Ward Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jesmyn-ward/ 32 32 38398750 November Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/12/november-reading-wrap-up-6/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/12/november-reading-wrap-up-6/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:12:40 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18040   It’s odd to say, but for the most part November felt like a normal month. So, either I’m acclimating to chaos or my memory has blanked out the month. What I do know is that it was a Wild West rodeo for my reading. There was the fun of getting to read whatever I […]

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