Jim Lynch Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jim-lynch/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:21:22 +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 Jim Lynch Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jim-lynch/ 32 32 38398750 8 Beautiful Backlist Books to Read Now https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/04/8-beautiful-backlist-books-to-read-now/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/04/8-beautiful-backlist-books-to-read-now/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:10:37 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14166 After a little digression on Friday, it’s back to books! Reading may be your escape during quarantine, but for many the economic issues caused by the pandemic means buying the newest releases isn’t a great idea. So, today I’ve got eight beautiful backlist books I read and loved years ago. Several I’ve never talked about […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/04/8-beautiful-backlist-books-to-read-now/feed/ 2 14166 5 Star Week: Before the Wind https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/5-star-week-before-the-wind/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/5-star-week-before-the-wind/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2017 07:23:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8601 There’s no better way to wrap up a week of fabulous 5 star reading than with one of my favorite books of 2016. Jim Lynch is a Seattle author and this lovely book about a quirky family of  sailors works even if you hate water. It just came out in paperback so I’m talking it […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/5-star-week-before-the-wind/feed/ 1 8601 February Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/february-reading-wrap-up/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/february-reading-wrap-up/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2017 23:52:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8442   Month two of 2017 is a wrap and I’m happy to report that by-and-large my reading mojo is returning. Whether that’s due to better books coming out or the fact that I’ve doubled the amount of time I spend working out to keep myself mentally sound while trying to deal with the toxic levels […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/february-reading-wrap-up/feed/ 11 8442 Before the Wind https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/04/before-the-wind/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/04/before-the-wind/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:45:33 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=6285   At the most basic level Jim Lynch’s new novel Before the Wind is the story of the Johannssens—a sailing family in Seattle, Washington. Or as Josh Johannssen’s younger sister Ruby liked to claim “And there’s a reason we’re so good with boats: we have a higher salt content in our blood!”  A fact which […]

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