Jo Piazza Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jo-piazza/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:58:41 +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 Jo Piazza Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/jo-piazza/ 32 32 38398750 The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/the-sicilian-inheritance-by-jo-piazza/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/the-sicilian-inheritance-by-jo-piazza/#respond Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:55:20 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18359 Sara is at a low point when her favorite aunt dies. Her well-reviewed restaurant has closed, she’s bankrupt, and her husband is leaving her and wants custody of their daughter. It’s a mixed blessing when she’s given a letter left to her by the aunt containing a final request, a deed for a piece of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/the-sicilian-inheritance-by-jo-piazza/feed/ 0 18359 My 8 Best Books of 2021 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/my-8-best-books-of-2021/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/my-8-best-books-of-2021/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2021 05:19:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16350   Best is a big word, especially these days when words that have been a part of the lexicon for lifetimes feel as if they’re losing their meaning. The first that comes to mind is “normal”. There is nothing normal about our weather, our politics, America.  There’s a COVID vaccine and a booster, but the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/12/my-8-best-books-of-2021/feed/ 8 16350 We Are Not Like Them: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/we-are-not-like-them-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/we-are-not-like-them-a-novel/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:49:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16181 I’m a fan of diverse reading. There are so many places I’ve never gone and experiences I haven’t had in real life. Visiting them in the pages of a book helps expand my horizons and opens my mind in ways it wouldn’t be without reading. Sadly, there are issues happening right here in America that […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/we-are-not-like-them-a-novel/feed/ 8 16181 Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/charlotte-walsh-likes-to-win/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/charlotte-walsh-likes-to-win/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:46:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11123 It didn’t matter that she wasn’t the most creative thinker or the most analytical person in the room: When she was presented with a problem, Charlotte Walsh could always fix it. Because I started the week with one strong woman (two actually) I thought I’d go all in and review another intense read about another […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/charlotte-walsh-likes-to-win/feed/ 2 11123 Fitness Junkie: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/fitness-junkie-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/fitness-junkie-a-novel/#comments Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:39:41 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9050   There are many things that make being a booklover wonderful, but one that makes me positively giddy is when a book finds me when I need it most. That feeling of a book that knows what you need and provides it. No point in prolonging the suspense, I’m talking about Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza’s new […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/fitness-junkie-a-novel/feed/ 12 9050 The Knockoff https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/05/the-knockoff/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/05/the-knockoff/#comments Wed, 27 May 2015 07:23:45 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4058 It’s no secret that I love fashion and all things related to it. The September issue of the major magazines is one of my favorite purchases of the year so a novel about the world of fashion publishing is bound to be a big bowl of happy for me. In The Knockoff Imogen Tate is […]

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