Kate Atkinson Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/kate-atkinson/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:28:35 +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 Kate Atkinson Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/kate-atkinson/ 32 32 38398750 Behind the Scenes at the Museum https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:16:40 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18971 Ruby Lennox has no intention of waiting to be noticed. She is the front and center, the axis in the familial wheel that is Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum. The novel begins with her announcing her own conception when her father drunkenly impregnates her mother. From this instant on we journey with […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum/feed/ 0 18971 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 September Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:04:26 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18695 Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it’s been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book releases this month and I didn’t read most of them. I’m embracing the new normal of my reading—whatever keeps me turning […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/september-reading-wrap-up-7/feed/ 2 18695 Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:26:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18473 I’m happy to start the week with a novel, Shrines of Gaiety, that left me thoroughly entertained. Nellie Coker is an iron-fisted matriarch running nightclubs in 1920s London and trying to groom at least some of her children to take over. After a short stint in prison, she returns home to find the vultures circling […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/06/shrines-of-gaiety-by-kate-atkinson/feed/ 0 18473 Thrilling Reading: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/01/thrilling-reading-mini-reviews-2/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/01/thrilling-reading-mini-reviews-2/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:23:43 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15307 For ten months out of the year I complain about plot overload in my reviews, but when it comes to thrillers I’m a lot more forgiving. Especially when the times warrant over-the-top drama to drag my mind off reality, as was the case at the beginning of January. And if you’re tired of hearing me […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/01/thrilling-reading-mini-reviews-2/feed/ 2 15307 September Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/10/september-reading-wrap-up-2/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/10/september-reading-wrap-up-2/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:21:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11618 What a month! I read much less, but found some great, less publicized books that were exactly what I needed. Sadly, the end of the month has found me floundering as American politics have taken over. Despite knowing it would be difficult I felt I owed Dr. Ford the respect of listening to her testimony. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/10/september-reading-wrap-up-2/feed/ 2 11618 Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/03/case-histories-a-novel-by-kate-atkinson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/03/case-histories-a-novel-by-kate-atkinson/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:34:45 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10299   What could the disappearance of a little girl in 1970, the violent death of a young woman in 1994, and the missing baby of a woman who brutally murdered her husband have in common? Nothing, except they’re all open cases that have made their way to the desk of Jackson Brodie, private investigator, in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/03/case-histories-a-novel-by-kate-atkinson/feed/ 6 10299 A God in Ruins https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/05/a-god-in-ruins/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/05/a-god-in-ruins/#comments Mon, 11 May 2015 07:35:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=3995   In her new novel, A God in Ruins, Kate Atkinson answers the question that arises when one is spared from death but others are not: Is my life worth it? In her previous novel Life After Life Ursula Todd is reborn back into her life for second and third chances to change history in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/05/a-god-in-ruins/feed/ 5 3995 Life After Life https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/life-after-life/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/04/life-after-life/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:44:28 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1587 Ursula Todd is born at home in the winter of 1910, but without medical supervision she dies before she can take her first breath. In succeeding chapters, she returns and each time a twist of fate changes her destiny. Once, the doctor has arrived and there are no problems and another time her mother is […]

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