Taylor Jenkins Reid Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/taylor-jenkins-reid/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:08:40 +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 Taylor Jenkins Reid Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/authors/taylor-jenkins-reid/ 32 32 38398750 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/#respond Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:55:49 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18690 Wednesday’s review reminded me how much I love dishy Hollywood novels so I’m reprising my review of one of my favorites. This is a great fall weekend reading option.   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is catnip to anyone who loves old movies. In Evelyn, Taylor Jenkins Reid has created an amalgam of all […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo/feed/ 0 18690 Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/carrie-soto-is-back-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/carrie-soto-is-back-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:14:21 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16922 There’s always a lot of excitement when a new Taylor Jenkins Reid novel comes out, but this year the hype is ramped up by its timing. Carrie Soto is Back is about a former Grand Slam titlist coming out of retirement to defend her record. This week the U.S. Open begins with the intense buzz […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/carrie-soto-is-back-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/feed/ 2 16922 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/malibu-rising-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/malibu-rising-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:30:34 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15773 If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Taylor Jenkins Reid it’s that she exerts a magnetic force on readers (I’m looking at you, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & the Six). Her latest, Malibu Rising, is no different, because, once again, she’s crafted a novel that once started needs to be […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/06/malibu-rising-by-taylor-jenkins-reid/feed/ 4 15773 Daisy Jones & The Six https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/03/daisy-jones-the-six/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/03/daisy-jones-the-six/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:28:33 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12380 I came to hate that I’d put my heart and my pain into my music because it meant that I couldn’t ever leave it behind. Daisy Jones is the quintessential ‘70s rock ‘n roll dream girl—preternaturally beautiful, no inhibitions, and ready to party. Except that she’s got dreams of her own and an astonishing whiskey-soaked […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/03/february-reading-wrap-up-2/feed/ 6 10185 Hollywood Women: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/02/seven-husbands-evelyn-hugo/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/02/seven-husbands-evelyn-hugo/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2018 08:29:22 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10035 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is catnip to anyone who loves old movies. In Evelyn, Taylor Jenkins Reid has created an amalgam of all the old glamor girls: Lana Turner and Elizabeth Taylor for their multiple marriages and off-screen shenanigans, Joan Crawford’s ruthlessness, Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra…if you’ve read as many biographies of […]

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