Bantam Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/bantam/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:15:55 +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 Bantam Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/bantam/ 32 32 38398750 All That is Mine I Carry With Me https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:45:31 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17857 The scene is cleanly set when in the simpler times of 1975 10-year-old Miranda arrives home from school to find the house locked and, after she uses the hidden key to get in, empty. Her mother should be there. Her mother is always there to greet her after school. Her car, keys, handbag all in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/all-that-is-mine-i-carry-with-me/feed/ 2 17857 The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-swans-of-fifth-avenue-by-melanie-benjamin/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-swans-of-fifth-avenue-by-melanie-benjamin/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2016 07:28:52 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=7227 Wonderful news, kittens, one of my 5 star, favorite novels of 2016 comes out in paperback tomorrow! The Swans of Fifth Avenue is fabulously divine reading about Truman Capote, 1950s Manhattan and wealthy people behaving badly. Witty and sharp, it is THE antidote for everything that is dreary right now.     Once upon a time […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-swans-of-fifth-avenue-by-melanie-benjamin/feed/ 0 7227 Historical Fiction: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:02:14 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=4507 In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a fan of historical fiction. You might think you can read only so many books about World War II, the Tudors, or almost any European royal family before losing interest but apparently, for me, that’s not true. There’s always some aspect of history I knew nothing about and, while […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2015/10/historical-fiction-mini-reviews/feed/ 5 4507 Empress of the Night: Review and a GIVEAWAY https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/03/empress-night/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2014/03/empress-night/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:19:31 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=2652   Power lies in hearing what is not meant to be heard. In understanding what motivates those who plot against you. In knowing what could make them turn about-face, come to your side.   Empress of the Night, Eva Stachniak’s new historical novel about Catherine the Great, begins at the end by opening with the last […]

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