Crown Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/crown/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:52:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Crown Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/crown/ 32 32 38398750 Good People by Pameena Sabit https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/good-people-by-pameena-sabit/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/good-people-by-pameena-sabit/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:02:41 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19530 When the Sharaf family emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States in the 1980s they were met by an Afghan community that understood not only the terrors of war they’d escaped, but the hardships they would face in building a new life in a foreign country. They were welcomed and aided in their early years […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/good-people-by-pameena-sabit/feed/ 6 19530 The Correspondent https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/the-correspondent/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/the-correspondent/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:17:09 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19288 When Sybil Van Antwerp came of age there was no such thing as digital. Given that, she sees no reason to abandon her lifelong habit of communicating via letter. She’ll even use email when it is the only option, but that is as much as she’ll concede. This means Virginia Evans’ debut The Correspondent is […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/the-correspondent/feed/ 2 19288 Six Best Books of 2020 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/12/six-best-books-of-2020/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/12/six-best-books-of-2020/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2020 05:54:30 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15185 In the same way 2020 turned life upside-down it had the same impact on people’s reading. For me, I read more nonfiction than ever before—from 11% up to 20%. Even more surprising, after reviewing my 2020 book ratings I saw how varied my favorite reading ended up being. Here are the six best new releases […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/12/six-best-books-of-2020/feed/ 7 15185 Blowout by Rachel Maddow https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/08/blowout-by-rachel-maddow/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/08/blowout-by-rachel-maddow/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:34:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14720 As you well know I’m not a big nonfiction fan, but like everything else in 2020, that fact is fiction right now. I’m enjoying a lot of nonfiction, especially audiobooks. So much so that I’m often scrolling through my online library catalog looking for something immediately available to listen to while I trudge up and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/08/blowout-by-rachel-maddow/feed/ 4 14720 The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:48:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13995 It’s May 1940, but Hitler is already on the move, invading and collecting countries like Monopoly properties. In Great Britain, Prime Minister Chamberlain has lost the confidence of his party and is going to be replaced. It is a momentous time in the world and in British history. Winston Churchill fulfills his lifelong dream of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/feed/ 4 13995 Becoming by Michelle Obama https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/becoming-by-michelle-obama/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/becoming-by-michelle-obama/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:50:12 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12174 Leave it to Michelle Obama, an untested writer, to achieve something that has never happened in my reading history. I finished her memoir, Becoming, on January 15th and had no hesitation in ranking it 5 stars. This makes it not only the first time I’ve found a 5-star book in January, but the only time […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/becoming-by-michelle-obama/feed/ 20 12174 5 Fall Thrillers: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/5-fall-thrillers-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/5-fall-thrillers-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2017 07:29:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9338 As the fall weather settles in and Halloween approaches what better time to discuss thrillers? The kind of books that make you settle into a favorite chair with a hot drink while it’s grey and rainy outside. Given that new releases have been a bit flat this year, I’m mixing up my reviews with three […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/5-fall-thrillers-mini-reviews/feed/ 4 9338 The Heirs: A Novel by Susan Rieger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/05/the-heirs-a-novel-by-susan-rieger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/05/the-heirs-a-novel-by-susan-rieger/#comments Mon, 29 May 2017 07:22:57 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8771   Sometimes, misinterpreting book blurbs can be a big mistake, leading to disappointment and frustration. Then there are the amazing times when a book sounds like one thing and turns out to be something even better. I’ve had both experiences and while the former can make you swear to never read another synopsis or blurb, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/05/the-heirs-a-novel-by-susan-rieger/feed/ 9 8771 March Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/march-reading-recap/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/march-reading-recap/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:47:46 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8544   I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t tell lion or lamb about March all month. We had warm warms and cold colds. My reading kind of felt the same way. On the one hand I read another 5 star book, but by and large consistency was not the name of the reading game […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/03/march-reading-recap/feed/ 12 8544 The Fifth Petal: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/02/the-fifth-petal-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/02/the-fifth-petal-a-novel/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:39:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8388   I carry no weight, no worth, no influence. I represent nothing. I do not exist…But remember this as you flee: You brought me into existence. I am not the cause, I am merely the effect.   The Fifth Petal is set in contemporary Salem, Massachusetts making it a heady concoction of witches, evil, superstition, […]

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