Dial Press Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/dial-press/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:48:55 +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 Dial Press Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/dial-press/ 32 32 38398750 March Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/march-reading-recap-8/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/march-reading-recap-8/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:56:08 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19062 Hello, fellow readers! I’m not sure I’ll get to say this again, but despite a completely miserable and toxic month in the news, my March reading was calmly solid. I only had one book I didn’t finish, am fully immersed in a fabulous fantasy series, and read six books that were successful (3.5 stars or […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/march-reading-recap-8/feed/ 0 19062 Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/03/hello-beautiful-by-ann-napolitano/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/03/hello-beautiful-by-ann-napolitano/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:47:32 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17382 William has known life with only one love, basketball. Due to a family tragedy when he was born his parents refused him love or any kind of interaction beyond his physical needs. Discovering a place where he’s accepted is the only lifeline he has to normalcy. His basketball talent leads to a scholarship to Northwestern […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/03/hello-beautiful-by-ann-napolitano/feed/ 13 17382 One to Watch: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/one-to-watch-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/one-to-watch-a-novel/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:15:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15487 I’m going for a change of pace this week. At the beginning of the month my reading was mostly diverse and a bit dark so I needed to change it up a bit. Thankfully, One to Watch and the book I’ll review on Wednesday were both the kind of reading you pick up and don’t […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/one-to-watch-a-novel/feed/ 4 15487 Untamed by Glennon Doyle https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2020 04:49:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14034 Several weeks ago, I enthused about a novel that I thought was outstanding even though it was DARK (The Road, which I would not recommend reading anytime soon). Now I’m back to balance the scales by going full-on evangelical about a book so bright it glows. Untamed is Glennon Doyle’s journey, extracted and distilled into […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/untamed-by-glennon-doyle/feed/ 2 14034 February Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/03/february-reading-wrap-up-3/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/03/february-reading-wrap-up-3/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:25:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12331 February—what a month! On the personal side there was what was known in Seattle as Snowmageddon: 10 days when we were slammed with 3 different storms that left us with 15” inches of snow, unplowed roads, and empty grocery stores. I realize all you readers in places where snow is the norm are laughing right […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/03/february-reading-wrap-up-3/feed/ 10 12331 A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/ladys-guide-to-selling-out/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/ladys-guide-to-selling-out/#comments Wed, 02 May 2018 07:05:54 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10586   Let’s not beat around the bush: I’m a sucker for a clever book cover and when I saw A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out I knew I wanted to read the book, even if the title didn’t wow me. I mean, please…her skirt is a book! I want it. Add to that this is […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/ladys-guide-to-selling-out/feed/ 4 10586 Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/02/surprise-me-sophie-kinsella/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/02/surprise-me-sophie-kinsella/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:18:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10103 With Valentine’s Day coming up this week it felt like the perfect time to review a new novel about marriage from an author I love. Surprise Me  by Sophie Kinsella is about a couple who have been together for ten years. In the course of getting their yearly physicals for insurance purposes their doctor, who’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/02/surprise-me-sophie-kinsella/feed/ 4 10103 Wedding Night https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/07/wedding-night/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/07/wedding-night/#comments Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:34:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1945   It may be the weather, it may be work, and it may be the kids. There are any number of reasons a woman needs outrageous fiction to take her away (because, honey, Calgon is not going to cut it). It’s a matter of personal preference, of course, but from the moment I picked up […]

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