MCD Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/mcd/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:05:00 +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 MCD Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/mcd/ 32 32 38398750 Battle of the Titans: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/battle-of-the-titans-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/battle-of-the-titans-mini-reviews/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:35:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19551 No battle and no giants here. Instead, I’ve got quick reviews of two chunkster books I read this fall. Chunkster being the technical term for big-ass, over 500 pages each, tomes. Both are set in prehistoric times and are the kind of books you’ll either settle into or set aside.   I’ve read a lot […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/february-reading-wrap-up-8/feed/ 2 19014 Aug 9- Fog: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/aug-9-fog-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/aug-9-fog-a-novel/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:04:17 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18365 What a pleasure to be able to start the week with a review for one of the most unusual novels I’ve read in a while. Not so much for its premise, but its backstory. The book is Aug 9- Fog and the author Kathryn Scanlan, who found a beat-up, mildewed, crumbling diary at an estate […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/aug-9-fog-a-novel/feed/ 0 18365 My 8 Favorite Books of 2023 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:20:54 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18102   Finally! Let’s talk reading again, specifically my favorite books of 2023 so we can move onto what lies ahead in 2024. It was an interesting year in that I don’t remember another time when I had this many 5-star nonfiction books. I’m not even sure I’ve ever read so much great nonfiction in one […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/feed/ 12 18102 Exit Interview: The Life and Death of my Ambitious Career https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/exit-interview-the-life-and-death-of-my-ambitious-career/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/exit-interview-the-life-and-death-of-my-ambitious-career/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:30:51 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17912 I’ve been on a roll with amazing memoirs and am thrilled to be back with another one. In Exit Interview Kristi Coulter leaves a secure, but boring marketing job in Ann Arbor, packs up her husband and their dog, and heads to Seattle. It’s 2006 and she’s decided she’s ready for the Wild West of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/10/exit-interview-the-life-and-death-of-my-ambitious-career/feed/ 5 17912 March Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/march-reading-recap-4/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/march-reading-recap-4/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:30:31 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=15509 March was a great month for reading in that I ran from one book to another, but not so good for reviewing as my interest in writing fled in the opposite direction. Which now means I have a head full of tangled plots, character confusion, and dense clusters of missing information about what I’ve read. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/03/march-reading-recap-4/feed/ 2 15509 April Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/april-reading-recap-3/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/april-reading-recap-3/#comments Fri, 01 May 2020 04:46:08 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14278 What to say about April? That I had very little clue the month was ending because I’m lucky if I can remember what day of the week it is? That, despite having nowhere to go I read fewer books this month than any other month this year? I have no answers, except that we’re not […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/05/april-reading-recap-3/feed/ 6 14278 The Golden State https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/the-golden-state/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/the-golden-state/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:05:33 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11581 At first glance, Daphne has a great life. She’s in her early thirties, lives in San Francisco, is mother to a beautiful 16-month-old daughter, Honey, and is happily married, with a job that may not be the most satisfying, but pays well. The only problem? Thanks to Immigration officer intimidation at SFO airport her husband, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/09/the-golden-state/feed/ 2 11581 The Mere Wife by Maria Headley https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/the-mere-wife-by-maria-headley/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/the-mere-wife-by-maria-headley/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2018 07:38:59 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11013   Maybe every monster is a miracle meant to change the world… Author Maria Headley dives into a modern-day retelling of Beowolf beginning with its title, The Mere Wife. This is no novel about a slight wife, a minor presence, a smudge of a life. No, the women in this tale are, for better or worse, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/07/the-mere-wife-by-maria-headley/feed/ 3 11013 Hell Hath No Fury: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/01/hell-hath-no-fury-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/01/hell-hath-no-fury-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:58:59 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9887   OK, OK, the real quote ends with “like a woman scorned”, but I’m taking creative license and dropping “scorned”. I’ve spent much of the last year in a rage-y haze thanks to 1) a misogynistic Congress determined to take away every right women have and 2) learning that there are a lot of men […]

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