Park Row Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/park-row/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:58:45 +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 Park Row Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/park-row/ 32 32 38398750 October Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/11/october-reading-wrap-up-5/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/11/october-reading-wrap-up-5/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:15:16 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16225   My October reading was as mercurial as the month itself. Here in Michigan we had high humidity, heat, and mosquitos right up until last week, meaning I was cranky and battling hair frizz that made me look like the bride of Frankenstein. Now, I’m bundled up in fleece and socks. In the same way […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/04/the-last-exiles-a-novel/feed/ 2 15608 The Last Story of Mina Lee https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/the-last-story-of-mina-lee/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/the-last-story-of-mina-lee/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:10:52 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=14811 Even though her mother is the only family she has, Margot Lee has never felt close to Mina. Margot left L.A. for Seattle for college and never moved back. She would dutifully call regularly, but visited seldom. Now, she’s arrived in Koreatown for a surprise visit, only to find Mina dead. The Last Story of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/09/the-last-story-of-mina-lee/feed/ 4 14811 The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-stranger-inside-by-lisa-unger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-stranger-inside-by-lisa-unger/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:30:11 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13287 When she was 13 Laraine made a decision that changed not only her life but that of her two best friends. Follow her mother’s advice and take the long way to Hank’s house or cut through the woods with her best friend Tina? She chooses the woods and Tina ended up dead. Hank tries to […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/10/the-stranger-inside-by-lisa-unger/feed/ 4 13287 Quirky Women: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/quirky-women-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/quirky-women-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 11 May 2018 07:44:33 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10614 I am a huge fan of quirky characters, but when they fly by the eccentric train station heading full speed to weird I start applying the reading brakes. Today’s reviews are about two women who are quirky and then some. In one case it worked beautifully and led to a novel I loved. In the […]

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