Sourcebooks Landmark Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/sourcebooks-landmark/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:32:19 +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 Sourcebooks Landmark Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/sourcebooks-landmark/ 32 32 38398750 The Ghostwriter: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-ghostwriter-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-ghostwriter-a-novel/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:41:02 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19187 Olivia Dumont is a successful ghostwriter at the peak of her career until she shreds her reputation at a conference. Now no one wants to hire her, until she gets an offer from a famous horror author, Vincent Taylor, who wants to write a memoir of a specific event in his childhood. Namely, the murder […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-ghostwriter-a-novel/feed/ 2 19187 Babylonia: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/babylonia-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/babylonia-a-novel/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:49:39 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18966 Orphaned as a baby after her mother killed herself, Semiramis has been believed to be cursed or a witch her entire young life. But she doesn’t care what the ignorant people of her tiny Assyrian village think. She knows she’s destined for greatness and when the opportunity arises, she grabs it. This is Babylonia, historical […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/babylonia-a-novel/feed/ 0 18966 Clytemnestra: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 07:22:14 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17540 I may be struggling with my new release reading recently, but Greek mythology retellings continue to make me all kinds of happy. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati is my latest favorite, a bold portrayal of a woman known only as the vengeful wife of Agamemnon, the King who won the war with Troy. The other ‘facts’ of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/feed/ 0 17540 In Every Mirror She’s Black https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/in-every-mirror-shes-black/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/in-every-mirror-shes-black/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:45:11 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16177 I was pulled into In Every Mirror She’s Black by the premise of three Black women who end up living in Sweden. Kemi is a marketing executive who’s been recruited by a phenomenal compensation project and a leadership role to a Swedish agency. Brittany is a flight attendant who is swept away by the owner […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/09/september-reading-wrap-up-4/feed/ 12 16147 Midwinter Doldrums: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/02/midwinter-doldrums-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/02/midwinter-doldrums-mini-reviews/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2020 05:44:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13797 On Wednesday we officially hit the midwinter mark. Hurray! I’m halfway through my first Midwestern winter and it’s not so bad. Of course, by saying that I’m just asking for trouble. Unfortunately, while the weather has been cooperating, my reading has not. I’ve finished a number of books I discussed on my episode of Sarah’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/02/midwinter-doldrums-mini-reviews/feed/ 4 13797 The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:28:44 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12315 The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is the most delightful mashup of the game Clue (Mrs. Drudge in the kitchen, Lord Ravencourt in the library, anyone?), the movie Groundhog Day, and the book Life After Life. If that sounds like a hot mess, and you’re backing away, trust me, it’s not. It’s dark, dangerous, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/02/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle/feed/ 12 12315 The Only Woman in the Room https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/the-only-woman-in-the-room/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2019/01/the-only-woman-in-the-room/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:29:38 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=12133 For those of you who aren’t old movie buffs…why not?! Old black and white movies with all their stylized glamour are one of the best escapes out there. But I digress. If you’re not aware of Hollywood in the 1930s then you won’t recognize the subject of Marie Benedict’s new novel The Only Woman in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/04/april-reading-recap-2/feed/ 2 10549 The Other Einstein https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-other-einstein/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/the-other-einstein/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:29:55 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=7211 Much is known about Albert Einstein, from his theory of relativity to his philosophical musings on peace, logic and the universe. There is less known about his first wife, Mileva Marić, but Marie Benedict opens the door to her life and her marriage to Einstein in her new novel, The Other Einstein. Mileva was Serbian […]

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