Touchstone Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/touchstone/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:55:17 +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 Touchstone Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/publishers/touchstone/ 32 32 38398750 Exit the Actress: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/02/exit-the-actress-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/02/exit-the-actress-a-novel/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:41:52 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17291 I’m sticking with historical fiction this week. Monday was mythological history with Stone Blind but now I’ve got a real bit of history set in 17th century England.  Exit the Actress is by Priya Parmar and is the story of Ellen Gwynn, a poor commoner in 1600s London who goes on to become one of the world’s first celebrities and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/01/champagne-supernovas/feed/ 0 17234 It’s Not You, It’s Me: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/its-not-you-its-me-mini-reviews-10/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/its-not-you-its-me-mini-reviews-10/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2018 07:18:43 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=11155 These days it seems it’s harder and harder to get anyone to agree on anything so why should books be any different? What is different is that we’re nicer people so sometimes I’m able to admit—It’s Not You, It’s Me when I don’t like a book. In this case, one book left me puzzled and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/08/its-not-you-its-me-mini-reviews-10/feed/ 3 11155 The Map of Salt and Stars https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-map-of-salt-and-stars/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-map-of-salt-and-stars/#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 07:30:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10629 Making maps is the fulcrum for Jennifer Joukhadar’s debut novel, The Map of Salt and Stars. Rawiya and Nour are young women who tell their stories side by side even though they are separated by almost a thousand years. Rawiya is a sixteen-year-old in ancient Ceuta who longs to see the world beyond her village […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-map-of-salt-and-stars/feed/ 3 10629 Literally Me by Julie Houts https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/01/literally-me-by-julie-houts/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/01/literally-me-by-julie-houts/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:48:33 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9966   After the heavy reading of Hillbilly Elegy, I needed something light and fun. With nothing at hand, I resorted to my favorite option—wandering the library. Within five minutes I’d found what looked to be perfect, even though I’m trying to move away from being a cover whore (it’s a process, all right?). Julie Houts […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/01/literally-me-by-julie-houts/feed/ 2 9966 George & Lizzie by Nancy Pearl https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/george-lizzie-nancy-pearl/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/10/george-lizzie-nancy-pearl/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2017 07:49:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9416   George and Lizzie of Nancy Pearl’s debut novel, George & Lizzie are one of those couples that can only be attributed to opposites attract. George is open, gregarious, and endlessly upbeat. Lizzie is quiet, self-absorbed, and largely aimless in what she wants to do with her life. George comes from loving parents and a […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/08/last-tudor/feed/ 4 9195 The Necklace by Claire McMillan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/the-necklace-claire-mcmillan/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/the-necklace-claire-mcmillan/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2017 07:47:30 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9062   There are few literary set-ups more likely to grab my attention than the wealthy family black sheep/outcast who unexpectedly comes in to power when the patriarch/matriarch dies. What could go wrong? Everything and that’s what makes it so delightful. Claire McMillan must know this because it is the premise for her new novel, The […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/07/the-necklace-claire-mcmillan/feed/ 4 9062 Feast of Sorrow: A Novel of Ancient Rome https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/feast-of-sorrow-a-novel-of-ancient-rome/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/feast-of-sorrow-a-novel-of-ancient-rome/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:02:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=8638   One of the grandest things that can happen to a reader is coming across a book with a new perspective on a subject they’ve read about extensively. Recently, I read Crystal King’s Feast of Sorrow, a novel about Italy in the time of Caesar Tiberius, because, hello, I read all of the Colleen McCullough Masters […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/04/feast-of-sorrow-a-novel-of-ancient-rome/feed/ 2 8638 September Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/september-reading-wrap/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2016/10/september-reading-wrap/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:24:35 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=7144 Goodbye to the first month of fall! Did anyone have fall weather? Or great fall reading? Despite this being the time of year for the biggest book releases, I did not have that much luck with my September reading. Am I the only person who feels abandoned by the book gods?   Read The two notable […]

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