Book Reviews by the Chocolate Lady

Davida Chazan's book reviews for mostly adult, literary, contemporary, historical, and women's fiction (with some non-fiction and literary musings thrown in for good measure).

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Ice and Cracks

Book Review for "Beartown: A Novel" by Fredrik Backman

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Labels: 2017, adult, Book Review, contemporary, families, favorite authors, fiction, Fredrik Backman, hockey, homosexuality, literary, migrants, NetGalley, novel, relationships, Sweden, translation, trauma

Friday, March 3, 2017

Becoming the First

Book Review for "Girl in Disguise" by Greer Macallister

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Labels: 19th Century, 2017, adult, America, Book preview, Book Review, crime, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, gangsters, giveaway, historical, literary, mystery, NetGalley, novel, women

Sunday, November 13, 2016

The Structures of Love

Book Review for "To Capture what we Cannot Keep" by Beatrice Colin

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Labels: 2016, adult, architecture, Book Review, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, France, historical, literary, NetGalley, novel, Paris, relationships, review, revolution, romance, Scotland

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

An Elmwood Springs Retrospective

Book Review for "The Whole Town's Talking" by Fannie Flagg

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Labels: 2016, adult, afterlife, America, book, Book Review, contemporary, families, Fannie Flagg, female writers, friendship, historical, literary, NetGalley, relationships, rural, sequel, women

Friday, November 21, 2014

The Making of a Remarkable Woman

The Boston Girl: A Novel by Anita Diamant

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, historical, literary, NetGalley, women

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Stories that reveal much but say little

Book Review for "White Tiger on Snow Mountain: Stories" by David Gordon

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, contemporary, fiction, Jewish, literary, NetGalley, relationships, sex, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The Masters of Misogyny

Book Review for "The War on Women in Israel: How Religious Radicalism is Smothering the Voice of a Nation" by Elana Maryles Sztokman

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Labels: 2014, Book Review, equality, extremism, fundamentalism, Israel, Jewish, NetGalley, non-fiction, radicalism, religion, rights, segregation, women

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Cauliflower Gratin vs. Trout Amandine

Book Review for "The Author and Me" by Eric Chevillard

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, contemporary, fiction, food, literary, murder, NetGalley, novel, novelists, translation, writers, writing

Monday, August 18, 2014

Flavored for Deception

Book Review for "Sweetness #9: A Novel" by Stephen Eirik Clark

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Labels: 2014, addiction, adult, America, Book Review, contemporary, culinary, fiction, food, historical, literary, marketing, medicine, mystery, NetGalley, WWII

Thursday, August 14, 2014

The Sparkle and its Tarnish

Book Review for "The Objects of Her Affection" by Sonya Cobb

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Labels: 2014, adult, antiques, Book Review, contemporary, crime, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, NetGalley, novels, women

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Beneath the Black Hats and the Wigs

Book Review for "Invisible City" by Julia Dahl

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Labels: 2014, adult, America, Book Review, contemporary, crime, death, deception, faith, families, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, murder, mystery, NetGalley, New York, ultra-orthodox

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Conditions of the Heart

Book Review for "A Man Called Ove" by Fredrik Backman

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, contemporary, debut novel, elderly, favorite authors, fiction, Fredrik Backman, grief, humor, literary, marriage, mourning, NetGalley, novel, suicide, translation, widower

Monday, June 9, 2014

The 12 Days of Kelly Christmas

Book Review for The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 by J.B. Morrison

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Labels: 2014, accident, adult, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, elderly, fiction, humor, literary, NetGalley, novels, review, widower

Friday, June 6, 2014

A Dazzling Dozen of Speakeasy Sisters

Book Review for "The Girls of the Kingfisher Club" by Genevieve Valentine

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, books, deception, fairytale, families, female protagonists, female writers, historical, literary, NetGalley, novel, novels, prohibition, sisters, women

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Unseen Visions, Hiding in Plain Sight

Book Review for "The Moon Sisters" by Therese Walsh

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Labels: 2014, adult, book, Book Review, books, coming-of-age, contemporary, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, NetGalley, novel, sisters, travel, women

Monday, February 24, 2014

The Soprano who Inspired Mozart

Book Review for "Vienna Nocturne" by Vivian Shotwell

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Labels: 2014, adult, book, Book Review, books, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, literary, Mozart, music, musicians, NetGalley, women

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Jekylls and Hydes in the Stevenson Family

Book Review for "Under the Wide and Starry Sky" by Nancy Horan

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, literary, NetGalley, novel, novelists, women

Sunday, December 15, 2013

The Making of a French Empress

Book Review for "Becoming Josephine" by Heather Webb

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Labels: 2013, adult, book, Book Review, books, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, France, historical, literary, NetGalley, women

Friday, December 13, 2013

One Family, One Holiday, Many Generations of Women

Book Review for "Thanksgiving" by Ellen Cooney

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Labels: 2013, adult, book, Book Review, books, contemporary, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, holiday, holidays, literary, NetGalley, novel, novels, Thanksgiving, women

Friday, November 15, 2013

The Anthropology of Motherhood

Book Review for "The Pure Gold Baby" by Margaret Drabble

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Labels: 2013, adult, Book Review, contemporary, disabilities, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, learning disabilities, literary, NetGalley, novel, special needs, women

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