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).

Friday, August 3, 2018

Continuing to be

Book Review for "I am, I am, I am: Seventeen Brushes with Death" by Maggie O’Farrell

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Labels: 2017, autobiography, Book Review, contemporary, death, favorite authors, female writers, literary, Maggie O'Farrell, memoir, non-fiction

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Shards of Remaining Objects

Book Review for "Smash All the Windows" by Jane Davis

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Labels: 2018, accident, adult, art, artists, author invite, Book Review, contemporary, death, families, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, ghosts, literary, London, relationships, trauma, women

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Portraits in Survival

Book Review for "On a Cold Dark Sea" by Elizabeth Blackwell

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Labels: 2018, accident, adult, America, Book Review, confession, death, England, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, literary, novel, secret, Titanic, trauma, women

Saturday, November 4, 2017

A New Christmas Carol

Book Review for "The Deal of a Lifetime: A Novella" by Fredrik Backman

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Labels: 2017, adult, Book Review, cancer, christmas, contemporary, death, families, favorite authors, fiction, Fredrik Backman, literary, magical realism, novella, relationships, short fiction, Sweden, translation

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Perfecting your Good-bye

Novella Review for "And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer" by Fredrik Backman

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Labels: 2016, adult, Alzheimer's, Book Review, contemporary, death, dreams, dying, elderly, fairytale, families, fantasy, favorite authors, fiction, Fredrik Backman, literary, magical realism, novella, relationships

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Progress per traditionem.

Book Review for "Different Class" by Joanne Harris

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Labels: 2016, abuse, adult, Book Review, contemporary, death, deception, England, female writers, fiction, homophobia, homosexuality, Joanne Harris, literary, murder, novel, novels, religion, school

Thursday, November 12, 2015

What is your superpower?

Book Review for "My Grandmother Sends her Regrets and Apologises" (aka "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry"), by Fredrik Backman

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Labels: 2015, adult, Book Review, children, contemporary, death, families, family, fantasy, fiction, Fredrik Backman, literary, novel, quest, relationships, translation

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Becoming Nora

Book Review for "Nora Webster" by Colm Tóibín

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, coming-of-age, death, families, family, female protagonists, grief, Ireland, literary, literature, novel, relationships, women

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Twins and Ghosts

Book Review for "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger

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Labels: 2009, adult, Audrey Niffenegger, Book Review, death, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, ghosts, London, magical realism, mystery, novel, sisters, twins, women

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Gambits and Pawns

Book Review for "The Death's Head Chess Club" by John Donoghue

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Labels: 2015, adult, antisemitism, Book Review, Chess, death, fiction, historical, Holocaust, Jewish, literary, mystery, relationships, WWII

Saturday, March 14, 2015

To the 4th generation

Book Review for "A Reunion of Ghosts" by Judith Claire Mitchell

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Labels: 2015, adult, Book Review, cancer, confession, death, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, literary, novel, relationships, saga, sisters, suicide, wars, women

Saturday, February 14, 2015

The Other Side of a Journey

Book Review for "The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy" by Rachel Joyce

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, cancer, confession, contemporary, death, dying, England, favorite authors, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, love, Rachel Joyce, relationships, Scotland

Saturday, September 27, 2014

A Portrait of an Artist

Book Review for "Notes from an Exhibition" by Patrick Gale

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Labels: 2007, adult, art, artists, bi-polar, Book Review, contemporary, Cornwall, death, faith, fame, families, female protagonists, fiction, literary, mental illness, mourning, novel, suicide

Friday, August 29, 2014

No bones about it; this is a lovely book!

Book Review for "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold

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Labels: 2002, adult, afterlife, America, Book Review, children, classic, contemporary, death, earth, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, heaven, literary, murder, mystery, novel, rape, teenager

Friday, August 22, 2014

Very Carefully, Apparently

Book Review for "How to Talk to a Widower" by Jonathan Tropper

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Labels: 2007, accident, adult, America, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, death, fiction, literary, love, marriage, novel, recovery, widower, writers

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, August 9, 2014

Early 20th century American Romeo and Juliette

Book Review for "Marching to Zion" by Mary Glickman

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Labels: 2013, adult, African-American, America, Book Review, death, families, female writers, fiction, historical, Jewish, migrants, Slavery, widower

Monday, August 4, 2014

John Irving's Masterpiece

Book Review for "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving

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Labels: 1989, accident, adult, Book Review, characters, classic, coming-of-age, contemporary, death, disabilities, fiction, friendship, humor, learning disabilities, literary, novels, review

Sunday, August 3, 2014

The Painted Designs of Yemenite Jewish Women

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Book Review for "Henna House" by Nomi Eve

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, coming-of-age, death, deception, families, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, Holocaust, Jewish, literary, novels, relationships, secret, women

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

A 21st Century Holden Caulfield?

Book Review for "The Universe versus Alex Woods" by Gavin Extence

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Labels: 2013, accident, Book Review, books, children, coming-of-age, contemporary, death, deception, elderly, fiction, literary, novel, quest, reading, recovery, suicide, young adult

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