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, March 8, 2019

Night Witches and Chasing Evil

Book Review of “The Huntress: A Novel” by Kate Quinn.

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Labels: 2019, adult, America, Book Review, criminal, deception, Europe, female protagonists, female writers, feminism, fiction, historical, Historical Fiction Reading Challenge, literary, New Release Challenge, women, WWII

Friday, February 1, 2019

The Tint and the Taint

Book Review for "The Blue: A Novel" by Nancy Bilyeau.

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Labels: 2018, adult, Book Review, books, deception, England, female protagonists, female writers, feminism, fiction, France, historical, literary, novel, spies, wars, women

Friday, December 29, 2017

Cinderella or Pygmalion?

Book Review for "Carnegie’s Maid: A Novel" by Marie Benedict

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Labels: 2018, adult, America, biographical, Book Review, deception, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, immigrants, Ireland, literary, novel, poverty, wealth, women

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Looking for the next Agatha Christie

Book Review for "Cocaine Blues: A Phryne Fisher Mystery" by Kerry Greenwood

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Labels: 1920s, 1989, adult, Australia, Book Review, crime, criminal, deception, drugs, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, gangsters, historical, humor, intrigue, literary, mystery, series

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Truth and Politics

Book Review for "The Death of an Owl" by Paul Torday (with Piers Torday)

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Labels: 2016, adult, Book Review, collaboration, contemporary, deception, England, fiction, journalism, literary, literature, London, mystery, Parliament, Paul Torday, politics, scandal, unfinished manuscript

Friday, March 10, 2017

Counting on Family

Book Review for "Sisters One, Two, Three" by Nancy Star

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Labels: 2017, accident, adult, Book Review, contemporary, deception, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, novel, parents, relationships, secret, siblings, sisters, women

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Eling for Healing

Book Review for "The Last Will of Moira Leahy" by Therese Walsh

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Labels: 2009, adult, America, Book Review, contemporary, deception, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, Italy, literary, magical realism, siblings, twins, women

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

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Capturing the Fear

Book Review for "The Fox was Ever the Hunter" by Herta Müller

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Labels: 2016, adult, Book Review, communism, contemporary, deception, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, friendship, literary, Nobel Prize, revolution, Romania, students, translation

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Landscapes of Deception

Book Review for "The Last Painting of Sara de Vos" by Dominic Smith

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Labels: 2016, adult, artists, Australia, Book Review, contemporary, deception, Dutch, fiction, historical, Holland, literary, New York, novel, painting, The Netherlands, women

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Titanic Flight

Book Review for "Flight of Dreams" by Ariel Lawhon.

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Labels: 2016, accident, adult, Book Review, deception, female writers, fiction, Germany, historical, infamy, literary, mystery, novel, relationships, travel

Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Merchant Prince's Woman

Book Review for "What the Lady Wants: A Novel of Marshall Field and the Gilded Age" by Renee Rosen

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Labels: 2014, adult, adultery, affair, Book Review, Chicago, deception, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, homosexuality, love, novel, relationships, romance, women

Monday, October 5, 2015

Deliciously Dressed Up Deceptions

Book Review for "Food Whore:A Novel of Dining and Deceit" by Jessica Tom

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Labels: 2015, adult, Book Review, contemporary, culinary, deception, female protagonists, female writers, journalism, literary, New York, relationships, women

Friday, July 3, 2015

Overtures with a Nightingale

Book Review for "Foreign Bodies" by Cynthia Ozick

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Labels: 2010, adult, America, Book Review, deception, Europe, families, family, female protagonists, female writers, historical, literary, mental illness, novel, relationships, women

Sunday, March 29, 2015

A Place and a Condition

Book Review for "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Labels: 2002, adult, Book Review, confession, contemporary, deception, families, fiction, gender, hermaphrodite, intersex, literary, relationships, women

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Best served cold...

Book Review for "Gentlemen and Players" by Joanne Harris

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Labels: 2005, adult, Book Review, deception, England, favorites, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, Joanne Harris, literary, mystery, revenge, school, students, teachers

Saturday, January 31, 2015

An Artistic Novel, and that's No Secret!

Book Review for "The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets" by Eva Rice

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Labels: 2005, adult, Book Review, coming-of-age, deception, England, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, friendship, historical, humor, novel, relationships, romance, women

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Army for Enlightenment

Book review for "The Brotherhood of Book Hunters" by Raphaël Jerusalmy

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Labels: 2014, adult, adventure, Book Review, deception, extremism, fiction, historical, Holy Land, intrigue, mystery, novel, religion, translation

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Protections and Professions

Book Review for "The Betrayers" by David Bezmozgis

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Labels: 2014, adult, affair, Book Review, characters, contemporary, Crimea, deception, fiction, historical, Israel, KGB, literary, politics, secret, wars, West Bank

Friday, October 10, 2014

Precious... but that's about all

Book Review for "The Kalahari Typing School for Men" by Alexander McCall Smith

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Labels: 2002, adult, Africa, Book Review, chick-lit, contemporary, deception, female protagonists, fiction, intrigue, literary, mystery, novel, relationships, secret

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