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).

Sunday, June 14, 2020

#LetsDiscuss2020 – Am I a Politically Correct Reader? – #DiscussionSunday #10.

With the #BlackLivesMatter protests taking place across the globe, together with June being Gay Pride Month, I noticed that many bloggers have been putting up posts with their top ten books by authors of color, or their top ten LGBTQ+ books. Now, I don't like to mix politics with books on my blog. Still... I generally care about equal rights for all, so... that made me wonder:

Am I Politically Incorrect in My Reading Habits?

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Labels: analysis, antisemitism, book bloggers, book blogging, Commentary, Discussion Challenge, fiction, literary musings, love, memes, racism, reading, tolerance

Monday, December 25, 2017

Border Life

Book Review for "All the Rivers" by Dorit Rabinyan

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Labels: 2014, 2017, adult, Book Review, contemporary, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, Israel, literary, love, New York, Palestine, politics, relationships, translation, women

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Nine Times November 11, 1918

Book Review for "Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War"

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Labels: 2016, adult, Book Review, collection, Europe, female writers, France, Germany, historical, international, Ireland, literary, love, relationships, short fiction, short stories, women, WWI

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Maine Women Stories

Book Review for "Goodnight, Beautiful Women" by Anna Noyes

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Labels: 2016, adult, America, Book Review, collection, contemporary, families, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, love, New England, relationships, short fiction, short stories, women

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

Saturday, April 11, 2015

A Frankly Amazing Woman

Book Review for "Loving Frank" by Nancy Horan

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Labels: 2007, adultery, affair, architecture, biographical, Book Review, Chicago, fame, families, feminism, fiction, historical, infamy, love, novel, relationships, scandal, women

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A Dream within a Dream

Book Review for "Sleeping Patterns" by J.R. Crook

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Labels: 2012, adult, Book Review, children, contemporary, fiction, literary, London, love, relationships, speculative, writers

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, January 3, 2015

A fine (gay) romance

Book Review for "The Apple Polisher" by Heidi Belleau

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Labels: 2013, adult, Book Review, contemporary, female writers, fiction, homosexuality, LGBT, literary, love, novel, relationships, romance, sex

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Bringing Worlds Together

Book Review for "The Distance Between Us" by Maggie O'Farrell

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Labels: 2004, adult, Book Review, chick-lit, contemporary, families, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, love, mystery, novel, recovery, relationships

Friday, November 28, 2014

Abandonment and Devotion

Book Review for "Neither Here Nor There" by Miriam Drori

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Labels: 2014, adult, Book Review, contemporary, England, female writers, friendship, Israel, Jewish, literary, love, religion, romance, ultra-orthodox, women

Sunday, November 16, 2014

The Taste of Passion

Book Review for "La Cucina" by Lily Prior

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Labels: 2000, adult, Book Review, chick-lit, cooking, culinary, female protagonists, female writers, food, historical, love, romance

Saturday, November 8, 2014

An Ex-Lover Ghost Story?

Book Review for "My Lover’s Lover" by Maggie O'Farrell

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Labels: 2002, accident, adult, Book Review, contemporary, female protagonists, female writers, literary, love, mystery, relationships, women

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Take the Time to Travel with This Book!

Book Review for "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger

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Labels: 2003, adult, America, Audrey Niffenegger, Book Review, chick-lit, coming-of-age, contemporary, fiction, literary, love, magical realism, marriage, novel, relationships, review

Saturday, August 30, 2014

What is a "Portrait of America?"

Book Review for "Freedom: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen

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Labels: 2010, adult, America, Book Review, contemporary, families, family, fiction, historical, literary, love, marriage, novels, politics, relationships, writers

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

Friday, August 8, 2014

Get Kissed by Kate and her Stories!

Book Review for "Me: Stories of My Life" by Katharine Hepburn

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Labels: 1991, acting, autobiography, Book Review, love, memoir, movies, non-fiction, relationships, stories, theater

Sunday, July 27, 2014

A Haunting Read

Book Review for "Anil’s Ghost" by Michael Ondaatje

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Labels: 2000, adult, Book Review, contemporary, death, female protagonists, fiction, ghosts, literary, love, Michael Ondaatje, novels, politics, protagonists, review, secret, Sri Lanka

Saturday, July 26, 2014

All about Alice; All about Us

Book Review for "After You'd Gone" by Maggie O'Farrell

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Labels: 2000, accident, adult, Book Review, books, chick-lit, contemporary, death, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, literary, love, mourning, novels, recovery, relationships, review, suicide, women

Friday, July 25, 2014

A Story of Vistas and Passions

Book Review for "Ardor: A Novel" by Lily Prior

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Labels: 2004, adult, animals, Book Review, chick-lit, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, Italy, literary, love, magical realism, novel, romance, twins, women

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