The Structures of Love

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

Should Regions for ARCs still be a thing?

So far and yet so near…

As most of my readers know, I live in Israel. Because of this, sometimes when I request advance reader copies (or ARCs) of books from sites like NetGalley, publishers sometimes decline my requests. No, this isn't antisemitism or some nasty BDS "gotcha." The reason they give is that they don't have the rights to give out ARCs to locations outside their domain. Lately, however, I've been thinking this is a bit strange, and if you think about it, effectively outmoded, especially when it comes to people who review books for the Internet (remember, it is call the World Wide Web, because it connects all corners of the globe).

Take the Time to Travel with This Book!

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

John Irving's Masterpiece

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

Capturing Children's Imaginations with Mozart's Golden Notes

Book Review for "The Case of the Haunted Swamp" by Cliff MacGillivray and Kelly Ward, illustrated by Phil Mendez

A Haunting Read

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

All about Alice; All about Us

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

Get Jazzed with this Bolden Book

Book Review for "Coming through Slaughter" by Michael Ondaatje

The Scent of Letting Go

Short Story Review for "A Faraway Smell of Lemon" by Rachel Joyce

Something Literarily Different

And now I have a blog on the Times of Israel. I hope you'll come along for the read.

Something Literarily Different | Davida Chazan | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel

The "Da Vinci Code" for Dracula!

Book Review for "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova

A Taste for French Gusto

Book Review for "Mastering the Art of French Eating" by Ann Mah

The 12 Days of Kelly Christmas

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

A Novel that Sweeps in like the Tide

Book Review for "A Tale for the Time Being" by Ruth Ozeki

The Draws and Drawbacks of Historical Fiction

Albert Camus once said “fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” If you ask me, historical fiction is the truth through which we tell lies.

A Novel of Art, Birds and Mysteries

Book Review for "The Gravity of Birds" by Tracey Guzeman