The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
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For mostly adult, literary, fiction; focusing on historical, contemporary, biographical, and women. Posts about women written by Davida Chazan
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
2d ago
Book Review for “The Silver-Haired Sisterhood” by Judy Leigh. Summary: " Five years after seventy-something Tess jetted off to Paris with her best friends, Jen, Rose, Della, and Pam - the Five French Hens - for Jen's hen do, a lot has changed. Prospective groom Eddie has been given the heave-ho, Tess's husband has been ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
1w ago
Book Review for “The Liberty Scarf” by Aimie K. Runyan, J'nell Ciesielski, and Rachel McMillan. Summary: "As an ambitious scarf maker, Iris Braxton spends her days surrounded by color and luxury not often seen during the dark days of war that promised to be over by Christmas. That promise has come and gone for three ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
3w ago
Book Review for “The Poison Pen Letters” (The Village Detectives #2) by Fiona Walker. Summary: "We regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks… When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she’s horrified. Not least because the date of her death is marked as tomorrow. Deciding ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
3w ago
Book Review for “The House of Lincoln” by Nancy Horan. Summary: "Rich with historical detail, The House of Lincoln is an insightful account of Lincoln's transformative vision for democracy as observed through the eyes of a young immigrant who arrives in Lincoln's home of Springfield, Illinois from Madeira, Portugal. Showing intelligence beyond society's expectations, fourteen-year-old ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
3w ago
The WWW Wednesday meme This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and was revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words and is a great way to do an update on your reading and plans. I know lots of people do this one every week, but my being such ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
3w ago
From Intermezzo by Sally Rooney to Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan! This is a monthly link-up hosted by KateW at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
1M ago
Book Review for “The Secret War of Julia Child” by Diana R. Chambers. Summary: "Single, 6 foot 2, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
1M ago
Book Review for “She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said” by Harriet Walter. Summary: "A book of speeches by Shakespeare's women, by actress Dame Harriet Walter DBE. Dame Harriet Walter is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of Shakespeare's female characters, audaciously, she lets them speak their minds. With ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
1M ago
Book Review for “The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern” by Lynda Cohen Loigman. Summary: "On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs—an active senior community in southern Florida—she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy—and the man ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Women
2M ago
Book Review for “The Briar Club” by Kate Quinn. Summary: "Washington, D.C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic, she draws her oddball collection ..read more