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Pick up your next tableside read from the Contemporary books genre with The Chocolate Lady's Book Review's powerful and reflective reviews. Davida Chazan aka The Chocolate Lady is a retired, mildly dyslexic, poet, chocolate connoisseur, baker, avid reader, a feminist, and aspiring novelist who routinely churns out whimsical reviews of books she reads.
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
5d ago
Review for “Cut & Thirst” a Short Story by Margaret Atwood. Summary: "Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1w ago
Book Review for “Kairos” by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Michael Hofmann). Summary: "Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1w ago
From The Anniversary by Stephanie Bishop to The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. 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 ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
2w ago
Our lucky winning number for the 37th Classics Club Spin is... EIGHT! According to my announcement post, this means I will be reading... "Offshore" by Penelope Fitzgerald. According to Goodreads... "On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of the slightly disreputable, the temporarily lost, and the patently eccentric live on houseboats, rising ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
3w ago
To find out more about this unique reading challenge, please visit The Classics Club Blog for the rules and link-up post. Yes, I'm continuing to join in on this reading challenge! I now have a longer list than just 20 classic books that I've long wanted to read, but that just means more for later ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1M ago
Book Review for “Bloodshed on the Boards” (Morwenna Mutton #2) by Judy Leigh. Summary: "There is excitement in the air as the travelling theatre arrives in Seal Bay. When The Spriggan Travelling Theatre Company arrives in Seal Bay to perform a Cornish version of King Arthur the locals flock to be entertained. But for Morwenna ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1M ago
From Stranger on a Train by Jenny Diski to The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis. 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 ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1M ago
Book Review for “How to Solve Your Own Murder” by Kristin Perrin. Summary: "It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams is at an English country fair with her two best friends. But Frances’s night takes a hairpin turn when a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. Frances spends a lifetime trying ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
2M ago
Book Review for “Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant” by Anne Tyler. Summary: "Pearl Tull may be dying, but she remembers well the day her husband abandoned her and left her to raise their three children--Cody, Ezra, and Jenny--by herself. Now, as these three are brought together by Pearl's nearing death, each sibling recounts the bitter ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
2M ago
Book Review for “The Red Notebook” by Antoine Laurain. Summary: "Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and jottings reveals a person that Laurent ..read more