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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
Book Review for “A Good Life” by Virginie Grimaldi (translated by Hildegarde Serle). Summary: "Emma and Agathe are sisters. They were thick as thieves when they were young but have always been as different as can be. Agathe, the younger sister, is disorderly, chaotic, and fiery. Five years older, Emma has always been the more ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
5d ago
Today's topic is something I've been thinking about, which is... Do we need more era categories? Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. I do not expect anyone to agree with anything here, and in fact, I'm certain that many will disagree and/or even hate many of the things I've written below. Sorry about that, but ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1w ago
Book Review for “Offshore” by Penelope Fitzgerald. Summary: "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 and falling with the great river’s tides. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they cling to one another in a motley yet ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
1w ago
Book Review for “Clara Reads Proust” by Stéphane Carlier (translated by Polly Macintosh). Summary: "Clara is a hairdresser at Cindy Coiffure, a sleepy French salon with an identity crisis. Her relationship is fizzling out. Her tanoholic boss Madame Habib worships Jacques Chirac and talks longingly of her days in Paris. The highlight of the week ..read more
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog » Contemporary
2w 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
3w 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
1M 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
1M 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
1M 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