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TCL’s First Lines Friday #9 for November 22, 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers that was originally hosted by Emma @ (the apparently, now defunct) Wandering Words (don't click on the link, it isn't there anymore). However, the lovely Carrie @ Reading is My Superpower not only does a similar weekly meme, she also hosts a weekly link party…
Silken Ties. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s #LetsDiscuss2024 #14 – Characters’ Ages – November 15-21, 2024 #LetsTalkBookish #14. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
This is a "Let's Talk Bookish" topic which is ... This week's topic is: Do You Prefer to Read Characters Your Age? So, without any further ado… 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…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #17 – November 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Reviews From the Stacks Once again, I want to thank Jana and her blog Reviews from the Stacks, who created this fun, monthly book list meme. Now, it is true that Jana runs a link party for this which is supposed to take place on the first Saturday of every month. However, once again, I'm…
TCL’s #CCSpin #39 Book Review – Rocket Men (and Women). – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury. Summary: "The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt…
TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – November 12, 2024 – Destination Titles. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns…
Where Ink Could Bury You. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
Honestly Good. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s WWW Wednesday #11 – November 6, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
A Latke Going On! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Eight Very Bad Nights: A Collection of Hanukkah Noir” edited by Tod Goldberg. Summary: "The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for November 2, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #57 – October 31-December 4, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is Throwback Thursday? I've noticed many of these memes on a few book blogs. For example, Susan Loves Books does one, which is (or was originally) hosted by Renee@It’s Book Talk. I also noticed that Lorrea @ What 'Cha Readin'?, was doing this as a monthly meme, and Reading Maria does something called "Last…
TCL’s Tell Me Something Tuesday #TMST #13 & #LetsDiscuss2024 #13 – Scary? – October 29, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
TMST is a weekly meme with optional participation hosted by Jen Twimom @ That's What I'm Talking About. There isn't a check in and she doesn't have a linky (although you'll find one at the bottom of this post for #LetsDiscuss2024). She does encourage you to leave a link to your post on her blog…
The Classics Club Spin #ccspin #39 pick for TCL! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Our lucky winning number for the 39th Classics Club Spin is... THREE! According to my announcement post, this means I will be reading... "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury. According to Goodreads... "The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to…
Humid Hunting. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s WWW Wednesday #10 – October 23, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
Toddling back into Life. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle” by Matt Cain. Summary: "Albert Entwistle is a private man with a quiet, simple life. He lives alone with his cat Gracie. And he’s a postman. At least he was a postman until, three months before his sixty-fifth birthday, he receives a letter from the Royal…
TCL Joins the Classics Club Spin #ccspin #39! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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 (and this time I had a heads up, so I can schedule it in advance!). Of course I have a longer list than just…
TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – October 15, 2024 – School Assignments. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns…
Lady Writes the Bard. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s #Discussion Sunday #7 & LetsDiscuss2024 #14 – Getting Personal. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From my own thoughts, this week's topic is ... Today's topic is: Personal Stuff! This is a discussion topic I found on the blog Lisa Loves Literature. So, without any further ado… Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. I do not expect anyone to agree with anything here, and in fact, I’m certain that many…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #16 – October 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Reviews From the Stacks Once again, I want to thank Jana and her blog Reviews from the Stacks, who created this fun, monthly book list meme. Now, it is true that Jana runs a link party for this which is supposed to take place on the first Saturday of every month. However, once again, I'm…
Herbal Memories. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
The Vines that Bind. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for October 5, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From Long Island by Colm Tóibín to Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North by Rachel Joyce. 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…
TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #56 – October 3-30, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is Throwback Thursday? I've noticed many of these memes on a few book blogs. For example, Susan Loves Books does one, which is (or was originally) hosted by Renee@It’s Book Talk. I also noticed that Lorrea @ What 'Cha Readin'?, was doing this as a monthly meme, and Reading Maria does something called "Last…
Announcement: TCL’s #2024NewReleaseChallenge Q4 Link Party is OPEN! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is New Release Reading Challenge? The New Release Reading Challenge was developed and run by (un)Conventional Bookworms, a book blog run by the talented and beautiful Bookworm Brandee and Linda Tiliagren. They've been hosting this year-long reading challenge for several years, but life has gotten in the way of their continuing. After consulting with…
The Road to Find Out? – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Book of George” by Kate Greathead. Summary: "If you haven’t had the misfortune of dating a George, you know someone who has. He’s a young man brimming with potential but incapable of following through; noncommittal to his long-suffering girlfriend, Jenny; distant from but still reliant on his mother; funny one minute,…
Emily in Istanbul. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax” (Mrs. Pollifax #2) by Dorothy Gilman. Summary: "When Emily Pollifax answered the phone that Sunday she quickly forgot about her Garden Club tea in the afternoon. The last time she had heard the voice on the other end of the line it had sent her off on a…
TCL’s WWW Wednesday #9 – September 25, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
Meat the Murderer. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Burnt Ends” by Laura Wetsel. Summary: "Murder is juicier with a side of barbecue sauce. Private Investigator Tori Swenson gets a strange accidental death case that looks like murder at one of her uncle’s drive-ins and decides it’s time to get revenge on her estranged family. Pretending to want a reunion, she…
#SomethingDifferent #19 – Even More Pottery From The Chocolate Lady! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Yes, MORE pottery... I'm having so much fun, I wanted to share some of it with you all. I have a free day here, so I thought that something fun for the weekend would be to show you a few more pieces I made recently. One of the other students made a tea light/aroma therapy…
A #ThrowbackThursday Twist Book Review! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe” by Nan and Ivan Lyons. Summary: "Take one rich, eccentric, morbidly obese gourmand; add a beautiful, sexy dessert chef; mix with them a fast-food entrepreneur; and you've got the fixings for a stylish treat. After arriving in London to create a special dessert for…
Troublesome Changes. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Death & Other Inconveniences” by Lesley Crewe. Summary: "Well, Dick's dead. Now what? Margo, his widow, is trying to dodge the tsunami of paperwork coming her way. She doesn't want to deal with the details ― why do you think she was married in the first place? Dick always handled the drudgery.…
Announcement: OOPS! Extension to TCL’s #2024NewReleaseChallenge Q3 Link Party! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is New Release Reading Challenge? The New Release Reading Challenge was developed and run by (un)Conventional Bookworms, a book blog run by the talented and beautiful Bookworm Brandee and Linda Tiliagren. They've been hosting this year-long reading challenge for several years, but life has gotten in the way of their continuing. After consulting with…
TCL’s #Discussion Sunday #6 & LetsDiscuss2024 #13 – BookBloggerHop for September 13-19, 2024 – Back to School. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From the "Book Blogger Hop" this week's topic is ... This week's topic is: It's back-to-school time. What book would you recommend to students, whether it's an educational read or an enjoyable diversion from textbooks? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer) So, without any further ado… Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. I do not expect anyone to…
Gone too soon. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Forever, Interrupted” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Summary: "Elsie Porter is an average twenty-something and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the…
TCL’s #20BooksofSummer Wrap-up for 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is the 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge? This is a reading challenge from Cathy @ 746Books, who has been doing it for 10 years (as of this year). The challenge was easy - decide how many books you're going to read between June 1 and September 1, tell everyone about it, and then…
A Towering Woman. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Mademoiselle Eiffel” by Aimie K. Runyan. Summary: "Claire Eiffel, the beautiful, brilliant eldest daughter of the illustrious architect Gustave Eiffel, is doted upon with an education envied by many sons of the upper classes, and entirely out of the reach of most daughters. Claire’s idyllic childhood ends abruptly when, at fourteen, her…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for September 7, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From After Story by Larissa Behrendt to Various Pets Alive & Dead by Marina Lewycka. 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…