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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…
TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #55 – September 5-October 2, 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 #12 & #LetsDiscuss2024 #12 – Following Other Bloggers – September 3, 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…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #15 – September 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, because this month…
Sorry, I didn’t read anything for #WITMonth for 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What is WITMonth? According to their website, "WITMonth - aka Women in Translation Month - is an annual celebration of women writers from around the world, writing in languages other than English. Started by Meytal Radzinski in 2014, WITMonth has grown to become a staple of the online literary community, as well as a prominent…
Over, Under, or Through? – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Berlin Apartment” by Bryn Turnbull. Summary: "Berlin 1961: When Uli Neumann proposes to Lise Bauer, she has every reason to accept. He offers her love, respect, and a life beyond the strict bounds of the East German society in which she was raised — which she longs to leave more than…
TCL’s #DiscussionSunday #6 & #LetsDiscuss2024 #11 – So, Now I See… – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Today's topic is something I've been thinking about, which is... My Vision - literally! 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 you are…
TCL’s #ReReadTandT #4 – Paint me a Mystery. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada is a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs. Lockett mentions a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs.…
TCL’s WWW Wednesday #8 – August 21, 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…
TCL’s #MustGetMonday #4! – Rumor has it… in Swedish! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Must Get Monday is something I found on Becca's blog @ The Becca Files (@thebeccafiles), which she's been doing for quite a while now. I've only joined in twice before, but sometimes the time is right! Becca says: Whether it’s an upcoming release, new release, or even one that has been out for ages that…
TCL’s #RandomBookishThoughts #2 – Author Pairings! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
What are Random Bookish Thoughts? There are many different discussion memes in the book blogosphere, but most of them come up with topics that have some level of a universal appeal to most, if not all, book bloggers or readers. However, sometimes I think of things that I believe are unique to me and my…
TCL’s #CCSpin #38 Pick Review – Jungle Fevers. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad. Summary: "Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The…
Thieves in Flight. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Winged Tiara” by J'nell Ciesielski. Summary: "November 12, 1918. It was a match made in champagne-soaked heaven, but all too soon the bubbles dried up, and Esme Fox awakens the morning after celebrating the end of the Great War to find herself shockingly and accidentally married. She gathers her belongings and…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #14 – August 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, as you all…
TCL’s First Lines Friday #8 for August 9, 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…
Queen of Bohemia. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Thirteenth Husband” by Greer Macallister. Summary: "Tearing through millions of dollars, four continents, and a hearty collection of husbands, real-life heiress Aimee Crocker blazed an unbelievable trail of public notoriety, private pain, and the kind of strong independent woman the 1880s had never seen. Her life was stranger than fiction and…
Dogged Adoration. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Queen's Faithful Companion: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II and Her Beloved Corgi, Susan” by Eliza Knight. Summary: "Elizabeth wasn’t born to be queen. But when her uncle abdicates and her father steps in as king, everything in her life changes. There is one thing that never wavers, however: her endearing…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for August 3, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose to The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg. 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…
TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #54 – August 1-September 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…
Music and… Politics? – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “French Rhapsody” by Antoine Laurain, translated by Emily Boyce and Jane Aitken. Summary: "Middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter—thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for decades, the letter from Polydor, dated 1983, offers a recording contract to The Holograms, in which Alain played lead guitar.…
Good Granby Grief! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Miss Granby's Secret or The Bastard of Pinsk” by Eleanor Farjeon. Summary: "Aunt Addie, better known to the world at large as Adelaide Granby, the fabulously successful author of 49 volumes of gushing, melodramatic Victorian romance. Upon her death in 1912, flowers and cards pour in, including one particularly lavish set "From…
The Classics Club Spin #ccspin #38 pick for TCL! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Our lucky winning number for the 38th Classics Club Spin is... Seventeen! According to my announcement post, this means I will be reading... "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. According to Goodreads... "Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within…
The First Flapper. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald” by Therese Anne Fowler. Summary: "When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen and he is a young army lieutenant. Before long, Zelda has fallen for him, even though Scott isn't wealthy or…
No Nonsense Nonagenarian. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl” by Bart Yates. Summary: "At the age of ninety-six, Isaac Dahl sits down to write his memoir. For Isaac, an accomplished journalist and historian, finding the right words to convey events is never a problem. But this book will be different from anything…
TCL Joins the Classics Club Spin #ccspin #38! – 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 posting this 5 minutes before midnight on July 20 (GMT+2) to make it in time)! I now have a longer list than just…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #13 — July 2024! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Reviews From the Stacks Last year I discovered Jana and her blog Reviews from the Stacks. Jana created this fun, monthly book 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, that day is reserved for #6Degrees…
#SomethingDifferent #18 – Some #RandomBookishThoughts from The Chocolate Lady! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
So, about that NYT list... My sister told me about this list at about the same time fellow book blogger Kay @ Whatmeread started a series of posts about what they call is the "100 Best Books of the 21st Century." They say this list was compiled "As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers,…
TCL’s Tell Me Something Tuesday #TMST #11 & #LetsDiscuss2024 #10 – Rating Books – July 16, 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…
#ShortStorySunday- Blaze 6 & 7! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Reviews for “Fallen Grace” a Short Story by Sadeqa Johnson & "Barriers to Entry" by Ariel Lawhon. Summary: Blaze is a collection of seven short stories about incendiary women across the decades who dare to defy convention. Age: Adult; Genres: Literary, Fiction; Settings: Era/s: Historical; Location/s: Across the World; Other Categories: Women, Biographical, Own Voices/Diverse Authors.…
Savvy Cinderella Story. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Girl from the Savoy” by Hazel Gaynor. Summary: "Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back…
TCL’s WWW Wednesday #7 – July 10, 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…
Games, Sets, and Matches. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin. Summary: "Two kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there. Their love of video games becomes a shared world -- of joy, escape…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for July 6, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck to Four Minutes by Nataliya Deleva. 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 all…
TCL’s #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #53 – July 4-31, 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 Q3 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…
#SomethingDifferent #17 – The Chocolate Lady Plays Around! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Not with clay, not with dough, but with GRAPHICS (and AI)... Yes, I know it isn't Sunday, but my birthday was on Wednesday (I turned 67 years old, and I don't care who knows it), and I had a little gap in my posts and wanted a filler. So, I thought I'd show you all…
Endings and Beginnings. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop” by Satoshi Yagisawa (Translated by Eric Ozawa). Summary: "Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives.…
TCL’s Tell Me Something Tuesday #TMST #10 & #LetsDiscuss2024 #8 – So Far SO Good! – June 25, 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…
#ShortStorySunday- Blaze 3, 4 & 5! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Short Story Reviews for “The Forgotten Chapter” by Pam Jenoff, "Fires to Come" by Asha Lemmie, & "Tune in Tomorrow" by Melanie Benjamin. Summary: Blaze is a collection of seven short stories about incendiary women across the decades who dare to defy convention. Age: Adult; Genres: Literary, Fiction; Settings: Era/s: Historical; Location/s: Across the World; Other…