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TCL’s Shelf Control #19 – Waxing Brazilian. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration created by Lisa @ Bookshelf Fantasies, of the unread books on our shelves. Lisa says: "Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! For more…
TCL’s #LetsDiscuss2024 #15 – Picture That – December 20-26, 2024 #LetsTalkBookish #15. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
This is a "Let's Talk Bookish" topic which is ... This week's topic is: How Do You Picture Characters When You Read? 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…
TCL’s Spell the Month in Books #18 – December 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…
19th Century Maine Stories. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories” by Sarah Orne Jewett. Summary: "Set in a small, coastal town in Maine, this enduring sequence of intimate stories has assumed its rightful place in the pantheon of American classics. A series of small, beautifully rendered sketches as a sustained narrative, perfectly evoking…
TCL’s #ReReadTandT #5 – Cold Country Curious. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Postern of Fate” by Agatha Christie. Summary: "A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique…
#ShortStorySunday – The Pan to Pile Puzzle! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Review for “The Answer is No” a Short Story by Fredrik Backman (Translated by Elizabeth Denoma). Summary: "Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a…
Announcing TCL’s New Release Challenge for 2025! #2025NewReleaseChallenge with Sign Up 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 WWW Wednesday #12 – December 11, 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…
Burning Rivers of Faith. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “Gabriel's Moon” by William Boyd. Summary: "Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a fire that took his mother’s life. Every night, when sleep finally comes, he dreams about his childhood home in flames. His days are spent on the move as an acclaimed travel writer, capturing the…
TCL’s #6Degrees of Separation for December 7, 2024. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
From Sandwich by Catherine Newman to The Golden Gals' Getaway by Judy Leigh! 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 #58 – December 5, 2024-January 1, 2025! – 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 #T5T – #TopFiveTuesday #16 for December 3, 2024 – Pretty Covers! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Top Five Tuesday was originally created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm, but is now hosted by Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads. To participate, link your post back to Meeghan's blog or leave a comment on her weekly post. This week's topic: Top 5 2024 Books with Your Favorite Covers! Meeghan says: "What are some of…
The Skye Crew. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
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…
A Frigid Relationship. – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
Book Review for “On Chesil Beach” by Ian McEwan. Summary: "It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come... ." Age: Adult; Genres: Literary, Fiction; Settings:…
TCL’s #TopTenTuesday – November 26, 2024 – Thanks! – 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…
#SomethingDifferent #20 – The Great British Bake Off #BookTag Challenge! – The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog
I'm on vacation in Italy... ...visiting my son who is part owner of this place, which is the Montino Coliving facility, but... While I'm abroad, I thought this would be a great filler post. I just left yesterday for Italy, and wanted to make sure my blog wasn't dormant in my absence. So I…
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…