Book Reviews by the Chocolate Lady

Davida Chazan's book reviews for mostly adult, literary, contemporary, historical, and women's fiction (with some non-fiction and literary musings thrown in for good measure).

Monday, January 3, 2022

Double Miss Trouble!

Book Review for "The Fair Miss Fortune" by D.E. Stevenson.

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Labels: 2022, adult, Book Review, classics, comedy, contemporary, fiction, historical, humor, literary, new releases, reading challenge, romance, vintage, women

Monday, December 6, 2021

A Viral Vacation

Book Review for "The Golden Girls' Getaway" by Judy Leigh.

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Labels: 2021, adult, Book Review, comedy, coming-of-age, contemporary, England, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, humor, literary, New Release Challenge, new releases, reading challenge, road-trip, Wales, women

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Petrie's Dishings.

Book Review for "Antiquities: A Story" by Cynthia Ozick.

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Labels: 2021, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, Diverse Authors, fiction, historical, literary, new releases, novella, reading challenge, speculative

Friday, April 9, 2021

Industry about the Cottage

Book Review for "The Jane Austen Society: A Novel" by Natalie Jenner.

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Labels: 2020, adult, Book Review, books, comedy, England, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, historical, Historical Fiction Challenge, Jane Austen, literary, novel, post-WWII, romance, women

Friday, January 22, 2021

"... The Next Best Thing"?

Book Review for "The Charmed Wife" by Olga Grushin.

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Labels: 2021, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, coming-of-age, contemporary, fant, fantasy, fiction, historical, literary, magical realism, new releases, novel, paranormal, reading challenge, romance, women

Sunday, December 27, 2020

Snippets of Genius – #ShortStorySunday

Book Review for "Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde" by Robert Ross

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Labels: adult, autobiography, book, Book Review, collection, comedy, epistolary, fiction, literary, non-fiction, poetry, short stories, vintage

Friday, December 11, 2020

Idyllically Ordinary. #BookReview for "Rhododendron Pie" by Margery Sharp.

Book Review for "Rhododendron Pie" by Margery Sharp.

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Labels: 1930, 2021, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, fiction, literary, new releases, novel, re-release, reading challenge, romance, vintage, women

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

More Fried Green Tomatoes? Yes, Please!

Book Review for "The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop" by Fannie Flagg.

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Labels: 2020, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, fiction, historical, humor, literary, new releases, novel, reading challenge, sequel, women

Friday, September 11, 2020

A Bunch of Useful Idiots.

Book Review for "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman.

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Labels: 2020, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, fiction, humor, LGBTQIA+, literary, new releases, novel, reading challenge, translation

Monday, August 3, 2020

Wholly Moley!

Book Review for "Miss Mole" by E.H. Young.

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Labels: 1930s, 2020, adult, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, England, female protagonists, female writers, feminism, fiction, humor, literary, New Release Challenge, rerelease, women

Friday, April 17, 2020

Seasons of Surprises

Book Review for "The Astonishing Life of August March" by Aaron Jackson

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Labels: 2020, adult, Book Review, comedy, coming-of-age, crime, debut novel, fiction, historical, Historical Fiction Challenge, literary, New Release Challenge, novel, romance

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Science of Love

Book Review for "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion

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Labels: 2013, adult, Asperger's, basic plots, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, fiction, humor, literary, novel, relationships, romance

Sunday, December 21, 2014

A Fry-ed Life

Book Review for "The Fry Chronicles: an Autobiography" by Stephen Fry

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Labels: 2010, authors, autobiography, Book Review, comedy, historical, non-fiction

Monday, December 15, 2014

A novel that will stick with you

Book Review for "We are all made of Glue" by Marina Lewycka

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Labels: 2009, adult, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, England, female protagonists, female writers, literary, novel, women

Friday, August 22, 2014

Very Carefully, Apparently

Book Review for "How to Talk to a Widower" by Jonathan Tropper

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Labels: 2007, accident, adult, America, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, death, fiction, literary, love, marriage, novel, recovery, widower, writers

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

A Fictional Dismantling of the British Royal Family

Book Review for "The Queen and I" by Sue Townsend

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Labels: 1992, Book Review, comedy, England, female writers, fiction, novel, Parliament, Queen Elizabeth II, royal family, royalty, young adult

Saturday, July 26, 2014

A Story of Sins and Fashion

Book Review for "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger

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Labels: 2003, adult, Book Review, books, chick-lit, comedy, contemporary, fame, female protagonists, female writers, fiction, humor, movies, publishing, relationships, women

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

A Compliment to P.G. Wodehouse

Book Review for "Jeeves and the Wedding Bells" by Sebastian Faulks

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Labels: 2013, adult, book, Book Review, books, comedy, deception, England, fiction, historical, literary, love, marriage, novel, novels, P. G. Wodehouse, relationships, sequel, wedding

Monday, June 9, 2014

The 12 Days of Kelly Christmas

Book Review for The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81 by J.B. Morrison

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Labels: 2014, accident, adult, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, elderly, fiction, humor, literary, NetGalley, novels, review, widower

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Teaching Men Manners is No Laughing Matter?

Book Review for "Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys" by Eric Garcia

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Labels: 2004, Adapted for TV, adult, book, Book Review, comedy, contemporary, female protagonists, fiction, humor, literary, novel, novels

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