#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Flavored For Deception. My (early, or maybe late) #BookReview for “May Contain Murder” (AKA "Murder Below Deck") by Orlando Murrin (Chef Paul Delamare Mystery #2), on my #bookblog now. #2025NewReleaseChallenge #CloakDaggerChal #DoorstoppersInDecember
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Flavored For Deception.
Book Review for “May Contain Murder” (AKA “Murder Below Deck”) by Orlando Murrin (Chef Paul Delamare Mystery #2). Summary: “Worse things happen at sea. Paul Delamare has been rope…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #Bookstodon A Golden English & Irish Mashup - My #bookreview for Golden Girls on the Run by @judyrleigh on my #bookblog now. Thanks @theboldbookclub for the @netgalley ARC of this lovely #GoldenYears adventurous #RoadTrip #friendship novel. #2025NewReleaseChallenge
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/12/10/a-golden-english-irish-mashup/

A Golden English & Irish Mashup.
Book Review for “Golden Girls on the Run” by Judy Leigh. Summary: “When octogenarian sisters-in-law Sadie and Bronagh find themselves at the centre of a scandalous (and slightly explosive) ba…
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TCL’s 2025 Reading & Blogging Challenge Progress Post!
Happy December! With the year almost at an end, and since I don’t have a book review for today, I thought I’d let you all know how I’ve been doing with the reading and blogging ch…
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Australian Neapolitan Intrigue.
Book Review for “The Italian Secret” (Billie Walker #3) by Tara Moss. Summary: “Naples, 1943. Deep within a secret network of underground tunnels, a woman takes shelter from a wartime air rai…
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Shrimps and Sink Pits.
Book Review for “Seascraper” by Benjamin Wood. Summary: “Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take hi…
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We ARE in Kansas, Toto! My #bookreview for #BeforeDorothy by @hazelgaynor.bsky.social, on my #bookblog now. This novel isn't about OZ, but rather Auntie Em, and her Depression Era journey in the prairies! #histficreadingchallenge
#2025NewReleaseChallenge
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/11/we-are-in-kansas-toto/

We ARE in Kansas, Toto!
Book Review for “Before Dorothy” by Hazel Gaynor. Summary: “The greatest journey is the one you least expect…Kansas 1932. When news reaches Kansas that her beloved sister has tragically died,…
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Weekend Whirlwind Wonders.
Book Review for “Three Days in June” by Anne Tyler. Summary: “Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, …
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Similar is NOT the Same.
Book Review for “A Complete Fiction” by R.L. Maizes. Summary: “With little evidence, would-be author P.J. Larkin serves a “nibble” on the trendy new social-media app Crave, accusi…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Minor Austen Women Re-Imagined - My #bookreview for "Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters" by various authors. Thanks to @GalleryBooks (@SimonandSchuster) for the @this_is_edelweiss ARC. #histficreadingchallenge
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http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/11/03/minor-austen-women-re-imagined/

Minor Austen Women Re-Imagined.
Book Review for “Ladies in Waiting” by Various Authors. Summary: “In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of J…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon To Spy, or Not to Spy... my #bookreview for The Predicament (Gabriel Dax #2) by @Williamboyd29, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @groveatlantic Atlantic Crime for the @NetGalley ARC of this novel. #2025NewReleaseChallenge #histficreadingchallenge #CloakDaggerChal
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/10/16/to-spy-or-not-to-spy/

To Spy, or Not to Spy…
Book Review for “The Predicament” (Gabriel Dax #2) by William Boyd. Summary: “1963, Guatemala. The country is in turmoil, with a presidential election looming and a charismatic, left-wing ex-…
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