
A Very Irish Story.
Book Review for “Shibby Magee” by Carrie Kabak. Summary: “When their bold and brassy mother, Vera Coffey, disappears after declaring she was born into Ireland’s Traveller community, a traditi…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Announcement: TCL's #2026NewReleaseChallenge Q2 Link Party OPENS Tomorrow! Join the year-long challenge devised by Brandee & Linda of (un)Conventional Bookworms, and add your new released #bookreviews to my Link party starting tomorrow, April 1 through June 30.
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/03/31/announcement-tcls-2026newreleasechallenge-q2-link-party-opens-tomorrow/

Announcement: TCL’s #2026NewReleaseChallenge Q2 Link Party OPENS Tomorrow!
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 Lind…
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The Strongs and the Weaknesses.
Book Review for “The Moonshine Women” by Michelle Collins Anderson. Summary: “Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to the secret ingredients that matriarch Lidy …
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#ShortStorySunday – Writing the Rites.
Book Review for “Life: A Love Story” by Elizabeth Berg. Summary: “As ninety-two-year-old Florence “Flo” Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman …
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Women Widening Worlds With Words.
Book Review for “The Temple of the Muses” by Jane Davis. Summary: “London, 1780. As the city smoulders in the aftermath of the Gordon Riots, booksellers James and Dorcas Lackington resolve to…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Arms, Legs, Toes, and AARDVARK? My #bookreview for "Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home" by @Roz_Morris on my #bookblog now! Thanks Roz for the ARC of this lovely #nonfiction book! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026 #WIAN26
http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/23/arms-legs-toes-and-aardvark/

Arms, Legs, Toes, and AARDVARK?
Book Review for “Turn Right at the Rainbow: A Diary of Househunting, Happenstance & Home” by Roz Morris. Summary: “You don’t find home. Home finds you. Roz has lived in her London house f…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Mother of All Controversies. My #bookreview for "MUV: The Story of the Mitford Girls' Mother" by Rachel Trethewey on my #bookblog now! Yes, I actually read a #biography thanks to @PegasusBooks and #Edelweiss! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026
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The Mother of All Controversies.
Book Review for “MUV: The Story of the Mitford Girls’ Mother” by Rachel Trethewey. Summary: “Everyone knows about the six flamboyant Mitford girls but in fact there were seven remarkabl…
The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Sirens on the High Seas. My #bookreview for "The Determined" by @Rachel_Rueckert, on my #bookblog now! Thanks @KensingtonBooks for the @NetGalley ARC of this fascinating women's biographical novel. #histficreadingchallenge
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Sirens on the High Seas.
Book Review for “The Determined” by Rachel Rueckert. Summary: “1721, Spanish Town, Jamaica. Captured, convicted, and pregnant, twenty-three-year-old Anne Bonny faces the gallows. When writer …
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A New Recipe for Death.
Book Review for “To Kill a Cook” by M.W Akers. Summary: “Nobody in Manhattan eats better than Bernice Black. It’s 1972, and she is the city’s busiest restaurant critic, juggling her fiance an…
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The Sugar Flowers Mystery.
Book Review for “The Readers’ Room” by Antoine Laurain (translated by Jane Aitken, Emily Boyce, and Polly Mackintosh). Summary: “When the manuscript of a debut crime novel arrives at a …
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