The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Avenues of Affection, my #bookreview for "Love Lane" by @PNovelistGale on my #bookblog now! A gentle sequel to "A Place Called Winter" about Harry Cane's reunion with his estranged family in England. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #20BOS26

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Chasing or Facing the Music? My #bookreview for "Lost in the Summer of '69" by Eliza Knight, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @SourcebooksLandmark for the @netgalley ARC of this rockin' novel #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #WIAN26 #20BOS26

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for June 6, 2026. Find out how I went from The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig to "Zorrie" by Laird Hunt, on my #bookblog now. Thanks to KateW @ Books are My Favourite and Best, for my favorite, monthly #bookmeme!

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #76 - June 4 - July 1, 2026. This time I remember a #bookreview of a novel by one of my favorite authors! Remember, if you have a #bookblog, you are welcome to join this #bookmeme any day of the week, all month long.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL’s #TopTenTuesday - No, I haven't, Actually - June 2, 2026. For my 5th #TTT of the year, I give you 10 #books people might be surprised I've never read, on my #bookblog here. This week's theme was set by Jana @ArtsyReaderGirl #bookmemes #booklists

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon #BookX #BookTwitter TCL joins the 20 Books of Summer #20BOS26 Reading Challenge for 2026! This year, the challenge is being run by @annabookbel and Emma @wordsandpeace with NEW GRAPHICS! I'll go with 10 this year, and fingers crossed, hope I exceed that goal.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Where Angels Fear to Tread - my #bookreview for "When No One Else Will by Amanda Skenandore, on my #bookblog now. Thanks @Kensington for the @netgalley ARC of this important, heartbreaking #womensfiction novel. #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #ThrowawayThursday - Yes, you read that right! Throw AWAY! What is Throwaway Thursday? Basically, it's something silly I thought of and decided to do because I don't have a #bookreview for you all today on my #bookblog, but is about books and reading!

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Trying Time and Time Again. A #bookreview for #MissedConnections by Aimie K. Runyan on my #bookblog now. Thanks @harpermusebooks for the @NetGalley ARC of this #culinaryfiction #womensfiction #magicalrealism #timetravel novel. #OOCZ202 #2026NewReleaseChallenge

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Classics Club Spin #CCSpin #44 pick for TCL! Stop by my #bookblog now to find out which book on my list will be my next #CCspin #ClassicsClub read, and why I'm looking forward to reading it. #ccwhatimreading for this spin. This time, I got #shortstories!

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #DNF Friday #21 - Romance Not Veiled Thinly Enough. Today, on my #bookblog, I explain why I can't fully write a #bookreview for "Like Snow Before Sun" by Marianne Rabalais Sulser. My regrets to Atmosphere press who gave me the ARC of this from Edelweiss.

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's WWW Wednesday #29 - May 20, 2026. I'm slowly getting through my very full TBR list, but there's lots of reading to be done. Soon, June will be busting out all over! Thanks @SamAnnElizabeth of Taking on a World of Words for #WWWWednesday #bookmeme

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Not Always Clowning Around. My #bookreview for "700 Sundays" by Billy Crystal, on my #bookblog now! Yes, THAT Billy Crystal and yes it is non-fiction AND a memoir! I think you'll want to order what I just had! #BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's - #LetsDiscuss2026 #6, #BookBloggerHop #4 - May 15-28 2026 - Paging Your Print Books! Here's just a little filler post while I'm abroad on vacation with my three kids! This time we talk about how we treat our print books. Enjoy!

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL Joins the Classics Club Spin #ccspin #44! I'm thrilled to be at it again with the #ClassicsClub. I'm moving books around, adding some, and taking some away! We'll find out very soon which of these book I'll be reading next! #ccwhatimreading

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Love an African Adventure? My #bookreview for "Mrs. Pollifax on Safari" by Dorothy Gilman, on my #bookblog now! In this 5th book in the Mrs. Pollifax series, we find our protagonist in Africa! Lovely or not? #BeatTheBacklist #CloakDaggerChal #TheClassicsClub

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon A Prime or the Loneliest Number? My #bookreview for "Doubles" by @NoraGold, on my #bookblog now! My thanks to the author for sending me the ARC of this beautiful, thought provoking novella! #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026 #WIAN26