Davida Chazan

Retired, Jewish mildly dyslexic, poet, chocolate lover; bread, ice cream, pottery, and stained glass maker. Avid reader and #bookblogger with 750+ #bookreviews!

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/7kCvAEYhcg Striking the Right Keys. My #bookreview for "The Typing Lady and Other Fictions" by @ozekiland Ruth Ozeki, on my #bookblog now! This is Ozeki's first collection of short stories! #20bos26 #histficreadingchallenge
#2026NewReleaseChallenge #2026BookishBooks

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/3LgiJk7svb TCL's #DiscussionSunday & #LetsDiscuss2026 #10, #LetsTalkBookish #2 - August 2026 - Mental Health & Books! If you ask me, all reading is therapeutic, but I prefer the fictional treatments to the non-fiction ones. Here are some favorites on the subject.

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https://t.co/yNqV1mP7Cy TCL's First Lines Friday #12 for August 21, 2026! What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? See if this book on my shelf sounds good just from the 1st paragraph, on my #bookblog here.

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/yGn9pFoCZz The Classics Club Spin #CCSpin #45 pick for TCL! Our lucky winning number for the 45th Classics Club Spin is #18 (eighteen)! Come take a look on my #bookblog to find out which of my 20 books on my list I'll be reading next. #ClassicsClub #ccwhatimreading

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/LzXl33IRcN A Loti Mixed Nagasaki Summer. My #bookreview for Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti (T-Clémence Aubert), on my #bookblog now. Thanks to Espresso for the ARC of this new translation. #2026NewReleaseChallenge #2026BooksInTranslation #TheClassicsClub #20bos26

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/SgOKRALjZp TCL Joins the Classics Club Spin #ccspin #45! Once again, into the fray, with a new(ish) list of 20 books. They'll choose a number on Sunday, and I'll need to read and review the corresponding book by Oct 4! Wish me luck! #ccwhatimreading #theclassicsclub

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/bPgSNtLprR All the Stage is Her World! My #bookreview for "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent" by Judi Dench, on my #bookblog now. No wonder they're renaming The Shaftesbury theatre in her honor (and not in her memory)! #BeatTheBacklist #OOCZ2026 #20bos26

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/aUJufuv9xq Stupid Criminals Indeed! My #bookreview for "The Boat House" (Twin Lights #2) by Fern Michaels, on my #bookblog here. Thanks to @KensingtonBooks for the ARC via @NetGalley. #2026NewReleaseChallenge #CloakDaggerChal #20bos26 #romance #crime #cozymystery

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@JoyceCarolOates If this is true, it makes me want to smack them upside their heads! Insanity!

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/pjETWNqJjn TCL's Spell the Month in Books #38 - August 2026 - TBR Edition! On my #bookblog here. Many thanks (& congrats) to Jana @ Reviews from the Stacks for this fun, monthly #bookmeme #booklist. What books on your TBR or wish lists spell out the word August?

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/Y3U4EnptlD TCL's #DNF Friday #22 - Wrong Book, Wrong Time, or Both? My non-#bookreview for "A Botanist's Guide to Tradition and Treachery" by Kate Khavari, on my #bookblog now. I really wanted to love this one, but... the fates were against it - maybe another time?

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A Little Something to Fill the Gap https://t.co/SRvJRoZrW8 via @GaiaBird1 #Booklovers #AmReading #Books #BookReview #Reading #bookbloggers #ToveJanssonMonth #MoominMonth #ToveTrove #WITMonth26 #NationalPlannerDay #WorldWideWebDay

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/OiHfBvLlDr TCL's Can't-Wait Wednesday & #WoW - Waiting on Wednesday #6 - Back to Baltimore. When I get an email about an upcoming book by a favorite author, I take notice! Find out about this 2027 novel, on my #bookblog now! Thanks Tressa @wishfulendings and Lilian!

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Agatha Would Be Pleased! My #bookreview for "Death at King's Cross" by Rosanne Limoncelli @RCLBrooklyn (Four Queens of Crime #2), on my #bookblog now! #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #CloakDaggerChal #20bos26 #booksky #bookstodon #BookX

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

@CadwaladerBart1 @JoyceCarolOates Hm... I kind of dislike how women in titles end up being daughters or wives of some man far too often. What did this woman do? Why is she defined by some man and his profession?

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

https://t.co/nZWhL0n2ug #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for August 1, 2026. Find out how I went from "Land" by @author_magfarr to "Doubles" by @NoraGold on my #bookblog now. Thanks to Kate W #booksaremyfavouriteandbest for my favorite monthly #bookmeme!

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

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TCL's #ThrowbackThursday and #LinkParty #78 - July 30-Sept. 2, 2026. Once again, I'm remembering a #bookreview of a novel by a favorite author! Remember, if you have a #bookblog, you are welcome to join this #bookmeme any day of the week, all month long.

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The Surveying of Soil and Skin. My #bookreview for "Land" by @author_magfarr, on my #bookblog now! What can I say... O'Farrell, right? That and OMG again, of course! #histficreadingchallenge #2026NewReleaseChallenge #20bos26 #TuesdayBookBlog #booktwitter

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

@explorebeauty12 A lighter!

[Davida Chazan @drchazan]

@NoContextBrits Tomatoes and Mushrooms, obviously.