Book #160 of 2021: Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman (The Rabbi Small Mysteries #3) If you’re reading the Rabbi Small series for the titular mysteries, I could see it being a frustrating experience. In this third volume, the murder plot doesn’t start until halfway through, and the clergyman is only brought in …
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Book #79 of 2021: Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman (The Rabbi Small Mysteries #2) A disappointing follow-up to Friday the Rabbi Slept Late. It’s still neat to see a Jewish author incorporating authentic lived details into mainstream fiction — a rarity today, let alone back in 1966 — but whereas the first …
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Book #14 of 2021: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman (The Rabbi Small Mysteries #1) This series has been on my radar for a while, and although I’m not sure I’m going to read all dozen volumes, the first one is pretty neat. It’s one of those stories in which a police investigation …
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