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01.08.2025

Kid Lit Review of “Something Good” by Kenneth Kraegel | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

A young girl is having a bad day, with one unpleasant thing after another happening. First, she woke up with a chicken on her head. Other bizarre mishaps followed, from finding worms in her breakfast cereal to falling into a hole after which a hairy mastodon (“I thought they were supposed other be extinct”) decided…

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05.08.2025

Review of “Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague” by Maggie O’Farrell | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

Hamnet is an imagined scenario for what happened to Shakespeare’s youngest son, Hamnet, and how Shakespeare, his wife, and Hamnet’s twin sister Judith coped in their different ways. From the historical record, we don’t know much about Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway (called Agnes by her father and in the book) except that their first…

Rhapsody in Books Weblog

08.08.2025

Review of “The Doorman” by Chris Pavone | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

Most of this story unfolding over a single day takes place in and around a luxury apartment building on the Upper West Side in New York City called the Bohemia. As the hours tick by, the suspense builds incrementally. The chapters alternate mainly among three characters - the front doorman, Chicky Diaz, and two of…

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11.08.2025

Review of “Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day” by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett | Rhapsody in Books Weblog

Trans history should not be regarded as a niche subject; it is an important aspect of who we are as a people, providing another perspective on the historical persistence of fear and loathing of anyone considered “different.” Because issues of sexuality are so triggering, however, much of the history of the treatment of transsexuality is…

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