BOOK REPORT/READING CHALLENGE........

Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out - Harry Kemelman

Product Description(Amazon.com)
Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, is thriving. Every year, more young couples move to this cozy New England village to raise their families, and many of them join Rabbi David Small’s synagogue. But the town is jolted out of domestic tranquility when Ellsworth Jordon, the town selectman, is murdered. An outspoken anti-Semite, and one of the town’s richest and most powerful men, it seems like everyone had a reason to dislike Jordan. When he’s murdered, not even the rabbi is surprised.
Police suspicion falls on several upstanding members of the synagogue, so Rabbi Small endeavors to clear them the way only he can—with God at his back and the Talmud in hand. Surprises lurk at every turn as the rabbi narrows down the long list of suspects to find the killer. 
Hardcover: 250 pages 
Publisher: William Morrow & Co; 1st edition (August 1978) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0688033628 
ISBN-13: 978-0688033620

MY THOUGHTS:  This is a new author for me and a new series.  Although this is also a great stand alone book.  I really enjoyed reading this book.  The author explains lots of things about the Jewish religion in this book.  Which I like as I've always found the Jewish religion kind of mysterious.  But now lots of things I didn't know makes sense.  When the clues started I had no idea who the murderer was, but as the suspects were slowly taken out of the picture I finally figured out who the killer was.  Very good book.  I give this book 4......

This book is also for the Read the Days Reading Challenge.

I have also found another reading challenge I am going to join.  The Color Coded Reading Challenge is being hosted over at Bev's place, at My Reader's Block.  Here's some info on this challenge.

 

 The color may either be named in the title or it may appear as the dominant color for the cover of the book. For "implies color" the image implying color should dominate the cover--for instance a large rainbow, a field of flowers, or the image of a painter.  Get ready for a rainbow of reading in 2016.

My list of books for this challenge.

 1. Blue - A Spool of Blue Thread - Anne Tyler

2. Red - NYPD red 3 - James Patterson

3. Yellow -  Love Finds You in New Orleans, Louisiana - Christa Allan

4. Green - The Green Road - Anne Enright

5.  Brown - Maximum Ride - James Patterson

6. Black - Black Friday - James Patterson 

7. White - White Plague -  James Abel

8. Purple - Smokin'  Seventeen - Janet Evanovich 

9. Plaid - Mad, Bad, and Dangerous in Plaid -  Suzanne Enoch