Category: Book Reviews
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I searched for blog challenges and came across Shelf Reflection’s book reading prompts. We take a prompt and find a book that fits the prompt. Or the other way around. I have included my post links in the titles of the books I have read and reviewed here in this blog or elsewhere. As you…
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The magistrate’s books were for entertainment The first book’s first page had a painted picture of a naked couple on a sofa. The second book was a fiction titled “The Torments Grete Had To Suffer from Her Husband Hans”. (Kafka, p. 41) Kafka used the name Grete because his ex-fiancee Felice’s girlfriend was named Grete…
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What is the secret of Franz Kafka’s The Trial? It was inspired by his relationships with women. Where did he get the idea for his plot? Kafka’s narrative for Josek K reveals this character as being easily attracted to women. He was aroused by his boarding house mate Fraulein Burstner, and the private court room…
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Fraulein Burstner worked as a typist. On the night that Herr Josef K decided to talk to her regarding the three men interrogators, she had returned home later, after watching a show at the theater. It was after 11:30 pm. She told Josef K she was “dead tired”. Maybe she was too tired to resist…
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The first time the court usher’s wife tried directly to seduce Herr K was when he visited her home the following Sunday, after his first Sunday court session, and they were alone. When Herr K went to visit the private court room on Sunday, he was told by the court usher’s wife that there was…
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This is a mock up of the supervisor’s table, which is actually Fraulein Burstner’s bedside table in her rented room. That book’s title was chosen to bring in some humor. Of course, at that time, Kafka’s novel was yet to be published so it couldn’t have been The Trial which was on Fraulein Burstner’s bedside…
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Surely this must be a stroke of good luck. Blog prompt host Linda has selected the word “review” for March 14 2026’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday’s prompt (SoCS). This entire blog is about book reviews and product reviews. It is rare that a prompt coincides with a blog’s intention. This blog has a catalog page…
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What did Josef eat for breakfast on the morning two policemen arrested him? Josef ate one apple for breakfast. This detail can be read from The Trial by Franz Kafka. The story says the 2 policemen suggested he should buy breakfast from a shop opposite but Josef declined. If you buy from this weblink, I…
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No, Doris Kilman does not like parties. She wanted to keep Elizabeth Dalloway with her, so that she could not return home, to get ready for her mother’s party. Doris wasn’t invited to attend Mrs Dalloway’s party. It was probably because the party guests would belong to a different social class that Miss Kilman couldn’t…
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Gifty wrote about this incident on page 19. It seemed Nana threw a tantrum because he was under the influence of drugs. On page 31, Gifty said Nana was 15 years old when their mother discovered some loose Oxycontin pills in his bedroom. Their mom didn’t know how to deal with this discovery. By page…