Word Confusion: Discomfit versus Discomfort
There’s no real difference, as verbs, between discomfit and discomfort, although discomfit is mostly about completely defeating the other side in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Author: Kathy Davie
Book Review: Lucía Ashta’s Charmed Caper
Knowing nothing about sleuthing, Nan insists on Marla Gawama as Gales Haven’s new detective. Then some bumbling bumpkins show up in town, and Haveners start losing their marbles left and right, it becomes clear she’s not cut out for the job.
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Mummy Case
A murder in Luxor sparks Peabody’s interest. When the same stranger shows up at their barren dig, both Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turn — and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal.
Word Confusion: Fort versus Forte
Fort and forte may be strong, but fort is strictly a place filled with soldiers while forte is about music, ability, and part of a sword in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters’ The Curse of the Pharaohs
Nothing like a murder to whet Amelia’s appetite, and when it includes a trip to Egypt—after five long years away, Emerson can be counted on to pack up.
Word Confusion: Stratagem versus Strategy
Both stratagem and strategy are about making plans to achieve an advantage. Only, stratagem is a tricky plan to deceive in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Keri Arthur’s Broken Bonds
The biggest threat to Lizzie comes not in the form of evil, but rather the changes whispered on the wind. The woman Aiden once asked to be his wife has returned. And she’s determined to get her man
Book Review: Keri Arthur’s Magic Misled
Lizzie Grace had hoped that Clayton’s death would bring some normality back into her life. But her father remains intent on interfering now that he knows she can manipulate wild magic, the High Witch Council has sent in an investigator to uncover her part in Clayton’s murder, and an even bigger threat has arrived on the reservation.
Word Confusion: Exacerbate vs Exasperate
Remember that exacerbate affects an object or situation while exasperate affects the person in this Word Confusion from KD Did it.
Book Review: David Weber’s The Shadow of Saganami
Captain Aivars Terekhov follows in Duchess Harrington’s footsteps as he maneuvers to protect the Talbott System and the Lynx Junction with the help of Lt. Abigail Hearns, the first Grayson woman to go through Saganami, and Helen Zilwicki who is on her first snotty cruise, bringing her already vast experience with hand-to-hand combat and her father’s spycraft aboard.