Word Confusion: Irony vs Sarcasm vs Satire
Ironically, sarcasm and satire are types of irony in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Author: Kathy Davie
Book Review: Marta Perry’s Thanksgiving Blessing
When Promise Glen is struck by a vandalism spree around the Thanksgiving holiday, a community’s values—and two weathered hearts—are put to the test.
Book Review: Julie Ann Walker’s Black Hearted
Hannah Blue, an ex-girlfriend’s little sister who’s been in love with Sam forever, is suddenly back in Samuel Harwood’s life when she’s arrested as a traitor. No one will believe that she has information about a cyber-attack on the US power grid until she turns to Sam and the Black Knights Inc.
Word Confusion: Backward versus Backwards
The American backward is both adjective and adverb while the British backwards is an adverb in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: John D MacDonald’s Nightmare in Pink
McGee heads to New York at the request of one his former war buddies to help his sister. For Nina – a career girl living alone in Manhattan – offers Travis McGee companionship and the first loose thread in the elaborate fabric of a gigantic swindle.
Word Confusion: Tic versus Tick
A tic is a movement or behavior while a tick can range from that nasty, biting insect to a mattress to a clock to ticking things off in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: John Creasey’s Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories
An omnibus of thirteen very short stories in the Commander George Gideon police procedural series set in the 1960s and revolving around a compassionate police commander.
Book Review: Agatha Christie’s “The Adventure of the Clapham Cook”
It’s Mrs Todd’s frustration over her cook leaving without a word and several articles in a sensationalist newspaper that causes Hercule Poirot to link all these “coincidences” together.
Word Confusion: Euphemism versus Synonym
A euphemism is a more polite synonym in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Ilona Andrews’ “A Mere Formality”
During an intergalactic summit, the leader of the fierce Reigh people expires and the new heir demands restitution — billions and an arranged marriage contract with particular actions required.