Book Review: Karen Chance’s Brave the Tempest
Cassie Palmer, chief seer of the supernatural world, must keep an uneasy coalition of vamps, mages, and demons together as allies, and persuading Pritkin and Mircea to fight at her side.
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Word Confusion: Raise versus Rise
Raise your hands and rise to your feet in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Karen Chance’s “Black Friday”
Cassie needs to do her Christmas shopping, so where better to go than Hell, after all they have the best prices, especially on Black Friday.
Book Review: Deborah Harkness’ Time’s Convert
A fascinating exploration, as we follow Marcus MacNeil, a young “Doc” from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening from the Revolutionary War through the French Terror.
Word Confusion: Hoarse versus Horse
I got hoarse yelling for my horse in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
Life had relaxed back into Garden Clubs and teas, so when Emily Pollifax took the call from the CIA, she was all too ready to leave on a mission halfway across the world.
Word Confusion: Erupt versus Irrupt
As one’s thoughts irrupt into the mind, the words erupt from the pen onto paper in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Nalini Singh’s “Clean and Dirty”
Who knew Faith had such a fun ability? It certainly makes life more interesting for a sculptor…who likes to chase her around the house.
Book Review: Laura Griffin’s Total Control
Navy SEAL Jake Heath meets his match in Alexa Mays, a fierce FBI agent, as they work together to take down a dangerous terrorist…and battle their own flames.
Word Confusion: Rye versus Wry
Revised as of27 Dec 2022 Part of the word confusion over rye versus wry is that the pair are heterographs (a subset of homophone). Rye is generally victuals — food and drink — while wry is a description of appearance or action, that of turning away, deviating, covering. Word Confusions . . . . . . started as my way of dealing with a professional frustration with properly spelled words that were out of context in manuscripts I was editing as well as books I was reviewing. It evolved into a sharing of information with y’all. I’m hoping you’ll share with us words that have been a bête noire for you from either end. If you found this post on “Rye versus Wry” interesting, consider subscribing to KD Did It, if you’d like to track this post for future updates. Return to top Rye Wry Ear of Rye by LSDSL is under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, via Wikimedia Commons. Wry Smile by Johan A is under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license, via Flickr. Part of Grammar: Adjective 1; Noun 1, 2 Plural for noun: ryes Adjective 1;Verb 2, intransitive & transitive Third person present verb: wries Past tense or […]