Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s The Case of the Spellbound Child
Dr John and Mary Watson, Nan Killian, and Sarah Lyon-White investigate a rumor of evil and missing children in Dartmoor for Lord Alderscroft, the Wizard of London.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow!
It’s shaping up to be a dramatic weaponsmithing reality show when Meg is forced into competition up against several blacksmiths who think women have no place in the profession. Keep in mind that these people wield large hammers and make swords and have forges full of fire at their disposal.
Word Confusion: Jail versus Prison
A jail is smaller all the way around with shorter sentences and run by a local government department while a prison is a lot bigger with longer sentences and run by the state or a federal entity in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Birder, She Wrote
It’s murder when a long lost graveyard is freshly used and the investigation delves deep into bees, NIMBYs, and blackmail.
Word Confusion: Xyster vs Xyston vs Xystus
An Xcellent word confusion from a xyster, a blade for scraping bone. to a xystos, a long spear, to a xystus, and to a priest who serves leavened bread in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Dashing Through the Snowbirds
An ill-timed frantic end to a software project finds Meg and Michael with yet more guests just before Christmas. Their rude and incompetent boss doesn’t make life any easier for anyone . . . until he’s found dead.
Book Review: Mercedes Lackey’s The Fire Rose
Tragedy forces Rosalind Hawkins to swap her treasured existence for one of servitude to a railroad baron halfway across the country into a situation fraught with mystery and perversity.
Word Confusion: Zymic versus Zymite
Both words involve yeast, but zymic is about the process of fermentation while a zymite serves up leavened bread in a Mass in this Word Confusion.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Round Up the Usual Peacocks
I received this book for free from my own shelves in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: my own shelves Round Up the Usual Peacocksby Donna Andrews amateur sleuth, cozy mystery in a Kindle edition that was published by Minotaur Books on August 2, 2022 and has 304 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Real Macaw, Some Like It Hawk, The Hen of the Baskervilles, Duck the Halls, The Good, the Bad, and the Emus, Lord of the Wings, The Nightingale Before Christmas, Die Like an Eagle, Gone Gull, How the Finch Stole Christmas!, Toucan Keep a Secret, Lark! The Herald Angels Sing, The Falcon Always Wings Twice, The Gift of the Magpie, The Twelve Jays of Christmas, Murder with Peacocks, Murder with Puffins, Revenge of the Wrought Iron Flamingos, Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, We’ll Always Have Parrots, Owls Well That Ends Well, Terns of Endearment, Between a Flock and a Hard Place, No Nest for the Wicket, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, Cockatiels at Seven, Six Geese A-Slaying, Stork Raving Mad, Owl Be […]
Word Confusion: Wabi-sabi versus Wasabi
Wabi-sabi is an aesthetic approach to life while wasabi is a hot condiment usually associated with sushi and sashini in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.