Cement / Concrete

  Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CEMENT / CONCRETE […]

Romance Novel The Hero

The Hero, by Robyn Carr:   Four years after joining The Fellowship, Devon McAllister risks the wrath of the cult leader by fleeing the compound […]

Calvary / Cavalry

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CALVARY / CAVALRY  These […]

Police Thriller Heat Lightning

Police Thriller Heat Lightning, by John Sandford:  When bodies keep turning up at Minnesota war memorials in HEAT LIGHTNING, a police series thriller, Detective Virgil […]

Capital / Capitol

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CAPITAL / CAPITOL A […]

Medical Thriller Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures, by Michael Palmer:   Medical thriller EXTREME MEASURES pits the high-minded conscience of innovative Boston trauma doctor Eric Najarian against his own ambitions […]

Can / May

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: CAN / MAY Have you […]

Thriller Chill Factor

CHILL FACTOR, by Sandra Brown:   An unseasonable blizzard halts the search for a serial killer’s latest victim in mountainous Cleary, North Carolina, in thriller CHILL […]

When Procrastination Rules

A new year is upon us, and as Ben Franklin once said, “You may delay, but time will not.” My husband, being a sailor, puts […]

Farther / Further

For the third year in a row, the winner of the most often misused word in 2018 noted in my reading was further to mean farther. FARTHER […]