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niyad

(120,281 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:31 PM Jun 2023

Attention grammar, punctuation, and, spelling devotees! I have just discovered the

Deadly Edits" mystery series by Kaitlyn Dunnett. Protagonist is 65 year old Mikki Lincoln, recently widowed and retired from teaching "language arts". She has moved back to her hometown in the Catskills with her calico cat, Calpurnia, and has decided to become a freelance editor. A major clue to solving her first mystery is. . . .the Oxford comma!

Books in the series: "Crime and Punctuation"; "Clause and Effect"; "A Fatal Fiction"; and, "Murder, She Edited".

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Attention grammar, punctuation, and, spelling devotees! I have just discovered the (Original Post) niyad Jun 2023 OP
Thanks, niyad. I will check her out asap. brer cat Jun 2023 #1
Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #2
Will do. I hope her books are available at my library. brer cat Jun 2023 #4
If not, is your library on ILL? niyad Jun 2023 #5
I don't know what ILL is. brer cat Jun 2023 #7
Then you probably are on the InterLibraryLoan system, a true saving grace for many niyad Jun 2023 #9
Yes. The price of new books is way beyond my budget especially given how much I read. brer cat Jun 2023 #17
Same here. Even true of used books. And there is always the space issue! niyad Jun 2023 #18
eBooks are the impoverished reader's best friend ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #30
Thank you. brer cat Jun 2023 #31
I retired as a legal editor last year. Easterncedar Jun 2023 #3
I was a legal editor after college. niyad Jun 2023 #6
Someone is a fan of the Oxford semicolon 4dog Jun 2023 #8
Old habits. niyad Jun 2023 #12
Aye. Higherarky Jun 2023 #24
I try to do a comma cleanse Mme. Defarge Jun 2023 #29
I will check it out! Silver Gaia Jun 2023 #10
You are most welcome. niyad Jun 2023 #11
This series is free on kindle unlimited megapuzzler Jun 2023 #13
You are most welcome. And thank you for the Kindle information. niyad Jun 2023 #15
Ha! Thanks -- this will be right up my alley. Pinback Jun 2023 #14
You are most welcome. Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #16
Cool. Pinback Jun 2023 #19
Please keep us updated on that. niyad Jun 2023 #20
Bring back 'Thee', Thou', and 'Thence', methinks. speak easy Jun 2023 #21
When did they leave? niyad Jun 2023 #22
I shalt useth mine most studious endeavors to so do. speak easy Jun 2023 #25
OMG! PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #23
Let me know what you think. niyad Jun 2023 #27
That may take a while, as I have a PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2023 #28
I am a great devotee of the Oxford comma! ShazzieB Jun 2023 #26
Hot diggity! hermetic Jun 2023 #32
You are most welcome. Bibliophiles are always happy to share!! niyad Jun 2023 #33

brer cat

(26,345 posts)
7. I don't know what ILL is.
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:49 PM
Jun 2023

My library is very small, but they are in a network with quite a few others, and I can usually get books that are not available locally.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
30. eBooks are the impoverished reader's best friend
Thu Jun 22, 2023, 06:21 AM
Jun 2023

Through most libraries, you can get ebook access to other library collections without having to wait for the book to come to you. If someone has digitized a book, chances are very high that you can access it through your library with the click of a mouse, or with the help of a librarian.

The Project Gutenberg website provides access to books that no longer fall under copyright. This is a boon for older books that are out of print. You can either download their books to keep, or read them on-site. Up to you.

Most of the library collections and Project Gutenberg use the ePub format. The app to read them is Adobe Digital Editions, and it's free.

With an Amazon Prime membership, you can "check out" up to ten books at a time through their Prime Reader program. It works just like a library: borrow book, return when done. Then there's Kindle Unlimited, which provides access to an even larger selection of books for a monthly fee. If you don't participate in either of those, Amazon has many free and inexpensive books available on a regular basis, and frequent sales on top of that, even of recent bestsellers. And even if they don't have the book for cheap, ebooks are almost always cheaper than print books. All of this makes Amazon definitely worth a look for the thrifty reader.

ETA: You need the free Kindle app to read Amazon ebooks "offline" on an iDevice or computer, but you can also read Amazon books with your web browser by going to any purchased or borrowed book's product page and clicking on the big green "READ NOW" icon.

4dog

(522 posts)
8. Someone is a fan of the Oxford semicolon
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:49 PM
Jun 2023

I prefer 'serial' comma as being more international. And use it too.

megapuzzler

(561 posts)
13. This series is free on kindle unlimited
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 09:09 PM
Jun 2023

Just checked to see. Guess I know what I'll be reading next, Thank you!

niyad

(120,281 posts)
15. You are most welcome. And thank you for the Kindle information.
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 09:17 PM
Jun 2023

Be sure and let me know what you think.

Pinback

(12,898 posts)
14. Ha! Thanks -- this will be right up my alley.
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 09:13 PM
Jun 2023

As a longtime stickler, I’m sure I’ll get a kick out of these.

niyad

(120,281 posts)
16. You are most welcome. Let me know what you think.
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 09:20 PM
Jun 2023

And I just saw your post about SF JAZZ and Terence Blanchard. way cool!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,730 posts)
28. That may take a while, as I have a
Wed Jun 21, 2023, 01:26 AM
Jun 2023

very many books waiting to be read. But I expect I'll like this series.

ShazzieB

(18,756 posts)
26. I am a great devotee of the Oxford comma!
Tue Jun 20, 2023, 11:28 PM
Jun 2023

I didn't know what it was called when I was growing up, but it was how I was taught to punctuate, and I still stand behind it.

I definitely plan to check out this series! 📚

hermetic

(8,636 posts)
32. Hot diggity!
Sat Jun 24, 2023, 11:05 AM
Jun 2023

That's right up in my wheelhouse and my library has them. Not only that, Ms Dunnett also has a whole series of mysteries with a Scottish twist, beginning with Kilt Dead. Looking forward to many hours of happy reading. Thanks, niyad!

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