Fiction
Related: About this forumAttention 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".
brer cat
(26,345 posts)niyad
(120,281 posts)brer cat
(26,345 posts)niyad
(120,281 posts)brer cat
(26,345 posts)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.
niyad
(120,281 posts)of us.
brer cat
(26,345 posts)niyad
(120,281 posts)ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)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.
brer cat
(26,345 posts)Easterncedar
(3,582 posts)This strikes me as a dangerous temptation. Thanks!
niyad
(120,281 posts)Let me know what you think.
4dog
(522 posts)I prefer 'serial' comma as being more international. And use it too.
Tnx 4 ref
Mme. Defarge
(8,553 posts)during the month of January.
Silver Gaia
(4,891 posts)Thanks.
niyad
(120,281 posts)megapuzzler
(561 posts)Just checked to see. Guess I know what I'll be reading next, Thank you!
niyad
(120,281 posts)Be sure and let me know what you think.
Pinback
(12,898 posts)As a longtime stickler, Im sure Ill get a kick out of these.
niyad
(120,281 posts)And I just saw your post about SF JAZZ and Terence Blanchard. way cool!
I agree. Blanchard will be fantastic in that role.
niyad
(120,281 posts)speak easy
(10,553 posts)niyad
(120,281 posts)speak easy
(10,553 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,730 posts)I just put the first book on hold at my library.
niyad
(120,281 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,730 posts)very many books waiting to be read. But I expect I'll like this series.
ShazzieB
(18,756 posts)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)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!