This is the fourth book in the “Steerswoman” series from Rosemary Kirstein. I’ve not read the entire series so I can’t comment on it in detail as a whole. (I found “The Outskirter’s Secret” and read it a few years ago, but never found the first book in the sequence, and the third, “The Lost […]
I’ve gotten behind on writing about the books, haven’t I? In this one Dame Agatha’s favorite avatar, Ariadne Oliver, calls Hercule Poirot to come party because she thinks something is wrong. They have their usual discussion about women’s intuition, and, sure enough, someone dies. The story is her usual good puzzle, though definitely not prime […]
There’s a pretty consistent spammer attacking the blog right now. I may have to turn off all comments if he acquires a clue or two, but so far I’ve got him under control. Spammer, if you’re reading this, I’m not going to let you subvert this blog just to prey on suckers. Trust me, you […]
Had a brain wave this Christmas. My son-in-law is still a bit of an enigma to me (heck, so is his wife, in many ways, and I spent 20 years with her) so buying presents is a stretch. Oh, I could buy off his Amazon list, but that takes all the fun out of present […]
Thomas Roessler goes off on a rant because Apple isn’t providing a way to download from an iPod. Never mind that iPodDownload is widely available; no, that doesn’t count because Apple didn’t write it. Personally, I think it’s foolish to insist that the hardware builders are the only proper source for software. I phrased it […]
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