tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post4434754728353828318..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Crime Fiction Alphabet: X is for XenobioticYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-11584986879433772122011-06-29T21:35:20.393-04:002011-06-29T21:35:20.393-04:00Yes! I also learned a new word, xenobiotic, which...Yes! I also learned a new word, xenobiotic, which is very apropros to murder mysteries.<br /><br />In fact, couldn't it be said that nearly all murders are caused by xenobiotic methods? I would add gunshots to knives, epees and poison.<br /><br />I just finished begrudgingly Over My Dead Body, and that epee was definitely xenobiotic. (I say begrudgingly because I didn't want the book to end; it was so witty and well-done that I wanted to read Nero Wolfes all summer and forget my TBR lists, informal challenges and virtual vacations to Italy, Scandinavia, France, Australia, etc.)kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-69285894192031716002011-06-29T17:53:32.932-04:002011-06-29T17:53:32.932-04:00John: I am happy to have expanded your vocabulary,...John: I am happy to have expanded your vocabulary, oh king of the vintage reads. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-85486916882549714222011-06-29T17:40:15.564-04:002011-06-29T17:40:15.564-04:00Learned a new word today. Too bad it's too lat...Learned a new word today. Too bad it's too late for the review of the book on the crazy poisoner I wrote a few days ago and just posted. I could easily have slipped it in there.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-57157814354946700712011-06-29T17:02:24.451-04:002011-06-29T17:02:24.451-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-50327204524248312402011-06-29T17:02:24.171-04:002011-06-29T17:02:24.171-04:00Dorte: I've got plenty of imagination, that...Dorte: I've got plenty of imagination, that's for sure. :)<br /><br />Zenia Xantippe Quagmire - it has a certain ring to it. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-19329303567833890502011-06-29T16:56:58.059-04:002011-06-29T16:56:58.059-04:00Hehe.
I like bloggers with a good imagination.
...Hehe. <br /><br />I like bloggers with a good imagination. <br /><br />Perhaps I should change my name to Zenia Xantippe Quagmire - then there would surely be some bloggers who would need my books once in a while ;DDorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.com