City of Thieves by David Benioff
Plume / Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-452-29529-2
I found no mistakes in this book.
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Showing posts with label penguin group. Show all posts
16 May 2010
The Lost, by J.D. Robb
The Lost by J.D. Robb
Berkley / Penguin ISBN 978-0-515-14718-6
pg 12
last line, "canteen's." Erroneous apostrophe.
pg 42
don't kill in a room with only one out
with only one way out
pg 259
like ...a shark biding its time until it could pounce.
Cats, dogs, lions, wolves, etc "pounce." Sharks don't.
Berkley / Penguin ISBN 978-0-515-14718-6
pg 12
last line, "canteen's." Erroneous apostrophe.
pg 42
don't kill in a room with only one out
with only one way out
pg 259
like ...a shark biding its time until it could pounce.
Cats, dogs, lions, wolves, etc "pounce." Sharks don't.
14 April 2010
Rough Country, by John Sandford
Rough Country by John Sandford
G. P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-399-15598-7
I found no mistakes in this book
G. P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-399-15598-7
I found no mistakes in this book
An Innocent Client, by Scott Pratt
An Innocent Client Scott Pratt
Onyx / Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-451-41265-2
pg 232
floosies
floozies
Onyx / Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-451-41265-2
pg 232
floosies
floozies
30 December 2009
Bad Business, by Robert B. Parker
Bad Business, by Robert B. Parker
G. P. Putnam's Sons - Penguin Group ISBN 0-399-15145-1
pg 27
"But its important that they don't coincide."
"its" is a contraction of "it is" and needs an apostrophe.
pg 50
"On the other hand," I said "people don't report gunfire anyway."
should be a comma after "said."
G. P. Putnam's Sons - Penguin Group ISBN 0-399-15145-1
pg 27
"But its important that they don't coincide."
"its" is a contraction of "it is" and needs an apostrophe.
pg 50
"On the other hand," I said "people don't report gunfire anyway."
should be a comma after "said."
The Professional, by Robert B. Parker
The Professional by Robert B. Parker
G. P. Putnam's Sons - Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-399015594-9
pg 28
I refused to dress up to work out
refuse
pg 50
"You want me to come by and iron yours shirts, too?"
your
pg 104
"She knows, of course, and they remain friends, with a, necessarily, open marriage."
at least one too many commas.
pg 117
"Well, I guess I'd answer why would I be unmonogamous."
"why would I be monogamous." He's arguing against monogamy.
pg 137
"but in the circumstance, I was not at my most analytic."
"under the circumstances," unless he's trying to show she's somewhat illiterate?
pg 152
...still nodding to whatever music he was hearing in the spheres
what spheres?
pg 216
In the month she graduated from Tarbridge High School, she married a guy name Boley LaBonte, and divorced him a year later.
first, "in" is superfluous. "The month she graduated" is fine.
second, typo: should be "a guy named" not "a guy name"
pg 217
Up a hill past the red light
this is dialect, but not New England dialect. "past the traffic light," "past the light"
G. P. Putnam's Sons - Penguin Group ISBN 978-0-399015594-9
pg 28
I refused to dress up to work out
refuse
pg 50
"You want me to come by and iron yours shirts, too?"
your
pg 104
"She knows, of course, and they remain friends, with a, necessarily, open marriage."
at least one too many commas.
pg 117
"Well, I guess I'd answer why would I be unmonogamous."
"why would I be monogamous." He's arguing against monogamy.
pg 137
"but in the circumstance, I was not at my most analytic."
"under the circumstances," unless he's trying to show she's somewhat illiterate?
pg 152
...still nodding to whatever music he was hearing in the spheres
what spheres?
pg 216
In the month she graduated from Tarbridge High School, she married a guy name Boley LaBonte, and divorced him a year later.
first, "in" is superfluous. "The month she graduated" is fine.
second, typo: should be "a guy named" not "a guy name"
pg 217
Up a hill past the red light
this is dialect, but not New England dialect. "past the traffic light," "past the light"
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