MY READER'S BLOCK: GAD Mystery Word of the Day

SCAM artist alert

If anyone by the name "Luigi Calloway" (or other name) contacts you about the Mount TBR challenge (or any other challenge on this blog) requesting money for participation, then please know that there will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. This person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims. A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent my reading challenge/s. You absolutely DO NOT.

Saturday, January 17, 2026

GAD Mystery Word of the Day

My new bookish meme for 2026: the Golden Age of Detection (GAD) Mystery Word of the Day. Whenever I find a word that I'm unfamiliar with--or shall we say not absolutely confident I know the exact meaning of, I'm going to actually take time to look it up and share it with mystery-lovers everywhere. 😊

Today's GAD Mystery Word of the Day is Abstruse (adj): difficult to understand; obscure

"...in his case it's especially idiotic because he edits a very abstruse quarterly and ought to welcome intellect wherever he can find it."