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

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does not represent me or anything associated with my blog. There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books!

Thursday, May 14, 2026

GAD Word of the Day: Cheiromantist

My newest mystery meme: 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: Cheiromantist (noun) - a person who practices palmistry, the art of reading character and predicting future events through the interpretation of lines, shapes, and mounts on a person's palm.

Suddenly she looked eagerly around the room and said, in her clear contralto voice, "Where is my cheiromantist?" (from "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime: A Study of Duty" by Oscar Wilde in Murder Mayhem Short Stories)