Cozy Mysteries discussion

Read as many or as few categories as you have time for based around wacky, odd or obscure holidays.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Read a book that has the color pink on the cover.

Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook. There are many sites where you can get some ebook novella's free, or older books out of copyright. Authors sometimes give away a short ebook novella on their official websites. Library's are now offering ebooks that you can check out and download to your ereaders for two weeks. If you don't have an ereader, you can read ebooks on your computer. (I know not everyone will be able to do this one, but it's good to try new things now and then.)

Oct 11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and
Oct 28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day - Read a book with a stuffed animal mentioned in it, part of the plot, on the cover, or in the title.

Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day - Give a book another try. Try to finish a book you put down and didn't finish, or give an author another try if you didn't like one of their previous works.

Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day (in Scotland and the U.K.) - Read a book that has been recommended to you or that is popular and being talked about alot.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Read a book that has the color pink on the cover. 10/19


Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook. - Read Wicked Eddies on my Kindle. 10/11

Oct 11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and
Oct 28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day - Read a book with a stuffed animal mentioned in it, part of the plot, on the cover, or in the title. Cockatiels at Seven 10.8 - stuffed animal is part of the plot

Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day - Give a book another try. Try to finish a book you put down and didn't finish, or give an author another try if you didn't like one of their previous works.

Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day (in Scotland and the U.K.) - Read a book that has been recommended to you or that is popular and being talked about a lot.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Read a book that has the color pink on the cover. 

Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook. There are many sites where you can get some ebook novella's free, or older books out of copyright. Authors sometimes give away a short ebook novella on their official websites. Library's are now offering ebooks that you can check out and download to your ereaders for two weeks. If you don't have an ereader, you can read ebooks on your computer. (I know not everyone will be able to do this one, but it's good to try new things now and then.) 

Oct 11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and 

Oct 28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day - Read a book with a stuffed animal mentioned in it, part of the plot, on the cover, or in the title.

Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day - Give a book another try. Try to finish a book you put down and didn't finish, or give an author another try if you didn't like one of their previous works.

Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day (in Scotland and the U.K.) - Read a book that is popular and being talked about a lot. 


Beautiful Ruins
Oct 8 2012 4 ****

Hi, me and my colors again! Does In a Witch's Wardrobe qualifies for pink cover?

Hi Marisa! I'd say there is enough pink in that cover to qualify.

Oct 11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and

?? AND is there more to this one?

Shirley - I think she's combining Oct 11 and Oct. 28 holidays, since they both involve stuffed animals. :)

❂ Jennifer wrote: "Shirley - I think she's combining Oct 11 and Oct. 28 holidays, since they both involve stuffed animals. :)"

Thanks

Thank you, Heather. As you can see, colors are not a strong point for me :(

Yep, I was combining both holidays as they both involved plush stuffed animals. You only need to read one book, but FYI you now know about two more odd, bizare and wacky holidays. lol

Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook:
I love reading ebooks!!!!! I follow the Pixel of Ink website and have downloaded several free books. I chose to start with: Dead Pan

Here is where I'm at with my October challenge. Still figuring out my pink book.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month -
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day - Killed by Clutter
International Skeptics Day - Baroque and Desperate 10/4/12
National Tell a Story Day - Shades of Earl Grey 10/7/12

4 / 5

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell (10/20/2012 - ★★★★)
Computer Learning Month: A Charming Cure by Tonya Kappes (10/08/2012 - ★★★★)
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day: The Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb (10/18/2012 - ★★★★)
Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day: A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams (10/12/2012 - ★★★)
Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day

If anyone is looking for a stuffed animal mystery, I seem to recall a stuffed pink bunny on the cover of the Aunt Dimity books by Nancy? Atherton.

Lori wrote: "If anyone is looking for a stuffed animal mystery, I seem to recall a stuffed pink bunny on the cover of the Aunt Dimity books by Nancy? Atherton."

Thanks for the reminder. It's a feature on the cover of her earlier books. I'm reading ghost themes and/or Halloween cozies this month and have some early Aunt Dimity's. The one I'm reading has both a pink bunny and a teddy bear on the cover.

Done!! This challenge seemed to go fast. Still can't believe October is almost over, seems like it just started.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Undead and Unreturnable 10/21/12
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day - Killed by Clutter 10/16/12
International Skeptics Day - Baroque and Desperate 10/4/12
National Tell a Story Day - Shades of Earl Grey 10/7/12

Done

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: In a Witch's Wardrobe by Juliet Blackwell (10/20/2012 - ★★★★)
Computer Learning Month: A Charming Cure by Tonya Kappes (10/08/2012 - ★★★★)
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day: The Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb (10/18/2012 - ★★★★)
Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day: A Deadly Cliché by Ellery Adams (10/12/2012 - ★★★)
Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day: Driving Mr. Dead by Molly Harper (10/22/2012 - ★★)



Definitely, chick-lit and vamps aren't my cup of tea.

Yes, the first run of Aunt Dimity covers had reginald, her pink bunny,on the cover somewhere. My boys loved looking for it as it wasn't always obvious where it was. I actuall prefer those covers over the newer ones but the publisher was trying to appeal to a new audience. And yes, Nancy Atherton wrote all the Aunt Dimity books. There is a recipe in each book. Family's favorite so far is Beth's Oatmeal Cookies which I think is in the first book, although all the recipes are available on the author's website.

Congrats, Kari!

Hooray Linda, Marisa, & Kari!

5/5 Done Yay!

1. Breast Cancer Awareness: Murder Makes Waves by Anne George 10/13 ★★★★
2. Computer Learning: Stick a Fork In It by Robin Allen 10/9 ★★★★
3. Take Your Teddy: Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton 10/26 ★★★★
4. Skeptics Day: Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke 10/21 ★★
5. Tell a Story Day: Death Makes the Cut by Janice Hamrick 10/4 ★★★★★

Congrats, Valorie!

Congrats Valorie!

Thanks ladies!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon

Computer Learning Month - I read a lot of books on my Kindle this month because I was travelling. These were all ebooks:
Ghost a la Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan
Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
Carbs & Cadavers by J.B. Stanley

Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and Plush Animal Lover's Day -
Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton

International Skeptics Day - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon

National Tell a Story Day - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

Congrats to all the finishers!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Read a book that has the color pink on the cover.
Amethyst Dreams by Phyllis Whitney

Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook.
The Rules of Engagement by Bruce Alexander (my first Kindle book loan from my local library!)

Oct 11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day and
Oct 28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day - Read a book with a stuffed animal mentioned in it, part of the plot, on the cover, or in the title. skipped this challenge

Oct 13 - International Skeptics Day - Give a book another try. Try to finish a book you put down and didn't finish, or give an author another try if you didn't like one of their previous works.
Ulysses by James Joyce (not a mystery but otherwise fits the category!)

Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day (in Scotland and the U.K.) - Read a book that has been recommended to you or that is popular and being talked about alot.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (recommended to me by a GR member of another group)

Hooray Nell & Leslie!

I only managed to finish two for this month's challenge:


Computer Learning Month - Read an ebook.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling


Oct 27 - National Tell a Story Day: Read a book that has been recommended to you or that is popular and being talked about a lot.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (recommended)


I had a stuffed animal book in the pile, but just did not get to it. Better luck next month? I just looked at the challenges, and should be able to do at least three no problem.