Cozy Mysteries discussion

Congrats to all who have finished :)

Congrats, Lynn! I finished the challenge last night.


Jan 1 - Happy New Year: Read a new author you've never read before.
I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley


Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts


Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day: Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title.
The Widow by Carla Neggers (View of ocean on cover)


Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous, handsome man on the cover.
Yuletide Protector by Julie Miller


Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements... or read a book with feet or a pair of shoes/boots on the cover.
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (multiple feet on cover)

Congratulations Heather!

Congrats, Heather!

Congrats to everyone who has finished!! Everyone seems to be doing real good this month. I finished up over the weekend so I get to add my name to the list!

January Mini-Challenge

Happy New Year! - Asking For Murder 1/17/14

Cuddle Up Day - Murder, My Suite 1/14/14

Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - An Old Faithful Murder 1/24/14

Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 1/9/14

Measure Your Feet Day - Takedown Twenty 1/11/14

Yay, Linda!

I'm afraid, I won't finish my last book until Friday. The book is more intense than I thought, I can't read this as fast as I usually read.
I will finish it over the next weekend.

congrats Lynne, Linda & Heather. Nicole you'll finish in no time! :)

Congrats, Linda! I think I'll finish my last books this week if my stomach allows me :(

Cozy Mystery January Challenge

Finished

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
Murder 101 Maggie Barbieri 1/24/14

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
Wormwood Susan Wittig Albert 1/4/14

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
Perfect Poison Joyce and Jim Lavene 1/8/14

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)
File M For Murder Miranda James (pseudonym for Dean James) 1/28/14

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)
Murder Most Maine Karen MacInerney 1/15/14

Congrats Linda and Margaret! Nicole, I'd count it if you read the book mostly in Jan :-)

Marisa - hope you are feeling better.

Congrats, Margaret! You can do it, Nicole!

Marisa: Ugh! Hope you're feeling better. I'm just getting over an upper respiratory infection myself. That time of year, I guess, and the colder it is, the more people are cooped up inside together, the more likely they are to get sick. :-\

Congrats, Heather!

Leslie: Thank you, I'm feeling better, yes

Heather: I hope you're feeling better too. I think I've got a stomach flu, but it's getting better, at least I don't shiver anymore.

New Author - Joyce & Jim Lavene Pretty Poison
Favorite Book/Author - Mary Dahaim Alpine Xanadu
Water - Ancestors of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
Male Author - Nicholas Sparks Message in a Bottle
Feet - An Angel Whispered Danger Mignon F. Ballard

All done!

Congrats, Vicky!

(5 / 5)

Jan 1 - Happy New Year!: Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (01/08/2014 - ★★★)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz (01/08/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day: Any Port in a Storm by Elaine Orr (01/28/2014 - ★★★)
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Rocky by Bianca D'Arc (01/02/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney (01/12/2014 - ★★★★)

Yeah Vicky, Margaret and Marisa!

Congrats Marisa and Vicky! ☺ ☺ ☺

Congrats Vicki and Marissa

Thank you, Leslie! Thank you, Heather! Thank you, Margaret!

This was a fun challenge!

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Instruments of Darkness - a new author for me.
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Moriarty Returns a Letter - I've read the whole series.
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - The Winter Sea.
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Rivers of London - written by a man.
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day - The Secret Knowledge - a nice view of boots!

I just finished (see post 12). That was fun and some challenging ones to find.

Congrats Vicky, Marisa, Louise, and Melanie!

Congrats Louise! Congrats Melanie! And thank you, Leslie!

Thank you Leslie and Marisa! I am looking forward to more challenges.

Congrats Louise and Melanie! ☺

I finished my last book today.
I wanted to give up yesterday after a scene that was too real to me, too near something I witnessed from a soldier who served in Afghanistan.
So I am even more proud that I finished it today.

Yay, Nicole! I'm glad you powered through the difficult part to finish.

Congrats, Nicole!

Nicole wrote: "I finished my last book today.
I wanted to give up yesterday after a scene that was too real to me, too near something I witnessed from a soldier who served in Afghanistan.
So I am even more prou..."

Good going!

I finished!

It was a Donna Andrews month for me. I caught up on the Meg Langslow series by reading her 3 latest, unfortunately I could only fit one of them into the challenge

Cozy Mysteries January Mini Challenge
January 1-31, 2014

Completed: 5/5

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
For the Love of Pete, Julia Harper, 1-16-14

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day curl up with one of your favorite authors
The Hen of the Baskervilles, Donna Andrews, 1-6-14

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
Enchanted No More, Robin D Owens, 1-21-14

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day a gorgeous handsome man on the cover
Scoundrel, Zoe Archer, 1-8-14

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! Home improvement involves lots of measurement
Spackled and Spooked, Jenni Bentley, 1-14-14

yeah Daffodil!

Congrats, Daffodil!

Good job, Daffodil. I never even thought about using Jennie Bentley for the measurement challenge, and I have her most recent in Mount TBR.

Heather L wrote: "Good job, Daffodil. I never even thought about using Jennie Bentley for the measurement challenge, and I have her most recent in Mount TBR."

Thank you. I recently started this series on the rec of a friend at the local library and I've really enjoyed the first two.

Duration : Jan 1 - Jan 31, 2014
Completed : 5/5
✔Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
Her Best Worst Mistake
New Author for me : Sarah Mayberry

✔Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
Double Standards Favourite Author : Judith McNaught

✔Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)

Sea in the cover

✔Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)

Male author


Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)
I've Got Your Number

Congrats, Poongothai!