Cozy Mysteries discussion

Great list, Carla!

Congrats Trish and Carla :) Thanks Carla!

Way to go Trish! :) Way to go Carla! :)

Congrats Trish and Carla!

Congrats Trish and Carla! Nice job! ;-)

Thanks everyone. I love this challenge as it does force me to search my TBR list and find books that I had forgotten about.

Excellent work, Trish and Carla!

Here goes:

S - Saddle Up for Murder - Leigh Heron
P - Penny, Louise - Deadcold
R - Rowland, M.L. - Murder on the Horizon
I - Insideous - Catherine Coulter
N - Neggers, Carla - Secrets of the Lost Summer
G - Grace Among Thieves - Julie Hyzy

F - First Degree Mudder - Kate Dyer-Seely
L - Leeson, Gayle - Calmity Cafe"
O - Optical Delusions in Deadwood - Ann Charles
W - Wait, Lea - Threads of Evidence
E - Elizabeth Lynn Casey - Sew Deadly
R - Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen - Vicki Delaney
S - Sarah Graves - The Girls She Left Behind

Completed

T 4/21
U 3/27
LR.C. Lewis 4/2
I 4/20
PJames Patterson 4/18
SErica Spindler 3/23

Congratulations, Teresa! Time for one more word? ;-)

Good job Teresa, lots of time for another word :)

Finished two more short words:

E - Emma Miller wrote Plain Missing 04/22/2017
G - John Grisham wrote The Whistler 04/21/2017
G - The Golden Wizard by J.S. Jaeger 04/20/2017
S - Sandra Markle wrote The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins 04/20/2017


L - Lisabeth Emlyn Clark wrote I Don't Like Reading04/12/2017
A - Cale Atkinson wrote Where Oliver Fits 04/21/2017
M - Mary Lindeen wrote Animal Mothers and Fathers 04/12/2017
B - Linda Bailey wrote Under-The-Bed Fred 04/20/2017

You're on a roll, Carla! Good job.

Congrats Teresa! :) Congrats Carla (on the added words)! :)

Congratulations, Teresa! Carla, nice job on the added words! You inspire me! ;-)

Well done Teresa and Carla :)

Carla wrote: "Good job Teresa, lots of time for another word :)"

LOL great minds think alike

I have to check the books to see what they spell and then order the missing letters from the library :)

Here's another word for me :)


Cozy Spring 2017 Challenge (Part 2)

March 20, 2017 - June 20, 2017

12/12

T - The Traitor's Girl by Christine Wells 5★s 26/4/17
H - A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay 5★s 22/3/17
U - Union Belle by Deborah Challinor 5★s 11/5/17
N - The Anatomy of Cheating: A Novel by Nesly Clerge 5★s 27/4/17
D - The Spring Cleaning Murders: An Ellie Haskell Mystery by Dorothy Cannell 2★s 2/5/17
E - Before You Were Mine by Em Muslin 3★s 10/5/17
R - Two Nights by Kathy Reichs 5★s 14/6/17
S - Jewel in the North by Tricia Stringer 5★s 24/4/17
T - The Stranger Inside by Jennifer Jaynes 3.5★s 1/5/17
O - Play Dead by Leslie O'Kane 5★s 29/3/17
R - Rosalee Station by Mandy Magro 4★s 4/5/17
M - Murder at Rudhall Manor by Anya Wylde 2.5★s 24/4/17

Spring 2017 Challenge

5/10

M Murder, She Barked 03/24
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E Elementary, She Read 04/18
R Romeow and Juliet 03/30
S Scrapped 04/25

D Death in Advertising 04/09
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can I use baseball?

Brenda wrote: "Here's another word for me :)


Cozy Spring 2017 Challenge (Part 2)

March 20, 2017 - June 20, 2017

2/12

T - The Traitor's Girl by Christine Wells
H - [book:A Hu..."

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Teresa in Ohio wrote: "can I use baseball?"

I don't see it on the word list, Teresa. Sorry!

Julesy wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "can I use baseball?"

I don't see it on the word list, Teresa. Sorry!"


thats okay wasnt sure if it was a list or just suggestions for spring words off to rearrange books and spell some more :) LOL

Congrats Brenda, Carla and Teresa! Good job!

I'm still struggling to complete one word, but still plenty of time to make that happen. I hope. LOL '-)

Teresa in Ohio wrote: "can I use baseball?"


Sorry, Teresa, it's actually on the upcoming summer challenge, so I didn't want to duplicate it here. '-)

Heather L wrote: "Teresa in Ohio wrote: "can I use baseball?"


Sorry, Teresa, it's actually on the upcoming summer challenge, so I didn't want to duplicate it here. '-)"

oh dear, do i hold those books or do I go ahead and read them LOL

Congrats to Teresa, Carla, and Trish for finishing your challenges. And hooray for the adventurous souls choosing new words. You've inspired me to do the same - thanks.

I'm choosing KITE and PUDDLE. Got some good books lined up for most of the letters. Should have them all filled out before too long.
o6/02 - Steadily chipping away at these last two words. A couple of books listed will work for the June mini challenge, too, which makes me feel more hopeful about finishing these by June 20.

06/07: Hooray! I finished PUDDLE! Now to work on the three books left for KITE and three books for the June Mini Challenge.

06/12 - Woohoo!! I finished Exercising the Past for KITE and now have only one book to go and it's from a favorite series. Looking forward to spending some quality time with Sir Hugh de Singleton.

06/20 - Just in the nick of time! I finished A Trail of Ink in the wee hours this morning. Well worth staying up for - love this series.

K Killer Salsa by Holly Plum (04/28/17)
I Invisible by Lorena McCourtney (06/10/17)
T A Trail of Ink by Mel Starr> (06/20/17)
E Exercising The Past by Gillian Larkin (06/12/17)



P A Personal Devil by Roberta Gellis (05/07/17)
U The Unfur-tunate Valentine's Scam by Alannah Rogers (06/05/17)
D Deep Fried Trouble by Tyora Moody (05/04/17)
D Dark, Witch & Creamy by H.Y. Hanna (05/28/17)
L Lemonade and Lies by Agatha Frost (05/31/17)
E Edgar Allan Cozy by Sheila Connolly (06/07/17)

Managed a couple more.

E = Ready Player One, {E}rnest Cline (10/04/17)
A = Ashes of the Elements, {A}lys Clare (25/04/17)
S = The Ghost Map, {S}teven Johnson (15/04/17)
T = {T}here's Something in a Sunday, Marcia Muller (22/04/17)
E = Murder on the Levels, Frances {E}vesham (11/04/17)
R = {R}ed Iron Nights, Glen Cook (21/04/17)

and

S = The Blood of Angels, Johanna {S}inisalo (24/03/17)
P = The {P}oisoner's Handbook, Deborah Blum (23/03/17)
R = Death at Gallows Green, {R}obin Paige (05/04/17)
I = The {I}nnocence of Father Brown, GK Chesterton (26/04/17)
N = Aunt Dimity, Vampire Hunter, {N}]ancy Atherton (29/04/17)
G = {G}od Save the Child, Robert B Parker (11/04/17)

I'll see what else I can come up with.

Great job Trish! :)

Brenda wrote: "Here's another word for me :)"

Good one!

Great job, Trish, congrats! You inspire me. I only have two books left to finish, so I best get to it! :)

MarieBL wrote: "Great job, Trish, congrats! You inspire me. I only have two books left to finish, so I best get to it! :)"

Cheers, folks. :-)

Finished with the Spring Challenge! When I looked, I actually had only one book left, so I pushed myself to finish it. But it's not such a chore to lie down on the couch, eat M&M's and read! ;-)

The Spring Challenge was fun and helped me expand my book selections. On to May and Summer challenges!

E--Raney, Clyde Edgerton (done!)
A--The Last Chance Olive Ranch, Susan Wittig Albert (done!)
S--Song of the Lion, Anne Hillerman (done!)
T--The Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman Capote (2 t's!) (done!)
E--Eleanor and Hick, Susan Quinn (done!)
R--Perfume River, Robert Olen Butler (done!)

E--Explosive Eighteen, Janet Evanovich (2 e's!) (done!)
G--Wake Up, Little Susie, Ed Gorman (done!)
G--Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Ed Gorman (done!)
S--Strawberry Shortcake Murder, Joanne Fluke (done!)

Good job, Trish and Marie!

Congrats Marie! :)

Congratulations Trish and Marie. I love to see all the books everyone reads to spell these words. Keep them coming so I can keep adding them to my TBR pile.

I am a little late but I am in for this challenge. I hope it's okay to include past books I've finished as long as I read them during this challenge?

S - Story of O by Pauline Reage
P -
R -
I - Invisible Library, The by Genevieve Cogman
N - Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
G - Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Heather L wrote: "Good job, Trish and Marie!"

Thanks Heather, and thanks for thinking of all these interesting challenges--makes reading even more fun!

Thanks, Kimberly and Carla! I too enjoy checking out what everyone's reading for the challenges--my TBR List keeps growing. So many books, so little time!

Spring Challenge

S – A (S)tone’s Throw by Debbie De Louise – finished 04/20/17
N - (N)ecessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain - finished 05/07/17
O – (O)peration Hail Storm by Brett Arquett – finished 03/31/17
W – (W)idow by Fiona Barton - finished 04/08/17
D – Flipped for Murder by Maddie (D)ay - finished 06/04/17
R - Her Royal Spyness by (R)hys Bowen finished 06/06/17
O - (O)ld Bones - by Trudy Nan Boyce - finished 05/17/17
P –(P)olicewoman - by Justin W.M. Roberts - finished 05/28/17
S – (S)he by David Kummer – finished on 04/06/17

Anna wrote: "I am a little late but I am in for this challenge. I hope it's okay to include past books I've finished as long as I read them during this challenge?..."

Yes Anna. We're allowed to use any books read during the challenge period (starting March 20) to spell challenge word(s).

Whoo hoo, all done! 😊 So enjoyed this challenge and read some really good books. I'm signed up for some other challenges but if I happen to finish them in good time I'll come back and do one more word (the TBR will thank me).

This is my first challenge

Pains and Penalties by Sarah Biglow
Aunt Bessie Decides by Diana Xarissa
Likely Suspects by G K Parks
Mothers Board by L K Jackson-Williams
Strangeway to Oldham by Andrea Frazer

Great job Meg! :)

Meg, CONGRATS! :) I am also thinking of doing one more word; it was a fun challenge!

Thanks Kimberly and Marie!

Marie, I actually already have the word picked out, with the books that go with all letters. I'm just hesitant to commit yet. I mean how awful if I don't finish 😕

Congratulations, Trish, Marie and Meg!

Spring 2017 Challenge

3/6

T - This Lullaby - Finished May 23
U - The Undomestic Goddess -Read March 25-28
L - Lemony Snicket - The Ersatz Elevator -Finished Apr 2
I - In Real Life
P - Pretty Girls
S - The Sun Is Also a Star

Julesy wrote: "Congratulations, Trish, Marie and Meg!"

Thanks Julesy!

Good job, Meg and Yvonne!