Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

July is my month to make book selections, I really went back and forth over what to do and finally decided I have several books I want to clear off my TBR list. Some of them are older books, they appear to be readily available on Amazon used quite cheaply (some just .01)

I will put up a poll and try to close it about June 25th to give people a chance to get the books. The top 2 books will be the July reads.

Murder in Volume

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter

3 of these series I've read and all 3 were good reads!

Fanfic - Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter is a prior group read, so I removed it from your poll. At least that narrows down the decision :) I also changed the closing date of the poll to the 18th, some of need a little more lead time. You've got a good range of choices, it's going to be hard to decide!

ok sorry I thought I checked the shelves. I guess I missed that one.

The only one I've read was Through a Glass, Deadly. I've read the first two in that series and really enjoyed them.

Just to let everyone know where we stand. Tomorrow is the last day of the poll for the July book. Currently we are at a three way tie with 4 votes per book:

This one has been on my list for a while due to the unusual theme. The protagonist has an advice column. Growing up reading Dear Abby this caught my eye.

Another one that has been on my TBR list. I have never read a glass blowing theme before and really had no interest (I'm not very artsy crafty) but I read the Button Shop mysteries,that I also had no interest in the theme and really liked them. I decided not to limit myself based on theme, since the characters and the mystery make the book for me anyway.

This one is the traditional choice :) A book themed cozy. Although some people feel like this theme is done to death, I feel like I can always read a book themed cozy and in fact I read several.

Each of these books has 4 votes (there are other choices as well) so please, if you haven't voted, vote today or tomorrow. The top two will be July's books.

Where are the books listed? I don't see anything.

Carmen wrote: "Where are the books listed? I don't see anything."

You can vote in the poll which you can find in the upper right hand corner of this page.

I vote for the bpo

I vote Murder in Volume!!!

Heather - did you vote in the poll?

Probably not...where do you go to find the poll?

I may have just voted...some of the books weren't showing, but I did see the one I wanted to choose, and I clicked the "want to read button!" I hope that was the correct procedure! :)

The poll has closed now, so you can't vote in this round anymore, but here's how to do it in the future:
In the top right corner of this page, under the group name, are several links -- Group Home, Bookshelf, Invite People, etc. Click on Polls. When that page loads, click on the cover of the book you want to read and voila! You've voted :)

Thanks, Barb!!!

Ok, everyone ...Murder in Volume was a clear winner, so that will definitely be one of the group reads for July.

Deadly Advice and Through a Glass, Deadly tied for second place. I put them in a random generator and Deadly Advice won.

Then to be fair I rechecked Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites and I found that Through a Glass, Deadly has slightly more availability (used and new paperbacks, Large Print, Nook Book, Kindle Edition). Based on that I am going to say the second book is Through a Glass, Deadly. However, if anyone is interested in reading Deadly Advice as a buddy read, I will be reading it as well.

So...July's books are:
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