The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

1) Total Selfie!
Read a book with a travel word in the title (plane, journey, boat, voyage, trip, etc.).
1 point each, max 2 books
5 Bonus Points: post a selfie -- a picture of you holding the book in the appropriate place, i.e., a picture of you on a boat holding a copy of The Mystery Boat (that's a made-up title).
Please don't have an accident, however! You can have someone else take the picture if you risk falling in the water or something.

2) Watch the temperature!
Read a book with a temperature/weather word in the title: hot, boiling, cool, humid, etc.
=or=
whose author's name is a temperature/weather word.
1 point each, max 2 books
3 Bonus points: Both title and author with temperature words.
Example: The Long Hot Summer by G. Swelter
(I don’t even know if one exists, so I made up that example too.)

3) That's cool...
It's summer in the northern hemisphere... so to cool off, and for our members in the southern hemisphere who are in the middle of winter:
Read a book with a winter theme on the cover or in the title, or that takes place in the snow and/or cold.
Example: Ice Station Zebra
1 point each, max 2 books

4) Time Travel!
And finally, for those of you who will not have the opportunity to take a vacation this summer, there is always the option of Time Travel.
Read a book first published in each of the time periods listed below.
1 point for first book, 2 points for second, 3 points for third, etc.
The books can be read in any order (although it might be interesting to work backwards in time).
Example:
Murder Must Advertise first published in 1933, 1 point;
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie published in 2009, 2 points;
Bonecrack published in 1971, 3 points.
Total: 6 points

2000-2014 __
1980-1999 __
1960-1979 __
1940-1959 __
1900-1939 __
1850-1899 __
before 1850 _

1) Total Selfie! Points: __

Book 1: __
Book 2: __
Bonus Book: __

2) Watch the Temperature! Points: __


Book 1: In Cold Blood - Cold.. :)
Book 2: __
Bonus Book: __

3) That's cool... Points: __


Book 1: Jupiter's Daughter .. takes place in December in Ottawa, Canada and it already sounds cold.. :)
Book 2: _

4) Time Travel! Points: __

2000-2014 - Jar City (2000)
1980-1999 - Night Frost (1992)
1960-1979 - In Cold Blood (1966)
1940-1959 __ The Last Frontier (1959)
1900-1939 __ Your Turn, Mr. Moto (1935)
1850-1899 __ The Moonstone (1868)
before 1850 _

Yay Bill. Thanks for playing.

We'll see how it goes, Hayes.. :)

Bill wrote: "We'll see how it goes, Hayes.. :)"

I'll play too! Just not right this second. :)

It doesn't start until the 13th, Nancy, so you've got lots of time.. :)

1966, hitting another decade, with In Cold Blood. Also satisfies the temperature, 'Cold'.. with a weather word.. :)

Started a 1959 thriller, The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean

It's been awhile since I've visited this page. I finished The Moonstone, published in 1868. Excellent mystery.