Cozy Mysteries discussion

As always, read as many or as few as you want. They don't have to all be cozies. It's your choice. These are based around real but wacky holidays.


Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge.

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books.

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day and
Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. This should be interesting.

Enjoy!
~Briansgirl
Group Owner

Thank you very much, Briansgirl. The last one is going to be difficuly.

Marisa wrote: "Thank you very much, Briansgirl. The last one is going to be difficuly."

Unless you've already read the book, the last one is impossible, or just dumb luck.

I'll go with dumb luck ;)

30 days to find a book with a stupid question--here goes.

9/9
DONE

Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - I've borrowed this six times and always read something in place of it The Bone Bed Patricia Cornwell 9/3 ★★★
Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books.On my TBR for 2 years Nightborn Lynn Viehl 9/2 ★★★
Sep 6 - Read a Book Day
The Templeton Twins Have an Idea Ellis Weiner 9/6 ★★★★★
Devilishly Sexy Kathy Love 9/6 ★★★
So You Want to Be a Wizard Diane Duane 9/6 ★★★
Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.
Into the Mist 9/8 ★★★
The Case of the Caretaker: A Miss Marple Short Story 9/8 ★★
Sep 19 - starts with the letter P Pies and Prejudice 9/6 ★★★

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group.

I didn't think it was a stupid question but the other character did. Magic Breaks 9/13 ★★★★★

"Let me guess: an elite unit of commandos from some evil empire invaded Bernard's Restaurant and fortified it. Now it's trying to secede from Atlanta and the city asked us to take it back?...Don't you think this is overkill?"
"No."
"Ask a stupid question...'Jim, there is enough manpower here to destroy a small country.'"

Melanie C.

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Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge.

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books.

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day and

Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. This should be interesting.

4/6

Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge.August Mini-Challenge, Nat'l Mustard Day
Curiosity Thrilled the Catby Sofie Kelly completed 09/3

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books. Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha Christie completed 09/01

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day - Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcatter completed 09/02

Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.An Abundance of Katherinesby John Green completed 09/08 & BONUS Read it 09/08


Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. This should be interesting.

September Mini Challenge
Progress: 5 + 2 bonus points
DONE - 9/15/14



Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another challenge.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - August Mini-Challenge, Nat'l Mustard Day

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books.
Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day and Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice.
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James
Bonus for reading on this day.

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Read a book that...starts with the letter P.
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question.
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
Bonus points for sharing it with the group. @ pg 35 - ""I'll just stay the night with you one last time, don't you think?" said the guy to the woman he had just dumped after a 5 year relationship. She responded appropriately.

I'm in! 5/5 + Bonus DONE


Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Care Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Evans Above by Rhys Bowen

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day and
Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Tales From Otherworld: Collection One by Yasmine Galenorn (Bonus point: read on the 8th)

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Nursing Homes Are Murder by Mike Befeler (Bonus point)
I moved behind the wheelchair and began pushing. "How many gears does this baby have?"

Dotty wrote: "Marisa wrote: "Thank you very much, Briansgirl. The last one is going to be difficuly."

Unless you've already read the book, the last one is impossible, or just dumb luck."

It usually happens at some point in most cozies. Someone, not always our sleuth, asks a silly question. Some themed cozies lend themselves to this better than others. Good luck.

September Mini Challenge
5/5 DONE

Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 09/11/2014

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books. Morning Cup of Murder by Vanessa Gray Bartal 09/09/2014

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day The Dutch Shoe Mystery by Ellery Queen 09/06/2014
and
Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 09/11/2014
Bonus if you read on this day.

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure 09/14/2014.

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. Murdermobile by B.B. Cantwell 09/13/2014
around page 14 when Hester & Pim had found a body in the cupboard on the Bookmobile, the interviewing detective asked Hester "Now, can you think of anything that was unusual about the bookmobile today?" Pim looked at him in disbelief. "There was a body in the back cupboard," she said.
I just loved it :) Really didn't think I would find one for this!!
Bonus points for sharing it with the group.

September Mini Challenge
2/5

Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Read a book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge.

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Read a book on your mountain of To Be Read books. Split Second 9/8/14

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day. The Hurricane Sisters 9/3/14


Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. This should be interesting.

I found a stupid question. See post #8.

Still figuring September out but here's what I've come up with so far. I have hopes to get a stupid question in the book I'm starting tonight - fingers crossed!

Be Late for Something Day - Crewel World

Fight Procrastination Day - Sprinkle with Murder

Read a Book Day and International Literacy Day - Murder in Havana 9/4/14

International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P.

Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. This should be interesting.

Nell wrote: "I found a stupid question. See post #8."

funny! sad she wasted 5 years, he sounded like a keeper...

(1 / 5)

1. Be Late for Something Day:

2. Fight Procrastination Day

3.- Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.

4.- International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

5.- Ask a Stupid Question Day: Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon (09/04/2014 - ★★★★)
Bonus points for sharing it with the group:
"But am I really the best suspect?”
Greg smiled, but his grin was sad. “You fought with him twice in front of witnesses hours before his death. He was trying to undercut the marketing funding for any business besides The Castle. And there are rumors he was working with Josh to get the mission wall project blackballed by the historical commission.”

September mini challenge
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Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Death Runs Adrift by Karen MacInerney

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Stamped Out by Terri Thayer

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day - The Hidden Window Mystery by Carolyn Keene

Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - No Safe House by Linwood Barclay

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day --

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day -

Message five --challenge complete. Was hoping for a more exciting stupid question.

Ahoy, maties! I would walk the plank before missing Talk Like a Pirate Day. I read the rather short Arghh: Being the Vexing Letters from Pirate Anne Bonny to Her Secret Sister . I will store it in Davy Jones' locker. Arrrr!

Congrats, Jonquil

Ella's Gran wrote: "Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question. Bonus points for sharing it with the group. Murdermobile by B.B. Cantwell 09/13/2014
around page 14 when Hester & Pim had found a body in the cupboard on the Bookmobile, the interviewing detective asked Hester "Now, can you think of anything that was unusual about the bookmobile today?" Pim looked at him in disbelief. "There was a body in the back cupboard," she said.
I just loved it :) Really didn't think I would find one for this!!"


ROFL -- Love it! So far the stupidest question I've seen is the same as Nell's (message 8).

(3 / 5)

1. Be Late for Something Day:

2.- Fight Procrastination Day: Do or Diner by Christine Wenger (09/20/2014 - ★★★★)

3.- Reader's Choice: Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay (09/07/2014 - ★★★★)

4.- International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

5.- Ask a Stupid Question Day: Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon (09/04/2014 - ★★★★)
Bonus points for sharing it with the group:
"But am I really the best suspect?”
Greg smiled, but his grin was sad. “You fought with him twice in front of witnesses hours before his death. He was trying to undercut the marketing funding for any business besides The Castle. And there are rumors he was working with Josh to get the mission wall project blackballed by the historical commission.”

Finished up over the weekend. Still not sure exactly how stupid my question is but there were lots of funny questions in the book.

Be Late for Something Day - Crewel World 9/16/14

Fight Procrastination Day - Sprinkle with Murder 9/18/14

Read a Book Day - Murder in Havana 9/4/14

International Literacy Day - The Whole Enchilada 9/10/14

International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Death Walked In 9/21/14

Ask a Stupid Question Day - Top O' the Mournin' 9/7/14
"Are you suggesting that your grandmother's finding a dead body in her hotel room is an average part of the day?"
"It seems to be an average part of my day."

Congrats, Linda! And I don't know if it's a stupid question... or a stupid situation :D

Congrats, Linda. The stupid question had me snickering. ☺

September mini challenge - I can't recall any Stupid Question of the Day at all. I did get the Pirate one, which I read the excerpt today! That was a pleasant surprise.

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Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Death Runs Adrift by Karen MacInerney

Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Stamped Out by Terri Thayer

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day - The Hidden Window Mystery by Carolyn Keene

Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - No Safe House by Linwood Barclay

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day -- Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams

Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day -

I'm still reading one of these, but it's close enough to call it done.


Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day: Read a book that you missed or were late on for another challenge.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov


Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day: Read a book from Mount TBR.

Urban Sensation by Debra Webb


Sep 8 - International Literacy Day: Reader's Choice. Bonus if you read on this day.

Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs


Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day: Read a book that starts with the letter P.

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux


Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day: Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question.

Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay (I tried to find something original, but the stupidest question I came across was the same as Nell, post #8.)

I'm not going to finish this month, I believe, so this is my update:

(4 / 5)

1. Be Late for Something Day:

2.- Fight Procrastination Day: Do or Diner by Christine Wenger (09/20/2014 - ★★★★)

3.- Reader's Choice: Death of a Mad Hatter by Jenn McKinlay (09/07/2014 - ★★★★)

4.- International Talk Like A Pirate Day Expedition Indigo by Stacy Allen (29/09/2014 - ★★★★)

5.- Ask a Stupid Question Day: Mission to Murder by Lynn Cahoon (09/04/2014 - ★★★★)
Bonus points for sharing it with the group:
"But am I really the best suspect?”
Greg smiled, but his grin was sad. “You fought with him twice in front of witnesses hours before his death. He was trying to undercut the marketing funding for any business besides The Castle. And there are rumors he was working with Josh to get the mission wall project blackballed by the historical commission.”

Marisa: Four out of five is pretty darn good! ☺

I ended up with 4 out of 5 as well…

Cozy Mysteries
September Mini-Challenge

4/5


√ Sep 5 - Be Late for Something Day - Book that you missed or were late for another (any)
challenge: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 9.02

√ Sep 6 - Fight Procrastination Day - Book on your mountain of TBR books: Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews - 9.15

Sep 6 - Read a Book Day and
√ Sep 8 - International Literacy Day - Reader's Choice: Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay - 9.06

Sep 19 - International Talk Like A Pirate Day - Always a favorite. Read a book that takes place on the high seas, has a pirate or parrot in it, or at the very least, the book starts with the letter P - nothing on the high seas, no pirate, I read my parrot book 2 months ago, and read my only 'P' book last month - sigh!

√ Sep 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day - Read any book where someone asks a "stupid" question: Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay - 9.05 (nothing original here either - same quote as Nell in post #8)

1. Be late for something day: Mother's Day Out - 9/27

2. Fight procrastination day: Shades of Murder - 9/2

3. Read a book day/International literacy day: Cover Story - 9/11

4. Talk like a pirate day: Under the Black Ensign - 9/28

5. Ask a stupid question day: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 9/30
In chapter 11, a boy comes across a scene with a wrecked car whose front-end is smashed into a stone wall with an injured woman hanging halfway out of the car. The boy asks, "Has there been an accident?" prompting another character to say, "No, the lady ran her car into the wall on purpose."

Congrats, BJ! Congrats Dotty! And thank you, Heather. Not a great month for reading this but...

Good job, BJ!

Dotty, well done. I had to laugh at your "stupid question." Will have to look for that Christie novel.

Heather L wrote: "Good job, BJ!

Dotty, well done. I had to laugh at your "stupid question." Will have to look for that Christie novel."

I really liked it Heather.

Is there going to be an October challenge?