Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

I'm reading , which is really good so far.

Just finished.Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas for a Pick 5 challenge in another group

I just finished . I thought it was an excellent book!

I'm trying to finish up a couple of books today and tomorrow:

Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (#3 in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books)

and

In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz which is #1 in the Looking Glass Trilogy

Connie N. wrote: "I'm trying to finish up a couple of books today and tomorrow:

Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (#3 in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books)"

I still haven't read any of these, but I did pick up the first one at a library sale recently. Maybe I'll get to it in the next few months...

I read Rick Copp's Fingerprints and Facelifts, a book I'd had for a couple of years. It was supposed to be a take on a Charlie's Angels-type story, albeit with three middle-aged angels -- three women who worked together as private detectives in the 70s. Fast-forward 30 years... The team has split. One is now a wealthy socialite (with a beautiful, jet-setting stepdaughter), one is a housewife married to a professor (with two handsome sons), and one is in the upper ranks of the San Francisco Police Department (with a private detective son). They're drawn back together because someone has targeted their children for harm. Could it be one of the vengeful criminals they put away? The women join together (reluctantly for two of them) to find out.

Though there were parts of the book I liked, overall this was awful! The story jumped around a lot from scene to scene and from character to character. Though it wasn't too much to follow, it distracted from the overall cohesiveness of the story (or stories) within.

I wanted to like the story and the characters. I just didn't. I don't know what it was about it/them. I was so glad when I finished it that I'd only purchased the one book (though there aren't any others listed in what could have started as a series). I don't think I'd pick up a next-in-the-series.

Mary Coin, just finished and thought it was a very good read.

I finished Blood Ties: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel recently. In general I like thrillers very much, I also read a lot of books by Karen Rose, Heather Graham, Brenda Novak, Rita Mae Brown, Mary Higgins Clark and others.

Oh my, Karen. Sorry you had such a bad book. But there was a purpose - to warn the rest of us to stay away from it :~)

Cathryn - I've added Mary Coin to my tbr.

I'm reading Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart and The Drunken Botanist, also by Amy Stewart. They're really interesting book, whether you're into horticulture/etymology or not.

I'm reading INTO THE DARKNESS which Is the third book in the Echo Falls Series. It's a YA book and so far is pretty good. I'm also reading QUEEN OF HEARTS by Wilkie Collins which is delightful. It's a series of mystery stories told by three elderly brothers to their ward, a young girl. One of the brothers son is away in the army. He is in love with the young girl and wants her to be at the brothers home so when he returns in order to propose. The young girl however is planning on leaving soon so the elderly men begin telling their stories leaving the ending as a cliff hanger. Think Scheherazade.

Besides cozies I like thrillers, police procedurals and detective stories, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Before I started reading Knit, Purl, Die I read Robert B. Parker's Lullaby.

Olivia wrote: "Besides cozies I like thrillers, police procedurals and detective stories, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Before I started reading Knit, Purl, Die I read Robert B. Parker's Lullaby."

I love Spenser! Looking forward to the next one coming out next week. I think Ace Atkins did a very creditable job with Lullaby.

I am reading A Room Full of BOnes

Fee wrote: "I'm reading Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart and The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Crea..."

I've read her
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities and I have The Drunken Botanist ordered and on it's way. I didn't know about Wicked Bugs - thanks for the heads up! :)

I'm currently reading Kitty and the Midnight Hourand On the Edge for my Urban Fantasy book club since I already finished our books for here :D

Nikki wrote: "I'm currently reading Kitty and the Midnight Hourand On the Edge for my Urban Fantasy book club since I already finished our books for here :D"

Oh, I love the Kitty books!! I have the 2 most recent ones sitting in The Pile and need to get to them.

Melodie wrote: "Nikki wrote: "I'm currently reading Kitty and the Midnight Hourand On the Edge for my Urban Fantasy book club since I already finished our books for here :D"

Oh, I love the Kitty books!! I have t..."

I've heard they're amazing so I'm excited to read it and I probably will read them all, I'm on chapter 3 and i love the writing style :)

I just finished A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent

It reminded me of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody books in many ways but instead of providing information on Egyptology, Lady Trent fills in information dragons. There is a mystery to solve, but the tone is a bit darker.

I just finished No Angel which is the first book in a trilogy and takes place in the years just before, during and after WWI. I was enthralled!

Just finished A Dying Fall I love this series.

Just finished "Daddy's Gone A Hunting" and reading "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls".

I picked up "One Moment, One Morning" by Sarah Rayner yesterday and I'm 77 pages into it. I'm enjoying it so far. I haven't had much time for reading lately between my kids (6 of them), my daycare, my house and knitting. I'm slowly getting back into reading. Just finished "The Lesson" by Suzanne Woods Fisher this week and really loved it. It's the 3rd book in the series.

I am reading The Iron Wrym Affair by Lilith Saintcrow.

Just started Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing because I need a Z book for a couple of challenges. It's heavy going so far (non-fiction--not my usual), but I'm hoping it moves along more as I get going.

I am reading Dying For Chocolate as my cozy read for the moment, but I'm also reading Requiem.

I'm reading The Boat and the Town by Geoffrey Moorhouse, which is a riveting fictionalized account of his time in the port of Gloucester, MA, and on a fishing boat.

I just finished excellent book

Finished The Queen's Vow: A Novel Of Isabella Of Castile and a good old fashioned trashy Hollywood bio-- Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud . Liked both but loved neither.

I finally finished Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing, and it didn't get much easier to read. Slow reading, but a fairly interesting subject.

Now I'm onto some much lighter reads: V is for Vengeance and Only You (love the cover on this one):

I am reading I am not normally a reader of YA but this author was being talked about on a couple different book blogs so I decided to give it a try.

Reading Tana French's

AAAAAAAARGH! All I have to say is thank the universe that Burke published another installment of his Robicheaux series before I read the one I just finished, The Glass Rainbow , because this one ended with a cliffhanger!

I'm reading

Im reading Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker

I just finished and am now currently reading love the Dresden series!

Nikki wrote: "I just finished and am now currently reading love the Dresden series!"

One of my favorites! Just waiting on a new one!

Nikki and Melodie - I love Harry Dresden too! I recently finished the latest one, , and while I didn't think it was the best one, I still enjoyed Harry's adventures.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Nikki and Melodie - I love Harry Dresden too! I recently finished the latest one, , and while I didn't think it was the best one, I still enjoyed Harry's adventures."

I was actually a bit disappointed with COLD DAYS. I'm one of the few people I know who really liked GHOST STORY, tho.

I am reading The Cat's Meow by Stacey Kennedy. Its an urban fantasy and pretty good so far.

Melodie wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Nikki and Melodie - I love Harry Dresden too! I recently finished the latest one, , and while I didn't think it was the best one, I still enjoyed Har..."

I loved the storyline in , so you're not alone. My only problem was there was a substitute narrator. James Marsters has narrated all the rest and he is Harry Dresden! Ghost Story's narration was uneven and just not right.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Melodie wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Nikki and Melodie - I love Harry Dresden too! I recently finished the latest one, , and while I didn't think it was the best one, I s..."

When I heard John Glover was the narrator for that one I knew I could pass on the audio version.

I'm giving the audio version of David Baldacci's The Innocent another shot. I tried to listen to it when it first came out, but the sound effects and occasional music really bothered me. Since I want to get to The Hit, and I'ma anal about reading a series in order, I have to get through The Innocent first!

Right now I'm reading a surprisingly good YA book:

I am reading Thirteen for Dinner by Denise Daisy.

Connie N. wrote: "Right now I'm reading a surprisingly good YA book: "

I've read both this series and her Luxe series. I must say it turned me around on YA.

, the 14th in one of my very favorite series, The Morganville Vampires!

Finished Something Dangerous last night. It's the second book in a trilogy that follows an English publishing family and their American counterparts from around 1910-ish to wherever the third book winds up. :-) The one I just finished ends right after the Second World War. So far the books have been enthralling. (Dumb titles though. Sat here this morning thinking about posting this and couldn't remember the name of the book!)

These books are also so long that I'm getting woefully behind on my goal!

Just read . Very good. I really enjoyed it.

Reading The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence. Very interesting so far.