Cozy Mysteries discussion

April 1st - April Fool's Day.... I feel like a fool for forgetting to post this month's mini-challenge. Sorry folks, just got super busy. Life Happens. Read any book where someone does something forgetful, silly, or stupid or has a silly title. (Any books whose title is a pun counts.)

April 15th - 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking. Bonus: Read any Titanic themed book. I know of several fictional mysteries that were written with them supposidly taking place on the doomed liner's cruise. Fiction or Non-Fiction... anything remotely Titanic themed counts.

Personally I'm reading Robert Ballard's personal account of his life's search for Titanic's final resting place and his discovery of having actual found the wreck and exploring it.

Thank you very much! (And a proper fool day ;) ) I'll try to find something, as last month I didn't get a lot.

You're welcome. Just sorry I forgot to post it earlier.

I don't think I have anything Titanic themed. For anyone who's interested, Max Allan Collins wrote a good one, . It's the first in his "disaster" themed series, and all of them were good reads! Also read a YA paranormal last year, , that was good. Werewolves on the Titanic!

I have the Max Allan Collins one, The Titanic Murders. I also have
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Actually, I have 23 Titanic related novels, both fiction and non-fiction. Easier if those interested just look at my shelves as I have a TITANIC shelf. There are several mysteries among them.

Hey Kate!

Do we get extra credit if we watch any of the movies, documentaries or other related program? : D

Extra bonus. :) I'm planning on watching the History Channels 2 hour special on the anniversary night of the sinking (Sun, Apr 15th).

RAISE THE TITANIC was a good one! The first Cussler I ever read!

There's a miniseries about the Titanic starting in a few minutes, which I think I'll be watching. Also, last night I saw the PBS special with Len Goodman (from Dancing with the Stars) as host, and it was very interesting.

Denise wrote: "There's a miniseries about the Titanic starting in a few minutes, which I think I'll be watching. Also, last night I saw the PBS special with Len Goodman (from Dancing with the Stars) as host, and..."

Darn, missed that. I hope they reair it. I didn't realize it was on, but probably would have ended up missing it anyway. With the midwest thunderstorms and tornado's that abounded last night, we lost satellite reception.

It was interesting. This was three hours (not sure how many more as it continues), and in each hour, they followed the story from before they boarded until the accident and the ordeal getting the lifeboats loaded, but following a different set of characters. There was a lot of repetition, as the various characters' stories overlapped, but it wasn't too annoying, and usually you would learn more about that particular incident that you didn't know the first time you saw it. I was also glad that I had seen the Len Goodman special the night before, and recognized some of the real-life characters in the fictional story.

I also missed the four-hour series that aired Sat and Sun nights, and hope they will air again. I wasn't home over the weekend, and had no way of recording it while gone--though, as Kate mentioned, I probably wouldn;t have been able to watch it anyway with the weather. I don't have cable, and the wind gusts Friday night were irritating enough. The weekend storms would have disrupted the signal even more.

Thanks for the link, Kari!

Kari wrote: "You may watch it online at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869152/

Enjoy"

Thanks Kari! I'll watch it when I get some free time.

I'm in! 2/2 DONE


April 1st - April Fool's Day - Spying in High Heels

April 15th - 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking. Bonus: Depth of Deception Awesome time-travel book about a woman who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Or did she?

1/2 Done

1. April Fools: Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke 4/18 ★★★
2. Titanic: The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver

well done Naomi

April 1st - April Fool's Day: Read any book that has a silly title.

Night of the Loving Dead by Casey Daniels

April 15th - 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking. Bonus: Read any Titanic themed book.

I looked for several Titanic-related titles at the used book store both last weekend and today, to no avail. So...will have to settle for rewatching the James Cameron directed movie.

April 1st - April Fool's Day: Read any book where someone does something forgetful, silly, or stupid or has a silly title. (Any books whose title is a pun counts.)

I read Murder in a Hurry, a Pam and Jerry North mystery by Frances and Richard Lockridge. The heroine did something stupid - after being informed that she was probably in danger, she returned to the scene of the crime (it was not a good idea!).

April 15th - 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking.

Didn't read anything, but I watched a couple of shows about the Titanic.

I didn't think I'd get to do the Titanic half of this challenge but got lucky at the library booksale today and found Voices from Titanic by Jim Walker that I can read this week.

The Scarlet Pepper by Dorothy St James, second in the White House Gardener series. Loved it!!

The titanic category is rather specific, so I can understand if folks can't find books that are related to it. However, there are a heck of a lot of fictional books set on the doomed ocean liner that only floated for 5 days than one would think!

I just finished reading Murder on the Titanic. I enjoyed it.

I'm in, and I'm done. 2/2

April 1st - April Fool's Day: Read any book that has a silly title. Get Thee to a Punnery: An Anthology of Intentional Assaults Upon the English Language-- finished 4/26/12, ★★★

April 15th - 100th Anniversary of Titanic's sinking. Bonus: Read any Titanic themed book. Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World -- finished 4/28/12, ★★★

Finished up over the weekend.

April Fool's Day - Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery 4/8/12
100th Sinking of the Titanic - Voices from the Titanic 4/27/12

Bonus - Watched ABC Titanic miniseries and the Len Goodman Titanic special

Glad everyone seems to be enjoying the bonus Titanic theme in honor of it's 100th anniversary.

I read 2 books for each mini-challenge.

April Fool's-I couldn't decide which was worse: doing stupid things through the entire book, A Hoe Lot of Trouble by Heather Webber, or doing one colossally stupid thing at the end of the book, Scones & Bones by Laura Childs.

Titanic-I read Promise Me This by Cathy Gohlke which started with the Titanic and progressed through WWI. Since I wasn't sure that I would finish it in time (I did!), I read Titanicat by Marty Crisp to my preschool class.

Kari wrote: "The talk I attended yesterday was a woman who's great uncle, aunt and uncle survived the Titanic and he said Walter Lord's book was the best book on the sinking."

Thank you. I'll have to look for it. It's one I don't have.

Walter Lord wrote the introduction to the book I'm reading right now by Robert Ballard about how he found the Titanic. The Discovery of the Titanic

Forgot to post my finished challenge - Congrats to the April finishers!

2/2 Done Yay!

1. April Fools: Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke 4/18 ★★★
2. Titanic: The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver 4/30 ★★★★

April 2012 Mini Challenge
2/2 Done

1. Forgetful:Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer 5/2/12 *****
2. Titanic:The Case of Cabin 13 by Sam McCarver 4/28/12 ****



Finished this one a little late, Congratulations to all.