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(group member since Jul 28, 2009)
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from the Book Buying Addicts Anonymous group.
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Oh phooey, CD, you had to beat me to the J, and with one of my all-time fav movies, too. :-)Ok, how about:
Killer Gifts by Deborah Woodworth, Barry Award for Best Paperback Original, 2002.
The Barry Awards, named for Barry Gardner, one of the most ardent and beloved ambassadors of mystery fiction, were first awarded in 1997 by Deadly Pleasures. The Barry Awards are now voted on by the readers of Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News and are presented at the annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
Junkie Pilgrim by Wayne Grogan, Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel, 2004.The Ned Kelly Awards (named for a notorious Australian outlaw of the 19th century) are presented by The Crime Writers’ Association of Australia (CWAA) to recognise and promote excellence in Australian crime writing.
Half Broken Things by Morag Joss, 2003 Silver DaggerThe Dagger Awards were founded by The Crime Writer’ Association in 1956 and celebrate crime writing at its best in three categories: fiction, non fiction and short stories. The Diamond Dagger is awarded for Lifetime Achievement, the Gold and Silver Dagger for the top crime novels of the year, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger for best Historical Novel, the John Creasey Memorial New Blood Dagger for unpublished writers. In 2006 the Gold and Silver Dagger Awards were replaced by the Duncan Lawrie Gold Dagger for best crime novel in English and the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger for best crime novel translated into English.
Down River by John Hart, winner of the 2008 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel.The Mystery Writers of America give these awards to honor the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1954 and are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe.
CD, you've picked what I think will be a very interesting category. Fortunately, I have a good source for Mystery award winners at http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awa...So I'll go with The Body in the Snowdrift: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page winner of the 2005 Agatha Award for Best Novel.
The Agatha Awards, named in honor of Agatha Christie, are nominated and voted on by Malice Domestic fans. The Agatha Awards honor the traditional mystery—books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The genre is loosely defined as mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence; and usually (but not limited to) featuring an amateur detective, a confined setting, and characters who know one another. Agatha Awards are awarded in five categories for works first published in the United States by a living author during a calendar year.
Valorie wrote: "I'm sorry Joseph :( I figured I would pick up your torch and keep local libraries in funds!"And I and my fellow librarians greatly thank you for it. :-)
Valorie wrote: "Luckily I have 5 used bookstores that are pretty close to me :)..."
5?!? Wow, that is lucky. I don't have any used book stores that I know of that are any closer than driving in to the city. Most of my used book purchases are made at the local libraries.
Shannon wrote: "I got A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire.."Shannon, how'd you get A Local Habitation? I thought it wasn't supposed to be out until Mar. 2?!?
Valerie wrote: "I'm at 52 so far. My addiction is getting out of hand! I need an intervention!...
Valerie, you're making me feel like I'm going through withdrawal! I've been reading like crazy, but I haven't bought a single book yet this month! :-(
Good choice, Bluemoon. I love mysteries. Here's the first in one of my favorite mystery series: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
Michelle wrote: "Valorie, you, LooLoo, and Joseph inspire me! Everytime I see what you've bought, I want to buy it too. I only thought I was a bibliophile until I joined this group :oP"Dang, now I feel like I'm letting my friends down. My car just died so I had to buy a new used one. It's a nice car, a 2008 Ford Focus, but the loan payments are going to bite a huge chunk out of my book buying budget. :-( It doesn't look like I'm going to be able to buy books like I have in the past. But then again, who really needs to eat? ;-)
Amy, if you haven't read North of Beautiful already, read it first. It's a great book.
Megan, I don't know whether to thank you or scold you! You're going to help make our addictions worse, which might not really be such a bad thing. lol. That looks like a great site, especially the free shipping.
And It Harm None by Isobel BirdRefresh on rules for this leg of the game. Any title you want, but the LAST word in the title is the one that has to begin with the next letter. The title must be at least two words long.
