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So excited to be doing a monthly challenge again!! As much as I enjoyed reading an entire series back to back I missed my cozies. Here is the plan for June - just need to figure out my beach read.June Mini-Challenge
Aquarium Month,Fishing Week and Go Fishing Day- Death By Cashmere
Sewing Machine Day - Pleating for Mercy
International Panic Day - A Crazy Little Thing Called Death
Finally Summer Day- Summer Solstice -
Paul Bunyan Day - If Cooks Could Kill
I'll join this one.5/5
June Mini-Challenge
Aquarium Month,Fishing Week and Go Fishing Day-
...6/23/13 Sewing Machine Day -
...6/23/13International Panic Day -
...6/11/13Finally Summer Day-
...6/9/13Paul Bunyan Day -
...6/1/13
As Brian's Girl stated, there are guidelines to follow when choosing one's Beach Read. Do take care not to break the law.
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Jane in SC wrote: "As Brian's Girl stated, there are guidelines to follow when choosing one's Beach Read. Do take care not to break the law.Too funny! I'm glad no one was nearby to hear my insane laughter! :)
Well I tanked in May's challenge (just finished it up)I will try again. I love the cartoon, but am not worried, I'm allergic to heavy reading.
Fishy--
Adrift on St. John
read 6/12/13Sewing Machine day--
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse Read 6/20/13International panic day--Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too
Read 6/10/13Finally summer day--
Murder on the RocksRead 6/28/13Paul Bunyan day-- Fatally Flaky
read 6/16/13Finished the reading before deadline, but couldn't post as out of town and touch
Well, I'll try. I'm going to be reading a bunch of books set in Hawaii for a trip, so I don't know if they will be all cozies, but we'll see how it goes. :)6/26 - Finished, but only a couple of cozies! I got slowed down reading all of those Hawaii books and will get to more cozies next month!
June Mini-Challenge
Aquarium Month,Fishing Week and Go Fishing Day- Love Finds you in Sunset Beach, Hawaii
- 6/15Sewing Machine Day - Aloha Brides
- 6/26International Panic Day - Indiana Cousins Trilogy
- 6/6Summer Solstice - Death in the Orchid Garden
- 6/25Paul Bunyan Day - Gluten for Punishment
- 6/2
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So...how many bonus points if you work in the fishing industry?
I'm in! 5/5 DONEGo Fishing Day- Dead Angler by Victoria Houston
Sewing Machine Day - Spells & Stitches by Barbara Bretton
International Panic Day - Bubba and the Dead Woman by C.L. Bevill
Finally Summer Day- Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams
Paul Bunyan Day - A Hopeless Case by K.K. Beck
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So...how many bonus points if you work in the fishing industry?"
GIve yourself brownie points and a pat on the back. :)
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Melissa wrote: "Well, I'll try. I'm going to be reading a bunch of books set in Hawaii for a trip, so I don't know if they will be all cozies, but we'll see how it goesThe Charlie Chan books by Earl Derr Biggers could be considered cozies in the way Sherlock Holmes might be and they give a great historical atmosphere of Old Hawaii which you might still find in the architecture of the holder hotels.
Thanks Vicky maybe I will download on kindle if they are available. I like the old Hawaii setting idea.
Done!June is Aquarium Month…
the 18th is Go Fishing Day-
- The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay (not a mystery) (done 6/13)
June 13 is Sewing Machine Day-
- The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton (done 6/16)
June 18 is International Panic Day -
- The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake (done 6/12)
June 21 is Finally Summer Day- Summer Solstice -
- Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (done 6/5)
June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day - In honor of his companion, Babe the Blue Ox, read a book with a blue cover.
- Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (done 6/15)
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Heather L wrote: "Congrats Leslie! What did you think of Faceless Killers? I've been looking for that one since catching the Wallander movies on PBS last summer."I liked it better than the PBS dramatization, but neither of them is a favorite. I find Wallender a bit too depressed & a tad whiny for my tastes.
Finished the challenge last night with
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Congrats , Leslie.
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I need extra points for reading
on the beach in Waikiki. :)
And congrats to Carol, Biblophile, Leslie, and Naomi!
Melissa wrote: "I need extra points for reading Death in the Orchid Garden on the beach in Waikiki. :)";) the trip to Hawaii wasn't bonus enough?!
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on the beach in Waikiki. :)"Teasers are not funny ;)
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Melissa: I'm with Leslie--the trip wasn't bonus enough?!
One more book to go for this challenge, which I will be starting tomorrow. Just finished my "beach" read, and while I may not have read it while on a beach, I nearly finished it this evening while enjoying the first "Concert on the Square" of the season. Sigh...
Done, but with only a few cozies. I'm itching to read more now that I finished those Hawaii books. The last cozy I read, Death in the Orchid Garden wasn't that satisfying, so I need to get my cozy fix!I read it for the Hawaii setting, it wasn't one of my normal series that I follow.
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June is Aquarium Month and the first week of June is Fishing Week and the 18th is Go Fishing Day: Read a book with a fishy title, someone goes fishing in the story . . .
The Nail Knot (Fly Fishing Mysteries) by John Galligan
June 13 is Sewing Machine Day: Read a book where someone is creative with a needle. Anything quilt related, Amish, etc.
Thread on Arrival by Amanda Lee (Embroidery Shop Mystery #5)
June 18 is International Panic Day: Read a book where someone panics.
Feels Like Home by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Two panic scenes, and no dead bodies were involved! The hero panicked opening chapter, heroine panic attack several chapters later.)
June 21 is Finally Summer Day — Summer Solstice: Choose a book that would qualify as a beach read. BONUS if you actually read a book on a beach!
Escape by Barbara Delinsky (Good "beach" read. Though I did not actually read it at a beach, I did read a good chunk of it at an outdoor concert series.)
June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day: In honor of his companion, Babe the Blue Ox, read a book with a blue cover.
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box (Blue cover and has "blue" in the title. Still reading this one, but hope to finish it over the weekend.)
Books that fit this month's themes:International Panic Day √
Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson
Finally Summer Day √
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake by Krista Davis
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Aquarium Month, Fishing Week, Go Fishing Day: Death By CashmereSally Goldenbaum (06/27/2013 - ★★★★)
Sewing Machine Day: Deadly Patterns by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez (06/12/2013 - ★★★★)
International Panic Day: One Book in the Grave by Kate Carlisle (06/09/2013 - ★★★★)
Finally Summer Day - Summer Solstice: Mine to Take by Cynthia Eden (06/22/2013 - ★★★★★)
Paul Bunyan Day: Mew Is for Murder by Clea Simon (06/17/2013 - ★★★★)
Here's my list.June is Aquarium Month and the first week of June is Fishing Week and the 18th is Go Fishing Day- Read a book with a fishy title, someone goes fishing in the story, visits a zoo/aquarium, owns a pet fish/fish tank, or there is a fishable body of water on the cover (ie backyard pool won't work but a lake would). BONUS if you actually are reading while fishing on the 18th :)
June 13 is Sewing Machine Day - Read a book where someone is creative with a needle. Anything quilt related, Amish, etc. Going Vintage 26 June 2013
June 18 is International Panic Day - Read a book where someone panics. (Anyone stumbling across a dead body who screams would easily qualify.) Let Them Eat Stake 8 June 2013
June 21 is Finally Summer Day- Summer Solstice - Choose a book that would qualify as a beach read. BONUS if you actually read a book on a beach! (Hint: Pretty much anything goes as long as it isn't War and Peace, lol, as beach reads should be light reading.) Alice in Zombieland18 June 2013
June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day - In honor of his companion, Babe the Blue Ox, read a book with a blue cover. Scared Stiff16 June 2013
I was gone right after I finished my last book for this challenge so I didn't get to post. Congrats to everyone who finished!
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Linda wrote: "I was gone right after I finished my last book for this challenge so I didn't get to post. Congrats to everyone who finished!Aquarium Month,Fishing Week and Go Fishing Day- Death By Cashmere 6/1..."
Congrats Linda! You picked a book for Sewing Machine Day that actually has a sewing machine on the cover! If it were up to me, you'd get bonus point for that.
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June is Aquarium Month and the first week of June is Fishing Week and the 18th is Go Fishing Day- Read a book with a fishy title, someone goes fishing in the story, visits a zoo/aquarium, owns a pet fish/fish tank, or there is a fishable body of water on the cover (ie backyard pool won't work but a lake would). BONUS if you actually are reading while fishing on the 18th :)
June 13 is Sewing Machine Day - Read a book where someone is creative with a needle. Anything quilt related, Amish, etc.
June 18 is International Panic Day - Read a book where someone panics. (Anyone stumbling across a dead body who screams would easily qualify.)
June 21 is Finally Summer Day- Summer Solstice - Choose a book that would qualify as a beach read. BONUS if you actually read a book on a beach! (Hint: Pretty much anything goes as long as it isn't War and Peace, lol, as beach reads should be light reading.)
June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day - In honor of his companion, Babe the Blue Ox, read a book with a blue cover.