Marj's Reading Challenges

[Marj]

Read Around the USA challenge.
I'm started as of Dec. 1, 2013. I'm really hoping I can finish it in the next year or so.
So far, 25/51 Done

Alabama--A Killer Read by Erika Chase (finished 04/04/2014)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California--The Howard Hughes Affair by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 01/06/2014)
Colorado--Loose Screw by Rae Davis (finished 12/05/2013)
Connecticut--Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguests by Sara Barton (finished 2/23/2014
Delaware
District of Columbia--State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (finished 5/25/2014)
Florida--Death by Pink Flamingoby Elisabeth Crabtree (finished July 2014)
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois--You Bet Your Life by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 12/01/2013)
Indiana--Murder in C Major by Sara Hoskinson Frommer ( finished February 2014)
Iowa--Bats and Bones by Karen Musser Nortman (finished 1/22/2014)
Kansas
Kentucky--Death By A HoneyBee by Abigail Keam (finished July 2014)
Louisiana--Missing in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon (finished 1/20/2014)
Maine--Murder by Degrees by James Noble (finished 12/02/2013)
Maryland
Massachusetts Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod (finished 1/09/2014)
Michigan All Fudged Up by Nancy Coco (finished 2/13/2014)
Minnesota--The Unprintable Big Clock Chroniclee by Jill Winters (finished 12/06/2013)
Mississippi--File M for Murder by Miranda James (finished 04/12/2014)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada Dyed and Gone by Beth Yarnall (finished 4/29/2014)
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York--The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine (finished 12/11/2013)
North Carolina--Innkeeping with Murder by Tim Myers (finished 2/19/2014)
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Killer Rocks by Drema J Reed (finished July 2014)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina--In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (finished 2/15/2014)
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas Curl Up Die A 1950s Vintage Murder Mystery by Gloria Hander Lyons (finished 4/15/2014)
Utah
Vermont--Organized for Murder by Ritter Ames (finished 3/14/2014)
Virginia--The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson (finished 1/19/2014)
Washington--Inn Keeping with Murder: Old Maids of Mercer Island Mysteryby Lynn Bohart (finished 3/12/2014)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[Marj]

Also trying the Jan 2014 mini-challenge
DONE 1/10/2014!!


Jan 1 - Happy New Year! Still Life by Louise Penny (finished 1/3/14)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod (finished 1/09/2014)
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (finished 1/05/2014)
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day The Howard Hughes Affair by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 1/07/2014)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day A Pint of Murder by Alisa Craig (finished 1/10/2014)

[Marj]

The Feb 2014 mini-challenge--I'm going to try this.

FINISHED 2/18/2014!!

Read books with covers (or spines) with a main color matching one of the colors of the Olympic Rings, plus the flag background, or the color is a word in the title, or perhaps even an author's last name:

BLUE -The Wrong Rite-- by Charlotte MacLeod--2/02/2014

YELLOW -The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart--2/13/2014

BLACK - Never Cross a Vampire by Stuart Kaminsky--2/03/2014

GREEN - Invitation to Murder by Tim Myers (the kindle book has a green cover)--2/12/2014

RED - The Nature of the Game by James Grady--2/18/2014

WHITE - In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (There is a lot of white on the kindle cover)--2/15/2014

Bonus: Read a book with an athlete in it, any book taking place in Russia, or having anything to do with the Olympics. I read A Fatal Grace-2/06/2014 where the death occurs during a curling tournament. I assume the curlers are considered athletes?

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I read A Fatal Grace-2/06/2014 where the death occurs during a curling tournament. I assume the curlers are considered athletes?

Well, it IS an Olympic sport. I also know someone on a local team who would adamantly insist it is a sport. *G*

[Marj]

I know, that's why I thought it would work in this challenge.
I should have been more clear in my comment. It was just that these *particular* curlers would NOT pop into you mind when you think "athlete". hahaha

[Marj]

Finished one of the challenges I joined this year--the 2014 Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Challenge. I read over 20 Cozy Mysteries--so far, and still adding to the number, but finished the Challenge. My Challenge Update can by found at

http://marjsmysteries.blogspot.com/20...

[Marj]

The first is the Read Around the USA challenge.
I'm started as of Dec. 1, 2013. I'm really hoping I can finish it in the next year or so.
So far, 31/51 Done

Alabama--A Killer Read by Erika Chase (finished 04/04/2014)
Alaska
Arizona--Dude On Arrivalby J. S. Borthwick
Arkansas--Murder as a Second Language by Joan Hess (finished Oct. 2014)
California--The Howard Hughes Affair by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 01/06/2014)
Colorado--Loose Screw by Rae Davis (finished 12/05/2013)
Connecticut--Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguests by Sara Barton (finished 2/23/2014
Delaware
District of Columbia--State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (finished 5/25/2014)
Florida--Death by Pink Flamingoby Elisabeth Crabtree (finished July 2014)
Georgia
Hawaii--The Betrayers by Donald Hamilton (finished Sept 2014)
Idaho
Illinois--You Bet Your Life by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 12/01/2013)
Indiana--Murder in C Major by Sara Hoskinson Frommer ( finished February 2014)
Iowa--Bats and Bones by Karen Musser Nortman (finished 1/22/2014)
Kansas
Kentucky--Death By A HoneyBee by Abigail Keam (finished July 2014)
Louisiana--Missing in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon (finished 1/20/2014)
Maine--Murder by Degrees by James Noble (finished 12/02/2013)
Maryland
Massachusetts Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod (finished 1/09/2014)
Michigan All Fudged Up by Nancy Coco (finished 2/13/2014)
Minnesota--The Unprintable Big Clock Chroniclee by Jill Winters (finished 12/06/2013)
Mississippi--File M for Murder by Miranda James (finished 04/12/2014)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada Dyed and Gone by Beth Yarnall (finished 4/29/2014)
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico--The Polkadot Murder by Frances Crane (finished 9/11/2014)
New York--The Bishop Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine (finished 12/11/2013)
North Carolina--Innkeeping with Murder by Tim Myers (finished 2/19/2014)
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon--Killer Rocks by Drema J Reed (finished July 2014)
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island--The Secret Ingredient Murders by Nancy Pickard (finished 9/22/2014)
South Carolina--In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (finished 2/15/2014)
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas Curl Up Die A 1950s Vintage Murder Mystery by Gloria Hander Lyons (finished 4/15/2014)
Utah
Vermont--Organized for Murder by Ritter Ames (finished 3/14/2014)
Virginia--The Azalea Assault by Alyse Carlson (finished 1/19/2014)
Washington--Inn Keeping with Murder: Old Maids of Mercer Island Mysteryby Lynn Bohart (finished 3/12/2014)
West Virginia--Cropped to Death by Christina Freeburn (finished 07/2014)
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[Marj]

Well, in 2014 I signed up for the Goodreads reading challenge and thought I'd read 100 books. I surpassed that amount, and read 136.
For 2015, I'm going to try for 100 again, and I'm really going to make an effort to read at least 50 books from my TBR pile. And try not to add more books than I read! Every year I seem to add more books than I read!