Read the Season - Spring 2014

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I think the weather sucks across most of the country right now. Third consecutive day of rain and overcast skies here, and not the last this week. Temps have (primarily) been below average all month. Still dropping into the 30s and 40s here at night. Last I checked the temp, around 2pm, it was only 48F and windy. On the other hand, it could be a heck of a lot worse, as we've seen across some of the southern states. :-\

[Becky]

Heather L wrote: "I think the weather sucks across most of the country right now. Third consecutive day of rain and overcast skies here, and not the last this week. Temps have (primarily) been below average all mont..."

SOO true :(

[Moondance]

I completed the bonus by reading . I can't say that it was my favorite book but it fit the category. Complete list is at message #16.
~~cheryl

[BJ Rose]

End-of-April update:

Cozy Mysteries
Read-the-Season SPRING
March 20 - June 20, 2014

4/6

S = Slay It with Flowers by Kate Collins
√ P = Pretties by Scott Westerfeld - 4.08
√ R = Roberts, Nora: Blue Dahlia - 4.03
I = If Fried Chicken Could Fly: A Country Cooking School Mystery by Paige Shelton
√ N = Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity beats the devil - 3.30
√ G = Georgette Heyer: Arabella - 4.22

[Evelyn]

Spring Challenge 2014
March 20 - June 20
Progress 5/6

Superstition by Karen Robards ***
Patterson, James - 7th Heaven ***
Roberts, Nora - The Witness ****
In the Woods by Tana French
Norma Huss - Death of a Hot Chick ***
Garwood, Julie - Murder List ***

[Kimberly]

I'm tempted not to join in because I always fail miserably at the Spell It Out challenges. I think the last time I tried a SPRING challenge I spelled SPRIG.
Anyway, here goes...

*S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte 2 May
*P - Pinned for Murder 5 May
R - A Royal Pain
*I - If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance 18 May
*N - Needled to Death 14 May
*G - Going, Going, Ganache 10 May

[Melanie]

READ THE SEASON - SPRING, 3/20 - 6/20
PROGRESS: 6/6

✓ S - Snow Job by William Deverell
✓ P - The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
✓ R - Robertson, Michael Moriarty Returns a Letter
✓ I - India Black and the Gentleman Thief by Carol K. Carr
✓ N - No Relation by Terry Fallis (very funny!)
✓ G - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Finished the last one today!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Wow, that was fast. Congrats on finishing, Melanie! I only have two letters done so far.

[Moondance]

Kimberly wrote: "I'm tempted not to join in because I always fail miserably at the Spell It Out challenges. I think the last time I tried a SPRING challenge I spelled SPRIG.
Anyway, here goes...

S - [book:Sex, Mur..."
Hey, SPRIG counts, too! Good luck, Kimberly!
~~cheryl

[Barb]

At least SPRIG is a word :)

[Laurel]

LAUREL CA
S- Scent of Evil completed May 23/14

P-Port of Sorrow COMPLETED May 12/14

R-The Ruby Brooch completed May17/14

I- Irreparable Harm completed May17/14

N-No Certain Rest
Completed April 29/14

G-Girl Jacked completed May 16/14

I just noticed this a few day ago, so I am late getting started!

DONE, all 5 are finished! As of May 23/14-

[Kimberly]

Barb wrote: "At least SPRIG is a word :)"
Moondance wrote: "Hey, SPRIG counts, too! "

Used in a sentence, I'm going to throw a SPRIG of rosemary into the pan with some potatoes and garlic.

:P

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Melanie!

[Bonnie]

Bonnie wrote: "My I will be

It's a mystery/thriller I think."

gave up on this one- not bad, but just hated the characters

[Bonnie]

Bonnie wrote: "And P Fashionably Dead

And N by Nesbit TaraShea."

well fashionably dead hit the dust too. Not sure why, but just couldn't get into it.

[Bonnie]

so far my SPRING has became a SRN- will work on it.

[Linda]

Finished SPRING over the weekend!

SPRING Challenge 2014
March 20 - June 21

S - Snipped in the Bud 4/21/14
P - Paint by Murder 4/30/14
R - Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams 5/3/14
I - The Pink Ghetto by Liz Ireland 3/27/14
N - Tutu Deadly by Natalie M. Roberts 4/18/14
G - Ground to a Halt 3/23/14

[Nell]

Congrats - that was fast.

[Evelyn]

Congratulations, that looks like a series of books that kept you in stitches!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Congrats, Linda!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Linda!

[BJ Rose]

Just need to finish my library books so I can get to that last book…

Cozy Mysteries
Read-the-Season SPRING
March 20 - June 20, 2014

5/6

√ S = Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - 4.17
√ P = Pretties by Scott Westerfeld - 4.08
√ R = Roberts, Nora: Blue Dahlia - 4.03 (ghost in book - they have to find out who she is)
I = If Fried Chicken Could Fly: A Country Cooking School Mystery by Paige Shelton
√ N = Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity beats the devil - 3.30
√ G = Georgette Heyer: Arabella - 4.22

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

(3 / 6)

S.-
P.-
R.-
I.- Murder, Plain and Simple by <I>sabella Alan (03/30/2014 - ★★★)
N.- The <N>itrogen Murder by Camille Minichino (03/27/2014 - ★★★★)
G.- Fatal Descent by Beth <G>roundwater (05/10/2014 - ★★★★)

[Evelyn]

Spring Challenge 2014
March 20 - June 20
Progress 6/6

Superstition by Karen Robards ***
Patterson, James - 7th Heaven ***
Roberts, Nora - The Witness ****
In the Woods by Tana French****
Norma Huss - Death of a Hot Chick ***
Garwood, Julie - Murder List ***



Finished and a little sad.
I love spring. I so wish it would last for another 6 weeks. Where's the groundhog when you need him?

[Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews]

I finished and didn't even realize it!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews wrote: "I finished and didn't even realize it!"

LOL...been there, done that. Congrats!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Finished and a little sad.

I love spring. I so wish it would last for another 6 weeks. Where's the groundhog when you need him?

Bite your tongue, woman! LOL

We had a long, hard winter, followed by a cold, wet spring, so the last thing I want is to prolong it. It finally warmed up here this weekend, and the warm temps were more than welcome. We get one more warm day before it falls back into the 50s for the rest of the week. I am so tired of feeling cold all the time! :-\

[Sharmon]

Done....I needed the G book and went to look at my pile and I had not only a Sue Grafton but it was also the "G" is for Gumshoe in the alphabet series...so it was a double G. It was a hard copy that I had picked up at a garage sale.

[Becky]

Sharmon wrote: "Done....I needed the G book and went to look at my pile and I had not only a Sue Grafton but it was also the "G" is for Gumshoe in the alphabet series...so it was a double G. It was a hard copy tha..."

LOVE that series!

[BJ Rose]

ALL DONE!

Cozy Mysteries
Read-the-Season SPRING
March 20 - June 20, 2014

6/6

√ S = Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - 4.17
√ P = Pretties by Scott Westerfeld - 4.08
√ R = Roberts, Nora: Blue Dahlia - 4.03 (ghost in book - they have to find out who she is)
√ I = If Fried Chicken Could Fly: A Country Cooking School Mystery by Paige Shelton - 5.16
√ N = Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity beats the devil - 3.30
√ G = Georgette Heyer: Arabella - 4.22

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Carol! Congrats, BJ!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

(5 / 6)

S.- Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. <S>ayers (04/10/2014 - ★★★★)
P.-
R.- <R>ock Bottom by Jerusha Jones (05/12/2014 - ★★★)
I.- Murder, Plain and Simple by <I>sabella Alan (03/30/2014 - ★★★)
N.- The <N>itrogen Murder by Camille Minichino (03/27/2014 - ★★★★)
G.- Fatal Descent by Beth <G>roundwater (05/10/2014 - ★★★★)

[BJ Rose]

Marisa wrote: "Congrats, Carol! Congrats, BJ!"

Thanks, Marisa!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Congrats BJ and Carol!

And BJ, what a coincidence -- I just finished the "fried chicken" book yesterday!

[BJ Rose]

Heather L wrote: "Congrats BJ and Carol!

And BJ, what a coincidence -- I just finished the "fried chicken" book yesterday!"

Thanks, Heather! Coincidence indeed!!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

(Done)

S.- Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. <S>ayers (04/10/2014 - ★★★★)
P.- A Dollhouse to Die For by Cate <P>rice (05/18/2014 - ★★★★)
R.- <R>ock Bottom by Jerusha Jones (05/12/2014 - ★★★)
I.- Murder, Plain and Simple by <I>sabella Alan (03/30/2014 - ★★★)
N.- The <N>itrogen Murder by Camille Minichino (03/27/2014 - ★★★★)
G.- Fatal Descent by Beth <G>roundwater (05/10/2014 - ★★★★)

[Laurel]

FINISHED!
LAUREL CA
S- Scent of Evil completed May 23/14

P-Port of Sorrow COMPLETED May 12/14

R-The Ruby Brooch completed May17/14

I- Irreparable Harm completed May17/14

N-No Certain Rest
Completed April 29/14

G-Girl Jacked completed May 16/14

I just noticed this a few day ago, so I am late getting started!

DONE, all 5 are finished! As of May 23/14-

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Laurel!

[Kimberly]

I DID IT!!!


S - Sex, Murder And A Double Latte 2 May
P - Pinned for Murder 5 May
R - A Royal Pain 20 May
I - If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance 18 May
N - Needled to Death 14 May
G - Going, Going, Ganache 10 May

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Kimberly!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Way to go, Kimberly!

[Leslie]

I'm done! This time I used only the first letter of the author's last name (no titles), which is quite different from how I usually do it...

S-- Maigret and the Black Sheep by Georges Simenon (done 4/24)
P-- The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch (done 4/3)
R-- The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (done 5/9)
I-- Lament For A Maker by Michael Innes (done 5/12)
N-- The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø (done 4/19)
G-- Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (done 3/29)

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Congrats, Leslie! ☺

[Evelyn]

Congratulations everyone

[Becky]

Becky wrote: "S - Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult Songs of the Humpback Whale
P - Patterson, James - Now you see her Now You See Her
R - The Happiness Project by Gretchen ..."


Been done with this challenge for a while. I was waiting to update it after I read the bonus. i have one picked out - just not sure if I'll get to it by the end of this challenge since i have so many other challenge books to read lol

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

You can do it, Becky -- we still have a month left on this challenge. Which is good since I still need two letters plus the bonus. The "S" I'll have beginning of June with a classics group read, and I have a book for the bonus. Just need to decide on my "R" book. Would be nice if I could use it towards a mini-challenge as well. Two birds, so to speak. *G*

[Becky]

That's true i do still have a month. I may set aside Memiors of a geisha to read my bonus book. It's good but sorta hard for me to get into right now.

[Vicky]

Finished!

S - Sins of the Fathers by Patricia Sprinkle
P - Peach Pies and Alibis by Ellery Adams
I - I Went to Vasser for This? (non mystery - don't bother - one of Oprah's books that sounded better than it was)
N - A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (non mystery)
G - Grace Among Thieves by Julie Hyzy

A Deadly Shaker Spring by Deborah Woodworth

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Congrats, Vicky!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Vicky!