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What Cozy are You Reading in 2016?
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This week, I read
The Ambitious Card by John Gaspard
By Cook or by Crook by Maya Corrigan
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer by Dorothy Gilman
I've started
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay. I'm not sure how I feel about the protagonist yet, but it's not looking good 55 pages in. I do hope it improves though because I have the next three books in the series already.
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay. I'm not sure how I feel about the protagonist yet, but it's not looking good 55 pages in. I do hope it improves though because I have the next three books in the series already.
I have finally read the 16 books in the Teashop mystery featuring Theodosia Browning and the Indigo Tea Shop. I loved them so much, I went and bought the complete set for my library! I am reading Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay, a Library Lovers Mystery. Has anyone read any of these?
Paisley wrote: "I'm about to begin 
Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry"I really like that series. Just finished the newest one the other day.
Susan wrote: "I have finally read the 16 books in the Teashop mystery featuring Theodosia Browning and the Indigo Tea Shop. I loved them so much, I went and bought the complete set for my library! I am reading D..."Yes!! Great series IMO!!! Also read her Cupcake series if you haven't already! :)
Paisley wrote: "I've started Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay. I'm not sure how I feel about the protagonist yet, but it's not looking good..."I like this series! Hope you end up liking it too :)
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How to Wash a Cat, and have to admit it confused me. (view spoiler) One character, Monty, got on my nerves so bad that I really really wanted to reach into the pages and kill him, and I wanted to slap the main character for putting up with him. The historical info on San Francisco was interesting, but a lot of it was repeated too often. And the ending - don't get me started on how annoying it was.
Melodie wrote: "Paisley wrote: "I'm about to begin Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry"
I really like that series. Just finished the newest..."
I'm really enjoying so far. Love the pace and the writing style. The story is keeping me interested.
Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry"I really like that series. Just finished the newest..."
I'm really enjoying so far. Love the pace and the writing style. The story is keeping me interested.
Tracey wrote: "Paisley wrote: "I've started Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay. I'm not sure how I feel about the protagonist yet, but it's ..."
I'm having a hard time with the protagonist, but ended up liking the story enough that I'm not upset I invested in the series. Hopefully my issues with the main character will diminish in the second book.
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay. I'm not sure how I feel about the protagonist yet, but it's ..."I'm having a hard time with the protagonist, but ended up liking the story enough that I'm not upset I invested in the series. Hopefully my issues with the main character will diminish in the second book.
In the past couple of weeks, I've read:
Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
Macdeath by Cindy Brown
Delivering the Truth by Edith Maxwell
I plan on reading the latest installments in Jenn McKinlay's Cupcake Bakery Mysteries when I'm not busy writing my own books. Is anyone a fan of her books?
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Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron Macdeath by Cindy Brown[bookcover:Delivering th..."
The first two books you list are finalists for the Agatha Award. What did you think? Which one would you vote for?
Christopher wrote: "I plan on reading the latest installments in Jenn McKinlay's Cupcake Bakery Mysteries when I'm not busy writing my own books. Is anyone a fan of her books?"Enjoy the Cupcake Bakery & Hat Shop books. Not so much the Library Lovers. The "triangle" thing in that series is ridiculous. WHY do so many cozy authors use that tired and mostly LAZY plot point?? Also didn't care much for the Good Buy Girls series she wrote as Josie Bell. Glad she put that one out of its misery!
Christopher wrote: "I plan on reading the latest installments in Jenn McKinlay's Cupcake Bakery Mysteries when I'm not busy writing my own books. Is anyone a fan of her books?"I really like all of her series'. I know Melodie didn't like her Good Buy Girls series but I did. I like the library series but it is my least favorite. But the beginning books are good. Cupcake one and hat one are really good :) IMO
Reading
. I am really enjoying her books!!
I read in March:Die Dunkelgräfin und die Kokosnuss by Katharina Schendel
Zwetschgendatschikomplott (Franz Eberhofer) by Rita Falk
Wer sich in Gefahr begibt (Lizzie Martin & Ben Ross) by Ann Granger
Double-Booked for Death (Black Cat Bookshop Mystery) by Ali Brandon
Mörderische Verstrickungen (Southern Sisters Mystery) by Anne George
Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer
Die drei Königinnen. Ein neuer Fall für Sherlock Holmes by Anthony Horrowitz
Der lautlose Schrei (Ein MORDS-Team) by Andreas Suchaneck
A Novel Way to Die (Black Cat Bookshop Mystery) by Ali Brandon
Winston: Agent auf leisen Pfoten (Winston) by Frauke Scheunemann
Der Altmann ist tot (Frau Freitag & Frl. Krise ermitteln) by Frau Freitag & Frl. Krise
That was a really good cozy month :)
Nell wrote: "Mark wrote: "In the past couple of weeks, I've read: Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron Macdeath by Cindy Brown[bookcover:..."
I've actually read three of the Agatha First nominees. The third is Just Killing Time by Julianne Holmes. I enjoyed all three and recommend all three, but Macdeath by Cindy Brown is the one that will get my vote.
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Macdeath by Cindy Brown..."Good to know. That one's on my Kindle.
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Die Dunkelgräfin und die Kokosnuss by Katharina Schendel
Zwetschgendatschikomplott (Franz Eberhofer) by Rita Falk
[book:Wer sich in Gefahr begibt|4..."
Please include English translations for your titles where available. Most members are not fluent in German.
Penny wrote: "Just finished 
It was "okay". Pleasant enough story but I wouldn't actively look for another book by this author. Sort of fell flat."aww, I really liked them. I read the first 2, then went online and bought all 8. Was sad to hear the author died and there wouldn't be anymore.
Nell wrote: "I'm reading Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen which is also an Agatha nominee. It's set in the early Downton Abbey time period. Right now I'm wishing..."It is on my Nook and may grab the second book in the series.
Since I just joined this group it looks like I have some catching up to do. Starting from the first of the year here are the cozy mysteries I have read:
Now reading
Nell wrote: "I'm reading Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen which is also an Agatha nominee. It's set in the early Downton Abbey time period. Right now I'm wishing..."I miss the character list as a feature in mystery novels. It was common in early works of mystery fiction. The Ellery Queen and Perry Mason books always had character lists.
I've just started
Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews. I'm only two chapters in, but I'm really enjoying the protagonist.
Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews. I'm only two chapters in, but I'm really enjoying the protagonist.
Gary wrote: "Since I just joined this group it looks like I have some catching up to do. Starting from the first of the year here are the cozy mysteries I have read:[bookcover..."That's a great list!
Thanks Sherry. I have plenty more in the TBR Although my next read after A Dose of Death will be the second In Death book. I do not consider that series as cozy.
Tracey wrote: "Susan wrote: "I have finally read the 16 books in the Teashop mystery featuring Theodosia Browning and the Indigo Tea Shop. I loved them so much, I went and bought the complete set for my library! ..."I have read the Scrapbooking series of Laura Childs and am now reading her Cackleberry Club series. Love the recipes as well!
I'm trying to read what I have. yeah right. Homicide in Hardcover
And I found the Haunted Yarn Shop on Hoopla.
Last Wool and Testament
This week's books:
Killer Takeout by Lucy Burdette
Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong
Gary wrote: "Thanks Sherry. I have plenty more in the TBR Although my next read after A Dose of Death will be the second In Death book. I do not consider that series as cozy."Not a cozy series, not, but I think a good one, anyway.
Just two short stories from my grandchildren this week, I thought you might get a laugh. My granddaughter reads all the time, I asked her what kinds of books she reads, her answer, kids books, Grandma, I'm a kid. What do you read she asked? I said Murder mysteries, because I am a murderer, Oh no you are not! you are just a good Grandma!
My 2 year old grandson saw my recent book on the kitchen table "Murder of a Small-Town Honey" I read to him all the time. When he saw the book he picked it up and said read it to me Gram, I want to hear it. No, you would not like that someone gets hurt in the book. His answer was I won't listen to that part, I'll be sleeping by then!
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I just started reading the first in the Tea Shop Mystery Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs.
Melodie wrote: "Christopher wrote: "I plan on reading the latest installments in Jenn McKinlay's Cupcake Bakery Mysteries when I'm not busy writing my own books. Is anyone a fan of her books?"I loved the "Good Buy Girl Series". What was your problem with that?
Enjoy the Cupcake B..."
I'm working through all the random books I've picked up over the years but never got around to reading before. Right now I'm on Appleby At Allington; I just finished The Franchise Affair and earlier in the year I had Ashworth Hall and The Glass Key. (One of these books is not like the others....) I expect to move on to A Fighting Chance by Mignon Eberhart next ... I didn't even realise I had this book on my bookshelf, though I'm pretty sure I haven't read it yet.(Funny, I never seem to see much mention of Mignon G. Eberhart anywhere. Didn't they once hail her as the American Agatha Christie?)
I'm currently reading Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown and Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck.I really enjoy both of these series!
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