June '16 Serial Reader Challenge

[Stacie]

Troll wrote: "I picked the Food Lovers' Village series for Stacie.


Stacie wrote: "This month is flying by! Count me in for June.

Chocolate Whisperer Mystery by Colette London
[bookcover:Criminal Confections|2..."

Thanks Troll! I've been looking forward to reading this series but for some reason I haven't started it yet. Food Lover's Village sounds like the perfect vacation spot. Now I have the perfect opportunity to read and visit. :)

[Karen]

Hi Linda,
You have some great series. I'm going to pick the Agatha Raisin series for you. I hope you enjoy it!

Linda C wrote: "I'm in for June

Aunt Dimity - Nancy Atherton


Agatha Raisin - M. C. Beaton
[bookcover:Agatha Raisin and the P..."

[Linda C]

Karen wrote: "Hi Linda,
You have some great series. I'm going to pick the Agatha Raisin series for you. I hope you enjoy it!

Linda C wrote: "I'm in for June

Aunt Dimity - Nancy Atherton
[bookcover:Aunt Dimity ..."

thanks, Karen

[Kathy]

Stacie: Thanks for the pick! I had just seen the titles & summaries for these books

[Kathy]

Stacie: sorry about the unfinished comment...I was trying to edit and accidentally pushed "Post". I'm just gonna blame my phone lol Anyway, thanks for telling me more about the authors, I hadn't read anything on them yet. So, now I'm even more excited to read them. Thanks!

[Jill]

Hi Anna Catharina

I choose for you: Andrea Penrose: Lady Arianna Regency Mysteries. I have never heard of this series, so I look forward to seeing what you think of it. Happy Reading!

[Jill]

Anne wrote: "Anne Picks for Jill T

Jill I pick the Death on Demand Series for you. I really like that one."

Thank you Anne,

I also like the Death on Demand Series! Hopefully I'll be all caught up on it by the end of July or first of Aug.

[Lori]

For Hilary, I pick the Peggy Lee Garden series since its spring gush and my husband has started his garden work.

I've never rad them so let me know if they are any good!!

[Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review), Co-Moderator, Featured Series]

Lori wrote: "For Hilary, I pick the Peggy Lee Garden series since its spring gush and my husband has started his garden work.

I've never rad them so let me know if they are any good!!"

Thank you Lori! I have read the first one and a short story and I will be pleased to read a few more!

[Anna Catharina]

Jill wrote: "Hi Anna Catharina

I choose for you: Andrea Penrose: Lady Arianna Regency Mysteries. I have never heard of this series, so I look forward to seeing what you think of it. Happy Reading!"

Thank you, Jill! This serie is new to me too, so I'm happy you choose it and now I'm lookong forward to discover it :)

[Jill]

Anna Catharina wrote: "Jill wrote: "Hi Anna Catharina

I choose for you: Andrea Penrose: Lady Arianna Regency Mysteries. I have never heard of this series, so I look forward to seeing what you think of it. Happy Reading!..."

You'll have to let me know how it is. It sounded interesting to me

[Nell]

According to my checklist, folks still needing picks are:

Paisley
Troll

Let me know if your name needs to be added to (or removed from) this list.

[Anna Catharina]

Jill wrote: "You'll have to let me know how it is. It sounded interesting to me ..."

Of course I will :)

[Louise]

Troll I pick for you the Cupcake Bakery mystery. Enjoy!

[Louise]

Anna Catharina wrote: "Hello Louise,

I pick Agatha Raisin for you because I love this serie so much. I hope will enjoy it too!"
Thanks Anna it's about time I got back into it.

[Nell]

Paisley - I pick the Hat Shop mysteries for you.

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Thanks Nell! I'm excited to find out more about the armoire thingy in that series.

[Gary]

I think I may try this challenge next month. I have several series that I could use for it. Just ran out of time this month.

[Suzanne]

Hi Nell, Please add me to the list. I am definitely a serial cozy reader and saw the 2 books listed and thought we only read those. If you pick would pick for me that would be great.

[Nell]

Suzanne wrote: "Hi Nell, Please add me to the list. I am definitely a serial cozy reader and saw the 2 books listed and thought we only read those. If you pick would pick for me that would be great."

Suzanne -

The Serial Reader Challenge is monthly. Please check the first post and the companion thread for how this challenge works. The deadline to participate in June has passed. You are welcome to join us for the July challenge. Sign-up begins on June 20th.

CMC also has two featured reads each month selected by one of the group members. The selections are posted on the group's home page. Book discussions are in the Featured Series folder.

[Suzanne]

Thanks Nell

[Jackie]

Claire wrote: "

Claire picks for Jackie:

Jackie, I'm picking the Black Cat Bookshop series for you because I just picked up the..."

Thanks Claire! I hope you enjoy it too.

[Jackie]

Nell wrote: "Paisley - I pick the Hat Shop mysteries for you."

Paisley-I'm SO sorry that I didn't get back to this site in time to pick a book for you.

Nell-Thank you very much for doing this for Paisley!

[Jeanne]

I finished my first June challenge book, A Clue for the Puzzle Lady. I really like this series except for her drinking. I think that spoils things somewhat, but I have to say the plot was really good and the book held my interest all the way through.

[Jeanne]

Finished my second June book, Last Puzzle and Testament by Parnell Hall. I am really enjoying this series. Thanks for choosing this for me, Karen.

[Lori]

Finished the first of my June books, Plum Pudding murder by Joanne Fluke. It was pretty standard Hannah Swenson but it's sometimes good to go home to an old favorite.

[Lindy-Lane]

finished my first of the 2 that kathy picked for me this month:

june 4

definitely a good fit for my reading comfy pleasures. very humorously entertaining & warm fuzzy friendship characters reading. just with murder amongst their mix. :)

i found it interesting that the author Laura Childs is also tying in tea references in this series (also writes the teashop mysteries).

looking forward to reading another book in this series.

* remembering to update this reading status: finished another in this series 6.22 Eggs in Purgatory

[Kathy]

Stacie wrote: "Kathy, for you I pick the Book Collectors series by Victoria Abbott. This series is written by a mother/daughter team. I had the pleasure of meeting the mom, Mary Jane Maffini last year. She is an ..."

I am so glad you picked these books for me!! I absolutely LOVED them :)

[Helen]

I've finished my first of Mary Daheim's Alpine series. I had already read number 3, so went back to find an ebook version of Alpine Advocate, the first in the series.
This proved a little complicated. Amazon would only offer a sample, so I downloaded it on Kobo, but could then only read it on the Booktopia app! I suspect these complications only exist because I live in Australia.
I liked the first book, although this series, so far, is not as funny as the B & B series. I've now stared reading a paperback version of Alpine Decoy.

[Anna Catharina]

I finished my first book of the Lady Arianna Regency Mystery Serie. At the beginning I had no motivation to read it, I needed over one week to read 80 pages! I was irrated by the abrupt beginning, the cussing and the fact, that I know nothing about the characters. You need to read the whole book to get a full picture about them. After the first 80 pages I began to like it, I like the under-cover investigation, the political intrigue and the historical background. And the swearing was more less.
By the way, English is not my natural language so I have a question: is the word "arse" bad language? Because the german word is really bad and this word is often use in the first 100 pages. I was a little bit irritated about this word.

[Mary]

It is a Scottish word for "ass", it is bad language if you are trying to teach children to speak correctly, otherwise, I don't think it is too bad. it is better than "ass".

Hope that helps.

Mary

[Anna Catharina]

Thank you, Mary, for explaining. I know it means the back of a person, I didn't know the intention. So it's not really good but not the worst :)
Thank you for you help!

[Anne]

I finished both of my books the coffee shop mysteries and really enjoyed them. I like seeing what everyone else is reading. It gives me ideas on what to try next.

[Kay (Brigidsmomma)]

I've finished the Microbrew Murders series. A good little series, very interesting and enjoyable. 5 Stars all the way!

[Anna Catharina]

Yesterday I finished my second June book which is also the second book of the Lady Arianna Regency Mystery Serie: The Cocoa Conspiracy
I found this book really good and a little more better than the first one. It was funny, dramatic and easy to read. I hope to read soon the third (and the last?) book of this serie :)

[Julesy]

Congratulations, Anne, Kay and Anna Catharina!

[Julesy]

I finished my second book for my serial challenge tonight:
Cozy Mystery in the Mountains series by Liz Turner


I enjoyed this series. The books are very short and very cozy. I enjoy the characters. There is one more book in this series which I already have so I will probably work it in during July.

[Troll]

i finished book 3 & 4 in the Cupcake Mystery series. Moving on to summer and July challenge.

[Lindy-Lane]

* remembering to update this reading status: finished another in this series 6.22 Eggs in Purgatory

see post #80 of this thread on pg #2

[Helen]

Finished Alpine Decoy back on June 22. I liked it better than the first one in the series, as the racial prejudice theme was excellent.