2017 Book Selectors and Themes

[Nell]

Michelle has chosen Ghost/Paranormal as her theme. The featured series for August are:

Theme: A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes - Ghostly Southern mysteries



Member's Choice: Ghost at Work by Carolyn G. Hart - Bailey Ruth series

[Alice]

I like the Tonya Kappes series a lot I have one on my shelf to ready!!

[jaxnsmom]

Hooray! Both books are available through my library.

[Nell]

Mary has picked our two books for September. She chose Clothes/Fashion as her theme.

Theme read: The Lanvin Murders by Angela M. Sanders - Vintage Clothing



Member's Choice: Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon - Magical Dressmaking

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

Oooh been planning on reading The Lanvin Murders for a while!

[Alice]

the Lanvin Murders sound good I will have to see if I can find a copy.

the Magical Dressmaking series is very good. I wish Melissa Bourbon would write a new series.

[Mary]

Alice wrote: "the Lanvin Murders sound good I will have to see if I can find a copy.

the Magical Dressmaking series is very good. I wish Melissa Bourbon would write a new series."

Glad to hear you are looking forward to reading our September reads, I have been looking for books that were not too expensive to get on kindle and I hope they are available at the library I did not check to see if they were at my library, but that does not mean they would be at everyone else's library.

Mary

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

Have I missed the books for next month?

[Nell]

The featured series for October are:

October's theme is Music. Featured series is Gethsemane Brown by Alexia Gordon
Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon


Member's Choice is the Sarah Winston Garage Sale by Sherry Harris
Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris

[Nell]

Julesy has selected the featured series for November.

The theme is Outdoors: location, activities. Featured series is Pacific Northwest mystery by Kate Dyer-Seeley,
Scene of the Climb


Member's Choice is Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander*
Meet Your Baker


*Ellie Alexander is a pen name for Kate Dyer-Seeley.

[Beth]

I love the outdoor theme! Some authors I recommend in this category include:

Christine Goff (birdwatching series)
Keith McCafferty (flyfishing series)
Dana Stabenow (far Alaskan north series)
William Kent Krueger (retired sheriff series, set in north woods of Minnesota)
Kathy Brandt (underwater diver series)
Marilyn Victor and Michael Allan Mallory (zookeeper series)
Susan Wittig Albert (gardening series)

Then there's my own whitewater river ranger series, Beth Groundwater.

[Becky]

Beth wrote: "I love the outdoor theme! Some authors I recommend in this category include:

Christine Goff (birdwatching series)
Keith McCafferty (flyfishing series)
[author:Dana ..."

I'm thinking the Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr would fit into this theme as well. What do you think? I'll have to check out your series. I'm from WV & we love our white water rafting :)

[Beth]

Becky wrote: "...I'm thinking the Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr would fit into this theme as well. What do you think? I'll have to check out your series. I'm from WV & we love our white water rafting :) "

I agree with you on the early Anna Pigeon books, but at some point Nevada Barr turned really dark in that series, and I no longer consider them to be cozy mysteries. There's some really icky stuff in the later books.

.. and yes, West Virginia has some great whitewater rivers!

[Becky]

Beth wrote: "Becky wrote: "...I'm thinking the Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr would fit into this theme as well. What do you think? I'll have to check out your series. I'm from WV & we love our white water r..."

I agree!!! I just read one that I didn't care for at all!! I am not reading them in order so this must be a later book. It was called Hunting Season & it was very dark.