2018 Spring Challenge

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Jess, you are a brave person! Congrats in the first work and good luck with the second one!

[Jess]

Thank you Meg, Marisa.

And congrats Trish, Brenda, Jennifer, JennH, Julesy! Hope I didn't miss anyone.

[Brenda]

Thanks Jess :)

[Julesy]

I completed the words ANZAC and CHICKS for this challenge.
I don't think I will be able to get another one in before June 20th.
See message #5.
Waiting for summer to get here!

[Trish]

Thanks, Jess

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Julesy!

[Brenda]

Well done Julesy!

[Meg]

Done! Finished my 4th word tonight. See message 4.

[Meg]

Congrats, Julesy!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Meg!

[Meg]

Thanks, Marisa!

[Brenda]

Congrats Meg!

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Good job, everyone!

[Meg]

Thank you, Brenda!

Thank you, Heather L!

[Jess]

Four words! Great job Meg :)

[Brenda]

Thanks Heather :)

[Brenda]

Thanks Jade :) And well done to you as well!!

[Meg]

Thx, Jess! Thx, Jade!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Jade!

[Rhonda]

Hey everybody Look at number 34 I made all my words early

[Brenda]

Well done Rhonda!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Rhonda!

[Carla]

Spring Challenge 2018
March 20 - June 20
All Finished for the Spring. I completed Spring, Flowers, Easter, Memorial and Umbrella.

S - Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 03/24/2018
P - Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber 03/21/2018
R - Rosie by Bill Whiting 04/02/2018
I - Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger 03/28/2018
N- No Way Home by Annette Dashofy 06/05/2018
G - Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka 06/03/2018


F - Flunked by Jen Calonita 03/31/2018
L - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh 03/30/2018
O - Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman 05/17/2018
W - Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge 03/21/2018
E - Emily Sohn wrote Astro the Alien Visits Polar Animals 06/09/2018
R - Ray Johnston wrote Jesus Called - He Wants His Church Back: What Christians and the American Church are Missing05/29/2018
S - Shark Island by Donna McGough 03/23/2018



E -Alex Erickson wrote Death by Vanilla Latte 05/15/2018
A - American Panda by Gloria Chao 03/20/2018
S - Shattered Mirror by Iris Johansen 04/17/2018
T - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness by Paula Poundstone 03/26/2018
E - Alex Erickson wrote Death by Eggnog 05/22/2018
R -Kelly Rimmer wrote Before I Let You Go 05/08/2018



M - Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver 05/14/2018
E - Every Dog Has His Day by Jenn McKinlay 06/09/2018
M- Man Overboard by J.A. Jance 05/31/2018
O - Olga the Cloud and the Tulip by Nicoletta Costa 03/24/2018
R - Rachel Valentine wrote Audrey the Amazing Inventor 05/06/2018
I - Indy Quillen wrote Tracker: A Fox Walker Novel 06/03/2018
A - All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson 05/19/218
L - The Little French Bistro by Nina George 05/27/2018


U - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman 06/08/2018
M - Mary Torjussen wrote The Girl I Used to Be 05/21/2018
B - Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day 06/03/2018
R - The Retreat by Mark Edwards 05/29/2018
E - Astro the Alien Visits Ocean Animals by Emily Sohn 06/09/2018
L - Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer 05/14/2018
L - Leïla Slimani wrote The Perfect Nanny 05/15/2018
A - Mary Kay Andrews wrote The High Tide Club 05/21/2018

[Carla]

Looks like a lot of good words spelled and a lot of good books read. Congratulations to everyone who spelled a word.

[Julesy]

Excellent job, Carla!

[Brenda]

Well done Carla!!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Carla!

[Carla]

Thanks, it is always fun to see what I can spell.

[Jess]

Great work Carla, congratulations!

[Meg]

Congrats, Rhonda!

[Meg]

Wow, Carla, awesome!

[Julesy]

Congratulations to Meg, Jade and Rhonda!

[Meg]

Thx, Julesy!

[Jess]

Completed two words this time, 'TULIPS' and 'SNOWDROPS'! I enjoyed the challenge a lot. As always, thanks for putting it up and see you all in the next one!

[Brenda]

Well done Jess :) Looking forward to the next as well!

[Julesy]

Great job, Jess!

[Meg]

Congrats, Jess!

Yea, anxious to see and start the next one =)

[Caren]

Congrats to all who completed the challenge. I can't wait for Summer.

[Linda]

I was able to finish 5 words for this challenge.

C - Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini 3/23/18
H - Town in a Lobster Stew by B.B. Haywood 3/20/18
I - If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance by Paige Shelton 3/31/18
C - The Cakes of Wrath by Jacklyn Brady 3/28/18
K - Dead Air by Mary Kennedy 4/9/18
S - Sour Grapes by G.A. McKevett 4/21/18




L - The Silver Needle Murder by Laura Childs 3/25/18
A - Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz 4/6/18
M - Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay 4/27/18
B - Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay 4/3/18




E - Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear 4/15/18
A - Assaulted Carmel by Amanda Flower 4/12/18
R - A Root Awakening by Kate Collins 4/18/18
T - Tart of Darkness 4/24/18
H - Fatal Debt by Dorothy Howell 4/18/18




R - Musseled Out by Barbara Ross 6/9/18
O - Only Skein Deep by Maggie Sefton 5/5/18
B - Marinade for Murder by Claudia Bishop 5/11/18
I - In Farleigh Field 6/7/18
N - Blind Descent by Nevada Barr 6/6/18




P - Pretty Poison 6/14/18
A - Days of Wine and Roquefort by Avery Aames 6/3/18
L - Sit, Stay, Slay by Linda O. Johnston 5/20/18
M - Murder Sends a Postcard by Christy Fifield 5/3/18
S - Dead in the Water by Denise Swanson 5/8/18

[Brenda]

Great job Linda!

[Jess]

congratulations Linda! looks like you had a great spring :)

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Linda!

[Meg]

Awesome, Linda!

[Nell]

My word for Spring is

PUDDLE:
P Precious and Grace, Alexander McCall Smith
U Under an English Heaven, Alice K. Boatwright
D Denise Swanson, Murder of a Cranky Catnapper
D Denise Swanson, Tart of Darkness
L Lethal in Old Lace, Duffy Brown
E Eloisa James, Wilde in Love

[Meg]

Congrats, Nell!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Nell!

[Julesy]

Congratulations, Nell!

[Jess]

Congratulations Nell!

[Linda]

Congrats to anyone who completed any words this spring!

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Crossword is coming 😉

Spring 2018
Duration: Mar, 20 - Jun, 20

C: The <C>ats That Stopped the Magic by Karen Anne Golden (25/04/2018 - ★★★★)
R: Concealed in Death by J.D. <R>obb (09/06/2018 - ★★★★)
O: <O>cean Light by Nalini Singh (13/06/2018 - ★★★★)
C: <C>hihuahua Chaos by Linda O. Johnston (24/05/2018 - ★★★☆)
U: The <U>nkindest Cut by Honor Hartman (06/06/2018 - ★★★★)
S: The <S>emester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn (23/05/2018 - ★★★★)



D: Stirring the Plot by <D>aryl Wood Gerber (31/03/2018 - ★★★☆)
A: Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig <A>lbert (07/04/2018 - ★★★★)
F: <F>armed and Dangerous by Edith Maxwell (25/03/2018 - ★★★☆)
F: The Demon's Possession by Kiersten <F>ay (09/04/2018 - ★★★☆)
O: <O>nce Upon a Spine by Kate Carlisle (03/05/2018 - ★★★★)
D: Bounty Hunter Bear by Bianca <D>'Arc (10/04/2018 - ★★★★☆)
I: <I>nnate Wright by Viola Grace (04/04/2018 - ★★★★☆)
L: <L>oaded for Bear by Bianca D'Arc (21/03/2018 - ★★★★☆)



E: When a Lioness Pounces by <E>ve Langlais (20/04/2018 - ★★★)
A: <A>ngels' Flight by Nalini Singh (01/05/2018 - ★★★★)
R: Witness in Death by J.D. <R>obb (01/04/2018 - ★★★★)
T: <T>hreads of Evidence by Lea Wait (24/03/2018 - ★★★☆)
H: <H>ot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston (28/03/2018 - ★★★★★)



G: The Calamity Café by <G>ayle Leeson (13/04/2018 - ★★★★☆)
A: Unidentified by <A>nna Hackett (17/06/2018 - ★★★☆)
L: Killer Party by <L>ynn Cahoon (15/05/2018 - ★★★☆)
O: The <O>ther Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick (08/05/2018 - ★★★★)
S: <S>pell Crafting 501 by Viola Grace (28/04/2018 - ★★★★☆)
H: Manu by Anna <H>ackett (09/05/2018 - ★★★)
E: Make No Bones by Aaron <E>lkins (02/05/2018 - ★★★★☆)
S: <S>ixth Cabin by Kathi Daley (10/05/2018 - ★★★★)



L: The Confounding Case of the Carisbrook Emeralds by Stephanie Laurens (16/06/2018 - ★★★★)
A: Allegiance of Honor by Nalini Singh (04/06/2018 - ★★★★☆)
M: My Last Name by Seanan McGuire (07/05/2018 - ★★★☆)
B: All Roads Lead to Murder by Lynn Bohart (28/04/2018 - ★★★★)



P: <P>hoenix Rising by Bianca D'Arc (22/05/2018 - ★★★★☆)
A: Scandal Above Stairs by Jennifer <A>shley (27/05/2018 - ★★★★)
L: The Flowers of Vashnoi by <L>ois McMaster Bujold (20/05/2018 - ★★★☆)
M: A <M>urder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert (17/05/2018 - ★★★★)
S: A <S>candal in Battersea by Mercedes Lackey (13/05/2018 - ★★★)



V: Dead Angler by <V>ictoria Houston (18/06/2018 - ★★★☆)
E: <E>tched in Tears by Cheryl Hollon (11/05/2018 - ★★★★☆)
R: The Delaware Detectives by Dana <R>ongione (04/05/2018 - ★★★)
N: <N>othing to Croak About by Leighann Dobbs and Traci Douglass (23/04/2018 - ★★★☆)
A: My One and Only by <A>lanea Alder (25/04/2018 - ★★★★)
L: <L>ake Silence by Anne Bishop (22/04/2018 - ★★★★★)