2018 Spring Challenge

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

This challenge will last from March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018


** This is a "spell-it-out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use only the first word of a title. (The words "the", "and" "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.

Example:

S = Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
P
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N = Cold Pursuit by Carla Neggers
G


E = Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams
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** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.

** A book can only be used once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (such as the monthly mini challenges).

** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.


Here is your word list:


HOLIDAYS during this period:

Anzac (celebrated in Australia, New Zealand)
April Fool’s (Day)
Arbor (Day)
Earth (Day)
Easter
Father’s (Day)
Flag Day
May Day
Memorial (Day)
Mother’s (Day)
Passover


Words associated with the season:

Eggs
Bunny
Chicks
Crocus
Daffodil
Equinox
Flowers
Galoshes
Kite
Lamb
Lilacs
Palms
Puddle
Rain
Robin
Showers
Snowdrops
Spring
Tulips
Umbrella
Vernal
Windy

[Jess]

I'm in. I love spring flowers so I'll start with tulips and hopefully get more.

March 20 to June 20, 2018

Progress: 6/6

T: A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
U: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
L: The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
I: Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason
P: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
S: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang



Completed

Ambitiously added another flower below. I already have 5 out of 9 from the books I read during this period, so hopefully I can find 4 more to complete!

Progress: 9/9

S: Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose by Susan Wittig Albert
N: Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
O: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
W: Artemis by Andy Weir
D: Cover Her Face by P.D. James
R: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
O: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
P: A Mind to Murder by P.D. James
S: The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith



Completed

[Brenda]

Spring Cozy SPELL-IT-OUT
March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018

15/15

U - An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope 4★s 15/4/18
M - Death in the Library by Nancy McGovern 3★s 13/4/18
B - A Perfect Marriage by Alison Booth 4★s 20/3/18
R - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland 5★s 17/4/18
E - Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham 5★s 24/4/18
L - Lady Bird & The Fox by Kim Kelly 4★s 7/4/18
L - The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen 4★s 7/4/18
A - Little Gods by Jenny Ackland 4★s 5/4/18




F - Framed!: A Young Boy's Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush by M.E. Skeel 3★s 25/4/18
L - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh 4.5★s 29/3/18
O - Out of Reach by Kendall Talbot 5★s 22/4/18
W - In the End by Edward M. Wolfe 3★s 31/3/18
E - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova 4★s 22/3/18
R - Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown 5★s 9/4/18
S - The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies 5★s 2/4/18

[Meg]

My first shot at what I hope to read:


A - All Things Murder (Jeanne Quigley) - done
P - Pineapple Puzzles (Amy VanSant) - done
R - Raining Men and Corpses (Anne R Tan) - done
I - Indulgence in Death (J D Robb) - done
L - Laugh or Death (Camilla Chafer) - done



F - Finding Justice (Kathi Daley) - done
O - One Tequila (Tricia O'Malley) - done
O - Organized Murder (Lynda Wilcox) - done
L - Lowcountry Bordello (Susan M. Boyer) - done
S - Sprinkle with Murder (Jenn McKinlay) - done



P - Penguins and Mortal Peril (Ruby Loren) - done
U - Undertaking Irene (Pamela Burford) - done
D - Declan's Cross (Carla Neggars) - done
D - The Deep End (Julie Mulhern) - done
L - Lethal Black Dress (Ellen Byerrum) - done
E - Elementary, She Read (Vicki Delany) - done



C - Cooked Books (Melanie Jackson - done
H - A High-End Finish (Kate Carlisle) - done
I - Iced Chiffon (Duffy Brown) - done
C - Comic Sans Murder (Paige Shelton) - done
K - Kale to the Queen (Nell Hampton) - done
S - Sharpe Shooter (Lisa B. Thomas) - done

[Julesy]

Spring 2018 challenge
March 20 - June 20, 2018

Updated: May 31
Progress: 10/10

A - The (A)rt Forger by B.A. Shapiro - May 18
N - Dark Lava by Toby (N)eal - Apr. 14
Z - (Z)iggy by Ellen Miles - May 31
A - Death Overdue by (A)llison Brook - Apr. 16
C - The (C)orpse in the Cabana by Shéa MacLeod - Mar. 26

C - The Red Trailer Mystery by Julie (C)ampbell - Mar. 30
H - (H)oney by Ellen Miles - Mar. 31
I - (I)'ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - May 7
C - Murdering the Roses by (C)indy Bell - Apr. 16
K - Crazy Rich Asians by (K)evin (K)wan - Apr. 10
S - Beachboy Murder by (S)ally J. (S)mith & Jean (S)teffens - Apr. 30

[Danielle]

📚in

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

My God! Time to close the winter challenge 😉. I'm in.

[Caren]

Count me in! I may regret Galoshes...

March 20 to June 20, 2018
Progress: 19/19

P- Peters, Elizabeth, Crocodile on the Sandbank 4/13/18
A- All The Single Ladies by D. B. Frank
L- Last Night a Superhero Saved My Life edited by Liesa Mignogna 4/10/18
M- Murder Boogies with Elvis by Anne George 5/7/18
S- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

finished 5/5

C- Court of Thornes and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
H- Hart, Carolyn G. The Christie Caper 5/2/18
I- Incineration by Laura DiSilverio 5/11/18
C- Carolyn G. Hart A Little Class on Murder 5/15/18
K- Kappes, Tonya Southern Fried 4/26/18
S- Shades of Blue Joyce Scarbrough 4/27/18

finished 6/6

G- Gaes, Eva- By Book or By Crook 4/2/18
A- Archer, Gretchen- Double Mint 4/8/18
L- Laura DiSilverio- The Readaholics and the Falson Fiasco
O- Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
S- The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark 5/10/18
H- H.P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu 6/1/18
E-Ellery Adams- Writing All Wrongs 4/6/18
S- Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay5/2/18

finished 8/8
I'm finished! Happy Dance.

[Lindy-Lane]

*using author initials : letter "z" anywhere in author name

goal is ... read 4/20
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R - Ruth Ware : The Lying Game 6.14
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L- Laurie R. King : A Grave Talent 4.14

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C- Jane Corry : My Husband's Wife 5.17 read

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[Linda]

I only wish the spring weather would start. Glad to have the spring challenge up though. I'll see where my reading takes me and post words later.

[Becky]

Since i finished winter early I'm going to "spring" for 2 words this time. (see what i did there LOL)

M
E - Elizabeth Peters Crocodile on the Sandbank
M
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R - Roland Smith Sasquatch
I
A- Aarons, Kathy Truffled to Death
L - Leslie Budewitz - Assault and Pepper

W - Warcross by Marie Lu
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D - Dying for Dinner - by Miranda bliss
Y

[Linda]

First time......i am going to give it a try:

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[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Linda wrote: "I only wish the spring weather would start."

You and everybody else, I think. LOL 😁

[Brenda]

I'm with you all there - only I wish autumn would start and leave the heat of summer behind!

[Meg]

Becky wrote: "Since i finished winter early I'm going to "spring" for 2 words this time. (see what i did there LOL)

Cute, LOL

[Debbie]

HOLIDAYS during this period:

Anzac (celebrated in Australia, New Zealand)
April Fool’s (Day)
Arbor (Day)
Earth (Day)
Easter
Father’s (Day)
Flag Day
May Day
Memorial (Day)
Mother’s (Day)
Passover


Words associated with the season:

Eggs
Bunny
Chicks
Crocus
Daffodil
Equinox
Flowers
Galoshes
Kite
Lamb
Lilacs
Palms
Puddle
Rain
Robin
Showers
Snowdrops
Spring
Tulips
Umbrella
Vernal
Windy

[Tonya]

Welp, once again have fallen short for the Winter challenge, but won't stop me from trying the Spring challenge. I have determined if I don't finish a challenge, but finish the next season, I will go back to 'catch up' and missing letters from any previous season...so hopefully by the end of they year I will have finished all 4 seasons..ambitious of me, considered I've NEVER finished a challenge in the 4-5 years I have been doing them, but there's a first time for everything!!

[Tonya]

SPRING CHALLENGE 3/20/18-6/18/18
3/6 Completed

S-(S)urvival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton. Finished 04/8/18
P-(P)eaches and Scream by Susan Furlong. Finished 4/21/18
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N-
G-Honey Baked Homicide by (G)ayle Leeson-Finished 7/2/18

[Meg]

You go, Tonya! It's a great ambition to have, imo!

[Michelle]

I’m in I will post my words when I finish!

[Tuck]

I've been looking forward to this one:

S - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier
P - Peter Pan Must Die - John Verdon
R - The Rooster Bar - John Grisham
I - An Instrument of Slaughter - Edward Marston
N - A Nip of Murder - Carol Miller
G - Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 - Daniel Wolff

T - Two Kinds of Truth - Michael Connelly
R - Razing the Dead - Sheila Connolly
A - The Ashes of London - Andrew Taylor
I - Identical - Scott Turow
N -
I -
N -
G - Green Thumb - Ralph McInerny

[Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)]

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[Jeanne]

This sounds like fun. I hope to give it a try. Possible selections:
1/5 completed

Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (Gillman) (done - 3/23)
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (McCall Smith)
Zen for Murder (Dobbs)
Arrivals & Arrests (Xarissa)
Carbs & Cadavers (Ellery Adams)

4/6 completed
Courting Trouble - Lisa Scottolini (3/6)
Rhyme of the Magpie - Marty Wingate (3/3)
Once Upon A Spine (Carlisle)
Count to Ten - James Patterson (3/26)
Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Gillman) (done 3/21)
Secret, Book & Scone (Ellery Adams)

[JennH]

2018 Spring Challenge
This challenge will last from March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018

✔S - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith 3/28/18
✔P - Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson 3/20/18
✔R - The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien 4/16/18
✔I - Murder Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan 4/15/18
✔N - The Power by Naomi Alderman 4/1/18
✔G - The Girl in the Spider's Web 4/9/18

✔F - The Trespasser by Tana French 4/7/18
✔L - Title Wave by Lorna Barrett 4/18/18
✔O - On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder 3/28/18
✔W - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 5/23/18
✔E - Dangerous Alterations by Elizabeth Lynn Casey 3/23/18
✔R - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 4/22/18
✔S - Chile Death by Susan Wittig Albert 4/23/18

Adding a few more words since we have a few more weeks....

✔G - Grace against the clock by Julie Hyzy 5/6/18
✔A - Alex Cross Run by James Patterson 5/8/18
✔L - Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs 5/3/18
O -
✔S - Courting Trouble by Lisa Scottoline 5/18/18
✔H - Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman 3/23/18
✔E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 5/7/18
✔S - Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyle 6/7/18

✔R - Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke 5/16/18
✔A - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 5/16/18
✔I - Inferno by Dan Brown 5/15/18
✔N - Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 6/1/18

✔T - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 5/24/18
U -
L -
✔I - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming 6/1/18
✔P - Pride and Prescience by Carrie Bebris 3/29/18
✔S - Spells and Scones by Bailey Cates 6/15/18

[True.magic]

Spring 2018 challenge

Duration: 20 Mar-20 Jun 2018.

Completed: 6/6

✔ S:Sew Deadly March 25, 2018 ★★★★★
✔P:Peaches and Scream April 3, 2018 ★★★★★
✔R:The Red Box May 4, 2018 ★★★★★
✔I:If the Shoe Kills June 9, 2018 ★★★★★
✔N:Death in Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh April 2, 2018 ★★★★★
✔G: Guidebook to Murder March 27, 2018 ★★★★★

🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸


Completed: 4/4

✔K: Killer Cupcakes April 12, 2018 ★★★★★
✔I: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You May 9, 2018 ★★★★★
✔T:Thyme of Death April 20, 2018 ★★★★★
✔E:Elementary, She Read June 11, 2018 ★★★★★

Kite:
🌸 🌸 🌸

I finish reading all the books i choose and thank GOD i love them all!!

[Anne]

I am in

S Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter 4/8/18
P Star Flight by Phyllis Whitney 4/23/18
R Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown 4/13/18
I
N The Blue Corn Murders by Nancy Pickford 4/10/18
G Dead Man's Chest by Kerry Greenwood4/1/18

[Trish]

I'll have a go at

E = Never Sorry, {E}die Claire (03/04/18)
A = The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, {A}lexander McCall Smith (27/03/18)
R = Delicious and Suspicious, {R}iley Adams (10/04/18)
T = The Dark Wind, {T}ony Hillerman (10/04/18)
H = The War Of The Worlds, {H} G Wells (26/03/18)

D = Fatal Fortune, Leighann {D}obbs (06/04/18)
A = {A}ugust Heat, Andrea Camilleri (03/04/18)
Y = A {Y}oung Doctor's Notebook, Mikhail Bulgakov (29/03/18)

I do have one question, if someone can point me in the direction of the answer. If a book as two authors, can you use the initials from either?

Next, in the spirit of what's proving to be a very wet April so far in London:

S = The Locked Room, Maj {S}jöwall (and Per Wahlöö) (31/03/18)
H = {H}angman's Root, Susan Wittig Albert (07/04/18)
O = {O}ne Potion in the Grave, Heather Blake (13/04/18)
W =Pattern Recognition, {W}illiam Gibson (23/03/18)
E = Meet Your Baker, {E}llie Alexander (14/04/18)
R = Red Line, Megan Mallory {R}ust (26/04/18)
S =The {S}tone Sky, NK Jemisin (18/04/18)

And to go with Earth Day (and to rhyme with Showers), some

F = Divorced, Beheaded, Died: The History of Britain's Kings and Queens..., Kevin {F}lude (30/04/18)
L = Blood Ties, {L}ori G Armstrong (05/04/18)
O = {O}n Tyranny, Timothy Snyder (29/04/18)
W = The Way of the World, {W}illiam Congreve (21/04/18)
E = {E}mma, Jane Austen (03/05/18)
R = The Delaware Detectives, Dana {R}ongione (03/05/18)
S = Taste of Marrow, Sarah Gailey (16/04/18)

[Brenda]

I think you could Trish, but Heather had better confirm :)

[Victorian Vickie]

Going to try this

LLockdown
I The Ice Cream Girls
L
A A Dinner to Die For
CCan You Say Catastrophe?
SSwitching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities

MMy Husband's Wife
OOne Touch of Scandal
TTo Me I Wed
HThe House Husband
EEvery Deadly Kiss
RThe Reading Circle
SThe Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious--And Perplexing--City
DDead and Breakfast
AAn Ice Cold Grave
Y

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Trish - Sure, either author will do.

[Trish]

Heather L wrote: "Trish - Sure, either author will do."

Thanks, Heather.

[Rhonda]

I am in Mar 20 - June 20

I am starting with Flag Day because it is our 43rd Wedding Anniversary

F - Funeral Food - Kathleen Taylor
L - The Last Moriarty - Charles Vesey
A - The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
G - Ghost on the Case - Carolyn Hart

D - Dyeing Wishes - Molly Macrae
A - Above the Paw - Diane Kelly
Y - Younger - Suzanne Munshower

P - The Pecan Man- Cassie Dandridge Selleck
U - Unearthed - John Nixon
D - Doom with a View - Kate Kingsbury
D - Death Drops - Chrystle Fielder
L - The Last Queen of England - Steve Robinson
E - Eaves of Destruction - Kate Carlisle

[Jennifer]

in! ****finished this round 04/30, started second round below.

S The Sayers Swindle
H A Hundred Summers
O The Other Daughter
W The Widow
E Every Woman for Herself
R The Rejected Writers' Book Club
S The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume

T Too Big to Miss
U Until Death Do Us Tart
L Lattes, Ladyfingers, and Lies
I In Over Her Head
P The Purr-fect Crime
S Searchlights and Shadows: A Novel of Golden-Era Hollywood

[Elizabeth]

HAPPY SPRING READING TO ALL!

S - The Secret Letters: of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy by Wendy Leigh completed May 13/18
P
R - Ruth Ware - The Woman in Cabin 10 Completed June 2/18
I
N - Nancy Drew - On the Trail of Trouble by Carolyn Keene Completed April 29/18
G - Ghost Hunter's Guide to New Orleans by Jeff DwyerCompleted May 14/18

L - Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time Completed April 28/18
I - The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells Completed April 29/18
L
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda Completed May 26/18
C - Captive Heart by Carolyn Keene Completed May 27/18
S - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark MansonCompleted May 13/18

[Amber]

I'm in

S - The Skeleton Garden: 04.07.18
P Amy Poehler read Yes Please 05.10.18
R - Roast Mortem 04.29.18
I - I'm the Vampire, That's Why 04.11.18
N
G - G'Day to Die 03.31.18

[Alicia]

I'm in :) I'm a huge reader so hopefully I can do a few of these by June.

L- Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford
I - Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger
L -The Lullaby Girl by Loreth White
A - Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford
C- Crushed by Kate Watterson
S- Sprinkle With Murder by Jenn McKinlay

P- Playing With Bonbon Fire by Dorothy St James
A - What doesn't kill you by Aimee Hix
L- Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower
M- Death in the Stacks by Jenn Mckinlay
S- The Beast Within: Tale of Beauty's Beast by Serena Valentino

[Brenda]

Finished :)

Spring Cozy SPELL-IT-OUT
March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018

15/15

U - An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope 4★s 15/4/18
M - Death in the Library by Nancy McGovern 3★s 13/4/18
B - A Perfect Marriage by Alison Booth 4★s 20/3/18
R - The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland 5★s 17/4/18
E - Eleanor's Secret by Caroline Beecham 5★s 24/4/18
L - Lady Bird & The Fox by Kim Kelly 4★s 7/4/18
L - The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen 4★s 7/4/18
A - Little Gods by Jenny Ackland 4★s 5/4/18




F - Framed!: A Young Boy's Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush by M.E. Skeel 3★s 25/4/18
L - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh 4.5★s 29/3/18
O - Out of Reach by Kendall Talbot 5★s 22/4/18
W - In the End by Edward M. Wolfe 3★s 31/3/18
E - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova 4★s 22/3/18
R - Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown 5★s 9/4/18
S - The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies 5★s 2/4/18

[Meg]

Brenda wrote: "Finished :)

Spring Cozy SPELL-IT-OUT
March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018

15/15

U - An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope 4★s 15/4/18
M - [book:Death in the Library|30..."

Congrats, Brenda!!

[Brenda]

Thanks Meg :)

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Brenda!

[Brenda]

Thanks Marisa :)

[R.B.]

2018 Spring Challenge

Spring Cozy SPELL-IT-OUT
March 20, 2018 to June 20, 2018

Completed: 5/7

✔ F - Fat Cat At Large by Janet Cantrell 2★s 20/4 review
✔ L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass 4★s 13/5 review
_ O - Head Case by Jennifer Oko
✔ W - The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan 3★s 23/4
_ E - Every Breath by Ellie Marney
✔ R - Buy a Whisker by Sofie Ryan 3★s 28/4
✔ S - Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly 3★s 2/4



Completed: 5/7

✔ F - Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly 3★s 2/4
✔ L - Borrowed Crime by Laurie Cass 3★s 17/5 review
✔ A - Southern Spirits by Angie Fox 2★s 22/5 review
✔ G - Going Through the Notions by Cate Price 4★s 6/5 review

_ D - Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman
✔ A - Knife Skills by Julie Adler 5★s 20/5 review
_ Y -

[Jennifer]

I only have one letter left on my original two words so i'm adding a few others:

********FINISHED on 5/29 just in the nick of time!

LLet's Play Dead
I I Remember Me
L The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
A The Address
C The Citadel
S Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

R Razing the Dead
A Adjust to Wealth and Health
I I'll Be Seeing You
N Norway to Hide

R The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
O Old Haunts
B The Blue Rose
I An Invitation to Murder
N Night of the Living Deed

[Julesy]

R. B. wrote: "Not sure if I'm supposed to pick specific words or I can just chose one I like from the list. These are all books I've read in April."

Only words from the list in message #1 are allowed but since the word Flowers is on the list, you're good to go!

[Trish]

So, four words done (EARTH DAY, FLOWERS, SHOWERS: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...), and plenty of time to do a couple more. The trouble is, what do I do with a profusion of "A"s

[Valerie]

Trish wrote: "So, four words done (EARTH DAY, FLOWERS, SHOWERS: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...), and plenty of time to do a couple more. The trouble is, wha..."

The Aunt Dimity series all start with "Aunt Dimity and the..." and there are a few in the series, so that would take care of some of the A's

[Trish]

Valerie wrote: "The Aunt Dimity series all start with "Aunt Dimity and the..." and there are a few in the series, so that would take care of some of the A's "

I do like that series. Ellery Adams is another good vowel author. But alas, my problem is the other way around - trying to find words to USE the As in :-)

Currently, of the fifteen books I've read since 21 March, which I haven't put in a spell-it out yet, the only free vowels I have are 1 O and 6 As! However...

As the "day"s are in brackets for a lot of the holidays, and having achieved one "day" already (Earth Day), I'm going to just go for some day-less holidays:

A = The Mystery of the Blue Train, {A}gatha Christie (15/04/18)
R = {R}osemary Remembered, Susan Wittig Albert (04/05/18)
B = {B}etween a Wok and a Hard Place, Tamar Myers (25/04/18)
O = The {O}rigins of the Second World War, AJP Taylor (26/04/18)
R = {R}ed Delicious Death, Sheila Connolly (14/05/18)

F = {F}undraising the Dead, Sheila Connolly (16/05/18)
L = Who Moved My Goat Cheese?, {L}ynn Cahoon (24/03/18)
A = {A}djusted to Death, Jaqueline Girdner (15/04/18)
G = {G}reat Expectations, Charles Dickens (12/05/18)

F = The Lie Tree, {F}rances Harding (27/05/18)
A = Twice Told Tail, {A}li Brandon (23/04/18)
T = A Mold for Murder, {T}im Myers (09/05/18)
H = {H}er Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (16/05/18)
E = Murder in the Locked Library, {E}llery Adams (17/05/18)
R = Doctor Who: Shada, Gareth {R}obers and Douglas Adams (30/05/18)
S = Discount Armageddon, {S}eanan McGuire (10/05/18)

[Jess]

Completed my first word, 'TULIP', and added another one, 'SNOWDROPS'. I have four more books to go, so hopefully I'll finish two words this time!

[Meg]

Go, Jess!!!

[Meg]

Congrats, Trish! Congrats, Jennifer!