Mark Reads and Reads Cozies (and Reads and...)

[Mark]

Yes, those programs are pretty fun.

[Mark]

I've been on a reading frenzy. Three cozies this week:

Beaches, Bungalows, & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

Strangled Eggs and Ham by Maddie Day http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Karen]

Mark wrote: "A couple more cozies: 40. Murder At The Palace Murder at the Palace by Margaret Dumas http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co......"

Coincidentally, I just added this to my TBR last night after seeing it listed on another cozy site. I read Dumas' Charley Fairfax series -- all two :o( -- and enjoyed it. Thanks for the review, too. Though I'd already added it, your positive review moved it up the list.

I see that the next book in the Movie Palace series, Murder in the Balcony is due in September. (Guess, I'll have to get this done sooner rather than later.)

[Mark]

And the second in Dumas' series is due out the end of August.

So many books, so little time, right?

[Mark]

Two ice cream themed cozies this week:

47. Scoop to Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

48. Murder with a Cherry on Top by Cynthia Baxter http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Two brand new cozies for me this week:

49. Risky Biscuits by Mary Lee Ashford http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

50. The Pawful Truth by Miranda James http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Betsy]

Mark wrote: "Two brand new cozies for me this week:

49. Risky Biscuits by Mary Lee Ashford http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...-..."

Love Cats in the Stacks. Great review.

[Mark]

Thanks. I really enjoy that series as well.

[Mark]

Two more cozies this week:

Ripe for Vengeance by Wendy Tyson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

The Tell Tail Heart by Cate Conte http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Two new cozies this week:

53. Scone Cold dead by Karen MacInerney http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

54. The Subject of Malice by Cynthia Kuhn http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

My cozies for the week:

55. Let's Fake a Deal by Sherry Harris http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

56. Penne Dreadful by Catherine Bruns http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Just one cozy this week:

57. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Two more cozies this week:

58. The Deep End by Julie Mulhern http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

59. Murder in Chinatown by Victoria Thompson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

This week, I enjoyed:

60. Tilling the Truth by Julia Henry http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

61. Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delany http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

This week's cozies:

62. Mulberry Mischief by Sharon Farrow http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

63. Haunted House Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Two more cozies this week:

64. The Zombie Ball by John Gaspard http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

65. Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

66. Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

67. Judge Thee Not by Edith Maxwell http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Here are my cozies for the week:

68. Fashionably Late by Lisa Q. Mathews http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

69. A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

I made it through three cozies this week:

70. Have Yourself a Beary Little Murder by Meg Macy http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

71. Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day, and Alex Erickson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

72. The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking by Leigh Perry http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Two cozies this week:

73. A Legacy of Murder by Connie Berry http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

74. Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

One more this week.

75. Wicked Harvest by Karen MacInerney http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Meg]

Mark wrote: "One more this week.

75. Wicked Harvest by Karen MacInerney http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co..."

Mark, thank you for the heads up on the editing error. I do enjoy this series and was sorry to hear about said error. Knowing about it ahead of time will help me gloss over it and get on with reading the rest of the book. (Fyi, book is on my Nov. TBR list.)

[Mark]

Glad I can help. :) She is working on editing the book, so hopefully soon it will have a correct timeline.

[Meg]

Mark wrote: "Glad I can help. :) She is working on editing the book, so hopefully soon it will have a correct timeline."

😊

[Mark]

I've got two weeks worth of books to catch up on.

76. Murder's No Votive Confidence by Christin Brecher http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

77. Death of a Gigolo by Laura Levine http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

78. Murder Cuts the Mustard by Jessica Ellicott http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

79. Apple Cider Slaying by Julie Anne Lindsey http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Here are my cozies this week:

80. The Chocolate Shark Shenanigans by JoAnna Carl http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

81. City of Scoundrels by Victoria Thompson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Karen]

You are so good about updating your list!

BTW... Congrats on doubling (+) the goal!

[Mark]

When I first started doing challenges, I let it lapse and then it became such a chore. Now I try to do it each week so it is manageable.

And thanks!

[Karen]

Mark wrote: "When I first started doing challenges, I let it lapse and then it became such a chore."
Don't I know it! Every year I say I will keep up at least monthly. Do I? No, I do not. I visit GoodReads almost daily yet do not take the time to update my reads, even when I post on the what-I've-read/I'm-reading boards. I'm lucky to get my challenge list updated quarterly at this point (which reminds me...).

Oh well, maybe next year. :o)

and Mark wrote: "And thanks!"
You're welcome. And, thank you. I have added several (okay, more than several!) books and series to my TBRs.

[Mark]

My job is to spend other people's money on more books. Sounds like my work here is done. :)

[Meg]

Mark wrote: "My job is to spend other people's money on more books. Sounds like my work here is done. :)"

Good one! 😆

[Karen]

Mark wrote: "My job is to spend other people's money on more books. Sounds like my work here is done. :)"

Done? Really? I don't think so. :o)

(Made me laugh!)

[Mark]

Rats! She's on to me.

[Mark]

82. Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

Catching up on my cozies from the last couple of weeks:

83. Ghosts of Painting Past by Sybil Johnson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

84. And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

85. A Time for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

86. Cobblered to Death by Rosemarie Ross http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

I've got two more cozies this week.

87. Raiders of the Lost Bark by Sparkle Abbey http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

88. A Parfait Murder by Wendy Lyn Watson http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

I'm stretching things a bit and including a short story, but I've got more than enough, so I can cheat a bit.

Here's what I read this week:

89. Crime Travel - I'd say most of the stories in this collection are cozy, and the couple that aren't still don't get too bad. http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

90. "The Queen of Christmas" - a Lobster Shack short story from Shari Randall http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

91. On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

One Christmas cozy for me this week:

92. Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

[Mark]

My final two cozies for 2019 are two great books by two favorite authors:

Sealed Off by Barbara Ross http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

Sell Low, Sweet Harriet by Sherry Harris http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...