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Amy wrote: "Updated message 48 1/5"A warm welcome on a cold March day to matilde and Brittany! *waves
Congrats to you, Amy, on finishing your first book. That was fast! :D
oshizu wrote: "A big welcome to Mysterious March, Dee, Diane, and Kiwi Begs2Differ!!!@Dee I'm always loving the various seasonal and thematic images you post! Congrats on the birth of your grandchild!
@Diane I..."
Thank you Oshizu! Lol, appetizers might be my second favorite thing after books! :D I clicked on yours a while ago to see what it is. I love dragonflies, so cute!
Everyone's really hit the ground running!Wow, Carmen, 25 books! Nice job finishing your first two!
Amanda, gratz on finishing your first book and reaching your halfway mark!
Welcome to the challenge, Gretchen, and well done on already having finished your first book as well!Gratz on your first mystery for this challenge, too, Crystal!
MYSTERIOUS MARCHDuration: March 1 - 31, 2019
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MYSTERIOUS MARCHDuration: March 1 - 31, 2019
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Completed
Welcome aboard to Mysterious March, Alicja and Jessica!
Update to msg #12Progress: 2/8
✔️1. By an author of color: My Sister, the Serial Killer (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
✔️2. 2018 Lambda Literary Award/Lesbian Mystery: Huntress (A. E. Radley)
I really enjoyed these two books, both of which felt like quick reads.
Huntress was quite fun and very funny, surprisingly. It's labeled "lesbian mystery," but it's not romance. There's only the occasional blushing and internal "Is she flirting with me?"
I gave them both four stars.
Allie wrote: "Update to message 8:1/4 completed"
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First week, first book! Great progress, Allie!
Kristin wrote: "So...I finished one book that I was planning to count for this challenge, but now that I've finished it I'd say it isn't exactly a mystery in the traditional sense. Madame Victoria ..."@Kristin
Your book isn't a traditional mystery but, still, the author deals with the mystery of Mme Victoria's identity.
I like the book's unconventional literary treatment of a "cold case."
Please count it!
I'm in for 4 books.4/4
Complete
Fuzzy Navel (Jack Daniels #5)
Big Lake Brewpub (Big Lake #9)
Cherry Bomb (Jack Daniels #6)
Big Lake Abduction (Big Lake #10)
update message #411/3
I'll try for 5 books:5/5
Kristin wrote: "So...I finished one book that I was planning to count for this challenge, but now that I've finished it I'd say it isn't exactly a mystery in the traditional sense. Madame Victoria ..."Mine was kind of like that, not a "mystery" in the traditional sense. A Kiss Before Dying, there is no guessing the criminal because it is clearly stated, but none of the other characters know.
Sunny wrote: "I'll try for 5 books."Yay, a big welcome to ⚜Chalmation⚜ and Sunny!
Gratz to Kristin, Amy, Carmen, Jeanine, and Charity for making progress!
Completed!A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder, Shamini Flint finished 3/27
Girl Waits With Gun, Amy Stewart finished 3/15
Message #27 updatedPROGRESS: 5/25
Welcome, Ran and Savannah, to the Mysterious March challenge!Gratz to Jess, Sunny, Kiwi Begs2Differ, and Carmen on their recent progress!
Diane wrote: "Lol, appetizers might be my second favorite thing after books! :D..."Does that mean that you enjoy reading food-related mysteries?
I'll be reading my first culinary mystery this month. I checked a listopia on them and hope I picked a good one. (^_^)
For this month: State of the Onion
For next quarter's Globetrotter challenge: Treachery in Bordeaux
⚜Chalmation⚜ wrote: "Updated message #731/4"
Nice job on finishing your first book for this challenge, Chalmation!
Well, fellow mystery mavens, we've reached the 25% point of this monthly challenge.Here's what we've accomplished so far as a group:
Challenge Stats, Days 1-8
Books pledged: 160 books
Books read: 27 books
Participants: 45 challengers
Happy reading in the weeks to come!
Late to sign up but going for 2 booksThanks
Completed
3/2
1 P.C. Richardson's First Case Basil Thomson Police Procedural 11/3/2019
2 Crossword Mystery E.R. Punshon Golden Age 17/3/2019
3 The Cutting Edge Jeffery Deaver 23/3/2019
Kelly wrote: "I love this challenge as I am a big mystery fan! I am going to join for 4 books"1. A Trick of the Light. Louise Penny (Update to message #9)
Update msg 19: 3/3 COMPLETE ✔️Gotta love nice little cozy mysteries 🤩
It's been great looking to see which mysteries/thrillers that everyone's been reading this month.Great progress, everyone!
If you think you can hear a bit of music in the background, it's because I'm doing a little happy dance.
Gratz to Mie for being the first to finish this monthly challenge. 🌹
MYSTERIOUS MARCH - MONTHLY CHALLENGEDuration: March 1 - 31, 2019
Progress: 0/3
A mystery that has been adapted into a movie, play, or TV show: You by Caroline Kepnes Currently reading
I'm in. I won't commit to a number just yet, I'll just see how I get on! Suggestions: A mystery...
That has been adapted into a movie, play, or TV show
Written by a female author - The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (currently reading)
Featuring an amateur sleuth
Based on a true crime
That was a Goodreads Choice winner or finalist
Written by an author of color
Written in or translated from a language other than English
That's considered a howdunit (rather than the more common, whodunit)
That fits into a subgenre that you do not often read. E.g., cozy mystery, heist, caper, police procedural, true crime, medical mystery, legal mystery, child-in-peril, historical, hard-boiled detective, etc
Claire and Sophie, a big welcome to the challenge!Many of you are getting ever closer to your personal finish lines!
Gratz to Amanda and Kristin for completing Mysterious March! Yay!
Message #27 updatedPROGRESS: 9/25
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