March - Mysterious March

[Carmen]

Message #27 updated

PROGRESS: 22/25

[Jessica]

Updated message 66

Challenge completed

[oshizu]

We're just one week away from the end of this challenge.
Time flies, doesn't it?
Gratz to Ashley and Anna for finishing their first books as well as to Jessica for finishing the challenge! Woohoo!
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Challenge Stats, March 17-24 (Part III)

Books pledged: 176 books
Books read: 106 books  (60.2%)
Participants: 50 challengers
Completed challenges: 19 (38%)
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As you can see, we are doing fabulous as a group!
Those of you who only have one book left to read, you can do it! *waves pompoms
Most importantly, though, I hope you've enjoyed this opportunity to read a good mystery or more! 😊

[Kelly]

update to message #9
2 books finished
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

[Overbooked ✎]

The Galton Case

7/5

[oshizu]

Yay, Kelly! Another mystery!

Wow, Kiwi Begs2Differ, you are still going strong!

Grats on completing the challenge, chan!
And yes, finishing a book that you started the month before totally counts. Erm, I might have done that with my first two books for January 2019. *coughs

[Ran]

Updated Message #82! 2/2 - Completed!

[Anna]

Message #25 updated. Challenge completed. :)

[Carmen]

Message #27 updated

PROGRESS: 23/25

[Sunny]

Updated #77

5/5

[oshizu]

Yay!
Big congrats to Ran, Anna, and Sunny on finishing!
🌹🌹🌹

[Brittany]

I totally forgot about this challenge... oops! Didn't read any mysteries this month

[Sarah]

Updated message #20:

2/2, challenge complete!

[Charity]

Updated message 10.

4/4

Challenge Complete

[Overbooked ✎]

It's the end of the month and the end of this challenge, I wanted to acknowledge our challenge leader. Oshizu's kind encouragement and infectious enthusiasm towards all the participants has made this one a very enjoyable challenge.

Thank you oshizu for the work you put into this, You are a ⭐!

[Carmen]

Message #27 updated

PROGRESS: 29/25




Wow, I've outdone myself with this challenge, have I already told you that I have a weakness for mysteries?
With few exceptions (sorry, but "Her Royal Spyness" and "Aurora Teagarden" series are not my cup of tea), it has been a great challenge, where I find it difficult to choose a favorite, maybe Gone Girl, The Forgotten Garden and Big Little Lies as standalone books and among the series, my favorite ones are still DCI Ryan Mysteries by L.J. Ross, although I also love Stephanie Plum's books by Janet Evanovich and Department Q's books by Jussi Adler-Olsen, but I can not forget the classics, Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle never disappoint me, and The Westing Game is just wonderful.

THANKS!!!

[Kelly]

Message #9 updated
4/4 completed.
Last two were Nancy Drew #1 and #2! Nancy Drew made me fall in love with reading when I was a kid so I decided to re-read a couple for this challenge!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Updated message 37. I completed this challenge and got in an extra 5 mysteries to boot. On to the next month!
Progress: 15/10
Thanks for the challenge!

[Margie]

Updated message 23. Challenge completed - 3/3.

I finally got around to reading The Moonstone. Generally considered the first detective novel, it was a great read.

Thanks for hosting the challenge!

[oshizu]

A great job on finishing up in the last two days to Sarah, Charity, Carmen (wow, 29 books!!??), Kelly, TerryJane, and Margie!

@Kiwi Begs2Differ
Thank you for your kind words! It's people like you that make this such a great group!

@Margie
Great idea to read The Moonstone. And...what's your verdict? Is it a book every mystery lover should read? :D

[oshizu]

Now that the challenge is over, I'd like to share what we achieved.

Challenge Stats, Days 25-31 (Part IV)

Books pledged: 175 books
Books read: 146 books  (83.4%)
Participants: 50 challengers
Completed challenges: 30 (60%)

Look at that, fellow mystery mavens!
As a group, a whopping 60% of us finished the challenge.
What's more, we read over 80% of the books we initially pledged.

Whether you completed the challenge or not, I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy this Mysterious March Challenge.
A warm thank you to everyone who participated!

[oshizu]

Kristin wrote: "Thank you so much for suggesting and leading such a fun challenge! I think I can speak for all us when I say we appreciate your encouragement, too!"

Thank you, Kristin!
And may I confess that I experienced a moment of confusion when I looked at the MYSTERY & THRILLER banner up top and wondered why our group chose this after Mysterious March ended.
LOL, it's Goodreads monthly banner. I never even noticed they changed it from time to time!

[Megan]

Update to msg 29

Well, I didn't quite reach my goal, but I got 4 of my 5 read in March:

- Historical, Amateur Sleuth, Favourite of the March Mysteries
- Historical, Female Author
- Child-in-Peril, Thriller, Female Authors, Translated
- Based on a true crime, Female Author, Noir

[oshizu]

Megan wrote: "Update to msg 29

Well, I didn't quite reach my goal, but I got 4 of my 5 read in March:

- Historical, Amateur Sleuth, Favourite of the March Mysteries
[bookco..."

@Megan
I like the diversity of mystery reads you chose! (I'm also a huge fan of historical mysteries...haha, almost typed hysterical mysteries, nope!)
How did you like The Boy in the Suitcase? Oooh, I could have read that for PopSugar prompt #21 (two female authors)!

[Clare]

Updated message 92 Completed 3/2

[Megan]

@oshizu

Full disclosure, I completely chose to read The Boy in the Suitcase so I could also fulfill that very same Popsugar prompt. And I liked it better than I thought. Very fast paced and not nearly as dark as I was dreading, considering the subject matter.

[oshizu]

Megan wrote: "@oshizu

Full disclosure, I completely chose to read The Boy in the Suitcase so I could also fulfill that very same Popsugar prompt. And I liked it better than I thought. Very fast paced and not nearly as dark as I was dreading, considering the subject matter. ..."

@Megan
Thank you for your thoughts on The Boy in the Suitcase!
The book's title had me worried that the book might be too gory for my taste. With your reassurances, I will keep the book in mind for future multiple-author or Scandinavian prompts.
If I remember correctly, Mie also gave this book her stamp of approval.

[SANDYE]

UPDATE: Message 33

SANDYE Completed 4 / 4 as of 5/29/19

[oshizu]

SANDYE wrote: "UPDATE: Message 33

SANDYE Completed 4 / 4 as of 5/29/19"

@SANDYE

Congratulations, SANDYE!