Kristine's 2015 Reading Challenge

[Kristine]

Hi everyone! I'm looking forwad to participating again this year.

[Yvonne]

Welcome, Kristine! Have fun and I hope you read many great cozies!

[Kristine]

Yvonne wrote: "Welcome, Kristine! Have fun and I hope you read many great cozies!"

Hi, Yvonne! I'm looking forward to discovering many great books this year!

[Yvonne]

There are so many great cozies out there and new series every month! I'm so looking forward to 2015!

[Kristine]

Here are the books I have read so far....

1. Books, Beads and Baubles 3/5 stars
2. Death on Eat Street 5/5 stars
3. A Spirited Tail 4/5 stars
4. The Rhyme's Library 3/5 stars
5. A Fatal Twist of Lemon: A Wisteria Tearoom Mystery 3/5 stars
6. Pies & Peril 4/5 stars
7. Ghostly Paws 4/5 stars
8. Murder With Puffins 3/5 stars
9. Under the Boardwalk: A Pajaro Bay Cozy Mystery + Sweet Romance 2/5 stars
10. Death on Daytime 4/5 stars
11. The Misadventures of the Laundry Hag: Swept Under the Rug 2/5 stars
12. Remote Consequences 3/5 stars
13. Deadly Arrangements 3/5 stars
14. The Final Arrangement 3/5 stars
15. Dead in the Stacks 2/5 stars
16. In Hot Water 5/5 stars
17. Ink, Red, Dead 3/5 stars
18. A Death in the Family 4/5 stars
19. Pushing Up Daisies 3/5 stars
20. To Helen Back 3/5 stars
21. Guidebook to Murder 4/5 stars
22. A Pedigree to Die For 4/5 stars

[Kristine]

Dagny wrote: "Holy Moly! You've already surpassed the first level. Good for you, Kristine!"

Thank you! That isn't all of them either. We started having internet issues so I had to stop listing them. I'll finish later today or tomorrow.

[Kristine]

23. Murder Your Darlings 4/5 stars
24. A Touch of Ice 2/5 stars
25. All Fudged Up 4/5 stars
26. Working Stiff 4/5 stars
27. Murder With Peacocks 3/5 stars
28. Paper Phoenix: A Mystery of San Francisco in the '70s 3/5 stars
29. Death Turns a Trick 2/5 stars
30. Death at the Manor 4/5 stars
31. Fry Another Day 5/5 stars

[Britney]

You are on a roll. I am only on my third. I git a lot of catching up to do.

[Kristine]

32. Ella & Jasper Shorts 3/5 stars
33. The Secret Adversary 4/5 stars
34. The Moonglow Cafe 4/5 stars
35. Chef Maurice and the Rather Fishy Tale: A Chef Maurice Mystery Short Story 3/5 stars
36. Corpse of Discovery 3/5 stars
37. Pawsible
Suspects 4/5 stars
38. CATastrophe 4/5 stars
39. Puppy Mills, Puppy Kills 3/5 stars
40. SLEEPING DOGS 3/5 stars
41. A Shot in the Bark 3/5 stars
42. Pumpkins in Paradise 3/5 stars
43. Snowmen In Paradise 3/5 stars
44. Bikinis in Paradise 3/5 stars
45. Changing Habits 5/5 stars
46. Rise and Die 4/5 stars
47. The Chef at the Water's Edge: A Hannah Starvling Twilight Cozy Murder Mystery Novel 3/5 stars
48. Bats and Bones 3/5 stars

[Kristine]

49. Bats and Bones 3/5 stars
50. Peete and Repeat 4/5 stars
51. A Grave Mistake 4/5 stars
52. Motion for Murder 3/5 stars
53. Death on a Deadline4/5 stars
54. The Lady of the Lake 4/5 stars
55. The Long, Wrong Trailer 4/5 stars

[Kristine]

56. Pretty, Hip & Dead 2/5 stars
57. Maisie Dobbs 3/5 stars
58. Queenie Baby: On Tour 5/5 stars
59. Agnes Hopper Shakes Up Sweetbriar 4/5 stars

[Kristine]

60. Secret of the Painted Lady 5/5 stars
67. Mission to Murder 5/5 stars
68. Scared Stiff 4/5 stars
69. Double Black Diamond 5/5 stars
70. Double Shot 5/5 stars
71. Death at a Drop-In 4/5 stars
72. Dropping the Dime 5/5 stars

[Karen]

Thanks for your ratings, Kristine. On your lists, I see some of the e-freebies I've gotten. I don't usually expect them to be better than 2 stars, so it's nice to see that I'm correct, or that the book could be better than I think.

Also... WOW at the number of books!! You're online to read almost 300 books this year. You go, lady!!

[Kristine]

Karen wrote: "Thanks for your ratings, Kristine. On your lists, I see some of the e-freebies I've gotten. I don't usually expect them to be better than 2 stars, so it's nice to see that I'm correct, or that the ..."

You're welcome, Karen! Most of the e-freebies I have gotten have been pretty decent, there have been a few duds but we can't like everything even if we want to...I know I do. :)

I start slacking in recording my books read as the year goes on - terrible I know - so let's see how far I can get this year. :)

[Karen]

Kristine wrote: "I start slacking in recording my books read as the year goes on - terrible I know - so let's see how far I can get this year. :)"

I've done the same. One just gets busy with the day to day and recording here takes a back seat. I'm trying to be better, too. What saves me is that I do record what I read in a spreadsheet. If I miss a few months here, I copy/paste the book information, then format and add comments. It still takes some doing, but at least I'm not starting from scratch or trying to remember what I read when. (At least part of my life is semi-organized!)

[Kristine]

73. Murder À La Flambé 5/5 stars
74. Whack Job 5/5 stars I love this series!
75. Party Crashers 3/5 stars
76. Blueburied Muffins 5/5 stars

[Britney]

You have given me a lot of new series to check out.