SPRING 2015 Challenge

[Leslie]

Congrats Katherine, Sheri and all the other people who have finished!

[Jenn]

Finished just in the nick of time!

Spring 2015 Challenge
Duration: 20 March - 20 June 2015
Status: 18/18

R - Bruja Brouhaha by Rochelle Staab 6 May
A - Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford 15 April
I - If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell 17 April
N - Night of the Living Thread by Janet Bolin 27 Apr



and

S - Shunned and Dangerous by Laura Bradford 16 April
N - Norway to Hide by Maddy Hunter 15 May
O - Pretty in Ink by Karen E. Olson 14 May
W - Wicked Autumn by G. M. Malliet 2 May
D - Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis 23 Apr
R - From Fear to Eternity by Michelle Rowen 14 May
O - Off Kilter by Hannah Reed 10 May
P - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 31 Mar
S - Let Them Eat Stake by Sarah Zettel 17 April



and

R - Writing about Magic by Rayne Hall 15 Jun
O - Driven to Ink by Karen E. Olson 16 Jun
B - A Cast-Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell 26 May
I - Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson 17 Jun
N - Engaged in Murder by Nancy J. Parra 5 Jun

[Kimberly]

Congrats Jenn! :)

[Jenn]

Thanks Kimberly! ;)

[Valerie]

Good job, Jenn!

[Jenn]

Thanks Valerie! ;)

[Carla]

Way to go Jenn. I have to finish my last book to join you.

[Jenn]

Thanks Carla! I have some vacation time and the weather is nice, so I've been sitting outside reading. Hope your last book is a good one! Mine was! ;)

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Wow, way to go, Jenn! ☺

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

I am reading my last book for this challenge now (my "R" book), which I will finish tonight or tomorrow, so here's my list:



S = The Sound of Glass by Karen White
P = The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
R = Riding High by Vicki Lewis Thompson
I = Inferno by Dan Brown
N = Naked in Death by J.D. RobbIcy Clutches
G = The Gnomobile by Upton Sinclair


L = The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough
I = Icy Clutches by Aaron Elkins
L = Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams
A = The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
C = Claiming His Family by Ann Voss Peterson

[Jenn]

Thanks Heather! Same to you! ;)

[Leslie]

Impressive Jenn!

And congrats Heather -- and you did it all with just titles :)

Here is my list:


M = The Quick Red Fox by John D. MacDonald
E = Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell or The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers (currently reading)
M = Open Season by Archer Mayor
O = Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery by Carolyn Jourdan
R = Room with a Clue by Kate Kingsbury
I = A Night of Errors by Michael Innes
A = Corpse Diplomatique by Delano Ames
L = The Maltese Goddess by Lyn Hamilton

D = A Deadly Shade of Gold by John D. MacDonald
A = Bony and the Kelly Gang by Arthur W. Upfield
Y = Yesterday's Body by Norma Huss

I hope to finish Erskine Childers' The Riddle of the Sands by the 20th to make them all mysteries...

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

Congrats, Heather! Congrats, Leslie!

[Jenn]

Leslie wrote: "Impressive Jenn!

Thanks Leslie! Looking good yourself! ;)

[Marisa, Cozy Mysteries Assistant Moderator]

This is my list just over the bell, with only one non mystery, and now we go to the summer ☺:

S.- <S>outhern Peach Pie and A Dead Guy by A. Gardner (03/30/2015 - ★★★★)
P.- If Catfish Had Nine Lives by <P>aige Shelton (06/17/2015 - ★★★★)
R.- Death at Epsom Downs by <R>obin Paige (05/14/2015 - ★★★★)
I.- <I>f the Shoe Kills by Lynn Cahoon (04/12/2015 - ★★★★)
N.- <N>ecklace and Calabash by Robert van Gulik (06/13/2015 - ★★★)
G.- The <G>arden Plot by Marty Wingate (03/26/2015 - ★★)

C.- A <C>ookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle (06/16/2015 - ★★★★)
R.- <R>ipped From the Pages by Kate Carlisle (06/18/2015 - ★★★★)
O.- Streak of Lightning by Clare <O>'Donohue (03/13/2015 - ★★★★)
C.- <C>uriosity Didn't Kill the Cat by M.K. Wren (04/18/2015 - ★★★★)
U.- The <U>nleashing by Shelly Laurenston (04/03/2015 - ★★★★)
S.- Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie <S>efton (04/27/2015 - ★★★)

[Carla]

I finished, here it is. I really enjoyed this challenge especially looking for the books to fulfill the letters. They were not all cozies, but that is because I read a lot of different genres.

S - Joanne Huist Smith wrote The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle
P - Private Vegas by James Patterson
R - Ru by Kim Thúy
I - The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
N - Neil Gaiman wrote The Graveyard Book Volume 1
G - James Grippando wrote Cane and Abe

F - Farley Mowat wrote The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
L - Lois Lowry wrote The Giver
O - One, Two ... He Is Coming For You by Willow Rose
W - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
E - Jane Elson wrote How to Fly with Broken Wings
R - Kathy Reichs wroteBones in Her Pocket
S - Sue Ann Jaffarian wrote Ghost a la Mode

E - K.J. Emrick wrote Death Comes to Town
A - And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier
S - Sue Ann Jaffarian wrote Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini
T - Those Girls by Chevy Stevens
E - Ellery Adams wrote The Path of the Crooked
R - Kathy Reichs wrote Bones Never Lie

E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs
G - Beth Groundwater wrote A Real Basket Case
G - Tess Gerritsen wrote Die Again
S - Lisa Scottoline wrote Betrayed

M - Margin Play by Eric Plume
O - Only the Brave by Mel Sherratt
T - Thomas King wrote Green Grass, Running Water
H - Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
E - Exposure by Kathy Reichs
R - Reinaldo DelValle wrote The Valentine Circle
'
S - Sue Ann Jaffarian wrote Gem of a Ghost

F - Fredrik Backman wrote My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
A - Angela Henry wrote The Company You Keep
T - Terminal by Kathy Reichs
H - Maddy Hunter wrote Dutch Me Deadly
E - Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Childs
R - Rhys Bowen wrote Evanly Choirs
'
S - Sue Ann Jaffarian wrote Gem of a Ghost

D - Death On Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
A -Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty
Y - Yesterday is Dead by Jack Lynch

C - Bailey Cates wrote Brownies and Broomsticks
H - Maddy Hunter wrote Norway to Hide
I - If Catfish Had Nine Lives by Paige Shelton
C - The Crossing at Blaisdell Park by Marta Tandori
K - Krista Davis wrote The Diva Runs Out of Thyme
S - Roland Smith wrote Jaguar

[Jenn]

Wow! Way to go, Carla! ;).

[Carolyn]

Carla wrote: "I finished, here it is. I really enjoyed this challenge especially looking for the books to fulfill the letters. They were not all cozies, but that is because I read a lot of different genres.

S -..."

Excellent job!

[Kimberly]

Congratulations Marisa and Carla! :)

[Valerie]

Good Job, Carla!!

[Carla]

Thanks everyone, now on to the Summer Challenge.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Congratulations, Marisa! ☺

Wow, Carla -- Consider me impressed! We read four of the dame books during this period, though two of mine were for different challenges, and there are a couple others on your list I've read previously.

Leslie: Assume you finished? :-D

[Leslie]

Carla, that is both impressive and intimidating! Congrats!

@Heather, I didn't end up finishing The Riddle of the Sands. Oh well, one non-mystery isn't bad though looking at Carla's list makes me doubt that!

[Carla]

Leslie wrote: "Carla, that is both impressive and intimidating! Congrats!

@Heather, I didn't end up finishing The Riddle of the Sands. Oh well, one non-mystery isn't bad though looking at Carla's list makes me..."

I read so many genres and am doing so many different challenges that I just use whatever I read. I probably read more mysteries than anything else, but not all cozies.

[Heather L , Cozy Mysteries Moderator]

Leslie: Sorry you didn't finish the book as fast as you wanted. Like Carla, my lists are rarely all mystery, as I read across genres.