Nell's Theme and Series Reads

[Nell]

C. S. Harris

Sebastian St. Cyr:
Why Mermaids Sing ✔
Where Serpents Sleep ✔
What Remains of Heaven ✔
Where Shadows Dance ✔️
When Maidens Mourn
What Darkness Brings
Why Kings Confess ...
When Falcons Fall

[Nell]

Roberta Isleib

Golf Lover's Mystery
A Buried Lie
Putt to Death
Fairway to Heaven
Final Fore



Advice Column Mystery
Deadly Advice
Preaching to the Corpse
Asking For Murder



as Lucy Burdette
Key West Food Critic Mystery
An Appetite for Murder ✔

[Nell]

Jenn McKinlay ✔️
Jenn McKinlay

Cupcake Bakery Mystery:
Death by the Dozen ✔



Library Lover's Mystery:
Books Can Be Deceiving√
Due or Die√
Book, Line and Sinker√
Read It and Weep√
On Borrowed Time√
A Likely Story√
Better Late Than Never√
Death in the Stacks √
Hitting the Books √
Word to the Wise √



Hat Shop Mystery:
Cloche and Dagger√
Death of a Mad Hatter √
At the Drop of a Hat √
Copy Cap Murder ✔
Assault & Beret ✔
Buried to the Brim ✔
Fatal Fascinator ✔️

[Nell]

Ashley Gardner
Ashley Gardner

Captain Lacey Regency Mystery
A Covent Garden Mystery√
A Death in Norfolk
A Disappearance in Drury Lane
Murder in Grosvenor Square

[Glenda]

May 6-12 is Nurse's Week. Read Call the Midwife series by Jennifer Worth.

[Nell]

Elaine Viets


Dead End Job
Shop Till You Drop
Murder Between the Covers
Dying to Call You
Just Murdered
Murder Unleashed
Murder with Reservations
Clubbed to Death



Mystery Shopper:
Dying in Style
High Heels are Murder

[Nell]

Cathy Pickens


Southern Fried:
Done Gone Wrong
Hog Wild
Hush My Mouth
Can't Never Tell

[Nell]

Cleo Coyle
aka Alice Alfonsi & Marc Cerasini

Coffeehouse Mysteries:
Roast Mortem ☑️
Murder by Mocha
A Brew to a Kill
Holiday Buzz
Billionaire Blend
Once Upon a Grind
Dead to the Last Drop
Dead Cold Brew





as Alice Kimberly
Haunted Bookshop:
The Ghost And The Dead Man's Library
The Ghost and the Femme Fatale

[Nell]

Denise Swanson ✔️

Scumble River Mysteries
Murder of a Creped Suzette√
Murder of the Cat's Meow√
Murder of a Stacked Librarian√
Murder of a Needled Knitter√
Murder of an Open Book√
Murder of a Cranky Catnapper√

Return to Scumble River
Dead in the Water√
Die Me a River√




Chef-to-Go
Tart of Darkness√
Leave No Scone Unturned √



Devereaux's Dime Store:
Little Shop of Homicide√
Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death√
Dead Between the Lines√
Dying for a Cupcake√
Between a Book and a Hard Place√
Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My √

[Nell]

MCT Century of Crime Challenge
Progress: 7/10
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...



1914-1924
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G K Chesterton 1914


1925-1934
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham (1931)


1935-1944
Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie (1937) 5/02/15

1945-1954
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey (1948) 7/10/15

1955-1964
Beast in View by Margaret Millar (1955)


1965-1974
Endless Night by Agatha Christie (1967) 10/23/14

1975-1984
The Night She Died by Dorothy Simpson (1981) 1/18/15

1985-1994
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris (1992) 3/12/15
Death of a Snob by M.C. Beaton (1988) 11/29/15

1995-2004
A Bicycle Built For Murder by Kate Kingsbury (2001) 3/01/15

2005-2014
A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet (2012) 2/17/15
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash 808/15

[Nell]

TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE:
Duration: 1 year
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – because it’s fun to read!

Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books

WHO - Protagonist is a:
Librarian - Real Murders by Charlaine Harris 4/03/15
Government agent - Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal 12/29/15
Ghost - Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart 11/28/15
Veterinarian - Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan 3/05/15
Crook -



WHAT - Title
Holiday -
Animal - Murder of the Cat's Meow by Denise Swanson 1/25/15
Weather - A Fatal Winter by G.M. Malliet 2/17/15
Poison - Lye in Wait by Cricket McRae 5/18/15
Starts with the letter T - A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan 2/09/15



WHERE - Setting
England - A Bicycle Built For Murder by Kate Kingsbury 3/01/15
NOT set on land (cruise ship) - Murder of a Needled Knitter by Denise Swanson 2/02/15
Island - Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran 3/30/15
Foreign soil (Australia) - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 1/04/15
Historical - Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson 4/14/15



WHEN
Holiday (Christmas) - Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson 1/29/15
Convention or conference - Dying for a Cupcake by Denise Swanson 4/10/15
Dark & Stormy night (blizzard) – Circle of Influence by Annette Dashofy 3/18/15
Beat the clock - Lowcountry Bordello by Susan M. Boyer 11/18/15
Vacation - Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver 7/19/15



HOW - Method
Poison - Guidebook to Murder by Lynn Cahoon 1/08/15
Knife/stabbing - Night She Died, The by Dorothy Simpson 1/18/15
Gun/shooting - Woof at the Door by Laura Morrigan 1/22/15
Blunt object - Rebel Without a Cake by Jacklyn Brady 2/08/15
Rope/strangulation - A Bicycle Built For Murder by Kate Kingsbury 3/01/15

[Nell]

Charlaine Harris
FWYS April '15 & Serial Reader June '15

Aurora Teagarden:
Real Murders√
A Fool and His Honey
Last Scene Alive
Poppy Done to Death

[Nell]

February Mini Challenge
Progress: 3

Read a book with an animal on the cover.
A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan

Read a book whose cover is predominately pink or red.
Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet

Read a book that has some sort of weapon on the cover, or in the title.
Rebel Without a Cake by Jacklyn Brady

[Nell]

G.M. Malliet
G.M. Malliet

Max Tudor
A Fatal Winter√
Pagan Spring√
A Demon Summer √
The Haunted Season √
Devil's Breath√
In Prior's Wood√

[Nell]

March Mini-Challenge
Progress: 5
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Read a book by an author who writes under another name.
A Bicycle Built For Murder by Kate Kingsbury

2. Read a book by an author who uses a middle name.
Well Read, Then Dead by Terrie Farley Moran

3. Read a book with some sort of tool on the cover.
Real Murders by Charlaine Harris - hammer

4. Read a book with a green cover.
The Search by Nora Roberts

5. Read a book in which someone eats breakfast.:
Horse of a Different Killer by Laura Morrigan

[Nell]

Eleanor Taylor Bland:


Marti MacAlister
Done Wrong
Keep Still
See No Evil
Tell No Tales
Scream In Silence
Windy City Dying
Fatal Remains
A Cold and Silent Dying
A Dark and Deadly Deception
Suddenly a Stranger

[Nell]

Hank Phillippi Ryan
Serial Reader - September

Jane Ryland:
*The Other Woman
*The Wrong Girl
*Truth Be Told
+What You See
+Say No More



+Trust Me

[Nell]

SPRING 2015 Challenge
Spell-It-Out
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


P - The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos
A - Agatha Christie, Poirot Loses a Client
L - Loretta Chase, Mr. Impossible
M - Moran, Terrie Farley, Well Read, Then Dead
S - Sherry Harris, Tagged for Death

[Nell]

Amanda Matetsky


Paige Turner
How to Marry a Murderer
Murder on a Hot Tin Roof
Dial Me for Murder

[Nell]

Nancy Martin


Blackbird Sisters Mystery
How to Murder a Millionaire ✔️
Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds
Some Like it Lethal
Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die
Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too
A Crazy Little Thing Called Death
Murder Melts in Your Mouth
No Way to Kill a Lady
Little Black Book of Murder
A Little Night Murder

[Nell]

June Mini Challenge
Progress: 3
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Cat on the cover.
The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis


Off the shelf of one of your GoodReads friends.
The Precious One by Marisa de los Santos


Veggies on the cover
Heaven Preserve Us by Cricket McRae

[Nell]

July 2015 Mini Challenges
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Read a book with ice cream on the cover, or in which someone eats ice cream.

2. Read a book in which someone plays a game
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash

3. Read a book you forgot you had.
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey

4. Read a book with a yellow cover.
The Deep End by Julie Mulhern

5. Read a book with a dog in it.
The Bloody Tower by Carola Dunn

[Nell]

Diane Mott Davidson
Serial Reader July '15

Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery
Sticks & Scones ✔
Chopping Spree
Double Shot
Dark Tort
Sweet Revenge
Fatally Flaky
Crunch Time
The Whole Enchilada

[Nell]

Susan Elia MacNeal

Maggie Hope Mystery:
Mr. Churchill's Secretary √
Princess Elizabeth's Spy √
His Majesty's Hope
The Prime Minister's Secret Agent
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante
The Queen's Accomplice
The Paris Spy

[Nell]

Suzanne Arruda

Jade del Cameron
Mark of the Lion
Stalking Ivory
The Serpent's Daughter
The Leopard's Prey
Treasure of the Golden Cheetah
The Crocodile's Last Embrace

[Nell]

Charles Todd

Bess Crawford:
A Duty To The Dead
An Impartial Witness
A Bitter Truth
An Unmarked Grave
A Question of Honor
An Unwilling Accomplice
A Pattern of Lies
The Shattered Tree

[Nell]

August [- September] Mini-Challenge
Progress: 3

Book Lover's Day: Reader’s choice!
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

National Thrift Shop Day: Read a used book.
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash

Senior Citizen's Day: Read a book with a character over age 65
Six Feet Under by Dorothy Simpson

[Penny]

This sounds like fun:) I'm in if that is ok?

[Nell]

Autumn 2015 Spell-it-out Challenge - DONE!!!
September 23 to December 20
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

A - Donna Andrews, Hen of the Baskervilles
C - Charles Finch, A Stranger in Mayfair
O - The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
R - Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany
N - Nora Roberts, Chasing Fire
S - Denise Swanson, Murder of An Open Book

[Nell]

October Mini-Challenge
Progress: 3




Read a book that features a fire or fireman-fighter.
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts

Read a book in which someone goes exploring or makes a discovery
Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis

Read a book with ghosts, witches, or monsters in it.
Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer

[Nell]

Charles Finch
CMC Theme Read November

Charles Lenox Mysteries:
A Stranger in Mayfair √
A Burial at Sea √
A Death in the Small Hours
An Old Betrayal
The Laws of Murder
Home by Nightfall

[Nell]

November Mini Challenge


1. Read a book with a child on the cover or in the book.
The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis

2. Read a book you already own
A Stranger in Mayfair by Charles Finch

[Nell]

Lucy Arlington

Novel Ideas Mystery
Buried in a Book√
Every Trick in the Book√
Books, Cooks, and Crooks
Played by the Book
Off the Books

[Nell]

WINTER 2015-16
Spell-it-Out Challenge

SANTA

S - Susan Elia MacNeal, Mr. Churchill's Secretary
A - Donna Andrews, Duck the Halls
N - The Nightingale Before Christmas Donna Andrews
T - Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me
A - Donna Andrews, The Good, the Bad, and the Emus

HEART

H -Carolyn Hart Merry, Merry Ghost
E - Every Day Is for the Thief Teju Cole
A - Alexander McCall Smith, The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
R - A Root Awakening Kate Collins
T - Tessa Dare Say Yes to the Marquess

[Nell]

January Mini-Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Male Watcher's Day and Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day —
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates


Dress Up Your Pet Day - Duck the Halls by Donna Andrews

[Nell]

Harley Jane Kozak
Serial Reader - January

Wollie Shelley:
*Dating Dead Men
Dating is Murder
Dead Ex

[Nell]

Elizabeth George

Inspector Lynley:
A Great Deliverance (r)...
In the Presence of the Enemy
Deception on His Mind
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
A Traitor to Memory
A Place of Hiding
With No One as Witness ...
Careless in Red
This Body of Death
Believing the Lie
Just One Evil Act
A Banquet of Consequences
The Punishment She Deserves



Saratoga Woods:
The Edge of Nowhere

[Nell]

TCF REPORTER CHALLENGE:
Duration: 1 year
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Cub reporter: 1 book from each category) DONE 2/05/16
Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category) DONE 4/08/16
News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category) DONE 8/13/16
Editor: 20 books (4 from each category) DONE 12/25/16
Newspaper Mogul: 25 books
Pulitzer Prize Winner: 30 books

WHO (Protagonist)
Forensic specialist - Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins 11/27/16
Crime-solving duo - A Root Awakening by Kate Collins 1/26/16
Dead person - Ghost in Trouble by Carolyn Hart 8/26/16
Works with animals - Take the Monkey and Run by Laura Morrigan 8/05/16
Legal professional - A Radical Departure by Lia Matera 3/10/16



WHAT (Title)
Number - One Hot Murder by Lorraine Bartlett 6/23/16
Poison - Pearls and Poison by Duffy Brown 2/05/16
Weather - Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross 11/12/16
Color - Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice 9/24/16
Title starts with T -Threaded for Trouble by Janet Bolin 7/25/16



WHERE (Setting)
Small town - The Good, the Bad, and the Emus by Donna Andrews 1/18/16
NOT set on land -
Set in Nevada - Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins 12/25/16
Foreign soil - The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café by Alexander McCall Smith 2/18/16
Historical novel (pre 1930) - Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood 3/24/16



WHEN
Party - Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman by Tessa Arlen 4/08/16
Holiday - Duck the Halls by Donna Andrews 1/09/16
Dark & Stormy night – Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan 11/17/16
Beat the clock - Long Man by Amy Greene 8/13/16
Courtroom trial -



HOW (Weapon)
Poison - Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman 3/18/16
Knife/stabbing - Killer in Crinolines by Duffy Brown 1/31/16
Gun/shooting - The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews 1/23/16
Blunt object - Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood 4/10/16
Rope/strangulation - Foul Play at the PTA by Laura Alden 4/25/16



BONUS CATEGORY
WHO - Protagonist is a child (under the age of 18)
WHAT - 3 word title (3 words that start with the same letter)
WHERE - “Locked Room” mystery
The Tree of Death by Marcia Muller 3/29/16
A Demon Summer by G.M. Malliet 6/03/16

WHEN – Death occurs during a natural disaster (hurricane, avalanche, tsunami, etc)
HOW - At least 3 different people killed by 3 different means, all in one story
A Radical Departure by Lia Matera 3/10/16 (poisoned, vehicular homicide, shot & suffocated)
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu 5/21/16 (poisoned, drowned/blunt object, 'live' organ transplant)
The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis 6/14/16 (poisoned, stabbed, drowned, blunt object)

[Leslie]

I love your Reporter challenge! Good luck :)

[Nell]

Duffy Brown

Consignment Shop Mystery
Iced Chiffon√
Killer in Crinolines√
Pearls and Poison √
Dead Man Walker √
Demise in Denim √
Lethal in Old Lace√
Wedding Day and Foul Play √



Cycle Path Mysteries
Geared for the Grave √
Braking for Bodies √

[Nell]

February Mini-Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Get a Different Name Day — Some Enchanted Éclair by Bailey Cates

American Heart Month and Valentine's Day — Pearls and Poison by Duffy Brown

Walking the Dog Day — Dead Man Walker by Duffy Brown

Floral Design Day — Demise in Denim by Duffy Brown

[Nell]

March 2016 Mini-Challenge
Progress: 4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

National Irish American Heritage Month and Saint Patrick's Day — Read a book that has a green cover.
Pall in the Family by Dawn Eastman

Old Stuff Day — Read [one of] the oldest book on your shelves.
The Tree of Death by Marcia Muller

Jewel Day — Read a book whose cover depicts some sort of jewels or jewelry.
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

Employee Appreciation Day and National Salesperson Day, and National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day — Read a book in which someone has the same or similar job profession as you do.
A Radical Departure by Lia Matera

[Nell]

Lia Matera

Willa Jansson:
A Radical Departure√
Hidden Agenda
Prior Convictions
Last Chants
Star Witness




Laura DiPalma:
The Smart Money ...
Designer Crimes

[Nell]

Julie Smith

Skip Langdon:
*New Orleans Mourning
Axeman's Jazz
Jazz Funeral
New Orleans Beat (apa Death Before Facebook)
House of Blues
The Kindness of Strangers
Crescent City Connection
82 Desire
Mean Woman Blues



Talba Wallis:
Louisiana Hotshot
Louisiana Bigshot
Louisiana Lament
P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof



Rebecca Schwarz:
Tourist Trap

[Nell]

Marcia Muller

Elena Oliverez:
The Tree of Death √
The Legend of the Slain Soldiers√



Sharon McCone:
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
Eye of the Storm
There's Something in a Sunday
The Shape of Dread
Trophies and Dead Things
Where Echoes Live
Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes
Wolf in the Shadows
Till the Butchers Cut Him Down...
The Broken Promise Land...
The Dangerous Hour...
City of Whispers

[Nell]

Spring Spell-It-Out Challenge
March 20 to June 20

Words:

THAW
T - The Tree of Death by Marcia Muller
H - Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
A - Laura Alden, Murder at the PTA
W - Karen White, The Sound of Glass

FLAG DAY
F - Flying Too High Kerry Greenwood
L - The Legend of the Slain Soldiers Marcia Muller
A - Allyson K. Abbott, Murder on the Rocks
G - Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues

D - Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman Tessa Arlen
A - Laura Alden, Foul Play at the PTA
Y - Ovidia Yu Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials

[Nell]

Michael Connelly

Mickey Haller
The Brass Verdict (& Bosch)
The Reversal (& Bosch)
The Fifth Witness
The Gods of Guilt
The Crossing (& Bosch)



Harry Bosch
*The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
Trunk Music
Angels Flight
A Darkness More Than Night
City of Bones
Lost Light
The Narrows
The Closers
Echo Park
The Overlook..
Nine Dragons..
The Drop
The Black Box
The Burning Room..



Renee Ballard:
*The Late Show

[Nell]

Mary Daheim

Bed and Breakfast
Just Desserts
Fowl Prey
Holy Terrors
Dune to Death
Bantam of the Opera
A Fit of Tempera
Major Vices
Murder, My Suite
Auntie Mayhem
Nutty as a Fruitcake
September Mourn
Wed and Buried
Snow Place to Die
Legs Benedict
Creeps Suzette
A Streetcar Named Expire
Suture Self
Silver Scream
Hocus Croakus
This Old Souse
Saks & Violins
Dead Man Docking
Scots on the Rocks
Vi Agra Falls



Emma Lord:
The Alpine Advocate

[Nell]

Sue Grafton

Kinsey Millhone:
M is for Malice
N is for Noose
O is for Outlaw
P is for Peril
Q is for Quarry
R is for Ricochet
S is for Silence
T is for Trespass
U Is for Undertow
V is for Vengeance
W is for Wasted
X
Y is for Yesterday

[Nell]

Series Directory:


Avery Aames
Susan Wittig Albert
Bruce Alexander
Beverly Allen
Madelyn Alt
Donna Andrews
Suzanne Arruda
Lucy Arlington
Kate Atkinson
Nevada Barr
M.C. Beaton
Juliet Blackwell
Eleanor Taylor Bland
Ruth Birmingham
Rhys Bowen
Alan Bradley
C.J. Box
Kate Carlisle
Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Bailey Cates
Sarah Caudwell
Laura Childs
Tim Cockey
Margaret Coel
Michael Connelly
Colin Cotterill
Cleo Coyle
Deborah Crombie
Mary Daheim
Jeanne M. Dams
Diane Mott Davidson
Krista Davis
Dianne Day
Elizabeth Duncan
Janet Evanovich
Jerrilyn Farmer
Zoë Ferraris
Charles Finch
Earlene Fowler
Ashley Gardner
Elizabeth George
Kaye George
Sally Goldenbaum
Sue Grafton
Sarah Graves
Carol Goodman
Carolyn Haines
Barbara Hambly
C.S. Harris
Charlaine Harris
Carolyn Hart
Tarquin Hall
Robin Hathaway
Joan Hess
Georgette Heyer
Tony Hillerman
Teri Holbrook
David Housewright
Linda Howard
Julie Hyzy
Jane Isenberg
Roberta Isleib
P. D. James
J.A. Jance
Susan Kandel
Laurie King
Harley Jane Kozak
Victoria Laurie
Donna Leon
Paul Levine
Laura Lippman
Sophie Littlefield
Attica Locke
Kylie Logan
Charlotte MacLeod
Susan Elia MacNeal
Margaret Maron
Ngaio Marsh
Nancy Martin
Sujata Massey
Lia Matera
Amanda Matetsky
Ann McMillan
Penny Mickelbury
Miriam Grace Monfredo
Patricia Moyes
Marcia Muller
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Katherine Hall Page
Sandra Parshall
Louise Penny
Anne Perry
Cathy Pickens
Nancy Pickard
Ann Purser
Deanna Raybourn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Gillian Roberts
David Rosenfelt
Hank Phillipi Ryan
P.B. Ryan
Lisa Scottoline
Maggie Sefton
Deborah Sharp
Dorothy Simpson
Joanna Campbell Slan
Julie Smith
Judith Smith-Levin
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Patricia Sprinkle
Sarah Strohmeyer
Leann Sweeney
Sarah Stewart Taylor
Charles Todd
Kathy Hogan Trocheck
Elaine Viets
Blair S. Walker
Heather Webber
Tracy Weber
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Chassie West
Lauren Willig
Jacqueline Winspear
Paula L. Woods
Ovidia Yu