Cozy Mysteries discussion

Here we go again ladies (and gentlemen). Good luck in the New Year. As always, read as many or as few as you'd like. It's up to you if you want to read all cozies or not.

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)

Enjoy!

Thank you, briansgirl! Good luck to you too. I think that for Wild Men I go with cover and my romance novels ;) Perhaps...

I'll give this a shot, but I know it won't be all cozies :)


JANUARY MINI CHALLENGE, 1/1 - 1/31
PROGRESS: 5/5

✓ Jan 1 - Read a new author you've never read before
The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker, finished 1/5 ★★★★

✓ Jan 6 - Curl up with one of your favorite authors
King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell #6), by David Baldacci, finished 1/8 ★★★★

✓ Jan 11 - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover (pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
Let There Be Suspects (Ministry is Murder #2), by Emilie Richards, finished 1/12 ★★★★ – snow on cover

✓ Jan 12 - Read a book by a male author
The Final Crumpet (Royal Tunbridge Wells #2), by Ron Benrey, finished 1/15 ★★★.5

✓ Jan 23 - Read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, by Melanie Benjamin, finished 1/3 ★★★


       


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/15 *****

Marisa wrote: "Thank you, briansgirl! Good luck to you too. I think that for Wild Men I go with cover and my romance novels ;) Perhaps..."

Yeah, I'm more likely to go with a cover of a man with a cowboy shirt unbuttoned on my cover. lol Then again, my 9 year old son wants me to read Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen.

The re-read isn't a problem for me. Nearly half of the 74 books I read last year were rereads. I re-read the entire Sookie Stackhouse series, and the entire Stephanie Plum series (both with the new releases as well). That's 31 books right there!

ஐ Briansgirl (Book Sale Queen)ஐ wrote: "The re-read isn't a problem for me. Nearly half of the 74 books I read last year were rereads. I re-read the entire Sookie Stackhouse series, and the entire Stephanie Plum series (both with the new releases as well). That's 31 books right there! "

I don't usually reread, only some special books. But my favorite author (romance but...) publishes a new book on Jan, 7th and I'm still on vacation that day, so I'll curl up with it, that's for sure.

I'm in! 5/5 DONE


Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - The Sheep Walker's Daughter by Sydney Avey

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Shadows of Death by Jeanne M. Dams

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Bonnie of Evidence by Maddy Hunter

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Living with Your Kids Is Murder by Mike Befeler

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

(1 / 5)

Jan 1 - Happy New Year!: Clammed Up
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: River Road
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day: Patterns in the Sand
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Rocky by Bianca D'Arc (01/02/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Murder on the Rocks

4/5


Jan 1 - Happy New Year!Clammed Up 1/15/14
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day The Inn at Rose Harbor 1/6/14
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day Silver Girl 1/11/14
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Scent to Her Grave1/3/14

I'll give this a whirl! The book I'm reading now qualifies in several categories but will stick it in the water one since I'll be reading several books by new authors this month!

5/5 - Completed 1/13/14!!!!

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! Champagne Lies - finished 1/4/14
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day Jubilee's Journey - finished 1/13/14
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day Rook (snow on the cover) finished 1/7/14
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day Sparks the Matchmaker - finished 1/6/14
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day The Silver Star - finished 1/2/14

I'm in!
4/5 as of 1/31/14 Almost did it

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney (1/27/14)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day Death Overdue by Mary Lou Kirwin 1/31/14
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: The Midas Murders by Pieter Aspe (1/20/14)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Styx & Stone: An Ellie Stone Mystery by James W. Ziskin(1/15/14)

I'm going to join this one, too! Yes, all 5 DONE!!

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny (finished 1/3/14)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day Rest You Merry(finished 1/09/2014)
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (finished 1/05/2014)
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day The Howard Hughes Affair by Stuart Kaminsky (finished 1/06/2014)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day A Pint of Murder by Alisha Craig (finished 1/10/2014)

This was such a fun mini-challenge!! Thanks Briansgirl!

Count me in too!
5/5 as of 1/31/14 DONE!


Jan 1 - Happy New Year! Rex Zero and the End of the World
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day Murder on the Orient Express
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day Maisie Dobbs (raining)
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day Turncoat
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Mr. Chartwell (dog feet)

Count me in too
1/5

Jan 1 - Happy New Year!Chocolate Worth Dying For
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day

I'll give it a whirl.

5/5 DONE

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
Lending a Paw: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery...1/3/14

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
Murder of a Stacked Librarian..1/11/14

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
The Game's Afoot, Mrs. Hudson...1/10/14


Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches...1/17/14

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots.
Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls...1/4/14

January 2014 - Mini Challenge
I'm in

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - new author√
Barbara Ross, Clammed Up

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - favorite author √√
Karen MacInerney, Brush with Death
Carola Dunn, Damsel In Distress

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day √√√
Berried to the Hilt by Karen MacInerney
Death of a Perfect Wife by M.C. Beaton
Death of a Hussy by M.C. Beaton

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - gorgeous handsome man or male author√
Night Hawk by Beverly Jenkins

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day - measurements
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

I'm in!! Still figuring out a couple of books. Does an umbrella count for step in a puddle day if there isn't rain on the cover too?

Happy New Year! - Asking For Murder

Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.

Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)

Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - The Way of Kings

Measure Your Feet Day - Takedown Twenty

Linda wrote: "I'm in!! Still figuring out a couple of books. Does an umbrella count for step in a puddle day if there isn't rain on the cover too?..."

Linda... I've very lienent. If you think it's close enough, or can't find anything better, than go for it. The idea is to have fun competing in the challenges and reading. You may read books you might not have thought to at first, but I never want to force anyone to read anything that doesn't interest them just to complete a challenge.

Will probably take a coupe of months to do all, but here goes

hmm, I will give this a try, sounds like fun!
Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.First-Degree FudgeChristine DeSmetRead 1/4/14

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.Joan HessMurder as a Second Language: A Claire Malloy Mystery read1/19 She is one of my favorites!

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)The Cat, the Lady and the LiarLeann Sweeney Read 1/6/14

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)Devil of the HighlandsLynsay Sands read 1/15

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol) All Fudged UpNancy CoCo Read 1/8/14 (okay they are dog feet, but I am counting it)

I think I am all done!

4/5


✔ Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
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James Robertson - And the Land Lay Still - finished Jan 6th

✔ Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
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Aline Templeton - Bad Blood - read Jan 12th

✔ Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
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Cristina Courtenay - The Secret Kiss of Darkness - finished Jan 14th

✔ Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)
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Max Benitz - The Scots Guards in Afghanistan: Six Months Without Sundays (there are men on the cover) - finished Feb 2nd

✔ Measure Your Feet Day - Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)
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Robert Davidson - Site Works - finished Jan 20th

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)

Jan 2014 - Mini Challenge
Progress 5/5 - Done!


Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before. - The Ninth Daughter - 1/8/14

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors. - A new favorite: Killer, Paper, Cut - 1/20/14

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.) - A Plain Disappearance - 1/2/14

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. - A Wild Ghost Chase - 1/21/14

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day - Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. - Murder on the Rocks - 1/16/14

Progress 5/5 Done!

Jan 1 - Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier this is a new author for me (Finished 1/6/2014)

Jan 6 - They Do It with Mirrors an old favorite (Finished 1/21/2014)

Jan 11 - Silence by Michelle Sagara has fog on the cover - I figured if snow counted maybe fog would too... (Finished 1/2/2014)

Jan 12 - A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz by a male author (Finished 1/8/2014)

Jan 23 - The Dead Shall Not Rest by Tessa Harris has lots of measurements by an old anatomist (Completed 1/4/2014)

This sounds fun! And I can complete this challenge using unread books on my own shelves, which I've already resolved to read this year--an added bonus!

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before.
E.J. Cooperman, An Uninvited Ghost (finished)

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.
Carolyn Hart, Dead Days of Summer (couldn't do it--not as well written as her earlier books that I liked )

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
Ann Cleeves, Come Death and High Water(finished)

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :)
Charles Finch, The September Society (finished)

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol)
Charlaine Harris, A Fool and His Honey ( cover shows a footed figure in silhouette climbing a staircase and his shadow climbing upside down in the opposite direction--lots of steps for feet to climb and two visible pairs of feet) (finished--but 2 days late)

This looks like fun.

Progress: (5/5) Done! Congrats to everyone who finished the challenge!

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before. Heather Brainerd - José Picada, P.I.: Deception Al Dente *****

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors. The Quiche of Death - M.C. Beaton *****

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. Santa Cruise - Mary Higgins Clark. ****

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Stephen King The Gunslinger CHANGED TO: Too Many Cooks - Rex Stout ***

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day - Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella *****

(3 / 5)

Jan 1 - Happy New Year!: Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (01/08/2014 - ★★★)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz (01/08/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day: Patterns in the Sand
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Rocky by Bianca D'Arc (01/02/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Murder on the Rocks

(4 / 5)

Jan 1 - Happy New Year!: Clammed Up by Barbara Ross (01/08/2014 - ★★★)
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz (01/08/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day: Patterns in the Sand
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day: Rocky by Bianca D'Arc (01/02/2014 - ★★★★)
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney (01/12/2014 - ★★★★)

I'm in!


Jan 1 - Happy New Year! : Bran New Death 1/18/14
Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day: Seed No Evil 1/3/14
Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day
Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day: The Good the Bad and the Witchy 1/10/14

Finished, just not with all cozies:

JANUARY MINI CHALLENGE, 1/1 - 1/31
PROGRESS: 5/5

✓ Jan 1 - Read a new author you've never read before
The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker, finished 1/5 ★★★★

✓ Jan 6 - Curl up with one of your favorite authors
King and Maxwell (King & Maxwell #6), by David Baldacci, finished 1/8 ★★★★

✓ Jan 11 - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover (pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.)
Let There Be Suspects (Ministry is Murder #2), by Emilie Richards, finished 1/12 ★★★★ – snow on cover

✓ Jan 12 - Read a book by a male author
The Final Crumpet (Royal Tunbridge Wells #2), by Ron Benrey, finished 1/15 ★★★.5

✓ Jan 23 - Read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, by Melanie Benjamin, finished 1/3 ★★★


    


***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/15 *****

Congrats, Barb!

Thanks :)

Congrats Barb! I am still pondering on what to read for 'Measure Your Feet Day'...

Do you guys think this cover would qualify?

Leslie wrote: "Congrats Barb! I am still pondering on what to read for 'Measure Your Feet Day'...

Do you guys think this cover would qualify?
"

I don't see why not!

I finished 1/13 - hooray! my books are in my post above

congrats to Marj, Biblophile, Naomi and Barb who are also done

Congrats to all those who have already finished. I just went through the list of books already read this year and looks like I only need one more.

Congrats, Leslie!

Congrats, everyone!

Heather L wrote: "Congrats to all those who have already finished. I just went through the list of books already read this year and looks like I only need one more."

easy peasy Heather!

Leslie: Yup! Just need to decide between a couple of books calling my name. *G*

I'm done!

Congrats Marj, Biblophile, Naomi, Barb and Leslie!

Yeah Melissa!

JANUARY MINI CHALLENGE, 1/1 - 1/31
PROGRESS: 5/5 -- DONE!

Jan 1 - Read a new author you've never read before. - Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison (done 1/9)

Jan 6 - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors. -The Game of Kings (not a mystery) (done 1/17)

Jan 11 - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.) - Dog River Blues (done 1/10)

Jan 12 - Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :) The Rubber Band by Rex Stout (done 1/6)

Jan 23 - Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements OR read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots - The Red Box (done 1/23)
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Yeah Leslie!

Congrats Melissa! Congrats Leslie!

Thanks everyone! And congrats to Leslie, Bibliophile, Naomi, Marj, and Melissa ☺

Cozy Mysteries January 2014 Challenge

Jan 1 - Happy New Year! - Read a new author you've never read before. Snow White Blood Red 4 January 2014

Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day - Cuddle up with an old favorite. Reread a favorite book or curl up with one of your favorite authors.Drop Dead Beauty 18 January 2014

Jan 11 - Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend's Day - Read a book with any kind of water on the cover or in the title. (Pond, ocean, puddle, rain, lake, heck for that matter snow is just frozen water.) The Rescue 22 January 2014

Jan 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - Woohoo! Oh sorry. lol Read a book by a male author or a book with a gorgeous handsome man on the cover. :) Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder 4 January 2014

Jan 23 - Measure Your Feet Day Why?! lol Read a book that has anything to do with feet or measurements (good luck with that! lol) OR... read a book with someone standing on the cover and you can see their feet or see a pair of shoes/boots. (That would probably be much easier. lol) The Chew: What's for Dinner?: Over 100 Mouthwatering Recipes to Make Your Weeknights Easy and Your Weekends Sensational 23 January 2014

Congrats, Lynne!

Good going Lynne!