Cozy Mystery Alphabet Challenge discussion

Welcome to the Cozy Mystery Alphabet Reading Challenge. Feel free to leave a comment here introducing yourself.

Hi my name is Angela and I go by Angela Lynn on goodreads as another group I belonged to had a lot of Angelas.

I am a cozy addict so this should be a good challenge.

Hi, Im Melissa, and I love cozies! =)

Im planning on going with titles for this challenge.
Looking forward to participating!

Hello everyone! I'm Cindy or Cindy M. if more join us. I don't always do well on challenges but like to try.

When is the challenge supposed to start and end?

Hi! I'm Laura! I'm excited about this - have never done a challenge before, so this is going to be fun! I think I'm going to go with the titles.....I'm thinking there will be a larger selection of cozies..... :-)

Cindy wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Cindy or Cindy M. if more join us. I don't always do well on challenges but like to try.

When is the challenge supposed to start and end?"

Cindy there is no deadline. I know fitting in some of the letters might be hard for some readers so this is an open ended challenge to read at your own pace.

I'm Tina, just found the group. It looks like fun.

Do we have to read in alphabetical order?

Laura wrote: "Do we have to read in alphabetical order?"

Nope. For example I am reading A Witch is Dying by Heather Blake right now, so I am definitely reading out of order.

It's a pretty low-key challenge that you can make your own rules in a way. If you want to read in order you can, but you definitely don't have to.

I'm Marsha
Just saw this on FB and thought it sounded like fun. It will be a challenge that I can handle and enjoy. thanks for the opportunity!

Hi I'm Pam and I Love cozies, really looking forward to this challenge!

Hi All! I'm DeAnna aka Dee and this is one of my first challenges I'm joining. Looking forward to it!

I am new to groups one goodreads. But I am on a break from classes so I figured it was a good time to find a new series or a new author. This sounds fun. When the semester is in I take a full course load and work a full 40 hour week so I enjoy winding down the day with a good book. Mysteries and sci fi have always been a big interst of mine. Looking forward to this challenge!

Hi everyone! I'm Jennifer and I love to read just about anything, but cozies are my favorite. I just became a stay-at-home mom after 5 years of being a Children's Librarian, and I am looking forward to having more time to read!

I just posted my challenge list. I am doing my challenge by titles.

Hello everyone! My name is Susan, and I love reading cozies. I'm hoping that this challenge will help me find some new ones to enjoy.

Hello everyone! My name is Mary Jane. My mother taught me the love of reading by taking me to the library every two weeks starting when I was five years old. I love fiction but non-fiction not so much. I am 61 and I have one daughter and son-in-law and one son and daughter-in-law and between them I have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Bring on the books!!!

So thrilled to meet everyone and so glad there are others doing this challenge with me! Remember there is no deadline on the challenge, so go at your own pace. I'm not sure I will be able to finish it by the end of the 2013 but I'm going to have fun trying!!

Hello everyone! I'm Saralyn and I have fell in love with cozies over this past year. I can't believe that I had never read any before that. I'm absolutely looking forward to taking part in this challenge.

Hi all! Hope y'all are having a great day. I'm Tess, from central Illinois. I LOVE my cozies. Will someone please explain this challenge to me, I'm a little lost here.

One more question...Are we adding our books onto our lists before we read them.. or after? ( or as we are reading them?.. )

Thanks!

Tess wrote: "Hi all! Hope y'all are having a great day. I'm Tess, from central Illinois. I LOVE my cozies. Will someone please explain this challenge to me, I'm a little lost here."

Hi Tess. Welcome! Basically the idea is to read cozies according to the first letter of the title or the first letter of author surname or first name if you want to. There is no time limit to complete the challenge.

Melissa wrote: "One more question...Are we adding our books onto our lists before we read them.. or after? ( or as we are reading them?.. )

Thanks!"

Hi Melissa, it's completely up to you. I'm putting mine in after I read them. Right now I'm just reading books from my tbr and will worry about the hard letters at the end. I'm not reading from A to Z obviously since I just filled in B for Heather Blake, lol.

bella wrote: "Melissa wrote: "One more question...Are we adding our books onto our lists before we read them.. or after? ( or as we are reading them?.. )

Thanks!"

Hi Melissa, it's completely up to you. I'm pu..."

Thanks Bella. I think I will add my titles after I read them. =)
Have a great evening!

Hi, I'm Patty and I'm a librarian, so love reading.

I'm starting right away with the book I'm currently reading, has to be a "T" title is Thus Was Adonis Murdered, author is Hilary Tamar!

Hi, I just set up a General A-Z Challenge http://www.escapewithdollycas.com/cha...
and then I found out about this one. I think the X will be a hard one but I am game!!

My name is Lori/Dollycas and I am addicted to challenges so I have to add this one too!

Hi, I'm Linda K and I love reading cozy mysteries. I will definitely meet my 2012 reading challenge (200 books....I'm at 199 right now), so this will fine tune my reading slightly.

Hi, I am Donna, first challenge. Thought this one looked interesting.

Hi Patty, Lori, Linda, and Donna, and to everyone in the group! =)

Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my blog, www.therealmystery.wordpress.com and on here, of course!

Amanda wrote: "Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my blog, www.therealmystery.wordpress.com and on here, of course!"

Hi Amanda, Who are some of your favorite cozy authors?

Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my blog, www.therealmystery.wordpress.com and on he..."

Alan Bradley, Cleo Coyle, Kate Carlisle, Avery Aames, B B Haywood, so many! And I just started one by Louise Penny which I am also loving!

Amanda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my blog, www.therealmystery.wordpre..."

Ive read a book by Cleo Coyle, and have some of Avery Aames book on my tbr shelf, ( I need to get one more of her cozy books to complete the set )

Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my blog, www.thereal..."

Try out some BB Haywood too! I think you'll like her if you like those 2! She writes the Candy Holliday series, there's 3 out right now!

Amanda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Hi! I'm Amanda! I LOVE cozies but I've never done a reading challenge! I'm excited to try it out! I'm going to keep track of it on my b..."

Thanks Amanda!
Im going to look up BB Haywood, ( she sounds familiar ) but I havent read any books by her. =)

Hello, I am Katrina - I decided to do this challenge to hopefully clean off some of the books off my shelves.

Katrina wrote: "Hello, I am Katrina - I decided to do this challenge to hopefully clean off some of the books off my shelves."

Hi Katrina! Are cozies the only genre you read,..or do you like other books too? =)

Melissa - I read all genre's.

Just started becoming fond of cozy mysteries, should be fun! BTW...how does it all work? :-/

Katrina wrote: "Hello, I am Katrina - I decided to do this challenge to hopefully clean off some of the books off my shelves."

I'm hoping to do the same thing!!!!! :-)

Elissa wrote: "Just started becoming fond of cozy mysteries, should be fun! BTW...how does it all work? :-/"

Hi Elissa, I saw your question,..thought I would just jump in with a quick answer. =)

All you need to do is..set up a thread with a list from A - Z - there are already some threads that you could "check out" to see how they do it. =)
you can plan to go with cozy titles A -Z ..and put each title on your list when you have completed it, or..choose authors.
Either way, its a great way to read thru the cozies on your list!

Have fun!

bella wrote: "Welcome to the Cozy Mystery Alphabet Reading Challenge. Feel free to leave a comment here introducing yourself."

Hi, My name is Mary Jane. I'm retired and have lots of time to read. I thought I could catch up on books I've been collecting for years!

Hi Mary Jane! =)
Who are some of your favorite cozy authors?

I could have sworn that I had already signed up for this challenge. But I guess I really do have a bad case of CRS (can't remember stuff.) I've love all genres, but I'm a big fan of mysteries, especially cozy mysteries.

Beverly wrote: "I could have sworn that I had already signed up for this challenge. But I guess I really do have a bad case of CRS (can't remember stuff.) I've love all genres, but I'm a big fan of mysteries, esp..."

Hi Beverly! =)

Melissa wrote: "Hi Mary Jane! =)
Who are some of your favorite cozy authors?"

Oh my gosh, I have so many. Lorena McCartney, Laura Childs, Heather Blake, Bailey Cates, Lorna Barrett, just to name a few. What's your favorite series?

Mary wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Hi Mary Jane! =)
Who are some of your favorite cozy authors?"

Oh my gosh, I have so many. Lorena McCartney, Laura Childs, Heather Blake, Bailey Cates, Lorna Barrett, just to name ..."

Mary, Ive read books by a few of those that you have mentioned, some of my favorite authors include Monica Ferris, Miranda Bliss, Joanna Carl, and Ive also read some of the Heartsong Mysteries..here is a link for a list of them
http://www.cozy-mystery.com/Heartsong...

( Ive heard that they have discontinued this line of books )

I was wondering...do cozy audio books "count"?
Im listening to Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke on a Playaway from my library.

Melissa wrote: "I was wondering...do cozy audio books "count"?
Im listening to Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke on a Playaway from my library."
I'm comfortable with audio books counting!

Amanda wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I was wondering...do cozy audio books "count"?
Im listening to Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke on a Playaway from my library."
I'm comfortable with audio books counting!"

Thanks Amanda! =)
( I read books "more" than listening to them..but audio books do come in handy at certain times )