Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

The fruit machine has selected our book choosers:

January - Michelle
February - Tina Barb
March - Melissa
April - jaxnsmom
May - Jennifer
June - Melodie
July - Fanficfan44
August - Randa
September - Rebecca
October - Iamabibliophile Linda C
November - Nell
December - Cindy

Alternates:
Barb
LindaC

Remember - Try and make your selections or set up a poll by the middle of the month. Make sure your picks are series firsts, second in a series we've started, or stand-alones. If you have any questions, you can ask here, or PM me. Have fun!

If for any reason you can't participate in your month, let me know. An alternate will take your place, and you'll go on the list.

Yay!

Michelle has made her choices for January.

Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney

The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly

These are both series where I have 2 or 3 unread books. Time to pull them off Mount TBR!

Both of these are on my TBR Shelf also. Guess I'll abandon one of the series I'm reading now.

I have read the set by Alice Kimberly. These books were very good. Pull and read you will enjoy.

Turns out I have read Murder on the Rocks! Will begin The Ghost and Mrs McClure today.

I've wondered about Murder on the Rocks, now I have a good reason to check it out!

I really liked Murder on the Rocks.

I did too! The whole series is pretty good!

Have been wanting to read Murder on the Rocks!!

Rebecca wrote: "Have been wanting to read Murder on the Rocks!!"

I picked it up today at the bookstore. Looking forward to reading it!

These are both series on my want to read list...now no excuses, looking forward to the new adventures.

I just joined this group today and am looking forward to reading both of these books. The authors are on my list of authors I am interested in reading so I requested both of them from my library.

Welcome Peggy! The timing workedout great for you :)

These just went on my want to read list. I am also in a group of reading challenges so if I read these 2 I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. WOO HOO! I have had the Alice Kimberly book for a while the other will be a new one. Thanks for the picks!

Great selections. I have the Anne Kimberly on my shelf, so that's where I'll start

OH boo I cant find Murder on the Rocs in my library, and my sort of new years resolution is to only buy a new book once I have read 5 from my to be read pile. I'm doubting that will happen by the end of the month. I will just add it to my to buy list (also ever growing) and buy it when I have read enough other books.

Lindsay - Good resolution! I'm trying to read more books that I own, and hope they'll either be group reads or fit into challenges. Does your library offer Inter Library Loans? I'm in WV and once got a book all the way from Phoenix.

Jaxnsmom- They do. I live in a really small town in Alberta Canada. When I pull books up I usually have a ton of success getting them. They pull from about 50 small town libraries all around Alberta. However not this time. I noticed it was published by Llewellyn, which is by no means a small publisher but most of their stuff as far as I know is non fiction. SO its entirely possible they missed it. I found a work around though. I just recommended the book to the library. if they decide to add it to the catalogue it will take a month or so but I will get a notification saying its available. so fingers crossed!

They're crossed :)

I do love the Karen McInerney series. Her latest one is actually on my to read list. I enjoyed so much the first book that i wanted to go and visit Maine. I havent still been able to do so but i hope i can do so this summer :) I highly recommend it. Enjoy your reading. About the second choice i cant find it on my local library so i think i'll skip this month's selection and try to get ahead on my queue :)

Jaxie wrote: "I do love the Karen McInerney series. Her latest one is actually on my to read list. I enjoyed so much the first book that i wanted to go and visit Maine. I havent still been able to do so but i ho..."

I live in Maine and hope you get a chance to visit it. Most books set in Maine tend to favor the coastal region, which is beautiful, but the whole state is wonderful, especially if you enjoy the outdoors.

Donna wrote: "Jaxie wrote: "I do love the Karen McInerney series. Her latest one is actually on my to read list. I enjoyed so much the first book that i wanted to go and visit Maine. I havent still been able to ..."

I want to visit Maine, we actually have plans to visit sometime in the summer the town of Wiscasset (Castle Tucker sounds divine) and I know Karen McInerney says it's really a fictional island but some friends told me that any island/cove around Bar Harbor could easily be passed as Cranberry Island. Any ideas of places in Southern Maine to visit and enjoy beautiful island views? I'd appreciate your input. :)

As you might have noticed, our books for February have been chosen, thanks to Barb. The books are Death at Wentwater Court and The Cold Light of Mourning.

I fell behind last week. I'm in Charleston, WV, and was busy dealing with the water issue. Things are sort of back to normal, a lot of us are still drinking bottled water since there's still a smell.

I didn't know this had been chosen for February. I'm reading one of the Daisy Dalrymple mysteries by Carola Dunn now, Damsel in Distress. Love this series.

Read the first Elizabeth Duncan a couple of years ago when it was nominated for an Agatha Award. I have the second in my TBR.

Great choices.

I just downloaded The Cold Light of Mourning on my Nook. Now I need a snow day this week so I can knock it out.

For March I am picking Murder, Plain and Simple and An Appetite for Murder .

Lucy Burdette contacted me and said she'd be happy to participate in our discussion of her book, An Appetite for Murder. So I hope some of us will take advantage of her. ☺

Jaxie wrote: "Donna wrote: "Jaxie wrote: "I do love the Karen McInerney series. Her latest one is actually on my to read list. I enjoyed so much the first book that i wanted to go and visit Maine. I havent still..."

My sister and I took a drive up the coast of Maine a few years ago. We fell in love with Camden. And Acadia National Park is wonderful.

Finally finished The Ghost and Mrs. McClure. Not my favorite. I don't think I will be continuing on with the series. I don't know why it didn't grab me, it just didn't. I am currently reading Murder on the Rocks but that will take me a while as it is on my Kobo, and those books are read while I feed the kiddo. So I am a little behind but hopefully I will catch up. Going to try and get March's reads from the library right now!

I've set up a poll to select our April books. I couldn't decide, so I got it narrowed down to five. Voting will go through Thursday, and the top two books will be our group reads.

For may: I think Sex, Murder And A Double Latte because that's turned out to be a really fun series, and Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure -- two series with the same rhythm in the titles... :-)

And since Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure was on my poll, I'll get to read another series I've been wanting to try. Hooray!!

I have Sex, Murder And A Double Latte on my bookshelf. Been meaning to read it for a while.

I've got SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE in The Pile. Have the most recent Death and Taxes book near the top of The Pile, too!

I just finished that Kyra Davis series (so far) and really liked it. I hope you guys do too!

Do we have an archive of past monthly selections? I want to make sure I don't choose something we've already had.

There's a shelf for group read selections that has them all on it

Melodie - you can go to the group bookshelf, and check out the group-selection shelf.

For June I'm picking Elaine Viets and Jenn McKinlay, who is one of my favorite cozy writers! Viets has 2 long-running series and I'm going to go with her Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper series as I like it better than her Dead-End Job series. With McKinlay it's hard to choose! She has the Cupcake Shop series, the Library Lover's series and the Hat Shop series, along with the Good-Buy Girls series she writes as Josie Belle. I think I'll go with the Hat Shop series. It's the newest and probably less of us may have already read it! Or you can go with all 3 of the series written under the Jenn McKinlay name!

Good choices Melodie! I've read Dying in Style and really liked it, and Cloche and Dagger is on my tbr.

I picked up the second book in the Hat Shop series earlier this month. I loved the first one.
And I have the first two Josie Marcus books in Mount TBR.

Nell wrote: "I picked up the second book in the Hat Shop series earlier this month. I loved the first one.
And I have the first two Josie Marcus books in Mount TBR."

I hope the Josie Marcus books aren't at the bottom of Mount TBR - I'd hate to see the mess if you try to pull them out. LOL

jaxnsmom wrote: "Nell wrote: "I picked up the second book in the Hat Shop series earlier this month. I loved the first one.
And I have the first two Josie Marcus books in Mount TBR."

I hope the Josie Marcus books aren't at the bottom of Mount TBR ..."

Luckily, I found both books at the top of my box of cozies. Mt. TBR is organized to avoid avalanches!

Hooray!! LOL

Nell wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Nell wrote: "I picked up the second book in the Hat Shop series earlier this month. I loved the first one.
And I have the first two Josie Marcus books in Mount TBR."

I hope the Jo..."

I went and made 100 post it notes and labelled them from 1 to 100 and stuck them on my top 100 to be read books. planning on cracking it out this year. Trying to not buy any books until I get through the list. Hopefully my own Mount TBR shrinks to a speed bump.

Randa has picked our books to read in August.

Don't Die Under the Apple Tree by Amy Patricia Meade

Anything Goes by Jill Churchill

jaxnsmom wrote: "Randa has picked our books to read in August.

Don't Die Under the Apple Tree by Amy Patricia Meade

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I liked DON'T DIE UNDER THE APPLE TREE. There was supposed to be another one, but it's never been released.

I think I'm in the minority, but I liked the Grace & Favor books by Jill Churchill. Maybe it was the music-inspired titles that hooked me?