Cozy Mysteries discussion

As always, read as many or as few as you want. They don't have to be all cozies.
It's your choice.

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home), or read a cozy author that had their book published before 1900.

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower (for example, author's first name is Lily, Rose, etc.)

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.

Enjoy!

I'm in! 5/5 DONE


Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day - The Vanishing Thief by Kate Parker.

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - The Money Bird by Sheila Webster Boneham

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - The Good the Bad and the Witchy by Heather Blake

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

Count me in, and this time with a list *gasp*

(0 / 5)

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read: The Purloined Letter

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day: Looming Murder

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day: The Good the Bad and the Witchy

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day:

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: Murder, Plain and Simple

I'll play.

5/5

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home), or read a cozy author that had their book published before 1900.

A Quiche Before Dying..1993...3/10/14

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.

Murder on the Ghost Walk...3/16/14

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower (for example, author's first name is Lily, Rose, etc.)

Flowers For Her Grave...3/19/14

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

Phi Beta Murder...3/4/14

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.
Blackberry Pie Murder..3/9/14

I only finished 5 books of this challenge in February, the last one only today. At the moment I can't find the concentration to read as much as I want to. :(
There are some books in my pile that I want to read next but they do not match the challenge.
So I think I will pass this month. Next month I am in again.

For some reason, the category of "Everything you Think is Wrong Day" made two books immediately pop into my mind, so I'll mention them here in case they're sitting on anyone's TBR pile waiting to be picked up.

The first one I'm reading now: Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream

the other one, I read last year: Lucky Stiff

both of these characters have no good, horrible, Very Bad Days. Happy challenge to everyone participating. :)

I will try, but we are out of town for a week so who knows, thanks Jennifer for the tip on Death taxes....
Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home), or read a cozy author that had their book published before 1900.Brownies and BroomsticksBailey Cates


Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower (for example, author's first name is Lily, Rose, etc.)

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice CreamDiane Kelly

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.Dead Between the LinesDenise Swanson

I enjoyed the last mini-challenge so I'll see if I can manage doing another one.

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged Finished March 8/2014

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Currently reading Rattle His Bones (Main character is DAISY)

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.

Duration : March 2014
Completed : 3/3

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home), or read a cozy author that had their book published before 1900.

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.
by Arthur Conan Doyle - Mar 11

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower (for example, author's first name is Lily, Rose, etc.) - Mar 31

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business. - Mar 20

I'm in.

Old Stuff Day is the most challenging one for me. The oldest cozies on my GR list are later in a series where I haven't read earlier ones and I have no idea which is the oldest cozy in my physical TBR. I'll try to find a cozy pre-1900 - Does Sherlock Holmes qualify as a cozy read?

I'm in...

4/5

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read -

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Kari Lee TownsendCorpse in the Crystal Ball 3/7/14

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Lydia's Party 3/27/14

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - The Devil Wears Prada 3/23/14

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion 3/2/14

Nell, I think so, Conan Doyle has been a featured author.

Thanks Marisa. I had forgotten that.

I'm definitely in

completed 5/5 on 4/1/14

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home) - going by my GR shelf, on since Aug 2007! Death Turns a Trick finished 3/31/14

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book. Waking Up Pregnant by Mira Lyn Kelly finished 3/10/14

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower Seed No Evil finished 4/1/14

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc. Death, Taxes, and Green Tea Ice Cream finished 3/5/14

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business. A Deal to Die For Maggie has just bought her own consignment type store finished 3/3/14

I'm in and here's the plan. Hopefully Snipped in the Bud will come in from the library on time, although I wasn't planning to read it until after March 20 anyway since I was planning to use it for SPRING as well.

Old Stuff Day - Ground to a Halt (bought in 2009, not the oldest but getting there)

Middle Name Pride Day - Leftover Dead by Jimmie Ruth Evans

Plant a Flower Day - Snipped in the Bud

Everything You Think is Wrong Day - A Deadly Row

National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day - The Chocolate Bear Burglary

Whew, glad to see the book I am currently reading, The Mark of Athena, will fit one of the March challenges, seeing as how it is almost 600 pages. Only about a quarter into it, and so far our heroes have had nothing but a string of bad luck (which is actually par for the series, LOL).

Nell wrote: "March Mini-Challenge
I'm in.

Old Stuff Day is the most challenging one for me. The oldest cozies on my GR list are later in a series where I haven't read earlier ones and I have no idea which is t..."

Yes Nell, Sherlock Holmes is fine.

Briansgirl, and Poe? Auguste Dupin, not other stories.

I'd say any of the classic authors would qualify, even though Poe isn't "cozy". However, they defined the mystery genre and are considered classics.

March Mini Challenge

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day
Many Deadly Returns by Patricia Moyes (circa 1997!)
PLUS characters named Primrose, Violet and Daffodil
Excellent mystery, glad I finally read it.

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day -
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, One Amazing Thing

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day -
MC is Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher:
Fall of a Philanderer by Carola Dunn
Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day -
A Mourning Wedding by Carola Dunn (view spoiler)[ Two murders and an attempted murder in one day! (hide spoiler)]

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day -
Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay

Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews wrote: "I'm definitely in

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home) - going by my GR shelf, on since Aug 2007! ..."

Oh, I think I misunderstood the use of the word "oldest" -- I went through my GR to-read shelf and picked out The Dorrington Deed-Box since it was first published in 1897.

Leslie - I think it can be either the oldest book on your shelf or a book before 1900. I just went with on my shelf!

Of course maybe I misunderstood. I was thinking the longest sitting book on my shelf, not necessarily publication date

I found a cozy mystery (in a box in a closet) that I picked up at an annual library sale in a town where I used to live. It's been in my physical TBR since 1997!! Is there a bonus for really old stuff? :D

wow Nell! I'm sure I have some books that have been on my shelf for a long time but probably not that long!

Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews wrote: "Leslie - I think it can be either the oldest book on your shelf or a book before 1900. I just went with on my shelf!

Of course maybe I misunderstood. I was thinking the longest sitting book on m..."

No you are right - I went back to the original post & checked.

(1 / 5)

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read: The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (03/02/2014 - ★★★)

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day: Looming Murder

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day: The Good the Bad and the Witchy

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day:

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: Murder, Plain and Simple

Good choice for Old Stuff Day, Marisa! ☺

Thank you, Heather, I've read it a lot of time ago (all Poe, in fact), and it has been nice to read it again.

Mar 2014 - Mini-Challenge
Completed : 5/5


Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read either the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home), or read a cozy author that had their book published before 1900. - An Appetite for Murder - 3/11/14 (added to GR to-read shelf on my first day of membership)

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses 3 their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book. Looming Murder: A Weaving Mystery - Carol Ann Martin - 3/27/14

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the books main character's name matches that of a flower (for example, author's first name is Lily, Rose, etc.) Bloom and Doom - 3/15/14

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc. - Murder, Plain and Simple - 3/6/14

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business. - Truly, Madly - 3/10/14

(2 / 5)

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read: The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (03/02/2014 - ★★★)

Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day: Looming Murder

Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day: The Good the Bad and the Witchy

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day: Walking Into Murder by Joan Dahr Lambert (03/13/2014 - ★★★★) (view spoiler)[Her husband goes away with a young woman. In a travel through England just after that, lhe gets lost in a storm in the Cotswold Hills, she falls in the mud, a strange man says he is her lost wife, almost "kidnaps" her to go into a house and she finds two dead bodies but both of them disappear. (hide spoiler)]

Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: Murder, Plain and Simple

Congrats on finishing, Carol!

way to go Carol! I need to read my last 2 sometime soon!

Congrats, Carol!

March Mini-Challenge

3/5

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home).
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter

√ Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman - 3.18

√ Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover:
Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly - 3.06

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

√ Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.
Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney - Natalie owns a B&B - 3.14

Congrats Carol!

I think that I will give this one a miss, as I haven't read anything yet that fits...

Completed challenges for March.

Old Stuff Day - The Transcendental Murder by Jane Langton

Middle Name Pride Day - Must the Maiden Die by Miriam Grace Monfredo

Plant a Flower Day - Widow's Tears by Susan Wittig Albert

Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Wedding Rows by Kate Kingsbury

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Deadly Currents by Beth Groundwater

Author Julie Wray Herman Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death

Working on my last one - so far it's not grabbing me…

Cozy Mysteries

March Mini-Challenge

4/5

Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home).
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter

√ Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman - 3.18

√ Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover:
Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly - 3.06

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.
My read is not a cozy, but other than that it definitely fits this category!
Dark Storm by Christine Feehan - 3.22

√ Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.
Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney - Natalie owns a B&B - 3.14

Congrats, Vicki! And BJ, sorry about the book

Done!!

Old Stuff Day - Ground to a Halt 3/23/14

Middle Name Pride Day - Leftover Dead by Jimmie Ruth Evans 3/7/14

Plant a Flower Day - Murder Carries a Torch (flower on her hat) 3/10/14

Everything You Think is Wrong Day - A Deadly Row 3/4/14

National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day - The Chocolate Bear Burglary 3/13/14

Congrats, Linda!

Congrats to Vicky and Linda! I'm working on my last one right now.

everyone is doing great! I have 2 left but have so many review books to read for upcoming tours that I'm not sure if I will get my last 2 read. but maybe, you never know!

Realized the book I listed for 'oldest cozy on my list' isn't really a cozy at all, so switched it out for an old cozy. Now I'm done!


Cozy Mysteries

March Mini-Challenge

5/5

√ Mar 2 - Old Stuff Day Read the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf (virtual here on GRs or physical shelf at home).
Death by Rhubarb by Lou Jane Temple - 3.26

√ Mar 10 - Middle Name Pride Day - Read a book whose author uses their middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.
Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death by Julie Wray Herman - 3.18

√ Mar 12 - Plant a Flower Day - Read a book with a flower(s) on the cover:
Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly - 3.06

Mar 15 - Everything You Think is Wrong Day - Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.
My read is not a cozy, but other than that it definitely fits this category!
Dark Storm by Christine Feehan - 3.22

√ Mar 29 - National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day - Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.
Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney - Natalie owns a B&B - 3.14

Death by Rhubarb by Lou Jane Temple

Done!

Congrats Vicky, Linda, and BJ Rose!

Congrats, BJ Rose!

And congrats, Melissa!

Congrats, Melissa and BJ!

Thanks, Melissa, Marisa, and Heather!!!

Congrats to all!!!

Finished the challenge last night!


Mar 2 — Old Stuff Day: Read the oldest cozy mystery on your TBR list/shelf.

Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday by Nancy Atherton


Mar 10 — Middle Name Pride Day: Read a book whose author uses a middle name (not just their initial) on the cover of the book.

The Heart Won't Lie by Vicki Lewis Thompson


Mar 12 — Plant a Flower Day: Read a book with flower on the cover, a flower in the title, or the author's name or the book's main character's name matches that of a flower.

Throw in the Trowel: A Flower Shop Mystery by Kate Collins


Mar 15 — Everything You Think is Wrong Day: Read a book where a character runs into this problem, and has a severe bad day, string of bad luck, etc.

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan


Mar 29 — National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: Read a book where a main or semi-main character owns their own business.

Night Broken by Patricia Briggs

Congratulations Heather, and to everyone else who has finished!