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Winter 2017/18 Challenge

Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
Pls note that books may change...
C Julia Buckley - Cheddar Off Dead - done****
H Connie Shelton - Holidays Can Be Murder - done****
R Ann Charles - Rattling the Heat in Deadwood - done****
I Julie Garwood -The Ideal Man - done****
S Gemma Halliday - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde - done 3.5***
T Joyce Tremel - Tangled Up in Brew - done****
M Ellery Adams - Murder in the Paperback Parlor - done****
A Deborah Brown - Ambushed in Paradise - done*****
S Jana DeLeon - Swamp Sniper - done****
S Judith Arnold - Still Kicking - done****
T Libby Howard - The Tell All - done 3.5***
A Barbara Allan - Antiques Fate - done****
R Vicki Delany - Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen - done****














The word I'v chosen is.. of course I couldn't resist..
December 21 to March 19, 2018
Progress: 9/9
C: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves - 9 Jan
H: Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy - 11 Feb
R: Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen - 21 Dec
I: The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton - 9 Mar
S: Bittersweet by Susan Wittig Albert - 17 Jan
T: Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith - 19 Feb
M: Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries: Two Victorian Holiday Novels by Anne Perry - 20 Jan
A: Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - 12 Mar
S: State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy - 21 Jan








I really want to add snowflake as well but will see how it goes..
Well, no snowflake, just Christmas, still, done!

Finished on 1/2/18 -- wow, did my books ever fall into place for this one!
T A Touch of Stardust
I Intuition & Psychic Ability: Your Spiritual GPS
N No Mallets Intended
S The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
E Edenbrooke
L Long Live the King
S Seeing the Dead
C Chronicle of a Plague, Revisited: AIDS and Its Aftermath
A The Astronaut Wives Club
R Rum Runner
F Faith

Dec 21, 2017 - March 19, 2018
Updated: Mar. 17
Progress: 17/17
I - (I) Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen - finished Feb. 1
C - Snow Way Out by (C)hristine Husom - finished Jan. 14
E - A Batter of Life and Death by (E)llie Alexander - finished Jan. 23
S - The Lock Artist by (S)teve Hamilton - finished Jan. 15
K - Murder Most Howl by (K)rista Davis - finished Mar. 17
A - Pancakes and Corpses by (A)gatha Frost - finished Jan. 5
T - The (T)welve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt - finished Dec. 27
E - Bear by (E)llen Miles - finished Jan. 15
L - (L)ethal Tide by Beth Prentice - finished Jan. 29
O - (O)nce Bitten by Laurien Berenson - finished Mar. 3
V - Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by (V)icki Delany- finished Dec. 30
E - (E)xposed by Lisa Scottoline - finished Feb. 12
A - Murder with Macaroni and Cheese by (A).L. Herbert - finished Jan. 6
N - (N)ogged Off by Barbara Ross - finished Dec. 29
G - The (G)irl Before by J.P. Delaney - finished Feb. 16
E - Noodle by (E)llen Miles - finished Feb. 26
L - Silence of the Flans by (L)aura Bradford - finished Feb. 28

C -- The World's Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson (01/10)
H -- King Stork by Howard Pyle (01/05)
R -- The Red Carnelian by Phyllis A. Whitney (01/15)
I -- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman (01/15)
S -- Stay Calm and Collie On by Lane Stone (01/01)
T -- Trickiest!: 19 Sneaky Animals by Steve Jenkins (01/08)
M -- The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story by Eric A. Kimmel (01/05)
A -- All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark
S -- Swan Lake by Rachel Isadora (01/05)
C -- Pete the Cat: Cavecat Pete by James Dean 01/02
A -- Flapstick!: 10 Ridiculous Rhymes with Flaps
by Jon Agee (01/01)
N -- Nilo and the Tortoise by Ted Lewin (01/03)
D -- Goodnight World by Debi Gliori (01/01)
L -- London Bridge Is Falling Down! by Peter Spier (01/02)
E -- Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (01/01)
H -- Hooray for Grandma Jo by Thomas McKean (01/01)
E -- Give Me Back My Book! by Ethan Long (01/04)
A -- Apex Predators: The World's Deadliest Hunters, Past and Present by Steve Jenkins (01/01)
R -- Sophie Skates by Rachel Isadora (01/01)
T -- Tanya and the Magic Wardrobe by Patricia Lee Gauch (01/02)
C -- Christmas in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown (01/02)
U -- Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins (01/24)
P -- Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht (01/02)
I -- Young Mozart by Rachel Isadora (01/03)
D -- Dashing Dog! by Margaret Mahy (01/01)

Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
15/15
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Dec. 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
0/5
P - P.D. James - "Shroud for a Nightingale"
E - "The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax" - Dorothy Gilman
A - "Alias Grace" - Margaret Atwood
C - "Crooked Little Lies" - Barbara Taylor Sjssel
E - "The Eyre Affair" - Joseph Fforde

S - Stone Rain - Linwood Barclay
N - NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - Agatha Christie
W - The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
B - The Bad Book Affair - Ian Sansom
A - All the Dirty Parts - Daniel Handler
L - The Last Innocents: The Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960's - Phillip Margolin
L - The Locked Room - Maj Sjöwall


















I'm in. Only one book left in the Autumn Challenge ;)
Here we go:
M- Murder on Moon Trek 1 By Diane Vallere 1/1/18
A- Acne, Asthma, and Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon by Rena Rocford 1/22/18
R- Rubbed Out by Riley Adams 2/2/18
D- Daring by Elliot James 1/30/18
I- Iiona Andrews Magic Bites 2/11/18
G- Goldman, William- The Princess Bride 1/13/18
R- Rowling, J.K- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the illustrated edition 1/19/18
A- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 2/5/18
S- Skulduggery by Carolyn Hart 1/2/18
9/9 completed
L- Lee Ann Ward- There In the Moon Mist 2/9/18
O- Of Mive and Men by John Steinbeck 2/25/18
V- Vigilante Vignette by Larissa Reinhart 2/16/18
E- Eason, Lynette Too Close To Home 3/4/18
4/4 completed
S- Scamander, Newt- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Illustrated Edition) 1/9/18
T- Tracy Kiely- A Perfect Manhattan Murder 12/29/17
A- Artifact by Gigi Pandian 2/21/18
R- The Real Macaw 1/16/18
4/4 completed
total: 17/17 books read

R: Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich
E: Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer
I: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
N: Northern Borders by Howard Frank Mosher
D: Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
E: Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
E: Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
R: Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke

G- The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
I - The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman
N - Needle and Dread - Elizabeth Lynn Casey
G - Gone with the Wool - Betty Hechtman
E - The Eye of Jade - Diane Wei Liang
R - Railroad Schemes - Cecelia Holland
B - Blood on the Line - Edward Marston
R - Reflecting the Sky - S. J. Rozan
E - E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton
A - The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
D - D is for Deadbeat - Sue Grafton
C - Centennial - James Michener
H - The Haunted Bookshop - Christopher Morley
R - Requiem for a Mezzo - Carola Dunn
I - I Shouldn't Be Doing This - Bob Newhart
S - Speaking in Tongues - Jeffrey Deaver
T - Time of Fog and Fire - Rhys Bowen
M - Murder in the Paperback Parlor - Ellery Adams
A - All By Myself Alone - Mary Higgins Clark
S - The Scarred Woman - Jussi Adler-Olsen
H - Hark the Herald Angels Slay - Vicki Delany
O - On Honeymoon with Death - Quinton Jardine
L - The Lightening Thief - Rick Riordan
L - The Language of the Dead - Stephen Kelly
Y - Y is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton



Meteorological winter starts December 1, and runs through end of February. The actual winter solstice, though, is mid-month to mid-month. '-)

Completed 4/8
F-(F)lipped for murder by Maddie Day-finished 03/11/18
L-Dial M for Mousse by (L)aura Bradford-finished 02/05/18
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R-A (R)oom with a Brew by Joyce Tremel-finished 01/05/18
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S-(S)towed Away by Barbara Ross-finished 01/22/18





C - Carl Hiaasen - Bad Monkey completed 1-27-18
H - A High-End Finishby Kate Carlisle completed 12/22/17
R - Roach, Mary Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadaverscompleted 1-31-18
I - Isabella Alan Murder, Plainly Read completed 3-9-18
S - Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell completed 2-21-18
T - T is for Transformationby Shaun T
M - Miranda James Bless Her Dead Little Heart completed 01/20/18
A - Away by amy bloom
S- Something's Cooking by joanne pence

C -Kathryn Croft The Girl You Lost 12/28/2017
H -The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods by Hank Haney 1/23/2018
R- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve - 1/22/2018
I Ilona Andrews Magic Bites 1/10/2018
S-M.L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans 1/29/2018
T - There's Someone Inside Your House 12/30/2017
M Dark Horse Michelle Diener 12/28/2017
A -A Mind Reader's Christmas: An Eric Beckman Mystery 1/7/2018
S-Coco Simon Katie and the Cupcake 1/10/2018Cure

S Sweet Masterpieceby Connie Shelton 1/7/18
N Nordan,, Robert Dead and Breakfast Finished 2/20/18
O O'Connell Carol Winter House finished 1/28/17
W The White House Connectionby Jack Higgins 1/17/18
F Francis,DickBonecrack finished 12/28/17
L The Last Coincidence by Robert Goldsborough 1/12/18
A Alibis and Lies by Ilsa Mayr finished 12/30/17
K Kales,Jenny Secrets and Pies Finished 1/15/17
E Eaves of Destruction by Kate Carlisle 12/26/18

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W The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
I Polly Iyer The Scent of Murder
N Notorious by Allison Brennan
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F: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 12/27/17
R: Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 02/18/18
O: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 12/30/17
S: Something Wicked by Carolyn G Hart 01/03/18
T: Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier 01/15/18
Y: You Bet Your Life by Jessica Fletcher 02/03/18

V Valley of Silence, Nora Roberts
A Anything but Minor Kate Stewart
L (The) Last Illusion- Rhys Bowen
E Emily Brian - Distracting the Duchess
N Northanger castle Il castello di Northanger - Colleen Gleason
T Tom Standage - Una storia commestibile dell'umanità
I Idi di febbraio (Ides of February)-Marzia Musneci
N Nava Samuele - La sindrome di Sherlock Holmes
E Elise Thiebaut - Questo è il mio sangue: Manifesto contro il tabù delle mestruazioni
'S Sophie Kinsella- My Not So Perfect
Life
D Day, Sylvia - Reflected in You
A (The) Age of Conversation -
Benedetta Craveri
Y Yoshimoto Banana - L'abito di
piume
L Lays, Charlotte- Miss black gold Miss Oro
Nero
I If This Isn't Nice What Is? (Much) Expanded
Second Edition: The Graduation Speeches and
Other Words to Live By-Kurt
Vonnegut
G (La) giostra degli scambi - Andrea Camilleri
H H. Y. Hanna - All-Butter ShortDead
T Tuccillo, Liz How to Be Single
S Solnit, Rebecca A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster




















F Fool Me Once/Harlan Coben 1-27-18
R The Raven Room/Ana Medeiros 1-9-18
O Constance Ouellet/How the Light Gets In/Louise Penny 2-20-18
S Sinclair, Cherise/Master of Freedom 1-4-18
T A Touch of Greek/Tina Folsom 1-30-18
Y Year One/Nora Roberts 1-7-18






L Louise Penny/Bury Your Dead 1-21-18
I Isabelle Lacoste The Nature of the Beast/Louise Penny 2-28-18
G Armand Gamache/The Long Way Home/Louise Penny 2-24-18
H The Hound of the Baskerville /Arthur Conan Doyle 1-3-18
T A Trick of the Light/Louise Penny 2-12-18
S Nathan Sabine/Vampire Fight Club/Larissa Ione 3-1-18







S - Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern finished Jan 1/18
A - A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie finished Dec 26/17
N - Nancy Drew - The Message in the Haunted Mansion by Carolyn Keenefinished March 11/18
T - Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline Finished January 28/18
A - The Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat by James AndersonFinished February 18/18





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K - Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton Finished January 14/2018
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I = The {I}cing on the Corpse, Liz Mugavero (31/12/17)
C = The {C}rêpes of Wrath, Sarah Fox (24/12/17)
I = {I}mprudence, Gail Carriger (22/01/17)
C = Murder Under the Christmas Tree, {C}ecily Gayford (ed) (21/12/17)
L = The Legend of Sleepy Harlow, Kylie {L}ogan (28/12/17)
E = Charlotte's Web, {E} B White (23/12/17)
and a mug of
C = An Open Spook/A Wild Ghost Chase, EJ {C}opperman (two novellas to make one short novels-worth of 169pg) (03/01/18)
O = The Humbug Murders, LJ {O}liver (22/12/17)
C = Whisky Galore, {C}ompton Mackenzie (13/01/18)
O = {O}riel's Diary, Robert Harrison (26/12/17)
A = The Paper Moon, {A}ndrea Camilleri (05/01/18)

Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
I'm going with New Year's Eve bc it's my son's birthday and Scarf bc that's what I've been knitting.
✔N - Coraline by Neil Gaiman 1/3/18
✔E - Everywhere that Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline 12/27/17
✔W - The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 1/8/18
✔Y - You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark 2/16/18
✔E - The Heist by Janet Evanovich 1/24/18
✔A - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 1/11/18
✔R - Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline 1/23/18
✔S - Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline 1/17/18
✔E - Pecan Pies and Homicides by Ellery Adams 2/2/18
✔V - The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline 3/17/18
✔E - Lemon Pies and White Little Lies by Ellery Adams 2/13/18
✔S - Blackberry Burial by Sharon Farrow 2/6/18
✔C - Cross by James Patterson 12/26/17
✔A - Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford 1/14/18
✔R - Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 1/27/18
✔F - Where She Went by Gayle Forman 2/6/18















Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
W - Written Off 02.17.18
I - I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons 01.18.18
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T The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre
E - Elementary, She Read 02.08.18
R - Renegades 01.02.18

Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
C - Cast for Murder - 1/27/18
U -
P - Paths of Disharmony - 2/15/18
I - In Cave Danger - 2/28/18
D - Death & the Viking's Daughter - 1/8/18





December 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
S = (S)now Way Out by Christine Husom (finished 12/26/17)
N = (N)o Man's Land by David Baldacci (audio - finished 2/25/18)
O = (O)n the Chopping Block by Jenny Kales (finished 1/17/18)
W = Threads of Evidence by Lea (W)ait (audio - finished 2/12/18)
F = Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne (F)luke (finished 1/3/18)
L = (L)ook For Me by (L)isa Gardner (finished 1/27/18)
A = Pride and Prejudice by Jane (A)usten (audio - finished 1/10/18)
K = Spiced and Iced by Jenny (K)ales (finished 2/4/18)
E = The Guise of Another by Allen (E)skens (audio - finished 12/29/17)










Duration: Dec 21 2017 to March 19, 2018
1/5
My word is SCARF
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F - Farm Fresh Murder / Paige Shelton

M = {M}ission Impawsible, Krista Davis (04/01/18)
A = The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, {A}lexander McCall Smith (10/01/18)
R = Corpse Flower, {R}osemary Harris (01/02/18)
D = {D}eath in Dark Blue, Julia Buckley (02/02/18)
I = Death at the President's Lodging, Michael {I}nnes (30/01/18)
G = The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy {G}ilman (16/01/18)
R = Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK {R}owling (05/02/18)
A = Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon, Donna {A}ndrews (19/01/18)
S = Crazy Like a Fox, {S}hannon Hill (29/01/18)
And I can slip in some PEACE:
P = {P}icture Miss Seeton, Heron Carvic (09/02/18)
E = {E}lementary, She Read, Vicki Delany (08/02/18)
A = {A}rtemis, Andy Weir (07/02/18)
C = Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs, Blaize {C}lements (15/02/18)
E = Pies and Prejudice, {E}llery Adams (11/02/18)

Cozy Winter 2017/18 Challenge
Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
15/15
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Books mentioned in this topic
Inhuman (other topics)Pancakes & Pandemonium (other topics)
Murder is a Monkey's Game (other topics)
Custodian (other topics)
Penguins and Mortal Peril (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Eileen Wilks (other topics)Ruby Loren (other topics)
Suzanne Collins (other topics)
Agatha Christie (other topics)
Zenina Masters (other topics)
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This challenge will last from Dec 21, 2017 to March 19, 2018
** This is a "spell it out" challenge, where you will spell out a word (or words) using one of two options:
1. Use only the first word of a title. For example, if you choose to spell out the word "winter," you might use Inspector Specter by EJ Copperman for the letter "I".
2. Use an author’s first or last name. Eg: for the word winter, you might use a book by "Ellery Adams" for the letter “E”.
** The words "the", "a" and "an" do not count.
** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.
** A book can only be used once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges.
Here is your word list
(Words in parentheses are optional)
Advent
Angel
Blizzard
Boxing (Day)
Candle
Candy cane
Christmas
Cocoa
Cookies
Cupid
Dreidel
Earmuffs
Eggnog
Elves
Epiphany
Flurries
Frosty
Gingerbread
Groundhog (Day)
Guy Fawkes
Hanukkah
Heart
Ice skate
Icicle
Jingle Bells
Kwanzaa
Lights
Love
Mardi Gras
Menorah
Mittens
Nativity
New Year’s Eve
Noel
Ornaments
Peace
Presents
Reindeer
Santa (Claus)
Scarf
Scrooge
Skiing
Snow
Snowball
Snowflake
Snowshoe
Star
Stocking
Tinsel
Tree
Valentine’s (Day)
Winter
Wreath
Yule log
HAVE FUN!