Historical Mystery Lovers discussion
2020 Wheel of Historical Mystery
>
Viji - Wheel of History
date
newest »
newest »
GENERAL RULES:1) Participants may join at any time during the challenge.
2) Definition of historical mystery for this challenge: Any book whose central plot involves a crime of any type (murder, robbery blackmail, etc.) and takes place at any point that is at least 50 years in the past. This includes works set in a time period that is historical from the author’s perspective (for example, The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters) as well as books written in the past from our perspective and set during the author’s lifetime (for example, Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie).
3) Re-reads and audiobooks are acceptable
4) All books begun on January 1st count toward the challenge
5) Create a personal thread in the challenge folder to keep track of your spins and books. Please make a new post for every task that contains:
A. The wedge spun
B. The book to be read.
C. Once you have finished the book, create a new post with all the details above AND the date read. You can also add a few comments about the book if you want (this is not compulsory).
6) The goal is to read books from all of the wedges.
7) If you spin the wheel and land on a wedge that you have already completed, you have to read another book from the same wedge. You cannot spin the wheel again to get a different wedge.
The Wheel:The wheel contains 24 wedges.
20 are connected to a specific Goodreads shelf or list related to historical mysteries. Feel free to add books to the various shelves and lists.
2 Bonus read - read any historical mystery of your choice
2 Lose a turn - ask a member of the group to choose a historical mystery for you to read.
Wedges
Click on the link to get to the shelf or list for the wedge.
*Please note that some wedges have more than one associated shelf or list. You can pick your book from any of the shelves or lists next to the name of the wedge.
** Please make sure that your choice of book meets the criteria for an historical mystery as per the rules of the challenge.
Wedges and Tasks: TRACKER1. Historical Mysteries - List #1 / List #2 / Shelf #1
2. Historical Mysteries 2014 - List #1
3. Regency and Victorian Mysteries - List #1 / List #2 / Shelf #1 / Shelf #2
4. Historical Ghost Fiction - List #1
5. Historical Mysteries 2015 - List #1
6. Sleuths in Silks (Female Detectives) - List #1 / List #2 / List #3
7. Historical Mysteries 2016 - List #1
8. Historical Mysteries in Ancient Times (Greece & Rome) - List #1 / List #2 / Shelf #1
9. YA Historical Mysteries - List #1
10. Historical Mysteries 2017 - List #1
11. Dual Time Mysteries - List #1
12. Mysteries with Literary Authors - List #1
13. Sherlock Holmes - List #1 / List #2 / List #3 / Shelf #1
14. Historical Mysteries 2018 - List #1
15. Historical Cozy Mysteries - List #1 / Shelf #1
16. Historical Mysteries 2019 - List #1
17. Best Historical Crime Fiction - List #1 / List #2 / Shelf #1
18. Historical Mysteries 2020 - List #1
19. Medieval Mysteries - List #1 / Shelf #1
20. Great War Veterans as Detectives - List #1
SPINS:SPIN 1: 1. Historical Mysteries
SPIN 2: 17. Best Historical Crime Fiction
SPIN 3: 3. Regency and Victorian Mysteries
SPIN 4: 9. YA Historical Mysteries
SPIN 5: 4. Historical Ghost Fiction
SPIN 6: 16. Historical Mysteries 2019
SPIN 7: 3. Regency and Victorian Mysteries
SPIN 8: 13. Sherlock Holmes
SPIN 9: 19. Medieval Mysteries
SPIN 10: 12. Mysteries with Literary Authors
Completion:Spin: 1
Wedge: 1. Historical Mysteries
Title:
Mistress of the Art of Death Author: Ariana Franklin
Date Read: 02/21/2020
Completion:Spin: 2
Wedge: 17. Best Historical Crime Fiction
Title:
Murder in the Place of AnubisAuthor: Lynda S. Robinson
Date Read: 03/10/2020
Completion:Spin: 3
Wedge: Regency and Victorian Mysteries
Title:
When Gods DieAuthor: C.S. Harris
Date Read: 05/24/2020
Completion:Spin: 4
Wedge: 9. YA Historical Mysteries
Title:
The Lady Grace Mysteries: BetrayalAuthor: Grace Cavendish
Date Read: 07/29/2020
Completion:SPIN: 5
Wedge: 4. Historical Ghost Fiction
Title:
Aunt Dimity's DeathAuthor: Nancy Atherton
Date Read: 08/21/2020
Completion:Spin: 6
Wedge: 16. Historical Mysteries 2019
Title:
Murder at the British MuseumAuthor: Jim Eldridge
Date Read: 08/29/2020
Completion:Spin: 7
Wedge: 3. Regency and Victorian Mysteries
Title:
Midnight on the River GreyAuthor: Abigail Wilson
Date Read: 09/09/2020
Completion:SPIN : 8
Wedge: 13. Sherlock Holmes
Title:
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesAuthor: Arthur Conan Doyle
Date Read: 09/23/2020
Completion:SPIN: 9
Wedge: 19. Medieval Mysteries
Title:
Belladonna at BelstoneAuthor: Michael Jecks
Date Read: 10/16/2020
Books mentioned in this topic
Belladonna at Belstone (other topics)The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (other topics)
Midnight on the River Grey (other topics)
Murder at the British Museum (other topics)
Aunt Dimity's Death (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Michael Jecks (other topics)Arthur Conan Doyle (other topics)
Abigail Wilson (other topics)
Jim Eldridge (other topics)
Nancy Atherton (other topics)
More...


SPIN THE WHEEL