Cozy Mysteries discussion

SUMMER CHALLENGE


This challenge will last from June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020


** 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. (The words "the", "and" "a" and "an" do not count.)
2. Use an author's first or last name.

Example:

S = Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
U =
M = Merry Market Murder by Paige Shelton
M =
E =
R =

B =
E = Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams
A =
C =
H =


** Books DO NOT have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.

** Do as many words as you want/are able to do.

** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (such as the monthly mini challenges).

** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance.

** If you want your word to align neatly along the side of the comment box, enter a subject on the first line of the comment box, such as "I'm in" or "My challenge," then hit the enter key twice before spelling out your word vertically.

** You do not have to spell the same word as everyone else, but can choose to spell out one of the following words (or combination of words) — obviously some will be more challenging. Words in parentheses are optional.


Here is your word list:

August
Barbeque
Barefoot
Baseball
Bastille (Day)
Beach
Bicycles
Boats
Bonfire
Camping
Canada (Day)
Canoe
Carnival
Corn-on-the-Cob
Dog Days
Fair
Farmers’ (Market)
Fireworks
Fishing
Flip Flops
Frisbee
Garden
Hazy
Heat wave
Hike
Hotdogs
Humid
Independence (Day)
July
June
Juneteenth
Labor (Day)
Lemonade
Ocean
Outdoors
Picnic
Sand
Sandcastle
Sandals
Seashell
S’mores
Solstice
Summer
Sunburn
Sunflower
Sunglasses
Sunshine
Swim(ming)
Tent
Thunderstorm
Tourist
Travel
Vacation
Water
Waves
Zoo

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Looking forward to seeing where the books take me and what I wind up spelling.

Summer Challenge 2020
Completed: July 22, 2020

B- The {B}right Side of Going Dark by Kelly Harms ✅
A- {A}fter the Funeral by Agatha Christie ✅
S- {S}ad Cypress by Agatha Christie ✅
T- Lightning on a Quiet Night by Donn E. {T}aylor ✅
I- The {I}mportance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith ✅
L- The {L}ast Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan ✅
L- The {L}ikely Resolutions of Oliver Clock by Jane Riley ✅
E- {E}vil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie ✅
D- {D}ear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce ✅
A- The {A}ubrey Rules by Aven Ellis ✅
Y- Seeking Mr. Perfect by {Y}vonne Lehman ✅


J- The Mysterious Affair at Styles by {A}gatha Christie ✅
U- The {U}nderdog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie ✅
L- Murder Offstage by {L}. B. Hathaway ✅
Y- Whiter than Snow by {Y}vonne Lehman ✅


S- {S}orry I Missed You by Suzy Krause ✅
U- The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto {U}rrea ✅
N- {N}early a Murder by Beth Byers ✅
S- Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose {S}mith ✅
H- The {H}ollow by Agatha Christie ✅
I- {I}n an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn ✅
N- The Paris Seamstress by {N}atasha Lester ✅
E- Murder in the First Edition by Lauren {E}lliott ✅

In! Finished 07/02/2020

S Murder with Cinnamon Scones Karen Rose Smith
A Along the Infinite Sea
N Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes Nancy Naigle
D Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake
C Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World William D. Cohan
A Al Dente's Inferno
S Strawberry Shortcake Murder
T Too Hot Four Hula
L Lady Clementine
E The Last WordEllery Adams

T The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the PresentDavid Treuer
H Handbags and Homicide
U The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
N Never Say Pie
D Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut
E Murder in the Storybook Cottage Ellery Adams
R Raspberry Danish Murder
S The Summer We Lost Her
T Twenty Blue Devils
O 142 Ostriches
R Read and Buried
M Manor of Dying

Cozy Summer Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 31/8/20
27/27

B Buried by Lynda La Plante 4★s 11/6/20
A The Safe Place by Anna Downes 3★s 21/6/20
S The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey 4★s 15/6/20
E Beware the Past by Joy Ellis 5★s 17/6/20
B Bottlebrush Creek by Maya Linnell 5★s 4/6/20
A The Goldminer's Sister by Alison Stuart 5★s 6/7/20
L Lily's Secret by Kirsty Ferry 4★s 9/7/20
L Lockdown by Peter May 5★s 14/6/20



S Stars Over the Southern Ocean by J.H. Fletcher 5★s 13/6/20
U Unwelcome Guests by Anna Willett 5★s 11/7/20
N The Silk House by Kayte Nunn 5★s 21//6/20
F Fair Warning by Michael Connelly 5★s 3/6/20
L The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland 4.5★s 2/6/20
O One Lost Soul by J.M. Dalgliesh 5★s 7/6/20
W When She Was Good by Michael Robotham 5★s 21/7/20
E A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison 4★s 5/6/20
R Turn to Dust by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 8/7/20



S Breakfast at Bronzefield by Sophie Campbell 3★s 17/6/20
A A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby 4★s 9/6/20
N The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland 5★s 23/7/20
D Deadly Investment by Jill Paterson 4★s 25/6/20
C The Cake Maker’s Wish by Josephine Moon 5★s 10/6/20
A Savage Bay Nightmare by Anna Willett 5★s 7/6/20
S Deadman's Track by Sarah Barrie 5★s 5/7/20
T Texas Outlaw by James Patterson 5★s 17/7/20
L The Life She Finds by Maggie Christensen 5★s 5/6/20
E Out of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch Urioste 4★s 6/6/20

SUMMER CHALLENGE
This challenge will last from June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020

B = Baby, it's Cold by Josh Lanyon 7/21/2020
A = Amy Boyles wrote Southern Spells 06/07/2020
S = Steinbeck John wrote The Pearl 7/02/2020
E = Ed Gorman wrote Wake Up Little Susie 6/25/2020
B = BlueBuried Muffins by Lyndsey Cole 6/30/2020
A = Addison Moore wrote Kittyzen's Arrest 06/26/2020
L = Lanyon Josh wrote Winter Kill 6/23/2020
L = Leighann Dobbs wrote Killer Cupcakes 6/30/2020

B = Brown Duffy wrote Iced Chiffon 8/4/2020
E = Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Tell-Tale Heart 07/01/2020
A = Alderson Jennifer S. wrote Death on the Danube 6/28/2020
C = The Cask of Amontillado by Poe Edgar Allan 07/01/2020
H = Hunter Maddy wrote Pasta Imperfect 06/12/2020

I’m in.....

S - Southern Sass and Crispy Corpse by Kate Young (6/10/20)
A - All You Need is Fudge by Nancy Coco (6/7/20)
N - Fudge Bites by Nancy CoCo (7/7/20)
D - Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day (7/9/20)
A - All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt by Rose Presley (8/5/20)
L - Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan (6/5/20)
S - Still Knife Painting by Cheryl Hollon (7/14/20)



Finished!

CM Summer 2020 - my favorite time of year!!!
June 01 - Aug 31

S - Connie Shelton - Weddings Can Be Murder
U - Donna Joy Usher -Tess's Tale
M - G A McKevett - Sour Grapes
M - Miranda James - Murder Past Due
E - K J Emrick - How to Bake a Murder
R - Sara Rosett - Murder at Archly Manor



B - Barbara Allan - Antiques Fire Sale
E - Elaine Viets - Catnapped!
A - Jennifer S Alderson - Death By Baguette
C - Ann Charles - In Cahoots with the Prickly Pear Posse
H - Harper Lin - Granny Undercover



W - Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs
A - Angie Fox - Sweet Tea and Spirits
V - Diane Vallere - Crushed Velvet
E - Ellery Adams - The Secret, Book & Scone Society
S - Stephanie Bond - 2 Bodies for the Price of 1



S - Leann Sweeney - Shoot From The Lip
W - Betty Webb - The Anteater of Death
I - Isis Crawford - A Catered Fourth of July
M - Leslie Meier - Star Spangled Murder



S - Sara Barton - Miz Scarlet and the Bewildered Bridegroom
A - Isabella Alan - Plainly Murder
N - Nancy Martin - A Little Night Murder
D - Kathy Daley - The Puppy Project



F - Caroline Fardig - Death Before Decaf
L - Lucy Burdette - Topped Chef
I - Issy Brooke - The Case of the Lincoln Imp
P - Paige Shelton - The Cracked Spine

F - Frankie Bow - The Musubi Murder
L - Victoria Laurie - Coached to Death
O - Susan O'Brien - Skydive
P - Peg Cochran - Berried Secrets
S - Jamie Lee Scott - Death of a Sales Rep

Alice Summer 2020

B
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S A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
E Evil Eye by Alyssa Day
B
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L Louise's Blunder by Sarah R. Shaber
L A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman

H Hid from Our Eyes by Julia Spencer-Fleming
U
M Miss Frost Chills The Cheater by Kristin Painter
I
D A Deadly Éclair by Daryl Wood Gerber

T And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thronton
R
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V Verity by Colleen Hoover
E
L Lucas by D.B. Reynolds

W White Houses by Amy Bloom
A
V
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S The Shadow Weave by Annette Marie

Seasonal Challenge Summer 2020
This challenge will last from June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020

✔A - The Cherry Cola Book Club by Ashton Lee 6/25/20
✔U - The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 8/5/20
✔G - A Gentleman in Moscow 6/21/20
✔U - The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley 8/31/20
✔S - Sweet Suspects by Jessica Beck 6/5/20
✔T - The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom 8/4/20

✔G - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 7/26/20
✔A - Appaloosa by Robert Parker 6/25/20
✔R - Marker by Robin Cook 6/14/20
✔D - Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake by Sarah Graves 6/7/20
✔E - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carringer 6/30/20
✔N - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan 7/1/20

✔W - What My Mother and I Don't Talk About edited by Michele Filgate 6/24/20
✔A - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 8/11/20
✔T - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 8/12/20
✔E - Carbs and Cadavers by Ellery Adams 7/31/20
✔R - White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo 7/18/20

Edited to add a word/phrase

✔C - China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan 6/3/20
✔O - One Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie 8/1/20
✔R - The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan 7/18/20
✔N - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 8/21/20
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✔O - Home by Nnedi Okorafor 8/27/20
✔N - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 7/14/20
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✔T - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 8/24/20
✔H - How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell 6/2/20
✔E - Fit to Die by Ellery Adams 8/20/20
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✔C - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 6/5/20
✔O - One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline 8/31/20
✔B - The Cat Who Sang for the Birds by Lillian Jackson Braun 6/20/20

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I'm in! - Finished August 2, 2020

L - Lamb To The Slaughter - Jennifer Rowe
A - The Abomination: Omen V - Gordon McGill
B - The Buck Passes Flynn - Gregory McDonald
O - On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle
R - Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin

D - Death and the Princess - Robert Barnard
A - Anatomy of a Crossword - Nero Blanc
Y - The Yellow Room - Mary Roberts Rinehart




And the word I choose every summer:
B - Bishop's Landing - Richard Forsythe
A - Al Dente's Inferno - Stephanie Cole
S - The Seven-Percent Solution - Nicholas Meyer
E - Exit Stage Left - Graham Ison
B - Ball Four - Jim Bouton
A - Another Fine Myth - Robert Lynn Asprin
L - Little Tiny Teeth - Aaron Elkins
L - Lamplighter - John Simmons

I am NOT a Summer person at all!! But I'm a reader all year long!! I have NEVER finished one of these challenges in all of the years I've been in this group, but I keep plugging along each season :)

Cozy Summer Challenge
Duration: 6/1/20 - 8/31/20

1/7 Completed

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Tonya— You can do it! Sometimes it’s easier to hold off choosing a word until you get a month or two of books in, then see which letters you need to fill in to spell something.

Summer 2020 Challenge
June 1 - August 31, 2020

Progress: 8/8 COMPLETED
S - (S)ummerhouse Reunion by Kathi Daley - June 8
E - Sugar, Gummi and Lollipop by (E)llen Miles - June 20
A - Publishable By Death by (A).C.F. Bookens- July 12
S - (S)avage Run by C.J. Box - June 8
H - Murder is Misunderstood by (H)eather (H)orrocks - June 13
E - Molly by (E)llen Miles - July 18
L - Death Al Dente by (L)eslie Budewitz - June 2
L - Death of a Gigolo by (L)aura Levine - June 27

Progress: 7/7 COMPLETED
F - Killing in the Caribbean by Jennifer (F)ischetto - July 7
R - Finding Love at Hedgehog Hollow by Jessica (R)edland - Aug 1
I - (I)nvitation Only Murder by Leslie Meier - July 13
S - Paper Son by (S).J. Rozan - June 24
B - (B)efore He Kills by (B)lake Pierce - June 22
E - (E)ight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson - Aug. 13
E - Bonita by (E)llen Miles - Aug. 15

Progress: 6/6 COMPLETED
C - The Greek Symbol Mystery by (C)arolyn Keene - June 25
A - Criminally Cocoa by (A)manda Flower - July 18
N - Red Rain by Toby (N)eal - Aug. 28
A - (A)merica, the Band: An Authorized Biography by Jude Warne - July 27
D - (D)angerous Games by Carolyn Keene - July 1
A - (A)ll the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - Aug. 28

OK, I'm in :) I have never done one of these challenges before! If anyone has read any of these, would love to hear what you think.

B - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel Van der Kolk (NYT bestseller, non-fiction, neuroscience, love books about the brain)
I - I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron (love When Harry Met Sally)
C - Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie
Y - A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle
C - A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (1st one in a new cozy series)
L - Virgil Wander, Leif Enger (for bookclub #1, July)
E - The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (for bookclub #2, July)
S - Light from Other Stars by Erika Swyles (supposed to be odd, but my friend Juliet recommended)

Summer Challenge
June 1 to Aug. 31, 2020

Flip Flops-done
F Final Ride Nic Saint 6/12/20
Lynn JB-One Woman's Junk JB Lynn 6/14/20
I It Takes a Witch Heather Blake 6/17/20
P Picture Perfect Murder Jenna St. James 6/7/20

F A Fatal Fiction Kaitlyn Dunnett 6/26/20
Leighann Dobbs-Dying for Danish Leighann Dobbs 6/22/20
O Overdue to Die J.A. Whiting 6/28/20
P A Pizza to Die For Chris Cavender 6/25/20
S A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber 6/14/20

Waves-done
Wendy Tyson-A Muddied Murder Wendy Tyson 6/3/20
AR Winters-Killer Cruise A.R. Winters 6/6/20
Victoria Hamilton-A Deadly Grind Victoria Hamilton 6/19/20
Emrick KJ-How to Bake a Murder K.J. Emrick 6/2/20
S Sugar and Vice: Cupcake Truck Mysteries Emily James 6/15/20

Humid done
Heather Day Gilbert-No Filter Heather Day Gilbert 6/1/20
U The Un-Nimble Thimble Roberta Updegraff 8/10/20
Meg Macy-Bear Witness to Murder Meg Macy 6/4/20
Imogene Plimp-Murder at the Snowed Inn Imogene Plimp 7/7/20
D Destination Murder K.J. Emrick 6/15/20

Karen— I’ve read Cards on the Table and A Year in Provence, and enjoyed both. It’s been a while, but I remember laughing quite a bit during the latter.

SUMMER CHALLENGE

This challenge will last from June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020

I'm rolling dice to pick words.
V: Just Kidding by Lani Lynn Vale
A: Agent of Enchantment
C: Magic of the Gargoyles by Rebecca Chastain
A: Who Needs Enemies by Keri Arthur
T: Third Daughter
I: The Iron Duke
O: Of Silk and Steam
N: The Negotiator

T: Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert
E: Ether & Elephants
N: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
T: Til Death

C: Pirate Consort by Carysa Locke
O: Old Man's War
R: For Whom the Smell Tolls: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Renee George
N: Nyte Terrors
O: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
N: Night of the Living Deed
T: Summer at Lake Haven by RaeAnne Thayne
H: A Potion to Die For by Heather Blake
E: Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
C: Pirate Throne by Carysa Locke
O: The Oncoming Storm
B: Sympathetic Magic by Sara Bourgeois

J: The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay
U: Unconquerable Sun
N: Falcone Strike by Christopher G. Nuttall
E: On My Way by Eve Langlais
T: Tea Cups and Carnage
E: Engagement and Espionage
E: How to Dance an Undead Waltz by Hailey Edwards
N: Desperate Fire by Christopher G. Nuttall
T: Tell Me No Lies
H: Hospitality and Homicide

C: Cursed Command
A: Deader Still by Anton Strout
N: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
O: On Basilisk Station
E: How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

S: White Whiskey Bargain by Jodie Slaughter
U: Uncompromising Honor
N: Nyte Prowler
B: On Basilisk Station
U: The Undomestic Goddess
R: You'll Never Haunt Alone by Rose Pressey
N:

I think I'm going to visit the great outdoors vicariously this season, because of Covid. First three words done. I'll see what else springs to mind.

C = The City in the Middle of the Night, {C}harlie Jane Anders - 11/06/20
A = A Memory Called Empire {A}rkady Martine - 26/06/20
M = Middlegame, Seanan McGuire - 16/06/20
P = Peony Street, {P}amela Grandstaff - 30/06/20
I = {I}n an Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire - 21/06/20
N = Aunt Dimity and the Summer King, {N}ancy Atherton - 01/06/20
G = {G}ideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir - 24/06/20

T = {T}o Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers - 12/06/20
E = The Westing Game, {E}llen Raskin – 02/05/20
N = Catfishing on CatNet, {N}aomi Kritzer - 08/07/20
T = {T}his Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone - 06/07/20

H = The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. {H}arrow – 06/06/20
I = Luna: New Moon, {I}an McDonald - 16/07/20
K = The Light Brigade, {K}ameron Hurley – 08/06/20
E = The Secret, Book & Scone Society, {E}llery Adams - 14/06/20

Summer Challenge 2020
0/15 completed
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I am in. June 1-August 31

S - The Sleeping Doll - Jeffrey Deaver
U - Unraveled - Maggie Sefton
M - The Motive - John Lescroat
M - Mrs. Jeffries Rights a Wrong - Emily Brightwell
E -Evans Gate - Rhys Bowen
R - A Rule Against Murder - Louise Penny

G - Gone with the Whiskers - Laurie Cass
A - All the Great Pretenders - Deborah Adams
R - Roadside Crosses - Jeffrey Deaver
D - The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalin
E -Echo Park - Michael Connelly
N - Nebraska - Dana Fuller Ross

B - Booking the Crook - Laurie Cass
O - One Little Lie - Stephen Tyler
N - No Cure For Death - Max Allan Collins
F - Firestarter - Stephen King
I - In a Strange City - Laura Lippman
R - The Riddle of the Third Mile - Colin Dexter
E - Echoes from the Dark - Johan Theorin

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I’m in! I was not able to finish the spring challenge. I will try the summer one.

S- Killer Amnesia by Sherri Shackelfordlll
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R- Outbound Train by Renea Winchester

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D - Hidden in Amish Country by Dana R. Lynn
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SUMMER 2020 CHALLENGE
Duration: June 1 - August 31, 2020
Challenge Completed - August 5, 2020

Words Spelled: 4

My Word(s):

BEACH (book titles)
B- Beachcomber Love (Beachcomber Investigations 7.7) by Stephanie Queen - 6/15/2020
E- Empaths and Paws (Spirits of Tempest 1) by Penny Brooke - 7/22/20
A-Apple Die (Apple Orchard 1) by Chelsea Thomas - 7/11/20
C-The Cat of Yule Cottage: A Magical Tale of Romance, Christmas and Cats - the perfect read for winter 2020 by Lili Hayward - 6/13/2020
H- Hound on the Sound by Jessa Archer - 6/17/20

BOATS (book titles)
B - Belstarr The Lost Toymaker by David Jacks - 6/14/20
O - Old Bones (Hetty Fox 3) by Anna Drake - 7/12/20
A - Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 8/5/20
T - The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid 1) by Tamara Philip - 6/11/20
S - The Secret Lives of Superhero Wives (Superhero Wives 1) by Joynell Schultz - 6/7/20

HIKE (book titles)
H - Head Over Heels (Love in the Pacific Northwest 1) by Cindy Procter-King - 6/27/20
I - It's Not Christmas Without You (Holloway 1) by HelenKay Dimon - 6/14/20
K - A Kiss beneath a Christmas Star (Daydreams and Dragonflies Rock 'N Sweet Romance 2) by Tamara Ferguson - 8/4/20
E - Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20

S'MORES (author names)
S- Seven Years Bad Luck (Morning Valley 1) by Kristy E. Carter - 7/6/20
M- March Street Murder (March Street 1) by Estelle Richards - 6/20/20
O-Death Comes in Threes (Addie Foster 1) by Kimberley O'Malley - 7/3/20
R-Brides and Blades (Bakers and Bulldogs 2) by Rosie Sams - 7/4/20
E-Double Decker Dead: A Josie Tucker Mini Mystery by E.M. Kaplan - 7/10/20
S-Back in the Game by Susan Harper - 6/30/20

It's on like Donkey Kong.

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I'm in for this one!

S- Such a Fun Age
U- Untangling: Poems
M- The Missing Father
M- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
E- End Game
R- A Robot in the Garden

V- A View to Die For
A- All Adults Here
C- The Commitment
A- Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
T- Too Late
I- Ice Mermaid: a Salt for Air novella
O- Operation Back-to-School
N- Normal People

SUMMER 2020 CHALLENGE
Duration: June 1 - August 31, 2020

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Finished :)

Cozy Summer Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 31/8/20
27/27

B Buried by Lynda La Plante 4★s 11/6/20
A The Safe Place by Anna Downes 3★s 21/6/20
S The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey 4★s 15/6/20
E Beware the Past by Joy Ellis 5★s 17/6/20
B Bottlebrush Creek by Maya Linnell 5★s 4/6/20
A The Goldminer's Sister by Alison Stuart 5★s 6/7/20
L Lily's Secret by Kirsty Ferry 4★s 9/7/20
L Lockdown by Peter May 5★s 14/6/20



S Stars Over the Southern Ocean by J.H. Fletcher 5★s 13/6/20
U Unwelcome Guests by Anna Willett 5★s 11/7/20
N The Silk House by Kayte Nunn 5★s 21//6/20
F Fair Warning by Michael Connelly 5★s 3/6/20
L The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan by Lisa Ireland 4.5★s 2/6/20
O One Lost Soul by J.M. Dalgliesh 5★s 7/6/20
W When She Was Good by Michael Robotham 5★s 21/7/20
E A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison 4★s 5/6/20
R Turn to Dust by Rachel Amphlett 5★s 8/7/20



S Breakfast at Bronzefield by Sophie Campbell 3★s 17/6/20
A A Million Little Lies by Bette Lee Crosby 4★s 9/6/20
N The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland 5★s 23/7/20
D Deadly Investment by Jill Paterson 4★s 25/6/20
C The Cake Maker’s Wish by Josephine Moon 5★s 10/6/20
A Savage Bay Nightmare by Anna Willett 5★s 7/6/20
S Deadman's Track by Sarah Barrie 5★s 5/7/20
T Texas Outlaw by James Patterson 5★s 17/7/20
L The Life She Finds by Maggie Christensen 5★s 5/6/20
E Out of the Silence: After the Crash by Eduardo Strauch Urioste 4★s 6/6/20

Brenda wrote: "Finished :)

Cozy Summer Challenge
Duration: 1/6/20 - 31/8/20
27/27

B Buried by Lynda La Plante 4★s 11/6/20
A The Safe Place by [author:Anna Downes|19..."

Congrats!!!

Thanks Meg :)

Message 7 I finished this challenge. The books were so much fun to read and I really enjoyed them. Can’t wait for the next challenge!

Good job Michelle :)

Thanks Brenda!

Challenge Completed!!

SUMMER 2020 CHALLENGE
Duration: June 1 - August 31, 2020
Challenge Completed - August 5, 2020

Words Spelled: 4

My Word(s):

BEACH (book titles)
B- Beachcomber Love (Beachcomber Investigations 7.7) by Stephanie Queen - 6/15/2020
E- Empaths and Paws (Spirits of Tempest 1) by Penny Brooke - 7/22/20
A-Apple Die (Apple Orchard 1) by Chelsea Thomas - 7/11/20
C-The Cat of Yule Cottage: A Magical Tale of Romance, Christmas and Cats - the perfect read for winter 2020 by Lili Hayward - 6/13/2020
H- Hound on the Sound by Jessa Archer - 6/17/20

BOATS (book titles)
B - Belstarr The Lost Toymaker by David Jacks - 6/14/20
O - Old Bones (Hetty Fox 3) by Anna Drake - 7/12/20
A - Apple Pie and Trouble (Sandy Bay 1) by Amber Crewes - 8/5/20
T - The Trouble with Playing Cupid (Cupid 1) by Tamara Philip - 6/11/20
S - The Secret Lives of Superhero Wives (Superhero Wives 1) by Joynell Schultz - 6/7/20

HIKE (book titles)
H - Head Over Heels (Love in the Pacific Northwest 1) by Cindy Procter-King - 6/27/20
I - It's Not Christmas Without You (Holloway 1) by HelenKay Dimon - 6/14/20
K - A Kiss beneath a Christmas Star (Daydreams and Dragonflies Rock 'N Sweet Romance 2) by Tamara Ferguson - 8/4/20
E - Escape to Osprey Cove (Osprey Cove Lodge 1) by Luisa Marietta Gold - 6/24/20

S'MORES (author names)
S- Seven Years Bad Luck (Morning Valley 1) by Kristy E. Carter - 7/6/20
M- March Street Murder (March Street 1) by Estelle Richards - 6/20/20
O-Death Comes in Threes (Addie Foster 1) by Kimberley O'Malley - 7/3/20
R-Brides and Blades (Bakers and Bulldogs 2) by Rosie Sams - 7/4/20
E-Double Decker Dead: A Josie Tucker Mini Mystery by E.M. Kaplan - 7/10/20
S-Back in the Game by Susan Harper - 6/30/20

Great job Sandy!

Wonderful list and words for the summer reading challenge!

Challenge completed, msg. 16

Congrats to those who have finished so far!

I believe I'm done! See message 8...

Way to go, Meg!

I think I outdid myself this quarter!


S = Sowed to Death by Peg Cochran
M = Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams
O = One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey
R = The Regatta Mystery And Other Stories by Agatha Christie
E = Engaged in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore
S = The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams


S = The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
A = An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette
N = Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
D = Death Takes Priority by Jean Flowers


T = To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
E = Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
N = Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
T = The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois


F = Final Sentence by Daryl Wood Gerber
A = Alibi for a Cold Winter's Night by Ilsa Mayr
I = I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
R = The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts

Wow! Great job Heather!!

Fantastic job, Heather! 👏

Thanks, Brenda and Julesy! 🙂

Heather L wrote: "Way to go, Meg!"

Thanks, Heather!

Heather L wrote: "I think I outdid myself this quarter!


S = Sowed to Death by Peg Cochran
M = Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams
O = [boo..."


Congrats!

Well done to all who've finished already :)

Thanks, Brenda and Meg!

FINISHED
SUMMER CHALLENGE
This challenge will last from June 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020

B = Baby, it's Cold by Josh Lanyon 7/21/2020
A = Amy Boyles wrote Southern Spells 06/07/2020
S = Steinbeck John wrote The Pearl 7/02/2020
E = Ed Gorman wrote Wake Up Little Susie 6/25/2020
B = BlueBuried Muffins by Lyndsey Cole 6/30/2020
A = Addison Moore wrote Kittyzen's Arrest 06/26/2020
L = Lanyon Josh wrote Winter Kill 6/23/2020
L = Leighann Dobbs wrote Killer Cupcakes 6/30/2020

B = Brown Duffy wrote Iced Chiffon 8/4/2020
E = Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Tell-Tale Heart 07/01/2020
A = Alderson Jennifer S. wrote Death on the Danube 6/28/2020
C = The Cask of Amontillado by Poe Edgar Allan 07/01/2020
H = Hunter Maddy wrote Pasta Imperfect 06/12/2020

Awesome, Genevieve!