Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

Jan - Barb
Feb - Alice
Mar - QNPoohBear
Apr - Meg
May - Steven Hilary
Jun - Becky
Jul - Zermeena
Aug - Lisa Alice
Sept - Helen
Oct - CassieCruel
Nov - Becky
Dec - Lisa

Themes (previous picks)

Amish
The Arts: painting and sculpting, ballroom dancing, ballet, acting
Beauty/Health
Beverages
Wines/Vineyards
Books / Bookshop /Library
Cats/Dogs
Other animals
Veterinarian / Works with animals
Cooking - non-specific
Cooking - Bakery
Cooking - Restaurant
Cooking - Specialty
Craft store
Craft as hobby
Clothes / Fashion
English village/Set in England
Foreign country (not US)
Gardening / Garden center / Hobby farm
Historical - 1800s
Historical - 1900 to 1970
Holiday
Home related – renovation/HOA/Realtors
Hotel/motel/B&B
Island setting (ex: Caribbean)
Job-related
Magical / Ghosts / Paranormal/ Psychic / Witches / Vamps and Werewolves
Music
MC over 40
Male sleuth
Outdoors: location and activities
Religious sleuth
Sewing / Fiber arts
Sports
US Region - South
US Region - New England
US Region – West
US Region – mid-West
US Region - Pacific Northwest
Vacation / Travel / Tour Guide
South of the equator
Written 1900 - 1949
Written 1950 - 1999
Written 2000 - present

I will take February again it is my birthday month

Alice wrote: "I will take February again it is my birthday month"

Thank you Alice!

I'll take my birthday month again, as well! Taking April, pls.

I'll take July again.

I'll take July again.

Meg wrote: "I'll take my birthday month again, as well! Taking April, pls."

Well shoot, you beat me to it LOL
Actually, I'll just be on standby for (almost) any month :)

Oops, sorry, Barb! I would be very amenable to switching if you don't want or need to be simply on standby.

I'll take a month. I don't care which one. Since February and April are picked, how about March?

I'll take July.

Meg wrote: "Oops, sorry, Barb! I would be very amenable to switching if you don't want or need to be simply on standby."

It's fine, Meg. I don't mind being on standby :)

😊

Okay got all of those!

Barb - do you fancy taking January?

I’ll take my birthday month again, September.

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Okay got all of those!
Barb - do you fancy taking January?"

Sure, I can do that :)

Yay! half the year filled!

I'll take May.

I can take June

I can take October

Posting January's selections now because the rest of the month is going to be crazy busy - two family birthdays in addition to all the Christmas frenzy - and I don't want to forget.

Hungarian Tea House series, by Julia Buckley / theme = US region - midwest
first book in the series is Death in a Budapest Butterfly


Georgia Peach series, by Susan Furlong
first book in the series is Peaches and Scream

A tea mystery I haven't heard of? That one sounds interesting. Maybe my real life book club will like it.

I've read both series above and really wish there were more! Especially the Hungarian Tea House series. I'll definitely consider re-reading at least one of them in January, tho

QNPoohBear wrote: "A tea mystery I haven't heard of? That one sounds interesting. Maybe my real life book club will like it."

I found it when looking for more books by Julia Buckley. It comes highly recommended by quite a few of my fellow cozy readers, so here's hoping it lives up to the hype!

For those who like to plan out their reading early

Our theme will be historical 1900 - 1970

Victoria Thompson with her Gaslight Mysteries

Book one is Murder on Astor Place
There are 27 books in the series.
Ms. Thompson died last year. I will greatly miss her books

Our Second Author will be Nancy CoCo with her Candy-coated series (appropriate for Valentines Day

Book one is All Fudged Up There are 14 books in the series

I hope you all enjoy both authors

I think someone missed the volunteers for May, June and October, perhaps they can be added to the list.

It will have to be whoever created the original post as GR doesn't let us edit other people's posts.

Looks like it is Hillary then

Sorry had Covid AGAIN and now playing catch up!!

Oh Hilary that is awful. I keep hearing about more and more people with Covid

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Sorry had Covid AGAIN and now playing catch up!!"

Ugh! Hope it leaves you be after this.

I will tell you now, it sucks having a suppressed immune system! However careful hubby is (and the medical people that come see me, as I am still housebound from the broken femur, are) I can still pick up anything at the drop of a hat!

Still I can always read :D

Meanwhile - everything on the opening post is up to date, thank you those who have stepped forward to pick - if anyone fancies picking for August, November or December that would be great!

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "I will tell you now, it sucks having a suppressed immune system! However careful hubby is (and the medical people that come see me, as I am still housebound from the broken femur, are) I can still ..."

Hope you're feeling better soon. 🤗

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "I will tell you now, it sucks having a suppressed immune system! However careful hubby is (and the medical people that come see me, as I am still housebound from the broken femur, are) I can still ..."

So sorry to hear. Take care.

Is there a place (page) with a comprehensive list of all the picks from, say, the last three or four years? I'm looking at possibilities for my April picks and would hate to duplicate something recent.

Yes ma'am.
Featured series list

I love it! Thanks, Barb!

Suggestion to add the link in post #1.

Oh I forgot! I'll choose soon, I promise! I have a few new to me series on the go but lately I've been preferring the historical cozyish mysteries. I'll think about this over the weekend and let you all know next week so you have time to get your books.

Meg wrote: "I love it! Thanks, Barb!
Suggestion to add the link in post #1."

The thread with the list is starred, so it will show up at the top of the Featured Series folder. But each month's new featured series are also starred, and GR moves the newest starred posts to the top of the folder. The list of series then drops down, and there's nothing we can do to keep it at the top.

Of course, if you mean the first post of *this thread, Hilary would have to do that, since that's her post :)

Yes, definitely the first post on this thread. It would make it so much easier.

Meg wrote: "Yes, definitely the first post on this thread. It would make it so much easier."

Added the link so I hope that helps :D

Any idea about the April reads Meg?

Great, thanks!

I'm still working on it. I've picked and discarded a few.

come to think of it QNPoohBear do we have March picks ready?

The series I want to pick was last chosen on 10/21. Do you think enough time has passed?

OK I finally had a chance to review the list of featured books and choose my two series.

Theme --historical 1800s
Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries by Lynn Messina
A Brazen Curiosity
(There's a pretty new hardcover version the author just had made for her).
#13 comes out March 7. RTC!

Second selection
Deputy Donut Mysteries by Ginger Bolton
Survival of the Fritters

QNPoohBear wrote: "OK I finally had a chance to review the list of featured books and choose my two series.

Theme --historical 1800s
Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries by Lynn Messina
A Brazen Curiosity[b..."

Good choices!

Thank you Meg! The Deputy Donut series is new to me but my boss gave me the newest one for Christmas so I had to start from the beginning. I'll be reading along with everyone else to see how I like the series. Bea is an old and dear friend and I'm madly in love with Kesgrave!

Kesgrave is very cool! I've read most of the series, and while some were not as appealing, I still enjouyed.

Hilary, I think I have my April choices. Lmk when you want me to share them. None are on the list of past themes.

Lisa wrote: "I’ll take August"

Thanks Lisa. 😊

Meg wrote: "The series I want to pick was last chosen on 10/21. Do you think enough time has passed?"

Meg

It's fine to pick a series that was previously a featured read. The mods look for a period of 3 or more years since selection. And whether the author published more books in the series since the last time it was picked.