Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

APRIL SERIAL READER CHALLENGE


Daisies' cheerful blooms celebrate April and new beginnings. Associated with the "day's eye" (opening at dawn), these sunny springtime blooms symbolize innocence, new beginnings, joy and cheerfulness. In the language of flowers, daisies mean an ability to keep things secret.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE APRIL CHALLENGE:

♦Pick five series that you want to read.

♦It can be a new or an on-going series.

♦Post the name of the series and the covers of at least two books that you have not read.

♦There must be at least two unread books in the series. No re-reads allowed.

♦You may re-post a series chosen before as long as there are at least two unread books.

♦Post series now through March 20th.

♦Pairs will be posted on March 21st.

♦Select a series for your partner between March 21st and 25th...sooner is better

♦New to the challenge? The thread for challenge guidelines and questions is here

Players:


🌼Meg picks for Jenny
🌼Zermeena picks for Linda
🌼Jenny picks for Zermeena
🌼Linda picks for Helen
🌼Jennifer picks for Meg
🌼Helen picks for Jennifer

🌷🌷🌷April 2026 🌷🌷🌷 🎈

Aunt Bessie
Aunt Bessie Tries
Aunt Bessie Understands

Kate Hamilton
The Art of Betrayal
The Shadow of Memory

Miss Seeton
Miss Seeton Sings
Odds on Miss Seeton

Lord Edgington
The Curious Case of the Templeton-Swifts
The Crimes of Clearwell Castle

Wishcraft
To Catch a Witch
A Witch to Remember

Yay, April!

Garage Sale by Sherry Harris


Bunburry by Helena Marchmont


Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews


Country Store by Maddie Day


Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson

I'm in

1) Laura Levine (A Jaine Austen Mystery)



2) Jane McAllen (Truman Blue Therapy Dog Mysteries)



3) Tonya Kappes (Holiday Cozy Mystery)



4) Tonya Kappes (Mail Carrier Cozy Mysteries)


5)Tonya Kappes (Grandberry Falls)

How is it almost April already?

Wind River Reservation by Margaret Coel


Gideon Oliver by Aaron Elkins


Tara Holloway by Diane Kelly


Fairy Tale Fatale Mystery by Maia Chance


Jane Jeffry by Jill Churchill

April series:

Avery Ayers


V. I. Warshawski


Aimee Leduc


Savannah Martin


Finlay Donovan

I’m in again.

Sarah Yarwood-Lovett Nell Ward



Mary Daheim Emma Lord Returns



Louise Penny Chief Inspector Gamache



Donna Leon Commissario Brunetti



Diana Xarissa Aunt Bessie

Welcome to the challenge!

Pairs are posted in msg 2. Please pick a series for your partner.

Helen wrote: "I’m in again.

Sarah Yarwood-Lovett Nell Ward



Mary Daheim Emma Lord Returns

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Hi Helen,

I’m picking Emma Lird returns for you. I should really start reading the Emma Lord books. Happy reading!

Hi Linda, the only series of yours that I'm familiar with is Tara Holloway. Since I'm intrigued by the Wind River Reservation, that is what I choose for you.

Zermeena wrote: "Hi Linda, the only series of yours that I'm familiar with is Tara Holloway. Since I'm intrigued by the Wind River Reservation, that is what I choose for you."

Thank you! Looking forward to getting a couple more books off my shelf!

Meg wrote: "🌷🌷🌷April 2026 🌷🌷🌷 🎈

Aunt Bessie
Aunt Bessie Tries
Aunt Bessie Understands

Kate Ha..."

Meg, I'm choosing Wishcraft for you. I really like that series. I've never heard of Kate Hamilton -- I'll go check it out!

Zermeena I choose the Garage Sale series for you. I had not heard of it so I will put it on my to read list as well.

Jenny, I'm picking one of my favorite series for you!

Laura Levine (A Jaine Austen Mystery)

Jennifer wrote: "Meg, I'm choosing Wishcraft for you..."

Yay, I wanted to play catch up with this series. Thanks!

I really like Kate Hamilton.

Jenny wrote: "Zermeena I choose the Garage Sale series for you. I had not heard of it so I will put it on my to read list as well."

Thank you Jenny! This is one of my favorite series.

Jennifer wrote: "April series:

Avery Ayers


V. I. Warshawski
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Jennifer, I’m choosing Avery Ayers for you. Enjoy.

Linda wrote: "Helen wrote: "I’m in again.

Sarah Yarwood-Lovett Nell Ward



Mary Daheim Emma Lord Returns

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Thank you Linda. I’ll be happy to get back to them. Washington is the only mainland state of the USA I’ve visited. I have also been to Alaska and Hawaii.

Helen wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "April series:

Avery Ayers


V. I. Warshawski
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Thank you! They’ve languished unread for too long.

Meg wrote: "Jenny, I'm picking one of my favorite series for you!

Laura Levine (A Jaine Austen Mystery)

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This is great Meg...thanks for the great choice!

Finished my first, The Story Teller. The story in this one was really interesting and I liked it.

Finished my first

Finished my second . Sadly, this is the last in the series, as the author died in 2022.

I finished both of my Garage Sale mysteries and enjoyed them!

It's always so sad when we lose an author.

I finished my two!
1) Death by Pantyhose; Laura Levine (book 6), finished 4/11
2) Killing Bridezilla; Laura Levine; book 7, finished 4/23

Finished my second, The Lost Bird. Both of mine this month were really good!