Cozy Mysteries discussion

There appears to be some interest in reading Wilkie Collins' classic. Although I've read it before, I certainly wouldn't mind revisiting it. Shall we set a date for beginning and ending, my mystery-loving mavens?

I am definitely interested in a buddy read for The Moonstone. I have the book so I am ready to go.

Whenever you all want. I just started The Dunwich Horror yesterday & haven't read much so can switch to The Moonstone easily. Or we can wait a bit if you'd rather.

Can we wait a bit? With school just starting for a lot of us and our kids getting back into the swing of things, it would help if we could maybe start in October. But, if majority wants to start now, then I can figure out a way to get into the read as well :)

October is good for me.

Oct. sounds great!!

Perfect! October it is! It'll be my birthday gift to myself to read 2 truly thrilling mysteries in the perfect month for it!

So, beginning date for the buddy read will be October 1st, ending October 31st. *shivers* I'm super excited! Eeeek!

I would love to join in and read the Moonstone if that's okay ( I just joined this group). Agatha Christie is my favorite "cozy" reading but I think October is the perfect month for something more spooky!

I'm in!
I was going to get it on audio this month but I'll wait till next months credits on audible.

I can't wait to get started on this book! I have had it in my TBR pile for years and now I have the perfect reason to pull it out and read it. I'm all a twitter :)

And Maurissa, come join the fun!! We love having people join in and bring in new perspectives and thoughts. Glad to have you with us!

Exactly. The more the merrier, and everyone is welcome to join in.

One of the really good things about this book is that the language is very readable, as in it's not full of vocabulary that needs to be deciphered.

Hey, what's wrong with vocabulary?! *VBG*

I'm looking forward to it. I'll be done with the Lovecraft book as it's very short, but good.

There's nothing wrong with vocabulary. :-)

I only said that because sometimes people get scared of reading classics because they think they'll have to read a piece of writing in which they'll need to decipher every other word.

And I'm all about encouraging people to read, especially the classics.

Great to hear about the Lovecraft book, Martha. How was it?

Very good!! It was a short story, The Dunwich Horror. Creepy & a good buildup throughout the story. It was the first Lovecraft I'd read & do plan to read more.

Back in the day I read a lot of Lovecraft. After you get used to his style (oy) and vocabulary, the books are creepy fun. and were good if IIRC.

Lots more books for my tbr pile!! :-)

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Oh, yeah. I remember liking that one, too. I ended up giving my Lovecrafts to my son when he went to college. He enjoys a creep factor in his reading. Now I think I'll have to get a copy of The Moonstone.

Starting tomorrow. At least I finished one book I was reading! I'm excited about this one. I read The Woman in White earlier this year.

I've cleared all other books, except one to get ready for the read! I'm so excited!! This is my first buddy ready :)

And the buddy read BEGINS!

*evil Dracula laughter ensues*

No, seriously. We begin today! Woo hoo!

I'm in the midst of reading Dracula and will begin The Moonstone as soon as I finish.

Ha ha! Me too, Daphne. Although I find Dracula a little creepy. Who knew books from back in the day could scare the living daylights out of you in this day and age?! Stoker was an utter genius. I've been slowly reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse before bed to counteract the creepies from Dracula.

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I can't believe I haven't read it before. It is such a good story with a lot of characters/story lines interwoven throughout. The descriptive creepy writing is putting me right into the Halloween mood. I am really enjoying it and think it will be a five star read for me. Hope Moonstone is as good.

I'll start reading The Moonstone tonight! We are supposed to have lots of rain and thunderstorms here- so it should be perfect weather for it ;-)

BookWorm wrote: "Ha ha! Me too, Daphne. Although I find Dracula a little creepy. Who knew books from back in the day could scare the living daylights out of you in this day and age?! Stoker was an utter genius. I'v..."

I read DRACULA the first time when I was in the 4th grade. I've since read it several times again and still love it!

Daphne, I'm glad you're enjoying it so much. The Moonstone although a mystery is slightly different. It's a cozy, British, classic mystery. It's like comparing dark chocolate to milk chocolate.

Maurissa, we're getting tons of rain over here too. It makes for the absolute best ambience. I simply brew a cup of tea, curl up on the couch and read my spooky scary novels. :-)

Melodie, are we reading twins? I first read Dracula when I was in elementary school too! It sparked my love of paranormal stories. And vampire stories.

BookWorm wrote: "Daphne, I'm glad you're enjoying it so much. The Moonstone although a mystery is slightly different. It's a cozy, British, classic mystery. It's like comparing dark chocolate to milk chocolate.

Ma..."

Yes, DRACULA sparked my vampire "fetish"! Put a vampire in it and it pretty much guarantees I'm at least going to pick it up and consider it! Of course, a few years after reading DRACULA Dark Shadows came along and Barnabas Collins sealed my fate! ;-)

I'm enjoying this so far- can't wait to see what's going to happen with this stupendous diamond.

Lol, Melodie! I know how you feel. It's a terrible curse, is it not? :-P

Awesome, Maurissa. I loved the description of the diamond and the history provided for it. It totally surprised me, since I was expecting the stone to be something totally different.

I love the description of the "shivering sands" and am wondering- do such sands exist very often on a beach? I've never heard or seen of them around here...probably would have fallen in given half a chance, lol.

Never seen or heard of shivering sands, but should definitely google it up. The Victorians (another Goodreads group) is reading The Moonstone for their November read in case anyone wanted to read it but couldn't join in here.

Edited to add: Neer seen or heard of shivering sands outside of the book, I mean.