Cozy Mystery Corner discussion

Please introduce yourself to the group!

Hello, my name is Sally and I live in Australia. I enjoy cosy mysteries, especially if they have paranormal elements - like ghosts, witches and werewolves :)

But really any mystery that doesn't have blood and guts descriptions spread from one page to the next is enjoyed - yes they're dead thats all I need to know - LOL

Hello!

My name is Stephanie and I am so glad you have joined us!

I am extremely passionate about reading and have been very active on Goodreads throughout the past three years. On Goodreads, I currently moderate two reading groups and co-moderate a third for Bookmarks Magazine (although my buddy Lisa is really the captain of that ship now!). I will read just about anything, although I am not really into science fiction.

I taught high school Spanish for several years before leaving the profession to become a nanny to an amazing baby boy. It's been an awesome change in my life and I love it. I also tutor elementary-high school students.

Besides reading, I love movies, doing anything outdoors, playing board games, and enjoying everything in Cleveland (museums, shows, comedy clubs, West Side Market, etc.). I really love learning and trying new things, but I don't like to do anything with a dare-devilish flavor!

I live in the Cleveland area with my husband Brian and our bichon we rescued three years ago (see my avatar photo) - his name is Andy.

Nice to meet all of you!

Hi! My name is Michelle. I live in Florida and I am a stay-at-home mom to 2 boys (4 and 2 years old). I have loved to read my whole life. I try to fit reading into every spare moment I can! I apparently have read some cozy mysteries without being aware of the name of the genre! Looking forward to reading more and discussing them here!

Hi, I'm Tasha. I've read only a few CM but thought it might be fun to join in exploring more of this genre. I live in bucks county, pa (a suburb of Philadelphia) with my 2 amazing kids (10yo & 5 yo) and my equally awesome hubby. We homeschool/unschool and live our days with no agenda and love it! We have several pets, almost all rescues, with our most recent addition a retired working dog adopted through SPCAI and their Operation Baghdad Pups program. He is the gorgeous boy in my avi and served our country working as an explosives-detection dog for a security company in Iraq. We hope to give him some well-deserved love and rest during his "retirement".

I'm Lynn and I've been a serious reader since grade school. I live in Washington State and work as a para-professional teacher with children who have learning disabilities. I teach reading (who would guess), writing and math. My husband and I have 2 adult children who we miss very much, both living out of the States at the moment.

I love cozies and am always reading some between other books. I look forward to finding some new series through this group.

Hello my name is Kristina. I live in Akron, Ohio and I work in a rehabilitation center as a social worker. I have two rambunctious children 6 year old Alyssa and 4 year old Eddy. My boyfriend (kids dad) have been together for 9 years.

My parents were readers and would take my family to the library weekly. I now do this for my children and have them participate in story time.

I will read just about anything. I am looking forward to reading more from this genre.

Nice to meet you all.

Hi. My name is Hettie and I hail from the UK.
I work in the heathcare sector and spend most of my free time reading or out and about taking photos.

I read a variety of different genres but I have fallen for cozy mysteries in the past year or so.

I am looking forward to sharing views on different books in the genre and the opportunity to discover new ones.

Hi! I'm Amy - I live in St. Louis MO with my hubby and our 6 year old twins, Meighan and Alex. I work FT as a Product Manager and spend most of my free time reading.

Cozy mysteries are newer for me so I'm interested in reading more of them in 2012.

Hey everyone! I'm jaxnsmom (aka Donna) and I live in Charleston, WV with my two dogs, Jackson and Callie.

I love to read! I used to read cozies all the time, but the last few years I've discovered a whole new world of wonderful books. I still like to unwind with a light mystery now and then, and look forward to discovering some new ones.

Hi, I'm Cherylann. I live in NJ with my husband, dog, and cat. I love to read, which makes it no surprise when I say that I teach 7th & 8th grade language arts literacy, and I'm working on a doctorate in Reading, Writing, Literacy. I'm all ABD and hope to get the dissertation finished so I can graduate in 2013. I read a lot of YA & literary fiction. Cozies are my guilty pleasure.

Hello - I'm Karli. I'm a lapsed English-major from North Dakota who found a career working for the federal government. I read as much as I possibly can between rasing my kids (9 year old Gabe and 6 year old Kasia) being a wife and going to work. I also adore my kitten Sofia. I will adore her even more after next week when she's spayed and declawed! :)

I am not a huge cozy reader but enjoy the ones I've picked up and always love the way Stephanie broadens my horizons!

Hello - my name is Ann Summerville. I love to read - especially cozy mysteries. I also write mysteries. I was born in London but now live in Texas. Looking forward to reading comments.

Hello - My name is Monica. I live near Chicago and with the upcoming snow (hopefully), this group couldn't have come at a better time! I am looking forward to being snowed in, and off of school, sitting next to the fire place with a great mystery book! Look forward to this! :)

Hi Elizabeth!

Welcome to the group! This group is new here, and some of us are also members of the big cozy group on GR. I hope you enjoy reading with us!

Hi, I'm Alyssa from California. I am a stay at home mom to a 6 month old. Reading is something I will be doing on my spurts of free time this year. I am new to cozy mysteries and really look forward to it!

Hi everyone, I'm Amy from Cleveland's west side. I'm a stay-at-home mom to a nine year old and seven year old, and I do web design for small businesses from home. I like good food, good wine, knitting, traveling, and soccer and tennis (watching, not playing!). I like to read just about anything; I started reading cozy mysteries about 14 years ago when I discovered the "The Cat Who" series (are those considered cozies?). Thanks to Stephanie for inviting me to the group, hope to discover many more great books here.

Amy

Hello, I'm Saralyn from Oklahoma! I love to read when my two boys give me a bit of quiet time. There's nothing like curling up with a cozy read, blanket and choice of drink(depends on the season and the weather for me!) I'm new to the cozy mysteries but like to have nice break in between other genres that I enjoy. :)

Hello, I'm Linda. I'm a retired accountant living in a small rural town in northern AZ. I have a life-long passion for reading, but only discovered mystery cozies a few years ago! I mostly read mysteries and thrillers. I like mystery cozies because they seem to draw you into the day-to-day life of small towns-where everybody seems to know everybody and something bizarre seems to happen on a regular basis!!! In addition to reading I like to crochet, I have so many crochet UFOs (unfinished crochet objects). My goals this year are to finish some of these projects and try to fit in more reading! It's a good thing I have retired-there just isn't enough time to do everything I want to do-how did I ever find time to work!!!! I'm looking forward to reading some of the cozies others in the group are recommending and chatting with everybody in the group!

Hi everyone,
I'm Kimberly and I'm from Canada. I'm a student but I recently decided to take a year off to work and read of course. I love cozy mysteries because they're some of the best books to read at bed time I read almost any genre and I'm a book blogger and an animal lover. I love to cook and bake and hang around on goodreads!
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone :D

Welcome to the group, Kimberly! There are a lot of really great people here and we hope you enjoy some casual cozy talk!

Hello! My name is Candy. I'm a bookseller in Indiana. This is my first Goodreads book group & I look forward to seeing how all this works.

Hi everyone! My name is Karen and I live in Cornwall, UK, with my husband and lovely cat Mags (who was a stray that adopted us). I love all books - but really enjoy cozy mysteries, with or without paranormal elements

Welcome, Candy and Karen! We're so glad you have joined us!

Hi all. I love cozies and am really looking forward to discussing them with people who enjoy them as much as I do. I also look forward to learning about new authors/series and sharing my favorite cozies with others.

Hi Stitchy! Welcome to the group!

Hi! I'm Elizabeth. I live in Kansas City. My husband and I are empty nesters (finally). He's retired and I work for in the finance industry. I'm a book addict - mostly cozys and other mysteries. I'm really looking forward to this group.

Welcome Elizabeth! :)

Hi Elizabeth and everyone else who's joined. I'm glad to see the interest in this group.

Welcome to all the new people. Like Lynn, I'm glad to see so much interest in the group.

Welcome everyone!

Hello, my name is Diane and I live in Rhode Island. I have worked in libraries for the last 25 years, unfortunately I am currently laid off, but on the other hand, I have lots of time to read!

Welcome, newbies!

I am really excited to see some new names and faces. We're really glad you have joined us!

Hello, my name is Lori and I live in Dayton, Ohio. I love to read Mysteries and have recently joined Goodreads. I teach 4th grade and love that my students eat up any new books I bring in my classroom. I'm looking forward to hearing about all kinds of new books.

Welcome, Diane and Lori! :)

Hi Diane and Lori - welcome to the group!

Welcome everyone!

Welcome Diane and Lori! I hope you'll have fun here.

Thanks for all the welcomes! It makes me feel right at home. I'm sure I will have a great time getting to know folks and getting some new books to read!

Another Buckeye! Awesome!

I am from Cleveland's west side.

Hi! I'm Jeannie. I live in Colorado. I love cozy mysteries and I am currently reading Sofie Kelly's new series about magical cats which are kind of fun. I have always loved to read and my favorite are mysteries. I hope to get to know you all. Thank you for allowing me to be in your book club.

Welcome, Jeannie! Glad to have you with us!

Thank you. I am really new at groups and have no idea how to proceed. Any help will be appreciated.

Jeannie wrote: "Thank you. I am really new at groups and have no idea how to proceed. Any help will be appreciated."

Welcome Jeannie! Just read the threads and comments as you want. Feel free to join any discussion or comments. Our current books are posted for reading and comment. And be sure to vote soon on our poll (top right corner of our group's main page) for one of the books that we'll read next month.

LynnB wrote: "...Just read the threads and comments as you want. Feel free to join any discussion or comments. Our current books are posted for reading and commen..."

Think I used the word "comment" enough times ;)

Hi! I'm Heidi. I'm a stay-at-home mom of three from Virginia. I just discovered cozy mysteries and I'm really excited that I found this group! Really looking forward to some fun reading. :)

Hi Heidi! Welcome! :)

Hi!! I'm Mary Ann. I live in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Since I hibernate in the winter I get alot of reading done. Love reading cozies. Looking forward to discovering some new authors & making new friends!!

Welcome to Heidi and Mary Ann! Glad you can join us.

Welcome, Mary Ann!