We are already at the end of November, so I’d like to ask you all to let us know about some of the mysteries you have read during the month which you thought were really, really good. Would you please tell us why you enjoyed your recommended Cozy Mystery books? A lot of us use those comments to help us decide if that particular author/mystery is something we would also enjoy reading.
[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the mystery books you read that you didn’t like.]
[If you click on the author’s name (blue) link, it will take you to their page on the Cozy Mystery site. Their page has all of the author’s books listed chronologically.]
What Cozy Mystery book (or author) have you read during November 2013, and why did you enjoy it (or him/her)?
Here are the current recommended authors who some of you have read this past month:
Victoria Abbott (Mary Jane Maffini & Victoria Maffini): Book Collector’s Mystery Series
Charles Warren Adams: The Notting Hill Mystery
Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Books by the Bay Mystery Series
Isabella Alan (aka Amanda Flower): Amish Quilt Shop Mystery Series
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Lucy Arlington: (Jennifer Stanley & Sylvia May): A Novel Idea Mystery Series
Josie Belle (aka Jenn McKinlay & Lucy Lawrence): Good Buy Girls Mystery Series
Frances Brody: Kate Shackleton Mystery Series
Joelle Charbonneau: Glee Club Mystery Series
Jessie Crockett: Sugar Grove Mystery Series
Mary Daheim: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series
Christine DeSmet: Fudge Shop Mystery Series
Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum Mystery Series
Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series
Sophie Kelly (aka Sophie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series
Laurie R. King: Mary Russell Mystery Series
Joyce and Jim Lavene (aka J. J. Cook & Ellie Grant): Missing Pieces Mystery Series
Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): Sophie Knowles Mystery Series
G.M. Malliet: Max Tudor Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series
Leonard Merrick: Mr. Bazalgette’s Agent
Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace & Ada Madison): Periodic Table Mystery Series
Clare O’Donohue: Someday Quilts Mystery Series
Sara Rosett: Ellie Avery Mystery Series
Josephine Tey: Alan Grant Mystery Series
♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦
Oh, I love this time of year. It is almost the end of October, and I have actually worn my light-weight jacket (once)! I have the best “autumn scents” going on my coffee warmer (Better Homes and Gardens Mulberry Plum Spice and Cranberry Mandarin Splash). I also have loaded up on my seasonal teas (caffeine-free Celestial Cranberry Apple and Cinnamon Apple Spice, as well as Bigelow’s caffeine-free Cranberry Apple). (I found my scents at Walmart, but had to order the teas.)
Happy Fall! I hope you are all enjoying the beauty of autumn, or at least some cooler weather. It is the time when some of us have to start playing tricks to “get us in the autumnal” mood. One of my tricks is to immerse myself in mysteries that take place in either cold locations or during the holiday seasons. With Halloween right around the corner, it’s easy enough to find some cold weather books to set the mood. Another one of my tricks is to start using scented wax that “smells like fall.” Even though I don’t bake, that doesn’t mean I can’t fill the house with the aroma of cinnamon apples.
Today is the first day of school for our school district. Unbelievable! It is just so hard to believe that fall will officially begin in less than a month (September 22). I am getting a little antsy to put my fall theme knick-knacks out on my desk so that I know it will officially be the time of year when the leaves are supposed to be turning different hues of golds and coppers. Good grief, living here in San Antonio I really miss my seasons!