Since it is the end of October, it is time for me to ask you all to tell us about a few mysteries you read this past month (October) that you think the rest of us have got to know about. Please tell us why you enjoyed each of your recommended books. I think a lot of us read your comments, and they are what sway us to try your recommended book(s).
[As usual, I ask that you don’t tell us about the books you read that you didn’t like.]
[Also, 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 October 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
Ellery Adams (aka J.B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Books by the Bay Mystery Series
Jeffrey Allen: Stay at Home Dad Mystery Series
Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series
Nancy Atherton: Aunt Dimity Mystery Series
Donald Bain & “Jessica Fletcher”: Murder, She Wrote Mystery Series
Lorna Barrett (aka Lorraine Bartlett & L.L. Bartlett): Booktown Mystery Series
Lorraine Bartlett (aka Lorna Barrett & L.L. Bartlett): Victoria Square Mystery Series
Laurien Berenson: Melanie Travis Mystery Series
Gail Bowen: Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Series
Meg Cabot: Heather Wells Mystery Series
JoAnna Carl (aka Eve K. Sandstrom): Chocoholic Mystery Series
Ally Carter: Gallagher Girls Mystery Series (Young Adult Series)
Erika Chase: Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series
Jill Churchill: Jane Jeffry Mystery Series
Mary Jane Clark: Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series
Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series
Philip R. Craig: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series (not quite Cozy)
Jessie Crockett: Drizzled with Death (Sugar Grove Mystery Series, book #1)
Dawn Eastman: Pall in the Family (Family Fortune Mystery Series, book #1)
Christy Fifield (Christy Evans): Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series
Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Appleseed Creek Mystery Series
Shelley Freydont: Celebration Bay Mystery Series
Elizabeth George: Inspector Lynley Mystery Series
Sue Grafton: Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series
Ellie Grant (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene & J.J. Cook): Pie in the Sky Mystery Series
Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series
Victoria Hamilton: Merry Muffin Mystery Series
Veronica Heley: Ellie Quicke Mystery Series
Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series
Laurie R. King: Bones of Paris (not Cozy)
Jill Marie Landis: Two to Tango (Tiki Goddess Mystery Series, book #2)
Amanda Lee (aka Gayle Trent): Embroidery Mystery Series
Anna Loan-Wilsey: Hattie Davish “Have Typewriter Will Travel” Mystery Series
M. Louisa Locke: Victorian San Francisco Mystery Series
Kylie Logan (aka Miranda Bliss & Casey Daniels): Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series
Debbie Macomber: Cedar Cove Series (not mysteries)
G.M. Malliet: Max Tudor Mystery Series
Carol Ann Martin: Weaving Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Hat Shop Mystery Series
Jenn McKinlay (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Library Lover’s Mystery Series
Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series
Louise Penny: Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery Series
Sara Rosett: Ellie Avery Mom Zone Mystery Series
Barbara Ross: Clammed Up (Maine Clambake Mystery Series, book #1)
Hank Phillippi Ryan: Jane Ryland Mystery Series
Christine Wenger: Do or Diner (Comfort Food Mystery Series, book #1)
♦To access more Cozy Mystery Books Recommendations, click on this link♦
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!
I was in Walmart yesterday, when it finally struck me that school is almost here! They had their seasonal aisle area full of notebooks, pencils, crayons, and binders. How could the summer be slipping away so quickly? When I got home, I looked at the calendar, and sure enough >>> July is almost over!