The Cozy Mystery List Blog

I recently wrote an entry about not reading through all of the books in my favorite authors’ Cozy mystery book series… even though I have all of those books waiting in my TBR (To Be Read) bookshelf. Years ago, when I discovered an author who I really liked, I would read right through his/her series.

The reason I wrote that entry is because my daughter asked me if I had finished all of Camille Minichino‘s books. I don’t think that I have written about the fact that my daughter is not a Cozy Mystery book enthusiast. She was an Aerospace Engineering student (until her graduation this past May) and most of her reading was very technical. Even her reading for enjoyment was scientific… books about Physics, Astronomy, Probability, etc. >>> Not at all Cozy in nature!

When I first started reading Minichino’s Periodic Table series, I told my daughter that I thought she might enjoy reading her… and to make a long story (just!) a little shorter: She did! My daughter has been home for the summer and has had a lot of time for reading. She started the series quite a bit later than I did. As I finished the books, I placed them on her nightstand.

Right before I wrote that entry, my daughter asked me where I had placed the next book in the series and was quite surprised that I hadn’t read it yet. She couldn’t believe I read so slowly. That was NOT the case. I was simply “saving” the books. What?!?

She convinced me to live dangerously… throw caution to the wind… bite the bullet…savor the moment… don’t put off until tomorrow… If I keep putting off reading my favorite Cozies, what am I accomplishing? 

So, as soon as she finishes the book, I’m going to do just that!

I thought that I would take a few minutes and write this entry for those of you who take the time to post comments. It’s always nice to get comments, and I thank you for posting them. Unfortunately though, I cannot let the comments automatically be posted on the site. I manually click on “approve” in order for your comments to post on the site.

The reason I don’t allow comments to be automatically posted is that I receive a lot of unsolicited (and very “specialized”!!!) types of comments from automated computer systems with the sole intent of  advertising their “wares.” The word for these types of “comments” rhymes with HAM >>>The last time I typed in the actual word (that rhymes with HAM) I was bombarded with more HAM!

I know there are sites that use a type of protection against this type of HAMMING, and I like the system they use: They ask you to type in a sequence of letters or numbers that arbitrarily change each time someone wants to post a comment. The only reason I haven’t asked my technical support guy (aka as my husband) to look into installing this method for me is that I would then worry about someone who would post inappropriate comments (unbeknown-st to me!) by using that system…

So, for now >>> Bear with me! And please don’t feel like your comment goes “unnoticed” >>> If only there weren’t those few bad apples who spoil the broth…

Thank you all for commenting on the Lilian Jackson Braun entry. David, I followed your link and found it a really interesting link to follow… Lots of information about Lilian Jackson Braun. 

But, the news doesn’t look good: It doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing The Cat Who Smelled Smoke any time soon! (If at all!)

I got a very informative e-mail from a Cozy Mystery site reader who tracked down a popular author of a Crafting Cozy Mystery book series. The author told Denise that she wouldn’t be publishing any more books in her series because her publisher decided not to continue with her series. Unfortunately, because the publisher is dropping her series, she wasn’t able to write a “wrapping-it-up” book for her loyal fans.

Hmmm… So what’s going on?!?

It seems like lately, a lot of publishers are deciding to drop some of their authors simply because they aren’t popular enough to have their books in the grocery store “buy-it-on-impulse” area (right before you get to the conveyor belt… You know the area… where you are stuck between two sale’s racks that hold “Don’t-I-look-delicious” chocolate bars and the “latest, must-have” paperbacks.

I guess that when it gets right down to it, publishers (obviously!) have the right to discontinue authors’ series >>> But wouldn’t it be nice for those of us who follow their mystery book series to be able to read a last Cozy that lets us feel like our favorite characters “lived happily ever after” >>> and be assured that they didn’t fall victims to all of the sinister happenings they had been able to solve for the police?!?