Friday, December 16, 2022

What's In A Name 2023

 Punctuation"  has to have a punctuation mark in title

The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman


7 Deadly Sins- has to have one of the sins as pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, sloth in exact words or synonyms of those words

The Vine of Desire (Anju and Sudha, Bk #2) by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni


You or Me - titles with words: you, I, my, myself, yourself

If I Run by Terri Blackstock

Review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5425290022

(the) Wedding Cake Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries #30) by David A. Adler

Chess Piece:  Name of a chess piece or a synonym for that piece: Rook, knight, bishop, king, queen, pawn

Murder in the Queen's Armes (Gideon Oliver, #3) by Aaron Elkins


Celebration-synonyms for celebration as party, festival, gala

       The Wedding Cake Mystery (Cam Jansen Mysteries, #30) by David Adler



Q,X,Z - Title has to include at least one of the letters in the title

Zig & Zag (The Puppy Place #64) by Ellen Miles





Monday, January 3, 2022

2022 Alphabet Soup Challenge


A  (The) Amish Widow's Heart by Marta Perry

  (The) Bookshop Rescue by Rochelle Alers

C   (The) Copy Cat Mystery by Carol Adorjan

Dead Heat (A Driven World Novel) by Sofia Aves

E  Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

F  Fatal Fried Rice (A Noodle Shop Mystery #7) by Vivian Chien

 Golden Malicious (Orchard, #7) by Sheila Connolly

 (The) Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2) by  Helene Wecker

I  (The) Illyrian Adventure by Lloyd Alexander

 Jeopardy in July (Jaime Quinn Mystery Book #5) by Barbara Venkatarman

 Killer Transaction (Cindy York Mystery Series Book 1) by Catherine Bruns

  Love Under the Mistletoe  Jasmine Bowen, Lauren Murphy, LaRae L. Parry, Samantha Lienhard

M  Murder on the House (Home Renovation Book #3) by Judith Blackwell

 Naamah by Sarah Blake

O  Of Books and Bagpipes (Scottish Bookshop Mystery, Book 2) by  Paige Shelton

  People Love Dead Jews: Reports From A Haunted Present by Dara Horn

 Kale to the Queen (A Kensington Palace Chef Mystery #1) by  Nell Hampton

R  Rush for the Gold : Mystery at the Olympics (The Sports Beat #6) by John Feinstein

S   Sinfully Mine ( Lesson with the Dom, Book 2)  by Kendall Ryan

 (The) Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman

U   Unleashed (Melanie Travis #7)  by Laurien Berenson

 Virgin Bride by Tamara Leigh

W Wonton Terror( A Noodle Shop Mystery #4) by Vivien Chien

  The Poet X (A Novel) by Elizabeth Acevido

Y   (The) Yid by Paul Goldberg

 A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel


Saturday, January 1, 2022

Cruisinf thru the Cozies 2022




Read  one book from these sub-Catagories:

-One dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)Kale to the Queen (A Kensington Palace Mystery #1) by Nell Hampton

i- One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.): Unleashed by Laurien Berenson

- One from craft related : A Stitch in Crime (Crochet #4) by Betty Hechtman
- One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.):  Murder on the House (Haunted Home Renovation Book            #3) by Juliet Blackwell
- One from cozy mysteries based outside the US : Of Books and Bagpipes (Scottish Bookshop Mystery, Book          2) by Paige Shelton
- One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)Hot and Sour Suspects ( A Noodle shop Mystery #8) by Vivien Chein
- One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
- One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
- One is your choice! (freebie!)