Thursday, January 2, 2014

2014 A-Z Mystery Author Challenge

Happy 2014 Everyone! 

 I am doing this challenge again this year because I have a few of you out there who really love it. (Thanks Bev!) I will always strive to read as many mysteries and thrillers as I can. It is one of my favorite genres. Over the last few years my reading pace has slowed. I am listening to as many books as I am reading so last year's stats puts me at 6 new mysteries read. I only challenged myself to read 24 books so I think that's doing okay in my book!

 I'm not going to do a linky this year. Please save this post and leave your review links in the comments below. As always, have fun and discover new authors or read those that you have been wanting to for too long!

 I'm going to continue to explore and go from there. No goal. Just discover and go with it!
Rules:
  • A-Z represents the LAST name of the author in the mystery, thriller, suspense, cozy, noir, etc. genre.
  • Read as many or as little as you want.
  • Post your links here for your Challenge post and your reviews!
  • Challenge Runs January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
  • Have fun!
Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

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65 comments:

  1. Bev HankinsJan 2, 2014, 6:38:00 PM

    Yay! Off to make up my sign-up post.

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  2. Bev HankinsJan 2, 2014, 6:51:00 PM

    Here's my Sign Up Post

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  3. jmisgroJan 3, 2014, 5:04:00 AM

    Here's my post link! Glad to be back again!
    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-z-mystery-author-challenge-2014.html

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  4. MarceJan 3, 2014, 5:14:00 AM

    OMG Michelle, yaaaaay.

    I said I feel like doing 1 or 2 challenges this year and said to bad Michelle's not doing hers but You Are :-)

    I'm in and no pressure, love it.

    Happy New year

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  5. KerrieJan 3, 2014, 3:19:00 PM

    My sign up post on MYSTERIES in PARADISE

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  6. Michelle (Red Headed Book Child)Jan 5, 2014, 6:15:00 AM

    Thank you everyone!!!! Here is my first review for the letter G!
    http://www.redheadedbookchild.com/2014/01/book-review-fear-nothing-by-lisa-gardner.html

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  7. Bev HankinsJan 5, 2014, 8:45:00 AM

    First one: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell (M)

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  8. LisaJan 6, 2014, 6:30:00 PM

    You always make me want to read more mysteries - I really do like them, not sure why I'm not picking up more of them!

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  9. Susan BrehmJan 7, 2014, 9:26:00 AM

    Ooh, I'm going to start my list now, then post...
    Thanks for a fun challenge!

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  10. Susan BrehmJan 7, 2014, 10:13:00 AM

    I posted on my blog about this one...

    http://susanbrehm.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/what-another-reading-challenge/

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  11. Bev HankinsJan 8, 2014, 5:48:00 PM

    The Skeleton in the Clock by Carter Dickson (D)

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  12. gautami tripathyJan 8, 2014, 7:10:00 PM

    Here is my Sign Up Post

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  13. jmisgroJan 10, 2014, 7:02:00 AM

    (R) Every Last Secret by Linda Rodriguez http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/01/every-last-secret-by-linda-rodriguez.html

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  14. AnonymousJan 12, 2014, 12:14:00 AM

    I'm signing up, Michelle. I signed up with Bev Hankins. Should have signed up here. Sorry (Sign Up post).

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  15. AnonymousJan 12, 2014, 12:18:00 AM

    M http://teacakeandcookies.blogspot.com/2014/01/by-hook-or-by-book-by-dr-meredith.html

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  16. Bev HankinsJan 13, 2014, 7:13:00 PM

    #3 Shake Hands Forever by Ruth Rendell (R)

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  17. AnonymousJan 17, 2014, 6:52:00 AM

    This is my "B" link. Had fun reading this one. All that Vintage clothing and magic....:)

    http://teacakeandcookies.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-veiled-deception-by-annette-blair.html

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  18. Bev HankinsJan 18, 2014, 8:08:00 PM

    #4 The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton (H)

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  19. AngieJan 23, 2014, 7:42:00 AM

    Here's my sign up post! http://angiesangelsrkids-furkids.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-to-z-mystery-author-challenge-2014.html

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  20. Bev HankinsJan 24, 2014, 5:23:00 PM

    Death on the Aisle by Frances & Richard Lockridge (L)

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  21. Bev HankinsJan 26, 2014, 9:00:00 AM

    The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons by James Francis Thierry (T)

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  22. jmisgroJan 27, 2014, 5:20:00 AM

    I really liked this one The Black Country by Alex Grecian

    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-black-country-by-alex-grecian.html

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  23. Bev HankinsJan 30, 2014, 7:10:00 PM

    Darkness at Pemberley by T. H. White (W)

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  24. Bev HankinsFeb 4, 2014, 6:43:00 PM

    Exit Actors, Dying by Margot Arnold (A)

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  25. Bev HankinsFeb 5, 2014, 5:19:00 PM

    Where There's Love, There's Hate by Silvina Ocampo & Adolfo Bioy Casares (O)

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  26. Bev HankinsFeb 6, 2014, 6:44:00 PM

    Shelf Life by Douglas Clark (C)

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  27. Bev HankinsFeb 8, 2014, 4:33:00 PM

    Gambit by Rex Stout (S)

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  28. Bev HankinsFeb 16, 2014, 7:12:00 PM

    Cursed in the Act by Raymond Buckland (B)

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  29. jmisgroFeb 21, 2014, 7:39:00 AM

    THis one was really good...Gone by Mo Hayder http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/02/gone-by-mo-hayder.html

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  30. jmisgroFeb 22, 2014, 5:25:00 AM

    Jayne Ann Krentz's River Road

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  31. jmisgroFeb 22, 2014, 5:26:00 AM

    Jayne Ann Krentz's River Road http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/02/river-road-by-jayne-ann-krentz.html

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  32. Bev HankinsFeb 22, 2014, 6:35:00 PM

    Ellery Queen's 20th Anniversary Annual by Ellery Queen, ed (Q)

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  33. jmisgroFeb 24, 2014, 6:19:00 AM

    (F) From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming
    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/02/from-russia-with-love-by-ian-fleming.html

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  34. jmisgroMar 5, 2014, 8:13:00 AM

    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/03/in-bleak-midwinter-by-julia-spencer.html
    (S) Julia Spencer-Fleming's In the Bleak Midwinter
    very good!

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  35. jmisgroMar 19, 2014, 5:54:00 AM

    I just read a cute cozy by a new (to me) author, Mignon F. Ballard called Miss Dimple Picks a Peck of Trouble!
    Has anyone else read her?

    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/03/miss-dimple-picks-peck-if-trouble-by.html

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  36. jmisgroApr 3, 2014, 7:54:00 AM

    This is a good one!! http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/04/murder-past-due-by-miranda-james.html

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  37. Bev HankinsApr 5, 2014, 10:30:00 AM

    Decoded by Mai Jia (J)

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  38. Bev HankinsApr 26, 2014, 5:45:00 PM

    The Lady of Sorrows by Anne Zouroudi (Z)

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  39. jmisgroMay 6, 2014, 5:16:00 AM

    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-beautiful-mystery-by-louise-penny.html

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  40. jmisgroMay 22, 2014, 5:56:00 AM

    I loved this one Three Times Lucky - it's a middle grade book but it's so good!!
    http://litlequeenrules.blogspot.com/2014/05/three-times-lucky-by-sheila-turnage.html

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  41. Bev HankinsMay 23, 2014, 8:42:00 PM

    By the Watchman's Clock by Leslie Ford (F)

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  42. Bev HankinsJun 20, 2014, 12:27:00 PM

    The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B Parker (P)

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  43. Bev HankinsJun 21, 2014, 5:30:00 PM

    No. 9 Belomont Square by Margaret Erskine (E)

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  44. AnonymousJul 30, 2014, 7:06:00 AM

    Hi Michelle,

    I'm joining your group for the A-Z
    Mystery Book Challenge. I've read some mysteries and cozies for the year. I am going to start adding the links??? Thanks for hosting the challenge. I've had fun doing 2 of Socrates book challenges. Well, I'm off. I'm very excited.:)

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  45. AnonymousJul 30, 2014, 11:27:00 AM

    At times, I might bring more than one link at a time because I have finished a few books.

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-cats-that-surfed-net-by-karen-anne.html

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  46. AnonymousAug 1, 2014, 5:30:00 AM

    I started a new blog. Tried to make my links neater. So you might see a link twice. I'm sorry.
    The ones I really want to use will be on ghostgoblinstreet.

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-veiled-deception-by-annette-blair.html

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  47. AnonymousAug 1, 2014, 5:33:00 AM

    .http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/07/rest-in-pizza-by-chris-cavender.html

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  48. Bev HankinsAug 5, 2014, 7:34:00 PM

    The Mangle Street Murders by M. R. C. Kasasian (K)

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  49. AnonymousAug 9, 2014, 2:10:00 PM

    D.http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/07/death-by-book-by-julianna-deering.html

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  50. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 1:15:00 AM

    I wanted to do my "A" for some reason. Now I'm ready for "E." I am really enjoying this challenge. I would love to finish it. Would make a good Christmas gift to myself. Cross my fingers and toes.:)

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  51. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 6:34:00 AM

    My links wouldn't blink over to my blog. So I am putting them here again.

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-cat-on-beach-blanket-by-lydia-adamson.html

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  52. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 6:38:00 AM

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-veiled-deception-by-annette-blair.html (B)

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  53. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 6:47:00 AM

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-cat-on-beach-blanket-by-lydia-adamson.html (A)

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  54. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 9:32:00 AM

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-cat-on-beach-blanket-by-lydia-adamson.html

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  55. AnonymousAug 17, 2014, 1:23:00 PM

    I tried to add e this morning. Wasn't successful. I must have done something wrong.

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  56. AnonymousAug 20, 2014, 10:00:00 AM

    http://ghostgoblinstreet.blogspot.com/2014/08/plum-lovin-by-janet-evanovich.html

    Hi, just wanted to say thank you. I really like this challenge. Want to finish it. Hope I can...

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  57. AnonymousAug 21, 2014, 11:27:00 PM

    Should I pick another e ? Maybe this Evanovich isn't.....Just wondering.

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  58. Bev HankinsSep 6, 2014, 2:38:00 PM

    Another one down...just one more letter and my commitment will be met (but you know I'm gonna try for the whole alphabet...)

    Vertigo 42 by Martha Grimes (G)

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  59. Bev HankinsSep 27, 2014, 8:47:00 PM

    Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson (U)

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  60. Bev HankinsSep 28, 2014, 7:47:00 PM

    A Death for a Dancer by E. X. Giroux (X--once again I had to just find an X in the name; there aren't any last name starts with X mystery authors that interest me)

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  61. Bev HankinsOct 8, 2014, 8:20:00 PM

    Commitment met!

    Lament for a Maker by Michael Innes (I)

    Two more to go for a complete alphabet.

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  62. Bev HankinsNov 18, 2014, 6:52:00 PM

    Death of a Dutchman by Magadalen Nabb (N)

    Getting ready to read a "Y" book and the the alphabet will be complete.

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  63. Bev HankinsNov 19, 2014, 6:06:00 PM

    The Dark Ring of Murder by Misa Yamamura (Y)

    Last letter! Wrap up post coming soon!

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  64. Bev HankinsNov 19, 2014, 6:17:00 PM

    And....My Wrap-Up Post

    Hope to see you hosting again for next year!

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  65. KerrieDec 17, 2014, 1:34:00 PM

    I've finished! See my completeion post on MYSTERIES in PARADISE

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