Mystery and Suspense Reading Challenge 2012

***Challenge Completed***

 
Hosted by: Book Chick City
Dates: 1 January - 31 December, 2012

Guidelines:

• No need to select books ahead of time.
• If you do make a list, it can be changed.
• Crossovers with other challenges are OK.
• Join at any time. All books read in 2012 count towards the challenge, no matter when you sign up.
• There will be a monthly link for reviews.
• Audiobooks don't count, but all other formats are OK.
• You don't need a blog to join in.
• See the list of sub-genres to choose from.

Choose from two levels for the challenge:

• Read TWELVE (12) mystery & suspense novels in 2012
• Read TWENTY FOUR (24) mystery & suspense novels in 2012

✸ I'm signing up at the first level, and will read 12 books.

See my original post about the challenge here.
See the challenge announcement page here.
See my challenge wrap-up post here.

MY READING LIST (books read with links to reviews):

1. The Night Strangers. Chris Bohjalian
   ~ Supernatural Thriller Category
2. The Players Come Again: A Kate Fansler Mystery. Amanda Cross
   ~ Amateur Detective Category
3. The Solitary House. Lynn Shepherd
   ~ Historical Mystery/Thriller Category
4. Tyrannosaur Canyon. Douglas Preston
   ~ Action Thriller Category
5. A Man Lay Dead: An Inspector Alleyn Mystery. Ngaio Marsh
   ~ Murder Mystery Category
6. Artists in Crime: An Inspector Alleyn Mystery. Ngaio Marsh
   ~ Murder Mystery Category
7. Night Watch. Linda Fairstein
   ~ Legal Thriller Category
8. The Key: A Miss Silver Mystery. Patricia Wentworth
   ~ Cozy Mystery Category
9. Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot series). Agatha Christie
   ~ Murder Mystery Category
10. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot series). Agatha Christie
    ~ Murder Mystery Category
11. The Little Stranger. Sarah Waters
    ~ Supernatural Thriller Category (also Historical Thriller Category)
12. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson
    ~ Drama Thriller Category

Mystery and Suspense Challenge 2011

**Challenge completed.**

Dates: 1 January - 31 December 2011
Hosted by: Book Chick City

Guidelines (quoted from the challenge announcement page):

• Read TWELVE (12) mystery & suspense novels in 2011 (12 is the minimum but you can read more if you wish!)
• You don't have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront you can change them, nothing is set in stone! The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.
• You can join anytime between now and the later part of next year.
• At the beginning of Jan 2011, you will find a link to specific month to add your reviews. There will be a monthly prize too courtesy of the lovely Simon & Schuster - you must be signed up to the challenge and add the link to your review to be entered into the monthly prize draw.

See my original post about the challenge here.
See my wrap-up post here.
See the challenge announcement page here.
See the list of sub-genres here.


MY READING LIST (with links to the few reviews I posted):

1. The Anatomy of Ghosts. Andrew Taylor
   ~ Historical Mystery category
   
2. Bad Boy. Peter Robinson
   ~ Police Procedural category
   
3. A Shilling for Candles. Josephine Tey
   ~ Murder Mystery category
   
4. Shut Your Eyes Tight. John Verdon
   ~ Serial Murderer Category
5. Whisker of Evil. Rita Mae Brown
   ~ Cozy Mystery category
6. The Brothers of Baker Street. Michael Robertson
   ~ (Not really sure what category to put this in)
   
7. Along Came a Spider. James Patterson
   ~Police Procedural category
   
8. Malice in Miniature. Jeanne M. Dams
   ~ Cozy Mystery category
   
9. The Fatal Touch. Conor Fitzgerald
   ~Police Procedural category
10. Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy. Hazel Holt
    ~ Cozy Mystery category
11. Mrs. Malory and A Time to Die. Hazel Holt
    ~ Cozy Mystery category
12. Quiet As a Nun. Antonia Fraser
    ~ Cozy Mystery category ?
13. The Killings at Badger's Drift. Caroline Graham
    ~ Cozy Mystery category?
14. The Man in Lower Ten. Mary Roberts Rinehart
    ~ Murder Mystery category
15. Episode of the Wandering Knife. Mary Roberts Rinehart
    ~ Murder Mystery category
    
16. Third Girl. Agatha Christie
    ~ Murder Mystery category
17. Hallowe'en Party. Agatha Christie
    ~ Murder Mystery category
18. Mrs. McGinty's Dead. Agatha Christie
    ~ Murder Mystery category