tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14352471341914569962024-03-05T10:44:35.025-08:00Rick's Reading ChallengesRick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-35697478868525343412024-01-01T15:07:00.000-08:002024-01-01T15:28:44.913-08:002023 Vintage Scavenger Hunt wrap-up<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjpf-e7nmfjwVeS79hgy27eMOe3NXhH9umNRapeYCX5zP_UE7h0TccT1q98SKXEB-9TzrvQm18ygbUOmeVCzCiFsY56nU-oJLIm76E2S9mOSEkSrvlMWG0dOrlDaMjq6h_GyiRKtUlEFqO1mU5lUjqoP4-6-ItbKBXe-5AAJCoTSaoNeI1Qgnv9fJ31Bc/s320/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="320" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPjpf-e7nmfjwVeS79hgy27eMOe3NXhH9umNRapeYCX5zP_UE7h0TccT1q98SKXEB-9TzrvQm18ygbUOmeVCzCiFsY56nU-oJLIm76E2S9mOSEkSrvlMWG0dOrlDaMjq6h_GyiRKtUlEFqO1mU5lUjqoP4-6-ItbKBXe-5AAJCoTSaoNeI1Qgnv9fJ31Bc/w213-h174/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This is my wrap up post for Bev Hankins' <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/01/vintage-mystery-scavenger-hunt.html" target="_blank">2023 Vintage Scavenger Hunt</a> challenge. I participated in the Gold (pre-1960) version. Bev lists 90 items to be on the hunt for during the year.</p><p>During 2023, I read exactly 100 books, rushing a bit on the last one to get it in to my Goodreads challenge before it ended. Most of the books I read came from my own shelves, with a scattering of Kindle titles. Of that 100, I found 50 had cover images that met the challenge. </p><p>I do not select titles to read just to satisfy challenges - I use my own haphazard way of picking titles off the shelves to read: When I finish a book, I slip a corner cut from an envelope over a page, and note the month/year. I have found after ten years I have generally forgotten the plot details and solution of any given book (except <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>), so I look for a book which hasn't been under the reading lamp for ten years!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffPMyT69LOLt_SPeciyYrk6BNsg33f9GhlAYqy8mDvqq0v_lVjM0IJKZrRRHOAGr4qDzqzqbgbzF5SQwUIuDx3rGx32mRTaGO9yD3z4lhlzJi1MlQE2NLOvRvL00AzqjAwoP4YbGaz6yc2lC7HhqsPLe6fDmmj_qjmWN84w_BtrQdgqbcsIvOyAa27TTL/s1151/20240101_181058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1151" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffPMyT69LOLt_SPeciyYrk6BNsg33f9GhlAYqy8mDvqq0v_lVjM0IJKZrRRHOAGr4qDzqzqbgbzF5SQwUIuDx3rGx32mRTaGO9yD3z4lhlzJi1MlQE2NLOvRvL00AzqjAwoP4YbGaz6yc2lC7HhqsPLe6fDmmj_qjmWN84w_BtrQdgqbcsIvOyAa27TTL/w199-h150/20240101_181058.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Then I check it against the challenge requirements. Most of my books do not have dust jackets, so I look online to find it. My best resource is <a href="http://dustjackets.com" target="_blank">dustjackets.com</a>.<div><br /></div><div>Then I put the book details on <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ojpF_GytsDQjQmMjOjz6YFvCHoQHvpK/edit#gid=135498817" target="_blank">this spreadsheet</a> which I invite you to check. The green lines indicate a book matching the challenge. The "Cover" links will take you to either my review (with a cover image) or just the cover image alone if I did not review it.</div><div><br /></div><div>I enjoyed the 2023 gold challenge - and will be back for the 2024 version. Thanks, Bev, for hosting!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Rick Mills</i></div><div><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Mystillery blog</a></div><div><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/mystillery/index.html" target="_blank">The Mystillery Reading Challenges</a> at Mystillery Manor</div><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-88345271392831201842023-11-05T11:05:00.004-08:002024-02-26T15:16:42.184-08:00Mystery Marathon 2024<p>Mile / Pages / Author / Title</p><p>1 / 167 / Anthony Gilbert / A Case for Mr. Crook</p><p>2 / 182 / Margery Allingham / Flowers for the Judge</p><p>3 / 327 / Edgar Wallace / Blue Hand</p><p>4 / 192 / Manning Coles / No Entry</p><p>5 / 167 / Rex Stout / Silent Speaker</p><p>6 / 307 / Mignon Eberhart / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-white-dress-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html" target="_blank">The White Dress</a></p><p>7 / 153 estimated / Herman Petersen / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-house-in-wilderness-by-herman.html" target="_blank">The House in the Wilderness</a></p><p>8 / 303 / Frank L. Packard / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-gold-skull-murders-by-frank-l.html" target="_blank">The Gold Skull Murders</a></p><p>9/ 311 / Edgar Wallace / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-green-ribbon-by-edgar-wallace-1930.html" target="_blank">The Green Ribbon</a></p><p>10 / 100 / Edgar Wallace / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/red-aces-by-edgar-wallace-1929.html" target="_blank">The Red Aces</a></p><p>11 / 214 / Carter Dickson / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-curse-of-bronze-lamp-by-carter.html" target="_blank">The Curse of the Bronze Lamp</a></p><p>12 / 171 / Erle Stanley Gardner / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-case-of-blonde-bonanza-by-erle.html" target="_blank">The Case of the Blonde Bonanza</a></p><p>13 / 290 / Mignon G. Eberhart / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-pattern-by-mignon-g-eberhart-1937.html" target="_blank">The Pattern</a></p><p>14 / 184 / Leslie Charteris / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-saint-in-pursuit-by-leslie.html" target="_blank">The Saint in Pursuit</a></p><p>15 / 324 / Frances Noyes Hart / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-bellamy-trial-by-frances-noyes-hart.html" target="_blank">The Bellamy Trial</a></p><p>16 / 315 / Helen Reilly / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/murder-in-mews-by-helen-reilly-1931.html" target="_blank">Murder in the Mews</a></p><p>17 / 272 / John Rhode / <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/murder-at-bratton-grange-by-john-rhode.html" target="_blank">Murder at Bratton Grange</a></p><p><br /></p><p>26.2 / 14 / Arthur Conan Doyle / The Case of Black Peter</p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-81928543629610197782023-10-24T16:20:00.007-07:002024-01-02T13:48:49.656-08:002024 Vintage Scavenger Hunt<div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk7KFPDa-w5dmFLukKOrJ29MjHi1E4KU4ddFE2inmWGF4UgNVOISGdKVZJbP3cjchGeTYkzGx_TcLW6XbSexipck2_IR3wPN8mbnfMIhCc9Ql1YRdtk4ICvXOEf0qwlgz7TR_IDB_7vnSei9ROs0CQhSGARLQyUnbcLp5emHwBAUOZTRixy38DSg-Tg/s320/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="320" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk7KFPDa-w5dmFLukKOrJ29MjHi1E4KU4ddFE2inmWGF4UgNVOISGdKVZJbP3cjchGeTYkzGx_TcLW6XbSexipck2_IR3wPN8mbnfMIhCc9Ql1YRdtk4ICvXOEf0qwlgz7TR_IDB_7vnSei9ROs0CQhSGARLQyUnbcLp5emHwBAUOZTRixy38DSg-Tg/s1600/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><p><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Bev Hankins at <i><a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">My Reader's Block</a></i> is sponsoring the <b>2024 Vintage Scavenger Hunt.</b> The challenge page is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/vintage-scavenger-hunt-2024.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The goal is to find as many objects on the scavenger hunt list as possible on the covers of the mystery books you<span face=""arial","helvetica",sans-serif"> read</span>. I am working the <b>Golden Age </b>era. Here is the list:</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQizQ6zYQpPdy5eaxdfp6sj7_Jhnom0QLliZXdiPkUTPDDqIDJrT2sqGLTbpczpD9NvcuV0TP6tnknj5G-NjCsSByYY1waGiJQuCOVH-VQAqfafoZW4wCE5Y3EqAKkJ6V7aXZh6ZmnZ6mj24xuGlfCM-tXbpnzJ49UR0-97QAmcf1Mh4dcthdmEXetRzT/s718/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt%202024%20Gold.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="718" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQizQ6zYQpPdy5eaxdfp6sj7_Jhnom0QLliZXdiPkUTPDDqIDJrT2sqGLTbpczpD9NvcuV0TP6tnknj5G-NjCsSByYY1waGiJQuCOVH-VQAqfafoZW4wCE5Y3EqAKkJ6V7aXZh6ZmnZ6mj24xuGlfCM-tXbpnzJ49UR0-97QAmcf1Mh4dcthdmEXetRzT/w547-h475/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt%202024%20Gold.png" width="547" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;">Progress will be recorded on <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_oZZ-9PO-4Hc2kT3chSQ_lMNXDAglRRM/edit#gid=135498817" target="_blank">this spreadsheet</a>. </span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-14824292432795904962023-10-24T16:19:00.017-07:002024-02-08T07:11:38.249-08:002024 Color Coded Reading Challenge<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 12.6px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7358379642716022414" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD7WSDQpb_bBE8iBb2Hvsw80wkl4DdC-w719CpCh-xJNcieROAOBiZb3OcaaLqK7yv_MCiqM_I_s9ZrBx7CmfrWwVgkRnTJHqSCvgMuYYPENh2kDE3V4WBmlZK_cmOb9Qx5xD2Pp2C74CdNggLzZ6ThDAh5UG0NdCsPfFeSkidkuzMD3R9SouOL8Fy4Q=s376" style="background-color: white; color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="335" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD7WSDQpb_bBE8iBb2Hvsw80wkl4DdC-w719CpCh-xJNcieROAOBiZb3OcaaLqK7yv_MCiqM_I_s9ZrBx7CmfrWwVgkRnTJHqSCvgMuYYPENh2kDE3V4WBmlZK_cmOb9Qx5xD2Pp2C74CdNggLzZ6ThDAh5UG0NdCsPfFeSkidkuzMD3R9SouOL8Fy4Q=w249-h280" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">This challenge, hosted by Bev Hankins, is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2023/10/color-coded-read-it-again-sam.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div><br /><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: arial;"><b>Read in previous challenges</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;">Planned</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Completed</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Read nine books in the following categories:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">1. A book with <b>"Blue"</b> or any shade of Blue in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace, 1925</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">T<a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-blue-horse-of-taxco-1947.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">he Blue Horse of Taxco </a>by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">2. A book with <b>"Red"</b> or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/red-aces-by-edgar-wallace-1929.html" target="_blank">Red Aces</a> by Edgar Wallace, 1929</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-case-of-crimson-kiss-by-erle.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Case of the Crimson Kiss</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-red-mass-by-valentine-williams-1925.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Red Mass </a>by Valentine Williams</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">3. A book with <b>"Yellow"</b> or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Case of the Blonde Bonanza - Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;">The <a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-case-of-lame-canary-by-erle-stanley.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Case of the Lame Canary </a>- Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-yellow-room-by-mary-roberts.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Yellow Room</a> by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">4. A book with <b>"Green"</b> or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-green-ribbon-by-edgar-wallace-1930.html" target="_blank">The Green Ribbon</a> - Edgar Wallace (1930)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-green-eyed-sister-by-erle.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Case of the Green Eyed Sister</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Jade Venus</a><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a>by George Harmon Coxe</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">5. A book with <b>"Brown"</b> or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-curse-of-bronze-lamp-by-carter.html" target="_blank">The Curse of the Bronze Lamp</a> - Carter Dickson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-borrowed-brunette-by-erle.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Case of the Borrowed Brunette</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">T<a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-bronze-hand-by-carolyn-wells-1925.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">he Bronze Hand</a> by Carolyn Wells (1925)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">6. A book with <b>"Black" </b>or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Adventure of Black Peter by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903-4</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/black-orchids-by-rex-stout-1941.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Black Orchids</a> - Rex Stout</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/26-ebony-bed-murder-by-rufus-gillmore.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Ebony Bed Murder</a> by Rufus Gillmore (1932)<br /><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/06/acts-of-black-night-1938.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Acts of Black Night</a> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">7. A book with <b>"White"</b> or any shade of White in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-white-dress-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html">The White Dress</a> by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-white-cockatoo-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">The White Cockatoo </a>by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://lesliecharteris.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-white-rider_25.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">White Rider</a> by Leslie Charteris</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">8. A book with <b>any other color</b> in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-gold-skull-murders-by-frank-l.html" target="_blank">The Gold Skull Murders</a> - Frank L. Packard (1931)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-golddiggers-purse-by-erle.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Case of the Gold Diggers Purse</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/23-false-purple-by-sydney-horler-1932.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The False Purple</a> by Sydney Horler (1932)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">9. A book with a <b>word/image that implies color </b>in the title/on the cover</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Pattern - Mignon G. Eberhart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"> (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">Miss Paisley on a Diet by John Pierce (1969) </span></span></div></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-92073891130689302472023-04-24T14:31:00.021-07:002023-04-27T15:45:10.684-07:00Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones Challenge<div><span>This is just a personal challenge, to see how many of the </span>Haycraft Queen Cornerstone mysteries I have (highlighted in <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">yellow</span>) and those I have read (highlighted in <span style="background-color: #04ff00;">green</span>). RM</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><div>Haycraft Queen Cornerstones - Complete Checklist</div><div>"The Definitive Library of Mystery Fiction"</div><div><br /></div><div>Howard Haycraft originally published the list in his 1941 landmark book <i>Murder For Pleasure </i>and was originally titled "<i>A Reader's List of Detective Story Cornerstones</i>". It was subsequently updated and broadened several times by Ellery Queen and became as a standard amongst dealers and collectors everywhere. The list below is the final revision and includes books from 1748 to 1952. Any entry followed by an * indicates it was added by Ellery Queen.</div><div>(from <a href="http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/haycraftqueen.htm" target="_blank">Classic Crime Fiction</a>)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>>> indicates First Edition</div><div><br /></div><div><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Allingham Margery - Death of a Ghost - 1934 Omnibus</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Ambler Eric - The Mask of Dimitrios - 1939</center><center style="text-align: left;">Anderson Frederick Irving - The Book of Murder - 1930</center><center style="text-align: left;">Armstrong Charlotte - Mischief - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;">Armstrong Charlotte - The Unsuspected - 1946 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Bailey HC - Call Mr. Fortune - 1920</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Bailey HC - The Red Castle - 1932 - HC First Edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Barr Robert - The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont - 1906</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Beeding Francis - Death Walks in Eastrepps - 1931 * HC Mystery League </span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Benson G.R. - Tracks in the Snow - 1906</center><center style="text-align: left;">Bentley E.C. - Trent’s Last Case - 1913</center><center style="text-align: left;">Berkeley Anthony - The Poisoned Chocolates Case - 1929</center><center style="text-align: left;">Berkeley Anthony - Trial and Error - 1937</center><center style="text-align: left;">Holmes H.H. (Boucher Anthony) - Rocket to the Morgue - 1942 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Biggers Earl Derr - The House Without a Key - 1925 kindle edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Blake Nicholas - The Beast Must Die - 1938</center><center style="text-align: left;">Bramah Ernest - Max Carrados - 1914</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Buchan John - The Thirty-Nine Steps - 1915 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Burke Thomas - Limehouse Nights - 1916 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Burnett WR - Little Caesar - 1929 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Cain James M - The Postman Always Rings Twice - 1934 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Carr John Dickson - The Crooked Hinge - 1938</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Carr John Dickson - The Judas Window - 1938</center><center style="text-align: left;">Caspary Vera - Laura - 1943 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Chandler Raymond - The Big Sleep - 1939 - 10 red set</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Chandler Raymond - Farewell, My Lovely - 1940</center><center style="text-align: left;">Chandler, Raymond The Simple Art of Murder - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Charteris Leslie - Meet the Tiger - 1928 * HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Chesterton G.K. - The Innocence of Father Brown - 1911 PB</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Chesterton G.K. - The Man Who Was Thursday - 1908 * HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Childers Erskine - The Riddle of the Sands - 1903 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Christie Agatha - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - 1926 HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Christie Agatha - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 1920 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Coates Robert M - Wisteria Cottage - 1948</center><center style="text-align: left;">Cole G.D.H. - The Brooklyn Murders - 1923</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Coles Manning - Drink to Yesterday - 1940 HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Coles Manning - Pray Silence / Toast to Tomorrow - 1940 HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Collins Wilkie - The Moonstone - 1868</center><center style="text-align: left;">Collins Wilkie - The Woman in White - 1860 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Conrad Joseph - The Secret Agent - 1907 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Cozzens James Gould - The Just and the Unjust - 1942 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Crispin Edmund - The Moving Toyshop - 1946</center><center style="text-align: left;">Crispin Edmund - Love Lies Bleeding - 1948</center><center style="text-align: left;">Crofts Freeman Wills - The Cask - 1920</center><center style="text-align: left;">Crofts Freeman Wills - Inspector French’s Greatest Case - 1924</center><center style="text-align: left;">Dane Clemence, Helen Simpson - Re-enter Sir John - 1932</center><center style="text-align: left;">Davis Dorothy Salisbury - A Gentle Murderer - 1951</center><center style="text-align: left;">De la Torre Lilian - Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector - 1946 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Dickens Charles - Bleak House - 1853</center><center style="text-align: left;">Dickens Charles - The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1870</center><center style="text-align: left;">Dickson Carter - Lord of the Sorcerers - 1946 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Dostoevsky Fyodor - Crime and Punishment - 1866 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Sign of the Four - 1890</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 1894</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - 1894</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Hound of the Baskervilles - 1902</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Return of Sherlock Holmes - 1905</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Valley of Fear - 1915</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Doyle Arthur Conan - His Last Bow - 1917</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Doyle Arthur Conan - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes - 1927</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Dreiser Theodore - An American Tragedy - 1925 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Du Maurier Daphne - Rebecca - 1938 * HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Dunsany Lord - The Little Tales of Smethers - 1952</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Eberhart Mignon G - The Patient in Room 18 - 1929 HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Ellin Stanley - Dreadful Summit - 1948</center><center style="text-align: left;">Eustis Helen - The Horizontal Man - 1946</center><center style="text-align: left;">Faulkner William - Intruder in the Dust - 1948 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Fletcher J.S. - The Middle Temple Murder - 1918</center><center style="text-align: left;">Forester C.S. - Payment Deferred - 1926 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Freeman R. Austin - The Eye of Osiris - 1911 * HC Collier Front Page edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Freeman R. Austin - John Thorndyke’s Cases - 1909 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Freeman R. Austin - The Red Thumb Mark - 1907</center><center style="text-align: left;">Freeman R. Austin - The Singing Bone - 1912</center><center style="text-align: left;">Frome David - The Hammersmith Murders - 1930</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Futrelle Jacques - The Thinking Machine - 1907 Dover PB</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Gaboriau Emile - The Widow Lerouge - 1866</center><center style="text-align: left;">Gaboriau Emile - The Mystery Of Orcival - 1868 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Gaboriau Emile - File No. 13 - 1867 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Gaboriau Emile - Monsieur Lecoq - 1869</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Gardner Erle Stanley - The Case of the Sulky Girl - 1933 HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">>>Gardner Erle Stanley - The Case of the Velvet Claws - 1933 * HC</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Godwin William - The Adventures of Caleb Williams - 1794 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Green Anna Katharine - The Leavenworth Case - 1878 kindle</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Greene Graham - Brighton Rock - 1938 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Halsey Harlan Page - Old Sleuth, the Detective - 1872 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Hammett Dashiell - The Maltese Falcon - 1930 HC + 10 red set</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Hammett Dashiell - The Glass Key - 1931 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hammett Dashiell - The Adventures of Sam Spade - 1944 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hart Frances Noyes - The Bellamy Trial - 1927</center><center style="text-align: left;">Heard H.F. - A Taste for Honey - 1941 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Henry O. - The Gentle Grafter - 1908 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hornung EW - The Amateur Cracksman - 1899 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hughes Dorothy B - The So Blue Marble - 1940</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hugo Victor - Les Miserables - 1862 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hull Richard - The Murder of My Aunt - 1935</center><center style="text-align: left;">Hume Fergus W - The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - 1887 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Iles Francis (Anthony Berkeley) - Before the Fact - 1932</center><center style="text-align: left;">Innes Michael - Lament for a Maker - 1938</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">>>King Rufus - Murder by the Clock - 1929 * HC First Edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Knox Ronald A - The Viaduct Murder - 1925</center><center style="text-align: left;">Lawrence Hilda - Blood Upon the Snow - 1944</center><center style="text-align: left;">Leblanc Maurice - The Eight Strokes of the Clock - 1922</center><center style="text-align: left;">Leblanc Maurice - Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Cambrioleur - 1907 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Leblanc Maurice - “813” - 1910</center><center style="text-align: left;">Leroux Gaston - The Mystery of the Yellow Room - 1907</center><center style="text-align: left;">Leroux Gaston - The Perfume of the Woman in Black - 1908 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Lipsky Eleazar - The People Against O’Hara - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Lockridge Frances and Richard - The Norths Meet Murder - 1940 HC DMG Triple volume</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Lowndes Mrs Belloc - The Lodger - 1913</center><center style="text-align: left;">Lustgarten Edgar - A Case to Answer - 1947</center><center style="text-align: left;">MacDonald Philip - The Rasp - 1924</center><center style="text-align: left;">MacDonald Philip - The Nursemaid Who Disappeared - 1938 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Macdonald Ross - The Moving Target - 1949</center><center style="text-align: left;">MacHarg William & Edwin Balmer - The Achievements of Luther Trant - 1910 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Marquand John P - No Hero - 1935 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Marsh Ngaio - Overture to Death - 1939</center><center style="text-align: left;">Mason A.E.W. - At the Villa Rose - 1910</center><center style="text-align: left;">Mason A.E.W. - The House of the Arrow - 1924</center><center style="text-align: left;">Maugham W. Somerset - Ashenden - 1928 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">McCloy Helen - Through a Glass, Darkly - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;">Milne A.A. - The Red House Mystery - 1922</center><center style="text-align: left;">Moffett Cleveland - Through the Wall - 1909 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Morrison Arthur - Martin Hewitt, Investigator - 1894</center><center style="text-align: left;">O’Flaherty Liam - The Informer - 1925 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">O’Higgins Harvey J - Detective Duff Unravels It - 1929 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Oppenheim E. Phillips - The Great Impersonation - 1920 * kindle</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Orczy Baroness - The Old Man in the Corner - 1909</center><center style="text-align: left;">Orczy Baroness - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 1905 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Palmer Stuart - The Penguin Pool Murder - 1931</center><center style="text-align: left;">Paul Elliot - The Mysterious Mickey Finn - 1939 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Phillpotts Eden - The Grey Room - 1921</center><center style="text-align: left;">Pinkerton Allan - The Expressman and the Detective - 1874 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Piper Evelyn - The Motive - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;">Poe Edgar Allan - Tales - 1845</center><center style="text-align: left;">Post Melville Davisson - Uncle Abner - 1918</center><center style="text-align: left;">Postgate Raymond - Verdict of Twelve - 1940</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Queen Ellery - Calamity Town - 1942 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Queen Ellery - The Roman Hat Murder - 1929</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Queen Ellery (Barnaby Ross) - The Tragedy of X - 1932</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Queen Ellery (Barnaby Ross) - The Tragedy of Y - 1932 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Rawson Clayton - Death from a Top Hat - 1938 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Reeve Arthur B - The Silent Bullet - 1912 World's Great Detective Stories</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Regester Seeley (Mrs. M.V. Victor) - The Dead Letter - 1866</center><center style="text-align: left;">Rhode John - The Murders in Praed Street - 1928 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Rhode John - The Paddington Mystery - 1925</center><center style="text-align: left;">Rice Craig - Trial by Fury - 1941</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Rinehart Mary Roberts - The Circular Staircase - 1908</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Rohmer Sax - The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu - 1908 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Runyon Damon - Guys and Dolls - 1931 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Sapper - Cyrile McNeile - Bull-Dog Drummond - 1920 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Sayers Dorothy L - The Nine Tailors - 1934</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Sayers Dorothy L - Whose Body? - 1923 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Sayers Dorothy L & Robert Eustace - The Documents in the Case - 1930</center><center style="text-align: left;">Seeley Mabel - The Listening House - 1938</center><center style="text-align: left;">Seeley Regester - The Dead Letter - 1866 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Shiel M.P. - Prince Zaleski - 1895 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Simenon Georges - The Patience of Maigret - 1940</center><center style="text-align: left;">Spicer Bart - Blues for the Prince - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;">Stevenson Robert Louis - New Arabian Nights - 1882 *å</center><center style="text-align: left;">Stevenson Robert Louis - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1886 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Stoker Bram - Dracula - 1897 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Stout Rex Fer de Lance - 1934 PB</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Stout Rex The League of Frightened Men - 1935 *</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Stribling T.S. - Clues of the Caribbees - 1929 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Taylor Phoebe Atwood - The Cape Cod Mystery - 1931</center><center style="text-align: left;">Tey Josephine - The Franchise Affair - 1948</center><center style="text-align: left;">Train Arthur - Tutt and Mr. Tutt - 1920 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Trevor Glen (James Hilton) - Murder at School - 1931 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Twain Mark - The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson - 1894 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Van Dine SS - The Benson Murder Case - 1926 HC First Edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Van Dine S.S. - The Canary Murder Case - 1927 HC Collier Spiderweb</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Vance Louis Joseph - The Lone Wolf - 1914 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Vickers Roy - The Department of Dead Ends - 1946 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Vidocq Francois Eugene - Memoirs De Vidocq - 1828 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Voltaire - Zadig - 1748 * </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">World's Great Detective Stories</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Wallace Edgar - The Mind of J. G. Reeder 1925</center><center style="text-align: left;">Walling R A J - The Fatal Five Minutes - 1932</center><center style="text-align: left;">Walsh Thomas - Nightmare in Manhattan - 1950</center><center style="text-align: left;">Waters (William Russell) - Recollections of a Detective Police Officer - 1856 *</center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">>>Wells Carolyn - The Clue - 1909 HC First edition</span></center><center style="text-align: left;">Woolrich Cornell (William Irish) - The Bride Wore Black - 1942 *</center><center style="text-align: left;">Zangwill Israel - The Big Bow Mystery - 1892</center><div><br /></div><div><br style="background-color: #dddddd; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" /></div></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-91261281610455084172023-03-30T10:36:00.016-07:002023-07-17T14:09:07.113-07:002023 Abra Cadavers<p><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 12.6px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6273838525971525099" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGofViitlWhIJEdMJj3dBc6C6Iv1_SazI5IMlMD6Sno-RVoR5vuSIYMAeneewst3WsnBsJwB0lsXOq5_cSNFujT_rc-oCi6eiYmjJ8lMqdTzOvN5nMufImjZuTg6LgCyS1Lfq0YMTVvxaeogX2BUEWn3kUl4959knwT8srSia7XYWUIZLg5-3ojSEXw/s416/diamond.jpg" style="background-color: white; color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="416" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGofViitlWhIJEdMJj3dBc6C6Iv1_SazI5IMlMD6Sno-RVoR5vuSIYMAeneewst3WsnBsJwB0lsXOq5_cSNFujT_rc-oCi6eiYmjJ8lMqdTzOvN5nMufImjZuTg6LgCyS1Lfq0YMTVvxaeogX2BUEWn3kUl4959knwT8srSia7XYWUIZLg5-3ojSEXw/s320/diamond.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /> <span style="white-space: pre;">The 2023 Abra Cadavers game is <a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/baseball/2023/index.html" target="_blank">located here</a>.</span><br /><br />• </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Get a<b> Single</b> by reading one book. </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6273838525971525099" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> Miles Burton, <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hardway-diamonds-mystery-by-miles.html" target="_blank">The Hardway Diamonds Mystery</a></i> (Mystery League #10)</span><br /></span><p><span style="background-color: white;">• </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Double</b><span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> by reading two books by a second author</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Anna Katherine Green, <i>The Circular Study</i><br />Anna Katherine Green, <i>XYZ: A Detective Story</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">•</span><span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> Get a <b>Triple </b>by reading three books by a third author </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">John Dickson Carr, </span><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-man-who-could-not-shudder-by-john.html" target="_blank">The Man Who Couldn't Shudder</a></i><br /><span style="background-color: white;">John Dickson Carr, </span><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-sleeping-sphinx-by-john-dickson.html" target="_blank">The Sleeping Sphinx</a></i><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">John Dickson Carr, <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-emperors-snuff-box-by-john-dickson.html" target="_blank">The Emperor's Snuff Box</a></i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">•</span><span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> Get a <b>Home Run</b> by reading four books by a fourth author.</span><br /></span><span>Martha Grimes, </span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/01/rainbows-end-by-martha-grimes-1995.html" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_3"><i>Rainbow's End</i></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Richard Jury #13)<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Martha Grimes, </span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-case-has-altered-by-martha-grimes.html" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_3"><i>The Case Has Altered</i></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Richard Jury #14)<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Martha Grimes, </span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-stargazey-by-martha-grimes-1998.html" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;" target="_3"><i>The Stargazey</i></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Richard Jury #15)<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Martha Grimes, </span><i>The Lamorna Wink </i><span style="background-color: white;">(Richard July #16)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">• </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">You have hit for the <b>Cycle</b> once you complete a single, double, triple, AND a home run.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">• Get a <b>Foul</b> by giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF (Did Not Finish)</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">• </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Get a <b>Bunt </b>by reading a short story.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Arthur Conan Doyle, </span><i style="background-color: white;">The Adventure of the Empty House</i></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">• </span><span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Stolen Base</b><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> by stealing (reading) a book which has been submitted to any of our previous or current challenges - in any year - by someone else. <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Margery Allingham, <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-fear-sign-by-margery-allingham-1933.html" target="_blank">The Fear Sign</a></i>, read by Bev Hankins, 2023.</span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;">• </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><b>Strike Out </b>when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, mailed out, given away, sold, thrown out, audiobook taken outdoors for a walk, book taken elsewhere to read, etc.)</span><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Erle Stanley Gardner,</span><i> The Case of the Fiery Fingers</i></p></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-43843017705092879802022-12-03T15:14:00.028-08:002023-06-22T03:13:00.110-07:002023 Reading The Mystery League<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAcT1ajtyyTK-A5N_LUFCoPTz5Kr_rEel_9luDNaJxKMMNW-O5-Smp923nFkNr9ZYjmz7U4DeOWLcqpPvoO3CwMxWcvZIvjrvYlLLEnw1SJOYWif3JFLw5eUYfc0bE3vjVXw5jjWlX9bfVENw59rR6XhAMkCufpAtE9a7nV1bmxvYBJx9hszPq1lKHA/s600/Myst%20League%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="600" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAcT1ajtyyTK-A5N_LUFCoPTz5Kr_rEel_9luDNaJxKMMNW-O5-Smp923nFkNr9ZYjmz7U4DeOWLcqpPvoO3CwMxWcvZIvjrvYlLLEnw1SJOYWif3JFLw5eUYfc0bE3vjVXw5jjWlX9bfVENw59rR6XhAMkCufpAtE9a7nV1bmxvYBJx9hszPq1lKHA/w197-h167/Myst%20League%20logo.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am challenging myself to read through the entire series of <b>The Mystery League</b> during 2023. (The last time I did this was 2017). Read all about the League at <a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this b</a>log. Titles below are linked to synopses/reviews. Titles completed are highlighted in green.</p><ol style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/07/1-hand-of-power-by-edgar-wallace.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Hand of Power</a>. </i>Edgar Wallace, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/08/2-curse-of-doone-by-sydney-horler.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Curse of Doone</a>.</i> Sydney Horler, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/09/3-house-of-sudden-sleep-by-john-hawk.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The House of Sudden Sleep</a></i>. John Hawk, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/09/4-jack-olantern-by-george-goodchild.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Jack O'Lantern</a>. </i>George Goodchild, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/09/5-mystery-of-burnleigh-manor-by-walter.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Mystery of Burnleigh Manor.</a></i> Walter Livingston, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/09/6-invisible-host-by-gwen-briston-bruce.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Invisible Host.</a></i> Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/10/7-day-of-uniting-by-edgar-wallace.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Day of Uniting</a>.</i> Edgar Wallace, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/10/8-monster-of-grammont-by-george.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Monster of Grammont</a>.</i> George Goodchild, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/10/9-house-of-terror-by-edward-woodward.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The House of Terror</a>.</i> Edward Woodward, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/11/10-hardway-diamonds-mystery-1930.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Hardway Diamonds Mystery</a>.</i> Miles Burton, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/11/11-peril.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Peril</a></i>. Sydney Horler, 1930</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/12-mastro-murders-by-frances-shelley.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Maestro Murders</a></i>. Frances Shelley Wees, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/13-turmoil-at-brede-by-seldon-truss-1931.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><i>Turmoil at Brede</i>.</a> Seldon Truss, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/14-death-walks-in-eastrepps-by-francis.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Death Walks in Eastrepps</a></i>. Francis Beeding, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/15-secret-of-high-eldersham-by-miles.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Secret of High Eldersham</a></i>. Miles Burton, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/16-gutenberg-murders-by-gwen-bristow.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Gutenberg Murders</a></i>. Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/17-merrivale-mystery-by-names-corbett.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Merrivale Mystery</a></i>. James Corbett, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/18-tunnel-mystery-by-j-c-lenehan-1931.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Tunnel Mystery</a></i>, J. C. Lenehan, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/19-mystery-of-villa-sineste-by-walter_25.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Mystery of Villa Sineste</a></i>, Walter Livingston, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/20-hunterstone-outrage-by-seldon-truss.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Hunterstone Outrage</a></i>, Seldon Truss, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/21-murder-in-french-room-by-helen-joan.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><i>Murder in the French Room</i>,</a> Helen Joan Hultman, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/22-bungalow-on-roof-by-achmed-abdullah.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><i>Bungalow on the Roof</i>,</a> Achmed Abdullah, 1931</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/23-false-purple-by-sydney-horler-1932.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The False Purple</a></i>. Sydney Horler, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/24-two-and-two-make-twenty-two-by-gwen.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Two and Two Make Twenty-Two</a>.</i> Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="https://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/25-for-sale-murder-by-will-levinrew-1932.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">For Sale - Murder</a>. </i>Will Levinrew, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/26-ebony-bed-murder-by-rufus-gillmore.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Ebony Bed Murder</a></i>, Rufus Gillmore, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/27-spider-house-by-van-wyck-mason-1932.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Spider House</a></i>, Van Wyck Mason, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/28-mardi-gras-murders-by-gwen-bristow.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Mardi Gras Murders</a>.</i> Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/29-stingaree-murders-by-w-shepard.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">The Stingaree Murders</a></i>. W. Shepard Pleasants, 1932</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/30-death-points-finger-by-will-levinrew.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Death Points a Finger</a>.</i> Will Levinrew, 1933</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>* <a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/31-death-holds-key-by-david-frome-1933.html" target="_blank">Death Hold the Key / Scotland Yard Can Wait</a>.</i> David Frome<br /><br /></span></li></ol><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.52px;">* #31 was planned to be </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.52px;"><a href="https://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/31-death-holds-key-by-david-frome-1933.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Death Holds the Key</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.52px;"> by David Frome. The League did not survive to publish it. It was later published by Grosset and Dunlap under the title </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.52px;">Scotland Yard Can Wait.</i></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-44994928832296451702022-11-07T15:06:00.008-08:002022-11-07T15:42:38.949-08:002023 Vintage Scavenger Hunt<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk7KFPDa-w5dmFLukKOrJ29MjHi1E4KU4ddFE2inmWGF4UgNVOISGdKVZJbP3cjchGeTYkzGx_TcLW6XbSexipck2_IR3wPN8mbnfMIhCc9Ql1YRdtk4ICvXOEf0qwlgz7TR_IDB_7vnSei9ROs0CQhSGARLQyUnbcLp5emHwBAUOZTRixy38DSg-Tg/s320/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="320" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsk7KFPDa-w5dmFLukKOrJ29MjHi1E4KU4ddFE2inmWGF4UgNVOISGdKVZJbP3cjchGeTYkzGx_TcLW6XbSexipck2_IR3wPN8mbnfMIhCc9Ql1YRdtk4ICvXOEf0qwlgz7TR_IDB_7vnSei9ROs0CQhSGARLQyUnbcLp5emHwBAUOZTRixy38DSg-Tg/s1600/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Bev Hankins at <i><a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/">My Reader's Block</a></i> is sponsoring the <b>2023 Vintage Scavenger Hunt.</b> The challenge page is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2022/11/vintage-scavenger-hunt-2023.html">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The goal is to find as many objects on the scavenger hunt list as possible on the covers of the mystery books you<span face=""arial","helvetica",sans-serif"> read</span>. I am working the <b>Golden Age </b>era. Here is the list:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUWNoDQSyNHzZgOa1aHiyYV-6t5JSSE_lO7ohMwdlDtJOi1gOX3hWZtj1lB-6w9osU1tcvn7vcNbJfYnrsmjmTYGvfWMXT1A3Ep8ow9B09fYOYiEGqnO2ZkP-iaFaQtmmWmkoBy8QUcn-nPqG-KSUQkftsUqQBdve5KkUoy1VheOLnmBoIT0pxZWkPQ/s718/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt%202023%20Gold.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="718" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUWNoDQSyNHzZgOa1aHiyYV-6t5JSSE_lO7ohMwdlDtJOi1gOX3hWZtj1lB-6w9osU1tcvn7vcNbJfYnrsmjmTYGvfWMXT1A3Ep8ow9B09fYOYiEGqnO2ZkP-iaFaQtmmWmkoBy8QUcn-nPqG-KSUQkftsUqQBdve5KkUoy1VheOLnmBoIT0pxZWkPQ/w582-h467/Vintage%20Scavenger%20Hunt%202023%20Gold.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Progress will be recorded <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ojpF_GytsDQjQmMjOjz6YFvCHoQHvpK/edit#gid=135498817" target="_blank">on this spreadsheet</a>.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-62738385259715250992022-03-29T15:26:00.022-07:002022-04-05T15:17:35.196-07:002022 Abra Cadavers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGofViitlWhIJEdMJj3dBc6C6Iv1_SazI5IMlMD6Sno-RVoR5vuSIYMAeneewst3WsnBsJwB0lsXOq5_cSNFujT_rc-oCi6eiYmjJ8lMqdTzOvN5nMufImjZuTg6LgCyS1Lfq0YMTVvxaeogX2BUEWn3kUl4959knwT8srSia7XYWUIZLg5-3ojSEXw/s416/diamond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="416" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGofViitlWhIJEdMJj3dBc6C6Iv1_SazI5IMlMD6Sno-RVoR5vuSIYMAeneewst3WsnBsJwB0lsXOq5_cSNFujT_rc-oCi6eiYmjJ8lMqdTzOvN5nMufImjZuTg6LgCyS1Lfq0YMTVvxaeogX2BUEWn3kUl4959knwT8srSia7XYWUIZLg5-3ojSEXw/s320/diamond.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <span style="white-space: pre;">The 2022 Abra Cadavers game <a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/baseball/2022/index.html">is located here</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">• Get a</span><b> <span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Single</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> by reading one book. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-big-shot-by-frank-l-packard-1929.html">The Big Shot</a> </i>by Frank L. Packard</span><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"> • Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Double</b><span style="background-color: white;"> by reading two books by a second author </span><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mad-hatter-mystery-by-john-dickson.html">The Corpse in the Waxworks</a></i><span style="background-color: white;"> by John Dickson Carr</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mad-hatter-mystery-by-john-dickson.html">The Mad Hatter Mystery</a></i><span style="background-color: white;"> by John Dickson Carr</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"> • Get a </span><b><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Triple</span> </b><span style="background-color: white;">by reading three books by a third author </span><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-murders-in-rue-morgue-by-edgar.html">The Murders in the Rue Morgue</a></i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</span><br /><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mystery-of-marie-roget-by-edgar.html" style="background-color: white;"><i>The Mystery of Marie Rogét</i> </a><span style="background-color: white;">by Edgar Allan Poe</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;">The Purloined Letter</i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Edgar Allan Poe</span></p><p><br /><span style="background-color: white;"> • Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Home Run</b><span style="background-color: white;"> by reading four books by a fourth author.</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-case-of-lame-canary-by-erle-stanley.html">The Case of the Lame Canary</a></i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Erle Stanley Gardner</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-case-of-crimson-kiss-by-erle.html">The Case of the Crimson Kiss</a></i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Erle Stanley Gardner</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;">Fingers of Fong</i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Erle Stanley Gardner</span><br /><i style="background-color: white;">The Valley of Little Fears</i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Erle Stanley Gardner</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"> • You have hit for the </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Cycle</b><span style="background-color: white;"> once you complete a single, double, triple, AND a home run.
</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;">• Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Foul</b><span style="background-color: white;"> by giving up on a foul one with the dreaded DNF (Did Not Finish)
<br /><i>The Martian</i> by Andy Weir</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">• Get a </span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Bunt </b><span style="background-color: white;">by reading a short story.
</span><br /></span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-image-in-mirror-by-dorothy-l-sayers.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><i>The Image in the Mirror</i></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"> by Dorothy L. Sayers </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span><span style="background-color: white;">• Get a </span><b><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Walk</span> </b><span style="background-color: white;">by listening to an audiobook <br /><i>Death Blew Out the Match</i> Crime Club radio dramatization</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>• Get a <b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Stolen Base</b> by stealing (reading) a book which has been submitted to any of our previous or current challenges - in any year - by someone else. <br /><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/with-one-stone-by-frances-richard.html">With One Stone</a></i> by Frances & Richard Lockridge, read by <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2021/05/with-one-stone.html">Bev Hankins in 2021</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>•
<b>Strike Out </b>when a book strikes out of your house (out to the library, loaned out, mailed out, given away, sold, thrown out, audiobook taken outdoors for a walk, book taken elsewhere to read, etc.)<br /></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-33385444190230095612021-12-30T15:36:00.010-08:002022-02-02T08:01:41.722-08:002022 Reading Challenges hosted by The Mystillery<p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn8Um0kQAB8P-TmAAGNRqLngfh12eOLtEJ124NqDJi7uzE9OYGEgn_Dj-UZlRcOjfuHtcRLSZcyxg9GiRAIxJ5wsNBymNwP7S9jKfUuCXQIux5HNaItXVR_7YE0rlcrvUVEh7GTZF1OybsTTfH8ovZizyerKJ0i7M3ZCo-nK-PrNzNwTYr-ENnIJk2Xw=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="800" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn8Um0kQAB8P-TmAAGNRqLngfh12eOLtEJ124NqDJi7uzE9OYGEgn_Dj-UZlRcOjfuHtcRLSZcyxg9GiRAIxJ5wsNBymNwP7S9jKfUuCXQIux5HNaItXVR_7YE0rlcrvUVEh7GTZF1OybsTTfH8ovZizyerKJ0i7M3ZCo-nK-PrNzNwTYr-ENnIJk2Xw=w516-h171" width="516" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><b>The Mystillery</b> is pleased to offer these reading challenges for 2022!</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9p4y1FvfZIcX6EyKwVn2VN5mTHNAgK86OZ2atyHvYWvS0h_I9ctsEKDOQ1kquQuuwn_9hF3QjgvyHXXcOFrFT8AYmr76FCr7ceKRcZlCo-fykKVXkU7oqjScW45iYSGDwqZFiZZnwZ5OqJx_9Bk2mrVInastyG8dWIlzrN4op4FETVC9XlIH6goqJGA=s250" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="250" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9p4y1FvfZIcX6EyKwVn2VN5mTHNAgK86OZ2atyHvYWvS0h_I9ctsEKDOQ1kquQuuwn_9hF3QjgvyHXXcOFrFT8AYmr76FCr7ceKRcZlCo-fykKVXkU7oqjScW45iYSGDwqZFiZZnwZ5OqJx_9Bk2mrVInastyG8dWIlzrN4op4FETVC9XlIH6goqJGA" width="250" /></a></div><p><br /></p><b><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/medical_examiner/2022/index.html" target="_blank">Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge</a></b><span style="background-color: white;">: </span><span face="-webkit-standard">You are the Medical Examiner, and your goal is to document the cause of death on as many unfortunate victims as you can by reading murder mysteries. Annual challenge.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZprE6qDBPHMxuwbduVxECCdxuy3XOv1-12OYKoMzVugu6SNckEMXMgGApQjy00q52BhKLiphndYF4NRasrFuqBQQzanVIg_GRzNPZBX-E0Uhz-wSjsIxxzEJMX3aUg1bwm2Rcxkh_Mc6EJrYlDZYXzDIINWekgaCA72FRwJHboyO5UXPhNGRz5U-HHg=s250" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZprE6qDBPHMxuwbduVxECCdxuy3XOv1-12OYKoMzVugu6SNckEMXMgGApQjy00q52BhKLiphndYF4NRasrFuqBQQzanVIg_GRzNPZBX-E0Uhz-wSjsIxxzEJMX3aUg1bwm2Rcxkh_Mc6EJrYlDZYXzDIINWekgaCA72FRwJHboyO5UXPhNGRz5U-HHg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span face="-webkit-standard"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="-webkit-standard"><b><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/six_shooter/2022/index.html" target="_blank">Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge</a></b>: (Nothing to do with Westerns) S</span><span face="-webkit-standard">hoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author). Annual challenge, but unfinished targets roll over to the following year so you do not lose any partial progress.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjzsMrI2qZ_Ykn0wUw3-V0OVhIq_cVuBCDPtGd1_hId0UE15P_kEcM_0WbF-iDM1bZsdjrElXDlurWHpkJqhQjiT6ujBbFQBfdNZfiYi7BfE5sP0jMewXhhEzEd9ueGNC_PBpCo9HgH1TseIFiTGjU7RYtjAj57gFGtQ4WMstvPGvY84SsESSZ60bfA=s263" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="263" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxjzsMrI2qZ_Ykn0wUw3-V0OVhIq_cVuBCDPtGd1_hId0UE15P_kEcM_0WbF-iDM1bZsdjrElXDlurWHpkJqhQjiT6ujBbFQBfdNZfiYi7BfE5sP0jMewXhhEzEd9ueGNC_PBpCo9HgH1TseIFiTGjU7RYtjAj57gFGtQ4WMstvPGvY84SsESSZ60bfA" width="263" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span face="-webkit-standard"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="-webkit-standard"><b><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/beachcomber/2022/index.html">Beachcomber Reading Challenge</a>:</b> </span><span face="-webkit-standard" style="text-size-adjust: auto;">Scavenger hunt. Fill four beach bags (Detectives, Victims, Crime Scenes, and Weapons) by finding all the items on each list. Honor system: Author/Titles need not be submitted. Annual challenge</span></span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5jtmVz8MS56kDxKeBCFZ7UF1gHQK_il1nP5WGumdPyix2HYc-q8YvmIiw-_DoSDKUZPriUXuwovM9FRHFYNuwvPWi8yF9969SenlNS9AkXSbgHYepR-CRkB3uVsZeAwVJYKjNb6C1HzTDdjJaKlD2N-jXMFgg9Gi1sT-2ViDnfStkA-hbEb-Y2JlQng=s250" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="250" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5jtmVz8MS56kDxKeBCFZ7UF1gHQK_il1nP5WGumdPyix2HYc-q8YvmIiw-_DoSDKUZPriUXuwovM9FRHFYNuwvPWi8yF9969SenlNS9AkXSbgHYepR-CRkB3uVsZeAwVJYKjNb6C1HzTDdjJaKlD2N-jXMFgg9Gi1sT-2ViDnfStkA-hbEb-Y2JlQng" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><span face="-webkit-standard" style="background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/century_club/2020/index.html" target="_blank">Century Club</a>:</b> A real high-class operation. </span><span face="-webkit-standard">Expand your horizons. Read one mystery from each of the ten previous decades, comprising 1920-2020. Ongoing challenge which never expires.</span></span></div><div><span face="-webkit-standard" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-webkit-standard" style="background-color: white;">In addition, The Mystillery offers two <b>games</b> (not challenges) for the relaxation and enjoyment of any of the challengers after a hard day of reading. The games alternate through the year: <b>Abra Cadavers</b> is a baseball game which runs concurrent with the Major League baseball season (April 1 to Sep 30). At all other times during the year, the <b>Ten Pins</b> bowling game is available!</span></div></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-28076225077606366262021-12-27T15:06:00.029-08:002022-01-24T07:31:47.277-08:002022 Beachcomber<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWoTVeEaHNZrIgr1ljBz8_oWyzfde_uzs5eeqzh6-XEkQElSJbqnVUNkZ_eGLDpPQU7BK2ECIjieSnKps71knA6QJRFqMGo0qinM9j3JbltNuPk5CQsiLkU6j6O-Y5t21JX1tRJ_7b6xZJSXgyINy6eSEojmV_QMnKZpTqFcY5hB2NjnUYX2ev95or7Q=s249" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="249" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWoTVeEaHNZrIgr1ljBz8_oWyzfde_uzs5eeqzh6-XEkQElSJbqnVUNkZ_eGLDpPQU7BK2ECIjieSnKps71knA6QJRFqMGo0qinM9j3JbltNuPk5CQsiLkU6j6O-Y5t21JX1tRJ_7b6xZJSXgyINy6eSEojmV_QMnKZpTqFcY5hB2NjnUYX2ev95or7Q" width="249" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Weapons</b></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A - Automobile </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">B - Tree branch - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">C - Claustrophobia induced</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">D - Dogs</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">E - Fire </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">F - Frightening phone call - The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">G - Gun - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">H - Handgun - Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">I or J - Ice pick - Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">K - 1909 PacKard </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">L - pistoL - The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">M - Mud - Colour Scheme (Marsh)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">N - Poison - The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">O - dOg - The Saint Bids Diamonds (Charteris)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">P or Q - Pistol </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">R - Razor - Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">S - Shotgun </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">T - GuilloTine</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">U - gUn </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">V - cleaVer </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">WXY or Z - Walking stick</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">Crime Scenes</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A - Apartment </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">B - Bathtub </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">C - Children's Playhouse</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">D - Desert canyon </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">E - Castle </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">F - TeneriFe, Canary Is. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Saint Bids Diamonds (Charteris)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">G - Garden </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">H - Hotel room <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I or J - BerlIn</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">K - Kennel</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">L - Laboratory</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">M - Mud pool </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Colour Scheme (Marsh)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">N - gardeN </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">O - prisOn </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">P or Q - Phone booth</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">R - Railroad crossing </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">S - Swimming pool - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">T - Theatre </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">U - gUest house - The Sixth Commandment (Wells)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">V - Park AVenue</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">WXY or Z - Corpse in Wax Works (Carr)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">Detectives</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A - C. Auguste Dupin </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">B - Bob Arnold </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Sixth Commandment (Wells)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">C - Christopher Cox </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Sixth Commandment (Wells)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">D - Paul Drake </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">E - JamEs MacParlan </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">F - Frank Geyer </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">G - Inspector Green </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">H - Henri Bencolin </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Corpse in Wax Works (Carr)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I or J - Supt. Richard Jury</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">K - Insp. Christopher McKee - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">L - HoLlmann </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">M - Malchus </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">N - Pam North </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">O - Olivia Dunbar </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">P or Q - Melrose Plant</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">R - Roderick Alleyn </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Colour Scheme (Marsh)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">S - Kali DaSs </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">T - Allan PinkerTon </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">U - Nigel DrUce </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">V - Eugene Vidocq - Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">WXY or Z - Lt. Bill Weigand </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Victims</b></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">A - Mary Fowler </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">B - Dr. Carney Bolton </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">C - Carrie Fleet</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">D - Daniel Harland </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">E - Ellen Grady </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Death on the Aisle (Lockridge)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">F Faith Ann Crale - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">G - Dr. Gould </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Hunterstone Outrage (Truss)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">H = Odette Duchene </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Corpse in Wax Works (Carr)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I or J - Jason Braun </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">K - Annie Klaus </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Masterstrokes of Crime Detection (Wren)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">L - </span><span style="font-family: courier;">Madame. L'Espanaye </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">M - Sally MacBride</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">N - Mme. L'Espanaye </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">O - Walter Prescott </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Case of the Lame Canary (Gardner)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">P or Q - Una Quick </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">R - Rudi Von Linz </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Crouching Beast (Williams)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">S - PC Pasco</span><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Deer Leap (Grimes)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">T - Ted </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Sixth Commandment (Wells)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">U - MaUrice QUesting </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- Colour Scheme (Marsh)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: courier;">V - Fairy LoVell </span><span style="font-family: courier;">- The Sixth Commandment (Wells)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;">WXY or Z Leslie Manxman - <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222;">Murder on Angler's Island (Reilly)</span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-73583796427160224142021-10-23T15:39:00.019-07:002022-11-27T09:02:48.862-08:002022 Color Coded Reading Challenge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD7WSDQpb_bBE8iBb2Hvsw80wkl4DdC-w719CpCh-xJNcieROAOBiZb3OcaaLqK7yv_MCiqM_I_s9ZrBx7CmfrWwVgkRnTJHqSCvgMuYYPENh2kDE3V4WBmlZK_cmOb9Qx5xD2Pp2C74CdNggLzZ6ThDAh5UG0NdCsPfFeSkidkuzMD3R9SouOL8Fy4Q=s376" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="335" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiD7WSDQpb_bBE8iBb2Hvsw80wkl4DdC-w719CpCh-xJNcieROAOBiZb3OcaaLqK7yv_MCiqM_I_s9ZrBx7CmfrWwVgkRnTJHqSCvgMuYYPENh2kDE3V4WBmlZK_cmOb9Qx5xD2Pp2C74CdNggLzZ6ThDAh5UG0NdCsPfFeSkidkuzMD3R9SouOL8Fy4Q=w249-h280" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Bev Hankins reading challenge is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2021/10/color-coded-read-it-again-sam-reading.html">here</a>. I am trying a mini-challenge within, by using as many Erle Stanley Gardner books as possible.</div><br /><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Planned</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: arial;"><b>Completed</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Read nine books in the following categories:</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-case-of-crimson-kiss-by-erle.html">Case of the Crimson Kiss</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-case-of-lame-canary-by-erle-stanley.html">Case of the Lame Canary </a>- Erle Stanley Gardner</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-green-eyed-sister-by-erle.html" target="_blank">Case of the Green Eyed Sister</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-borrowed-brunette-by-erle.html">Case of the Borrowed Brunette</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/black-orchids-by-rex-stout-1941.html">Black Orchids</a> - Rex Stout</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. A book with "White" or any shade of White in the title/on the cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-white-cockatoo-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html">The White Cockatoo </a>by Mignon G. Eberhart</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-case-of-golddiggers-purse-by-erle.html">Case of the Gold Diggers Purse</a> - Erle Stanley Gardner</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff3db; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9. A book with a word/image that implies color in the title/on the cover (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/colour-scheme-by-ngaio-marsh-1943.html">Colour Scheme </a>- Ngaio Marsh</b></span></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-56036351347113040302021-10-21T13:34:00.060-07:002022-09-26T08:34:26.611-07:002022 Vintage Scattergories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqTVleUa0K0HWLoRwSy8ZRA3VKI_GCZR4tJdCPNwnRHVNoIup0vmU1hg_WKiqfmB5feJ7yJdNKgF1WRaPdU4u0PednjjLER1DUhnvB4KbN5s1MQYNxxy_RRVWlShNvuts9Lb913JZBULSPKmcNCkBOPNH3Lu23XxFNzUv0ehVqn4a4DWkgH1FfBCed3g=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="320" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqTVleUa0K0HWLoRwSy8ZRA3VKI_GCZR4tJdCPNwnRHVNoIup0vmU1hg_WKiqfmB5feJ7yJdNKgF1WRaPdU4u0PednjjLER1DUhnvB4KbN5s1MQYNxxy_RRVWlShNvuts9Lb913JZBULSPKmcNCkBOPNH3Lu23XxFNzUv0ehVqn4a4DWkgH1FfBCed3g" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">This Bev Hankins challenge is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2021/10/vintage-scattergories-reading-challenge.html">here</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">The goal is to read at least eight Golden Age (prior to 1960) books during 2022 from the following categories:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>Categories:</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>1. Colorful Crime:</b> A book with a color or reference to color in the title</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/colour-scheme-by-ngaio-marsh-1943.html" style="background-color: #04ff00;">Colour Scheme</a></i><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> by Ngaio Marsh, 1943 </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>2. Murder by the Numbers: A</b> book with a number or quantity in the title</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-sixth-commandment-by-carolyn-wells.html">The Sixth Commandment </a></i>by Carolyn Wells, 1927</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>3</b><b>. Amateur Night</b>: A book with a detective who is not a P.I.; Police Officer; or other official investigator (Nurse Keate, Father Brown, Miss Marple, etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/eleven-came-back-by-mabel-seeley-1943.html">Eleven Came Back</a></i> by Mabel Seeley, 1943, in which our narrator/protagonist, Martha Chappell, assumes the role of detective.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>4. Leave It to the Professionals:</b> A book featuring cops, private eyes, secret service, professional spies, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-tannahill-tangle-by-carolyn-wells.html">The Tannahill Tangle</a></i> by Carolyn Wells, 1928</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>5. Jolly Old England:</b> A mystery set in the United Kingdom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-hunterstone-outrage-by-seldon-truss.html">The Hunterstone Outrage</a></i> by Seldon Truss, 1931 (Mystery League #20)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>6. Yankee Doodle Dandy:</b> A mystery set in the United States</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/whisper-murder-by-vera-kelsey-1946.html">Whisper Murder! </a></i>by Vera Kelsey, 1946</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>7. World Traveler:</b> A mystery set in any country except the U.S. or U.K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-murders-in-rue-morgue-by-edgar.html">The Murders in the Rue Morgue</a> </i>by Edgar Allan Poe, 1841 (France)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>8. Dangerous Beasts:</b> A book with an animal in the title</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-case-of-lame-canary-by-erle-stanley.html">The Case of the Lame Canary</a></i> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1937</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>9. A Calendar of Crime:</b> A mystery with a date/holiday/year/month/etc. in the title</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-day-of-uniting-by-edgar-wallace-1930.html">The Day of Uniting</a></i> by Edgar Wallace, 1930</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>10. Wicked Women:</b> A book with a woman in the title--either by name (<i>Mrs. McGinty's Dead</i>) or by reference (<i>The Case of the Vagabound Virgin</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-das-daughter-by-herman-petersen.html">The D.A.'s Daughter</a></i> by Herman Petersen, 1943</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>11. Malicious Men:</b> A book with a man in the title--either by name (<i>Maigret & the Yellow Dog</i>) or by reference (<i>The Case of the Haunted Husband</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/alias-uncle-hugo-by-manning-coles-1952.html"><i>Alias Uncle Hugo</i> </a>by Manning Coles, 1952</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>12. Murderous Methods:</b> A book with a means of death in the title (<i>The Noose</i>, <i>5 Bullets</i>, <i>Deadly Nightshade</i>, etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-mystery-of-poisoned-dish-of.html">The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms</a></i> </span><span style="background-color: white;">by Ernest Bramah, 1924</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>13. Staging the Crime:</b> A mystery set in the entertainment world (theatre, musical event, pageant, Hollywood, etc)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/death-on-aisle-by-frances-and-richard.html">Death on the Aisle</a></i> by Frances & Richard Lockridge, 1942</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><span>14. </span><span>Scene of the Crime:</span></b><span> </span>A book with the location of the crime in the title </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/that-affair-next-door-by-anna-katherine.html">That Affair Next Door </a></i>by Anna Katherine Green, 1897</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><b><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>15. Cops & Robbers:</b> A book that features a theft rather than murder</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i>Crooked Lightning</i> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1928 (jewel theft)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">16. Locked Rooms/Impossible Crimes:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> A locked-room or otherwise impossible crime mystery (locks not necessary). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i>The Secret of the Conrad Door,</i> contained in <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/masterstrokes-of-crime-detection-by.html">Masterstrokes of Crime Detection</a> </i>by Lassiter Wren, 1929.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>17. First Impressions:</b> Randomly select four books from your TBR pile. Read only the first line of each book and select one of them to read based on your first impression of the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-white-cottage-mystery-by-margery.html">The White Cottage Mystery</a></i> by Margery Allingham, 1927.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>18. Country House Criminals:</b> A standard (or not-so-standard) Golden Age-style country house murder</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-strawstack-murders-by-dorothy.html">The Strawstack Murders </a></i>by Dorothy Cameron Disney, 1938</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>19. Murder on the High Seas:</b> A mystery involving water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-corpse-by-any-other-name-by-raj.html">A Corpse by Any Other Name</a></i> by RAJ Walling, 1943, in which a valuable message is lost when a ship is torpedoed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>20. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles:</b> A book with a mode of transportation in the title</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/05/death-in-tunnel-by-miles-burton-1936.html">Death in the [train] Tunnel</a> </i>by Miles Burton, 1936</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">21. Murder is Academic:</b><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;"> A mystery involving a scholar, teacher, librarian, etc. OR set at a school, university, library, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lay-dead-by-frederick-c-davis-1942.html"><i>Deep Lay the Dead</i></a> by Frederick C. Davis, 1942<br /></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>22. Things That Go Bump in the Night:</b> A book with something spooky, creepy, gothic in the title (<i>The Skeleton in the Clock</i>; <i>Haunted Lady</i>; <i>The Bat</i>; etc)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-corpse-in-wax-works-by-john-dickson.html">The Corpse in the Wax Works</a></i> by John Dickson Carr, 1932</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>23. Repeat Offenders:</b> A mystery featuring your favorite series detective or by your favorite author or reread an old favorite</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/cordially-invited-to-meet-death-by-rex.html">Cordially Invited to Meet Death</a></i> by Rex Stout, 1942, featuring Nero Wolfe</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>24. The Butler Did It...Or Not:</b> A mystery where the butler is the victim, the sleuth...(gasp) the criminal...or is just downright memorable for whatever reason.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-crime-conductor-by-philip-macdonald.html">The Crime Conducto</a>r</i> by Philip MacDonald, 1931, in which the butler Vickers has a secret past which is part of the plot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>25. A Mystery by Any Other Name:</b> Any book that has been published under more than one title (<i>Murder Is Easy</i>--aka <i>Easy to Kill</i> [Christie]; <i>Fog of Doubt</i>--aka <i>London Particular</i> [Christianna Brand], etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-saint-bids-diamonds-by-leslie.html">The Saint Bids Diamonds</a>, </i>apa <i>Thieve's Picnic</i> by Leslie Charteris, 1937</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>26. Dynamic Duos:</b> A mystery featuring a detective team (Holmes & Watson; Pam & Jerry North; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin, or a little-known team that you introduce to us)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/black-orchids-by-rex-stout-1941.html">Black Orchids </a></i>by Rex Stout, 1941 (Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>27. Size Matters:</b> A book with a size or measurement in the title (<i>Death Has a Small Voice</i>; <i>The Big Four</i>; <i>The Weight of the Evidence</i>; etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-saint-at-large-by-leslie-charteris.html">The Saint at Large</a></i> by Leslie Charteris, 1942.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>28. Psychic Phenomena:</b> A mystery featuring a seance, medium, hypnotism, or other psychic or "supernatural" characters/events</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/lost-mans-lane-by-anna-katherine-green.html"><i>Lost Man's Lane</i> </a>by Anna Katherine Green, 1898</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>29. Book to Movie:</b> A book that has appeared on screen (feature film or TV)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-case-of-crimson-kiss-by-erle.html">The Case of the Crimson Kiss</a></i> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1948</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>30. The Old Bailey:</b> A courtroom drama mystery OR a mystery featuring a judge, lawyer, barrister, district attorney</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-case-of-stuttering-bishop-by-erle.html">The Case of the Stuttering Bishop</a></i> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1936</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">31. Serial Killers</b><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">: Books that were originally published in serial format (from the pulp era) OR a book that includes three or more deaths--all committed by the same person.<br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: #222222; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-mystery-of-marie-roget-by-edgar.html"><i>The Mystery of Marie Rogêt</i> </a>by Edgar Allan Poe, 1842, published as a newspaper serial</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;">32. Killed in Translation:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> A work that originally appeared in another language and has been made available in English--original publication date determines Gold or Silver Age--OR if your native language is not English, then a work that originally appeared in English which you read in your native language.</span><br /><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-horla-by-guy-de-maupassant-1887.html">The Horla </a></i>by Guy de Maupassant, 1887</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>33. History Mysteries</b>: The bulk or focus of the mystery must take place at least 15 years prior to the date of publication. Flashback stories are fine as long as the modern events frame the story OR the historical events are absolutely vital to the present day story. Example: <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> by Sir Artur Conan Doyle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-crouching-beast-by-valentine.html">The Crouching Beast </a></i>by Valentine Williams (1928) in which the story takes place just prior to World War I. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>34. International Detectives:</b> A variation on "World Traveler"--but instead of the crime being set in another country, the detective is not from the U.S. or U.K.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-big-shot-by-frank-l-packard-1929.html">The Big Shot </a></i>by Frank L. Packard, 1929, in which our amateur detective is a Canadian woman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span><b>35. Somebody Else's Crime:</b> Read a book that someone else has already read for the challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-moving-finger-by-agatha-christie.html" target="_blank">The Moving Finger</a></i> by Agatha Christie, 1942, previously read by Christina. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>36. Genuine Fakes:</b> Read a book by an author who wrote under a pseudonym (Josephine Tey [Elizabeth Mackintosh]; Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day Lewis]; etc.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-four-of-hearts-by-ellery-queen-1938.html">The Four of Hearts</a></i> by Ellery Queen, 1938. Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>37. Hobbies Can Be Murder:</b> A mystery that involves a hobby in some way: stamp, coin, book collecting, etc; knitting; birdwatching; hunting; etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/12/murder-on-anglers-island-by-helen.html">Murder on Angler's Island</a></i> by Helen Reilly (1945) in which 'Angling' is in the title</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>38. Snatch & Grab:</b> Read the first book you pick up off your shelf or TBR stack/s</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-with-clubfoot-by-valentine.html">The Man With the Clubfoot </a></i>by Valentine Williams (1918)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>39. I've Got You Covered:</b> Pick a book to read based on the cover</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-white-cockatoo-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html"><i>The White Cockatoo</i> </a>by Mignon G. Eberhart (1933)</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b>40. Get Out of Jail Free:</b> One per customer. You tell me what special category the book fits and it counts--the only thing I won't accept is "It's a vintage mystery!" The genre/time period is a given.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2022/03/duty-free-by-manning-coles-1959.html">Duty Free </a></i>by Manning Coles, 1959.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Submitted in the literal sense - It features one character who escapes from jail successfully.</span></div></b></div></div>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-50106762401964866162021-02-22T08:20:00.094-08:002021-12-27T16:52:47.595-08:002021 Mount TBR Challenge<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc7mPtkEV107g6cmYbPg6zbrn4nblKXCs6REqUtunT1fxIZ0qpzK2KFGypmOdNF_qVhdjEaNXVLetxLMfJK0uJ499J9Av0kIPoa4W3QCz3U35bHAcOe1ADSFIemAqRHQUx0939wS4OO2m/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="272" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjc7mPtkEV107g6cmYbPg6zbrn4nblKXCs6REqUtunT1fxIZ0qpzK2KFGypmOdNF_qVhdjEaNXVLetxLMfJK0uJ499J9Av0kIPoa4W3QCz3U35bHAcOe1ADSFIemAqRHQUx0939wS4OO2m/" width="204" /></a></div><br />This is the 2021 Mount TBR (To Be Read) Challenge, from Bev Hankins. <br />The challenge page is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2020/10/mount-tbr-challenge-2021.html">here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: red;">Wrap up: Hello from Mt. Everest! (100 titles)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">These are the challenge levels:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s </span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s</span></li><li>Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Climbing Log:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lynn Brock (Alister McAllister)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Murder on the Bridge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Agatha Christie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>By the Pricking of My Thumbs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Agatha Christie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Murder at the Vicarage</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Philip R. Craig<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vineyard Deceit - Martha's Vineyard #3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Philip R. Craig<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cliff Hanger<span style="white-space: pre;"> - </span>Martha's Vineyard #4</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Frederick C. Davis<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Deep Lay the Dead</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Erle Stanley Gardner<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Case of the Turning Tide</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Erle Stanley Gardner<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Case of the Smoking Chimney</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Martha Grimes<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Old Fox Deceiv'd<span style="white-space: pre;"> - </span>Richard Jury #2</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Martha Grimes<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Anodyne Necklace<span style="white-space: pre;"> - </span>Richard Jury #3</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rupert Hughes Ladies' Man<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #04ff00;">Kathleen Moore Knight<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bells for the Dead <b>(</b></span><b style="background-color: #04ff00;">PIKE'S PEAK SUMMITED)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kathleen Moore Knight<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Port of Seven Strangers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">McNeile, H. C.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Temple Tower</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Chinese Orange Mystery</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Dragon's Teeth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Edgar Wallace<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Face in the Night</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Edgar Wallace<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>White Face</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carolyn Wells<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All At Sea</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carolyn Wells<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Anybody but Anne</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ellery Queen The Adventures of Ellery Queen</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">S. S. Van Dine The Benson Murder Case</span></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carolyn Wells Prillilgirl</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Man in the Dark John Ferguson <b>(MOUNT BLANC SUMMITED)</b></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Mirror Crack'd Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Off Season Philip R. Craig</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Chiffon Scarf Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Bigger They Come A. A. Fair</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Avenging Ray Austin J. Small</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Dirty Duck Martha Grimes</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The New Adventures of Ellery Queen Ellery Queen</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Canary Murder Case by Ellery Queen</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Devil Man by Edgar Wallace</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">A Case of Vineyard Poison by Philip R. Craig (MOUNT VANCOUVER SUMMITED)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Hangman's Whip by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Case of the Ice Cold Hands by Erle Stanley Gardner</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Tule Marsh Murder by Nancy Barr Mavity</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Without Lawful Authority by Manning Coles</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Calendar by Edgar Wallace</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Dead Man's Secret by Mary Plum</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Shadow in the House by Sinclair Gluck</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Basle Express by Manning Coles</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Railway Detective by Edward Marston (MOUNT ARARAT SUMMITED)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Beauty is a Beast by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Preying Mantis by Nancy Rutledge</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Pattern by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">A Deadly Vineyard Holiday by Philip R. Craig</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Day the World Ended by Sax Rohmer</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Jerusalem Inn by Martha Grimes</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The D.A.'s Daughter by Herman Petersen</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Case of the Black-eyed Blonde by Erle Stanley Gardner</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Silent Partner by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">The Final Deduction by Rex Stout (MOUNT KILIMANJARO SUMMITED)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Bishop Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The 81st Site by Tony Kenrick</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Gaol Breaker by Edgar Wallace</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">It Walks by Night by John Dickson Carr</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Beautiful Derelict by Carolyn Wells</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Red Wind by Raymond Chandler</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Alphabet Hicks by Rex Stout</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Saint on Guard by Leslie Charteris</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Search for a Sultan by Manning Coles</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Red Box by Rex Stout</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Poirot Loses a Client / Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">Streaked with Crimson by Charles J. Dutton (EL TORO SUMMITED)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Man Who Didn't Exist by Geoffrey Homes</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Marked Men by Charles Neville Buck</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Help the Poor Struggler by Martha Grimes</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">And on the Eighth Day by Ellery Queen</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Trial of Scotland Yard by Stuart Martin</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Design in Diamonds by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Other Bullet by Nancy Barr Mavity</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Scarab Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Case of the Missing Sandals by Nancy Barr Mavity</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Kennel Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Fifth Key by George Harmon Coxe</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Man Who Didn't Mind Hanging by Nancy Barr Mavity</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Danger in the Dark by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Fate of Jane McKenzie by Nancy Barr Mavity</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Confession by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Calloused Eye by Ethel Loban</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">House of Storm by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Trouble is My Business by Raymond Chandler</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The House on the Roof by Mignon G. Eberhart</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Blackmailers Don't Shoot by Raymond Chandler</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">The Pencil by Raymond Chandler</span></li><li><span style="background-color: #04ff00; font-family: georgia;">Bab, a Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart (MT EVEREST SUMMITED)</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;">Sight Unseen by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></li></ol><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-5194342270917552852020-10-19T14:22:00.062-07:002021-12-27T16:51:06.918-08:002021 Vintage Scattergories<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lFpXvQpiVu4oALH9nbKLJsLbJP9CbJwt4HgRoyWkEdYQWLt-yhbst8HRfByr1YfdzCpWI1mwRTz8y_1_-WBiKTh3CurYOEnyEDhcCB6oPCqLF2bi2braiRifjFuMkINsplsP-JK86U50/" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lFpXvQpiVu4oALH9nbKLJsLbJP9CbJwt4HgRoyWkEdYQWLt-yhbst8HRfByr1YfdzCpWI1mwRTz8y_1_-WBiKTh3CurYOEnyEDhcCB6oPCqLF2bi2braiRifjFuMkINsplsP-JK86U50/" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">This Bev Hankins challenge is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2020/10/vintage-scattergories-vintage-mystery.html?fbclid=IwAR3WSZHF3vqLwgGzDU5p3Ppy3eNr3ALsnMEGzqx6JNPsngf84UdabJMBpr8">here</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #29303b;">The goal is to read at least eight Golden Age (prior to 1960) books during 2021 from the following categories: </span><span style="color: red;">Wrap-up: Got all 40!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>1. Colorful Crime:</b><span> A book with a color or reference to color in the title </span></span><span><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-chinese-orange-mystery-by-ellery.html"><b><span>The Chinese Orange Mystery</span></b></a><span> by Ellery Queen, 1934</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>2. Murder by the Numbers: A</b> book with a number or quantity in the title: <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-man-in-lower-ten-by-mary-roberts.html">The Man in Lower Ten</a></b> by Mary Roberts Rinehart, 1909</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>3. Amateur Night</b>: A book with a detective who is not a P.I.; Police Officer; or other official investigator (Nurse Keate, Father Brown, Miss Marple, etc.) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-case-of-smoking-chimney-by-erle.html">The Case of the Smoking Chimney</a></b> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1943, in which the detective is Gramps Wiggins, a desert hermit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>4. Leave It to the Professionals:</b> A book featuring cops, private eyes, secret service, professional spies, etc. <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/white-face-by-edgar-wallace-1930.html">White Face</a></b> by Edgar Wallace (1930) in which a bunch of Scotland Yard cops team up to find the mysterious White Face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span><span>5</span><span>.</span></span><span> Jolly Old England:</span></b><span><span> A mystery set in the United Kingdom </span><span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2020/12/murder-on-bridge-by-lynn-brock-1930.html"><b>Murder on the Bridge</b></a> by Lynn Brock, 1930</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>6. Yankee Doodle Dandy:</b> A mystery set in the United States <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-das-daughter-by-herman-petersen.html">The D.A.'s Daughter</a></b> by Herman Petersen, 1943</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>7. World Traveler:</b> A mystery set in any country except the U.S. or U.K. <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/bells-for-dead-by-kathleen-moore-knight.html">Bells for the Dead</a></b> by Kathleen Moore Knight, 1942, set in Guatemala.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>8. Dangerous Beasts:</b> A book with an animal in the title <a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/beauty-is-beast-by-kathleen-moore.html"><b>Beauty is a Beast</b> </a>by Kathleen Moore Knight, 1959</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>9. A Calendar of Crime:</b> A mystery with a date/holiday/year/month/etc. in the title <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-calendar-by-edgar-wallace-1930.html">The Calendar</a></b> by Edgar Wallace, 1930</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>10. Wicked Women:</b><span> A book with a woman in the title--either by name (</span><i>Mrs. McGinty's Dead</i><span>) or by reference (</span><i>The Case of the Vagabound Virgin</i><span>) </span></span><span><b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/prillilgirl-by-carolyn-wells-1924.html"><span>Prillilgirl </span></a></b><span>by Carolyn Wells, 1924, in which Prillilgirl is the nickname for Corinne Deane.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>11. Malicious Men:</b> A book with a man in the title--either by name (<i>Maigret & the Yellow Dog</i>) or by reference (<i>The Case of the Haunted Husband</i>) <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/01/ladies-man-by-rupert-hughes-1930.html">Ladies' Man</a></b> by Rupert Hughes, 1930</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>12. Murderous Methods:</b> A book with a means of death in the title (<i>The Noose</i>, <i>5 Bullets</i>, <i>Deadly Nightshade</i>, etc.) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-chiffon-scarf-by-mignon-g-eberbart.html">The Chiffon Scarf </a></b>by Mignon G. Eberhart, 1939</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>13. Staging the Crime:</b> A mystery set in the entertainment world (theatre, musical event, pageant, Hollywood, etc) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-roman-hat-mystery-by-ellery-queen.html">The Roman Hat Mystery</a> </b>by Ellery Queen, 1929, which takes place inside the Roman Theatre</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span>1</span><span>4. Scene of the Crime:</span></b><span> A book with the location of the crime in the title (<i>The Body in the Library</i>, <i>Murder at the Vicarage</i>, etc) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-murder-at-vicarage-by-agatha.html">Murder at the Vicarage</a></b> by Agatha Christie, 1930</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>15. Cops & Robbers:</b> A book that features a theft rather than murder </span><b><span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-adventures-of-ellery-queen-1933.html">The Adventures of Ellery Queen</a></span></b><span> by Ellery Queen, 1934; in which the short story T<i>he One-Penny Black</i> features the theft of a rare postage stamp.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>16. Locked Rooms:</b> A locked-room mystery <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-canary-murder-case-by-s-s-van-dine.html">The Canary Murder Case</a></b> by S. S. Van Dine, 1927</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>17. Impossible Crimes:</b> Any other impossible crime (locks not necessary) <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-greene-murder-case-by-s-s-van-dine.html">The Greene Murder Case</a></b> by S. S. Van Dine, 1928, in which the murder has a solid alibi for the time of the murder.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>18. Country House Criminals:</b> A standard (or not-so-standard) Golden Age-style country house murder <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/dead-mans-secret-by-mary-plum-1931.html">Dead Man's Secret</a></b> by Mary Plum, 1931</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>19. Murder on the High Seas:</b> A mystery involving water <a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-case-of-turning-tide-by-erle.html"><b>The Case of the Turning Tide</b></a> by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1941</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>20. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles:</b> A book with a mode of transportation in the title <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-basle-express-by-manning-coles-1956_50.html">The Basle Express</a></b> (train) by Manning Coles, 1956</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>21. Murder is Academic:</b> A mystery involving a scholar, teacher, librarian, etc. OR set at a school, university, library, etc. <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lay-dead-by-frederick-c-davis-1942.html">Deep Lay the Dead</a> </b>by Frederick C. Davis, 1942, in which the protagonist is a math teacher.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>22. Things That Go Bump in the Night:</b> A book with something spooky, creepy, gothic in the title (<i>The Skeleton in the Clock</i>; <i>Haunted Lady</i>; <i>The Bat</i>; etc) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-hangmans-whip-by-mignon-g-eberhart.html">The Hangman's Whip</a></b> by Mignon G. Eberhart, 1940</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>23. Repeat Offenders:</b> A mystery featuring your favorite series detective or by your favorite author or reread an old favorite <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-benson-murder-case-by-s-s-van-dine.html">The Benson Murder Case</a></b> by S. S. Van Dine, 1926</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>24. The Butler Did It...Or Not:</b> A mystery where the butler is the victim, the sleuth...(gasp) the criminal...or is just downright memorable for whatever reason. <a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/01/all-at-sea-by-carolyn-wells-1927.html">All At Sea</a> by Carolyn Wells, 1927, in which the butler really did do it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>25. A Mystery by Any Other Name:</b> Any book that has been published under more than one title (<i>Murder Is Easy</i>--aka <i>Easy to Kill</i> [Christie]; <i>Fog of Doubt</i>--aka <i>London Particular</i> [Christianna Brand], etc.) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-gaol-breaker-by-edgar-wallace-1924.html">The Gaol Breaker</a></b> (US title) / We Shall See! (UK title) by Edgar Wallace, 1924</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>26. Dynamic Duos:</b> A mystery featuring a detective team (Holmes & Watson; Pam & Jerry North; Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin, or a little-known team that you introduce to us) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-maltese-falcon-by-dashiell-hammett.html">The Maltese Falcon</a></b> by Dashiell Hammett, featuring detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer, 1929</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>27. Size Matters:</b> A book with a size or measurement in the title (<i>Death Has a Small Voice</i>; <i>The Big Four</i>; <i>The Weight of the Evidence</i>; etc.) <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-bigger-they-come-by-a-fair-1939.html">The Bigger They Come</a></b> by A. A. Fair, 1939</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>28. Psychic Phenomena:</b> A mystery featuring a seance, medium, hypnotism, or other psychic or "supernatural" characters/events <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-day-world-ended-by-sax-rohmer-1929.html">The Day the World Ended</a></b> by Sax Rohmer, 1929, featuring lots of mind control</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>29. Book to Movie:</b> A book that has appeared on screen (feature film or TV) <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/02/temple-tower-by-h-c-mcneile-1928.html">Temple Tower </a></b>by H. C. McNeile (1928), which was made into a 1930 Bulldog Drummond movie of the same name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>30. The Old Bailey:</b> A courtroom dram mystery OR a mystery featuring a judge, lawyer, barrister, district attorney <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-tule-marsh-murder-by-nancy-barr.html">The Tule Marsh Mystery</a> </b>by Nancy Barr Mavity (1929) in which the courtroom trial comprises a major part of the book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>31. Serial Killers</b>: Books that were originally published in serial format (from the pulp era) OR a book that includes three or more deaths--all committed by the same person. <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-pocket-full-of-rye-by-agatha-christie.html">A Pocket Full of Rye</a></b> by Agatha Christie, 1953 (3 dead by same killer).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>32. Killed in Translation:</b> A work that originally appeared in another language and has been made available in English--original publication date determines Gold or Silver Age--OR if your native language is not English, then a work that originally appeared in English which you read in your native language. <b>Maigret's Christmas</b> by Georges Simenon, 1951.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>33. Blondes in Danger</b>: A variation on "Colorful Crime." A book that features a blonde in the title (<i>The Blonde Died First</i>; <i>The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde</i>) or another shade of hair color (<i>The Case of the Substitute Brunette</i>) </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-case-of-black-eyed-blonde-by-erle.html">The Case of the Black-eyed Blonde</a> </b>by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1944</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>34. International Detectives:</b> A variation on "World Traveler"--but instead of the crime being set in another country, the detective is not from the U.S. or U.K. <a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/07/it-walks-by-night-by-john-dickson-carr.html">I<b>t Walks by Night</b></a> by John Dickson Carr, 1930, featuring M. Henri Bencolin of Paris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>35. Somebody Else's Crime:</b> Read a book that someone else has already read for the challenge. <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/07/murder-in-three-acts-by-agatha-christie.html">Murder in Three Acts</a></b> by Agatha Christie, 1934, read previously by Bev.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b><span>3</span><span>6. Genuine Fakes:</span></b><span> Read a book by an author who wrote under a pseudonym (Josephine Tey [Elizabeth Mackintosh]; Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day Lewis]; etc.) <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/04/without-lawful-authority-by-manning.html">Without Lawful Authority</a> </b>by Manning Coles (1943), pseudonym of </span></span><span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Adelaide Frances Oke Manning</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> (1891–1959) and </span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Cyril Henry Coles</span><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> (1899–1965)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>37. Hobbies Can Be Murder:</b> A mystery that involves a hobby in some way: stamp, coin book collecting, etc; knitting; birdwatching; hunting; etc. <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/shadow-in-house-by-sinclair-gluck-1929.html">Shadow in the House</a></b> by Sinclair Gluck, 1929, in which the entire family persues archery with a bad result.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><b>38. Snatch & Grab:</b> Read the first book you pick up off your shelf or TBR stack/s </span><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-pattern-by-mignon-g-eberhart-1937.html"><span>The Pattern</span></a></b><span> by Mignon G. Eberhart, 1937</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>39. I've Got You Covered:</b> Pick a book to read based on the cover <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-preying-mantis-by-nancy-rutledge.html">The Preying Mantis</a></b> by Nancy Rutledge, 1947</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span>40. </span><span>Get Out of Jail Free:</span></b><span> One per customer. You tell me what special category the book fits and it counts <b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-avenging-ray-by-austin-j-small-1930.html">The Avenging Ray</a> </b>by Austin J. Small, 1930. Suggested category: <b>Science is Golden: featuring a Mad Scientist or crazy invention</b></span></span></div></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /> </span><p></p>Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-8674994223712368842018-12-30T15:05:00.005-08:002021-02-23T16:45:51.331-08:002019 Just the Facts, Ma'am Challenge<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7142667830231279168" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;">
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="background-color: white;">Inspector: </b><span style="background-color: white;">18 books/3 per category: </span></span><b style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">COMPLETE</b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="background-color: white;">Inspired Amateur: </b><span style="background-color: white;">24 books/4 per category:</span><span style="background-color: yellow;"> </span></span><b style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">COMPLETE</b></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Chief Inspector:</b> 30 books / 5 per category: </span></span><b style="background-color: lime; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">COMPLETE</b></li>
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<li><b>(Academic):</b> <i style="font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lay-dead-by-frederick-c-davis-1942.html" target="_blank">Deep Lay the Dead</a></i><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"> by Frederick C. Davis (1942), in which our detective Rigby Webb is a Professor of Mathematics</span></li>
<li><b>(Professional): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/vicky-van-by-carolyn-wells-1917.html" target="_blank">Vicky Van</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1917), in which our main sleuth and narrator is lawyer Chet Calhoun.</li>
<li><b>(Medical):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/08/miss-pinkerton-by-mary-roberts-rinehart.html" target="_blank">Miss Pinkerton</a> </i>by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1932) in which our investigator is Nurse Hilda Adams, a.k.a. 'Miss Pinkerton'</li>
<li><b>(Journalist/Writer):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-man-without-nerves-by-e-phillips.html" target="_blank">The Man Without Nerves</a></i> by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1934), in which our detective assumes the career of a Journalist/Writer as a cover story.</li>
<li><b style="font-size: 15.4px;">(Artist): </b><i style="font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-ginger-cat-mystery-by-robin.html" target="_blank">The Ginger Cat Mystery</a></i><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"> by Robin Forsythe (1935), in which our amateur detective much prefers painting landscape scenes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Watson Narrator):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/might-as-well-be-dead-by-rex-stout-1956.html" target="_blank">Might As Well Be Dead</a></i> by Rex Stout (1956), with Archie Goodwin as narrator</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(Color in title): </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-black-heart-by-sydney-horler-1928.html" target="_blank">The Black Heart</a></i> </span><span style="color: black;">by Sydney Horler (1928)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>(Animal in title):</b> <i><a href="https://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/04/birds-of-ill-omen-1948.html" target="_blank">Birds of Ill Omen</a></i> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1948)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><b>(Means in title):</b> <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/give-em-ax-by-a-fair-1944.html" target="_blank">Give 'Em the Ax</a></i> by A. A. Fair (1944) </span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><b>(More than one author): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-finishing-stroke-by-ellery-queen.html" target="_blank">The Finishing Stroke</a></i> by Ellery Queen (1958), comprising authors </span></span>Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b>(Comic/Humorous):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-bat-by-mary-roberts-rinehart-1926.html" target="_blank">The Bat </a></i>by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hapwood (1926), a mystery-comedy play which was then turned into the novel.</li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><b>(Inverted): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/phantom-lady-by-william-irish-1942.html" target="_blank">Phantom Lady</a></i> by William Irish, in which the main character has already been tried and convicted to death as the story opens</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(Includes letters):</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"> </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-roman-hat-mystery-by-ellery-queen.html" target="_blank">The Roman Hat Mystery</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"> by Ellery Queen (1929), in which letters are used as a basis for blackmail.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(Literary allusion):</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/07/there-is-tide-by-agatha-christie-1948.html" target="_blank">There Is A Tide </a></i>by Agatha Christie (1948), the title being taken from Shakespeare: <i>"</i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;">There is a tide</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;"> in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." </span></i></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(Time in title): </b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/before-midnight-by-rex-stout-1955.html" target="_blank">Before Midnight</a></i> by Rex Stout (1955)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(Timing of crime is crucial): </b><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-perfect-crime-by-ellery-queen-1942.html" target="_blank">The Perfect Crime</a></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span>by Ellery Queen (1942), in which several events, including the murder, occur over a span of 10 minutes; and analysis of the sequence of the events reveals the murderer.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Weather event):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-case-of-jennie-brice-by-mary.html" target="_blank">The Case of Jennie Brice</a></i> by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1913), which takes place during a spring flood.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(World War II): </b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/speak-no-evil-by-mignon-eberhart-1940.html" target="_blank"><i>Speak No Evil</i> </a>by Mignon Eberhart (1940), in which the victim is a dealer in war materiel; prior to US entry into the war.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Trip/vacation):</b> <i><a href="https://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/04/death-blew-out-match-1935.html" target="_blank">Death Blew Out the Match</a></i> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1935), in which murder occurs on the narrator's summer vacation to Penberthy Island in Massachusetts.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Performance):<i> </i></b><i>I Can Find My Way Out </i>by Ngaio Marsh (1946) in which an actor is killed in his dressing room while a play is being performed.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Special event): </b><i><a href="https://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/03/stream-sinister-1945.html" target="_blank">Stream Sinister</a></i> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1945), in which murder and mayhem occurs centered around a birthday celebration for one of two twins - but has one come back from the dead?</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Capital city): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-man-next-door-by-mignon-eberhart.html" target="_blank">The Man Next Door</a></i> by Mignon Eberhart (1942), which takes place in Washington DC.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(On an island): </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><i><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/12/footbridge-to-death-1947.html" target="_blank">Footbridge to Death</a> </i>by Kathleen Moore Knight (1947), which occurs on Penberthy Island off Massachusetts. (Note - started the book in Dec 2018, so the review post has that date on it, finished it in Jan 2019)</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Small village):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/q-as-in-quicksand-by-lawrence-treat-1947.html" target="_blank">Q As In Quicksand</a></i> by Lawrence Treat (1947), which is set in Gobelin, Pennsylvania</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Hospital):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/09/five-passengers-from-lisbon-by-mignon.html" target="_blank">Five Passengers from Lisbon</a></i> by Mignon Eberhart (1946), which takes place on the hospital ship U.S.H.S. <i>Magnolia.</i></span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Other country): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-come-back-by-carolyn-wells-1921.html" target="_blank">The Come Back</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1921), in which the first half of the book takes place in Labrador, Canada.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Outdoor):</b> <i><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-wheel-that-turned-1936.html" target="_blank">The Wheel That Turned</a></i> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1936), in which the climactic and final murder scene takes place at a water wheel on the outside of an old mill</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Place of performance): </b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/07/and-so-to-murder-by-carter-dickson-1940.html" target="_blank">And So To Murder</a></i> by Carter Dickson (1940), in which all action takes place on a sound stage at a motion picture studio.</span></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Locked room): </b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lake-mystery-by-carolyn-wells-1928.html" target="_blank">Deep Lake Mystery</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1928)</span></span></li>
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<li><b>(drowning): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-das-daughter-by-herman-petersen.html" target="_blank">The D. A.'s Daughter </a></i>by Herman Petersen (1943), in which the main character dies when her car plunges into a river. Re-read in 2019, blog post is from 2018 reading.</li>
<li><b>(death on wheels): </b><i>The Secret</i> (novella contained within <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/07/episode-of-wandering-knife-by-mary.html" target="_blank">The Episode of the Wandering Knife</a></i>) by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1950), in which the murderer commits suicide by driving into a river</li>
<li><b>(strangulation): </b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/05/murder-rfd-by-herman-petersen-1942.html" target="_blank">Murder R.F.D.</a></i> by Herman Peterson (1942) in which one of the victims is strangled with hosiery.</li>
<li><b>(knife):</b><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/in-onyx-lobby-by-carolyn-wells-1920.html" target="_blank"> In The Onyx Lobby</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1920)</li>
<li><b>(shooting):</b> <i><a href="https://lesliecharteris.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-last-hero-1930.html" target="_blank">The Last Hero</a> </i>by Leslie Charteris (1930)</li>
<li><b>(Unusual method): </b><i>Instead of Evidence </i>by Rex Stout (1949), a novella contained in <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/04/trouble-in-triplicate-by-rex-stout-1949.html" target="_blank">Trouble in Triplicate</a></i>; in which the murder weapon is an exploding cigar.</li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(2 deaths by different means): </b><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-tainted-token-1939.html" target="_blank"><i>The Tainted Token</i></a> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1939), two victims are stabbed, one falls to his death.</span></li>
<li><b style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.4px;">(Poison): </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/and-be-villain-by-rex-stout-1948.html" target="_blank">And Be a Villain</a></i> by Rex Stout (1948), in which two victims are poisoned by cyanide.</span></li>
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<li style="color: #222222;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">(Name/same letter): </b><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/where-theres-will-by-rex-stout-1940.html" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;" target="_blank"><i>Where There's a Will</i></a><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> by </span><b style="background-color: lime;">R</b><span style="background-color: white;">ex Stout (1940)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>(My country):</b> <i>Bedrooms Have Windows</i> by A. A. Fair (1949)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>(Discomfort zone):</b> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-hollow-by-agatha-christie-1946.html" target="_blank">The Hollow</a></i> by Agatha Christie (1946)</span></span></li>
<li><b style="color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;">(Read by fellow challenger):</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"> </span><i style="color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-window-at-white-cat-by-mary-roberts.html" target="_blank">The Window at the White Cat</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"> by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1910), which Bev </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25427623-the-window-at-the-white-cat" style="font-size: 15.4px;" target="_blank">reviewed on Goodreads</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"> in 2015.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Simon Says): </b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-white-priory-murders-by-carter.html" target="_blank">The White Priory Murders</a></i> by Carter Dickson (1934)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>(Made into TV episode): </b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/case-of-negligent-nymph-by-erle-stanley.html" target="_blank">The Case of the Negligent Nymph</a></i> by Erle Stanley Gardner (1949)</span></li>
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<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">A </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/kept-women-cant-quit-by-a-fair-gardner.html" target="_blank">Kept Women Can't Quit</a></i> by A. A. Fair (1960)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">B </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>The Zimmerman Telegram</i> by Barbara Tuchman (1958)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">C </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-come-back-by-carolyn-wells-1921.html" target="_blank">The Come Back</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1921)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">D </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lay-dead-by-frederick-c-davis-1942.html" target="_blank">Deep Lay the Dead </a></i>by Frederick C. Davis (1942)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">E </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-origin-of-evil-by-ellery-queen-1951.html" target="_blank">The Origin of Evil</a></i> by Ellery Queen (1951)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">F </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/give-em-ax-by-a-fair-1944.html" target="_blank">Give 'Em the Ax</a></i> by A. A. Fair (1944)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">G </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/case-of-negligent-nymph-by-erle-stanley.html" target="_blank">Case of the Negligent Nymph</a></i> by Erle Stanley Gardner (1949)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">H </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-black-heart-by-sydney-horler-1928.html" target="_blank">The Black Heart</a></i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-black-heart-by-sydney-horler-1928.html" target="_blank"> </a>by Syndey Horler (1928)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">I </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/phantom-lady-by-william-irish-1942.html" target="_blank">Phantom Lady</a></i> by William Irish (1942)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">J </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-lost-gallows-by-john-dickson-carr.html" target="_blank">The Lost Gallows</a></i> by John Dickson Carr (1931)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">K </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/12/footbridge-to-death-1947.html" target="_blank">Footbridge to Death</a> </i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">by Kathleen Moore Knight (1947)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">L </span><b style="background-color: white;"> </b><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://lesliecharteris.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-last-hero-1930.html" target="_blank">The Last Hero </a></i>by Leslie Charteris (1930)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">M </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-window-at-white-cat-by-mary-roberts.html" target="_blank">The Window at the White Cat</a></i> by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1910)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">N </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;">I Can Find My Way Out </i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">by Ngaio Marsh (1946)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">O </span><b style="background-color: white;"> </b><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-man-without-nerves-by-e-phillips.html" target="_blank">The Man Without Nerves</a></i> by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1934)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">P </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/05/murder-rfd-by-herman-petersen-1942.html" target="_blank">Murder R.F.D.</a></i> by Herman Petersen (1942)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Q </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-perfect-crime-by-ellery-queen-1942.html" target="_blank">The Perfect Crime</a></i><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">by Ellery Queen (1942)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">R </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/where-theres-will-by-rex-stout-1940.html" target="_blank">Where There's a Will</a></i> by Rex Stout (1940)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">S </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/and-be-villain-by-rex-stout-1948.html" target="_blank">And Be a Villain</a></i> by Rex Stout (1948)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">T </span><span style="background-color: lime;"> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/q-as-in-quicksand-by-lawrence-treat-1947.html" target="_blank">Q As In Quicksand</a></i> by Lawrence Treat (1947)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">U </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>A Judicious Half Inch </i>by Ursula Curtiss (1973) *</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">V </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-fox-prowls-by-valentine-williams.html" target="_blank">The Fox Prowls</a> </i>by Valentine Williams (1937)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">W </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lake-mystery-by-carolyn-wells-1928.html" target="_blank">Deep Lake Mystery</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1928)</span></li>
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<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Y </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>Mom Makes a Bet</i> by James Yaffe (1952)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Z </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>Codes and Secret Writing</i> by Herbert S. Zim </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This challenge is found <a href="https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/reading-challenges/2019-alphabet-soup-reading-challenge/" target="_blank">here</a>. The goal is to read 26 books of your choice during 2019: each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Read all about it and join in! Here is my inspirational statement for you:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="background-color: white;">[I] Always Begin Carefully Dissecting Every Forgotten Good [book] Hoping I Just Keep Literally [finding] My Next [book] On Paper. [Reading] Quotas Really Stink [but] They Ultimately Vanish With X’s [checked off on my] Yearly Zen-like [reading list].</i></span></span></div>
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<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">A </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/and-be-villain-by-rex-stout-1948.html" target="_blank">And Be a Villain</a></i> by Rex Stout (1948)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">B </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-black-heart-by-sydney-horler-1928.html" target="_blank">The Black Heart</a></i> by Syndey Horler (1928)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">C </span><span style="background-color: lime;"> <i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-come-back-by-carolyn-wells-1921.html" target="_blank">The Come Back </a></i>by Carolyn Wells (1921)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">D </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/deep-lake-mystery-by-carolyn-wells-1928.html" target="_blank">Deep Lake Mystery</a> </i>by Carolyn Wells (1928)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">E </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2727136667?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><i>The Enchanted</i> </a>by Elizabeth Coatsworth (1951)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">F </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/12/footbridge-to-death-1947.html" target="_blank">Footbridge to Death</a> </i>by Kathleen Moore Knight (1947)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">G </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/give-em-ax-by-a-fair-1944.html" target="_blank">Give 'Em the Ax</a></i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> by A. A. Fair (1944)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">H </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-house-of-brass-by-ellery-queen-1968.html" target="_blank">The House of Brass </a></i>by Ellery Queen (1968)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">I </span> <span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/in-onyx-lobby-by-carolyn-wells-1920.html" target="_blank"><i>In The Onyx Lobby</i> </a>by Carolyn Wells (1920)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">J </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/05/juggernaut-by-alice-campbell-1928.html" target="_blank">Juggernaut</a></i> by Alice Campbell (1928)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">K </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/kept-women-cant-quit-by-a-fair-gardner.html" target="_blank">Kept Women Can't Quit</a></i> by A. A. Fair (1960)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">L <b> </b></span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://lesliecharteris.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-last-hero-1930.html" target="_blank">The Last Hero </a></i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">b</span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">y Leslie Charteris (1930)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">M </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/might-as-well-be-dead-by-rex-stout-1956.html" target="_blank"><i>Might As Well Be Dead</i></a> by Rex Stout (1956)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">N (</span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/case-of-negligent-nymph-by-erle-stanley.html" target="_blank">Case of the) Negligent Nymph</a></i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> by Erle Stanley Gardner (1949)</span></span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">O </span><b style="background-color: white;"> </b><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-origin-of-evil-by-ellery-queen-1951.html" target="_blank">The Origin of Evil</a> </i>by Ellery Queen (1951)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">P </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="color: #999999;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-perfect-crime-by-ellery-queen-1942.html" target="_blank">The Perfect Crime</a></i> </span>by Ellery Queen (1942)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Q* </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/q-as-in-quicksand-by-lawrence-treat-1947.html" target="_blank">Q As In Quicksand</a></i> by Lawrence Treat (1947)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">R </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-roman-hat-mystery-by-ellery-queen.html" target="_blank">The Roman Hat Mystery</a></i> by Ellery Queen (1929)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">S </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/02/speak-no-evil-by-mignon-eberhart-1940.html" target="_blank">Speak No Evil</a></i> by Mignon Eberhart (1940)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">T </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-tainted-token-1939.html" target="_blank">The Tainted Token</a></i> by Kathleen Moore Knight (1939)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">U </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-under-dogs-by-hulbert-footner-1925.html" target="_blank">The Under Dogs</a></i> by Hulbert Footner (1925)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">V </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="https://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/03/vicky-van-by-carolyn-wells-1917.html" target="_blank">Vicky Van</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1917)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">W </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2019/01/where-theres-will-by-rex-stout-1940.html" target="_blank">Where There's a Will</a></i> by Rex Stout (1940)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">X* </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>The X Street Murders</i> by Joseph Commings (1962)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Y </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i>The Yellow Feather Mystery </i>by Franklin W. Dixon (1953 - Hardy Boys)</span></li>
<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Z* </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="font-size: 13.2px;">The Zimmerman Telegram</i><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> by Barbara Tuchman (1958)</span></span></li>
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Rick Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436559679871224754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435247134191456996.post-42262256771638365392018-03-27T07:36:00.006-07:002021-02-23T16:46:41.945-08:002018 Color Coded Challenge<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The challenge is located <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2017/10/2018-color-coded-and-read-it-again-sam.html" target="_blank">here</a>, to read nine titles in the following categories.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>All 9 complete!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Titles are linked to my reviews.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="color: #29303b;" /></span><span style="color: #29303b;">1. A book with "Blue" </span><span style="color: #29303b;">or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc)</span><span style="color: #29303b;"> </span><span style="color: #29303b;">in the title/on the cover.</span><span style="color: #29303b;"> </span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">complete: </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-blue-horse-of-taxco-1947.html" target="_blank"><b>The Blue Horse of Taxco</b> </a>by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></span></i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">note for next time? <b>The Blue Hand</b> by Edgar Wallace</span></i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>Mystery of the Blue Train</b> by Agatha Christie</span></i></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc) in the title/on the cover.</span></div>
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<li><i><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete: <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-red-mass-by-valentine-williams-1925.html" target="_blank">The <span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Red Mass </span></a></b><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">by Valentine Williams</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? <b>The Scarlet Letters</b> by Ellery Queen</span></span></i></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Red Lamp</b> by Mary Roberts Rinehart</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>A Study in Scarlet</b> by Arthur Conan Doyle</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>Crimson Friday </b>by Dorothy Cameron Disney</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.2px;"><i><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Crimson Circle</b> by Edgar Wallace</i></span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #29303b;">3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.)</span><span style="color: #29303b;">in the title/on the cover.</span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">complete: </span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-yellow-room-by-mary-roberts.html" target="_blank">The Yellow Room</a></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"> by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? <b>Gold Comes in Bricks</b> by A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner)</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i><b>The Golden Spiders </b>by Rex Stout</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Golden Goose</b> by Ellery Queen</span></span></i></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>Mystery of the Gold Box</b> by Valentine Williams</span></span></i></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title/on the cover.</span></div>
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<li><i><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete: <span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" target="_blank">The Jade Venus</a></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" target="_blank"> </a>by George Harmon Coxe</span></span></i></li>
<li><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? <b>The Man in the Green Hat </b>by Manning Coles</span></i></li>
<li><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>Green Hazard </b>by Manning Coles</span></i></li>
<li><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Case of the Green Eyed Sister</b> by Erle Stanley Gardner</span></i></li>
<li><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Green Ribbon</b> by Edgar Wallace</span></i></li>
<li><i style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">I just couldn't bring myself to claim "<b>The Greene Murder Case</b>" by S. S. Van Dine for this one!</span></i></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #29303b;">5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown (Tan, Beige, Sand etc)</span><span style="color: #29303b;"> in the title/on the cover.</span></span><br />
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<li><i><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete: <b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-bronze-hand-by-carolyn-wells-1925.html" target="_blank">The Bronze Hand</a></b> by Carolyn Wells (1925)</span></i></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">complete: </span><i><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/26-ebony-bed-murder-by-rufus-gillmore.html" target="_blank"><b>The Ebony Bed Murder</b></a> </span></i><span style="color: #222222;">by Rufus Gillmore (1932)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: lime;">complete:<span style="color: #999999; font-style: italic;"> </span><b style="color: #999999; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/06/acts-of-black-night-1938.html" target="_blank">Acts of Black Night</a></b><span style="color: #999999; font-style: italic;"> </span>by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>The Black Mountain</b> by Rex Stout</i></span></li>
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<li><i><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete: <b><a href="http://lesliecharteris.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-white-rider_25.html" target="_blank">White Rider</a></b> by Leslie Charteris</span></i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></i>The White Elephant Mystery</b> by Ellery Queen</span></i></li>
<li><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">note for next time? <b>The Window at the White Cat </b>by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></i></li>
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<li style="color: #29303b;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">complete:</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/23-false-purple-by-sydney-horler-1932.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>The False Purple</b></a></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b>by Sydney Horler (1932)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>note for next time? <b>The Chinese Orange Mystery</b> by Ellery Queen</i></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><i style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: black;">not</span>e for next time? </span></span></i></span></span></i><b>Ride the Pink Horse</b> by Dorothy Hughes</i></span></li>
<li><i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><i style="font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">note for next time? </span></span></i></span></span><b>The Silver Key</b> by Edgar Wallace</span></i></li>
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<li><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: lime;">complete: <b>Miss Paisley on a Diet </b>by John Pierce (1969) </i><i style="background-color: white;">This is a short story, I was unable to find a full length book in this category.</i></span></li>
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This is my wrapup post for the 2018 challenge. I have completed 24 books as shown. At the end, I had a couple which I began in 2018 but did not finish until 2019, so I placed them on the 2019 challenge. This was my first year trying a challenge and it was a lot of fun. I even tried making my own little challenge for 2019 - if any of you would like to check it out, here it is >> <a href="http://rickmillsproject.com/reading_challenges/six_shooter/index.html" target="_blank">2019 Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge</a></div>
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<li><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(Academic):</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/30-death-points-finger-by-will-levinrew.html" target="_blank">Death Points a Finger</a></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Will Levinrew (1933), in which retired professor Herman Brierly is the detective</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Crime Solving Duo):</b> <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-das-daughter-by-herman-petersen.html" target="_blank">The D.A.'s Daughter</a> </i>(1943) by Herman Petersen, in which neighbors Henry Wilbur and Lydia Bannock (The D.A.'s daughter) team up to solve the apparent murder of a local woman.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Amateur detective):</b> <i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/31-death-holds-key-by-david-frome-1933.html" target="_blank">Scotland Yard Can Wait!</a></i> (preliminary title was <i>Death Holds the Key</i>) by David Frome (1933), in which Jerry Drake, a junior lawyer, is the amateur detective</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Journalist):</b> </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/25-for-sale-murder-by-will-levinrew-1932.html" target="_blank">For Sale - Murder</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Will Levinrew (1932) in which Richard Quantrell Marlow is a reporter for the <i>Newark Evening Bulletin</i></span></li>
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<li><b>(Pseudonymous author): </b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-tragedy-of-x-by-barnaby-ross-ellery.html" target="_blank"><i>The Tragedy of X</i></a> by Barnaby Ross / Ellery Queen (1932)</li>
<li><b>(Color in title):<i> </i></b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-yellow-room-by-mary-roberts.html" target="_blank">The Yellow Room</a></i> by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1945)</li>
<li><b>(Animal in title):</b> <i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/27-spider-house-by-van-wyck-mason-1932.html" target="_blank">Spider House</a> </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by F. Van Wyck Mason (1932)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Refers to man or woman): </b><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-greene-murder-case-1928.html" target="_blank">The Greene Murder Case</a></i> by S. S. Van Dine (1928), in which the title refers to Julia Greene, victim</span></li>
<li><b>(Two words with same letter): </b><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/17-merrivale-mystery-by-names-corbett.html" target="_blank">The <b>M</b>errivale <b>M</b>ystery</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by James Corbett (1931)</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Timing of crime is crucial): </b></span><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-garden-murder-case-1935.html" target="_blank">The Garden Murder Case</a></i> by S. S. Van Dine, in which there are two sucessive gunshots, but which one did the deed and which one was the red herring? It was reviewed by Bev Hankins <a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-garden-murder-case-review.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Weather event): </b></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/24-two-and-two-make-twenty-two-by-gwen.html" target="_blank">Two and Two Make Twenty-Two</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning (1932) in which the characters are stranded on an island during a fierce storm.</span></li>
<li><b>(During a cruise):</b> <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-needles-kiss-by-austin-j-small-1929.html" target="_blank">The Needle's Kiss</a></i> by Austin J. Small (1929), in which the action takes place aboard the Chinese freighter <i>Yangtse</i> while docked in London. I am stretching the 'cruise' point a bit, as the ship is moored to the dock for 307 of the 312 pages, finally getting underway with 5 pages remaining. Oh, wait! Here is a backup title: Later on I read <i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-bronze-hand-by-carolyn-wells-1925.html" target="_blank">The Bronze Hand</a></i> by Carolyn Wells (1925) which takes place on a real honest-to-goodness cruise: the S. S. <i>Pinnacle</i> en route from New York to Liverpool.</li>
<li><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Special event):</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/26-ebony-bed-murder-by-rufus-gillmore.html" target="_blank">The Ebony Bed Murder</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Rufus Gillmore (1932) in which the victim is murdered at her birthday party (how <i>rude</i>!)</span></li>
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<li><b>(Country House): </b><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-winter-murder-case-1939.html" target="_blank">The Winter Murder Case</a> </i>by S. S. Van Dine (1939); in which the action takes place at the Rexon estate in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.</li>
<li><b>(On mode of transport):</b> <i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/18-tunnel-mystery-by-j-c-lenehan-1931.html" target="_blank">The Tunnel Mystery</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by J. C. Lenehan (1932); in which the victim is shot in a railway carriage as it passes through a tunnel</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(On an island):</b> <i><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/06/acts-of-black-night-1938.html" target="_blank">Acts of Black Night</a> </i>by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938); in which a murder occurs on Stowaway Island off the New England coast.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(In a locked room): </b><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-kennel-murder-case-1933.html" target="_blank">The Kennel Murder Case</a></i> by S. S. Van Dine (1933); in which Archer Coe is found dead in a locked room, with the windows all locked too of course. </span></li>
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<li><b>(Death by poison):</b> <i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-bishop-murder-case-1929.html" target="_blank">The Bishop Murder Case</a></i> by S. S. Van Dine (1929), in which Philo Vance switches wine glasses, causing the murderer to drink poison. No prosecution necessary!</li>
<li><b>(Knife/dagger/etc.):</b> <i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/21-murder-in-french-room-by-helen-joan.html" target="_blank">Murder in the French Room</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Helen Joan Hultman (1932); in which the victim is stabbed by a makeshift dagger - a pair of scissors. Ouch!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b>(At least 2 deaths by different means)</b>: <i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/28-mardi-gras-murders-by-gwen-bristow.html" target="_blank">The Mardi Gras Murders</a> </i>by </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning, in which victim #1 (Roger Parnell) is knifed, victim #2 (Cynthia Fonteney) is lured to lean over a high railing which has been sawn almost through, and victim #3 (Mark Oliver) is shot.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Blunt instrument):</b> <i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-kidnap-murder-case-1936.html" target="_blank">The Kidnap Murder Case</a></i> by S. S. Van Dine (1936) in which Kaspar Kenting is done in with the legendary blunt instrument and carelessly dumped in the East River.</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">(Reviewed by a fellow challenger): </span></b><i style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-patient-in-room-18-by-mignon.html" target="_blank">The Patient in Room 18</a> </i><span style="background-color: white;">by Mignon Eberhart. Bev Hankins reviewed this book </span><a href="https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-patient-in-room-18-review.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">here on My Reader's Block</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Author never tried before):</b> <i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/29-stingaree-murders-by-w-shepard.html" target="_blank">The Stingaree Murders</a> </i>by W. Shepard Pleasants (by definition, as he only wrote this one book :-)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Author read & loved): </b></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/23-false-purple-by-sydney-horler-1932.html" target="_blank">The False Purple</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Sydney Horler, I have read his thriller titles </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The Curse of Doone</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Peril! </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">before.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>(Made into film):</b> <i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-scarab-murder-case-1930.html" target="_blank">The Scarab Murder Case </a></i>by S. S. Van Dine. Good luck finding it. IMDb says: </span><i>One of the "75 Most Wanted" films listed by the British Film Institute as "Missing, believed lost".</i></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">A </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/06/acts-of-black-night-1938.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Acts of Black Night</b></i> </a>by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">B <span style="background-color: lime;"><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/22-bungalow-on-roof-by-achmed-abdullah.html" target="_blank"><i>The Bungalow on the Roof</i> </a></b>by Achmed Abdullah</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">C </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><b><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-casino-murder-case-1934.html" target="_blank">The Casino Murder Case</a></i> </b>by S. S. Van Dine</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">D </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/30-death-points-finger-by-will-levinrew.html" target="_blank"><i><b>Death Points a Finger</b></i> </a>by Will Levinrew</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">E </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/03/26-ebony-bed-murder-by-rufus-gillmore.html" target="_blank">The Ebony Bed Murders</a></b></i> by Rufus Gillmore</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">F <span style="background-color: lime;"><b><i><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/02/23-false-purple-by-sydney-horler-1932.html" target="_blank">The False Purple</a></i> </b>by Sydney Horler</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">G </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-greene-murder-case-1928.html" target="_blank">The Greene Murder Case</a></b></i> by S. S. Van Dine</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">H <span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/20-hunterstone-outrage-by-seldon-truss.html" target="_blank">The Hunterstone Outrage</a></b></i> by Seldon Truss</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I </span><span style="background-color: lime;"> <i><a href="http://readingkathleenmooreknight.blogspot.com/2018/07/invitation-to-vengeance.html" target="_blank"><b>Invitation to Vengeance</b></a> </i>by Kathleen Moore Knight</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">J </span><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" style="background-color: lime;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-jade-venus-by-george-harmon-coxe.html" target="_blank">The Jade Venus</a></b></i> by George Harmon Coxe</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">K </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-kennel-murder-case-1933.html" target="_blank">The Kennel Murder Case</a></b> </i>by S. S. Van Dine</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">L <b> </b></span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/let-tiger-die-by-manning-coles-1947.html" target="_blank"><b>Let the Tiger Die</b> </a></i>by Manning Coles</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">M <span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/17-merrivale-mystery-by-names-corbett.html" target="_blank">The Merrivale Mystery</a></b></i> by James Corbett</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">N </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i> </i><b style="color: #999999; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-needles-kiss-by-austin-j-small-1929.html" target="_blank">The Needle's Kiss</a></b> by Austin J. Small</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">O <b> </b></span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/orient-express-by-graham-greene-1932.html" target="_blank"><b>Orient Express</b></a> </i>by Graham Greene</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">P </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-patient-in-room-18-by-mignon.html" target="_blank"><b>The Patient in Room 18</b></a> </i>by Mignon Eberhart</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Q* </span><span style="background-color: lime; color: #999999;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/08/inspector-queens-own-case-by-ellery.html" target="_blank"><b>Inspector Queen's Own Cas</b>e</a></i> by Ellery Queen</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">R <a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-red-mass-by-valentine-williams-1925.html" target="_blank"> </a></span><span style="background-color: lime;"><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-red-mass-by-valentine-williams-1925.html" target="_blank"><b><i>The</i> </b></a><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-red-mass-by-valentine-williams-1925.html" target="_blank"><b>Red Mass</b></a> </i>by Valentine Williams</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">S <span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2017/12/15-secret-of-high-eldersham-by-miles.html" target="_blank">The Secret of High Eldersham</a></b></i> by Miles Burton</span></li>
<li style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">T <span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://themysteryleague.blogspot.com/2018/01/18-tunnel-mystery-by-j-c-lenehan-1931.html" target="_blank">The Tunnel Mystery</a></b></i> by J. C. Lenehan</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">U </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b>The Ultra Secret</b></i> by F. W. Winterbotham </span><span style="background-color: white;">(not reviewed)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">V </span></span><span style="background-color: lime; color: #999999;"><i><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-vanity-case-by-carolyn-wells-1925.html" target="_blank">The Vanity Case</a></b></i> by Carolyn Wells</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">W </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readingssvandine.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-winter-murder-case-1939.html" target="_blank"><b>The Winter Murder Case</b> </a></i>by S. S. Van Dine</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">X* </span><span style="background-color: lime; color: #999999;"><b><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-tragedy-of-x-by-barnaby-ross-ellery.html" target="_blank">The Tragedy of X</a></i> </b>by Barnaby Ross (Ellery Queen)</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Y </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-yellow-room-by-mary-roberts.html" target="_blank">The Yellow Room</a></i> by Mary Roberts Rinehart</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Z* </span><span style="background-color: lime;"><i><b><a href="http://readinggoldenagemysteries.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-tragedy-of-z-by-barnaby-ross-ellery_17.html" target="_blank">The Tragedy of Z</a></b></i> by Barnaby Ross (Ellery Queen)</span></li>
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