LizziefayeLovesBooksWe're going "To the Nines!" Join us during the month of March for a fun month of reading mysteries.
Listed below are all the co-hosts and below that are this year's prompts. Find all of our social media links for #marchmysterymadness here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honor. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
The Prompts: 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal clothes on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
Ninth Annual March Mystery Madness Announcement 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-02-09 | We're going "To the Nines!" Join us during the month of March for a fun month of reading mysteries.
Listed below are all the co-hosts and below that are this year's prompts. Find all of our social media links for #marchmysterymadness here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honor. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
The Prompts: 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal clothes on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessVintage Book HaulLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-10-12 | Hope you enjoy seeing all of these really neat old vintage books! Let me know if you have read any of them. Booktuber mentions: Sonia @Soniawithani Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessAnnouncing the More Montgomery Challenge for 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-10-11 | The More Montgomery Challenge will be from Nov 1-30. There will be a livestream wrap up here on my channel on Saturday evening Nov 30 to celebrate L.M. Montgomery's birthday and to chat about what we read. Please come back and comment here to let us know when you have read or watched something that qualifies for the challenge. That will enter you in the giveaways to be held on Nov 30. Co hosts Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites Sonia @Soniawithani
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessSeptember Wrap UpLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-10-10 | Here is what I read in September. Booktuber mentions: Mitzi@mitzireadsandwrites Sarah @thebookishknitter Sonia @Soniawithani (creator of the Scooby Doo Readathon)
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessNon Fiction Book HaulLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-10-08 | I thought it would be fun to showcase the nonfiction that I've picked up recently. It's a good variety and all came from library sales and the used bookstore where I work, except the last book which was a gift. Thanks for watching!
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessNewbery Winners of the 1930sLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-09-26 | Here is a little chat about the Newbery Medal Winners of the 1930s. List of winners: 1930 Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field 1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth 1932 Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer 1933 Young Fu of Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Forman Lewis 1934 Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs 1935 Dobry by Monica Shannon 1936 Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 1937 Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer 1938 The White Stag by Kate Seredy 1939 Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessFinally, My August Wrap Up!!LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-09-25 | I read and or listened to 46 books in August. Here is a look at them all. Women's Fiction 5:58 Nonfiction 12:36 Classics 26:13 Middle Grade & YA 26:58 Christian Fiction 28:05 Children's 29:18 Mystery 31:07
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessBooks With a Knitting Theme Plus My Knitting JourneyLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-09-09 | Thanks for indulging me through my little history with knitting. If you want to skip all of that and just get to the books, go to 9:00.
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessBook Haul and Book MailLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-09-02 | I was delighted to receive some book mail and so I thought I would also show you some of the other books that I've acquired recently. Booktubers mentioned: @Soniawithani @mitzireadsandwrites @lindseyreads5450
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessJuly Wrap Up 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-08-07 | What I read in July: #janeaustenjuly #retroromancereadathon #nancydrew #gladystaber #starwarsbooks #cozymysteries and more! Booktuber mentions Storm @StormReads Sarah @thebookishknitter Gina @GinaStanyerBooks Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites Tiffany @theBeachbumbookworm Hannah @theteacherstbr Sonia @Soniawithani
List of books and stories that I read, started, or carried over into August: Persuasion by Jane Austen (and watched a movie adaptation) Voices in Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher Silhouette Summer Sizzlers '93 (Started, but will save for another time) That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber Touched by Angels by Debbie Macomber (Started for Christmas in July, but failed. Saving for later) Dangerous Games by Marie Ferrarella Fondant Fumble by Jenn McKinlay Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene (1966 version) Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene (1933 version) The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman Wynn in Doubt by Emily Hemmer Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography Han Solo and the Lost Legacy by Brian Daley The Empire Strikes Back by Ryder Windham (Jr. Novelization) The Empire Strikes Back by Geof Smith (Little Golden Book) A New Class by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Jedi Academy #4) Dial Emmy for Murder by Eileen Davidson Lethal Lobster by Hope Callaghan Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood First Ladies by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray Worth Dying For by Lee Child Second Son by Lee Child Daniel Plan Devotional book (Reading all year) by the D.P. Team The Dieter's Prayer Book by Heather Harpham Kopp The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren (have started rereading) Bible Stories About Friendship by Agnes de Bezenac
And my favorite book of the month: The Book of Stillmeadow by Gladys Taber
Booktuber mentions: For Garbaugust info check out Olly @CriminOllyBlog For the Colton Readalong check out Sarah's Channel @thebookishknitter My readalong of The Lake House by Kate Morton is with Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessA Read What You Own Challenge Reboot: Sixty by Sixty ChallengeLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-07-19 | Since I failed the #Readwhatyouown challenge by buying way more books than I said I would, I'm trying a new strategy to read 60 of my own books quickly.
Booktubers Mentioned: Olly @CriminOllyBlog Michael @michaelk.vaughan8617
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessAnnouncing the Oldest August Reading ChallengeLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-07-16 | I hope you will join me for the #OldestAugust Reading Challenge and read the books you've had on your shelves and lists the longest. Places to pull your oldest books from: Your Physical shelves Your Goodreads TBR Your Hoopla Favorites Your Libby Wishlist Your Audible Library Your Everand Saved List Your library list I forgot to mention your unread Kindle books Bonus challenge: Watch your oldest saved video in your Watch Later list on Youtube.
My friend Eric that you met in the video is an amazing artist. You can check out some of his artwork on his Instagram page. instagram.com/sweetmansketch
In this video I stopped at Inklings Book Shoppe in Lakeland FL, but did not film inside. You can see videos inside the store on their Instagram page. instagram.com/inklingsbookshoppe
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessBoomer Reads Star Wars Books For The First TimeLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-06-17 | Yes it's true! I've been a Star Wars fan since 1977. Yes it's true that I read 300 plus books a year. And yes it's true that I had never read a Star Wars novel until May of this year. How can that be? Here is what I've read so far and my plan going forward for my Star Wars reading journey. What Star Wars books have you read?
Here is how to find both of the podcasts discussed in this video. I listened to both on Audible Plus, but they are available elsewhere.
The Star Wars Old Canon Book Club is available on Apple and Spotify. Plus there is actually a Youtube channel for it. Here is the link: youtube.com/@StarWarsOldCanonBookClub
The Star Wars Legends Podcast is available on this YouTube Channel: Stupid Chainsaw Productions youtube.com/@StupidChainsawProductions I think it is also on Spotify and maybe Apple.
Here is another channel that I watched a bit of. Matt sometimes appears on the Star Wars Legends Podcast. Matt Wilkins youtube.com/@kidcardco
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessJune TBR 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-06-07 | I'm having a bit of a #JustJune and trying to read what I want for the most part without regard for Readathons and reading challenges. However, I'm near the tail-end of two read-a-longs that I will still read for, and I need to listen to my books for book club, plus I am listening to some audiobooks for #juneontherange. But I want to, so it's still #justjune right?!?
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessMay Wrap Up 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-06-06 | Here is an overview of what I read in May for #Middlegrademay and #BookadayinMay and beyond. I totally forgot to mention my Middle Grade May Prompts, but I think I accomplished most of them with the Jedi Academy books. If I count the Nancy Drew book for Tourist Trap and the Star Wars monster book as a Hidden Gem, then I've got them all covered. If you need a reminder of what they were, then check out the description of my #Middlegrademay Announcement video. Also for a more in-depth look be sure to check out my playlists of all of the Caldecott and Newbery books by decade that I have read so far.
Thank you again to Hannah @theokiestitcher for the beautiful cross-stitch piece that she sent me. Be sure to check out her Flosstube channel. Other mentions: Beth @SoulStainedInk Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites Tiffany @theBeachbumbookworm
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessApril Wrap Up Including Amish in AprilLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-05-28 | It was a big travel month so I only got 13 books read (that I can recall). But here is everything I finished in the month of April including what I read for the #AmishinApril readathon hosted by myself and Sarah @thebookishknitter
Also check out Paola's channel @Readingindarknesss for her video discussion of Child of Mine by David and Beverly Lewis as well as other videos about Amish books. youtube.com/watch?v=umINtLSHCmU
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessBook Shopping Travel Vlog Part 3: Featuring FriendsLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-05-15 | This was an awesome leg of the trip. Thanks for allowing me to share it with you! I plan to go back and add addresses of each of the book stores to the description of each of these videos. Please bear with me.
Here are links to all the Youtube friends mentioned in this video Tiffany @theBeachbumbookworm Angie @angieandthegreatworld Summer @sterlingreads547 Rebel @TheRebelReseller Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessHappy Star Wars Day and What Im Reading in MayLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-05-05 | If you are looking for some expertise in Star Wars books, this is not the place. As a long time Star Wars fan, I am finally planning to read several #StarWarsbooks this month. Let me know if you have any favorites.
Please join us for #middlegrademay and check out the other cohosts Beth@SoulStainedInk Lee @DarkRootsCreations Storm @StormReads
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessRoad Trip Book Haul Part 1LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-05-02 | My annual road trip included lots of book shopping as usual! Join me for this three part series where I chat about my trip, my life, and the book stores I went to while I show the 100+ books that I brought home from this 13 day trip. This Part 1 video includes most of the books that I bought in Texas and Oklahoma, but part of the Oklahoma footage (Pryor & Vinita) will be at the beginning of Part 2.
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessAmish in April Live ChatLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-04-29 | Join Sarah The Bookish Knitter, myself and a few other Booktube friends as we chat about what we are reading for #amishinapril and other things we are reading in April and May.
Thank you Sarah, Storm, Sonia, Paola, and Beth for joining me for a fun chat. See all their links below and make sure you are subscribed to all of their channels.
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessCaldecott Medal Winners of the 1980sLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-04-16 | Just a little chat about the Caldecott Medal Winners of the 1980s. They appear in the video in chronological order. 1980 Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, Illustrated by Barbara Cooney 1981 Fables by Arnold Lobel 1982 Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg 1983 Shadow translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown 1984 The Glorious Flight, Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice & Martin Provensen 1985 Saint George and the Dragon illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (text is by Margaret Hodges and is a retelling of Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 1886 The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 1987 Hey Al by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski 1988 Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr 1989 Song and Dance man by Karen Ackerman, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessMiddle Grade May 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-04-12 | This year's Theme for Middle Grade May is Pick Your Path. You get to choose your own adventure whether that means taking a deep dive into one particular genre or taking "day trips" and sightseeing through various adventures. The co-hosts will be your "tour guides" for this adventure. Check out each of their announcement videos to see what their path is going to be. Beth @SoulStainedInk Lee @DarkRootsCreations Storm @StormReads
Prompts may vary on each hosts path. Here are the prompts I'm using for my Science Fiction/Star Wars adventure 1. New Discovery (read a new to you author) 2. Tourist Trap (read a book that everyone has read) 3. Hidden Gem (read a book that hardly any has read or talked about) 4. Take a Tour (read a series book or read a whole series if you are ambitious) 5. Further Exploration (keep on reading as much as you want--To Infinity and Beyond)
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessAmish in April Announcement and April TBRLizziefayeLovesBooks2024-03-27 | Hope you will join us for the #AmishinApril readathon happening April 21-20, 2024. Hosted by myself and Sarah @thebookishknitter Be sure to check out her channel for more recommendations.
Hang out for the second half of the video where I talk about my TBR for the beginning of April.
Booktubers mentioned in this video: Naomi @naomisbookshelf Lindsey @lindseyreads5450 Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites Stormi @StormReads Sarah @thebookishknitter Beth @SoulStainedInk And be sure to check out the end of the video for footage of my meet-up with Tiffany @theBeachbumbookworm
Listed below are all the co-hosts and below that are this year's prompts. Find all of our social media links for #marchmysterymadness here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honor. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
The Prompts: 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal clothes on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessMarch Mystery Madness TBR 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-03-01 | Here is what I'm planning to read in March for #marchmysterymadness I hope you will join me for my readalong of Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena. The discussion threads will be in the Mystery Madness Goodreads Group which is linked below.
Listed below are all the co-hosts and below that are this year's prompts. Find all of our social media links for #marchmysterymadness here: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honor. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
The Prompts: 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal clothes on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessLittle House Readathon Day 1LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-02-08 | What are you reading for the #littlehousereadathon ? Be sure to subscribe to all the cohosts: Naomi @naomisbookshelf Lindsey @lindseyreads5450 Mitzi @mitzireadsandwrites
If you haven't checked out my new channel, here is the link: @TheReadingReseller
In February I'm cohosting the #Littlehousereadathon and also participating in the #retroromancereadathon. I'm excited for my reading plans. Let me know what you are reading in February.
The Little House Readathon is February 7-10. The Retro Romance readathon lasts all month. Find out more from Storm @StormReads
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessLittle House Readathon Announcement 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2024-01-20 | The #LittleHouseReadathon takes place each year on February 7-10. We hope you will join us. There will be a livestream here on February 10. The exact time will be announced later. The group-read for 2024 is Old Town in the Green Groves by Cynthia Rylant.
Other links I might have mentioned Killing Time With Cozies Discord Group discord.gg/v9beecSxU4 Mystery Madness Discord Group discord.gg/5yBNJa74dS Mystery Madness Goodreads Group goodreads.com/group/show/184109-mystery-madnessSerious About Series for 2024LizziefayeLovesBooks2023-12-31 | Happy New Year everyone! Let's get #seriousaboutseries again in 2024 Serious about Series is a challenge where you set your own goals to focus on finishing (or making progress in ) series. This year's theme is the four seasons. Watch the video to get some ideas for structuring your SAS goals for 2024. Thank you to Ro from TBR Tackle. Here is a link to her channel. You can get an up-to-date link for her Discord group from her. @The TBR Tackle