My kind of paranomal, with mystery!

I am no fan of vampires / werewolves but am all about the paranormal;  superceding my love of mystery!  Put a ghost IN and I’m a fan!  Reincarnation, witches, all other supernatural is great.  I had a hard time finding a ghost or general metaphysics theme that doesn’t dictate inclusion of the above junk.

I have found extraordinary stories categorized as ‘young adult’ but am perplexed by people above 20 who homestick to that.  Vampires & ‘young adult’ so often go hand-in-hand;  it caused a drought in my favourite (grown-up) subject matter!  To tone commitment posts down for my loyal, non-bookie subscribers:  I’m combining to join the following tantalizing themes.  Click the banners for details.
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You can change levels at any time:
Spooked              6 books
Enchanted      12 books
Hexed            18 books
Spellbound    24 books

What a thrill to find a wide open, free-spirited site in my signature subject!  I’m *so* reaching for the top:  24 books in spellbound!  Please spread the word so no one overlooks the fantastic event ‘Kelly‘ has laid out.  Authors to read this year are:  EJ Copperman, Steve Vernon, PJ Alderman, Eric Wilson, Juliet Blackwell…

“The Dragon Children”  Bryan Buchan  1975
“Night Of The Living Deed”  E.J. Copperman  2010
“In A Witch’s Wardrobe”  Juliet Blackwell  2012
“If Walls Could Talk”  Juliet Blackwell  2010
“The Haunting At Cliff House”  Karleen Bradford  1985
“Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed”  Nancy Atherton  1994
“The Ghost & Mrs. McClure”  Alice Kimberly  2004
”Defending Angels”  Mary Stanton  2008
“Angel’s Advocate”  Mary Stanton  2009
“Demons Are A Ghoul’s Best Friend”  Victoria Laurie  2008
“The Ghost Of The Isherwoods”  Carol Beach York  1966
“Who Do Voodoo”  Rochelle Staab  2010
“Jacob Two-2 Meets Hooded Fang”  Mordecai Richler  1975
(14)  “Jacob Two-Two & The Dinosaur”  Mordecai Richler  1987

 

  

THE LEVELS
Initiate:  01 – 05 books
Maiden:  06 – 10 books
Mother:    11 – 15 books
Crone:     16 – 20 books

On the first run, I aimed for ‘maiden’ and rose to ‘crone’!  Now I will start at ‘mother‘.  I forsee at least 11 books.  Authors I’ll ride along with are Ellery Adams, Charlotte Armstrong, Juliet Blackwell, Barbara Bretton, Madelyn Alt…

“In A Witch’s Wardrobe”  Juliet Blackwell  2012
“Who Do Voodoo”  Rochelle Staab  2010
“Stories Of Ghosts, Witches, Demons” Freya Littledale 1971

 

 

5 books    = Detective 
10 books  = Sergeant
15 books  = Lieutenant 
20 books     = Captain
25 books     = Chief
30+ books = Sherlock Holmes

I love making new friends.  Dipping toes into new circles is how you do it!  :)  Amy’s ‘mystery/crime’ event is new and I look forward to it.  The ‘found a body’ story (crime) has always been less interesting than ANY other mystery.  A clue in a diary, a hidden staircase, a secret.  The topics are endless, there aren’t enough of them, and they get my mind whirling!

Authors I’ll pursue are:  Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Agatha Christie, Mildred A Wirt, Phyllis A Whitney, Dorothy Gilman (oldies but ‘Grand Masters’)!  My current authors blow it out of the water too.  ;)  Let’s see, 20 seems like a sturdy number and I’m a Star Trek nut, so I’ll go with ‘Captain’!

 

“The Dragon Children”  Bryan Buchan 1975
“Night Of The Living Deed”  E.J. Copperman  2010
“The Secret Of The Old Clock”  Mildred A Wirt   1930
“The Hidden Staircase”  Mildred A Wirt   1930
“The Secret Of Shadow Ranch”  Mildred A. Wirt  1931
“Ghost Town Treasure”  Clyde Robert Bulla  1957
“The Ghost Of Windy Hill”  Clyde Robert Bulla  1968
“The Case Of The Cat’s Meow”   Crosby Newell Bonsall  1965
“Thunder On The Right”  Mary Stewart  1957
“Mystery In The Pirate Oak”  Helen Fuller Orton  1949
“Uncertain Voyage”  Dorothy Gilman  1967
“Ginnie & The Mystery House”  Catherine Woolley  1957
“Black Amber”  Phyllis A. Whitney  1964
“The Salzburg Connection”  Helen MacInnes  1968
“Death Dines Out”  Claudia Bishop  1997
”Defending Angels”  Mary Stanton  2008
“A Killer Read”  Erika Chase  2012
“In A Witch’s Wardrobe”  Juliet Blackwell  2012
“If Walls Could Talk”  Juliet Blackwell  2010
(20)  “The Ghost & Mrs. McClure”  Alice Kimberly  2004

“Murder On The Canadian”  Eric Wilson  1976
“Vancouver Nightmare”  Eric Wilson  1978
“The Case Of The Golden Boy”  Eric Wilson  1979
“The Disneyland Hostage”  Eric Wilson  1982
“The Ghost Of Lunenburg Manor” Eric Wilson  1981
“The Kootenay Kidnapper”  Eric Wilson  1983
“Spirit In The Rainforest”  Eric Wilson  1985
“Who Do Voodoo”  Rochelle Staab  2010
“Demons Are A Ghoul’s Best Friend”  Victoria Laurie  2008
“Mystery At Black Rock Island”  Robert Sutherland  1983
“The Loon Lake Murders”  Robert Sutherland  1987
“The Ghost Of Ramshaw Castle”  Robert Sutherland  1989
“Rest You Merry”  Charlotte MacLeod  1978
“The Luck Runs Out”  Charlotte MacLeod  1979
“Wrack And Rune”   Charlotte MacLeod  1982
“Homicide In Hardcover”  Kate Carlisle  2009
“If Books Could Kill”  Kate Carlisle  2010
“Mew Is For Murder”  Clea Simon  2005
“A Killing Tide”  P.J. Alderman  2006
(40)  “The Secret Of Terror Castle”  Robert Arthur  1964

“Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed”  Nancy Atherton  1994
“Pretty Poison”  Joyce, Jim Lavene  2005
“Room With A Clue”  Kate Kingsbury  1993
“Murder On The Links”  Agatha Christie  1923
“Fer-De-Lance”  Rex Stout  1934
“Angel’s Advocate”  Mary Stanton  2009
“The Haunting At Cliff House”  Karleen Bradford  1985
(50)  “Do Not Disturb”  Kate Kingsbury  1994
“Blue Fire”  Phyllis A. Whitney  1961

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