MysteryKIT Interest Thread

Is anyone interested in doing a MysteryKIT? Post your interest here.

Posting our results here as they come in, just to keep track of them.

January--Historical mysteries--LittleTaiko
February--Furry Sleuths--LadyoftheLodge
March--Golden Age--majkia
April--Espionage--beebeereads
May--Novel to screen--MissWatson
June--Police Procedurals/Private Investigator--LibraryCin
July--Cross genre/mashup--Dejah_Thoris
August--International authors--NinieB
September--Series--christina_reads
October--New to You--DeltaQueen50
November--Noir/Gumshoe--jonesli
December--Cozies--sallylou61

Wiki is here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/MysteryKIT_2020

FAQ
"Hosting a month" means creating the discussion thread and including some explanation, quirky comments, graphics, or suggested books and authors to help participants choose their reading material.

How to create your page: Go to the planning page for the CAT or KIT...for MysteryKIT you will click on 2020 Category Challenge page. Then click Post A New Topic. When that comes up it's your new page. In the subject box you will put the title, such as "January MysteryKIT".

After you have finished with your page it's a good idea to copy the URL and post a message that it is up. Then in the message paste the URL with the note that the CAT or KIT for your month is up. It's just an easy way for people to see the new topic is ready.

yes ma'am and I'd gladly host a month.

I’m in - I’ll host a month.

I will also host a month. Let's see how many more interested parties we get. Also suggestions of topics?

Some ideas:
Amateur detective
Noir/gumshoe
Golden Age
Historical
International authors / in translation
Cross genre /mashup (sff/mystery, romance/mystery, etc.)
Stand alone
Series
New to you authors
Novel to screen

We could add pastiche/parody and humorous

I’m interested as well and would happily host a month. What about cozies? Though I guess that is covered by amateur detectives.

I am interested, but I seem to have gone ahead with a couple of other KITs, so this may be spreading myself a bit thin!

I found a list of subgenres here (though many are quite specific!), but I kind of like the "Furry Sleuth" option! LOL!
http://cuebon.com/ewriters/Msubgenres.html

A couple of other (broader) ideas:
Police Procedural
Private Investigator

>9 LibraryCin: I love the categories in that link! I am up for Furry Sleuth, and I volunteer to take that one! I also liked the Bumbling Detective, and Culinary (which could be combined with Crafts or lumped in with Cozies).

>6 majkia: Humorous is good too. I don't think we did that last time we had Mysteries.

>9 LibraryCin: That's a great sub genre list! I think we should change my suggestion of noir/gumshoe to Hard Boiled, which covers them both and more.

I'd also be in favor of:
Humorous
Police Procedural
Private Investigator
Paranormal/Supernatural

>7 LittleTaiko: And there is definitely some overlap between Amateur Sleuth and Cozies. Either would work.

ETA: It belatedly occurs to me that Paranormal/Supernatural fits into the Cross Genre/mashup category I mentioned earlier.

>11 Dejah_Thoris: I agree, those do go together. I like that idea.

Check out the updates in Thread 1.

All these ideas look so good! I hope I can make room each month. The Mystery CAT in 2018 turned me on to all the different sub genres and I've tried to read at least one mystery a month since then. I would be on board for all of the above, but I like some of the new ones as well. I never read the mysteries that feature an animal detective and its about time I do! Is espionage ever considered part of mystery?
If I am not overdone with my other commitments I would be willing to take a month in winter, spring or summer.

>14 beebeereads: oh yes, we should add espionage.

Although we already have more than 12. Sigh.

>15 majkia: That's not a terrible problem to have! We could vote, or just let people pick their favorite and host - either way, we'll end up with some great categories.

haha! I was going to say, even without espionage, we are already at 14!

I think people should just pick their faves and the month they want to host.

>18 LadyoftheLodge: agreed

>18 LadyoftheLodge: & >19 majkia: - I agree as well. Though with our small number so far we might end up needing to pick two months each. :)

I could do Espionage in April. I haven't read a lot in this sub-genre, but have several lined up and am happy to research a list.

>21 beebeereads: That sounds good. Thank you.

I am leaving my month open, so others can have a chance to pick first.

>22 LadyoftheLodge: That's very kind of you!

I think I'll take cross genre/mashup in July, please - if someone else really wants July, I can swap for January.

Could I have historical mysteries for January?

>23 Dejah_Thoris: >24 LittleTaiko: Thanks, you got it! I updated our list above in thread #1.

I'll take Golden Age in March if that's okay

>26 majkia: Thanks! It is yours. Updated the list.

I'm not sure if I'll participate in all the months for this one (lots of KITs this year!), but to help out, I'd be willing to do Police Procedurals/Private Investigator in March.

>28 LibraryCin: March is taken, can you pick a different month, please?

>28 LibraryCin: Oops! Sorry about that! I'll take another look at when my other KIT and CAT hosting months are when I get home and let you know!

>30 LibraryCin: I've been keeping a master list of hosting duties, too. I'm trying not to overwhelm myself!

>29 LadyoftheLodge: That said, if we don't get more hosts, I'll take a second month. I'd like to give it a bit longer, though, in case more people show an interest.

Perhaps an explanation of what the hosting duties are might motivate newcomers to volunteer.

>30 LibraryCin: >31 Dejah_Thoris: Thanks to both of you. I would like to give it a bit longer too, since there were more who expressed an interest when voting occurred. I added a short explanation of hosting in thread #1. (I have a similar list of hosting duties for the same reason.)

>1 LadyoftheLodge: Could you also post the link for newbies as to directions for creating the thread and the wiki?
I must have done it once before, but I don't know how I figured it out. This year I've offered myself up three times and I will surely learn the process. Much thanks!

>33 beebeereads: I do not think I have the link to those. I think others just told me what to do, so I copied and pasted the instructions I have for how to make the thread.

>29 LadyoftheLodge: >30 LibraryCin: Ok, how about we put me in June, instead?

>31 Dejah_Thoris: I've been keeping a master list of hosting duties, too. I'm trying not to overwhelm myself!

Yeah, pretty soon, I'll be doing one every month, if I'm not careful! I've already put myself into doing two in January!

International authors is an interesting one, which I can host in August.

I just ran across this, I can do Noir/Gumshoe in November.

>35 LibraryCin: >37 NinieB: >38 lsh63: Thanks, I have updated thread 1 above. Looking good so far. Just remaining May, September, October, December.

I'd be happy to host Series in September. :)

>40 christina_reads: Thanks! We are getting there.

May, October, December remaining.

I will do "New To You" Authors in October.

>42 DeltaQueen50: Thank you!

Just May and December remaining! Don't let the opportunity to host a Mystery pass you by!!

Wiki is here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/MysteryKIT_2020

here's a link to some formatting. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

What I found the hardest thing was how to get started. I just open up any wiki, and in the search box to the left, type in 2020 MysteryKIt. It will say there is no such critter, then ask if you want to create one. Say yes.

Then, you can always copy off other wikis if you want to do it the easy way. That will give you the structure, then just erase the books and change the themes and host names.

I'll help if you yell. ;)

>45 majkia: Thanks, you rock! Check it out!

>46 LadyoftheLodge: GOOD JOB!

>46 LadyoftheLodge: It looks great!

>43 LadyoftheLodge: I could to "novel to screen" in May.

I'm willing to take cozies in December. That is probably a broad enough topic without adding amateur detective and sleuth, isn't it? I'm already hosting 3 other CATs/KITs; that doesn't disqualify me, does it? I think a number of members host multiple CATs/KITs.

>49 MissWatson: Thanks, I will add you to the listing.
>50 sallylou61: Thank you! I think cozies is a broad topic that will allow a lot of participation. It seems as if most of us are hosting other CATs or KITs. We will have a busy but fun reading year!

The January thread is up.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/313974#

February Thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/315610

March thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/316726

April thread is up

http://www.librarything.com/topic/317664

May thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/318912

Just posted the June thread:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/320312

Have we got a thread for July?

>59 Robertgreaves: The same person, Dejah_Thoris, is the host for both the July MysteryKIT and the July KITastrophe. I have not found any evidence of either thread being posted yet. I looked on her profile screen and saw the following message:

I love LT, but I'm terrible at the social aspects of it. I'm not on consistently - sometimes I won't visit for months. I'm going to try to track my books for the rest of 2014 and participate a little, but otherwise keep a low profile.

Obviously, this was posted many years ago, but apparently she is still not visiting on a regular basis. I'm not the main hostess for either KIT, and did not want to write to Dejah on her profile screen and mention that she has not yet posted either thread before anyone commented on the missing threads. Who should do this?
If you want me to try contacting her about both threads, I would be glad to do so unless we want LadyoftheLodge and LibraryCin to each do their own KIT.

>60 sallylou61: I have noticed her name in some of the wikis for various challenges so she is still around. I agree, it's up to the person in overall charge of each KIT to get in touch with her.

I'll pop over and leave a message.

ETA: Done. Hope she's ok.

Hey everbody - I'm so sorry for the delay in getting the July threads up. I was called back to work late last week and I've been swamped. I'm still working this weekend, but I'll have them up ASAP.

>63 Dejah_Thoris: thank you! 🙃

>63 Dejah_Thoris: These things happen. Good to hear you are safe and well. It would be so easy for someone to just disappear in this format.

>63 Dejah_Thoris: Thanks for the correspondence. Glad you are okay!

Thank you, everyone, for your patience with me! I really appreciate it.

It's not pretty, but the July thread is up:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/321710

August thread is up!

The September thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/323280.

The October Thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/324350

The November thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/325340

The December thread is up at: https://www.librarything.com/topic/326316

Thanks to everyone who hosted and participated in this year's MysteryKIT. If you want to take a peek at 2021 MysteryKIT, be sure to check it out!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/325803