I like the list of books I came up with for my reading challenge. However, that list was my tentative planning list before I worked on the other genre challenges that I belong to on FaceBook. For those, I’m doing a bit of planning below.
Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge for 2023
- Set in a different time period –> The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes by Leonard Goldberg
- Cozy companion that isn’t a dog or cat –> Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
- Has a beverage recipe –> Death of a Kitchen Diva by Lee Hollis
- Paranormal or Magical Cozy –> Death Overdue by Allison Brook
- Set somewhere you’d like to vacation –> The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton
- Sun, Moon, or Stars on the cover –> Deadly Summer Nights by Vicky Delaney
- A Cozy that matches the season –> WINTER: Chocolate Hearts and Murder by Patt Larsen; SPRING: Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy; SUMMER: Jealousy Filled Donuts by Ginger Bolton; FALL: The Cider Shop Rules by Julie Ann Winters;
- A Cozy opposite the season –> WINTER: Murder in the PaperBack Parlour by Ellery Adams;
- Male Author –> Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson
- Main character is different than you –> Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
- An author who uses initials –> Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers
- A past Book Chat selection you haven’t read –> Elementary, She Read by Vicky Delany
- A library book –> Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
- A reread –> Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
- Serves food you’d like to eat –> Catering to Nobody by Dianne Mott Davidson
- Includes a celebration –> Murder’s No Votive Confidence by Christin Brecher
- Includes a home project –> Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves
- Judge a book by its cover –> Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke
- Has a setting different from yours –> Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
- Read (part of) the rainbow: predominant purple –> Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon
- Bonus Prompt #1 — Three cozies, same author –> I Scream, You Scream // Scoop to Kill // A Parfait Murder by Wendy Lyn Watson
- Bonus Prompt #2 — Cozy without murder –> The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
- Bonus Prompt #3 — Read the rainbow –> RED: Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian // ORANGE: The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate // YELLOW: Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle // GREEN: A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball by T.E. Kinsey // BLUE: Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry // INDIGO: Fame and Fortune and Murder by Patti Larsen // VIOLET: Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
The Tea and Ink Society Challenge
This site has the requirement that the books have to all be published before 1970. Hey, I was born before then, I guess I’m classic now too!
- January: A classic detective novel
- February: A book with a character’s name in the title
- March: A classic fairy tale collection
- April: A classic Japanese novel
- May: A book with a movie/TV adaptation you’ve already seen
- June: A classic set at sea
- July: A narrative poem or collection of poetry
- August: A classic by a Latin American author
- September: A Dickens novel
- October: A nonfiction classic
- November: A classic fantasy novel
- December: A classic set in a place you want to visit
The Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge (#CloakDaggerChal).
The premise for this one is sheer volume:
- 5-15 books – Amateur sleuth
- 16-25 books – Detective
- 26-35 books – Inspector
- 36 – 55 – Special agent
- 56+ books – Sherlock Holmes
The catch — of course, there’s a catch! — is that you can only count mystery, suspense, thriller and crime books. You can find the link at: https://carolsnotebook.com/2022/11/15/cloak-and-dagger-reading-challenge-2023/.
Let the reading begin!
