2021 Crusin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge

 

Crusin' thru the Cozies
Hosted By: Socrates' Book Review
Official Challenge Page
My GoodReads Page
Dates: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2021

Summary of Rules/Details:
2 Different ways to participate
A) Read any cozy mystery of your choice.
B) Read 1 book from each of the sub-genres 

Levels: I'm attempting Level 2 (Investigator) Choice B
Level 1 (Snoop)
A) Read 10 cozies of your choice
B) Read 1 book in each sub-genres = 10 books 

Level 2 (Investigator) 
A) Read 20 cozies of your choice 
B) Read 1 book in each sub-genres + 10 cozies of your choice =20 books COMPLETED 6/29

Level 3 (Super Sleuth) 
A) Read 30 cozies of your choice 
B) Read 2 books in each sub-genres + 10 cozies your choice = 30 books

COMPLETED 7/22

Level 4 (Sleuth Extraordinaire)
A) Read 40 cozies of your choice 
B) Read 2 books in each sub-genres + 20 cozies your choice = 40 books

COMPLETED 8/31

Sub-genre List:

• Culinary (food, restaurant, etc.)
1. Live and Let Chai (Seaside Cafe Mystery #1) ~ Bree Baker ~ 3/26
2. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 4/24  
• Animal (cat, dog, bird, etc.)  
1. By Book or By Crook (Lighthouse Library #1) ~ Eva Gates ~ 5/23
2. The Ghosts of Notchey Creek (Harley Henrickson #2) ~ Liz S. Andrews ~ 5/31
• Craft/Hobby (knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)  
1. Knit One, Kill Two (Knitting Mystery #1) ~ Maggie Sefton ~ 6/29
2. A Potion to Die For (Magic Potion #1) ~ Heather Blake ~ 7/6 
• Paranormal (Witches, vampires, etc.) 
1. The Ghost of Marlow House (Haunting Danielle #1) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/15
2. The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds (HD #2) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/19
• Based outside USA (anywhere but here) 
1. Speaking Among The Bones (Flavia de Luce #5) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 4/11
2. The Cracked Spine (Scottish Bookshop #1) ~ Paige Shelton ~ 6/22
• Career-based (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)
1. Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop Mystery #2) ~ Jenn McKinlay 
2. The Mist Rises Over Notchey Creek (Harley Henrickson #1) ~ Liz S. Andrews ~ 6/3
• Holiday (set during any holiday)
1. If the Shoe Kills (Tourist Trap Mysteries #3) ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 3/11
2. The Ghost Who Wasn't (HD #3) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/20
• Travel (on a cruise, touring other areas, etc.) 
1. A Wee Murder In My Shop (ScotShop #1) ~ Fran Stewart ~ 6/5
2. Guidebook to Murder (Tourist Trap #1) ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 7/22 
• Historical Mystery (any that are not set in the present)
1. Manna From Hades (Cornish Mystery #1) ~ Carola Dunn ~ 6/14
2. A Colourful Death (Cornish Mystery #2) ~ Carola Dunn ~ 5/22
• Your Choice (freebie!)
1. The Ghost Who Wanted Revenge (HD #4) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 4/9
2. A Cue to a Kill (Theatrical Cozy #2.5) ~ Lilian Watts ~ 5/5

My Choice Books (or extra books):

1. The Ghost from Halloween Past (HD #5) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 5/21
2. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (HS #2) ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 5/25
3. The Eye of Apollo (Father Brown) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
4. Sins of Prince Saradine (Father Brown) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
5. The Queer Feet (Father Brown) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
6. The Secret Garden (Father Brown) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
7. The Ghost Who Came For Christmas (HD #6) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 6/8
8. The Ghost of Valentine Past (HD #7) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 6/10
9. Booked For Trouble (LL #2) ~ Eva Gates ~ 6/12
10. Death at a Country Mansion (Daisy Thorne #1) ~ Louise R. Innes ~ 6/23
11. Reading Up A Storm (LL #3) ~ Eva Gates 7/3
12. One Potion in the Grave (Magic Potion #2) ~ Heather Blake ~ 7/7
13. The Death in Their Vaulted Arches (FdL #7) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 7/16
14. A Wee Dose of Death (ScotShop #2) ~ Fran Stewart ~ 7/29
15. The Ghost From the Sea (HD #8) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 8/10
16. Cloche and Dagger (Hat Shop #1) ~ Jenn McKinlay ~ 8/16
17. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (FdL #7) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 8/21
18. The Ghost and the Mystery Writer (HD #9) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 8/31
19. The Three Tools of Death (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 8/31
20. The Wrong Shape (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 8/31
21. The Hammer of God (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/1
22. The Blue Cross (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/2
23. The Flying Stars (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/2
24. The Invisible Man (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/2
25. The Honour of Israel Gow (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/2
26. The Sign of the Broken Sword (FB) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 9/5
27. Mission to Murder (Tourist Trap #2) ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 9/5
28. Blueberry Muffin Murder (HS #3) ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 9/8
29. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (FdL #8) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 9/12
30. Valley of the Shadow (Cornish #3) ~ Carola Dunn ~ 9/12
31. Buried in the Country (Cornish #4) ~ Carola Dunn ~ 9/14
32. It Takes a Witch (Witchcraft #1) ~ Heather Blake ~ 9/18
33. A Witch Before Dying (Witchcraft #2) ~ Heather Blake ~ 9/20
34. Murder in the Mystery Suite (Book Retreat #1) ~ Ellery Adams ~ 9/24
35. Murder in the Paperback Parlor (Book Retreat #2) ~ Ellery Adams ~ 10/16
36. Murder in the Secret Garden (Book Retreat #3) ~ Ellery Adams ~ 10/17
37. Murder in the Locked Library (Book Retreat #4) ~ Ellery Adams ~ 10/17
38. A Wee Homicide in the Hotel (ScotShop #3) ~ Fran Stewart ~ 10/19
39. A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3) ~ Karin Slaughter ~ 10/23
40. The Other Side of Midnight ~ Simone St. James ~ 11/1
41. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (HP #1) ~ Agatha Christie ~ 11/2
42. Undone (Will Trent #3) ~ Karin Slaughter ~ 11/8
43. The Dangerous Edge of Things (Tai Randolph #1) ~ Tina Whittle ~ 11/15
44.  Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (HS #4) ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 11/17
45. The Alpine Xanadu (EL #24) ~ Mary Daheim ~ 11/20
46. Of Books and Bagpipes (SB #2) ~ Paige Shelton ~ 11/27
47. Montmorency (M#1) ~ Eleanor Updale ~ 11/27
48. Lost Books and Old Bones (SB #3) ~ Paige Shelton ~ 12/1
49. Blue Dahlia (In the Garden #1) ~ Nora Roberts ~ 12/18