Cozy Mystery Reading Challenges 2022

Cozy Mystery Reading Challenges

Hosted By: Courtney Hohimer

Official Challenge Page

Summary of Details/Rules:
All books are Cozy Mysteries

COMPLETED 10/10/22

 Challenge:

1. ✔Independent and/or self-published author ~ Party Crashers by Stephanie Bond
2. ✔Author's backlist ~ Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
3. ✔Sleuth who is 60 years old or older ~ The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert
4. ✔Golden Age mystery (Christie, Doyle, Sayers etc.) ~ The Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes
5. ✔Made into a movie or TV show ~ White Nights by Ann Cleeves
6. ✔Setting or plot related to Britain or British Monarchy ~ The Grave's a Fine And Private Place by Alan Bradley
7. ✔Recommended by online guide, book blogger, book club, etc. ~ Diamond Rings are Deadly Things by Rachel J. Christensen
8. ✔Owned for a year or more but haven't read ~ The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott
9. ✔Set in a city or country that has hosted the Olympics ~ To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton (UTAH)
10. ✔Next cozy in a series from one of CMRC's 2021 book chat selections ~ The Whispering Word by Ellery Adams
11. ✔Involving travel ~ Veils and Vengeance by Rachelle J. Christensen
12. ✔First in a series not read before ~ If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
13. ✔An animal in the title ~ Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie
14. ✔About or relating to the medical field ~ Body Movers by Stephanie Bond
15. ✔Author who is new to me ~ Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes
16. ✔Bright colors on the cover ~ Some Like It Witchy by Heather Blake
17. ✔At least a 4 star rating on GR ~ Canyons, Caravans, & Cadavers by Tonya Kappes
18. ✔AAPI author ~ A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong
19. ✔Male protagonist and/or sleuth ~ The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
20. ✔"Murder" or "Death" in the title ~ Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes

Bonus Prompts

1. ✔3 by the same author ~ Paige Shelton
1. The Loch Ness Papers 
2. The Stolen Letters
3. Deadly Editions
2. ✔Published 30 years ago (1992) 

• Agatha Raisin And The Quiche Of Death by M.C. Beaton (published Dec. 1992)

1. ✔5 cozies, each with a cover or spine representing the Olympic Rings 

• Blue ~ Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell
• Yellow ~ Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes
• Black ~ Blue On Black by Michael Connelly
• Green ~ Forests, Fishing, & Forgery by Tonya Kappes
• Red ~  Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian