Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge discussion

Looking forward to the new categories. So far this year I've read 250 cozies.

Enjoy, Mary! I hope we all find many new cozies to read.

Look forward to see what you read. Have fun.

Good luck Mary! I am sure you can do it and have fun doing it too!

Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) - Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)


These are the level one books:

- One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
- One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
- One from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)
- One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
- One from British cozy mysteries (example: Belinda Lawrence series)
- One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)
- One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
- One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
- One is your choice! (freebie!)

One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)

A Pie to Die For.....1/1/17
A Bodkin for the Bride....1/16/17
Custom Baked Murder.....1/19/17
....Fudge and Jury.......2/2/17
Dangerous Dough....2/15/17
Troubled Treats....2/24/17
Show Time.......3/2/17
The Crêpes of Wrath....3/13/17
An Aria of Omens....3/23/17
Pop Goes the Murder....3/26/17
Sweets Forgotten....4/1/17
Silence of the Flans....4/4/17
Caramel Crush....5/2/17
For Whom the Bread Rolls.......5/11/17
Four Puddings and a Funeral.....5/14/17
Kale to the Queen.....7/8/17
Death of a Lobster Lover.....8/24/17
Oh, Fudge!....10/27/17

One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)

Prose and Cons.....1/10/17
Crime and Catnip.....1/13/17
No Farm, No Foul....1/20/17
..... Murder in Tropical Breeze.......2/7/17
Every Trick in the Rook.......5/2/17

One from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)

Running Stitches.....2/7/17
The Charm Bracelet Murder: A Jade Scott Mystery
No Charm Intended......5/30/17

One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)

Ghosts of Tsavo....2/4/17
The Ghosts of Misty Hollow.....3/27/17
The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum....7/1/17

One from British cozy mysteries (example: Belinda Lawrence series)

The Case of the Hidden Flame.....1/2/17
Rules of Murder.......1/14/17
All-Butter ShortDead.....2/3/17
The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer: A Cozy Mystery Set in Wales....3/17/17
Mrs. Jeffries Rights a Wrong......6/20/17
Manna from Hades......9/8/17
Dogs and Danger.....12/10/17

One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)

Murder on Cue.......1/4/17 (actress)
Iced Tea for Two: a sparrow falls mystery #3.....1/7/17....(writer)
An Uncollected Death....1/11/17 (editor)
Lowcountry Book Club....1/12/17 (private investigator)
Newlywed Dead.....1/27/17....(event planner)
Death Drinks Darjeeling....7/14/17
It's Your Party, Die If You Want To.....2/30/17...(event planner)
Plaid and Plagiarism......2/25/17....(bookstore owner)
Bed, Breakfast and Bones....3/4/17....(B &B owner)
At Wicks End.....3/5/17 (candle shop)
Bookman Dead Style......3/6/17....(typewriter/book repair shop)
Iced Under....3/8/17 (clambake business)
Shots in the Dark....3/11/17 (bar owner)
Beeline To Trouble.....3/20/17....(beekeeper)
Murder at Lowry House....3/24/17....(mystery writer)
Alibis and Amethysts.....3/25/17.....(crystal shop owner)
Elementary, She Read....3/31/17 (bookstore owner)
Death at First Sight.....4/6/17.... (psychic readings)
As the Crowe Dies....4/7/17.....(reporter)
Assault & Beret.....4/14/17 (hat shop)
The Book Club Murders.......4/20/17 (vintage store)
Ill Met by Murder.......4/21/17
Murder at the Courthouse.....4/27/17
A Winter's Tail....5/4/17...(bookstore)
Murder in an Irish Village......5/6/17........(bistro owner)
Untimely Death....5/8/17....(costume mistress)
....5/9/17 (innkeeper)
A Shattering Crime....5/16/17 (stain glass)
Tangled Up in Brew....5/18/17....(brewery)
A Reference to Murder....6/16/17.....(bookseller)
Hospitality and Homicide.....6/24/17...(book and coffee shop)
Dead in a Flash....7/3/17...(geneaologist)
Mind Your Own Beeswax.....7/31/17...(store owner/beekeeper)
Grace to the Finish....8/5/17.... (museum director)
Yarned and Dangerous.....9/5/17....(yarn shop)

One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)

.....A Christmas Tartan.....2/3/17
Christmas Caramel Murder.....7/11/17
One Bad Egg.....8/18/17
Death by Eggnog......10/9/17
Hark the Herald Angels Slay.....12/4/17
Creepy Christmas Waffle....12/13/17
Death Overdue....12/14/17
Death Comes to the School
A Mother's Day Murder

One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)

A Pinch of Poison.....1/3/17

The Inspector's Daughter.....1/18/17
The Conspiring Woman......2/13/17
A Question of Inheritance....3/7/17
Murder on Bonfire Night....3/12/17
Murder with Majesty....3/19/17
The Curse of Arundel Hall...4/8/17
Murder at Dareswick Hall......4/18/17
Deadly Scandal.......4/19/17
A Debt is Finally Paid.....4/25/17
Deadly Proof.......5/5/17
Murder in the Servants' Hall.....5/6/17
Called to Justice.....5/28/17
Mrs. Jeffries Rights a Wrong.....6/20/17
A Death for a Cause....9/2/17

One is your choice! (freebie!)

Later Gator....2/8/17
A Beeline to Murder.....2/16/17
Crack Of Death.....2/19/17
A Body at Book Club....3/18/17
Evil Under the Moon....4/9/17
A Darling of Death.....5/17/17
The Tempting Taste of Danger.....5/27/17
Happy Birthday, Marge....7/2/17
Aunt Dimity and the Widow's Curse....8/13/17

- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)

Death on the Patagonian Express....1/21/17
The Tomb of the Honey Bee....3/21/17
A Caribbean Mystery.....5/20/17
Murder on the SS Rosa......7/4/17

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Wow Mary! You have read a lot! Congrats!

That's a lot of cozies. Good for you Mary! :)

Gail wrote: "Wow Mary! You have read a lot! Congrats!"

Thanks, Gail. I do love to read.