Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge discussion

Moving over to Level 2 as I finished Level 4.

Going to aim for Option B:

Culinary:
Book 1: Puzzling Pizzas

Animal related:
Book 1: Guilty Glass

Craft related:
Book 1: Died in the Wool

Paranormal:
Book 1: A Secret Staircase

Based outside the US:
Book 1: An Irish Bookshop Murder

Career-based:
Book 1: A Planted Clue

Holiday based:
Book 1: Trouble in the Theatre

Travel mystery:
Book 1: Undercover On The Calypso: Book One: The Cozy Cruise Mysteries

Historical mystery:
Book 1: Magic, Movies, and Murder

Freebie:
Book 1: The Ghost Therapists

10 Freebie:
Book 1: Silver Linings
Book 2: The Body in the Bookstore
Book 3: Evidence in the Espresso
Book 4: Death by the Book
Book 5: Lemon Drizzle and Loathing
Book 6: Rampaging Rabbits
Book 7: Christmas in the Country
Book 8: Spiced Orange Suspicion
Book 9: Rangers, RVs, & Revenge
Book 10: Opera and Old Lace

Congrats on finishing level 4! That's great. Good luck with level 2!

Yvonne wrote: "Congrats on finishing level 4! That's great. Good luck with level 2!"

Thanks! I have a few piled up so fingers crossed I can do both!

Book 1: Puzzling Pizzas by Mildred Abbott

4 stars

Categories
Culinary - main character owns a bookshop/bakery; mystery takes place in a pizza parlor
Animal - Watson is front and center as always
Career-based - main character owns a bookshop/bakery
Holiday based - Halloween is upon us


I always like getting back into this series, I try to let a few be released so that I can read 2-3 back to back. I am a massive Dave Matthews Band fan so I love when Mildred Abbott includes references (even if not of full love).

Book 2: Guilty Glass by Mildred Abbott

4 stars

Categories
Culinary - main character owns a bookshop/bakery
Animal - Watson is front and center as always and has a paw in solving the mystery
Career-based - main character owns a bookshop/bakery
Holiday based - Christmas season is here

Book 3: A Secret Staircase by Eryn Scott

4 stars

Categories
Paranormal - main character interacts with ghosts and they work together to solve the mysteries
Craft related - main character is an artist, painting is their medium

Book 4: Died in the Wool by Peggy Ehrhart

3 stars

Categories
Craft related - storyline revolves around a knitting group
Career-based - main character works as an editor for a craft / textile magazine

This is the second in the series and I am enjoying them, I just don't love them. I don't know if its how the characters have been written from an interaction standpoint or something else.

I will continue to read them though :-)

Book 5: The Ghost Therapists by Kathi Daley

4 stars

Categories
Animal related - main characters dog Tilly is part of the entire adventure
Holiday based - Halloween

Book 6: Trouble in the Theatre by Kathi Daley

4 stars

Categories
Career-based - main character owns an Inn
Holiday based - Halloween

Book 7: A Planted Clue by Eryn Scott

4 stars

Categories
Culinary: main character owns a jam shop
Animal related: a cat plays a major part in this one
Career-based: main character owns a jam shop

Book 8: An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly

4 stars

Categories
Based outside the US: takes place in Ireland
Career-based: main characters are twins who one is a writer and the other manages a bookstore

Book 9: Magic, Movies, and Murder by Emily Fluke

3 Stars

Paranormal: the town is a safe haven for supernatural beings - the main character is a werewolf
Career-based: main character owns a video rental store
Historical mystery: takes place in 1998

Book 10: Silver Linings by J.A. Whiting

3 Stars

Culinary: main character works at a bakery & story is around a wedding cake
Paranormal: the main character is trying to solve a ghosts mystery
Career-based: the main character is a teacher & works at a bakery

Book 11: The Body in the Bookstore by Ellie Alexander

4 stars

Career-based: Main character works in a Mystery Bookstore

I am not sure how I found this series but I quite enjoyed the town, the characters and the overall plot. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

Book 12: Evidence in the Espresso by Kathi Daley

4 stars

Culinary: Story takes place at the filming of a food competition show
Career-based: Main character owns a BnB and is an author
Holiday based: Thanksgiving

Book 13: Death by the Book by Lucy Connelly

4 stars

Categories
Based outside the US: takes place in Ireland
Career-based: main characters are twins who one is a writer and the other manages a bookstore

Book 14: Lemon Drizzle and Loathing by Agatha Frost

5 stars

Categories
Based outside the US: takes place in England
Culinary: main character owns a bakery

I love this series and this was one of best within it. I enjoyed the mystery and how the story explained the history of one of the main side characters.

Book 15: Rampaging Rabbits by Mildred Abbott

4 Stars

Culinary - main character owns a bookshop/bakery
Animal - Watson is front and center as always and has a paw in solving the mystery
Career-based - main character owns a bookshop/bakery
Holiday based - New Years Eve

Book 16: Undercover On The Calypso: Book One: The Cozy Cruise Mysteries by Lizzie Josephson

3 Stars

Travel - main character takes a vacation on a cruise

Book 17: Christmas in the Country by Kathi Daley

4 stars

Culinary - main character owns an inn & films a cooking show there
Career-based - main character owns an inn
Holiday based - Christmas

Book 18: Spiced Orange Suspicion by Agatha Frost

4 stars

Categories
Based outside the US: takes place in England
Holiday based - Christmas
Career-based - main character owns a candle shop
Craft Related - main character makes all her own candles and the mystery revolves around painting

Book 19: Rangers, RVs, & Revenge by Tonya Kappes

3 Stars

Categories
Career-based - main character owns a camp site

Book 20: Opera and Old Lace by Kathi Daley

4 Stars

Categories
Culinary - main character owns a restaurant
Career-based - main character owns a restaurant

It was a push but that is the end of my reading challenges for 2024.

60 cozy mysteries in total completed.

Arow wrote: "It was a push but that is the end of my reading challenges for 2024."

Congratulations on hitting TWO challenge targets.

I, too, had to push at the end. I wound up needing 7 reads between November and year's end. With reading time cut short because of the holidays, I was hoping I'd be able to hit just the minimum number of reads needed. Wound up with 2 extra (only!).