Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge discussion

Planned books from sub-genres:



Additional possible books to complete total count

Risky Whiskey
Haunted Is Always in Fashion
The Route 66 Misfits: A Small Town Mystery Series
The Twist of a Knife
Close to Death
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding
The Tattered Cover
Haunting and Homicide
How to Solve Your Own Murder
The Mystery of the Crooked Man
My Father Always Finds Corpses
An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder
Patterns in the Sand
One Sharp Stitch


Completed Sub-Genres

Culinary:
Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust
Survival of the Fritters

Craft related:
Last Wool and Testament
Dyeing Wishes

Animal related:
Sniffing Out Murder
Murder, She Barked

Based outside the US:
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
A Line to Kill

Travel:
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Death on the Danube: A New Year's Murder in Budapest

Historic:
We Three Queens
Murder by Cheesecake

Paranormal:
This is Medium
Medium Have I Never

My Choice: Continuing series
The Alchemist of Brushstrokes and Brimstone: An Accidental Alchemist Mystery
Death of a Smuggler

Career-based:
Rhythm and Clues
The Library Game

Holiday based:
The Skeleton Stuffs a Stocking
Sleep in Heavenly Pizza]
A Christmas Candy Killing

Finished to complete 30 books:
1. - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
2.- The Body in the Bookstore
3.- The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer
4.- Cheddar Off Dead
5.- Kills Well with Others
6.- A Sprinkling of Murder
7.- Murder Most Howl
8.- Killers of a Certain Age
9.- Public Anchovy #1
10- On What Grounds
11- Goodbye Cruller World
12- A Murder at the Movies
13- The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco
14- Murder at Gulls Nest
15- Jealousy Filled Donuts
16- Open and Shut
17- Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds
18- Death at the Dinner Party
19- A Nose for Mischief

I'm also planning on skeleton stuffs a stocking for holiday

Enjoy the challenge! Looks like a nice list of books.

Sara wrote: "I'm also planning on skeleton stuffs a stocking for holiday"

Just picked up my first TBR series of 2025. Looks intriguing--and fun. Thanks!

Finished A Christmas Candy Killing and started The Great Hippopotamus Hotel

I'm prioritizing selected books because the remainder of the challenge is open to whatever I select.

Finished The Great Hippopotamus Hotel. Next will be The Alchemist of Brushstrokes and Brimstone.

I've finished The Alchemist of Brushstrokes and Brimstone & also A Line to Kill

Finished A Line to Kill, began Every time I go on vacation someone dies.

Finished Every time I Go on Vacation Someone Dies and Death of A Smuggler

Finished Death on the Danube.
Next will be Survival of the Fritters

finished Sniffing out Murder

beginning Murder She Barked

Finished Murder She Barked. Beginning The Library Game, which released yesterday.

It's only the end of March and I've already completed 5 of the sub-genres without a single book crossing over into a different sub-genre.

Finished Rhythm and Clues and also Survival of the Fritters

Finished We Three Queens - not sure which book I'm reading next.
It's only April and I'm nearly halfway through the challenge, I think I'll read some non-fiction for a while.

At the halfway point - I have read 15 of the 30 books for this challenge.

Going to begin reading The Body in the Bookstore, a series I've been meaning to start.

Finished The Body in the Bookstore - presently at 16 read.

Going to re-read the Murderbot series since it comes out next month on AppleTV

Read The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer. Presently have read 17 of the 30 book challenge.

Since I last posted about 10 days ago, I've also read two non-fiction books and the first Murderbot book. On the second one now.

And Stephen King releases a new book in 20 days.

Not sure I'll make much progress on this challenge until I get Murderbot and Stephen King's book out of the way But who knows?

Finished This is Medium and Medium Have I Never - another genre is complete. Now at 19 of 30 books read.

Back to Murderbot

Finished Cheddar off Dead - now 20/30
Going to look for a different historical, I've gone off on the book I initially selected.

Finished Kills Well with Others, 21/30
Starting Murder by Cheesecake which will count as Historical

Finished A Sprinkling of Murder 22/30
Still reading Murder by Cheesecake
Starting Murder Most Howl

Finished Murder Most Howl 23/30
Still reading Murder by Cheesecake

Finished Murder by Cheesecake, and another book that isn't a cozy.
24/30

Finished Killers of a Certain Age 25/30

Finished Public Anchovy #1 and On What Grounds. Completed the optional reading 27/30

I've completed the challenge. Should have probably signed up for reading more, but life is uncertain and I don't want to stress myself.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I understand the self stress-out... This is the only challenge I force myself to do annually--in an effort to make me read mysteries, which I love and want to read. I see other challenges, but rarely join in because I like reading what I want when I want and challenges sort of force reading. This year I added a few challenges and while none of them have really hampered my read-what-I-want style, I do feel a bit stressed about hitting the goals I've set. I'm not sure I'd do others again next year.