This 2026 Challenge was created by Escape with Dollycas, which I didn’t join until 9/15/26.
I will add books I read earlier this year, and work toward finishing the challenge after.
And, yes, I did sign up for this challenge partially just because of that adorable library card!
Rules: Please List the Title and the Author – BOLD=not completed
A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WHO HAS PASSED AWAY
***Plan to read the next Flavia de Luce. Still so sad about Alan Bradley’s passing!
A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WITH AN ALLITERATIVE NAME (Cleo Coyle, Cate Conte, etc.)
Louisa M. Locke – Maids of Misfortune (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #1) – Read 1/13/26
A BOOK SET OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES
Wales – M. Molly Milligan – Raining Cats and Dogs (The Celtic Witch Mysteries, #4) – Read 5/30/26
A BOOK SET IN ALASKA OR ARKANSAS
***I was happy to see this category. I don’t think I’ve ever read one set in Arkansas and not many from Alaska, if any.
A BOOK BY A NEW AUTHOR TO YOU
Lucy Burdette – An Appetite for Murder (Key West Food Critic Mystery, #1) – Read 9/14/26
A BOOK SHORTER THAN 200 PAGES –
66 Pages – From the Queen (Death on Demand, #25.5) (Novella) – 1/9/26 – from one of my favorite series!
A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN THE 7TH BOOK IN A SERIES
#9 – Leslie Budewitz – Lavender Lies Bleeding (A Spice Shop Mystery, #9) – Read 8/23/96
A BOOK THAT TAKES PLACE OVER A HOLIDAY
***Waiting for Halloween season to complete since my TBR is out of control 🙂
A BOOK CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICAL COZY MYSTERY
Set in 1879 – Uneasy Spirits (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #2) by Louise M. Locke – Read 2/3/26
A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR TO-BE-READ STACK FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS
Since – 9/4/2016 – The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco (Book Club Mystery, #1) by Laura DiSilverio – Read 9/13/26
A BOOK WITH PARANORMAL ELEMENTS
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie – Read 8/31/26
A BOOK WHERE A PET PLAYS A PROMINENT ROLE
Bells, Tails & Murder (Dickens & Christie, #1) by Kathy Manos Penn – Read 2/15/26
