This Challenge was posted by Socrates Book Review (and on Escape with Dollycas).
I’m signing up late (9/9/26) and choosing this option:
Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire)
Challenge / Rules:
A) Read 40 cozy mysteries of your choice.
or
B) Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)
COMPLETED – Culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
All Fudged Up (Candy-Coated Mystery #1) by Nancy Coco – Read 8/25/26
Killer Kung Pao (A Noodle Shop Mystery, #6) by Vivien Chien – Read 5/23/26
COMPLETED – Animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
Black Magic Kitten (Familiar Kitten Mysteries, #1) by Sara Bourgeois – Read 1/1/26
Bells, Tails & Murder (Dickens & Christie, #1) by Kathy Manos Penn – Read 2/15/26
COMPLETED – Craft related (any kind of hobbies – knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)
Quilting – The Lover’s Knot (Someday Quilts Mystery, #1) by Clare O’Donohue – Read 10/2/26
Knitting – A Pattern for Murder (Bait & Stitch Cozy Mystery, #1) by Ann Yost – Read 10/7/26
– Paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie – Read 8/31/26
The Squeaky Clean Skeleton (Haunted Housekeeping, #1) by R.A. Muth (currently reading)
COMPLETED – Cozy mysteries based outside the US (example: Belinda Lawrence series (British)) – Wales
Raining Cats and Dogs (The Celtic Witch Mysteries, #4) by Molly Milligan – Read 5/30/26
Bells, Tails & Murder (Dickens & Christie, #1) by Kathy Manos Penn – Read 2/15/26
COMPLETED – Career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.) –
Buried in a Book (A Novel Idea, #1) by Lucy Arlington – Read 8/31/26 – Literary Agency
All Fudged Up (Candy-Coated Mystery #1) by Nancy Coco – Read 8/25/26
– Holiday based (set during any holiday – Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
– Travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
COMPLETED – Historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
Set in 1879 – Uneasy Spirits (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #2) by Louise M. Locke – Read 2/3/26
Set in 1879 – Maids of Misfortune (A Victoria San Francisco Mystery, #1) by Louisa M. Locke – Read 1/13/26
– Your choice! (freebie!) – need 20
1. Checked Out (The Village Library Mysteries, #1) by Elizabeth Spann Craig – Read 8/27/26
2. The Cat, the Professor & the Poison (Cats in Trouble Mystery, #2) by Leann Sweeney – Read 1/8/26
3. Crime and Parchment (Rare Books Cozy Mystery #1) by Daphne Silver – Read 2/9/26
4. Geared for the Grave (The Cycle Path Mysteries #1) by Duffy Brown – Read 9/5/26
5. Just Witched (Witchless in Seattle, #15) by Dakoka Cassidy – Read 1/8/26
6. Killer Cupcakes (Lexy Baker, #1) by Leighann Dobbs – Read 8/17/26
7. Lavender Lies Bleeding (A Spice Shop Mystery, #9) by Leslie Budewitz – Read 8/23/96
8. Lucky Charm (Spellbound, #4) by Annabel Chase – Read 2/14/26
9. Newlyweds Can Be Knocked Off (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery, #6) by Amanda Flower – Read 4/26/26
10. Tea & Treachery (Tea by the Sea Mysteries #1) by Vicki Delany – Read 9/3/26
11. A Very Novel Murder (Novel Detectives Mystery, #1) by Ellie Alexander – Read 7/10/26
12. Dying to Sell (A Hope Street Church Mystery, #9) by Ellery Adams and Tina Radcliffe – Read 9/9/26
13. The Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco (Book Club Mystery, #1) by Laura DiSilverio – Read 9/13/26
14. An Appetite for Murder (Key West Food Critic Mystery, #1) by Lucy Burdette – Read 9/14/26
15. Death in Four Courses (Key West Food Critic Mystery, #2) by Lucy Burdette – Read 9/19/26
16. Murder, She Barked (Paws & Claws Mystery #1) by Krista Davis – Read 9/21/26
17. Whose Body in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery, #13) by Eva Gates – Read 9/26/26
18. Lye in Wait (Home Crafting Mystery, #1) by Cricket McRae – Read 9/26/26
19. The Hidden Corpse (Food Blogger Mystery, #2) by Debra Sennefelder – Read 10/5/26
20.
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