JUST FOR FUN!
Cozy mysteries, also referred to simply as “cozies”, are a sub-genre of crime fiction mysteries in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. The crime-solver is an amateur sleuth, usually but not always a woman, who is thrust into the aftermath of the murder. The protagonist frequently has an occupation or hobby that brings appealing information to the reader.
Challenge – Read as many cozy mysteries as you can in 2024!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2024, and ends on December 31, 2024.
Rules
1. Choose the level at which you would like to participate:
Levels
- Peckish – 1 – 25 Cozy Mysteries
- Famished – 26 – 51 Cozy Mysteries
- Yearning – 51 – 75 Cozy Mysteries
- Starving – 76 – 100 Cozy Mysteries
- Ravenous – 101 – 125 Cozy Mysteries
- Voracious – 126 – 150 Cozy Mysteries
- Overindulged – 151 – 200 Cozy Mysteries
- Pigged Out – 201 or more Cozy Mysteries
You can always go up a level but you can’t go down.
2. You can Feed Your Need To Read with print, digital, or audiobooks.
3. You do not have to post a review but the authors would appreciate it if you did. If you need help just let me know.
4. You do not need to have a blog to participate. If you do have a blog, take the button above, put it on your blog, and post about the challenge.
5. Join the Craving for Cozies Facebook Group here and share your progress with everyone.
6. Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book (right sidebar) for cozy giveaways and reviews.
7. You can keep track any way you wish. You can even set up a special shelf on Goodreads.com to help you keep track! It is super easy, Just click the MY BOOKS tab at the top of the page. When that page opens just click – ADD A SHELF in the left-hand sidebar. Title it Craving for Cozies Challenge and you are all set.
8. SIGN UP HERE!
The form has a spot to request a copy of your responses so you can save it and be able to refresh your memory as to which level you signed up for.
If you post about your books on Social Media, please use the hashtag #CravingCozies
FILL OUT THIS FORM WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE OR WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE YEAR.
HAVE FUN!
My List
- Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert
- Rivers and Creaks by Marc Jedel
- A Troubling Case of Murder on the Menu by Donna Doyle
- Exercise is Murder by Bruce Hammack
- Fatal Findings by Fern Cooper
- Murder She Wrote: Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
- The Case of the Christmas Angel by Carmen Radtke
- Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles
- Once Upon a Murder by Samantha Larsen
- Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
- A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy
- Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley
- Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters
- A Charming Crime by Tonya Kappes
- Double Scoop of Murder by Lena Gregory
- Up in Smoke by Shannon VanBergen
- Daffodils and Deadly Deeds by Victoria Tait
- Rest, Relax, Run for Your Life by Katherine H. Brown
- Battered and Buried by Lena Gregory
- Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel by Katherine H. Brown
- Five Card Murder by Bruce Hammack
- Murder She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
- Witchy Wednesday by Denise Jaden
- Deadly Gamble by Kate Parker
- Peonies and Peril by Sue Holloway
- Kibbles and Death by S.A. Kazlo
- A Twinkle of Trouble by Daryl Wood Gerber
- Graven Images by Lori Roberts Herbst
- Pride and Principal by Marc Jedel
- Case of the Bayfront Murder by S.K. Derban
- Murder at the Front by Lynn Morrison
- Hospital Havoc by Nellie Stein
- Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin
- Framed for Murder by Marla A. White
- Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel by Mollie Hunt
- Cat Got Your Diamonds by Julie Chase
- Murder on the Med by Nancy Cole Silverman
- Over the Edge by Kathleen Bryant
- Seven-Year Witch by Angela M. Sanders
- Next of Twin by LA Boruff
- Murder at Mistlethwaite Manor by AJ Skelly
- Booked on Murder by Allison Brook
- Murder in the Dunes by Bruce Hammack
- The Case of the Bereaved Butler by Cathy Ace
- Mutterly Mistaken by Katheryn Mykel
- French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron
- Halloween Parade Peril by Victoria Tait
- Bell, Book and Corpses by T.C. LoTempio
- Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia Kelly
- Murder She Wrote: Killer Christmas by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
- Meditation and Mischief by Elizabeth Pantley
- A Dash of Murder by Teresa Trent
- I’ll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost
- Deadlines and Valentines by Heather Weidner
- A Room for Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries) by Michele Pariza Wacek
- Murder at Mile Marker 18 (A Mallory Beck Cozy Culinary Caper Book 1) by Denise Jaden
- Halloween Story by Agatha Christie
- Murder in Season by Mary Winters
- Crafty Cat by Mollie Hunt
- Murder at the Spring Ball by Benedict Brown
- Yuletide Market Murder by Victoria Tait
- Hemlock and Homicide by Bruce Hammack
- Hot Chocolate and a Festive Fatality by Victoria Tait
An Optional Mini Challenge
Please List the Title and the Author
A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WITH AN INITIAL IN THEIR NAME – Rest, Relax, Run for your Life by Katherine H. Brown 3/12
A BOOK PUBLISHED BEFORE 2000 – Halloween Story by Agatha Christie
A BOOK SET OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES – Murder in Masquerade by Mary Winters 2/20
A BOOK SET IN WISCONSIN OR TEXAS – A Dash of Murder by Teresa Trent 10/9 Texas
A BOOK BY A NEW TO YOU AUTHOR – A Case of Murder on the Menu by Donna Doyle 1/3
A BOOK SHORTER THAN 200 PAGES – Up in Smoke by Shannon VanBergen 2/28 170 pgs
A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN THE 6TH BOOK IN A SERIES – Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert 1/4
A BOOK WITH AN ANIMAL ON THE COVER – Fatal Findings by Fern Cooper 1/11
A BOOK CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICAL COZY MYSTERY – Once Upon a Murder by Samantha Larsen 2/8
A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR TO-BE-READ STACK FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS – Cat Got Your Diamonds by Julie Chase 5/29
A BOOK ABOUT A GHOST OR A WITCH – Witchy Wednesday by Denise Jaden 4/1
A BOOK ABOUT THAT INCLUDES RECIPES – French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 9/5
We have had such fun the past few years with the Mini Challenges in the Alphabet Soup Challenge that I host that I wanted to add a Mini Challenge to this challenge as well. This Mini Challenge is completely optional and instead of a different challenge each month this will be a year-long challenge. You can set your own schedule just as long as you complete it by December 31, 2024.
I am calling this the Craving for Cozies Library Card Challenge. You must “check out” a book that fits each prompt on your Library Card.
You can print out the picture above and use it to keep track of books for the challenge or you can use the simple list above.
As I said, this is completely optional.
When you complete the Library Card Mini Challenge – FILL OUT THIS FORM
I will choose at least 1 winner in January 2025 from all that complete the challenge.
As requested the Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge including the bonus Craving for Cozies Library Card has been added to Storygraph. https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/48251eb5-6d99-4b79-8cf8-88feadddbea0
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Happy Reading!