2024 READING CHALLENGES

 CHALLENGES:


REPORTER CHALLENGE 2024

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Who? What? Where? When? Why?

How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!

 Cub reporter: 5 books (1 from each category)

Columnist: 10 books (2 from each category)

News Anchor: 15 books (3 from each category)

Editor: 20 books (4 from each category)

Newspaper Mogul: 25 books (5 from each category)

 

BONUS CATEGORY:

Pulitzer Prize Winner (Newspaper Mogul plus Bonus Category) = 30 books

 

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY:

Nobel Prize for Literature (Newspaper Mogul plus Pulitzer Prize + Extra Bonus) = 31 books


TOTAL=27/31


5/5

WHO

Protagonist is established in their business or career CLAW ENFORCEMENT by Sofie Ryan

Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie…anybody who is dead) SOUTHERN SASS AND KILLER CRAVINGS by Kate Young (ghost)

A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.) FURBIDDEN FATALITY by Deborah Blake (animal shelter)

A Protagonist who is involved in a love (dating) triangle CAUGHT BREAD HANDED by Ellie Alexander

A Character who bakes GOODBYE CRULLER WORLD by Ginger Bolton

 

5/5

WHAT

A number in the title DIRTY THIRTY by Janet Evanovich

A color in the title CASE OF THE BLEUS by Korina Moss

Title is at least five words LET IT CROW! LET IT CROW! LET IT CROW! by Donna Andrews

An Anthology HALLOWEEN CUPCAKE MURDER by Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland & Carol J. Perry

Title is a play on words (ex: Left Fur Dead) BETWEEN A FLOCK AND A HARD PLACE by Donna Andrews


4/5

WHERE

Set in a state that touches water A TRIP WITH TROUBLE by Diane Kelly (North Carolina)

Set on an island HIDDEN BENEATH by Barbara Ross

Set in a state starting with 'M" MRS. MORRIS AND THE POT OF GOLD by Traci Wilton (Massachusetts)

Set on a farm 

Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) DEATH AT A SCOTTISH WEDDING by Lucy Connelly (Scotland)


 4/5

WHEN

Set in the 1800s or earlier 

Set in the 1900s MURDER AT A LONDON FINISHING SCHOOL by Jessica Elliott (early 1900s)

Set during spring MURDER AT THE BLARNEY BASH by Darci Hannah (St. Patrick's Day)

Set during summer MEET YOUR BAKER by Ellie Alexander

Set during a holiday TWAS THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS by David Rosenfelt (Christmas)


 5/5

WHY

(Motives)

Money/Greed VERSE AND VENGEANCE by Amanda Flower

Jealousy A BATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH by Ellie Alexander

Revenge THE EXPECTANT DETECTIVES by Kat Ailes

To stop blackmail A NUTCRACKER NIGHTMARE by Christina Romeril

To keep a secret/cover up PAWS TO REMEMBER by Sofie Kelly


4/5 

BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE

WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out MRS. MORRIS AND THE WOLFMAN by Traci Wilton

WHAT – Title or series title starts with the 1st letter of your last name ON THIN ICING by Ellie Alexander

WHERE – Set in a fictional  place you would love to live

WHEN – During a storm (doesn't have to be whole story) A FRIGHT TO THE DEATH by Dawn Eastman

WHY – To kill a witness CHEDDAR OFF DEAD by Korina Moss

 

0/1

EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)

Pick a horoscope from the 1st of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.



A - Z Challenge


16/26


A

Blueberry Blunder by Amanda Flower

Christmas Mittens Murder (an anthology)

D

E

Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay

Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss

Hop Til You Drop by J.M. Griffin

Irish Milkshake Murder (an anthology)

Jelly Filled Justice by Jessica Beck

K

Lost and Fondue by Avery Adams

Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chen

No Parm No Foul by Linda Reilly

Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings

Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams

Q

R

Sniffing Out Murder by Kallie E. Benjamin

T

Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly

Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke

When I Was Alice by Jennifer Murgia

X

Y

Z




Cruising Through the Cozies Challenge


Going for Investigator!


15/20 COMPLETED

2 from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)

Curds of Prey by Korina Moss

The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames


from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)

 

2 from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)
It Came Upon a Midnight Shear by Allie Pleiter

2 from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
 Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow
The Witch Who Settled the Account by Emma Belmont

2 from cozy mysteries based outside the US
Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O'Connor (Ireland)


2 career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.) 
Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter (home renovation)
A Perilous Pal by Laura Bradford (companion)

2 holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
Jealousy Filled Donuts by Ginger Bolton (4th of July)

2 travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by PJ Fitzsimmons
Fur Love or Money by Sofie Ryan

2 historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley (1951)
The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen (1936)

2 Freebies
Murder on Tour by V.M. Burns
City of Betrayal by Victoria Thompson



It’s All in the Title Challenge 2024

 

 21/24 COMPLETED

1)      Animal in title Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman by Traci Wilton

2)      Color in title Case of the Bleus by Korina Moss

3)      Number in title  Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

4)      Job (or career) in title Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

5)      Food in title Halloween Cupcake Murder (an anthology by Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland & Carol J. Perry)

6)      Flavor in title (chocolate, caramel, etc.) Murder with Chocolate Tea by Karen Rose Smith

7)      Holiday in title Twas the Bite Before Christmas by David Rosenfelt

8)      Fire in title (flame, candle, light, etc.) 

9)      Name in title (any proper name) The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by PJ Fitzsimmons

10)  Place in title  Murder at a London Finishing School by Jessica Ellicott

11)  Relationship in title (aunt, uncle, grandmother, parent, niece, etc.) A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey

12)  Supernatural element in title (witch, vampire, skeleton, etc.) 

13)  Weather in title (snow, cold, sunny, rain, ice, etc.) 

14)  Death in title A Fright to the Death by Dawn Eastman 

15)  Alliteration in title Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake

16)  Craft word in title (knit, needle, etc.) It Came Upon a Midnight Shear by Allie Pleiter

17)  Title is a play on words Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss

18)  Seven word title (or more) Let it Crow! Let it Crow! Let it Crow! by Donna Andrews

19)  Two word title Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien

20)  Weapon in title A Nutcracker Nightmare by Christina Romeril

21)  Action verb in title Murder at the Blarney Bash by Darci Hannah

22) Adjective in title On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 

23)  Piece of clothing in title Christmas Mittens Murder (an anthology by Lee Hollis, Lynn Cahoon & Maddie Day)

24)  Library reference in title (checked out, etc.) Murder in the Book Lover's Loft by Ellery Adams

25) Unusual word in title Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke



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