CHALLENGES:
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2024
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
How? – In a cozy chair with a hot cup of cocoa and a box of bonbons!
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=31/31
0/5
WHO
Protagonist is established in their business or career
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie…anybody who is dead)
A Main Character who works with animals (K9, trainer, vet, etc.)
A Protagonist who is involved in a love (dating) triangle
A Character who bakes
WHAT
A number in the title
A color in the title
Title is at least five words
An Anthology
Title is a play on words (ex: Left Fur Dead)
WHERE
Set in a state that touches water
Set on an island
Set in a state starting with 'M"
Set on a farm
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England)
WHEN
Set in the 1800s or earlier
Set in the 1900s
Set during spring
Set during summer
Set during a holiday
WHY
(Motives)
Money/Greed
Jealousy
Revenge
To stop blackmail
To keep a secret/cover up
0/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – A book where you figured out who did it before the protagonist figured it out
WHAT – Title or series title starts with the 1st letter of your last name
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live
WHEN – During a storm (doesn't have to be whole story)
WHY – To kill a witness
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
8/26
A
B
Christmas Mittens Murder (an anthology)
D
E
Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake
Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss
H
Irish Milkshake Murder (an anthology)
Jelly Filled Justice by Jessica Beck
K
L
Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chen
N
Of Hoaxes and Homicide by Anastasia Hastings
P
Q
R
S
T
U
Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke
W
X
Y
Z
Cruising Through the Cozies Challenge
Going for Investigator!
2/20 COMPLETED
2 from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
2 from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
It’s All in the Title Challenge 2024
1) Animal in title Mrs. Morris and the Wolfman by Traci Wilton
2) Color in title
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.)
7) Holiday in title
8) Fire in title (flame, candle, light, etc.)
9) Name in title (any proper name)
10) Place in title Murder at a London Finishing School by Jessica Ellicott
11) Relationship in title (aunt, uncle, grandmother, parent, niece, etc.)
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.)
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
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.)
25) Unusual word in title Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke
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