CHALLENGES:
REPORTER CHALLENGE 2026
Who? What? Where? When? How?
Why? – Because it's fun!
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=24/31
3/5
WHO
Protagonist is a baker Star Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Cho
Any Character who is a dead person (ghost, skeleton, vampire, zombie…anybody who is dead)
Protagonist is a mother or father Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima (2 POV = Father & Stepmother)
A Side Character who is fun/kooky (you'd want to be this person's BFF)
A Character who works with books or writes Crime & Punctuation by Kaitlyn Dunnett
4/5
WHAT
Supernatural element in the title Here Ghost Nothing by Dina Marie
Proper name in the title Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library by Amanda Chapman
Title starts with any letter in your last name Birthdays Are Murder by Cindy Sample
Holiday in the title Murder at the Valentine Ball by Andrea Kress
Title is a play on words
WHERE
Set in a city that starts with a D, a P or a S A Tour to Die For by Michelle Chouinard (San Francisco)
Set in a small town Southern Sass and a Crispy Corpse by Kate Young (Peach Cove)
Set in a New England state Hidden Hollow Hotel by Jennifer Oberth (Maine)
On vacation Tea With Jam and Dread by Vicki Delaney
Set on foreign soil (NOT America or England) The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah (Greece)
4/5
WHEN
Set during a holiday
Set in the 1900s The Girl on the Doorstep by Andrea Kress (1931)
Set during summer Murder At the Beach House by Andrea Kress
Set during fall There'll Be Shell to Pay by Molly MacRae
Set during a snow storm (doesn't have to be whole story) Country House Murder by Andrea Kress
4/5
HOW
Strangled
Stabbed A Perilous Plot by Lorna Barrett
Shot Murder At Highfields by Andrea Kress
Poisoned How To Talk To Your Dog About Murder by Emily Soderberg
Blunt Instrument Definitely Maybe Not A Detective by Sarah Fox
4/5
BONUS CATEGORY – PULITZER PRIZE
WHO – Protagonist is married Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins by James Runcie
WHAT – Title is at least seven words The Serial Killer Guide To San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard
WHERE – Set in a fictional place you would love to live Death on a Scottish Train by Lucy Connelly (Sea Isle, Scotland)
WHEN – Set during a conference or convention
HOW – Accident Murder On The House by Juliet Blackwell
EXTRA BONUS CATEGORY – NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Horoscope (from on-line or a newspaper or wherever)
Pick a horoscope from the 3rd of any month. Then read a book that relates to that horoscope.
A - Z Challenge
0/26
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Cruising Through the Cozies Challenge
Going for Investigator!
0/20 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 2026
1) Animal in title
2) Color in title
3) Number in title
4) Job (or career) in title
5) Food in title
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
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
15) Vehicle in title
16) Craft word in title (knit, needle, etc.)
17) Weather in title
18) Gambling in title
19) Sports in title
20) Furniture in title
21) Title is a play on words
22) Seven word title
23) Piece of clothing in title
24) Library reference in title (checked out, etc.)
25) Unusual word in title
26) Two word title
27) Weapon in title
28) Action verb in title
29) Adjective in title
30) Coffee word in title
