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=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

 

0/5

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) 


0/5

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) 


 0/5

WHEN

Set in the 1800s or earlier 

Set in the 1900s 

Set during spring

Set during summer

Set during a holiday 


 0/5

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

 

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


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.)


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

 

2 from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)


2 from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
 

2 from cozy mysteries based outside the US


2 career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.) 
Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter (home renovation)

2 holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)


2 travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)


2 historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
City of Betrayal by Victoria Thompson

2 Freebies



It’s All in the Title Challenge 2024

 

 14/24 COMPLETED

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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