Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2025

I’m starting to think about reading challenges I want to join for next year. First up is the Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews. I’m aiming at being an investigator, reading 20 cozy mysteries of my choice hopefully including one from each of the categories below.

• One from culinary – Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
• One from animal-related – 
• One from craft related – Death Among the Doilies by Mollie Cox Bryan
• One from paranormal – Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke
• One from cozy mysteries based outside the US – A Death in Diamonds by S. J. Bennett
• One career-based cozy mystery – The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
• One holiday based – A Victim at Valentine’s by Ellie Alexander
• One travel mystery – 
• One historical mystery – Death at the Highland Loch by Lydia Travers
• One is your choice! – 

Books read:

1. Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin
2. Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke
3. Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss
4. The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
5. A Death in Diamonds by SJ Bennett
6. A Victim at Valentine's by Ellie Alexander
7. My Fatal Valentine by Leighann Dobbs
8. The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis
9. Mozzarella Murder by R.M. Murphy
10. The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien
11. Music Festival Murder by R.M. Murphy
12. Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney
13. I Kill Always Love You by Helen Golden
14. Autumn Harvest Murder by R.M. Murphy
15. Killing in C Sharp by Alexia Gordon
16. Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay
17. Death at the Highland Loch by Lydia Travers
18. Death Among the Doilies by Mollie Cox Bryan
19. A Difficult Position by Helena Marchmont
20. Homicide and Old Lace by Dolores Johnson