I am a huge Agatha Christie fan and have participated in the Read Christie reading challenge before, but I don't think I've ever posted about it here before. It's hosted at agathachristie.com. This year it's about characters and their careers. Every month features a character type and the book selected for that month features them - from artists and performers to detectives and spies. There are "official" selections, but you can also choice to read alternatives. The hashtag is #ReadChristie2025.
January - Artists (Five Little Pigs)February - Authors (The 13 Problems)March - Performers (Three Act Tragedy)April - Butlers (The Seven Dials Mystery)May - Detectives (Cards on the Table)June - Amateurs (Crooked House)July - Archaeologists (Come, Tell Me How You Live)August - Medics (One, Two Buckle My Shoe)September - Religious Figures (At Bertram's Hotel)October - Lawyers (Towards Zero)November - Spies (Cat Among the Pigeons)December - Military Men (N or M or The Sittaford Mystery)
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I’m signing up for the 2025 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. I might be a bit of an audiobook junkie. My goal for the year is 50+ again, which puts me at the Marathoner level. The hashtag is #2025AudiobookChallenge.
Also, June is Audiobook Month, so there will be a special mini-challenge just for the month.
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The Literary Escapes Challenge hosted at Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book is one I didn't do great at last year. The goal is to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Countries around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country – no repeats.
States:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho - This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana - Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania - Mozzarella Murder by R.M. Murphy
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss by Krista Davis
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Countries:
England - Five Little Pigs by Agatha...
I failed at this challenge in 2024, but I'm giving it another shot. The Nonfiction reader challenge is hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. The hashtag is #ReadNonFicChal.
The challenge is to read nonfiction books from twelve different categories. I’m going with the Nonfiction Nipper option, reading three from any three categories. The categories are:
History
Memoir/Biography - Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old by Brooke Shields
True Crime
Science
Health
Food
Travel
Garden
Myth, Legend and Folklore
Islands
How-To - How to Piss Off Men by Kyle Prue
Published in 2025
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Last year I read mostly cozy mysteries. Now that everything has settled out a little, maybe I'll branch out some in 2025. Or maybe not. A lot of these can be filled with mysteries.
Books read:
A pun in the title - Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss
A character with red hair
Title starts with letter “M” - Murder at Raven’s Hollow by Louise Marley
Title starts with letter “N”
Plot includes a heist
Genre One: Set in Spring
Genre Two: Set in Summer
Genre Three: Set in Autumn - How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin (mystery)
Genre Four: Set in Winter
Author’s last name is also a first name - Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
A prequel
Has a moon on the cover - Full Moon Pups by Liz Garton Scanlon
Title is ten letters or less
Climate fiction
Includes Latin American history
Author has won an Edgar award - In the Shadow of Agatha Christie edited by Leslie S. Klinger
Told in verse
A character who can fly
Has short chapters
A fairy tale...
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 –
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 –
One is your choice! –
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