Category: Reading Challenge

We all know I love cozies, so of course I'm signing up for the Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge again. It's 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 – Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien One from animal-related –  One from craft related –  One from paranormal – Fatality in F by Alexia Gordon One from cozy mysteries based outside the US – A Disorganised Death by Simon Brett One career-based cozy mystery – A Very Novel Murder by Ellie Alexander One holiday based –  One travel mystery –  One historical mystery – A Staged Death by Samantha Larsen One is your choice! – This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone by Catherine Mack Books read:...

I am signing up for the Nonfiction reader challenge again this year. It's 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 again this year, reading three from any three categories. The categories are: History Memoir/Biography True Crime Science Health Food South East Asia Humour (Humor) Lost or found Television Subculture Published in 2026 Books read:...

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) Books read:...

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. Books read:...

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 - The Storm by Rachel Hawkins Alaska Arizona   Arkansas California - Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss Colorado - Homicide and Old Lace by Dolores Johnson Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida - The Sea Turtle Did It by Kay Dew Shostak Georgia Hawaii - Hibiscus Homicide by Jasmine Webb Idaho - This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead Illinois - Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana - Haunting and Homicide by Ava Burke Maine - A Wonderful Christmas Crime by Jacqueline Frost Maryland Massachusetts   Michigan - Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper Minnesota Mississippi -...