Here is where I will be keeping track of the reading challenges I'm doing in 2017, and how I'm progressing on them!
Cruisin' Through the Cozies:
Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) - Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)
- Two from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
- Two from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
- Two from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)
- Two from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
- Two from British cozy mysteries (example: Belinda Lawrence series)
- Two career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)
- Two holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
- Two travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
- Two historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
- Two are your choice! (freebie!) (plus 20 more freebies to make 40 total)
1. Looming Murder by Carol Ann Martin (craft-related)
2. Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn (historical)
3. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander (culinary)
4. Bel of the Brawl by Maggie McConnon (freebie)
5. Crepe Factor by Laura Childs (craft-related)
6. The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle (freebie)
7. Double Dog Dare by Linda O. Johnston (animal)
8. Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea (freebie)
9. Wedding Bel Blues by Maggie McConnon (freebie)
10. Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle (freebie)
11. Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison (British)
12. Half-Price Homicide by Elaine Viets (career-based)
13. Hospitality and Homicide by Lynn Cahoon (career-based)
14. Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams (freebie)
15. Raining Cats and Dogs by Laurien Berenson (animal)
16. Pekoe Most Poison by Laura Childs (culinary)
17. Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander (freebie)
18. A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt (paranormal)
19. The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby (freebie)
20. Death on the Patagonian Express by Hy Conrad (travel)
21. Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis (holiday)
22. Gin and Panic (historical)
23. Bel, Book, and Scandal (freebie)
24. Bloodstains with Bronte (freebie)
25. A Devious Death (historical)
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Mount TBR Reading Challenge
Mount Everest Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
1. With Malice by Eileen Cook
2. Whiteout by Greg Rucka
3. Looming Murder by Carol Ann Martin
4. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
5. The Sea of Tranquility of Katja Millay
6. Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by Lauren Oliver
7. Tales For a Winter's Night by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8. Don't Turn Out the Lights by Bernard Minier
9. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
10. Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
11. Girl with a Peal Earring by Tracy Chevalier
12. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
13. The Martian by Andy Weir
14. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
15. Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade
16. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
17. Bradstreet Gate by Robin Kirman
18. The Case of the Blond Bonanza by Erle Stanley Gardner
19. Year of the Dunk by Asher Price
20. The Readaholic and the Poirot Puzzle by Laura DiSilverio
21. This House is Haunted by John Boyne
22. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
23. Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
24. You by Caroline Kepnes
25. The Dinner by Herman Koch
26. Joyland by Stephen King
27. So Close the Hand of Death by J.T. Ellison
28. The Poisoned House by Michael Ford
29. Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
30. The Summons by John Grisham
31. Double Dog Dare by Linda O. Johnston
32. Nancy Drew: The New Case Files #3: Together with the Hardy Boys by Gerry Conway
33. The Surrogates: Volume 2: Flesh and Bone by Robert Vendetti
34. Journeys to the Twilight Zone edited by Carol Sterling
35. The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich
36. Whiteout: Volume 2: Melt by Greg Rucka
37. More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman
38. The Lost City of Z by David Grann
39. Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle
40. Always Watching by Chevy Stevens
41. They All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire
42. The Silent Sister by Dianne Chamberlain
43. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
44. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
45. Bloodstream by Tess Gerritsen
46. Nine: An Anthology of Russia's Foremost Women Writers edited by Svetlana Alexiyevich
47. The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
48. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
49. Defending Jacob by William Landay
50. The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
51. Half-Price Homicide by Elaine Viets
52. The Missing One by Lucy Atkins
53. The Sleep Room by F.R. Tallis
54. True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel
55. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
56. Scales of Justice by Ngaio Marsh
57. The False Friend by Myla Goldberg
58. Mindhunter by John Douglas
59. Seance for a Vampire by Fred Saberhagen
60. Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness in the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann
61. The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
62. Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid
63. The Baker Street Translation by Michael Robertson
64. Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
65. The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight
66. Raining Cats and Dogs by Laurien Berenson
67. The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
68. The Fever by Megan Abbott
69. The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagencrantz
70. A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt
71. The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
72. A Lesson in Murder by Augustus Cileone
73. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
74. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
75. Crime Through Time edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman
76. When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh
77. The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg
78. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
79. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
80. The Lake House by Kate Morton
81. Halfway House by Ellery Queen
82. Blood Pact by Tanya Huff
83. The Mammoth Book of True Crimes by Colin Wilson
84. Good Morning Irene by Carole Nelson Douglas
85. Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
86. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
87. The Run of his Life by Jeffrey Toobin
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Ultimate Popstar Reading Challenge:
1. A book recommended by a librarian: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Gailbraith
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
3. A book of letters: Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster
4. An audiobook: Crooked House by Agatha Christie
5. A book by a person of color: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title: The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey
7. A book that is a story within a story: The Lake House by Kate Morton
8. A book with multiple authors: Crime Through Time
9. An espionage thriller: The 39 Steps by John Buchan
10. A book with a cat on the cover: Raining Cats & Dogs by Laurien Berenson
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym: Halfway House by Ellery Queen
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read: The Martian by Andy Weir
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
14. A book involving travel: When in Rome by Ngaio Marsh
15. A book with a subtitle: Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood by William J. Mann
16. A book that's published in 2017: The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry
17. A book involving a mythical creature: Blood Pact by Tanya Huff
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile: The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr (because it makes me think of my trips to Scotland) (re read)
19. A book about food: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
20. A book with career advice: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective: Animal Farm by George Orwell
22. A steampunk novel: Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Carrier
23. A book with a red spine : Good Morning, Irene by Carole Nelson Douglas
24. A book seet in the wilderness: The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lipton
25. A book you loved as a child: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (re read)
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited: The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg
27. A book with a title that's a character's name: Dracula by Bram Stoker (re read)
28. A novel set during wartime: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
29. A book with an unreliable narrator: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
30. A book with pictures: Whiteout by Greg Rucka
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
32. A book about an interesting woman: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca
33. A book set in two different time periods: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
35. A book set in a hotel: Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
36. A book written by someone you admire: Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy Carter
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017: The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas: Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before: Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn
40. A book you bought on a trip: With Malice by Eileen Cook
Advanced List:
I'm going for Level Platinum--75 Books
1) Different Class by Joanne Harris
2) Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia
3) Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
4) The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry
5) The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
6) The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn
7) The Nightwalker by Sebastian Fitzek
8) Swiss Vendetta by Tracee de Hahn
9) The Girl Who Lied by Sue Fortin
10) A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
11) Bel of the Brawl by Maggie McConnon
12) The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye
13) Crepe Factor by Laura Childs
14) Murder in Plain English by Michael Arntfield and Marcel Danesi
15) Ill Will by Dan Chaon
16) City of Light, City of Poison by Holly Tucker
17) Gone Without a Trace by Mary Tojussen
18) The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn
19) Blacklist by Alyson Noel
20) Burntown by Jennifer McMahon
21) Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea
22) Wedding Bel Blues by Maggie McConnon
23) Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall by Hannah Dennison
24) The World's Greatest Detective by Caroline Carlson
25) Hospitality and Homicide by Lynn Cahoon
26) Dis Mem Ber by Joyce Carol Oates
27) Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica
28) The Child by Fiona Barton
29) Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente
30) Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
31) Bring Her Home by David Bell
32) The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
33) The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond
34) The Goddesses by Swan Huntley
35) Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber
36) Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
37) Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
38) Dead Girls Can't Lie by Carys Jones
39) The Other Girl by Erica Spindler
40) Thornhill by Pam Smy
41) The Van Gogh Deception by Deron Hicks
42) Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander
43) The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
44) The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby
45) Death on the Patagonian Express by Hy Conrad
46) Death of a Pumpkin Carver by Lee Hollis
47) The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
48) Gin and Panic by Maia Chance
49) Bel, Book, and Scandal by Maggie McConnon
50) The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
51) Close to Me by Amanda Reynolds
52) Bloodstains with Bronte by Katherine Bolger Hyde
53) A Devious Death by Alyssa Maxwell
54) H.H. Holmes by Adam Selzer
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