2023 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge with Prompts

2023 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge with Prompts (Tracking Post)

Hosted by: CMRC & Book Club

Cozy Mysteries only. ~ This is the only hard and fast rule. This challenge was built to expand our love within the Cozy genre, so feel free to pull selections from all sub-genre’s but the books must be a Cozy Mystery to count.

One Book Per Prompt ~ Unless you want to check off five prompts with the same book, go for it. 😉 Your challenge your rules, remember.

Participate ~ We love to see your posts on Instagram, read your comments on Facebook, and see what books you’ve added to the prompts on Storygraph. It’s much more fun when everyone participates, and we Mods get bored when it’s just us talking and posting.

There are 20 prompts with an extra three bonus prompts. They are on Instagram and Facebook.

Karen

My goal this year is to complete 9 of the 23 prompts. I am focusing on prompts #1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, and 19.

Prompt #1	Prompt #2	Prompt #3	Prompt #4
Set in a different time period	Cozy companion that isn't a dog or cat	Has a beverage recipe	Paranormal or Magical Cozy
A Death in Devon by Shea MacLeod	Fairy Wives of Windsor by Trixie Silvertale	Murder Served Neat by Michelle Hillen Klump	Bakeries and Buffoonery by Elizabeth Pantley
Prompt #5	Prompt #6	Prompt #7	Prompt #8
Set somewhere you'd like to vacation	Sun, Moon, or Stars on the cover	A Cozy that matches the season	A Cozy opposite the season
Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron	Witch and Famous by Angela M. Sanders	Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier	Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron
Prompt #9	Prompt #10	Prompt #11	Prompt #12
Male Author	Main Character different than you	An author who uses initials	A past Book Chat selection you haven't read
Dead Men Need No Reservations by Terry Ambrose	Murder is a Piece of Cake by Valerie Burns	A Grave Roast by A.N. Sage
Prompt #13	Prompt #14	Prompt #15	Prompt #16
A library book	A reread	Serves food you'd like to eat	Includes a celebration
	Book Bloggers don't reread books	Murder Spills the Tea by Vicki Delany	Four Parties and a Funeral by Maria DiRico
Prompt #17	Prompt #18	Prompt #19	Prompt #20
Includes a home project	Judge a book by it's cover	Has a different setting from yours	Has a purple cover
A Flicker of a Doubt by Daryl Wood Gerber	Murder 101 by Lynn Cahoon	A Bitter Blend by Erin Johnson	A Medium Homecoming by Lynn Cahoon
Bonus Prompt #1	Bonus Prompt #2	Bonus Prompt #3
Three cozies, same author	Cozy without murder	Read the rainbow
A Medium Homecoming by Lynn Cahoon, A Medium Life by Lynn Cahoon, and Murder 101 by Lynn Cahoon	A Snowball's Chance in Spell ReGina Welling and Erin Lynn	Red - Spiced and Iced by Jenny Kales Orange - Checked Out for Murder by Allison Brook Yellow - Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs Green - Murder and an Irish Curse by Melissa Bourbon Blue - On the Chopping Block by Jenny Kales

Jen

Jen’s goal this year is to complete 15 of the 23 prompts. She is focusing on prompts #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, and 20.

Prompt #1	Prompt #2	Prompt #3	Prompt #4
Set in a different time period	Cozy companion that isn't a dog or cat	Has a beverage recipe	Paranormal or Magical Cozy
Ophelia P.I. by T. Lockhaven and Catherine LaCroix	High Noon by S. E. Biglow	Carmel Conundrum by Stacy Wilder	Which Mage Moved the Cheese by Nikki Haverstock
Prompt #5	Prompt #6	Prompt #7	Prompt #8
Set somewhere you'd like to vacation	Sun, Moon, or Stars on the cover	A Cozy that matches the season	A Cozy opposite the season
Death by Gondola by Jennifer S. Alderson	Of Murders and Mages by Nikki Haverstock	Death by a Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue	Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
Prompt #9	Prompt #10	Prompt #11	Prompt #12
Male Author	Main Character different than you	An author who uses initials	A past Book Chat selection you haven't read
The Homicidal Hairstyle of the Viral Video Vixen by Phillip Mottaz	Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers	High Noon by S. E. Biglow	A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison
Prompt #13	Prompt #14	Prompt #15	Prompt #16
A library book	A reread	Serves food you'd like to eat	Includes a celebration
Fatal Roots by Sheila Connolly	Scandal in Skibbereen by Sheila Connolly	Which Mage Moved the Cheese by Nikki Haverstock	Death by Flamenco by Jennifer S. Alderson
Prompt #17	Prompt #18	Prompt #19	Prompt #20
Includes a home project	Judge a book by it's cover	Has a different setting from yours	Has a purple cover
Death by a Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue	Moving is Murder by Nellie H. Steele	Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers	Carmel Conundrum by Stacy Wilder
Bonus Prompt #1	Bonus Prompt #2	Bonus Prompt #3
Three cozies, same author	Cozy without murder	Read the rainbow
Jennifer S. Alderson Death by Flamenco, Death by Gondola, Collecting Can Be Murder	Midnight Ice by Diane Vallere	Red-Apocalypse Meow Orange-Death at a County Mansion Yellow-Read to Death at the Lakeside Library Green- Star Tangled Murder Blue-Collecting Can Be Murder

Thank you for stopping by to see our progress on the 2023 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge with Prompts. Please feel free to check out our other reading challenges for this year. You can find them linked to the menu above.

Happy Reading!

 

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