2025 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge

2025 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge Tracking Post

Hosted by: Socrates’ Book Reviews

This year’s cozy mystery reading challenge has two ways to participate, and you can choose whichever suits you the best:

A) Read only the cozy mysteries of your choice.

Or

B) Read one book from these sub-genres:

– One from culinary
– One from animal-related
– One from craft related
– One from paranormal
– One from cozy mysteries based outside the US
– One career-based cozy mystery
– One holiday based
– One travel mystery
– One historical mystery
– One is your choice! (freebie!)

Here are the levels you can join for either A or B…

Level one (Snoop) –
A) Read 10 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read one book in each of the above cozy sub-genres (total of 10 books)

Level two (Investigator) –
A) Read 20 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read all the books in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 20)

Level three (Super Sleuth) –
A) Read 30 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 30 books)

Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) –
A)Read 40 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B)Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)

Here are the rules…

1. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31.

2. You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year. Books can overlap with other challenges.

3. Books can be in any format – paper, audio, ebooks…it all counts!

4. You don’t have to post a review, but others would love to know about the books you are reading and may even want to add them to their reading lists.

NOTE: If you don’t have a blog and want to participate, that’s fine. You don’t have to have a blog, post in the comments section as you finish books. If you belong to a site like Goodreads and review the books there, that’s fine too. Just leave us the link. I also have a group for this challenge on Goodreads, and you can sign up here.

5. If you have a blog, take the button above, put it on your blog, and post about the challenge. Then add your name to Mr. Linky below. Please use the link to your challenge post, not the link to your home page.

6. I will have one link for signing up, one for completed reviews, and one for your wrap-up posts. I won’t have a monthly link, just one for all reviews read for this challenge.

Remember to click the link near the top after “Hosted by” to see the official challenge page. 

Karen

This year, I aim to become a Level Two (Investigator) with 20 cozy mysteries.

1. The Mystery in the Margins by L.L. Gray
2. Carousels and Characters by Elizabeth Pantley
3. Death at the Scottish Broch by Rose Kerr
4. The Next Deadly Chapter by V.M. Burns
5. Killing Me Soufflé by Ellie Alexander
6. High Tea and Misdemeanors by Laura Childs
7. Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings by Liz Ireland
8. Essence of Foul Play by Daryl Wood Gerber
9. Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher, Barbara Early
10. Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss
11. Death by Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin by Sarah Graves
12. The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis
13. Wheeler-Dealer by Rita Moreau
14. Hounding a Killer by Kallie E. Benjamin
15. A Whale of a Crime by Mona Marple
16. An Air Of Deceit by Kristen King
17. Puzzles and Premieres by Elizabeth Pantley
18. A Body in Boston by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran
19. Icing on the Murder by Valerie Burns
20. A Dish Best Served Dead by T.C. LoTempio
21. A Murder Most Fowl by Carmela Dutra
22. Claws Out by Cate Conte
23. Laying Down the Latte by Ellie Alexander
24. Death on Dickens Island by Allison Brook
25. Witch and Tell by Angela M. Sanders
26. The Body in the Trees by Jessica Fletcher, Terrie Farley Moran
27. Murder at Blackwood Inn by Penny Warner
28. Death at the Door by Olivia Blacke
29. The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols
30. Murder Strikes a Chord by Heather Weidner

Jen

Jen’s goal this year is to become a level two (Investigator) with 20 cozy mysteries. 

1. Feasts and Farewells by Daisy Landish
2. Wine and Whispers by Daisy Landish
3. Murder in Season by Mary Winters
4. Star-Crossed Egg Tarts by Jennifer J. Chow
5. Wheels and Dirty Deals by Trixie Silvertale
6. Candle With Care by Valona Jones
7. The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
8. Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O'Connor
9. Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly
10. Night of the Living Bread by Mary Lee Ashford
11. Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney
12. Murder Most Eastern by Nellie H. Steele
13. Murder Pays a Call by Nancy J. Cohen
14. Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
15. Flamed Out by Valona Jones
16. At Death's Dough by Mindy Quigley
17. O, Deadly Night by Vicki Delany
18. A Wonderful Christmas Crime by Jacqueline Frost

Thank you for checking our progress on the 2025 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies. 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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