- Welcome to my very first reading challenge!!!! I’ve been participating in reading challenges for…. gosh probably 5-6 years. But when I was a kid I’d always join in on the summer reading challenges at my library. Reading’s always been a big part of my year.
My sister hosts 2 reading challenges ever year… one for Jane Austen books, and one for steampunk books. After I offhandedly mentioned that I’d like to host one next year, she
harassed me suggested that I go ahead and start it now.
After some deliberation, we figured out that there’s quite a few existing challenges for cozy mysteries, and while I enjoy cozies, that’s not the only kind of mysteries I read. However, the majority of my favorite mysteries are solved by ladies. Sure there’s room in my heart for Nero, Hercule, Sherlock, and KoKo… but I read so many more mysteries solved by the female detectives.
Enter
This runs from January 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2016.
You can enter anytime between now & September 1st, 2016.
Rules
I’m keeping this pretty laidback. Wanna read ebooks? Cool. Wanna listen to audiobooks? Cool. Wanna read YA? Cool. So long as it matches the theme of a lady detective being one of the primary characters, I’m good with audio, digital, graphic, YA… whatever.
You do not have to blog about it. You do not have to leave reviews. You do not have to choose your books in advance. All that you’re required to do, is leave a comment below with what level you’re aiming for.
If you’d like to keep up with my updates on this challenge, and be in the loop for any surprises I throw in the mix, you can subscribe in the box below.
Levels
Trixie: 1-3 books (You’re a bit new to this, but you’ve got killer hunches.)
Jane: 4-6 books (You’re quite the clever old bird, but the local constabulary really wish you’d keep out of it.)
Jessica: 7+ books (You find mystery wherever you go. If you’re not a mystery writer yet, you really should be.)
Here is what I'm reading:
- Murder of a Bookstore Babe--Denise Swanson
- Moon Spinners--Sally Goldenbaum
- Murder in Little Italy--Victoria Thompson
- Hiss of Death--Rita Mae Brown
- X--Sue Grafton
- Glazed Murder--Jessica Beck
- A Crazy Little Thing Called Death--Nancy Martin
- Hooked on Murder--Betty Hechtman
- Dead Men Don't Crochet--Betty Hechtman
- A Cold Day for Murder--Dana Stabenow
- Cross Bones--Kathy Reichs
- Bones to Ashes--Kathy Reichs
- Savannah Breeze--Mary Kay Andrews
- A Sheetcake Named Desire--Jacklyn Brady
- The Makeover Murders--Jennifer Rowe
- The 5th Horseman--James Patterson
- The 6th Target--James Patterson
- 7th Heaven--James Patterson
- The 8th Confession--James Patterson
- A Rose From the Dead--Kate Collins
- The 9th Judgment--James Patterson
- Murder in Merino--Sally Goldenbaum
- Tricky Twenty-Two--Janet Evanovich
- Double Fudge Brownie Murder--Joanne Fluke
- The PMS Murder--Laura Levine
- 10th Anniversary--James Patterson
- It Takes a Witch--Heather Blake
- An Uninvited Ghost--E.J. Copperman
- Purl Up and Die--Maggie Sefton
- The Chemist--Stephenie Meyer
- 11th Hour--James Patterson
- Margarita Nights--Phyllis Stallman
- A Wee Christmas Homicide--Kaitlyn Dunnett
- The Queene's Christmas--Karen Harper
- Pampered to Death--Laura Levine
Challenge completed on December 28
Awesome. Can't wait to see what you read. :)
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