2017 Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge

TOnce again, I'm signing up for the Cruisin' Thru the Cozies challenge at Socrates' Book Reviews. This year, she'd doing it a differently.  I will at least try to complete Level One. Click the link for more details.

Welcome to the seventh annual Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge! I'm changing things up a bit this year. Sometimes we get hooked on one type of genre or sub-genre and don't venture out of our comfort zone. Maybe some only read culinary cozies, maybe some only animals or crafts.

To find out exactly what a cozy mystery is, check out Cozy-Mystery.com. This site is dedicated to cozy mysteries and does a great job of defining them as well as giving a list of cozy mysteries. This challenge is NOT restricted to what is on their list, it's just to be used as a guideline in case you need some hints on what to read.

Whatever you might like, I thought it might be fun to read a bit of everything. So here is this year's cozy mystery reading challenge:

Level one (Snoop) - Read one book in each of these cozy sub-genres (total of 10 books)

- One from culinary (anything dealing with food:  restaurants, baked goods, etc.)

- One from animal related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)

- One from craft related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)

- One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)

- One from British cozy mysteries (example:  Belinda Lawrence series)

- One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)

- One holiday based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)

- One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)

- One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)

- One is your choice!  (freebie!)

ADDENDUM:  (I'm adding one more thing for those who aren't sure they want to read some of the sub-genres.)

If you can't find or don't want to read a certain sub-genre, you can switch it out for another one of your choice. However, this can only be done one time.

Level two (Investigator) - Read all the books in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 20)
Level three (Super Sleuth) - 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) - Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)


I'm going for Level One (Snoop) this year and I will list my progress here:

1. Culinary: Killer Gourmet--G.A. McKevett
2. Animal: The Cat Who had 14 Tales--Lilian Jackson Braun
3. Craft: Patterns in the Sand--Sally Goldenbaum
4. Paranormal: Southern Ghost--Carolyn G. Hart
5. British cozy mysteries: A Dead Liberty--Catherine Aird
6. Career-based: 12th of Never--James Patterson (news reporters)
7. Holiday: Easter Bunny Murder--Leslie Meier
8. Travel:  Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch--Nancy Atherton
9. Historical: The Hound of the Baskervilles--Arthur Conan Doyle
10. Freebie: Turbo Twenty-Three--Janet Evanovich

Challenge completed on October 3