Review: Scone Cold Killer

Scone Cold Killer by Lena Gregory
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

clever cozy with a bit of sinister

This first in the series was an interesting introduction to Boggy Creek and Gia Morelli. The mystery was a bit more edgy than many cozy mysteries but was well constructed. I did feel like Gia was a bit quick to fall into the dating scenario given her past. It made her feel needy and I wasn’t sure I liked that. I think I’m more used to strong female MCs in cozies. I will read the next book to see how the series develops.


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General Tracking Challenges

Mount TBR   #MountTBR2023 #   2

TBR 25 in 25  #23

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  21

Genre Specific

What an Animal     #10

Cruisin thru Cozies  Career 2

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #    16  

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   12

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 1

Medical Examiner Challenge- 4  Toe Tags

Marathon Challenge- 194

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  14. A title and/or scene that makes you laugh:

What's in a Name  #wian2025     # 

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  1 A pun in the title

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y

Board Game Prompts   #  1. Apples to Apples Fruit on the cover

Bookworm    #  21 Read a book involving a detective or police officer

BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 #  15 Own but haven't read

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   # 40 something upside down on the cover

HP Professions   #  8 Nimbus 2001-Set after 2001

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  52 Reader's choice:

PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  25 Mc is immigrant or refugee

Pick your Poison    #  68 A book about leaving a bad relationship

Reporters Challenge   #  21 Stabbed

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #39  Underhyped book:

Creative Tracking Challenges

Chapter Book Bingo  Jan   Feb 

Monthly Criteria

Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  Sorry board #3

Review: The Battered Body

The Battered Body by J.B. Stanley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow this book was full of twists and turns. Past relationships come front and center in the latest installment of the supper club. Don’t read this book while hungry. All the sweets and savory dishes will have your mouth watering as you try to solve the case with James and his friends

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   21

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #  21  

TBR 25 in 25  #22

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  20

Audiobook  #2024AudiobookChallenge #  5

Read Around the US   VA

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge  E

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    y

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     y

Genre Specific

Bookish Books challenge   #    9

Cruisin thru Cozies  fc3

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #   15   

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   10

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 4

Medical Examiner Challenge-  6 Toe Tags

Marathon Challenge- 301

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  32. An object that is broken

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  36. A book with a common household object on the cover

Board Game Prompts   #  8. Boggle A book that kept you guessing

Bookworm    #  5 Read a cozy mystery

BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 #  4 About siblings 

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   #14 character is an educator

HP Professions   #  Skelegrow.  Something broken on cover

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #22  Protagonist starting with P:

PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  10 Got for free 

Pick your Poison    #  60 A book with a hermit character

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  16 Set in a small town:

Reporters Challenge   #  5 A Character who works with books or writes (librarian/restorer/reporter/author/bookstore clerk)

Unabridged Podcast    #  

Creative Tracking Challenges

Chapter Book Bingo  Jan   

Uncorked Reader #UncorkedReading2025   Row # Column #

Monthly Criteria

Buzzwords  

Monthly Keyword #keywordreadingchallenge⁠  

Beyond the Bookends  

Better World Books    # 

Book Challenge by Erin  1st Quarter

Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  

Diversify your reading #DYRC25  #

Fairytale Retellings    #fairytaleretellingchallenge  

In Case you Missed It    

Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠  

Review: Dog Man

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The book is entertaining. I am definitely not the target audience but it was enjoyable. I picked this since the movie is coming out and I wanted to see what it was about. The good vs evil theme is alive and well. There is definitely boy humor - “poop” jokes and all. Fun book to read with kids and grandkids.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   20

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    20

TBR 25 in 25  #21

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  19

Alphabet Soup Author Edition #AlphabetSoupAuthorChallenge   d/p

Genre Specific

What an Animal     # 9

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  36. A cityscape: 

 52 Book Club  #the52bookclub2024  #  42) Non-human antagonist

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters

Board Game Prompts   #  10. Cards Against Humanity A book containing irreverent humor

Bookworm    #  39 Read a book by an author you've met or spoken to online

BooklistQueen  #booklistqueenchallenge25 #5 Becoming movie / show in 25

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   # 16 city skyline on the cover

HP Professions   #29  Goblins non human main char

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  32 2025 adaptation:

PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  18  Magical creatures that aren't dragons

Pick your Poison    #  71 The Simpsons: A graphic novel

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  47 Book adapted to TV/movie: 

Unabridged Podcast    #  3 Graphic novel or comic book:

Creative Tracking Challenges

My Reading Journey Bingo   Row #2  Column #3  Poetry, Nonfiction or Graphic Novel: Read one book in one of these genres.

My Reading Journey Genre Bingo    Row # 2 Column # 3 Graphic Novel

Picture Bingo    Row #4  Column #2   14. A chemistry set-up of bottles and tubes

Chapter Book Bingo  Jan   

Uncorked Reader #UncorkedReading2025   Row #2 Column #3  Embarrassed To Read In Public/Embarrassing Cover

Monthly Criteria

Buzzwords  

Monthly Keyword #keywordreadingchallenge⁠  

Beyond the Bookends  Jan-  Adapted to Screen

Better World Books    # 

Book Challenge by Erin  1st Quarter

Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  

Diversify your reading #DYRC25  #

Fairytale Retellings    #fairytaleretellingchallenge  

In Case you Missed It    

Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠  

Review: Have a Deadly New Year

Have a Deadly New Year by Lynn Cahoon
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book had moments of horror movie stupid girl behavior There’s a killer on the loose but let’s split up and go on our own to look for people. The homeowner Cliff and his band are made out to be extremely entitled and out of touch. I think this was a bit exaggerated but it gets the point across. As a novella the story moved quickly and didn’t get flushed out as much as others in the series. We continue to learn a little bit more about some of the support g characters with each book.

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General Tracking Challenges

 Library Love  #LibraryLoveChallenge  #   19

Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2023  #    19

TBR 25 in 25  # 20

Back List Reader  #Backlistreader   #  18

Alphabet Soup #AlphabetSoupChallenge   H 

Finishing the Series  #FinishingTheSeries2025    y

Finishing the Series travel theme  #FinishingTheSeries2025     y

Genre Specific  

What an Animal     #8

Cruisin thru Cozies  holiday 2

Cloak & Dagger  #CloakDaggerChal   #  14    

Craving for Cozies   #CravingCozies  #   10

Six Shooter Challenge    Shot # 5

Medical Examiner Challenge-  1 Toe Tags

Marathon Challenge- 88

Prompt Based Challenges

Cover Lovers   #  10. Food

What's in a Name  #wian2025     # 

Around the Year in 52 Books    #  16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list

Board Game Prompts   #  28. Monopoly Features a wealthy character

Bookworm    #  1 Read a book you got for free  

Beat the Backlist  #BeatTheBacklist   #24 less than 100 pages

HP Professions   #  16 Care of magical creatures. Includes a beloved pet 

Nerd Daily #thenerddaily #nerdreading2024 #  48  Under 250 pages:

PopSugar #popsugarreadingchallenge    #  8  Under 250p

Pick your Poison    #  18 A book with fewer than 150 pages

RAD Challenge  #aradreadingchallenge      #  5 Novella: Happily Ever Afters:

Read with Allison  #readwithallison2025     #  2 Set in winter:

Reporters Challenge   #20  Set during a storm (doesn’t have to be whole story)

TBR Scavenger Hunt #1  features a snowstorm  

Unabridged Podcast    #  

Creative Tracking Challenges

My Reading Journey Bingo   Row #1  Column #2 Novella: Read a Novella:

My Reading Journey Genre Bingo    Row #1  Column # 1 Novella

Picture Bingo    Row #  Column #

Chapter Book Bingo  Jan   

Uncorked Reader #UncorkedReading2025   Row # Column #

Monthly Criteria

Buzzwords  

Monthly Keyword #keywordreadingchallenge⁠  

Beyond the Bookends  

Better World Books    # 

Book Challenge by Erin  1st Quarter

Connect 5  challenge  Jan  Feb  

Diversify your reading #DYRC25  #

Fairytale Retellings    #fairytaleretellingchallenge  

In Case you Missed It    

Monthly Motif #motifreadingchallenge⁠  

Jan Chapter Break Bingo

 We’re starting a new feature here on Chapter Break to play a little bookish BINGO! We’ll have a new card each month and the goal is to get the most squares filled in, blackout style.

Rules:

• 
  You may use the same book to fill multiple squares
• You must have read (finished) the book in that month to count for that particular month’s card

Share your bingo card at the end of each month and list the of books you used to fill in each of the squares. Link up your post and we’ll plug the winner for each month’s bingo card. For funsies, we’ll also do a quarterly raffle for all participants.

Completed Card

Bonus:  Char in a Club in a book Club  

1. The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25

Row 1:

• Column 1:  Stuart Woods' Golden Hour  (Teddy Fay #7) by Brett Battles  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/1/25
• Column 2:  The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 3: 
• Column 4: The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 5:  Yeast of Eden (Pancake House #4) by Sarah Fox
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/20/25

Row 2:

• Column 1:  Stiffs and Swine (Supper Club #4) by Ellery Adams
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 2: When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/15/25
• Column 3: When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/15/25
• Column 4: The Solace of Bay Leaves (Spice Shop #5) by Leslie Budewitz
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/21/25
• Column 5: When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/15/25

Row 3:

• Column 1: And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/22/25
• Column 2:   Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/1/25 
• Column 3: Free Space
• Column 4:  Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/1/25 
• Column 5: The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25

Row 4:

• Column 1:  
• Column 2:  Yeast of Eden (Pancake House #4) by Sarah Fox
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/20/25
• Column 3: When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/15/25
• Column 4: Bound for Murder (Blue Ridge Library #4) by Victoria Gilbert
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/5/25 
• Column 5: When We Left Cuba (The Perez Family, #2) by Chanel Cleeton
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/15/25

Row 5:

• Column 1:  The Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library #4) by Eva Gates
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 2:  And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/22/25
• Column 3: Stiffs and Swine (Supper Club #4) by Ellery Adams
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 4: Stiffs and Swine (Supper Club #4) by Ellery Adams
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25
• Column 5: Stiffs and Swine (Supper Club #4) by Ellery Adams
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 1/31/25