Friday, January 14, 2022

Cozy mysteries 2022

 Cozy Mysteries Instagram Challenge


This is a challenge focused on cozy mysteries that is based at an Instagram account cozychallenges.  It is also hosted on facebook 

COMPLETED  9/26/22

Topics:

Books 29/29


  1. Independent or self published author  
  2. From an author's backlist
  3. Sleuth who is over 60
  4. A Golden Age mystery
  5. Made into a movie or tv show
  6. with a setting or plot related to Britain or the British Monarchy
  7. recommended by an online guide, book blogger, book club 
  8. you've owned for a year or more but haven't read
  9. set in a city or country that has hosted the Olympics
  10. next cozy in a series from one of CMRC's 2021 book chat selections
  11. involving travel
  12. first cozy in a series you haven't read
  13. with an animal in the title
  14. about or relating to the medical field
  15. cozy author who is new to you  
  16. bright colors on the cover
  17. at least a 4 star rating on Goodreads
  18. by an AAPI author
  19. with a male protagonist or sleuth
  20. with murder or death in the title
Bonus prompts
  1. 3 cozies by the same author   
    1. Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan
    2. Shotgun, Wedding, Bells by Joanna Campbell Slan
    3.  The Further Adventures of Kiki Lowenstein: Collection #1 by Joanna Campbell Slan
  2. published 30 years ago  
  3. 5 cozies each with a cover or spine representing one of the colors of the Olympic rings

    1. Green Matchmaking Can Be Murder ( Amish Matchmaker #1) by Amanda Flower
    2. Black  One Poison Pie (Kitchen Witch #1)  by Lynn Cahoon
    3. Blue  Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #2) by Maddie Day
    4. Red Prologue to Murder (Beyond the Page Bookstore #2)  by Lauren Elliott
    5. Yellow The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #5) by Laura Childs

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Linz the Book worm challenge 22

 




Level 1: Book of the Month Club   Level Complete 5/18/22

1 Read a book under $5
2 Read a book that is under 350 pages
3 Read a book that was recommended to you
4 Read a newly published book (within a year)
5 Read a book that has a type of plant or flower in the title
6 Read a book because of the cover

    7 Read a book about a mythical creature.

      8 Read a book that takes place in the future

        9 Read a book by an author that's new to you

          10 Read a book from NPR's top 50 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the past decade: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/1027159166/best-books-science-fiction-fantasy-past-decade

          11 A book by an author whose first or last name has 5 letters

            12 Free Space! (Pick any book)  

              Level 2: Casual Reader Club

              13 Read a book published 5 years ago

              14 Read a Speculative Fiction

                15 Read the first book in a duology

                16 Read the second book in a duology

                17 A book that was published when you were 5 years old

                  18 Read a book by an author named Alex, Alexander, Alexandra (or variant)

                    19 Read a book about Zombie
                    • Scooby Doo! A Science of Sound

                    20 Read a book with a black cover

                      21 Read a book from AbeBooks.com's list of 100 (fiction) books to read in a lifetime: https://www.abebooks.com/books/100-book-to-read-in-lifetime/

                      22 Read a book with the word City in the title

                      23 Read a book about a musician (non-fiction or fiction)
                      24 Free Space! (Pick any book)

                        Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

                        25 A book with a title that has 5 letters

                        26 Read a book published by Macmillan (or subsidiary)

                          27 Read a book with a title that doesn't start with an article (A, An, The)
                          28 Read a book you recently acquired

                          29 Read a book that's been on your TBR for over a year

                            30 Read a Revenge Story

                              31 Read a book by Philippa Gregory

                              32 Read a book that takes place on an island

                                33 Read a book that does not have a person (or people) on the cover

                                  34 A book that you intended to read on last year's challenge

                                    35 Read a Psychological Thriller

                                      36 Free Space! (Pick any book)

                                        Level 4: Speed Reader Club

                                        37 Read a book over 500 pages

                                        38 Read a book that starts with the letter Z (or has Z in the title)

                                        39 Read a book that takes place around your favorite holiday

                                          40 A book with 5 objects on the cover
                                          41 Read a book with the word Wisdom in the title

                                          42 Read a Dystopian

                                          43 Read a book by an author with the same name as one of your parents (Biological, Step, Adopted)

                                            44 Read a book that a movie/show you've watched is based on but have yet to read (example: Watched The Hobbit, but never read the Hobbit)

                                            45 Read a book about a Saint (non-Fiction or Fiction)

                                              46 Read any book from the Men's Health most popular book list   IDEA:  To Kill a Mockingbird

                                              47 Read a book published in a year that was important to you

                                                48 Free Space! (Pick any book)

                                                  Level 5: Overachiever Club

                                                  49 Read the 5th book in a series or an author's 5th novel
                                                  50 Read a True Crime book

                                                  51 Read a book by Georges Simenon (or one of his Pen Names)

                                                  52 A book with the number 5 in the title
                                                  53 Read a book that takes place in Russia

                                                  54 Read a book by an author using initials as part of their name

                                                    55 Read a book that has a title in the form of a question
                                                      56 Read a banned book from this banned book list https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/decade2019

                                                      57 A book with at least 5 prominent characters

                                                      58 Read a book that Linz read previously http://linzthebookworm.blogspot.com/p/reviews-z.html

                                                      59 Read a book that Tress read previously https://songstress7.wordpress.com/category/reading/

                                                      60 Free Space! (Pick any book)
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                                                      Nerd Daily 2022



                                                      A return on a new one from last year.  The  2022 hosted by the Nerd Daily blog.   

                                                      #NERDREADING2022



                                                      My Selections

                                                      Completed 46/52 books

                                                      1. book with a red spine 
                                                      2. debut author
                                                      3. bookstore recommendation
                                                      4. title starts with "f" or "s"
                                                      5. mystery or middle grade
                                                      6. NYT bestseller
                                                      7. set in summer
                                                      8. bought based on cover
                                                      9. an anthology 
                                                      10. recommended by  family/friend
                                                      11. part of a series
                                                      12. 2022 movie adaptation
                                                      13. reviewed by nerd daily in 2022
                                                      14. author starting with "r"
                                                      15. a retelling
                                                      16. YA or SciFi  
                                                      17. released in Feb 2022
                                                      18. under 350 pages
                                                      19. four word title
                                                      20. fantasy or romance
                                                      21. a book you never finished
                                                      22. purple on the cover
                                                      23. reread  
                                                      24. recommended on social media  IDEA:  The Honeybee Emeralds
                                                      25. protagonist starts with "b"  
                                                      26. standalone
                                                      27. 2022 tv adaptation
                                                      28. an author new to you
                                                      29. released in july 2022
                                                      30. #ownvoices author
                                                      31. a questionable cover
                                                      32. author starting with "g"
                                                      33. a book gifted to you 
                                                      34. protagonist starts with "i"  
                                                      35. in your tbr pile
                                                      36. non fiction or audiobook 
                                                      37. #booktok recommendation  
                                                      38. published in your birthday month 
                                                      39. setting where you'd rather be
                                                      40. written by your fave author
                                                      41. features a journey
                                                      42. start a new series
                                                      43. number in the title
                                                      44. released before you were born  IDEA:  And Then There Were None
                                                      45. picked at random  
                                                      46. quoted by an author you like
                                                      47. illustrated cover
                                                      48. one word title 
                                                      49. bought on holidays
                                                      50. book with a blue spine
                                                      51. multiple perspectives
                                                      52. bipoc author


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                                                      What's in a Name challenge 2022

                                                       Andrea at Carolina Book Nook is hosting a prompt based challenge that’s all about Titles






                                                      You can sign up at any point on the Linky on the page but only count books read between  
                                                      Jan 1 and Dec 31, 2022.  Creativity to apply a book to the prompt is encouraged but only count a book for 1 prompt.  


                                                      Andrea’s site has links for reviews for each category so please be sure to go back and link your book reviews as you work through the challenge.


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                                                      Thursday, January 13, 2022

                                                      Audiobooks

                                                       


                                                       #2022AudiobookChallenge

                                                       I would like to try the 2022 audiobook challenge hosted by Kimberly at  Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Jen at That's What I'm Talking About  This will be my 2nd year attempting this challenge.

                                                      This year I will try for Newbie which is 1-5  only because I haven't been doing as many audiobooks since I don't drive as much anymore.

                                                      If you are interested in this challenge be sure to go here and sign up


                                                      Total Audiobooks Enjoyed: 10/5

                                                      1. Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall  
                                                      2. A Safe House (Stone Barrington #61) by Stuart Woods
                                                      3. Assault and Pepper (A Spice Shop Mystery, #1) by Leslie Budewitz
                                                        • Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/29/22
                                                      4. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
                                                      5. Songteller by Dolly Parton
                                                      6. Meow if it's Murder by T.C. LoTempio
                                                      7. Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective by Donald J Sobol
                                                      8. Goodbye Cruller World (Deputy Donut #21)by Ginger Bolton
                                                      9. Butter Off Dead (Food Lover's Village #3) by Leslie Budewitz
                                                      10. Reflex by Dick Francis

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                                                      Murder Past Due

                                                      Murder Past Due
                                                      This was an end of 2021 read that was never posted to the blog so I have included it here in case anyone was interested in this book




                                                      Murder Past Due by Miranda James
                                                      My rating: 4 of 5 stars

                                                      Good mystery where the storyline has plenty of plot twists, totally did not see the guilty party until it was revealed. The feline star, Diesel, has quite a personality and it makes you wonder just how much animals understand humans. Great story set in the South full of southern manners. Enjoyable read and I look forward to read more of the series

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