Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2023

Sfida ospitata da 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 cozy mysteries of your choice.

Or

B) Read one book from these sub-genres:

- 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 cozy mysteries based outside the US (example: Belinda Lawrence series (British)

- 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!)

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)

The challenge runs from January 1, 2023 and ends December 31, 2023.

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.

Books can be in any format - paper, audio, ebooks...it all counts!

Le regole complete le trovate sul sito organizzatore.

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Libri letti:

1. Acqua rossa (Jurica Pavicic)
2. Il gatto che conosceva il cardinale (Lilian Jackson Braun)
3. La locanda del Gatto nero (Yokomizo Seishi)
4. Il caso del marchese scomparso (Nancy Springer)
5. La grazia dell'inverno (Louise Penny)
6. Hotel Bosforo (Esmahan Aykol)
7. Delitto al festival di Sanremo (Achille Maccapani)
8. Chi ama, odia (Alfonso Bioy Casares + Silvina Ocampo)
9. Cercasi commessa al reparto omicidi (Katherine Woodfine)
10. Il gatto che muoveva la montagna (Lilian Jackson Braun)
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