2023 Reading Challenges – It’s A Wrap! I am jumping the gun a little bit by posting this today. So, I have included the two books I will complete by the end of the week. I am thrilled that...
2023 Reading Challenges – It’s A Wrap!
I am jumping the gun a little bit by posting this today. So, I have included the two books I will complete by the end of the week.
I am thrilled that I actually completed all, even exceeded some of the reading challenges I committed to this year.
It’s amazing what you can accomplish
when your body stays reasonably healthy.
Hopefully, I can do the same in 2024.
I reviewed most of the books and each one listed is linked to my review.
There were a few I read from my personal bookshelf
so didn’t write reviews.
Those books are linked to Amazon.
A. Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews
B. Bookclubbed to Death by V.M. Burns
C. Canter With A Killer by Amber Camp
D. Dial M for Meow by Ruth J. Hartman
E. Engagingly Dead by Michele Scott
F. Four Leaf Cleaver by Maddie Day
G. The Game is a Footnote by Vicki Delany
H. Hidden in the Pines by Victoria Houston
I. The Ivy Tree by Carolyn Brown
J. Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat by Sonya Lalli
K. Killer Cupid by Laurien Berenson
L. Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs
M. Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer
N. The Name of the Rosé
O. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade
P. Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry
Q. Dairy Dairy Quite Contrary by Amy Lillard
R. Rivalry Gone Wrong by L.C. Turner
S. A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
T. Tilling the Truth by Julia Henry
U. An Unholy Death by Leslie Budewitz
V. Viviana Valentine Get Her Man by Emily J. Edwards
W. Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay
X. Madame X by Niobia Bryant
Y. Your Time is Up by Kat Jorgensen
Z. Miss Zukas and the Raven’s Dance by Jo Dereske
Complete 12/1/2023
Mini- Challenges
January – Seasons – Winter’s End by Paige Shelton
February – Kitchen – Four Leaf Cleaver by Maddie Day
March – Girl/Lady/Woman – The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo by Carrie Doyle
April – Flower – Digging Up Daisy by Sherry Lynn
May – Royalty – Earl Grey and the Shattered Graves by Victoria Tait
June – Position – Hidden Beneath by Barbara Ross
July – Baseball – Dame Alice Hits Hollywood by Allie Mahoney
August – Sky – The Solace of Stars by Kathleen Ernst
September – Territory – Anxious in Nevada by Diana Xarissa
October – I Spy – Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay
November – Compound Word –Bulletproof Barista by Cleo Coyle
December – Christmas – Christmas, Criminals and Campers by Tonya Kappes
A. Amy Patricia Meade – Of Mushrooms and Matrimony
B. Laurien Berenson – Killer Cupid by Laurien Berenson
C. Amber Camp – Canter With A Killer
D. Vicki Delaney – The Game is a Footnote
E. Erica Ruth Neubauer – Murder at Wedgefield Manor
F. Sarah Fox – Six Sweets Under
G. Emily George – A Half-Baked Murder
H. T. G. Herren – A Streetcar Named Murder
I. Ian Moore – Death and Croissants
J. Jenn McKinlay – Word to the Wise
K. Michelle Hillen Klump – Murder Served Neat
L. Laura Scott – Dogged by Death
M. Maddie Day – Four Leaf Cleaver by Maddie Day
N. Nancy J. Cohen – Star Tangled Banner
O. Olivia Matthews – Against the Currant
P. Paige Shelton – Winter’s End
Q. Mindy Quigley – Ashes to Ashes Crust to Crust
R. Ruth J. Hartman – Dial M for Meow
S. Michele Scott – Engagingly Dead
T. L.C. Turner – Rivalry Gone Wrong
U. Lisa Unger – All My Deepest Impulses
V. V.M. Burns – Bookclubbed to Death
W. Michele Pariza Wacek – Murder Among Friends
X. Diana Xarissa – Anxious in Nevada
Y. Samara Yew – Murder at the Seashore
Z. Chad Zunker All He Had Left
Complete – 10/5/2023
Alabama – The River Runs South by Audrey Ingram
Alaska – Winter’s End by Paige Shelton
Arizona – How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
Arkansas – Canter With A Killer by Amber Camp
California – The Name of the Rosé
Colorado – Take the Honey and Run by Jennie Marts
Connecticut – Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay
Delaware – #TagMe for Murder by Sarah E. Burr
District of Columbia – Murder Outside the Lines by Krista Davis
Florida – No Small Murder by Lena Gregory
Georgia – Eat Drink and Drop Dead by T.C. LoTempio
Hawaii – Aloha Betrayed by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
Idaho – Purls Before Swine by Rebecca McKinnon
Illinois – Rivalry Gone Wrong by L.C. Turner
Indiana – Dial M for Meow by Ruth J. Hartman
Iowa – Alice’s Tulips by Sandra Dallas
Kansas – Dairy Dairy Quite Contrary by Amy Lillard
Kentucky – Forests Fishing & Forgery by Tonya Kappes
Louisiana – A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
Maine – I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Maryland – Crime and Parchment by Daphne Silver
Massachusetts – The Game is a Footnote by Vicki Delany
Michigan – Bookclubbed to Death by V.M. Burns
Minnesota – Paws to Remember by Sofie Kelly
Mississippi – Hiss Me Deadly by Miranda James
Missouri – Night Moves by Julie Mulhern
Montana – An Unholy Death by Leslie Budewitz
Nebraska – Death of Winter Break by Kelly Brakenhoff
Nevada – Anxious in Nevada by Diana Xarissa
New Hampshire – A Sour Note by Jill Piscitello
New Jersey – Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich
New Mexico – Desert Gold by Kris Bock
New York – Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews
North Carolina – Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams
North Dakota – Dakota Destiny by Lauraine Snelling
Ohio – Blueberry Blunder by Amanda Flower
Oklahoma – The Ivy Tree by Carolyn Brown
Oregon – Flat White Fatality by Emmeline Duncan
Pennsylvania – Murder with Earl Grey Tea by Karen Rose Smith
Rhode Island – The Ghost Goes to the Dogs by Cleo Coyle
South Carolina – Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs
South Dakota – The Miner’s Canary by Barbara Pronin
Tennessee – It’s Your Party, Die If You Want To by Vickie Fee
Texas – Murder Served Neat by Michelle Hillen Klump
Utah – Board to Death by CJ Connor
Vermont – Cheddar Off Dead by Linda Reilly
Virginia – Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade
Washington – Born to Bead Wild by Janice Peacock
West Virginia – Embellished to Death by Christina Freeburn
Wisconsin – Dogged by Death by Laura Scott
Wyoming – MacKenzie’s Mountain by Linda Howard
Completed – 12/22/2023
Abroad
1. England – Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer
2. Caribbean Island – Something’s Guava Give by Carrie Doyle – The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo by Carrie Doyle
3. France – Death and Croissants by Ian Moore
4. Scotland – Fateful Words by Paige Shelton
5. New Zealand – Copper Waters by Marlene M. Bell
6. Vancouver Island, Canada – The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell
7. Libya – The Exchange by John Grisham
8. Turkey – Intrigue in Istanbul by Erica Ruth Neubauer
9. Martinique – Whisky Hernandez by J.S. Mason
10. Greece – Fields’ Guide to Smuggling by Julie Mulhern
Ravenous – 101 – 125 Cozy Mysteries
1. Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay
2. A Streetcar Named Murder by T.G. Herren
3. Dial M for Meow by Ruth J. Hartman
4. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade
5. Bookclubbed to Death by V.M. Burns
6. Rivalry Gone Wrong by L.C. Turner
7. Dogged by Death by Laura Scott
8. Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews
9. Canter With A Killer by Amber Camp
10. The Game is a Footnote by Vicki Delany
11. Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer
12. Cheddar Off Dead by Linda Reilly
13. Something’s Guava Give by Carrie Doyle
14. Pruning the Dead by Julia Henry
15. Sarah Fox – Six Sweets Under
16. Four Leaf Cleaver by Maddie Day
17. Killer Cupid by Laurien Berenson
18. Tilling the Truth by Julia Henry
19. Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron
20. Dead Men Don’t Decorate by Cordy Abbott
21. Born to Bead Wild by Janice Peacock
22. The Name of the Rosé
23. A Half-Baked Murder by Emily George
24. Clarets of Fire by Christine E. Blum
25. In Farm’s Way by Amanda Flower
26. Murder Served Neat by Michelle Hillen Klump
27. No Small Murder by Lena Gregory
28. Feel the Bern by Andrew Shaffer
29. The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo by Carrie Doyle
29. A Purr Before Dying by T.C. LoTempio
30. One For The Books by Jenn McKinlay
31. Lemon Curd Killer by Laura Childs
32. Purls Before Swine by Rebecca McKinnon
33. It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Murder by Maria Di Rico
34. Death by Arts and Crafts by Alexis Morgan
35. Star Tangled Banner by Nancy J. Cohen
36. Curds of Prey by Kornia Moss
37. Four Charming Spells by Lynn Cahoon
38. Murder Among Friends by Michele Pariza Wacek
39. Fateful Words by Paige Shelton
40. Murder in Postscript by Mary Winters
41. Digging Up Daisy by Sherry Lynn
42. Aloha Betrayed by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
43. Four Parties and a Funeral by Maria DiRico
44. Eat Drink and Drop Dead by T.C. LoTempio
45. The Tell Tail Heart by Cate Conte
46. Brushed Up On Murder by Ruth J. Hartman
47. Wining and Dying by Daryl Wood Gerber
48. Ashes to Ashes Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley
49. Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams
50. Priceless Betrayal by Victoria Tait
51. Simmering with Resentment by Daryl Wood Gerber
52. Red Hot Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek
53. Poaching is Puzzling by Daryl Wood Gerber
54. Deck the Donuts by Ginger Bolton
55. Dairy Dairy Quite Contrary by Amy Lillard
56. #TagMe for Murder by Sarah E. Burr
57. The Ghost Goes to the Dogs by Cleo Coyle
58. Dressed to Drill by Kate Carlisle
59. Cinnamon Twisted by Ginger Bolton
60. Murder at Mustang Beach by Alicia Bessette
61. Forests Fishing & Forgery by Tonya Kappes
62. Copper Waters by Marlene M. Bell
63. The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis
64. Earl Grey and the Shattered Graves by Victoria Tait
65. Give Fudge A Chance by Nancy Coco
66. Hard Dough Homicide by Olivia Matthews
67. Danger on the Atlantic by Erica Ruth Neubauer
68. Murder with Earl Grey Tea by Karen Rose Smith
69. Murder Off The Books by Tamara Berry
70. Death by Chocolate Marshmallow Pie by Sarah Graves
71. How the Murder Crumbles by Debra Sennefelder
72. Muddled Matrimonial Murder by Kim Davis
73. Death Knells and Wedding Bells by Eva Gates
74. Dead Men Need No Reservations by Terry Ambrose
75. Blueberry Blunder by Amanda Flower
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