This challenge starts January 1, 2025

To post your cozy list go to the 2025 Cozy Mystery Challenge topic

This topic is for questions and discussion of books you have read

Read as many as you can for each topic

Some of our favorites from last year and some new ones

1. Nice to Meet You- Read a cozy by a new to you author (many cozy authors write under several names and that is okay to use one of those).
2. Next in Line -- Read the next cozy  book in a series you have started.
3. New Series- Read a new to you cozy series.
4. Crafts-  A cozy that has some type of craft in it (knit, weave, quilt etc)
5. 2025 - Read a cozy mystery released in 2025
6. Vowels for settings - Read a cozy mystery that takes place in a state that starts with a vowel
7. Vowels starting author name-  Read a cozy that the author's first, middle or last name starts with a vowel
8. Purple or Pink- Read a cozy mystery whose cover has Purple or Pink on it
9. Grandparents  - Read a cozy mystery that has grandparent(s) in story
10. Animals  - Read a Cozy mystery that has an animal on cover that is not a cat or dog
11. Historical cozy  - Read a historical cozy
12. Library, Bookstore,  Read a cozy mystery set in Library or Bookstore
13. Make Up Your own Category.

Bonus   Read at least 5 written before 2010

I've added my last book to our 2024 challenge.  I didnt read as many cozies this year but close.  I think reading the books for the quarterly reading challenges pull me away from my cozies....

I read quite a few. They are quick and pleasant 

I agree, Lynn, reading for the quarterly challenges seems to mean I read fewer cozies. Or I just didn't read as many. I used to make a goal of four in each category, and either make it or come close, but this year around October it was clear I wasn't going to make it so I switched to 3 in each category and moved some around, but I think I was still 5 books short. But a fresh start at midnight tonight!

Margaret, I've usually made my goal 5 in each category.  It's going to be 3 in each category for 2025.   If I exceed, I'll raise my goal this coming year. 

I'm honestly going to try to not concentrate on the quarterly reading challenge as much and try to read more just for the sake of reading....I don't know how many years I have to read.   

Lynn, on the quarterly challenges I start by reading what I want to read or what got picked for me to send in a swap, and it usually works out that it fits in the challenge somehow, and then toward the end I might get a book at the library to fit a missing category and often that turns out to be a good book that I would not otherwise have read. But this current challenge is during the busy part of tax season (not yet, but it gets busy as soon as people get their forms, so February) so I'm not sure how much I'll read after this first month!