2022 Calendar of Crime Reading Challenge

I am signing up again for the Calendar of Crime Challenge.  It was a fun challenge this year and I found a few new authors to read. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2022. All books should be read during this time period.  You can sign up at any time. All books must be mysteries. Humor, romance, supernatural elements (etc.) are all welcome, but the books must be mysteries/crime/detective novels first. Twelve books, one representing each month, are required for a complete challenge.

Books may only count for one month and one category, but they may count for other challenges.  If it could fulfill more than one category or month, then you are welcome to change it at any time prior to the final wrap-up. Books do not have to be read during the month for which they qualify. So, if you're feeling like a little "Christmas in July" (or May or...), then feel free to read your book for December whenever the mood strikes.

To claim a book, it must fit one of the categories for the month you wish to fulfill. Unless otherwise specified, the category is fulfilled within the actual story. for instance, if you are claiming the book for December and want to use "Christmas" as the category, then Christmas figure in some in the plot. Did someone poison the plum pudding? Did Great-Uncle Whozit invite all the family home for Christmas so he could tell them he plans to change his will?

The "wild card" book is exactly that. If July is your birth month (as mine is), then for category #9 you may read any mystery book you want. It does not have to connect with July in any way--other than a July baby chose it. The other eleven months, you must do the alternate category #9 if you want to fulfill that slot.

A wrap-up post/comment/email will be requested that should include a list of books read and what category they fulfilled.