It's time to sign up for the 16th annual Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge. Once again, Yvonne at the Socrates Reviews Books Blog is the challenge host. This reading challenge has two ways to participate and you can choose whichever one 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!)
On top of that there are different levels of participation that you can join for either A or B.
Level one (Snoop) - 10 books (my personal challenge)
Level two (Investigator) - 20 books
Level three (Super Sleuth) - 30 books
Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) - 40 books
Here are the rules:
1. The challenge runs from January 1, 2026 and ends December 31, 2026.
2. 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.
3. Books can be in any format - paper, audio, ebooks
4. You don't have to post a review
NOTE: If you don't have a blog and want to participate, that's fine. You don't have to have a blog, just post in the comments section as you finish books. If you belong to a site like Goodreads and review the books there, that's fine too. here will also be a link for completed reviews and another link for your wrap up posts.
I tend to read between 10 and 20 cozies every year so I will be participating at Level One - Snoop and from Challenge A. I will be reading books of my choice.
