Reading Challenge Wrap Up: Cruisin' Through the Cozies and Craving for Cozies Challenges 2021

Since cozy mysteries continue to be my favorite thing to read, it's no surprise that I did so well with the Cruisin' Through the Cozies and Craving for Cozies challenges again in 2021.  I almost made it to 100 books for these challenges this year, well above my levels.

Here are the cozies I read in 2021:

1. City of Schemes by Victoria Thompson

2. Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay

3. Quicksand by Gigi Pandian

4. A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander

5. The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James

6. Crime of the Ancient Marinara by Stephanie Cole

7. A Pairing to Die For by Kate Lansing

8. The Sharpest Needle by Renee Patrick

9. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

10. Bronzed Betrayals by Ritter Ames

11. Smothered by G. P. Gottlieb

12. Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico

13. Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake

14. Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross

15. A Side of Murder by Amy Pershing

16. Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson

17. No Way Home by Annette Dashofy

18. Murder in Greenwich Village by Liz Freeland

19. On the Lamb by Tina Kashian

20. Murder on Page One by Olivia Matthews

21. Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay

22. Death in the Salon by Louise R. Innes

23. Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer

24. Grand Theft Retro by Diane Vallere

25. The Tell-Tale Tarte by Maya Corrigan

26. Cozy Up to Murder by Colin Conway

27. Bones to Pick by Linda Lovely

28. Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke

29. Something's Knot Kosher by Mary Marks

30. Right to Remain Silent by Penny Warner

31. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

32. For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay

33. Death by Equine by Annette Dashofy

34. A Trail of Lies by Kylie Logan

35. Swift Run by Laura DiSilverio

36. Something Wicked by Carolyn Hart

37. Death on the Boardwalk by Caleb Wygal

38. Murder on the Beach by Various Authors

39. The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry

40. Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

41. A Treasure to Die For by Terry Ambrose

42. Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower

43. S'more Murders by Maya Corrigan

44. Framed and Frosted by Kim Davis

45. Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson
46. Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink

47. The Plot is Murder by V. M. Burns

48. The Magic Square by John Gaspard

49. Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table by Janet Finsilver

50. The Rocky Road to Ruin by Meri Allen

51. A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris

52. Much Ado About Nauticaling by Gabby Allan

53. The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole by JoAnna Carl

54. One for the Books by Jenn McKinlay

55. A Scone of Contention by Lucy Burdette

56. Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron

57. Claws for Alarm by Cate Conte

58. Diet of Death by Ang Pompano

59. With Vics You Get Eggroll by Diane Vallere

60. The Fog Ladies by Susan McCormick

61. Murder Most Fowl by Donna Andrews

62. Halloween Party Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross

63. What the Cat Dragged In by Miranda James

64. Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

65. Essentials of Murder by Kim Davis

66. Death of a Red-Hot Rancher by Mimi Granger

67. Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany

68. Murder Outside the Lines by Krista Davis

69. Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide by Liz Ireland

70. A Perfect Bind by Dorothy St. James

71. Wreathing Havoc by Julia Henry

72. Death at Holly Lodge by Louise R. Innes

73. Mulled to Death by Kate Lansing

74. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen

75. Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson

76. Murder Gets a Makeover by Laura Levine

77. Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder by Tina Kashian

78. Murder in an English Glade by Jessica Ellicott

79. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Maria DiRico

80. Killer Research by Jenn McKinlay

81. Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran

82. Honeymoon with Murder by Carolyn Hart

83. Doggone Deadly by Deborah Blake

84. Tropical Depression by C. Michele Dorsey

85. Murder at Morrington Hall by Clara McKenna

86. Fogged Off by Wendall Thomas

87. Pearls Gone Wild by Diane Vallere

88. Gingerdead Man by Maya Corrigan

89. Bear a Wee Grudge by Meg Macy

90. A Plus One for Murder by Laura Bradford

91. How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn

92. Stitched in Crime by Emmie Caldwell

93. City of Shadows by Victoria Thompson

94. Frosted Yuletide Murder by Kim Davis

95. The Stories We Tell by Liz Milliron

96. The Twelve Jays of Christmas by Donna Andrews