Crime, Mysteries & Thrillers discussion

New Beginnings 2024 - Monthly
Duration: January 1 - 31, 2024

The Challenge:
What new experience can you find in mystery books?

1) Determine how many books you'd like to read.
2) Selections can come from books that have "new" as a theme or situation.
3) Selections can come from books that have "new" in the title.
4) Selections can be new to you authors.
5) Selections can come from books that have a yellow cover.
6) Selections can come from books that you have recently purchased.
7) "Reply" to this post and use "edit" to update your progress.

You can use "new" in the broadest sense of the word.

All books in this challenge should be Crime, Mysteries, or Thrillers and their subgenres.

2024 New Beginnings Participants:

New Beginnings 2024 - Monthly
Duration: January 1 - 31, 2024
3/5

The Challenge:
New Beginnings, New Releases Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime

🎧 Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis 1/10 ★★★★☆ 285 pages
#1 DI Nikki Galena
🎧 Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien 1/11 ★★★★☆ 331 pages
#1 A Noodle Shop Mystery
🎧📖 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 1/12 ★★★★☆ 464 pages
#1 Hannah Swensen Series

New Beginnings January 2024

7/7 DONE

1 new-found freedom (MC leaves abusive relationship) On The Run Deborah Brown 1/8
2 newest series of established author No Strangers Here Carlene O'Connor 1/8
3 (Temple River #1) The Cottage at Whisper Lake Phillipa Nefri Clark 1/4
4 MC finds her 1st dead body Number's Up Annabelle Hunter 1/3
5 first weapon of its type Purity in Death J.D. Robb 1/3
6 pub 1st of the month Oct 01, 2017 Grim Rising Amanda M. Lee 1/2
7 (A Bishop's Landing Cozy Mystery, #1) Pies, Paws and Peril Avery Kent 1/2

New Beginnings January 2024
0/5

How do these challenges work? Are there rules somewhere i can read?

Victoria wrote: "How do these challenges work? Are there rules somewhere i can read?"

The guidelines are at the top and it's up to you what, when, how many you read. It's an individual thing. Does this help clarify?

New Beginnings January 2024

7/7 DONE

1 new-found freedom (MC leaves abusive relationship) On The Run Deborah Brown 1/8
2 newest series of established author No Strangers Here Carlene O'Connor 1/8
3 (Temple River #1) The Cottage at Whisper Lake Phillipa Nefri Clark 1/4
4 MC finds her 1st dead body Number's Up Annabelle Hunter 1/3
5 first weapon of its type Purity in Death J.D. Robb 1/3
6 pub 1st of the month Oct 01, 2017 Grim Rising Amanda M. Lee 1/2
7 (A Bishop's Landing Cozy Mystery, #1) Pies, Paws and Peril Avery Kent 1/2