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May 2025 Mini Challenge

RULES

** Books DO NOT all have to be mysteries. You can use any genres.

** A book can be used only once for this challenge, but can be used for other challenges (Seasonal, World Trip, Ultimate, etc.).

** You DO NOT have to choose books in advance, and can change your mind at any time if you do.

** Do as many as you are able and have fun!


1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
(Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.


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May 2025 Mini Challenge

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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
It's hard to choose an author, but this is one of my favorite series- Kiss Her Goodnight by D.K. Hood 11 May; 5☆


2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
The Girl on Wildfire Ridge by Leslie Wolfe 5 May; 5☆


3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
pastry chef competition at the center of the plot- Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O'Connor 14 May; 4☆


4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
MC is a scryer (sometimes she sees images in shiny surfaces)- Late Checkout by Carol J. Perry 2 May; 4 1/2☆


5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
Pendarvis (historical site in Wisconsin)- Mining for Justice by Kathleen Ernst 8 May; 4 1/2☆

May 2025 Mini Challenge
Duration: 1/5/25 - 31/5/25
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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
Hold Still by Lisa Regan 4★s 7/5/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Scarlet Carnation by Laila Ibrahim 5★s 26/5/25

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
The Menu Match by Phillipa Nefri Clark 4★s 18/5/25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
Blood of the Guardian by Ashley Capes 5★s 3/5/25

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
The Venice Murders by Merryn Allingham 4★s 2/5/25

Alice's spot

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food. Baker's Coven by Nancy Warren

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here). Spelling the Tea

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site. Mystified in Music City by Kristen Painter

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Mini Challenge
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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
🌹 Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers by Diane Kelly 5/10/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
🌹 Be Still My Bleating Heart (Scottish Highlands #4) by Hannah Reed 5/8/25

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
🌹 Sealed Off (Maine Clambake Mystery #8) by Barbara Ross 5/7/25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
🌹 Dead End Donation (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #8) by Kirsten Weiss 5/5/25

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
🌹 A Fool and His Monet by Sandra Orchard 5/3/25

Mini Challenge
May 2025

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. [One of my favorite authors; I have many 😊]
Fields' Guide to Smuggling 05/02

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Murder at Rough Point 05/17

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
The Key Lime Crime 05/12

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here)
Haunted on Bourbon Street 05/13

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
The Rockpool Murder 05/06

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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1. Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan 5 stars

2. Read the fourth book of any series
Santa, Surf and Sapphires by Emerald Finn 4 stars

3. Read a book that revolves around food.
The Empire Biscuit Bites Back by L.E. Gordon 4 stars

4. Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it
Unfinished Witchness by Ada Bell 4 stars

5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
Mystery at Hideaway House by Clare Chase 3 stars

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
(Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.

May 2025 mini challenge

Update: May 24
Progress: 5/5 COMPLETED

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay - May 11

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Karen's Kittycat Club by Katy Farina - May 7

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
Emma All Stirred Up!: The Graphic Novel by Coco Simon - May 15

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres - May 24

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site
The Light Beside the Sea by Connie di Marco - May 18

May 2025 Mini Challenge

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
(Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay 5/11/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 5/5/25

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai 5/30/25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù 5/1/25

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz & Iva-Marie Palmer 5/13/25

May 2025 Mini Challenge

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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
(Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )


2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.


3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.


4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).


5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.

May Mini Challenge
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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? -- Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James -- 5★ -- 02/05/2025

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title. -- Her Hidden Bones by Fiona Tarr

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food. -- Partners in Lime by Bree Baker

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here). -- Ravens’ Roost Farm by Lacynda Mathes -- Ghost -- 5★ -- 17 May 2025

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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
(Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
Cheddar Off Dead 05.10.25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
Seven Deadly Zins 05.09.25

1. Favorite Mystery Author-The 24th Hour by James Patterson
2.Fourth cozy series-Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke

3. Cozy about Food-Peking Duck & Cover by Vivien Chien

4. Cozy about Spooky-Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs

5. Paranormal Museum Cozy-Chocolate a la Murder by Kirsten Weiss

1. May is Mystery Month:
Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.

New to the genre or not sure where to start? …many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years. Featured Authors Master List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!:
Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Out to Canaan #4 in series

3. May 6 is No Diet Day:
Read a book that revolves around food.
Chocolate Cream Pie Murder

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day:
Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it
Buttons and Bones

5. May 18 is International Museum Day:
Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
A Murderous Yarn

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May 2025 Mini Challenge

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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
Marshmallow Malice
2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Murder At The Fourth: A Forest Pines Mystery
3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
Nacho Average Murder
4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
Going through the Potions
5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site
The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum

Finished!

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.

The Moving Finger, Agatha Christie 15/05/25
I know she’s an oldie, but she’s also a goodie. I’ve read all her books in the past, but thankfully I usually manage to forget whodunnit when I reread them.

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

The Martian Contingency, Mary Robinette Kowal – 29/05/25
Lady Astronaut #4.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.

If Fried Chicken Could Fly, Paige Shelton - 01/05/25
Set around a cooking school.

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).

A Sorceress Comes to Call, T Kingfisher – 05/05/25
The sorceress of the title can control other people and make them “obedient”, has a demon familiar, and is ultimately taken down with the help of a ghost.

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.

Going, Going, Dead, Kirsten Weiss -21/05/25
Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #6.


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May 2025 Mini Challenge

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✅1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Read 13/05/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.

✅4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem Read 02/05/25

✅5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez Read 08/05/25

May 2025 Mini Challenge - COMPLETED
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✔ 1. Read a book by your favorite mystery writer - Ascension by Nicholas Binge 5/28/25

✔ 2. Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title - The Secret of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton 5/7/25 3★ - Father Brown #4

✔ 3. Read a book that revolves around food - A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge 5/20/25

✔ 4. Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here) - Case 36 by Mason Sabre 5/3/25 1★

✔ 5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site - The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley 5/11/25 3.5★ - features the fictional historical town of Tome

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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1. Favorite Author

2. Book regarding the word Fourth/Four

3. Book revolving Food

4. The odd, spooky, strange, or paranormal

5. Features a museum, gallery. or historical site.

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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1. favorite mystery writer - I probably have about 100 lifetime favorites, this is one OverKill J.A. Jance 5/17
2. 4th book of any series (Myrtle Grove Garden Club Mystery, #4) A Misty Morning Murder Loulou Harrington 5/10
3. revolves around food The Chow Maniac Vivien Chien 5/18
4. featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it Curse Breaker J.T. Bishop 5/13
5. features a museum, gallery or historical site The Lake of the Ozarks is the largest man-made, non-flood control lake in the United States Legacy of the Lake Michael A. Smith 5/4

FINISHED

Mini Challenge
May 2025

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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
🌹 Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers by Diane Kelly 5/10/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
🌹 Be Still My Bleating Heart (Scottish Highlands #4) by Hannah Reed 5/8/25

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
🌹 Sealed Off (Maine Clambake Mystery #8) by Barbara Ross 5/7/25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
🌹 Dead End Donation (Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum #8) by Kirsten Weiss 5/5/25

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
🌹 A Fool and His Monet by Sandra Orchard 5/3/25

I just finished this one!

May 2025 Mini Challenge

1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer.
It's hard to choose an author, but this is one of my favorite series- Kiss Her Goodnight by D.K. Hood 11 May; 5☆


2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
The Girl on Wildfire Ridge by Leslie Wolfe 5 May; 5☆


3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
pastry chef competition at the center of the plot- Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O'Connor 14 May; 4☆


4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
MC is a scryer (sometimes she sees images in shiny surfaces)- Late Checkout by Carol J. Perry 2 May; 4 1/2☆


5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
Pendarvis (historical site in Wisconsin)- Mining for Justice by Kathleen Ernst 8 May; 4 1/2☆

Well done Patrizia :)

Finished May!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Congrats, Patrizia! Congrats, Meg!

Thank you!

Finished!

Mystery Month: Premeditated Mortar 5/16/25

Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Deadly Notions 5/3/25

No Diet Day: Mocha, She Wrote 5/6/25

Twilight Zone Day: A Wee Murder in My Shop 5/9/25

International Museum Day: Dead End Street 5/9/25

Congrats, Linda!

Finished

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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1. Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan 5 stars

2. Read the fourth book of any series
Santa, Surf and Sapphires by Emerald Finn 4 stars

3. Read a book that revolves around food.
The Empire Biscuit Bites Back by L.E. Gordon 4 stars

4. Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it
Unfinished Witchness by Ada Bell 4 stars

5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
Mystery at Hideaway House by Clare Chase 3 stars

Well done Phrynne!

Congrats, Phrynne!

Finished :)

May 2025 Mini Challenge
Duration: 1/5/25 - 31/5/25
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1. May is Mystery Month: Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. New to the genre or not sure where to start? Choose one of our group's many Featured Author's from the past fifteen years.
Hold Still by Lisa Regan 4★s 7/5/25

2. May 4 is Star Wars Day -- May the fourth be with you!: Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title.
Scarlet Carnation by Laila Ibrahim 5★s 26/5/25

3. May 6 is No Diet Day: Read a book that revolves around food.
The Menu Match by Phillipa Nefri Clark 4★s 18/5/25

4. May 11 is Twilight Zone Day: Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here).
Blood of the Guardian by Ashley Capes 5★s 3/5/25

5. May 18 is International Museum Day: Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
The Venice Murders by Merryn Allingham 4★s 2/5/25

Congrats, Brenda!

Thanks Marisa 😊

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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1. favorite mystery writer - I probably have about 100 lifetime favorites, this is one OverKill J.A. Jance 5/17
2. 4th book of any series (Myrtle Grove Garden Club Mystery, #4) A Misty Morning Murder Loulou Harrington 5/10
3. revolves around food The Chow Maniac Vivien Chien 5/18
4. featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it Curse Breaker J.T. Bishop 5/13
5. features a museum, gallery or historical site The Lake of the Ozarks is the largest man-made, non-flood control lake in the United States Legacy of the Lake Michael A. Smith 5/4

Congrats, Jonquil!

1. Read a book by your favorite mystery author. Find You First - Linwood Barclay

2. Read the fourth book of a any series. The Royal Bath Murders - J. R. Ellis

3. Read a book that revolves around food. Gingerbread Danger - Amanda Flower

4. Read a book featuring odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it. The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd

5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site.
The Ravenmaster - Christopher Skaife (Tower of London).

COMPLETED

May 2025 Mini Challenge
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✔ 1. Read a book by your favorite mystery writer - Ascension by Nicholas Binge 5/28/25

✔ 2. Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title - The Secret of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton 5/7/25 3★ - Father Brown #4

✔ 3. Read a book that revolves around food - A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge 5/20/25

✔ 4. Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it (a paranormal mystery might be an option here) - Case 36 by Mason Sabre 5/3/25 1★

✔ 5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site - The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley 5/11/25 3.5★ - features the fictional historical town of Tome

Here’s my May challenge. I had the most difficulty settling on my “4th” book. I had more than a dozen possibilities, with several that would complete a series. I’ll have to try to work a couple more in this year.


1. Read a book by your favorite mystery writer. Access Denied by Donna Andrews

2. Read the fourth book of any series, an author's fourth book, or a book that has "four" or "fourth" in the title. Be Still My Bleating Heart by Hannah Reed

3. Read a book that revolves around food. Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss

4. Read a book featuring anything odd, spooky, strange or out of the ordinary in it. Fear the Dark by Kay Hooper

5. Read a book that features a museum, gallery or historical site. The Court of the Stone Children by Eleanor Cameron

Good job Heather!

Congrats, Heather!

Thanks, Brenda and Marisa!