Sunday, January 5, 2025

2025 Reading By The Numbers

 


The challenge page is located here.
My goal is 100 books.

  1. The Frightened Wife & Other Murder Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  2. The Case of the Crying Swallow & OS by Erle Stanley Gardner
  3. The Patriotic Murders by Agatha Christie
  4. Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout
  5. Turn on the Heat by A.A. Fair
  6. Deep Lay the Dead by Frederick C. Davis


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2025 Color Coded Challenge

 


This challenge, hosted by Bev Hankins,  is located here.  

Read in previous years' challenges
Planned
Completed

Read nine books in the following categories:

1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue in the title/on the cover.
Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace, 1925
Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie
The Blue Horse of Taxco by Kathleen Moore Knight
  • note for next time? The Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace
  • note for next time? Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover.
Red Aces by Edgar Wallace, 1929
Case of the Crimson Kiss - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Red Mass by Valentine Williams
  • note for next time? The Scarlet Letters by Ellery Queen
  • note for next time? The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • note for next time? A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • note for next time? Crimson Friday by Dorothy Cameron Disney
  • note for next time? The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace

3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover.
The Case of the Blonde Bonanza - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Lame Canary - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • note for next time? Gold Comes in Bricks by A. A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner)
  • note for next time? The Golden Spiders by Rex Stout
  • note for next time? The Golden Goose by Ellery Queen
  • note for next time? Mystery of the Gold Box by Valentine Williams

4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover.
The Green Ribbon - Edgar Wallace (1930)
Case of the Green Eyed Sister - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Jade Venus by George Harmon Coxe
  • note for next time? The Man in the Green Hat by Manning Coles
  • note for next time? Green Hazard by Manning Coles
  •   "The Greene Murder Case" by S. S. Van Dine for this one!

5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover.
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp - Carter Dickson
Case of the Borrowed Brunette - Erle Stanley Gardner
The Bronze Hand by Carolyn Wells (1925)

6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover.
The Adventure of Black Peter by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903-4
Black Orchids - Rex Stout
The Ebony Bed Murder by Rufus Gillmore (1932)
Acts of Black Night by Kathleen Moore Knight (1938)
  • note for next time? The Black Mountain by Rex Stout


7. A book with "White" or any shade of White in the title/on the cover.
The White Dress by Mignon G. Eberhart
The White Cockatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart
White Rider by Leslie Charteris
  • note for next time? The White Elephant Mystery by Ellery Queen
  • note for next time? The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • note for next time? White Face by Edgar Wallace

8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, etc).
The Gold Skull Murders - Frank L. Packard (1931)
Case of the Gold Diggers Purse - Erle Stanley Gardner
The False Purple by Sydney Horler (1932)
  • note for next time? The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
  • note for next time? Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy Hughes
  • note for next time? The Silver Key by Edgar Wallace

9. A book with a word/image that implies color in the title/on the cover
 (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Shadow, Paint, Ink, etc).
The Pattern - Mignon G. Eberhart
Miss Paisley on a Diet by John Pierce (1969) 
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2025 Calendar of Crime

 


This is my tracking page for the 2025 Calendar of Crime. This is my first try at this challenge. Here is the original challenge post. The category listing is here. 

Here is my list. Title ideas are listed, and highlighted green when posted to Bev's page.

submitted to Bev's challenge review page

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