Okay, remember how I said I wasn’t going to track much this year? I’ve just given myself a “tracking” task of sorts. I’m joining Louise in her Cozy Mystery Bingo challenge! I can’t help myself: it’s such a fun idea, and I love cozies. I’ve been wanting to read more of them, and with quite a few on my TBR, this could be a 2 birds-1 stone situation.

The challenge runs from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027 {love that the year runs that way!}, and there are 2 modes: regular and hard {I’m still debating which one I want to follow}. A few of the prompts will be a little trickier to fill than others, but after sifting through my TBR, it looks like I’ve got quite a few titles to choose from. Below is a list of books already on my TBR and their potential prompt matches {some could go multiple places as needed}. At the end, I’ll list the prompts I am short on ideas for, and if you have suggestions, they are very welcome!

• Three Bags Full | New to You Author / Animal Companion
• A Crime Through Time | Book Lover
• A Proposal to Die For | Punny Title / New to You Author
• Earl Grey and Shallow Graves | New Series / Metal on the Cover / Food Theme
• The Gardener’s Plot | Beautiful Cover
• Booked for Murder | Punny Title
• Pride, Prejudice & Peril | Alliteration / Building on the Cover / New Series
• This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone | Hot Weather
• Shady Hollow | TBR Vet / Pseudonym
• Mimi Lee Gets a Clue | TBR Vet / Diversity / Animal Companion
• Haunted High Tea and Homicide | Outside Your Comfort Zone / Book Lover
• The Secret, Book & Scone Society | Beautiful Cover / Food on the Cover
• Death Comes to Jane Austen Town | Building on the Cover / Book Lover
• Live and Let Chai | Food Theme / Hot Weather
• Christmas Eve Murders | Cold Weather
• In Farm’s Way | Cold Weather / Animal Companion
• The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield | 5-Star Prediction

While several of the above titles would be Library loans, many are on my shelf or Kindle; this bingo challenge should help clear my TBR! Clearly I’ve stockpiled cozies for such a time as this. There are more possibilities on the TBR, but these are the most obvious matches thus far.

Prompts I need a little more inspiration for include:

• Love Interest Isn’t a Cop
• Unusual Job or Hobby {some of these may actually work for this one, but I won’t know for sure until I actually start reading}
• Crafting {I lean toward foodie-oriented options, so my crafting cozy knowledge is slim}

I have a feeling the “on the cover” prompts will be fairly easy to fill in as I get reading, and moving some books around if they would fit one prompt better than another.

All in all, I feel like I’ve got a good “rough draft” selection of titles to work with, and with so many cozies out there, I feel confident that I’ll be able to find enough to fill the whole board.

Have you ever done a Book Bingo like this?
Are you a fan of cozy mysteries? If so, what kind is your favorite?
What would you suggest for some of these prompts?