2024 MysteryKit Planning

Welcome to MysteryKIT planning thread. We read mysteries of all kinds. If you are interested in hosting MysteryKIT in 2024, please post in this planning thread. Months and topics are up for grabs now, I will update below. The host generally posts the new topic around the 15th of the previous month.

For those new to the idea, the host selects the mystery topic or genre for their month, such as noir/hardboiled, cozy, historical, golden age, locked room, amateur sleuths, classic mysteries, and so on. Then the host creates the thread of the month where participants can comment or post their own reading selections, questions, or ideas. The host also posts suggestions or titles to help participants choose their reading selections.

January—short story mysteries—Tess_W
February—true unsolved mysteries—mstrust
March—historical—Robertgreaves
April--series--DeltaQueen50
May—golden age—JayneCM
June—authors new to you—NinieB
July—cross genre mysteries—antqueen
August—amateurs—Christina_reads
September—upstairs/downstairs—MissBrangwen
October--not too scary mysteries--LadyoftheLodge
November--noir--Ish63
December--culinary mysteries--KeithChaffee

I would love to host in April and my theme would be Series.

>2 DeltaQueen50: Thank you! Done!

I would like to host in November- maybe noir? Unless that’s too broad of a topic/genre.

>4 lsh63: That is fine, thanks! I do not think our topics are ever too broad.

Golden age is my favourite so I could please host that in May.

>6 JayneCM: Thanks, got it.

I'll take Historical for any month except January and February that you can't otherwise fill, please

>8 Robertgreaves: Thanks , putting you down for March.

I'd love to host Amateur August!

I'll probably jump in to host, but I'll wait to see what else is taken. I'm also not good at coming up with themes, so I will likely need to choose from a list.

ETA: I'll check previous years for ideas.

>10 christina_reads: Great theme! I'll be finished my Miss Marple read by then, but there are so many more to read.

I can host January with short story mysteries.

Thank you all! List is updated above. Please check for accuracy and let me know if I need corrections.

Can I do true unsolved mysteries in February?

>15 mstrust: Yes, thanks! Noted!

I have been trying to think of a new idea and will take September with the topic of "Upstairs, downstairs". Mysteries involving royalty or aristocracy, or their staff. You could also adapt this to include today's stars and mega rich people and those who work for them, so you could also read some modern thrillers and police procedurals featuring those characters.

I'd like to host cross-genre mysteries in July.

I can do "authors new to you" in June.

Thanks all! List is updated, please check for any errors.

October and December are up for grabs. I will take whichever one is left.

I'd like to do culilnary mysteries in December.

>22 KeithChaffee: Thanks, noted!

I entered myself for October, so we are now complete! I think that is a record time to get set up. Thanks to all who volunteered to host a month. We will have a year of fun and interesting reading to look forward to.

Thanks for making it happen!

>25 mstrust: My honor and pleasure!

>1 LadyoftheLodge: Oh yay! I'm participating in this one next year and I've begun building my stacks! :-)
Thank you!

>27 Tanya-dogearedcopy: You are most welcome! It is one of my fave challenges.

Is there a wiki created for this kit?

>29 Tess_W: Came here to ask the same question (feels like I may have missed a discussion about this?)

>29 Tess_W: >30 Tanya-dogearedcopy: I was looking for all the wikis a few days ago.

This one and RandomKIT (at that time) were the two I couldn't find.

Ok, I'm going to create the wiki. Thought I'd better post so we don't end up with multiple people doing it at the same time!

Here is the MysteryKIT wiki:
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2024_MysteryKIT

>33 LibraryCin: Thanks, God bless you! I am still grading papers for end of term, and that seems to be taking up all my time.

>34 LadyoftheLodge: Good luck finishing up with the papers.

I'm never quite sure who-all knows how to set up the wikis, so thought I would just go ahead and do it.

>35 LibraryCin: I just appreciate that you took care of it for me. Thanks again.

The March thread is now open: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2024_MysteryKIT#March:_Historical

>37 Robertgreaves: the link takes us to the wiki.

Here's the link to the March thread:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/358513#n8424509

>38 fuzzi: >39 LibraryCin: Whoops, sorry and thank you

>40 Robertgreaves: No worries! It's easy to do!

April's MysteryKit is up and can be found here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/359278

Apologies for the delay.

May's MysteryKIT is now up.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/360176#n8511449

June thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/360845

July MysteryKit here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/361596#n8562692

The August thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/362016.

The September thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/362633

The October thread is up: https://www.librarything.com/topic/363370

The November thread is up, just a tad bit early: https://www.librarything.com/topic/364871#n8643630

2025 MysteryKIT Planning thread is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365460#n8659406