Chaitra’s Comments (group member since Apr 29, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

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#4 for me, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler. Published Mar 12, 1982.

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Wordmaster

Duration: Aug 01, 2025 - ?

Round 2

Guess #1: SPITE

S - A Short History of the World According to Sheep | Sally Coulthard ★★ (09/03/25)
P - Pie Hard | Kirsten Weiss ★★★ (09/05/25)
I - The Intuitionist | Colson Whitehead ★★ (09/08/25)
T - Triggerfish Twist | Tim Dorsey ★★★★ (09/09/25)
E - The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry ★★★ (09/09/25)

Mary-Megan wrote: "Next guess:

M7 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer [278 pages] (7/28)"

M7 is a hit.

Welcome to the challenge, Vanessa!

Congrats, L&M!

Welcome to the challenge, Barbara!

Congrats, Barb and Barbara!

Great job, OM!

Great job, Michelle!

I'm finished.

July 2025 Scavenger Challenge

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025
Completed: 7/7

✔ 1. El Niño and La Niña
🌎 Read a book with “girl” or “boy” in the title (plurals are OK).
How to Find a Missing Girl | Victoria Wlosok ★ (07/29/25)

✔ 2. Spanish Etymology
🌎 Read a book with a Spanish character (Tell us who).
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V.E. Schwab ★★ (07/06/25)
MC Sabine/Maria.

✔ 3. Warming
🌎 Read a book with a warm setting, (tell us where).
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)
Nigeria

✔ 4. Ocean Temps
🌎 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in RAIN, (ignore a, an and the).
Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)

✔ 5. Coral Reef Stress
🌎 Read a book with a vibrant colors cover, please post the cover.
A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)


✔ 6. Food Chain
🌎 Read a nonfiction book.
The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans | Laura Trethewey ★★★★ (07/11/25)

✔ 7. Winter Olympics Fail
🌎 Read a book first published in a year ending in zero (post the publication year).
Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
Nov 17, 2020.

*** Completed (07/29/25) ***

Finally finished.

May 2025 Scavenger - May Holidays

Duration: May 01, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Completed: 11/7+


✔ May 1: National Mother Goose Day
💠Read a book with a bird shown prominently on its cover (post the cover).
A Murder of Crows | Sarah Yarwood-Lovett ★ (05/25/25)


✔ May 2: International Harry Potter Day
💠Read a book in which a speaking character is a politician (tell us who and what they are).
Shot Through the Book | Eva Gates ★★★ (05/24/25)
Connor is the mayor.

✔ May 4: Star Wars Day/May the Fourth.
💠Read a book first published on the 4th of any month (tell us the date).
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot ★★ (05/02/25)
Pub. Apr 04, 1860.

✔ May 9: National Lost Sock Memorial Day.
💠Read a book in which something minor is lost (tell us what it is).
An American in Scotland | Lucy Connelly ★★★ (05/18/25)
A shawl.

✔ May 10: National Clean Up Your Room Day
💠Clean up your TBR - either read one of the first 10 books you added to your TBR.
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)
This was #1 on my TBR until I read it, added Jun 21, 2012.

✔ May 11: National Twilight Zone Day
💠Read a book that has paranormal elements in it (tell us what if not a spoiler).
Song of Susannah | Stephen King ★★★ (05/08/25)
Demon.

✔ May 12: National Limerick Day
💠Read a book marked Humor on its main page.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) | Jesse Q. Sutanto ★★★★ (05/05/25)

✔ May 14: National Dance Like a Chicken Day
💠Read a book in which there is a formal dance.
Murder at Brighton Beach | Lee Strauss ★★★ (06/02/25)

✔ May 21: Talk Like Yoda Day
💠Read a book with a character you think is wise -and- read a book whose main character's first name begins with a letter in YODA (tell us the name).
A Drop of Corruption | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★★ (05/14/25)
Wise character = Ana. YODA = Ana & Din.

✔ May 25: Towel Day
💠Read a book whose author has died (link to the author's GR page!)
Kidnapped | Robert Louis Stevenson ★★ (05/03/25)

✔ May 31: National Speak in Complete Sentences Day
💠Read a book whose title is a complete sentence.
K is for Killer | Sue Grafton ★★ (05/21/25)

*** Completed (07/14/25) ***

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "3. Scientist
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez 24 July 2025 ★★★

7. Fall (airplane)
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★★ 3..."

The murder was not by fall.

Angel wrote: "Guess #19
Suspect: Librarian (L.B.)
Cause of death: Poison (spider)
Location: Dexter's Laboratory

- John Wiswell -7/26/25

[..."


The murder was not by poison.

Meg wrote: "Postal Worker ==> Elizabeth Peters - He Shall Thunder in the Sky 07/23

Blunt force (rock) ==> Murder on Memory Lake, J D Gr..."

The murderer was not the postal worker.

Welcome to the challenge, Frankie and Mary!

Andrea wrote: "Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate 7/28/25
347 pgs
W4"

W4 is a miss.

Mary-Megan wrote: "Finally back with a guess:

L1 - Lights Out by Navessa Allen [416 pages] (7/28)"

L1 is a hit.