Agnieszka’s Comments (group member since Aug 05, 2016)

Agnieszka’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

I don't have enough time to set it properly now. So here's as far as I got at home and I add the missing categories or make up mind mind for those I still have more than one option, before I start reading books for those.


SCATTERGORIES
Start Date: 10/16/25
Letter: F
Completed categories: 0/26



📌 AUTHOR NAME: Agatha Frost, Marie Force, Barbary Freethy

📌 BOOK TITLE: Forever Country; For an Audience of One; Der Fremde im Zug; Fortune Funhouse

📌 CITY: Freeport

📌 DRINK: Fanta

📌 ENTERTAINMENT: Frisbee

📌 FOOD: Fritter (a piece of fruit, vegetable or meat that is coated in batter and deep-fried; another term for beignets); Fast Food/Freedom Burgers (WWI name for Hamburgers)

📌 GIRL’S NAME: Faith

📌 HISTORIC EVENT: French Revolution,

📌 ICE CREAM: Favorite (food & thing to do)

📌 JEWEL: F (see Feldspat: Orthoklas, Plagioklas, Albit, Andesin, Labradorit, Bytownit, Anorthit; Flint/Feuerstein; Fluorit; Foyait; Fuchsit)

📌 KIDS’ GAME: Fetch

📌 LANDMARK: Fairview Dome?

📌 MOVIE: Freedom?, Follow Me?, Fast and Furious,

📌 NATIONAL PARK: F

📌 OCCUPATION: Firefighter

📌 PLANT: Flowering (plants - called usually Flowers)

📌 REASON TO *Q*UIT YOUR JOB: Fight

📌 ROAD TRIP: Food

📌 SPICE: Fennel

📌 TV SHOW: Fantasy …

📌 UNDER THE SEA: Fish

📌 VIDEO GAME: F

📌 WORD WITH DOUBLE LETTERS: Funny, Fall, Floor, Footage, Free/Freedom, Flood

📌 JUKEBO*X*: F

📌 YARD SALE: Fabrics

📌 ZOO ANIMAL: Frog
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I'll finish the planned author book later today or tomorrow but realized that with all the changes I made in the meantime I can finish now with spell-out and that way can start later on with the next letter and decided to go that way. Who knows perhaps I can use the one I'm still reading (more than 100 pages left, and have NLE letters) for the next one :-D


SCATTERGORIES
Start Date: 6/14/25
Letter: E
Completed categories: 26/26

AUTHOR NAME: Lynette Eason
L: Lethal Bayou Beauty book 2 in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 8/21
Y: You Matter to God: Discovering Your True Value and Identity in God's Eyes by Derek Prince & Kirbyjon Caldwell (Foreword) 4* 9/25
N: »Nach dem Pfefferspray war das Steak ungenießbar!«: Die lustigsten Produktbewertungen aus dem Internet ("After Using Pepper Spray the Steak was Unswallowable!": The Most Hilarious Product Reviews From the Net) by Jörg Breithut 2* 8/8
E: The Eagle book 2 in Spy Girl: Books 1-3 by Jillian Dodd 4* 6/16
T: Taggart, Caroline & J.A. Wines: My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English 3* 8/22
T: That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook 4* 9/5
E: Elle Rush: Resort Romance 4-book Boxed Set 4* 8/21 (171 of 221 pages read this month)
E: Eryn Scott: Steeped in Suspicion 4* 8/26
A: Adrienne Bell: Jake book 3 in The Complete Sinner Saints Box Set 4.5* 9/7
S: Swamp Sniper book 3 in Miss Fortune Series Boxset 1 by Jana Deleon 5* 8/24
O: Oak, Sophie: Three to Ride 4* 8/26
N: Northern Lights by Nora Roberts 4* 9/28

BOOK TITLE: Escape From Danger by Courtney McFarlin 2* 8/10

CITY: Eilat The Watchers by Mark Andrew Olsen 4* 7/3 - It is I. Sister Sarha, from Eilat. (p. 6) & They lived in virtually every corner of the nation: from the Golan Heights to the Sea of Galilee to the resort city of Eilat at the corner of the far-south Negev Desert. (p. 352)

DRINK: Espresso Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink 4* 7/22 - May I show you to a table? Make you an espresso? (p. 36)

ENTERTAINMENT: Edutainment Casket Cache by Janice J. Richardson 3* 6/17 - I learned a lot about the funeral business, differences between American, British and Canadian English

FOOD: Étouffée Later Gator by Jana Deleon 4* 9/22 - Carter was at the café for a late lunch the other day and he was asking when Francine was going to make crawfish étouffée again. She doesn't do it often because it's such a process in a small kitchen, but it's Carter's favorite."
"You made étouffée? Seriously, that is above and beyond the friendship requirement." (p. 55)

GIRL’S NAME: Elizabeth Pride, Prejudice, & Permutations: A Collection of Pride & Prejudice Variations by Tiffany Thomas 3* 8/22 - Elizabeth Bennet is one of the MCs

HISTORIC EVENT: Emancipation Proclamation Prophet by R.J. Larson 5* 7/6 - slaves are released into freedom

ICE CREAM: Eucalyptus Mint Chip Ice Cream Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 9/30 - She could smell eucalyptus, rose, musk. (p. 189), gulping down a mint-green nutri-drink. (p. 277), & While her computer juggled its chips, she rose to get a cup of coffee. (p. 66)

JEWEL: Emerald Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/8 - For tonight's show, Mavis's hair was a stunning emerald green. (p. 44)

KIDS’ GAME: Elfer raus (German Card Game available in the US - https://germanspecialtyimport.com/pro... in English: Eleven Out) The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan 3* 6/23 - number in title

LANDMARK: El Capitan The Yosemite book 1 in The Neverending Treasures of Yosemite by John Muir 2* 9/5 - Just beyond this glorious flood the El Capitan Rock, regarded by many as the most sublime feature of the Valley, (loc. 132, ch. 1)

MOVIE: Enigma Heated by Kathleen Brooks 3* 8/9 - You're an enigma that's for sure. (p. 251)

NATIONAL PARK: Everglades Flip-Flops and Murder by H.Y. Hanna 3* 7/14 - set mostly in Florida

OCCUPATION: Ethical Hacker Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 8/25 - there are several instances of hacking on both sides of the fence, Roarke is acting as ethical hacker in this case

PLANT: Elm Swamp Spook by Jana Deleon 4* 10/15 - “Every couple years, we add something new. This year is the Nightmare on Elm Street display.” (p. 20)

REASON TO *Q*UIT YOUR JOB: Embezzlement Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 6/22 - he'd do a nice long stretch for fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and more petty shit, but he's dead (p. 284)

ROAD TRIP: Essen - the German word essen means eat, food, and several related words (see here: https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch... which was the reason I picked it as food seems to be rather important in many stories :-D) Living Lies by Natalie Walters 3.5* 7/28 - female MC owns (and lives above) a café offering home-cooked meals and a lot of the story revolves around the Way Station Café

SPICE: English Lavender Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 8/3 - Hetta Finestein opened her door with a puff of lavender sachet and the yeasty smell of homemade bread. (p. 235) & the book is in English :-D

TV SHOW: Elementary Elementary: The Periodic Table Explained by James M. Russell 3.5* 7/27

UNDER THE SEA: Eel Alien Ambush by Nikki Haverstock 4* 7/10 - The edge of the riverbank crumbled beneath me, and several large, black eels landed on James, pulled him underwater and me off my footing. (p. 150)

VIDEO GAME: Escape Imperfect by Christy Barritt book 2 in Pursued 3* 6/30 - several characters (including the MCs) attempted to escape or escaped from danger

WORD WITH DOUBLE LETTERS: eejit (Roarke's favorite name for idiots) Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 7/30 - ‘Idiots,’ Eve muttered, and Peabody was dead certain she wasn’t referring to the stream of jaywalking tourists who barely missed being mowed down by a maxi-bus. (p.106) & ‘Did you know that when you were talking to your Dublin friend your accent got thicker, the rhythm of your speech changed. And you said aye instead of yes at least twice.’
‘Did I?’ He’d been totally unaware of it, and wasn’t sure how that sat with him. ‘Odd.’ (p. 153)

JUKEBO*X*: Elohim Adonai Union with Christ: The Way to Know and Enjoy God by Rankin Wilbourne 5* 7/17 - Elohim Adonai & Christ are God's names/titles

YARD SALE: Easel Knocked Off by Adrienne Giordano 4* 7/8 - art and art fraud are core topics of this mystery

ZOO ANIMAL: Eagle Provoked by Angela Ford 3* 10/8 - their last hike along Eagle Ridge trail. (p. 20)

I got Week 50 - October 11: Row 1 Column 1 Das Rußland-Haus=The Russia House by John Le Carré another of my paper books. I have so many picked for this challenge I need to remove the reminder and replace them with ebooks (which I can read after nightfall, not the case with paper books)

Amanda K wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Amanda K wrote: "I also did not get picks for this round."

I can pick for you in about an hour - or give someone else the chance (for a change :-D)"

Thank you! :)"

Sorry I didn’t manage to post the promised picks. When I picked up my nephew from school it took longer and after cooking I completely forgot.
Thank you Chaitra, for stepping in!

I got finally around to check and got The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

Amanda K wrote: "I also did not get picks for this round."

I can pick for you in about an hour - or give someone else the chance (for a change :-D)

LittleRedRidingHood wrote: "Round 14: Picks for Agnieszka

Hope there is something to your liking in this selection. Happy reading.
..."

Can't wait until will be out next week and it will be most likely the first I'll read

Week 49 - October 4: Column 1 Mitten ins Herz=Why Me by Jacob Damkani I had this book earlier today considering to add it to my currently-reading stack in my bedroom, but it fit only one challenge so far, so I re-considered it. Now I think it's really time to tackle it soon :-D

Week 46 - September 13: Column 1 Death of a Double Dipper book 11 in Sassy Sleuths Detective Mysteries: 13 Cozy Mystery Novels by Angela Pepper 4* 10/3 - I finished it yesterday and am confused why the series was not continued in eight years as it had an open ending and several issues were not (yet) resolved. I hope very much the author will reconsider and continue the series.

Round 14 - Agnieszka picks for Martha



Death by Inferior Design I have this on my Kindle as well
Magnificent Obsession you have two books by this author on your (very short) shelf, so I assumed you enjoy his works or need it for a challenge
Strange Shores #11 in series, so I assume you like it
Beauty and the Clockwork Beast something very different

Enjoy!

Barb wrote: "Yep, those both work :)"

YAY Thank you!

I'm going for my previous combo of options 2 (P&P) & 4 again, though will expand the Randomizer pick to 40 (attempting to complete at least 30) as I run out of As before I got to the # of completed letters for the two options I aimed for.

Option 2 -- The "Literary" Option
9 As
8 Es
8 Is
8 Os
4 Us
1 Y


Option 4 -- The Randomizer Option
37 Y:
31 A:
10 O:
20 E:
4 I:
26 U:
6 A:
41 E:
46 O:
37 Y:
34 O:
15 O:
17 E:
50 I:
8 E:
41 E:
47 U:
38 U:
38 U:
27 O:
19 A:
49 E:
35 U:
34 O:
50 I:
49 E:
27 O:
22 O:
19 A:
37 Y:
20 E:
12 Y:
3 O:
4 I:
36 Y:
35 U:
30 A:
35 U:
33 I:
8 E:
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Would these two work this way:

The ice cream is not available in one quote but I found all three words in the book (ok, the last one was plural instead of singular but I doubt I'll find it better in any book) I was almost finished with the spell-out when I found it and thought it's worth a try (that way I can use some of the letters for another category :-D)
ICE CREAM: Eucalyptus Mint Chip Ice Cream Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb 4* 9/30 - She could smell eucalyptus, rose, musk. (p. 189), gulping down a mint-green nutri-drink. (p. 277), & While her computer juggled its chips, she rose to get a cup of coffee. (p. 66)

I can't offer a better location as they vary from device and page size settings. If you'd prefer I could add percentage instead.
PLANT: Elm Beyond All Dreams by Elizabeth Camden ?* 10/? - Elm and oak trees sheltered cobblestone streets (second sentence in chapter 5, page 90/484)

Jackie wrote: "I just can't lift more than 10 pounds, so no tomes for me for a while!!!"

Oh, so sad. Hope you find some 'lighter' reading you like :-D

Barb wrote: "This one's for everyone. Good hunting :)

BL/HR : September 27 | Read the FIRST book on your to-read shelf with CLASSIC on its main GR page"

Oh you’re going to kill me. One of my least favorite genres. *sigh*

Week 48 - September 27: Row 1 Column 5 Shadows of the Past by Patricia Bradley

Jackie wrote: "I had surgery on the 22nd"

Hope you're better now

Jennifer wrote: "Good luck Agnieszka! If I had a vacant apartment out your way I'd hire you to house-sit in a second!"

You’re so sweet. Thank you!

Finished my first one :-D

August 30: Read the LAST book on your to-read shelf by an author whose last name starts with C
That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook 4* 9/5 - thank you Barb, loved the next one too!

Agnieszka wrote: "Carrie wrote: "I didn't receive my picks from Meg for this round"

Do you want me to pick for you?"

I'm off to bed now. In case you wish some picks I decided to post those now so you don't have to wait any longer. Should you not wish those feel free to disregard them.

The two books I read from your shelf I didn't like, so I decided to pick titles spelling out your name (only one R - as five is more than I usually post).



Chill
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
River Marked
If It Makes You Happy
Eternal Kiss of Darkness

Enjoy!

Carrie wrote: "I didn't receive my picks from Meg for this round"

Do you want me to pick for you?