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Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Congrats, L&M and Kim!

Congrats, Kim!

May I have another set please?

Round 44

✔ T - A Cold, Cold World | Elena Taylor ★★★ (06/15/25)
✔ G - The House at Sea's End | Elly Griffiths ★★ (06/11/25)
✔ O - Our Man in Havana | Graham Greene ★★★★ (06/12/25)
✔ Z - Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
✔ N - Kale to the Queen | Nell Hampton ★★ (06/14/25)
✔ H - How to Seal Your Own Fate | Kristen Perrin ★★★ (06/02/25)
✔ U - Under the Midnight Sun | Keigo Higashino ★★★★ (06/05/25)
Bonus - To: How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir | Molly Jong-Fast ★★★ (06/30/25)
Bonus – On: Run on Red | Noelle W. Ihli ★★ (06/30/25)

worst

Congrats, Barbara!

Mary-Megan wrote: "Next guess:

M1 - The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan [416 pages] (7/3)"

M1 is a hit.

Continuing from Kathy's ruses:

roses

Kathryn wrote: "surety"

Kathryn, there are six letters in surety.

Old, Obsolete, Obscure Words #5 - Farming and Livestock

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 26/26

✔ A is for ABACTOR: Read a book in which a speaking character is a criminal - bonus for a thief (tell us who).
Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
Talon Karrde, smuggler.

✔ B is for BIRD-BOY: Read a book with a bird shown clearly on its cover (post the cover).
Hook, Line and Blinker | Jana Deleon ★★★★★ (07/23/25)


✔ C is for COTTAGER/COTTAR: Read a book in which someone takes a trip to a cottage, or similar location (tell us where).
The Decagon House Murders | Yukito Ayatsuji ★★★ (07/24/25)
It’s this weird house on an island called the Decagon House.

✔ D is for DAY/DEY: Read a book whose author’s first or last name starts with R (post the link to the author).
Shorefall | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★ (07/12/25)

✔ E is for EAR/ERE/AR/ARE: Read a book that has a verb in its title.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V.E. Schwab ★★ (07/06/25)

✔ F is for FOG: Read a book that has an afterward, epilogue, appendix, or other type of ‘text after the main text’ pages.
So Far Gone | Jess Walter ★★★ (07/06/25)
An epilogue.

✔ G is for GATE: Read a book that has a compound word in its title.
Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★ (07/17/25)

✔ H is a HERD: Read a book that has one (or more) of the animals listed with this word on its cover.
Charlotte’s Web | E.B. White ★★★ (07/29/25)

Goose, sheep & pig.

✔ I is for INTERCOMMON: Read a book that clearly shows a town or village on its cover (post the cover).
The Burning Issue of the Day | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (07/22/25)

Looks like the town square.

✔ J is for JADE: Read a book that has a predominantly green cover (post the cover).
Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie ★★★ (07/18/25)


✔ K is for KEFFLE and KINE, KY/KYLOE, and KEB: Read a book in which someone rides a horse (tell us who).
The Drowned Woods | Emily Lloyd-Jones ★★★ (08/05/25)
Renfrew & Mer.

✔ L is for LAIR: Read a book in which someone is said to go to bed or to lie down (tell us who).
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)
Beryl & Edwina.

✔ M is for MUCK: Read a book in which someone has ‘a dirty job’ (by your definition - it can be literal, such as handling muck or figurative, such as doing something underhanded) (tell us who and their ‘dirty job’).
If Walls Could Talk | Juliet Blackwell ★★ (07/20/25)
Melanie is in construction, she literally has a job that involves her getting dirty on a regular basis.

✔ N is for NEAT/Nawt/Nout/ Nowt/Nolt/Nought/Note: Read a book that has a name or noun for a type of animal in its title.
A Short History of the World According to Sheep | Sally Coulthard ★★ (09/03/25)

✔ O is for OXGANG: Read a book in which someone goes for a walk (tell us who).
Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
Claire, Samantha, Sister Agatha, Sister Gwyneth at different points of the story.

✔ P is for PANNAGE: Read a book that has a title word with multiple common meanings.
Killing State | Judith O'Reilly ★★ (07/20/25)
Both killing and state have multiple meanings.

✔ Q is for QUICK GOODS: Read a book that has been made into a movie (tell us the movie title if different from that of the book).
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)

✔ R is for REE: Read a book that has three or more similar, round or grain-like items on its cover - actual grains or legumes would count, as would other items of the right shape (post the cover).
Sin Eater | Megan Campisi ★★ (07/08/25)

Pomegranate sedes.

✔ S is for SEVERAL S LAND-RELATED WORDS: Read a book in which someone owns a lot of land (tell us who).
Bran New Death | Victoria Hamilton ★★★ (07/02/25)
Merry.

✔ T is for TAR BOY: Read a book in which someone is wounded or is healing from a wound (tell us who) -and- read a book with a predominantly black cover (post the cover).
Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)
October.


✔ U is for UNDERBIT/UNDERBITTED: Read a book that has a square, triangle, v-shaped notch, circle, or semicircle shown clearly on its cover (for either option post the cover).
The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks ★★ (07/09/25)


✔ V is for VILLEIN: Read a book that is set in a village - real or fictional (tell us where).
A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)
Lilyvale, Arkansas.

✔ W is for WAIF: Read a book in which someone or something has strayed or gotten lost.
Death Comes to the Village | Catherine Lloyd ★★ (07/10/25)
The rectory maid has gone missing and no one seems to know where she is.

✔ X is for XENOGAMY: Read a book in which someone gets married.
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding | Catherine Mack ★ (07/04/25)
Emma and Fred.

✔ Y is for YARDMAN: Read a book in which someone works (as a job) primarily outdoors (tell us who and their job).
Blind Descent | Nevada Barr ★★★ (08/22/25)
Anna is a park ranger.

✔ Z is for ZAMINDAR/ZEMINDAR: Read a book in which a main character is Indian (from India) or of Indian heritage -and- read a book that is set in a colonized place - real or fictional (tell us where).
The Satapur Moonstone | Sujata Massey ★★ (07/22/25)
MC is Indian, the book is set in colonial India.

*** Completed (09/03/25) ***

Welcome to the challenge, Carolyn and Mary!

Congrats, Barb and Carolyn!

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #6


N3 - Time Was by Nora Roberts 1 July 2025 ★★★ 379 pages, Kindle Edition

"

N3 is a miss.

Congrats, Mary!

Welcome Ruth!

Welcome to the challenge, Mary and Ruth!

Meg wrote: "Landscaper ==> Lee Strauss - Murder at Hartigan House 06/23

Drowning ==> Chasing the Sun, Judy Leigh 06/20

The Secret Garden ==..."

The murder was not at the Secret Garden.

Thanks Barb! Your home state was the holdup! Apparently, I don't currently read any series that's set in Pennsylvania, lol.

Congrats, Connie!

Congrats, Samantha and Bonita!

Congrats, Barb!