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

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Michelle wrote: "GUESS # 10

SUSPECT - short ordeR Cook (RC) - Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine - 8/19/25
CAUSE OF DEATH - 4. Poison - Apple on the cover - [book:My Midlife Crisis, My R..."

The murder was not by poison.

Congrats, Michelle and Patrizia!

Andrea wrote: "Purple | Red | Orange | Red


[..."

You have two colors correct and one is in the right position.

Andrea wrote: "Cabin Girl by E.G. Bella 10/3/25
277 pgs
B7"

B7 is a miss.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #22
S6 - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher 12 October 2025 ★★★★★ (audiobook) 336 pages, Kindle Edition

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S6 is a miss.

Congrats, Mabeelle!

Congrats, Amanda!

march

Congrats, Bonita!

dream

LOL.

Congrats, L&M!

You're doing great! I just can't read pre-chosen books apparently - I've tried doing 10 books and I've tried doing 120, they're equally difficult for me.

Barb wrote: "Be still my heart *gasp!* This was one of my favorite series while it lasted :)
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I'm sorry! I tried but just could not get into it!

Congrats, Amanda!

Finished song #10. My next is Volbeat's In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan's Spawn.

🎼10. Last Resort, Papa Roach

✔ L - The Elephant Whisperer | Lawrence Anthony ★★★ (09/29/25)
✔ A - For Duck's Sake | Donna Andrews ★★★★★ (09/10/25)
✔ S - A Short History of the World According to Sheep | Sally Coulthard ★★ (09/03/25)
✔ T - Murder on Madison Square | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (09/08/25)

✔ R - Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts | Julian Rubinstein ★★ (09/14/25)
✔ E - Chardonnayed to Rest | J.C. Eaton ★★★ (09/11/25)
✔ S - Sour Grapes | G.A. McKevett ★★★ (09/16/25)
✔ O - Unwanted | Kristina Ohlsson ★★ (09/19/25)
✔ R - Murder on the Marlow Belle | Robert Thorogood ★★★ (10/04/25)
✔ T - Triggerfish Twist | Tim Dorsey ★★★★ (09/09/25)

✔ P - Pie Hard | Kirsten Weiss ★★★ (09/05/25)
✔ A - White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide | Carol Anderson ★★★ (09/12/25)
✔ P - The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry ★★★ (09/09/25)
✔ A - The Taint of Midas | Anne Zouroudi ★★★ (09/16/25)

✔ R - Murder on the Marlow Belle | Robert Thorogood ★★★ (10/04/25)
✔ O - Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield ★★ (10/07/25)
✔ A - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith ★★★ (09/28/25)
✔ C - The Intuitionist | Colson Whitehead ★★ (09/08/25)
✔ H - Undeading Bells | Drew Hayes ★★★★★ (09/02/25)

I'm finished with #401-500. I'll do another set, link isn't necessary Barb!

#501 – 600

7 8 6 8 5 4 7 3 9 3 7 6 5 6 4 3 3 6 3 1
9 7 9 7 8 6 8 0 3 6 7 1 8 7 3 0 7 9 6 9
3 9 2 4 2 3 6 3 2 1 4 4 8 4 5 0 3 5 4 7
7 6 3 1 5 6 7 0 2 5 5 3 9 0 0 6 5 4 2 3
1 1 7 9 2 0 1 5 3 4 6 4 9 7 7 9 2 9 0 6

Guess #2: SPOIL

S - Slough House | Mick Herron ★★★★ (10/01/25)
P - Pampered to Death | Laura Levine ★★★★ (10/02/25)
O - Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield ★★ (10/07/25)
I - Into the Windwracked Wilds | A. Deborah Baker ★★★★ (10/07/25)
L - A Local Habitation | Seanan McGuire ★★ (10/08/25)

I got 36.

Me Three!

Duration: Nov 01, 2024 - Oct 31, 2025
Completed: 36/12+

✔ 1. Ernest Cunningham #3.
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret | Benjamin Stevenson ★★★★ (11/10/24)
Will Continue

✔ 2. Terra Ignota #3.
The Will to Battle | Ada Palmer ★ (11/15/24)
It’s horrible, but there’s only one more book. Will continue.

✔ 3. Hell’s Library #3.
The God of Lost Words | A.J. Hackwith ★★★★★ (11/25/24)
It had a perfect ending, but if there’s any more books in the same universe, I’ll read them.

✔ 4. The Dark Tower #3.
The Waste Lands | Stephen King ★★★ (01/13/25)
I want to finish this series.

✔ 5. Lady Hardcastle #3.
Death Around the Bend | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (01/13/25)
This series is a blast. I’ll continue.

✔ 6. Bill Hodges #3.
End of Watch | Stephen King ★★ (01/20/25)
It was a trilogy, so this is done.

✔ 7. Women of Troy #3.
The Voyage Home | Pat Barker ★★ (01/22/25)
I think this is a trilogy, but even if it’s not, I’m done.

✔ 8. Scottish Shire #3.
Murder at a Scottish Social | Traci Hall ★★★ (01/24/25)
Not too good, not too bad either. I’ll continue for now.

✔ 9. Granny Reid #3.
Murder at Mabel’s Motel | G.A. McKevett ★★★ (02/17/25)
I’ll continue.

✔ 10. Marygene Brown #3.
Southern Sass and a Battered Bride | Kate Young ★ (02/19/25)
This series seems done. Even if not, I’m done.

✔ 11. Jules and Bun #3.
Hop 'Til You Drop | J.M. Griffin ★★★ (02/24/25)
The series seem to have ended, but it’s good enough to continue if the author writes more.

✔ 12. Rabbi Small #3.
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home | Harry Kemelman ★★★ (02/28/25)
I don’t like these books but I don’t hate them either so I’ll continue for now.

✔ 13. Her Royal Spyness #3.
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
I’m skipping out of this series with pleasure.

✔ 14. Ice Cream Shop #3.
Fatal Fudge Swirl | Meri Allen ★★★ (03/12/25)
There are no more books in this series.

✔ 15. Diana Flowers #3.
Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime | Ruby Loren ★★★ (03/16/25)
Will continue.

✔ 16. Emily Wilde #3.
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales | Heather Fawcett ★★★★ (03/26/25)
Will continue if there are more books.

✔ 17. Slough House #3.
Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
Definitely reading more.

✔ 18. Secret Staircase #3.
A Midnight Puzzle | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (04/18/25)
Will continue if there are more books.

✔ 19. Wings of Fire #3.
The Hidden Kingdom | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (04/24/25)
Will continue.

✔ 20. Bookmobile Mystery #3.
Read or Alive | Nora Page ★★★ (05/04/25)
No more books in the series as of now.

✔ 21. Old Man’s War #3.
The Last Colony | John Scalzi ★★★ (05/28/25)
Will continue.

✔ 22. Lily Adler #3.
Death at the Manor | Katharine Schellman ★★ (05/29/25)
Will continue for now.

✔ 23. Ruth Galloway #3.
The House at Sea's End | Elly Griffiths ★★ (06/11/25)
I’m abandoning the series.

✔ 24. Lord Edgington #3.
Death on a Summer’s Day | Benedict Brown ★★★★ (06/12/25)
Will continue.

✔ 25. Silver Six #3.
A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)
It’s done, but I would have not continued if it had more books.

✔ 26. Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn #3
Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
It’s done, but I would love more books in this series.

✔ 27. Imperial Radch #3
Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie ★★★ (07/18/25)
Done for now.

✔ 28. Secret Bookcase #3
Death at the Dinner Party | Ellie Alexander ★ (07/26/25)
Abandoning.

✔ 29. An American in Paris #3
A Fashionably French Murder | Colleen Cambridge ★★★★ (07/28/25)
Will continue.

✔ 30. Wishcraft Mystery #3
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy | Heather Blake ★★★ (08/01/25)
Will continue.

✔ 31. Sherlock Holmes Bookshop #3
The Cat of the Baskervilles | Vicki Delany ★★★ (08/12/25)
Maybe.

✔ 32. Lady Caroline #3
A Body in the Villa | Isabella Bassett ★★★ (08/13/25)
Will continue.

✔ 33. Murder on Location #3
Death in a Stately Home | Sara Rosett ★★★ (08/24/25)
Will continue for now

✔ 34. Li Du #3
City of Ink | Elsa Hart ★★★★★ (08/29/25)
I wish there were more!

✔ 35. Pie Town #3
Pie Hard | Kirsten Weiss ★★★ (09/05/25)
Will continue.

✔ 36. Up-And-Under #3
Into the Windwracked Wilds | A. Deborah Baker ★★★★ (10/07/25)
Will continue

*** Completed (10/07/25) ***

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

Books I've read and loved. I hope you like whichever book you end up reading!