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

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Meg wrote: "Short order cook ==> Charlaine Harris - Grave Sight 06/17

Shot (bullets) ==> Tough Cookie, M. Ruth Myers 06/17

The Secret Garden ===>..."

The murder was not by shot.

Thanks ladies!

Congrats, Marty! Could you add links to your books please so I can mark you as finished? Thanks!!

spoon

Thanks Jimena!

Welcome Mary!

Welcome to the challenge, Lali & Michelle!

You're good to start guessing Andrea!

Congrats, everyone!

Congrats, OM!

Congrats, Frankie!

Thanks ladies! Congrats, Cats!

Congrats, Cats!

Congrats, Frankie!

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) ***

Reading Roulette 2025

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026
Completed: 0/26

BL/HR : July 5

HR : July 19

BL/HR : August 2

HR : August 16

BL/HR : August 30

HR : September 13

BL/HR : September 27

HR : October 11

BL/HR : October 25

HR : November 8

BL/HR : November 22

HR : December 6

BL/HR : December 20

HR : January 3

BL/HR : January 17

HR : January 31

BL/HR : February 14

HR : February 28

BL/HR : March 14

HR : March 28

BL/HR : April 11

HR : April 25

BL/HR : May 9

HR : May 23

BL/HR : June 6

HR : June 20

Congrats, everyone!

Great job, Moondance!

July 2025 Spell Challenge

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025
Completed: 9/9

✔ T - Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
✔ R - Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)
✔ A - Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
✔ D - Death Comes to the Village | Catherine Lloyd ★★ (07/10/25)
✔ E - Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)

✔ W - So Far Gone | Jess Walter ★★★ (07/06/25)
✔ I - The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks ★★ (07/09/25)
✔ N - A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)
✔ D - The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans | Laura Trethewey ★★★★ (07/11/25)

*** Completed (07/21/25) ***

Name That Dog!

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
Completed: 25/25

✔ 1. 4 4 2 7: List 2, #68, Oliver: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
Luke Skywalker.

✔ 2. 8 8 5 7: List 2, #72, Loki: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
Arsenic and Old Lies | Benedict Brown ★★★★ (07/28/25)
Marius Quin.

✔ 3. 2 4 2 1: List 2, #67, Hazel: Read a book where the last letter of the title (subtitles do not count) is the same as the last letter in the dog's name you chose.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V.E. Schwab ★★ (07/06/25)

✔ 4. 2 8 2 5: List 2, #83, Bandit: Read a book set in a location whose name starts with the same letter as your chosen dog name.
The Burning Issue of the Day | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (07/22/25)
Bristol.

✔ 5. 4 7 6 8: List 2, #1, Zeus: Read a book whose author's gender is *opposite* of the gender of the dog name you picked.
Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)

✔ 6. 1 5 8 7: List 1, Male, 2018, Carter: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
Killing State | Judith O'Reilly ★★ (07/20/25)
Michael North.

✔ 7. 6 6 3 7: List 2, #55, Stella: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
Sister Agatha.

✔ 8. 8 9 2 4: List 2, #32, Shadow: Read a book whose title has all the vowels in your dog's name, in the same uninterrupted order in which they appear in the dog's name. (The title can have more vowels, but the ones in the dog's name must be in the same order with no other vowels between).
So Far Gone | Jess Walter ★★★ (07/06/25)
fArgOne.

✔ 9. 5 7 1 9: List 1, Male, 2011, Hachi: Read a book that has a dog on the cover and whose title has at least one letter that can be found in the dog name you picked.
If Walls Could Talk | Juliet Blackwell ★★ (07/20/25)

If wAlls Could.

✔ 10. 5 1 7 2: List 1, Male, 2017, Mango: Read a book where the third word in the title has the same number of letters as the dog's name you chose (all words count).
Bran New Death | Victoria Hamilton ★★★ (07/02/25)

✔ 11. 3 4 6 9: List 1, Female, 2016, Panda: Read a book that has a dog on the cover and whose title has at least one letter that can be found in the dog name you picked.
A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)

A, P and N.

✔ 12. 2 8 3 3: List 2, #66, Apollo: Read a book where the author's first and last initials are both found in the dog name you chose.
Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie ★★★ (07/18/25)

✔ 13. 3 9 2 8: List 1, Male, 2012, Django: Read a book whose author's gender is *opposite* of the gender of the dog name you picked.
Death Comes to the Village | Catherine Lloyd ★★ (07/10/25)

✔ 14. 5 4 5 8: List 1, Female, 2015, Kiwi: Read a book whose author's gender is *opposite* of the gender of the dog name you picked.
Shorefall | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★ (07/12/25)

✔ 15. 4 7 8 7: List 2, #47, Ginger: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
Sin Eater | Megan Campisi ★★ (07/08/25)
Assuming Ginger is female like Ginger Rogers. MC is May.

✔ 16. 8 2 3 6: List 2, #59, Leo: Read a book whose title has every letter in it that appears in your dog name (any order, but each letter must appear as often as it appears in the dog's name, so if the dog's name is Waffles, your title must have two occurrences of the letter "F" to count).
The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks ★★ (07/09/25)
pLayEr Of.

✔ 17. 9 5 4 9: List 1, Male, 2014, Spartacus: Read a book that has a dog on the cover and whose title has at least one letter that can be found in the dog name you picked.
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)

muRder engliSh glAde.

✔ 18. 1 9 9 8: List 1, Male, 2019, Snow: Read a book whose author's gender is *opposite* of the gender of the dog name you picked.
The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans | Laura Trethewey ★★★★ (07/11/25)

✔ 19. 1 8 8 6: List 1, Female, 2018, Bowie: Read a book whose title has every letter in it that appears in your dog name (any order, but each letter must appear as often as it appears in the dog's name, so if the dog's name is Waffles, your title must have two occurrences of the letter "F" to count).
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy | Heather Blake ★★★ (08/01/25)
thE gOod Bad WItchy.

✔ 20. 8 2 4 5: List 2, #92, Hank: Read a book set in a location whose name starts with the same letter as your chosen dog name.
Death in a Blackout | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)
Hull.

✔ 21. 4 7 8 1: List 2, #9, Princess: Read a book where the last letter of the title (subtitles do not count) is the same as the last letter in the dog's name you chose.
Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★ (07/17/25)

✔ 22. 6 8 9 8: List 2, #89, Roscoe: Read a book whose author's gender is *opposite* of the gender of the dog name you picked.
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)

✔ 23. 6 9 1 3: List 2, #35, Harley: Read a book where the author's first and last initials are both found in the dog name you chose.
The Decagon House Murders | Yukito Ayatsuji ★★★ (07/24/25)

✔ 24. 3 7 8 4: List 1, Male, 2018, Calvin: Read a book whose title has all the vowels in your dog's name, in the same uninterrupted order in which they appear in the dog's name. (The title can have more vowels, but the ones in the dog's name must be in the same order with no other vowels between).
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding | Catherine Mack ★ (07/04/25)
At thIs.

✔ 25. 9 2 9 7: List 1, Female, 2019, Arya: Read a book whose main character is the same gender as the dog name you picked.
The Satapur Moonstone | Sujata Massey ★★ (07/22/25)
Perveen.

*** Completed (08/01/25) ***