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Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

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Barb wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "Guess #3: GUIDE"

That is correct! Would you like to play again?"

Oh yay! I only guessed it because I had a U book that was expiring and I wanted to use it, LOL.

And yes please!

Guess #3: GUIDE

G - The Great Divide | Cristina Henríquez ★★★ (09/18/25)
U - Unwanted | Kristina Ohlsson ★★ (09/19/25)
I – Guessed previously
D – Guessed previously
E – Guessed previously

Round 13, Picking for LoriLovesBooks

Lori, we have a number of books in common, and it was difficult to narrow it down to 4 books! Most of our common books are fantasy, but I chose books from different genres so you'd have a variety to choose from. I hope you enjoy your picks!

I finished my 2024 challenge finally.

A-Z Female Characters 2024

Duration: Jan 01, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
Completed: 26/26

✔ A - Abby. Death by Committee | Alexis Morgan ★ (01/17/24)
✔ B - Betty. Pnin | Vladimir Nabokov ★★★★ (01/10/24)
✔ C - Cora. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known | Seanan McGuire ★★★★ (01/18/24)
✔ D - Daisy. Mistletoe and Murder | Carola Dunn ★★★ (01/01/24)
✔ E - Eilonwy. The Book of Three | Lloyd Alexander ★★★★ (01/06/24)
✔ F - Flora 717. The Bees | Laline Paull ★ (01/11/24)
✔ G - Gemma. Body on Baker Street | Vicki Delany ★★ (02/08/24)
✔ H - Holly. The Dog Across the Lake | Krista Davis ★★ (02/03/24)
✔ I - Irene. Void Star | Zachary Mason ★★★ (01/29/24)
✔ J - Jacqueline. The Dark Vineyard | Martin Walker ★★★ (01/03/24)
✔ K - Kate. The Art of Betrayal | Connie Berry ★★★ (01/08/24)
✔ L - Lana. Murder Lo Mein | Vivien Chien ★★ (01/02/24)
✔ M - Maddie. Chocolate à la Murder | Kirsten Weiss ★★★ (01/01/24)
✔ N - Naomi. The Butterfly Girl | Rene Denfeld ★★ (01/17/24)
✔ O - Olenska. Fight No More: Stories | Lydia Millet ★★ (02/10/24)
✔ P - Penelope. House of Odysseus | Claire North ★★★★ (01/13/24)
✔ Q - Orquidea. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina | Zoraida Córdova ★ (08/07/25)
✔ R - Rebecca. America for Beginners | Leah Franqui ★ (01/15/24)
✔ S - Sally. The Long Mars | Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter ★ (01/14/24)
✔ T - Tsunami. The Dragonet Prophecy | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/16/24)
✔ U - Uche. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine | Uché Blackstock ★★★★★ (02/25/24)
✔ V - Violet. Murders and Metaphors | Amanda Flower ★★ (02/18/24)
✔ W - Willa. Curds of Prey | Korina Moss ★★★★ (06/01/24)
✔ X - Xiomara. The Great Divide | Cristina Henríquez ★★★ (09/18/25)
✔ Y - Yumi. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter | Brandon Sanderson ★★★★ (02/29/24)
✔ Z - Zinnia. Kind One | Laird Hunt ★★ (02/15/24)

*** Completed (09/18/25) ***

Another old challenge that I finished but forgot to update.

2024 Author Scavenger

Duration: Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 35/35

✔ 1. Author uses initial rather than first name.
What Feasts at Night | T. Kingfisher ★★ (03/09/24)

✔ 2. Author is living.
Murder at the Lakeside Library | Holly Danvers ★★ (03/22/24)

✔ 3. Author is no longer living.
Eternals by Jack Kirby: The Complete Collection | Jack Kirby ★★★ (03/17/24)
Kirby died in 1994.

✔ 4. Author has won or was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize, Nobel prize, Booker prize, National book award, Edgar, Agatha, Rita, Hugo, Nebula, Newbery, or Goodreads Choice (tell us which and what year).
The March | E.L. Doctorow ★★★★ (04/09/24)
Pulitzer Nominee, 2006.

✔ 5. Author is male.
The Crossroads | Chris Grabenstein ★★★ (03/13/24)

✔ 6. Author is female.
Murder at the Boat Club | Lee Strauss ★★★★ (03/14/24)

✔ 7. Author writes as a team (two or more people sharing a pen name, give the names of both people and the pen name, please).
Death of a Kitchen Diva | Lee Hollis ★ (05/14/24)
Lee Hollis is a brother and sister team, Rick Copp & Holly Simason.

✔ 8. Author is from a country foreign to yours (tell us where the author is from and what country you are in, please).
The Bedlam Stacks | Natasha Pulley ★★ (03/24/24)
Pulley is from UK. I was born in India and currently live in the US.

✔ 9. Book was author’s debut work.
The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives | Adam Gamal ★★★ (03/14/24)

✔ 10. Book was author’s final published work (the author has died or retired or has not published a new book in five years or more, and the book you read is the last one published).
Thread and Buried | Lea Wait ★★ (05/19/25)
Author has died.

✔ 11. Author is on your "top ten" favorites list.
Eternals | Neil Gaiman ★★★ (03/18/24)
Marvel 1602 | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (04/11/24)
Graphic Novels, total 504 pages.

✔ 12. Author is new to you.
The Reformatory | Tananarive Due ★★★★★ (03/01/24)

✔ 13. Author had at least one book published in the 20th century.
Murder on Mulberry Bend | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (03/25/24)

✔ 14. Author has at least 3 books published in the 21st century.
Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race | Chris Grabenstein ★★ (03/21/24)

✔ 15. Author was suggested to you by someone else. Who?
Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky ★★★★ (03/28/24)
Husband.

✔ 16. Author is a celebrity in some field other than writing.
Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out | Gracie Gold ★★★ (03/08/24)
Author is an Olympian.

✔ 17. Author is someone you’d read at least once already before reading the book qualifying for this task.
The Whispering Skull | Jonathan Stroud ★ (03/02/24)
I've read the author's other series and the first book in this series as well.

✔ 18. Author is from your home state, region, province, or city/town. You can define this broadly if you live in a place that doesn't have officially designated "regions" or "states" or "provinces."
Dark Matter | Blake Crouch ★ (09/03/24)
Crouch was born in Statesville, NC. I live in NC.

✔ 19. Author is from your home country.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (04/30/24)

✔ 20. Author has the same first or last initial as you.
X-Men Epic Collection, Vol. 9: The Brood Saga | Chris Claremont ★★ (03/19/24)

✔ 21. Author has the same first or last name as someone in your immediate family (tell us who).
Murder Under a Red Moon | Harini Nagendra ★★★ (11/06/24)
Niece.

✔ 22. Author uses a pen name (single author: cannot be the same as the author in task 7).
The Stranger in the Library | Eva Gates ★★★★ (06/06/24)
Eva Gates is Vicki Delany.

✔ *23. Author has at least 10 books published.
Eternals | Neil Gaiman ★★★ (03/18/24)
Marvel 1602 | Neil Gaiman ★★★★ (04/11/24)
Wikipedia lists 11 novels, in addition to several collections, non fiction books and comics.
*Graphic Novels, pages 256 & 248.

✔ 24. Author has a double letter somewhere in his or her name.
The Fox Wife | Yangsze Choo ★★★★ (03/29/24)

✔ 25. Author has three different vowels in his or her first or last name.
The Body in the Garden | Katharine Schellman ★★★ (03/15/24)
kAtharInE.

✔ 26. Author's first or last initial is also the first letter of the title of the book you read (a, an, the don't count).
Instruments of Darkness | Imogen Robertson ★★ (04/05/24)

✔ 27. Author's first and last names put together equal exactly 16, 19, or 25 letters.
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds | Jennifer Ackerman ★★★★ (05/20/24)

✔ 28. Author's last name is exactly 8 letters.
The Apollo Murders | Chris Hadfield ★★★ (03/13/24)

✔ 29. Author's first name is exactly 7 letters.
The American Daughters | Maurice Carlos Ruffin ★★★★ (04/06/24)

✔ 30. Author has more than one published series.
Dearly Depotted | Kate Collins ★★★ (03/12/24)
Flower Shop Mysteries and A Goddess of Greene St.

✔ 31. Author writes both series and standalone books.
Babel | R.F. Kuang ★★★ (05/02/24)
Kuang has written the Poppy Wars trilogy.

✔ 32. Author has a neutral gender name (Terry, Chris, Sam).
Essential X-Men, Vol. 1 | Chris Claremont ★★★★ (04/14/24)

✔ 33. Author uses a middle initial in addition to first and last name (e.g. Robert B. Parker).
See Something | Carol J. Perry ★★ (03/24/24)

✔ 34. Author uses a middle name in addition to first and last name (e.g. Mary Kay Andrews).
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles | Malka Ann Older ★★★★ (03/11/24)

✔ 35. Author' last name contains only one vowel (can be repeated, like Johnson)
Eggs in a Casket | Laura Childs ★★ (03/11/24)

*** Completed (11/06/24) ***

I was hoping to track down a copy of The Wife of Willesden, but I can only find it on Amazon and it's expensive. So, I'm just calling this challenge done.

HELP ME DECIDE 2022

Duration: Apr 01, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
Completed: 26/26

✔ Round 1, Picked by Connie

- Rotten to the Core | Sheila Connolly ★★ (06/10/23)
- Seraphina | Rachel Hartman ★ (05/01/22)
- Maskerade | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (04/11/22)
- American Pain | John Temple ★★★ (04/13/22)

✔ Round 2, Picked by Helen

- Swamp Sniper | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (04/29/22)
- Wreathing Havoc | Julia Henry ★★★ (04/27/22)
- Dark Night | Paige Shelton ★★★ (04/27/22)
- Chance of a Ghost | E.J. Copperman ★★★★ (04/28/22)

✔ Round 3, Picked by Jennifer

- Swamp Team 3 | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (04/28/23)
- Kaikeyi | Vaishnavi Patel ★★ (05/08/22)
- The Thrill of the Haunt | E.J. Copperman ★★★ (05/09/22)
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir | Jenny Lawson ★★★ (05/10/22)

✔ Round 4: Picked by Jimena

- Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward ★★★★ (05/22/22)
- The Road | Cormac McCarthy ★★ (05/22/22)
- Dead Beat | Jim Butcher ★★ (06/27/22)
- Feet of Clay | Terry Pratchett ★★★★ (07/07/22)

✔ Round 5, Picked by Joanne

- Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir ★★★ (07/21/22)
- The Masked City | Genevieve Cogman ★★ (07/01/22)
- The Lies That Bind | Kate Carlisle ★★★ (04/16/23)
- In Plain Sight | Lorena McCourtney ★★★ (03/29/23)

✔ Round 6, Picked by Karin

- The Island | Adrian McKinty ★★ (06/19/22)
- Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir ★★★ (07/21/22)
- The Masked City | Genevieve Cogman ★★ (07/01/22)
- Amy and Isabelle | Elizabeth Strout ★★ (05/26/23)

✔ Round 7, Picked by Kate

- Aru Shah and the Song of Death | Roshani Chokshi ★★★ (07/19/22)
- The Brothers Cabal | Jonathan L. Howard ★★★ (07/18/22)
- Inspector Specter | E.J. Copperman ★★★★ (07/03/22)
- Final Exam | Carol J. Perry ★★★ (07/29/22)

✔ Round 8, Picked by Katie

- Ophie's Ghosts | Justina Ireland ★★★★ (07/17/22)
- A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark ★★★ (11/07/22)
- A Study in Murder | Callie Hutton ★ (07/28/22)
- The Line of Beauty | Alan Hollinghurst ★★ (02/04/23)

✔ Round 9, Picked by LittleRedRidingHood

- Amy and Isabelle | Elizabeth Strout ★★ (05/26/23)
- Arthur & George | Julian Barnes ★★ (07/30/23)
- A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark ★★★ (11/07/22)
- Dead Voices | Katherine Arden ★★ (07/30/22)

✔ Round 10, Picked by Maggie

- Chains | Laurie Halse Anderson ★★ (08/24/22)
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City | Matthew Desmond ★★★★ (08/26/22)
- The Last to Vanish | Megan Miranda ★★★ (08/15/22)
- Murder Can Frost Your Doughnut | Rose Pressey ★★ (08/04/24)

✔ Round 11, Picked by Mandy

- A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd ★★ (09/07/22)
- All the Living and the Dead | Hayley Campbell ★★★ (04/19/23)
- Misery | Stephen King ★★★ (09/10/22)
- Death Is Hard Work | Khaled Khalifa ★★★ (01/06/23)

✔ Round 12, Picked by Martha

- Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit | Amy Stewart ★★★★ (09/26/22)
- In Plain Sight | Lorena McCourtney ★★★ (03/29/23)
- February | Lisa Moore ★★ (04/30/23)
- Old School | Tobias Wolff ★★ (09/15/22)

✔ Round 13, Picking by Mary-Megan

- A Fatal Footnote | Margaret Loudon ★★★ (09/25/22)
- File M for Murder | Miranda James ★★ (12/24/22)
- Pouncing on Murder | Laurie Cass ★★★★ (10/30/22)
- The Lies That Bind | Kate Carlisle ★★★ (04/16/23)

✔ Round 14, Picked by Melissa

- The Bullet That Missed | Richard Osman ★★★★ (10/22/22)
- The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan ★★★ (02/03/23)
- The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri ★★ (10/11/22)
- Swamp Team 3 | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (04/28/23)

✔ Round 15, Picked by Missy

- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women | Kate Moore ★★★★ (11/19/22)
- Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson ★★★★ (10/26/22)
- Southern Sass and Killer Cravings | Kate Young ★★★ (02/16/23)
- War Trash | Ha Jin ★★ (08/15/23)

✔ Round 16, Picked by Olivermagnus

- The Saint of Wolves and Butchers | Alex Grecian ★★★ (04/16/23)
- The Stranger Diaries | Elly Griffiths ★★ (11/07/22)
- A Master of Djinn | P. Djèlí Clark ★★★ (11/07/22)
- The Ranger | Ace Atkins ★★ (04/05/23)

✔ Round 17, Picked by Karen D

- Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver ★★★★★ (03/16/23)
- The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women | Kate Moore ★★★★ (11/19/22)
- Home Fire | Kamila Shamsie ★★ (03/31/23)
- Unfinished | Priyanka Chopra Jonas ★★ (03/22/23)

✔ Round 18, Picked by Jackie

- Three Shots to the Wind | Sherry Harris ★★★ (01/23/23)
- A Woman Is No Man | Etaf Rum ★★ (12/05/22)
- Dust | Hugh Howey ★★★ (06/09/23)
- This Is Happiness | Niall Williams ★★★★★ (12/10/22)

✔ Round 19, Picked by Lori

- The Janus Stone | Elly Griffiths ★★★ (04/25/23)
- When Will There Be Good News? | Kate Atkinson ★★ (12/22/22)
- Death in the Clouds | Agatha Christie ★★★ (12/18/22)
- Hogfather | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (07/27/23)

✔ Round 20, Picked by Agnieszka

- Swamp Team 3 | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (04/28/23)
- A Fatal Thaw | Dana Stabenow ★★★ (01/03/23)
- Not A Creature Was Stirring | Christina Freeburn ★★ (03/19/23)
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Haruki Murakami ★★★ (01/25/24)
- Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change | Elizabeth Kolbert ★★★★ (01/05/23)

✔ Round 21, Picked by Allie

- The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan ★★★ (02/03/23)
- Unsettled Ground | Claire Fuller ★★ (03/10/23)
- The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver ★★★★ (04/29/23)

✔ Round 22, Picked by Amanda

- The Battle of the Labyrinth | Rick Riordan ★★★ (02/03/23)
- Bad Monkey | Carl Hiaasen ★★★★ (05/31/23)
- The A.B.C. Murders | Agatha Christie ★★★ (02/12/23)
- Grilled for Murder | Maddie Day ★★★ (02/02/23)

✔ Round 23, Picked by Andrea

- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World | Jonathan Freedland ★★★★★ (02/17/23)
- Dim Sum of All Fears | Vivien Chien ★★ (02/21/23)
- The A.B.C. Murders | Agatha Christie ★★★ (02/12/23)

✔ Round 24, Picked by Angel

- Elatsoe | Darcie Little Badger ★★★★ (04/04/23)
- Black Water Sister | Zen Cho ★★★★★ (03/03/23)
- How to Sell a Haunted House | Grady Hendrix ★★★ (02/26/23)

✔ Round 25, Picked by Barb

- The Janus Stone | Elly Griffiths ★★★ (04/25/23)
- Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide | Rupert Holmes ★★ (03/24/23)
- Swamp Team 3 | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (04/28/23)
- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel | James Luceno ★★ (07/21/23)

✔ Round 26, Picked by Bucket

- The Wife of Willesden, Zadie Smith
- A Pale View of Hills | Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★ (04/20/23)
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Haruki Murakami ★★★ (01/25/24)
- Our Share of Night | Mariana Enríquez ★★★ (05/24/23)

*** Completed (08/04/24) ***

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Congrats, Meg, Robin and Angel!

Thanks again Barb!

Thanks Barb!

Congrats, L&M!

Thanks ladies!

Congrats, Robin!

Congrats, Christine!

Thanks ladies!

Congrats, Lesley!

Thanks Barb!

Meg wrote: "Scientist ==> Sandra Chastain (et al) - Sweet Tea and Jesus Shoes 09/17

Fall (from tree) ==> Poipu Rain: An Islands of Aloha Mystery,..."

The murder was not at Wayne Enterprises.

Great job, Karen!