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Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Robin P wrote: "The link in #6 goes to a page with a lot of lists, and I don't see one specifically for "moony names". Maybe I am just missing it."

Are you using the link in the first post Robin? https://creativenomenclature.com/baby...

It seems like when you copy the challenge, the link is cut off and it goes to the home page of that website instead of the specific page with moon names in it.

Welcome Samantha!

frill

#4 for me, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler. Published Mar 12, 1982.

abate

Congrats, Karen!

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Wordmaster

Duration: Aug 01, 2025 - ?

Round 4

Guess #1: Mourn

M - The Marco Effect | Jussi Adler-Olsen ★★★★ (10/31/25)
O - One of Us | Dan Chaon ★★★ (11/02/25)
U - Ukulele of Death | E.J. Copperman ★★ (11/02/25)
R - The Rhyme of the Magpie | Marty Wingate ★★ (11/03/25)
N - Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories | Kate Atkinson ★★ (11/03/25)

--- O, R, N in word, O in right position ---

Guess #2: TONER

T - To Track a Traitor | Iona Whishaw ★★★★ (11/05/25)
O - Guessed Correctly
N - Neverhome | Laird Hunt ★ (11/15/25)
E - Eggsecutive Orders | Julie Hyzy ★ (11/15/25)
R - Ripeness | Sarah Moss ★★★ (11/16/25)

Mary-Megan wrote: "Next guess:

M7 - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer [278 pages] (7/28)"

M7 is a hit.

Welcome to the challenge, Vanessa!

Congrats, L&M!

Welcome to the challenge, Barbara!

Congrats, Barb and Barbara!

Great job, OM!

Great job, Michelle!

I'm finished.

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) ***

Finally finished.

May 2025 Scavenger - May Holidays

Duration: May 01, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Completed: 11/7+


✔ May 1: National Mother Goose Day
💠Read a book with a bird shown prominently on its cover (post the cover).
A Murder of Crows | Sarah Yarwood-Lovett ★ (05/25/25)


✔ May 2: International Harry Potter Day
💠Read a book in which a speaking character is a politician (tell us who and what they are).
Shot Through the Book | Eva Gates ★★★ (05/24/25)
Connor is the mayor.

✔ May 4: Star Wars Day/May the Fourth.
💠Read a book first published on the 4th of any month (tell us the date).
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot ★★ (05/02/25)
Pub. Apr 04, 1860.

✔ May 9: National Lost Sock Memorial Day.
💠Read a book in which something minor is lost (tell us what it is).
An American in Scotland | Lucy Connelly ★★★ (05/18/25)
A shawl.

✔ May 10: National Clean Up Your Room Day
💠Clean up your TBR - either read one of the first 10 books you added to your TBR.
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)
This was #1 on my TBR until I read it, added Jun 21, 2012.

✔ May 11: National Twilight Zone Day
💠Read a book that has paranormal elements in it (tell us what if not a spoiler).
Song of Susannah | Stephen King ★★★ (05/08/25)
Demon.

✔ May 12: National Limerick Day
💠Read a book marked Humor on its main page.
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) | Jesse Q. Sutanto ★★★★ (05/05/25)

✔ May 14: National Dance Like a Chicken Day
💠Read a book in which there is a formal dance.
Murder at Brighton Beach | Lee Strauss ★★★ (06/02/25)

✔ May 21: Talk Like Yoda Day
💠Read a book with a character you think is wise -and- read a book whose main character's first name begins with a letter in YODA (tell us the name).
A Drop of Corruption | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★★ (05/14/25)
Wise character = Ana. YODA = Ana & Din.

✔ May 25: Towel Day
💠Read a book whose author has died (link to the author's GR page!)
Kidnapped | Robert Louis Stevenson ★★ (05/03/25)

✔ May 31: National Speak in Complete Sentences Day
💠Read a book whose title is a complete sentence.
K is for Killer | Sue Grafton ★★ (05/21/25)

*** Completed (07/14/25) ***

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "3. Scientist
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez 24 July 2025 ★★★

7. Fall (airplane)
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★★ 3..."

The murder was not by fall.

Angel wrote: "Guess #19
Suspect: Librarian (L.B.)
Cause of death: Poison (spider)
Location: Dexter's Laboratory

- John Wiswell -7/26/25

[..."


The murder was not by poison.

Meg wrote: "Postal Worker ==> Elizabeth Peters - He Shall Thunder in the Sky 07/23

Blunt force (rock) ==> Murder on Memory Lake, J D Gr..."

The murderer was not the postal worker.

Welcome to the challenge, Frankie and Mary!