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Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #6


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

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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!

Congrats, Kim!

Congrats, Connie!

Congrats, Charlene!

✔ 51. Joaquin Phoenix
📆 Read a book by an author whose name includes a Q or an X (bonus points for both!); post a link to the author’s GR page.
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories | Gabriel García Márquez ★★★ (10/05/24)

✔ 52. Ryan Seacrest
📆 Read a book in which a character is a judge; tell us who.
Mothers and Sons | Adam Haslett ★★★ (01/09/25)
Judge Manetti.

BOOKS

✔ 53. All the President’s Men, by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
📆 Read a book set in Washington, D.C.
National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)

✔ 54. The Bastard, by John Jakes
📆 Read a book with HISTORICAL FICTION on its main GR page.
Murder on Lenox Hill | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/11/24)

✔ 55. Blubber, by Judy Blume
📆 Read a book with YOUNG ADULT on its main GR page.
Unraveller | Frances Hardinge ★★★ (10/24/24)

✔ 56. Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
📆 Read a book from this list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... tell us the book’s position on the list.
Tourist Season | Carl Hiaasen ★★ (04/01/25)
#405

✔ 57. Carrie, by Stephen King
📆 Read a book with HORROR on its main GR page.
The Island of Dr. Moreau | H.G. Wells ★★★ (10/13/24)

✔ 58. Centennial, by James A. Michener
📆 Read a book whose title contains at least one set of double consonants (like CenteNNial).
Murder in Little Italy | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/13/24)

✔ 59. The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth, by Robert Foster
📆 Read a book with FANTASY on its main GR page.
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door | H.G. Parry ★★★ (11/12/24)

✔ 60. Jaws, by Peter Benchley
📆 Read a book set in the summer; tell us when.
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
July.

✔ 61. The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara
📆 Read a book with WAR on its main GR page.
The Polish Officer | Alan Furst ★ (10/14/24)

✔ 62. The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles, by Julie Andrews Edwards
📆 Read a book with CHILDREN/MIDDLE GRADES on its main GR page.
The Grey King | Susan Cooper ★★★★ (11/13/24)

✔ 63. My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier
📆 Read a book with a word in its title denoting a family relationship (like brother, father).
Murder on Sisters' Row | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/20/24)

✔ 64. There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!, Dr. Seuss
📆 Read a book set primarily in a residential home.
Jane Darrowfield and the Madwoman Next Door | Barbara Ross ★★ (10/29/24)

✔ 65. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John le Carré
📆 Read a book with CLASSIC on its main GR page.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle ★★★ (11/13/24)

✔ 66. Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein
📆 Read a book that you would read aloud to a child.
The Lost Heir | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/07/25)

✔ 67. A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L’Engle
📆 Read a book in which siblings play an important role; using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
The Children of Jocasta | Natalie Haynes ★ (11/23/24)
The children of the title are Jocasta’s kids – Ismene, Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices. They’re a major part of the story.

✔ 68. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig
📆 Read a book on any GR “Best ____ books” list; tell us the list and the book’s position.
Finders Keepers | Stephen King ★★★ (01/18/25)
#1112 of the Best Crime & Mystery Books.


OTHER ENTERTAINMENT

RADIO

✔ 69. CBS Mystery Theater
📆 Listen to an audiobook.
Murder Cuts the Mustard | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (10/12/24)

Television

✔ 70. $6 Million Man
📆 Read a book with some sort of symbol in its title (like % or $)
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir | Youngmi Mayer ★★★★★ (12/02/24)

✔ 71. Happy Days
📆 Read a book with a character whose actions surprise you; using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
The Mighty Red | Louise Erdrich ★★ (11/21/24)
All the main characters make choices that I could not make head nor tail of. To say that their actions surprised me is an understatement.

✔ 72. Little House on the Prairie
📆 Read a book that was made into a TV series (not a movie); tell us the series name if it’s different from the book title.
Mr. Mercedes | Stephen King ★★ (11/09/24)

✔ 73. Rockford Files
📆 Read a book with a group of friends who work together toward a common goal; using spoiler tags if necessary, briefly explain.
The Stardust Grail | Yume Kitasei ★★★★ (11/22/24)
Maya and her friends search for a thing that can save an alien species.

✔ 74. The End of Monty Python’s Flying Circus on BBC TV
📆 Read the final book of a completed series; tell us the series name.
Meddling and Murder | Ovidia Yu ★ (10/13/24)
Singapore Mystery #4.

MOVIES

✔ 75. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
📆 Read a book with ROMANCE on its main GR page.
Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)

✔ 76. Blazing Saddles
📆 Read a book with a character who has “henchmen” (your interpretation); using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
Murder in the Bowery | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/27/24)
One prominent character is Black Jack Robinson, who is a gangster with many henchmen.

✔ 77. Chinatown
📆 Read a book featuring a private investigator; tell us who.
Murder in Morningside Heights | Victoria Thompson ★★ (10/26/24)
Frank.

✔ 78. The Godfather Part II
📆 Read any series book that is NOT the first in the series.
The Fangs of Freelance | Drew Hayes ★★★★ (10/14/24)
Fred, the Vampire Accountant #4.

✔ 79. The Great Gatsby
📆 Read a book set in the 1920s.
Murder Under a Red Moon | Harini Nagendra ★★★ (11/06/24)
1921.

✔ 80. The Longest Yard
📆 Read a book whose main character has a nickname; tell us the given name and the nickname.
Lowcountry Bookshop | Susan M. Boyer ★★ (10/31/24)
Liz. Her given name is Elizabeth.

✔ 81. The Lords of Flatbush
📆 Read a book in which at least one character rides a motorcycle; tell us who.
Murder at an Irish Castle | Ellie Brannigan ★★★ (01/23/25)
Amos.

✔ 82. Murder on Orient Express
📆 Read a book with MYSTERY on its main GR page.
Murder in Chinatown | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/15/24)

✔ 83. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
📆 Read a book with at least one character who makes stupid decisions; using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
Murder in Chelsea | Victoria Thompson ★★ (10/23/24)
Sarah and Frank put Catherine in danger for no reason, if they had thought for more than 2 minutes they wouldn’t make that decision.

✔ 84. The Towering Inferno
📆 Read a book in which a disaster of some sort occurs; using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
Floods, Crops failing, Disease, Cattle murrain (anthrax), serial killing demon.

✔ 85. Young Frankenstein
📆 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in YOUNG; disregard A, An and The.
The Ghost Brigades | John Scalzi ★★★ (11/10/24)

*** Completed (06/28/25) ***

Finished.

It's All Golden

Duration: Oct 01, 2024 - ?
Completed: 85/85

PRODUCTS

✔ 1. Bailey’s Irish Cream
📆 Read a book with a possessive word in the title (like your or Sam’s).
Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge | Ovidia Yu ★★★ (10/11/24)

✔ 2. Bold Laundry Detergent
📆 Read a book in which a character does laundry; post an excerpt and tell us the page/location number.
Smilla's Sense of Snow | Peter Høeg ★★ (11/30/24)
Smilla – she’s responsible for the ship’s laundry and loads the washing machine on page 341.

✔ 3. Canon Datematic Camera
📆 Read a book with a cover that looks like a photograph, not an illustration; post the cover.
Confessions | Kanae Minato ★★ (10/07/24)


✔ 4. Connect Four
📆 Read book #4 from any series; tell us the series name.
Taran Wanderer | Lloyd Alexander ★★ (10/07/24)
The Chronicles of Prydain #4.

✔ 5. Dayquil
📆 Read a book with a daytime scene on the cover; post the cover.
Island of the Blue Dolphins | Scott O'Dell ★★★★ (10/17/24)


✔ 6. Dungeons & Dragons
📆 Read a book that is very popular (over 10,000 ratings); tell us how many.
We Solve Murders | Richard Osman ★★ (10/02/24)
14,385 ratings.

✔ 7. Kinder Surprise Eggs
📆 Read a book whose ending surprised you; using spoiler tags, briefly explain.
Alien Clay | Adrian Tchaikovsky ★★★★★ (10/11/24)
(view spoiler)[The alien is a hive mind, it infects the prisoners in the colony and liberates them after a fashion. Which is fine, and where it was going. But then it turns its eyes towards other colonized planets, and the narrating individual knows it’s a bad thing, but cannot do anything because he’s a part of the hive mind. It was a very creepy ending for me (hide spoiler)] .

✔ 8. Meow Mix Jingle
📆 Read a book with a cat on the cover; post the cover.
Death Over Easy | Maddie Day ★★ (10/08/24)


✔ 9. People Magazine
📆 Read a book from a series that is a spin-off from another series; tell us both series names.
Murder at Mabel’s Motel | G.A. McKevett ★★★ (02/17/25)
Granny Reid series is a spinoff from Savannah Reid.

✔ 10. Pop Rocks
📆 Read a book that has been on your to-read list for at least three years; tell us when you added it.
Murder on Bank Street | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/17/24)
Added Jan 2017.

✔ 11. Post-It Notes
📆 Read a book by an author whose first and last initials are the same; post a link to the author’s GR page
Killer Blonde | Laura Levine ★★★★ (10/18/24)

✔ 12. Rubik’s Cube
📆 Read a book by a European author; post a link to the author’s GR page and tell us where they are from.
Death at the Salon | Louise R. Innes ★★ (10/19/24)
Surrey, England.

✔ 13. Silver Robotic Arm
📆 Read a book featuring robots or droids.
The Waste Lands | Stephen King ★★★ (01/13/25)

✔ 14. Skittles
📆 Read a book with multiple nearly identical objects shown prominently on the cover; post the cover.
Berry the Hatchet | Peg Cochran ★★★ (10/10/24)

Cranberries, jars, cookies.

✔ 15. UPC Bar Code
📆 Read a book whose title begins with U; disregard A, An and The.
Under the Surface | Diana Urban ★★ (10/01/24)

✔ 16. Volkswagen Golf
📆 Read a book with an animal name (like beetle or rabbit) in the title.
We'll Prescribe You a Cat | Syou Ishida ★★★★ (11/04/24)

BUSINESSES

✔ 17. Alamo Rent A Car
📆 Read a book set in a location beginning with Alamo; be as specific as possible (Rome, not Italy).
Shoes To Die For | Laura Levine ★★★★ (10/20/24)
Los Angeles.

✔ 18. Foot Locker Shoe Store
📆 Read a book whose title contains at least one word with double vowels (like fOOt).
Tales From the Hood | Michael Buckley ★★ (10/09/24)

✔ 19. Great Adventure Theme Park
📆 Read a book set in a popular vacation destination; tell us where.
Lowcountry Bonfire | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (10/30/24)
SC Lowcountry & Charleston.

✔ 20. Hello Kitty
📆 Read a book intended for pre-teens but that you liked too.
Once Upon a Crime | Michael Buckley ★★★★ (10/04/24)

✔ 21. Mark-8 Microcomputer
📆 Read a book with at least one of every vowel (A, E, I, O, U) in its title.
Murder at the Mansion | Janet Finsilver ★★★★ (10/12/24)

✔ 22. Playmobil
📆 Read a book with a child between 5 and 12 years old as part of the story; tell us the child’s name.
Magic and Other Misdemeanors | Michael Buckley ★★★★ (10/07/24)
Sabrina is 11 and Daphne is 7.

✔ 23. Quaker Steak & Lube
📆 Read a book set in Pennsylvania; tell us where.
Designer Dirty Laundry | Diane Vallere ★★ (06/28/25)
Some place called Ribbon, apparently.

✔ 24. Viacom Productions
📆 Read a book with PARANORMAL on its main GR page.
Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye | Victoria Laurie ★★★ (10/04/24)

EVENTS

✔ 25. Hank Aaron
📆 Read a book by an author whose last name is also a common first name (like Thomas); will accept names like Johns; post a link to the author’s GR page.
The Castle of Llyr | Lloyd Alexander ★★★★ (10/04/24)

✔ 26. Heimlich Maneuver
📆 Read a book whose title contains two or more significant words that begin with the same letter.
The Tale of Hill Top Farm | Susan Wittig Albert ★★★ (10/03/24)

✔ 27. Lucy Discovered
📆 Read a book with a woman’s name in the title.
Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody | Barbara Ross ★★★ (10/29/24)

✔ 28. Mariner 10
📆 Read a book with SCI-FI on its main GR page.
Halting State | Charles Stross ★★★ (10/05/24)

✔ 29. Modern Liposuction
📆 Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in LIPOSUCTION; post a link to the author’s GR page.
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story | Olga Tokarczuk ★★★ (10/28/24)

✔ 30. New NFL Franchises
📆 Read a book published on the 26th, 27th or 28th of any month; tell us the publication date.
The High King | Lloyd Alexander ★★★★ (10/09/24)
Oct 27, 1968.

✔ 31. Oscars Streaker
📆 Read a book that made you laugh.
Crimes and Covers | Amanda Flower ★★★★ (10/21/24)

✔ 32. Patty Hearst Kidnapping
📆 Read a book with a major character who is in or has spent time in prison; tell us who.
I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom | Jason Pargin ★★★★★ (11/09/24)
Mallort.

✔ 33. Skylab
📆 Read a book with a compound word in its title.
The Everafter War | Michael Buckley ★★★ (10/12/24)

✔ 34. Ted Bundy
📆 Read a book with a serial killer -and- a book with a man’s name in the title.
Murder in Murray Hill | Victoria Thompson ★★★ (10/25/24)

✔ 35. Tommy John Surgery
📆 Read a book with a human arm shown prominently on the cover (must include the elbow!); post the cover.
Fall of a Philanderer | Carola Dunn ★★★ (01/09/25)


✔ 36. US Privacy Act
📆 Read a book with the word SECRET, standing alone, in its title (will accept SECRETS).
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret | Benjamin Stevenson ★★★★ (11/10/24)

✔ 37. Watergate
📆 Read a book with a one-word title; all words count.
Drowning | T.J. Newman ★★ (11/05/24)

PEOPLE

DIED IN 1974

✔ 38. Jack Benny
📆 Read a book with an intact 39 in the total page count; tell us how many pages.
A Deceptive Devotion | Iona Whishaw ★★★★ (11/19/24)
392 pages.

✔ 39. Duke Ellington
📆 Read a book with a titled character (Duke, Lady, King, etc.) in the story; tell us who.
Buried Deep and Other Stories | Naomi Novik ★★★★ (12/01/24)
Lady Araminta.

✔ 40. Mama Cass Elliott
📆 Read a book whose main character is a mother.
Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue | Victoria Thompson ★★★★ (10/25/24)
One of the MCs of the book is Elizabeth, Sarah’s mother.

✔ 41. Charles Lindbergh
📆 Read a book set in France; tell us where.
Black Diamond | Martin Walker ★★★ (10/23/24)
Perigord.

✔ 42. Ed Sullivan
📆 Read a book whose main character has held a variety of jobs; tell us the jobs.
A Conspiracy of Paper | David Liss ★★ (01/27/25)
Benjamin: Prize fighter, confidence man, highway robber, detective

BORN IN 1974

✔ 43. Christian Bale
📆 Read a book by an author with a four-letter last name; post a link to the author’s GR page.
Doctor Sleep | Stephen King ★★★★ (10/27/24)

✔ 44. Leonardo DiCaprio
📆 Read a book from which you learned something considered educational; tell us what.
The Message | Ta-Nehisi Coates ★★★★★ (11/04/24)
Ground conditions in Palestine, pre Oct 07.

✔ 45. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
📆 Read a book by one of your favorite authors; post a link to the author’s GR page.
Rockin' Around the Chickadee | Donna Andrews ★★★★ (11/05/24)

✔ 46. Jimmy Fallon
📆 Read a book with a character who regularly appears on television; tell us who and the career.
The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth ★★★★ (01/02/25)
Charles de Gaulle, the then prime minister of France is a speaking character.

✔ 47. Seth Green
📆 Read a book whose title includes a color name, intact and standing alone.
Blue: In Search of Nature’s Rarest Color | Kai Kupferschmidt ★★★★★ (10/19/24)

✔ 48. Bear Grylls
📆 Read a book that is primarily set outdoors.
Dead and Berried | Peg Cochran ★★★ (10/12/24)
Set in a cranberry farm, most times people are outdoors.

✔ 49. Ken Jennings
📆 Read a book with a major character who is really smart; tell us who and briefly explain.
The Examiner | Janice Hallett ★★★★ (10/28/24)
Jem. She’s 21, the one who is supposed to be the most unobservant because (view spoiler)[she’s blind (hide spoiler)], but ends up being someone not a single person can fool.

✔ 50. Kate Moss
📆 Read a book whose main character owns their own business; tell us the business.
Verse and Vengeance | Amanda Flower ★★★ (10/17/24)
Violet, owns a bookshop.

Thanks Mary! Congrats, again!

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Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #5


J7 - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb 29 June 2025 ★★★★★ (Audiobook) 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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J7 is a miss.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Rusty!

Congrats, Jan!

Congrats, Karen and Jodie!