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Awesome job, Carolyn!
Ruth wrote: "Guess 19....Suspect: Computer Programmer ...... Indigo Blue by Catherine Anderson....March 28, 2025... Author initials....C,A
Cause of death: Beheading....[bookcover:..."
The murder was not at monster's university.
Meg wrote: "Postal Worker ==> Tonya Kappes - Four Leaf Felony 03/25Vehicle ==>
Irish Parade Murder, Leslie Meier 03/24General Post Of..."
The murder was not at general post office.
Angel wrote: "Guess #9Suspect: Short order cook (C.H.)
Cause of death: Beheading (Sword)
Location: Field of Dreams (F&L)
The Returning - Christine Hinwood - 3/22/25
[bookcover..."
The murder was not at field of dreams.
Barb, could you update my link to this one: Help Me Decide? GR isn't taking it to the right place even though I copied a link. I got this one from the previous thread, it definitely goes where I want it to.
Hopefully this one is an easier callout!HR : March 29, 2025: Read the ELEVENTH book on your TBR originally published in June (tell us the publication date).
Shelf: Help Me DecideHelp Me Decide 2025
Duration: Apr 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Completed: -/26
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April 2025 Spell ChallengeDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - Apr 30, 2025
Completed: 15/15
✔ C - Tourist Season | Carl Hiaasen ★★ (04/01/25)
✔ O - Ordinary Grace | William Kent Krueger ★★ (04/13/25)
✔ M - Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
✔ I - I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine | Daniel J. Levitin ★★★★ (04/15/25)
✔ N - Shadow Of Doubt | Nancy Cole Silverman ★★ (04/06/25)
✔ G - The Hanging Hill | Chris Grabenstein ★★★ (04/12/25)
✔ O - Kill 'Em with Cayenne | Gail Oust ★★ (04/20/25)
✔ F - The Fortress of Solitude | Jonathan Lethem ★★ (04/11/25)
✔ A - Appointment with Death | Agatha Christie ★★ (04/09/25)
✔ G - A Midnight Puzzle | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (04/18/25)
✔ E - Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton ★★ (04/07/25)
✔ D - Deadly Assessments | Drew Hayes ★★★★★ (04/05/25)
✔ A - Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind | Ann B. Ross ★★★ (04/17/25)
✔ Y - Yeast of Eden | Sarah Fox ★★ (04/24/25)
*** Completed (04/24/25) ***
Welcome to the challenge, Frankie, Joann, Jimena, Patrizia, Ruth, Michelle, Amanda, OM and Richard!
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess: P-8Truth or Beard by Penny Reid
Pages: 338
6/23"
P8 is a miss.
Mary-Megan wrote: "next guess: P8 - The Things We Cherished by Pam Jenoff [288 pages] (3/22)"
P8 is a miss.
Congrats, Jimena! I just need a read date for El Camino de la Luna. :)
NEW CHALLENGE ALERT!!!This month we're touring a forested country in the northern part of South America. Please come and join us in Suriname
Countries of the World #9: SurinameDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - Apr 30, 2025
Completed: 10/6+
✔ Country: Suriname
🚩Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SURINAME (ignore A, An and The or equivalent if not English).
Shadow of a Bull | Maia Wojciechowska ★★★★ (04/03/25)
Stats
✔ Capital: Paramaribo
🚩Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in the word PARAMARIBO (letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the word).
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains | Max Solomon Bennett ★★★★ (04/04/25)
✔ Population: 632,638 (2022 estimate)
🚩Read a book whose total number of pages contain at least 2 of the numbers in the population (tell us the page count).
Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
343 pages.
✔ Area: 63,250 sq mi
🚩Read a book whose year it was first published has at least 2 of the numbers in the area (tell us the year published).
Come Hell or Highball | Maia Chance ★ (04/03/25)
Pub. 2015.
Trivia
✔ 1. Central Suriname Nature Reserve
🚩Read a book with at least one important scene set in a wilderness (tell us where the book is set).
Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton ★★ (04/07/25)
Korowai, New Zealand.
✔ 2. Sranan Tongo
🚩Read a book that reads like the author has raided the dictionary.
Solaris | Stanisław Lem ★★ (04/17/25)
✔ 3. Dutch Colony
🚩Read a book set in the Netherlands.
Untrue till Death | Graham Brack ★★★ (04/27/25)
✔ 4. Keti Koti
🚩Read a book in which a holiday is celebrated (bonus for a country’s independence or emancipation day; tell us which holiday).
Tourist Season | Carl Hiaasen ★★ (04/01/25)
Christmas.
✔ 5. Suriname Toad
🚩Read a book in which a speaking character is pregnant or has just given birth (tell us who).
Cat Got Your Killer | Sofie Ryan ★★★★ (04/08/25)
Emily.
✔ 6. Maroon Market
🚩Read a book in which someone escapes from captivity (tell us who).
The English Breakfast Murder | Laura Childs ★★★ (04/10/25)
Theodosia.
*** Completed (04/27/25) ***
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Frankie 🚩(04/22/25)
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Countries of the World #9: SurinameDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - Apr 30, 2025
To finish, you will have to complete a total of six tasks, choosing at least four of the tasks from the Trivia section of the challenge. You do not have to choose the tasks beforehand; you can fill in as you go. You may choose to do all 10 tasks if you wish also. Happy reading!
(If you're wondering about the random, haphazard order of the countries, it's because my son is the one choosing the order).
SURINAME
A country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.
🚩Read a book whose title starts with a letter in SURINAME (ignore A, An and The or equivalent if not English).
Stats
- Capital: Paramaribo
🚩Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in the word PARAMARIBO (letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the word).
- Population: 632,638 (2022 estimate)
🚩Read a book whose total number of pages contain at least 2 of the numbers in the population (tell us the page count).
- Area: 63,250 sq mi
🚩Read a book whose year it was first published has at least 2 of the numbers in the area (tell us the year published).
Trivia
1. The Central Suriname Nature Reserve is a conservation site that covers about 1.6 million hectares (around the size of Northern Ireland) of Suriname. It preserves an area of the Amazon rainforest. It is known for its rapids and bird species, including the Guiana Cock of the Rock. Over 5,000 different plants have been identified, and large mammals like the jaguar, giant armadillo, and eight species of primates.
🚩Read a book with at least one important scene set in a wilderness (tell us where the book is set) -or- read a book with a wild animal or bird prominently shown on the cover (post the cover).
2. Dutch is the official language of Suriname, but many people speak Sranan Tongo or Surinamese tongue, an English based creole language. Developed originally among enslaved Africans from Central and West Africa, its use as a common tongue expanded after the Dutch took over the colony in 1667. 85% of the vocabulary comes from Dutch and English. It is commonly but incorrectly cited as having a vocabulary of only 340 words – contemporary Sranan Tongo dictionaries have several thousand word entries.
🚩Read a book that has made up words for any reason (tell us how your book works) -or- read a book that reads like the author has raided the dictionary.
3. Suriname was a Dutch colony from 26 February 1667, when Dutch forces captured Francis Willoughby's English colony during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, until 15 December 1954, when Suriname became a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was also called Dutch Guiana when it was a Dutch colony. Sugar, cotton and indigo were the main goods imported to the Netherlands from the colony until the early 18th century, after which coffee became the most important export product.
🚩Read a book set in the Netherlands -or- read a book with a predominantly indigo cover (post the cover).
4. Keti Koti which is Sranan Tongo for the chain is cut, is an annual celebration on 1 July that marks Emancipation Day in Suriname. It is the day when slavery was abolished in 1863. However, enslaved people in Suriname would not truly be free until 1873, after a mandatory 10-year transition period during which time they were required to work in the plantations for minimal pay. This day is also celebrated in the Netherlands as a day of remembrance.
🚩Read a book in which a holiday is celebrated (bonus for a country’s independence or emancipation day; tell us which holiday) -or- read a book whose cover shows something bound (post the cover).
5. Suriname Toad or star-fingered toad is a fully aquatic species of frog. The females of this species are well-known for incubating their eggs on their backs, in honeycomb-like depressions directly within the skin. They release fully formed froglets after a period of 4-5 months.
🚩Read a book in which a speaking character is pregnant or has just given birth (tell us who) -or- read a book that you added to your TBR 4-5 months prior to reading (tell us when you added the book to your TBR).
6. Maroon Market or Witch’s Market in Paramaribo sells dried herbs, plants and natural goods from Suriname’s dense rainforest. Bones, shells, powders, seeds, nuts and various concoctions (including those “for the bedroom”) are also available. Maroon market is so named because most of the vendors are Maroon women, who are descended from the handful of West African slaves who escaped captivity into the dense, interior rainforests.
🚩Read a book whose cover shows a witch’s workshop, an apothecary or a chemist’s lab (post the cover) -or- read a book in which someone escapes from captivity (tell us who).
CHALLENGE RULES - PLEASE READ!
See this thread for more detailed rules for CCC challenges.
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❖ Books must be at least 150 pages long (unless they are graphic novels, see below) and may only be used for one task in this challenge, but cross-challenge posting is encouraged.
❖ Graphic novels must be at least 300 pages long, but two books can be combined to make up the page count as long as they both meet the same criteria.
❖ For each book you read, please post a link to the title and mention the author and the date you finished reading it. If a challenge task gives several options, make it clear which option you’ve chosen. If the task calls for an item/color on the cover, include a link to the book cover.* If it’s not obvious from the book title or cover, be sure to explain how your book fits the task. If you don’t, you won’t get credit for completing that task.
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❖ When you complete the challenge, please post your entire list as a new message to make it easier for everyone to see what you’ve read :) If you don’t repost your list, your name will not be added to the list of those who have completed the challenge.
❖ Rereads are allowed, as long as you read the entire book and not just skim the best portions! :)
* If you don’t know how to post a link to the book title, cover or author, see the instructions HERE.
ChimichurriDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Completed: 17/17
✔ 1. Read a book with a double vowel in the title (as in fOOd or in grEEn).
Death Bee Comes Her | Nancy CoCo ★ (04/08/25)
✔ 2. Read a vast book (more than 450 pages; tell us how many pages).
The Fortress of Solitude | Jonathan Lethem ★★ (04/11/25)
528 pages.
✔ 3. Read a book with a red or a green cover (post the cover).
Appointment with Death | Agatha Christie ★★ (04/09/25)
✔ 4. Read a book with a cluttered cover (post the cover).
Deadly Assessments | Drew Hayes ★★★★★ (04/05/25)
✔ 5. Read a book whose title starts with a letter in CHIMICHURRI (ignore A, An, and The).
Come Hell or Highball | Maia Chance ★ (04/03/25)
✔ 6. Read a book with a character who is not what they seem; please explain, and use spoilers tags if needed.
Solaris | Stanisław Lem ★★ (04/17/25)
Harey on Solaris - (view spoiler).
Spell
✔ C - Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton ★★ (04/07/25)
✔ H - Tourist Season | Carl Hiaasen ★★ (04/01/25)
✔ I - I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine | Daniel J. Levitin ★★★★ (04/15/25)
✔ M - Shadow of a Bull | Maia Wojciechowska ★★★★ (04/03/25)
✔ I - A Lethal Lesson | Iona Whishaw ★★★★ (05/16/25)
✔ C - The English Breakfast Murder | Laura Childs ★★★ (04/10/25)
✔ H - The Hanging Hill | Chris Grabenstein ★★★ (04/12/25)
✔ U - Untrue till Death | Graham Brack ★★★ (04/27/25)
✔ R - Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
✔ R - Cat Got Your Killer | Sofie Ryan ★★★★ (04/08/25)
✔ I - Suite Française | Irène Némirovsky ★★★ (05/22/25)
*** Completed (05/22/25) ***
Table SettingsDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - Jun 30, 2025
Completed: 17/17
Tasks
✔ 1. Oyster Fork: Read a book with something metal on the cover in the *righthand half* of the cover, if you were to divide it vertically down the middle. Post the cover. It can't be in the middle and partly on the right side - it must be fully on the right side.
The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir | Sarah Kendzior ★★★ (04/25/25)
✔ 2. Bread Plate: Read a book where someone is sloppy (tell us who and how).
Tourist Season | Carl Hiaasen ★★ (04/01/25)
The cuban revolutionary – he wants to change the world by his revolutionary methods, but they don’t work for one reason or other – for example, his propaganda game is good but not his navigation, so the propaganda falls on completely different lands.
✔ 3. Wine glasses: Read a book with a character you think of as being fragile (tell us who).
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald | Therese Anne Fowler ★ (04/30/25)
Zelda.
✔ 4. Sherry glass: Read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in the phrase "sherry glass".
Cat Got Your Killer | Sofie Ryan ★★★★ (04/08/25)
✔ 5. Salad fork: Read a book where every letter in either "salad" or "fork" can be found in the title.
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind | Ann B. Ross ★★★ (04/17/25)
miSs juLiA speAks her minD
✔ 6. Place card: Read a book with something made of paper on the cover (post the cover).
Deadly Assessments | Drew Hayes ★★★★★ (04/05/25)
✔ 7. Napkin: Read a book with something made of fabric on the cover (post the cover).
Shadow of a Bull | Maia Wojciechowska ★★★★ (04/03/25)
Cape, clothes.
✔ 8. Fish knife and fish fork: Read a book where a character eats seafood (tell us who and what).
The English Breakfast Murder | Laura Childs ★★★ (04/10/25)
Drayton, shrimp.
Spell
✔ C - Come Hell or Highball | Maia Chance ★ (04/03/25)
✔ H - Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
✔ A - Appointment with Death | Agatha Christie ★★ (04/09/25)
✔ M - A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains | Max Solomon Bennett ★★★★ (04/04/25)
✔ P - The Third Rule of Time Travel | Philip Fracassi ★ (04/12/25)
✔ A - The Sayers Swindle | Victoria Abbott ★★★ (05/04/25)
✔ G - The Hanging Hill | Chris Grabenstein ★★★ (04/12/25)
✔ N - Shadow Of Doubt | Nancy Cole Silverman ★★ (04/06/25)
✔ E - Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton ★★ (04/07/25)
*** Completed (05/04/25) ***
April 2-4-6 TBR MasherDuration: Apr 01, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Completed: 2/2
2 -- Genres are Cozy Mystery and Beach Reads (MPG is preferred but I'll trust your judgement for books that aren't widely tagged).
4 -- Letters are I, P, C and H.
6 -- The "Six" are publication months - January, February, July, August, October and November, any year, can be original pub date or the edition you read, post the date.
- Cozy Mystery | Author Last Initial C | Published Aug 05, 2003. The English Breakfast Murder | Laura Childs ★★★ (04/10/25)
- Cozy Mystery | Author Last Initial C | Published Aug 06, 2024. No Paw to Stand On | Laurie Cass ★★★★ (04/28/25)
