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Thanks Jimena! Congrats, Carolyn & Barb!
Congrats, Frankie!
Angel wrote: "Guess #1Suspect: Computer programmer (M.T.)
Cause of death: Stabbing (Mirror)
Location: General Post Office (L&C)
- [author:Mizuki Tsujimura|6879..."The murder was not at the General Post Office.
Claire wrote: "Can i still play this?"Sure! You're good to start guessing!
Welcome to the challenge, Frankie, Amanda, Kim and OM!
Welcome to the challenge, Marie-Anne, Joann, Lesley, Lynn, Patrizia, Amanda, Claire and OM!
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess: S-4Family Blessings by LaVyrle Spencer
Pages: 384
Read: 5/14/24"
S4 is a miss.
Welcome Claire!
Great job, Barb!
Old, Obsolete and Obscure Words #3: Clothing & AccessoriesDuration: Mar 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 26/26
✔ A is for ANTIGROPELOS: Read a book in which someone dresses for the weather (bonus for rain or mud) (tell us who and the weather).
Perfect Storm | Paige Shelton ★★ (04/16/25)
Tex and Beth, rain.
✔ B is for BEAVER HAT: Read a book that is set in Canada (tell us where).
Sweetland | Michael Crummey ★★ (05/11/25)
✔ C is for CLOGGER, CORDWAINER, and COBBLER: Read a book in which there is confusion about someone’s role or identity (tell us who).
Old Soul | Susan Barker ★★★★ (03/11/25)
The old soul in question is a sort of a vampire who keeps changing her identity as she goes through her victims.
✔ D is for DOLMAN: Read a book that has at least two of these digits: 0, 1, 8, 7, or 9 in its original publication year (tell us the year).
Murder on Trinity Place | Victoria Thompson ★★ (03/06/25)
Pub. 2019
✔ E is for ENGAGEANTES: Read a book in which someone or something is, or could be called, ‘false’ (using spoilers if needed tell us what or who).
A Body at the Grand Hotel | Benedict Brown ★★★★★ (03/11/25)
Two suspicious individuals lurking around the grand hotel right around the time the body is found turn out to be (view spoiler).
✔ F is for FEAXPREON: Read a book that has an author who has a compound word in their name (e.g. Sally ARMSTRONG).
Shadow Of Doubt | Nancy Cole Silverman ★★ (04/06/25)
✔ G is for GIGOT SLEEVES: Read a book that is set in a French-speaking place (tell us where).
The Club Dumas | Arturo Pérez-Reverte ★ (03/05/25)
Half of the book is set in Paris.
✔ H is for HEALSBEAG and HEALSMENE/HEALSMYNE: Read a book that has a circle or ring shown clearly on its cover (for either option post the cover).
Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You | Ethan Kross ★★★★ (03/04/25)
✔ I is for IMTHUIGE, IMM-TUIGETHAR, and INDUITIO/INDUERE: Read a book in which someone is said to get dressed/put on clothes (cite the sentence).
Case of the Bleus | Korina Moss ★★★ (03/14/25)
I changed out of my work clothes and threw on eans and shirt with a drawing of a hunk of blue cheese on it… Page 79.
✔ J is for JUPON: Read a book in which a main character is involved in something ‘over’ or ‘under’; it could be literal such as swimming underwater or figurative such as overcoming a challenge (tell us who and briefly how they are ‘over’ or ‘under’).
National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)
Jericho and Jacques have to figure out the identity of a terrorist before they wreak havoc.
✔ K is for KENDAL: Read a book that has a predominantly green cover (post the cover).
Fagin the Thief | Allison Epstein ★★★ (03/17/25)
✔ L is a LAMPAS: Read a book that is set in a place, or has an important scene in a place, that could be described as luxurious, sumptuous, rich, or intricate (tell us where).
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
Balmoral.
✔ M is a MANTUA: Read a book in which someone changes roles during the book (tell us who).
Black Woods Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivey ★ (03/19/25)
Arthur – he’s just a weird guy to begin with but midway through the book he (view spoiler).
✔ N is for NETHER STOCKS: Read a book that is set in the United Kingdom (tell us where).
Murder at the Spring Ball | Benedict Brown ★★★★ (03/06/25)
Surrey.
✔ O is for OUCH: Read a book whose title starts with A or AN (ALL words count).
A Troubling Tail | Laurie Cass ★★★★ (03/08/25)
✔ P is for PET-EN-L’AIR: Read a book in which a speaking character behaves crudely or rudely in some way (tell us who).
Babylonia | Costanza Casati ★★ (03/09/25)
The prince of Babylon towards Semiramis.
✔ Q is for QUAINTISE: Read a book in which someone is noted as being well dressed (tell us who).
Fatal Fudge Swirl | Meri Allen ★★★ (03/12/25)
Diantha.
✔ R is for RATIONAL DRESS MOVEMENT: Read a book that can be called a feminist work.
Cantoras | Carolina De Robertis ★★★ (03/18/25)
✔ S is for STAYS: Read a book in which someone supports someone else in some way (tell us who).
The Fated Sky | Mary Robinette Kowal ★ (03/19/25)
Everyone supports Elma for everything. It’s annoying.
✔ T is for TOGEMAN/TOGMAN: Read a book that has an important character who is homeless, unemployed, or a wanderer (or nomadic-type of traveler) or who is a thief (tell us who).
Summer of a Thousand Pies | Margaret Dilloway ★★★ (03/03/25)
Cady’s father is homeless and unemployed.
✔ U is for UNWÆDED: Read a book whose author has a name containing a prefix(es), e.g. Kyo MAClear or Guy VANDERhaeghe; the prefix could also be included with an apostrophe or space in the name, e.g. Sara O’Leary or Simone ST. James) (link to the author).
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot | Robert Macfarlane ★★★ (05/24/25)
✔ V is for VEST/VESTURE: Read a book that has a main character whose religious practice is important to them or to the plot (bonus for a religious leader) (tell us who).
Stone Yard Devotional | Charlotte Wood ★★★ (03/23/25)
The unnamed MC goes to a convent to find herself.
✔ W is for WALLET: Read a book in which someone
Unhallowed Halls | Lili Wilkinson ★★ (03/17/25)
Page makes the journey from Florida to the Scottish moors to go to school.
✔ X is for XEROPELLINA (SERAPELINA/SERAPELLINA/SEROPELLINUS, XEROPRELLINUS): Read a book by an author who writes under more than one name (link to the author).
Sleight of Paw | Sofie Kelly ★★ (03/09/25)
Sofie Kelly writes as Darlene Ryan & Sofie Ryan.
✔ Y is for YARE: Read a book that has a verb in its title.
Murder Buys a T-shirt | Christy Fifield ★★★ (03/06/25)
✔ Z is for ZONE: Read a book that has a cover that is ‘zoned’ in some way (in the current sense of the word) (post the cover).
We Do Not Part | Han Kang ★★ (03/03/25)
*** Completed (05/24/25) ***
Congrats, Patrizia and Frankie!
Welcome to the challenge, Meg!
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The whole thing for me please!Top Chess Players in the World
Duration: Mar 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 0
NAME = Read a book by an author whose first AND last initials (disregard any middle initials) can be found in the player's name; post a link to the author's GR page.
BIRTHDATE = Read a book whose year it was first published has at least 2 of the numbers in the player's birth year (tell us the year the book was published).
AGE = Read a book with at least one number from the player’s age in its page total; tell us how many pages
PLACE OF BIRTH = Read a book set in a location beginning with a letter in the player's place of birth; tell us the location. Please try to be as specific as possible, i.e., Texas, not United States.
FEDERATION= Read a book whose title begins with a letter in the player's federation; disregard A, An and The
THE 25 Top Chess Players in the World (some share their ranks)
#1. Magnus Carlsen
Born: Nov 30, 1990
(age 33)
Place of birth: Tønsberg, Norway
Federation: Norway
#2. Hikaru Nakamura
Born: Dec 9, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth: Hirakata, Japan
Federation: United States
#3. Fabiano Caruana
Born: Jul 30, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Federation: United States
#4 Arjun Erigaisi
Born: Sep 3, 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth: India
Federation: India
#5. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Born: Jul 14, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth: Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Federation: Russia
#6. Gukesh Dommaraju
Born: May 29, 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Federation: India
#7. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Born: Sep 18, 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Federation: Uzbekistan
#7. Wei Yi
Born: Jun 2, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth: Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
Federation: China
#9. Viswanathan Anand
Born: Dec 11, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth: Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Federation: India
#9. Wesley So
Born: Oct 9, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth: Bacoor, Cavite, Philippines
Federation: United States
#9. Alireza Firouzja
Born: Jun 18, 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth: Babol, Iran
Federation: France
#12. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Born: Aug 10, 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Federation: India
#13. Leinier Dominguez Perez
Born: Sep 23, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth: Havana, Cuba
Federation: United States
#14. Anish Giri
Born: Jun 28, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Federation: Netherlands
#15. Ding Liren
Born: Oct 24, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Federation: China
#16. Le Quang Liem
Born: Mar 13, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Federation: Vietnam
#17. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Born: Apr 12, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth: Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Federation: Azerbaijan
#17. Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Born: Apr 26, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth: Krakow, Poland
Federation: Poland
#19. Levon Aronian
Born: Oct 6, 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth: Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Federation: United States
#20. Parham Maghsoodloo
Born: Aug 11, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth: Gonbad-e Kavus, Iran
Federation: Iran
#21. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Born: Oct 21, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth: Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Federation: France
#22. Vidit Gujrathi
Born: Oct 24, 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth: Nashik, Maharashtra (India)
Federation: India
#23. Vincent Keymer
Born: Nov 15, 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth: Mainz, Germany
Federation: Germany
#24. Alexey Sarana
Born: Jan 26, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth: Moscow, Russia
Federation: Serbia
#25. Richard Rapport
Born: Mar 25, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth: Szombathely, Hungary
Federation: Hungary
