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Meg wrote: "Professional athlete ==> Pepper Frost - A Sleuth Is Born 02/19Vehicle (bookmobile) ==>
Tailing a Tabby, Laurie Cass 02/19Fiel..."
The murderer was not the professional athlete.
Angel wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "Angel wrote: "Guess #21Suspect: Custodian (T.D.)
Cause of death: Axe (Beheading)
Location: Waste Management Company (W&T)
A Week to be Wicked - [author:Tessa Dare|..."
You're good to go!
Is that Lali in your profile pic? She's gorgeous!
Congrats, Cats!
Congrats, Barb and Jan!
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Congrats, Connie!
Martha wrote: "Thanks, Agnieszka. I hope so, too. I was to see my doctor this week, but had to reschedule. He did have Bradley come in for a chest X-ray because he has so many other conditions. My knees are reall..."So sorry to hear that Martha! Get better soon!
Jan wrote: "Well, mow I'm really glad I didn't read it. I don't like books where I need to read a second one for resolution. Especially if I didn't fully enjoy the first one."Barb wrote: "Agreed! I hate cliffhangers in books *grumbling*"
The first book had one crime solved. The guy's story is more like a multi-book arc, I suppose? But the problem for me was that I really didn't like him. So, I keep starting book #2 and putting it down after a chapter or two, lol.
Jackie wrote: "Round 24 - Jackie picks for Chaitra
[boo..."Thanks Jackie! I have all of them on my soon to read list, but I think I'll go with Damsel in a Dress first.
Congrats, OM!
NEW CHALLENGE ALERT!!!For a challenge based on names that do not mean what they seem to mean, join Misnomers.
NEW CHALLENGE ALERT!!!This month we're off to one of the smallest countries of the world, nestled within the Alps. Join us for Liechtenstein!
MisnomersDuration: Mar 01, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025
Completed: 25/25
✔ 1. Arabic Numerals
❗Read a book with an Arabic number in the title or shown on the cover (I mean 7 or 7th but not Seven or VII; post the cover if choosing that option).
Fagin the Thief | Allison Epstein ★★★ (03/17/25)
On the clock.
✔ 2. The Battle of Bunker Hill
❗Read a book in which a battle is fought with soldiers on the ground (not ships, not space, not drones; tell us the parties involved).
Babylonia | Costanza Casati ★★ (03/09/25)
Assyria & Babylon.
✔ 3. Bombay Duck
❗Read a book with a train or railway tracks on the cover (post the cover).
Wolves of the Calla | Stephen King ★★★★ (03/29/25)
✔ 4. Canary Islands
❗Read a book set on an island (tell us where).
We Do Not Part | Han Kang ★★ (03/03/25)
Jeju Island, South Korea.
✔ 5. Catgut
❗Read a book in which a major character is called by an abbreviated form of their given name (like Cat for Katherine or Tabby for Tabitha; tell us both names).
Murder at the Spring Ball | Benedict Brown ★★★★ (03/06/25)
Christopher is called Chrissie by everyone, much to his disgust.
✔ 6. Chinese Checkers
❗Read a book in which a board game is played (tell us the game).
Murder on Trinity Place | Victoria Thompson ★★ (03/06/25)
Life.
✔ 7. French & English Horns
❗Read two books for this task:
- Read a book set in France, England or Germany (tell us where your book is set).
A Body at the Grand Hotel | Benedict Brown ★★★★★ (03/11/25)
England.
- Read a book whose text mentions angels (tell us the sentence and the location or page it appears in the book).
The Club Dumas | Arturo Pérez-Reverte ★ (03/05/25)
"I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things." – Loc. 3511
✔ 8. Fibonacci Sequence
❗Read a book with one of the two-digit numbers of the Fibonacci sequence (13, 21, 34, 55, 89) intact in the page count (tell us the number of pages).
Real Tigers | Mick Herron ★★★★ (04/02/25)
343 pages.
✔ 9. Funny Bone
❗Read a book with a punny title.
A Troubling Tail | Laurie Cass ★★★★ (03/08/25)
✔ 10. French Fries
❗Read a book whose cover shows the inside of a kitchen (post the cover).
Kale to the Queen | Nell Hampton ★★ (06/14/25)
✔ 11. Fireflies and Glowworms
❗Read a book with someone you would call a predator (tell us who and why you think they're predatory).
National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)
Zafir is not only a terrorist, he’s also a sexual predator.
✔ 12. Guinea Pigs
❗Read a book set in South America (tell us where).
Cantoras | Carolina De Robertis ★★★ (03/18/25)
Uruguay.
✔ 13. Horned Toads
❗Read a book with a compound word in the title.
The Wagtail Murder Club | Krista Davis ★ (03/11/25)
✔ 14. Jellyfish & Starfish
❗Read two books for this task:
- Read a book whose cover shows an umbrella or a star shaped object (need the shape not stars themselves; post the cover).
The Hour of Death | Jane Willan ★★★★ (04/27/25)
- Read a book marked SCIENCE FICTION on its main GR page.
The Fated Sky | Mary Robinette Kowal ★ (03/19/25)
✔ 15. Jerusalem Artichokes
❗Read a book whose cover shows flower(s) prominently (post the cover).
Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime | Ruby Loren ★★★ (03/16/25)
✔ 16. Koala Bears and Red Pandas
❗Read two books:
- Read a book set in Australia, Nepal or China (tell us where)
House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company | Eva Dou ★★★ (03/12/25)
China.
- Read a book with a predominantly red cover (post the cover).
Endangered Species | Nevada Barr ★★★ (03/19/25)
✔ 17. Panama Hats
❗Read a book with a hat prominently shown on the cover (post the cover).
Miss Kopp Investigates | Amy Stewart ★★★★ (03/23/25)
✔ 18. Peanuts, Coconuts, Cashews and Walnuts
❗Read a book with a character you can describe as nutty (tell us who).
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
Babs, a bit.
✔ 19. Pythagorean Theorem
❗Read a book in which something is widely known but not proven (like an open secret; tell us how your book works).
Black Woods Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivey ★ (03/19/25)
Everyone kind of suspect Arthur is a (view spoiler) but no one has proof.
✔ 20. Strawberries, Blackberries & Raspberries
❗Read a book whose cover shows a fruit or fruits prominently (post the cover).
Case of the Bleus | Korina Moss ★★★ (03/14/25)
✔ 21. Velvet Ants
❗Read a book with a female author.
The House at Sea's End | Elly Griffiths ★★ (06/11/25)
✔ 22. White Chocolate
❗Read a book with a character who bakes desserts (tell us who).
Summer of a Thousand Pies | Margaret Dilloway ★★★ (03/03/25)
Cady and Shell.
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Contd.16. Koala Bears and Red Pandas: are not bears. The koala is a marsupial native to Australia. Its closest living relative is the wombat. It is called a bear because of its bearlike appearance and behavior. Red pandas or lesser pandas are also not bears; modern genetic evidence places them in close affinity with raccoons, weasels and skunks. The origin of the name panda is possibly from the Nepali word ponya; the Nepali words "nigalya ponya" has been translated as "bamboo footed" and is thought to be the red panda's Nepali name. In English, it was simply called panda, and was the only animal known under this name for more than 40 years.
❗Read two books:
- Read a book set in Australia, Nepal or China (tell us where)
- Read a book which makes you sleepy -or- read a book with a predominantly red cover (post the cover).
17. Panama Hats: are originally from Ecuador. They are also known as Jipijapa hats or a toquilla straw hat and are a traditional brimmed straw hat made from plaited leaves of the toquilla palm plant (a palm-like plant rather than a true palm). The hats were shipped from Ecuador to Panama, where they were sold to workers on the Panama Canal. The hats soon became popular among travelers who visited the region. This included the US president Theodore Roosevelt, who was famously photographed wearing a Panama hat during his visit to the canal in 1906.
❗Read a book with a hat prominently shown on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book in which a US president is mentioned (fiction or nonfiction, but the president must be a real president. Tell us who).
18. Peanuts, Coconuts, Cashews and Walnuts: are not nuts. The botanical definition of a nut is a fruit whose ovary wall becomes hard at maturity, which none of the above meet, but they are classified as nuts nonetheless for culinary purposes. Peanuts belong to the legume, bean or pea family; coconut, cashews and walnuts belong to the drupe family of fruits - a soft fruit with a hard inner shell.
❗Read a book with a character you can describe as nutty (tell us who) -or- read a book with a coming-of-age plot.
19. Pythagorean Theorem: describing the relationship between the three sides of a right triangle, existed long before the Greek mathematician Pythagoras was even born - it was in widespread use in the Old Babylonian period, in Egypt, India and China. There is no attribution of the theorem to Pythagoras in the surviving Greek literature from the five centuries after Pythagoras lived. However, when Plutarch and Cicero attributed the theorem to him, they did so in a way which suggests this was widely known.
❗Read a book in which something is widely known but not proven (like an open secret; tell us how your book works) -or- read a book whose cover shows a right triangle shape prominently (post the cover).
20. Strawberries, Blackberries & Raspberries: are not berries. Botanically, a berry is a fruit that contains three distinct fleshy layers: the outer skin, the fleshy middle and the inner part that contains the seeds. By this definition, since strawberries, blackberries and raspberries all have seeds on the outside, they're not berries. On the other hand, bananas, eggplants and oranges are true berries.
❗Read a book whose cover shows a fruit or fruits prominently (post the cover) -or- read a book whose title contains a fruit/vegetable name that's also a color (for example, orange, eggplant, strawberry).
21. Velvet Ants: are actually a family of more than 7,000 species of wasps whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. They have a dense pile of hair that resembles velvet. They are known for their extremely painful sting; the Klug's Velvet Ant sting rated a 3 on the Schmidt pain index and lasts up to 30 minutes.
❗Read a book whose title contains a type of fabric (like Cotton, Silk or Velvet) -or- read a book with a female author.
22. White Chocolate: is a borderline case. It is chocolate in the sense that it comes from the same cocoa beans as its darker brothers. But for a food to be considered chocolate, it needs to contain cocoa solids as well as cocoa butter, and white chocolate contains only cocoa butter which is then added to milk products and sugar.
❗Read a book with a character who bakes desserts (tell us who) -or- read a sweet book (your interpretation).
The Challenge1. Arabic Numerals: are not Arabic. They originated in India but are called Arabic because they were introduced to the Europeans by Arabic mathematicians.
❗Read a book set in India -or- read a book with an Arabic number in the title or shown on the cover (I mean 7 or 7th but not Seven or VII; post the cover if choosing that option).
2. The Battle of Bunker Hill: during the Siege of Boston was actually fought on Breed's Hill. The objective of the fight was Bunker Hill, the taller of the two hills, but because of the direction the British soldiers came in from, the combat took place on Breed's Hill. The British won, despite major casualties, as the colonialists ran out of ammunition and retreated over Bunker Hill
❗Read a book in which a battle is fought with soldiers on the ground (not ships, not space, not drones; tell us the parties involved) -or- read a book whose cover shows a hill (post the cover).
3. Bombay Duck: is a type of a lizardfish found in the waters around Bombay (now Mumbai in India). It's said that duck is a corruption of Bombay Dak (Bombay Mail) - a euphemistic name for crates of the fish that was transported to the interiors from Bombay via the railway system.
❗Read a book in which a letter is important to the plot (tell us how; use spoilers if needed) -or- read a book with a train or railway tracks on the cover (post the cover)
4. Canary Islands: do have a lot of canary birds, but the birds are named for the islands; not the other way around. The Islands themselves are derived from the Latin name Canarie Insulae, meaning Islands of the Dogs. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the islands contained vast multitudes of dogs of very large size.
❗Read a book with a bird or a dog prominently shown on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book set on an island (tell us where).
5. Catgut: is a cord that is prepared from the natural fiber found in the walls of animal intestines - normally sheep or goat, but sometimes cattle, hog, horses, mules or donkey intestines - never those of a cat. The name is possibly an abbreviation of the word "cattlegut". Or it could be from kitgut or kitstring in which kit means fiddle.
❗Read a book in which a cat is an important part of the plot (bonus if cat pukes) -or- read a book in which a major character is called by an abbreviated form of their given name (like Cat for Katherine or Tabby for Tabitha; tell us both names).
6. Chinese Checkers: also known as Stern-Halma, is a strategy board game of German origin. Stern-Halma is a variation of an older American game called Halma. Stern refers to the star shaped board in contrast to the square board in Halma. The name Chinese Checkers comes from a marketing scheme in the US by the Pressman Company.
❗Read a book in which a board game is played (tell us the game) -or- read a book with the word STAR intact in its title or subtitle (compound words or plural is okay).
7. French & English Horns: French horn isn't French, it's German. But the French were popular makers of the 17th century hunting horn, which was a large round hoop of tubing that the hunter could put his arm through while riding, the basis of the modern horn. The English horn (cor anglaise) is neither English, nor a horn. It's an oboe that was developed in Silesia. Its name comes from its shape - it looked like the horns played by angels in religious images and was called the Angelic Horn; engellisches horn in German. Engellisch also meant English and the angelic horn became the English horn.
❗Read two books for this task:
- Read a book set in France, England or Germany (tell us where your book is set).
- Read a book whose cover shows a musical instrument -or- whose text mentions angels (tell us the sentence and the location or page it appears in the book).
8. Fibonacci Sequence: The Fibonacci Sequence, which is a sequence in mathematics in which each element is the sum of the previous two elements, is named for Leonardo of Pisa who was also called Fibonacci. Fibonacci introduced the sequence to Western Europeans in 1202. But the numbers were first described in Indian mathematics as early as 200 BC in work by Pingala on enumerating possible patterns of Sanskrit poetry formed from syllables of two lengths.
❗Read a book of poetry (ignore the 150 pages minimum for this) -or- read a book with one of the two-digit numbers of the Fibonacci sequence (13, 21, 34, 55, 89) intact in the page count (tell us the number of pages).
9. Funny Bone is not a bone, it's the ulnar nerve that runs along the outside of your elbow. When it bangs or rubs up against the humerus, one of the bones in your upper arms, it creates the strange tingling sensation from which it gets its name.
❗Read a book marked HUMOR on its main GR page -or- read a book with a punny title.
10. French Fries: are not French, they are Belgian. The dish was supposedly born in the winter of 1680, when the fried fish loving citizens of a town called Namur had to find something else to fry when the local river froze.
❗Read a book whose cover shows the inside of a kitchen (post the cover) -or- read a book in which a body of water has frozen (tell us which).
11. Fireflies and Glowworms: are not flies and worms respectively. Fireflies are a type of soft-bodied beetles that produce light. Glowworm is the name given to insect larvae that can produce light. Both fireflies and glowworms produce light through a chemical process called bioluminescence. Fireflies use the light for communication such as mating and establishing territory; glowworms to warn predators that they are not safe to eat.
❗Read a book with tiny lights of any kind on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book with someone you would call a predator (tell us who and why you think they're predatory).
12. Guinea Pigs: are not from Guinea, nor are they pigs. They are a type of furry rodent that were possibly called pigs because they are chubby, eat like pigs and make noises like baby pigs. They originate from the Andes in South America, and Guinea is in Africa. So, there are several likely explanations for why they are called "Guinea" pigs - that they were once sold for a guinea (a coin currency), that they may have been transported from South America to Europe via Guinea, Guinea is a corruption of Guiana which is a country in South America or that Guinea was the English word to describe something as being from far away.
❗Read a book with some form of currency on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book set in South America (tell us where).
13. Horned Toads: or horntoads are lizards. Their bodies, particularly their sides, are covered with sharp spines which is where the horned part of the name comes from, they don't have horns. The toad part of the name is from their stout size and shape which resemble toads more than they do lizards. They are native to North and Central America.
❗Read a book with something that crawls on the cover (post the cover) -or- read a book with a compound word in the title.
14. Jellyfish & Starfish: are not fish. Jellyfish are free-flowing marine members of the class Scyphozoa, a group of invertebrate animals. They have an umbrella-shaped main body and a collection of trailing tentacles on the underside. Starfish are also marine invertebrates, they are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. They're also called asteroids.
❗Read two books for this task:
- Read a book whose cover shows an umbrella or a star shaped object (need the shape not stars themselves; post the cover).
- Read a book with a character you would describe as spineless (tell us who) -or- read a book marked SCIENCE FICTION on its main GR page.
15. Jerusalem Artichokes: are neither from Jerusalem, nor are they a type of artichoke. They are a species of sunflower native to central North America. They have edible tubers that look like ginger. The artichoke part of the name comes from the tuber's taste. Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer, sent the first samples of the plant to France, noting that its taste was like that of an artichoke. The Jerusalem part is harder to explain, but it is possible that Italian settlers called the plant girasole after the Italian word for sunflower and it later got corrupted to Jerusalem.
❗Read a book set in Israel, France or Italy (tell us where) -or- read a book whose cover shows flower(s) prominently (post the cover).
MisnomersDuration: Mar 01, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025
I've always been fascinated by words and their usage, but for the longest time, I thought Belgian waffles were like French fries. The waffles, I thought were French, and the fries were Belgian. Turns out I was half right - Belgian waffles were indeed Belgian, but the fries were Belgian too. For that and other names that do not really imply what they seem to imply, here's misnomers. To finish, follow the instructions! You'll read 25 books for the challenge.
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Countries of the World #8: LiechtensteinDuration: Mar 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Completed: 10/6+
✔ Country: Liechtenstein
🚩Read a book whose title starts with a letter in LIECHTENSTEIN (ignore A, An and The or equivalent if not English).
Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You | Ethan Kross ★★★★ (03/04/25)
Stats
✔ Capital: Vaduz
🚩Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in the word VADUZ (letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the word).
The Sayers Swindle | Victoria Abbott ★★★ (05/04/25)
✔ Population: 40,015 (2023 estimate)
🚩Read a book whose total number of pages contain at least 2 of the numbers in the population (tell us the page count).
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us | Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross ★★ (03/10/25)
304 pages.
✔ Area: 61.97 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).
The Club Dumas | Arturo Pérez-Reverte ★ (03/05/25)
1993.
Trivia
✔ 1. Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein
🚩Read a book in which a major character has at least 3 names, not including the last name (tell us their full name).
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
Georgie is Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie.
✔ 2. Vaduz Castle
🚩Read a book that was first published in August of any year (tell us when the book was published).
A Troubling Tail | Laurie Cass ★★★★ (03/08/25)
Aug 01, 2023.
✔ 3. Absolute Monarchy
🚩Read a book with a king or emperor as an important character (a biography of a monarch is fine).
Babylonia | Costanza Casati ★★ (03/09/25)
One of the MCs is Ninus, the Assyrian emperor.
✔ 4. Golden Boos
🚩Read a book in which the main character has a sidekick.
Summer of a Thousand Pies | Margaret Dilloway ★★★ (03/03/25)
Cady & Jay.
✔ 5. No Army
🚩Read a book in which the main character who has served or is currently serving in their country’s military (tell us which country and branch).
National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)
Jericho is USAF and Jacques is a Marine.
✔ 6. No Airports
🚩Read a book set in a location you don’t want to visit (tell us where and why you don’t want to visit, fantasy locations are fine as long as the reason you don’t want to visit is not because it’s fantasy).
We Do Not Part | Han Kang ★★ (03/03/25)
South Korea. I’m sure it’s beautiful and it was on my list until recently, but I visited Singapore last year and found that as someone with a soy allergy I was a little too close to anaphylaxis every time I ate out. I survived Singapore with a few scares and a bottle of Benadryl, but Korea/Japan/China are pretty much off my bucket list.
*** Completed (05/04/25) ***
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