Chaitra’s Comments (group member since Apr 29, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Congrats, Amanda!

Congrats, Connie!

Congrats, Meg and Frankie!

Thanks Barb! Congrats, Alesha, Barb, Michelle and Meg!

Congrats, Amanda!

Congrats, Amanda!

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)

Congrats, Amanda!

Andrea wrote: "Is this game still open? I'm still working on it, but I got curious with the sequel being posted. :)"

What Barb said!

Congrats, Angel and Michelle!

Michelle wrote: "GUESS # 13

SUSPECT - computer programMEr - The Countdown by E.G. Michaels - 11/13/25
CAUSE OF DEATH - 9. Blunt force trauma (hammer/bat) - Bat on cover - [book:Dea..."

The murderer was not the computer programmer.

Meg wrote: "Businessman ==> Sangu Mandanna - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 11/07

Poison (cake) ==> [book:The Diva Says Cheesecake!|591331..."

The murderer was not the businessman.

Thanks Barb!

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "B3 - Bad Reputation by Emma Barry 11 November 2025 ★★★★ 316 pages, Kindle Edition

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B3 is a miss.

Congrats, Amanda!

Congrats, Ed!

Great job, Connie!

No worries, thanks Amanda!

I'm finished.

November 2025 Scavenger Challenge

Duration: Nov 01, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025
Completed: 8/8

✔ 1. Read a book with a dark cover; post the cover.
Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories | Kate Atkinson ★★ (11/03/25)


✔ 2. Read a book with an unusual plot, your interpretation; tell us how it fits.
One of Us | Dan Chaon ★★★ (11/02/25)
(view spoiler)[A serial killer who wants to harness ESP that he thinks has been genetically passed over to a friend’s twin children, but the kids run away from him only to be adopted by a traveling circus group who have been instructed by their resident medium to help the kids (hide spoiler)] .

✔ 3. Read a book with any word in the title beginning with D (3 letters or more).
Ukulele of Death | E.J. Copperman ★★ (11/02/25)

✔ 4. Read a book with MYSTERY on its main GR page.
The Rhyme of the Magpie | Marty Wingate ★★ (11/03/25)

✔ 5. Read a small book (no more than 200 pages); tell us how many.
What Stalks the Deep | T. Kingfisher ★★ (11/12/25)
179 pages.

✔ 6. Read a book whose title words all begin with a letter in HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (a letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the phrase; ALL words count); 3-word minimum.
Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond ★★★★ (11/14/25)

✔ 7. Read a big book (more than 450 pages); tell us how many pages.
Katabasis | R.F. Kuang ★★ (11/01/25)
560 pages.

✔ 8. Read a book set in space.
All Systems Red | Martha Wells ★★★★★ (11/08/25)

*** Completed (11/14/25) ***

I'm finished.

Countries of the World #15 – Oman

Duration: Oct 01, 2025 – Oct 31, 2025
Completed: 10/6+

✔ Country: Oman
🚩Read a book whose title starts with a letter in OMAN (ignore A, An and The or equivalent if not English).
Mr. Lemoncello's Fantabulous Finale | Chris Grabenstein ★★★ (10/04/25)

Stats

✔ Capital: Muscat
🚩Read a book whose author's first and last initials are in the word MUSCAT (letters can only be used as many times as they appear in the word).
A Local Habitation | Seanan McGuire ★★ (10/08/25)

✔ Population: 4,520,471 (2021 estimate)
🚩Read a book whose total number of pages contain at least 2 of the numbers in the population (tell us the page count).
Slough House | Mick Herron ★★★★ (10/01/25)
312 pages.

✔ Area: 119,500 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 Vanishing Thief | Kate Parker ★★ (10/03/25)
Pub. 2013

Trivia

✔ 1. Sur
🚩Read a book in which a boat/ship voyage is an important part of the plot (tell us how your book fits).
Murder on the Marlow Belle | Robert Thorogood ★★★ (10/04/25)
The murder is on a boat journey.

✔ 2. Desert Fjords
🚩Read a book with a large body of water or mountains on the cover (post the cover).
Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield ★★ (10/07/25)


✔ 3. Dishdasha
🚩Read a book with a mostly white cover (post the cover).
Pampered to Death | Laura Levine ★★★★ (10/02/25)


✔ 4. Riyam Memorial
🚩Read a book that is set in one of the countries on the incense trail (for the purpose of this task: Oman, Yemen, Somalia, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Italy and Greece; tell us the country your book is set in).
A House in the Sky | Amanda Lindhout ★★★★ (10/08/25)
Somalia.

✔ 5. Haboob
🚩Read a book whose main character’s first name starts with a letter in HABOOB (tell us the name).
Into the Windwracked Wilds | A. Deborah Baker ★★★★ (10/07/25)
Avery & Hepzibah.

✔ 6. Atlantis of the Sands
🚩Read a book whose location starts with a letter in UBAR (tell us where the book is set).
All That We See or Seem | Ken Liu ★★★ (11/14/25)
Boston.

*** Completed (11/14/25) ***