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

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Congrats, Carolyn! Great job, Connie!

Thanks Ellen and congrats again!

Get well soon!

Congrats, OM!

Congrats, Karen, OM, Teresa and Connie!

Congrats, Amanda!

Congrats, all finishers!

Great job, Connie!

Congrats, everyone!

Congrats, Richard and Jan!

Congrats, Jimena and Lynn!

Old, Obsolete, Obscure Words - Compliments

Duration: Jan 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 26/26


✔ A is for AFTERNOONIFIED: Read a book that has a time word in its title.
The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth ★★★★ (01/02/25)

✔ B is for BEL-ESPRIT: Read a book that has spirits, ghosts, or similar creatures.
Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)
Claire.

✔ C is for CRAFTIOUS: Read a book that has between 1200 and 1400 GR ratings at the time that you read it (tell us how many).
The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
1308 ratings on 01/05.

✔ D is for DILLYDOUN/DILLYDOWN: Read a book where someone goes to bed - bonus if it is a child being sent or taken to bed or tucked into bed (cite the sentence).
Darkly | Marisha Pessl ★★ (01/08/25)
One night he [George] was tucked into his bed. The next morning, he had vanished. Page 71.

✔ E is for EIDENT: Read a book with rain or snow shown clearly on the cover.
Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)

Falling snow outside the window.

✔ F is for FAUNTKIN/FAUNTLET/FAUNTEKIN/FAUNTELET: Read a book whose GR main page has a classification indicating it is ‘for children’ (e.g. MIDDLE SCHOOL, CHILRENS, etc.).
Old School | Gordon Korman ★★★★ (02/03/25)
Middle Grade.

✔ G is for (THE) GINCHIEST: Read a book in which someone sends or receives a package (tell us who).
Murder at an Irish Castle | Ellie Brannigan ★★★ (01/23/25)
Rayne gets packages full of her clothes and shoes as she’s unexpectedly moved to Ireland.

✔ H is for HEART-: Read a book that is marked ROMANCE on its GR main page.
Paint the Town Dead | Nancy Haddock ★★★ (01/25/25)

✔ I is for INNERLY/INNERLIE: Read a book that has a shoreline, coast, or beach featured on its cover (post the cover).
Fall of a Philanderer | Carola Dunn ★★★ (01/09/25)


✔ J is for JOLLY-TIT and JOLLY-DOG: Read a book that features two (or more) friends spending pleasant times with one another.
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
Aunt Bessie with many friends, but mainly Doona.

✔ K is for KILLER DILLER: Read a book which has someone from a marginalized community for its protagonist (e.g. a person of colour, someone with a disability, an ex-convict, etc).
The Waste Lands | Stephen King ★★★ (01/13/25)
Susannah is both a POC and disabled.

✔ L is for LAKESOME/LAKISH: Read a book in which someone goes to a lake or similar body of water for relaxation or recreation (tell us who).
Death Waits in the Dark | Julia Buckley ★ (01/15/25)
Lena and Starr.

✔ M is for MYN LYKING: Read a book that features a mother-child relationship.
The Lost Heir | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/07/25)
Tsunami & Anemone and their relationship with their mother Queen Coral.

✔ N is for NACKETY/NACKY: Read a book that has a title word with a silent letter.
Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)

✔ O is for OREFUL: Read a book where a main character follows a code of honour (one created either externally or one which they have created for themselves) (tell us who).
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
One of the MCs is a beguine: they do not take holy orders, but they have their own code of ethics – they are in it to serve people and to worship god in their own way.

✔ P is for PIPPIN: Read a book that has a predominantly red cover (for either option post the cover).
Egg Drop Dead | Vivien Chien ★★★ (01/07/25)


✔ Q is for QUEMEFUL: Read a book that you find particularly pleasing to read (briefly tell us why).
Death Around the Bend | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (01/13/25)
Armstrong & Hardcastle are a hoot.

✔ R is for RUM: Read a book in which someone has a secret or double life (tell us who).
Wizard and Glass | Stephen King ★ (01/23/25)
Roland, Cuthbert and Alain are using fake names and identities as they want to find traitors to the Affiliation.

✔ S is for SAPIENT: Read a book that shows all, or most, of a human clearly on its cover (post the cover).
London Rain | Nicola Upson ★★ (01/10/25)


✔ T is for TRUEPENNY: Read a book set in the Victorian era (1837-1901) (tell us when).
The Black Country | Alex Grecian ★★ (01/08/25)
1889.

✔ U is for UMBRELLAS: Read a book in which someone drinks alcohol (tell us who and their drink of choice).
One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
It’s a hen weekend and all the ladies except Lexi drink – gin and wine mostly.

✔ V is for VERSANT: Read a book set in a mountainous region (tell us where).
Carpe Jugulum | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (01/11/25)
Lancre.

✔ W is for WEALSOME: Read a book that makes you feel happy when you read it.
Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust | Mindy Quigley ★★★★ (01/11/25)

✔ X is for XENODOCHIAL: Read a book in which someone moves from one place to another (tell the from and to locations).
Murder at the Grand Hotel | Isabella Bassett ★★ (01/11/25)
Lady Caroline from England to the French Riviera.

✔ Y is for YARE-WITEL: Read a book which has a main character who is particularly quick-witted or intelligent (tell us who).
You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist | Kari Ferrell ★★★ (01/10/25)
Kari.

✔ Z is for ZIGGETY!: Read a book that has rhyming words in its title.
Later Gator | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (01/06/25)

*** Completed (02/03/25) ***

Congrats, Barb, Meg, Lynn, Frankie, Joann, Amanda, Lesley, OM, Mary! and Barbara!

Welcome BB&B! Congrats, Barb! I've moved your link. :)

Great job, Connie!

Congrats, Amanda, BC and Chris!

Congrats, Ellen, Vickie and Joann!

Great job, Barb!

January 2025 Spell

Duration: Jan 01, 2025 - Jan 31, 2025
Completed: 12/12

✔ H - Mothers and Sons | Adam Haslett ★★★ (01/09/25)
✔ I - Murder at the Grand Hotel | Isabella Bassett ★★ (01/11/25)
✔ P - The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
✔ P - Darkly | Marisha Pessl ★★ (01/08/25)
✔ O - One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
✔ P - Carpe Jugulum | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (01/11/25)
✔ O - The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
✔ T - Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)
✔ A - Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
✔ M - Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)
✔ U - London Rain | Nicola Upson ★★ (01/10/25)
✔ S - Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)

*** Completed (01/12/25) ***

Winter 2024 Spell Challenge

Duration: Dec 21, 2024 - Mar 20, 2025
Completed: 52/52

Unwieldy
8

✔ U - The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi | Boyce Upholt ★★★★★ (01/13/25)
✔ N - London Rain | Nicola Upson ★★ (01/10/25)
✔ W - Thread on Arrival | Lea Wait ★★ (01/04/25)
✔ I - Murder at the Grand Hotel | Isabella Bassett ★★ (01/11/25)
✔ E - Egg Drop Dead | Vivien Chien ★★★ (01/07/25)
✔ L - Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)
✔ D - The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth ★★★★ (01/02/25)
✔ Y - You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist | Kari Ferrell ★★★ (01/10/25)

Indecipherable
14

✔ I - A Match Made for Murder | Iona Whishaw ★★★★ (02/08/25)
✔ N - Paint the Town Dead | Nancy Haddock ★★★ (01/25/25)
✔ D - Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
✔ E - End of Watch | Stephen King ★★ (01/20/25)
✔ C - Fall of a Philanderer | Carola Dunn ★★★ (01/09/25)
✔ I - Isaac's Song | Daniel Black ★★★★ (02/09/25)
✔ P - Darkly | Marisha Pessl ★★ (01/08/25)
✔ H - Mothers and Sons | Adam Haslett ★★★ (01/09/25)
✔ E - Murder at an Irish Castle | Ellie Brannigan ★★★ (01/23/25)
✔ R - The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
✔ A - Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)
✔ B - The Voyage Home | Pat Barker ★★ (01/22/25)
✔ L - Later Gator | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (01/06/25)
✔ E - The Witch of Blackbird Pond | Elizabeth George Speare ★★★ (01/28/25)

Engineering
11

✔ E - Baudolino | Umberto Eco ★★★ (01/29/25)
✔ N - The Lost Future of Pepperharrow | Natasha Pulley ★ (01/30/25)
✔ G - The Black Country | Alex Grecian ★★ (01/08/25)
✔ I - In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some | Josh Gad ★★★★ (02/10/25)
✔ N - Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor ★★ (02/02/25)
✔ E - All the Water in the World | Eiren Caffall ★★ (01/30/25)
✔ E - Queen's Peril | E.K. Johnston ★★ (02/07/25)
✔ R - Death in an English Cottage | Sara Rosett ★★★ (01/16/25)
✔ I - The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf | Isa Arsén ★★ (02/21/25)
✔ N - Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson ★ (02/16/25)
✔ G - Old School | Gordon Korman ★★★★ (02/03/25)

Instructions
12

✔ I - Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People | Imani Perry ★★★★★ (03/10/25)
✔ N - Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause | Naomi Watts ★★★ (02/19/25)
✔ S - The Drawing of the Three | Stephen King ★★★★ (01/11/25)
✔ T - The Lost Heir | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/07/25)
✔ R - The Colour | Rose Tremain ★★ (01/26/25)
✔ U - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers | Loung Ung ★★★ (02/07/25)
✔ C - The Blacktongue Thief | Christopher Buehlman ★★★ (01/17/25)
✔ T - Death Around the Bend | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (01/13/25)
✔ I - Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us | Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross ★★ (03/10/25)
✔ O - One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
✔ N - National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)
✔ S - The Waste Lands | Stephen King ★★★ (01/13/25)

Profane
7

✔ P - Carpe Jugulum | Terry Pratchett ★★★★★ (01/11/25)
✔ R - A Tide of Black Steel | Anthony Ryan ★★★ (01/31/25)
✔ O - The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
✔ F - Finders Keepers | Stephen King ★★★ (01/18/25)
✔ A - Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust | Mindy Quigley ★★★★ (01/11/25)
✔ N - Rewire | Nicole Vignola ★★★ (03/07/25)
✔ E - Murder Comes to Call | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (02/09/25)

*** Completed (03/10/25) ***