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

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Finished.

New to You Author 2024

Duration: Mar 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 12/12

✔ In March, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in MARDI GRAS
- The Unit: My Life Fighting Terrorists as One of America's Most Secret Military Operatives | Adam Gamal ★★★ (03/14/24)

✔ In April, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in EARTH DAY
- Instruments of Darkness | Imogen Robertson ★★ (04/05/24)
- The American Daughters | Maurice Carlos Ruffin ★★★★ (04/06/24)
- The March | E.L. Doctorow ★★★★ (04/09/24)
- Fire from Heaven | Mary Renault ★★ (04/19/24)

✔ In May, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in MOTHER'S DAY
- The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony | Annabelle Tometich ★★★★★ (05/10/24)
- Night of the Living Rez | Morgan Talty ★★★★ (05/14/24)
- Murder by the Seashore | Samara Yew ★★ (05/17/24)
- Death in the English Countryside | Sara Rosett ★★★ (05/20/24)

✔ In June, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in FATHER'S DAY
- The Library of the Unwritten | A.J. Hackwith ★★★★ (06/11/24)

✔ In July, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in FOURTH OF JULY
- The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper | Hallie Rubenhold ★★★★ (07/14/24)

✔ In August, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in FRIENDSHIP DAY
- Pageboy | Elliot Page ★★★ (08/31/24)

✔ In September, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
- Erasure | Percival Everett ★★★★ (09/05/24)
- The Girl from the Well | Rin Chupeco ★★★ (09/10/24)

✔ In October, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in UNITED NATIONS DAY
- We'll Prescribe You a Cat | Syou Ishida ★★★★ (11/04/24)

✔ In November, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in ELECTION DAY
- Drowning | T.J. Newman ★★ (11/05/24)
- There's a New Witch in Town | Carolyn Ridder Aspenson ★★ (11/14/24)

✔ In December, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in WINTER SOLSTICE
One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)

✔ In January, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
A Conspiracy of Paper | David Liss ★★ (01/27/25)

✔ In February, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in PRESIDENTS' DAY
Dark Echoes of the Past | Ramón Díaz Eterovic ★★★ (02/10/25)
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf | Isa Arsén ★★ (02/21/25)

*** Completed (02/21/25) ***

Finished.

Rare Pigments

Duration: Dec 01, 2024 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 15/15

✔ 1. Baker-Miller Pink
🎨Read a book whose cover shows an alcoholic beverage (post the cover).
Murder on a Girls' Night Out | Anne George ★★★ (01/03/25)


✔ 2. Cinnabar Red
🎨Read a book with a character you would consider toxic (tell us who).
One of the Girls | Lucy Clarke ★★ (01/03/25)
Bella.

✔ 3. Dragon's Blood Red
🎨Read a book in which a fantasy creature is part of the plot (tell us what).
Lowcountry Boughs of Holly | Susan M. Boyer ★★★ (01/04/25)
Ghost/Angel.

✔ 4. Gamboge Yellow
🎨Read a book that doesn't last long (it's short, it's flimsy etc., your interpretation).
Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures | Katherine Rundell ★★★★ (12/02/24)
Very short.

✔ 5. Indian Yellow
🎨Read a book in which someone is treated terribly (tell us who and how your book fits).
Aunt Bessie Enjoys | Diana Xarissa ★★★ (01/03/25)
Nancy’s kids.

✔ 6. Kermes Red
🎨Read a book with an insect of some sort on the cover (post the cover).
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow | Natasha Pulley ★ (01/30/25)


✔ 7. Lead White
🎨Read a book that you didn't pay for.
Buried Deep and Other Stories | Naomi Novik ★★★★ (12/01/24)

✔ 8. Mummy Brown
🎨Read a book set or published in the 1960s (tell us when).
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern | Lilian Jackson Braun ★★★★ (02/27/25)
Pub. 1967

✔ 9. Quercitron Yellow
🎨Read a book whose title has a word that means at least two different things (I mean a homonym - for example, arm for the limb and arm for furnishing with weaponry).
Mint Chocolate Murder | Meri Allen ★★★★ (12/01/24)
Mint the herb and mint for new and mint for coin; murder for the act and for a collection of crows.

✔ 10. Scheele's Green
🎨Read a book in which someone dies (tell us who).
The Raven Thief | Gigi Pandian ★★★ (01/01/25)
Corbin Colt.

✔ 11. Tyrian Purple
🎨Read a book with a major royal character (King, Queen, Prince, Princess etc.).
The Lost Heir | Tui T. Sutherland ★★★ (01/07/25)
Queen Coral, Princesses Tsunami & Anemone.

✔ 12. Ultramarine Blue
🎨Read a book in which religion is very important (tell us which religion).
The Owl Killers | Karen Maitland ★★★ (01/06/25)
Christianity and an older, pagan religion, possibly Celtic.

✔ 13. Vantablack
🎨Read a book in which the main character is a scientist (tell us who and what they work on).
Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson ★ (02/16/25)
Laurence Waterhouse is a cryptanalyst.

✔ 14. Woad Blue
🎨Read a book whose title contains two words (all words count).
Later Gator | Jana Deleon ★★★★ (01/06/25)

✔ 15. YInMn Blue
🎨Read a book whose title starts with a Y, I or M (ignore A, An or The).
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir | Youngmi Mayer ★★★★★ (12/02/24)

*** Completed (02/27/25) ***

Finished.

Arroz con Leche

Duration: Feb 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Completed: 14/14

✔ 1. Read a book with a Z in the title or in the author’s name. (post a link to the author’s page if this option is used).
Dark Echoes of the Past | Ramón Díaz Eterovic ★★★ (02/10/25)

✔ 2. Read a book with a double letter in the title (as in mOOrish or oCCupation).
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire ★★★ (02/01/25)

✔ 3. Read a book with a very simple plot (your interpretation).
Farm to Trouble | Amanda Flower ★ (02/01/25)
The usual cozy mystery plot of someone gets bumped off -> someone close to MC gets blamed because whatever they own is used to do murder -> MC kind of goes around asking if they’re the murderer but the one person she leaves out is the murderer -> Murderer concludes the MC is getting close even though she has never once thought of this person, and says hey we’re the murderer -> End.

✔ 4. Read a book with a speaking character who is good at cooking, (tell us who).
A Murder Most French | Colleen Cambridge ★★★ (02/06/25)
Julia Child.

✔ 5. Read a standalone book.
Shout | Laurie Halse Anderson ★★ (02/03/25)

✔ 6. Read a book Marked "Children's" or "Middle Grade" in the main GR page.
London Calling | James Ponti ★★★★★ (02/13/25)

Spell

✔ C - The Shadow of Memory | Connie Berry ★★★★ (02/14/25)
✔ I - A Match Made for Murder | Iona Whishaw ★★★★ (02/08/25)
✔ N - Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor ★★ (02/02/25)
✔ N - Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson ★ (02/16/25)
✔ A - Aloha Alibi | Jasmine Webb ★★★★ (02/01/25)
✔ M - Murder at the Taffy Shop | Maddie Day ★ (02/05/25)
✔ O - Old School | Gordon Korman ★★★★ (02/03/25)
✔ N - Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause | Naomi Watts ★★★ (02/19/25)

*** Completed (02/19/25) ***

Finished.

February 2025 Spell

Duration: Feb 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 9/9

✔ D - Death on the Nile | Agatha Christie ★★ (02/03/25)
✔ O - Old School | Gordon Korman ★★★★ (02/03/25)
✔ U - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers | Loung Ung ★★★ (02/07/25)
✔ G - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls | Grady Hendrix ★ (02/04/25)
✔ H - The Question of Bruno | Aleksandar Hemon ★★ (02/05/25)
✔ N - Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor ★★ (02/02/25)
✔ U - The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf | Isa Arsén ★★ (02/21/25)
✔ T - A Picture of Murder | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (02/06/25)
✔ S - Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire ★★★ (02/01/25)

*** Completed (02/21/25) ***

I don't think I'll get any more:

#4

- Lady Hardcastle #4. A Picture of Murder | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (02/06/25)
- Beryl & Edwina #4. Murder Comes to Call | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (02/09/25)
- Kate Hamilton #4. The Shadow of Memory | Connie Berry ★★★★ (02/14/25)

#4.5

- Dark Tower #4.5. The Wind Through the Keyhole | Stephen King ★★★★ (02/12/25)

#5

- Jackson Brodie #5. Big Sky | Kate Atkinson ★★ (02/17/25)

Finished.

February 2025 Scavenger

Duration: Feb 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 12/7+

✔ 1. Dieting With Donuts: Read a book where a character deludes him- or herself, tell us who and how.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls | Grady Hendrix ★ (02/04/25)
Some of the girls delude themselves that they can keep their babies and live happy lives, even though they have no agency at all.

✔ 2. Donate weight: Read a book where two characters dislike each other (tell us who).
Death of the Author | Nnedi Okorafor ★★ (02/02/25)
Zelu & Chinyere.

✔ 3. Getting in Shape for Spring: Read a book with a cover that looks like springtime to you (your interpretation, post the cover).
Hop 'Til You Drop | J.M. Griffin ★★★ (02/24/25)


✔ 4. Coconut Oil & Kale: Read a book with tropical-looking cover (post the cover).
Aloha Alibi | Jasmine Webb ★★★★ (02/01/25)


✔ 5. Rotting Produce: Read a book with fruits or vegetables visible on the cover.
Farm to Trouble | Amanda Flower ★ (02/01/25)


✔ 6. Bragging Rights: Read a book with a character who you think is a braggart (tell us who).
Old School | Gordon Korman ★★★★ (02/03/25)
Jackson.

✔ 7. Orange Flavored Pushups: Read a book whose cover is predominantly orange (post the cover).
Death on the Nile | Agatha Christie ★★ (02/03/25)


✔ 8. Great Personality: Read a book with a cover that looks like summer to you (post the cover).
Murder at the Taffy Shop | Maddie Day ★ (02/05/25)


✔ 9. Substitution Diet: Read a book with both food of some kind and a drink of some kind on the cover (post the cover).
Southern Sass and a Battered Bride | Kate Young ★ (02/19/25)

I don’t know if this is enough but there’s the cake and a couple of champagne flutes in the background.

✔ 10. Planning for Holidays: Read a book with a character you think of as being a "planner".
Murder Comes to Call | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (02/09/25)
Edwina.

✔ 11. Good fat vs. Bad: Read a book with a cover that is predominantly green or brown or some combination of the two (post the cover).
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire ★★★ (02/01/25)


✔ 12. Salad and a Smorgasbord: Read a book where someone binges or splurges, your interpretation, (tell us who and how).
The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf | Isa Arsén ★★ (02/21/25)
A bit too much white stuff (cocaine I’m thinking although it’s not mentioned explicitly) for Margaret – it doesn’t really say if she’s addicted, she stops pretty easily.

*** Completed (02/24/25) ***

Congrats, Karin!

Congrats, Frankie!

Congrats, Jonquil, L&M and Anne!

saint

Mary-Megan wrote: "next guess:

A5 - Dream On by Angie Hockman [352 pages] (2/27)"

A5 is a miss.

Great job, Connie!

Welcome to the challenge, L&M!

Welcome L&M!

Angel wrote: "Guess #2
Suspect: Computer Programmer (E.P.)
Cause of death: Fall (pyramid)
Location: Silicon Valley (C&S)

- Elizabeth Peters - 2/27/25"

The murder was not at the Silicon Valley.

Congrats, Robin!

Thanks Jimena! Congrats, Carolyn & Barb!

Congrats, Frankie!

Angel wrote: "Guess #1
Suspect: 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!