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

Chaitra’s comments from the Crazy Challenge Connection group.

Laila Jane wrote: "Guess #36 - A2 - King of Greed by Ana Huang (02/20/25) - 352 pgs"

A2 is a miss.

Mary-Megan wrote: "next guess:

L4 - The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock [464 pages] (2/21)"

L4 is a miss.

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess : N-6

The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny by Willa Nash
Pages:165
Read: 5/20/24"

N6 is a miss.

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Next guess: A-5

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
Pages: 256
Read: 6/13/24"

A5 is a hit."

Does that..."

Gosh, I'm an idiot. I forgot to update my sheet with your A4 guess after I responded to it, so yes you did sink a ship. Sorry about that!

Congrats, OM!

2025 New To You Author

Duration: Mar 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2025
Completed: 0/12

In March, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in CRAFT

In April, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in HUMOR

In May, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in DATE YOUR MATE

In June, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in ROSE

In July, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in ICE CREAM

In August, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in ADMIT YOU'RE HAPPY

In September, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in FALL HAT

In October, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in ADOPT A SHELTER DOG

In November, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in AVIATION

In December, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first OR last initial can be found in BINGO

In January, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in BLOOD DONOR

In February, read a book by a new-to-you author whose first AND last initials can be found in CHERRY

2025 Author Scavenger

Duration: Mar 01, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026
Completed: 0/35

1. Author uses initial rather than first name.
2. Author is living.
3. Author is no longer living.
4. Author has won or was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize, Nobel prize, Booker prize, National book award, Edgar, Agatha, Rita, Hugo, Nebula, Newbery, or Goodreads Choice (tell us which and what year).
5. Author is male.
6. Author is female.
7. Author writes as a team (two or more people sharing a pen name, give the names of both people and the pen name, please).
8. Author is from a country foreign to yours (tell us where the author is from and what country you are in, please).
9. Book was author’s debut work.
10. Book was author’s final published work (the author has died or retired or has not published a new book in five years or more, and the book you read is the last one published).
11. Author is on your "top ten" favorites list.
12. Author is new to you.
13. Author had at least one book published in the 20th century.
14. Author has at least 3 books published in the 21st century.
15. Author was suggested to you by someone else. Who?
16. Author is a celebrity in some field other than writing.
17. Author is someone you’d read at least once already before reading the book qualifying for this task.
18. Author is from your home state, region, province, or city/town. You can define this broadly if you live in a place that doesn't have officially designated "regions" or "states" or "provinces."
19. Author is from your home country.
20. Author has the same first or last initial as you.
21. Author has the same first or last name as someone in your immediate family (tell us who).
22. Author uses a pen name (single author: cannot be the same as the author in task 7).
23. Author has at least 10 books published.
24. Author has a double letter somewhere in his or her name.
25. Author has three different vowels in his or her first or last name.
26. Author's first or last initial is also the first letter of the title of the book you read (a, an, the don't count).
27. Author's first and last names put together equal exactly 16, 19, or 25 letters.
28. Author's last name is exactly 8 letters.
29. Author's first name is exactly 7 letters.
30. Author has more than one published series.
31. Author writes both series and standalone books.
32. Author has a neutral gender name (Terry, Chris, Sam).
33. Author uses a middle initial in addition to first and last name (e.g. Robert B. Parker).
34. Author uses a middle name in addition to first and last name (e.g. Mary Kay Andrews).
35. Author' last name contains only one vowel (can be repeated, like Johnson)

March 2025 Scavenger

Duration: Mar 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Completed: 7/7

✔ 1. War Simulation
♟️ Read a book with a wartime setting (let us know which war, a fantasy war works).
Babylonia | Costanza Casati ★★ (03/09/25)
Between Assyria and Babylon.

✔ 2. No Luck
♟️ Read a nonfiction book.
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future | Jason F. Stanley ★★★ (03/05/25)

✔ 3. Chaturanga
♟️ Read a book with the first letter of all the words in the title in CHATURANGA, (2 words min, all letters count).
Unhallowed Halls | Lili Wilkinson ★★ (03/17/25)


✔ 4. Pieces, Gameboard, Clock
♟️ Read a book with a clock, pieces of a game or a gameboard on the cover, (post the cover).
Fagin the Thief | Allison Epstein ★★★ (03/17/25)


✔ 5. Two Armies
♟️ Read a book with knights, bishops, queens, or kings as speaking characters.
Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
King George & Queen Margaret.

✔ 6. White & Black
♟️ Read a white cover book, or Read a black cover book, (post the cover).
Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You | Ethan Kross ★★★★ (03/04/25)


✔ 7. Check & Mate
♟️ Read a book where the author's first and last initials are in CHECKMATE, please post a link to the author's GR page.
National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)

*** Completed (03/17/25) ***

Congrats, OM, Barb and Samantha!

March 2025 Spell

Duration: Mar 01, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025
Completed: 10/10

✔ C - Murder Buys a T-shirt | Christy Fifield ★★★ (03/06/25)
✔ H - We Do Not Part | Han Kang ★★ (03/03/25)
✔ A - The Club Dumas | Arturo Pérez-Reverte ★ (03/05/25)
✔ T - Murder on Trinity Place | Victoria Thompson ★★ (03/06/25)
✔ U - Unhallowed Halls | Lili Wilkinson ★★ (03/17/25)
✔ R - Royal Flush | Rhys Bowen ★ (03/03/25)
✔ A - Fatal Fudge Swirl | Meri Allen ★★★ (03/12/25)
✔ N - National Security | Marc Cameron ★★ (03/01/25)
✔ G - Gliff | Ali Smith ★★★ (03/24/25)
✔ A - Fagin the Thief | Allison Epstein ★★★ (03/17/25)

*** Completed (03/24/25) ***

Congrats, Frankie and JoAnne!

Congrats, all finishers!

Mabeelle wrote: "Guess #3

Suspect: Librarian (RR) + Cause of death: Blunt force trauma (telephone)
À un fil (By a thread) by Rainbow Rowell 02/21/2025


Location: Fie..."

The murderer was not the librarian.

Meg wrote: "Professional athlete ==> Pepper Frost - A Sleuth Is Born 02/19

Vehicle (bookmobile) ==> Tailing a Tabby, Laurie Cass 02/19

Fiel..."

The murderer was not the professional athlete.

Angel wrote: "Chaitra wrote: "Angel wrote: "Guess #21
Suspect: 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!