Catsalive’s Comments (group member since Jan 14, 2022)

Catsalive’s comments from the LOTSA SPELL CHALLENGES group.

Sarah wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Catsalive - I love your personalised spell-it-out!"

I liked that line from your bridge blurb, Sarah 😊

Lai Viễn Kiều Covered Bridge Challenge
1 April - 31 July 2025
Progress 66/66

L: Sherry's Comet by Juliette Leigh 15/4 2.5★
A: Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt 13/4 3.5★
I: Ivy - The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews 1/4 2.5★


V: Valeria - Knave's Gambit by Margaret Summerville 11/4 2★
I: In Death - Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb 6/4 3.5★
Ễ: Eve - Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb 4/4 4★
N: Drop Dead by Margot Neville 12/4 3.5★


K: A Match For Mother by Mona K. Gedney, Kathryn Kirkwood, Regina Scott 8/4 2.5★
I: In Death - Missing in Death by J.D. Robb 7/4 3★
Ề: Endicott - Sister of the Bride by Carol Quinto 8/4 2★
U: An Unlikely Father by Lynn Collum 14/4 2★


C: The Jilting of Baron Pelham by June Calvin 22/4 2.5★
O: Once upon a Christmas by Nancy Lawrence 15/4 3★
V: Last Dance in Salzburg by Vivian Conroy 26/5 3★
E: Elsie - Sunrise Over Mercy Court by Fiona McCallum 13/4 4★
R: Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt by Joy Reed 9/4 3★
E: Elizabeth - Lady Farrington's Folly by Nina Porter 16/4 2★
D: D-503 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 9/5 2.5★


B: A Pressing Engagement by Anne Barbour 10/4 3★
R: Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb 7/5 4★
I: Meet Me at Rainbow Corner by Celia Imrie 4/5 3.5★
D: Dunraven's Folly by Dawn Lindsey 16/5 1★
G: Georgetta - The Missing Matchmaker by Cindy Holbrook 14/5 1★
E: A Noble Ambition by Elizabeth Albright 18/4 1★


H: Halloween Magic by Sandra Heath 19/4 2★
Ộ: Set to Partners by Patricia Ormsby 21/4 3★
I: The Irish Rogue by Emma Jensen 20/4 3★


A: The Counterfeit Betrothal by April Kihlstrom 11/5 2★
N: The Duke's Dilemma by Nadine Miller 17/4 2★


V: Vale - The Rake's Retreat by Nancy Butler 27/5 3★
I: Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb 27/4 3★
E: The Duke's Dilemma by Elizabeth Chater 18/4 3★
T: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson 31/5 3.5★
N: Nicolas - The Paragon Bride by Leigh Haskell 22/4 1.5★
A: The Scholar's Daughter by April Kihlstrom 13/5 3★
M: The Primrose Path by Barbara Metzger 21/4 2★


A bridge to welcome guests from afar.
A: The Abandoned Rake by Emily Hendrickson 30/5 3★


B: Bainbridge - The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair 4/6 4.5★
R: The Rake's Reward by Mary Kingsley 16/5 3.5★
I: Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb 27/4 3★
D: Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris 29/5 4★
G: Your Obedient Servant by Elsie Gage 19/5 1.5★
E: Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings 20/4 3★


T: The Lady in Gray by Patricia Oliver 14/6 4★
O: On Bended Knee by Alice Holden, Kate Huntington, Laura Paquet 23/4 2.5★


W: The Case Is Closed by Patricia Wentworth 2/5 3★
E: Eric - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 5/5 4★
L: The Wedding by Edith Layton 8/6 1★
C: The Canning Town Murder by Mike Hollow 8/5 3.5★
O: A Spirited Bluestocking by Joan Overfield 1/5 3★
M: Unwanted by Mia Sheridan 27/4 4★
E: Eric - Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris 10/5 3★


G: A Father For Christmas by Paula Tanner Girard 22/5 2.5★
U: Ursula - Cupid's Calendar by Norma Lee Clark 26/4 3★
E: Eric - Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris 24/5 3★
S: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer 3/5 1★
T: Thoroughly Disenchanted by Alexandra Almond 14/6 3.5★
S: Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor 31/5 4★


F: Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn 25/4 4★
R: The Wagered Heart by Rhonda Woodward 20/5 2.5★
O: A Valentine Embrace by Valerie King, Meg-Lynn Roberts, Olivia Sumner 3/6 2.5★
M: Miss Darby's Debut by Marilyn Clay 12/5 2★


A: A Merry Escapade by Jenna Jones 17/5 1.5★
F: Frome - Harriet by Joan Mellows 1/6 2.5★
A: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 5/6 3.5★
R: Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb 13/6 4.5★

As the River Rises by Fiona McArthur 22/3 5★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb 20/3 4.5★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb 20/3 4★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Riverboat Point by Tricia Stringer 17/3 3★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completed

Unusual Place Names: COLORADO
15 Nov 2024 - Open
70/70

C- The Clocks by Agatha Christie 5/12 4★
L- Louisa - Mistletoe and Mischief by Patricia Wynn 24/11 2★
I- In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 17/11 3★
M- Michael - Just the Two of Us by Jo Wilde 29/1 4★
A- Ashton - Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★
X- The 22 Murders of Madison May by MaX Barry 2/1 3★


D- Double Deceit by Allison Lane 30/12 2★
I- Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte - Man of Two Tribes by Arthur W. Upfield 23/11 4★
N- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 18/11 5★
O- O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2/12 2★
S- A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins 30/11 4★
A- Amelia - Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton 5/1 3.5★
U- Underwood - Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller 20/11 4★
R- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett 24/11 5★


F- Fern - Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree 27/1 4★
A- A Girls' Guide to Winning the War by Annie Lyons 16/1 4★
I- In Death - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 3/12 4★
R- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 1/12 3.5★
P- Miss Silver Intervenes by Patricia Wentworth 13/1 4★
L- Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn 25/11 2★
A- Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 19/1 3★
Y- Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 17/11 4★


H- The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins 27/11 2★
Y- Two Nights by KathY Reichs 31/12 2★
G- Two Steps Forward by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist 22/12 4.5★
I- One Man Show by Michael Innes 25/12 3★
E- The Edge by Dick Francis 18/11 4.5★
N- The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh 21/11 3★
E- Manhunt by Janet Evanovich 26/11 1★


L- The Wattle Seed Inn by Leonie Kelsall 10/12 4★
A- The Seachangers by Meredith Appleyard 15/11 5★
S- Silk - Magician's Gambit by David Eddings 4/2 3★
T- The Little French Village of Book Lovers by Nina George 26/1 2★
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C- The Black Echo by Michael Connelly 6/12 3.5★
H- Hercule - The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie 4/12 4★
A- Ann - The Bookseller's Gift by Felicity Hayes-McCoy 2/2 4★
N- Nemesis by Agatha Christie 26/11 4★
C- Charlotte - A Secret Garden in Paris by Sophie Beaumont 29/1 4★
E- Eve - Blob by Frieda Wishinsky 15/12 3★


N- Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan 28/11 4★
O- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 12/12 4★
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N- The Subway Stops at Bryant Park by N. West Moss 13/12 3★
A- When It All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins 5/2 5★
M- Calling Mrs Christmas by Carole Matthews 14/12 3★
E- Earthsea - A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 23/12 3.5★


O- The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu 5/3 4★
L- The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer 3/1 4★
D- Take Two by Danielle Hawkins 23/1 4★
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R- Red Notice by Andy McNab 18/12 2.5★
O- One Day by David Nicholls 1/3 3★
A- Anthony - The Rynox Murder by Philip MacDonald 9/2 3★
C- Coltraine - Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 8/2 4★
H- Sheltered by Melody Horrill 7/12 5★


S- Back on Track by Tricia Stringer 24/12 4★
I- A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff 27/12 4★
N- Night's Edge by Charlaine Harris, Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly 16/12 3★
B- Big Man and the Burn-Out by Clayton Bess 25/11 1.5★
A- Killjoy by Ann Cleeves 16/2 4★
D- Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings 30/1 4★


T- The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen 7/2 3.5★
R- Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts 6/1 2★
O- The Rabbits by Sophie Overett 11/3 2★
U- Bony Buys a Woman by Arthur W. Upfield 22/11 4★
B- Belgariad #2 - Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings 1/2 3★
L- Love at Stake - How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks 24/1 2★
E- Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons 29/12 5★
S- The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver 13/2 3★
O- Ozzy - The Woman on the Bus by Pauline McLynn 16/3 4★
M- The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser 14/1 4★
E- Eve - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 11/1 3★

Welcome, Deanie.

The Blitz Detective by Mike Hollow 9/3 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally got that last 'O'.

Promise of Spring
1 September, 2024->open
89/89

BLUE WREN AND PEEWIT DANCE ABOUT ITS LIP,
PAUSING A WHILE TO TEST THEIR CHORAL POWERS.
AND NOW, A HINT OF FLOWERS...

B- By a Narrow Majority by Faith Martin 1/10 3.5★
L- The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett 7/9 5★
U- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce 1/12 3.5★
E- The Mysterious Bakery On Rue De Paris by Evie Gaughan 3/9 3★

W- Judgement Day by Mali Waugh 5/10 3.5★
R- After the Worst Has Happened by Richard Gosling 2/9 4.5★
E- Ethan - Murderously Sweet by Kate Bell 9/10 1★
N- Keeper of the Swans by Nancy Butler 29/9 2★

A- The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey 14/9 3★
N- Nerve by Dick Francis 3/10 3.5★
D- The Dry by Jane Harper 8/10 5★

P- Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey 19/9 4★
E- Eleanor - The Lyrebird Lake Ladies Choir by Sandie Docker 28/9 4★
E- The Fine Art of Murder by Emily Barnes 11/10 2★
W- Outrider by Mark Wales 12/10 3★
I- The Irish Earl's Ruse by Emma Lange 15/9 2★
T- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson 23/9 4★


D- The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie 26/10 4★
A- Killashandra by Anne McCaffrey 16/9 3★
N- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George 18/10 3.5★
C- Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey 17/9 3★
E- Anne Elliot - Persuasion by Jane Austen 7/11 5★

A- Power Lines by Anne McCaffrey 20/9 3.5★
B- The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell 19/10 3★
O- O'Connor - Glenrock by Lee Christine 11/9 4★
U- Underwood -Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller 20/11 4★
T- The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons 7/10 4★

I- In Death - Born in Death by J.D. Robb 28/9 4★
T- The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 20/10 4★
S- The Secret Life of Flying by Jeremy Burfoot 1/9 4★

L- Lockdown by Peter May 22/9 3★
I- Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb 2/10 3.5★
P- Poirot - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie 31/10 3.5★


*

P- Power Play by Anne McCaffrey 21/9 3.5★
A- The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton 25/10 3★
U- Bony Buys a Woman by Arthur W. Upfield 22/11 4★
S- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson 25/9 3.5★
I- Homecoming by Isabel Ashdown 28/10 3★
N- First Impressions by Nora Roberts 29/10 2★
G- Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel by Sophie Green 5/9 4★

A- Death Overdue by Allison Brook 5/11 3★

W- Mrs Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters 21/10 2★
H- Always By Your Side by Julie Haworth 10/10 2★
I- Island in the Sun by Katie Fforde 30/10 2.5★
L- Alien Earth by Megan Lindholm, Robin Hobb 27/10 4★
E- His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda 17/10/24 5★

T- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree 4/11 4★
O- One Summer In Paris by Sarah Morgan 19/9 3★

T- The Terrible Tide by Alisa Craig, Charlotte MacLeod 6/11 3★
E- Bluestocking Bride by Elizabeth Thornton 14/11 2★
S- Stefan - Lightning by Dean Koontz 13/11 3.5★
T- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett 8/11 5★


T- Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor 11/11 3.5★
H- The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn 14/10 3.5★
E- The Edge by Dick Francis 18/11 4.5★
I- In Death - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb 9/11 4★
R- Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 3/12 4★

C- Big Man and the Burn-Out by Clayton Bess 25/11 1.5★
H- Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart 16/10 1.5★
O- O'Neill - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt 22/10 2★
R- Maidens of the Cave by Lloyd Devereux Richards 24/9/24 2★
A- Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey 13/11 4★
L- Howloween Murder by Laurien Berenson 1/11 2.5★

P- Pumpkin Spice Peril by Jenn McKinlay 2/11 2.5★
O- O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2/12 2★
W- Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell 15/11 3★
E- Manhunt by Janet Evanovich 26/11 1★
R- Reading Between the Crimes by Kate Young 3/11 2★
S- The Seachangers by Meredith Appleyard 15/11 5★



*

A- Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 17/11 4★
N- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 18/11 5★
D- Dove Pond - The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins 27/11 2★

N- Napoleon - Man of Two Tribes by Arthur W. Upfield 23/11 4★
O- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman 12/12 4★
W- Waite - The Notorious Rake by Mary Balogh 21/11 3★

A- Undara by Annie Seaton 13/9 3★

H- Gone with the Wool by Betty Hechtman 3/11 2.5★
I- Iwan - The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston 16/11 3.5★
N- Nemesis by Agatha Christie 26/11 4★
T- The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan 9/9 3.5★

O- One Man Show by Michael Innes 25/12 3★
F- Forzane - The Big Time by Fritz Leiber 14/11 1★

F- Flitworth - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett 24/11 5★
L- Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn 25/11 2★
O- One Day by David Nicholls 1/3 3★
W- Mistletoe and Mischief by Patricia Wynn 24/11 2★
E- Eben - Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan 28/11 4★
R- In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 17/11 3★
S- A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins 30/11 4★

Finished

February: Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen - FANNY PRICE
Duration: 1-28/2/25
Progress: 10/10

F: The Bookseller's Gift by Felicity Hayes-McCoy 2/2 4★
A: Andrew - When It All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins 5/2 5★
N: Nathan - The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver 13/2 3★
N: One Day by David Nicholls 1/3 3★
Y: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings 1/2 3★


P: Polgara - Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings 17/2 3.5★
R: Rizzoli - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen 7/2 3.5★
I: Promises in Death by J.D. Robb 8/2 4★
C: Killjoy by Ann Cleeves 16/2 4★
E: Magician's Gambit by David Eddings 4/2 3★

One Day by David Nicholls 1/3 3★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Skeleton Takes a Bow by Leigh Perry 2/3 3★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu 5/3 4★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


A Town Called Treachery by Mitch Jennings 7/3 4★
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Closing this one off now as 2028 is the next leap & looks like everyone's finished who are going to finish.

Thanks, to all participants.

Congratulations, Vanessa!

March: Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen - MARIANNE
Duration: 1/3/25 - 31/3/25
Progress: 8/8

M: The Blitz Detective by Mike Hollow 9/3 4★
A: A Town Called Treachery by Mitch Jennings 7/3 4★
R: The Rabbits by Sophie Overett 11/3 2★
I: Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb 20/3 4★
A: Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie 15/3 4★
N: One Day by David Nicholls 1/3 3★
N: The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin 21/3 3★
E: Guardians of the West by David Eddings 4/3 3.5★

Denise wrote: "I only signed on for PRICE but might not find anything for the "R". I may switch to "FANNY" if my February books fit that better, but I'm not sure I have an "F" either, though I have one in progress. Marianne will go beyond March for me, 5-6 books a month is my limit when I'm not on school breaks..."

Denise, we won't send you to the naughty corner if you don't finish the month on time. Some people like to finish the word no matter how long it takes & others move on to the next month unfinished. It's up to you.

Don't forget that you can use title/author/main character/series name.

Killjoy by Ann Cleeves 16/2 4★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Congrats, Lynxie!

Richard wrote: " Maggots, Murder, and Men..."

Catchy title 😂

Congratulations, Richard!

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver 13/2 3★

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...