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WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January


SPELL-OUT one/more ALL-CAPPED Baby animal names below:

KITTENS
PUPPIES
LAMBS
CHICKS
PIGLETS
CATERPILLARS
HATCHLINGS
WHELPS
JOEYS
TADPOLES
INFANTS
PUGGLES
WRIGGLERS
CYGNETS
FINGERLINGS
OWLETS
LARVA
POULTS
BUNNIES
CALVES
FOALS


CHALLENGE RULES:

• one book per letter
• use 1st letter in Title ( exclude A, An, or The)
• use 1st letter of Author's FIRST/LAST name
• use 1st letter of Main Character's FIRS/T LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• GIVE DATE you finished Book

RATINGS are Optional
Happy New Year!

CONGRATULATIONS
👏🥂👏🥂

👏 Robin P
👏 Book Concierge
👏 Carol
👏 Jonquil
👏 Beverly
👏 Licha-Olivia
👏 SouthWestZippy
👏 Koren

PARTICIPANTS

🎉🎉 Robin P - LAMBS (5/5) C PUPPIES (7/7) C
🎉 Book Concierge - LAMBS (5/5) C
🎉Carol - CATERPILLARS (12/12) C
🎉 Jonquil - TADPOLES (8/8) C
🎉 Beverly - HATCHLINGS (10/10) C
🎉Licha-Olivia - PUPPIES (7/7) C
JennH - OWLETS (5/6)
🎉 SouthWestZippy - LARVA (5/5) C
Cara - CATERPILLARS (8/12)
Marilyn - LAMBS (3/5)
🎉 Koren - INFANTS (7/7) C

Well with my sheep farm background I have to do

L - Lindsey Davis - Venus in Copper - 1/11
A - Annabel Monaghan - Nora Goes Off Script - 1/8
M - The Misadventures of Miss Adelaide - 1/5
B - Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Fair Barbarian - 1/5
S- State of Terror - 1/4

And since I have a U for once -
P - Louise Penny - The Grey Wolf - 1/9
U - Sally Urwin - Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane - 1/10
P - Tim Pratt - Doors of Sleep - 1/7
P - Percival Everett - Erasure - 1/30
I - I Cheerfully Refuse - 1/29
E - Judith Hale Everett - Two in the Bush - 1/29
S - Nevil Shute - No Highway - 1/10

WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Jan25 / Ends: 31Jan25

5 / 5 completed

Lambs
L - LUATH mc in The Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan
A - AMLINGMEYER mc in On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25
M - Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ 02Jan25
B - Betty MacDonald / The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25
S - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25

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WHAT'S UP, BABY - CHALLENGE - January 2025
12/12
Chestnut Man - Soren Sveistrup -1/5
Ariella Zoelle - Snowbody Like You - 1/2
Trail of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse - 1/8
Eyes Only for Me - Andrew Grey -1/13
Riley Hart - Risk the Fall -1/3
Phantom Messages: Chilling Phone Calls, Letters, Emails, and Texts from Unknown Realms - William Hall 1/31
I Found You - Lis Jewell - 1/14
Lilly Morton - Merry Measure -1/1
Leslie Wolfe - The Girl They Took - 1/3
Annabeth Albert - On the Edge -1/4
Rule of Law - Isla Olsen - 1/6
Squeeze Me- Brittany Cournoyer - 1/2

WHAT'S UP, BABY - CHALLENGE
January 2025

8/8 DONE

T Tsunami L.T. Ryan 1/9
A Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 1/10
D Dead Blondes Tell No Tales Denise Swanson 1/16
P Perfect Days Raphael Montes 1/7
O Over My Dead Body Michele Bardsley 1/4
L Liar City Allie Therin 1/4
E Ever After Kim Harrison 1/11
S State of Alert Marie Force 1/13

WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January

10/10

H Harlan Coben, Stay Close FINISHED 1/23
A A.C. Cobble, Dark Territory FINISHED 1/4
T Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror by Lincoln Michel FINISHED 1/23
C Connie Shelton, Balloons can be Murder FINISHED 1/5
H Mary Downing Hahn,Took: A Ghost Story FINISHED 1/24
L Lindy Ryan, Bless Your Heart FINISHED 1/20
I I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones FINISHED 1/14
N Kayte Nunn, The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant FINISHED 1/26
G Gilead by Marilynne Robinson FINISHED 1/7
S The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen FINISHED 1/8

Please add me to the list.

WHAT'S UP, BABY ... CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January 2025

7/7 Letters:

P: Pierce, Tamora, Terrier (1/22/24)
U: Upson, Nicola; Two for Sorrow (1/31/25)
P: Pierce, Tamora, Bloodhound (1/27/25)
P: Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist (1/29/25)
I: Iron Trial (The) Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (1/21/25)
E: Ethan (mc) The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
(1/4/25)
S: Sethe (mc) Beloved Toni Morrison (1/20/25)

WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January

I-I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse finished 1/13
N-Nussbaum, Emily Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV finished /11
F-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffen Dunne finished 1/3
A-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7
N-Nothing Good Happens After Midnight by Phillip Tomasso III finished 1/19
T-The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop finished 1/2
S-Sherman, Mickey How Can You Defend Those People? finished 1/6

WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January

O - Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge by Ovidia Yu 1/27/25
W - Wedding Cake Killer by Livia J. Washburn 1/7/25
L - The Locked Room by Maj Sjöwall 1/12/25
E - Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer 1/3/24
T
S - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto 1/5/25

WHAT'S UP, BABY ... CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January 2025

5/5--Complete

L-Pachinko by Min Jin Lee- 1/10/25
A-The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek-1/14/25
R-The K Team by David Rosenfelt- 1/4/25
V-Moon Over Manifestby Clare Vanderpool-1/21/25
A-The Merlin of St. Gilles' Well by Ann Chamberlin-1/18/25

CATERPILLARS (8/12)

C Catherine Pinkerton Heartless Marissa Meyer 1/10
A Ali Abdaal Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You 1/15
T Dustin Thao You've Reached Sam 1/25
E Elizabeth Warren A Fighting Chance 1/10
R
P Matthew Perry Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing 1/8
I In the Company of the Courtesan Sarah Dunant 1/21
L Liz MichalskiDarling Girl 1/6
L
A
R
S Susi Luo Paper Names 1/22

WHAT'S UP, BABY - CHALLENGE
January 2025

3/5

LAMBS

L--Lovely War by Julie Berry--1/24/25
A--Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake--1/15/25
M
B--Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
S

Finished challenge. Message #10

WHAT'S UP, BABY - CHALLENGE
January 2025

8/8 DONE

T Tsunami L.T. Ryan 1/9
A Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber 1/10
D Dead Blondes Tell No Tales Denise Swanson 1/16
P Perfect Days Raphael Montes 1/7
O Over My Dead Body Michele Bardsley 1/4
L Liar City Allie Therin 1/4
E Ever After Kim Harrison 1/11
S State of Alert Marie Force 1/13

WHAT'S UP, BABY ... CHALLENGE
Duration: month of January 2025

5/5--Complete 1/21/2025

Update message # 5 - Challenge completed ✔ – 23Jan25

WHAT'S UP, BABY . . . . . CHALLENGE
Begins: 01Jan25 / Ends: 31Jan25

5 / 5 completed

Lambs
L - LUATH mc in The Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan
A - AMLINGMEYER mc in On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25
M - Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ 02Jan25
B - Betty MacDonald / The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25
S - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25

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Updated message #8: Challenge completed

Finished - Msg 4

Challenge completed!

Challenge Completed. Msg 6