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I have a #4 in series I can read

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Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
Date: 11/4/24
Pages: 304

Bonus
pub 2015

Mini
grapes - pg 156 "But I think it's just sour grapes"
lobster - pg 99 "decided to treat myself to a lobster roll"

Spell out
L/S - Lucy Stone
E - Evan
P - Patrick

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Book: My Temptation by T.L. Swan
Date: 11/5/24
Pages: 475

Bonus
>400 pgs

Spell-out
T/S - author
R - Rebecca
A - Antony
L - Leonie
E - Ethel

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Book: Wicked Witch Murder by Leslie Meier
Date: 11/3/24
Pages: 320

Bonus
pub 2010

Mini
squash - pg 24 "a thriving young squash vine"
peach - pg 246 "You're a peach!"
grape - pg 179 "..under the grape arbor.."
salt - pg 12 "into the salt"
pepper - pg 50 "the pepper seedlings had fallen"
lobster - pg 49 "of temperatures on lobster populations"

Spell-out
L/S - Lucy Stone
R - Diana Ravenscroft
I - Ike Stoughton
T - Ted
P - Patrick
A - Abby

Re: my book A Fatal Feast -- I also found lobster:
loc 1355 "luscious chunks of lobster"

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Book: Hopeless by Elsie Silver
Date: 11/3/24
Pages: 552

Bonus
>400 pgs

Mini
sugar - pg 108 "don't be nervous, sugar."
pepper - pg 183 "scars pepper his skin"
salt - pg 315 "he's the salt of the earth.."
peach - pg 224 "her nails a prett peach color"
squash - pg 359 "he squashes that in it's tracks"

Spell-out
E/S - author
R - Rhett
L - Luke

Adventure Quest - November 2024
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11/3/24
Eat egg laid by bunny - +3 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 15 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Wake up in Bed - +1 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Dog fetches 1 Gold Coin
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Bird visits and leaves 1 Bird Feather
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Sheep produces 1 Ball of Wool
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Lemon Tree Drops 1 Lemon
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Trained Squirrel fetches 1 Nut
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Eyelass returns with 1 piece of Mouse Meat
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1124

11/3/24
Attack Goblin 6 AP 10 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Goblin bone
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff 21* AP) => Monster 10 - 21 = Goblin dead
Goblin - killed 11/3/24, next available: 11/10/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 4*) || XP: 1125

11/3/24
Attack Drop Bear 8 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Drop Bear Meat
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) =>Monster 15 - 21 = Drop Bear dead 11/3/24, next available 11/10/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1126

11/3/24
Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Bat Wing
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 15 -21 = dead Brown Bat
Brown Bat killed 11/3/24, next available 11/10/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1127

11/3/24
Attack Greater Sewer Rat 8 AP 20 HP - Reward 2 XP, 1 Rat Tail
*Kitten attacks monster 20-2 = 18 HP
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 18 - 21 = Greater Sewer Rat dead
Greater Sewer Rat killed 11/3/24 - next available 11/10/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 2 (AP: 5*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Level up to Sword Level 3
Sword Level 3
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 3 (AP: 6*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Level up to Sword Level 4
Sword Level 4
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 4 (AP: 7*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Level up to Sword Level 5
Sword Level 5
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 16 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Eat egg laid by bunny - +3 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 19 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Wake up in Bed - +1 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Dog fetches 1 Gold Coin
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Bird visits and leaves 1 Bird Feather
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Sheep produces 1 Ball of Wool
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Lemon Tree Drops 1 Lemon
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Trained Squirrel fetches 1 Nut
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Eyelass returns with 1 piece of Mouse Meat
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1129

11/10/24
Attack Goblin 6 AP 10 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Goblin bone
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff 21* AP) => Monster 10 - 21 = Goblin dead
Goblin - killed 11/10/24, next available: 11/17/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1130

11/10/24
Attack Drop Bear 8 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Drop Bear Meat
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) =>Monster 15 - 21 = Drop Bear dead 11/10/24, next available 11/17/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1131

11/10/24
Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Bat Wing
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 15 -21 = dead Brown Bat
Brown Bat killed 11/10/24, next available 11/17/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1132

11/10/24
Attack Greater Sewer Rat 8 AP 20 HP - Reward 2 XP, 1 Rat Tail
*Kitten attacks monster 20-2 = 18 HP
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 18 - 21 = Greater Sewer Rat dead
Greater Sewer Rat killed 11/10/24 - next available 11/17/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 20 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Eat egg laid by bunny - +3 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 23 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Wake up in Bed - +1 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Dog fetches 1 Gold Coin
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Bird visits and leaves 1 Bird Feather
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Sheep produces 1 Ball of Wool
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Lemon Tree Drops 1 Lemon
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Trained Squirrel fetches 1 Nut
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Eyelass returns with 1 piece of Mouse Meat
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1134

11/17/24
Attack Goblin 6 AP 10 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Goblin bone
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff 21* AP) => Monster 10 - 21 = Goblin dead
Goblin - killed 11/17/24, next available: 11/24/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1135

11/17/24
Attack Drop Bear 8 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Drop Bear Meat
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) =>Monster 15 - 21 = Drop Bear dead 11/17/24, next available 11/24/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1136

11/17/24
Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Bat Wing
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 15 -21 = dead Brown Bat
Brown Bat killed 11/17/24, next available 11/24/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1137

11/17/24
Attack Greater Sewer Rat 8 AP 20 HP - Reward 2 XP, 1 Rat Tail
*Kitten attacks monster 20-2 = 18 HP
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 18 - 21 = Greater Sewer Rat dead
Greater Sewer Rat killed 11/17/24 - next available 11/24/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 24 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Eat egg laid by bunny - +3 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 27 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Wake up in Bed - +1 HP
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Dog fetches 1 Gold Coin
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Bird visits and leaves 1 Bird Feather
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Sheep produces 1 Ball of Wool
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Lemon Tree Drops 1 Lemon
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Trained Squirrel fetches 1 Nut
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Eyelass returns with 1 piece of Mouse Meat
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1139

11/24/24
Attack Goblin 6 AP 10 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Goblin bone
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff 21* AP) => Monster 10 - 21 = Goblin dead
Goblin - killed 11/24/24, next available: 12/1/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1140

11/24/24
Attack Drop Bear 8 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Drop Bear Meat
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) =>Monster 15 - 21 = Drop Bear dead 11/24/24, next available 12/1/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1141

11/24/24
Attack Brown Bat - 3 AP 15 HP - Reward 1 XP, 1 Bat Wing
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 15 -21 = dead Brown Bat
Brown Bat killed 11/24/24, next available 11/24/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1142

11/24/24
Attack Greater Sewer Rat 8 AP 20 HP - Reward 2 XP, 1 Rat Tail
*Kitten attacks monster 20-2 = 18 HP
*Hero attacks monster with Magic Staff (21* AP) => Monster 18 - 21 = Greater Sewer Rat dead
Greater Sewer Rat killed 11/24/24 - next available 12/1/24
Hero: LVL 11 || HP: 28 || Magic Staff: Level 18 (AP: 21*) || Sword: Level 5 (AP: 8*) || XP: 1144
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Book: The One I Didn't See Coming by Piper Rayne
Date: 11/3/24
Pages: 284

Mini
cucumber - pg 32 "stels a cucumber from..."
grape - pg 78 "Who ordered grapes?"
salt - pg 152 "I put salt around the rim"
pepper - pgs 52 "you put pepper in Uncle Jude's drink"
sugar - pg 30 "sweet as sugar"
#4 in series

Spell-out
T/O - The One - title
P/R - author
A - Briar Adams
E/N - Emmett Noughton
S - Sadie
L - Laurel

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Book: A Fatal Feast by Jessica Fletcher
Date: 11/2/24
Pages: 288

Bonus
pub 2009

Mini
pasta - loc 2646 "the pasta is never al-dente enough"
tomato - loc 2907 "he cut a tomato slice"
salt - loc 1354 "the sale air was chilly."
Prune - Feast = east

Spell out
A - title
L - Linda
N - Newt
O - Damon O'Dell
R - Richard

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Book: Dial Meow for Murder by Bethany Blake
Date: 11/1/24
Pages: 328

Bonus
pub 2017

Mini
spice - loc 1790 "pumkin spice cheesecake:
sugar - loc 575 "I added sugar"
pepper - loc 2586 "ghost pepper salsa"
pasta - loc 2356 "He used pasta?"
Pest Control - Murder - de

Spell-out
T - Daphne Templeton
L - Lillian
E - Elyse
P - Piper
A - Asa

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Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score
Date: 10/31/24
Pages: 480

Bonus
>400 pgs
pub 2015

Mini
MC Harper works in an office
coffee table - pg 233 "Harper snatched her phone off the coffee table
prune - pretend = end
potato - pg 143 "the potato and pasta salads"
beef - pg 108 - "the cold roast beef sandwich"
chicken - pg 38 "excellent chicken pot pie"
fish - pg 38 "what's with the fish?"
broccoli - 'g 354 "he ate all the pesticide-laden broccoli"
tomato - pg 109 "and ripe tomato"
peach - pg 49 "slices of peach pie"
banana - pg 298 "inhaled the banana"

Spell out
L/S - Author name
T/A - Ty Adler
I - Ina Morretta
P - Gloria Parker

@Eldarwen - I checked, but both MC"s are cooks/chefs and it's about a baking contest. But! I just finished a book that I'm going to post in a moment where the MC does work in an office and it has coffee table in it. So if you can use that one, great. If not, no worries.

Eldarwen wrote: "SandyL wrote: "Completion Post


Dirty Little Midlife Debacle by Lilian Monroe
Date: 10/27/24
Pages: 348"



San..."

Sorry if I missed this - I'll check and get back to you

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Book: Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure by Diane Kelly
Date: 10/31/24
Pages: 341

Bonus
pub 2011

Mini
A6 - MC Tara Holloway is an IRS tax agent and a CPA
A15 - TAXES in title

Spell-out
T - Tara
E - Brett Ellington
L - Lu Lobozinski
R/O - Ross O'Donnell
A/S - Alicia Shenkman

Sammy wrote: "I'm pretty sure Sandy and I read it because it's on one of the listopias for Turf Wars 😆"

I actually borrowed it from Overdrive when this challenge started (for the pub date) and was happy to find it on the TW list since my loan was just about to expire

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Book: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Date: 10/30/24
Pages: 336

Bonus
pub 1969

Mini
pumpkin - loc 29 "a large yellow pumpkin"
apple - loc 57 "what lovely apples."

Spell-out
A/O - Ariadne Oliver
S - Superintendent Sence
R - Rowena Drake
E - Miss Emlyn
N/R - Nicholas Ransome
P - Hercule Poirot

done - sorry!

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Book: Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Date: 10/28/24
Pages: 384

Bonus
pub 1994

Mini
bread - pg 310 "is there any bread to go with tea?"
chicken - pg 290 "and chicken breasts rolled in..."
fish - pg 131 "doused a fish in the wrong sauce."
carrot/onion - pg 184 "..cutting carrots, turnips and onions into small pieces"
peach - pg 98 "the peach gown"

Spell-out
L - AFN
S - Sara
I - Ivo
R - Lady Raiford
P - Perry

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Book: The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
Date: 10/28/24
Pages: 318

Bonus
pub 1935

Mini
butter - pg 146 "bread and butter"
chicken - pg 115 "some chicken feed"
bean - pg 150 "It's in Cramer's bean."
apple - pg 124 "if you eat the apple."
pest control - fighter GH
author initials in shredding

Spell-out
T/L - title
R/S - author
N - Nero Wolfe
A - Andrew Hibbard
E - Evelyn Hibbard
O - Orrie Cather

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Dirty Little Midlife Debacle by Lilian Monroe
Date: 10/27/24
Pages: 348

Bonus
Pub 2021

Mini:
Feed: little - tt
Prune: midlife - life
sugar: pg 6 "smells like sugar"
banana - pg 55 "banana bread"
apple - pg 36 "maybe some apple pie"
Coffee Table - pg 159 "kicking his legs over the coffee table"

Spell-out
L - author fn
N - Nora
I - Iliana
T - Trina
R - Rudy
E - Emma