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Old, Obsolete, Obscure Words #5 - Farming and Livestock

Duration: Jul 01, 2025 - ?
Completed: 26/26

✔ A is for ABACTOR: Read a book in which a speaking character is a criminal - bonus for a thief (tell us who).
Heir to the Empire | Timothy Zahn ★★★ (07/04/25)
Talon Karrde, smuggler.

✔ B is for BIRD-BOY: Read a book with a bird shown clearly on its cover (post the cover).
Hook, Line and Blinker | Jana Deleon ★★★★★ (07/23/25)


✔ C is for COTTAGER/COTTAR: Read a book in which someone takes a trip to a cottage, or similar location (tell us where).
The Decagon House Murders | Yukito Ayatsuji ★★★ (07/24/25)
It’s this weird house on an island called the Decagon House.

✔ D is for DAY/DEY: Read a book whose author’s first or last name starts with R (post the link to the author).
Shorefall | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★ (07/12/25)

✔ E is for EAR/ERE/AR/ARE: Read a book that has a verb in its title.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V.E. Schwab ★★ (07/06/25)

✔ F is for FOG: Read a book that has an afterward, epilogue, appendix, or other type of ‘text after the main text’ pages.
So Far Gone | Jess Walter ★★★ (07/06/25)
An epilogue.

✔ G is for GATE: Read a book that has a compound word in its title.
Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett ★★ (07/17/25)

✔ H is a HERD: Read a book that has one (or more) of the animals listed with this word on its cover.
Charlotte’s Web | E.B. White ★★★ (07/29/25)

Goose, sheep & pig.

✔ I is for INTERCOMMON: Read a book that clearly shows a town or village on its cover (post the cover).
The Burning Issue of the Day | T.E. Kinsey ★★★★ (07/22/25)

Looks like the town square.

✔ J is for JADE: Read a book that has a predominantly green cover (post the cover).
Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie ★★★ (07/18/25)


✔ K is for KEFFLE and KINE, KY/KYLOE, and KEB: Read a book in which someone rides a horse (tell us who).
The Drowned Woods | Emily Lloyd-Jones ★★★ (08/05/25)
Renfrew & Mer.

✔ L is for LAIR: Read a book in which someone is said to go to bed or to lie down (tell us who).
Murder in an English Glade | Jessica Ellicott ★★★★ (07/21/25)
Beryl & Edwina.

✔ M is for MUCK: Read a book in which someone has ‘a dirty job’ (by your definition - it can be literal, such as handling muck or figurative, such as doing something underhanded) (tell us who and their ‘dirty job’).
If Walls Could Talk | Juliet Blackwell ★★ (07/20/25)
Melanie is in construction, she literally has a job that involves her getting dirty on a regular basis.

✔ N is for NEAT/Nawt/Nout/ Nowt/Nolt/Nought/Note: Read a book that has a name or noun for a type of animal in its title.
A Short History of the World According to Sheep | Sally Coulthard ★★ (09/03/25)

✔ O is for OXGANG: Read a book in which someone goes for a walk (tell us who).
Abide With Me | Jane Willan ★★★★ (07/07/25)
Claire, Samantha, Sister Agatha, Sister Gwyneth at different points of the story.

✔ P is for PANNAGE: Read a book that has a title word with multiple common meanings.
Killing State | Judith O'Reilly ★★ (07/20/25)
Both killing and state have multiple meanings.

✔ Q is for QUICK GOODS: Read a book that has been made into a movie (tell us the movie title if different from that of the book).
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★★ (07/14/25)

✔ R is for REE: Read a book that has three or more similar, round or grain-like items on its cover - actual grains or legumes would count, as would other items of the right shape (post the cover).
Sin Eater | Megan Campisi ★★ (07/08/25)

Pomegranate sedes.

✔ S is for SEVERAL S LAND-RELATED WORDS: Read a book in which someone owns a lot of land (tell us who).
Bran New Death | Victoria Hamilton ★★★ (07/02/25)
Merry.

✔ T is for TAR BOY: Read a book in which someone is wounded or is healing from a wound (tell us who) -and- read a book with a predominantly black cover (post the cover).
Rosemary and Rue | Seanan McGuire ★★ (07/03/25)
October.


✔ U is for UNDERBIT/UNDERBITTED: Read a book that has a square, triangle, v-shaped notch, circle, or semicircle shown clearly on its cover (for either option post the cover).
The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks ★★ (07/09/25)


✔ V is for VILLEIN: Read a book that is set in a village - real or fictional (tell us where).
A Crime of Poison | Nancy Haddock ★★ (07/02/25)
Lilyvale, Arkansas.

✔ W is for WAIF: Read a book in which someone or something has strayed or gotten lost.
Death Comes to the Village | Catherine Lloyd ★★ (07/10/25)
The rectory maid has gone missing and no one seems to know where she is.

✔ X is for XENOGAMY: Read a book in which someone gets married.
No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding | Catherine Mack ★ (07/04/25)
Emma and Fred.

✔ Y is for YARDMAN: Read a book in which someone works (as a job) primarily outdoors (tell us who and their job).
Blind Descent | Nevada Barr ★★★ (08/22/25)
Anna is a park ranger.

✔ Z is for ZAMINDAR/ZEMINDAR: Read a book in which a main character is Indian (from India) or of Indian heritage -and- read a book that is set in a colonized place - real or fictional (tell us where).
The Satapur Moonstone | Sujata Massey ★★ (07/22/25)
MC is Indian, the book is set in colonial India.

*** Completed (09/03/25) ***

May I get another set please?

Round 47

✔ W - Some Danger Involved | Will Thomas ★★★ (09/01/25)
✔ R - Death in a Stately Home | Sara Rosett ★★★ (08/24/25)
✔ A - Murder in the Mystery Suite | Ellery Adams ★★ (08/28/25)
✔ J - The Ones That Got Away | Stephen Graham Jones ★★★ (09/01/25)
✔ X - The Hounding | Xenobe Purvis ★★ (08/30/25)
✔ D - The Dark Secret | Tui T. Sutherland ★★ (08/20/25)
✔ I - The Intuitionist | Colson Whitehead ★★ (09/08/25)

Congrats, L&M!!

Andrea wrote: "Red Rover, Red Rover by Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick 8/20/25
167 pages
P7"

P7 is a miss.

Congrats, Michelle! You and cat are our first finishers. :)

Welcome to the challenge, Marie-Anne!

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Round 2

Guess #1: SPITE

S - A Short History of the World According to Sheep | Sally Coulthard ★★ (09/03/25)
P - Pie Hard | Kirsten Weiss ★★★ (09/05/25)
I - The Intuitionist | Colson Whitehead ★★ (09/08/25)
T - Triggerfish Twist | Tim Dorsey ★★★★ (09/09/25)
E - The Essex Serpent | Sarah Perry ★★★ (09/09/25)

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Mary-Megan wrote: "Next guess :

P1 - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood [416 pages] (9/6)"

P1 is a hit.

Great job, Kathy!

Thanks Barb! Welcome to the challenge, Ruth, Elle and Connie!

Katharine wrote: "Suspect: Businessman – Eyes Like Those by Melissa Brayden (9/7/25)
Cause of Death: drowning (ocean) – Eyes Like Those by [author:Melissa Brayden|478..."

The murder was not by drowning.

Meg wrote: "Scientist ==> Chelsea Thomas - Shot Through the Tart 09/04

Fall (from tree) ==> Checking Out Crime, Laurie Cass 09/05

Dexter..."

The murder was not at Dexter's Laboratory.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Guess #16

M4 - Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by M.J. Wassmer 7 September 2025 ★★★★ (audiobook) Paperback, 384 pages

[bookcover:Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend|21684..."

M4 is a miss.

Patrizia wrote: "read a book whose cover shows several similar objects placed one on top of the other

Would this be okay? The apples are stacked on top of each other in the crates...."

Both covers are fine!

Welcome to the challenge, Ruth!

Congrats, Patrizia!

Congrats, Barb and Joann!