2015 July Word Hunt

[Suzanne]

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2015 July Word Hunt
Duration: 7/1/2015 - 7/31/2015

Progress: 10 out of 10

Each month, we'll list 10 words. Your challenge is to see if you can find them all within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE.

July

Ability/ies: "The energy swept over me like a web, muting my ability to sense my touchstone." Page 16
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 7/10/2015

Blindfold: "The dark retreated as if someone were removing a blindfold from his eyes." Page 563
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages

Brand: "But of course she had heard of the mark that had disfigured her face like a brand since birth, and then faded on Cosimo's return." Page 302
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages

Coddle: "Bane had known these dogs since they were puppies, when he had spoiled and coddled them, never knowing when their friendship might become useful." Page 302
Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden - **** - 7/29/2015

Destroy: "But trust me on this: I will never deliberately destroy you." Page 86
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 7/10/2015

Diabolic/al: "Beautiful and diabolical. You make me impatient indeed to claim you." Page 166
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015

Reverse: "Can you reverse your own trick?" Page 535
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages

Sound: "Poseidon appealed to Triton for help against the human armies; Reder's portrayal makes that sound very unlikely."
Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages

Sparkle: "A sparkle of magic flickered in the girl's aura, and also Anadey, only stronger." Page 7
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 7/10/2015

Violence: "Reder pretends not to notice the violence with which I do this."
Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages

[Leigh]

Congrats Crystal!

[❆ Crystal ❆]

Thanks Leigh

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Wow - everyone is going great guns here!

Congrats Crystal!! (And Angi when she finishes her two books ;)

We thought to make this monthly, so definitely back next month :D

[❆ Crystal ❆]

Thanks Jane! I'm happy it will be an ongoing challenge.

[Melissa]

Finished. For the first time i finished a challenge before the last day. Since i know myself, it'll be the last one too.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Melissa wrote: "Finished. For the first time i finished a challenge before the last day. Since i know myself, it'll be the last one too."

Congratulations Melissa :)

[Leigh]

Congrats Melissa!

[Angi]

Congrats Crystal & Melissa!!

[Melissa]

Thank you all :)

[Ora]

Would coddling work for coddle?

[Angi]

Updated post #55 - all words found and books read!!
Look forward to next month.

[Leigh]

Congrats Angi!

[Srividya]

Am in!

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 July 2015
Words found:0/10


ability/ies
blindfold
brand
coddle
destroy
diabolic/al
reverse
sound
sparkle/r
violence

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Ora wrote: "Would coddling work for coddle?"

Yes - that basic extension is fine. Adding 's', 'ed', 'ing' is allowed under the rules in the first post :)

[[deleted user]]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 July 2015

Completed: 2/10

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!


ability/ies Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 07/11/2015 page 104

“A few months ago, Mark would have assumed that love was an ability he lacked.”

blindfold

brand

coddle

destroy

diabolic/al

reverse

sound Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 7/11/2015 page 19

“Mark said curtly, and would have said more, but he heard a soft shuffling sound in the hallway.”


sparkle/r

violence

[Ora]

I am done!
Completed: 10/10
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

ability
07/04ability..to brainwash..pg 130 nook
blindfold
07/07..I couldn't see through the blindfold..loc 1466 kindle
brand
07/07..She was Driving a brand new car.loc 1152 kindle
coddle 07/11 ..handle anything if you keep coddling her. pg 130 nook
destroy
07/07..trap and destroy us all. pg 70 nook
diabolic/al
07/05..slow, diabolical smile spread..pg 211 nook
reverse
07/02..Reverse Shoplifting. pg 250 Scribd
sound
07/02..the only sound on the planet pg 39 nook
sparkle/r
07/06..It sparkles in the light,..pg 204 kindle
violence
...End the Violence, I'm always...pg 27 nook

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congratulations Ora!! Great work :)

[Leigh]

Congrats Ora!

[Calila]

Calila wrote: "I just really need to find a book that has a blindfold that sparkles being worn by a guy coddling/being coddled! LOL"

Woot! I did find all three of these in the same book!!

Completed!!!!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Calila wrote: "Calila wrote: "I just really need to find a book that has a blindfold that sparkles being worn by a guy coddling/being coddled! LOL"

Woot! I did find all three of these in the same book!!

Comple..."

Congrats Calila!!!

[[deleted user]]

onthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 July 2015

Completed: 7/10

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!


ability/ies

Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 07/11/2015 page 104

“A few months ago, Mark would have assumed that love was an ability he lacked.”

blindfold

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke Pg 311 07/16/2015

It felt as if she’d been trying to assemble a complicated jigsaw puzzle with a blindfold on, and someone kept slipping in a piece from a totally different puzzle to confuse her.

brand


Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren 7/13/2015 pg 187
” .. and Rafe hadn’t crossed it, that kiss—his kiss—remained in her thoughts like a brand.”

coddle

destroy

Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren 7/13/2015 pg 120
“But if she didn’t find that picture—and destroy it—everything she and Felicia had sacrificed might be for naught.”


diabolic/al

reverse



Love Bites by Maggie Osborne 07/22/2015 pg 217

“If the crystals reverse vampirism, they should be made available to those of us who wish to regain our mortality.”

sound

Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 7/11/2015 page 19

“Mark said curtly, and would have said more, but he heard a soft shuffling sound in the hallway.”


sparkle/r


Pelican Point by Donna Kauffman 07/13/2015 pg 13

“When you factored in that . . . thing, that mystery in her clear gray eyes, if one chose to look past the disapproving set to her mouth and really notice, there was a certain sparkle, a kind of . . . knowing .. . as if she could see straight through any and all artifice and look right into your very soul.”


violence

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[Dee]

finished ;)


ability/ies - From Out in the Cold - loc 2846
"I envied her ability to see beyond how much this year still hurt to how much next year might hurt less"

blindfold - Just Desserts: A Multi-Author Collection of Bite-sized Delights - loc 1950
"Xavier listed the blindfold to reveal him and Marco perched on either side of me on the counter and Sebastian, positioned between my legs, flexing his hips so he maintained a slow steady rhythm"

brand - From Out in the Cold - loc 564
"I thought it was mine at first, but on second gland it was a different brand"

coddle - Silver Lining - loc 3408
"You know she's spoiled. She's always been coddled and catered to, and I doubt she's ever had to face her mistakes"

destroy - Mine to Take - loc 1111
"The firefighters were trying to contain it so that the blaze didn't destroy the other nearly businesses.

diabolic/al - Just Desserts: A Multi-Author Collection of Bite-sized Delights - loc 2656
"a slow smile tiled Elodie's lips, "why Madison Tremaine, that's diabolical."

reverse - Trouble on Tap - loc 1596
"as he plunged inside her, rubbing in just the right spot with each forward and reverse"

sound - Mine to Take - loc 181
It opened with a groan of sound, the hinges ancient and obviously in need of oil

sparkle/r - Trouble on Tap - loc 688
"the extra sparkle in her eyes said otherwise"

violence - Mine to Take - loc 982
The man who'd walked a razor's edge of violence.

[Leigh]

Congrats Dee!

[Jojo]

July - Monthly Word Hunt

9/10

ability - The Bones of Others - 09/07/15
LOC 3001@ "I still have the ability to love something, Skye."

blindfold - Weight of Silence - 06/07/15
LOC 51: ""How?" She asked. "With blindfolds?""

brand - Color of Grace - 05/07/15
LOC 349: "It alarmed Schuyler for a brand new reason."

coddle - Her Imperfect Groom - 11/07/15
LOC 592: "She scooped up a spoonful of coddled eggs and put them on her plate."

destroy - B785 - 01/07/15
LOC 549: "Last she'd heard, the orders came through to destroy them all."

diabolical - Iced - 14/07/15
LOC 3201: "Now, wide-awake after another night of diabolical dreams, I pass through double doors a hundred feet tall, several feet thick, with unfathomable tonnage, but do not afford them a second glance."

reverse - Beast Behaving Badly - 04/07/15
LOC 2472: "But it freed up the vehicle long enough for Gemma to reverse down the street half a mile."

sound

sparkle - Secrets - 02/07/15
LOC 2512: "I glimpsed a sparkle, and then another, and all at once I could see it:"

violence - Darker After Midnight - 12/07/15
LOC 3104: "Blood and violence had nearly destroyed him."

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Dee wrote: "finished ;)


ability/ies - From Out in the Cold - loc 2846
"I envied her ability to see beyond how much this year still hurt to how much next year might hurt less"

blindfold - [bo..."

Congrats Dee :D

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I have one word left. my post

[Chris]

Finito

July

10 / 10 Complete

✔ability/ies
Deception 07/11
Kindle location 374
"Her confidence in her ablility never wavered."

✔blindfold
Everything I Left Unsaid 07/17
K loc 882
"Red rooms with whips, blindfolds and handcuffs."

✔brand
The Tudor Secret 07/14
Scribd p. 235
"Of course Walsingham would brand Jane Grey as a traitor."

✔coddle
The Anatomist's Wife 07/03
paperback page 175
"Children might be comforted, and young ladies coddled, but no one reassures a grown woman except herself."

✔destroy
The Middle of Somewhere 07/16
K 1379
"I think couples should try harder not to act in ways that will destroy their relationship."

✔diabolic/al
Brown-Eyed Girl 07/17
K loc 4072
"Joe spent long minutes drawing out the afterglow even after I quieted, his mouth caressing me with diabolical gentleness."

✔reverse
The Eagle in Splendour: Napoleon I and His Court 07/14
Kindle location 951
"Whereas other monarchs (including his own brothers) were by now allowing pictures to be taken out of their palaces and displayed to the public in museums, Napoleon I did the reverse."

✔sound
The Boston Trader 07/09
Kindle 129
"His face turns toward her, following her, guided only by the sound of her voice."


✔sparkle/r
The Third Place 07/04
Kindle location 2918
"The Archduke's slightly bulging blue eyes sparkled at this rather mysterious introduction."

✔violence
The Murderer's Daughter 07/08
Kindle location 5871
"The look on his face an essay on the calculus of violence"

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Chris!

[Maritza]

looking for coddle and diabolical might not get the full list.

[Jennifer H]

July RRRC Word Hunt
Completed 10/10



ability/ies: Fairest 7/1-4♥
pg 146: Perhaps these abilities

blindfold: Portrait in Death 7/10-5♥
pg 166: Hastings can do this blindfolded

brand: Splintered 7/7-4♥
pg 66: into my soul like a brand

coddle: Splintered 7/7-4♥
pg 292 like a parent coddles a child

destroy: Splintered 7/7-4♥
pg 25: you've managed to destroy

diabolic/al: Tiger Lily 7/15-4♥
pg 76: He's practically diabolical

reverse: Fairest 7/1-4♥
pg 104: Singers perform in reverse

sound: Awake at Dawn 7/6-4♥
pg 4: the sound of falling water

sparkle/r: Fairest 7/1-4♥
pg 229: sparkle on the far wall

violence: Awake at Dawn 7/6-4♥
pg 83: the violence and the threat

[☘KathyD☘]

July Word Hunt
Completed — 10/10!

ability — Seven Years to Sin — ★★★★★ 7/3
page 39 — “...to be certain you have confidence in my ability to see to your interests...”

blindfold — The Professional — ★★★★★ 7/2
location 2102 (40%) — “...adjusting my blindfold just so.”

brand — Fire Inside — ★★★★ 7/7
page 198 — “I remembered Hop’s brand of "wow.””

coddle — Born Wild — ★★★★★ 7/18
page 187 — “Stop it, Billy. I don’t need you to coddle me.”

destroy — Blaze of Memory — ★★★★ 7/9
page 7 — “...in the Council’s attempts to destroy the Forgotten.”

diabolical — Maverick — ★★★★ 7/17
location 3605 (70%) — “They caressed with diabolical precision until Risa...”

reverse — Thrill Ride — ★★★★★ 7/12
page 169 — “...she threw the Land Rover into reverse and burned rubber...”

sound — The Chase — ★★★ 7/6
location 179 (4%) — “...hello, it’s a major sound bite.”

sparkle — Rock Chick Renegade — ★★★★★ 7/14
page 101 — ““She needs more sparkle,” Daisy announced...”

violence — Bonds of Justice — ★★★★ 7/16
page 12 — “...the violence spoken of by...”

[Pamela Su]

Diabolic(al) is eluding me. So frustrating!!! >.<

No wait. I forgot one of my books. YES!

[Pamela Su]

Yay! Finished!

Updated in Message 43.

[Emerlyn]

9/10
Sorry, I read on Calibre so my page numbers are wack hahaha.

ability/ies - Compromising Positions - July 4
256.1 / 397 - If she could have swallowed some magic potion in that moment that would have given her the ability not to change into a wolf, she would have done it in an instant.

blindfold- Tyler's Undoing - July 8
428.9 / 448 - “Keep the blindfold on, beautiful. I’m going to get out and help you. Don’t you dare peek, or I’ll bring the wrath down on you.”

brand - Making the Cut - July 18
224.8 / 719 - All the appliances were stainless steel, not brand new, but nothing to sneeze at either.

coddle - Center Mass - July 11
226.2 / 394 "You’re only condoning that behavior if you coddle her."

destroy - Stealing His Heart - July 3
257.6 / 307 - "Instead you’re trying to destroy what we have.”

diabolic/al

reverse - Loving Lo - July 19
270.0 / 358 - I took another calming breath, and put my truck in reverse and headed to the clubhouse.

sound - Precarious - July 14
345.5 / 378 - He makes a strangled sound as his hands go up and curl around the back of my neck.

sparkle/r - Virgin River - July 14
209.4 / 618 - Inside, the wood floors gleamed, the countertops sparkled.

violence - Under the Cowboy's Control - July 15
232.5 / 278 - Selena's sad story of violence and heartache would clinch the deal.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Kathy & Pamela Su!!!

[Leigh]

Congrats KathyD and Pamela Su!

[Jojo]

July - Monthly Word Hunt

10/10

ability - The Bones of Others - 09/07/15
LOC 3001@ "I still have the ability to love something, Skye."

blindfold - Weight of Silence - 06/07/15
LOC 51: ""How?" She asked. "With blindfolds?""

brand - Color of Grace - 05/07/15
LOC 349: "It alarmed Schuyler for a brand new reason."

coddle - Her Imperfect Groom - 11/07/15
LOC 592: "She scooped up a spoonful of coddled eggs and put them on her plate."

destroy - B785 - 01/07/15
LOC 549: "Last she'd heard, the orders came through to destroy them all."

diabolical - Iced - 14/07/15
LOC 3201: "Now, wide-awake after another night of diabolical dreams, I pass through double doors a hundred feet tall, several feet thick, with unfathomable tonnage, but do not afford them a second glance."

reverse - Beast Behaving Badly - 04/07/15
LOC 2472: "But it freed up the vehicle long enough for Gemma to reverse down the street half a mile."

sound - Gideon - 16/07/15
LOC 1161: "He didn't make a sound as he dropped."

sparkle - Secrets - 02/07/15
LOC 2512: "I glimpsed a sparkle, and then another, and all at once I could see it:"

violence - Darker After Midnight - 12/07/15
LOC 3104: "Blood and violence had nearly destroyed him."

[Pamela Su]

Yay! :) Congrats!

[Becky]

Monthly Word Hunt - July
Duration: July 1 - July 31
Level: 9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

Completed: 10/10 * Completed 7/20/2015 * (original post #31)


ability/ies: Ride Steady, Kristen Ashley 7/3/2015
PAGE 39: It was clear he was concerned about his ability to defend me considering the firepower at Aaron’s back.

blindfold: Cover of Darkness, Kaylea Cross 7/10/2015
PAGE 292: She’d managed to wriggle around enough to get the blindfold off, but her face was scraped up from her efforts.

brand: It Happened One Wedding, Julie James 7/20/2015
PAGE: 211: The company has a strong brand and loyal customer base here in the Midwest.

coddle: The Viscount Who Loved Me, Julia Quinn 7/4/2015
LOC 567: His sisters would coddle the boy, and his mother might spoil him . . .

destroy: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart, Sarah MacLean 7/5/2015
PAGE 32: Ralston and St. John were the only two men who knew the darkest of Simon’s secrets. The one that would destroy his family and his reputation if it were revealed.

diabolic/al: The Viscount Who Loved Me, Julia Quinn 7/4/2015
LOC 1925: Kate Sheffield, the most maddening, irritating, diabolical woman in all England, was crouching like a frog under his desk.

reverse: Unveiled, Courtney Milan 7/19/2015
PAGE 271: Then she realized she was looking at the reverse side, where ink had seeped through the foolscap. 7/19/2015

sound: Playing for Keeps, R.L. Mathewson 7/11/2015
PAGE 154: He was more than ready to beg and plead if that’s what it took to get her to listen to him when the sound of her quiet sobs caught his attention.

sparkle/r: All He Ever Needed, Shannon Stacey 7/16/2015
LOC 126: “Appreciate it,” he said, giving her one of his charming smiles— the one that made his pretty eyes sparkle, or so he’d been told.

violence: How to Run with a Naked Werewolf, Molly Harper 7/16/2015
PAGE 67: I’d left the pack to protect them, not so much from Glenn’s violence — that hadn’t come until the end of our marriage— but from his intrusion.

Thanks for the challenge. I enjoyed it and will be participating again next month.

[Lynne]

Very fun! New and different challenge. I'm definitely in for next month.

July Word Hunt
10 of 10 Words Complete

√ ability/ies: Alex by Sawyer Bennett – 7/2
LOC 131 – “You have the talent and ability to captain this team, yet you have the emotional maturity of the arena’s janitor.”

√ blindfold: Playing It Close by Kat Latham – 7/12
LOC 3183 – “But I want to be tied up .. and maybe blindfolded.”

√ brand: Playing It Close by Kat Latham – 7/12
LOC 1976 – “She’d brought proper clothes in a small backpack, so she stripped off her cycling gear, gave herself a quick wash in the sinks so she felt a bit fresher, and pulled on her brand new shirt, smoothing it down and checking herself out in the mirror.”

√ coddle: Madrona Sunset by Jami Davenport in – 7/18
LOC 651 – “They coddle me too much.”

√ destroy: Welcome to Paradise by Rosalind James – 7/16
LOC 2110 – “See what’s destroyed, and what we can salvage,” Mira decided.

√ diabolic/al: Sun Kissed by Nancy Warren – 7/19
LOC 390 – “He gave a diabolical checked, then he ordered them anyway.”

√ reverse: Playing It Close by Kat Latham – 7/12
LOC 723 – “The old van sputtered to life, and the seats vibrated as Tony shifted into reverse and backed out.”

√ sound: First and Only by Abbie Zanders – 7/5
LOC 169 – “She sighed, a sound of secret suffering with which she was intimately familiar.”

√ sparkle/r: Deep by Kylie Scott – 7/4
LOC 1507 – “The dude definitely didn’t sparkle, however.”

√ violence:Alex by Sawyer Bennett – 7/2
LOC 3348 – “Violence shouldn’t be the answer.”

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Jojo, Becky and Lynne!!!

[Leigh]

Congrats Jojo, Becky and Lynne!

[Pamela Su]

Congratulations! :)

[Barbara ★]

All done.


10/10 Found

✔ability/ies - If He's Tempted - Hannah Howell 7/5
(and with it her ability to tell him to stay), p119
✔blindfold - Dark Heir - Faith Hunter 7/4
(and even blindfolded), p110
✔brand - Dark Heir - Faith Hunter 7/4
(I'd cauterized a wound, like a brand), p205
✔coddle - Thrill Ride - Julie Ann Walker 7/11
(that situation completely coddled his balls), p163
✔destroy - If He's Tempted - Hannah Howell 7/5
(allow his mother to destroy yet another), p14
✔diabolic/al - The Darkest Touch - Gena Showalter 7/12
(the diabolical warrior), p70
✔reverse - If He's Tempted - Hannah Howell 7/5
(so how did he reverse all the decisions made), p253
✔sound - HIDE Omnibus - Jax Spenser 7/6
(there's no sound coming out of my homeroom), p169
✔sparkle - Dark Heir - Faith Hunter 7/4
(as the gem sparkled and danced), p110
✔violence - Trail of Kisses - Merry Farmer 7/5
(for someone who's been threated with violence), p24



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Leigh]

Congrats Barbara!

[Leigh]

Finished!

Romance Readers Reading Challenges 2015 July Word Hunt
July 1 - 31, 2015


LEVEL:Getting Hotter
COMPLETED: 7/7
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE.


July
ability- Chasing Perfect 7/2
p111 At this point, he simply wanted the ability to compete.

brand- Chasing Perfect 7/2
He endorsed energy drinks and a major athletic brand.

sound - Chasing Perfect 7/2
p11 "That does sound good," he began.

destroy- Opal 7/6
p244 My destroyed laptop was gone.

sparkle- Opal 7/6
p103 His smile was real now, causing the greenin his eyes to sparkle, reminding me of the Blake I first met.

violence- Opal 7/6
p359 He lauched forward, going after Blake in a way I knew would end in bloody violence.

reverse- Styxx 7/13
p560 "Horrified, he quickly reversed direction..."

[Jane]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 July 2015

Level: CHAMPION hunter!
Completed 10/10 words and used 10 books for it.

(view spoiler)[We've started a new monthly challenge. Each month, we'll list 10 words. Your challenge is to see if you can find them all within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! (hide spoiler)]

ability/ies:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 7/9-15
Loc: 947 ➜ Even now your grandmother has the ability to confound me.

blindfold:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 7/10-15
Loc: 4560 ➜ A black blindfold appeared over Phineas Nigellus's clever, dark eyes, causing him to bump into the frame and shriek with pain.

brand:
First Year by J. P. Howards 7/11-15
Loc: 197, ➜ They found the brand she wanted, but Tom's car battery apparently died because they can't get his car started.

coddle:
Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee 7/12-15
Loc: 287 ➜ She didn't understand my fear, and she most certainly wouldn't coddle me when it came down to it.

destroy:
Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder 7/11-15
Loc: 4007 ➜ I should destroy the sacks so Tohon couldn't confiscate them.


diabolic/al:
Down and Out in Beverly Heels by Kathryn Leigh Scott 7/8-15
Loc: 2863 ➜ The tension is only partly due to Donna's diabolical driving.

reverse:
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow 7/2-15
Loc: 1969 ➜ Sighing, he started the engine and shifted into reverse.

sound:
Into the Deep End by Leesa Freeman 7/12-15
Loc: 423 ➜ Not the strained, forced sound I heard last night during dinner or around the family group circle, but a real laugh.

sparkle/r:
Deep in My Heart by Patricia W. Fischer 7/14-15
Loc: 1393 ➜ Her flushed cheeks and the sparkle in her eyes made her smile.

violence:
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 7/13-15
Loc: 5228 ➜ Their belief has brought oppresion and violence.
(view spoiler)[To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)

You must find the actual word. Basic extensions (eg reverses, reversed, reversing) are acceptable. If the word changes too much (eg reversible), then it won't be allowed. We will note allowable exceptions beyond the basics noted here on the list each month.

Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.

Examples which work
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.

Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.

Example which will not be approved
Reversal - The Heiress Effect √ 15 Jul
p90 (or LOC 1869): That was a balance that begged for reversal. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 July 2015

Completed: 9/10

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!


ability/ies

Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 07/11/2015 page 104

“A few months ago, Mark would have assumed that love was an ability he lacked.”

blindfold

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke Pg 311 07/16/2015

It felt as if she’d been trying to assemble a complicated jigsaw puzzle with a blindfold on, and someone kept slipping in a piece from a totally different puzzle to confuse her.

brand


Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren 7/13/2015 pg 187
” .. and Rafe hadn’t crossed it, that kiss—his kiss—remained in her thoughts like a brand.”

coddle

destroy

Taming Rafe by Susan May Warren 7/13/2015 pg 120
“But if she didn’t find that picture—and destroy it—everything she and Felicia had sacrificed might be for naught.”


diabolic/al



The Morning After by Lisa Jackson pg 259 7/26/2015

He flashed her a smile that seemed boyish rather than diabolical and she called herself a fool for letting her imagination get away from her when it came to Tom Fink’s nephew.


reverse



Love Bites by Maggie Osborne 07/22/2015 pg 217

“If the crystals reverse vampirism, they should be made available to those of us who wish to regain our mortality.”

sound

Christmas Eve At Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 7/11/2015 page 19

“Mark said curtly, and would have said more, but he heard a soft shuffling sound in the hallway.”


sparkle/r


Pelican Point by Donna Kauffman 07/13/2015 pg 13

“When you factored in that . . . thing, that mystery in her clear gray eyes, if one chose to look past the disapproving set to her mouth and really notice, there was a certain sparkle, a kind of . . . knowing .. . as if she could see straight through any and all artifice and look right into your very soul.”


violence



The Morning After by Lisa Jackson 07/26/2015 pg

One was domestic violence, pure and simple.

[Leigh]

Congrats Jane!