2015 October Word Hunt

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Well done Larissa!!

[funnichic0318]

2015 Monthly Word Hunt
October
Duration: October 1st 2015 - October 31st 2015
Progress: 10 of 10 (COMPLETE!)

✔absent: Hold On by Kristen Ashley; Read 10/27/15
Page 483 of 584: "He just knew the things I couldn’t hide— Trent was absent, and when he wasn’t, he was a loser."

✔anywhere: Hold On by Kristen Ashley; Read 10/27/15
Page 92 of 584: "You don’t let your boy anywhere near that house or the people in it."

✔awesome: Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr; Read 10/04/15
Loc 446 of 6379: "But the sound of the rushing river was awesome."

✔bang: The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley; Read 10/21/15
Page 47 of 310: "The last of his words were lost in a bang and a roar."

✔bitter/ness: Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr; Read 10/04/15
Loc 3805 of 6379: "It had been an ugly, bitter parting that left everyone scarred—mostly him."

✔contagious: Hold On by Kristen Ashley; Read 10/27/15
Page 454 of 584: It was like it was contagious."

✔filter: Raphael by D.B. Reynolds; Read 10/07/15
Page 90 of 214: "The three humans seemed to exchange a few words before climbing into the van, and Cynthia was trying to filter out the engine sounds to pull the conversation out of the noise, hoping for a destination of some sort."

✔opposition: Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr; Read 10/04/15
Loc 2589 of 6379: "The portable defibrillator was the same as the type carried on commercial air carriers with patches as opposed to paddles."

✔rust: The Seduction of Elliot McBrideby Jennifer Ashley; Read 10/21/15
Page 249 of 310: "They’d tried to fix the mechanism to lower it to replace the candles, but it was frozen with rust."

✔wolves: The Seduction of Elliot McBride by Jennifer Ashley; 10/21/15
Page 230 of 310: "If that means I throw Stacy to the wolves, then I throw him.”

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

funnichic0318 wrote: "2015 Monthly Word Hunt
October
Duration: October 1st 2015 - October 31st 2015
Progress: 10 of 10 (COMPLETE!)

✔absent: Hold On by Kristen Ashley; Read 10/27/15
Page 483 of 584: "He ..."

Congrats funnichic!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

October 2015 Monthly Word Hunt


10 of 10. Updated 10.28.15 DONE!!
I am a Champion Hunter! Yay!

absent - Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh 10.24.15
32% - Ivy petted the adorable little dog with absent affection.

anywhere - Heat Exchange by Shannon Stacey 10.28.15
loc. 584, 15% - Not because she cared about being a spectacle, but because she wouldn't get anywhere butting heads with him.

awesome - Hard as Steel by Laura Kaye 10.27.15
loc. 822, 44% - "Because I'm awesome.

bang - Say Something by Mari Carr 10.26.15
loc. 1992, 95% - He always knew how to find the positions that would get them the most bang for their...well...bang.

bitter - Soul Deep by Pamela Clare 10.10.15
loc. 203, 8% - The night had been bitter cold.

contagious - Lothaire by Kresley Cole 10.6.15
p. 153 - "Wedigos are ravenous zombies, contagious even to immortals, lightning fast, with claws and fangs as long as blades."

filter - Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh 10.12.15
86% - Now it was clear it acted as a filter for Sienna's power, stripping her energy of its destructive potential.

opposition - The Stolen Mackenzie Bride by Jennifer Ashley 10.15.15
p. 73 - Charles's army had walked right into Edinburgh without opposition.

rust - Never Too Hot by Bella Andre 10.19.15
p. 306 - Catching sight of herself in the small rusted mirror, she saw tears of joy streaming down her face.

wolves - Caribou's Gift by Eve Langlais 10.5.15
p. 5 - "But I will throw you to the wolves or, in this case, a cougar," Reid stated.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

MountainKat wrote: "October 2015 Monthly Word Hunt


10 of 10. Updated 10.28.15 DONE!!
I am a Champion Hunter! Yay!

absent - Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh 10.24.15
32% - Ivy petted the adorable lit..."

Yay MKat!!

[Maritza]

yeah i found my last word not in its exact form but i'm owning it. this is the first month i have found them all. now to finish the book so it counts for this month. Did you all see next month's list where is the love it's brutal.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I know - November looks really hard!!

[Jane]

October word hunt


October is over and unfortunately I only managed to find 8 of the 10 words making it to level getting hotter which is 6-8 words.


absent
En mand der hedder Ove by Fredrik Backman 10/17-15
Pg: 55 ➜ Ove syntes, at det lød som rimelige vilkår, og meddelte skolen, at han var fraværende i de næste to uger. (Pg: 55 ➜ Ove thought this seemed a reasonable offer and notified his school he would be absent for the next two weeks.

anywhere
Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald 10/11-15
Loc: 2008 ➜ Anywhere, anytime, and on anything I own, Will said, grinning.

awesome/ness
The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland 10/17-15
Pg: 137 ➜ But it's awesome. And he loves it, if that's any consolation.

bang
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber 10/18-15
Loc: 882 ➜ She was through listening and shut the door with a resounding bang.

bitter/ness
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 10/8-15
Pg: 11 ➜ I really preferred sugar and cream in my coffee, because it is such bitter stuff, but since I only come here out of pride I needed to accept only the barest minimum for token

contagious
Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall 10/5-15
Loc: 235➜ I was pretty sure chickenpox wasn't contagious once the spots were out,

filter
Poisoned by Elaine Macko 10/7-15
Loc: 1347 ➜ He invented an air filter system back when all the restaurants in the area converted to smoking and non-smoking sections.

opposition

rust

wolf/wolves
I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint 10/10-15
Pg: 192 ➜ It was like when Lily saw a wolf or one of the big cats in the metro zoo.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Ah well - you were pretty close Jane :)

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

October



9/10
Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh 07 Oct 2015 ★★★★★



absent - pg 232 - her flashing smile that had been absent all day.
bang - pg. 296 - Bang. Bang. Bang. It made her want to curl up in a ball

Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh 09 Oct 2015 ★★★★★



opposition - pg. 111 - the group sat in opposition to Nikita's.
wolf/wolves - pg. 33 - he had an improbably pink wolf on his hands.

The Martian by Andy Weir 12 Oct 2015 ★★★★★



anywhere - pg. 35, loc: 633 - the reclaimer didn't get anywhere near 50 liters
awesome/ness -pg 200, loc: 3223 - Germans are awesome
filter - pg 10, loc 235 - it satutates the filters.

Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh 15 Oct 2015 ★★★★★



rust - pg 33 - a desert wasteland that was a rich rust red under sunlight


An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette 23 Oct 2015 ★★★★



bitter/ness - pg. 174, loc: 1993 - cup of dark roast that tasted so bitter I had to wonder




contagious

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Christina!!

[Maritza]

yay I did it. 9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

OCTOBER WORD HUNT - 10 of 10 words found

Absent - Hard Love read 10/21/15****
pg 150 - Thanfully Sophia had been mercifully ABSENT from our lives for months.

Anywhere -Earth Bound read 10/06/15****
pg 312 -"ANYWHERE near there," Gavriil added.

Awesome/ness - Earth Bound read 10/06/15****
pg 266 - "That's AWESOME,"

Bang - Five Minutes Late: A Romantic Comedy read 10/11/15****
loc 183 - ...and you'll be ready for a nice little chitty chitty BANG BANG.

Bitter/ness - Creed read 10/17/15*****
loc 7204 - no more BITTER, just sweet.

Contagious - Hard Love read 10/21/15****
pg 40 - She was an attractive woman, full of a CONTAGIOUS kind of energy...

Filter - Hard Love read 10/21/15****
pg 51 - , my disbelief obliterating any FILTER I should have had around this man...

Opposition - Strong Enough read 10/31/15****
pg 139 - OPPOSITIONal- defiant disorder and conduct disorder is what the doctor said.

Rust - Forbidden read 10/12/15*****
pg 436 - The bars covering the glass show signs of RUST and don't look that strong.

Wolf/wolves - Earth Bound read 10/06/15****
pg 212 - No, you went out and got yourself a WOLF.

I found all the words for the first month.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Well done Maritza!!

[Donna]

finished with 8 out of 10 words this month (post 27)

[Catherine]

Ibhave to doubkecheck...but I know I have more words :)

Will come back to update.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Donna wrote: "finished with 8 out of 10 words this month (post 27)"

Congrats Donna!!