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Week #9~Completed
by Erica RidleyFinished:3/3/16 Rating:5 Stars
1. Bouquet~He held out a bouquet of flowers. Page 34
Week #9
by Kerry GreenwoodRead: 7 March
Rating: 4*
1. Princess: "Want a bite of my toffee apple, princess?" p.128
2. Cloud: "The dress moved like a cloud..." p.113
4. Ribbon: "...hung from coloured ribbons." p.127
7. Chocolate: "...he was free to compound his chocolate muffins." p.41
8. Teacher: "...as might a teacher to an intelligent pupil." p. 59
9. Music: "...and listened instead to cheerful dance music..." p.101
10. Pillow: "...and bedded down with four pillows..." p.217
by Dean KarnazesRead: 8 March
Rating: 3*
3. Bouquet: "Alexandria produced a bouquet of flowers..." p.14
5. Laptop : "...even typed on her laptop and asked questions." p.84
6. Intense: "But the sun's rays were becoming mercilessly intense." p.16
Week #9
by Christina Lauren3/5/16
♥♥♥♥
Princess ~ or trust fund princess...pg 48
The Devil's Breath March 8/16 4♥5. Laptop p. 217
"Get me the laptop, I want all your research notes, every little dirty secret."
7. Chocolate pp. 132-133
I learned the schedule for the employees, who was late, who ate a lot of chocolate. I felt a bit like I was watching that Kevin Smith movie Clerks, but without any of the witty banter or cruel irony.
8. Teacher p. 85
"His mom was a piano teacher and his dad owned a tailor shop in South Beach."
to find
3. Bouquet
Week 9 - Post 2
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima
Finished 8 March
Rating: 4 Stars
Items Found - 3
Princess - Before, the princess might have been swept off by someone like himself …
(Kindle Locations 158-159).
Cloud - They cloud the mind and lead to sins of the flesh.
(Kindle Location 3619).
Teacher- Nightwalker is a wonderful teacher, so patient and...”
(Kindle Location 7202).
All Items founds this week - 10/10
Week #9 post #2
Love of a Rockstar by Nicole Simone
3/8/16 ★★★
10/10
remaining:
4. Ribbon - pg 158 - Nil was about one year old with a pink ribbon in her blonde hair.
8. Teacher - 59 - Her kooky art teacher, Mrs. Boyd, believed artwork had living souls.
WEEK 9Completed: 10 out of 10
02. Cloud
03. Bouquet
04. Ribbon
05. Laptop
06. Intense
07. Chocolate
08. Teacher
09. Music
10. Pillow
2 mar | 4 stars01. Princess — ...that she was a Sourthen princess | loc. 2378
02. Cloud — Thick, heavy clouds obscured the moon | loc. 4511
04. Ribbon — ...blue ribbons braided through their hair | loc. 2362
06. Intense — I could feel the intense chill of her power | loc. 3620
07. Chocolate — ...a triple chocolate milkshake | loc. 574
09. Music — The music was so loud | loc. 1413
10. Pillow — I flopped back against the pillow | loc. 1463
3 mar | 3.75 stars05. Laptop — Loggin go to his laptop... | pg 40
08. Teacher — A high school English teacher by trade | pg 4
8 mar | 5 stars03. Bouquet — ...maybe the hotel, had put bright bouquets of carnations... | loc. 2812
Mod
1. Princess - Changes - loc 5195 - "Let's go, princess." "Of course, Sir Knight," Susan said.
2. Cloud - Changes - loc 464 - Drywall flew into clouds of dust.
3. Bouquet - In Death - loc 3303 - Order bridal bouquet, Jesus.
4. Ribbon - Changes - loc 284 - pink dress and had purple ribbons in her dark hair,
5. Laptop
6. Intense - Changes - loc 194 - which demanded an intense focus on my tasks.
7. Chocolate - Changes - loc 5003 - blood as if it were chocolate, a massage, good sex, and a new car all rolled into one.
8. Teacher - Changes - loc 1102 - my skill - myself - to a teacher.
9. Music - Changes - loc 4704 - amplified into subtle music
10. Pillow - Changes - loc 1852 - the sofa and fetched a pillow for her head.
TLC, R4:RRSHWeek #9
Found: 8/10
✔1. princess Kiss & Hell pg. 195, Suck it up, princess.
✔2. cloud Kiss & Hell pg. 9, I just lost eight hundred bucks because you wouldn't get off my cloud.
3. bouquet
✔4. ribbon Honor's Splendour pg. 165, ...her hair, though tied with a piece of blue ribbon behind her neck, was gradually gaining freedom from the binding.
✔5. laptop Kiss & Hell pg. 209, They sat together at the kitchen table with her laptop popped open...
6. intense
✔7. chocolate Kiss & Hell pg. 172, Eyes, a milk chocolate shade of brown...
✔8. teacher Kiss & Hell pg. 39, He was a good teacher.
✔9. music Kiss & Hell pg. 84, Enough with the useless trivia, music man.
✔10. pillow Kiss & Hell pg. 37, Delaney chuckled, pulling a pillow to her chest...
Honor's Splendour Julie Garwood, 3-7-16 (4*)
Kiss & Hell Dakota Cassidy, 3-9-16 (3*)
Week 10 - wow can't believe it! 
by Anne BishopRead 3/10/2016
4 stars
1. Swim "Now that it had some room to swim in, it was acting more lively." p.188
4. Candle: "He'd seen no flicker of a candle or lamp since he'd arrived." p. 59
8. Paper: "He picked up a piece of paper from the long, stained table." p. 367
10. Moon: "for a little fun during the summer moon." p. 21
Week #10 ~ 7/10
| Mar 11 | 3 stars1. Swim : friends had sprinted down the sandy path to the beach to swim,
2. Library : I need to pay a visit to the Caird Library in Greenwich
4. Candle : pretend you’re blowing out a candle
5. Sculpture : something a little less challenging for her first sand sculpture
7. Wallet : e looked like someone she could easily part from the contents of his wallet
8. Paper : so he used to send me the paper versions
10. Moon : there was only the moon and the stars
To claim
3. Camouflage
6. Camomile/Chamomile
9. Cat
Week #10
by Sandra Brown3/10/16
♥♥♥♥
Swim ~ A swim would cool her off...pg 103
Library ~ her compact-disc library...pg 107
Candle ~ Devon lighted a candle...pg 133
Paper ~ with a paper napkin...pg 9
Cat ~ like a hungry alley cat...pg 25
10/10 Items Claimed for: week ending March 15 (week 10)
Silence that Sizzles by Ivy Sinclair 3/9 - 3.25stars
1. Swim: I literally would have to be taking a swim in a barrel of Johnnie Walker before I even start to feel it. (pg 106)
3. Camouflage: The man who had confronted her behind the booth of the Market had been wearing camouflage miliary fatigues. (pg 118)
The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston 3/10 - 4stars
2. Library: This was a real library. (pg 41)
4. Candle: ... her lip stuck out in a pout as she packed away the candles and potions … (pg 41)
7. Wallet: ... tossed her wallet to Kera. (pg 40)
8. Paper: ... reams of plain white paper. (pg 61)
9. Cat: He heard his cat; (pg 22)
10. Moon: Is it a full moon or something? (pg 73)
Wildfire Gospel by Kenya Wright 3/11 - 4.5star
5. Sculpture: The trophies were gold sculptures of bodies that … (pg 150)
6. Camomile/Chamomile: I sat there with my cup of chamomile tea and some … (pg 332)
Way to go, PepperPot! Congrats on getting all 100 words!
Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Way to go, PepperPot! Congrats on getting all 100 words!" thx! I wanna cake with purple icing
WEEK 10Completed: 10 out of 10
02. Library
03. Camouflage
04. Candle
05. Sculpture
06. Camomile
07. Wallet
08. Paper
09. Cat
10. Moon
10 mar | 4 stars02. Library — books for the children's library | pg 2
06. Camomile — Sabrina had brought him chamomile tea | pg 257
07. Wallet — ...leafing through her wallet | pg 205
08. Paper — On top of the paper | pg 78
09. Cat — glimpse of long fangs of a cat yawned | pg 98
11 mar | 4 stars01. Swim — I was captain of the swim team | loc. 396
05. Sculpture — ...resembles a piece of arcana sculpture | loc. 301
12 mar | 4 stars03. Camouflage — Clad in a loose, green camouflage shirt | pg 158
04. Candle — ...couldn't light a candle | pg 138
10. Moon — Without a moon it was too dark | pg 118
Awesome job, Danielle!! Congrats on getting all 100 words!!
Week 10 - Post 1
Hidden Huntress by Danielle L. Jensen
Date Finished: 12 March
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Words Found - 8
1. swim - I’ll swim across the cursed river if I have to. Pg 350
2. library - It reminded me of the gallery of the Kings in the Trollus library. Pg 57
4. candle - I picked up the candle and leaned over to look at the map. Pg 145
5. sculpture - looking for all the world like a giant snow sculpture soon to be eroded by the wind. Pg 405
6. chamomile - the faint smell of mint and chamomile drifting through the air. Pg 37
8. paper - found a folded bit of paper with my name on the front. Pg 56
9. cat -Was she toying with me, like a cat does with a mouse? Pg 166
10. moon - the moon little more than a sliver in the night sky, Pg 179
Words to fInd - 2
3. camouflage
7. wallet
Week 10 ~ 1st post
by Callie HartFinished: March 12th
Rating: 4.5 stars
07. Wallet ~ ...the phone or in the wallet that can cause me... (loc. 302)
08. Paper ~ ...like he's tearing through wet paper. (loc. 115)
10. Moon ~ "And what about the moon charm?" (loc. 875)
Still need:
01. Swim
02. Library
03. Camouflage
04. Candle
05. Sculpture
06. Camomile
09. Cat
Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Here you go, Pat!"
thanks and leave it to you to get me flowers even I can't kill. But I guess eating them would destroy them. You ladies can all have a bite. Just one.
Week 10 Post
4.5 stars - it was really good!
Finished: 3/13/2016
2. Library: "must have emptied out every book in the library in her anger." p. 294
7. Wallet: "Fatten up your skeletal wallet." p. 439
9. Cat: "You're never going to get over those cats, are you?" p. 111
Week 10Book Read
Throw a Monkey Wrench by Karen Chester223 pages
3.5 stars
5. Sculpture "There were no doves, no ice sculptures..." Loc 3795
Week Ten6/10
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (03/10/16), ✮✮✮✮✮5. Sculpture
6. Camomile/Chamomile
7. Wallet
9. Cat
Swim: "I can swim." - KL: 2377
Library: "Like the library, this place is empty. - KL: 3531
Camouflage: "...offers her perfect camouflage in the forest." - KL: 4781
Candle: "I protect it as I would a candle flame." - KL: 5321
Paper: "Like old paper, like Julian's robes." - KL: 5393
Moon: "There's a moon pool at the bottom..." - KL: 1554
Week Ten
The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton (03/13/16), ✮✮✮Still to Claim:
5. Sculpture
6. Camomile/Chamomile
9. Cat
Wallet: "Chapstick, wallet, gum." - KL: 3032
Cat: "...his cat on his mind." - KL: 416
Week #10 ~ The Last WeekNightfall March 12/16 4 stars
2. Library p 39
The moldy little library on the built in shelves
3. Camouflage p. 9
a woodland camouflage jacket that looked military
8. Paper p 17
and replaced the tar paper
9. Cat p 214
A cat burglar with skills he couldn't repulse
10. Moon p 22
a night unbroken by the moon,
Luna March 13/14 5 stars
1. Swim p 226
He cant swim yet.
4. Candle p 13
Arranging candles on the cake.
7. Wallet p 22
Liam dug out his wallet.
to find
5. Sculpture
6. Camomile/Chamomile
Week #10
by Kathryn Stockett3/12/16
♥♥♥♥♥
Wallet ~ the side of her wallet...(pg 379)
Moon ~ can't see stars or a moon...(pg 353)
Week #10: 10/10
3/12 | 3½★3. Camouflage - "Gray saw through the smoke and mirrors to the person underneath that camouflage." Loc 1468
4. Candle - "it didn't hold a candle to the gut-wrenching pain of imagining a life without Gray in it" Loc 2061
3/15 | 4★1. Swim - "after football and swim team practices" Page 82
2. Library - "Just the library." Page 111
5. Sculpture - "a painstakingly accurate sugar sculpture of Destiny the goat" Page 45
6. Chamomile - "I brought you some chamomile tea." Page 68
7. Wallet - "including her wallet and cash" Page 210
8. Paper - "you'll have to drain them on paper towels" Page 20
9. Cat - "look who the cat dragged in" Page 149
10. Moon - "Outside under a big moon" Page 31
Nicely Done, Amanda! Congratulations on getting all 100 words!
Week 10 - 2nd Post
Bound in Black by Juliette Cross
Finished: 15 March
Rating: 4 Stars
Words found - 2
3. Camouflage - I’d only thought it her fashion sense, not pretty camouflage for what she hid beneath. (Kindle Locations 855-856).
7. Wallet - …pulled out his wallet, and tossed a large bill on the table. (Kindle Location 3140).
10 words found
Week #10~8 out of 10
by Anne BishopFinished:3/11/16 Rating:4 Stars
1. Swim~That's when Ruth asked me if I could swim, and I said no. Page 128
2. Library~He came into the library last week. Page 65
3. Candle~I use tallow to make my candles and soap. Page 88
4. Sculpture~He worked on his sculptures and totems. Page 153
5. Wallet~He took a wallet out of his suit coat. Page 116
6. Paper~Meg closed her eyes and pictured a piece of paper with the word "Tool". Page 31
7. Cat~I suppose you could get a couple of cats. Page 189
8. Moon~The full moon was waning. Page 105
Week #10 - Post #1
by Mary Doria RussellRead: 12 March 2016
Rating: 5*
2. Library: "I was killing time in a library once..." p.339
3. Camouflage: "The camouflage is all wrong..." p.363
4. Candle: "Candles, lit after mass..." p.176
5. Sculpture: "Where painting and sculpture and architecture flourished..." p.119
7. Wallet: "Schramm digs out his wallet..." p.129
8. Paper: "...examining the fine, white tissue paper..." p.10
9. Cat: "He stretches like a cat..." p.249
10. Moon: "And a milky moon is reclaiming the sky..." p.78
Week #10 - 8/10
| Mar 16 | 3 stars9. Cat : Uncle used to sigh when you came home with yet another bedraggled wall-eyed cat
To claim
3. Camouflage
6. Camomile/Chamomile
Week 107/10
The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld Christine Wiltz, 3-13-16 (4*), review
2. library
5. sculpture
6. camomile/chamomile
Week #10 - Post 2
by Barbara MertzFinished: 16 March
Rating: 4*
1. Swim: "...he was trying to swim against the tide..." p. 276
by Lisa UngerFinished: 16 March
Rating: 3.5*
6. Camomile/Chamomile: "He placed a steaming cup of chamomile and Grand Marnier..." p.6
Week #10 - 8/10
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
3/13/16 ★★★★★
1. Swim - pg 48 - Werewolves don't swim, but there was a lot of boats down there.
2. Library - pg 85 - ...settled on one hip on the library table that usually held whatever notes...
3. Camouflage - pg 308 - ...coyote skin wouldn't serve as camouflage, there was no reason not to stay human.
4. Candle - pg 317 - Aiden lit some beeswax candles.
8. Paper - pg 165 - It was thick paper, the kind that comes with invitations...
9. Cat - pg 32 - I suppose the cat would be out of the bag after today.
10. Moon - pg 98 - promising the sun, moon, and stars...
Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren
3/15/16 ★★★★
7. Wallet - loc 3018 - He pulls out his wallet, laying a few bills out...
Remaining:
5. Sculpture
6. Camomile/Chamomile
Well Done, NancyHelen! Congrats on getting all 10 words!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone! You all did a superb job!
Thanks for the game Jennifer! This was fun!
Lots of fun as always thanks Jennifer.....
Thank you Jennifer for a great challenge!
Thank you for a fantastic game! I loved it! Sign me up for next time already.
Thanks for the fun game!! I really enjoyed it!
Enjoyed the game. Thanks, Jennifer!
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The Hanover Square Affair - Ashley Gardner March 6/16 4 stars
1. Princess p. 63
The Regent’s daughter, Princess Charlotte, was wildly popular, but the profligate Regent was barely tolerated.
2. Cloudp. 122
The clouds lowered and threatened rain again.
4. Ribbon p. 49
She’d caught up her yellow ringlets in a ribbon, à la greque, a style a little out of date, but one that suited her childlike face.
6. Intense p. 68
Grenville fixed an intense gaze on me, but I could see that he saw something beyond me.
9. Music p. 107
Tell him to come to the music room.
10. Pillow p. 87
Aimee shook her head against the pillow.
to find
3. Bouquet
5. Laptop
7. Chocolate
8. Teacher