Read-a-Thon #2 - Alphabet Soup

[Michelle]

Alright, who wants to go on a word search? That's your challenge. Using the book you're currently reading (or something you've read recently for you audiobookers who need something physical to search through) try to find a word for every letter of the alphabet. Ready, set, go!

[Michelle]

I'll start you off! :D

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

A; answer
B; boy
C; churches
D; darkness
E; evildoers
F; fog
G; grave
H; heavy
I; icy
J; jingling
K; knife
L; lady
M; murder
N; nobody
O; open
P; protection
Q; question
R; razor
S; shadow
T; twilight
U; unconsecrated
V; velvet
W; witch
X; x-rays
Y; young
Z; zenith

[Andrea]

I am not sure that a word starting with X is in Jo Walton's Necessity. I will keep my eyes open as I continue reading it.
Update: FOUND IT!

A- Aegis
B- Bees
C- Children
D- Dignity
E- Eruption
F- Fragmentary
G- Gold
H- Human
I- Ignorance
J- Jerkin
K- Kiton
L- Lemon
M- Meaningless
N- Numbers
O- Outliving
P- Philosophy
Q- Questions
R- Religion
S- Sanctuary
T- Tricks
U- Underworld
V- Volcanic
W- Wedding
X- Xenocrates
Y- Young
Z- Zeus

[°~Amy~°]

Fun!



Ashley
brain
caterpillers
deaf
emergency
father's
George
Hurry!
ice cream
Jerry's
kids
lollipop
meningitis
nobody
older
phonic ear
questions
relief
submarine
toilet
ugly
voice-over
Wendy
x-ray
yellow
zion

[Sophie]

Funny Game! I'm using Face Paint: The Story of Makeup.

Artists
Bollywood
Capacity
Discriminatory
Exciting
Film
God
History
India
Jealous
Kumari
Livelihood
Makeup
November
Object
Protection
Queen
Reasons
Stars
Traditionally
Union
Vadim
Women
X-rays
Year
Zeus

I had all the letters except 2 in 2 pages, then read 10 pages without finding x or z and finally did a research on my ebook ;)

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

Yay, found them all! Using The Girl with All the Gifts.

Animal
Beam
Caldwell
Die
Escaped
Feed
Gallagher
Herself
Indulge
Justineau
Kitten
Luxury
Melanie
Nonchalance
One
Parks
Quarters
Right
Set
Tight
Unconvincing
Visible
Wild
Xenon
Yelps
Zero

[Heather]

Using Little Women
A- and
B- blackbird
C- confounded
D- demosthenes
E- exulted
F - fierce
G- grass
H- happy
I- indeed
J- just
K- know
L- laugh
M- miserable
N- never
O - over
P- passion
Q- quick
R- restrained
S- spark
T- to
U- unmanageable
V- very
W- world
X
Y- you
Z

[Jennifer]

This will be fun. Gotta figure out which book to use now, lol.
Ok, I have chosen to use the book The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe.

A:across
B:before
C:car
D:drive
E:expanse
F:fizzles
G:glistening
H:Hebrew
I:illuminated
J:junction
K:kingdom
L:library
M:motorway
N:novel
O:opens
P:pictured
Q:Qatar
R:right
S:see
T:two
U:university
V:view
W:west
X:xenophobia
Y:year
Z:zeit

[Lieke]

I'm using The Housekeeper and the Professor
And i found them all, I had problems finding the X and Z.

A - agency
B - bed
C - curtains
D - dragons
E - eventually
F - fever
G - giants
H - home
I - ice
J - juice
K - kitchen
L - last
M - mathematics
N - next
O - only
P - plastic
Q - quilt
R - rotation
S - sick
T - tags
U - underwear
V - venus
W - window
X - x-ray
Y - yawns
Z - zip

[Sarah]

I am using Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The X and Z are giving me some problems, lol

A- Aziraphale
B- believe
C- Crawly
D- demon
E- etiquette
F- filigree
G-gate
H- hihg
I- invented
J- joyous
K- kings
L- loose
M- million
N- not
O- oxford
P- pantomime
Q- qualities
R- robots
S- silver
T- thunderstorm
U- universe
V- velvet
W- walnut
X-
Y- you
Z-

[Jody]

I just came across the motherlode in The Blind Assassin. A character has written a list of words, from A-Z.

Anchoryne
Berel
Carchineal
Diamite
Ebonort
Fulgor
Glutz
Hortz
Iridis
Jocynth
Kalkil
Lazaris
Malachont
Nacrod
Onyxor
Porphyrial
Quartzephyr
Rhint
Sapphyrion
Tristok
Ulinth
Vorver
Wotanite
Xenor
Yorula
Zyrcon

[Zaz]

I'm using The Ask and the Answer

A- air
B- breath
C- chance
D- dust
E - eyes
F- forests
G- garden
H- houses
I- inside
J- joke
K- know
L- leaves
M- me
N- Noise
O- only
P- pushing
Q- quiet
R- river
S- soldiers
T- trap
U- underneath
V- valley
W- whispers
X
Y- yards
Z

[Joann]

I'm using Your Perfect Life

Audrey
Bed
Casey
Discover
Even
Face
Grace
Hang
Instant
Just
Key
Long
Migraine
Never
Own
Phone
Quiet
Rachel
Surprise
Throw
Up
Velvet
Wish
X spanX
Yet
Zero

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

I'll use Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

A: apparate
B: bookshelf
C: cauldron
D: dozens
E: encyclopedia
F: family
G: Ginny
H: Hermione
I: invisibility
J: jealous
K: kitchen
L: leaky
M: muggle
N: Neville
O: only
P: potions
Q: quidditch
R: rolled
S: surrounding
T: transfiguration
U: underage
V: vanishing
W: wizard
X: x-rayed
Y: years
Z: zero

[Debra]

Blaze

A. air
B. bitterly
C. chevy
D. dark
E. ears
F. ford
G. George
H. hitched
I. ignition
J. just
K. kibosh
L. ladder
M. milk
N. nail
O. open
P. parking
Q. quear
R. ready
S. snow
T. two
U. under
V. village
W. white
X. x-ray
Y. year
Z.zipper

[Rachel]

I used Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

A – Albus
B - Blinded
C - Contrary
D – Dragon
E - Engage
F - Father
G - Gossip
H - Handsome
I – Incessant
J - Just
K - Kindly
L - Listen
M - Memory
N - Nightmare
O - Opinion
P - Pocket
Q – Quidditch
R - Recuperation
S - Safe
T – Time-Turner
U - Upsetting
V - Vitriol
W - Wand
X
Y – Young
Z - Zap

I scoured the entire book for a word starting with an X. I'm actually impressed how many books included the word "x-ray" at some point. Unfortunately, I was out of luck since Xenophilius Lovegood didn't show up. The next best option I have it "eXpelliarmus"

[Kathy]

I'm using From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus for this.

Will keep searching for Q, X, and Z

A - arrived
B - baths
C - children
D - deny
E - evacuee
F - fall
G - grandmother
H - husband
I - invent
J - job
K - kidney
L - laced
M - mainland
N - nothing
O - overcoat
P - pitcher
Q
R - rooftops
S - stones
T - time
U - ugly
V - veteran
W - wooers
X
Y - young
Z

[Bec]

This is from The Rock Star's Daughter

A - about
B - buxom
C - coffee
D - died
E - even
F - face
G- gave
H - hangover
I - insistence
J - just
K- kind
L - lineage
M - mask
N - near
O - orange
P - passed
Q- questions
R - remember
S - summer
T - three
U - uncomfortable
V - violin
W - waitress
X -
Y - younger
Z - zits

[Erica]

From Homegoing:

A: Asante
B: British
C: coal
D: dissatisfied
E: English
F: Fante
G: girl
H: house
I: immovable
J: Joecy
K: kneeling
L: Lil
M: missionary
N: nearly
O: orange
P: palm
Q: quartered
R: running
S: slave
T: tuberculosis
U: union
V: village
W: woman
X:
Y: yam
Z: Zulema

Can't find anything for x.

[Nicole]

I'll be using A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail! I'll be back to update it :)

Anxiously
Behavior
Celebrating
Despondently
Elderly
Frankly
Grubby
Heavenly
Irked
Jump
Keys
Lascivious
Motel
Novelty
Own
Phenomenon
Quality
Reclusive
Serendipity
Turkey
Urban
Variously
Wholesomeness
X
Youthful
Z

[Marta]

Jody wrote: "I just came across the motherlode in The Blind Assassin. A character has written a list of words, from A-Z.

Anchoryne
Berel
Carchineal
Diamite
Ebonort
Fulgor
Glutz
Hortz
Iridis
Jocynt..."

This is brilliant. That's why I love Atwood.

[Marta]

I'll use Moby Dick. And will try to find some unusual ones... :)

Edit: finally found an X - Xerxes's army!

a - Ahab
b - bullocks
c - capstan-head
d - diabolism
e - epicurean
f - fellow-critters
g - globular
h - heaving
i - intricacies
j - jewel-hilted
k - killed
l - leviathan
m - murdered
n - Nantucketeers
o - oil-pots
p - porpoises
q - quiescence
r - ridiculous
s - spermaceti
t - turtle-balls
u - unctuous
v - voyage
w - wallowing
x - Xerxes
y - yield
z - Zogranda