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[Kari]

I'll try please!

Page 101
4,7,14

[⚜️XAR]

Lanelle wrote: "Trea, that book seems perfect for segregate.

Your new definitions are:
#14 cool - 1) moderately cold 2) not retaining or admitting heat 3) not ardent or passionate; self-possessed
#22 corner - 1) the point or place where two converging lines or edges meet; angle 2) a position from which retreat is impossible 3) a secluded place
#25 correct - conforming to a just, acknowledged, or conventional standard 2) conforming to fact or truth

A meaning left out of my dictionary for cool is fashionably attractive or impressive. I've been trying to think of some cool characters in my books."

I'd always thought of a Bad Boy character as cool, or even some Motorcycle Club characters could be considered cool. That one could be fun!

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "...A meaning left out of my dictionary for cool is fashionably attractive or impressive. I've been trying to think of some cool characters in my books."

How about Roarke and Eve from the in Death Series or Nick from the Fox & O'Hare series by Janet Evanovich and rather unknown but I love him so much is Ahmed from the Bluegrass books (3 consecutive series) by Kathleen Brooks especially the last one in series Final Vow (oops the new cover is not in the GR library yet - that has to change soon - hopefully I'll can make the time soon)

[⚜️XAR]

Agnieszka wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "...A meaning left out of my dictionary for cool is fashionably attractive or impressive. I've been trying to think of some cool characters in my books."

How about Roarke and Eve the in Death Series..."

Totally agree with this one! I'm waiting for a request to come in on the newest In Death book too!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari wrote: "I'll try please!

Page 101
4,7,14"

Welcome to U-Pick, Kari. Here are your words:
#4 make-up - 1) cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance 2) the way in which anything is put together
#7 malice - the intention or desire to do evil; ill will
#14 mandatory - 1) required by law or rules; compulsory

You picked some good definitions, especially malice. Make-up could be fun, too.

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari wrote: "I'll try please!

Page 101
4,7,14"

Welcome to U-Pick, Kari. Here are your words:
#4 make-up - 1) cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the..."

Thank you, Lanelle! Those are pretty good ones, I'm sure I have a couple books that could work, will let you know :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I finally got the library book, No Nest for the Wicket, for the definition croquet - a game played with balls, mallets, and wickets. It was...interesting. It was like reading an episode of the old TV show, Arrested Development.

Would someone be willing to choose my next numbers, please?

[Barbara ★]

How about page 99, definitions 5, 7 and 13

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I finally got the library book, No Nest for the Wicket, for the definition croquet - a game played with balls, mallets, and wickets. It was...interesting. It was like reading an episo..."

Would love to
#150
7, 14, 23

Good luck!

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara, here's what I found on page 73:

#3 galaxy - a star system, such as the Milky Way
#11 gamble - to game; hazard something on a chance; wager
#22 garlic - 1) a European plant of the lily family 2) the pungent bulb of the plant, used in cooking"

Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/7
(mc had to gamble that the murder suspect she was going to see alone wasn't going to kill her before help arrived)


next page 49, definitions 6,10 and 20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara ★ wrote: "How about page 99, definitions 5, 7 and 13"

Thank you, Barbara. My words are:

#5 loggerhead - a blockhead 2) a very large marine turtle
#7 loin - that part of the body, on either side, beneath hip bone and false ribs
#13 longing - an eager desire

I'm trying to think if there are any books I have been longing to read.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "Would love to
#150
7, 14, 23

Good luck! "

JoAnne, I peeked at those definitions. They are pretty good. I'd like to save them for my next book, if I may.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara, your new words are:

#6 derelict - 1) in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect 2) a person without a home, job, or property
#10 describe - 1) give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events
#20 desperate - 1) feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with 2) beyond or almost beyond hope or cure

Here is the definition in my infamous dictionary that I decided was weird.
derelict - abandoned by the natural owner or guardian

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "

#4 make-up - 1) cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance 2) the way in which anything is put together
#7 malice - the intention or desire to do evil; ill will
#14 mandatory - 1) required by law or rules; compulsory"

I ended up picking #4 make-up and read on 9/8
The MC works selling make-up and dreams of becoming a make-up artist, and there's some make-up on the cover too.

[Kari]

I forgot to request my new words:

page 44
1,18,24

Thanks!

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Would love to
#150
7, 14, 23

Good luck! "

JoAnne, I peeked at those definitions. They are pretty good. I'd like to save them for my next book, if I may."

I thought you might do that. I saw when I posted that Barbara had just beat me to it. When I responded no one else had.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "I saw when I posted that Barbara had just beat me to it. When I responded no one else had."

I figured that's what happened. I think it's called cross-posting.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, your new definitions are:

#1 currant - 1) a small seedless raisin 2) the berry of a shrub of the gooseberry family
#18 cyclone - a violent storm characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure
#24 dairy - 1) a place, as a room or building, where milk is kept and made into butter or cheese 2) the business of producing milk, butter, and cheese

I like cyclone and dairy, but currant might be tough.

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:

#1 currant - 1) a small seedless raisin 2) the berry of a shrub of the gooseberry family
#18 cyclone - a violent storm characterized by high winds rotating about a ..."

I think I like cyclone and dairy too, let's see what I can come up with!

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your new words are:

#3 inert - 1) powerless to move itself 2) resistant to motion 3) powerless for a desired effect, as a drug 4) inactive; sluggish
#4 inexperience - want or absence of ex..."

went with inert definition since glass is inert and that was the medium many of the Mitchells used in their art

I read Second Chance Girl (Happily Inc, #2) by Susan Mallery 9/9/17 4stars

next up
119
12, 18, 24

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, here's what I found on page 119:

#12 paddle - a broad-bladed implement used without a fixed fulcrum to propel and steer canoes and other boats
#18 painful - full of, or affected with, pain; grievous
#24 palate - 1) the roof of the mouth (the front part is the hard palate, the back part is the soft palate) 2)the sense of taste

paddle and painful could be easy words to find books for.

[[deleted user]]

#25 madman - a lunatic, so I read Come Sundown. One of the characters in the book was a madman as he kidnapped a woman and tortured her for 25 years.

My next set of numbers are: 115 and 25, 7, 16

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Nancy85 wrote: "One of the characters in the book was a madman as he kidnapped a woman and tortured her for 25 years."

Wow. Yeah, that would definitely qualify him.

Your next definitions are:
#7 of - 1) from 2) as a result of 3) belonging or related to
#16 officiate - to perform divine service; to act as an officer in performing a duty
#25 omniscient - having universal knowledge

Do one of those words suggest a book to you?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Nancy85 wrote: "One of the characters in the book was a madman as he kidnapped a woman and tortured her for 25 years."

Wow. Yeah, that would definitely qualify him.

Your next definitions are:
#7..."

No and these might be my toughest yet unless I read a book with a wedding or of is in the title

Thanks for the quick response

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:

#1 currant - 1) a small seedless raisin 2) the berry of a shrub of the gooseberry family
#18 cyclone - a violent storm characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure
#24 dairy - 1) a place, as a room or building, where milk is kept and made into butter or cheese 2) the business of producing milk, butter, and cheese ..."

I went with cyclone, Alone With A Cowboy read 9/10
-Kate is an Australian journalist sent by her boss to report on the long-term damages caused by a cyclone in the tropical outback

[Kari]

Next choices please:
page 59
13,16,22

[Agnieszka]

JoAnne wrote: "...No and these might be my toughest yet unless I read a book with a wedding or of is in the title..."

For #25 omniscient - having universal knowledge my first thought was Roarke from the In Death series - he's pretty much this definition in my eyes :-)


Nancy85 wrote: "#25 madman - a lunatic, so I read Come Sundown. One of the characters in the book was a madman as he kidnapped a woman and tortured her for 25 years.

My next set of numbers are: 1..."

Now I really need to re-concider if I want read this one :-)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, your next definitions are:

#13 emulate - to strive to equal or excel (another); vie with; rival
#16 enact - 1) to make into an act or law 2) to act the part of; represent
#22 encouragement - 1) the action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope 2) persuasion to do or to continue something 3) the act of trying to stimulate the development of an activity, state, or belief

What do you think about your three definitions?

[Kari]

Thanks, Lanelle. I really like encouragement but I think I could find something for all three, will go look now!

[JoAnne]

Agnieszka wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "...No and these might be my toughest yet unless I read a book with a wedding or of is in the title..."

For #25 omniscient - having universal knowledge my first thought was Roarke fr..."

Thanks Agnieszka

I had Come Sundown on my list to read too. Just got it from the library. May pass on it. I don't like when Nora Roberts gets edgy

[⚜️XAR]

Lanelle wrote: "Trea, that book seems perfect for segregate.

Your new definitions are:
#14 cool - 1) moderately cold 2) not retaining or admitting heat 3) not ardent or passionate; self-possessed
#22 corner - 1) the point or place where two converging lines or edges meet; angle 2) a position from which retreat is impossible 3) a secluded place
#25 correct - conforming to a just, acknowledged, or conventional standard 2) conforming to fact or truth

A meaning left out of my dictionary for cool is fashionably attractive or impressive. I've been trying to think of some cool characters in my books. "

Agnieszka wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "...A meaning left out of my dictionary for cool is fashionably attractive or impressive. I've been trying to think of some cool characters in my books."

How about Roarke and Eve from the in Death Series or Nick from the Fox & O'Hare series by Janet Evanovich and rather unknown but I love him so much is Ahmed from the Bluegrass books (3 consecutive series) by Kathleen Brooks especially the last one in series Final Vow (oops the new cover is not in the GR library yet - that has to change soon - hopefully I'll can make the time soon)"

I went with cool on this one, with the alternate definition you suggested, Lanelle, and also used Agnieszka's suggestion of Roarke and Eve from In Death. I read Secrets in Death in roughly 9 hours yesterday, and Roarke is always a cool character, but the book specifically mentioned Eve keeping her cool when she was discussing the case, especially since aspects of it really ignited her temper.

Next Request:
Step 1: 58
Step 2: 4, 7, 20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Two cool characters, Trea!

Your next words are:
#4 eligible - fitted or qualified to be chosen
#7 elocution - the art of public speaking or reading, especially with reference to the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.
#20 embarrass - 1) to confuse; disconcert; nonplus 2) to impede; complicate

For some reason, elocution made me think of George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion, and the musical My Fair Lady. "Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait..."

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara, your new words are:

#6 derelict - 1) in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect 2) a person without a home, job, or property
#10 describe - 1) give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events
#20 desperate - 1) feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with 2) beyond or almost beyond hope or cure"


Dragonsworn - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/9
(hero is desperate to save heroine when she is hit with an SOD in another realm. SOD=Shadow of Doubt where evil demons infect a person with massive feelings of doubt and doom which can be fatal)

Next page 93, definition 5,10 and 15

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara, here's what I found on page 93:

#5 kaleidoscope - an instrument containing loose pieces of colored glass, etc. and mirrors arranged to show symmetrical forms
#10 kennel - a house for a dog or dogs
#15 keyboard - bank, row, or set of keys as of a piano, typewriter, etc.

I just finished reading The Mysterious Benedict Society, and one of the main characters had a telescope disguised as a kaleidoscope. It became essential for the kids to complete their mission.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here's what I found on page 119:

#12 paddle - a broad-bladed implement used without a fixed fulcrum to propel and steer canoes and other boats
#18 painful - full of, or affected with, pain..."

went with painful since Stella was a ballerina and teaches ballet and has a chronic knee injury that's painful

Read
Back in the Game (Champion Valley, #2) by Erin Kern 9/10/17 4stars

Next
166
4, 15, 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

A ballerina with a chronic knee injury. Ouch. Not a good combination.

JoAnne, your next definitions are:
#4 subsidize - to furnish or aid with a grant
#15 success - 1) favorable termination of anything attempted 2) a thing or person achieving success
#25 suggestion - presentation of an idea, especially indirectly; intimation

*grin* Do you need a suggestion on what to read next?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "A ballerina with a chronic knee injury. Ouch. Not a good combination.

JoAnne, your next definitions are:
#4 subsidize - to furnish or aid with a grant
#15 success - 1) favorable termination of any..."

cute Lanelle! I know what I'm reading next and would think success will play a part in the story. Will let you know soon as I read it.

[Beth]

This one was reallly hard! I finally went with

genesis for The Valiant by Leslie Livingstone, which is about a girl who leaves her old life and builds a new one as a gladiator in Rome.

It's also a bit for geography, as she travels from Britain to Rome, but it's the opposite of gentle, which she is NOT.

Next set! How about
102,
10, 11, 21?

Thanks!

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara, here's what I found on page 93:

#5 kaleidoscope - an instrument containing loose pieces of colored glass, etc. and mirrors arranged to show symmetrical forms
#10 kennel - a house for a do...

I just finished reading The Mysterious Benedict Society, and one of the main characters had a telescope disguised as a kaleidoscope. It became essential for the kids to complete their mission. "

I loved that series!!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Beth, here are you new definitions:

#10 marvel - 1) that which causes wonder or astonishment
#11 marvelous - 1) causing great wonder; extraordinary 2) extremely good or pleasing; splendid
#21 match - 1) a person or thing equal or similar to another 2) an exact counterpart 3) a pair suitably associated

Sorry that #10 and #11 are so similar.

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara, here's what I found on page 93:

#5 kaleidoscope - an instrument containing loose pieces of colored glass, etc. and mirrors arranged to show symmetrical forms
#10 kennel - a house for a dog or dogs
#15 keyboard - bank, row, or set of keys as of a piano, typewriter, etc."


Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/11
(lots of computer keyboarding when trying to break into the enemies computer system)

Let's go to page 57, definitions 7,8 and 19

[JoAnne]

I went with success - a thing or person achieving success

I read Can't Walk Away (Nashville Dreams #1) by Sandy James 9/12/17 4stars (Savannah becomes a star - more than she ever wanted to be - and Brad once again finds his muse and is The Hitman - a successful songwriter)

Next up
132
14, 20, 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I picked up a dictionary at a nearby thrift tonight. I really like it. It is a student's dictionary, so the definitions are current and precise. I will change the first message to reflect the new numbers.

There are now more pages. Step 1 numbers are: 7 - 360.
Step 2 numbers won't change. (This dictionary does not have more definitions on each page.)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara, the words on page 57 are:

#7 certainty - a state of being sure of something
#8 certificate - a document verifying qualification or ability or fact
#19 champion - the winner of a competition

In case you are curious, your words from the old dictionary are: effusion, egoism, and elder. If you want to use any of these words, I can give you the definition.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I picked up a dictionary at a nearby thrift tonight. I really like it. It is a student's dictionary, so the definitions are current and precise. I will change the first message to reflect the new n..."

wow - lots more pages!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#14 formulate - 1) substances mixed together in specific amounts to create something 2) a mathematical statement
#20 fortitude - courage; strength of mind
#25 forum a public meeting place and market square

Like I told Barbara, in case you are curious, your words from the old dictionary are: presently, presuppose, and pretty . If you want to use any of these words, I can give you the definition.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "wow - lots more pages!"

Yep :)

I think the big difference between the old dictionary and the new one is that the old dictionary was mostly nouns. This new dictionary has a lot of verbs and adjectives, as well as some proper nouns. That might make finding books for some of the definitions harder. We'll see if we like this new dictionary better.

[⚜️XAR]

Lanelle wrote: "I picked up a dictionary at a nearby thrift tonight. I really like it. It is a student's dictionary, so the definitions are current and precise. I will change the first message to reflect the new numbers.

There are now more pages. Step 1 numbers are: 7 - 360.
Step 2 numbers won't change. (This dictionary does not have more definitions on each page.)"

Could we request when we post and say "I'd like my definitions from the old dictionary, here's my numbers" or are you looking to replace the old dictionary entirely?

[Jammin Jenny]

My word...

#25 tabby - a brindled cat; popularly, any domestic cat

I listened to Scarlett Johansson perform Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which she chases a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and ends up in Wonderland. She encounters the Cheshire Cat, a tabby that has the unique ability to disappear.

My next definitions will come from

page 288, words 6, 10, 22

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#14 formulate - 1) substances mixed together in specific amounts to create something 2) a mathematical statement
#20 fortitude - courage; strength of mind
#25 fo..."

I'll go with the new ones. Thanks. Shouldn't be too difficult to find at least one of them. Everyone is always formulating a plan' a lot of heroes have fortitude and there's almost always a forum of some type.