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[Lanelle, Production Chief]

⚜Trea⚜ wrote: "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?"

I'm replacing the old dictionary entirely.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Jenny, here's what I found on page 288:

#6 seed - a small grain from which a plant grows
#10 seep - a liquid flowing slowly or leaking through
#22 selfishness - pettiness; being small-minded

Do any of those words suggest a book to you?

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "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..."

I read Revived, on 9/12 which I think works for all three words.
Travis quit MMA fighting when his girlfriend died a few years back. Julia gives him the encouragement he needs to get back in the ring, and this is a turning point in the story. A fighting exhibition is enacted and Travis has to emulate the other skilled fighters.

[Kari]

I'd like to try the new dictionary, more pages yeay!

page 294
2,11,20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

All three words. Way to go, Kari!

Here are your new definitions:
#2 sick - not feeling well
#11 signature - 1) a name written in ink, in cursive, as an endorsement to an agreement 2) the printed sheet so marked as to leave an imprint
#20 silicon - a nonmetallic substance element, very abundant in nature

sick seems like it would be easy to find a book for.

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "All three words. Way to go, Kari!

Here are your new definitions:
#2 sick - not feeling well
#11 signature - 1) a name written in ink, in cursive, as an endorsement to an agreement 2) the printed s..."

Thanks Lanelle! I think "sick" might be the better option. Does it need to be someone that's physically sick or could it be someone that's mentally sick? It doesn't really specify, what do you think?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari wrote: "Thanks Lanelle! I think "sick" might be the better option. Does it need to be someone that's physically sick or could it be someone that's mentally sick? It doesn't really specify, what do you think?"

I think "not feeling well" can be taken many ways.

[Agnieszka]

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..."

Cool and more fun for us :-)

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "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 competiti...

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."

No thanks. These words are just fine. lol

[Jammin Jenny]

Lanelle wrote: "Jenny, here's what I found on page 288:

#6 seed - a small grain from which a plant grows
#10 seep - a liquid flowing slowly or leaking through
#22 selfishness - pettiness; being small-minded

Do a..."

Not sure yet. I'll have to see what I can find in my upcoming reads...

[D.G.]

Interesting challenge!

359
11, 13, 19

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

D.G. wrote: "Interesting challenge!"

It is if you end up with an odd definition :)

Your words from page 359 are:
#11 wrap - 1) a removable covering 2) to cover with a substance usually to protect something; to enclose
#13 wreak - to produce rage; to perpetuate; to inflict
#19 wrestle - to struggle hand to hand; to grapple

Do any of those definitions remind you of a book?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I finished my book for longing - an eager desire. I've been wanting to read Thrice Burned, but haven't been able to fit it into any challenges I was working on.

JoAnne has already picked out these numbers for me:
p. 150
# 7, 14 and 23

#7 hearth - a fireplace or fireside
#14 heavier - more weight
#23 heir - one who inherits, or has the right to inherit, property after the death of its owner

I think I'll read Lord Iverbrook's Heir.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I finished my book for longing - an eager desire. I've been wanting to read Thrice Burned, but haven't been able to fit it into any challenges I was working on.

JoAnne has already ..."

great words - so many books would have fit them

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "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 competiti..."


Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/14
p101, "...dug up my birth certificate to prove paternity..."

next page 299, definitions 8,11 and 19

[Jammin Jenny]

My words

#6 seed - a small grain from which a plant grows
#10 seep - a liquid flowing slowly or leaking through
#22 selfishness - pettiness; being small-minded

I read . The author plants a seed in your mind that you don't need to be perfect in this life. The need to be perfect creates anxiety, depression, and other dangerous emotions that can seep into your life and make your life less enjoyable. Selfishness can lead to more anxiety as well.

My next words:

page 32, words 8, 11 and 20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara, your new definitions are:

#8 smother - to hide or suppress; to suffocate
#11 snack - 1) food eaten between meals 2) to eat when you are hungry
#19 sneer - smile or speak in a contemptuous or mocking manner

I'm trying to remember a mystery book I read recently where the victim was smothered. I may have to go back through my bookshelf here on Goodreads to find it.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Jenny, here's what I found on page 32:

#8 bakery - a place where pastries, cakes, and breads are made and sold
#11 bald - having no hair
#20 balm - 1) something that relieves pain 2) a soothing ointment

Do you know of any books set in a bakery?

[Jammin Jenny]

I know of books set in a cookie bakery...

Joanne Fluke Hannah Swensen mysteries

I'll be reading Sugar Cookie Murder soon so I could make that one work...maybe there's a bald person in the story, and hopefully someone talks about a balm...perhaps how sugar cookies are a balm to the soul!

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Here are your new definitions:
#2 sick - not feeling well
#11 signature - 1) a name written in ink, in cursive, as an endorsement to an agreement 2) the printed sheet so marked as to leave an imprint
#20 silicon - a nonmetallic substance element, very abundant in nature..."

I chose #2 sick and read Night of the Tiger on 9/15. Aimee gets sick when she sees several dead bodies, in chapter 13: “She glanced toward the back deck and saw three carcasses littered across the ground like garbage. Her stomach roiled and she dragged herself around the far end of the woodpile and lost her breakfast. Her throat burned as she vomited several more times.”

[Kari]

I'll try now:

page 55
5,15,25

Thanks!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, good luck on your new words. They are:

#5 cataract - 1) a great waterfall 2) an eye abnormality (cloudiness on the lens of the eye resulting in blurry vision)
#15 cattle - livestock such as cows, bulls, or steer kept for meat, milk, or skins
#25 cavern - a hollow place in a rock; a cave

The first book I thought of when I was typing the definition for cavern was The Host.

[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 went with fortitude since Sierra had a lot of courage and didn't realize it.
I read Any Day Now (Sullivan's Crossing #2) by Robyn Carr 9/15/17 5stars

next up
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#7, 14, 21

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, I hope you like your next definitions. They are:

#7 maudlin - tearfully sentimental
#14 may - 1) use to show that something is possible 2) to be allowed or permitted to 3) showing a hope that something will happen
#21 meager - small in amount; scant

I don't know about you, but I try to avoid maudlin stories :)

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, I hope you like your next definitions. They are:

#7 maudlin - tearfully sentimental
#14 may - 1) use to show that something is possible 2) to be allowed or permitted to 3) showing a hope t..."

Me too but sometimes it happens in a book I'm reading especially one that I'm reviewing for one of my review sites.

Interesting words - may and meager are interesting choices

[Agnieszka]

#7 please - 1) to afford or give pleasure 2) to be willing; like; choose
#14 pluck - 1) take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place; pick / 2) spirited and determined courage => or both are 9/11 stories about firefighters
#23 poetry - literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature

I sticked with the original definition (#14.2) but read the last two day a different book that fit perfectly: by Rachel Hauck Susanna & Nate felt in love with each other before she learned he's a prince and according to the rules of his home country not allowed to marry a foreigner. For the well-being of the country they decided not to act on their feelings. There's pretty much other stuff playing into this situation and I don't want to spoil it any more than necessary :-)

My next definitions: 159: 1, 16 & 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka, your next definitions are:

#1 if - on condition that; whether
#16 Illinois - one of the 50 United States, located in the Midwest
#25 I'm - the contraction of the words, I and am

Just in case you're interested in reading a book set in Illinois :)

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka, your next definitions are:

#1 if - on condition that; whether
#16 Illinois - one of the 50 United States, located in the Midwest
#25 I'm - the contraction of the words, I and am

Just i..."

Thank you so much - one of my favorite series is set in Illinois and if I don't stumble about a different books I'll read the next in the Black Knights Inc. series :-)

[Ashley]

This looks fun. I'll try

page 311


4, 17, 23

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Welcome, Ashley. Good luck on your definitions!

Here's what's on page 311:

#4 stork - a large bird with long legs and a large beak
#17 stranger - a person you do not know; an outsider
#23 straw - 1) a dry stem 2) something that people use to suck a drink out of a glass

Not bad picks for your first time. Do any of those words suggest a book to you?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I finished my book for heir - one who inherits, or has the right to inherit, property after the death of its owner. I read Lord Iverbrook's Heir. It was an okay book. A little too far-fetched in some places.

Will someone pick my next numbers for me?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I finished my book for heir - one who inherits, or has the right to inherit, property after the death of its owner. I read Lord Iverbrook's Heir. It was an okay book. A little too f..."

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12 18 25

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "I finished my book for heir - one who inherits, or has the right to inherit, property after the death of its owner. I read Lord Iverbrook's Heir. It was an okay book. A little too f..."

241: 9, 16 & 22

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Oh, good. Two sets of numbers again. Agnieszka, I'll save your numbers for my next book.

Thanks to JoAnne, my definitions are:
#12 snail - a slug in a spirally coiled shell
#18 sneak - 1) a cheater; a rascal 2) to creep; to slink
#25 snout - the part of an animal's head projecting forward containing the nose and jaw

Why is it that I come up with books for other people's definitions but not my own? *sigh* Off to look at my books for a fit. I'll probably find something for sneak.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Oh, good. Two sets of numbers again. Agnieszka, I'll save your numbers for my next book.

Thanks to JoAnne, my definitions are:
#12 snail - a slug in a spirally coiled shell
#18 sneak - 1) a cheate..."

For snout my first thought was a dog - on cover or vital to the story and there the first two books that immediately appeared were: (actually the enitre series would fit) &

I was hoping you'll do it - I've seen JoAnne's post - was one minute late again and thought you won't mind :-)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka, my first thought for snout was a pig's snout, so I went to see if there were any pig books that I would be interested in.

I saw Charlotte's Web, but I wasn't really in the mood. I found Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie. The ebook was available from my library, so I checked it out.

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "#5 cataract - 1) a great waterfall 2) an eye abnormality (cloudiness on the lens of the eye resulting in blurry vision)
#15 cattle - livestock such as cows, bulls, or steer kept for meat, milk, or skins
#25 cavern - a hollow place in a rock; a cave ..."

I picked #15 cattle and read Alpha Rancher Bear on 9/17
The MC (Alec) is a rancher that manages a working cattle ranch, with mostly Black Angus beef cattle.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka, my first thought for snout was a pig's snout, so I went to see if there were any pig books that I would be interested in.

I saw Charlotte's Web, but I wasn't really in the..."

Agatha Christie is always a great choice.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Oh, good. Two sets of numbers again. Agnieszka, I'll save your numbers for my next book.

Thanks to JoAnne, my definitions are:
#12 snail - a slug in a spirally coiled shell
#18 sneak - 1) a cheate..."

Interesting - glad you found something. I probably would have gone with sneak.

[Kari]

Next please:
Page 184
4,11,23

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, your new definitions are:

#4 laundry - dirty clothes washed together
#11 lawmaker - a person in government who is part of the legislature
#23 league - 1) an association or alliance with other individuals 2) sports teams organized to compete against each other 3) three nautical miles

I like all of those words. Good luck choosing just one!

[Beth]

OK, I read

The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff on 9/16/17, and it fits:

#21 match - 1) a person or thing equal or similar to another 2) an exact counterpart 3) a pair suitably associated

Because the alien ship kept the antagonists evenly matched throughout the story, and it was full of surprises so it counts as a marvel or marvelous!

How about:

36
2, 8, 18

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "Interesting - glad you found something. I probably would have gone with sneak."

I thought about it, but it would have taken time to look through my books.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Beth, your new definitions are:

#2 bean - the seed of any bean plant, often used for food
#8 beauty - qualities pleasing to the eye or ear; charm
#18 beef - the meat from cattle

bean makes me think of Jack and the Bean Stalk. Do you know of any retellings?

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:

#4 laundry - dirty clothes washed together
#11 lawmaker - a person in government who is part of the legislature
#23 league - 1) an association or alliance with othe..."

Thank you, Lanelle! I'll go see what I can find.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Interesting - glad you found something. I probably would have gone with sneak."

I thought about it, but it would have taken time to look through my books."

I don't look for books to fit the challenge. I read what's next on my pile of review books or the few I take out of the library for me. These definitions to me are so general I've always gotten them to work. I know most look for books to fit. Guess I'm in the minority in my methodology.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, I hope you like your next definitions. They are:

#7 maudlin - tearfully sentimental
#14 may - 1) use to show that something is possible 2) to be allowed or permitted to 3) showing a hope t..."

I went with meager. Lena had very meager belongings growing up since she grew up in an orphanage.

I read It Had To Be You by Susan Andersen 9/17/17 4stars

Next up
244
#5, 10, 20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "I don't look for books to fit the challenge. I read what's next on my pile of review books or the few I take out of the library for me."

That's not quite how I set up this challenge to run. I hope if ever one of your definitions suggests a certain book or cover to you, I hope you'll take the opportunity to read it.

Here's what I found on page 244:

#5 plumber> - a tradesman who fits and repairs gas and water pipes
#10 plunge> - 1) a sudden dive or fall 2) to fall quickly from a great height 3) to throw oneself into
#20 podium> - a pedestal; a raised platform

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: " JoAnne wrote: "I don't look for books to fit the challenge. I read what's next on my pile of review books or the few I take out of the library for me."

That's not quite how I set up this challeng..."

I didn't realize that Lanelle. I thought it was just to read a book that fits the definitions.

Tougher words.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "I didn't realize that Lanelle. I thought it was just to read a book that fits the definitions. "

If you think a book fits the definition, then you're good to go. Here's the wording from the introduction to this challenge: "...use one of those definitions to find a book. The book can have the definition in the title, be found on the cover, or suggested somehow by the definition."

Tougher words.

I don't know. I kinda thing plumber and plunge(r) go together ;)