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[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I finished reading In the Secret Place of Thunder yesterday. At the beginning of the book, a main character uses binoculars - a pair of special glasses that make things in the distance look closer to conduct surveillance on a house. Even though the story was rather predictable, I enjoyed reading it.

Would anyone like to choose my next numbers for me?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I finished reading In the Secret Place of Thunder yesterday. At the beginning of the book, a main character uses binoculars - a pair of special glasses that make things in the dist..."

222
12, 19, 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thank was quick, JoAnne. Thank you.

My words from page 222 are:

#12 of - 1) belonging to 2) from among 3) made from 4) about 5) in relation to
#19 officer - a person invested with a position of trust or authority
#25 Ohio - one of the 50 states located in the Midwest region

Does anyone know of any good books set in Ohio?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Thank was quick, JoAnne. Thank you.

My words from page 222 are:

#12 of - 1) belonging to 2) from among 3) made from 4) about 5) in relation to
#19 officer - a person invested with a position of t..."

Yes, there's an Amish series set in Ohio called the Keepsake Pocket Quilt series by Molly Jebber

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here's what I saw on page 227:

#3 outdoorsman - a person who enjoys nature and outdoor activities
#9 outlet - 1) an opening 2) manufacturer
#20 overboard - over the side of a boat into the..."

I actually did go with overboard and outdoorsman
I read Christmas in Icicle Falls (Life in Icicle Falls #11) by Sheila Roberts 11/4/17 4stars

Tim owned an orchard and worked outdoors
Muriel had dreams of throwing Dot overboard as well as being thrown over herself

next is 202
9, 19, 24

[Katharine]

Lanelle wrote: "I like all of those words. Is there one that stands out to you? "

First book that comes to mind is Barbara Seranella's No Offense Intended which perfectly fits mechanic, possibly measure, and also media but with a remote likelihood.
I am in the process of moving, so I will have to see if i've packed this one yet or if it is available at my library.
To be continued...

[Agnieszka]

Completion post

For the definitions: 49: 1, 14 & 24
#1 buttonhole - the hole in a piece of clothing that a button goes through in order to fasten two sides together
#14 cache - a hiding place for food or treasures
#24 calamity - an unfortunate event; a disaster

Originally I wanted to read but read a few days ago instead. I went with the same defitnition and treasure hunt as main topic. The real reason behind this story was a secret treasure hunt.

My nest definitions: 147: 4, 11 & 17

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to intertwine
#19 metamorphic - changed in form
#24 meteorologist - a person who studies the weather

Those three words can take you in completely different directions!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka, your next definitions are:

#4 halfway - midway between two points
#11 halve - to divide in two
#17 hamster - a rodent similar to a rat, with large cheek pouches often kept as a pet

I thought I would check Listopia for any hamster books. Only a couple :(
There are lots of mouse and rat books though.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka, your next definitions are:

#4 halfway - midway between two points
#11 halve - to divide in two
#17 hamster - a rodent similar to a rat, with large cheek pouches often kept as a pet

I t..."

My first thought seeing halfway and halve was a in-between-numbers book for a series. Too bad I just finished Lincoln Rhyme #9.5 & Movie Club Mysteries #1.5 though there're still some other I want to read. I'm not sure yet what I'll read but think I'll go for this option.
My first hamster thought was Rex - Stephanie Plum's pet :-) Perhaps I'll re-read one of my favorite books in the series we'll see :-)

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to intertwine
#19 metamorphic - changed..."

wow - will have to think on this; may go with mesh - to blend, to intertwine

definitely not what I was expecting!

[Agnieszka]

JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to intertwine
#19 metam..."

If you need some ideas:
mesh - anything espionage or special ops; colors blending together
metamorphic - any character going through a big transformation - e.g. Mandela biography or many chick-lit books
meteorologist - a person who studies the weather - anything weather ralated in title or on cover
:-)

[JoAnne]

Agnieszka wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to inter..."

thanks - like these first two definitions much better in your version!

[Lisa]

I'll give this a try!

For Step 1 - I Choose Page 215
For Step 2 - I Choose 6, 7, 24

#6 negligible - very small; insignificant
#24 neutral - 1) neither positive nor negative 2) not on either side during a war 3) in the middle 4) a position in which gears are not engaged
*** *** Always My Girl by Samatha Chase – 11/14/17 ***
(Relationship that is Stuck in the Middle)
#7 negotiable - 1) transferable or able to be assigned to another person 2) able to be compromised about; open to discussion

[JoAnne]

Agnieszka wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to inter..."

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your words from page 202 are:

#9 mesh - 1) a net-like material of cords or wires that interlock with spaces between them, like a screen 2) to blend; to intertwine
#19 metamorphic - changed..."

I ended up going with metamorphic - any character going through a big transformation
Could be Jake's sister or Sydney finally getting a backbone and letting Jake know what she wants but also Jake for not shutting down and opening up to Sydney when he knows the feelings he has for her are real and not what he's been saying to her in contrast to that

I read Lakeshore Love (By The Lake #3) by Shannyn Leah 11/4/17 4stars

next up 159
5, 15, 23

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Welcome to U-Pick, Lisa. Good luck! Here are your words:

#6 negligible - very small; insignificant
#7 negotiable - 1) transferable or able to be assigned to another person 2) able to be compromised about; open to discussion
#24 neutral - 1) neither positive nor negative 2) not on either side during a war 3) in the middle 4) a position in which gears are not engaged

For some reason, negotiable - transferable or able to be assigned to another person reminds me of checking out a library book.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#5 ignoble - unworthy; of low character
#15 illimitable - infinite; vast; limitless
#23 illustration - 1) an explanation 2) a diagram that provides a design or pictures

I'm not sure I've seen the word illimitable before. The other two words seem easier to work with.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#5 ignoble - unworthy; of low character
#15 illimitable - infinite; vast; limitless
#23 illustration - 1) an explanation 2) a diagram that provides a design or p..."

since there's a picture on the cover can I go with that?
otherwise will probably go with ignoble
never heard the word illimitable before!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "since there's a picture on the cover can I go with that?"

I always thought illustrations were the pictures inside the book.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "since there's a picture on the cover can I go with that?"

I always thoughts illustrations were the pictures inside the book."

okay

[Kari]

Ready for my next words please: Page 333 - 8,17,25

[Agnieszka]

JoAnne wrote: "...since there's a picture on the cover can I go with that?"

I like the way you think and propably would try it as well if it was one of my words :-)

[JoAnne]

Agnieszka wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "...since there's a picture on the cover can I go with that?"

I like the way you think and propably would try it as well if it was one of my words :-)"

I decided to read Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary. I had it out from the library already since it will finish another challenge for me plus fill in a couple of other tough ones. Started it after I saw my words and that the cover wouldn't count so my words for this challenge just kicked it to the top of my pile.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, your new definitions are:

#8 tranquilizer - a sleeping pill; sedative
#17 transform - 1) to change form or appearance of something 2) to glorify
#25 transitive - when the action of a verb is done to somebody or something

(Because I didn't remember...) A clarification about transitive verbs: A transitive verb has two characteristics. First, it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc. Second, it must have a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb.

Examples:
Sylvia kicked Juan under the table. Kicked = transitive verb; Juan = direct object.
Joshua wants a smile from Leodine, his beautiful but serious lab partner. Wants = transitive verb; smile = direct object
Alicia wrote a love poem on a restaurant napkin. Wrote = transitive verb; poem = direct object.
Antonio eats lima beans drenched in brown gravy. Eats = transitive verb; lima beans = direct object.

Important note: When no direct object follows an action verb, the verb is intransitive.

*grin* This ends today's grammar lesson.

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:

#8 tranquilizer - a sleeping pill; sedative
#17 transform - 1) to change form or appearance of something 2) to glorify
#25 transitive - when the action of a verb is..."

Thank you :)

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "...*grin* This ends today's grammar lesson."

Thank you so much :-)

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:

#8 tranquilizer - a sleeping pill; sedative
#17 transform - 1) to change form or appearance of something 2) to glorify
#25 transitive - when the action of a verb is..."

wow you know more about verbs than I've probably ever knew!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "wow you know more about verbs than I've probably ever knew! "

Um, to be honest, I didn't understand the definition, so I googled it. It sounded familiar after I saw the examples :)

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your new definitions are:
#8 tranquilizer - a sleeping pill; sedative
#17 transform - 1) to change form or appearance of something 2) to glorify
#25 transitive - when the action of a verb is done to somebody or something"

I picked #17 transform and read Chief Bear. The MC is a bear shifter; he can change form and transform into a bear.

Next words please:
page 44 - 6,11,19

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#5 ignoble - unworthy; of low character
#15 illimitable - infinite; vast; limitless
#23 illustration - 1) an explanation 2) a diagram that provides a design or p..."

I went with illustration - Plenty of illustrations throughout

I read Runaway Ralph (Ralph S. Mouse #2) by Beverly Cleary 11/5/17 4stars - it's a classic
Been many years since I read a book by this author.

Next up 77
4, 13, 21

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, my first thought when I typed transform was a shifter book.
Your next words are:

#6 Braille - a system of writing for people who are blind using raised dots as letters and numbers to be read with the fingertips
#11 brass - 1) a yellow metal that is copper and zinc alloy 2) musical instruments, such as a trumpets, that are made out of metal and that give a loud sound when blown
#19 break - 1) an opening made when something is torn or broken 2) a pause; a rest; a time away from school or work 3) to cause to fall apart 4) to violate; to disobey

My favorite choice of those definitions is break. So many good options.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, I'm not sure if I've read any of Beverly Cleary's books. Do you have a favorite?

Your next words are:
#4 convey - 1) to take or transport; to carry 2) to communicate; to pass on; to impart; to give 3) to transmit
#12 coop - a pen; a hen-house; a cage for poultry
#21 copyright - exclusive right to publish and sell the matter and form of a literary or artistic work

I have ideas for the first two words, but I have no clue what you could do with copyright.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, I'm not sure if I've read any of Beverly Cleary's books. Do you have a favorite?

Your next words are:
#4 convey - 1) to take or transport; to carry 2) to communicate; to pass ..."

copyright could have an author in it
I will probably go with convey - not sure which meaning for it
reading a regency romance

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, my first thought when I typed transform was a shifter book.
Your next words are:

#6 Braille - a system of writing for people who are blind using raised dots as letters and numbers to be read..."

Thanks! I have no idea which one I'll pick yet...

[⚜️XAR]

Lanelle wrote: "⚜️Trea⚜️ wrote: "Near the end of the book, the heroine is talking about walking a yard and a half to the hero, and she doubts she should do it."

A yard and a 1/2 is only a few steps!

Your new definitions are:
#1 conduit - a channel through or passage which electrical wires run
#3 confederate - 1) an ally; an accomplice 2) someone who fought for the Confederacy during the civil war
#17 confirmation - 1) proof; collaboration 2) a ceremony recognizing a member of the church

A couple of those words are kind of tough."

⚜️Trea wrote: "Yeah, they are, but "confederate" is speaking to me...One of the two eras in history that fascinates me is the American Civil War!"

I finally found something for confederate in The Engagement Plot by Krista Phillips. The hero ends up making the heroine his accomplice in a fake engagement plot to salvage his job as CEO of a corporation.

My next words:
Step 1: 273
Step 2: 2, 17, 18

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Trea, your next words are:

#2 requisition - an official written request for something
#17 residential - where people live
#18 residual - effects remaining after the principal action

residential makes me think of a book set in a neighborhood, or apartment complex.

[⚜️XAR]

Lanelle wrote: "Trea, your next words are:

#2 requisition - an official written request for something
#17 residential - where people live
#18 residual - effects remaining after the principal action

residential makes me think of a book set in a neighborhood, or apartment complex."

Or a small residential town...I might have one for this...

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, I'm not sure if I've read any of Beverly Cleary's books. Do you have a favorite?

Your next words are:
#4 convey - 1) to take or transport; to carry 2) to communicate; to pass ..."

went with convey definition 1 - to carry
Adele was carried by Mal upstairs to her bedroom in Gone With the Wind style

I read Three Little Words (Three Little Words, #1) by Lauren Hawkeye 11/6/17 2stars

Next up
195
7, 14, 21

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, here's what I saw on page 195:

#7 make - 1) to create or produce 2) to force 3) to earn or win 4) to appoint or name
#14 malign - to say bad things about someonr
#21 mammoth - very large; gigantic; huge

make has me thinking about an artist of some kind.

[Barbara ★]

Lanelle wrote: "Barbara, your final clues from page 337 are:

#2 truck - a large, heavy vehicle with a least four wheels used to transport heavy materials or large quantities
#7 trumpet - a horn; one of the brass instruments, with several keys valves and a flaring bell
#20 tuck - 1) a pleat, fold or gather 2) to wrap snugly."

Strong, Sleek and Sinful - Lorie O'Clare 11/4
(serial rapist/killer abducts his victims in a truck)

[Barbara ★]

This challenge has been fun but I'm simply too busy at work right now to continue. Have fun everyone.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here's what I saw on page 195:

#7 make - 1) to create or produce 2) to force 3) to earn or win 4) to appoint or name
#14 malign - to say bad things about someonr
#21 mammoth - very large; ..."

make can also be a chef/baker

I will probably go with make or malign

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Barbara ★ wrote: "This challenge has been fun but I'm simply too busy at work right now to continue. Have fun everyone."

I hope work settles down for you. Take care.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here's what I saw on page 195:

#7 make - 1) to create or produce 2) to force 3) to earn or win 4) to appoint or name
#14 malign - to say bad things about someonr
#21 mammoth - very large; ..."

I went with make - Viola is a musician and made music by playing for Vale in their secret room.

I read Scandal at the Christmas Ball: A Governess for Christmas\Dancing with the Duke's Heir by Marguerite Kaye, Bronwyn Scott 11/7/17 4.5stars

next
223
1, 16, 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your new words are:

#1 ointment - a lubricant put on the skin, containing medicine
#16 once - 1) one time 2) a long time ago
#25 onward - moving toward a point ahead; forward

I can see reading a doctor or nurse book for ointment or a fairy tale for once upon a time.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your new words are:

#1 ointment - a lubricant put on the skin, containing medicine
#16 once - 1) one time 2) a long time ago
#25 onward - moving toward a point ahead; forward

I can see reading a doctor or nurse book for ointment or a fairy tale for once upon a time."

or next in series for onward ;-)

[JoAnne]

Agnieszka wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your new words are:

#1 ointment - a lubricant put on the skin, containing medicine
#16 once - 1) one time 2) a long time ago
#25 onward - moving toward a point ahead; forwa..."

may go with onward
I'm going to read an historical set in the West during the expansion of the US

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, my first thought when I typed transform was a shifter book.
Your next words are:
#6 Braille - a system of writing for people who are blind using raised dots as letters and numbers to be read..."

I read Blind Reader Wanted and it works for #6 Braille. The MC, Lara, is blind, she reads in Braille.

Next words please:
Page 148
5,13,20

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, your next words are:

#5 harangue - a loud address to a multitude; a noisy ranting speech
#13 hardware - 1) the pieces of equipment that make up a computer 2) the items such as nuts and bolts needed to put something together
#20 harmonize - to sing in harmony; to cooperate

harangue actually reminds me of an old Jimmy Stewart movie, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". Do you remember his filibustering speech?

[Kari]

Lanelle wrote: "Kari, your next words are:

#5 harangue - a loud address to a multitude; a noisy ranting speech
#13 hardware - 1) the pieces of equipment that make up a computer 2) the items such as nuts and bolts..."

Thanks, Lanelle. Hadn't seen that in years!!