U-Pick (your definition) Showing 851-900 of 1,087

[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 needed to put something together
#20 harmonize - to sing in harmony; to cooperate
..."

I read Fall which works for #13 hardware. The heroine, Esther, works in a hardware store.

Next words please:
page 277- 9,16,22

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Kari, here's what's on page 277:

#9 ribald - wanton; indecent; offensive; vulgar
#16 riddle - 1) a clever question with an unexpected answer; a puzzling thing 2) to pierce with many holes
#22 rife - prevalent; common or frequent in occurance; widespread

I had two books come to mind for riddle. I thought of Tom Marvolo Riddle in the second Harry Potter book, and the riddle contest that Bilbo and Gollum have in The Hobbit.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I am going out of town this morning. (I'm helping my daughter and her family move to a different state.) I will not have access to the internet until I get home Sunday afternoon. And I'm not taking my dictionary with me :)

You are welcome to leave a request for definitions, but I won't be able to fill them until Sunday afternoon.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

[Kari]

Thanks Lanelle!! Have a wonderful weekend with your family :-)

[JoAnne]

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 re..."

I went with onward since this is a book about the settling of the frontier. Baldy and Allison traveled from VA to KY by stagecoach and then by horse.

I read Love's Glory (Wilderness Hearts, #3) by Dorothy Wiley 11/10/17 5stars

next up
119
6, 15, 22

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#6 execute - 1) to kill someone legally as punishment for a crime 2) to take action
#15 exhale - to breathe out; to blow; to emit
#22 exigency - a pressing necessity; a cause demanding immediate action

You picked some tough words.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next definitions are:

#6 execute - 1) to kill someone legally as punishment for a crime 2) to take action
#15 exhale - to breathe out; to blow; to emit
#22 exigency - a pressing neces..."

I went with exigency - Cynthia was caught in a shootout between gangs on the streets of Philly while being driven to the airport. She immediately needed care for her injuries.

I read
Every New Year by Brenda L. Thomas 11/12/17 3stars

next up
77
10, 17, 24

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, your next words are:

#10 cook - 1) someone who prepares food to eat 2) to prepare food for eating on the stove or in an oven; to bake
#17 coordination - 1) the organization of separate elements working together 2) dexterity
#24 cordial - sincere; friendly; encouraging; gracious

There was another definition for cordial that I knew of. When I googled it, I found an extra: 1) another term for liqueur 2) a comforting or pleasant-tasting medicine

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next words are:

#10 cook - 1) someone who prepares food to eat 2) to prepare food for eating on the stove or in an oven; to bake
#17 coordination - 1) the organization of separate ele..."

thanks!
hope you had a good weekend with your daughter

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne wrote: "hope you had a good weekend with your daughter"

Moving is never fun, but the process went smoothly. I'm so glad that I decided to help my daughter drive to her new home. Friday night she came down with a terrible headache, with nausea. Probably stress related. Anyway, who knows what she would have done with another 6 hour drive with 4 small kids.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "hope you had a good weekend with your daughter"

Moving is never fun, but the process went smoothly. I'm so glad that I decided to help my daughter drive to her new home. Friday nigh..."

Glad you could be there for her. Yes, doesn't sound like it would have been fun for her on her own.

[Kari]

Kari, here's what's on page 277:
#9 ribald - wanton; indecent; offensive; vulgar
#16 riddle - 1) a clever question with an unexpected answer; a puzzling thing 2) to pierce with many holes
#22 rife - prevalent; common or frequent in occurrence; widespread."

I chose #16 riddle and read . Camille’s father hires Jake as her bodyguard because she’s in danger, but there are many puzzles concerning who wants to harm her and why. Camille seeks answers about the threats, but her father only speaks in riddles. There are also some riddles concerning Jake’s past.

[Ariel]

I absolutely loved this idea and am definitely jumping in on this.

Page 5
#'s: 1, 7, 12

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Ariel wrote: "I absolutely loved this idea and am definitely jumping in on this.

Page 5
#'s: 1, 7, 12"

Ariel, I'm glad you're excited about this challenge. My dictionary's definitions don't start until page 7. Can you pick a number between 7 - 360 for your first step?

[Suzanne]

The Challenge Factory
U-Pick (your definition)
Duration: 11/14/2017 - Ongoing

Progress: 2 out of 2

This will be an ongoing reading challenge that anyone can play.
Jump in at any time to request your definitions from a dictionary.

Here's how it works:
Step 1: pick a number between 7 - 360
Step 2: pick three numbers between 1 - 25

www.random.org

I will then post the three definitions you chose in Step 2, found on the page number you picked in Step 1. Then you will 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.

Here's an example of a post:
(view spoiler)[
Lanelle, I pick # 91
and
#s 2, 12 and 23

I will then reply to your request to tell you what I found on page 91:
#2 irreversible - incapable of being reversed
#12 jack o'lantern - a lantern made of a pumpkin, or the like, so as to show features of a human face
#23 jaw - one of the structures that border the mouth and serve to open and close it

The participant then posts that s/he decides to go with #12, and chooses to read Something Wicked This Way Comes since it is set at Halloween time. (hide spoiler)]

There are no page or time limits.
Re-reads are okay.
Be sure to let us know if you liked your book.

Round #1: My Picks
Step #1: 346
Step #2: 17, 25, 3
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#3 variable - changeable; liable to vary
#17 veer - to change direction or position
#25 vein - 1) one of the vessels which conveys blood back to the heart 2) a crack in a rock filled with mineral matter

vein makes me think of vampires. Are you in the mood for a paranormal story?

Read a Vampire Book:

Love Bites by Lynsay Sands - **** - 1/18/2018 - 373 Pages


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Round #2: My Picks
Step #1: 266
Step #2: 14, 7, 9
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#7 recondite - hard to understand; profound; hidden from view; abstruse
#9 reconstruct - to put something together or make it again; to rebuild
#14 recover - 1) to get to a normal state; to get well; to recuperate 2) to get back what was lost or stolen

I finished reading His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis which is the biography of a profound and hard to understand man.


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Round #3:

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Suzanne, welcome to U-Pick. Your words are:

#3 variable - changeable; liable to vary
#17 veer - to change direction or position
#25 vein - 1) one of the vessels which conveys blood back to the heart 2) a crack in a rock filled with mineral matter

vein makes me think of vampires. Are you in the mood for a paranormal story?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, your next words are:

#10 cook - 1) someone who prepares food to eat 2) to prepare food for eating on the stove or in an oven; to bake
#17 coordination - 1) the organization of separate ele..."

Well the book I read had all three definitions covered
Lots of cooking going on - pig roast, pancakes and lots of cooking at the festival and deep frying at the snack shack
Margot coordinated all the elements of the festival using her big city event planning skills
Cordial - Margot moved down south to her family's compound and most of the townspeople were friendly and her estranged family embraced her with no problems

I read Sweet Tea and Sympathy by Molly Harper 11/15/17 4.5stars

Next up using the random number generator is
114
10, 13, 20

[Lisa]

Lisa wrote: "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..."

Next - For Step 1, I choose Page 111
For Step 2, I choose 1, 8, 12

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, random number generator chose for you:

#10 entry - 1) entrance; a way in 2) an item in a log
#13 envelope - folded paper cover like a pocket for a letter
#20 epidemic - 1) affecting many in the community; widespread 2) a contagious disease infecting many among the population

Random number generator didn't do too bad, JoAnne.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Lisa, here is what I found on page 111:

#1 embroider - 1) to sew ornamental patterns on fabric 2) to embellish; to add false details
#8 emigrate - to leave one country to go and live in another
#12 emotional - excitable; showing emotions more than usual; fervent

I like all of those words. Which one will you be able to find a book for?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, random number generator chose for you:

#10 entry - 1) entrance; a way in 2) an item in a log
#13 envelope - folded paper cover like a pocket for a letter
#20 epidemic - 1) affecting many i..."

I agree - should find at least one of them easily
Maybe the book I choose will have a door on the cover
Decisions, decisions!

[Lisa]

Lanelle wrote: "Lisa, here is what I found on page 111:

#1 embroider - 1) to sew ornamental patterns on fabric 2) to embellish; to add false details
#8 emigrate - to leave one country to go and live in another
#1..."

I started this morning and just finished this book which absolutely meets the EMOTIONAL category. It gets 5 STARS!

First Light by Bill Rancic

Let's play again.
Page 47
For Step 2, I choose 6, 17, 24

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Lisa, your next definitions are:

#6 buffet - 1) a counter or table for refreshments 2) to batter; to flap; to hit
#17 bull - 1) describing the stock market when prices are going up and the economy is strong 2) male animal of the ox, cow, whale, or other animals
#24 bumblebee - a large yellow and black hairy social bee

I want to point out that the two meanings for buffet are pronounced differently.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Lisa, your next definitions are:

#6 buffet - 1) a counter or table for refreshments 2) to batter; to flap; to hit...

I want to point out that the two meanings for buffet are pronounced differently."
How do you pronounce the second one - the first one is pretty common so I think I got it but have no idea about the second


Completion post:
#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

My first thought seeing halfway and halve was a in-between-numbers book for a series. 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 :-)

I went with my first idea and read yesterday Tainted Angel by Sadie Haller see Seven Naughty Seals it's #1.5 in the Tainted Pearl series. I read this book for this challenge - otherways I'm not sure I'll read this one in the next future since I don't have one of the books yet and once again I regretted to read a book outside a series - it included way too many spoilers to the previous two books and only today I found the prequel in another box grrrr. At least now I know I like the author's style and I'm looking forward to read the other two books as soon as I get my hands on the novel between the two shorter books I already have.

I liked the randomiser idea some of the people use and decided to go for it. My next set: 305: 2, 17 & 25

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka wrote: "How do you pronounce the second one?"

There is a hard 't' sound on the end, as in Jimmy Buffett (the singer).

Here's what the randomiser chose for you:
#2 spiritual - airy; motivated by the soul; holy; religious
#17 spool - a round object used to wind thread or wire
#25 spout - 1) the lip of a container from which liquid is poured 2) to spurt; to discharge; to gush forth

Hmmm. spiritual might be the easiest to find a book for. There seems to be a lot of cozy mysteries about crafters, so you might be able to find a spool on a cover for one of those books.

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "How do you pronounce the second one?"

There is a hard 't' sound on the end, as in Jimmy Buffett (the singer).

Here's what the randomiser chose for you:
#2 spiritual - airy; moti..."

My first thought seeing spiritual was anything Chirstian and I want to read something Christmasy soon so I think I'll see which of the many books I own I'm in mood for :-)

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, random number generator chose for you:

#10 entry - 1) entrance; a way in 2) an item in a log
#13 envelope - folded paper cover like a pocket for a letter
#20 epidemic - 1) affecting many i..."

I went with entry
There were a lot of doors for entry into the Magician of Florence’s estate and hidden entries to the cellar
I read
by Jeanne Kalogridis 11/18/17 4stars

Next up
135
1, 14, 17 using number generator again

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, the generator has chosen:

#1 fruit - 1) an edible product of a flower, bearing seeds
#14 fun - light-hearted; amusement
#17 fundamental - 1) of first importance 2) elementary

Wouldn't it be funny if Holmes said, "Fundamental, my dear Watson"?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, the generator has chosen:

#1 fruit - 1) an edible product of a flower, bearing seeds
#14 fun - light-hearted; amusement
#17 fundamental - 1) of first importance 2) elementary

Wouldn't it ..."

[JoAnne]

JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, the generator has chosen:

#1 fruit - 1) an edible product of a flower, bearing seeds
#14 fun - light-hearted; amusement
#17 fundamental - 1) of first importance 2) elementa..."

These should be easy
Thanks

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, the generator has chosen:

#1 fruit - 1) an edible product of a flower, bearing seeds
#14 fun - light-hearted; amusement
#17 fundamental - 1) of first importance 2) elementary

Wouldn't it ..."

I went with fruit and fun
fruit - Bentley prepared a snack to go with their whiskey and it included fruit; he also served Margot grapes
fun - they had fun at the GoKart track or at least Margot did

I read The Playboy Bachelor (The Bachelors of Arizona, #2) by Rachel Van Dyken 11/20/17 4stars

next up from random.org
314
3, 5, 15

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, next up is:

#3 sue - to ask a court to solve a problem legally
#5 suffer - 1) to feel pain or hurt 2) to tolerate; to allow
#15 suicide - the act of taking one's own life

Not very cheery words, are they?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, next up is:

#3 sue - to ask a court to solve a problem legally
#5 suffer - 1) to feel pain or hurt 2) to tolerate; to allow
#15 suicide - the act of taking one's own life

Not very cheery ..."

wow - not at all
will probably go with suffer

[Suzanne]

Lanelle wrote: "Suzanne, welcome to U-Pick. Your words are:

#3 variable - changeable; liable to vary
#17 veer - to change direction or position
#25 vein - 1) one of the vessels which conveys blood back to the hea..."

A Vampire Story sounds good to me!

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, next up is:

#3 sue - to ask a court to solve a problem legally
#5 suffer - 1) to feel pain or hurt 2) to tolerate; to allow
#15 suicide - the act of taking one's own life

Not very cheery ..."

I went with suffer - Brant and Nikki have suffered for 4 years - the loss of their baby and the loss of their marriage

I read The Bachelor Contract (The Bachelors of Arizona #3) by Rachel Van Dyken 11/22/17 4stars

Next up from random.org
9
5, 8, 15

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Here's hoping you get happier words this time. They are:

#5 accommodation - an adaptation; an adjustment made to assist someone
#8 accomplish - to finish; to complete a task or reach a goal
#15 accumulate - to collect; to amass

Another meaning of accommodation that my dictionary didn't have is - a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Here's hoping you get happier words this time. They are:

#5 accommodation - an adaptation; an adjustment made to assist someone
#8 accomplish - to finish; to complete a task or reach a goal
#15 ac..."

all seem pretty easy
will decide what to read later today after work

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Here's hoping you get happier words this time. They are:

#5 accommodation - an adaptation; an adjustment made to assist someone
#8 accomplish - to finish; to complete a task or reach a goal
#15 ac..."

I went with accomplish - mob families galore but Aiden O'Malley was able to give Charlie something the police dept or her father could JUSTICE!
I read Undercover Attraction (The O'Malleys #5) by Katee Robert 11/24/17 5stars

Next using random.org
226
7, 8, 10

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, here are your next (random) words:

#7 ornament - a decoration; beautification
#8 ornamental - decorative; adorned; embellished
#10 ornithologist - one who studies birds

Do you have any Christmas books with ornaments on the cover?

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here are your next (random) words:

#7 ornament - a decoration; beautification
#8 ornamental - decorative; adorned; embellished
#10 ornithologist - one who studies birds

Do you have any Ch..."

I'm sure I do but will see if I can slot it in for reading
ornamental might work as well as an ornament mentioned in the book

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, here are your next (random) words:

#7 ornament - a decoration; beautification
#8 ornamental - decorative; adorned; embellished
#10 ornithologist - one who studies birds

Do you have any Ch..."

Ornamental - Brady and Ellie's wedding was at a ranch chapel and their reception was in an updated barn. There were lots of decorations in keeping with the cowboy theme

I read Happy Is the Bride (Morgan Ranch #3.5) by Lori Wilde, Janet Dailey, Cat Johnson, Kate Pearce 11/25/17 4stars

next up from random.org
323
6, 7 and 12

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

JoAnne, random.org picked:

#6 teller - a bank employee who handles customer transactions
#7 temper - 1) a person's state of mind; mood 2) to tone down; to moderate; to bring under control
#12 tempo - the rate of speed of a musical passage

I'm trying to remember a book I read where the main character was a bank teller who got robbed, and the cop who came to the scene of the crime became the love interest. If I remember the title, I'll come back and update my post.

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne, random.org picked:

#6 teller - a bank employee who handles customer transactions
#7 temper - 1) a person's state of mind; mood 2) to tone down; to moderate; to bring under control
#12 temp..."

okay

Interesting words - I know I'm read The Handmaid's Tale next for my book club meeting on Wednesday
Will have to see if temper or tempo comes into play
Don't think teller will

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I read The Christmas Sweater for #12 of - belonging to. I own the book. It was an okay story. I didn't like the ending, though. Kind of weird.

Would someone pick my next numbers for me, please?

[Agnieszka]

Lanelle wrote: "I read The Christmas Sweater for #12 of - belonging to. I own the book. It was an okay story. I didn't like the ending, though. Kind of weird.

Would someone pick my next numbers for for me, please?"

Randomiser: 291: 1, 6 & 17

[Agnieszka]

#2 spiritual - airy; motivated by the soul; holy; religious
#17 spool - a round object used to wind thread or wire
#25 spout - 1) the lip of a container from which liquid is poured 2) to spurt; to discharge; to gush forth
My first thought seeing spiritual was anything Chirstian and I want to read something Christmasy soon so I think I'll see which of the many books I own I'm in mood for :-)

Unfortunatelly I was off-line for quite some time and read in this time 3* 11/21 & 6* 11/21 - a Christian Christmas short story & a short spiritual non-fiction book

My next picks: 188: 12, 13 & 23

[Agnieszka]

I liked the randomiser idea some of the people use and decided to go for it. My next picks: 188: 12, 13 & 23
#12 limousine - a long automobile with many seats and a permanent top
#13 limp - 1) without stiffness; not firm 2) the way you walk when one leg is hurt
#23 link - 1) a connection; a bond; a tie 2) to be joined together; to unite

I'm not sure yet which one I'll go with with some thinking I have a general idea for:
link - anything romantic suspense - the romance gives plenty of possibility for connection
limousine - most of the middle class cars in Germany are called limousines and the form of this one No Accident fits here pretty well.
12/2: In the end I decided to go with #23 link (implied in the blurb + RS) and read by Mimi Barbour 5* 12/1- Francesca had istant connection with several people after she moved to Las Vegas to escape her dominant mother. By chance #13 limp & #12 limousine fit as well. At the beginning of the book Francesca's mother sent her a limousine to pick her up for a last meeting before she left NY & (view spoiler)[after she got kidnapped and come back into consiousness she stayed limp to find out how she can flee or at least make life much more difficult for the kinappers (hide spoiler)]
I'm so happy the book was at least as great as I expected after reading the blurb. I'm looking forward to continue this series as sell as the previous Las Vegas series - the author could become one of my new favorites :-)

My next definitions (random): 29: 22, 21 & 9
#9 attrition - a gradual wearing down
#21 augur - to foretell; to see into the future; to be an omen => anything with a prophet or supernatural elements - perhaps Knowing
#22 August - the 8th month of the year, having 31 days => published or bought in August or birthday/sibling themed (my sister's an August child) Covenant Child (siblings)

12/5: In the end I went with part of for #21 augur as soon as I relised it has to do with witches and similar stuff. Additionally it fit perfectly for #9: the self-appointed witch tried to wear down the MC because Anna dared to stand up to her during their first-time meeting - one of her most prefered techniques was mau-mauing - and I learned another wonderful new expression :-)
It's the beginning of a series about Anna Denning a widdowed genealogist and I was amazed about Karin Kaufman`s choice of a topic for a Christian suspense novel. In the beginning I wasn't sure this can work but it's one of the better Christian novels I read this year. I'm aware it's not for everyone but I loved the plot and most of the characters very much. (view spoiler)[The thing I liked most about this story, Anna made clear time and again there's nothing to these so called spells and other magic practices but manipulation & mind games combined with people's believes/convictions and in some cases naiveté (hide spoiler)]

My next set: 58: 13, 19 & 1
#1 chaos - disorder; confusion; upheaval
#13 chariot - a horse-drawn cart
#19 chart - 1) a piece of paper or spreadsheet with information on it, indicating patterns, information, or changes 2) to plan a route on a map of the ocean or other large area
First my thoughts to the three definitions:
#1 chaos - life itself and especially what we've done to earth and how we treat other people
#13 chariot - historical (fiction)
#19 chart - so many ideas I can't list them all - so here those most important:
1) technology - charts was the only set of skills I struggled for a really long time time with in excell (my favorite computer tool) and I still have much to learn in this area
2) business life
3) church - our church uses many of them
4) studies
5) numbers in general - and I'm a number junkie :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))
6) colorful
7) give me more ;-)

I think I have the perfect book its a historical Christmas novel, the MC is a business owner dealing with numbers/accounting and as far as I remember from the movie there's pretty much chaos in it - in several forms :-) I think it's finally time for me to read it :-)
12/7: For a change I finished the originally planned book and as expected it fit for all three words :-)

My next set: 146: 14, 10 & 1
#1 guilty - 1) legally charged with a crime 2) full of shame; feeling remorse
#10 gun - a weapon consisting of a metal tube used to shoot bullets under pressure
#14 gutter - drainage ditch; drainpipe; the lower ground or channel along the side of the road
guilty and gun go together perfectly. Can you squeeze gutter into the same book as well?

Not an issue - I love the expression 'mind in the gutter/get your mind out of the gutter' since I read it for the first time and so I decided to go for by Olivia Devon part of the anthology - kinky Christmas romantic suspense - the blurb indicates all three words :-) It's such a perfect timing I wasn't sure if I'll start/read this one this book or another one this week anyway - now I know which one I'll read first *grins*

12/9: I'm so dissapointed! The book itself was so fun and great but the anthology included only part of the book and that wasn't mentioned in the description - I got now the single book edition (was luckily free) but still I feel so cheated and I'm angry - sorry guys I had to voice it! - grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Anyway: So far the book fit for #14 gutter explicitly - the other two did not appear yet - since the male MC is a former SEAL it's obvious he's had his share of gun situations. The owner with some hand picked employees are looking for the mind behind the security breach in the club - they are not interested in Daisy - the employee who helped they were able to prove Daisy's guilty of aiding and abetting but want the 'real' perp.

My next set: 96: 2, 3 & 5
#2 dictate - to speak into a recording device or so that someone else can write or type what is said 2) to impose; to decree; to command - dictator - totalitarian systems, governments or rulers or forcing employees or other people someone's in charche of to do something
#3 dictation - speaking words to be written down or transcribed - secretaries, office work
#5 diction - enunciation of words - haughty upper class people or socialites

diction makes me think of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, (or My Fair Lady on Broadway).
I read this year a modern Christian variation of Pygmalion and I still don't like the entire betting on other people's lives starting point - most of the people which liked Pygmalion seemed to enjoy this one as well - so I'm not even going to look into it :-)

12/29: Finally found a book for my current words :-) I planned to go with dictate and today I started (a book I didn't plan to read but landed time and again on it and tought I'll read it finally so it stopps distracting me from the books I planned) and relised the MC's father dictated his life course not even bothering to care if it's what his son wants. I'm really curious how it will play out.
12/31: I finished the book yesterday. I liked the general story line & characters well enought but struggled very much with the New Age/superstitions/fate... stuff so much I doubt I'll ever read anything else by this author :-(

My next words: 297: 4, 14 & 19
#4 slacks - pants or trousers for casual wear
#14 slavery - the concept of owning people as properry
#19 sleep - 1) a time of rest, when not awake or alert

slacks should be easy to find on a book cover.
1/13: My first though seeing sleep was insomnia and I started to check the blurbs and previews for any signs of it. Finally today I found in reference to insomnia and decided to start it right away. So far it's fun but poorly edited :-(
I finished and it's not a must-read. It was entertaining, rather low on character development though light and fun plot (even if nothing very original to it). The book was so poorly edited I was wondering what kind of publisher this is - it would be bad enough for an indipendent author but more than dissapointing for a book with a publisher behind :-(

The randomiser gave me: 93: 11, 13 & 16


Step 1: 7 - 360
Step 2: 1 - 25

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "I read The Christmas Sweater for #12 of - belonging to. I own the book. It was an okay story. I didn't like the ending, though. Kind of weird.

Would someone pick my next numbers for..."

222
1, 14, 22

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Thank you, Agnieszka. My random words are:

#1 shaft - 1) a long thin pole 2) a long hole leading to a mine 3) a ray or beam
#6 shambles - a scene of disorder
#17 shawl - a long piece of cloth worn over the shoulders and head

shaft reminds me of a YA book where the main character gets kidnapped and held in a mine shaft. I think I'll re-read Chaos.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka, your new words are:

#12 limousine - a long automobile with many seats and a permanent top
#13 limp - 1) without stiffness; not firm 2) the way you walk when one leg is hurt
#23 link - 1) a connection; a bond; a tie 2) to be joined together; to unite

I don't think the definition for limousine is very descriptive. Here's a picture: