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September 2017 Scavenger Hunt - On The Farm
THIS CHALLENGE STARTS ON SEPTEMBER 1st
My spotWord List
1. acre- Saddled loc 108 and turned it into six hundred acres of hay wheat and quarter horses finished 18/9
2. agriculture- Down on the Farm loc 547 cal explained that he now sold Community supported agriculture shares finished 18/9
3. animals- Bear Chasing loc 92 humans minus animals finished 3/9
4. barn- Like Magic loc 1207 the only structure that looked like it might not fall over in a stiff wind was the barn finished 2/9
5. breed- Mechanic loc 1092 i can't wait to breed her and have them dripping with milk finished 6/9
6. bull- Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns loc 45 but the bull didn't get the memo finished 15/9
7. cat- It's Not Shakespeare loc 26 until marlowe was so exhausted he rolled over on his back and looked piteous enough to be carrued to the car like a perky insufferable cat
8. cattle
9. chicken- Like Magic loc 1345 he'd just been to Chicken to admit it finished 2/9
10. corn- Unwrapping Hank loc 1007 the children were still surrounding us like a peaceful version of children of the corn finished 18/9
11. country- Mechanic loc 104 no she's more into suits and polos down at the country club finished 6/9
12. cow- It's Not Shakespeare loc 745 trucking around in the soggy heat looking at cows finished 3/9
13. crop- Like Magic location 1388 but after nearly wiping out an entire crop of potatoes finished 2/9
14. dairy- A Little Luck loc 171 the family owned a barely surviving dairy farm out in western Massachusetts finished 5/9
15. dog- Like Magic loc 759 not even chadwick's snarky comment about a panting dog after a bone finished 2/9
16. donkey
17. duck- Pride loc 590 ducks waded into the large pond as kelson walked past finished 6/9
18. farm- Like Magic loc 1207 wich consisted of a farm with more falling down buildings than ones that actually stood finished 2/9
19. farmer- A Good Man loc 717 one of your farmers dropped them off finished 8/9
20. farmhouse- A Good Man loc 299 aren't these sort of farmhouse style finished 8/9
21. fence- A Little Luck loc 3171 ben kissed knox hard and headed toward the gate in the fence finished 5/9
22. field- Eligible Receiver loc 168 all he could see were guys in two diffrent sets of jerseys throwing a ball around the field finished 1/9
23. flock
24. gate- Eligible Receiver the figure he had seen moved into the shadow and was walking toward the gate finished 1/9
25. geese
26. goat- Seven Brothers of Sin: A Reverse Harem Romance loc 852 women Always get your goat finished 19/9
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay- Rough Rider loc 62 slinging hay bales six hours a day finished 6/9
31. haystack
32. hen- It's Not Shakespeare loc 718 don't go all mama hen on me finished 3/9
33. herd- Ride My beard loc 235 my heart is thundering in my chest like a herd of wild elephants finished 11/9
34. horse- Like Magic loc 383 then again ryland had always believed he shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth finished 3/9
35. land- Steel loc 311 it's on my land finished 4/9
36. meadow- A Complicated Affair loc 166 when they reached the open meadow finished 27/9
37. milk- Mechanic loc 1092 i can't wait to breed her and have them dripping with milk finished 6/9
38. oats
39. orchard- A Good Man loc 1000 while one of our local orchards sol eigjt varieties finished 8/9
40. organic- A Good Man loc1745 he owns a chain of three organic grocery stores finished 8/9
41. pasture- Rough Rider loc 351 our eyes instantly in the sky as we walked across the farmyard toward the pasture finished 6/9
42. Pig - The Rules loc 436 the guy was a pig finished 12/9
43. plant- A Good Man loc 1759 but you know how doug is about those specific plants finished 8/9
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable
48. tractor
49. vegetable- Down on the Farm loc 403 on the other side of the drive there were vegetable gardens finished 20/9
50. wheat - Saddled loc 108 and turned it into six hundred acres of hay wheat and quarter horses finished 18/9
Mod
Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
45/41-50
Word List:
2. agriculture
6. bull
16. donkey
25. geese
31. haystack
Only Yours Susan Mallery 9/2/171. acre p 85 Beyond that was an acre or so of grass before the mountains rose toward the sky.
3. animals p 98 ... and that the Live Nativity was always fun because the animals were real ...
7. cat p 73 I can read to our cat, right?
8. cattle p 47 Are you running cattle on the ranch?
12. cow p 47 I’m not big into cows.
15. dog p 62 She’d seen those who barely responded to their environment at all smile when nudged by a grinning service dog.
17. duck p 73 ... the pond, the ducks there wouldn’t talk to him.
26. goat p 47 I have a few goats I milk and I use the goat milk to make cheese.
37. milk p 47 I have a few goats I milk and I use the goat milk to make cheese.
Sworn to Silence Linda Castillo 9/3/174. barn p 24 Beyond, a large barn, grain silo ...
9. chicken p 14 Besides chickens, they had to be the dumbest animals on earth.
10. corn p 14 ... the dead corn stalks whispering all around.
11. country p 48 There are a lot of places like that in farm country, ...
18. farm p 18 The Stutz farm sits on eighty acres ...
19. farmer p 263 ... the farmer who nearly ran over the body ...
20. farmhouse p 51 ... my eyes to the farmhouse beyond.
21. fence p 14 He ran the flashlight beam along the fence line.
22. field p 14 ... running the beam along the edge of the field ...
27. grain p 24 Beyond, a large barn, grain silo and windmill ...
28. grow p 47 Many farmers grow and cut hay, ...
30. hay p 18 ... yeast bread and fresh cut hay mingle ...
34. horse p 55 My father used only horse-drawn plows.
35. land p 248 Somehow, he'd been thrust back into the land of the living.
39. orchard p 51 A small apple orchard lies to my right.
42. pig p 63 I could practically smell the pig s**t on their boots.
43. plant p 54 The maple tree my father and I planted when I was twelve is taller than the house now.
44. plough/plow p 55 My father used only horse-drawn plows.
48. tractor p 55 I almost smile at the mention of the tractor.
50. wheat p 51 ... carefree through the wheat fields ...
The Study of Seduction Sabrina Jeffries 9/4/1714. dairy p 63 I’ve been in your dairy and your orchards more times than I can count.
47. stable p 24 So you might as well have your supper with the stable boys.
The Time Between Karen White 9/5/1740. organic p 46 ... shoveling in forkfuls of food and then gulping down organic milk.
49. vegetable p 46 ... making sure she got a little of everything and twice the helping of vegetables.
Y is for Yesterday Sue Grafton 9/10/17 36. meadow p 224 The plant grows in meadows and on roadsides.
Pray for Silence Linda Castillo 9/12/1713. crop p 233 A riding crop, I realize.
24. gate p 116 ..., when Bistop Troyer swung open the gate to the ...
29. harvest p 228 "Like a peach" or "like corn right before harvest."
33. herd p 94 He herds them all down the stairs.
41. pasture p 253 From the back pasture.
46. sheep p 96 ... felt upon which the white lace cutout of a sheep is secured.
The Secret Life of Violet Grant Beatriz Williams 9/13/1738. oats p 91 I’m just . . . I’m wild oats, Gogo.
The Bourbon Kings J.R. Ward 9/14/175. breed p 68 The breeding season had gone very well, ...
Duet in September Gina Ardito 9/18/1723. flock p 230 ... change from white to blue, or a flock of pigs flying by. Nope.
32. hen p 90 ... where Mama’s Hen House served breakfast and confirmed my ...
45. scarecrow p 164 ... aisle, where back to school supplies and scarecrows fought for attention ...
September 2017 Scavenger Hunt - On The FarmGentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
43/41-50
Word List:
16. donkey
20. farmhouse
23. flock
25. geese
32. hen
44. plough
45. scarecrow
First Touch by Laurelin Paige - 9/2
3. animals - Pg 363 - Amber barely tolerated animals.
4. barn - Pg 371 - from being whipped in the barn.
5. breed - Pg 268 - We breed and run cattle.
7. cat - Pg 348 - a stray cat while she looked on
8. cattle - Pg 273 - who oversaw the cattle
9. chicken - Pg 63 - a counter seat and ordered chicken
11. country - Pg 315 - wanted to live in the country
13. crop - Pg 325 - stuck the end of a crop in front of me.
15. dog - Pg 97 - of a national commercial for dog food.
22. field - Pg 102 - when you're outside the home field
24. gate - Pg 126 - house from beyond the entrance gate
28. grow - Pg 251 - Grow some f*cking balls
30. hay - Pg 97 - an occasional romp in the hay
34. horse - Pg 314 - back of a chestnut quarter horse
35. land - Pg 18 - audition after audition trying to landmy big break
40. organic - Pg 309 - This moment was organic
43. plant - Pg 108 - a plant that symbolized both female
47. stable - Pg 321 - time we'd returned to the stable.
Chance for Love by Marie Force - 9/2
1. acre - Pg 8 - The twenty acre parcel had been for sale
Sing by C.D. Reiss - 9/4
14. dairy - Loc 2235 - The break room stank of stale coffee, non dairy creamer
17. duck - Loc 2134 - Do I duck the guy
21. fence - Loc 1990 - Thorensen called over the fence
27. grain - Loc 1958 - If he meets you, whatever he tells you, grain of salt
29. harvest - Loc 2193 - it was too late to do anything but harvest Patalano's organs.
33. herd - Loc 1965 - I don't know if I can herd these cats again
The Knight by Skye Warren - 9/6
46. sheep - Pg 28 - my family is the black sheep of this entire city now.
Midnight Ride by Cat Johnson - 9/7
6. bull - Loc 1465 - What's the name of the bull?
10. corn - Loc 1459 - I know there's the usual Corn dogs
12. cow - Loc 1296 - Tyler glanced at the cow clock on the wall
18. farm - Loc 488 - still was, holding down the farm alone
19. farmer - Loc 468 - A farmer, born and bred
37. milk - Loc 1953 -the table told him the milk and sugar wre already out
38. oats - Loc 137 - barley, and sow some wild oats
41. pasture - Loc 192 - grass to eat in the pasture
48. tractor - Loc 1001 - and sweaty and driving a tractor?
Gansett After Dark by Marie Force - 9/7
26. goat - Pg 100 - I'm like a randy goat on the prowl.
36. meadow - Pg 328 - the way out to Sweet Meadow Farm Road
Dangerous Boys and Their Toy by Shayla Black - 9/11
42. pig - Pg 194 - made up for the man-pig behavior
Divided in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/11
50. wheat - Pg 40 - was a double serving of wheat waffles
Sinners at the Altar by Olivia Cunning - 9/15
49. vegetable - Pg 115 - rack of adorable fruit and vegetable costumes
Melt by Helen Hardt - 9/16
2. agriculture - Pg 34 - I read up on ranching, agriculture.
31. haystack - Pg 84 - for a needle in a haystack
39. orchard - Pg 23 - Harvest time at the orchard is finally dying down.
September Scavenger Hunt - On the FarmThe Lost Challenges
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Duration: 1st September 2017 - 30th September 2017
Stoner by John Williams
Read 28/9/17 Rating 4 stars
Read in ibook format.
Word List
2. agriculture
They call it a College of Agriculture.
p100
4. barn
Stoner had found a vacant second-floor apartment in an old barnlike house five blocks from the University.
p624
6. bull
he leads him around like a cut bull.
p1345
9. chicken & 23. flock
(He) gathered eggs from a flock of spindly chickens.
p91
10. corn
But one evening in late spring after the two men had spent a full day hoeing corn.
p98
11. country
We used to walk for miles, out in the country.
p1576
12. cow & 37. milk
At the age of six, he milked the bony cows.
p90
13. crop
The summer after his first year of college he returned to his father's farm and helped with the crops.
p131
18. farm
He was born on a small farm.
p87
19. farmer
a few farmers withdrew their savings
p899
21. fence
Neat straight fences enclosed fields of wheat and corn that flashed by him outside the bus window.
p865
22. field
When he finished high school in the spring of 1910, he expected to take over more of the work in the fields.
p97
34. horse
a few horse-drawn, steel-tired wagons were still around.
p867
35. land
He gazed, without hope, at the arrid piece of land.
p88
42. pig
(He) slopped the pigs in the sty.
p90
44. plough
He also plowed and harrowed fields.
p125
18/20
Challenge completed
My Spot!Level: Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
0/41-50
Word List
2. agriculture
5. breed
6. bull
8. cattle
13. crop
14. dairy
16. donkey
23. flock
25. geese
26. goat
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
35. land
36. meadow
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
45. scarecrow
47. stable
48. tractor
The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley | 9/4/17 *****
pg. 69. "...sprawling fields of corn and soybean..."
pg. 86. "Once it was beef vegetable soup, another time dim sum."
pg. 146. "He'll just look at me with puppy dog eyes."
pg. 155. "...telling my mother she'd had no idea Janey had chicken pox the day of her birthday party."
pg. 158. "...,their dogs and their cats ,..."
pg. 160. "...and through the metal bars of the fence surrounding the pool saw my daughter,..."
pg. 162. "I duck my head and let my hair fall forward."
pg. 280. "Which would be gross because he's a pig and no wonder she wouldn't want to tell me."
pg. 293. "It has cool LEGO Sets in the window, and stuffed animals that Look Real."
Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra D. Bricker | 9/12/17 *****
pg. 15. "...and we'll just plow through those interviews until we find you just the right people."
pg. 16. "No, thanks. I'm going to have some downstairs with the Hens."
pg. 163. "I'll bet your mother delivered a full-sized cow when she saw that."
Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave | 9/12/17 ****
pg. 7. "Cooking for a New Generation. Host of #alittlesunshine. NY Times best selling Author: #afarmersdaughter, #farmtothenewyorktable & (coming soon!) #sunkissed."
pg. 10. "...then to mirror Ina Garten's barn kitchen."
Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica | 9/24/17 ***
pg. 13. "A chain of horse properties run the length of Harvey Road..."
pg. 55. "The homes are all faux farmhouses,..."
pg. 161. "...we drive past on those country roads...."
pg. 167. "...barns, fenced pastures and an assortment of other outbuildings..."
pg. 168. "...welcoming with its wrought-iron gates and its bushes and shrubbery."
pg. 171. "Each yard in the neighborhood must be one or two acres wide."
pg. 171. "...stands feeding her Clydesdale a handful of hay,..."
pg. 207. "A pair of classic Dickies, the color of wheat."
pg. 261. "Behind him stands a whole horde of zombies, a herd,..."
pg. 310. "I'm so hungry I could eat a sheep"
pg. 310. "My first thought is that it's Clara asking me to pick up milk on the way home,..."
Scavenger Hunt - On the Farm
01/09/17 - 30/09/17
41/50 Words Completed
Gentlemen's Farmer
THEM Incursion by M.D. Massey - 12/09/17
3) Animals: - "I also set the animals loose outside" - page 119
4) Barn - "I lead the way behind the barn - page 71
8) Cattle - "A few head of cattle - page 72
19) Farmer - "enough farmers still raised and harvested good corn - page 30
20) Farmhouse - "I could see an old farmhouse - Page 71
24) Gate - "fence was down beside the gate - page 232
30) Hay - "chomping on some wild hay - page 254
34) Horse - "I spurred the horse on - page 192
41) Pasture - "I turned it loose in a pasture outside - page 208
45) Scarecrow - "We'd found them in the airfield supply room and turn them into scarecrows - Page 272
48) Tractor - "Tractor trailer shipments every night - Page 345
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - 15/09/17
5) Breed - "the women in this part of Kabul were a different breed from the women in the poorer neighbourhood - page 75
7) Cat - "His walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat" - page 98
9) Chicken - "Chickens pecking at dirt" - page 63
11) Country - "Your country comes first, remember" - page 172
12) Cow - "Talking near a cow tethered to a fence" - page 149
16) Donkey - "Hawking at children and donkeys who wouldn't move" - page 75
22) Field - "The Bamiyan valley below was carpeted by lush farming fields" - page 148
27) Grains - "Stoking the massive ovens and mill grains all day" - page 114
35) Land - "This is our beautiful land" - page 168
37) Milk - "And take the milk from their breasts" - page 168
39) Orchard - "We'd play in his father's orchard" - page 120
46) Sheep - "She could see tiny sheep" - page 149
The Market Gardener: A Handbook for Successful Small-Scale Organic Farming by Jean-Martin Fortier
1) Acre - "Given we want to keep growing intensively on 1.5 acres for many years" - Page 70
2) Agriculture - "Local agriculture does have the power to transform society" - Page 143
10) Corn - "Vegetable: Corn" - Page 94
13) Crop - "Just one passage with this machine would clean the soil of existing weeds and crop debris" - Page 41
18) Farm - "Something much bigger than the farm" - Page 143
21) Fencing - "Electric fencing is a more suitable option as its portable and more affordable" - Page 36
28) Grow - "We can grow cover crops on larger areas with multiple beds" - Page 76
29) Harvest - "Disastrous consequences on the production calendar we rely upon for timely harvest" - Page 81
38) Oats - "Oats and legumes" - Page 74
40) Organic - "Organic matter must be incorporated to maintain soil fertility" - Page 22
43) Plant - "I have learned a lot about plant biology in the process" - Page 104
44) Plough - "There are various small companies in Italy that make more specialized market gardening tools such as rotary plows" - Page 181
49) Vegetable - "Intensive vegetable production is highly dependent on a consistent and sufficient supply of water" - Page 26
50) Wheat - "When cereals (oat, rye, wheat, etc.) mixed in with legumes" - Page 70
What Boys Are Made Of by S. Hunter Nisbet
6) Bull - "Like a bull, Art rushes" - Loc 994
Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon
15) Dog - "Tend to think of him as just a big attack dog" - Page 60
Into the Labyrinth by Margaret Weis
26) Goat - "He would have guessed they were raising sheep or goats" - Page 335
33) Herd - "Pick off the herders" - Page 43
42) Pig - "You said I had the face of a pig" - Page 231
Missing Words
14) Dairy
17) Duck
23) Flock
25) Geese
31) Haystack
32) Hen
36) Meadow
47) Stable
01/09/17 - 30/09/17
41/50 Words Completed
Gentlemen's Farmer
THEM Incursion by M.D. Massey - 12/09/17
3) Animals: - "I also set the animals loose outside" - page 119
4) Barn - "I lead the way behind the barn - page 71
8) Cattle - "A few head of cattle - page 72
19) Farmer - "enough farmers still raised and harvested good corn - page 30
20) Farmhouse - "I could see an old farmhouse - Page 71
24) Gate - "fence was down beside the gate - page 232
30) Hay - "chomping on some wild hay - page 254
34) Horse - "I spurred the horse on - page 192
41) Pasture - "I turned it loose in a pasture outside - page 208
45) Scarecrow - "We'd found them in the airfield supply room and turn them into scarecrows - Page 272
48) Tractor - "Tractor trailer shipments every night - Page 345
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - 15/09/17
5) Breed - "the women in this part of Kabul were a different breed from the women in the poorer neighbourhood - page 75
7) Cat - "His walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat" - page 98
9) Chicken - "Chickens pecking at dirt" - page 63
11) Country - "Your country comes first, remember" - page 172
12) Cow - "Talking near a cow tethered to a fence" - page 149
16) Donkey - "Hawking at children and donkeys who wouldn't move" - page 75
22) Field - "The Bamiyan valley below was carpeted by lush farming fields" - page 148
27) Grains - "Stoking the massive ovens and mill grains all day" - page 114
35) Land - "This is our beautiful land" - page 168
37) Milk - "And take the milk from their breasts" - page 168
39) Orchard - "We'd play in his father's orchard" - page 120
46) Sheep - "She could see tiny sheep" - page 149
The Market Gardener: A Handbook for Successful Small-Scale Organic Farming by Jean-Martin Fortier
1) Acre - "Given we want to keep growing intensively on 1.5 acres for many years" - Page 70
2) Agriculture - "Local agriculture does have the power to transform society" - Page 143
10) Corn - "Vegetable: Corn" - Page 94
13) Crop - "Just one passage with this machine would clean the soil of existing weeds and crop debris" - Page 41
18) Farm - "Something much bigger than the farm" - Page 143
21) Fencing - "Electric fencing is a more suitable option as its portable and more affordable" - Page 36
28) Grow - "We can grow cover crops on larger areas with multiple beds" - Page 76
29) Harvest - "Disastrous consequences on the production calendar we rely upon for timely harvest" - Page 81
38) Oats - "Oats and legumes" - Page 74
40) Organic - "Organic matter must be incorporated to maintain soil fertility" - Page 22
43) Plant - "I have learned a lot about plant biology in the process" - Page 104
44) Plough - "There are various small companies in Italy that make more specialized market gardening tools such as rotary plows" - Page 181
49) Vegetable - "Intensive vegetable production is highly dependent on a consistent and sufficient supply of water" - Page 26
50) Wheat - "When cereals (oat, rye, wheat, etc.) mixed in with legumes" - Page 70
What Boys Are Made Of by S. Hunter Nisbet
6) Bull - "Like a bull, Art rushes" - Loc 994
Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon
15) Dog - "Tend to think of him as just a big attack dog" - Page 60
Into the Labyrinth by Margaret Weis
26) Goat - "He would have guessed they were raising sheep or goats" - Page 335
33) Herd - "Pick off the herders" - Page 43
42) Pig - "You said I had the face of a pig" - Page 231
Missing Words
14) Dairy
17) Duck
23) Flock
25) Geese
31) Haystack
32) Hen
36) Meadow
47) Stable
September Scavenger Hunt49/40 FOUND
Deadmen Walking - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/422. field - she was the only field he wanted to plow, p199
32. hen - like some great mother hen, p154
36. meadow - he was in the green meadows where he'd run as a boy, p56
43. plant - play a little game of plant the seed, p325
50. wheat - all around them was purple wheat, p337
Spellbent - Lucy Snyder 9/54. barn - a big barn-red house, p63
12. cow - a cow waiting to be led off, p52
19. farmer - three thousand from the farmers, p5
20. farmhouse - a farmhouse the firefighter's found, p212
23. flock - startling a small flock of Canada geese, p15
25. geese - he said as the geese flew off, p15
40. organic - the demon's effecting organic matter, p49
49. vegetable - the difference between animal and vegetable, p161
Shoots to Kill - Kate Collins 9/747. stable - we're having the shed turned into a stable, p230
By a Thread - Jennifer Estep 9/1142. pig - peeling pig tracks on the floor, p1
Forbidden Embers - Tessa Adams 9/1113. crop - had not dealt with crops or employment issues, p99
Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross 9/136. bull - you're talking about him as if he's a bull, p197
8. cattle - the cattle-dotted meadows and woodlands, p33
11. country - played the role of a country gentleman, p229
28 . grow - roots grow deep out of the rocky soil, p260
34. horse - the horse lines vast, p36
46. sheep - rolling fields of white and black sheep, p68
The End Game - Catherine Coulter 9/1421. fence - he crossed the fence during the power outage, p332
31. haystack - finding a soggy needle in a wet haystack, p194
Blue Hollow Falls - Donna Kauffman 9/149. chicken - cows, chickens and sheep, p30
10. corn - and corn, too, p30
26. goat - I had a goat, said Bailey, p120
45. scarecrow - there were also straw scarecrows, p224
Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/161. acre - cottage sat on twenty peaceful acres, p105
35. land - owned land just outside Orleans Parish, p11
37. milk - drove to the nearest town for milk and eggs, p108
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula - Marta Acosta 9/183. animals - crawling over the fence and riling the animals, p100
29. harvest - harvest and blend the product, p192
39. orchard - a beautiful house in an apple orchard, p49
41. pasture - she looked at the pastures, p108
Hour of the Rat - Lisa Brackmann 9/1817. duck - we end up at a veterinarians office with a dehydrated, malnourished duck, p4
24. gate - through a metal gate, p22
Crimson Shore - Douglas Preston 9/195. breed - we breed a mortal devil, p281
27. grain - worked on whaler's and grain ships, p59
Dairy Queen - Catherine Murdock 9/202. agriculture - wanted to learn agricultural science, p13
14. dairy - who also know about dairy farming, p161
15. dog -why's your dog named Smut?, p56
18. farm - dad got the farm to himself, p14
30. hay - so off we went to hay, p16
48. tractor - you know anything about tractors, p10
Pirates! - Celia Rees 9/217. cat - she twisted like a cat, p322
16. donkey - too small for a donkey, p95
Empire of Storms - Sarah J. Maas 9/2733. herd - still trying to herd her, p152
Steal the Dragon - Patricia Briggs 9/3038. oats - rich men went to sow their wild oats, p28
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Thank you!Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
Word List
1. acre “…part of the twenty or so acres…” p. 273 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
2. agriculture “…60 percent of civil servants in the Agriculture Ministry were ex-Nazis.” P. 58 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
3. animals “…carts powered by draught animals…” p. 165 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.27
4. barn “…emerging from the barn with a basket on her arm.” P. 191 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
5. breed - – “…domestic capitalism were somehow a different and less offensive breed …" p. 784 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
6. bull - Bull-fighting in Spain had little appeal…” p. 782 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9,29.17
7. cat “He must have come in and out like a cat.” P. 109 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
8. cattle “…millions of head of European cattle were slaughtered in the battles…” p. 22 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
9. Chicken “…any would-be economic reformer faced a chicken-egg dilemma…” p. 596 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945by Tony Judt 9.29.17
10. Corn “…colonial inheritance was larger and more corn…” p. 567 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
11. country “…when parts of the country had already been liberated…” p. 21 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9,29.17
12. cow “…hundreds of thousands of horses, cows and other animals had been killed…” p. 166 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945by Tony Judt 9.29.17
13. crop “agricultural yields fell by about a third even over the previous year’s meager crop…” p. 87 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
14. dairy - “markets for meat, dairy and grain products…” p. 305 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
15. dog - “…spectator sports like soccer or dog racing…” p. 347 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
16. donkey - “…we haven’t seen you in donkey’s years…” p. 121 Garden of LamentationsDeborah Crombie 9.7.17
17. duck They had gone down to the canal to feed the ducks…” p. 195 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
18. farm “Their mines, factories, and farms…” p. 14 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
19. farmer “Where Europe’s farmers could grow food…” p. 21 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
20. farmhouse “…painted on the sides of rural farmhouses…” p 349 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
21. fence - “The authorities in Budapest had removed the electrified fence…” p. 612 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945by Tony Judt 9.29.17
22. field “…leaving a larger contingent in the field…” p. 121 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
23. flock “…responsibilities as moral guardians of its flock…” p. 374 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
24. gate “…the gates of Moscow and Leningrad…” p. 20 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
25. geese “…then find out it’s been a wild-goose chase…” P. 170 The Dead of Winterby Rennie Airth 9.4.17
26. goat - " and you too, f---king like goats” p. 16 A Banquet of Consequencesby Elizabeth George 9.15.17
27. grain “…importation of cheap grain…” p. 77 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
28. grow “When Europe’s farmers could grow food…” p. 21 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
29. harvest “In Romania the 1945 harvest failed.” P. 86 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
30. hay - “…the hay gathered with wooden rakes…” p. 227 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
31. haystack “The image of a needle in a haystack…” p. 113 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
32. hen ”…as rare as hen’s teeth…” p. 236 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
33. herd “…they had a dairy herd.” P. 190The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
34. horse “…who still depended in their work on a horse and cart.” P. 339 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
35. land “…the collapse of the old land…” p. 4 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
36. meadow “…was a patch of meadow grass hard by the bank.” P. 93 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
37. milk “Otherwise healthy children died from a shortage of milk…” p. 22 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
38. oats - “…wheat and corn, oats and buckwheat…” p. 156 North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo 9.21.17
39. orchard “…long lawn in front of the house to the orchard…” p. 59 The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth 9.4.17
40. organic “Western Germany…had not organic links to the rest of the continent…” p. 156 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
41. pasture “…pasture land were still in the hands of relatively few wealthy landowners.” P. 77 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
42. pig “…we cannot buy a pig in a poke.” P. 159 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
43. plant “…abolish the Nazi Party, tear up its roots and plant the seeds of democracy.” P. 56 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
44. plough “…75 percent of all its ploughs…” p. 17 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
45. scarecrow “…his clothes hung loose as a scarecrow’s.” p. 36 Garden of Lamentations by Deborah Crombie 9.7.17
46. sheep “…indiginous sheep of the Massif uplands.” P. 492 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
47. stable “…with the reassurance of stable and familiar political forms…” p. 82 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
48. tractor - “Tractor plants or truck manufacturers…” p. 579 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
49. vegetable - “fruits and vegetables hand picked…” p. 227 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
50. wheat “Four-fifths of all the wheat consumed…” p. 96 Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt 9.29.17
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Duration: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
Level: Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
Found: 50/50
Books Read: 26
Word List
✔︎1. Acre: Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs|9/16/17|★★★★
Pg. 51 ~ "Leo's house is on fifteen acres."
✔︎2. Agriculture: In the Wreckage by Hailey Turner|9/28/17|★★★★
Loc. 1353 ~ "The green zone of agriculture had moved further north..."
✔︎3. Animals: Stolen Ink by Holly Evans|9/18/17|★★★
Pg. 30 ~ "Normal Tattoo magicians could only form one form of tattoo magic: animals, runes, or sigils."
✔︎4. Barn: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs|9/7/17|★★★★
Pg. 280 ~ "The pole barn that served as my home garage..."
✔︎5. Breed: Falling by Barbara Elsborg|9/3/17|★★★★
Pg. 229 ~ "Independent bookstores are a dying breed."
✔︎6. Bull: Sinner by Eve Langlais|9/3/17|★★★
Pg. 136 ~ "...across his stomach and the head of a bull..."
✔︎7. Cat: Dark Sun by M.J. O'Shea|9/11/17|★★★
Loc. 705 ~ "...color of green and eyes like a cat."
✔︎8. Cattle: A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest|9/6/17|★★★
Pg. 112 ~ "A lot of us had begun to see humans as cattle."
✔︎9. Chicken: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh|9/4/17|★★★★
Pg. 253 ~ "...it's akin to a chicken running around after its head has been cut off."
✔︎10. Corn: A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest|9/6/17|★★★
Pg. 6 ~ "The sickly sweet smell of Abigail Hudson's caramel corn filled my nostril's..."
✔︎11. Country: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh|9/4/17|★★★★
Pg. 265 ~ "I'm a poor country boy."
✔︎12. Cow: Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds|9/20/17|★★
Pg. 2 ~ "I look like a cow."
✔︎13. Crop: The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman|9/11/17|★★★★
Pg. 139 ~ "...a boyish crop of layers I used to say nobody but she and Halle Berry could pull off."
✔︎14. Dairy: The Physician by Noah Gordon|9/21/17|★★★★
Loc. 1762 ~ "... an old womam, two youths, a pair of dairy maids who smelled of cows..."
✔︎15. Dog: Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds|9/20/17|★★
Pg. 1 ~ "Something that's dog friendly if you have it."
✔︎16. Donkey: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs|9/7/17|★★★★
Pg. 190 ~ "A donkey chased through its paddock with murderous intent..."
✔︎17. Duck: Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall|9/9/17|★★★★
Pg. 68 ~ "Bastien refused to duck his head and say, 'Yes, sir.'"
✔︎18. Farm: A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest|9/6/17|★★★
Pg. 291 ~ "...we were deep in debt and about to lose the farm."
✔︎19. Farmer: Falling by Barbara Elsborg|9/3/17|★★★★
Pg. 133 ~ "In the 1820s a German farmer..."
✔︎20. Farmhouse: Baby Please Don't Go by Frank Freudberg|9/13/17|★★★★
Loc. 122 ~ "The address was an enormous farmhouse surrounded by stands of mature trees..."
✔︎21. Fence: Cask Strength by Layla Reyne|9/6/17|★★★★
57% ~ "Frat-boy ballplayer crashes car through fence while high."
✔︎22. Field: Cask Strength by Layla Reyne|9/6/17|★★★★
19% ~ "You lost your focus in the field today."
✔︎23. Flock: Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall|9/9/17|★★★★
Pg. 52 ~ "...vampires continue to flock to this part of the country."
✔︎24. Gate: Tate by Ella Frank|9/9/17|★★★★
Loc. 266 ~ "...Tate stood in front of the waist-high gate that housed a small mailbox..."
✔︎25. Geese: The Physician by Noah Gordon|9/21/17|★★★★
Loc. 2460 ~ "...save that I wasn't able today to feed my geese."
✔︎26. Goat: #Blur by Cambria Hebert|9/10/17|★★★★
Loc. 7060 ~ "...that might or might not have included the words hairy balls..."
✔︎27. Grain: A Destiny of Dragons by T.J. Klune|9/15/17|★★★★
93% ~ "The grain of the wood beneath my feet."
✔︎28. Grow: #Blur by Cambria Hebert|9/10/17|★★★★
Loc. 312 ~ "Even when we began to grow, we still clung to the idea."
✔︎29. Harvest: Tate by Ella Frank|9/9/17|★★★★
Loc. 2883 ~ "The Harvest Moon Drive-In?"
✔︎30. Hay: A Destiny of Dragons by T.J. Klune|9/15/17|★★★★
64% ~ "You get hay from the barn."
✔︎31. Haystack: A Matter of Duty by J.C. Long|9/15/17|★★★
27% ~ "It might be easier to find a needle in a haystack."
✔︎32. Hen: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs|9/17/17|★★★★
Pg. 140 ~ "You're a bit of a mother hen."
✔︎33. Herd: The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman|9/11/17|★★★★
Pg. 236 ~ "I join the herd moving en masse down an escalator."
✔︎34. Horse: Baby Please Don't Go by Frank Freudberg|9/13/17|★★★★
Loc. 1328 ~ "My little horse must think it queer..."
✔︎35. Land: Dark Sun by M.J. O'Shea|9/11/17|★★★
Loc. 566 ~ "His partner took the opportunity to land a punch right in his gut."
✔︎36. Meadow: The Godfather by Mario Puzo|9/16/17|★★★★
Pg. 442 ~ "She had led across a meadow to a tree-shaded brook."
✔︎37. Milk: Nothing Special V by A.E. Via|9/13/17|★★★★
Loc. 1780 ~ "...placing a tall cup of milk next to Steele's plate."
✔︎38. Oats: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks|9/19/17|★★★★
Pg. 184 ~ "I took the mare in, dried her, and gave her some oats."
✔︎39. Orchard: The Godfather by Mario Puzo|9/16/17|★★★★
Pg. 326 ~ "...he walked through the orange orchards that formed shady deep caverns..."
✔︎40. Organic: Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Charlie Cochet|9/19/17|★★★★
49% ~ "...sold organic fresh foods along with gourmet options."
✔︎41. Pasture: Stolen Ink by Holly Evans|9/18/17|★★★
Pg. 146 ~ "...my muse is threatening to go to greener pastures."
✔︎42. Pig: Nothing Special V by A.E. Via|9/13/17|★★★★
Loc. 4360 ~ "The beat officer was a pig..."
✔︎43. Plant: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs|9/17/17|★★★★
Pg. 95 ~ "It may be a plant..."
✔︎44. Plough/Plow: Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk|9/23/17|★★★★
Pg. 20 ~ "...even had I not compounded it by plowing straight into Griffin Flaherty."
✔︎45. Scarecrow: A Matter of Duty by J.C. Long|9/15/17|★★★
50% ~ "He was tall and scarecrow thin..."
✔︎46. Sheep: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks|9/19/17|★★★★
Pg. 31 ~ "Scattered across the valley to the left of the keep, sheep grazed, herded by an older man..."
✔︎47. Stable: Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs|9/16/17|★★★★
Pg. 56 ~ "Isabelle has been stable for three years."
✔︎48. Tractor: Sinner by Eve Langlais|9/3/17|★★★
Pg. 329 ~ "Tractor beam. Someone is bringing us on board."
✔︎49. Vegetable: Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Charlie Cochet|9/19/17|★★★★
9% ~ "He hadn't been able to ingest anything stronger than vegetable broth..."
✔︎50. Wheat: A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest|9/6/17|★★★
Pg. 194 ~ "We farmed wheat and vegetables."
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My spot!!!
Choose your Level:
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
10/20
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***
Happy hunting!
Word List
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
rabies...dog bite...CAT fever pg 75
8. cattle
9. chicken Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe CHICKENS for $0.10 and hogs according to their size. Pg 10
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe does anyone know how to get rid of dog tracks in cement pg 58
16. donkey
17. duck Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe I reckon it must of killed them DUCKS pg 26
18. farm
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe a big FLOCK of ducks, oh about forty or more...pg 25
24. gate
25. geese
26. goat Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe He doesnt have the sense that God gave a Billy GOAT. Pg 37
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe we had a red HEN named sister pg59
33. herd
34. horse Wide Sargasso Sea I saw her HORSE laying down under the frangipani tree. pg 16
35. land
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
she said to own a pure bred PIG is a mark of distinction....pg. 57
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable Wide Sargasso Sea and what about the STABLES and coach house...pg 25
48. tractor
49. vegetable
50. wheat
Choose your Level:
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
10/20
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***
Happy hunting!
Word List
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
rabies...dog bite...CAT fever pg 75
8. cattle
9. chicken Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe CHICKENS for $0.10 and hogs according to their size. Pg 10
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe does anyone know how to get rid of dog tracks in cement pg 58
16. donkey
17. duck Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe I reckon it must of killed them DUCKS pg 26
18. farm
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe a big FLOCK of ducks, oh about forty or more...pg 25
24. gate
25. geese
26. goat Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe He doesnt have the sense that God gave a Billy GOAT. Pg 37
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe we had a red HEN named sister pg59
33. herd
34. horse Wide Sargasso Sea I saw her HORSE laying down under the frangipani tree. pg 16
35. land
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
she said to own a pure bred PIG is a mark of distinction....pg. 57
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable Wide Sargasso Sea and what about the STABLES and coach house...pg 25
48. tractor
49. vegetable
50. wheat
Choose your Level:Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Tenant Farmer – 21-40 words
Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***
Happy hunting!
Word List
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat
8. cattle
9. chicken
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog
16. donkey
17. duck
18. farm
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock
24. gate
25. geese
26. goat
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen
33. herd
34. horse
35. land
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable
48. tractor
49. vegetable
50. wheat
I'm in! Level Farm Hand for now.Word List
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat
8. cattle
9. chicken
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog
16. donkey
17. duck
18. farm
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock
24. gate
25. geese
26. goat
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen
33. herd
34. horse
35. land
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable
48. tractor
49. vegetable
50. wheat
Mod
I joined because I saw this challenge pop up in Deanne's news feed. ;)
Mod
Penni (another one of our moderators) will be sending out a newsletter at the beginning of September. It will have all of the new challenges.
We also post new challenges in Challenge News . There are also challenge folders on the group's main page .
This is one of the few challenges I have a trend to finish each month, so I'm in again!Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Tenant Farmer – 21-40 words
Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
found → 34 | 50
1. acre
2. agriculture
6. bull
8. cattle
12. cow
14. dairy
16. donkey
26. goat
27. grain
30. hay
36. meadow
38. oats
41. pasture
42. pig
47. stable
50. wheat
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This Is Where the World Ends by Amy Zhang - 09.02.17
"... the tagged animals were going..." - loc 2733
"There's Old Eell's barn..." - loc 630
"... rot and breed maggots." - loc 2806
"Like chicken but more fun." - loc 1617
"... corn when there's not." - loc 278
"... allowed to be out of the country..." - loc 875
"You're allowed to crop things..." - loc 1046
"... one that my dog chewed up..." - loc 93
"Old Waldo had a farm..." - loc 939
"... Mr. Marvin was talking to the farmer..." - loc 2733
"... a chain fence..." - loc 652
"... dancing electron field..." - loc 479
"... how the geese flew." - loc 1335
"... to heavy to grow..." - loc 1387
"... has a hen that lays..." - loc 2925
"I land with my knees..." - loc 175
"... he spilled milk..." - loc 1603
"... edge of the orchard..." - loc 2730
"...but I plow on." - loc 2152
"The sheep heart..." - loc 2176
"... another tractor..." - loc 417
"I'm not a vegetable." - loc 1226
The Play Mate by Kendall Ryan - 09.03.17
"... smiled like the cat..." - p 81
"Healthy as a horse..." - p 94
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - 09.03.17
"And the farmhouse is thataway." - p 85
"... in harvest gold and avocado green." - p 247
"... needle in a haystack..." - p 84
"And riding herd over all of it..." - p 6
"... assorted leftover plant pollens..." - p 7
"... least effect scarecrow..." - p 82
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman - 09.19.17
"A duck that is sitting." - loc 6767
"The general's flock are gathered..." - loc 4404
"... jump gate generator..." - loc 307
"... filter out organic matter..." - loc 2275
September Scavenger Hunt - On The FarmSeptember 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Words Harvested 42 | 50
Books Read:
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[☆] Acre
He'd gotten the acreage, the barn and corrals. ~ page 52.
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread by Chuck Palahniuk (September 9, 2017).
[ ] Agriculture
[☆] Animals
~ page 61.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Barn
...made camp at an abandoned horse barn... ~ page 109.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Breed
We're a fast breed... ~ page 146.
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman (September 9, 2017).
[☆] Bull
~ page 10.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Cat
~ page 58.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Cattle
~ page 36.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Chicken
~ page 43.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Corn
...rough country behind Corn Mountain... ~ page 16.
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman (September 11, 2017).
[☆] Country
...rough country behind Corn Mountain... ~ page 16.
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman (September 11, 2017).
[☆] Cow
~ page 36.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[ ] Crop
[☆] Dairy
...in the highly competitive mid-level imported dairy solids market... ~ page 19.
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread by Chuck Palahniuk (September 9, 2017).
[☆] Dog
~ page 35.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Donkey
...folks are going to hee-haw like donkeys... ~ page 2.
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread by Chuck Palahniuk (September 9, 2017).
[☆] Duck
...Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck... ~ page 248.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 5, 2017).
[☆] Farm
~ page 58.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Farmer
He was hotwiring a farmer's tractor in a peanut field... ~ page 115.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 2, 2017).
[ ] Farmhouse
[☆] Fence
~ page 83.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Field
He was hotwiring a farmer's tractor in a peanut field... ~ page 115.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 2, 2017).
[☆] Flock
~ page 66.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Gate
~ page 34.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[ ] Geese
[☆] Goat
~ page 36.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Grain
~ page 56.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[ ] Grow
[☆] Harvest
~ page 133.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Hay
...he lay in wet moldering hay. ~ page 110.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Haystack
...the hen snuggled in the haystack... ~ page 67.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang (September 7, 2017).
[☆] Hen
Sprout was an egg-laying hen... ~ page 6.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang (September 7, 2017).
[☆] Herd
~ page 66.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Horse
~ page 59.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Land
~ page 76.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Meadow
...to the house at Turtle Meadow. ~ page 349.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 5, 2017).
[☆] Milk
~ page 36.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Oats
~ page 109.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Orchard
~ page 6.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Organic
...the hen were organically raised... ~ page 9.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang (September 7, 2017).
[☆] Pasture
~ page 132.
What Is the What by Dave Eggers (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Pig
The pig is back! ~ page 93.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Plant
~ page 50.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Plough
~ page 55.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Scarecrow
Avila was frozen in the pose of a scarecrow. ~ page 201.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 5, 2017).
[☆] Sheep
...where he was receiving thrice-daily injections of homogenized sheep semen... ~ page 210.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 5, 2017).
[☆] Stable
~ page 4.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (September 1, 2017).
[☆] Tractor
He was hotwiring a farmer's tractor in a peanut field... ~ page 115.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 2, 2017).
[☆] Vegetable
...a jar of vegetable oil... ~ page 362.
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (September 5, 2017).
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Quick question: will you accept "plow" for "plough"?
Christine wrote: "Quick question: will you accept "plow" for "plough"?"I'm hoping so...plough is UK, plow US. If not we'll be reading some English books around here!
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Word List1. acre Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.6 a couple of fenced acres
2. agriculture Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.1 long list of agricultural
events
3. animals Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.6 plenty of room for animals
4. barn Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.3 hows the barn build out coming
5. breed Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe 9/24/17..p112 surveys of breeding grounds
6. bull Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe 9/24/17..p277 liked a pierced bull ready to charge
7. cat Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.1 her cat Lolly
8. cattle The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Eric Bolling..p86 "cattle trading in politics
9. chicken Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.3 a package of chicken breasts
10. corn The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Eric Bolling..p87 cattle futures, oil,gold, corn, all of them
11. country Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.8 but in this country
12. cow Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.23 the distant lowing of cows
13. crop Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.3 when her crop rippened
14. dairy Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.23 Dairy of Meat?
15. dog Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.12 followed by a dog
16. donkey
17. duck Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..epilogue with a duck of her head
18. farm Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.1 hey farm girl
19. farmer Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.1 there are a lot of farmers around
20. farmhouse Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.12 a well maintained farmhouse
21. fence Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.5 fence still secure
22. field Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.4 I never saw a lot of real fields
23. flock Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..epilogue like a flock of sparrows
24. gate The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Eric Bolling..p117 from a Great Society to a Gate Society
25. geese
26. goat Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.5 Meg ambled over to talk to her goats
27. grain
28. grow Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.4 What kind of apples do you grow?
29. harvest Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.3 plans for the harvest
30. hay Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.27 managed the hay and feed store
31. haystack A Killer Crop by Sheila Connolly chap.27 a needle in a haystack
32. hen Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.2 like a sitting hen
33. herd Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.11 Hampshire College has a buffalo herd
34. horse The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Eric Bolling..p74 her father killed horses in an insurance fraud
35. land The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It by Eric Bolling..p5 welcoming land on the other side
36. meadow Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.9 the view of the Great Meadow
37. milk Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery p172 coconut milk and flax seed
38. oats Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe 9/24/17..p104 walls of sand and sea oats
39. orchard Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.1 since she inherited the orchard
40. organic Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.4 he heads this organic nonprofit group
41. pasture
42. pig Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.6 where he keeps his pigs
43. plant Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.4 I still don't recognize half of the things I see planted
44. plough Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.23 plowed fields
45. scarecrow
46. sheep Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.16 more so than sheep anyway
47. stable Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery..p75 He's very solid and stable
48. tractor Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.5 wanna see your new tractor attachment
49. vegetable Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly..chap.4 where to get vegetables and fruit
50. wheat
Leftovers
HAYFEVER
INTESTINES
MULLED WINE
RESORT Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery p293 nice tropical resorts much closer
SAFARI Daughters of the Bride by Susan Mallery p126 An African photo safari
SUNBATHE Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris p61 rent a movie to watch of sunbathe
SUNBATHING
September Scavenger Hunt - On The FarmSeptember 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Words Read 25/50
Books Read: 5
A Strange Hymn 5 Sept
The Dark of the Moon 15 Sept
The Mercenary 20 Sept
Deadly Sting 23 Sept
The Girl at Midnight 28 Sept
Words:
1. Acre
2. Agriculture
3. Animals: The Dark of the Moon ...this magic I have—calling storms and animals… Pg 266
4. Barn
5. Breed: The Dark of the Moon Anger does not breed a peaceful heart. Pg 313
6. Bull: Deadly Sting ...like a bull about to charge at a matador waving a red cape… Pg 195
7. Cat: Deadly Sting ...who looked more like a cat burglar, Pg 185
8. Cattle: The Mercenary ...slowly as if he were inspecting cattle. Pg 96
9. Chicken: Deadly Sting ...stuffed with creamy gourmet chicken-apple salad, Pg 57
10. Corn
11. Country: Deadly Sting I could hear music playing, some twangy country song… Pg 98
12. Cow
13. Crop
14. Dairy
15. Dog: Deadly Sting The dog fell into step beside me… Pg 179
16. Donkey
17. Duck: Deadly Sting I didn’t even have to duck… Pg 242
18. Farm
19. Farmer: The Dark of the Moon A new one, run by a coffee farmer or some such. Pg 292
20. Farmhouse
21. Fence: Deadly Sting ...they’re a lot easier to fence than well-known pieces of art. Pg 186
22. Field: Deadly Sting ...through a field of wildflowers. Pg 38
23. Flock: The Dark of the Moon Flocks of screeching gulls wheeled above, Pg 120
24. Gate: Deadly Sting An iron gate barred my way, Pg 71
25. Geese
26. Goat: The Dark of the Moon ...bled him like a goat to slaughter… Pg 413
27. Grain: The Dark of the Moon ... like a sack of grain, Pg 428
28. Grow: Deadly Sting Perhaps absence really did make the heart grow fonder, Pg 47
29. Harvest
30. Hay: The Dark of the Moon ...their blood darkening the hay around them. Pg 376
31. Haystack
32. Hen: Deadly Sting The expression reminded me of a fox baring its teeth at a fat hen. Pg 69
33. Herd: The Dark of the Moon “Herds? I can never remember…”Pg 285
34. Horse: Deadly Sting As a stalking horse. Pg 209
35. Land: Deadly Sting He’d spent the past week scouring land deeds, Pg 228
36. Meadow: A Strange Hymn ...a flowering meadow surrounded by hedges and trees, Pg 140
37. Milk: Deadly Sting put the ice cream, milk, and a splash of vanilla syrup into the blender… Pg 255
38. Oats
39. Orchard
40. Organic
41. Pasture
42. Pig: Deadly Sting You look like a pig gorging on a trough full of tomatoes. Pg 94
43. Plant: Deadly Sting Where to plant the bomb? Pg 129
44. Plough
45. Scarecrow
46. Sheep
47. Stable: The Dark of the Moon Grunt is stable. Pg 256
48. Tractor
49. Vegetable: The Girl at Midnight …and sheep slit open from neck to groin. Pg 3
50. Wheat
I'm in. September 2017 Scavenger Hunt - On The Farm
Duration: 9.1.17 - 9.30.17
Farmhand: 10 - 20 words
Found:
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat
8. cattle
9. chicken
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog
16. donkey: Miss You by Kate Eberlen pg. 56 "Hope was the little donkey in her nativity play." (9.22.17)
17. duck
18. farm: Miss You by Kate Eberlen pg. 404 "In my room next to the pool, I lie awake listening to the cicadas and the occasional untimely crowing of a cockerel on a distant farm, smiling in the darkness at the thought of her sleeping somewhere nearby." (9.27.17)
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock
24. gate: Miss You by Kate Eberlen pg. 116 "My usual route - and it was important to have a usual route so that thinking didn't intrude on the meditative vacuum that running delivered - took me down through the grimy main streets of Camden, up Parkway, and through the gate into the quiet paradise of Regent's Park." (9.25.17)
25. geese
26. goat
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen
33. herd
34. horse: Miss You by Kate Eberlen pg. 58 "A statue of an armored horse is tucked around the corner." (9.27.17)
35. land: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust pg. 230 "Lynet closed her eyes and conjured the maps of the kingdom she had studied in her lessons, picturing the narrow strip of land, both protected and isolated by its heavy mountain ranges along the northern and western borders and the wide expanse of sea to the south and east." (9.13.17)
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable
48. tractor
49. vegetable: Miss You by Kate Eberlen pg. 358 "If you were a vegetable, what would you be?" (9.26.17)
50. wheat: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust pg. 230 "They passed through miles of farmland, rows of wheat and other crops that Lynet didn't even recognize, but they never needed to stop - the road was smooth and unobstructed." (9.13.17)
The Lost ChallengesSeptember 2017 Scavenger Hunt - On The Farm
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
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Do you think you'll find all the words?
Duration: September 2017Found: 46/50
Die Buchspringer, Mechthild Gläser, 03.09.2017
3. animals - "Would I be able to understand the language of the animals and speak to them?", p. 40
7. cat - "The cat settled back into Lady Mairead's lap.", p. 55
9. chicken - "On Saturday I was able to eat a bowl of chicken soup and on Sunday afternoon I even ventured out of doors.", p. 98
10. corn - "Instead he'd talked about the weather and tried to palm me off with some tinned sweet corn that was on special offer.", p. 188
11. country - "That morning at breakfast - an hour ago now - I, too, had spontaneously decided to leave the country.", p. 6
15. dog - "Will was walking on the moor with a huge dog.", p. 348
16. donkey - "Oh, yeah, and there's a weaver whose head gets turned into a donkey's head.", p. 231
18. farm - "We arrived a few minutes later at the grey farm where Dorothy lived with her uncle, her aunt, and her dog.", p. 147
21. fence - "One was small and shabby, with a patch of weeds out front enclosed by a rotting picket fence.", p. 78
22. field - "He could just about make out something darting away from him at the edge of his field of vision.", p. 149
24. gate - "Alexis laid her fingertips on the ornate handle of the gate and took a deep breath.", p. 13
25. geese - "The next day I had him kill a couple of geese in a fairy tale, as a test.", p. 348
26. goat - "In the blink of an eye I found myself lying on the grass right in the middle of Peter's herd of goats.", p. 272
28. grow - ""Powerful ideas like these do not grow on trees", he whispered.", p. 280
33. herd - "In the blink of an eye I found myself lying on the grass right in the middle of Peter's herd of goats", p. 272
34. horse - "The knight mounted his horse.", p. 161
35. land - "Every day she climbed to the top of the highest tower and looked out across the land.", p. 23
36. meadow - "We tumbled through the wall of meadow as if it were mist, and found ourselves in a cave ", p. 88
37. milk - "My grandmother stirred a dash of milk into her tea.", p. 56
40. organic - "I breathed in the scent of her organic shampoo, which reminded me of my childhood, and tried to make sense of the bombshell my mum had just dropped.", p. 158
41. pasture - "A trip to an Alpine pasture, a carefree afternoon with Heidi and Peter: that sounded like the perfect distraction.", p. 160
42. pig - "And Alexis squealed like a stuck pig when she staggered into the bathroom early one morning to find Mr. Stevens in our bathtub, whistling merrily as he descaled the showerhead.", p. 184
43. plant - "He was struggling to free himself from the plant's grip when I landed.", p. 85
46. sheep - "At first I thought it was one of the sheep wandering over in search of fresher and juicier grass.", p. 130
47. stable - "The whole stable was full of blood - away from the plot, thank goodness.", p. 71
49. vegetable - "Your mother's fruit and vegetable diet doesn't seem to agree with you.", p. 54
Omens, Kelley Armstrong, 10.09.2017
1. acre - "It was on a half acre of land, cut by cobbled paths that ran between the surrounding houses", p. 107
17. duck - "He stood, stooped, ready to duck again as his gaze scanned the room.", p. 448
27. grain - "A white-hot grain of fury ignited behind my eyes.", p. 49
Invincible Summer, Alice Adams, 13.09.2017
13. crop - "We thought we were pretty wild, but this new crop, it's like they are dead inside.", p. 302
23. flock - "and made her stand out like a peacock in a flock of geese, at least in his eyes.", p. 26
44. plough - "giving off an earthy scent as Sylvie ploughed through them", p. 150
48. tractor - "He snored like a tractor", p. 65
The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware, 15.09.2017
4. barn - "Then he pointed out of the barn door at an extremely elderly Volvo standing outside.", p. 321
The Saint and the Sinner, Barbara Cartland, 16.09.2017
14. dairy - "they had been employed in the kitchens, the laundry, and the dairy", p. 22
19. farmer - ""If ye've come t' turn me out, M'Lord", the farmer said, "there's nought Oi can do about it."", p. 107
39. orchard - "There is a gate into an orchard", p. 158
Visions, Kelley Armstrong, 18.09.2017
5. breed - "Or that your family is part of the breeding stock", p. 394
6. bull - "they knew he wasn't going to suddenly go raging bull on anyone", p. 369
Vanish: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel, Tess Gerritsen, 22.09.2017
12. cow - "Okay, so your mom s a failure as a milk cow, Jane thought as she carried Regina into the kitchen.", p. 281
20. farmhouse - "and we begin to bump along the dirt road, past the ramshackle farmhouse, past a stagnant pond.", p. 217
Boundless, Cynthia Hand, 24.09.2017
8. cattle - "“Run, little freshmen, run!” they scream, and we do, like a herd of confused, stampeding cattle in the dark.", p. 14
Ghana Must Go, Taiye Selasi, 25.09.2017
29. harvest - "Here, he served tea, a bitter brew of moringa he had harvested during Harmattan, he said.", p.79
The Time of Contempt, Andrzej Sapkowski, 29.09.2017
30. hay - "You will be given vittles, then stretch out a while on a hay", chapter 1
31. haystack - "Without really knowing who or what we're looking for: an apparition, a ghost or a needle in a haystack", chapter 7
Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome, 29.09.2017
50. wheat - "As it was, he said: “Steady, old man; `ware wheat.”", p. 51
To find:
2. agriculture
32. hen
38. oats
45. scarecrow
September Word Hunt - On The FarmGentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
Completed: 45/50
Word List
05/09 ***1. acre - the dick has every acre he owns covered (Loc 552)
3. animals - The three of us ****** like animals (Loc 771)
5. breed - a different breed, the shocking kind (Loc 64)
6. bull - pulls out a six-pack of Red Bull (Loc 203)
7. cat - “Bro, you’re the cat who’s got a ghost (Loc 438)
9. chicken - I have her infamous chicken cutlet parmesan (Loc 513)
11. country - from one end of the country to the next (Loc 417)
15. dog - like a meaty bone to a hungry dog. (Loc 56)
20. Farmhouse - By the time we pull up to Dom’s farmhouse (Loc 536)
21. Fence - You know if I weren’t behind this fence (Loc 68)
22. field - She drags her attention out to the field (Loc 71)
23. flock - Though he’s surrounded by a flock (Loc 63)
28. grow - See him grow up? (Loc 735)
29. harvest - pregnant with a full harvest moon (Loc 215)
33. herd - attempting to herd me out of the bar (Loc 459)
34. horse - somewhere beneath the horse shit (Loc 541)
35. land - and land on Main Street (Loc 782)
37. milk - nearly choking on a sip of milk (Loc 367)
42. pig - The code spells ‘die pig (Loc 557)
43. plant - and plant my mouth over her racing pulse (Loc 118)
47. stable - he somewhat stable mental level you were at before (Loc 679)
50. wheat - you hillbilly, wheat-smoking asshole (Loc 542)
06/09 ****10. Corn - great bales of corn sheathed in fields (Pg 457)
12. Cow - I don't know, Cows (Pg 30)
14. Dairy - Da sent Lillian down the Dairy for an ice block (Pg 383)
17. Duck - No, you're all right Duck (Pg 106)
18. Farm - We'll get a wee farm (Pg 31)
19. Farmer - One of the local farmers came forward (Pg 368)
24. Gate - It's as stiff as a badgers gate (Pg 106)
39. Orchard - an orchard of fruit trees (Pg 139)
44. Plough - the plough looming into view (Pg 357)
45. Scarecrow - It's the little scarecrow (Pg 377)
46. Sheep - Rosie saw it and pointed to a field full of sheep (Pg 55)
49. Vegetables - He will make you plant vegetables (Pg 360)
08/09 ****4. Barn - Inside the barn, the scene was pretty much as Bo had described (Loc 126)
8. Cattle - moving the cattle from free range into the pastures near the house (Loc 256)
13. Crop - with the economy the way it was he’d have a good crop (Loc 92)
30. Hay - With the hay baling behind them (Loc 124)
41. Pasture - rough ground of the pasture (Loc 327)
48. Tractor - had been damaged by one of the tractors (Loc 171)
2. Agriculture - Why do you have so many books on agriculture (Pg 38)
09/09 ****16. Donkey - Donkeys were also in on the act (Loc 184)
26. Goat - and even a couple of goats butting heads (Loc 339)
32. Hen - The laying performance of a hen changes (Loc 81)
36. Meadow - life clucking around the meadow (Loc 94)
14. dairy
25. geese
27. grain
31. haystack
38. oats
40. organic
TLC September 2017 Scavenger Hunt - On The Farm Duration: September 1 - 30
There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.
Choose your Level:
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Found: 39/50 (Tenant Farmer – 21-40 words)
1. acre- The Lucky One
After turning onto his street, he cruised past a number of large, well-maintained homes, each sitting on half an acre. pg 281
2. agriculture
3. animals- The Lucky One
'Talking to animals. Freak.' pg 9
4. barn- The Lucky One
In gratitude, Thibault spent a couple of days helping to repair the roof of the barn before finally returning to the road...' pg 17
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat- Lullaby Girl
"Your cat froze to death!" pg 288
8. cattle- Between Shades of Gray
"Do we have to be in these cattle cars?" Loc 356
9. chicken- The Lucky One
'Who cared if they took their clothes off or, for that matter, dressed up in chicken costumes.' pg 13
10. corn - The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
'Uncle Eight hoisted several big heavy bags of corn into the boat... ' pg 11
11. country- The Lucky One
'He seemed almost normal- aside from walking across the country, that is...'
12. cow- Lullaby Girl
'I see a cow.' pg 6
13. crop- Lullaby Girl
'In summer, the wheat crop might have hidden me.' pg 321
14. dairy- The Lucky One
'...the lone exception being an elderly dairy farmer just south of Little Rock.' pg 16
15. dog- The Lucky One
'It was Clayton who looked away. "You might want to keep that dog on a leash." pg 10
16. donkey- The Afterlife Coach
'This is like waking up and finding a donkey in bed next to you; surreal doesn't even begin to cover it.' Loc 284
17. duck- Lullaby Girl
'I'm a sitting duck in here...' pg 295
18. farm- The Seven Sisters
'...the coffee farm was thriving and he was able to buy three more.' pg 145
19. farmer- The Lucky One
'the farmer talked as little as he did.' pg 16
20. farmhouse
21. fence- Lullaby Girl
"That's Loch Ghlas," she says, "and that's the perimeter fence." pg 9
22. field- The Lucky One
'The Landry brothers would have had a field day with him.' pg 9-10
23. flock- The Seven Sisters
"It's the tourists who flock to it." pg 99
24. gate- Lullaby Girl
'Some men ring the bell at the perimeter gate...' pg 23
25. geese- China Baby Love: An Australian Grandmother's life-changing mission to help China's orphans
'While other families kept the odd chicken, geese or pigs...' pg 111
26. goat- The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
'Ferrets, puppies, budgies, goats, parrots, ponies - for an eleven-year-old it was magic.' pg 59
27. grain- The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
'...his brothers used to throw grain to their chickens...' pg 19
28. grow- The Lucky One
'It makes a kid grow up fast.' pg 22
29. harvest
30. hay- Between Shades of Gray
"He's getting the hay for the table." Loc 2012
31. haystack
32. hen- The Seven Sisters
'But he refuses and continues to cluck around me like a mother hen.' pg 454
33. herd- The Seven Sisters
'A herd of white oxen peppered the hillside.' pg 363
34. horse- The Lucky One
'He shifted from one foot to the other, reminding her of a skittish horse.' pg 266
35. land- The Lucky One
'German shepherds were weapons - there wasn't a court in the land where that wouldn't stand up.' pg 12
36. meadow
37. milk- The Seven Sisters
'...made from condensed milk and caramel...' pg 182
38. oats
39. orchard- The Night Circus
"My family has a farm with an orchard," Bailey explains. pg 200
40. organic- The Afterlife Coach
'Today's special, organic edible undies.' Loc 1755
41. pasture
42. pig- The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
'In Vietnam it's traditional for the groom's family to bring a barbecued pig to the engagement party.' pg 155
43. plant- Lullaby Girl
'Iss part of me, like a dead plant rooted deep inside my head...' pg 27
44. plough- The Afterlife Coach
'I rely upon LL's belief in me to plough on.' Loc 3418
45. scarecrow
46. sheep- The Happiest Refugee: A Memoir
'We stood there silent and numb, like sheep awaiting slaughter.' pg 22
47. stable- The Seven Sisters
"We may no longer be rich, my dear, but at least we are stable." pg 475
48. tractor
49. vegetable- The Seven Sisters
'I rounded a corner and found myself in a square where vendors were already setting up an early morning fruit and vegetable market.' pg 111
50. wheat- Lullaby Girl
'In summer, the wheat crop might have hidden me.' pg 321
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Each month we will give you a list of 50 themed words to find in your books.
There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.
For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location and sentence where you found the word.
EXAMPLE -
Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles (1/10/16)
I had a weakness for apple pie, heavy on the cinnamon... (loc. 245)
Any genre/format is fine.
Re-reads are OK.
No page minimum.
To count a book towards the challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
At the end of the month please re-post your whole challenge as a new message so that we can award your Hall of Fame badge!
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for, you can still claim a badge for the words you did get.)
Our theme for September is...
Choose your Level:
Farm Hand – 10-20 words
Tenant Farmer – 21-40 words
Gentleman Farmer – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st Sept 2017 - 30th Sept 2017
***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***
Happy hunting!
Word List
1. acre
2. agriculture
3. animals
4. barn
5. breed
6. bull
7. cat
8. cattle
9. chicken
10. corn
11. country
12. cow
13. crop
14. dairy
15. dog
16. donkey
17. duck
18. farm
19. farmer
20. farmhouse
21. fence
22. field
23. flock
24. gate
25. geese
26. goat
27. grain
28. grow
29. harvest
30. hay
31. haystack
32. hen
33. herd
34. horse
35. land
36. meadow
37. milk
38. oats
39. orchard
40. organic
41. pasture
42. pig
43. plant
44. plough
45. scarecrow
46. sheep
47. stable
48. tractor
49. vegetable
50. wheat