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I have no problem with this at all Logan ~ only thing is if I read the rules right - we can only claim one word per book we read :(So not sure which one you would want to claim.....if I read the rules wrong and we can claim as many words per book as able .....that would be great!!
Here is what I've found (I had a few minutes lol)
p143 fish
p235 crab
p14 summer
p69 wine
p12 Chris
p283 snake(s)
p8 rock
p108 Rose
p 11 mate
p275 reef(s)
Pffft. You think I read rules? What am I, the captain?Okay, Melissa is right. One item per book - so! Why don't we try to keep a running tab of who finds each item anyway, so that way I can kind of move books around to fill less frequent categories. If we have a ton of people with trees, and each of them has other words they could fit, then I'll move them.
Even if you see someone else has posted about the word, list it anyway!
Make sense?
And thanks for catching that Melissa!!
No problem as I was really excited about finding as many words as possible ....until I read that claim 1 word per book rule.....darn Mods LOL
Yeah I know, that's why I was thinking hardest words first because I was like oh god, we have to read a million books! ;)
RULES UPDATEMods have decided we can get points for multiple readers finding the same word. Each individual can only find each word once, however.
So Melissa can't find "crab" in two different books and claim 10 points. But if Taryn and Melissa both find "crab" we can claim 10 points.
Also, settings can count as finding an item. Approved examples include: books set in Australia count for "downunder," books set in the Southern US count for "southern," and books set in Britain count for "Britain." The word doesn't have to be found specifically in the text or on the cover, but the setting should be clear from the summary.
Plurals and conjugated forms of words will count. ("Drilled" for drill, "dogs" for dog, etc.)
Also, the mods gave us a nice alphabetized list. Yay!
Okay I'm going to go back and check HP and the Half Blood Prince to see what all words there are.
I'm currently reading Yellow Crocus, which has a gold border on the cover. We could use it for gold. Or do you just want us to update when we've finished a book?
Let me know when you finish it too, so I can make sure it shows up correctly on the spreadsheet. Kelly made us a new tab in our official spreadsheet to track this hunt.
HBP Words and Page #s
Birds pg. 284
Bridge pg. 10
Bush pg. 347
Dog pg. 93
Eric pg. 264
Fish pg. 19
Gas pg. 199
Gold pg. 49
Grass pg. 294
Island pg. 569
Mate pg. 476
Mountain pg. 327
Oil pg. 66
Opals pg. 237
Pool pg. 523
Rock pg. 232
Rose pg. 434
Sand pg. 555
Snake pg. 202
Solar pg. 302
Spider pg. 77
Star pg. 390
Summer pg. 110
Sun pg. 350
Tree pg. 170
Water pg. 32
Wine pg. 106
Birds pg. 284
Bridge pg. 10
Bush pg. 347
Dog pg. 93
Eric pg. 264
Fish pg. 19
Gas pg. 199
Gold pg. 49
Grass pg. 294
Island pg. 569
Mate pg. 476
Mountain pg. 327
Oil pg. 66
Opals pg. 237
Pool pg. 523
Rock pg. 232
Rose pg. 434
Sand pg. 555
Snake pg. 202
Solar pg. 302
Spider pg. 77
Star pg. 390
Summer pg. 110
Sun pg. 350
Tree pg. 170
Water pg. 32
Wine pg. 106
So basically, Half-Blood Prince can be our sneak attack book that fills in the one category we'll be missing at the end. :)
Holy cow ....that's a lot of words to choose from Taryn :D
Don't forget 30 bonus pts if 75% of us particpate and find at least one word!!
Logan (~Daeris the Shadow Elf Queen~) wrote: "So basically, Half-Blood Prince can be our sneak attack book that fills in the one category we'll be missing at the end. :)"
Lol I've found that almost all the HP books are like that!
Lol I've found that almost all the HP books are like that!
P.S. Google search inside feature....don't go without it!
I have "marsupial" in my book. Page 3. Love is a Many Trousered Thing. And it is set in England ( Britain)
Hilary wrote: "I have "marsupial" in my book. Page 3. Love is a Many Trousered Thing. And it is set in England ( Britain)"
Ooo good one!
Ooo good one!
I am currently working on The Missing InkIt contains
beer (location 2299)
banana (loc 5154)
beach (loc 3850)
bridge (loc 3850)
Chris (loc 135) but, it's in the acknowledgements
David (loc 251)
desert (loc 315)
dog (loc 744)
drill (loc 987)
English (loc 1776)
film (loc 1291)
fish (loc 2297)
gas (loc 411)
gold (loc 1724)
green (loc 991)
guy (loc 186)
Hugh (loc 1790)
Joel (loc 275)
Lamb (loc 134) but its in the acknowledements
mountains (loc 418)
Paul (loc 707)
pool (loc 423)
rock (loc 324)
rose (loc 3579)
sand (loc 2549)
sheep (loc 1575)
solar (loc 5820)
Southern (loc 2488)
star (loc 2531)
summer (loc 422)
sun (loc 416)
surf (loc 349)
tree (loc 564)
water (loc 151)
wine (loc 1293)
wool (loc 2820)
I've been wanting to read that one! And look at that list!!!
Wow - that is a heck of a list Jenn!! Hope it's a good book too!I've finished
p143 fish
p235 crab
p14 summer
p69 wine
p12 Chris
also found:
bridge p 256
tree p48
oil(s) p104
gas(oline) p 135 (not sure if they will take or not)
I'm about 30% into
also found:
island p 23
I finished the Giver last night and here are the words:
beach (208)
bird (215)
bridge (19)
bush (122)
dog (154)
green (134)
island (208)
land (134)
mountain (164)
rock (125)
rose (72)
sun (109)
tree (125)
water (26)
beach (208)
bird (215)
bridge (19)
bush (122)
dog (154)
green (134)
island (208)
land (134)
mountain (164)
rock (125)
rose (72)
sun (109)
tree (125)
water (26)
I finished The Missing Ink last night. One I figure out what I am reading next, I will post what words are in it.
I just finished
on to the next one!
on to the next one!
Finished up
- I ♥ Kresley Cole - she is awesome!!p283 snake(s)
p8 rock
p108 Rose
p 11 mate
p275 reef(s)
p 23 island
I need to read that series, Melissa! I may start it next. And omg....the alerts for this thread stopped. I just now saw the Australia Day challenge. :( I'll see if I can go through the books I've finished in that time period and find any words. I know I probably have a few of those in recent books. I'll check it out when I get home.
I just saw the challenge too. Lol and I've already read the first three Harry Potter books.
Okay...here's the list of words and pages for Desire Unchained that I finished yesterday. I'm surprised how many words there were: (I added a couple with different variations in case they were allowed)Beach Loc 3540
Beer Loc 758
Birds Loc 1403 ("bird")
Bridge loc 3882
Bush loc 4207
Coal loc 3825 ("coals")
David loc 2646
Desert loc 1842 ("deserts")
Dog loc 1586
Drill loc 2358
Film loc 1247
Fish loc 1358
Football loc 4319
Gas loc 2128
Gold loc 655
Grass loc 3753
Green loc 2458
Guy loc 445
Island loc 3230
Land loc 1629, loc 5323 ("landed", "landing")
Mate loc 316
Migrants loc 5288 ("immigrants")
Mountains loc 2225
Oil loc 1219
Pool loc 4121
Rock loc 1458
Rose loc 4639
Sand loc 4170
Sheep loc 2376 ("sheepish")
Snake loc 1407 ("snakes")
Southern loc 3230
Spider loc 2456 ("spiderlike")
Star loc 5408
Summer loc 402
Sun loc 836, loc 1583 ("sun-streaked", "sunrise")
Tree loc 2869
Water loc 309
Wine loc 957
Also, I'm listening to an audiobook. Assuming I finish it in time, is there a place where I can search the book but also get a page number? I did the google advanced book search, but it only found the words on the pages but didn't provide a page number. Or should I just do that and quote the sentence it's in?
So, I'm hoping to finish Bruiser and Cress by the 31st. I'm pretty sure that 2 of the main characters said they are in the same "English" class in Bruiser. I'm starting to go through Cress now for words. How do you find the lists of words that everyone is posting?
Oh and I know that someone drank "Wine" in Bruiser too, so that would work.
Kristie wrote: "So, I'm hoping to finish Bruiser and Cress by the 31st. I'm pretty sure that 2 of the main characters said they are in the same "English" class in Bruiser. I'm starti..."It's on the previous page in this thread. Huge list of words to search for. :)
And Taryn....it works for some books. The last one I finished is only in kindle form, and for whatever reason, I can't search inside it. But another book that has a book form available allows me to search. Weird. Luckily, I'll be able to search my audiobook if I can finish it in time. :) Thanks!
Oh yeah, sorry I don't know any other way but that.
Taryn wrote: "Oh yeah, sorry I don't know any other way but that."Oh, it's all good. I'm just searching my kindle book, but I'll definitely use Amazon for the audiobook. HUGE help, thanks!
I see the list, but I couldn't tell where the words are in the books. Well, I guess I'll go with "pool" for Bruiser, since there was a whole scene already in a pool and it is mentioned several times. And "sand" for Cress, since they were stuck in a desert for a while, so sand was mentioned a lot. Neither of those have been taken on the list so far. I'll be sure to finish them both on time.
Kristie wrote: "I see the list, but I couldn't tell where the words are in the books. Well, I guess I'll go with "pool" for Bruiser, since there was a whole scene already in a pool and it is mentioned several ti..."
Oh gotcha. I am just using the search feature on my Kindle to search for every word in my book. The Amazon Look Inside feature we were talking about allows you to search inside most books (in the case of reading a hard copy of a book).
Oh! Got it. I looked up Amazon Look Inside and it just brought me to a how it works page. Thanks for the help!
You're welcome! Here's my list of words from Offside that I finished the other day. Cheers for a character having a father named Anthony and a hockey goalie practicing his hand-eye coordination with tennis balls. :D
Anthony loc 470
Banana loc 7133
Beach loc 1912
Beer loc 1724
Ben loc 4313
Bridge loc 5826
Coal loc 1068 ("charcoal")
Crab loc 7075
Cricket loc 4626
Desert loc 4891
Dog loc 3351
English loc 6297
Fish loc 1437
Football loc 1548
Gas loc 4969
Gold loc 1831
Grass loc 660
Green loc 200
Guy loc 277
Land loc 239
Mountains loc 5793
Oil loc 3735
Outback loc 2030 (appeared as two words, "out back")
Pool loc 792
Rock loc 1127
Rose loc 2252 ("roses")
Sand loc 6962 ("sanded")
Sheep loc 3684 ("sheepish")
Spider loc 8434
Star loc 766
Summer loc 258
Sun loc 258
Tennis loc 6098
Tree loc 659
Water loc 220
Wine loc 8147
Wool loc 8652
Finished Web of Lies:BBQ (p13) "barbecue" - approved
Beer (p78)
Bird (p303)
Bushes (p112)
Coal (p11)
David (p271)
Deserted (p151)
Dog (p116)
Drilled (p76)
English (p76)
Film (p407)
Fish (p379)
Flag (p99)
Football (p112)
Gases (p118)
Gold (p37)
Grass (p63)
Green (p20)
Guy (p4)
Island (p54)
Land (p134)
Mountains (p52)
Pool (p92)
Rock (p173)
Rose (p112)
Snake (p151)
Solar (p21)
Spider (p19)
Stars (p52)
Summer (p17)
Sun (p126)
Surfed (p354)
Tennis (p403)
Trees (p51)
Water (p13)
Wine (p260)
Wool (p37)
Words we haven't found yet:Aboriginal
Anna
Boomerang
Cate
Colin
Continent
Crocodile
Democracy
Dingo
Downunder
Emu
Heath
Hugo
Kangaroo
Koala
Lamingtons
Lobster
Meat Pie
Migrants
Naomi
Nicole
Opera House
Outback
Oyster
Prawn
Russell
Seafood
Toni
Ute
Vegemite
Wheat
Wi-Fi
I have a feeling Vegemite might be a tough 'in.....
Quick, someone read this:
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Logan (~Daeris the Shadow Elf Queen~) wrote: "Words we haven't found yetAboriginal
Anna
Banknote
BBQ
Boomerang
Britain
Cate
Colin
Continent
Crocodile
Democracy
Dingo
Downunder
Emu
Farmers
Geoffrey
Heath
Hugo
Kangaroo
Koala
Lamb
Lamingtons
..."
I found marsupial and Britain, post 1041.
I'm sorry I haven't posted as of late. I just finished reading Divergent. Unfortunately, words that haven't been found yet are not in the book :(Are these books supposed to be read between Jan 23 - Jan 31?
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Considering how long the list is, and that the challenge is only a week long, I'd say that if you find an item in your book (no matter how common of a word) include it in your final list. Items will be filled first come, first served.
I don't have a problem with claiming words, either. So if you search a book you're reading, but aren't quite finished, you can let me know and I'll put your name down for them. Then the rest of us know we don't have to worry about that word.
I'll add Taryn's and Melissa's words above to our tracking post.
Does this all sound fair?