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Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.
Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)
Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside
You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing
***
You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.
On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.

1 - 31 October 2020
0/10 - Found and Read
October
bone
chill
costume
flesh
fortune
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
Bonus Bonus
horoscope

bone: LOC 2251 “I’m not throwing you a carrot or a bone, if that’s what you’re asking.” Laws of Physics: Space 7/10
chill: LOC 1088 “The scene was serene and beautiful and utterly alien, and a chill shivered up her spine.” Anna and the Alien 2/10
costume: LOC 67 “Please tell me that’s your costume.” Dating You / Hating You 9/10
flesh: LOC 210 “The raw flesh and muscle was sickening...” Anna and the Alien 2/10
fortune: P52 “...which he has grown over the past decade to the ranks of the Fortune 500.” Beneath This Mask 11/10
jack: P60 “Just let Jack tell us.” Beneath This Mask 11/10
passenger: LOC29 “She reached over to the passenger seat to retrieve her cell phone from her purse...” Dec the Holls 11/10
prank: LOC 2653 “Being the object of an elaborate prank, or hoax...” Laws of Physics: Space 7/10
spirit: P125 “Gotta love a woman with spirit.” Beneath This Mask 11/10
wreck: LOC 679 “He lowered Melia to the ground and eased Anna down beside her as her knees finally gave way, then turned back to the wreck.” Anna and the Alien 2/10
Bonus -
astrology: LOC 1968 “I didn’t peg you for an astrology buff...” Dating You / Hating You 9/10
afterlife: LOC 5744 “I always figured that if the afterlife was a real thing...” Pandemonium 5/10
drench: LOC 4108 “...threatening to drench them like a pair of hissing tomcats if they didn’t break it up.” Pandemonium 5/10
heavenly: LOC 2444 “The peonies had a heavenly scent.” Pandemonium 5/10
prophesy: LOC 1214 “As the prophesy foretold.” Laws of Physics: Space 7/10
horoscope: LOC 1968 “Big horoscope reader, Carter?” Dating You / Hating You 9/10

OCTOBER Read 10/10
1. BONE - Alpha Ablaze - √ 14 October 2020
loc 291 - Flames that could char flesh and bone and turn hair to soot.
2. CHILL - Before You Ghost - √ 21 October 2020
p24 - Whenever my feet had a chill, his hairy furnace calf had the remedy.
3. COSTUME - Say You’ll Be Nine - √ 2 October 2020
p16 - It was what I was known for. Stranded on the highway with a blown tire? Call Nine. Need someone to pick up a bag of ice before the party? Nine will do it. One of the Wise Men in the pageant called in sick? That costume will surely fit Nine Winshed, and we all know that man doesn’t say no to anyone in need.
4. FLESH - Alpha Ablaze - √ 14 October 2020
loc 291 - Flames that could char flesh and bone and turn hair to soot.
5. FORTUNE - You First √ 4 October 2020
loc 612 - Instead I quoted from a fortune cookie saying I’d taped to the edge of my bedside table in a maudlin moment three years before.
6. JACK - The Boy with the Painful Tattoo - √ 18 October 2020
p59 - If you could call the endless spinning of a solitary jack, thoughts.
7. PASSENGER - Say You’ll Be Nine - √ 2 October 2020
p139 - That was the last thought I had until I felt the cool breeze on my face from the open passenger door.
8. PRANK - An Admirer - √ 19 October 2020
p9 - But why would someone play such a prank on him?
9. SPIRIT - The Boyfriend Game - √ 8 October 2020
p241 - For real, Carter’s generous spirit made Rip love him so hard it almost hurt.
10. WRECK - You First √ 4 October 2020
loc 379 - I’m a nervous wreck behind any wheel and I never drive unless I have to, but it’s better with Jay in the car—even tipsy and half-asleep, he’s my magic charm.
BONUS Read 5/5
1. ASTROLOGY - The Boy with the Painful Tattoo - √ 18 October 2020
p94 - “Anyway, that was a two-star review. And I also didn’t like the plot of Miss Butterwith Sees Stars. I don’t like anything to do with astrology.”
2. AFTERLIFE - Before You Ghost - √ 21 October 2020
p65 - The afterlife seemed like it would suck without her.
3. DRENCH - An Admirer - √ 19 October 2020
p2 - His boots splashed in puddle, the water leaking in through holes in the soles to further drench his already soaked socks.
4. HEAVENLY - Prophesy - √ 9 October 2020
p261 - “You smell heavenly.”
5. PROPHESY - Prophesy - √ 9 October 2020
p216 - Now they were going to show their people exactly how life should be – as the Mother intended and as the prophesy revealed – harmonious and full of love.
BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. HOROSCOPE - The Boyfriend Game - √ 8 October 2020
p40 - Rip hadn’t picked up a horoscope since, though, and damn if he could remember any of the details.
FINISHED!!!!

1 - 31 October 2020
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
Words Found - 9 of 10 ! 1 of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus
bone, His to Protect 10/27 - She doesn't have an unkind BONE in her body. (46%)
chill, In Too Deep 10/11 - we would just CHILL out to recuperate... (pg 27)
costume, In Too Deep 10/11 - He slides my COSTUME down my legs and... (pg 36)
flesh, His to Protect 10/27 - , worrying her FLESH before letting go. (14%)
fortune, In Too Deep 10/11 - we've just had the good FORTUNE to be... (pg 1)
jack, Queen of NOLA 10/08 - Just talk to me like I know JACK shit, (50%)
passenger, Queen of NOLA 10/08 - I still feel like a PASSENGER in this body. (26%)
prank
spirit, Queen of NOLA 10/08 - I don't have it in me to coax her sagging SPIRIT. (64%)
wreck, Queen of NOLA 10/08 - "You were bought in after a fatal WRECK." (13%)



astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly, His to Protect 10/27 - And a bath sounded HEAVENLY. (21%)
prophesy
horoscope

Bonus: 4/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1
10/2 bone Searching For Moore, pg 9 From his mother, her fine bonestructure and square jaw, high cheekbones, straight nose and full lips.
10/10 chill An American Marriage, pg 26 She shook the drinks to spread the chill and then she extended her beautiful arm in my direction.
10/10 costume An American Marriage, pg 37 The next day we took our seats in the courtroom, costumed to seem as innocent as possible.
10/31 flesh The Jackal, pg 1 ...the kind of thing that happened when steel hit flesh, and her sister's response was to cover her eyes and tuck in her knees.
10/10 fortune An American Marriage, pg 234 It was like the way movie stars die and leave their fortune to a French poodle.
10/8 jack The Unhoneymooners, pg 179 ...and nine times out of ten it's my upstairs neighbor Jack, a fiftysomething guy who pays way too close attention...
10/2 passenger Searching For Moore, pg 41 ...lithe frame into the front passenger seat of the silver Camaro.
10/6 prank Office Mate, pg 33 ...not that he was exactly known for his pranks, but stranger things had happened.
10/6 spirit Office Mate, pg 128 In the spirit of the true transparency of our current conversation, I knew it was time to be honest with her.
10/26 wreck American Queen, pg 142 I'm wrecked with it, so much that I think it's never...
Bonus
astrology-Carry Over
10/31 afterlife The Jackal, pg 136 As he contemplated the afterlife, he wondered if it would be thus.
10/29 drench Driving Home for Christmas, pg 96 We both groaned at the movement before I felt a large waterfall of wetness drench my leg.
10/26 heavenly American Queen, pg 380 ...cracking my ribs and puncturing my heart with the heavenly music of it.
10/30 prophesy Black Magic Kitten, pg 137 "... Plus there's all this stuff in the prophesy about me saving everyone.
Bonus-Bonus
10/2 - horoscope Searching For Moore, pg 208 ...which was this horoscope that came packed in some lip gloss I got when I was a really little girl, ...

September - Read 1/2 bonus words; 1/1 Bonus Bonus word
August - Read 0/1 bonus words; 1/1 Bonus Bonus word
July - Read 0/1 bonus word; 0/1 Bonus Bonus word
June - Read 1/1 bonus bonus word
March - Read 0/1 bonus word
October Read 10/10 DONE!
bone(s) - Kindle location 594 - Warmth flooded the marrow of her bones.

chill(y) - Kindle location 3584 - "I wrote her off a long time ago," he said in a chilly tone.

costume - Kindle location 3194 - In a gondolier costume and a mustache.

flesh - Kindle location 2876 - Every ounce of my flesh, my heart, and my soul yearned for this man, yet I couldn't quite get the words out of my mouth.

fortune - Kindle location 2100 - He stayed disconnected from his fortune for a lot longer than we did.

jack - Kindle location 32 - ...and open the compartment, which holds a fully inflated tire, thank God, and a jack.

passenger - Kindle location 414 - He escorted her to the passenger side and held the door for her.

prank(ed) - Kindle location 1405 - I thought I was being pranked or something.

spirit - Kindle location 1779 - Loved the spirit and honesty and the women.

wreck - Kindle location 1159 - The house they were flipping was a certified wreck with a fucking rat colony, in far worse condition than Stephen's, and her lack of experience already had them at a disadvantage.

Bonus words - Read 4/5
astrology - Kindle location 3161 - I thought astrology was bullshit and that superstitious people were naive.

afterlife - Kindle location 813 - I can't speak to reincarnation or the afterlife.

drench - Kindle location 2740 -...where they would stay dry in the event the clouds over Backbone Mountain had a mind to drench the Alleghenies.

heavenly - Kindle location 2142 - If heavenly help was out there, it was spared for someone more deserving.

prophesy
Bonus-Bonus word - Read 0/1
horoscope
Orphan Words
September Bonus - Read 1/2
ceaseless
fuse - Kindle location 2968 - Her neck blew a fuse, head falling back.

and a bonus bonus - Read 1/1 DONE!
lout - Kindle location 1784 - A thief and a lout?

August - Bonus word read 0/1
godless
and a bonus bonus - Read 1/1 DONE!
sanitizer - Kindle location 316 - …but this afternoon I was able to walk right in with only a brief pause for a squirt of hand sanitizer from the masked employee just inside the door.

July Bonus - Read 0/1
excrement
and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
bionic
June Orphan Words - bonus bonus - Read 1/1 DONE!
aficionado - Paperback page 31 - ...which were a bit too natural for a true aficionado of fashion.

March Orphan Words Bonus - Read 0/1
primate/s singular or plural

Bonus: 0/5
Bonus-Bonus: 0/1
bone
chill
costume
flesh
fortune
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
Bonus-Bonus
horoscope

READ: 13/16
✔bone - Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade 10/3
(they got little bone razors), loc502
✔chill - Walking in Fire - Catheryn Cade 10/3
(to escape the chill of rejection), loc77
✔costume - Identical - Scott Turow 10/16
(the rest of this costume party), chapter 31
✔flesh - The Tempering of Men - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/3
(the softness of flesh and the strength of hard muscle), p40
✔fortune - An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10
(to handle the change of fortune), p45
✔jack - Identical - Scott Turow 10/16
(my dad was a jack), chapter 4
✔passenger - The Sign - Raymond Khoury 10/5
(by winching passengers to and from a hovering chopper), p110
✔prank - An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10
(sacrifice almost anything for a prank), p223
✔spirit - The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea - Kerrelyn Sparks 10/3
(broken in body and spirit), p30
✔wreck - An Apprentice to Elves - Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear 10/10
(walking away from the burning wreck), p165
Bonus
astrology -
(), p
✔afterlife - Whiskey, Vamps, and Thieves - Selene Charles 10/11
(in the afterlife), p257
drench -
(), p
✔heavenly - Nuts - Alice Clayton 10/14
(those two would make a heavenly sandwich), p49
✔prophesy - Blackmark - Jean Lowe Carlson 10/17
(one of their books of prayer and prophecy), p317
horoscope -
(), p

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
October
bone
chill
costume
flesh
fortune
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
and a bonus bonus
horoscope
WORDS: 9/10 | BONUS: 2/6 | ORPHAN: 2/4
❤️ Bone. The Stranger: A LGBT Contemporary Fairy Tale. 4 Oct.
Page 44. She was a beautiful woman; she had a slightly aquiline nose and high cheek bones.
❤️ Chill. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 1478. This was chilling where the wine should be.
❤️ Costume. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 422. Templeton is on Main Street dressed in a general’s costume, riding around in a shopping cart.
❤️ Flesh. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 21. She found the section with fruits and vegetables to show him the strange red fruit with white seeded flesh.
❤️ Fortune. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 4738. ”Actually,” I said, “it cost JD a fortune. ...”
❤️ Jack. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 594. This man is Jack Jones.
❤️ Passenger. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 136. Even worse, the car kept inching closer and I saw a pistol come out of the passenger window.
Prank.
❤️ Spirit. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 37. While the food was pretty good (all catered from the Publix deli, complete with gallons and gallons of sweet tea), it was the prospect of sharing lunch with Jeremy that day that put Tessa in a truly thankful spirit.
❤️ Wreck. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 132. It was that or drive off the cliff to her death because the sight of him there was like a train wreck-something she couldn’t look away from.
Astrology.
Afterlife.
Drench.
❤️ Heavenly. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 31. I watched in dismay as the impact sent the heavenly batter into the air and onto Celia and her minions, who had been standing nearby.
Prophesy.
❤️ Horoscope. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 1045. I made a mental note to read his horoscope.
Dope.
Excrement.
❤️ Heartsick. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 33. He was tired from a night of working and heartsick for a girl who enjoyed dressing up like a ham.
❤️ Hogtied. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 121. He was still hog-tied on the floor of the casino when we left.
❤️ Bone. The Stranger: A LGBT Contemporary Fairy Tale. 4 Oct.
Page 44. She was a beautiful woman; she had a slightly aquiline nose and high cheek bones.
❤️ Chill. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 1478. This was chilling where the wine should be.
❤️ Costume. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 422. Templeton is on Main Street dressed in a general’s costume, riding around in a shopping cart.
❤️ Flesh. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 21. She found the section with fruits and vegetables to show him the strange red fruit with white seeded flesh.
❤️ Fortune. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 4738. ”Actually,” I said, “it cost JD a fortune. ...”
❤️ Jack. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 594. This man is Jack Jones.
❤️ Passenger. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 136. Even worse, the car kept inching closer and I saw a pistol come out of the passenger window.
Prank.
❤️ Spirit. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 37. While the food was pretty good (all catered from the Publix deli, complete with gallons and gallons of sweet tea), it was the prospect of sharing lunch with Jeremy that day that put Tessa in a truly thankful spirit.
❤️ Wreck. Once Hunted, Twice Shy. 17 Oct.
Loc 132. It was that or drive off the cliff to her death because the sight of him there was like a train wreck-something she couldn’t look away from.
Astrology.
Afterlife.
Drench.
❤️ Heavenly. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 31. I watched in dismay as the impact sent the heavenly batter into the air and onto Celia and her minions, who had been standing nearby.
Prophesy.
❤️ Horoscope. Rough Diamond. 15 Oct.
Loc 1045. I made a mental note to read his horoscope.
Dope.
Excrement.
❤️ Heartsick. Love in the Checkout Line. 1 Oct.
Page 33. He was tired from a night of working and heartsick for a girl who enjoyed dressing up like a ham.
❤️ Hogtied. Bullets and Beads. 3 Oct.
Page 121. He was still hog-tied on the floor of the casino when we left.

1 - 31 October 2020
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
bone
chill
costume
flesh
fortune
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
and a bonus bonus
horoscope

October Word Hunt
1 - 31 October 2020
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
Completed: 7/10 words
Was only able to complete 7 words. But i had a blast trying to find all the words.

COSTUME
Page: 16
Once I got all dressed up in my formal costume, pocket watch in my gray pin-striped vest and slicked down hair- I would look like the led I'd been in 1953.

FLESH
Page: 66
Healing them as best I can, stopping the bleeding at least and binding the flesh back together.

FORTUNE
Page:139
I thank fortune for not arriving much earlier or I might have caught them busy with each other.

JACK
Page:6
I should probably say hi and make sure he's okay with Jack and Algy participating in this smorgasbord.

PRANK
Page: 5/Chapter 8
Jax got me a lot of random stuff to play pranks with; he also got me a locket with a picture of all of us.

SPIRIT
Page: 140
That spirit inside them prevented me from unbinding them like vampires, and they were tough to kill other-wise.
Bonus
Completed: 1/5 words
astrology

AFTERLIFE
Page: 242
It made sense; now that the Morrigan was dead, Manannan had taken over her primary role as psychopomp, escorting the dead to whatever afterlife they had earned.
drench
heavenly
prophesy
Bonus Bonus
Completed: 0/1 words
horoscope

Completed: 11/16 words
Word List
Bonus: (Exact wording, no derivatives)
astrology
drench
heavenly
prophesy
Bonus Bonus: (Exact wording, no derivatives)
horoscope

bone-October 2,2020, Loc 2860, Master Peter Bone of the Foresight, The Eyes of the Queen
chill-October 1,2020, Page 12, it waited to wrap its chilling arms, Across the Face of the World
costume-October 1,2020, Page 107, Dog costumes are very hot, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
flesh-October 2.2020, Loc 2641, and then stiched into their flesh, The Eyes of the Queen
fortune-October 4,2020, Page 23, Heye's father had made a fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God
jack- October 5,2020, Page 48, jack-in-the-pulpit roots., My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain
passenger-October 18, 2020, Page 225, I was sitting in the passenger seat, Fool Moon
prank-October 15/2020, Page 124, unable to contain the mirth of their prank., Fool Moon
spirit-October 5, 2020, Page 14, the spirit of Napoleon, The Seagull
wreck-October 18,2020, Page 243, I'm going to wreck you a whole hell of a lot, Fool Moon
Moldy Leftovers
March
shackle-October.29/2020, Page 134, He was shackled. Where Dreams Descend
zipper-October.28/2020, Page 156, like zipping up a zipper, Story Thieves
Bonus
paralysis
flamingo
glacier
ladybug
primate/s
Bonus Bonus
delicatessen
April
Muzzle
Snuggle
Upset
August
Muster
Pony
September
Obtain

1. Bone The Guest List by Lucy Foley ...soaked and cold to the bone, LOC: pg 52 READ:10/9/20
2. Chill The Guest List by Lucy Foley ...only to wake in a chill sweat and realise it was all in your imagination. LOC: pg 139 READ:10/9/20
3. Costume Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams ...seeing you in your Batman costume when you were seven, LOC: 822 READ:10/24/20
4. Flesh The Guest List by Lucy Foley ...knickers, drag it into my flesh until the blood wells. LOC: pg 40 READ:10/9/20
5. fortune
6. Jack Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams ...had four kids, and Uncle Jack had two. LOC: 2510 READ:10/24/20
7. Passenger The Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe passenger window rolled down, and an old woman stuck her head … LOC: pg 29 READ:10/19/20
8. Prank The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordanit happen?’ Bianca asked. ‘A foolish prank,’ Zoë growled. ‘Those Stoll boy… LOC: pg 111 READ:10/31/20
9. Spirit The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordanand changed her into a pine tree. Her spirit had reinforced the magic… LOC: pg 44 READ:10/19/20
10. Wreck(ing) Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams ....cafe didn't care that a wrecking ball had crashed through her life. LOC: 566 READ:10/24/20
Bonus
1. astrology
2. Afterlife The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan ‘Oh, the gods punished him in the afterlife,’ Tantalus croa… LOC: pg 89 READ:10/19/20
3. drench
4. heavenly
5. prophesy
Bonus bonus
1. horoscope
Orphan Words (October)
Bonus
1. Moonbeam
Orphan Words - November
1. thermometer
Bonus
1. amok
2. anchovies
3. frontier
4. toaster
5. unaccountably
Orphan Words (December)
Bonus
1. communion
2. Jingle Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams The jingle of the bell drew his head up. LOC: 1592 READ:10/24/20
3. moose
4. Noir The Titan's Curse by Rick RiordanWine Connoisseur magazine. ‘Ah, Pinot Noir is making a comeback. Don… LOC: pg 93 READ:10/31/20
Orphan Words (January)
1. shrewd
Bonus
1. cadet
2. idiotic
Bonus Bonus
1. flagrant
Orphan Words (February)
1. barge
2. optimal
Bonus
1. amulet
2. encyclopedia
3. proverb
Bonus Bonus
1. cloistered
Orphan Words (March)
1. Harness Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams "A cat harness. For Beefcake." LOC: 822 READ:10/24/20
2. shackle
Bonus
1. paralysis
2. glacier
3. ladybug
4. primate/s singular or plural
Orphan Words (April)
1. believer
2. China The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan javelin the wrong way and taken out her china cabinet. I put Anakl… LOC: pg 3 READ:10/19/20
3. Muzzle The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordansad brown eyes and a white muzzle LOC: pg 108 READ:10/31/20
Bonus
1. annihilate
2. gimmick
3. Fin The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordanbut I grabbed his dorsal fin LOC: pg 216 READ:10/31/20
4. grasshopper
5. inspector
Bonus Bonus
1. hogtied
Orphan Words (May)
1. committee
2. Flexible The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Dr Thorn – like a catapult, but more flexible . . . almost like a tail. ‘U… LOC: pg 286 READ:10/19/20
Bonus
1. heartsick
2. hooligan
3. squawk
4. valour/valor
Bonus Bonus
1. pigment
Orphan Words (June)
1. Eruption Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams ...noise that caused a small eruption in his heart. LOC: 1661 READ:10/24/20
2. harvest
3. laser The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan attachments on the sides that looked like laser-guided rockets. The… LOC: pg 290 READ:10/19/20
Bonus
1. Ballet The Guest List by Lucy Foley ...moving with the grace of ballet dancers, straightening forks and polishing glasses. LOC: pg 204 READ:10/9/20
2. berserk
3. musty
4. vixen
Bonus Bonus
1. aficionado
Orphan Words (July)
1. gorilla
Bonus
1. ageless
2. excrement
3. staple
4. thesis
5. veal
Bonus Bonus
1. bionic
Orphan Words (August)
1. muster
2. pony
Bonus
1. beefcake
2. dope
3. godless
Bonus bonus
1. sanitiser / sanitizer
Orphan Words (September)
1. boast
2. ink
3. obtain
Bonus
1. ceaseless
2. fuse
3. ghetto
4. gurgle
5. jolly
Bonus Bonus
1. lout

2020 October Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 October 2020
Progress: 10 out of 10
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
October
Bone: "It is bone, clinging to the last of the flesh that once surrounded it."
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Chill: "The part of him that still believes in magic expects it to be warm despite the chill in the air. "
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Costume: Costume: "It's like being in a Halloween costume we can't get out of." Page 81
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Flesh: "Things that want his life and his flesh and his dreams."
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Fortune: "Salt, garlic, stones, thread, talismans for fortune, love, luck, and good health."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages
Jack: "I was reminded of Jack London's books—you know, where the wolfpack waits in silence for one of two members to go down in a fight. But it was different here." Page 151
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Passenger: "Isabelle Owens on her way to a cemetary was a passenger no one wanted."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages
prank
Spirit: "This has been shortened to the nickname 'Kurko,' Finnish for an evil spirit."
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna - *** - 10/14/2020 - 135 Pages
Wreck: "Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." Page 3
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
Astrology: "Folk magic could always be found in Manhattan, from the time English colonists valued the almanac in order to read astrology and magic parchments were sold as maps for treasure digging, along with divining rods and secret incantations."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
and a bonus bonus
horoscope





October 2020
My Word Hunt (msg 22)
Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6 (4 within challenge timeframe)
October Words






✔bone
🍬a need so great that it made her bones ache [loc: 156.1]
🍬Billionaire's Secret ~ 10.02 ★★★
✔chill
🍬you all can just take a chill pill. [loc: 110.3]
🍬Stardust Miracle ~ 10.26 ★★★
✔costume
🍬the sexed-up Alice in Wonderland costume she wears. [loc: 347.3]
🍬Sugar Rush ~ 10.21 ★★★★
✔flesh
🍬as raw as his burned flesh had once been. [loc: 51.3]
🍬Billionaire's Secret ~ 10.02 ★★★
✔fortune
🍬could net me a small fortune. [loc: 184.9]
🍬Sprinkle with Murder ~ 11.19 ★★★
✔jack
🍬a little fresh air and a box of Cracker Jacks [loc: 242.7]
🍬No Sunshine When She's Gone ~ 11.06 ★★★★
✔passenger
🍬Nik jumps in the passenger seat. [loc: 87.5]
🍬Sugar Rush ~ 10.21 ★★★★
✔prank
🍬never hold Jill’s prank against her. [loc: 76.7]
🍬No Sunshine When She's Gone ~ 11.06 ★★★★
✔spirit
🍬he decided to appeal to the mercenary spirit [loc: 52.1]
🍬Love Handles ~ 10.11 ★★★★
✔wreck
🍬they stared at the car wreck of her black clogs [loc: 130.7]
🍬Love Handles ~ 10.11 ★★★★
Bonus/Bonus Bonus





✔astrology
🍬There’s tarot cards, astrology, numerology, [loc: 4.4]
🍬No Sunshine When She's Gone ~ 11.06 ★★★★
✔afterlife
🍬now she had proof there was an afterlife. [loc: 175.7]
🍬Stardust Miracle ~ 10.26 ★★★
✔drench
🍬Tears drench my cheeks. [loc: 3.4]
🍬Sugar Rush ~ 10.21 ★★★★
✔heavenly
🍬'Mmm, heavenly,’ she murmured [loc: 82.9]
🍬Billionaire's Secret ~ 10.02 ★★★
✔prophesy
🍬The prophesy of a miracle on the car windows [loc: 116.1]
🍬Stardust Miracle ~ 10.26 ★★★
✔horoscope
🍬Your horoscope is only giving you a one-star day. [loc: 134.7]
🍬Sprinkle with Murder ~ 11.19 ★★★

bone Convincing Leopold- loc 677- Thick and heavy, weighing down every bone in his body. 10/4-10/5
chill Convincing Leopold- loc 226- After donning his greatcoat and gloves, he thanked Thorn again for the meal and stepped out the front door of the elegant town house and into the chill February night. 10/4-10/5
costume Unwrapping Hank- loc 563- Micah wore a Santa outfit Sloane had picked up at some costume shop in town. 10/4-10/5
flesh Unwrapping Hank- loc 549- I knew the fact that I wasn't seeing him around the house, in the flesh, wasn't an accident. 10/4-10/5
fortune Penric and the Shaman- page 21- "He was reported to have raised a mercenary company in Carpagamo, but, happily, instead of returning to make trouble here, he took them on to the wars on the Ibran peninsula, where he may well have better hopes of restoring his fortunes." 10/4-10/5
jack The Doctor's Date- loc 851- "Jacked the price way up right away too." 10/2-10/3
passenger Penric and the Shaman- page 67- Yes, he had to be, to be entrusted with his demonic passenger. 10/4-10/5
prank Unwrapping Hank- loc 28- When I and four other freshmen rushed, there were no illegal pranks, panty-on-head wearing, belly-crawling through urine, or naked spanking. 10/4-10/5
spirit Between Sinners and Saints- loc 3633- "We gather here together today in the spirit of contrition." 10/5-10/6
wreck The Doctor's Date- loc 1236- Owen heard the familiar whistle of the train wreck coming to the station, and like a good conductor, he prepared to get on board. 10/2-10/3
Bonus
astrology
afterlife Penric and the Shaman- page 18- To deliberately sunder his soul from the gods, stealing not a life but that mysterious, eternal afterlife, was sin of the darkest, cruelest sort, a theft of unfathomable enormity. 10/4-10/5
drench Deductions- page 160- "And you have enough power to drench a block of 46th Street in magic?" 10/25-10/26
heavenly Between Sinners and Saints- loc 5277- "And only then did our Heavenly Father see fit to answer me." 10/5-10/6
prophesy Mama and the Alien Warrior- page 16- He almost immediately fulfilled his mother's prophecy and they all watched in fascination as the pad absorbed the results and followed it with a fine mist and a spray of warm air. 10/12-10/13
Bonus Bonus
horoscope
Leftovers
ceaseless
ghetto
beefcake Man Hands- page 151- Because it's clear that the waiters serving the beefsteak are all beefcake. 10/14-10/15
godless An Easy Death- loc 730- All I had known about my father for a long time was that he'd escaped from godless Russia, like all the original grigoris. 10/7-10/8
lament
ageless The Doctor's Date- loc 1148- It was strange, because while she had been around all of Erin's life, she had remained ageless in his mind. 10/2-10/3
bionic

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2020 October Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 October 2020
Progress: 10 out of 10 (9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!)
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
October
Bone: "It is bone, clinging to the last of the flesh that once surrounded it."
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Chill: "The part of him that still believes in magic expects it to be warm despite the chill in the air. "
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Costume: Costume: "It's like being in a Halloween costume we can't get out of." Page 81
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Flesh: "Things that want his life and his flesh and his dreams."
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - ***** - 10/2/2020 - 498 Pages
Fortune: "Salt, garlic, stones, thread, talismans for fortune, love, luck, and good health."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages
Jack: "I was reminded of Jack London's books—you know, where the wolfpack waits in silence for one of two members to go down in a fight. But it was different here." Page 151
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Passenger: "Isabelle Owens on her way to a cemetary was a passenger no one wanted."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages
Spirit: "This has been shortened to the nickname 'Kurko,' Finnish for an evil spirit."
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna - *** - 10/14/2020 - 135 Pages
Wreck: "Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next." Page 3
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - ***** - 10/4/2020 - 192 Pages
Astrology: "Folk magic could always be found in Manhattan, from the time English colonists valued the almanac in order to read astrology and magic parchments were sold as maps for treasure digging, along with divining rods and secret incantations."
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - ***** - 10/11/2020 - 369 Pages





Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2020 October Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 October 2020
Progress: 10 out of 10 (9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!)
This challenge is to see if you can find..."
Congrats Suzanne!!

October 1-31, 2020
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
✔ bone - "Like a dog with a bone ," - Machine City pg - 71
✔ chill - "she feels a chill inch down her spine." - Never Ask Me - pg 278
✔ costume - "a man dressed in an Eddie Able costume entered" - Machine City - pg 103
✔ flesh - "the wind began to creep along my flesh " - Never Ask Me - pg 293
✔ fortune - "I'd been offered a fortune to decline this baby" - Never Ask Me - pg 377
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus - You must find the EXACT word.
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
bonus bonus
✔ horoscope - "He slid the horoscope scroll back into its box." - Machine City - pg 116
*Carryovers*
boast
swarm
vase
*Bonus Carryover*
ceaseless
fuse
✔ gurgle - "No smile, no gurgle of recognition." - Never Ask Me - pg 297
jolly
*Bonus Bonus Carryover*
lout
*Carryover*
attic
hail
✔ pony - "On the side of each little shoe was a purple pony " - Machine City - pg 197
✔ gorilla - "A fiberglass gorilla stared down" - Machine City - pg 146
*Carryover Bonus*
beefcake
✔ binge - "He was on a binge ." - Machine City - pg 27
godless
ageless
excrement
veal
*Carryover Bonus Bonus*
bionic



Word Hunt
1 - 30 October 2020
10/10 - Found and Read
3/5 - Bonus









bone
Dancing Backwards: p. 190: What ever could it be like to be bound to a stake, waiting for an intolerable heat to render to ashes you living flesh and bone ?”
chill
Skeleton Hill: p. 197: “Jenkins rubbed his arms, still apparently feeling the chill .”
costume
Bunny: p. 285: “The knives and the wolf have fallen away like so much costume makeup.”
flesh
Beneath a Marble Sky: p. 204: “The tomb chamber was the centerpiece of the Taj Mahal and a sight to chill one’s flesh .”
fortune
Dancing Backwards: p. 105: “He left me, not a fortune but enough money to do, within reason, for a while anyway, what I like.”
jack
Skeleton Hill: p. 130: “Have you looked in the box where the jack is kept.”
passenger
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt: p. 135: “A quick survey of the passenger manifest would have revealed another startling fact: there were dozens of women on board, many of them members of Aurangzeb’s court.”
prank
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo": p. 7: “Some say that it was done as a prank to win a bet.”
spirit
Skeleton Hill: p. 270: “Where’s your spirit of adventure?”
wreck
Bunny: p. 240: “And she was a wreck , lonely as hell, but trying to forget me because I was just a ghost of myself anyhow.”
Bonus
astrology
afterlife
Bunny: p. 195: “I’m shopping at Cheapo’s, a store where the despair is auditory in the afterlife Musak.”
drench
heavenly
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo": p. 130: “He hadn’t built up his hope on a future heavenly glory, but rather on a return to his people, a vision that speaks to the centrality of ancestral reverence.”
prophesy
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt: p. 163: “The question was whether the second prophesy coming true would undo the triumph of the first.”
and a bonus bonus
horoscope
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories: p. 102: “The horoscope book says it will be my best year ever.”
March 2020
ladybug
Beneath a Marble Sky: p. 59: “Ladli was about to respond when she spied a ladybug at my feet.”
August 2020
godless
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight: p. 36: “But pain isn’t that, was never that. Xochitl struggles to remember the proper words; to lay them at the feet of the Black One, her song of devotion in this godless place.”
sanitizer
Finna: p. 49: “It was a true grandma bag, roomy and full of all kinds of junk. Ava dug through cough drops, reading glasses, tissues, hand sanitizer , perfume, and several bottles of hand cream before she found a pocketbook.”
September 2020
fuse
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt: p. 247: “Yet Every’s story also lit a different fuse : the deeply populist vision of a society where the stratifications of wealth and privilege could be replaced by a much more equitable form of social organization.”
lout
lout: p. 91: “That your brother freed him from prison so the lout could be his bodyguard.”

My Word Hunt (msg 22)
Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6 (4 within challenge timeframe)

October
bone - The Tourist Attraction | Oct 5
Page 352: Soaked to the bone
chill - Silence Breaking | Oct 1
Page 17: The winter chill biting into me
costume - Silence Breaking | Oct 1
Page 156: I switched from female to male costume
flesh - The Tourist Attraction | Oct 5
Page 170: it was vaguely flesh colored
fortune - Hands Down | Oct 3
Page 477: He could probably make a fortune
jack - Silence Breaking | Oct 1
Page 91: You can get justice for my Jack
passenger - Hands Down | Oct 3
Page 42: The man in my passenger seat
prank - How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf | Oct 10
Page 348: Someone must have prank called the ranger station
spirit - Hands Down | Oct 3
Page 464: There was only so much my spirit could handle
wreck - The Tourist Attraction | Oct 5
Page 277: Are you made we wrecked your gala
Bonus
astrology
afterlife- A Kiss at Midnight | Oct 8
Page 193: They could play happily in the afterlife
drench
heavenly - Bunny and the Bear | Oct 5
Page 29: the smell alone transcended heavenly into must have
prophesy
ROLLOVERS
Nov bonus 2019
anchovies
March Bonus
ladybug
primate(s)
July Bonus
excrement
August Bonus
Godless
September Bonus
ceaseless
fuse - The Baller | Oct 21
Page 213: Not to mention he had a short fuse that was easily lit
ghetto
gurgle - A Kiss at Midnight | Oct 8
Page 343: the gurgle of water entirely stopped







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1 - 31 October 2020
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
October
bone
chill
costume
flesh
fortune
jack
passenger
prank
spirit
wreck
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
astrology
afterlife
drench
heavenly
prophesy
and a bonus bonus
horoscope
To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.
Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)
You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.
Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc
Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.
RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.
So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.
Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.
Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.