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Mar 02, 2015 09:53PM
Welcome to the challenge Renee!
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A Puzzling MysteryStart Date: 03/01/15
End Date: 03/01/16
Chief Inspector - 21+ books
Dead: D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton finished 04/18/15✔
Ghostly: Ghost Radio by Leopoldo Gout
Pop a mystery puzzle. I'm in :)
Can we repeat words? Or is that like a no-no?I mean, I want to do one per word to keep it a challenge, but I happen to have a duplicate so... figured I'd ask. :)
A Puzzling MysteryStart Date: 03/25/15
End Date: 03/25/16
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books
1. Out of Time by Lynn Abbey - 05/01/15 - Time
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@ Stephanie - You can repeat words of you like. @ Alex - Welcome to the challenge!
I would be very interested in taking part in this challenge, would love to join please?
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Start Date: April 20th 2015
End Date: April 20th 2015
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books
1. Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson | April 25th 2015 (dead)
2. Storm Front by Jim Butcher | May 5th 2015 (front)
3. Skinwalker by Faith Hunter | May 8th 2015 (walk)
4. Justice Calling by Annie Bellet | May 18th 2015 (justice)
5. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | May 18th 2015 (things)
Level 2: Private Investigator - 6 to 10 books
6. Death Masks by Jim Butcher | June 7th 2015 (death)
7. First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost | June 13th 2015 (first)
8. Marking Time by April White | June 27th 2015 (time)
9. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella | July 9th 2015 (secret)
10. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward | July 31st 2015 (dark)
Level 3: Junior Detective - 11 to 15 books
11. Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder | August 16th 2015 (shadow)
12. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon | August 30th 2015 (dog)
13. The Unidentified Redhead by Alice Clayton | September 23rd 2015 (red)
14. Das Haus der Stimmen by Ursula Isbel | October 26th 2015 (house)
15. Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park | November 13th 2015 (love)
Level 4: Senior Detective - 16 to 20 books
16. Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones | December 25th 2015 (land)
17. Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker | December 29th 2015 (heart)
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Level 5: Chief Inspector - 21+ books
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A Puzzling Mystery 4/20/15 - 4/20/16
Level: Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books(For now)
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Thanks Tea! :-)
This looks like so much fun! I'm going to try for private investigator. :)NBRC - A Puzzling Mystery
04/21/15 - 04/20/16
Levels: Private Investigator - 6 to 10 books
1. dark: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn 5/6/2015
2. tell: How to Tell Toledo from the Night Sky by Lydia Netzer 5/26/2015
3. blue: Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman 6/12/2015
4. lies: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 6/14/2015
5. red: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 7/24/2015
6. blue (#2): The Blue Girl by Laurie Foos 8/10/2015
7. things: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit 8/17/2015
Welcome to the challenge Brittany ☺And welcome to the group :)
A Puzzling MysteryLevel: Junior Detective - 11 to 15 books
Duration: 4/1/15 - 3/31/16
Progress: 12 of 12
Completed: 7/23/15
1. Bad ~ The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison (4/7/15)
2. Kill ~ The Kill Order by James Dashner (4/7/15)
3. Things ~ The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley (4/28/15)
4. Big, Bad ~ The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson (5/1/15)
5. Time ~ The Time Thief by Linda Buckley-Archer (5/19/15)
6. Love, Time ~ Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (6/11/15)
7. Dark, Love[r] ~ Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (6/17/15)
8. Fall ~ The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore (6/19/15)
9. & 10. Black, Heart ~ Black Heart by Holly Black (6/23/15)
11. Shadow ~ Shadow Zone by Iris Johnasen (7/21/15)
12. City ~ City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (7/23/15)
Word List: (view spoiler)
Is it just me, or does the online interactive version of the word search no longer exist? :-(
NancyHelen wrote: "Is it just me, or does the online interactive version of the word search no longer exist? :-("Yeah. Looks like all of them are gone. *scratches head*
I'll check with Renee if she has them saved somewhere else.
Start date: 7/5/15End date: 7/4/15
agency
assassin
bad
bang
big
birdsong
bite
bitter
black
blue
bone
box
bullet
burn
case
causes
city
concrete
country
cries
damsel
dark
dead
death
demon
detective
die
dives
dog
dying
ends
enemy
evil
fade
fall
far
fast
find
first
flesh
front
get
ghostly
going
guy
harboured
head
heart
hostile
house
justice
killer
know
ladies
land
last
lies
lonely
love
man
moonlight
murder
never
noboby (oops, a typo - should be nobody)
nowhere
orchard
paradise
perfect
poison
red
reflections
roulette
secret
series
set
shadow
sign
stranger
street
takes
tell
things
time
twisted
vigilante
walk
wedded
whiskey
I'm in!A Puzzling Mystery Challenge
10/6/15-10/6/16
(23/21)
Nosy Neighbour
1. RED The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory 10/7/15
2. HEART The Heart of the Lion by Jean Plaidy 10/11/15
3. LOVE Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom 10/18/15
4. DARK(ness) The Prince of Darkness by Jean Plaidy 10/27/15
5. KILLER Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler 10/1/15
Private Investigator
6. LIGHT The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor 11/18/15
7. MURDER The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah 11/21/15
8. BONES Lazybones by Mark Billingham 12/6/15
9. FOR Epitaph for Three Women by Jean Plaidy 12/14/15
10. PLEA Plea of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman 12/19/15
Junior Detective
11. ROSE Red Rose of Anjou by Jean Plaidy 12/23/15
12. MAD The Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer 1/9/16
13. TREE The Bone Tree by Greg Iles 1/11/16
14. EVIL Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith 1/20/16
15. SECRET Secret Prey by John Sandford 1/26/16
Senior Detective
16. ART Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin 1/31/16
17. SHADOW The Shadow of the Pomegranate by Jean Plaidy 2/14/16
18. FIND Find Her by Lisa Gardner 2/22/16
19. JUSTICE The Lion of Justice by Jean Plaidy 3/5/16
20. POISON Poison by Sara Poole 4/7/16
Chief Inspector
21. BIRD The Secret Life of Josephine: Napoleon's Bird of Paradise by Carolly Erickson 5/30/16
22. HOUSE The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom 6/4/16
23. KEY Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 6/6/16
I'm dropping out of this challenge. There's no way I'll be able to finish it.
Renee wrote: "I'm dropping out of this challenge. There's no way I'll be able to finish it."Sorry to hear that, Renee. But you do know that we don't really pay attention to start/finish dates, right? Nobody will really care if you take longer to finish it. It's for fun :)
I finished! I forgot to add some of my books.Junior Detective (11-15 books)
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Black: Black Rose by Nora Roberts 4/23/15
Bone: Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 4/17/15
Burn: Natchez Burning by Greg Iles 8/16/15
City: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 10/8/15
Dark: Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King 9/10/15
Harbor: 50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber 4/14/15
House: The Lake House by James Patterson 7/16/15
Last: The Last American Vampire by Seth-Grahame Smith 4/7/15
Love: Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 4/1/15
Red: Red Lily by Nora Roberts 5/2/15
Secret: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 4/25/15
I tried linking up Natchez Burning in my previous post but every time I did my cursor would jump to the bottom and that's where my link would end up instead of beside Burn.
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A Puzzling Mystery
Duration: 2/1/2015 - 1/31/2016
Rules:
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Progress: 21 out of 21
Agency: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
Black: Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - ***** - 8/29/2015
Blue: My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper - ***** - 11/8/2015 - 250 Pages
Burn: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages
Dark: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
Dead: Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
Death: Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015
Demon: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
First: First Frost by Jennifer Estep - **** - 8/20/2015 - 30 Pages
Going: Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
Heart: I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Hu morists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015
hostile
House: House Rules by Jodi Picoult - **** - 9/1/2015 - 532 Pages
Know: What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
Murder: The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton - ***** - 10/28/2015 - 290 Pages
Never: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
Red: Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
Secret: Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages
Shadow: The Shadows by J.R. Ward - ***** - 5/12/2015 - 592 Pages
Stranger: The Stranger by Anna Banks - *** - 7/5/2015 - 32 Pages
Things: Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 11/14/2015 - 329 Pages
Wedded: The Unseen Bridegroom or Wedded for a Week by May Agnes Fleming - **** - 6/22/2015
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A Puzzling Mystery
1/20/16 - 1/20/17
14/15
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour - 5 books
1. DARK: A Dark Lure - Loreth Anne White 1/20/16
2. DIE: First to Die - Kate Slayer 1/22/16
3. SIN: The Sinner's Bargain - Claire Contreras 1/23/16
4. SHADOW: Magic in the Shadows - Devon Monk 1/31/16
5. NEVER: Never Tear Us Apart - Monica Murphy 2/17/16
Level 2: Private Investigator - 10 books
6. NOBODY: Nobody - Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2/21/16
7. DEATH: Until Death - Cynthia Eden 2/24/16
8. BIG: Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty 3/18/16
9. ONE: One & Only (Canton) - Viv Daniels 3/31/16
10. BONE: Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo 5/10/16
Level 3: Junior Detective - 15 books
11. TAKE: His Risk to Take - Tessa Bailey 5/2/16
12. POISON: Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder 5/11/16
13. FIND: The Body Finder - Kimberly Derting 6/24/16
14. DEAD: Desires Of The Dead - Kimberly Derting 6/30/16
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This looks like fun. I'm in. The link for the interactive puzzle doesn't seem to be working so I'm just going to print it out to find the words.A Puzzling Mystery
Start Date: 2/1/16
End Date: 1/31/17
Level: Chief Inspector - 21+ books
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I'm calling this one finished. I managed to read 22 books. I updated Post #21.
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A Puzzling Mystery Duration: 02/16 - 01/17
Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books
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Murder
Nowhere
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A Puzzling MysteryCompleted: 1/89
1. agency
2. assassin
3. bad
4. bang
5. big
6. birdsong
7. bite
8. bitter
9. black
10. blue
11. bone: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
12. box
13. bullet
14. burn
15. case
16. causes
17. city
18. concrete
19. country
20. cries
21. damsel
22. dark
23. dead
24. death
25. demon
26. detective
27. die
28. dives
29. dog
30. dying
31. ends
32. enemy
33. evil
34. fade
35. fall
36. far
37. fast
38. find
39. first
40. flesh
41. front
42. get
43. ghostly
44. going
45. guy
46. harbour
47. head
48. heart
49. hostile
50. house
51. justice
52. killer
53. know
54. ladies
55. land:
56. last:
58. lonely
59. love
60. man
61. moonlight
62. murder
63. never
64. noboby
65. nowhere
66. orchard
67. paradise
68. perfect
69. poison
70. red
71. reflections
72. roulette
73. secret
74. series
75. set
76. shadow
77. sign
78. sin
79. stranger
80. street
81. takes
82. tell
83. things
84. time: The Time Paradox
85. twisted
86. vigilante
87. walk
88. wedded
89. whiskey
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I'll join in and backdate to 3/1/16.Duration: 3/1/16 - 2/28/17
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour
1. Street: The Street of a Thousand Blossoms, Gail Tsukiyama, 3/3/16
2. Die: Dorothy Must Die, Danielle Paige, 3/11/16
3. End: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman, 3/25/16
4. Red: Ruby Red, Kerstin Gier, 3/25/16
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Level 2: Private Investigator
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Level 3: Junior Detective
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Level 4: Senior Detective
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Level 5: Chief Inspector
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I'm totally in: A Puzzling Mystery
Duration: 3/28/16-3/27/17
Goal:Chief Inspector - 21+ books
agency
assassin
bad
bang
big
birdsong
bite
bitter
black
blue
bone
box
bullet
burn
case
causes
city
concrete
country
cries
damsel
dark
dead
death
demon
detective
die
dives
dog
dying
ends
enemy
evil
fade
fall
far
fast
find
first
flesh
front
get
ghostly
going
guy
harboured
head
heart
hostile
house
justice
killer
know
ladies
land
last
lies
lonely
love
man
moonlight
murder
never
noboby (oops, a typo - should be nobody)
nowhere
orchard
paradise
perfect
poison
red
reflections
roulette
secret
series
set
shadow
sign
stranger
street
takes
tell
things
time
twisted
vigilante
walk
wedded
whiskey
Duration: 3/28/16-3/27/17
Goal:Chief Inspector - 21+ books
agency
assassin
bad
bang
big
birdsong
bite
bitter
black
blue
bone
box
bullet
burn
case
causes
city
concrete
country
cries
damsel
dark
dead
death
demon
detective
die
dives
dog
dying
ends
enemy
evil
fade
fall
far
fast
find
first
flesh
front
get
ghostly
going
guy
harboured
head
heart
hostile
house
justice
killer
know
ladies
land
last
lies
lonely
love
man
moonlight
murder
never
noboby (oops, a typo - should be nobody)
nowhere
orchard
paradise
perfect
poison
red
reflections
roulette
secret
series
set
shadow
sign
stranger
street
takes
tell
things
time
twisted
vigilante
walk
wedded
whiskey
3/28/16- 3/28/17Completed 3/21
Bite- Some Girls Bite 4/3
Death- Kiss of Death 3/30
Die- Destined to Die 4/1
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