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I love word search challenges!A Puzzling Mystery
Duration: May 9, 2016-April 19, 2017
Goal: Chief Inspector (63 books)
Challenge Completed: 63/63 books
1. assassin: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood FINISHED 8/19/16
2. bad: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer FINISHED 9/2/16
3. big: So Big by Edna Ferber FINISHED 2/25/17
4. bitter: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth FINISHED 6/30/16
5. black: The Black Mountain by Rex Stout FINISHED 7/30/16
6. blue: The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz FINISHED 4/2/17
7. bone: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor FINISHED 9/17/16
8. case: Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints by P.J. Brackston FINISHED 10/3/16
9. city: City Sister Silver by Jachym Topol FINISHED 2/6/17
10. concrete: Concrete by Thomas Bernhard FINISHED 4/7/17
11. country: Invisible Country by Annamaria Alfieri FINISHED 10/17/16
12. cries: Cries of the Lost by Chris Knopf FINISHED 12/25/16
13. dark(ness): Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester FINISHED 7/13/16
14. dead: Left for Dead by Pete Nelson FINISHED 6/15/16
15. death: Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie FINISHED 5/16/16
16. demon(s): Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson FINISHED 1/11/17
17. detective: The Dead Detective by William Heffernan FINISHED 1/23/17
18. die: Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho FINISHED 5/20/16
19. dog(s): The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell FINISHED 5/10/16
20. dying: No More Dying Then by Ruth Rendell FINISHED 3/2/17
21. ends: To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels by Paul Theroux FINISHED 1/8/17
22. enemy: Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists by Scott Atran FINISHED 11/13/16
23. fall: The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind by Justin Pollard FINISHED 5/26/16
24. far: Far Afield by Susanna Kaysen FINISHED 12/30/16
25. find(ing): The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt FINISHED 9/27/16
26. first: The First Wave by James R. Benn FINISHED 8/11/16
27. front: Storm Front by Jim Butcher FINISHED 1/25/17
28. get(ting): Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Couloumbis FINISHED 2/20/17
29. ghost(ly ): Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides FINISHED 5/14/16
30. going: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett FINISHED 1/11/17
31. guy: The Fall Guy by Simon Wood FINISHED 3/18/17
32. head: Edith Head: The Fifty-Year Career of Hollywood's Greatest Costume Designer by Jay Jorgensen FINISHED 9/8/16
33. heart: Bound by the Heart by Marsha Canham FINISHED 7/17/16
34. house: The Canal House by Mark Lee FINISHED 6/9/16
35. justice: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer FINISHED 10/13/16
36. killer('s): The Killer's Tears by Anne-Laure Bondoux FINISHED 8/31/16
37. know: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou FINISHED 9/22/16
38. ladies: All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister FINISHED 8/30/16
39. land: The Purple Land by William Henry Hudson FINISHED 9/26/16
40. last: The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden FINISHED 10/24/16
41. lonely: A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry FINISHED 2/9/17
42. love: The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna FINISHED 10/8/16
43. man: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie FINISHED 7/9/16
44. moonlight(lit): The Moonlit Garden by Corina Bomann FINISHED 3/11/17
45. murder: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie FINISHED 6/3/16
46. never: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ighiguro FINISHED 7/24/16
47. nowhere: News from Nowhere by William Morris FINISHED 2/17/17
48. orchard: The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed FINISHED 4/19/17
49. paradise: Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed by Kathy Marks FINISHED 7/3/16
50. poison(er): The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler FINISHED 4/10/17
51. red: The Red Thread by Dawn Farnham FINISHED 9/12/16
52. reflections: Dead Reflections by Carol Weekes FINISHED 3/30/17
53. secret: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark FINISHED 5/11/16
54. shadow(s): The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz FINISHED 12/1/16
55. sign: Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson FINISHED 6/25/16
56. stranger: The Stranger by Albert Camus FINISHED 1/6/17
57. street: Main Street by Sinclair Lewis FINISHED 1/6/17
58. takes: Loser Takes All by Graham Greene FINISHED 12/20/16
59. tell: Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature by Alison Lurie FINISHED 12/26/16
60. things: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien FINISHED 1/12/17
61. time: A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth by Samantha Weinberg FINISHED 11/25/16
62. walk: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech FINISHED 9/14/16
63. whiskey: The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss FINISHED 3/27/17
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Congrats!
A Puzzling Mystery. 22nd August - 22nd August 2017. Level: Chief Inspector.
Read: 22/22
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books.
1. Blue: Honeymoon Blues ✔
2. Dark(ness): Darkness ✔
3. Love: Falling In Love With Her Husband ✔
4. Dead: Dead Highways: Regrets ✔
5. Death: The Death Series: Volume One ✔
Level 2: Private Investigator - 6 to 10 books
6. Demon: (The Demonata, #3) Slawter ✔
7. Shadow: (Shadowlands, #0.5) The Summons ✔
8. Dog: Her Majesty's Dog, Volume 6 ✔
9. Ghostly: A Ghostly Ménage ✔
10. Secret: Our Little Secrets ✔
Level 3: Junior Detective - 11 to 15 books.
11. Heart: The Heart of a Duke ✔
12. House: The House at Pooh Corner ✔
13. Walk: The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea ✔
14. Twisted: Twisted Straight: Finding My Self in the Middle ✔
15. Red: Little Red Riding Hood ✔
Level 4: Senior Detective - 16 to 20 books.
16. Last: As the Last Petal Falls ✔
17. First: 30 First Dates ✔
18. Agency (Agent): The Parent Agency ✔
19. Box: Oops! It's Christmas Box Set ✔
20. Man: Scotsman's Siren ✔
Level 5: Chief Inspector - 21+ books.
21. Detective: The Fairy-Tale Detectives ✔
22. Killer: Buzzkill ✔
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This is my first challenge on here. I'm going to start at Private Investigator because I have other challenges that I'm trying to do. So I wrote down the first 10 words I found to make my challenge.1. Roulette
2. Oliver (Twist)
3. Kiss Kiss, (Bang) Bang
4. Needful (Things)
5. (Go) Set A Watchmen
6. Roll of Thunder, Hear my (Cry)
7. (Birdsong)
8. A Wrinkle in (Time)
9. Just (Cause)
10. (Reflections) of Mamie
Wow this sounds fun. As if I haven't signed up for enough challenges... I'll give it a try!Rachel's A Puzzling Mystery Challenge
Start Date: 9/15/16
End Date: 9/15/17
Level:
Books Completed:
1. DEMON The Demon Queen ✔ 9/24/16
2. HOUSE The House Next Door ✔ 10/13/16
3. DYING The Collector of Dying Breaths✔ 10/25/16
4. DEAD The Church of Dead Girls✔ 10/28/16
5. ORCHARD The Orchard ✔ 11/2/2016
6. FLESH Flesh ✔12/11/2016
7. TIME A Tale for the Time Being ✔12/31/2016
8. STREET Don't Stay Up Late (A Fear Street Relaunch, #2) ✔2/1/2017
9. BOX The Winter Box ✔Finished 2/10/2017
10. SECRET The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer✔3/26/2017
11. HEART Broken Hearts by R.L. Stine ✔5/3/2017
12. SHADOW The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova ✔7/3/2017
Books to Find
1. DARK
2. DEATH
3. STRANGER I plan on reading The Night Strangers
4. THINGS I plan on reading The Book of Strange New Things
5. GHOSTLY
6. TWISTED I plan on reading A Twisted Ladder
7. LONELY
8. NEVER
9. EVIL
10.
11. LOVE
12. NOWHERE
13. KILLER
14. DIE
15. SECRET
16. POISON
17. MURDER
18. BONE
19. CITY
20.
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A Puzzling Mystery Start Date: 10/17/16
End Date: 10/16/17
Level: Chief Inspector - 21+ books
Level 1: Nosy Neighbour - 1 to 5 books
✔︎1. Dead: Dead Witch Walking|10/19/16|★★★☆☆
✔︎2. Fall: Fall For Me|10/19/16|★★★☆☆
✔︎3. Bad: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead|10/21/16|★★★☆☆
✔︎4. Bite: Spider's Bite|11/05/16|★★★★☆
5. Takes: Take No Prisoners
6. Secret: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
✔︎7. Perfect: The Perfect Play|11/05/16|★★★☆☆
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