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100 / 100 words found --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE!18 books read
Books read:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Girl A
Simple Genius
Summerwater
Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
Better Luck Next Time
All the Children Are Home
The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
A Bad Day for Sunshine
Say You're Sorry
House on Endless Waters
The Obsession
What Kind of Woman
The Scarlet Letter
The Kitchen Front
The Neon Rain
Black Buck
The Price of Salt
The Executioner's Song
The Narrows
Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results
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adornment ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 751 ~~ “...comfort or social adornment…”
Arthritis ~~ Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier ~~ 07Jul21 ~~ Page 87 ~~ “...suffered from the arthritis so common…”
Audible ~~ All the Children Are Home ~~ 10Jul21 ~~ Page 362 ~~ “..he took an audible inhalation…”
autograph ~~ The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress ~~ 14Jul21 ~~ Page 228 ~~ “...no autographs, lady…”
baseball glove ~~ Simple Genius ~~ 03Jul21 ~~ Page 118 ~~ “...a baseball glove at his house…”
baseball glove ~~ Simple Genius ~~ 03Jul21 ~~ Page 118 ~~ “...a baseball glove at his house…”
beetle ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 493 ~~ “...the rare Jabizri beetle…”
Bikini ~~ Simple Genius ~~ 03Jul21 ~~ Page 15 ~~ “...into the pool wearing a bikini…”
black cat (or kitten) ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 106 ~~ “...a wisecracking black cat…”
brass ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 636 ~~ “...with its bright brass buttons…”
canvas ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 45 ~~ “...outside his canvas tent…”
Chaperone ~~ Summerwater ~~ 04Jul21 ~~ Loc 300 ~~ “...have a chaperone sometimes…”
cheekbones ~~ Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier ~~ 07Jul21 ~~ Page 1 ~~ “...high cheekbones and misshapen chin…”
cinders ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 206 ~~ “...novas burn out to cinders …”
confederate ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 183 ~~ “...counter attack by confederate forces…”
decipher ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 91 ~~ “...decipher the encoded messages…”
derby ~~ All the Children Are Home ~~ 10Jul21 ~~ Page 117 ~~ “...on the day of the Pinewood Derby…”
dingy ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 424 ~~ “...airless rooms of a dingy tenement…”
diplomatic ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 747 ~~ “...reprimand for diplomatice indiscretion…”
downpour ~~ Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier ~~ 07Jul21 ~~ Page 50 ~~ “...downpour obscured the ink…”
egalitarian ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 658 ~~ “...vices of egalitarian impulses…”
ego ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 836 ~~ “...the author’s brash ego…”
equality ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 109 ~~ “...liberty, equality, and brotherhood…”
esplanade ~~ The Neon Rain ~~ 29Jul21 ~~ Part 2, 39:07 min ~~ “...misty trees along the esplanade…”
Festoon ~~ The Scarlet Letter ~~ 03Oct21 ~~ Page25 ~~ “...aged cobwebs that festoon…”
Fiesta ~~ A Bad Day for Sunshine ~~ 28Jul21 ~~ Page 93 ~~ “...came to the Balloon Fiesta…”
flavor ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 135 ~~ “...full flavor of Cassanova’s feast…”
fringe ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 353 ~~ “...a sylvan fringe of darkness…”
futile ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 77 ~~ “...render futile any earthly demand…”
gentry ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 444 ~~ “...both gentry and laborers…”
giggle ~~ A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ~~ 00Jul21 ~~ Page 11 ~~ “...unrestrained boyish giggles…”
gnarled ~~ The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress ~~ 14Jul21 ~~ Page 336 ~~ “...spindly trunks and gnarled roots…”
guillotine ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 109 ~~ “...Marie Antoinette to the guillotine…”
halfway ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 27 ~~ “...halfway across, halfway over…”
Hollywood ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 19 ~~ “...the 1952 Hollywood film…”
homage ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 41 ~~ “...homage to John Updike…”
hover ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 344 ~~ “...hover like angels over our shoulders…”
Hysteria ~~ Girl A ~~ 05Jul21 ~~ Part 2, 30:46 ~~ “...Hysteria? Less serious. The vapors?…”
incest ~~ All the Children Are Home ~~ 10Jul21 ~~ Page 209 ~~ “...whaddya’ call it --- incest…”
inhibition ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 862 ~~ “...inhibition and inspiration…”
interpretation ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 175 ~~ “...an exact interpretation of its themes…”
ironing ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 602 ~~ “...I stand here ironing…”
jaunty ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 507 ~~ “...Winner is positively jaunty…”
Jet-lagged ~~ The Narrows ~~ 03Aug21 ~~ Page 315 ~~ “...I’m kind of jet-lagged...”
juggernaut~~ Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results ~~ 31Jul21 ~~ Page 114 ~~ “...You’re going to be a juggernaut...”
Kickoff ~~ Say You're Sorry ~~ 18Aug21 ~~ Page 99 ~~ “...kick off with the hero ...”
killer ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 237 ~~ “...about tracking a serial killer…”
kiln ~~ The Executioner's Song ~~ 08Aug21 ~~ Page 1012 ~~ “...in the kiln and burning...”
lilacs ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 850 ~~ “...when lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d…”
lifetime ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 86 ~~ “...the milestones of a lifetime…”
lounge ~~ Summerwater ~~ 04Jul21 ~~ Page 67 ~~ “...you can’t just lounge around…”
CONTINUED...lozenge ~~ The Price of Salt ~~ 29Jul21 ~~ Page 252 ~~ “...bright lozenges of colored enamel…”
malice ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 217 ~~ “...out of sheer malice…”
miasmas ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 632 ~~ “...half tangible miasma of murk and foulness…”
mimic ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 651 ~~ “...impossible to mimic in English…”
momentum ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 64 ~~ “...the familiar momentum of language…”
moor ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 68 ~~ “...off the moors, down through the mist…”
nausea ~~ The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress ~~ 14Jul21 ~~ Page 197 ~~ “...the nausea that tugged at…”
neglected ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 207 ~~ “...all the neglected classics…”
nonsense ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 132 ~~ “...the most enchanting nonsense…”
novelty ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 144 ~~ “...the Empire Novelty Company…”
observations ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 9 ~~ “...between observation and reverie…”
organism ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 199 ~~ “...helps certain organisms survive…”
outbuilding ~~ Girl A ~~ 05Jul21 ~~ Page 9 ~~ “...to a squat outbuilding…”
overgrown ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 772 ~~ “...and an overgrown hollow…”
perspiration ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 289 ~~ “...a tale of inspiration, perspiration, and…”
piercing ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 818 ~~ “...the piercing virtue of Van Gogh’s art…”
plaster ~~ The Kitchen Front ~~ 12Jul21 ~~ Page 192 ~~ “...a bulky plaster cast…”
producer ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 152 ~~ “...a prolific producer of prose…”
puzzlement ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 638 ~~ “...which only led to further puzzlement…”
quagmire ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 343 ~~ “...into the military quagmire…”
quell ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 3 ~~ “...cannot quell his doubts…”
realm ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 26 ~~ “...provides a make believe realm…”
resilience ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 434 ~~ “...resilience of a settler family…”
rickety ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 16 ~~ “...drawn to the rickety garage…”
rodent ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 122 ~~ “...it starts with one rodent…”
rummage ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 53 ~~ “...to rummage in their minds…”
saloon ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 345 ~~ “...with my friends in the saloons…”
scatter ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 711 ~~ “...scatters the dark shadows…”
sesame ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 684 ~~ “...Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865)…”
sober ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 146 ~~ “...neat, clean, shaved, and sober…”
sultry ~~ The Obsession ~~ 16Jul21 ~~ Page 51 ~~ “...smiled a sultry smile…
tadpoles ~~ Better Luck Next Time ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 49 ~~ “...catch a tadpole down at the pond…”
tambourine ~~ Black Buck ~~ 20Jul21 ~~ Page 107 ~~ “...like tambourines on Sunday…”
tamper ~~ A Bad Day for Sunshine ~~ 28Jul21 ~~ Page 5 ~~ “...they didn’t tamper…”
tenderloin ~~ The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress ~~ 14Jul21 ~~ Page 57 ~~ “...she browned the tenderloin…”
thunderstorm ~~ Black Buck ~~ 20Jul21 ~~ Page 185 ~~ “...when a thunderstorm comes up…”
upper lip ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 171 ~~ “...an irresistible stiff upper lip…”
utensils ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 785 ~~ “...clothing, oil, and household utensils…”
variety ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 51 ~~ “...orchestration of a variety of styles…”
vibe ~~ Black Buck ~~ 20Jul21 ~~ Page 30 ~~ “...see what the vibe is like…”
visible ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 269 ~~ “...malevolence and more visible energies…”
Warm-blooded ~~ The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating ~~ 27Jul21 ~~ Page 54 ~~ “...as warm-blooded creatures…”
waterfront ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 654 ~~ “...restaurants dotting the ruined waterfront…”
whirled ~~ The Kitchen Front ~~ 12Jul21 ~~ Page 190 ~~ “...her mind whirled with possibilities…”
wistful ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 327 ~~ “...wistful celebrations of the innocence…”
xylophone ~~ Black Buck ~~ 20Jul21 ~~ Page 8 ~~ “...a mallet over a xylophone…”
Yankees ~~ 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List ~~ 08Jul21 ~~ Page 426 ~~ “...at the hands of the hated Yankees…”
Yarmulke ~~ House on Endless Waters ~~ 03Oct21 ~~ Page 124 ~~ “...wearing a yarmulke, cloth or knitted…”
Zinnias ~~ What Kind of Woman ~~ 08Aug21 ~~ Page 8 ~~ “...in the summer zinnias bloom…”
Zydeco ~~ The Neon Rain ~~ 29Jul21 ~~ Page 155 ~~ “...the jukebox was full of zydeco…”
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Begins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
PART 1 of 2
51 / 51 words found THIS POST
51 / 100 words found in total
21 books read
adornment - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 311 - "…in clothing and adornment."
arthritis - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 171 - "…had developed arthritis and needed…"
audible - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 345 - "…a barely audible growl of…"
autograph - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 72 - "…sign some autographs."
baseball glove - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✔ – 02Aug21 - pg "…gave me a baseball glove and…"
beetle - Devil in Winter ✔ – 13July21 - pg 93 - "…a new species of beetle."
bikini - A Children's Bible ✔ – 06July21 - pg 20 - "…and wore a white bikini with…"
black cat - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 47 - "…could turn into a black cat."
brass - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 176 - "…sounding brass, hoarse horns…"
canvas - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 180 - "…wires, canvas and other…"
chaperone - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 288 - "…suitable chaperones for unmarried…"
cheekbones - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 323 - "…sheen of cheekbone and nose."
cinders - The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern ✔ – 02Aug21 - pg 43 - "The cinders that hurtle through…"
confederate - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 13 - "….named for a Confederate general…"
decipher - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 396 - "…would help you decipher this."
derby - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 246 - "…watched the Kentucky Derby?"
dingy - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 471 - "…away to a dingy room in…"
diplomatic - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 282 - "…in the queen's diplomatic service."
downpour - Lady Clementine ✔ – 05Aug21 - pg 112 - "…constant downpours, a record of …"
egalitarian - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 178 - "…humane and egalitarian and is…"
ego - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 106 - "…his ego so that when…"
equality - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 83 - "…in the equality of the races and…"
esplanade - Eye of the Needle ✔ – 12Nov21 - pg 160 - "…the two-mile esplanade at the…"
festoon - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 213 - …bizarre festoons on the walls."
fiesta - Stones for Ibarra ✔ – 24Aug21 - pg 7 - "…in time for the fiesta tomorrow."
flavor - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 125 - "What flavors did he perceive?"
fringe - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 383 - "…unforeseen fringe benefit of…"
futile - Leonard and Hungry Paul ✔ – 18July21 - pg 241 - "…a somewhat futile gesture."
gentry - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 244 - "…mythologies of the Southern gentry."
giggle - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 167 - "…to return made me giggle."
gnarled - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 332 - "…air, a gnarled piece of tree…"
guillotine - Out Stealing Horses ✔ – 25Aug21 - pg 163 - "…sees the guillotine working…"
halfway - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 191 - "…ground halfway between two…"
Hollywood - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 208 - "…of a Hollywood musical…"
homage - Leonard and Hungry Paul ✔ – 18July21 - pg 224 - "…chosen in homage to her…"
hover - Furious Hours ✔ – 23July21 - pg 177 - "…to hover virtuously in the novel's…"
hysteria - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 162 - "…descending into hysteria."
incest - Things I've Been Silent About ✔ – 30Oct21 - pg 55 - "…the same way that incest, once…"
inhibition - A Wallflower Christmas ✔ – 23July21 - pg 36 - "…her inhibitions until she was …"
interpretation - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 22 - "…well-received interpretation of…"
ironing - Leonard and Hungry Paul ✔ – 18July21 - pg 3 - "…and ironing well-meaning creases…"
jaunty - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 244 - "…left eye at a jaunty angle."
jet-lagged - Send for Me ✔ – 15Sep21 - pg 242 - "…death-sleep of the jet-lagged, and …"
juggernaut - The Night Watchman ✔ – 09Feb22 - pg 447 - "…challenged the juggernaut of the…"
kickoff - The Maple Murders ✔ – 24Oct21 - pg 124 - "…our kickoff event: the opening…"
killer - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 142 - "I'm a killer, Diana."
kiln - A Cup of Light ✔ – 14Aug21 - pg 6 - "…from the imperial kilns could leave…"
lilacs - This I Know ✔ – 18Aug21 - pg 214 - "I can smell lilacs blooming somewhere…"
lifetime - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 208 - "…his own lifetime but…"
lounge - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 168 - "…canapes in the lounge, thank you..."
lozenge - Shadow of Night✔ – 04July21 - pg 495 - "…handed Kit a sticky brown lozenge."
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Begins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
PART 2
49 / 49 words found THIS post
100 / 100 words found in total
22 books read
malice - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 73 - "…Sally, not without malice."
miasmas - Lady Clementine ✔ – 05Aug21 - pg 266 - "…in the miasma of wartime?"
mimic - Lady Osbaldestone and the Missing Christmas Carols ✔ – 23July21 - pg 51 - "…set to best mimic a piano."
momentum - A Children's Bible ✔ – 06July21 - pg 91 - "…but we had momentum."
moor - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 176 - "…female moor and the tattoed…"
nausea - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 279 - "My nausea increased."
neglected - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 127 - "…had neglected to mention to…"
nonsense - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 160 - "Nonsense. Marrying amid…"
novelty - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 132 - "…Jumbo's future novelty value."
observations - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 388 - "…your powers of observation."
organism - Say Nothing ✔ – 13Aug21 - pg 157 - "…her own organism in the most…"
outbuilding - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 337 - "…the ramshackle outbuildings of…"
overgrown - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 167 - "…ancient and overgrown with…"
perspiration - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 279 - "…thin skim of perspiration on my…"
piercing - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 332 - "…as piercing and bright as…"
plaster - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 213 - "…afixed to the plaster with a…"
producer - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 204 - "…the producers and directors…"
puzzlement - Leonard and Hungry Paul ✔ – 18July21 - pg 164 - "…in puzzlement, as if it had…"
quagmire - A Cowboy for Christmas ✔ – 07Dec21 - pg 70 - "…boot stayed rooted in the quagmire."
quell - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 229 - "He raised a hand to quell the noise."
realm - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 106 - "…to the realms of Pluto…"
resilience - Lady Clementine ✔ – 05Aug21 - pg 273 - "…at the resilience of our people…"
rickety - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 260 - "…than a set of rickety steps…"
rodent - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 245 - "…wizened rodents tied up…"
rummage - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 204 - "…and rummage for her own things…"
saloon - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 281 - "…through the main saloon and up…"
scatter - Longbourn ✔ – 06July21 - pg 195 - "…their glossy boots scatter her…"
sesame - Save Me the Plums ✔ – 02Sep21 - pg 82 - "…a question about sesame seeds…"
sober - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 211 - "…clear of more sober subject…"
sultry - Revenge Wears Prada ✔ – 19July21 - pg 203 - "…the anteroom - seductive, sultry,…"
tadpoles - A Children's Bible ✔ – 06July21 - pg 56 - "…minnows or tadpoles he'd scoop…"
tambourine - Revenge Wears Prada ✔ – 19July21 - pg 237 - "…alternating a tambourine, cymbals,…"
tamper - Cold-Hearted Rake ✔ – 29July21 - pg 135 - "…door to tamper with the latch…"
tenderloin - The Warmth of Other Suns ✔ – 19Aug21 - pg 248 - "…flats of the Tenderloin District…"
thunderstorm - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 213 - "…causing thunderstorms during…"
upper lip - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 405 - "…broke out on his upper lip."
utensils - Cold-Hearted Rake ✔ – 29July21 - pg 338 - "…china, cooking utensils, hardware…"
variety - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 170 - "…produced a variety of…"
vibe - Nice Work ✔ – 07July21 - pg 154 - "The vibes that place must still have."
visible - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 125 - "…very visible protest would…"
warm-blooded - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 261 - "…my limited warm-blooded sight…"
waterfront - Say Nothing ✔ – 13Aug21 pg 25 - "…streaked across the waterfront, scattering…"
whirled - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 179 - "Other couples whirled and hopped…"
wistful - Shadow of Night ✔ – 04July21 - pg 436 -"…sad again, even wistful."
xylophone - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit ✔ – 27July21 - pg 164 - "…and 'Xylophone' printed on…"
Yankees - Jumbo: The Greatest Elephant in the World ✔ – 03July21 - pg 154 - "The Yankees shall never…"
yarmulke - Rachel to the Rescue ✔ – 28Aug21 - pg 90 - "…middle-aged man in a yarmulke."
zinnias - E is for Evidence ✔ – 19July22 - pg 64 - "…the zinnias and marigolds…"
zydeco - Plantation Shudders ✔ – 24Oct22 - pg 118 - "…followed a Zydeco group."
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Done, I didn't find warm-blooded, yarmulke, zydeco
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IV
Begins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
adornment .. the only adornment in the hall .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 86
arthritis .. arthritis in my knees, he says .. Killing The Girl loc 3610
audible .. barely audible to my ears .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August pg 112
autograph .. directing autograph seekers to the .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 70
baseball glove .. I set down my baseball mitt .. Broken Ice pg 5
beetle .. six red beetle legs .. After Alice Fell pg 24
bikini .. skinny bikini bought for her .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 10
black cat (or kitten) .. speak to a frightened kitten ,, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 79
brass .. the brass dome of .. After Alice Fell pg 13
canvas .. his canvas trousers bag .. After Alice Fell pg 96
chaperone .. come along as a chaperone .. The Shootist pg 71
cheekbones .. angles of his jaw and cheekbones .. After Alice Fell pg 49
cinders .. the sprawling cinder block building .. Open Season pg 167
confederate .. seven Confederate rebels stole .. After Alice Fell pg 151
decipher .. to decipher secret messages .. Killing The Girl loc 430
derby .. flowered suspenders and a derby hat .. The Shootist pg 180
dingy .. the room a dingy beige ., After Alice Fell pg 15
diplomatic .. works on his diplomatic reply .. Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor loc 1546
downpour ..a hard, relentless downpour .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 52
egalitarian .. especially you egalitarian Americans .. When All Hell Broke Loose loc 3239
ego .. of vanity and ego .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 155
equality ..political equalitynow turned .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 272
esplanade .. on the esplanade below .. Church of Marvels pg 273
festoon .. window festoon in black .. After Alice Fell pg 13
fiesta .. slipped into the Ford Fiesta .. Nothing Stays Buried pg 90
flavor .. all ages, shapes, sizes, flavors .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 67
fringe .. praying into its fringes .. Enemy Women pg 72
futile .. exercise would be futile .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 14
gentry .. the decayed gentry .. Time Squared loc 2421
giggle .. another peal and giggle .. After Alice Fell pg 230
gnarled .. a gnarled walking stick .. After Alice Fell pg 25
guillotine .. quick as a guillotine blade .. The Black Ice pg 22
halfway .. turns his head halfway to hear .. After Alice Fell pg 8
Hollywood .. a quiet Christmas in Hollywood .. The Black Ice pg 2
homage .. in homage to his late father .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 33
hover .. hovers over the company .. After Alice Fell pg 166
hysteria .. various complexities of hysteria .. After Alice Fell pg 254
incest .. molestation and incest .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 187
inhibition .. so many inhibitions to get there .. The Virgin Blue pg 150
interpretation .. can be up for interpretation .. After Alice Fell pg 216
ironing .. with an ironing-board hiss .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 395
jaunty .. it still had a haunty feather .. Enemy Women pg 27
jet-lagged .. I feel jet-lagged .. Snowflake loc 1773
juggernaut .. the German juggernaut halted .. Time Squared loc 2062
kickoff .. what time is kick off, Shirl? .. Snowflake loc 2858
killer .. his most common killer.. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 133
kiln .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 170
lilacs .. the next lilac ribbon ..mAfter Alice Fell pg 265
lifetime .. it was a lifetime ago .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 34
lounge .. a fern lounges on a wide windowsill .. After Alice Fell pg 62
lozenge .. red candy lozenge shot out of his mouth .. The Virgin Blue pg 38
malice .. sparkled with tears and malice .. Enemy Women pg 131
miasmas .. the miasmas of urine and sour flesh .. Conspiracy in Death pg 14
mimic .. he mimics Benjamin in dress .. After Alice Fell pg 130
momentum .. words gain momentum .. After Alice Fell pg 81
moor .. when the moor comes to life .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 9
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IV
Begins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
adornment .. the only adornment in the hall .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 86
arthritis .. arthritis in my knees, he says .. Killing The Girl loc 3610
audible .. barely audible to my ears .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August pg 112
autograph .. directing autograph seekers to the .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 70
baseball glove .. I set down my baseball mitt .. Broken Ice pg 5
beetle .. six red beetle legs .. After Alice Fell pg 24
bikini .. skinny bikini bought for her .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 10
black cat (or kitten) .. speak to a frightened kitten ,, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 79
brass .. the brass dome of .. After Alice Fell pg 13
canvas .. his canvas trousers bag .. After Alice Fell pg 96
chaperone .. come along as a chaperone .. The Shootist pg 71
cheekbones .. angles of his jaw and cheekbones .. After Alice Fell pg 49
cinders .. the sprawling cinder block building .. Open Season pg 167
confederate .. seven Confederate rebels stole .. After Alice Fell pg 151
decipher .. to decipher secret messages .. Killing The Girl loc 430
derby .. flowered suspenders and a derby hat .. The Shootist pg 180
dingy .. the room a dingy beige ., After Alice Fell pg 15
diplomatic .. works on his diplomatic reply .. Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor loc 1546
downpour ..a hard, relentless downpour .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 52
egalitarian .. especially you egalitarian Americans .. When All Hell Broke Loose loc 3239
ego .. of vanity and ego .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 155
equality ..political equalitynow turned .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 272
esplanade .. on the esplanade below .. Church of Marvels pg 273
festoon .. window festoon in black .. After Alice Fell pg 13
fiesta .. slipped into the Ford Fiesta .. Nothing Stays Buried pg 90
flavor .. all ages, shapes, sizes, flavors .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 67
fringe .. praying into its fringes .. Enemy Women pg 72
futile .. exercise would be futile .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 14
gentry .. the decayed gentry .. Time Squared loc 2421
giggle .. another peal and giggle .. After Alice Fell pg 230
gnarled .. a gnarled walking stick .. After Alice Fell pg 25
guillotine .. quick as a guillotine blade .. The Black Ice pg 22
halfway .. turns his head halfway to hear .. After Alice Fell pg 8
Hollywood .. a quiet Christmas in Hollywood .. The Black Ice pg 2
homage .. in homage to his late father .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 33
hover .. hovers over the company .. After Alice Fell pg 166
hysteria .. various complexities of hysteria .. After Alice Fell pg 254
incest .. molestation and incest .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 187
inhibition .. so many inhibitions to get there .. The Virgin Blue pg 150
interpretation .. can be up for interpretation .. After Alice Fell pg 216
ironing .. with an ironing-board hiss .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 395
jaunty .. it still had a haunty feather .. Enemy Women pg 27
jet-lagged .. I feel jet-lagged .. Snowflake loc 1773
juggernaut .. the German juggernaut halted .. Time Squared loc 2062
kickoff .. what time is kick off, Shirl? .. Snowflake loc 2858
killer .. his most common killer.. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 133
kiln .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 170
lilacs .. the next lilac ribbon ..mAfter Alice Fell pg 265
lifetime .. it was a lifetime ago .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 34
lounge .. a fern lounges on a wide windowsill .. After Alice Fell pg 62
lozenge .. red candy lozenge shot out of his mouth .. The Virgin Blue pg 38
malice .. sparkled with tears and malice .. Enemy Women pg 131
miasmas .. the miasmas of urine and sour flesh .. Conspiracy in Death pg 14
mimic .. he mimics Benjamin in dress .. After Alice Fell pg 130
momentum .. words gain momentum .. After Alice Fell pg 81
moor .. when the moor comes to life .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 9
...
nausea .. next up was physical nausea .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 253
neglected .. I neglected my school work .. Killing The Girl loc 676
nonsense .. nonsense, he retorted .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 345
novelty .. he was a novelty .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 189
observations .. observation for emotional and mental .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 23
organism .. as a single organism .. Ice Cold Heart pg 222
outbuilding .. beyond the outbuilding the track diverged .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 1379
overgrown .. through the overgrown moors .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 8
perspiration .. wet from his perspiration .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 277
piercing .. piercing and repiercing a square .. After Alice Fell pg 68
plaster .. scraping the paint and plaster .. After Alice Fell pg 24
producer .. for they are the producers .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 288
puzzlement .. stared at each other in puzzlement .. Open Season pg 47
quagmire .. into that quagmire with both feet .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 168
quell .. enough to quell his loathing .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 1280
realm .. utterly beyond the realms .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 11
resilience .. with a degree of resilience .. Killing The Girl loc 1976
rickety .. onto a rickety train .. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky loc 2475
rodent .. like a rodent or insect .. Nothing Stays Buried pg 207
rummage .. she rummages through the pile .. Killing The Girl loc 3694
saloon .. men in the saloon were of .. Enemy Women pg 322
scatter .. fireflies scatter around his figure .. After Alice Fell pg 161
sesame .. the taste of sesame .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 42
sober .. Sober up! .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 170
sultry .. plunged into some sultry summer air .. Enemy Women pg 123
tadpoles .. purple tadpoles surrounded him .. Killing The Girl loc 1064
tambourine .. woman passed a tambourine .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 62
tamper .. you may try to tamper .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 53
tenderloin .. the Battery, Hell's Kitchen, the Tenderloin .. Church of Marvels pg 67
thunderstorm .. weather threatens rain and thunderstorms .. After Alice Fell pg 136
upper lip .. drags her upper lip over her teeth .. After Alice Fell pg 168
utensils .. snatching the utensils .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 190
variety .. with an excellent variety .. Killing The Girl loc 3782
vibe .. that unyielding vibe from the get-go .. The Wild Inside pg 63
visible .. just visible in the gap .. After Alice Fell pg 44
warm-blooded
waterfront .. I walked along the waterfront alone .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 163
whirled .. was they whirled through the air .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 799
wistful .. it was almost wistful .. The Black Ice pg 414
xylophone .. murmur in their xylophone voices .. Cloud Cuckoo Land loc 2087
Yankees .. and a Yankees enthusiasm .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 342
yarmulke
zinnias .. the zinneas are bright and full .. After Alice Fell pg 145
zydeco
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7/20/21 4.25☆
7/19/21 3☆
7/20/21 3☆
7/22/21 3.75☆
7/25/21 3☆
7/27/21 2.75☆
7/29/21 2.25☆
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8/12/21 2☆
8/24/21 2☆
8/31/21 2.75☆
9/5/21 2.75☆
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nausea .. next up was physical nausea .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 253
neglected .. I neglected my school work .. Killing The Girl loc 676
nonsense .. nonsense, he retorted .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 345
novelty .. he was a novelty .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 189
observations .. observation for emotional and mental .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 23
organism .. as a single organism .. Ice Cold Heart pg 222
outbuilding .. beyond the outbuilding the track diverged .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 1379
overgrown .. through the overgrown moors .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 8
perspiration .. wet from his perspiration .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 277
piercing .. piercing and repiercing a square .. After Alice Fell pg 68
plaster .. scraping the paint and plaster .. After Alice Fell pg 24
producer .. for they are the producers .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 288
puzzlement .. stared at each other in puzzlement .. Open Season pg 47
quagmire .. into that quagmire with both feet .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 168
quell .. enough to quell his loathing .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 1280
realm .. utterly beyond the realms .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 11
resilience .. with a degree of resilience .. Killing The Girl loc 1976
rickety .. onto a rickety train .. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky loc 2475
rodent .. like a rodent or insect .. Nothing Stays Buried pg 207
rummage .. she rummages through the pile .. Killing The Girl loc 3694
saloon .. men in the saloon were of .. Enemy Women pg 322
scatter .. fireflies scatter around his figure .. After Alice Fell pg 161
sesame .. the taste of sesame .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 42
sober .. Sober up! .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 170
sultry .. plunged into some sultry summer air .. Enemy Women pg 123
tadpoles .. purple tadpoles surrounded him .. Killing The Girl loc 1064
tambourine .. woman passed a tambourine .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 62
tamper .. you may try to tamper .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 53
tenderloin .. the Battery, Hell's Kitchen, the Tenderloin .. Church of Marvels pg 67
thunderstorm .. weather threatens rain and thunderstorms .. After Alice Fell pg 136
upper lip .. drags her upper lip over her teeth .. After Alice Fell pg 168
utensils .. snatching the utensils .. Songs of Willow Frost pg 190
variety .. with an excellent variety .. Killing The Girl loc 3782
vibe .. that unyielding vibe from the get-go .. The Wild Inside pg 63
visible .. just visible in the gap .. After Alice Fell pg 44
warm-blooded
waterfront .. I walked along the waterfront alone .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 163
whirled .. was they whirled through the air .. Olav Audunssøn: II. Providence loc 799
wistful .. it was almost wistful .. The Black Ice pg 414
xylophone .. murmur in their xylophone voices .. Cloud Cuckoo Land loc 2087
Yankees .. and a Yankees enthusiasm .. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August/ pg 342
yarmulke
zinnias .. the zinneas are bright and full .. After Alice Fell pg 145
zydeco
7/1/21 3☆
7/3/21 2☆
7/4/21 4☆
7/5/21 2☆
7/7/21 3.75☆
7/8/21 4☆
7/13/21 2.75☆
7/14/21 3☆
7/15/21 3☆
7/20/21 4.25☆
7/19/21 3☆
7/20/21 3☆
7/22/21 3.75☆
7/25/21 3☆
7/27/21 2.75☆
7/29/21 2.25☆
8/9/21 2☆
8/12/21 2☆
8/24/21 2☆
8/31/21 2.75☆
9/5/21 2.75☆
12/13/21 4☆
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
The List
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gentry
tambourine
warm-blooded
yarmulke
zydeco
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MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Part 1: 50/50 Word list
(1) The Lady Has a Past Amanda Quick (7/2/21) 5*
(2) Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery (7/3/21) 4*
(3) The Rogue Katherine Ashe (ebook) (7/7/21) 4.5*
(4) Thief of Shadows Elizabeth Hoyt (Kindle) (7/10/21) 3.5*
(5) Death Echo Elizabeth Lowell (7/13/21) 4*
(6) The Earl Katherine Ashe (7/20/21) 3*
(7) Infinity Reaper Adam Silvera (7/21/21) 4 *
(8) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Marianne Cronin (7/23/21) 5*
(9) If I Was Your Girl Meredith Russo (7/24/21) 5*
(10) American Dirt Jeanine Cummins (7/26/21) 5*
(11) Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (7/31/21) 2.5*
(12) Relic Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (8/5/21) 4*
(13) Embrace the Night Karen Chance (8/22/21) 4*
(14) Malice Heather Walter (8/31/21)
(15) The Lost Heir Tui T. Sutherland (9/7/21) 4*
(16) Smitten Janet Evanovich (10/13/21) 2.5*
(17) Once a Laird Mary Jo Putney (10/21/21) 3.5 *
(18) Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow (10/30/2021) 4.5*
(19) Pushing the Limits Katie McGarry (11/11/2021) 4.5*
(20) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer (11/15/2021) 2.5*
(21) The Moviegoer Walker Percy audiobook (11/20/21) 3*
(22) Mary Poppins P. L. Travers (11/22/21) 3*
(23) Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris (12/6/21) 5*
(24) Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston (12/16/2021) 4.5*
(25) The Lost Continent Tui T. Sutherland (12/14/21) 4*
(26) Eventown Corey Ann Hayden (12/19/21) 3.5*
(27) The Sparrow Sisters Ellen Herrick (12/24/21) 3.5*
(28) S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco David DiBenedetto (12/31/21) 3*
(3) adornment: 307-…of feminine adornments.
(11) arthritis: …arthritis in her leg.”
(2) audible: p. 172-…his inhale was audible…
(7) autograph: p. 37-…autograph something for…
(9) baseball glove/mitt: p.258…the baseball mitts inside.
(10) beetle: p. 19-…to discourage beetles…
(5) bikini: p. 140-…bikini under her clothes.
(13) black cat (or kitten): p. 193-…a black cat suit…
(1) brass: p. 37-…around the brass doorknob.
(2) canvas-p. 16-…even paint and canvas.
(3) chaperone: 157- “A chaperone?”
(2) cheekbones: p. 46-…across his cheekbones…
(10) cinders: p. 39-…like a cinder block…
(18) confederate: p. 465-…as their confederate.
(10) decipher: p. 374-…learned to decipher…
(19) derby: Chap. 642/722-…having a roller derby in…
(4) dingy: p. 75-…in the dingy clothes…
(1) diplomatic; p. 61-…most diplomatic person…
(4) downpour: p. 224-…face to the downpour…
(3) egalitarian:101-…thoroughly egalitarian in…
(2) ego: p. 131-…your ego was what…
(6) equality: p. 311-…Equality must first exist.
(21) esplanade: Chap. 1-“I alight at Esplanade…
(25) festoon: p. 252-…that Festoon overheard me…
(23) fiesta: p. 177- “You won’t find a vampire in a Ford Fiesta.”
(2) flavor: p. 241-…your favorite flavor of…
(5) fringe: p. 94-…fringes of Vladivostok…
(2) futile: p. 48-…in a futile attempt…
(3) gentry: 366-…provincial petty gentry…
(4) giggle: p. 148-A giggle drifted out…
(10) gnarled: p. 358-…smashed and gnarled leg.
(3) guillotine: 294-…up on the guillotine…
(1) halfway: p. 75-Simon got halfway…
(1) Hollywood: p. 25-…drew every Hollywood star…
(18) homage: p. 38-…homage to a figure…
(2) hover: p. 117-Having her hover over…
(5) hysteria: p. 382-…hysteria in her voice.
(18) incest: p. 522-…adulteries and his incests…
(18) inhibition: p. 488-…of inhibition disappeared.
(2) interpretation: p. 141-…glass interpretations of…
(7) ironing: p. 460-“I’m still ironing out…
(1) jaunty: p. 217-…with a jaunty stride…
(24) jet-lagged: p.55-He’s currently jet-lagged to…
(11) juggernaut: p. 81-…two-wheeled juggernaut…
(16) kickoff: p. 201-…picnic to kick off…
(1) killer: p. 31-…CRAZED KILLER WITH…
(17) kiln: p. 40-…he built a kiln…
(8) lilacs: p. 309-Margot was wearing lilac.
(2) lifetime: P. 95-…a lifetime of evenings…
(1) lounge: p. 20-…in a lounge chair…
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Part 2: 50/50 Word list
(1) The Lady Has a Past Amanda Quick (7/2/21) 5*
(2) Second Chance Girl Susan Mallery (7/3/21) 4*
(3) The Rogue Katherine Ashe (ebook) (7/7/21) 4.5*
(4) Thief of Shadows Elizabeth Hoyt (Kindle) (7/10/21) 3.5*
(5) Death Echo Elizabeth Lowell (7/13/21) 4*
(6) The Earl Katherine Ashe (7/20/21) 3*
(7) Infinity Reaper Adam Silvera (7/21/21) 4 *
(8) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Marianne Cronin (7/23/21) 5*
(9) If I Was Your Girl Meredith Russo (7/24/21) 5*
(10) American Dirt Jeanine Cummins (7/26/21) 5*
(11) Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (7/31/21) 2.5*
(12) Relic Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (8/5/21) 4*
(13) Embrace the Night Karen Chance (8/22/21) 4*
(14) Malice Heather Walter (8/31/21)
(15) The Lost Heir Tui T. Sutherland (9/7/21) 4*
(16) Smitten Janet Evanovich (10/13/21) 2.5*
(17) Once a Laird Mary Jo Putney (10/21/21) 3.5 *
(18) Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow (10/30/2021) 4.5*
(19) Pushing the Limits Katie McGarry (11/11/2021) 4.5*
(20) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer (11/15/2021) 2.5*
(21) The Moviegoer Walker Percy audiobook (11/20/21) 3*
(22) Mary Poppins P. L. Travers (11/22/21) 3*
(23) Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris (12/6/21) 5*
(24) Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston (12/16/2021) 4.5*
(25) The Lost Continent Tui T. Sutherland (12/14/21) 4*
(26) Eventown Corey Ann Hayden (12/19/21) 3.5*
(27) The Sparrow Sisters Ellen Herrick (12/24/21) 3.5*
(28) S Is for Southern: A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco David DiBenedetto (12/31/21) 3*
(22) lozenge: 11-…box of throat lozenges
(18) malice: p. 21-More in sorrow than malice…
(4) miasmas: p. 128-…miasma of the room.
(3) mimic: 172- “Mimic my movements.
(2) momentum: p. 19-…picked up momentum.
(20) moor: p. 290-One attempt to moor a…
(3) nausea: 429-Then nausea would creep…
(4) neglected: p. 228-…neglected his elderly…
(4) nonsense: p. 27- “Nonsense!”
(18) novelty: p. 16-Divorce was a novelty…
(1) observations: p. 110-…question the observation or…
(10) organism: p. 313-…how organisms evolve…
(6) outbuilding: p. 272-…then the outbuildings.
(5) overgrown: p.57-…overgrown track existed.
(4) perspiration: p. 245-…a sheen of perspiration…
(2) piercing: p. 33-…with piercing blue eyes…
(4) plaster: p. 64-…the plaster walls painted…
(2) producer: p. 16-…TV producer wanted…
(4) puzzlement: p. 133-…knit in puzzlement…
(16) quagmire: p. 106-…across the quagmire…
(2) quell: p. 67-…best to quell a…
(3) realm: 121-…from the faery realm.
(18) resilience: p. 22- …resilience upon her return.
(4) rickety: p. 35-…the rickety bare wood…
(14) rodent: p. 83-…they’re clusters of rodents.
(10) rummage: p. 21-…pretends to rummage…
(13) saloon: p. 115-…another saloon girl who…
(2) scatter: p. 22-…they would scatter…
(13) sesame: p. 11-…was the open sesame…
(2) sober: p. 125-…to stay sober for…
(1) sultry: p. 63-…not soft, sultry, and…
(15) tadpoles: p. 103-…like a blobby tadpole.”
(20) tambourine: p. 11-…I had my tambourine…
(10) tamper: p. 13-…that she can’t tamper…
(28) tenderloin: p. 482-…a pan of roast beef tenderloin…
(6) thunderstorm: p. 178-The thunderstorm?”
(4) upper lip: p. 3-…the upper lip a …
(9) utensils: p. 136-I lowered my utensils…
(5) variety: p. 215-…cookies for variety.
(1) vibe: p. 234-…vibe as the doorknob.”
(1) visible: p. 123-…it was visible from…
(12) warm-blooded: p. 446-Warm-blooded.
(5) waterfront: p. 6-…Bay’s muscular waterfront.
(1) whirled: p. 231-Billingsley whirled…
(5) wistful: p. 257-…Emma looked wistful.
(26) xylophone: p. 67-I was usually on xylophone.
(10) Yankees: p. 17-…red New York Yankees…
(10) yarmulke: p. 375-…Buddha figurines, yarmulkes.
(27) zinnias: p. 278-…dwarfing marigolds, and zinnias.
(28) zydeco: p. 270-…bluegrass, zydeco-are such an …
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Word list
50/50
✔adornment - A Court of Thorns and Roses - 9/11/21 - p23 - "...they'd bought matching adornments years ago."
✔arthritis - Eight Perfect Murders - 7/6/21 - p167 - "...bent in a way that suggested arthritis..."
✔audible - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p401 - "...the distant rumble of trains was just audible over..."
✔autograph - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p60 - "...people reaching for a handshake or an autograph..."
✔baseball glove/mitt - Home Front - 7/31/21 - p262 - "...held it in his dark baseball mitt of a hand."
✔beetle - A Deadly Education - 7/15/21 - p279 - "...across a swarm of ants and beetles and rats and birds..."
✔bikini - Eight Perfect Murders - 7/6/21 - p35 - "...a dark-haired woman in a white bikini is being..."
✔black cat (or kitten) - Eight Perfect Murders - 7/6/21 - p55 - "...with an illustration of a black cat in tall green grass..."
✔brass - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p62 - "...the box as she unsnapped the brass latches..."
✔canvas - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p228 - "...where swaths of canvas would have been hung up..."
✔chaperone - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p134 - "...going for walks with him without a chaperone..."
✔cheekbones - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p16 - "...and his high cheekbones were flushed...'
✔cinders - A Deadly Education - 7/15/21 - p189 - "...an unidentifiable heap of cinders and ash..."
✔confederate - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p126 - "...sporting the Confederate flag and NRA slogans..."
✔decipher - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p30 - "...trying to decipher what I was feeling..."
✔derby - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p91 - "...of using our Royal Crown Derby Balmoral pattern..."
✔dingy - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p154 - "...looking forward to a creepy-crawl through a dingy basement..."
✔diplomatic - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p99 - "...taking military action without first testing diplomatic skills to keep..."
✔downpour - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p168 - "...we'll have to stand in a downpour..."
✔egalitarian - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p601 - "...bore little resemblance to the egalitarian, peaceful, and..."
✔ego - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p164 - "...appealing to his ego but also to the decency..."
✔equality - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p527 - "...he supported marriage equality..."
✔esplanade - The House of Hades - 7/17/21 - p269 - "...around the harbor was a long esplanade lined with..."
✔festoon - The Mystery of the Blue Train - 7/23/21 - p2 - "...electric light was shaded with dirty pink festoons..."
✔fiesta - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p543 - "...classic blues and a Fiesta Latina..."
✔flavor - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p109 - "...a white tea with a rather refreshing floral flavor..."
✔fringe - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p672 - "...had migrated from the fringe of GOP politics..."
✔futile - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p433 - "...military to drag the country deeper into a futile..."
✔gentry - Hamnet - 8/9/21 - p86 - "...the hands of the Warwickshire gentry before the year is out..."
✔giggle - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p127 - "...couldn't help but giggle as they arrived..."
✔gnarled - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p126 - "...when she was old and gnarled like a tree trunk..."
✔guillotine - The Mystery of the Blue Train - 7/23/21 - p154 - "...innumerable ancestors of his must have perished by guillotine..."
✔halfway - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p26 - "...was halfway across the room when something..."
✔Hollywood - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p691 - "...plus an assortment of Hollywood celebrities..."
✔homage - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p23 - "...the Ruelle pays homage rather to its patron with..."
✔hover - The House of Hades - 7/17/21 - p216 - "If you hover, he'll just shoot you out of the air..."
✔hysteria - American Royals - 7/13/21 - p78 - "...had roared with a frenzy that bordered on hysteria."
✔incest - Mockingjay - 11/13/21 - p171 - "...what will charges of incest, backstabbing, blackmail and arson..."
✔inhibition - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p675 - "...and theirs was Trump's lack of inhibition."
✔interpretation - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p16 - "...with my motives open to interpretation..."
✔ironing - The Pursuit - 8/21/21 - p35 - "...I don't spend a lot of time ironing my clothes..."
✔jaunty - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p153 - "...the once jaunty, irreverent warrior transformed into..."
✔jet-lagged - Murder under Cover - 9/15/21 - Audiobook 2:29:43 - "I was tired, jet-lagged."
✔juggernaut - Something Wicked This Way Comes - 10/24/21 - p154 - "...a juggernaut of thunder wheeled over the stony heavens..."
✔kickoff - The Pint of No Return - 9/19/21 - p25 - "...and having a kickoff party."
✔killer - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p4 - "The killer sat back on his heels, breathing in."
✔kiln - The Lathe of Heaven - 8/20/21 - p104 - "...could get the use of somebody's wheel and kiln..."
✔lilacs - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p158 - "...lilac dress she'd pick out for tonight..."
✔lifetime - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p48 - "...they figure that after a lifetime of work..."
✔lounge - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p214 - "...stepped into a lounge that been set up with some..."
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Word List
49/50
✔lozenge - A Deadly Education - 7/15/21 - p30 - "...only two screws, half a lozenge, and a pen cap..."
✔malice - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p212 - "...had less to do with malice and more to do with..."
✔miasmas - A Deadly Education - 7/15/21 - p61 - "...ten minutes later with the lingering miasma wafting under the door...
✔mimic - The House of Hades - 7/17/21 - p549 - "...trying to mimic Pasiphae's cruel smile."
✔momentum - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p378 - "...was our best shot at building momentum for the rest..."
✔moor - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p6 - "...across an abandoned shepherd's hut on the moors."
✔nausea - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p537 - "...the pain sent spikes of nausea through..."
✔neglected - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p5 - "...drove her carriage up the long, neglected drive toward..."
✔nonsense - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p28 - "...faerie had been full of nonsense..."
✔novelty - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p153 - "Maybe the novelty has worn off."
✔observations - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p30 - "What a wise observation," said Lucie."
✔organism - Firekeeper's Daughter - 8/9/21 - p240 - "...categorizing living and extinct organisms by eight-level classification..."
✔outbuilding - Wilder Girls - 7/22/21 - p109 - "...and there aren't any outbuildings on the grounds besides..."
✔overgrown - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p5 - "...now overgrown by long tendrils of vines..."
✔perspiration - Revenge - 7/31/21 - p10 - "...noticed the perspiration on her neck..."
✔piercing - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p199 - "...its spire piercing the clouds..."
✔plaster - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p161 - "....crumbly plaster caked all the over the outside..."
✔producer - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p538 - "...was how the images producers used in stories about..."
✔puzzlement - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p156 - "...Cordelia stared in puzzlement..."
✔quagmire - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p318 - "...he saw Afghanistan as a dangerous quagmire..."
✔quell - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p38 - "...or to quell my envy of those who had achieved..."
✔realm - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p23 - "...banished to the realm of Edom, a wasteland of night..."
✔resilience - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p112 - "...operated with admirable resilience and consistency..."
✔rickety - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p17 - "...we will both hurtle down on rickety, out-of-control bits..."
✔rodent - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p117 - "....and the scents of mold and rodents rose up...."
✔rummage - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p9 - "...with my grandparents to a rummage sale at the..."
✔saloon - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p92 -
"...or drinking in a corner saloon than mingling with..."
✔scatter - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p75 - "...was the decidedly feminine scatter of lipsticks..."
✔sesame - A Deadly Education - 7/15/21 - Audiobook 2:04:21 - "I pointed a finger at the door and thought open sesame..."
✔sober - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p255 -"...Elias was attempting to seem sober..."
✔sultry - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p35 - "...sultry mermaid performance..."
✔tadpoles - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p31 - "...and caught tadpoles in the stream that ran..."
✔tambourine - Yellow Wife - 8/12/21 - p64 - "...the banjo, a drum, tambourines, a balafo..."
✔tamper - Undercover Kitty - 8/22/21 - p192 - "...there's a good chance he'd know how to tamper with..."
✔tenderloin - We Are Not Free - 8/18/21 - p357 - "...or heading up Taylor to the Tenderloin district."
✔thunderstorm - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p161 - "...I'd promised were canceled due to thunderstorms..."
✔upper lip - Haunted Hibiscus - 7/6/21 - p154 - "....she tried to keep a stiff upper lip..."
✔utensils - A Thousand Beginnings and Endings - 7/247/21 - p24 - "...cooking utensils and paper bag after paper bag of different kinds..."
✔variety - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p84 - "...Marvin had held a variety of jobs..."
✔vibe - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p589 - "...had a quiet beauty and unhurried vibe..."
✔visible - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p12 - "...the visible sign of her engagement, gleamed..."
warm-blooded
✔waterfront - Home Front - 7/31/21 - p69 - "...a deep, treed waterfront lot, it overlooked the placid waters..."
✔whirled - Chain of Iron - 7/4/21 - p26 - "...whirled to see a woman standing before her..."
✔wistful - American Royals - 7/13/21 - p14 - "...then let out a wistful sigh."
✔xylophone - Something Wicked This Way Comes - 10/24/21 - p95 - "...a spring tomcat on or the vast xylophone..."
✔Yankees - A Promised Land - 7/12/21 - p30 - "You're a Yankees fan."
✔yarmulke - The Pursuit - 8/21/21 - p26 - "...and bearded men in yarmulkes carrying attache cases..."
✔zinnias - Dandelion Wine - 10/5/21 - p174 - "...in the smell of zinnias and hibiscus."
✔zydeco - Tragic Magic - 11/7/21 - p35 - "...performances by jazz, rock, and zydeco groups."
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Part 1
51 / 51 words found THIS post
27 books read:
(1) All the Children Are Home by Patry Francis--7/9/21
(2) The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom--7/13/21
(3) Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho--7/13/21
(4) The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry--7/17/21
(5) Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion--7/18/21
(6) The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández--7/22/21
(7) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett--7/26/21
(8) An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn--8/2/21
(9) The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende--8/4/21
(10) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey--8/10/21
(11) Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman--8/12/21
(12) Becoming by Michelle Obama--8/26/21
(13) Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb--9/13/21
(14) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson--9/18/21
(15) While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams--10/10/21
(16) The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power--10/17/21
(17) Less by Andrew Sean Greer--10/18/21
(18) The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict--11/7/21
(19) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes--11/17/21
(20) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton--12/21/21
(21) When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain--1/14/22
(22) My Ántonia by Willa Cather--2/23/22
(23) Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina--2/26/22
(24) The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade--4/5/22
(25) The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman--9/12/22
(26) On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul Theroux--7/9/23
(27) Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward--4/3/25
Words:
✔adornment--(18)--loc. 870--"...serves another form of adornment..."
✔arthritis--(11)--loc. 1356--"She had crippling arthritis..."
✔audible--(1)--loc. 5193--"He took an audible inhalation."
✔autograph--(7)--loc. 3384--"...and asked for an autograph."
✔baseball glove--(19)--loc. 2219--"...a black baseball with pink..."
✔beetle--(6)--loc. 399--"...some 5000 species of beetles..."
✔bikini--(5)--loc. 87--"...by the pool in the same bikini..."
✔black cat--(11)--loc. 3956--"I even had a black cat..."
✔brass--(2)--loc. 3785--"...brass bands, local musicians..."
✔canvas--(5)--loc. 1217--"...threw the letter into a canvas bag."
✔chaperone--(10)--loc. 3551--"...complete trust as the chaperone..."
✔cheekbones--(5)--loc. 1192--"...bruise on her left cheekbone..."
✔cinders--(5)--loc. 1372--"...which was built of cinder block..."
✔confederate--(3)--loc. 738--"...to remove the literal Confederate flag..."
✔decipher--(4)--loc. 725--"...using autopsies to decipher what..."
✔derby--(1)--loc. 1647--"...on the day of the Pinewood Derby?"
✔dingy--(2)--loc. 1868--"...the wall stays dingy white..."
✔diplomatic--(4)--loc. 4639--"...delivered a diplomatic note to Wilson..."
✔downpour--(12)--loc. 3108--"...have felt the monsoon downpour..."
✔egalitarian--(9)--loc. 1555--"We want and exclusive and egalitarian..."
✔ego--(2)--loc. 3702--"...you said yes it was ego,..."
✔equality--(3)--loc. 886--"...to achieve measures of social equality..."
✔esplanade--(2)--loc. 2485--"...the French Quarter by way of Esplanade Avenue,..."
✔festoon--(25)--loc 3668--"...the flowers she would use to festoon his wreath..."
✔fiesta--(3)--loc. 989--"...closest polling station ended up being a Fiesta grocery store."
✔flavor--(1)--loc. 2055--"...raspberry and vanilla are the only flavors..."
✔fringe--(7)--loc. 1321--"She tugged at the fringe of her skirt..."
✔futile--(2)--loc. 2649--"The window unit groaned its futile laboring,..."
✔gentry--(14)--loc. 549--"He settled in the ol' Gentry homestead...
✔giggle--(1)--loc. 3078--"...covered her mouth to suppress a giggle..."
✔gnarled--(2)--loc. 2161--"...greenery, twisted and gnarled,.."
✔guillotine--(18)--loc. 4219--"...can be spared the guillotine."
✔halfway--(1)--loc. 797--"...we were halfway across the playground..."
✔Hollywood--(3)--loc. 523--"...since 1918 when Hollywood produced..."
✔homage--(3)--loc. 436--"...does something move from homage,..."
✔hover--(2)--loc. 2945--"...one foot hovers over the brake,..."
✔hysteria--(4)--loc. 3673--"...led to hysteria, melancholia, and..."
✔incest--(1)--loc. 2950--"...whaddya call it--incest."
✔inhibition--(11)--loc. 1614--"...drink in public with very few inhibitions..."
✔interpretation--(4)--loc. 2502--"...most far-reaching interpretations..."
✔ironing--(2)--loc. 490--"...he spent hours ironing,..."
✔jaunty--(7)--loc. 2743--"...orchestra began to play a jaunty overture."
✔jet-lagged--(10)--loc. 1662--"...will be jet-lagged from the long flight..."
✔juggernaut--(3)--loc. 638--"...hip-hop became a cultural juggernaut..."
✔kickoff--(3)--loc. 1853--"...bus boycott that helped kick off the civil rights movement."
✔killer--(3)--loc. 1766--"...who released an honestly killer song..."
✔kiln--(21)--loc. 4036--"The blackened mouth of the smutty kiln..."
✔lilacs--(1)--loc. 2398--"...looking out on the lilac bush..."
✔lifetime--(1)--loc. 1918--"...only comes along once in a lifetime."
✔lounge--(1)--loc. 1245--"...while I sat in the lounge..."
✔lozenge--(24)--loc. 5531--"...to dissolve some bitter lozenge."
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Part 2:
49/ 49 words found THIS post
100 / 100 words found in total
Words:
✔malice--(3)--loc. 656--"...the word of some of its original malice."
✔miasmas--(4)--loc. 656--"...influences such as an atmospheric miasma..."
✔mimic--(2)--loc. 868--"...village arranged to mimic his native home in Italy."
✔momentum--(4)--loc. 4635--"...epidemic was gathering full momentum..."
✔moor--(15)--loc. 1013--"The Moors brought it to Europe..."
✔nausea--(4)--loc. 3572--"...anorexia, nausea, and vomiting...
✔neglected--(1)--loc. 672--"...the most grievously neglected..."
✔nonsense--(1)--loc. 1915--"Much too young for this nonsense..."
✔novelty--(11)--loc. 3453--"Despite the gold shoes and the novelty rings,..."
✔observations--(4)--loc. 305--"...advocated precise observation..."
✔organism--(4)--loc. 846--"...minute living organisms invaded..."
✔outbuilding--(17)--loc. 2400--"...in the midst of the lively outbuildings..."
✔overgrown--(2)--loc. 5302--"...overgrown land needing a cut..."
✔perspiration--(4)--loc. 419--"...relieved by profuse perspiration."
✔piercing--(13)--loc. 4127--"...it was a piercing scream..."
✔plaster--(4)--loc. 543--"...the body with mustard plaster..."
✔producer--(3)--loc. 2061--"...the house of one of my producers at ESPN..."
✔puzzlement--(4)--loc. 5261--"A historian...expressed puzzlement..."
✔quagmire--(26)--loc. 2216--"Mexico's quagmire of impunity..."
✔quell--(12)--loc. 7304--"...any input on how to quell self-doubt?"
✔realm--(3)--loc. 473--"...in every realm of American life..."
✔resilience--(5)--loc. 371--"...a certain lack of resilience"
✔rickety--(1)--loc. 4959--"...the clanging of the rickety fan..."
✔rodent--(4)--loc. 4775--"...from rats to wild rodent populations..."
✔rummage--(1)--loc. 1716--"...the damn thing home from a rummage sale..."
✔saloon--(4)--loc. 5098--"...closed all the saloons..."
✔scatter--(3)--loc. 2262--"...Melanin absorbs and scatters some of the sun's rays..."
✔sesame--(12)--loc. 5573--"...made a guest appearance on 'Sesame Street'..."
✔sober--(4)--loc. 1517--"...drunk than someone else sober..."
✔sultry--(7)--loc. 3640--"...making eyes at the detective's sultry daughter."
✔tadpoles--(6)--loc. 1456--"...it looks like a tadpole with a pointed face..."
✔tambourine--(29)--loc. 922--"...you just wanted to stick a tambourine in her hand..."
✔tamper--(6)--loc. 84--"The kissing bug disease tampers with this music,..."
✔tenderloin--(10)--loc. 1568--One night over a tenderloin I casually said..."
✔thunderstorm--(2)--loc. 460--"...holding back thunderstorms..."
✔upper lip--(6)--loc. 417--"...their upper lips inflated with..."
✔utensils--(2)--loc. 3359--"I found it washed in the utensil drawer..."
✔variety--(4)--loc. 3461--"...symptoms were of exceeding variety..."
✔vibe--(3)--loc. 1476--"...with whoever it is I vibe with..."
✔visible--(1)--loc. 4089--"...nothing in the room was visible..."
✔warm-blooded--(22)--loc. 533--"...memories in her warm-blooded life."
✔waterfront--(15)--loc. 5299--"...city's waterfront revitalization plan."
✔whirled--(1)--loc. 1609--"...he picked up Agnes and whirled her..."
✔wistful--(8)--loc. 4149--"...now she can be wistful..."
✔xylophone--(20)--loc. 1603--"...Melody banged away on her toy xylophone,..."
✔Yankee--(11)--loc. 1403--"...the chimes playing 'Yankee Doodle'..."
✔yarmulke--(16)--loc. 2611 --"...people in hajibs and yarmulkes."
✔zinnias--(23)--p. 126--"...this is a bad time to be a rose or a zinnia."
✔zydeco--(27) loc. 1824--"...rides flickering in the distance, bad zydeco music..."
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading during this challenge period.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
99?/100
✔adornment-p.62- Away with the Fairies-"No real woman can afford to spend all her time on personal adornment." 8/22/21
✔arthritis-p.13-It Would Be Night in Caracas-"...one had diabetes, the other arthritis..." 7/28/21
✔audible-p.269- Waverley-"...the word 'land-louper' alone was distinctly audible." 7/26/21
✔autograph-p.1149- A Suitable Boy-...why not read your autograph book from school?" 9/13/21
✔ baseball glove-p.32-Wiener Dog Art -"Broca's brain, appendix, and baseball glove," 7/13/23
✔beetle-p.524 of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...like crickets following a large shiny beetle." 7/1/21
✔bikini-p. 15-Barefoot in the Park-"...to cook you spaghetti with white clam sauce...in a bikini." 8/21/21
✔black cat (or kitten)-p.33- Away with the Fairies-"...Phryne was greet by Ember, the black cat..." 8/12/21
✔brass-p.19- It Would Be Night in Caracas-"...and praying to the top brass of the Catholic Church..." 7/29/21
✔canvas-p.12-It Would Be Night in Caracas-"...trumpet trees painted on dusty canvases that decorated the grease-and-dirt covered walls." 7/28/21
✔chaperone-p.881-A Suitable Boy-"'We could chaperone each other.'"-9/6/21
✔cheekbones-p.84-Crocodile Tears-"The ring with a stone catches Mirta's cheekbone..." 7/21/21
✔cinders-p.53- Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"...wrapping dough around a wooden spit that rotates over hot cinders." 1/1/22
✔confederate-p.92-A Summons to Memphis-"...the skirmish that had taken place there between Union and Confederate troops." 7/16/21
✔decipher-p.69- Away with the Fairies-"Mrs. Opie gave up trying to decipher her script..." 8/22/21
✔derby- Waverley-"When, on the march to Derby, Fergus being questioned..." 8/2/21
✔dingy-p. 30- Death Before Wicket-"The driver rang three times... at a bell in a dingy green door." 8/1/21
✔diplomatic-p.80- The Judge and His Hangman-"...all because of a crazy diplomatic game..." 7/4/21
✔downpour-p.164- Crocodile Tears-"...sirens, barely muted by the noise of the downpour..." 7/22/21
✔egalitarian-p.52-Foucault's Pendulum-"I firmly believed that an egalitarian society was dawning..." 3/22/23
✔ego-p.49- The Inspector Barlach Mysteries: The Judge and His Hangman and Suspicion-"Yet he rattled on, driven by his official ego...." 7/4/21
✔equality-p.1113-A Suitable Boy-"...and chatting to them on terms of equality..." 9/2/21
✔esplanade-p.410- Waverley-"...morning found Waverley on the esplanade in front of the old Gothic gate..." 8/3/21
✔festoon-p.10- Pereira Declares: A Testimony-"The whole place was decorated with paper festoons..." 8/8/21
✔fiesta-p.91-The Adventures of China Iron-"Fiestas are forbidden except on Saturdays..." 7/18/22
✔flavor-p.410-of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...not salty enough, no flavor..." 7/1/21
✔fringe- p.379 of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...an asymmetrical blunt-line fringe that was shorter..." 7/1/21
✔futile-p.211- Crocodile Tears-"...don't tell me to be silent, it's quite futile." 7/23/21
✔gentry-p.230-Home Fire-"...from his vantage point among the landed gentry." 12/16/21
✔giggle-p.1184-A Suitable Boy-"Endless shy giggles, and how many children..." 9/14/21
✔gnarled-p.724- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...green rustling mystery, through which gnaled trunks....stretched out..." 11/26/21
✔guillotine-p.129-Typical: Stories-"The rat under the sink who could eat on a guillotine and find a use..." 10/18/21
✔halfway-unpaginated 3rd section of pdf copy of Marta Oulie-"...and sincerely tried to meet me halfway..." 7/21/21
✔Hollywood-p.363 of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...replicas of cobras lying on fake Hollywood boulders." 7/1/21
✔homage-p.175-Waverley-"...and returned after having paid your homage to him..." 7/24/21
✔hover-p.107-Call Me By Your Name-"...slip its way out of my sleep and hover undefined about me..." 8/31/22
✔hysteria-p.150- Death Before Wicket-"Prone to hysteria, ladies." 8/4/21
✔incest-p.54-Death Before Wicket-"Incest was not new, perhaps, but surely close to the last taboo." 8/1/21
✔inhibition-p.38-Call Me By Your Name-"...urged myself to let down my inhibitions..." 8/29/22
✔interpretation-p.84-Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish-"To the Rumba Players of Belen, Cuba...An Interpretation of a Song..." 6/12/22
✔ironing-p.41-The Threepenny Opera-"...the whores...are ironing clothes..." 7/3/21
✔jaunty-p.563-Martin Chuzzlewit-"...where a jaunty seat upon a coach is not so easy to preserve!" 11/13/21
✔jet-lagged-p.225-Call Me By Your Name-"At first, he was totally jet-lagged." 9/2/22
✔juggernaut-p.509-Martin Chuzzlewit-"...that the Car of Juggernaut had crushed him..." 11/11/21
kickoff
✔killer-p.47- Crocodile Tears-"...disappointment she felt at not being assigned the case of the killer nurses..." 7/19/21
✔kiln-p.275-Clea-"...built as if on a turntable like a kiln of rusk." 3/8/22
✔lilacs-p.223- The Sirens of Titan-"...and theblooms of the lilac bowers..." 5/16/22
✔lifetime-p.22-It Would Be Night in Caracas-"...flies and larvae would have brief lifetimes." 7/29/21
✔lounge-p.121-Clea-"Services all day long in "A" lounge..." 3/4/22
✔lozenge-p196- Waverley-"...leather on which small plates of iron of a lozenge form were stitched..." 7/24/21
Part Two✔malice-p.74- The Judge and His Hangman-"...the voice was edged with malice." 7/4/21
✔miasmas-p.20- Clea-"...I knew I should be longing when once more the miasma of Egypt had closed over my head." 1/11/22
✔mimic-p.227-Call Me By Your Name-"I had an impulse to mimic him..." 9/2/22
✔momentum-p.6-The Adventures of China Iron-"...with a momentum inseparable from drowning." 7/12/22
✔moor-p253- Waverley-"...and underwood which partly covered the moor in that direction..." 7/25/21
✔nausea-p.345 of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...with a mixture of nausea and remorse." 7/1/21
✔neglected-p.317- Waverley- "...could not follow, on their being neglected, than that third and final summons..." 7/28/21
✔nonsense-p.70-The Threepenny Opera-"Must you keep talking nonsense? 7/3/21
✔novelty-p.253- The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire-"...while the novelty in the shape of an entire stranger's, such as an Englishman's, would imply a free fight..." 12/11/21
✔observations-p.8- The Judge and His Hangman-"...an offhand observation that was more effective..." 7/3/21
✔organism-p.87-Mexican Gothic-"We are all organisms striving for survival..." 2/16/22
✔outbuilding-p.30- A Summons to Memphis-"...inspections of his own - of the house and the outbuildings." 7/15/21
✔overgrown-p.993-A Suitable Boy-"...green in this season- perhaps a little overgrown..." 9/8/21
✔perspiration-p.54- The Engagement-"She was bathed in perspiration." 8/26/21
✔piercing-p.87- The Judge and His Hangman-"...the cathedral with its spire piercing the sky..." 7/4/21
✔plaster-p.102-The Judge and His Hangman-"The plaster was peeling off the bare, gray walls..." 7/4/21
✔producer-p.1345- A Suitable Boy-"It was Mr. Barua who was the producer this year..." 9/17/21
✔puzzlement-p.1332- A Suitable Boy-"There was jelly for pudding, and to Mrs. Rupa Mehra's puzzlement...." 9/17/21
✔quagmire-p.11- The Vile Village-"...the article is about the Quagmire twins..." 7/4/21
✔quell-p.20-It Would Be Night in Caracas-"...an infantry the Revolution used to quell protests..." 7/29/21
✔realm-p.209-A Summons to Memphis-"...translated into a serenity in another realm of being." 7/17/21
✔resilience-p.125-A Summons to Memphis-"He has great resilience." 7/16/21
✔rickety-p.89-Clea-"...where the rickety gharry stood awaiting us..." 3/3/22
✔rodent-p.14- It Would Be Night in Caracas-"Something in her little rodent eyes told me she would make off..." 7/28/21
✔rummage-p.207-Crocodile Tears-"His fingers rummage around in his pockets..." 7/23/21
✔ saloon-p.167-Riders of the Purple Sage-"...rustlers in front of a saloon." 3/6/24
✔scatter-p.24- First Love-"...as though he would rush out upon us and scatter us like shavings..." 7/17/21
✔sesame- p.462-of ebook edition of The Joy Luck Club-"...and poured some soy sauce and sesame oil..." 7/1/21
✔sober-p.51- Away with the Fairies-"I can't see the godly, sober and righteous being impressed..." 8/22/21
✔sultry-p.59-Fairytales for Lost Children-"...a sensitive white chick with a sultry voice..." 5/29/22
✔tadpoles-p.856- A Suitable Boy-"The water was turbid, and filled with tadpoles..." 9/5/21
✔tambourine-p.40- First Love-"All of a sudden, loud clamour, laughter, torches, tambourines on the bank..." 7/18/21
✔tamper-p.101-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-"...and you must not tamper with it." 6/9/22
✔tenderloin-p.127-Jazz-"We lived in a railroad flat in the Tenderloin." 1/1/22
✔thunderstorm-section 6 of an unpaginated pdf of Marta Oulie-"If we had a thunderstorm he would certainly wake up..." 7/21/21
✔upper lip-p.54- Crocodile Tears-"...curling his upper lip to reveal his teeth..." 7/19/21
✔utensils-p.228-The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire-"...no handicrafts other than whittled-bamboo utensils..." 12/11/21
✔variety-p.69-The Threepenny Opera-"...wanted by the police for a variety of crimes." 7/3/21
✔vibe-p.111-Here the Whole Time-",,,sweatshirt says BITCH,DON'T KILL MY VIBE, and..." 12/24/21
✔visible-p.152- Spring Garden- "...from a spot where he would not be visible from the floor below." 12/1/21
✔ warm-blooded-p.406-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"...dolphins are warm-blooded..." 3/9/24
✔waterfront- p.62-The Seven Wonders-"...cart he had hired on the waterfront to carry our baggage." 7/3/22
✔whirled-p.i-My Tender Matador-"...to the house, where electric utopias whirled throughout the purple nights of those times." 7/7/21
✔wistful-p.33-The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales-"With many wistful, lingering glances, the visitors slowly climbed into the lorry." 6/14/22
✔xylophone-p.82- My Life and Hard Times-"...some xylophone players were brought on to restore order."
✔Yankees-p.10-The Able McLaughlins-"...to enlighten the darkness of the Yankees by taking the presidency of one of their colleges..." 4/19/22
✔yarmulke-p. 11- Leave a Message for Willie-...it sounded like a Jewish yarmulke."7/10/22
✔zinnias-p.853-A Suitable Boy-"The zinnias under Maan's window are out." 9/5/21
✔ zydeco-p.186-Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure-"...cassette tapes of Rockin' Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters..." 2/14/24
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NOTE - Given the length of this challenge, and Goodreads' character limit within one post, I'd strongly recommend you reserve TWO spaces right away.
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long -
MEGA Scavenger Hunt IVBegins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
Word list
adornment-The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead finished 10/4 p. 149 ...made no attempt at adornment...
arthritis-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 96 ...arthritis in the picture, as well...
audible-The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith finished 7/12 p. 10 ...with an audible click.
autograph-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 472 ...asking for their autographs.
baseball glove-The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni finished 8/29 p. 121 ...a hand as big as a baseball mitt.
beetle-The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimurs finished 7/21 p. 120 ...of marvelous existence, than beetles.
bikini-My Father's Daughter: A Memoir by Tina Sinatra finished 8/8 p. 140 ...proudly pinned to my bikini.
black cat (or kitten)-Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah finished 8/7 p. 95 ...you wouldn't dare own a cat, especially a black cat.
brass-A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods by Roger Guay finished 7/23 p. 55 ...human scent, gunpowder, or brass.
canvas-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 272 ...David went to get a canvas tarp...
chaperone-The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith finished 7/12 p. 12 My mother becomes the silent chaperone...
cheekbones-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 51 ...full lips, high cheekbones.
cinders-Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah finished 8/7 p. 205 The color scheme is mostly cinder block.
confederate-The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimurs finished 7/21 p. 232 ...this Confederate victory would be General Lee's last.
decipher-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 100 ...a signature and a pager number I couldn't quite deciper.
derby-Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles finished 8/27 p. 130
dingy-The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith finished 7/12 p. 193 I am sitting in a dingy bar...
diplomatic-Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story by Paul J. Batura finished 7/30 p. 99 Some diplomatic negotiations commenced.
downpour-Elizabeth & Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters by Andrew Morton finished 9/28 p. 140 ...waving and smiling to her subjects soaked by the downpour.
egalitarian-The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimurs finished 7/21 p. 26 ...egalitarian Americans tended to resist such assumptions...
ego-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 153 ...who have the fortitude and the lack of ego...
equality-Minnesota Book of Days by Tony Greiner finished 8/2 p. 174 On Women's Equality Day...
esplanade--The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 by Al Roker finished 12/2 p. 53...in the mud of Broadway's median esplanade.
festoon-The Boys : A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron Howard and Clint Howard finished 10/29 p. 161 ...she would festoon the house with tinsel and bunting...
fiesta-My Father's Daughter: A Memoir by Tina Sinatra finished 8/8 p. 147 ...while leading a parade as Miss Fiesta Queen...
flavor-Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles finished 8/27 p. 102 ...the flavors new and delectable.
fringe-Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn finished 7/3 p. 16 ...a skirt with a fringe on it...
futile-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 91 ...you shock again, knowing this is futile.
gentry-The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe finished 11/10 p. 181 They wore the cast-off graces of the gentry...
giggle-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 285 ...there were a few giggles...
gnarled-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 235 ...the spine a gnarled tree...
guillotine-Sins of the Father by Eileen Franklin and William Wright finished 8/13 p. 44 Like prisoners on their way to the guillotine...
halfway-Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn finished 7/3 p. 47 ...followin' him halfway across the country...
Hollywood-Bad Company: Drugs, Hollywood, and the Cotton Club Murder by Steve Wick finished 7/1 p. 271 ...Mr. Evans, a Hollywood movie producer.
homage-Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep by Erin Carlson finished 7/31 p. 83 ...an Alfred Hitchcock homage...
hover-Gabby: The Little Dog That Had to Learn to Bark by Barby Keel Finished 7/14 p.
101 She would hover as close to me as she could.
hysteria-The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimurs finished 7/21 p. 254 ...wandering womb, hysteria, nymphomania...
incest-Sins of the Father by Eileen Franklin and William Wright finished 8/13 p. 55 In an essay on incest survivors...
inhibition-Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep by Erin Carlson finished 7/31 p. 4 ...the courage to shed fear and inhibition...
interpretation-Targeted: A Deputy, Her Love Affairs, A Brutal Murder by M. William Phelps finished 8/21 p. 132 The investigation was still open to interpretation.
ironing-Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep by Erin Carlson finished 7/31 p. 74 ...Meryl insisted on ironing her own clothes.
jaunty-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 201 ...a jaunty sing-song...
jet-lagged-Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers finished 11/5 p. 108 She was jet-lagged...
juggernaut-She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh finished 8/24 p. 84 ...but also a business juggernaut.
kickoff-Lit by Mary Karr finished 9/4 p. 333 ...prayed to get home in time for kickoff.
killer-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 91 ...our Betty, menaced by a killer?
kiln-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 233 ...a different brick would be used inside the 100 foot-tall kilns.
lilacs-Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson finished 10/2 p. 26 ...past the lilac bushes...
lifetime-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 2 ...legendary ladies of my lifetime...
lounge-Bad Company: Drugs, Hollywood, and the Cotton Club Murder by Steve Wick finished 7/1 p. 270 They were in a lounge in the prison...
lozenge-Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles finished 8/27 p. 173 ...ribbon candy, lozenges, lemon drops...
malice-Targeted: A Deputy, Her Love Affairs, A Brutal Murder by M. William Phelps finished 8/21 p. 134 Tracy was indicted on charges of malice murder...miasmas-The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimurs finished 7/21 p. 63 The prevailing wisdom held that "miasma" was responsible for the contagion...
mimic-Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep by Erin Carlson finished 7/31 p. 99 Meryl, a self-professed mimic...
momentum-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 258 He steadily gathered momentum...
moor-The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith finished 7/12 p. 159 We moor at a little buoy...
nausea-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 293 With his nausea gone...
neglected-Gabby: The Little Dog That Had to Learn to Bark by Barby Keel Finished 7/14 p. 34 I guessed that they might feel a little neglected.
nonsense-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 174 ...puffing out a series of nonsense sounds.
novelty-One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson finished 7/15 p. 215 ...a marvelous novelty at a time when most people were still getting used to the idea of having any kind of weekend.
observations-We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps finished 7/9 p. 263 ...shared an interesting observation.
organism-Queen Meryl: The Iconic Roles, Heroic Deeds, and Legendary Life of Meryl Streep by Erin Carlson finished 7/31 p. 109 ...a muscular organism that you have to keep working out...
outbuilding-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 163 ...scanned the yard and surrounding outbuildings.
overgrown-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 163 The back of the house seemed to abut an overgrown orchard.
perspiration-The Rules of Inheritance: A Memoir by Claire Bidwell Smith finished 7/12 p. 174 ...perspiration dampening my sweater...
piercing-We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps finished 7/9 p. 53 ...the monitors made a loud, piercing noise.
plaster-One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson finished 7/15 p. 278 Roosevelt found Mr. and Mrs. Palmer whitened with plaster dust...
producer-Bad Company: Drugs, Hollywood, and the Cotton Club Murder by Steve Wick finished 7/1 p. 63 Mr. Evans, a Hollywood movie producer.
puzzlement-Lit by Mary Karr finished 9/4 p. 109 ...says with genuine puzzlement...
quagmire-When Memories Remain by Karen Emilson finished 7/2 p. 452 ...stuck in a quagmire of poverty and despair.
quell-Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story by Paul J. Batura finished 7/30 p. 165 ...the most efficient means to quell North Vietnamese agression...
realm-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 77 ...far outside the realm of medicine.
resilience-A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods by Roger Guay finished 7/23 p. xiii ...resilience, friendship, and recovery.
rickety-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 141 ...how the lighting made rickety flats look like real rooms.
rodent-My Father's Daughter: A Memoir by Tina Sinatra finished 8/8 p. 40 ...vacant lots and rodents still abounded...
rummage-Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes by Ira Rosen finished 8/15 p. 149 ...rummage through a person's belongings and steal money...
saloon-One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson finished 7/15 p. 107 ...his father in a knife fight outside his won saloon.
scatter-Gabby: The Little Dog That Had to Learn to Bark by Barby Keel Finished 7/14 p. 65 ...Forcing the chickens and geese that roamed free to scatter.
sesame-Rebel Homemaker: Food, Family, Life by Drew Barrymore finished 11/17 p. 99 Top with additional sesame seeds...
sober-Internal Medicine: A Doctor's Stories by Terrence Holt finished 7/5 p. 53 ...he hadn't been sober more than three days at a time.
sultryMe & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn finished 7/3 p. 201 and her sultry "A Poor Man's Roses...)
tadpoles-Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson finished 10/2 p. 208 ...catch and release tadpoles....
tambourine-Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes by Ira Rosen finished 8/15 p. 234 He would bang on a tambourine...
tamper-Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe finished 1/14 p. 189 ...to tamper with this personality...
tenderloin-Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles finished 8/27 p. 182 ...came back in with the tenderloin...
thunderstorm-A Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods by Roger Guay finished 7/23 p. 209 ...we had a huge thunderstorm...
upper lip-One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson finished 7/15 p. 166 ...a spectacular moustache that hung from his upper lip.
utensils-Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story by Paul J. Batura finished 7/30 p. 146 ...a utensil that dices, slices, chops, minces and prunes.
variety-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 114 ...and the modern variety...
vibe-We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps finished 7/9 p. 274 ...and rocked a bizarre, over-the-top vibe.
visible-We Thought We Knew You: A Terrifying True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Deception, and Murder by M. William Phelps finished 7/9 p. 127 ...Katie's face not visible in any of the photos.
warm-blooded-Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland finished 8/17 p. 188 ...to suffocate warm-blooded animals...
waterfront-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 136 ...an unimportant picture called Waterfront Lady.
whirled-Minnesota Book of Days by Tony Greiner finished 8/2 p. viii ...climbed into a time machine and whirled back to Duluth...
wistful-I Loved Her in the Movies: Working with the Legendary Actresses of Hollywood by Robert Wagner finished 7/10 p. 180 ...they cast her in the same wistful roles.
xylophone-Ellis, Helen Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light finished 4/19 p. 161 playing me from skull to chest like a xylophone.
Yankees-One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson finished 7/15 p. 130 ...sportswriter who first called Yankee Stadium the House That Ruth Built...
yarmulke-Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah finished 8/7 p. 196 ...nothing but Jewish kids in their yarmulkes.
zinnias-The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg finished 10/10 p. The zinnias looked like they had been poisoned.
zydeco-Go, Cat, Go!: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, the King of Rockabilly by Carl Perkins and David McGee finished 9/10 p. 56... blended Cuban, Cajun, zydeco....
Mod
Baseball glove .... I will accept "baseball mitt"
I've updated the main thread.
adornment-Timeless-7/20/21-page 206-"in shape and without adornment."arthritis-The Widows of Malabar Hill-8/15/21-page 124-"complained about some trouble his arthritis"
audible-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 178-'a barely audible tone"
autograph-The Vanishing Half-page 265-"asked for an autograph"
baseball glove / baseball mitt-All I Love and Know-11/26/21-page 193-"soccer balls, baseball gloves"
beetle-Changeless-7/12/21-page 280-"It was a scarab beetle."
bikini-Pigs In Heaven-11/16/21-page 168-"turned out to be bikini underwear"
black cat / black kitten-Olive Kitteridge-9/7/21-page 22-"a small black kitten"
brass-Soulless-7/2/21-page 16-"for her brass parasol"
canvas-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 164-"carrying a canvas bag"
chaperone-Soulless-7/2/21-page 16-"you without a chaperone"
cheekbones-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 153-"on her freckled cheekbones"
cinders-Cutting For Stone-8/31/21-page 92-"the newer cinder block building"
confederate-Soulless-7/2/21-page 141-"sided with the Confederates"
decipher-Frederica-7/9/21-page 361-"tried to decipher the rest"
derby-The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle-9/18/21-page 323-"she's backed in the derby"
dingy-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 134-on the dingy linoleum floor."
diplomatic-Frederica-7/9/21-page 254-"on any diplomatic mission"
downpour-A thousand Splendid Suns-7/31/21-page 361-"her children play in the downpour"
egalitarian-The Lost Book of the Grail-10/17/21-page 36-"You're such an egalitarian"
ego-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 33-"crazy alter ego types."
equality-Timeless-7/20/21-page 177-"but a tender, equality of love"
esplanade-The Widows of Malabar Hill-8/15/21-page 7-"toss him to the Esplanade"
festoon-Romancing the Werewolf-7/28/21-page 82-"to festoon the household"
fiesta-The Moon Sister-10/13/21-page 98-"return from the fiesta to see her soon.
flavor-Soulless-7/2/21-page 25-"She winced at the flavor"
fringe-Soulless-7/2/21-page 224-"riddled with fringe"
futile-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 283-"an impossibly futile goal"
gentry-Soulless-7/2/21-page 228"dandified gentry of the kind"
giggle-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 127-"will either giggle or gasp"
gnarled-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 117-"into his gnarled hand"
guillotine-Blameless-7/13/21-page 2-"like a handheld sideways guillotine"
halfway-Soulless-7/2/21-page 89-"halfway through a cucumber sandwich"
Hollywood-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 267-"the latest Hollywood news"
homage-Soulless-7/2/21-page 352-"Are they paying homage to you?"
hover-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 275-"indeed hover on the brink"
hysteria-Soulless-7/2/21-page 14-"bouts of hysteria"
incest-Songs of Willow Frost-8/21/21-page 187-"debauchery, molestation and incest"
inhibition-As Hot as it Gets11/5/21-page194-"acted completely without inhibition"
interpretation-Frederica-7/9/21-page 16-"a very odd interpretation"
ironing-Soulless-7/2/21-page 127-"ironing out the specifics"
jaunty-Changeless-7/12/21-page 89-"jaunty tilt to his newsboy cap."
jet-lagged-Cutting For Stone-8/31/21-page 468-"get over my jet lag"
juggernaut-Unbroken-9/12/21-page 42-"Louie was a juggernaut"
kickoff-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 67-"I kick off the sheets"
killer-Soulless-7/2/21-page 326-"sanctioned killer for queen"
kiln-Time's Convert-11/30/21-page 193-"have filled the lime kilns"
lilacs-Frederica-7/9/21-page 134-"of lilac spider-gauze"
lifetime-Soulless-7/2/21-page 64-"female drone in his lifetime"
lounge-Soulless-7/2/21-page 91-"behind the chaise lounge"
lozenge--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 132-"lozenges of emerald"
malice-Changeless-7/12/21-page 64-"malice behind the action."miasmas-The Last Tudor-7/25/21-page 336-"the sickly miasmas from the streets."
mimic-Blameless-7/13/21-page 293-"enough to mimic him"
momentum-Soulless-7/2/21-page 119-"eons to gather momentum"
moor-Heartless-7/18/21-page 118-"to the mist of the moor."
nausea-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 21-"thei intense nausea"
neglected-Frederica-7/9/21-page 196-"I've neglected him for Charis"
nonsense-Soulless-7/2/21-page 71-"What delightful nonsense."
novelty-Frederica-7/9/21-page 162-" the novelty of that will soon wear off"
observations-Soulless-7/2/21-page 40-"turned back to their observations"
organism-Cutting For Stone-8/31/21-page 276-"move as one organism"
outbuilding-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 83-"several outbuildings in it's rear."
overgrown-Frederica-7/9/21-page 76-"all the signs of an overgrown"
perspiration--Romancing the Inventor-7/26/21-page 136-"a sheen of perspiration on her brow"
piercing-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 31-"turn lucid and piercing"
plaster-Frederica-7/9/21-page 193-"with a strip of plaster"
producer-The Vanishing Half-page 132-home of a record producer"
puzzlement-Soulless-7/2/21-page 98-"frowning in puzzlement"
quagmire-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 283-"what quagmires his attempts to explain"
quell-Frederica-7/9/21-page 105-"to quell the faithful"
realm-Soulless-7/2/21-page 113-"with a peer of the realm"
resilience-Heartless-7/18/21-page 313-"very little resilience left"
rickety-Blameless-7/13/21-page 93-"rickety little clockmaker's shop"
rodent-Cutting For Stone-8/31/21-page 52-"eyes were red as a rodent's."
rummage-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 59-"I rummage through the trunk"
saloon-Frederica-7/9/21-page 29-"he entered the saloon"
scatter-Soulless-7/2/21-page 234-"flower girl scatters petals"
sesame-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 288-"watching a Sesame Street video"
sober-Frederica-7/9/21-page 97-No, not sober"
sultry-The Winter of the Witch-8/3/21-page 194-"in the sultry wind."
tadpoles-Songs of Willow Frost-8/21/21-page 275-"catching butterflies or tadpoles"
tambourine-Songs of Willow Frost-8/21/21-page 62-"a stout woman passed a tambourine"
tamper-Changeless-7/12/21-page 349-"continue to tamper with the world"
tenderloin-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 196-"grilled beef tenderloin"
thunderstorm-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 180-"Like a duck in a thunderstorm."
upper lip-Frederica-7/9/21-page 232-"his upper lip"
utensils-Blameless-7/13/21-page 205-"touching any of the utensils."
variety-Soulless-7/2/21-page 170-"the gutter-born variety"
vibe-Take a Hint, Dani Brown-10/4/21-page 32-"let the vibes intensify"
visible-Soulless-7/2/21-page 266-"that it was not visible"
warm-blooded-Cutting For Stone-8/31/21-page 276-take being "warm-blooded" for granted"
waterfront-Sylvester-7/16/21-page 212-"diversion on the waterfront."
whirled-Soulless-7/2/21-page 150-"whirled about from where he stood"
wistful-Frederica-7/9/21-page 29-"one of her wistful smiles"
xylophone
Yankees-Left Neglected-7/4/21-page 70-"they're playing the Yankees."
yarmulke-All I Love and Know-11/26/21-page 15-"driver wearing a yarmulke"
zinnias-A Study of Scarlett Women-10/7/21-page 227-'bouquet of yellow zinnias"
zydeco-All I Love and Know-11/26/21-page 294-"bluegrass, sing, zydeco"
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I found "kick off" in a sentence--does it have to be "kickoff", the one word version?
Mod
I'll take the two-word version, Marilyn.
Also a hyphenated version will work
Book Concierge wrote: "Marilyn wrote: "I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I found "kick off" in a sentence--does it have to be "kickoff", the one word version?"I'll take the two-word version, Marilyn. ..."
Thanks a bunch!
I finished the challenge. "Festoon" was the word that gave me the most trouble. I could find "festooned" easily enough, but "festoon" was difficult.
Finished top half of list. Only 2 more words left to find, but where in the world will I find xylophone!!!!
Mod
Tamper is my other hard one. I have found tampered or tampering but not tamper.
I've only got "warm-blooded" to go. One would think it wouldn't be that difficult to find, esp with much more obscure words on the list. I got very excited seeing it in text last night, only to remember seconds later that I was reading a short story. :(
It won't let me copy/paste.
Done, I didn't find warm-blooded, yarmulke, zydeco.
I found lots of cold-blooded people, even hot-blooded. But no warm, lol.
I'm done, messages 7 & 8.
Done, I didn't find warm-blooded, yarmulke, zydeco.
I found lots of cold-blooded people, even hot-blooded. But no warm, lol.
I'm done, messages 7 & 8.
Mod
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Just like the regular monthly scavenger, I get all the words for the MEGA scavenger hunts from books I read, so I know they're out there somewhere!
The other day I came across "xylophone" and got all excited for a minute until I realized I had already found it.
Challenge completed! Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year!
Mod
I found xylophone!!! Challenge complete!
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Only 4 years late! I finally found "zydeco", so MEGA Scavenger Hunt IV is completed!
Mod
Whoop, WHOOP, WHOOP Break out the bubbly!
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Begins: 01July21 / Ends: 31December21
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading during this challenge period.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
Word list
adornment
arthritis
audible
autograph
baseball glove / baseball mitt
beetle
bikini
black cat / black kitten
brass
canvas
chaperone
cheekbones
cinders
confederate
decipher
derby
dingy
diplomatic
downpour
egalitarian
ego
equality
esplanade
festoon
fiesta
flavor
fringe
futile
gentry
giggle
gnarled
guillotine
halfway
Hollywood
homage
hover
hysteria
incest
inhibition
interpretation
ironing
jaunty
jet-lagged
juggernaut
kickoff
killer
kiln
lilacs
lifetime
lounge
lozenge
malice
miasmas
mimic
momentum
moor
nausea
neglected
nonsense
novelty
observations
organism
outbuilding
overgrown
perspiration
piercing
plaster
producer
puzzlement
quagmire
quell
realm
resilience
rickety
rodent
rummage
saloon
scatter
sesame
sober
sultry
tadpoles
tambourine
tamper
tenderloin
thunderstorm
upper lip
utensils
variety
vibe
visible
warm-blooded
waterfront
whirled
wistful
xylophone
Yankees
yarmulke
zinnias
zydeco
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NOTE - Given the length of this challenge, and Goodreads' character limit within one post, I'd strongly recommend you reserve TWO spaces right away.
Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So if you are looking for "vivid" - I will NOT allow "vividly."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
garden - The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings ✔ - 15May21 - pg 191 - "... have great gardens and vineyards..."
Have Fun!