November 2021 Scavenger Hunt

[Book Concierge]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.

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!

This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
acorns
boulders
cabbage
dash
elegant
forearm
haze
intervals
kettle
lantern
newfound
pumpkins
recent
skillet
vague

Optional/BONUS word list
graphite
jerky
meringue
quail
waterproof(ed)



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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:

gaslight - Lady Clementine ✔ – 05Aug21- pg 136 - "…the low gaslight that lights…"


Have Fun!

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[Book Concierge]

Reserved for list of participants
CLICK on your name to go directly to your challenge post


*\0/* FINISHED *\0/*

Ed
Jonquil
KarenK2
Koren ✔ BASIC list done
Marilyn
Tessa


STILL ACTIVELY SEARCHING


JennH

Patty


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[Book Concierge]

I could have sworn I posted this a couple of days ago ... but now it's missing?!

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETED, found all words!

Found all the basic words, still need waterproofed

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

BASIC word list
acorns .. his loose acorn brown cardigan .. A History of Wild Places loc 3044

boulders .. tumbled over the smooth boulders .. The Devil's Bed pg 431

cabbage .. she sold us cabbage .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 264

dash .. rush of his dash to Stillwater .. The Devil's Bed pg 385

elegant .. such an elegant throat .. Four Souls pg 31

forearm .. deep slice across his forearm .. The Devil's Bed pg 222

haze .. the ever present haze .. The Devil's Bed pg 16

intervals .. roads at intervals of twenty .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 11

kettle .. a kettle, a favorite knife .. Four Souls pg 52

lantern .. with lantern slides .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 208

newfound .. and my newfound cousin, Lucy .. A Little Bird loc 1946

pumpkins .. Night, Pumpkin, Dixon said .. The Devil's Bed pg 17

recent .. they've got the most recent polls .. The Devil's Bed pg 86

skillet .. unhooked the skillet from the beam .. Painting the Light pg 175

vague .. were vague and shadowy .. The Devil's Bed pg 143

Optional/BONUS word list
graphite .. in a spiffy graphite gray .. Rabbit, Run pg 305

jerky .. a strip of jerky .. Four Souls pg 177

meringue .. like deflated meringues sad to say .. Girl in Hyacinth Blue pg 64

quail .. sleepy whistle of a quail .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 176

waterproof(ed) .. tar and pitch were used to waterproof wooden ships .. The Saints of Swallow Hill loc 4605


11/2/21 3☆ 11/3/21 3☆ 11/5/21 2.75☆
11/6/21 3.25☆ 11/13/21 2☆ 11/15/21 2☆
11/16/21 2.75☆ 12/22/21 3.25☆

[Book Concierge]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
9 books read


BASIC word list
acorns - A Cowboy for Christmas ✔ – 07Dec21 - pg 212 - "…cheeks full of acorns, ran up…"

boulders - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21- pg 284 - "…could break the boulder that…"

cabbage - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 203 - "…pork belly and cabbage salad…"

dash - Eye of the Needle ✔ – 12Nov21 - pg 194 - "…mind-bending uphill dash."

elegant - Nudge ✔ – 08Nov21 - pg 16 - "…because of its elegant style."

forearm - Interior Chinatown ✔ – 05Nov21 - pg 17 - "Forearms like steel barrels."

haze - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 34 - …into a haze of mediocre.."

intervals - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 65 - "…squeeze in half-second intervals.""

kettle - Eye of the Needle ✔ – 12Nov21 - pg 174 - "…and put the kettle on the…"

lantern - Interior Chinatown ✔ – 05Nov21 - pg 10 - "…paper lanterns festooned…"

newfound - Nudge ✔ – 08Nov21 - pg 2 - "…what to do with her newfound power."

pumpkins - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 202 - "…roasted pumpkin seed mole…"

recent - Interior Chinatown ✔ – 05Nov21 - pg 50 - "…shrunk in recent years."

skillet - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 65 - "…a cast-iron skillet like…"

vague - Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21 - pg 97 - "…them into vague shapes of…"

Optional/BONUS word list
graphite - The Winds of War ✔ – 28Nov21 - pg 352 - "… get, like the graphite figures,…"

jerky - An Amish Christmas ✔ – 16Nov21 - pg 161 - "…his arm's jerky gesticulations…"

meringue - To Be Continued ✔ – 27Nov21 - pg 64 - "…goodie like lemon meringue…"

quail - The Winds of War ✔ – 28Nov21 - pg 613 - "…caviar, quails, and champagne."

waterproofed - How the Penguins Saved Veronica ✔ – 14Nov21 - pg 74 - "…corduroy and waterproofed trousers …"

[JennH]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list
✔acorns - Stardust - 11/6/21 - p115 - "...has not yet found the acorn that will grow into the oak..."
✔boulders - Stardust - 11/6/21 - p119 - "...away behind one of the white chalk boulders."
✔cabbage - Mockingjay - 11/13/21 - p114 - "...I have a mouthful of bread and cabbage."
✔dash - A Ghostly Grave - 11/1/21 - p213 - "...tapped the digital clock on the Cadillac dash."
✔elegant - Wuthering Heights - 11/2/21 - p21 - "...till I get hold of those elegant locks - see if I won't pull them..."

✔forearm - A Ghostly Grave - 11/1/21 - p162 - "...Marla Maria raised her forearm and wiped some steam..."
✔haze - The Anthropocene Reviewed - 11/5/21 - p49 - "...where the cold haze seemed to hug the forest..."
✔intervals - Wuthering Heights - 11/2/21 - p29 - "...the remained, calling at intervals, and then listening..."
✔kettle - Stardust - 11/6/21 - p72 - "...filled a kettle of sandtroutt..."
✔lantern - A Ghostly Grave - 11/1/21 - p43 - "...busy draping the small white festival lanterns all over the trees..."

✔newfound - Mockingjay - 11/13/21 - p201 - "...my newfound knowledge of Haymitch's and Finnick's treatment..."
✔︎pumpkins - Cut to the Corpse - 11/23/21 - p39 - "...before we all turn into pumpkins..."
✔︎recent - Between Shades of Gray - 11/4/21 - p118 - "...for your recent application for the summer..."
✔skillet - A Ghostly Grave - 11/1/21 - p50 - "...could lick a skillet that was in the kitchen from the front..."
✔vague - Wuthering Heights - 11/2/21 - p51 - "...but she had the vague, distant look I mentioned before..."

Optional/BONUS word list
✔graphite - Mockingjay - 11/13/21 - p31 - "...fumbling as I shove the sticks of dark gray graphite back..."
✔︎jerky - Hunting Eve - 11/30/21 - p159 - "...the strip of jerky in one of her hands and lifted it..."
meringue
✔quail - The Best Short Stories of O. Henry - 11/5/21 - p4 - "...immovable as a setter at the scent of quail..."
waterproofed

[Ed]

*****COMPLETED9/8/22***** LAST WORD="GRAPHITE"

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

15/ 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

BASIC word list
✔acorns-CD#3 of audiobook- Circe-"I started with an acorn..." 1/31/22
✔boulders-p.14-A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future-"...no greater thrill than picking up a likely-looking boulder, giving it a smart blow..." 11/28/21
✔cabbage-p.601-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Perhaps the greenest cabbage leaf ever grown in a garden was wrapped about this steak..." 11/15/21
✔dash-p.135-The Red House Mystery-"Dash it, of course he had forgotten Mark." 12/18/21
✔elegant-p.98-Hotel Silence-"...elegant black shoes, like many of the men I have seen on my walk." 12/5/21
✔forearm-CD#3 of audiobook- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim-"Martin's forearm batted against the newspaper..." 12/19/21
✔haze-p.243-Clea-"...I studied the light haze on the horizon..." 3/8/22
✔intervals-p.101-The Red House Mystery-"...said Bill, after an interval for thought." 12/18/21
✔kettle-p.346-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Hem! Mr. La Fayette Kettle,' he said..." 11/4/21
✔lantern-p.389-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Merry, my child, the lantern." 11/6/21
✔newfound-p.124- The Spy Who Loved Me-"...exciting face and the new-found knowledge that there really did exist such men." (Brit. variation)- 1/27/22
✔pumpkins-p.15-Hotel Silence-"My Pumpkin wrote an essay about potatoes..." 12/3/21
✔recent-p.261- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...it looked more like a recent trace of gingerbread than the fair promise of a moustache..." 11/1/21
✔skillet-p.56- Jazz- ...with a baby on her shoulder and a skillet in her hand sang..." 12/30/21
✔vague-p.257- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...then gave a vague flourish with his stick..." 11/1/21

Optional/BONUS word list
✔graphite- p.50-Attrib. and other stories-"...but holding onto you for fear of slipping, parallelographic graphite zest..." 9/8/22
✔jerky-p.201-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"Muqmad is the Somali version of jerky..." 1/31/22
✔meringue-p.19-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-"...during the lemon meringue pie, Uncle Vernon bored them..." 1/12/22
✔quail-p.262- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...the aristocratic circles of your country quail before the name of Jefferson Brick." 11/1/21
✔waterproofed-p.59- Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station-"...and looked again at its completely waterproof cream jacket." 1/22/22

[Koren]

Book Concierge wrote: "I could have sworn I posted this a couple of days ago ... but now it's missing?!"

I was wondering. Thought maybe something happened to you. Glad you're ok.

[Koren]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

BASIC word list
15/15

acorns-Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers finished 11/5 p. 221 Wilma was bound and determined to find an acorn...

boulders-Becoming Superman: A Writer's Journey from Poverty to Hollywood with Stops Along the Way at Murder, Madness, Mayhem, Movie Stars, Cults, Slums, Sociopaths, and War Crimes by Michael Straczynski finished 11/15 p. 428 ...cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada...

cabbage-Becoming Superman: A Writer's Journey from Poverty to Hollywood with Stops Along the Way at Murder, Madness, Mayhem, Movie Stars, Cults, Slums, Sociopaths, and War Crimes by Michael Straczynski finished 11/15 p. 23 ...stuffed cabbage rolls...

dash-Richard Rhodes Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer finished 11/14 p. 26 Tom lifted the mike from the dash...

elegant-Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder finished 11/4 p. 173 ...construction of an elegant building...

forearm-Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder finished 11/4 p. 129 ...Deo's left forearm and hand...

haze-Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder finished 11/4 p. 193 ...the hydrocarbon haze...

intervals-The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe finished 11/10 p. 264 ...a very long interval of time...

kettle-Montag, Tom Curlew: Home: Essays and a Journey Back finished 11/8 P. 36 ...set in the Kettle Moraine area...

lantern-The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe finished 11/10 p. 278 ...about to open the lantern...

newfound-Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers finished 11/5 p. 75 ...they couldn't entirely trust their newfound stability.


pumpkins-Richard Rhodes Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer finished 11/14 p. 24 ...pumpkins in season...

recent-E.R. Nurses by James Patterson finished 11/1 p. 59 This is a recent policy change.

skillet-Montag, Tom Curlew: Home: Essays and a Journey Back finished 11/8 P. 265 ...like drops of water in a hot skillet...

vague-As Always, Jack: A Wartime Love Story by Emma Sweeney finished 11/3 p. ...the kind of vague and shadowy story...

Optional/BONUS word list
3/5
graphite--Small Fry: A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs finished 1/2 p. 15 ...blowing graphite and eraser leavings off the page.

jerky--Becoming Superman: A Writer's Journey from Poverty to Hollywood with Stops Along the Way at Murder, Madness, Mayhem, Movie Stars, Cults, Slums, Sociopaths, and War Crimes by Michael Straczynski finished 11/15 page 218 ...a packet of beef jerky and one can of Mountain Dew...

meringue-The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate by Kristina Hagman finished 1/26 P. ...frothy golden-brown meringue on the outside...

quail- A Good Mule Is Hard to Find by Kirk H. Neely finished 11/16 p. 26 ...until we find those quail.

waterproofed

[Marilyn]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

15/ 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

10 books read:
(1) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe--11/1/21
(2) The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict--11/7/21
(3) The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek--11/8/21
(4) Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes--11/17/21
(5) Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith--12/1/21
(6) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich--12/4/21
(7) American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee--12/13/21
(8) When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain--1/14/22
(9) Secrets of Happiness by Joan Silber--1/18/22
(10) H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald--8/14/22

BASIC word list
✔acorns--(6)--loc. 1171--"...the oak savanna, gorging on acorns."
✔boulders--(3)--loc. 1089--"Her job was to smash boulders..."
✔cabbage--(3)--loc. 210--"...spreads of herring..., cabbage rolls--"
✔dash--(1)--loc. 687--"...little children would dash out of their homes..."
✔elegant--(1)--loc. 2528--"...on the ground floor of an elegant home..."
✔forearm--(1)--loc. 4564--"...the hands and the forearms of the men..."
✔haze--(5)--loc. 544--"He saw her through a haze."
✔intervals--(1)--loc. 2048--"...at ten-minute intervals,..."
✔kettle--(4)--loc. 180--"The kettle whistled from the kitchen..."
✔lantern--(8)--loc. 4473--"...orange plastic jack-o-lantern buckets."
✔newfound--(1)--loc. 1632--"...with a newfound, and sometimes reckless,..."
✔pumpkins--(4)--loc. 1047--"...she would bring the pumpkin bread."
✔recent--(1)--loc. 2069--"...improved dramatically in recent years,..."
✔skillet--(6)--loc. 4602--"...grabbed a cast-iron skillet and struck the head of the..."
✔vague--(1)--loc. 2045--"...Adams was vague about the music..."

Optional/BONUS word list
✔graphite--(10)--loc. 3482--"...shaded the paper of his notebook with graphite..."
✔jerky--(5)--loc. 152--"...the little woman was so jerky..."
✔meringue--(9)--loc. 1726--"...a plate of pastel meringue kisses..."
✔quail--(2)--loc. 6409--"...we begin to eat the delicate quail,..."
✔waterproofed--(7)--loc. 374--"...it was...perfectly waterproofed..."

[Jonquil]

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt

15/15
5/5
DONE

Acorns “acorns stuck in the middle” loc 2037 Every Trick in the Rook: A Birds of a Feather Mystery Marty Wingate 11/3
Boulders “was left of the boulders” loc 2614 True Dead Faith Hunter 11/5
Cabbage "mums and purple cabbage" loc 3189 Knit to Kill Anne Canadeo 11/9
Dash “made a mad dash” loc 2890 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Elegant “elegant Christmas tableau” loc 524 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Forearm “forearms were smudged” loc 2109 Better off Dead Lee Child 11/4
Haze “the haze faded” loc 3238 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 11/3
Intervals “random intervals” loc 3243 Better off Dead Lee Child 11/4
Kettle “next to the kettle” loc 588 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Lantern “fairy lights and paper lanterns” loc 3394 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 11/3
Newfound “her newfound family” loc 2566 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Pumpkins “made vegan pumpkin bread” loc 2134 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Recent “the recent weirdness” loc 1111 Once Upon a Seaside Murder Maggie Blackburn 11/5
Skillet “dropped the skillet” loc 799 Slightly SpellboundKimberly Frost 11/1
Vague “vague connection” loc 3593 Better off Dead Lee Child 11/4

Jerky “beef jerky” loc 1357 “jerky movements” loc 2092 True Dead Faith Hunter 11/5
Graphite “small graphite pencil” loc 2683 Slashing Through the Snow Jacqueline Frost 11/16
Meringue “mini meringues, raspberry tarts” loc 2655 Partners in Lime Bree Baker 11/6
Quail “bought me quail eggs” loc 1339 River of Glass Jaden Terrell 11/11
waterproofed "bouncing off a waterproof roof" loc 417 Slow Horses Mick Herron 11/24
"waterproof compartment for my phone" loc 2209 Vanishing Edge Claire Kells 11/21
"waterproof plastic coating" loc 1606 A Dead-End Job Justin Alcala 11/21

[Patty]

BASIC word list

acorns

boulders-Pigs In Heaven-11/16/21-page 12-"The boulders below look tiny"

cabbage--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 292-"an odor of stale cabbage."

dash-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 187-"a dash of thankfulness"

elegant-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 194-"so simple it was elegant"

forearm-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 24-"twists her forearm back"

haze--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 177-"the swirling haze of the chamber."

intervals-Time's Convert-11/30/21-page 19-"at irregular intervals"

kettle-Pigs In Heaven-11/16/21-page 55-shifting her heavy kettle"

lantern--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 100-"held a covered lantern."

newfound-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 170-filled with newfound speed."

pumpkins-All I Love and Know-11/26/21-page 255-"his head- a pumpkin"

recent-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 23-"to our recent emails"

skillet-Strongheart-11/22/21-page 56-"a skillet obtained in trade"

vague--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 286-"he had a vague sense"


Optional/BONUS word list

graphite

jerky-The Inner Circle-11/5/21-page 398-"his movement's too jerky."

meringue

quail--The French Executioner-11/12/21-page 226-"for the occasional quail"

waterproofed

[Koren]

Finished basic list if you will except Boulder City, Nevada for 'boulders'.

[Book Concierge]

Boulder is singular of boulders, so that's okay.

Congrats on your finish, Koren.

[Book Concierge]

PLEASE NOTE: I have tried for two days now to post the December scavenger challenge and GR is not cooperating with me. I've sent a request to the powers that be and hopefully the issue will be resolved before the month begins.

I'll keep you posted in this thread.

[Jonquil]

Found all the basic words.
Found 4 of 5 bonus words. Must say it was disheartening to find "waterproof" in three books -- it felt like the scavenger gods were toying with me.

[Koren]

Jonquil wrote: "Found all the basic words.
Found 4 of 5 bonus words. Must say it was disheartening to find "waterproof" in three books -- it felt like the scavenger gods were toying with me."

I also have found a variation on the word but not the exact word.

[Book Concierge]

I will accept "waterproof" .... seems to be the more commonly used description vs waterproofed.

[Jonquil]

Thanks BC Tessa! I wasn't seeking an exception, but it's nice to have those three waterproofs get some time on the runway--look at those beauty queen hand waves.

November complete.

[[deleted user]]

Found all the basic words, still need waterproofed

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

BASIC word list
acorns .. his loose acorn brown cardigan .. A History of Wild Places loc 3044

boulders .. tumbled over the smooth boulders .. The Devil's Bed pg 431

cabbage .. she sold us cabbage .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 264

dash .. rush of his dash to Stillwater .. The Devil's Bed pg 385

elegant .. such an elegant throat .. Four Souls pg 31

forearm .. deep slice across his forearm .. The Devil's Bed pg 222

haze .. the ever present haze .. The Devil's Bed pg 16

intervals .. roads at intervals of twenty .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 11

kettle .. a kettle, a favorite knife .. Four Souls pg 52

lantern .. with lantern slides .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 208

newfound .. and my newfound cousin, Lucy .. A Little Bird loc 1946

pumpkins .. Night, Pumpkin, Dixon said .. The Devil's Bed pg 17

recent .. they've got the most recent polls .. The Devil's Bed pg 86

skillet .. unhooked the skillet from the beam .. Painting the Light pg 175

vague .. were vague and shadowy .. The Devil's Bed pg 143

Optional/BONUS word list
graphite .. in a spiffy graphite gray .. Rabbit, Run pg 305

jerky .. a strip of jerky .. Four Souls pg 177

meringue .. like deflated meringues sad to say .. Girl in Hyacinth Blue pg 64

quail .. sleepy whistle of a quail .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 176

waterproofed


11/2/21 3☆ 11/3/21 3☆ 11/5/21 2.75☆
11/6/21 3.25☆ 11/13/21 2☆ 11/15/21 2☆
11/16/21 2.75☆

[Book Concierge]

NOTE Tuesday morning, Dec 1, 7:14 a.m. Central time.
Somehow the December Scavenger thread is completely GONE.

I know it was up for several days and some of you had already signed up.

I've alerted the support team at GR, and hopefully they can restore it.

But if not, I'll have to try to repost it, and we'll start over.

Sorry for any inconvenience.


So you can keep looking, here are the words
All came from A True Cowboy Christmasby Caitlin Crews

BASIC
answer
bright
dependable
entire
festive
glow
hope
imagine (-ed, -ing)
knives
little
martini
punch
seasons
voice
wedge

Optional BONUS words
centerpiece
obnoxious
reindeer
tinsel
unfazed

[Book Concierge]

Okay ... I'm trying it again and posting the December challenge.

Sorry for the delay ... still no word from the (Non)support team at Goodreads.


UPDATE: It looks like it took. But when I go back to the group to check , the post is not there!

[Koren]

Book Concierge wrote: "Okay ... I'm trying it again and posting the December challenge.

Sorry for the delay ... still no word from the (Non)support team at Goodreads.


UPDATE: It looks like it took. But when I go back ..."

I don't see it. That is so strange. Why does the grinch challenge show up but not the word challenge?

[Book Concierge]

Koren ... do you know how to post a thread?

Would you be willing to try posting the December challenge?

Maybe it's MY account that is the issue? GR support is completley silent .. no responses to my several emails on this topic.


S*I*G*H

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[[deleted user]]

Tess,

I was able to post it

[Book Concierge]

Thank you, KarenK2.

I've added the rules and participant list. So members are now free to save a tracking post.

[JennH]

Glad you were able to figure it out! Hope it gets sorted out on the Goodreads end. Off to join the December hunt!

[[deleted user]]

Book Concierge wrote: "Thank you, KarenK2.

I've added the rules and participant list. So members are now free to save a tracking post."

🙂

[Koren]

Sorry I didn't see your note until now. I thought about posting it but didn't know if it was ok. If you have the same trouble next month let me know and I will see if I can post it.

[Book Concierge]

Update Message # 5 - Challenge completed - 07Dec21

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETED, found all words!

Found all the basic words, still need waterproofed

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

BASIC word list
acorns .. his loose acorn brown cardigan .. A History of Wild Places loc 3044

boulders .. tumbled over the smooth boulders .. The Devil's Bed pg 431

cabbage .. she sold us cabbage .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 264

dash .. rush of his dash to Stillwater .. The Devil's Bed pg 385

elegant .. such an elegant throat .. Four Souls pg 31

forearm .. deep slice across his forearm .. The Devil's Bed pg 222

haze .. the ever present haze .. The Devil's Bed pg 16

intervals .. roads at intervals of twenty .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 11

kettle .. a kettle, a favorite knife .. Four Souls pg 52

lantern .. with lantern slides .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 208

newfound .. and my newfound cousin, Lucy .. A Little Bird loc 1946

pumpkins .. Night, Pumpkin, Dixon said .. The Devil's Bed pg 17

recent .. they've got the most recent polls .. The Devil's Bed pg 86

skillet .. unhooked the skillet from the beam .. Painting the Light pg 175

vague .. were vague and shadowy .. The Devil's Bed pg 143

Optional/BONUS word list
graphite .. in a spiffy graphite gray .. Rabbit, Run pg 305

jerky .. a strip of jerky .. Four Souls pg 177

meringue .. like deflated meringues sad to say .. Girl in Hyacinth Blue pg 64

quail .. sleepy whistle of a quail .. Ohio Town: A Portrait of Xenia pg 176

waterproof(ed) .. tar and pitch were used to waterproof wooden ships .. The Saints of Swallow Hill loc 4605


11/2/21 3☆ 11/3/21 3☆ 11/5/21 2.75☆
11/6/21 3.25☆ 11/13/21 2☆ 11/15/21 2☆
11/16/21 2.75☆ 12/22/21 3.25☆

[Jonquil]

I think my completion announcement got lost in the goodreads chaos. I have so little faith in the website's predictability, I have taken to exporting my books every month (takes forever).

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[Book Concierge]

Thanks, Jonquil ... I've got you marked completed, now.

I'm trying to post new January challenges now. Let's see if they "stick."

[Marilyn]

Finished the November, 2021 Basic List!

[Book Concierge]

Great job, Marilyn!

[Marilyn]

Finally finished the BONUS word list for Nov 2021, too--months looking for "graphite"! Woohoo!

[Book Concierge]

Break out the Bubbly, Marilyn!

[Ed]

*****COMPLETED9/8/22***** LAST WORD="GRAPHITE"

November 2021 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

15/ 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

BASIC word list
✔acorns-CD#3 of audiobook- Circe-"I started with an acorn..." 1/31/22
✔boulders-p.14-A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future-"...no greater thrill than picking up a likely-looking boulder, giving it a smart blow..." 11/28/21
✔cabbage-p.601-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Perhaps the greenest cabbage leaf ever grown in a garden was wrapped about this steak..." 11/15/21
✔dash-p.135-The Red House Mystery-"Dash it, of course he had forgotten Mark." 12/18/21
✔elegant-p.98-Hotel Silence-"...elegant black shoes, like many of the men I have seen on my walk." 12/5/21
✔forearm-CD#3 of audiobook- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim-"Martin's forearm batted against the newspaper..." 12/19/21
✔haze-p.243-Clea-"...I studied the light haze on the horizon..." 3/8/22
✔intervals-p.101-The Red House Mystery-"...said Bill, after an interval for thought." 12/18/21
✔kettle-p.346-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Hem! Mr. La Fayette Kettle,' he said..." 11/4/21
✔lantern-p.389-Martin Chuzzlewit-"Merry, my child, the lantern." 11/6/21
✔newfound-p.124- The Spy Who Loved Me-"...exciting face and the new-found knowledge that there really did exist such men." (Brit. variation)- 1/27/22
✔pumpkins-p.15-Hotel Silence-"My Pumpkin wrote an essay about potatoes..." 12/3/21
✔recent-p.261- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...it looked more like a recent trace of gingerbread than the fair promise of a moustache..." 11/1/21
✔skillet-p.56- Jazz- ...with a baby on her shoulder and a skillet in her hand sang..." 12/30/21
✔vague-p.257- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...then gave a vague flourish with his stick..." 11/1/21

Optional/BONUS word list
✔graphite- p.50-Attrib. and other stories-"...but holding onto you for fear of slipping, parallelographic graphite zest..." 9/8/22
✔jerky-p.201-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"Muqmad is the Somali version of jerky..." 1/31/22
✔meringue-p.19-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-"...during the lemon meringue pie, Uncle Vernon bored them..." 1/12/22
✔quail-p.262- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...the aristocratic circles of your country quail before the name of Jefferson Brick." 11/1/21
✔waterproofed-p.59- Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station-"...and looked again at its completely waterproof cream jacket." 1/22/22

[Book Concierge]

Way to go, Ed!