2023 January Word Hunt

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

JANUARY
black
cheer
evil
fret
galaxy
jam
marble
outside
reality
wake


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

angular
cloudy
foreboding
hiccups/hiccoughs (both spellings are ok, but must be plural)
seed


and a bonus bonus
traverse


To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)

You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.

Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc

Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.

RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.

So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.


Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.

Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Example post:(view spoiler)[

Word Hunt - January
1 Jan - 31 Jan 20xx

Word found: 10/10
Book completed: 7

Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
bowl
Undertow √ 4 Jan
bartender, king, mourning
Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
champagne, molasses
Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
diary
Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
blood
Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
grandmother
Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
dreamed


1. BARTENDER - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p113 - (Which was Sunday and Monday - Saturday was a busy night on the bartender/club scene.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p180-181 - The doorman greeted him inside the foyer and waved his past - no need to check the guest list for his name - and he grabbed a glass of champagne from a tray and looked around.
3. BOWL Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
p11 - "Another hippy bloke selling hand-turned bowls and crap like that."
4. KING - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p48 - Roan was the king of the jungle, and he should have no problem subduing cats; it was shat he did, sometimes without intention.
5. DREAM - Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
LOC 756: I'd never have dreamed just holding a person's hand could be such a turn on.
6. MOURN - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p262 - Because, come to think about it, you could confuse remorse for mourning, especially in a naturally depressed person.
7. GRANDMOTHER - Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
p98-99 - "... He put your grandmother on a pedestal until the day she died. ..."
8. DIARY - Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
p231 - Alexi took the diary, opened it, and held it in front of my eyes.
9. MOLASSES - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p217 - "You move like molasses, my pet."
10. BLOOD - Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
p46-47: Lee shivered, overwhelmed by the attraction simmering in his blood. (hide spoiler)]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Tips for finding words - courtesy of Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔

Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.

Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)

Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside

You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing


***
You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.

On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
black
cheer
evil
fret
galaxy
jam
marble
outside
reality
wake


Bonus
angular
cloudy
foreboding
hiccups/hiccoughs
seed


Bonus bonus
traverse

[Georgina]

Read: 16/16

black: LOC 100 “he had been stripped down to only a skintight pair of black boxer briefs.” Polaris Rising 17/1
cheer: LOC 1669 “Viola said, suddenly full of cheer.” The Darkest Destiny 4/1
evil: LOC 977 “The word evil flits through my head.” King Cobra 3/1
fret: P74 “Don’t fret, enchantress.” Dark Harmony 15/1
galaxy: LOC 1311 “he might be the richest being in this galaxy.” King Cobra 3/1
jam: LOC 3392 “she realized she did resemble a pot of strawberry jam with eyes.” My Fake Rake 8/1
marble: LOC 170 “then pushed open the heavy door and stepped into the marble-floored foyer.” My Fake Rake 8/1
outside: LOC 854 “Go outside!” Wilde Child 4/1
reality: LOC 1263 “The images can bring me back to reality—” King Cobra 3/1
wake: LOC 4509 “Thaddeus shook his head as if to wake himself up.” Wilde Child 4/1

Bonus:
angular: P89 “At his back, angular, iridescent wings begin to form.” Dark Harmony 15/1
cloudy: LOC 4090 “A cloudy sky obscured the stars, but torches illuminated everything.” My Fake Rake 8/1
foreboding: LOC 2335 “Foreboding prickled the back of her neck.” The Darkest Destiny 4/1
hiccups: LOC 3389“Mind you, there were hiccups.” Wilde Child 4/1
seed: P216 “The Bargainer does nothing but seed it;” Dark Harmony 15/1
traverse: LOC 1061“But she could still traverse any plane, see spirits of the dead and communicate with ghosts.” The Darkest Destiny 4/1

[Tammie]

Read | 10/10
Bonus | 5/5
Bonus-Bonus | 0/1

1/2 black | The Boy Next Door, p7 Pull on black rayon skirt, black rayon shirt, black sling-back flats.

1/6 cheer | The Sorrows of Young Werther, p7 ...to my mind, and the young spring cheers with its bounteous promises...

1/4 evil | The Buddha in the Attic, p65 They made twist-up dolls out of wire and straw and did evil things to them with sharpened chopsticks in the woods.

1/7 fret | Lady Susan, p114 ...but she is still so fond of her husband, and frets so much about him, ...

1/31 galaxy | The Fine Print, p420 Not even the entire galaxy compares to the light she radiates wherever she goes.

1/2 jam | The Boy Next Door, p100 You know, you really came through for me in a jam, and I don't want you to think I don't appreciate it.

1/4 marble | The Buddha in the Attic, p48 There were hibiscus in the windows, marble tabletops, leather sofas, glass dishes filled with nuts for whenever the guests stopped by.

1/4 outside | The Buddha in the Attic, p33 We relieved ourselves outside, in a hole in the ground.

1/6 reality | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, p271 But, in spite of myself, I was forced to believe in an underlying reality.

1/2 wake | The Boy Next Door, p7 If my aunt should wake before I get there, please assure her that I am on my way.

Bonus
1/11 angular | Sarah's Key, p53 One was angular, blond, and pale; Laure.

1/7 cloudy | The Viper, p132 ...exterior boards, the windows cloudy, the roof sporting a crumbling chimney.

1/6 foreboding | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, p11 I think I can safely say that it was at this moment that a foreboding of the future first swept over me.

1/17 hiccups | The Beekeeper's Promise, p115 And anyway, everyone has arguments and hiccups in their relationships, don’t they?

1/6 seed | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, p205 ...and the evidences of considerable physical strength somewhat run to seed.

Bonus~Bonus
traverse

[Mony]

🍷🍒📕❤️🌺🌹💔🍒🌺📕🌹❤️🍓🍒📕💔🌺🌹🍒🌺📕🌹❤️🍓🍒📕💔🌺🌹📕🍓🍷

Word Hunt - January 2023

Main words
🍓 black- Sweet Fix- Maggie only wears black things- 2%
🍓 cheer- Taming Mr. Walker- but please don't cheer- 9%
🍓 evil- Taming Mr. Walker- poster bad boy of the evil tech company- 21%
🍓 fret- Sweet Fix- she frets she's bombing the reading part- 26%
🍓 galaxy- Sledgehammer- battled for supreme dominance of the galaxy- 8%
🍓 jam- Confess- jammed a finger into her chest- 13%
🍓 marble- Taming Mr. Walker- hitting the white spa marble bath- 46%
🍓 outside- Sweet Fix- throw myself outside- 11%
🍓 reality- Fighting Mr. Knight- I need a reality check here - 17%
🍓 wake- Fighting Mr. Knight- when you wake up -57%

Bonus
🍓 angular- Fighting Mr. Knight- angular curve of his jaw- 8%
🍓 cloudy- Sledgehammer- The day is cloudy- 40%
foreboding-
🍓 hiccups/hiccoughs- Resisting Mr. Kane- she hiccups- 30%
🍓 seed- Resisting Mr. Kane- and his seed pumps into me- 16%

Bonus bonus
🍓 traverse- Resisting Mr. Kane- we traverse to the terrace, 66%



🍷🍒📕❤️🌺🌹💔🍒🌺📕🌹❤️🍓🍒📕💔🌺🌹🍒🌺📕🌹❤️🍓🍒📕💔🌺🌹📕🍓🍷

[Maritza]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

WORDS FOUND - 8 of 10 ! 2 of 5 BONUS !! 1 of 1 BONUS BONUS

black, Her Greek Inheritance 01/03 - Her vision went BLACK and her brain shut down... (loc 77.2%)
cheer, What Happened to the Bennetts 01/20 - I could tell he was trying to CHEER me up, (loc 14%)
evil, RoomHate 01/11 - 'Oh, you EVIL bitch.' (93.3%)
fret,
galaxy
jam, Phoenix Enraged 01/10 - I JAM the gun harder against his neck. (pg 20)
marble, Phoenix Enraged 01/10 - I barely resist smashing the phone on the MARBLE counter. (pg 79)
outside, RoomHate 01/11 - When we got OUTSIDE, Will turned to me. (loc 31.6%)
reality, Her Greek Inheritance 01/03 - She glanced down at herself, feeling REALITY hit her like a brick wall. (loc 36.4%)
wake, RoomHate 01/11 - ,and I didn't want to WAKE him, (loc 21.8%)



angular, What Happened to the Bennetts 01/20 - , flapping its ANGULAR wings, (loc 14%)
cloudy
foreboding
hiccups/hiccoughs 
seed, Phoenix Enraged 01/10 - I feel him fill me with his SEED. (pg 92)

traverse, Her Greek Inheritance 01/03 - ,hoping that the bond of motherhood could TRAVERSE the language barrier. (loc 63.9%)

[Barbara ★]

January Word Hunt

READ: 16/16

✔ black - The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter 1/3
(getting sucked into a black hole ), p14

✔ cheer - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(I could hear the shouts and cheers), p151

✔ evil - The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter 1/3
(fighting off evil), p17

✔ fret - Murder in the South of France - Susan Kiernan-Lewis 1/8
(aw, don't fret), p291

✔ galaxy - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(somewhere a new galaxy formed), p86

✔ jam - Fatal Catch - Pauline Rowson 1/6
(wiping the jam from his chin), p12

✔ marble - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(the fixtures and fittings were brass and marble), p63

✔ outside - Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald 1/7
(and deposits them outside), p71

✔ reality - Fatal Catch - Pauline Rowson 1/6
(before reality rushed in), p106

✔ wake - The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart 1/9
(sorry I didn't want to wake you), p49


Bonus
✔ angular - Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald 1/7
(given his true sex away was that angular jaw), p181

✔ cloudy - Children - Bjørn Larssen 1/8
(the whole new world, cold and cloudy), p10

✔ foreboding - The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart 1/9
(ominous and foreboding), p41

✔ hiccups - Forging Silver into Stars - Brigid Kemmerer 1/11
(he hiccups and stumbles), p268

✔ seed - Children - Bjørn Larssen 1/8
(a man has to spread his seed), p102

✔ traverse - You Can Hide - Rebecca Zanetti 1/5
(she'd need to traverse the forest again), p8

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Mei ☽︎]

Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023


Main words | 9/10
1. black - The Frat Boy by Nikki Sloane
🔹p. 46 - Tight jeans, heeled booties, and a black sweater that was cut low to show off some cleavage.
2. cheer - Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
🔹p. 281 - "Nice to see you've recoverred from your injuries," Remy said with false cheer.
3. evil - The Frat Boy by Nikki Sloane
🔹I draggeed the soft tip of him across my lips, taunted him with a hint of tongue, and all the while I stared up at hime iwth an evil smile.
4. fret - Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
🔹p. 453 - "You should have seen him fret over you while you were asleep."
5. galaxy -
6. jam - Weave Them And Reap by Essie Suter
🔹loc 377 - "Do now and regret it laterr. That kind of thing's my jam."
7. marble - Hot Head by Damon Suede
🔹p. 222 - Dante's bank in Brooklyn Heights turned out to be a palace: tiled walls, vaulted ceilings, marrble floor.
8. outside - The Frat Boy by Nikki Sloane
🔹p. 125 - She was so close, and got closer still when she set one hand on the tile beside my head and the other just outside of my hip, trapping me in.
9. reality - White Hot by Ilona Andrews
🔹p. 158 - It says that our reality is like a tangle of rubber bands.
10. wake - Skin by Aveda Vice
🔹p. 33 - A slow nudging against herr abdomen, growing insistent until every other feeling becomes shallow in its wake


Bonus | 5/5
1. angular - White Hot by Ilona Andrews
🔹p. 225 - His dark hair fell in a loose wavy mane, framing an angular intelligent face with a long nose, narrow chin, and large eyes.
2. cloudy - Hot Head by Damon Suede
🔹p. 73 - The night sky was cloudy over the otherr brrownstones, no moon and no stars.
3. foreboding - Cold Hearted by Heather Guerre
🔹p. 226 - His voice echoed inside her skull, foreboding and impatient.
4. hiccups/hiccoughs - Weave Them And Reap by Essie Suter
🔹Loc 3366 - The transition has gone surprisingly smoothly, despite a few hiccups at Leif's first appearance.
5. seed - Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
🔹p. 365 - And it hurt, so unbearbly, to find a seed of hope that he could.


Bonus bonus | 1/1
1. traverse - Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice.
🔹p. 188 - "And a reminder: no one should traverse the Veil Chambers on the lowerr level without a Diviner escort."

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Tammie wrote: "I have reported the #6 post.

..."

Thanks - I don't know what it was, but I deleted a post and blocked a new member the other day for a money scheme post... They seem to go in waves :)

[Rissa]

My spot! :)

2023 January Word Hunt

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

JANUARY Read 10/10
1. BLACK - Worth the Wait - √ 1 January 2023
p13 - I was wearing a nondescript pair of black dress shoes to go with my boring charcoal suit.

2. CHEER - The Beekeeper's Promise - √ 8 January 2023
p94 - 'I thought a few flowers might cheer up your room down there', he said, with a nod of his head towards the valley below.

3. EVIL - Earth Fathers Are Weird - √ 1 January 2023
p32 - "Define evil."

4. FRET - Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again - √ 2 January 2023
p37 - "Don't fret. Ye stick with us. We'll make sure ye'll kill someone before the night is out, then ye'll have a skull to drink out of."

5. GALAXY - Earth Fathers Are Weird - √ 1 January 2023
p29 - He was pretty sure that (view spoiler)[ejaculating (hide spoiler)] on your boss was bad manners in any galaxy, but if Rick didn't finish soon, that's exactly what would happen.

6. JAM - Worth the Wait - √ 1 January 2023
p47 - I wrenched away before he made contact, inadvertently elbowed him in the gut as I dug a hand in my pocket for my keys, and turned in his arms to jam the keys in the lock.

7. MARBLE - The Beekeeper's Promise - √ 8 January 2023
p273 - All the things he had seen and all the things he had done had etched lines into his face that appeared as pale as marble in the morning light, carved into something harder than it had ever been before.

8. OUTSIDE - A Deadly Inside Scoop - √ 1 January 2023
p6 - Pulling back the sheer curtains at the window, I took a peek outside.

9. REALITY - Worth the Wait - √ 1 January 2023
p8 - Reality, however-- and I couldn't even pretend to be surprised here-- was not quite matching up.

10. WAKE - A Deadly Inside Scoop - √ 1 January 2023
p73 - "Why didn't you wake me up?" I said.

BONUS Read 5/5
1. ANGULAR - Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again - √ 2 January 2023
p13 - Another man of a similar age with thick black hair, an angular face, and a bad-boy look to him eyed the newcomers with sharp appraisal.

2. CLOUDY - Unholy Trifecta X The Tribulations of Ross Young, Supernat PA: Common Sense Deserts Once Again - √ 2 January 2023
p36 - It was a cloudy night, the wind strong and carrying the scent of rain and ozone, the promise of a storm rolling in.

3. FOREBODING - The Beekeeper's Promise - √ 8 January 2023
p70 - She had hoped so hard and for so long that her sense of foreboding would turn out to be misplaced.

4. HICCUPS/HICCOUGHS - A Deadly Inside Scoop - √ 1 January 2023
p4 - I reached over and flipped the showerhead to pulsating, letting the water beat down and wash away those thoughts of all the hiccups that had tried to give my ice cream dream a meltdown.

5. SEED - Earth Fathers Are Weird - √ 1 January 2023
p145 - "You produced seed when I activated your reproductive system."

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. TRAVERSE - Heartscape - √ 7 January 2023
p187 - We traverse a steep ridge.

FINISHED!!!!

[JoAnne]

Not going to carry over orphan words from 2022

9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! DONE!

JANUARY - Completed 10/10
black - Kindle location 738 - Her vision began to go black around the edges as she sat staring at the wall.
Welcome Aboard by Jessie Newton, Tammy L. Grace, Ev Bishop, Kay Bratt, Violet Howe, Judith Keim, Patricia Sands, Elizabeth Bromke 1/7/23 3stars

cheer - Kindle location 327 - When my friends cheer, I cheer, and that's that.
Surprise Baby for the Player by Clarissa McKay 1/4/23 4stars


evil - Kindle location 365 - I harbored a lot of anger at my mother, who, while she was as selfish as my father, wasn't as evil.
365 Days: A Marriage of Convenience, Secret Twins, Office Romance (Heart of Hope) by Ajme Williams 1/5/23 4stars

fret - paperback page 126 -As the train filled, drawing nearer and nearer to London, she began to fret, several times checking her veil.
The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty (Revelations of the Carstairs Sisters #1) by Marguerite Kaye 1/14/23 4.5stars

galaxy - Kindle location 1528 - ... the subtle sparkles making her look like a maiden of the galaxy.
Valentine for the Player by Clarissa McKay 1/13/23 4stars

jam(med) - Kindle location 3045 - She jammed her fists on her hips, leaning toward him, her eyes narrowed with hate.
365 Days: A Marriage of Convenience, Secret Twins, Office Romance (Heart of Hope) by Ajme Williams 1/5/23 4stars

marble - Kindle location 2507 - Natalie slapped a hand down on the marble.
Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess #1) by Tessa Bailey 1/8/23 4stars

outside - Kindle location 1017 - I'd agreed to meet her outside, but I had a quick change of plans, so I exited my car and headed to the door of her efficiency, knocking.
365 Days: A Marriage of Convenience, Secret Twins, Office Romance (Heart of Hope) by Ajme Williams 1/5/23 4stars

reality - Kindle location 892 - ... except, I guess, that he has some surprisingly valid opinions when it comes to reality TV.
Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas #1-3) by Ali Hazelwood 1/2/23 4stars

wake - Kindle location 1748 - "Wouldn't wanna wake up your roommates."
Surprise Baby for the Player by Clarissa McKay 1/4/23 4stars


Bonus - Completed 5/5
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

angular -Kindle location 3627 - They're defined, angular in a way that makes me wish I had a protractor in my pocket.
Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas #1-3) by Ali Hazelwood 1/2/23 4stars

cloudy - Kindle location 2285 - I'd like to be one hundred percent sure that you don't hold my cloudy memory against me."
Secretly Yours (A Vine Mess #1) by Tessa Bailey 1/8/23 4stars

foreboding - Kindle location 1007 - But the simple presence of one man has turned it into a foreboding place.
Valentine for the Player by Clarissa McKay 1/13/23 4stars

hiccups/hiccoughs (both spellings are ok, but must be plural)
Kindle location 124 - These heart hiccups are not sustainable in the long term, not to my mental or cardiovascular health.
Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas #1-3) by Ali Hazelwood 1/2/23 4stars

seed - Kindle location 960 - She shakes her head, and I feel a seed of relief plant itself in my stomach.
Surprise Baby for the Player by Clarissa McKay 1/4/23 4stars

and a bonus bonus - Completed 1/1
traverse - Kindle location 324 - Steppingstones dotted the moving water every few feet to allow people to traverse the hall without becoming wet.
Murder of Pearl by Nellie H. Steele 1/17/23 3.5stars

[Bobbi]

January 2023

Completed: 10/10
🐬black
Book: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand
Quote: He’s wearing a black Fanged Grapefruit shirt.
Location: pg. 147

🐬cheer
Book: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand
Quote: The crowd gives a huge cheer for the game of chess.
Location: pg. 147

🐬evil
Book: How You Ruined My Life - Jeff Strand
Quote: Is he pure evil?
Location: pg. 35

fret
Book: The Deep - Alma Katsu 🐬🐬🐬🐬 1/21/23
Quote: Lillian slept unaware while Mark tossed and fretted.
Location: pg. 405

🐬galaxy
Book: How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills - Seth Grahame-Smith
Quote: Some parts of the horror globe (and galaxy)...
Location: pg. 90

🐬jam
Book: Magic Bleeds - Ilona Andrews
Quote: I jammed the knife into the table...
Location: pg. 339

marble
Book: The Deep - Alma Katsu 🐬🐬🐬🐬 1/21/23
Quote: ...along the slippery marble floor.
Location: pg. 200

🐬outside
Book: A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine
Quote: ...standing outside the row of exec cottages...
Location: pg. 54

🐬reality
Book: A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine
Quote: “But sometimes it's better not to know the reality.”
Location: pg. 20

🐬wake
Book: Magic Bleeds - Ilona Andrews
Quote: ...it will wake up...
Location: pg. 58

Bonus: 2/5
angular
Book: Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 🐬🐬
Quote: Michael assumed that it was supposed to be reassuring and returned an angular grin that felt completely out of place.
Location: pg. 125

🐬cloudy
Book: A Midsummer Night's Scream - R.L. Stine
Quote: “It's smooth as a cloudy day.”
Location: pg. 101

foreboding
Book:
Quote:
Location:

hiccups/hiccoughs
Book:
Quote:
Location:

seed
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Bonus-Bonus: 0/1
traverse
Book:
Quote:
Location:

[Jean]

Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

Main words
✅black Husband Material pg 85 I stared at him in his black suit and his black tie

✅cheer Forged in Steele pg 306 cheers erupted into the air

✅evil No Plan B pg 309 An evil one . On the surface all progressive and enlightened

✅fret A Duke’s Winter Promise: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel pg 13 however, had fretted all evening, finally settling on a shimmery gold dress, which made her appear an angel.

✅galaxy So It Goes pg 16 funny I think we’re galaxies apart

✅jam Husband Material pg 4 I bet your search history is nothing but 'how to make vegan jam' and 'scenic walks

✅marble No Plan B pg 11 The facades were all made from stone or marble or granite

✅outside No Plan B pg 304 There were a dozen open parking spots outside its windows

✅reality A Duke’s Winter Promise: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel pg 76 Wyatt had imagined thinking of Louisa staying in the same home as he was infinitely worse in reality.

✅wake A Duke’s Winter Promise: A Steamy Historical Regency Romance Novel pg 212 “Louisa, please wake up.”


Bonus
✅angular Carrie Soto Is Back As she stood up, I could see just how tall and lanky she was, her face angular and delicate

✅cloudy Carrie Soto Is Back Until one cloudy January ...

✅foreboding Trapped with the Duke pg 13 Foreboding tightened his chest even more.

✅hiccups/hiccoughs Brant: Cross Creek Ranch Romance, Book 1 pg 107 He might not make it back in time if there were any more hiccups or surprises.

✅seed Carrie Soto Is Back You don't have any current ranking to seed from


Bonus bonus
✅traverse Breeder 77% she still would have to trek through more of the town on the west side and traverse miles of country road.

[Hanna]

Word Hunt January 2023
1-31 January

Main Words 9/10

black
Book: Wolf Mate
Quote: "...on the front in large black, seventies-style writing."
Loc/pg: Loc 92

cheer
Book: Heaven by Jet Mykles
Quote: "Cheer up, Beck."
Loc/Pg: 22

evil
Book: Abel: Volume One by C.J. Bishop
Quote: "You evil little tease."
Loc/pg: 140

fret
Book: The Witch's Familiar by T.J. Nichols
Quote: "Don't fret about tomarrow"
Loc/Pg: 168 Pg

galaxy

jam
Book: Abel: Volume One by C.J. Bishop
Quote: "But when he jammed it into the keyhole..."
Loc/Pg: 212

marble
Book: Heaven by Jet Mykles
Quote: "at the white marble dais,"
Loc/Pg: 44

outside
Book: Wolf Mate
Quote: "... or at least less time outside as a human."
Loc/pg: Loc 524

reality
Book: Wolf Mate
Quote: "... guys to avoid dates, but reality?"
Loc/pg: Loc 850

wake
Book: Abel: Volume One by C.J. Bishop
Quote: "Savannah! Wake up."
Loc/Pg: 25

[Hayley]

January 2023

Completed: 9/10

black
Book: A Little Christmas: Timmy
Quote: “The black sheep of this fine family had been caught shoplifting again.”
Excerpt From: Kaytea Kat. “A Little Christmas: Timmy.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: pg 24

cheer
Book: Stroker
Quote: “ Red smacks it hard enough for a good jiggle and Auggie cheers.”
Excerpt From: K.M. Neuhold. “Stroker (Big Bull Mechanics Book 2).” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 186

evil
Book: A Little Christmas: Jacob
Quote: “How could anyone be that fucking evil? ”
Excerpt From: TL Travis. “A Little Christmas: Jacob: An MM Age Play Christmas Romance.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: pg 61

fret
Book: Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles
Quote: “ It’s all a process, Sarah, don’t fret.”
Excerpt From: AJ Sherwood. “Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles (Jon's Mysteries Case Book 5).” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 140

galaxy
Book: The Eyre Affair
Quote:“tyrannical ruler of the known galaxy and star of the”
Excerpt From: Jasper Fforde. “The Eyre Affair.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 128

jam
Book: How to Defy a Vampire
Quote: “Fuck,” I hiss as I switch to the round key and jam it into the handcuffs. ”
Excerpt From: Alice Winters. “How to Defy a Vampire (VRC: Vampire Related Crimes Book 5).” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 584

marble
Book: The Cure
Quote: "A man is standing at the top of a set of marble stairs," Excerpt From: K. A. Riley “The Cure: A Young Adult Dystopian Novel.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 53

outside
Book: A Little Christmas: Sawyer
Quote: “and chauvinistic behavior set him far outside the community I'd come to love.”
Excerpt From: R.A. Frick. “A Little Christmas: Sawyer.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 13

reality
Book: A Little Christmas: Efren
Quote: “The creaking of the bathroom door made us both snap back to reality.”
Excerpt From: Skyler Snow. “A Little Christmas: Efren.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: pg 110

wake
Book: To Each This World
Quote: “Beth’s forebears confused not to wake where they’d been aimed to go.”
Excerpt From: Julie E. Czerneda. “To Each This World.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: p 25

Bonus:5/5

angular
Book: A Little Christmas: Danny
Quote: “angular, with sharp faces, ”
Excerpt From: Brown, Sue. “A Little Christmas: Danny.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 21

cloudy
Book: Borrowing Blue
Quote: “I should get out of your hair then,” I began. Blue’s face turned cloudy.”
Excerpt From: Lucy Lennox. “Made Marian Collection: Volume One.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 33

foreboding
Book: A Little Christmas: Morrie
Quote: “dark reds and grays making it look a little bit foreboding from where”
Excerpt From: B. Ripley. “A Little Christmas: Morrie.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: pg 121

hiccups/hiccoughs
Book: Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute
Quote: “and we were on the freeway with no hiccups. ”
Excerpt From: AJ Sherwood. “Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute: A Jon's Mysteries Side Story.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: 70

seed
Book: A Little Christmas: Zahair
Quote: “One long stroke and I spilled my seed all over his stomach and thighs.”
Excerpt From: Gianni Holmes. “A Little Christmas: Zahair.” Apple Books.
Page/Location: pg 157

Bonus-Bonus: 0/1

traverse
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

[Michelle]

READ: 0/16

black
cheer
evil
fret
galaxy
jam
marble
outside
reality
wake

Bonus
angular
cloudy
foreboding
hiccups
seed
traverse

[Rachel]

☕️📚January Word Hunt 2023📚☕️

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

Completed 7/16
Main
🔲Black
🔲Cheer
🔲Evil
🔲Fret
🔲Galaxy
🔲Jam
☑️Marble - Odd Interlude - Jan 10th
pg.64 (Because my life is marbled with the supernatural, I'm creeped out frequently enough...)
☑️Outside - An Ember in the Ashes - Jan 17th
pg.15 ("It's outside the small bedroom window).
☑️Reality - Odd Interlude - Jan 10th
pg.57 (...a change in my conception of reality, of what's possible or not, is what has actually for a moment unmoored me.)
☑️Wake - An Ember in the Ashes - Jan 17th
pg.104 ("If you want to win this, you need to wake up.")

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Angular - An Ember in the Ashes - Jan 17th
pg.130 (His angular face is pale, and purple shadows darken his eyes.)
🔲Cloudy
☑️Foreboding - Odd Hours - Jan 2nd
pg.149 (...and even after I had closed out the foreboding mist, ...)
🔲Hiccups
☑️Seed - Odd Hours - Jan 2nd
pg.142 (Again, I thought of seed pods from outer space disgorging men who were not men.)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Traverse

December 2022 Rollovers 1/3
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Anatomy
☑️Cupcake - Odd Interlude - Jan 10th
pg.70 (Not all human competition has to be as brutal as that on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars.)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Helper

November 2022 Rollovers 1/2
Main
☑️America - Odd Hours - Jan 2nd
pg.337 ("Isn't America amazing?")

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Jumper

October 2022 Rollovers 0/2
Main
🔲Audit

August 2022 Rollovers 0/1
Bonus-Bonus
🔲Wipeout

July 2022 Rollovers 0/1
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Annually

June 2022 Rollovers 0/1
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Percentages

To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears

[Becky]

16/21

black Christmas Wish List- page 10- Just then, a guy appeared with a dark beard, holding a fluffy black dog. 1/4
cheer Christmas Wish List- page 208- "These might cheer you up." 1/4
evil His Grumpy Childhood Friend- page 183- At first, Mike had thought he and Charlotte were doing about equally, but now she kept repeating a particularly evil dogma that had nearly depleted his score pile, and she was one achievement away from winning. 1/5-1/7
fret Widdershins- page 90- "Don't fret." 1/24-1/27
galaxy
jam Christmas Wish List- page 43- "A coupla jars o' jam, and some marg." 1/4
marble Pack of Lies- page 253- Soft belly, firm chest, a delicious combination of muscles and fat, he glowed like a marble statue of some ancient hero, tumbled to the ground and waiting to be taken. 1/7-1/10
outside His Grumpy Childhood Friend- page 8- At last, she made her escape and headed outside. 1/5-1/7
reality Body at Buccaneer's Bay- page 40- Not a pleasant image on which to head off to dreamland, but this was the reality of dating a cop. 1/1-1/3
wake Body at Buccaneer's Bay- page 128- "I may have to wake you up." 1/1-1/3


Bonus

angular Pack of Lies- page 275- Then Eli appeared, kneeling on the steps beside him, so pale he was bordering on blue, blood dripping down his arm from a gash across his hand, eyes luminous, face slightly too angular and teeth far too sharp. 1/7-1/10
cloudy His Pretend Omega- page 242- "And if it was too cloudy for stars, we'd watch the falling snowflakes." 1/18-1/19
foreboding Body at Buccaneer's Bay- page 19- He peered through the cloudy water, trying to understand what he was seeing, trying to make sense of that strange misshapen brown form drifting on an invisible current. 1/1-1/3
hiccups/hiccoughs (both spellings are ok, but must be plural)
seed Moonlight- page 136- He measured and poured seed into the trough. 1/20-1/22


Bonus Bonus

traverse


Leftovers

cupcake Mr. Romance- loc 676- As though reading my mind, Ian pushes over the cupcake he hasn't yet eaten. 1/14
jumper
audit
mountainous How I Stole the Princess's White Knight and Turned Him to Villainy: Miracle 1- page 31- The fairegrounds were quite likely the only flat ground in this mountainous region. 1/11-1/12
audacious Pack of Lies- page 268- "If either of us so much as received a paper cut at your hands, I will die out of spite and the certainty that you'll have done all of this for nothing will be a better legacy than I ever dared imagine in my most audacious dreams." 1/7-1/10

[LaurLa]

January Word Hunt
January 2023

My Word Hunt (msg 21)

Words Found🔹10
Bonus Words🔹6
Books Read🔹6



January Words

✅black
💟stopped the vehicle at a black iron gate [loc: 9.3]
💟Ours is Just a Little Sorrow🔹01.17 ★★★★

✅cheer
💟Carson Callahan called out a cheery good-bye [loc: 29.0]
💟Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★

✅evil
💟about how absolutely evil the Reapers were, [loc: 822.71.5]
💟Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★

✅fret
💟Look, Tony, don’t fret too much about it [loc: 48.5]
💟Bigger Than Beckham🔹01.23 ★★★★

✅galaxy
💟just outside of Earth’s galaxy. [loc: 56.2]
💟Ours is Just a Little Sorrow🔹01.17 ★★★★

✅jam
💟then jammed his hands into his pants pockets [loc: 26.7]
💟Storm Front🔹01.03 ★★★

✅marble
💟and carved out of thick white marble. [loc: 54.8]
💟Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★

✅outside
💟they stood just outside the door. [loc: 117.8]
💟A Game of Persuasion🔹01.18 ★★★★

✅reality
💟just days away from becoming reality. [loc: 156.8]
💟A Game of Persuasion🔹01.18 ★★★★

✅wake
💟scream and wake the house. [loc: 43.9]
💟Ours is Just a Little Sorrow🔹01.17 ★★★★


Bonus/Bonus Bonus

✅angular
💟features are all lean and angular, [loc: 11.9]
💟Storm Front🔹01.03 ★★★

✅cloudy
💟thick and cloudy with possibility, [loc: 351.8]
💟Storm Front🔹01.03 ★★★

✅foreboding
💟gut tightening with a sense of foreboding. [loc: 248.8]
💟Bigger Than Beckham🔹01.23 ★★★★

✅hiccups
💟it registers that those aren’t hiccups [loc: 122.6]
💟Part-Time Lover🔹01.04 ★★★★

✅seed
💟she might use it as seed money [loc: 82.7]
💟A Game of Persuasion🔹01.18 ★★★★


✅traverse
💟wasn’t quite ready to traverse the living room [loc: 413.5]
💟Bigger Than Beckham🔹01.23 ★★★★

[Suzanne]

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 January Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 January 2023

Progress: 15 out of 15

This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

JANUARY

Black: "It's easy now to look back and see how incredibly insensitive it was to dress masses of children up as homeless people for fun, but at the time we were all too busy worrying about the hordes of satanists roaming neighborhoods looking for children and black cats to sacrifice..." Page 6
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
Cheer: "Vittoria had only one thought. Oh my God! The antimatter annihilated early! But instead of an explosion, a huge cheer went up from the crowd." Page 562
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Evil "We enact several battles between good and evil and, of course, good always wins because I'm bigger and know choke holds." Page 11
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
Fret "It was the only time I didn't fret about my mother." Page 153
A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
Galaxy: "I tapped the quill point on the blotter, leaving inky pinpoints that spread through the rough fibers of the paper, forming a galaxy of tiny stars."
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 979 Pages
Jam: "Ruth skipped supper, but when the house was quiet she crept downstairs, pilfered some bread and jam from the kitchen, then slipped out the back door." Page 70
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages
Marble: "Light blue satin curtains draped the windows and the marble floor was covered here and there with large Persian oval area rugs in a matching blue."
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
Outside: "Oliver took the stairs two at a time until he was standing outside Naomi Powell's apartment." Page 91
Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
Reality: "Should we confront Grandma Belinda with doses of reality or was it better to assume the roles her confused mind assigned us?"
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
Wake: "“I didn't mean to wake you,” he murmured, his back still to her." Page 181
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages

Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

Angular: "Angular shadows fell like veins across the white tiled walls and down to the marble floors." Page 24
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Cloudy: "Were they not in a diner . . . but that reality was becoming cloudy at best as his massive hand covered her throat and she released a low moan into his mouth." Page 117
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
Foreboding: "Some turned to watch her go, their blank expressions turning slowly to a foreboding cognition as she moved toward the door." Page 682
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Seed: "... seed money to find you a job now, too.”
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
and a bonus bonus
Traverse: "I wanted him far away from the others, far away from any civilians . . . someplace where he couldn't harm himself or others, a place too far to traverse in one night... a place uninhabited due to the bombings from before." Page 207
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages

[Sherece]

RRRC Word Hunt - January 2023

Progress: 15/16 + 0/1

Main words
black - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs - Jan 29
🔸️pg. 11 - The coffee was a bitter black jolt to the system after frothy frozen cocktails.

cheer - Cracked Open - Jan 18
🔸️pg. 132 - Cheer up. Balaur Academy is a great place to be. You should try to enjoy your time there.

evil - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs - Jan 29
🔸️pg. 22 - They have the same capacity for good and evil that humans do.

fret - Tortured Heart - Jan 17
🔸️pg. 71- Remembering that I broke a rule has me fretting even more.

galaxy - Xzion - Jan 29
🔸️pg. 13 - He’d travelled for days in the inky blackness, becoming lost in the smudge of crystalline white dust that stretched from one end of this unexplored galaxy to the other.

jam - Cracked Open - Jan 18
🔸️pg. 14 - “Why are you leading me around. I mean, it’s not that I don’t appreciate your help... but, this just doesn’t seem like your jam.”

marble - The Last Aether - Jan 17
🔸️pg. 20 - I moved towards the double sinks surrounded in marble.

outside - The Last Aether - Jan 17
🔸️pg. 16 - Something in my chest jerked as the front door slammed, and Riven headed outside.

reality - Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs - Jan 29
🔸️pg. 32 - I was ripped out of the vision and into reality.

wake - The Last Aether - Jan 17
🔸️pg. 91 - I looked over at Atlas, wanting to wake him, to ask him to hold me and make it all dissappear.

Bonus
angular - Shatter Me - Jan 28
🔸️ pg. 121 - The fit is tighter than anything I’ve worn in my life, the cut modern and angular, almost haphazard; the material is stiff and thick but somehow breathable.

cloudy - Pen Pal - Jan 29
🔸️ pg. 6 - It's wet and cloudy year-round in Washington, and January is especially dready.

foreboding - Pen Pal - Jan 29
🔸️ pg. 6 - I draw the drapes and blinds against the wet gray afternoon, pour myself a glass of wine, then sit at the kitchen table, staring at the envelope with a strange feeling of foreboding.

hiccups/hiccoughs - Xzion - Jan 29
🔸️ pg. 36 - Her breath shuddered little hiccups.

seed - Cracked Open - Jan 18
🔸️ pg. 282 - But the truth was that he had planted a seed of doubt, and it made me hate him even more.


Bonus bonus
traverse

Rollover

July 2022 Bonus
annually

Books Used:

[Katelyn]

Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

5/10 - Main Words
1/5 - Bonus
0/1 - Bonus Bonus

Main words
📘black: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.9, start to put on a pair of BLACK leggings
📘cheer: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.136, I want to CHEER them on as they work
🥶evil: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.109, have to be so EVIL to some poor guy
🔲fret
🔲galaxy
🥶jam: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.119, might as well have been strawberry JAM
💙marble: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.228, against the MARBLE kitchen counter
📘outside: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.7, me as the wind OUTIDE howls
💙reality: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.171, REALITY filters back in
🥶wake: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.282, I'm going to WAKE up to

Bonus
🔲angular
🔲cloudy
💙foreboding: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.190, and its a FOREBODING sound if I've ever heard one
🔲hiccups/hiccoughs
🔲seed

Bonus bonus
🔲traverse

--------------------------------------------------------
MAY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲locust
----------------------------------------------
JULY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲Judicious
-----------------------------------------------
AUGUST leftovers - 1/1

Bonus
🥶Detox: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.261, I'd been in DETOX for all of twelve hours before
---------------------------------------------
SEPTEMBER leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲crockery
---------------------------------------------
OCTOBER leftovers - 0/3

Bonus
🔲archive
🔲fragment
🔲hex
------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER Leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲cobweb
-------------------------------------------------
APRIL Leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲grandiose
-------------------------------------------------
MAY Leftovers - 0/2

Bonus
🔲rev
🔲samhain
-------------------------------------------------
JUNE Leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲percentages
-------------------------------------------------
JULY Leftover - 0/5

Main words

💙consider: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.67, I never stopped to CONSIDER that she and someone else could
📘option: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.10, I don't have the OPTION of sitting on it

Bonus
⛄images: Earned Run - Haven Hadley, 1/27/23 -- pg.10, there with my IMAGES and a nurse
🔲hospitality
🔲teacup
-------------------------------------------------
AUGUST Leftover - 0/11

Main words
📘bother: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.173, I wouldn't even BOTHER getting out of bed
🔲feather
⛄file: Earned Run - Haven Hadley, 1/27/23 -- pg.33, I couldn't FILE a complaint with anyone
🔲maid
🔲remain
🔲spread
🔲travel

Bonus
🔲assessments
🔲mountainous
💙rampant: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.218, followed by RAMPANT stares and whispers

Bonus bonus
🔲wipeout
-------------------------------------------------
SEPTEMBER Leftover - 0/10

Main words
🔲ajar
🔲channel
🔲earth
🔲feeling
🔲fire
🔲guess
🔲meeting
🔲monkey

Bonus
🔲railway

Bonus bonus
🔲audacious
-------------------------------------------------
OCTOBER Leftover - 0/12

Main Words
🔲audit
🔲diaper
🔲dresser
🔲fever
🔲hate
🔲mass
🔲parallel
🔲steal
🔲underwear
🔲vanilla

Bonus
🔲drum
💙united: Kiss Now, Lie Later - C.W. Farnsworth, 1/9/23 -- pg.105, They're faster, more UNITED, and more skilled
-------------------------------------------------
NOVEMBER Leftovers 0/9

Main words
🔲america
🔲brain
🔲cough
🔲chicken
🔲intrude
🔲monster
🔲scent
🔲twice

Bonus
🔲faithful
-------------------------------------------------
DECEMBER Leftovers 2/10

Main words
🔲bustle
⛄cherry: Earned Run - Haven Hadley, 1/27/23 -- pg.84, Maybe a CHERRY or two as well
🔲handle
🔲midnight
🔲shovel
🔲sweat

Bonus
🥶anatomy: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.36, more sensitive part of my ANATOMY
📘decorating: Reckless - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 1/18/23 -- pg.39, gone all out DECORATING for the holiday
🔲unravel
🥶weary: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - Tom Felton, 1/13/23 -- pg.64, world WEARY and slightly full of myself

[Shia]

🌺 My thread! 🌺

Completed: 7/10

black
Book: Brutal Prince
Quote: Nero has a black heart and a vicious temperament, but you’d never know it from the way he drives.
Page/Location: kindle pg 6 (2%)

cheer
Book: The Wonderland Trials
Quote: “So different from the cheery melody of my locket watch.”
Page/Location: pg 52

evil
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

fret
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

galaxy
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

jam
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

marble
Book: Well of Eida
Quote: I lean over the marbled balustrade, my hands dangling over its rail.
Page/Location: loc 2501 (47%)

outside
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

reality
Book: Well of Eida
Quote: But nothing came close to the terrifying reality that everyone would see my monster.
Page/Location: loc 2534 (47%)

wake
Book: The Wonderland Trials
Quote: “I didn’t set my locket watch to wake me.”
Page/Location: pg 53

Bonus: 0/5

angular
Book: Well of Eida
Quote: Froth foams from the horses’ mouths, their gaits disjointed and angular, as though they bear the forms of their inner monsters.
Page/Location: loc 3341 (62%)

cloudy
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

foreboding
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

hiccups/hiccoughs
Book: The Wonderland Trials
Quote: “Another sob, louder this time, followed by a painful hiccup.”
Page/Location: pg 53

seed
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

Bonus-Bonus: 0/1

traverse
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

[Barbara ★]

all done.

January Word Hunt

READ: 16/16

✔ black - The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter 1/3
(getting sucked into a black hole ), p14

✔ cheer - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(I could hear the shouts and cheers), p151

✔ evil - The Untangled Cassie Black - Tammie Painter 1/3
(fighting off evil), p17

✔ fret - Murder in the South of France - Susan Kiernan-Lewis 1/8
(aw, don't fret), p291

✔ galaxy - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(somewhere a new galaxy formed), p86

✔ jam - Fatal Catch - Pauline Rowson 1/6
(wiping the jam from his chin), p12

✔ marble - No Time Like the Past - Jodi Taylor 1/7
(the fixtures and fittings were brass and marble), p63

✔ outside - Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald 1/7
(and deposits them outside), p71

✔ reality - Fatal Catch - Pauline Rowson 1/6
(before reality rushed in), p106

✔ wake - The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart 1/9
(sorry I didn't want to wake you), p49


Bonus
✔ angular - Double Dealer - Barbara McCafferty & Beverly Herald 1/7
(given his true sex away was that angular jaw), p181

✔ cloudy - Children - Bjørn Larssen 1/8
(the whole new world, cold and cloudy), p10

✔ foreboding - The Butcher and the Wren - Alaina Urquhart 1/9
(ominous and foreboding), p41

✔ hiccups - Forging Silver into Stars - Brigid Kemmerer 1/11
(he hiccups and stumbles), p268

✔ seed - Children - Bjørn Larssen 1/8
(a man has to spread his seed), p102

✔ traverse - You Can Hide - Rebecca Zanetti 1/5
(she'd need to traverse the forest again), p8

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Rissa]

Finished, see message 12! :)

Thanks Jane for a fun start to the year! See you all in February!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Barbara and Rissa!! Great kick off for 2023 ❤️

[Shelley]

Monthly Word Hunt
January 2023

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

JANUARY
black
cheer
evil
fret
galaxy
jam
marble
outside
reality
wake

Bonus: find the EXACT word

angular
cloudy
foreboding
hiccups/hiccoughs (both spellings are ok, but must be plural)
seed

and a bonus bonus
traverse

[JoAnne]

Done on post #13
Got all 16 words!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

JoAnne wrote: "Done on post #13
Got all 16 words!"

Congrats JoAnne!!

[Theresa]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 January 2023

10/10

black - Holding Back The Years 1/4 - well, here it is in black and white doodles of hearts with arrows through them. Loc: 1621

cheer - Beach House Summer 1/4 - And I'm here to cheer you on and support you whatever you do - oh! pg. 334

evil - Beach House Summer 1/4 - you'd just lost your dad and she was behaving like an evil b--"language, Ashley" person. pg. 241

fret Make a Wish 1/25 - "Now go, you've wasted three out of five minutes standing here fretting with me and Ella" pg. 10

galaxy - Unplanned 1/12 - I nod to the window where a shaft of sunlight is illuminating what looks like a whole galaxy of dust motes. pg. 151

jam - Holding Back The Years 1/4 - Truthfully, I was craving more than jean jam. Loc: 166

marble - Timeless 1/2 - The heels of my four-inch Louis Vuitton booties clicked on the marble floor as I returned to my chair. pg. 19

outside - Beach House Summer 1/4 - I'm outside the garden room pg. 19

reality Timeless 1/2 - Being with the guys tonight was better than going home and dwelling on reality alone. pg. 47

wake - Timeless 1/2 - Dad cut a turn, forcing the tube across the wake. pg.13

Bonus -you must find the EXACT word 4/5

angular - The Dead Romantics 1/30 - For some reason, the angular face of her new editor came to mind. pg. 23

cloudy - Flirting with Fate 1/22 - People in LA only knew how to drive in two types of weather: sunny and cloudy. pg. 8

foreboding

hiccups - Make a Wish 1/25 - There are going to be some hiccups. pg. 331

seed - Make a Wish 1/25 - I'm scared to let that hope take root, but the seed is already planted. pg. 262


and a bonus bonus
0/1
traverse

[Natalie]

JANUARY. DONE!!!

black - Witches Get Stitches pg 11- I glanced down at my BLACK bikini top.

cheer- A Witch For Mr. Christmas pg 13 - I want to add a Chocolate Holday CHEER potion this year as well as another try at Chill Your Tits Cider.

evil- A Witch For Mr. Christmas pg 184 - Whitney’s lips had curved into an EVIL grin.

fret- Beard in Mind - pg 87- Don’t you FRET, I won count on you for anything.

galaxy - Let Her Sleep: A Retelling of the Sandman Fairy Tale pg 259 - The other wing had been stained glass and sunshine; this was a dim GALAXY of cold and smoke and bitter stars.

jam The Farmer Needs A Wife pg 30 - By the time Billie drank a pot of tea, and chomped her way through four slices of toast slathered liberally straw berry JAM, she was out of reasons not to go exploring.

marble To Sir, with Love pg 78 - As with the lobby downstairs, the office space is very cool and modern-lots of white MARBLE, white leather, and stainless steel-but it’s all softened, rather surprisingly, by two stunning flower bouquets set up on either side of the large reception desk.

outside - The Farmer Needs A Wife pg 9 - Take that filthy habit OUTSIDE, Pearl.

reality - Witches Get Stitches pg 185 - When in REALITY, my denial was part of what put it all in motion.

wake - Say You Want Me pg 22 - I didn’t leave you or want you to leave, but I wasn’t going to WAKE you at five in the morning… not unless it was for another round.


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

angular - Walking in a Witchy Wonderland pg 35 - And why a suddenly intense expression tightened his ANGULAR features into utter stillness, I also had no idea.

cloudy - Meant to Be pg 149 - I basically wheeze, forcing my CLOUDY mind to think rationally.

foreboding - Let Her Sleep: A Retelling of the Sandman Fairy Tale pg 136 - When she told him that she’d be tested that night in some strange place, he felt what he could only label as FOREBODING.

hiccups/hiccoughs (both spellings are ok, but must be plural) - Meant to Be pg 184 - He HICCUPS my name and blinks a few times.

seed - Say You Want Me pg 68 - My head spins, and the SEED of hope starts to take root.


and a bonus bonus

traverse - Beard in Mind of 100 - Crossing my arms and setting my feet apart, I waited for her to TRAVERSE the thirty feet to the shop, taking an eyeful of her as I did so.

[Sherece]

Challenge completed. I got 15/16 words this month :)

[LaurLa]

All finished! Thanks Jane!
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 21)

Words Found🔹10
Bonus Words🔹6
Books Read🔹6

[Suzanne]

Finished!

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 January Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 January 2023

Progress: 15 out of 15

This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

JANUARY

Black: "It's easy now to look back and see how incredibly insensitive it was to dress masses of children up as homeless people for fun, but at the time we were all too busy worrying about the hordes of satanists roaming neighborhoods looking for children and black cats to sacrifice..." Page 6
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
Cheer: "Vittoria had only one thought. Oh my God! The antimatter annihilated early! But instead of an explosion, a huge cheer went up from the crowd." Page 562
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Evil "We enact several battles between good and evil and, of course, good always wins because I'm bigger and know choke holds." Page 11
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
Fret "It was the only time I didn't fret about my mother." Page 153
A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages
Galaxy: "I tapped the quill point on the blotter, leaving inky pinpoints that spread through the rough fibers of the paper, forming a galaxy of tiny stars."
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 979 Pages
Jam: "Ruth skipped supper, but when the house was quiet she crept downstairs, pilfered some bread and jam from the kitchen, then slipped out the back door." Page 70
Daughter of Moloka'i by Alan Brennert - ***** - 1/21/2023 - 309 Pages
Marble: "Light blue satin curtains draped the windows and the marble floor was covered here and there with large Persian oval area rugs in a matching blue."
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
Outside: "Oliver took the stairs two at a time until he was standing outside Naomi Powell's apartment." Page 91
Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne - **** - 1/15/2023 - 279 Pages
Reality: "Should we confront Grandma Belinda with doses of reality or was it better to assume the roles her confused mind assigned us?"
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
Wake: "“I didn't mean to wake you,” he murmured, his back still to her." Page 181
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages

Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

Angular: "Angular shadows fell like veins across the white tiled walls and down to the marble floors." Page 24
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Cloudy: "Were they not in a diner . . . but that reality was becoming cloudy at best as his massive hand covered her throat and she released a low moan into his mouth." Page 117
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
Foreboding: "Some turned to watch her go, their blank expressions turning slowly to a foreboding cognition as she moved toward the door." Page 682
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
Seed: "... seed money to find you a job now, too.”
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
and a bonus bonus
Traverse: "I wanted him far away from the others, far away from any civilians . . . someplace where he couldn't harm himself or others, a place too far to traverse in one night... a place uninhabited due to the bombings from before." Page 207
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages