2023 February Word Hunt

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 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!

FEBRUARY
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip


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.

keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful


and a bonus bonus
vulgar


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 - 28 February 2023

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip


Bonus
keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful


Bonus bonus
vulgar

[Maritza]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

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

WORDS FOUND - 4 of 10 ! of 5 Bonus !! of 1 Bonus Bonus

alpha
barrier
castle
friendship, As Dust Dances 02/01 - I love him and he loves me, but it's in FRIENDSHIP. (loc 88.2%)
generation
humiliation, Raven Unfurled 02/12 - ,the bones not yet healed from Slater's HUMILIATION of me. (pg 171)
protein, Raven Unfurled 02/12 - ,I munch a PROTEIN bar and drink pure spring water... (pg 173)
reject
soul,
whip, Raven Unfurled 02/12 - Marked with scabbed slashes from a WHIP. (pg 210)



keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful

vulgar

[Rissa]

My spot! :)

2023 February Word Hunt

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

FEBRUARY Read 10/10
1. ALPHA - Love on the Brain - √ 4 February 2023
p9 - Alpha, whatever that even means.

2. BARRIER - Aunty Lee's Delights - √ 2 February 2023
p178 - "...He just went straight down and crashed through the barrier at the bottom."

3. CASTLE - One of Us Is Lying - √ 6 February 2023
p56 - Nate crosses to the large walnut bookcase covering one wall, picking up a picture of Maeve and me with identical gap-toothed smiles in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland.

4. FRIENDSHIP - Year of the Rat - √ 1 February 2023
p174 - "...When the friendship ended, I thought it was the best thing for my son. But then it wasn't. Not at all."

5. GENERATION - Year of the Rat - √ 1 February 2023
p44 - "They're calling my generation Generation X."

6. HUMILIATION - Love on the Brain - √ 4 February 2023
p119 - And the humiliation.

7. PROTEIN - Risky Whiskey - √ 3 February 2023
p95 - Neil went with protein- an omelet and bacon, plus more coffee.

8. REJECT - It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien - √ 6 February 2023
loc 1714 - My immediate inclination is to reject the suggestion.

9. SOUL - The Unicorn's Mate - √ 1 February 2023
p131 - Despite there not being a single soul around, Rourke had a much bigger urge to gallop than to tease his mate.

10. WHIP - The Unicorn's Mate - √ 1 February 2023
p21 - The driver cracked a whip over the dogs' heads as he shouted for them to be calm, and they instantly cowered, bellies on the ground and nervous eyes glancing his way.

BONUS Read 5/5
1. KEENING - It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien - √ 6 February 2023
loc 4126 - He pulls needy keening noises out of me (view spoiler)[with every pounding stroke of his **** and lusty sweep of his tongue in my mouth (hide spoiler)]

2. SPECIES - The Vampire's Mail Order Bride - √ 7 February 2023
p169 - "Thanks for the species update," Pandora said with a laugh and a wink at Hugh.

3. SPOTLIGHT - Risky Whiskey - √ 3 February 2023
p137 - I motioned for the others to grab their moment in the spotlight.

4. UTMOST - It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien - √ 6 February 2023
loc 1474 - "...Protecting our secret presence on this world is of the utmost importance."

5. YOUTHFUL - Aunty Lee's Delights - √ 2 February 2023
p188 - Meanwhile, something suddenly clicked in place for SSS Salim and he found he no longer resented Officer Pang's youthful good looks or anything else.

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. VULGAR - The Vampire's Mail Order Bride - √ 7 February 2023
p195 - "Don't be vulgar." Hugh poured a cup of coffee. "We're two consenting adults."

FINISHED!!!!

[Kat]

Books:

FEBRUARY
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip

Bonus
keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful

[Mony]

⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃

Word Hunt - February

Main
🧡 alpha- Limits- there was alpha male knock- 59%
🧡 barrier- Limits- a real barrier to cold fusion energy revolution- 76%
🧡 castle- Heartless by Elisa Silver- There’s a bouncy castle- 70%
🧡 friendship- Lessons in Chemistry- to establish a strong friendship- 25%
🧡 generation- The Red- to a younger generation- 42%
🧡 humiliation- Limits- took that sort of humiliation on the chin- 5%
🧡 protein- Lessons in Chemistry- fundamental nature of protein synthesis- 10%
🧡 reject- Lessons in Chemistry- After four months, the burn of rejection- 95%
🧡 soul- Heartless by Elisa Silver- stares at me with his soulful eyes- 80%
🧡 whip- Heartless by Elisa Silver- unbuckle him, whip his shirt off- 33%

Bonus
🧡 keening- The Pawn by Skye Warren- I hear the soft keening sound- 20%
🧡 species- Dangerous Desires by Geissinger- men devolve into another species- 77%
🧡 spotlight- The Pawn by Skye Warren-hope of escaping the spotlight fades- 75%
🧡 utmost- The Pawn by Skye Warren- I have the utmost respect for you- 14%
🧡 youthful- The Red- their youthful ageless faces- 40%

Bonus bonus
🧡 vulgar- The Red- the crowds found it so vulgar- 12%

⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺💥🧡🔥🌅🎃 ⛵🍺

[JoAnne]

9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

FEBRUARY - Completed 10/10 Done and carrying over 3 orphan words

alpha - Kindle location 787 = She'd expected him to be more...alpha.
Billionaire's Snowbound Marriage Reunion by Justine Lewis 2/9/23 3.5stars

barrier - Kindle location 2712 - While I screamed Brad's name, I pushed over the flimsy fabric and metal barrier that separated the spectators from the participants.
Carmel Conundrum (A Liz Adams Mystery #2) by Stacy Wilder 2/3/23 4stars

castle - Kindle location 1556 - "She pretty much has the keys to the castle."
Carmel Conundrum (A Liz Adams Mystery #2) by Stacy Wilder 2/3/23 4stars

friendship - Paperback page 8 - Celeste Beaumont had never liked her friendship with Wes,
Bayou Baby (Butterfly Bayou #2) by Lexi Blake 2/7/23 4stars

generation(s) - Kindle location 382 - She turned her face away from me and busied herself with the greasy pancakes cooking on the stove of our little alcove in Hickory Lane, handed down through generations of prissy old Hilts.
Cupid Strikes... 3 Times: A Valentine's Day Reverse Harem Romance by Ajme Williams 2/5/23 4stars

humiliation - Kindle location 2614 - She had to put up with the humiliation of my dad's countless indiscretions and deal with his day-to-day jerkiness.
Love All- A Steamy Sports Romance by Liza Malloy 2/1/23 4stars

protein - Kindle location 4804 - Tiny blackened shrimp provided the protein.
Monday Morning Blues (Friday Night Mystery Club #2) by Joanna Campbell Slan 2/25/23 4stars

reject(ing) - Kindle location 1849 - It had begun with their rejecting the letter from Harvard.
Cupid Strikes... 3 Times: A Valentine's Day Reverse Harem Romance by Ajme Williams 2/5/23 4stars

soul - Kindle location 1586 - "I won't tell a soul," I replied as I tried to remember who Lisa as.
Carmel Conundrum (A Liz Adams Mystery #2) by Stacy Wilder 2/3/23 4stars

whip(ped) Kindle location 461 - She whipped back around to face me, her expression striking me as sultry despite her annoyance.
Love All- A Steamy Sports Romance by Liza Malloy 2/1/23 4stars

Bonus - Completed 3/5
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

keening

species - Kindle location 766 - They hadn't been poor-her mother said they were 'established working class'-but they were still a totally different species to the Jack Thorpes of the world.
Billionaire's Snowbound Marriage Reunion by Justine Lewis 2/9/23 3.5stars

spotlight - Kindle location 1488 - I'd never particularly enjoyed being in the spotlight, and I wasn't eager for more attention now.
Love All- A Steamy Sports Romance by Liza Malloy 2/1/23 4stars

utmost

youthful - Kindle location 154 - Her pretty, youthful face was lit by a warm smile.
Cupid Strikes... 3 Times: A Valentine's Day Reverse Harem Romance by Ajme Williams 2/5/23 4stars

and a bonus bonus - Completed 0/1
vulgar

[Barbara ★]

February Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

alpha - Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe 2/18
(no shame in submitting to a more powerful alpha), p188

barrier - Dark Sentinel - Christine Feehan 2/8
(she was either going to let down her barriers), p12

castle - Sweet Trouble - Susan Mallery 2/10
(the castle is our favorite), p115

friendship - The Pearl Savage - Tamara Rose Blodgett 2/13
(every friend sacred), p14

generation - Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 2/2
(they'd salvaged an older generation phone), p41

humiliation - If You Could See the Sun - Ann Liang 2/1
(humiliation floods through me, p45), p

protein -
(), p

reject - Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe 2/18
(he would reject her as his wife), p217

soul - Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 2/5
(he's not the most exciting soul in town), p184

whip - Upon a Burning Throne - Ashok K. Banker 2/12
(like a coiled whip unleashing), p20


Bonus Words
keening - Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger 2/6
(then a horrible keening scream), p150

species - That Ain’t Witchcraft - Seanan McGuire 2/4
(to have members of your own species around), p3

spotlight - Dark Sentinel - Christine Feehan 2/8
(she'd come to the mountains to escape the spotlight), p25

utmost - The Pearl Savage - Tamara Rose Blodgett 2/13
(it was my utmost desire), p165

youthful - Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 2/5
(made her seem eternally youthful), p4

vulgar - Silver Spells - Kate Moseman 2/8
(oh darling, how vulgar), ch24

[Tammie]

Read | 10/10
Bonus | 5/5
Bonus-Bonus | 1/1
Carry-Over | 1/1

2/1 alpha | Moon Called, p9 Adam Hauptman, who shared my back fence line, was the Alpha of the local werewolf pack.

2/10 barrier | Terms and Conditions, p25 To throw up some semblance of a barrier around myself.

2/3 castle | Shadow Dance p161, Enraged, he locked her in the tower of his castle and called his warriors together to find and kill Allyone.

2/6 friendship | Riggs, p45 It’s like our friendship stands outside of the team for those reasons, which makes it a little easier to bear.

2/1 generation | Moon Called, p41 My great-grandfather’s uncle was smart enough to outlive his generation , but all those years didn’t keep him…

2/3 humiliation | November 9, p153 To me, showering with someone registers higher on my scale for potential humiliation than most things, including sex.

2/1 protein | Moon Called, p113 Healing was energy-draining work, and he needed all the protein he could get.

2/3 reject | Shadow Dance, p365 Noah rejected his plan.

2/3 soul | November 9, p59 … I was afraid she would kiss me drunk and convince me we were soul mates by the end of the night.

2/6 whip | Riggs, p279 I stop inside the door and whip out my phone.

Bonus
2/14 keening | Twilight, p232 ...but still pleasant--the high, keening sound of the cicadas in July, ...

2/14 species | Twilight, p308 Couldn't we have evolved in the same way as other species, predator and prey?

2/6 spotlight | Riggs, p80 But admitting my faults that seem to have been put under a harsh spotlight is not something I want to do right now, …

2/10 utmost | Terms and Conditions, p337 "Relax," I say with the utmost confidence despite the rapid beat of my heart.

2/14 youthful | The Woman in Black, p32 Having, in my youthful and priggish way, summed up and all but dismissed him, I let my mind wander back to London...

Bonus-Bonus
2/3 vulgar | Shadow Dance, p58 Had he not been so vulgar, he would have been comical.

Carry-Over
2/6 traverse | Riggs, p133 I ask snidely over my shoulder as I traverse the sidewalk to the...

[Bobbi]

February 2023

Completed: 8/10
Alpha
Book: The Getaway - Lamar Giles 💜💜💜💜
Quote: “Need an Alpha Unit in PatriotScape immediately....
Location: loc. 2004

Barrier
Book: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 💜💜💜
Quote: ...my mind was young and the barrier between reality...
Location: pg. 63

Castle
Book: The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 💜💜💜💜
Quote: ...just west of Belvedere Castle,...
Location: pg. 269

Friendship
Book: The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 💜💜💜💜
Quote: ...long-standing friendship and...
Location: pg. 312

Generation
Book: Changeless - Gail Carriger 💜💜
Quote: “Ah, yes, your preternatural ancestors were hunters for generations, sugardrop.”
Location: pg. 118

Humiliation
Book: Changeless - Gail Carriger 💜💜
Quote: ...terribly conscious of his Gamma’s humiliation.
Location: pg. 24

Protein
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Reject
Book: The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 💜💜💜💜
Quote: ...when he rejected her?
Location: pg. 241

Soul
Book: Changeless - Gail Carriger 💜💜
Quote: To be called curse-breaker was certainly more complimentary than soul-sucker.
Location: pg. 22

Whip
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Bonus: 3/5
Keening
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Species
Book: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 💜💜💜
Quote: ...about a parliamentary bill to remove the dodo’s protected species status...
Location: pg. 10

Spotlight
Book: The Getaway - Lamar Giles 💜💜💜💜
Quote: The sun crested the horizon like a spotlight.
Location: loc. 4277

Utmost
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Youthful
Book: The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 💜💜💜
Quote: Typically rambunctious, the youthful president-for-life...
Location: pg. 9

Bonus-Bonus: 1/1
Vulgar
Book: The Getaway - Lamar Giles 💜💜💜💜
Quote: Because while the Karloff Country Resort embraced all the world’s diverse cultures, vulgar music was not on brand for Karloff Entertainment Company proper.
Location: loc. 126

[Emily]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 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!

FEBRUARY
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip


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.

keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful

[Hayley]

February 2023

Completed: 9/10

Alpha
Book: Ghost Ship
Quote:“Plus, the whole gay, alpha male thing.”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Ghost Ship (Haunted Souls Book 10).” Apple Books.
Location: 386

Barrier
Book: Dead Sea
Quote:“One of the planes broke the sound barrier and the”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Dead Sea (Cold Case Psychic Book 17).” Apple Books.
Location: 314

Castle
Book:Ghost Walk
Quote:“ being able to scale the stone walls of a castle like a spider, ”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Ghost Walk (Haunted Souls Book 9).” Apple Books.
Location: 138

Friendship
Book: Dead Broke
Quote: “He was friendly with Mom, but that friendship didn’t carry forward to Cole and me.”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Dead Broke (Cold Case Psychic Book 16).” Apple Books.
Location: 32

Generation
Book: Ghost of a Memory
Quote: “He’s the phoenix for the next generation, isn’t he?” ”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Ghost of a Memory (Haunted Souls Book 7).” Apple Books.
Location: 98

Humiliation
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Protein
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Reject
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Soul
Book: Dead on Arrival
Quote:“He would throw his arms wide and sing from his very soul.”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Dead on Arrival (Cold Case Psychic Book 14).” Apple Books.
Location: 7

Whip
Book: Ghost Writer
Quote:“Jude was waiting for her to whip out a hand fan. ”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Ghost Writer (Haunted Souls Book 8).” Apple Books.
Location: 368

Bonus: 2/5
Keening
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Species
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Spotlight
Book: Dead End
Quote: “Ronan’s gut and Tennyson’s gift wouldn’t keep the spotlight of suspicion ”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Dead End (Cold Case Psychic Book 13).” Apple Books.
Location: 48

Utmost
Book: Dead of Winter
Quote:“I promise to take the utmost care of it. ”
Excerpt From: Pandora Pine. “Dead of Winter (Cold Case Psychic Book 15).” Apple Books.
Location: 93

Youthful
Book:
Quote:
Location:

Bonus-Bonus: 0/1
Vulgar
Book: Mortality Bites
Quote: “Darling, mind your manners, and no - nothing so vulgar. ”
Excerpt From: Ramy Vance. “Mortality Bites (Mortality Bites Book 1).” Apple Books.
Location:335

LEFTOVERS
January
traverse
Book:
Quote:
Page/Location:

[Georgina]

Read 16/16

alpha: LOC 254 “The boy fell to his knees in front of the SnowDancer alpha.” Play of Passion 15/2
barrier: LOC 1482 “If she caught even a hint of his arousal, she’d put up that barrier of icy control between them before he could so much as blink.” Play of Passion 15/2
castle: LOC 1132 “I had visualized the Citadel as one large building, like the Commander’s castle in Ixia...” Magic Study 11/2
friendship: LOC 1305 “Perhaps even a strange sort of friendship...” Any Duchess Will Do 4/2
generation: P12 “My parents were throwbacks to that generation where the husband was the man of the house...” Locked In Silence 6/2
humiliation: LOC 389 “…painting her with humiliation.” Any Duchess Will Do 4/4
protein: LOC 1024 “High protein, high fat, likely meant to give him energy for activities he didn’t want to think about.” Deliver 5/2
reject: p112 “So you’re working at that reject zoo of his?” Locked In Silence 6/2
soul: P6 “Yes, she definitely was a soul in desperate need of salvation.” 8 Days For Salvation 1/2
whip: LOC 3692 “… she closed the door and went out to whip her current group of eighteen-year-olds into some kind of fighting shape.” Play of Passion 15/2

keening: p170 “I reached out to cover his hand with mine and he let out a soft keening sound in his throat.” Locked In Silence 6/2
species: LOC 2870 “The lessons with Esau on different species of leaves and their medicinal properties.” Magic Study 11/2
spotlight: LOC 61 “She came to watch him steal the spotlight.” Deliver 5/2
utmost: LOC 876 “With the utmost care, I climbed higher in the tree.” Magic Study 11/2
youthful: LOC 1667 “In their most callow, youthful years they’d even made a sport of it…” Any Duchess Will Do 4/2
vulgar: LOC 784 “When she’d fled from him downstairs twenty minutes earlier, the desire in his eyes had been vulgar in its blatancy.” Deliver 5/2

[Katelyn]

Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

3/10 - Main Words
1/5 - Bonus
0/1 - Bonus Bonus

Main words
🔲alpha
✅barrier: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.185, it was enough of a BARRIER that held me
🔲castle
🔲friendship
🔲generation
🔲humiliation
✅protein: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.249, I need some PROTEIN
🔲reject
🔲soul
✅whip: You, Me, and Our Heartstrings - Melissa See -- pg.52, my braid WHIPS my shoulder from

Bonus
🔲keening
✅species: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.223, of the human SPECIES catty moody and sneaky
🔲spotlight
🔲utmost
🔲youthful

Bonus bonus
🔲vulgar

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MAY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲locust
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JULY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
🔲Judicious
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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 - 0/2

Bonus
🔲hospitality
🔲teacup
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AUGUST Leftover - 1/8

Main words
🔲feather
🔲maid
🔲remain
✅spread: You, Me, and Our Heartstrings - Melissa See -- pg.50, I SPREAD my arms out
🔲travel

Bonus
🔲assessments
🔲mountainous

Bonus bonus
🔲wipeout
-------------------------------------------------
SEPTEMBER Leftover - 1/10

Main words
🔲ajar
🔲channel
🔲earth
🔲feeling
✅fire: You, Me, and Our Heartstrings - Melissa See -- pg.104, more like FIRE now away from the stage
🔲guess
🔲meeting
🔲monkey

Bonus
🔲railway

Bonus bonus
🔲audacious
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OCTOBER Leftover - 0/11

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

Bonus
🔲drum
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NOVEMBER Leftovers 1/9

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

Bonus
✅faithful: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.22, He was FAITHFUL to Ashley when
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DECEMBER Leftovers 1/6

Main words
🔲bustle
🔲handle
🔲midnight
🔲shovel
🔲sweat

Bonus
✅unravel: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.319, eyes could UNRAVEL my wardrobe
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JANUARY Leftovers 2/7

Main words
🔲fret
✅galaxy: You, Me, and Our Heartstrings - Melissa See -- pg.23, they're chunky GALAXY patterned frames

Bonus
🔲angular
🔲cloudy
✅hiccups/hiccoughs: Fallen Crest High - Tijan, 2/24/23 -- pg.308, in a form of HICCUPS that my body
🔲seed

Bonus bonus
🔲traverse

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[[deleted user]]

Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023
0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip


Bonus
keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful


Bonus bonus
vulgar

[Sherece]

Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

Progress: 15/16 + 0/2

Main words
🔸️alpha - Oblivion - Their alpha breaks the line to approach us, shifting mid-stride. - pg. 182, 02.25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️barrier - Crucible-I opened the door, keeping one arm up as a barrier. “What are you doing here?” - pg. 157, 02.15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️castle - Oblivion - After King Strom summoned us to his castle to offer us the job of hunting down rogue shifters, we began our bets on how many each of us could find before the others. - pg. 182, 02.25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️friendship - Crucible - I’d like to think we’d developed a cordial friendship over the years. - pg. 60, 02.15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️generation - It's Not You It's Him - ‘Kris has been paired with Alfie Blake, whose family have been cobblers for almost two hundred years. Alfie’s goal is to take the family business to the next level and future-proof it for the next generation.’ - pg. 164, 02.12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️humiliation - It's Not You It's Him - It was a gesture we’d all seen Barri make when he was about to subject someone to a particularly brutal humiliation or, if they were lucky, sack them. - pg. 22, 02.12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️protein - The Heir Apparent's Rejected Mate - On second thought, I bet he’s a protein shakes and mineral water kind of guy. - pg. 333, 02.28 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

🔸️reject(ed) - Crucible - I rejected that statement immediately. - pg. 44, 02.15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️soul - It's Not You It's Him - "...But she’s always been such a sociable child – honestly, the life and soul of the party..." - pg. 336, 02.12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️whip - The Queen of Carnage - I whip around to find King laughing at me. - pg. 39, 02.12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️


Bonus
🔸️keening - The Queen of Carnage - She punches and kicks and bites, making a wild keening noise before he backhands her and she tumbles to the floor. - pg. 215, 02.12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️species -Ghostly Touches - The elusive species tends to never travel outside their little sphere of the world unless absolutely necessary. - pg. 11, 02.18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️spotlight - Ghostly Touches - I may be able to keep us out of the spotlight for longer, as long as we’re not compromised any further. - pg. 141, 02.18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔸️utmost - Ghostly Touches - Before we begin, I would ask for the utmost discretion. - pg. 22, 02.18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
youthful


Bonus bonus
🔸️vulgar - The Heir Apparent's Rejected Mate - Brody Hughes and his guys drive around with their systems blaring, so I know their taste. Loud and vulgar - pg. 37, 02.28 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rollover

January 2023 Bonus Bonus
traverse

July 2022 Bonus
annually

[LaurLa]

February Word Hunt
February 2023

My Word Hunt (msg 19)

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



February Words

✅alpha
💟a little Alpha mojo [loc: 6.3]
💟Bone Crossed🔹02.07 ★★★★

✅barrier
💟sliding between the barrier and her hips, [loc: 121.0]
💟Mouth to Mouth🔹02.03 ★★★★

✅castle
💟tower room in the Maddox castle. [loc: 28.4]
💟Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★

✅friendship
💟maybe even a little friendship. [loc: 207.7]
💟Two Wrongs Make a Right🔹02.04 ★★★★

✅generation
💟previous generations didn’t have. [loc: 85.7]
💟Bone Crossed🔹02.07 ★★★★

✅humiliation
💟red-hot humiliation from being duped [loc: 111.7]
💟Two Wrongs Make a Right🔹02.04 ★★★★

✅protein
💟making a protein shake. [loc: 159.6]
💟Scornfully Yours🔹02.05 ★★★

✅reject
💟he’d rejected the offering. [loc: 93.2]
💟Mouth to Mouth🔹02.03 ★★★★

✅soul
💟This person is your soul mate, [loc: 60.9]
💟Scornfully Yours🔹02.05 ★★★

✅whip
💟she whipped up the gun Spade had left [loc: 402.5]
💟First Drop of Crimson🔹02.14 ★★★★


Bonus/Bonus Bonus

✅keening
💟that awful, keening cackle. [loc: 398.9]
💟First Drop of Crimson🔹02.14 ★★★★

✅species
💟like a strange new species at the zoo [loc: 170.3]
💟Mouth to Mouth🔹02.03 ★★★★

✅spotlight
💟The spotlight flipped on, [loc: 4.3]
💟Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★

✅utmost
💟the utmost admiration for what you do. [loc: 337.7]
💟Two Wrongs Make a Right🔹02.04 ★★★★

✅youthful
💟would keep me youthful. [loc: 282.7]
💟Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★


✅vulgar
💟Too vulgar. [loc: 92.0]
💟Scornfully Yours🔹02.05 ★★★

[Mei ☽︎]

Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
alpha
barrier
castle
friendship
generation
humiliation
protein
reject
soul
whip


Bonus
keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful


Bonus bonus
vulgar

[Leena]

I'm in
CHALLENGE COMPLETED

❤️ alpha Undercover Billionaire pg 49
There's nothing like the chill of a boardroon, full of assholes who think they are alpha

❤️ Barrier Boaz's Wager
Pg 153
mean it acts like a barrier , like a glove

❤️ Castle The Dutch House
Pg 25
and master bedroom were said to have been pried out of a castle in Utrecht

❤️ friendship These Silent Woods pg 202
The sadness of it striking a nerve: for a person who has no friends, watching a girl in the woods—that would feel like friendship, maybe.

❤️ generation Always a Bridesmaid: The Bridesmaids Series pg 9
He'd been dubbed their generation 's prickley version of Gordon Ramsey

❤️ humiliation The Last Night Outpg 85
My shame and humiliation, were complete

❤️ protein These Silent Woods pg 8
Because we've lost our one and only guaranteed source of protein

❤️ Reject The Last Night Out pg 44
They were probably used to passive aggressive rejections.

❤️ SoulFunny You Should Ask pg 187
i can feel that scowl deep down in my soul

❤️ whip Always a Bridesmaid: The Bridesmaids Series pg51
the tart was perfect with the whipped cream

BONUS

completed : 5/5

❤️ keening
Stolen pg 83
I collapsed against him, keening my agonh in harsh, raw sobs.
❤️ species Hungry for the Alpha pg 29
Seth spat Tilly's species as it was a curse

❤️ Spotlight Funny You Should Ask pg 41
When I craved the attention and the interest that the spotlight afforded.

❤️ Utmost Mail Order Bride: A Banker's Wife pg 50
Hoensty was of the utmost importance to him.

❤️ Youthful Funny You Should Ask pg 304
but the whole thing had never been some innocent, youthful misstep

bonus bonus 1/1
❤️ Vulgar Mail Order Bride: A Banker's Wife pg 94
His voice was low. VULGAR

[Suzanne]

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 February Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 28 February 2023

Progress: 16 out of 16

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!

FEBRUARY

Alpha: "Sol said, “That sort of woman always secretly wants an alpha male."
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 2/7/2023 - 453 Pages
Barrier: “A girl drove through the barrier and into the ravine. She's dead.” Lizzy bit her lip."
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
Castle: "The cross of pinewood had been there when he woke one morning at the castle"
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
Friendship: "Thy friendship and thy honor are of great use to me, indeed."
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
Generation: "In Mrs. Lacy's generation, marriage was the only reason a woman ever left her mother's house"
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
Humiliation: "It was one thing for Jamie to know that Roger was inexperienced with guns; it was another to suffer the humiliation of demonstrating just how inexperienced, under that dispassionate blue gaze."
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
Protein: "Those are organic, sure, but hair's just a protein and nails are keratin."
Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 2/6/2023 - 384 Pages
Reject: "Any second the warrior males would staunchly reject the idea that a Vrekener could be capable of such a craven act."
Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 2/1/2023 - 420 Pages
Soul: "And so angry at Mr. Johnson—that proud, puffed-up little man who was rich enough to buy and sell half the town and didn't hesitate to foreclose on any poor soul who got behind on his payments"
The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert - **** - 2/11/2023 - 290 Pages
Whip "He was whip-smart as a boy, interested in everything."
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
Keening: “The panting, licking, rutting, keening, sucking, mindless, animalistic, about to explode/erupt/die with ecstasy part.”
Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 2/1/2023 - 420 Pages
Species: "How justified is it for Zoti to make this decision for the whole species?"
The Deep by Rivers Solomon - **** - 2/20/2023 - 166 Pages
Spotlight: "There, he saw a perfect circle of bright gray concrete, like someone had shone a spotlight into the middle of the darkness."
Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 2/6/2023 - 384 Pages
Utmost: "This mission is of the utmost importance , believe me." Page 332
The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead - **** - 2/13/2023 - 401 Pages
Youthful: "She was young, perhaps even as young as Grimsby, though she had the sort of face that looked ageless, suitable for a mature woman or a youthful girl."
Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 2/6/2023 - 384 Pages
Vulgar: "She dared to loosen one gauntlet to give him a vulgar hand gesture." Page 52
Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 2/1/2023 - 420 Pages

[Becky]

16/21

alpha Never Marry Your Brother's Best Friend- page 7- A little Alpha bitch, a bit of Greek goddess Athena, and a lot of me blend to create a character that attacks the patriarchy and makes the world her oyster. 2/21-2/24
barrier Room for Rent- page 57- He stroked Caleb through the thin barrier of his slacks, gripping tighter, jerking faster. 2/13-2/18
castle Part of Your World- page 260- I couldn't stand to see him lose his castle, and I could make sure he didn't. 2/14-2/27
friendship Room for Rent- page 187- "They're carefully spinning this as a friendship that expanded and led to enlightenment and inspiration." 2/13-2/18
generation The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches- page 185- How long were generations of witches supposed to let an old spell dictate the way they lived their lives? 2/2-2/5
humiliation Man Card- page 128- And that's when the first glimmer of humiliation arrives. 2/8-2/11
protein Part of Your World- page 182- I ignored him and went to the fridge to get my protein shake. 2/14-2/27
reject The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches- page 311- Primrose resisted and protested and had an infinite number of very sensible reasons to reject this idea out of hand, but even she was unable to withstand the force of Mika in the full, passionate throes of determination. 2/2-2/5
soul Man Card- page 103- "This is important-- you must not tell a soul that we're out of town." 2/8-2/11
hip What the Frack?- page 9- He swung around and regarded me with hands on hips, looking more like an actor playing a scientist at the box office than an actual, real-life person. 2/3-2/6


Bonus

keening Never Marry Your Brother's Best Friend- page 79- She sobs out a very believable keening whine, slapping the mattress with her hand. 2/21-2/24
species
spotlight What the Frack?- page 85- Besides, I didn't want to take the spotlight off the one that would land Tiffany in jail. 2/3-2/6
utmost
youthful Never Marry Your Brother's Best Friend- page 286- I'm guessing Cameron gave her the mantra to repeat because without it, she'd likely be making it rain white rose petals in a joyous display of youthful exuberance that is Grace. 2/21-2/24


Bonus Bonus

vulgar


Leftovers

galaxy
hiccups What the Frack?- page 18- While it galled me to watch him slug it down like that, at least the gulp quelled his hiccups... for the moment. 2/3-2/6
traverse
jumper The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches- page 18- He was bald, Japanese, and in his seventies, dressed in jeans and a striped jumper with a gardening apron over the top, with broad shoulders slightly rounded by age and a warm smile that made it impossible not to smile back. 2/2-2/5
audit Man Card- page 66- "Maybe it was an audit letter from the IRS?" 2/8-2/11

[Rachel]

☕️📚February Word Hunt 2023📚☕️

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

Completed 10/16
Main
☑️Alpha - A Mate's Denial - Feb 9th
loc.2816 ("Remember Alpha?)
🔲Barrier
☑️Castle - Messenger - Feb 19th
pg.160 (...descriptions of besieged medieval castles, and armies of men with bows...)
☑️Friendship - Messenger - Feb 19th
pg.107 (...when he had called himself the Fiercest of the Fierce, and his friendship then with the girl named Kira...)
🔲Generation
🔲Humiliation
☑️Protein - Possessed by the Alien King - Feb 6th
pg.48 (...something about protein compatibility.)
☑️Reject - A Mate's Denial - Feb 9th
loc.95 (She was going to reject him.)
☑️Soul - Deeply Odd - Feb 5th
pg.58 ("It can't be that easy to sell your soul.")
☑️Whip - Possessed by the Alien King - Feb 6th
pg.57 (Storr took off, slicing through vines with fast whips of his blade.)

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Keening - Deeply Odd - Feb 5th
pg.24 (Leaving the driver's door open and the engine running, making an urgent keening sound...)
☑️Species - Deeply Odd - Feb 5th
pg.41 ("You know, like the whole human species.")
🔲Spotlight
🔲Utmost
☑️Youthful - Possessed by the Alien King - Feb 6th
pg.101 (...and her face still had the youthful resiliency she'd lost in recent months.)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Vulgar

January 2023 Rollovers 0/9
Main
🔲Black
🔲Cheer
🔲Evil
🔲Fret
🔲Galaxy
🔲Jam

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

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Traverse

December 2022 Rollovers 1/2
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Anatomy

Bonus-Bonus
☑️Helper - Messenger - Feb 19th
pg.48 (...greeters took their names, one by one, and assigned them to helpers who would lead them to their living spaces and help them settle in.)

November 2022 Rollovers 0/1
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.

[Rissa]

Finished, see message 6! :)

Thanks for a fun February, Jane! See you all in March!

[Leena]

Challenge completed message 21
Thank you for a fun challenge.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Rissa wrote: "Finished, see message 6! :)

Thanks for a fun February, Jane! See you all in March!"

Congrats Rissa!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Leena wrote: "Challenge completed message 21
Thank you for a fun challenge."

Congrats Leena!!

[Theresa]

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 28 February 2023

6/10



FEBRUARY
alpha

barrier - Restore Me - 2/16: ... it's ever been to the heat of her without fabric as a barrier or because I'm still reeling from hearing her say she's mine. pg. 312

castle - Where We Found Our Home - 2/13: I've become the damn princess in the castle ... pg. 174

friendship - Where We Found Our Home 2/13: I really have no idea what I'm thinking about building a friendship with this woman and her daughter. pg. 13

generation

humiliation

protein

reject - Restore Me - 2/16: but I'm caught off guard by the ferocious way my body rejects the old promise made new. pg. 141

soul - Restore Me - 2/16: ... his soul stunned into silence while she imprinted herself on his skin with her very existence. pg. 1

whip - Where We Found Our Home - 2/16: but we both whip around at the sound of screeching tires. pg. 19

Bonus - find the EXACT word to

keening
species
spotlight
utmost
youthful


and a bonus bonus
vulgar

[Natalie]

Complete!!

FEBRUARY

alpha -If Silas was in Rouen, then his ALPHA Dominic couldn’t be far away. Pg. 10 A Shifter's Curse

barrier - Shelly, Beau, Billy, Sienna, Jethro, Drew and Roscoe encircled us, creating a BARRIER between Jenn and the rest of the guests. Pg 56 Marriage and Murder

castle -But I can’t get those things done without Papa Casimiro six feet under, and he won’t give up the keys to the CASTLE until one among his offspring bring him his goddamn magic rocks, kissed by Lady Tiamat herself during some hallucinogenic fever dream. Pg. 44 Sanctuary

friendship - The knowledge often sat heavy in my chest, another chunk of ice, but even though I knew our FRIENDSHIP was rooted in duty, I trusted her. Pg 44 From Blood and Ash

generation - Every GENERATION before me was lucky enough to get more than one. Pg.33 The Words

humiliation - I look away - I can’t hide the annoyance, and HUMILIATION, on my face. Pg. 53 Planet Lara: Tempest

protein - I have a PROTEIN bar in my desk drawer that’s been begging to be eaten all day. Pg. 9 The Reunion

reject - Even if they REJECT this marriage, you can still proceed, but at least you would be doing so with their knowledge. Pg 363 A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

soul - It had a SOUL, it breathed. Pg 107 Part of Your World

whip - His tone cracked like a WHIP, sharp and sudden, and he gestured beyond me. Pg 200 Engagement and Espionage


Bonus

keening - Everyone freezes, me included, the only sound the subtle recording of KEENING whales and steady rain floating from the speakers. Pg 10 Welcome to Planet Lara

species - I’ll be taking my camera into the jungle to document native endangered SPECIES- just wait until you see the giant otters, Laura! Pg 298 Welcome to Planet Lara

spotlight - I hated the SPOTLIGHT. Pg 35 Part of Your World

utmost - Ocean waves crashed in the background and I did my UTMOST not to succumb to envy. Pg 134 Engagement and Espionage

youthful - We were going to eat dinner together, and I teased that we needed to do masks before bed because our late nights tangled up in each other are ruining our YOUTHFUL, well-rested visages. Pg 23 Sanctuary


and a bonus bonus

vulgar - The look he gives me is so VULGAR, I’m glad Chandler walked off to take a phone call. Pg 266 The Words

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Natalie!!

[Tammie]

Completed...Thanks Jane

Read | 10/10
Bonus | 5/5
Bonus-Bonus | 1/1
Carry-Over | 1/1

2/1 alpha | Moon Called, p9 Adam Hauptman, who shared my back fence line, was the Alpha of the local werewolf pack.

2/10 barrier | Terms and Conditions, p25 To throw up some semblance of a barrier around myself.

2/3 castle | Shadow Dance p161, Enraged, he locked her in the tower of his castle and called his warriors together to find and kill Allyone.

2/6 friendship | Riggs, p45 It’s like our friendship stands outside of the team for those reasons, which makes it a little easier to bear.

2/1 generation | Moon Called, p41 My great-grandfather’s uncle was smart enough to outlive his generation , but all those years didn’t keep him…

2/3 humiliation | November 9, p153 To me, showering with someone registers higher on my scale for potential humiliation than most things, including sex.

2/1 protein | Moon Called, p113 Healing was energy-draining work, and he needed all the protein he could get.

2/3 reject | Shadow Dance, p365 Noah rejected his plan.

2/3 soul | November 9, p59 … I was afraid she would kiss me drunk and convince me we were soul mates by the end of the night.

2/6 whip | Riggs, p279 I stop inside the door and whip out my phone.

Bonus
2/14 keening | Twilight, p232 ...but still pleasant--the high, keening sound of the cicadas in July, ...

2/14 species | Twilight, p308 Couldn't we have evolved in the same way as other species, predator and prey?

2/6 spotlight | Riggs, p80 But admitting my faults that seem to have been put under a harsh spotlight is not something I want to do right now, …

2/10 utmost | Terms and Conditions, p337 "Relax," I say with the utmost confidence despite the rapid beat of my heart.

2/14 youthful | The Woman in Black, p32 Having, in my youthful and priggish way, summed up and all but dismissed him, I let my mind wander back to London...

Bonus-Bonus
2/3 vulgar | Shadow Dance, p58 Had he not been so vulgar, he would have been comical.

Carry-Over
2/6 traverse | Riggs, p133 I ask snidely over my shoulder as I traverse the sidewalk to the...

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Tammie!!

[LaurLa]

Finished!! Thanks, Jane!
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 19)

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

[Barbara ★]

February Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

alpha - Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe 2/18
(no shame in submitting to a more powerful alpha), p188

barrier - Dark Sentinel - Christine Feehan 2/8
(she was either going to let down her barriers), p12

castle - Sweet Trouble - Susan Mallery 2/10
(the castle is our favorite), p115

friendship - The Pearl Savage - Tamara Rose Blodgett 2/13
(every friend sacred), p14

generation - Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 2/2
(they'd salvaged an older generation phone), p41

humiliation - If You Could See the Sun - Ann Liang 2/1
(humiliation floods through me, p45), p

protein -
(), p

reject - Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe 2/18
(he would reject her as his wife), p217

soul - Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 2/5
(he's not the most exciting soul in town), p184

whip - Upon a Burning Throne - Ashok K. Banker 2/12
(like a coiled whip unleashing), p20


Bonus Words
keening - Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger 2/6
(then a horrible keening scream), p150

species - That Ain’t Witchcraft - Seanan McGuire 2/4
(to have members of your own species around), p3

spotlight - Dark Sentinel - Christine Feehan 2/8
(she'd come to the mountains to escape the spotlight), p25

utmost - The Pearl Savage - Tamara Rose Blodgett 2/13
(it was my utmost desire), p165

youthful - Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 2/5
(made her seem eternally youthful), p4

vulgar - Silver Spells - Kate Moseman 2/8
(oh darling, how vulgar), ch24

[Tiki]

February Word Hunt
10/10 Words~ 5 Books
5/5 Bonus
1/1 Extra Bonus

alpha-This is his territory, but he sees me as his alpha even when I’m in human form.” Pg.19 3% Defining Human by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

barrier- to get a glimpse at the organs and vessels behind the protective barrier of bones. Pg.28 6% Edge of Humanity by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

castle~ I’m about to take my family to the Swan Castle.” Pg. 270 72% Defining Human by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

friendship~ Xaephan fucked with the nice friendship we had going.Pg. 205 54% Defining Human by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

generation~ “He’s of the same race as Mab and Titania, but of an earlier generation. Pg. 18 3% Infinitely Human by: Candace Blevins (02/26/2023)

humiliation~ Some desire to cause pain and suffering. Humiliation even. Pg.358 68% The Paths We Lay by: Auryn Hadley (02/11/2023)

protein-I was shaky when I sat down to eat a protein bar while he went over the features of the tactical shotgun. Pg. 84 21% Defining Human by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

reject~This way, if you need to send him to another, he won’t feel as if he’s been rejected.” Pg. 322 92% Unhuman Acts by: Candace Blevins (02/27/2023)

soul-Dark, just like his energy. His soul. Pg.29 7% Edge of Humanity by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

whip~ What the fuck would I do with a pleasure slave? Order him to whip me? Pg.322 94% Edge of Humanity by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)


~Bonus~

keening-Then as I squeezed my muscles, he threw his head back with a keening roar. Pg. 290 74% Bed of Thorns by: Piper Stone (02/20/2023)

species~ A few predatory bird species would help guard the inner perimeter,
Pg. 108 28% Defining Human by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

spotlight~ The security spotlight over the parking area came on, and I noted Gavin, indeed, was shirtless. Pg.51 13% Edge of Humanity by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

utmost-“You’re my last checkmark, but you should understand the things I put on the list were of the utmost importance.” Pg.69 13% Edge of Humanity by: Candace Blevins (02/25/2023)

youthful~ Then there was my boot. Like a youthful version of the ones Amerlee loved so much, Pg.50 10% The Price We Pay by: Auryn Hadley (02/08/2023)


and a bonus bonus
vulgar~ "Don't make me get vulgar," Ela warned. Pg.142 22% The Ways We Betray by: Auryn Hadley (02/14/2023)

[Sherece]

Challenge Completed with 15/16 + 0/2 . Please see msg 18.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Sherece wrote: "Challenge Completed with 15/16 + 0/2 . Please see msg 18."

Congrats Sherece!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Tiki wrote: "February Word Hunt
10/10 Words~ 5 Books
5/5 Bonus
1/1 Extra Bonus

alpha-This is his territory, but he sees me as his alpha even when I’m in human form.” Pg.19 3% Defining Human [b..."

Congrats Tiki!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Barbara ★ wrote: "February Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

alpha - Moon Craving - Lucy Monroe 2/18
(no shame in submitting to a more powerful alpha), p188

barrier - Dark Sentinel - Christine ..."

Congrats Barbara!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

LaurLa wrote: "Finished!! Thanks, Jane!
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 19)

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

[bookcover:Who Do You Lov..."

Congrats LaurLa!!

[JoAnne]

Finished on post 9

Completed 10 words and 3 bonus words

Carrying others over to March!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

JoAnne wrote: "Finished on post 9

Completed 10 words and 3 bonus words

Carrying others over to March!"

Congrats JoAnne!!