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April 2024 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
BASIC. 15/15
BONUS 4/5
Basic word list
handle Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 117 "...became the handle of my toothbrush." FINISHED 4/9
hare The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen page 94 "...with the Mad Hatter, March Hare, and the Dormouse..." FINISHED 4/20
hawk The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 37 "...snuck up on us with those hawk eyes..." FINISHED 4/24
heaven Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 40 "Both, uncle Olek and Eddie were in seventh heaven." FINISHED 4/9
height Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 212 "That's what we called "the height of chutzpah"." FINISHED 4/9
hemp The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 83 "...for wool, flax, and hemp." FINISHED 4/24
hideous Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 453 "...I now have to think only about the hideous Mr. Grossbart." FINISHED 4/9
hinge 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 171 "...the final screw fell from the hinge..." FINISHED 4/15
hip Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 117 "...his trousers he tore from bottom to hip..." FINISHED 4/9
honey 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 7 "Very funny. Wyatt, honey." FINISHED 4/15
hood Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 393 "...I found a ruined hood of a pram." FINISHED 4/9
hound (noun, as in a dog) The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 45 "It is how you keep the hounds from picking up your scent." FINISHED 4/24
huddle 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 295 "A spotlight zoomed on our deck huddle." FINISHED 4/15
hunched (as in posture) 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 200 "Neck lost within my hunched shoulders." FINISHED 4/15
hurls (-ed) The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 279 "I hurled my schoolbag to the ground..." FINISHED 4/24
Optional / BONUS words
hankering The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up by Evanna Lynch page 455 "...not spending my life pining and hankering..." FINISHED 5/3
hexes Butter, Sugar, Magic by Jessica Rosenberg page 294 "I'm a horrible human being who hexes people..." FINISHED
hides (animal skins) Who Moved My Goat Cheese? by Lynn Cahoon page 156 "...get them out so their folks can tan their hides." FINISHED 4/19
honeycomb The Captain's Door by Ciara (C.S.) Houghton location 602 "In the hope that the honeycomb of catwalk runners above..." FINISHED 4/30
husk The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 3 "...stuffed with hay and husk." FINISHED 4/24
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Begins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
15 / 15 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
11 books read
handle - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 160 - "How about a broom handle?"
hare - Yours Cheerfully ✔ – 13Apr24 - pg 175 - "…want to hare rond to…"
hawk - Our Missing Hearts ✔ – 29Apr24 - pg 164 - "More rabbit than hawk."
heaven - Free Fire ✔ – 08Apr24 - pg 31 - "…preferred it to heaven because…"
height - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 156 - "…to have some height."
hemp - Mother-Daughter Murder Night ✔ – 11May24 - pg 258 - "…twisted hemp handles."
hideous - The Queen of Sugar Hill ✔ – 20Apr24 - pg 396 - "…room with this hideous…"
hinge - Our Missing Hearts ✔ – 29Apr24 - pg 27 - "Two tiny hinges on the…"
hip - The Hive and the Honey: Stories ✔ – 06Apr24 - pg 79 - "…and shattered his hip."
honey - The Hive and the Honey: Stories ✔ – 06Apr24 - pg 97 - "…a pot of honey, a hammock…"
hood - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 171 - "…back into the hood of…"
hound - Elvis and the Dearly Departed ✔ – 18May24 - pg 23 - "If a hound wants to…"
huddle - Free Fire ✔ – 08Apr24 - pg 166 - "I don't want to huddle, shivering…"
hunched - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 111 - "They hunched over their…"
hurls (-ed) - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 128 - "…and hurled himself into a…"
Optional / BONUS words
hankering - Taste: My Life Through Food ✔ – 17Aug24 - pg 235 - "…have a hankering for something…"
hexes - The Tunnels ✔ – 25Apr24 - pg 161 - "…in actuality hex signs."
hides - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24 - pg 127 - "Tanned caribou hide, probably."
honeycomb - Trespasses ✔ – 09Jun24 - pg 274 - "Blackberry, honeycomb, diamond."
husk - Our Missing Hearts ✔ – 29Apr24 - pg 103 - "…the husk of his old life."
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April 2024 Scavenger HuntBasic word list
✔handle - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p14 - "handle anything that comes"
hare
hawk
✔heaven - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p67 - "heavens, no."
✔height - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p56 - "height of impoliteness"
✔hemp - The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø - 4/9/24 - p359 - "a picture of a hemp leaf"
✔hideous - A Master of Djinn - 4/10/24 - p6 - "new hideous weapons could"
✔hinge - The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø - 4/9/24 - p425 - "hinges creaked as he opened"
✔hip - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p47 - "hip as though it was"
✔honey - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p40 - "honey cinnamon graham crackers"
✔hood - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p171 - "lined the hood."
✔hound (noun, as in a dog) - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p167 - "Hound Dog special"
huddle
✔hunched (as in posture) - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer - 4/4/24 - p5 - "hunched her back"
✔hurls (-ed) - A Master of Djinn - 4/10/24 - p94 - "she hurled herself"
Optional / BONUS words
hankering
hexes
✔hides (animal skins) - A Master of Djinn - 4/10/24 - p37 - "the spotted hide of a cheetah"
✔honeycomb - A Master of Djinn - 4/10/24 - p35 - "underside like a honeycomb."
husk
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Basic word listhandle - "Pull Handle Down" - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect p25 - 4/4
hare
hawk
heaven - "the fires of heaven" - The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog p174 - 4/2
height - "hip to ceiling height windows" - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect p30 4/4
hemp
hideous
hinge
hip - "hip to ceiling height windows" - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect p30 4/4
honey - "you get honey and beeswax" - The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog - p105 4/2
hood - "hoods that spilled over their shoulders" - The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog p229 - 4/4
hound (noun, as in a dog) - "the faithful hound" - The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog p342 4/2
huddle
hunched (as in posture)
hurls (-ed) - "The blast hurled them all" - The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism p200 4/17
Optional / BONUS words
hankering
hexes
hides (animal skins)
honeycomb
husk
Book Concierge wrote: "Hubby and I are off on a mini getaway for the weekend. Won't have reliable internet access. So I'll catch up with making links when I get back home next week."I like that they are all the same letter, so I am more likely to remember them. When I glanced at the first few, I thought of a Shakespeare quote (fittingly) from Hamlet - Its something like "I can tell a hawk from a handsaw".
Have a great trip!
April 2024 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
BASIC. 15/15
BONUS 3/5
Basic word list
✔ handle-p.150-Burma Sahib-"'I'll handle this,'..." 4/1/24
✔ hare-p.14-America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction-"...grip capable of killing hares, small coyotes." 6/5/24
✔ hawk-p.124-Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags-"...replaced by the Hawk of Quraish..." 4/8/24
✔ heaven-p.177-Burma Sahib-"As a knocking shop it were heaven." 4/2/24
✔ height-p.366-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...heather-cloaked heights...library steps..." 4/1/24
✔ hemp-p.231-All Souls' Rising-"...but bring along the whip with the hemp lash..." 7/22/24
✔ hideous-p.102-Zeno's Conscience-"...forced to wed into a hideous marriage..." 6/2/24
✔ hinge-p.445-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...the grating of a rusty hinge..." 5/20/24
✔ hip-p.35- The Candidate by Daniel Pembrey-"...her skirt tightening around her hips..." 5/5/24
✔ honey-p.147- No Filter-"Now honey, I've told you this." 4/10/24
✔ hood-p.248- Burma Sahib-"...looped the noose over Mullapoodi's hood..." 4/5/24
✔ hound (noun, as in a dog)-p.154-Burma Sahib-"Your subinspectors - your hounds." 4/1/24
✔ huddle-p.112-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"Many of Cusco's other landmarks huddle within a block..." 5/17/24
✔ hunched (as in posture)-p.310-Burma Sahib-"...stood before her in his odd hunched, punished posture..." 4/9/24
✔ hurls (-ed)-p.22-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...particles hurled at one another at the speed..." 6/2/24
Optional / BONUS words
✔ hankering-p.35-Burning Bright-"...of love beyond my sickly hankerings." 7/17/24
hexes
✔ hides (animal skins)-p.418-All Souls' Rising-"...were scraping two goat hides with stones..." 8/15/24
honeycomb
✔ husk-p.265-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"...spouting from the parched dried husk of a beached coconut..." 6/18/24
April 2024 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
Basic word list
15/15
handle-Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory finished 4/2 p. 296 ...the shape of a shovel handle...
hare-The Orchard by Theresa Weir finished 6/7 p. 77 He sometimes gets a wild hare...
hawk-Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory finished 4/2 p. 156 ...all those hawks that fly...
heaven-Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory finished 4/2 p. 94 I heard a chorus rain down from the heavens...
height-Everything Is Fine by Vince Granata finished 4/11 p. 245 ...the stairs accentuating our height difference.
hemp-Homemade Cleaners: Quick-and-Easy, Toxin-Free Recipes to Replace Your Kitchen Cleaner, Bathroom Disinfectant, Laundry Detergent, Bleach, Bug Killer, Air Freshener, and more… by Mandy O'Brien and Dionna Ford finished 10/20 p. 87 Hemp dishcloths are generally more abrasive...
hideous-I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics by Ritch Shydner finished 4/16 p. xiv ...if these hideous experiences had gone to waste.
hinge-Shattered Justice: A Savage Murder and the Death of Three Families' Innocence by John Philpin finished 4/13 p. 220 He ripped the screen door from its hinges.
hip-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 158 ...what it meant to be hip in the 60's...
honey--Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 439 Then you add the honey...
hood-Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry MacLean finished 5/1 p. xii ...burnished hood ornaments.
hound (noun, as in a dog)--Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult finished 7/22 p. 369...forest-green office with fox-and-hound prints...
huddle-Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton finished 5/8 p. 322 I saw them huddle together...
hunched (as in posture)-Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory finished 4/2 p. 28 ...hunched down in a chair...
hurls (-ed)-An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin finished 5/15 p. 354 ...we hurled our questions at him.
Optional / BONUS words
3/5
hankering
hexes
hides (animal skins)-Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response by Jeremy Norton finished 7/1 p. 22 ...toughen hides and sharpen wits.
honeycomb-Too Small to Ignore: Why Children Are the Next Big Thing by Wess Stafford finished 8/27 p. 55 ...a meandering honeycomb of courtyards...
husk-Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country Cemetery by Shannon Applegate finished 10/14 p. 115 ...came from black walnut husks.
April 2024 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
15 / 15 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
12 books read:
(1) The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb--4/7/24
(2) Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond by Kathryn Ma--4/16/24
(3) The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma--4/16/24
(4) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin--4/17/24
(5) So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Menby Claire Keegan--4/26/24
(6) Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo--4/28/24
(7) The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook--5/5/24
(8) Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo--6/2/24
(9) The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell--6/19/24
(10) Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur--6/27/24
(11) The Call of the Wild by Jack London--10/27/24
(12) Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks--4/6/25
BASIC words:
✔handle--(1) loc. 361--"...on the front door's brass handle."
✔hare--(9 )--loc. 2671--"...the string harnessing the hares to his saddle..."
✔hawk--(1) loc. 3453--"The wind attacked like a hawk after a mouse."
✔heaven--(3) loc. 2387--"...look like you've died and gone to heaven."
✔height--(2) loc. 2499--"...we can ascend to incredible heights..."
✔hemp--(4) loc. 980--"...and one of those rough hemp striped parkas..."
✔hideous--(10)--loc. 2320--"...every bit as hideous as the others..."
✔hinge--(1) loc. 2619--"It hangs on its hinges like an open mouth."
✔hip--(1) loc. 819--"...a dress that barely covered her hips,..."
✔honey--(1) loc. 1950--"...and it has honey in it."
✔hood--(1) loc. 3569--"...half leaning on the hood of her car,..."
✔hound--(7) loc. 2155--"...she walked like...she was a hound dog..."
✔huddle--(5) loc. 604--"...a huddle of pigeons rose as one..."
✔hunched--(1) loc. 1790--"...a back hunched from years of bending..."
✔hurled--(1) loc. 1743--"He hurled himself in,..."
Optional / BONUS words
✔hankering--(11) loc. 1060--"I'm not hankering to be the man...
✔hexes--(12) p. 22--"...in case I hex myself."
✔hides--(6) loc. 1579--"...to slice a sliver of the hided of their husbands."
✔honeycomb--(9) loc. 3419--"...the interlocking hexagons of the honeycomb."
✔husk--(8) loc. 249--"He would have known that metal husk was ill-fated."
Basic word listhandle-November Road-4/3/24-page 25-"would have to handle him delicately"
hare-Then She Was Gone-4/30/24-page 215-"The hares. And the tortoises."
hawk-Saint Anything-4/20/24-page 290-"a hawk soaring over us"
heaven-November Road-4/3/24-page 194-"had died and gone to heaven"
height-November Road-4/3/24-page 91-"his full height and glared"
hemp
hideous-Saint Anything-4/20/24-page 222-"by two hideous prom dresses"
hinge-November Road-4/3/24-page 128-"like the hinge between two halves"
hip-November Road-4/3/24-page 11-"a hand on her hip"
honey-November Road-4/3/24-page 13-"late for work again, honey"
hood-November Road-4/3/24-page 105"putty-colored hood of the car"
hound (noun, as in a dog)-All Around The Town-4/17/24-page 156-'swiftness of an hound"
huddle
hunched (as in posture)-November Road-4/3/24-page 38-"hunched over his hand"
hurls (-ed)-Beautiful Darkness-4/13/24-page 156-"She hurled her pie"
Optional / BONUS words
hankering
hexes
hides (animal skins)
honeycomb
husk-November Road-4/3/24-page 144-"the hollow husk of a cicada"
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Update to message #3: BASIC challenge completed. BONUS 2/5
Finished the BASIC word list for April, 2024!
Finished the basic list....working on the bonus words now....April 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Apr24/ Ends: 30Apr24
BASIC. 15/15
BONUS 2/5
Basic word list
✔ handle-p.150-Burma Sahib-"'I'll handle this,'..." 4/1/24
✔ hare-p.14-America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction-"...grip capable of killing hares, small coyotes." 6/5/24
✔ hawk-p.124-Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags-"...replaced by the Hawk of Quraish..." 4/8/24
✔ heaven-p.177-Burma Sahib-"As a knocking shop it were heaven." 4/2/24
✔ height-p.366-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...heather-cloaked heights...library steps..." 4/1/24
✔ hemp-p.231-All Souls' Rising-"...but bring along the whip with the hemp lash..." 7/22/24
✔ hideous-p.102-Zeno's Conscience-"...forced to wed into a hideous marriage..." 6/2/24
✔ hinge-p.445-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...the grating of a rusty hinge..." 5/20/24
✔ hip-p.35- The Candidate by Daniel Pembrey-"...her skirt tightening around her hips..." 5/5/24
✔ honey-p.147- No Filter-"Now honey, I've told you this." 4/10/24
✔ hood-p.248- Burma Sahib-"...looped the noose over Mullapoodi's hood..." 4/5/24
✔ hound (noun, as in a dog)-p.154-Burma Sahib-"Your subinspectors - your hounds." 4/1/24
✔ huddle-p.112-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"Many of Cusco's other landmarks huddle within a block..." 5/17/24
✔ hunched (as in posture)-p.310-Burma Sahib-"...stood before her in his odd hunched, punished posture..." 4/9/24
✔ hurls (-ed)-p.22-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...particles hurled at one another at the speed..." 6/2/24
Optional / BONUS words
✔ hankering-p.35-Burning Bright-"...of love beyond my sickly hankerings." 7/17/24
hexes
hides (animal skins)
honeycomb
✔ husk-p.265-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"...spouting from the parched dried husk of a beached coconut..." 6/18/24
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Finished basic list! Message 10.
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Finished the BONUS word list for April, 2024--finally found "hex"!
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Your challenge is to find the words/phrases shown below in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
NOTE - you may NOT use the book which is the source for the words in the scavenger hunt!
This month's scavenger list are words found in
NOTE: You may NOT use this book for this month's scavenger hunt!
Basic word list
handle
hare
hawk
heaven
height
hemp
hideous
hinge
hip
honey
hood
hound (noun, as in a dog)
huddle
hunched (as in posture)
hurls (-ed)
Optional / BONUS words
hankering
hexes
hides (animal skins)
honeycomb
husk
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Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So, if you are looking for "vivid" - I will NOT allow "vividly."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio, or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon’s “look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
predicament - You, Again ✔ – 25Nov23 - pg 206 - "…sizing up her predicament."
Have Fun!
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