June 2024 Scavenger Hunt

[Book Concierge]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24


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
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng

NOTE: You may NOT use this book for this month's scavenger hunt!

Basic word list
apologize
basin
clinic
eludes
façade
honorary
kitchen
language
mist
nephew
obstructed
relief
society
theme
vague

Optional / BONUS word list
dementia
gibberish
intangible
prawns
uncouth


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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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Our scavenger party

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FINISHED

Beverly
Koren ✔ BASIC list completed
Marilyn
Tessa



Still actively searching ....
Ed

JennH

Patty

Robin P


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[Koren]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24

Basic word list
15/15
apologize-Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson finished 6/4 p. 57 My son is here to apologize...

basin-Looking for Andy Griffith: A Father's Journey by Evan Dalton Smith finished 6/26 p. 29 ,,,hanging out on the Basin Street docks...

clinic-Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class by Rob Henderson finished 6/4 p. 211 ...so many other patients in the clinic...

eludes-Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, by Peter Bart finished 8/1 p. 232 The academy award would elude him.

façade-The Orchard by Theresa Weir finished 6/7 p. 129 A facade had been erected...

honorary-Mom, Dad, Me, and Classic TV - Growing Up with Classic Television's Harry Ackerman and Elinor Donahue by Peter Ackerman finished 7/5 p. 163 the honorary mayor of Hollywood...

kitchen-- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 126 We sit in the kitchen...

language- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. ...a condition beyond language.

mist- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 12 ...a boat going into the mist.

nephew-Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free by Emily Colson finished 6/22 p. 113 I have a nine-year-old nephew...

obstructed-What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher finished 7/16 p. 333 ...obstructed justice every day...

relief- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 123...from fear to certainty can be a relief..

society- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 111 ...society turns away.

theme-Raised on Freedom: Favored Tales of a Boomer Kid by Gail McGuire finished 6/20 p. 311 I usually picked lunch boxes with themes...

vague- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 105 ...looking vague and clutching at her handbag...

Optional / BONUS word list
3/5
dementia- The Last Ocean: A Journey through Memory and Forgetting by Nicci Gerrard finished 6/1 p. 10 ...art that is being made about dementia...

gibberish-Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult finished 7/22 p. 176 ...crying out gibberish I could not understand...

intangible
prawns

uncouth-Halfway: A Memoir by Tom Macher p. 21 ...a no-good, never will be, uncouth...

[Book Concierge]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24


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

Basic word list
apologize - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 157 - "Tomorrow, she'd apologize."

basin - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 452 - "…hunched over the basin."

clinic - The Lido ✔ - 18June24 - pg 182 - "…go to a fertility clinic."

eludes - The Unbearable Lightness of Scones ✔ - 16June24 - pg 348 - "Meanwhile, Cyril eludes his…"

façade - The President's Hat ✔ - 01June24 - pg 185 - "…plaster facades of the buildings…"

honorary - The Unbearable Lightness of Scones ✔ - 16June24 - pg 24 - "…her an honorary degree?"

kitchen - The President's Hat ✔ - 01June24 - pg 138 - "…in their Paris kitchens."

language - The President's Hat ✔ - 01June24 - pg 198 - "…mastered the English language."

mist - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 349 - "…a fine mist of Lake District…"

nephew - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 301 - "…after my scamp of a nephew!"

obstructed - Tiny Tales ✔ – 29Oct24 - pg 16 - "…as they are obstructed by…"

relief - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 376 - "…hide her relief at the idea…"

society - The President's Hat ✔ - 01June24 - pg 154 - "…had a society ball that evening."

theme - The President's Hat ✔ - 01June24 - pg 176 - "…sythesized-drum theme tune,…"

vague - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 417 - "…made vague blooming motions…"

Optional / BONUS word list
dementia - Ellie and the Harpmaker ✔ 04July24 - pg 172 - "As the dementia set in…"

gibberish - The Rose Code ✔ 06June24 - pg 141 - "…five-letter gibberish sort itself…"

intangible - What Would Frida Do? ✔ – 05Sep24 - pg 169 - "…here, intangible, and you…"

prawns - Dragon Pearl ✔ 04July24 - pg 39 - "…real prawns not vat-grown…"

uncouth - The Five ✔ 22June24 - pg 106 - "…most uncouth of the working…"

[Beverly]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24

BASIC 15/15
BONUS 5/5

Basic word list
apologize Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 393 "And I would like to apologize." FINISHED 6/6

basin Lab Girl by Hope Jahren page 197 "We chose a spot across the basin..." FINISHED 6/6

clinic Lab Girl by Hope Jahren page 9 "Our path through town took us past the clinic..." FINISHED 6/11

eludes Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland page 80 "...though his face eludes me..." FINISHED 6/14

façade Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara page 155 "I thought that there would be a name etched on its facade," FINISHED 6/18

honorary Lab Girl by Hope Jahren page 15 "...carried with it a one-year honorary junior membership..." FINISHED 6/11

kitchen Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 19 "...wearing a kitchen pot on his head." FINISHED 6/6

language Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 7 "...I'd been reading the language my entire life." FINISHED 6/6

mist Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 107 "...with a mist that only the mobs could see..." FINISHED 6/6

nephew Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland page 140 "Nephew out all hours." FINISHED 6/14

obstructed Murder at the Bookstore by Wynnie Harlowe page 96 "A lush potted plant obstructed my view of them..." FINISHED 6/26

relief Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 132 "...had twisted the relief valve..." FINISHED 6/6

society Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 98 "...abandoned by society..." FINISHED 6/6

theme Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 44 "...each level will have a random theme..." FINISHED 6/6

vague Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 53 "...who only had a vague idea of what baseball was." FINISHED 6/6

Optional / BONUS word list
dementia It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison page 190 "Are you slipping into early dementia?" FINISHED 6/5

gibberish The Bastard by John Jakes page 50 "...a lot of that seems just gibberish." FINISHED 6/24

intangible The Singing, Soaring Swan: A Grimm Imagination Book by Samuel DenHartog location 286 "...woven from moonbeams--intangible and elusive." FINISHED 6/9

prawns The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones page 153 "...and packed spot prawns from Hoonah Sound..." FINISHED 6/19

uncouth Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara page 59 "If so, keeping it was quite uncouth." FINISHED 6/18

[Robin P]

Basic word list
apologize - "I just wanted to apologize" - Dust Child p138 6/5
basin - "a shelf above the basin" - Perestroika in Paris p225 6/5
clinic - "to their village's health clinic" - Dust Child p141 6/5
eludes - "a question that eludes the power of language " - Embers p213 6/3
façade - "a bullet in the facade of a hotel" - Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London p4 6/8
honorary
kitchen - "there was no wall between the living room and the kitchen" - The Rachel Incident Ch10, 3:40 of audiobook
language - "a question that eludes the power of language " - Embers p213 6/3 - yes, 2 words in 1 sentence!
mist - "clouds and rain and mist" - Perestroika in Paris p90 6/5
nephew - "pickups, dropoffs, nieces, nephews" - The Rachel Incident Ch21, 3:49 of audiobook - 6/11
obstructed
relief = "some passengers were laughing in relief" - Dust Child p12 6/5
society - "a society man of learning" - Pietr the Latvian p109 6/7
theme - "the first theme emerged quietly" - The Paris Hours p197 6/11
vague - "anything as vague" - Once There Were Wolves p164

Optional / BONUS word list
dementia - "he's got dementia" - Once There Were Wolves p164
gibberish
intangible - "I was the one who had been intangible" - The Rachel Incident c/h27, 17:07 of audiobook 6/11
prawns - " a dish of prawns" - Dust Child p237 6/5

[JennH]

June 2024 Scavenger Hunt

Basic word list
apologize - Finally Heard - 6/4/24- p270 - "she wants to apologize for"
basin
clinic
eludes
façade

honorary
kitchen - Finally Heard - 6/4/24- p72 - "scavenger hunt in the kitchen"
language - Finally Heard - 6/4/24- p26 - "to me in a language"
mist
nephew

obstructed
relief - Finally Heard - 6/4/24- p271 - "Relief sweeps over me."
society - Finally Heard - 6/4/24- p336 - "can change our society"
theme
vague

Optional / BONUS word list
dementia
gibberish
intangible
prawns
uncouth

[Ed]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24

18/20

Basic word list
✔ apologize-p.21-Mona of the Manor-"You apologize too much." 6/4/24
✔ basin-p.134-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"Flashy yachts fill a basin where steamers..." 6/2/24
✔ clinic-p.79-The Hothouse by the East River-"You drove me straight to the clinic..." 6/10/24
✔ eludes-p.65-Zeno's Conscience-"...toward the edge of the bed to elude my hold..." 6/1/24
✔ façade-p.468-All Souls' Rising-"...this facade was Touissant's." 8/23/24
✔ honorary-p.16-The Water-Method Man-"...you'll be our honorary caretaker." 7/9/25
✔ kitchen-p.14-Thomas and Niko in the City of Trees-"I work at the kitchen table." 6/1/24
✔ language-p.177-The Know-It-All-"...for some English language trivia." 6/9/24
✔ mist-p.494-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...a trail of thin mist rising along the whispering brook..." 6/1/24
✔ nephew-p.141-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"She nodded at her nephews..." 6/12/24
obstructed
✔ relief-p.31-Thomas and Niko in the City of Trees-"...I would call it relief, or shock..." 6/9/24
✔ society-p.136-All Souls' Rising-"...the Socity was somewhat behind the times." 7/17/24
✔ theme-p.37-Time Regained-"...provide the theatre with truer themes..." 6/4/24
✔ vague-p.61-Mona of the Manor-"Rhonda thought it best to stay vague about this." 6/5/24

Optional / BONUS word list
✔ dementia-p.11-Broken-"Dementia runs in my family..." 7/8/25
✔ gibberish-p.240-Déjà Dead-"Gibberish I didn't recognize flew from my mouth..." 9/19/24
✔ intangible-p.75-Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages-"But there'd be some intangible loss..." 7/1/25
✔ prawns-p.326-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"...fish topped with cilantro; grilled prawns..." 6/18/24
✔ uncouth-p.113-The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know-"With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture..." 12/30/24

[Marilyn]

June 2024 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June24/ Ends: 30June24

15 / 15 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

6 books read:
(1) Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo--6/2/24
(2) Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford--6/13/24
(3) Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright--6/15/24
(4) Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur--6/16/24
(5) The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn--9/2/24
(6) A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan--11/17/24

Basic word list
✔apologize--(1)--loc. 243--"He did not apologize."
✔basin--(4)--loc. 2432--"...he released it back into the basin..."
✔clinic--(1)--loc. 2037--"When was the last time she went to the clinic?"
✔eludes--(2)--p. 256--"...are not trivial but the answers still elude me."
✔facade--(3)--loc. 1608--"The facade...reproduced what the building looked like..."
✔honorary--(4)--loc. 1319--"...pulling her honorary niece in for a hug."
✔kitchen--(1)--loc. 1712--"...as we're seated around the kitchen."
✔language--(1)--loc. 1275--"...it gives us language to fill our mouths and ears."
✔mist--(2)--p. 295--"Shrouded in mist, majestic conifers stood sentinel over..."
✔nephew--(1)--loc. 2521--"Now come and greet your nephew."
✔obstructed--(6)--loc. 1804--"...a span obstructed by a truck."
✔relief--(1)--loc. 2651--"Despite the relief I felt..."
✔society--(1)--loc. 1363--"...white-colored society types."
✔trail--(2)--p. 101--"...have appreciated Marakami's metaphysical themes."
✔vague--(2)--p. 50--"The rules were vague, tedious, and intimidating."

Optional / BONUS word list
✔dementia--(2)--p. 303--"And she was exhibiting symptoms of dementia,..."
✔gibberish--(4)--loc. 1495--"...always sounded like gibberish at first,..."
✔intangible--(3)--loc. 1619--"And certain intangibles."
✔prawns--(5)--loc. 7869--"...she was tipsy, a prawn vol au vent wrapped in a napkin..."
✔uncouth--(2)--p. 7--"...novice (and occasionally uncouth) hikers..."

[Patty]

Basic word list

apologize-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 23-"it was to apologize"

basin

clinic

eludes-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 229-"privacy was to elude us"

façade-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 151-'had to keep up the facade"

honorary

kitchen-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 29-"to come into the kitchen"

language-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 77-"in their own language'

mist-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 214-"creating rainbows in the mist"

nephew-Moon of the Crusted Snow-6/26/24-page 34-"a good uncle for your niece and nephew"

obstructed

relief-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 123-"My only relief was Patsy Presley"

society-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 165-"out of Hollywood society"

theme-Beautiful Chaos-7/3/24-page 388-"the theme seem to be ----Link"

vague-The Book of Lost Names-6/6/24-page 212-"a vague sense of everyone"


Optional / BONUS word list

dementia

gibberish

intangible

prawns-Beautiful Chaos-7/3/24-page 258-"or prawn crisps"

uncouth

[Beverly]

Updated message #5: Finished challenge, both basic and bonus

[Koren]

Finished basic list message #3

[Book Concierge]

Update message # 4 - Finally found "obstructed"!

Challenge completed - 29Oct24

[Marilyn]

Challenge for June 2024 finally finished! obstructed and prawn!

[Book Concierge]

Great scavenging, Marilyn!