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MEGA Scavenger Hunt VIIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025 Part 1
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alphabet The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 2 "...nonsensical letters in the Cyrillic alphabet." FINISHED 2/4
anteater Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell page 139 "...known as a scaly anteater..." FINISHED 3/20
assignation Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin page 11 "Snatching clandestine assignations..." FINISHED 2/19
auburn Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 249 "...curly auburn hair..." FINISHED 2/7
basilica Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 187 "...remind him of some great basilica..." FINISHED 1/23
batman Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 259 "...or that old Batman TV episode..." FINISHED 1/23
bombshell Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 22 "...considering the bombshell call..." FINISHED 1/23
brassiere Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 97 "...and defiled someone's brassiere..." FINISHED 1/23
bucolic Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 116 "...peaceful, even bucolic setting." FINISHED 2/7
camphor The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock page 16 "...branches of the camphor tree..." FINISHED 2/16
cobwebs Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 112 "...and the ropes bow like cobwebs..." FINISHED 1/7
confidence Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 86 "...a calmness about her, a confidence." FINISHED 1/23
convent Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 30 "...the convent is still run by the sisters..." FINISHED 2/7
crème brûlée City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita page 180 "...the caramelized layer of a creme brulee." FINISHED 2/27
curt The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict page 184 "...in the curt letters..." FINISHED 2/11
debutante Irena's Gift: An Epic WWII Memoir of Sisters, Secrets, and Survival by Karen Kirsten page 83 "...my debutante ball chaperone..." FINISHED 3/18
destitute Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 87 "...for the destitute somewhere in Mississippi." FINISHED 1/7
doyenne The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate page 4 "...the doyenne of the detective novel." FINISHED 3/26
duet The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 458 "Gwendolyn Dueet: The bomber guy..." FINISHED 2/4
earthenware Dark Territory by A.C. Cobble page 818 "...a wood or earthenware mug..." FINISHED 1/4
eau de toilette Keep It in the Family by John Marrs page 266 "...my grandmother's rose-scented eau de toilette..." FINISHED 5/12
eel Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt page 5 "The largest wolf eel glides out..." FINISHED 1/19
embers Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 95 "...where the rain falls on embers..." FINISHED 1/7
falcon Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron page 24 "How about the FALCON roundups." FINISHED 1/14
fez Lady Rample Steps Out by Shéa MacLeod page 12 "A small, red fez perched jauntily..." FINISHED 4/27
fluorescent The Surgeon by Leslie Wolfe page 227 "...old, crappy fluorescent lights." FINISHED 2/10
formidable The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 222 "...against people more formidable than I imagined." FINISHED 1/8
fungus The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 447 "...more interested in fungus and plants..." FINISHED 2/4
garret Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin page 84 "By some foul liar in a garret" FINISHED 2/19
gauge The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 258 "That track isn't the right gauge." FINISHED 2/4
ginseng The Seekers by John Jakes location 1490 "...ginseng, an aromatic root..." FINISHED 5/22
grubby Ghoster by Jason Arnopp page 310 "...dingy colour filtered through the grubby windows..." FINISHED 1/25
haberdasher(y) We Bought a Zoo WE BOUGHT A ZOO M/TV Paperback by Benjamin Mee page 216 "...with bolts of shot silk; haberdashers; Apple Macs..." FINISHED 3/13
handyman Insects, Ivy, & Investigations by Tonya Kappes page 3 "Henry Bryant, Happy Trails's handyman..." FINISHED 2/19
heirloom Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt page 202 "...cream foam and heirloom turnip reduction." FINISHED 1/19
hip-hop /or/ hip hop The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 301 "...to discuss earth hip hop culture." FINISHED 2/4
hot dog Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 93 "...a piece of hot dog on a string..." FINISHED 1/5
ignore Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 7 "...what you might as well ignore." FINISHED 1/7
incarcerated Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 377 "...she was incarcerated with probably six other women..." FINISHED 2/7
involuntarily The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 492 "This god has been involuntarily summoned..." FINISHED 2/4
irrigation Dark Territory by A.C. Cobble page 807 "He can build roads, supply irigation and protect them from robbers..." FINISHED 1/4
jackass Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron page 97 "...he was always on the verge of slapping some jackass..." FINISHED 1/14
jeep Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 231 "...in a jeep, accompanied by a man..." FINISHED 2/7
jolly Dark Territory by A.C. Cobble page 624 "...was red-cheeked and jolly..." FINISHED 1/4
kindred All-American Adventure by James Patterson page 59 "A kindred spirit if ever I saw one." FINISHED 1/5
Kodak The Time Machine: The 100 greatest novels of all time - #96by H.G. Wells page 59 "If only I had thought of a Kodak!" FINISHED 3/2
lavender The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 186 "...that winds through lavender and rosemary and box hedges." FINISHED 1/8
leech(es) Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford page 293 "...the slimy bottom of Leech Lake..." FINISHED 2/14
livery Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 58 "...and a livery stable on the other..." FINISHED 1/7
lunar Ghoster by Jason Arnopp page 273 "...for some imagined lunar goddess..." FINISHED 1/25
MEGA Scavenger Hunt VIIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025 Part 2
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masculine Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 215 "...something distinctly masculine..." FINISHED 4/19
menthol Sundial by C.F. Fruzzetti location 162 "...sharp smell of peppermint menthol." FINISHED 1/18
minefield Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 306 "...a political minefield for the lawyers." FINISHED 2/7
mosquito Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron page 124 "He slapped another mosquito on his face." FINISHED 1/14
muumuus Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford page 292 "...a black-and-white flowered muumuu." FINISHED 2/14
native Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 82 "...just as native as water." FINISHED 1/7
newborn Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 321 "...like it were a newborn babe." FINISHED 4/19
notecard A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra page 284 "...to the notecard papered room..." FINISHED 4/30
nurse The Surgeon by Leslie Wolfe page 4 "...the best surgical nurse I've worked with..." FINISHED 2/10
obelisk The Time Machine: The 100 greatest novels of all time - #96by H.G. Wells page 32 "...of some cupola or obelisk." FINISHED 3/2
obituaries Ruin Road by Lamar Giles page 186 "...header on the top page. Obituaries." FINISHED 3/11
osteoporosis The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews page 315 "The doctor says you have osteoporosis." FINISHED 4/25
Ouija board A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan page 44 "...purchased an antique Ouija board..." FINISHED 3/5
password The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 43 "...and even my password to sign on..." FINISHED 1/8
pelican Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron page 99 "...by the bronze pelican sculpture." FINISHED 1/14
perturbed Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford page 190 "Cathy and I were perturbed by this." FINISHED 2/14
pirate The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 72 "...and pirate talk is really beginning to annoy Mongo..." FINISHED 2/4
pom-poms Ruin Road by Lamar Giles page 289 "...toy pom-poms." FINISHED 3/11
quagmire The Surgeon by Leslie Wolfe page 277 "...in a quagmire of shadows..." FINISHED 2/10
queue Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 126 "...nothing in BIKER's queue..." FINISHED 4/19
ravaged Ghoster by Jason Arnopp page 327 "My ravaged head struggles to make sense..." FINISHED 1/25
reggae Acacia: Secrets of an African Painting by Paul Bondsfield page 186 "...while listening to the reggae band..." FINISHED 3/29
rhinestones The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock page 86 "...bags of rhinestones and glass beads." FINISHED 2/16
righteous Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 206 "...amount of righteous indignation." FINISHED 4/19
risque Sundial by C.F. Fruzzetti location 2547 "...with benign or risque images." FINISHED 1/18
sloth The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 106 "...and got to pet a sloth." FINISHED 2/4
soccer The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page260 "...any typical, suburban soccer mom." FINISHED 2/4
squid Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt page 1 "It leads many humans to assume I am a squid..." FINISHED 1/19
sparkling The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 95 "...sparkling stemware and beautiful peole." FINISHED 1/8
steep The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 273 "with a traditional Thai steep roof." FINISHED 1/8
tarantula Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt page 171 "...like some overgrown tarantula..." FINISHED 1/19
threatening The Surgeon by Leslie Wolfe page 24 "...a tobacco-stained finger at me, accusing, threatening." FINISHED 2/10
trustworthy Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 295 "He was trustworthy." FINISHED 4/19
tulle Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin page 164 "Her ancient mobcap made of tulle;" FINISHED 2/19
twine Gilead by Marilynne Robinson page 79 "...papers wrapped with twine..." FINISHED 1/7
unfair Ghoster by Jason Arnopp page 333 "...there's a really unfair law..." FINISHED 1/25
uptown The Sleeping Armadillo: A Mystery T.B. Kendrick location 740 "...the subway car going uptown." FINISHED 3/19
velocity The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 253 "Why not take the Escape Velocity train?" FINISHED 2/4
ventriloquist The Medicine Woman of Galveston by Amanda Skenandore page 263 "...he'd just lost the ventriloquist..." FINISHED 2/21
vivid Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 183 "Merritt had a vivid imagination..." FINISHED 4/19
voila Stay Close by Harlan Coben page 383 "...you add some professional spin and voila." FINISHED 1/23
vomit Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg page 68 "...smearing vomit up his pant leg..." FINISHED 4/19
waif Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron page 74 "...a fragile-looking blond waif." FINISHED 1/14
watermelon Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford page 173 "Over watermelon mojitos..." FINISHED 2/14
weasel The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman page 78 "...they'll try to weasel their way on to this train." FINISHED 2/4
woodpecker Small Island by Andrea Levy page 34 "...as the woodpecker flew from the hole..." FINISHED 2/28
yacht The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 251 "She's living aboard a yacht here..." FINISHED 1/8
yogurt The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen page 152 "He fetches honey for our yogurt..." FINISHED 1/8
Zeus Acacia: Secrets of an African Painting by Paul Bondsfield page 106 "...but Zeus was not." FINISHED 3/29
zither Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Susan J. Eischeid page 21 "Franz played the zither for relaxation..." FINISHED 2/7
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
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alphabet - "characters of the Realm's alphabet" - Doors of Sleep p93 1/7
anteater
assignation - "the habit of making assignations" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p161
auburn - "with auburn hair" - No Highway - ch 2, 5:30 of audio book
basilica - "completion of the basilica" - The Hanged Man: A Mystery in Fin de Siecle Paris p 30 1/20
batman - "my batman failed to call me" - The Secret Adversary -p 179 3/5
bombshell - "he delivered the bombshell" - State of Terror p259 1/3
brassiere - "silk brassieres with side laces" - Gods of Jade and Shadow p6 2/1
bucolic - "the last few bucolic worlds" - Doors of Sleep p36 1/7
camphor - "They've been stored up in camphor" - Two in the Bush - 1/29
cobwebs - "sweep, clear cobwebs" - Erasure p9 1/30
confidence - "with more confidence than she felt" - Chasing the Bride p68 1/1
convent - "some kind of convent" - Hester p30
crème brûlée
curt - "gave a curt nod" - State of Terror p462 1/3
debutante - "they were debutantes" - Chasing the Bride p42 1/1
destitute - "no married man is so utterly destitute" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p53 1/12
doyenne
duet - "Frank Sinatra duets" - Deep Dark Secrets p172 5/11
earthenware - "a brown earthenware pot" - Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane p221 1/8
eau de toilette
eel - "your hovercraft is full of eels" - State of Terror p227 1/3
embers - "like diminishing embers" - Gods of Jade and Shadow p223 2/1
falcon - "a good master of falcon" - The Three Musketeers - p75 4/3
fez - "white trousers, sandals, red fez" - Erasure p234 1/30
fluorescent - "under the fluorescent light" -Goodbye, Vitamin p140 1/12
formidable - "only the truly formidable" - State of Terror p263 1/3
fungus - "lit by luminescent fungus" - Doors of Sleep p21 1/7
garret - "his room is in the garret" - The Right Sort of Man p87 1/5
gauge - "hard for her to gauge" - They May Not Mean To, But They Do p255 1/19
ginseng - "the ginseng with its tiny purple flowers" - The Keepers of the House p93 2/7
grubby - "the grubby slip of paper" - State of Terror p211 1/3
haberdasher(y) - "a druggist, a haberdasher, a physician" - Gods of Jade and Shadow p6 2/1
handyman - "He is a handyman" - The Merry Matchmaker p146 1/21
heirloom - "the antique heirloom on your finger" - The Right Sort of Man p112 1/5
hip-hop /or/ hip hop - "lip-syncing hip-hop songs" -They May Not Mean To, But They Do p240 1/19
hot dog - "disentangle a thread of wool from her hot dog" - Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane p223 1/8
ignore - "content to ignore his betrothed" - Chasing the Bride p45 1/1
incarcerated - "she was incarcerated so early on" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p178 1/12
involuntarily - "I involuntarily race by them" - Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane p87 1/8
irrigation - " a cistern for the irrigation water" - Obasan - 1/26
jackass -"he was also a jackass" - Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything p88 2/5
jeep - "to make tanks and jeeps" - Laurentian Divide ch3, 9:42 of audiobook
jolly - "jolly good" -The Right Sort of Man p228 1/5
kindred - "like kindred spirits" - State of Terror p271 1/3
Kodak - "Kodak film and toothpaste were available" - Gods of Jade and Shadow p111 2/1
lavender - "yellow and lavender wildflowers" - Nora Goes Off Script ch 13, 9:52 of audiobook 1/6
leech(es) - "the leeches and minions" - State of Terror p304 1/3
livery - "vibrant blue livery" - Venus in Copper p21 1/11
lunar - "among the lunar inhabitants" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p115
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masculine - "subtle and masculine" - Chasing the Bride p108 1/1
menthol - "her menthol cigarettes" - The Berry Pickers p75 3/31
minefield - "like walking through a minefield" - Obasan p14 1/26
mosquito - "mosquitoes swarmed the neighborhood" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p11 - 1/12
muumuus
native - "Vicki's native language" - Doors of Sleep p92 1/7
newborn - "from the newborn foal" - Chasing the Bride p37 1/1
notecard - "a series of notecards" - The Measure p167 2/4
nurse - "the young nurse gave him the money" - State of Terror p242 1/3
obelisk - "they were shaped like obelisks -" I Cheerfully Refuse ch 37 10;44 of audiobook 1/30
obituaries - "obituaries of notable people" - Goodbye, Vitamin p34 1/12
osteoporosis
Ouija board - "they read a Ouija board" - Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead p39 2/6
password - "the login and password" - State of Terror p233 1/3
pelican - "a pelican staggering like a drunk" p65 1/12
perturbed - "with a perturbed expression" - Chasing the Bride p53 1/1
pirate - "I'm a Pirates fan" - State of Terror p112 1/3
pom-poms - "I hardly think the pom-pom gestapo will do anything" - Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong p50 3/5
quagmire - "it was still a quagmire" - The Windsor Knot ch27 24:40 of audiobook - 1/31
queue - "stood on the queue" - The Right Sort of Man p68 1/5
ravaged - "not ravaged, not rubble" - Salvage the Bones p252 6/3
reggae - "Mom's affinity for reggae" - Goodbye, Vitamin p194 1/12
rhinestones - "rhinestones and silver beading" - Gods of Jade and Shadow p264 2/1
righteous - "a righteous cause" - The Grey Wolf p149 1/8
risque - "some risque photos" - The Right Sort of Man p259 1/5
sloth - "or a sloth or a butterfly" - Something Wild & Wonderful p80 3/21
soccer - "tripping her in soccer" - State of Terror p59 1/3
squid - "a snack of dried squid" - The Fox Wife p 210 2/12
sparkling - "in the sparkling water" - Chasing the Bride p95 1/1
steep - "the steep slope and jagged rocks" - State of Terror p253 1/3
tarantula
threatening - "mobs were threatening property damage" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p94 - 1/12
trustworthy - "others she thought were trustworthy" - Doors of Sleep p77 1/7
tulle - "I should think tulle would do" - Hester p236 - 1/27
twine - "bag ties and baler twine" - Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane p120 1/8
unfair - "I have an unfair advantage" -Doors of Sleep p135 1/7
uptown - "an extravagant mansion uptown" - Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist p197 1/12
velocity - "a strange velocity that came to nothing" - Hester p491 - 1/27
ventriloquist - "the ventriloquist was considered" - When in French: Love in a Second Language p40 1/31
vivid - "just having vivid dreams" -Doors of Sleepp 151 1/7
voila - "And voila." - State of Terror p452 1/3
vomit - "I do want to vomit" - Chasing the Bride p57 1/1
waif - "all these waifs and strays" - The Other Side of Mrs. Wood p382 1/23
watermelon - "the size of a watermelon" Doors of Sleep p195 1/7
weasel - "raccoons and fearsome weasels" - I Cheerfully Refuse ch 11 1:46 of audiobook 1/30
woodpecker - "a woodpecker drilling bark" - When in French: Love in a Second Language p39 1/31
yacht - "fundraisers and yacht clubs" - The Measure p178 2/4
yogurt - "feeding her boyfriend yogurt" - Goodbye, Vitamin p94 1/12
Zeus - "whose stories so enchanted Zeus" - When in French: Love in a Second Language p16 1/31
zither - "haunting zither music" - Curiosities of Literature p 137 5/12
Mod
Begins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
48 / 50 words found THIS post
48 / 100 words found entire challenge
18 books read this post
alphabet - On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25 - pg 5 - "…knowledge of the alphabet petering…"
anteater - The Soul of an Octopus ✔ – 14Mar25 - pg 2 - "What about an anteater?"
assignation - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 203 - "…an assignation he had with…"
auburn - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 109 - "Her thick auburn hair was…"
basilica - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 59 - "…the Basilica, it showed the…"
batman - The Secret, Book & Scone Society ✔ – 18Mar25 - pg 302 - "…Monster, Batman, Snoopy…"
bombshell - Under the Big Top ✔ – 28Jan25 - pg 200 - "…when the bombshell arrived from…"
brassiere - A Certain Age ✔ – 27Mar25 - pg 8 - "…my brassiere draped over…"
bucolic - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 214 - "…let us cross their bucolic meadows."
camphor - The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 10 - "…bottle of camphor just tucked…"
cobwebs - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25 - pg 244 - "…the walls; cobwebs turn the…"
confidence - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 6 - "…with a confidence he absolutely…"
convent - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 15 - "…churches, convents, schools, …"
crème brûlée - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 92 - "…between crème brûlée and egg…"
curt - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 113 - "…responded with a curt nod."
debutante - A Certain Age ✔ – 27Mar25 - pg 273 - "…like debutante parties and trousseau…"
destitute - A Cup of Friendship ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 68 - "Destitute, living on top of…"
doyenne
duet - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 319 - "…a Gaga-Bennett duet if not iconic?"
earthenware - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 46 - "…lime and earthenware fragments…"
eau de toilette - The Daisy Children ✔ – 22June25- pg 294 - "…bottle of eau de toilette that…"
eel - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 287 - "…wrestle the human eel that was…"
embers - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 154 - "…or maybe even embers…"
falcon - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 389 - "…The Little Falcon Roost…"
fez - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 193 - "…a red fez and a white robe."
fluorescent - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 213 - "…with bright flourescent lights."
formidable - The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 106 - "…seemed less formidable."
fungus - The Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 146 - "…odd-shaped fungus growth off…"
garret - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 353 - "In the garret of the old Stone…"
gauge - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 35 - "…held them up to gauge their size."
ginseng
grubby - On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25 - pg 138 - "…had the grubby, dusty look…"
haberdasher(y) - A Certain Age ✔ – 27Mar25 - pg 68 - " ...a gentleman's haberdashery and a…"
handyman - The Little Old Lady Who Struck Lucky Again! ✔ – 28Mar25- pg 248 - "…bit of a handyman himself, took…"
heirloom - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 288 - "…pilaf and heirloom tomato salad…"
hip-hop /or/ hip hop - Driving Miss Norma ✔ – 14Apr25 - pg 150 - "...a hip-hop music video."
hot dog - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25 - pg 100 - "…some hot dogs and marshmallows…"
ignore - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 152 - "I couldn't just ignore them."
incarcerated - A Cup of Friendship ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 248 - "…from being incarcerated, and…"
involuntarily - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 45 - "…mother, almost involuntarily."
irrigation - The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 88 - "…caught in the irrigation ditches."
jackass - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 400 - "…back, feeling like a jackass."
jeep - The Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 104 - "…returning to his jeep along a…"
jolly - On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25 - pg 239 - "…still jolly into buying a bag of…"
kindred - The Door-to-Door Bookstore ✔ – 23Apr25- pg 27 - "…man, and a kindred spirit."
Kodak - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 818 - "…blown up from a Kodak snap."
lavender - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 136 - "…painted a delicate lavender, and I…"
leech(es) - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 354 - "…sell me out to that human leech!"
livery - On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25 - pg 129 - "…the nearest livery to hire himself…"
lunar - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25- pg 299 - "…year and the lunar months."
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47 / 50 words found THIS post
94 / 100 words found entire challenge
19 books read THIS post
masculine - Mile High ✔ – 17Jan25 - pg 127 - "…hands are masculine and strong."
menthol - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25- pg 27 - "…shampoo and menthol cigarette…"
minefield - While You Were Out ✔ – 11May25 - pg 265 - "…this minefield of our family's past."
mosquito - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25- pg 55 - "…slapped a mosquito on…"
muumuus - A Cup of Friendship ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 55 - "…living in a muumuu, depressed…"
native - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25- pg 329 - "…Native cuisine inspired by…"
newborn - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25- pg 122 - "…at the newborn in her arms."
notecard - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ✔ – 30Apr25 - pg 252 - "…photographs, notecards, paperbacks,…"
nurse - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25- pg 80 - "…a nurse comes up to me."
obelisk - The Little Old Lady Strikes Again ✔ – 28Mar25- pg 228 - "…glass obelisk in the middle,…"
obituaries - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 224 - "…a huge obituary in the…"
osteoporosis - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 838 - "…unbent by osteoporosis."
Ouija board - Love Anthony ✔ – 19June25- pg 148 - "…planchette on a Ouija board."
password - Bury Your Dead ✔ – 25Jan25 - pg 256 - "…needs the password for your…"
pelican - While You Were Out ✔ – 11May25- pg 245 - "…water, as pelicans flew overhead."
perturbed - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25- pg 15 - "…weren't perturbed enough…"
pirate - Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 119 - "…the black-masked pirate returned…"
pom-poms - Under the Big Top ✔ – 28Jan25- pg 130 - "…saggy pompom clown costume…"
quagmire
queue - On the Wrong Track ✔ – 23Jan25 - pg 73 - "…pigtail (or queue as the Chinese…"
ravaged - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 88 - "…the earthquake ravaged the city."
reggae - Driving Miss Norma ✔ – 14Apr25 - pg 224 - "…singing reggae songs to…"
rhinestones - A Cup of Friendship ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 275 - "…mention rhinestones or glitter…"
righteous - A Cup of Friendship ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 35 - "…keep it righteous under Allah's…"
risque - The Air You Breathe ✔ – 04June25 - pg 118 - "…Dietrich's risque hairstyle, cut…"
sloth
soccer - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 166 - "…soccer moms would make the trek…"
squid - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 27 - "…tastes the fish, squid, urchins…"
sparkling - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 143 - "…her deep green eyes sparkling."
steep - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 378 - "…a steep winding drive, that was…"
tarantula - The Soul of an Octopus ✔ – 14Mar25- pg 65 - "…snakes, iguanas and tarantulas…"
threatening - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 354 - "…his weird threatening calls and…"
trustworthy - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 249 - "…someone trustworthy to monitor…"
tulle - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 309 - "…silk and tulle and boots…"
twine - The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25 - pg 117 - "…heavy twine and odd lengths…"
unfair - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 146 - "…of course, hideously unfair…"
uptown - Give the Boys a Great Big Hand ✔ – 04Mar25 - pg 49 - "Have you ever been uptown?"
velocity - Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club ✔ – 06Jan25- pg 255 - "…with a velocity that would…"
ventriloquist - The Story Collector ✔ – 16Apr25 - pg 335 - "…like a ventriloquist in case…"
vivid - Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 73 - "…astonishingly vivid blue eyes…"
voila - Comfort & Joy ✔ – 04Jan25- pg 189 - "…bed rest, and voila ! your..."
vomit - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 372 - "…and let the word vomit tumble out…"
waif - Under the Big Top ✔ – 28Jan25- pg 85 - "…innocent waif wronged by an…"
watermelon - The Egg and I ✔ – 18Jan25- p"…as big as watermelons and…"g 94 -
weasel - Incredible Journey ✔ – 06Jan25 - pg 54 - "The rabbits and weasels had changed…"
woodpecker
yacht - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 81 - "...the yacht of a king, various…"
yogurt - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 290 - "…with fennel, yogurt, and cheeses."
Zeus - Under the Big Top ✔ – 28Jan25- pg 44 - "…is Zeus, an immense lumbering…"
zither
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MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
alphabet-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 41 He heated alphabet soup...
anteater-The Zookeeper's Daughter finished 3/2 p. 75 ...long snout like an anteater...
assignation-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 150 ...their assignations during her lunch hour.
auburn-I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists finished 1/13 p. 16 ...thick auburn fur...
basilica-Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton finished 2/27 p. 277 ...marble and gold at St. Peter's Basilica.
batman-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 141 ...a Batman cape around his enormous boner...
bombshell-I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists finished 1/13 p. 127 ...most of us aren't bombshells...
brassiere-Shattered Love: A Memoir by Richard Chamberlain finished 5/5 p. 236 ...a padded brassiere and high-heeled shoes....
bucolic-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 314 ...this life of bucolic farming...
camphor-Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy by Mike Love finished 6/5 p. 360 ...with a lighted camphor...
cobwebs-Out of Africa by Isek Dinesen finished 1/16 p. ...hung everywhere with cobwebs.
confidence-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 118 ...she had taken me into her drunken confidence...
convent-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 233 ...she left the convent in a cloud...
crème brûlée-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 198 ...and share a creme brulee...
curt-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 283 ...a round of curt handshakes.
debutante-Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Scott Simon finished 5/11 p. 13 ...wedding dresses, and debutante's gowns.
destitute-The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop finished 1/2 p. 101 ...being destitute is not a good look for me...
doyenne-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 8 ...a doyenne of Washington, D.C...
duet-Out of Africa by Isek Dinesen finished 1/16 p. 266 ...the duet between the turquoise and the negre...
earthenware
eau de toilette
eel- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 6 ...into his eel pond...
embers-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 340 a mere ember compared with the barn burner...
falcon-Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy Tyson finished 5/25 p. 289 ...the tires of the old blue-gray Falcon...
fez
fluorescent-You'll See: A Story of Narcissistic Abuse, Survival, and My Journey to Understand by Suzanne Groves finished 2/5 p. 250 Under the harsh fluorescent lights...
formidable-The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss finished 4/13 p. 238 ...aligning two formidable brands.
fungus-Out of Africa by Isek Dinesen finished 1/16 p. 67 The grey fungus, like long drooping beards...
garret
gauget-People of the ER by Philip Allen Green finished 4/17 p. 30 ...unscrewing the 19-gauge needle...
ginseng-The Herbalist Home Apothecary by L.H. Rowan finished 5/27 p. 15 ...herbs like holy basil and ginseng...
grubby- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 36 ...a bunch of grubby fame-seekers...
haberdasher(y)-The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss finished 4/13 p. 151...coffee shop and 1920's style haberdashery.
handyman-The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop finished 1/2 p. 193 ...a very useful handyman.
heirloom-The Zookeeper's Daughter finished 3/2 p. 14 neighbors would 'pay' with their family heirlooms.
hip-hop /or/ hip hop-Life's Too Short: A Memoir by Darius Rucker finished 1/24 p. 148 ...an hour and a half of live hip-hop performances.
hot dog-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 69 ...bought him a hotdog...
ignore-Playing Doctor Medical School: Stumbling Through with Amnesia by John Lawrence finished 1/20 p. 122 ...if he ignores you...
incarcerated-Coming Clean: The True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord and His Unexpected Encounter with God by Jorge Valdes finished 2/20 ...was also incarcerated there.
involuntarily-Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Corey Franklin finished 2/23 loc. 837 ...his hands and face trembled involuntarily.
irrigation-They Never Threw Anything Away: Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It by Ed Linz finished 2/19 p. 75 ...pay our bills for irrigation and feed.
jackass- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 86 ...the Jackass of the bunch...
jeep-All My Patients Have Tales: Favorite Stories from a Vet's Practice by Jeff Wells finished 2/13 p. My boss was out on a Jeep ride. ..
jolly-PLAYING DOCTOR; Part Two: Residency by John Lawrence finished 2/9 p. 84 For he's a jolly good fellow!
kindred-A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets by James Bowen finished 2/8 p. 13 ...he'd spotted a kindred spirit...
Kodak- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. ...stacking Kodak film to the ceiling...
lavender-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 109 ...color the clouds lavender and gold.
leech(es)-More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova finished 2/6 p. 275 ...might as well be a bottle of leeches.
livery
lunar-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 39 ...look like lunar rovers slowly unfolding...
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIPART TWO
masculine-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 19 ...primal masculine mastery.
menthol-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 69 ..the aroma of their menthol cigarettes...
minefield-TOO MUCH by Cindy Lee Neighbors finished 3/19 p.67...a minefield of hidden agendas....
mosquito-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p.42 ...like a huge mosquito.
muumuus-Playing Doctor Medical School: Stumbling Through with Amnesia by John Lawrence finished 1/20 p. ...pregnant and wearing a muumuu.
Native--American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 221 "The Native Americans".
newborn-How Can You Defend Those People? by Mickey Sherman finished 1/6 loc. ...godfather to her newborn son...
notecard-The Sacred Disease: My Life with Epilepsy by Kristin Seaborg, M.D finished 6/26 p. 86 ..the small note card in his white coat pocket.
nurse-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 39 ...a nurse would say...
obelisk-Out of Africa by Isek Dinesen finished 1/16 p. 370 ...an obelisk set on his grave...
obituaries-The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop finished 1/2 p. 212 ...a couple of those obituaries...
osteoporosis-Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases by Corey Franklin finished 2/23 loc.1688 ...before the medical community knew much about osteoporosis...
Ouija board-Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 376 ...complete with a Ouija Board.
password
pelican-Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm by Mil Penner finished 3/22 p. 27 ...sand hill cranes, pelicans, blue-winged teal....
perturbed-Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm by Mil Penner finished 3/22 p. 78 ...Mr. Brown was for some reason especially perturbed...
pirate-The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop finished 1/2 p. 147 ...I played Pirate Jenny...
pom-poms-I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy finished 5/1 p. 226 ...a beanie with a pompom at the top...
quagmire-Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir by Robert Timberg finished 3/5 p. 20 ...extricate the monstrous piece of equipment from the quagmire...
queue-Nothing Good Happens After Midnight by Phillip Tomasso III finished 1/19 p. 142 ...went immediately into queue.
ravaged-Section 27: A Century on a Family Farm by Mil Penner finished 3/22 p. 8 ...a bare and ravaged plain...
reggae- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 101 ...the Kingston-based reggae band...
258 ...a Ouija board as a prize for a competition...
rhinestones-More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova finished 2/6 p. 237 ...lettered in rhinestones on the back.
righteous-Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band: Revised 2024 by Eric Lefcowitz finished 4/1 p. 60 ...bristling with righteous anger.
risque- Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum finished 1/11 p. 16 ...the sketches feel even more risque...
sloth-I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson finished 2/21 p. 101 I'm no stranger to sloth...
soccer-More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova finished 2/6 p. 51 She got drilled with a soccer ball...
squid-Shattered Love: A Memoir by Richard Chamberlain finished 5/5 p. 130 We had squid every day...
sparkling-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 15 ...the sparkling, empty streets...
steep-Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach finished 1/26 p. 19 ...the bottom of a steep, rubbly embankment.
tarantula-Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario finished 4/30 p. ...saucer-sized tarnatulas...
threatening-How Can You Defend Those People? by Mickey Sherman finished 1/6 loc. 244 ...threatening his wife and child...
trustworthy-How Can You Defend Those People? by Mickey Sherman finished 1/6 loc. 173 ...least trustworthy means to establish...
...the cops were unfair to him...
tulle-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 223 ..the tables wreathed in tulle...
twine-The United States of Strange: 1,001 Frightening, Bizarre, Outrageous Facts About the Land of the Free and the Home of the Frog People, the Cockroach Hall of Fame, and Carhenge by Eric Grzymkowski p. 121 ...the world's largest ball of twine...
unfair-Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton finished 2/27 p. 42 ...what had just happened was devastating and unfair.
uptown-The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss finished 4/13 p. 374 He settled uptown.
velocity-American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Maria Mutsuki Mockett finished 1/7 p. 6 ...toward you at a great velocity...
ventriloquist-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 309 ...does a ventriloquist voice...
vivid-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 32 ...images from that day remain vivid...
voila-Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton finished 2/27 p. 51 And, Voila! I was turning seventy-six...
vomit-How Can You Defend Those People? by Mickey Sherman finished 1/6 loc. 249 ...waited to vomit all over himself...
waif
watermelon-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 256 ...sipping watermelon sherbet...
weasel-The Zookeeper's Daughter finished 3/2 p. 172 A cousin to the weasel and mink...
woodpecker-The United States of Strange: 1,001 Frightening, Bizarre, Outrageous Facts About the Land of the Free and the Home of the Frog People, the Cockroach Hall of Fame, and Carhenge by Eric Grzymkowski p. 19 ...woodpeckers are astonishingly difficult to kill.
yacht-The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne finished 1/3 p. 7 ...aboard his yacht...
yogurt-The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri finished 2/1 p. 39 ...the carp in yogurt sauce...
Zeus-You Have Such a Pretty Face: A Memoir of Trauma, Hope, and the Joy that Follows Survival by Kelly Gunter finished 6/19 p. ...Zeus presented Pandora with a beautiful box...
zither
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading during this challenge period.
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!
Word list
alphabet - Ill-Fated Fortune 1/12/25 - p305 - "An alphabet thief?"
anteater The Jules Verne Prophecy 5/13/25 p221 "anteater whose long snout"
assignation - Milkman 2/25/25 - p54 " trysts and assignations"
auburn - Murder at Wedgefield Manor 1/3/25 - p3 - "shook my auburn bob"
basilica All the Colors of the Dark 3/4/25 - p210 "back of the basilica"
batman Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p48 - “Holy eight- pack, Batman!"
bombshell - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p102 - "blond bombshell turned curious"
brassiere
bucolic Sticks and Scones 3/5/25 - p44 "bucolic countryside stretched as far"
camphor - Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 1/27/25 - p76 - "whiff of camphor"
cobwebs - The Mystery Guest 1/21/25 - p224 "so covered in cobwebs"
confidence - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p102 - "high level of confidence"
convent - Milkman 2/25/25 - p209 "had gone to the convent"
crème brûlée
curt - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p243 - "gave her a curt"
debutante
destitute - Until August 2/26/25 - p3 "across the destitute village"
doyenne
duet - Check & Mate 1/18/25 - p147 - "duet is."
earthenware The Brides of High Hill 6/9/25 p29 "with an earthenware bowl"
eau de toilette
eel Beneath the Sugar Sky 6/10/25 Audiobook 1:42:25 "long eel swam by"
embers - Pink Slime 2/25/25 - p171 "a glowing ember"
falcon All the Colors of the Dark 3/4/25 - p586 "juncos and peregrine falcons."
fez
fluorescent - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p3 - "built-in fluorescent light"
formidable - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p79 - "against Carolyn's formidable"
fungus - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 1/5/25 - p106 - "fish and black fungus"
garret
gauge - D is for Deadbeat 1/17/25 - p184 - "my feet to gauge"
ginseng - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 1/5/25 - p 320 - "Ginseng?"
grubby - The Mystery Guest 1/21/25 - p217 "could get her grubby hands"
haberdasher(y) - The Twelve Clues of Christmas 6/28/25 p236 "above the next door haberdashery"
handyman - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 1/5/25 - p200 - "is a handyman."
heirloom - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p325 "Heirloom crystal vases and"
hip-hop /or/ hip hop Somewhere Beyond the Sea 4/30/25 - p169 "Hip hop!”"
hot dog - Pleading the Fish 1/24/25 - p288 kids like hot dogs?”
ignore - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p15 - "and really did ignore"
incarcerated - D is for Deadbeat 1/17/25 - p24 - "John is still incarcerated"
involuntarily - Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 1/27/2555 "Lee said involuntarily"
irrigation The Crystal Ribbon 5/18/25 p7 "provided the irrigation"
jackass Party of Two 2/11/25 - p214 - "I feel like a jackass."
jeep All the Colors of the Dark 3/4/25 - p538 "jumped from the Jeep"
jolly - One Crazy Summer 2/22/25 - p149 - "was smiling or jolly"
kindred - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p215 - "we’re kindred"
Kodak
lavender - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 1/5/25 - p60 - "pea flowers and lavender tea."
leech(es) - The Boy in the Suitcase 3/1/25 - p12 "are probably leeches"
livery - The Shape of Water 1/19/25 - p31 - "to wear his livery "
lunar - Ill-Fated Fortune - 1/12/25 - p42 -"during the Lunar New Year"
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
masculine - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p115 - "who can function without masculine"
menthol Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 1/27/25 - p76 - "menthol, and eucalyptus"
minefield Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 1/27/25 - p171 "so that’s one minefield"
mosquito - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p324 - "and fighting mosquitos.”
muumuus - P.S. Be Eleven 3/10/25 - p229 - "Big Ma’s muumuu now seemed"
native - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p305 - "wasn't a native Texan"
newborn - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p137 - "newborn baby"
notecard
nurse - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p263 - "nurse in the daytime"
obelisk
obituaries - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p156 - "found an obituary notice"
osteoporosis
Ouija board
password - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p42 - "keep a password"
pelican The Green Mill Murder 3/17/25 p111 "group of pelicans spiralled "
perturbed - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p34- "perturbed when he came"
pirate The Teller of Small Fortunes 2/20/25 - p30 "for an old pirate"
pom-poms A Merry Little Murder Plot 5/11/25 p11 "huge pink pom- pom"
quagmire Crooked Plow 2/26/25 - p44 "crossing the quagmire"
queue The Clocks 3/7/25 - p123 "a lot of bus queues"
ravaged - Pink Slime 2/25/25 - p15 "after the red wind ravaged"
reggae
rhinestones - D is for Deadbeat 1/17/25 - p58 - "buttons were rhinestone"
righteous - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p13 - "chest expanding with righteous"
risque Death at Victoria Dock 4/30/25 p11 "the seven risqué warnings
sloth - Check & Mate 1/18/25 - p60 "that I'm a sloth"
soccer - The Mystery Guest 1/21/25 - p33 - play soccer with the"
squid - The Fox Wife 3/9/25 - p65 "pieces of dried squid "
sparkling - Ill-Fated Fortune 1/12/25 - p4 - "gleamed a sparkling silver"
steep - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p127 - "steep San Franciscan hills"
tarantula - Check & Mate 1/18/25 - p60 "tarantula on my ear"
threatening - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p 138 threatening her life.
trustworthy - Partners in Lime 1/14/25 - p266 - "and trustworthy."
tulle - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p23 - "artfully on some tulle"
twine Bud, Not Buddy 2/22/25 - p6 "untied the twine"
unfair - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p34 - "her a bit of an unfair"
uptown
velocity - D is for Deadbeat 1/17/25 - p58 - "the velocity of a falling"
ventriloquist
vivid - Wedding Cake Killer 1/7/25 - p132 - "vivid evidence of the futility"
voila The Clocks 3/7/25 - p146 "the soap boiler, and voilà!"
vomit - Check & Mate 1/18/25 - p182 "vomit at him"
waif Murder on the Ballarat Train 3/3/25 - p32 "this waif should be clothed in"
watermelon - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 1/5/25 - p9 - "dried watermelon peel"
weasel - Ill-Fated Fortune 1/12/25 - p70 - "weasel some intel"
woodpecker Murder on the Ballarat Train 3/3/25 - p80 "He’s a woodpecker"
yacht - D is for Deadbeat 1/17/25 - p108 - "two yacht brokers."
yogurt - Pleading the Fish 1/24/25 - p93 - "arranging fruit and yogurt "
Zeus Lore Olympus: Volume Five 6/8/25 p21 "I can get Zeus"
zither - The Burning Maze 5/17/25 p248 "playing my infernal zither"
MEGA Scavenger Hunt VIIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025 Part 1
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59/100
✔ alphabet-p.11-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year- ...Braille, who refined a raised-dot alphabet for..." 1/12/25
✔ anteater-p.65-Hot Mess-"Anteaters used to have short noses..." 2/1/25
✔ assignation-p.110-Part 2-Phineas Finn-"...I do not like assignations for love-making." 8/2/25
✔ auburn-p.32-Phineas Finn-"Her sister's had been of a soft auburn hue..." 7/16/25
✔ basilica-p.330-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...the Grand Canal to the Basilica San Marco..." 8/1/25
✔ batman-p.189-Time Regained-"...killed trying to save his batman." 1/16/25
✔ bombshell-p.195-Hot Mess-"After Uncle Gary delivered his bombshell..." 2/16/25
brassiere
✔ bucolic-p.308-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...the Thames is still more of a bucolic river..." 5/24/25
✔ camphor-p.240-Zeno's Conscience- "...in an atmosphere of camphor and mothballs." 7/2/25
✔ cobwebs-p.59-Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life- "To clean cobwebs from hard to reach corners..." 2/20/25
✔ confidence-p.75-Eye of the Storm-"I had complete confidence in the boat..." 6/26/25
✔ convent-p.62-Murder on a Midsummer Night-"...back to her convent and watched..." 3/23/25
crème brûlée
✔ curt-p.70-Eye of the Storm-"...gave him a curt, professional smile." 6/26/25
✔ debutante-p.106-Eye of the Storm-"...married a debutante who later..." 6/28/25
destitute
doyenne
duet
earthenware
eau de toilette
✔ eel-p.4-The Water-Method Man-"...a miniature of the mouth of a lamprey eel." 5/25/25
✔ embers-p.100-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...looked down into the fast-greying embers..." 7/7/25
✔ falcon-p.214-Marshall's Gold-"...a 1964 Ford Falcon that was raised..." 5/19/25
✔ fez-p.141-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...red fezzes can be seen at Shriners parades..." 5/9/25
fluorescent
✔ formidable-p.22-Battambang-"...trained, can be quite formidable." 1/15/25
✔ fungus-p.49-Phineas Finn-"...and latterly, simply a fungus..." 7/17/25
✔ garret-p.142-Dombey and Son-"...audible in the very garrets..." 7/5/25
✔ Gauge-p.315-Zeno's Conscience-"I ran to Olivi to gauge the formats..." 8/15/25
ginseng
grubby
haberdasher(y)
handyman
heirloom
hip-hop /or/ hip hop
✔ hot dog-p.9-Mysterious Skin-'I fixed hot dogs, bowls of popcorn..." 6/26/25
ignore
✔ incarcerated-p.112- The Hothouse by the East River-"...the sex problem, the incarceration problem..." 8/20/25
involuntarily
✔ irrigation-p.184-Battambang-"...vast temples, irrigation canals..." 3/8/25
jackass
✔ jeep-p.125-Marshall's Gold-"...they headed for Nick's Jeep..." 1/23/25
jolly
✔ kindred-p.29-Broken-"...frayed exhaustion of these kindred people..." 7/22/25
Kodak
✔ lavender-p.25-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...pack lavender oil in your travel bag..." 1/21/25
leech(es)
✔ livery- p.93-Murder on a Midsummer Night-"He was wearing his livery cap..." 3/25/25
✔ lunar-p.250-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"Lunar Orbiter I took the first photgraph of Earth from the moon." 8/23/25
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30/50
60/100
✔ masculine-p.321-Time Regained-"...gives to his heroines a masculine countenance." -2/2/25
menthol
✔ minefield-p.342-The Sicilian-"One of them ran into our minefield..." 1/3/24
✔ mosquito-p.139-Marshall's Gold-"...he swatted mosquitos on his neck..." 2/1/25
muumuus
✔ native-p.23-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"Native Americans and earl settlers alike considered..." 1/19/25
✔ newborn-p.84-Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages-"...multilingual experience for our future newborns..." 7/6/25
notecard
✔ nurse-p.118-The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know-"...the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise..." 2/16/25
✔ obelisk-p.346-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...puncutated with an ancient Egyptian obelisk..." 8/20/25
✔ obituaries-p.162-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"...he soaked an obituary in venom." 3/24/25
osteoporosis
✔ Ouija board-p.114-Murder on a Midsummer Night-"...play with your ouija board without me!" 3/27/25
✔ password-p.175-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...go up to him, murmur a password in his ear..." 7/9/25
pelican
✔ perturbed-p.109-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...Meggie quiet and perturbed, her brown eyes..." 7/7/25
✔ pirate-p.5-Eye of the Storm-"The pirate leaned down to the window..." 6/23/25
✔ pom-poms-p.25-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...tie a colorful ribbon or pom-pom to the handle." 1/21/25
✔ quagmire-p.84-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...carriages plowed them into a quagmire." 3/16/25
✔ queue-p.127-Eye of the Storm-"San and I joined the queue..." 6/29/25
✔ ravaged-p.85-Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages-"...speed through ravaged streets to the airport..." 7/6/25
reggae
rhinestones
righteous
✔ risque-p.329-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...risque nightlife that was strictly verboten..." 8/1/25
✔ sloth-p.32-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"...Megatherium, a massive, ground-dwelling sloth." 1/25/25
soccer
squid
✔ sparkling-p.45-Battambang-"...slight bosies beneath sparkling sarongs." 2/25/25
✔ steep-p.224-Phineas Finn-"The banks were quite steep..." 7/24/25
✔ tarantula-p.45-Mysterious Skin-"...and tarantulas bounced from strings." 8/9/25
threatening
trustworthy
✔ tulle-p.35-p.-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"Two 12-inch squares of cheesecloth or tulle..." 1/28/25
✔ twine-p.165-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...and a metal key tied to the twine..." 6/1/25
unfair
uptown
velocity
ventriloquist
✔ vivid-p.458-Zeno's Conscience-"...a matter of employing one's vivid memory..." 8/25/25
✔ voila-p.327-The Know-It-All-"...and, voila, saved my laptop." 5/21/25
vomit
waif
✔ watermelon-p.178-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion- "From the soil sprang...pineapples and watermelons..." 3/31/25
✔ weasel-p.165-Battambang-"He is a weasel, this one..." 3/6/25
woodpecker
✔ yacht-p.297-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...Bays are awash in yachts..." 3/11/25
✔ yogurt-p.6-The Water-Method Man-"We meet back in bed for yogurt." 5/26/25
✔ Zeus-p.297-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...the imposing Roman-era Temple of Olympian Zeus." 3/11/25
zither
Word listalphabet
anteater
assignation
auburn
basilica
batman
bombshell
brassiere
bucolic
camphor
cobwebs
confidence
convent
crème brûlée
curt
debutante
destitute
doyenne
duet
earthenware
eau de toilette
eel
embers
falcon
fez
fluorescent
formidable
fungus
garret
gauge
ginseng
grubby
haberdasher(y)
handyman
heirloom
hip-hop /or/ hip hop
hot dog
ignore
incarcerated
involuntarily
irrigation
jackass
jeep
jolly
kindred
Kodak
lavender
leech(es)
livery
lunar
masculine
menthol
minefield
mosquito
muumuus
native
newborn
notecard
nurse
obelisk
obituaries
osteoporosis
Ouija board
password
pelican
perturbed
pirate
pom-poms
quagmire
queue
ravaged
reggae
rhinestones
righteous
risque
sloth
soccer
squid
sparkling
steep
tarantula
threatening
trustworthy
tulle
twine
unfair
uptown
velocity
ventriloquist
vivid
voila
vomit
waif
watermelon
weasel
woodpecker
yacht
yogurt
Zeus
zither
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
(1) The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year Ally Carter (1/4/25) 4*
(2) Verity Colleen Hoover (1/14/25) 4*
(3) Watermelon Marian Keyes (1/15/25) 2*
(4) Beloved Toni Morrison (1/20/25) 2*
(5) The Iron Trial Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (1/21/25) 4*
(6) Terrier Tamora Pierce (1/22/25) 4*
(7) Me Before You Jojo Moyes (1/24/25) 5*
(8) Bloodhound Tamora Pierce (1/27/25) 4*
(9) The Alchemist Paulo Coelho (1/29/25)5*
(10) Two for Sorrow Nicola Upson (1/31/25) 3*
(11) Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume (2/1/25) 3*
(12) Superfudge Judy Blume (2/2/25) 3*
(13) The Deal Elle Kennedy (2/8/25)5*
(14) Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult (2/9/25) 4*
(15) The Last Letter from Your Lover (2/14/25) 5*
(16) The Perfect Marriage Jeneva Rose (2/15/25) 4*
(17) First Lie Wins Ashley Elston (2/21/25)4*
(18) April & Oliver Tess Callahan (2/24/25)4*
(19) Unlikely Story Ali Rosen (2/26/25) 4*
(20) One Day David Nicholls (3/9/25) 3*
(21) My Life Next Door Huntley Fitzpatrick (3/13/25) 3*
(22) March Geraldine Brooks ((4/13/25) 4*
(23) Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber (4/22/25) 4*
(24) A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara (5/10/25) 3*
(25) The Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White (5/12/25) 4*
(26) Obsidian Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/15/25) 4*
(27) The Ginseng Hunter Jeff Talarigo (66/3/25) 3*
(28) The Rake Suzanne Enoch (6/5/25) 4*
(29) Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri (6/8/25) 4*
(30) The House of Hades Rick Riordan (6/9/25) 5*
(31) Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert (6/11/25) 3.5*
(32) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson (6/17/25) 5*
(33) Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (6/21/25) 4*
(34) Accidentally Catty Dakota Cassidy (6/22/25) 3*
(35) Die Trying Lee Child (6/24/25) 4.5*
(36) The Girls Emma Cline (6/28/25) 3.5*
Part 1: 50/50 Word list
(4) alphabet: p. 111-One taught her the alphabet...
(12) anteater: p. 13-Arthur the Anteater. "Read," he said.
(3) assignation: Loc 4291-On an assignation with a...
(10) auburn: p. 8-...Sach's once-pretty auburn hair...
(22) basilica: p. 101-...boughs for our basilica.
(26) batman: p. 113-"Holy Hawt Chemistry, Batman.
(16) bombshell: p. 293-…with a bombshell discovery…
(10) brassiere p. 53-…a pale pink brassiere.
(33) bucolic: p. 440-“It was almost bucolic then…
(4) camphor: p. 178-…made them breathe camphor…
(1) cobwebs: p. 162-…damp earth and old cobwebs.
(1) confidence: p. 98-…had a lot of confidence.
(3) convent: loc. 203-(My God, you convent girls…
(34) crème brûlée: -p. 93-...make crème brûlée together...
(2) curt: p. 329-Jeremy’s voice is curt.
(28) debutante: loc. 165-…select one of the debutantes…
(22) destitute: p. 142-…destitute brood of German immigrants.
(19) doyenne: p. 160-…elderly put-together doyenne…
(4) duet: p. 92-…a duet as they lay down…
(5) earthenware: p. 87-…earthenware pitcher of water…
(32) eau de toilette: p. 73-…a bottle of eau de toilette…
(4) eel: p. 106-…fried eel in his hands.
(5) embers: p. 141-…like embers in a fire.
(9) falcon: p. 112-…with a falcon perched on…
(29) fez: p. 28-…he wore a black fez…
(3) fluorescent: loc. 995-…a bottle of fluorescent yellow…
(5) formidable: p. 276-…become the formidable foe…
(22) fungus: p. 93-…a vivid fungus painting…
(6) garret: p. 124-…”Upstairs, Cooper, the garret.
(13) gauge: p. 157-…her face to gauge where…
(27) ginseng: p. 1-…a ginseng hunter stands…
(6) grubby: p. 71-Mage Fulk was a nasty, grubby…
(10) haberdasher(y): p. 176-Works in the haberdashery…
(19) handyman: p. 37-…and all-around handyman…
(1) heirloom: p. 41-…memories of family heirlooms…
(13) hip-hop /or/ hip hop: p. 35-…dance beats or vulgar hip-hop…
(11) hot dog: p. 134:…hamburgers, hotdogs, barbecued chicken…
(1) ignore: p. 46-…trying to ignore the little voice…
(3) incarcerated: loc. 1028-…rounded up and incarcerated.
(3) involuntarily: loc. 738-I winced involuntarily.
(30) irrigation: p. 156-…tilling, irrigation, fertilizing!”
(6) jackass: p. 281-The jackass bray came…
(2) jeep: p. 121-…dark grey Jeep Wrangler with…
(7) jolly: p. 93-…they went on a jolly…
(13) kindred: p. 38-I’ve met a kindred spirit.
(32) Kodak: p. 309-…a Kodak Instamatic with flash-
(1) lavender: p. 121-…that smelled like lavender…
(6) leech(es): p. 82-“You’re leeches, living off…
(8) livery: p. 453-…dead coves in livery.
(29) lunar: p. 179-…a flag in lunar soil.
MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
(1) The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year Ally Carter (1/4/25) 4*
(2) Verity Colleen Hoover (1/14/25) 4*
(3) Watermelon Marian Keyes (1/15/25) 2*
(4) Beloved Toni Morrison (1/20/25) 2*
(5) The Iron Trial Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (1/21/25) 4*
(6) Terrier Tamora Pierce (1/22/25) 4*
(7) Me Before You Jojo Moyes (1/24/25) 5*
(8) Bloodhound Tamora Pierce (1/27/25) 4*
(9) The Alchemist Paulo Coelho (1/29/25)5*
(10) Two for Sorrow Nicola Upson (1/31/25) 3*
(11) Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume (2/1/25)3*
(12) Superfudge Judy Blume (2/2/25) 3*
(13) The Deal Elle Kennedy (2/8/25)5*
(14) Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult (2/9/25) 4*
(15) The Last Letter from Your Lover (2/14/25) 5*
(16) The Perfect Marriage Jeneva Rose (2/15/25) 4*
(17) First Lie Wins Ashley Elston (2/21/25)4*
(18) April & Oliver Tess Callahan (2/24/25)4*
(19) Unlikely Story Ali Rosen (2/26/25) 4*
(20) One Day David Nicholls (3/9/25) 3*
(21) My Life Next Door Huntley Fitzpatrick (3/13/25) 3*
(22) March Geraldine Brooks ((4/13/25) 4*
(23) Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber (4/22/25) 4*
(24) A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara (5/10/25) 3*
(25) The Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White (5/12/25) 4*
(26) Obsidian Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/15/25) 4*
(27) The Ginseng Hunter Jeff Talarigo (66/3/25) 3*
(28) The Rake Suzanne Enoch (6/5/25) 4*
(29) Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri (6/8/25) 4*
(30) The House of Hades Rick Riordan (6/9/25) 5*
(31) Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert (6/11/25) 3.5*
(32) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson (6/17/25) 5*
(33) Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (6/21/25) 4*
(34) Accidentally Catty Dakota Cassidy (6/22/25) 3*
(35) Die Trying Lee Child (6/24/25) 4.5*
(36) The Girls Emma Cline (6/28/25) 3.5*
Part 2: 50/50 Word list
(13) masculine: p. 106-…he’s masculine enough to…
(31) menthol: p. 96-…dairy but smokes menthols,,,
(15) minefield: p. 245-This man. This minefield.
(4) mosquito: p. 70-Finally, I took the mosquito…
(31) muumuus: p.96-The divorcee in the muumuu…
(3) native: loc. 2048-And how the native children…
(3) newborn: loc. 350-…with my newborn baby…
(23) notecard: p. 11-…written on white note cards…
(1) nurse: p. 53-Best nurse I ever saw…
(14) obelisk: p. 308-The obelisk sits three floors…
(14) obituaries: p. 39-…read obituaries in The New…
(33) osteoporosis: p. 374-…cystic fibrosis and osteoporosis.
(36) Ouija board: p. 281-…from an Ouija board.
(1) password: p. 194-…making a secret password…
(14) pelican: p. 23-…wind and hooting pelicans…
(15) perturbed: p. 64-…at her, apparently perturbed.
(5) pirate: p. 8-…that he was a pirate…
(1) pom-poms: p. 96-…hat with a pom-pom on top…
(3) quagmire: loc. 1198-…the garden into a quagmire.
(7) queue: p. 331-…stuck in a queue that…
(17) ravaged: p. 50-Before cancer ravaged her…
(30) reggae: p. 377-“Yeah. Reggae.”
(17) rhinestones: p. 51-…of feathers and rhinestones…
(4) righteous: p. 112-…with righteous resentment at…
(35) risque: p. 285-...de risque que votre...
(25) sloth: p. 220-…and a Two-toed Sloth…
(5) soccer: p. 19-…a soccer team jacket.
(8) squid: p. 236-…sardines or the squid…
(1) sparkling: p. 14-…grabbed a sparkling water…
(4) steep: p. 107-…up the steep bank…
(21) tarantula: p. 59-…a bird-eating tarantula is…
(3) threatening: loc. 5439-…worry about threatening letters…
(6) trustworthy: p. 75-…trustworthy can tell us…
(23) tulle: p. 126-…jeweled peonies, tulle lilies…
(4) twine: p. 318-Dead ivy twines around…
(3) unfair: loc. 2782-Very unfair of course…
(14) uptown: p. 5- The uptown subway is nearly…
(30) velocity: p. 35-…bottom at terminal velocity…
(10) ventriloquist: p. 219-Excellent ventriloquists they’d make…
(3) vivid: loc. 4895-So vivid was this mental…
(18) voila: p. 290-…the barest touch and voila…
(2) vomit: p. 254-…as I vomit.
(7) waif: p. 105-…the hopeless waifs who couldn’t…
(3) watermelon: loc. 548-the appearance of a watermelon…
(8) weasel: p. 408-…the heart of a weasel!”
(4) woodpecker: p. 191-…salamanders, spiders, woodpeckers…
(14) yacht: p. 100-…took her aboard his yacht…
(20) yogurt: p. 410-…like a fruit yoghurt.
(3) Zeus: loc. 7134-…Zeus and all that crowd.
(20) zither: p. 91-…performed on the zither.
alphabet-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page 49-"all the letters of the alphabet"anteater-Flesh and Bone-2/8/25-page 59-"sort of like anteaters"
assignation-Death at Victoria Dock-3/4/25-page 127-"we always did any assignation"
auburn-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 212-"The auburn beard on a burly man"
basilica-The Surgeon's Daughter-2/11/25-page 35-"the long side of Basilica di San Franceso"
batman-The Silent Girl-1/27.25-page 71-"We can cross Batman and Catwoman"
bombshell-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 85-"the blood-oath bombshell"
brassiere-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 750-"my mother's brassiere and panties"
bucolic-Summer at Willow Lake-4/26/25-page 295-"slide show of bucolic villages"
camphor-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 445-"camphor, myrrh, powdered onion"
cobwebs-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page 63-"A cobweb brushed across Milo's face"
confidence-The Push-1/3/25-page 20-"marvel at the confidence"
convent-A High and Hidden Place-2/13/25-page 7-"at the age of six, to a convent"
crème brûlée-Flesh and Bone-2/8/25-page 178-"pushed away the creme brulee"
curt-The Push-1/3/25-page 216-your text messages were curt"
debutante-I Heard That Song Before-6/17/25-page 73-"in her debutante gown"
destitute-A High and Hidden Place-2/13/25-page 193-"I had not been a destitute orphan"
doyenne-The Storm We Made-6/21/25-page 175-"as a society doyenne"
duet-Drenched in Light-2/16/25-page 76-"tell them to book a duet"
earthenware-Nettle and Bone-3/6/25-page 72-"the jar was heavy earthenware"
eau de toilette-The Russian Concubine-4/3/25-page 193-"Her mother's eau de toilette"
eel-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 403-"like an eel twining lazily"
embers-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 25-"A log crumbled into embers"
falcon-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 89-"falcons generally hunted smaller birds"
fez-Circling The Sun-4/16/25-page 74-"small velvet fez"
fluorescent-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 313-"discoveries were fluorescent bulbs"
formidable-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 107-"that looked formidable enough"
fungus-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 386-"whom I called Fungus Man"
garret
gauge-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 114-"to gauge its speed"
ginseng
grubby-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 80-"see the grubby, coarse shirt"
haberdasher(y)-The Russian Concubine-4/3/25-page 275-"Department Store of Llewellyn's Haberdashery"
handyman-Night Sins-3/22/25-page 401-"array of Joe Handyman stuff"
heirloom-The Silent Girl-1/27.25-page 227-"evaluate family heirlooms"
hip-hop /or/ hip hop-Summer at Willow Lake-4/26/25-page 226-"the hip-hop dreadlock look"
hot dog-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 6-"can you screw up a hot dog?"
ignore-The Push-1/3/25-page 35-"Etta would ignore her completely"
incarcerated-Lisey's Story-5/31/25-page 472="to remain incarcerated at Greenlawn"
involuntarily-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 271-"jerked around involuntarily"
irrigation-The Radium Girls-3/24/25-page 252-"that made them sick, colonic irrigations"
jackass-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 8-" the jackasses up in Minneapolis"
jeep-Flesh and Bone-2/8/25-page 114-"found just off a Jeep trail"
jolly-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 310-"How jolly."
kindred-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 23-"thought of myself as a kindred spirit"
Kodak-Night Sins-3/22/25-page 294-"Kodak instant camera"
lavender-The Push-1/3/25-page 168-"around the lavender fields"
leech(es)-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 42-"while she's collecting leeches"
livery-The Push-1/3/25-page 258-"high-end livery service"
lunar-Wires and Nerve-1/18/25-page 51-"living conditions for countless lunars"
masculine-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 21-in such masculine pursuits"menthol-The Surgeon's Daughter-2/11/25-page 18-"There are menthol salves"
minefield-The Push-1/3/25-page 126-"the minefield of the late afternoon"
mosquito-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 33-"The mosquitos had returned"
muumuus
native-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page2-"to make a native of this provence"
newborn-The Push-1/3/25-page 38-"the pain of newborn gums"
notecard-Don't Forget to Write-6/9/25-page 101-"note cards spread out"
nurse-The Push-1/3/25-page 32-"handed her over to the nurse"
obelisk-An Irish Country Love Story-3/27/24-page 91-"a needle obelisk"
obituaries-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 173-"I found the obituary"
osteoporosis-Flesh and Bone-2/8/25-page 77-"my data on osteoporosis"
Ouija board
password-The Push-1/3/25-page 194-"I knew your password"
pelican-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 264-"A squadron of brown pelicans"
perturbed-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 4-"not at all perturbed"
pirate-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 42-"against infidels and pirate ship
pom-poms-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 242-"It's The Pom-Pom Girls"
quagmire-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page 47-"particularly good to him - quagmire"
queue-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 262-"dark hair from his queue"
ravaged-The Push-1/3/25-page 72-"left me ravaged"
reggae
rhinestones-Drenched in Light-2/16/25-page 18-"rhinestone studded glory"
righteous-Wires and Nerve-1/18/25-page 8-"the righteous farm girl"
risque-Death at Victoria Dock-3/4/25-page 11-"making any of the seven risque warnings"
sloth-Little Pilgrim's Progress1/24/25-page 42-"lay next to Simple was named Sloth"
soccer-The Push-1/3/25-page 107-"Play soccer with my friends"
squid-Circling The Sun-4/16/25-page 285-"black squid ink"
sparkling-Moon of the Turning Leaves-1/8/25-page 6-"teary eyes sparkling"
steep-The Push-1/3/25-page 102-"the steep slide platform"
tarantula-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 224-"a little girl who finds a tarantula"
threatening-The Push-1/3/25-page 257"demons threatening her day"
trustworthy-Wires and Nerve-1/18/25-page 68-"I'm resilient. I'm trustworthy"
tulle
twine-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 126-"tangle of twine string"
unfair-Odd Apocalypse-1/22/25-page 371-"That was unfair."
uptown-A High and Hidden Place-2/13/25-page 38-"I'm off to an interview uptown"
velocity-Nothing More Dangerous-1/12/25-page 253-"the wet branches with a velocity"
ventriloquistLisey's Story-5/31/25-page 27-"the ventriloquist inside her"
vivid-The Push-1/3/25-page 83-"The vivid memories of my childhood"
voila-A High and Hidden Place-2/13/25-page 243-"at the front desk , and voila, here I am"
vomit-Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone-2/5/25-page 427-"shoveling fast lest he vomit again"
waif-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page 200-"Shirley Temple as a darling waif"
watermelon-Night Sins-3/22/25-page 509-"like a rotten watermelon"
weasel-The Silent Girl-1/27.25-page 235-"Joey was a weasel"
woodpecker-The Phantom Tollbooth-1/17/25-page 190-"Woody Woodpecker and Road Runner videos"
yacht-The Push-1/3/25-page 210"slippery bow of a yacht"
yogurt-The Push-1/3/25-page 109-"like the yogurt other kids had"
Zeus-The Surgeon's Daughter-2/11/25-page 396-""Zeus, Harry whispered"
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Please Note ... this is Hunt XI (Eleven) ... I had a typo in the original post, which I've since corrected.
For some reason, when copying the challenge, I noticed the word eel and thought that would be hard to find. I have actually found it 5 different books in the first 2 weeks of this month - books of totally different genres, subjects, and settings! Who knew eels were so common?
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MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
0 / 50 words found THIS post
0 / 100 words found entire challenge
0 books read
alphabet
anteater
assignation
auburn
basilica
batman
bombshell
brassiere
bucolic
camphor
cobwebs
confidence
convent
crème brûlée
curt
debutante
destitute
doyenne
duet
earthenware
eau de toilette
eel
embers
falcon
fez
fluorescent
formidable
fungus
garret
gauge
ginseng
grubby
haberdasher(y)
handyman
heirloom
hip-hop /or/ hip hop
hot dog
ignore
incarcerated
involuntarily
irrigation
jackass
jeep
jolly
kindred
Kodak
lavender
leech(es)
livery
lunar
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MEGA Scavenger Hunt XIBegins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
CONTINUED from above post
0 / 50 words found THIS post
0 / 100 words found entire challenge
0 books read
masculine
menthol
minefield
mosquito
muumuus
native
newborn
notecard
nurse
obelisk
obituaries
osteoporosis
Ouija board
password
pelican
perturbed
pirate
pom-poms
quagmire
queue
ravaged
reggae
rhinestones
righteous
risque
sloth
soccer
squid
sparkling
steep
tarantula
threatening
trustworthy
tulle
twine
unfair
uptown
velocity
ventriloquist
vivid
voila
vomit
waif
watermelon
weasel
woodpecker
yacht
yogurt
Zeus
zither
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I think I've got everyone linked. If I missed you, please let me know.
For the word notecard can it be note card?
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Yes, I will accept it written as two distinct words, as long as the phrase is together, with no other words in between.
I found yogurt spelled yoghurt. Will you accept this spelling?
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Yes, this alternate spelling is acceptable. I'll make note in the original post.
Updated messages #3 and #4: Challenge completed.
Book Concierge wrote: "Way to go, Beverly!"Thanks so much. Now I'm biding my time until the July through December one comes out!!!
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I've got the list .. will post it in the last week of June ....
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Begins: 01Jan2025/ Ends: 30June2025
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading during this challenge period.
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!
Word list
alphabet
anteater
assignation
auburn
basilica
batman
bombshell
brassiere
bucolic
camphor
cobwebs
confidence
convent
crème brûlée
curt
debutante
destitute
doyenne
duet
earthenware
eau de toilette
eel
embers
falcon
fez
fluorescent
formidable
fungus
garret
gauge
ginseng
grubby
haberdasher(y)
handyman
heirloom
hip-hop /or/ hip hop
hot dog
ignore
incarcerated
involuntarily
irrigation
jackass
jeep
jolly
kindred
Kodak
lavender
leech(es)
livery
lunar
masculine
menthol
minefield
mosquito
muumuus
native
newborn
notecard
nurse
obelisk
obituaries
osteoporosis
Ouija board
password
pelican
perturbed
pirate
pom-poms
quagmire
queue
ravaged
reggae
rhinestones
righteous
risque
sloth
soccer
squid
sparkling
steep
tarantula
threatening
trustworthy
tulle
twine
unfair
uptown
velocity
ventriloquist
vivid
voila
vomit
waif
watermelon
weasel
woodpecker
yacht
yogurt / yoghurt
Zeus
zither
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NOTE - Given the length of this challenge, and Goodreads' character limit within one post, I'd recommend you reserve TWO spaces right away.
Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So if you are looking for "vivid" - I will NOT allow "vividly."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
account - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 124 - "…an account of his every…"
Have Fun!
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