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UPDATE Message # 16 - End of Season update - 31Dec15I'll be carrying over 4 from the main list and 1 bonus item
TCF Scavenger Hunt XVI
Begins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 31Dec15
36/40 main words found
9/10 bonus words found
The List
1. Sarcasm - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 120 – “…layer of sarcasm in his …”
2. Debilitating Disease - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 61 – “…her mother from ALS, and her …”
3. Janitor – Miracle at St. Anna ✔ – 11Nov51 – pg 3 – “…by a tired janitor named …”
4. Tea – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 255 – “…ordered kippers and a pot of tea.”
5. Something Bald - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 71 – “…massive shoulders and a bald head the …”
6. Goatee - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 190 – “…with the immaculate, graying goatee, as …”
7. Cookbook – Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal ✔ – 07Nov15 – pg 50 – “For a cookbook, Apicius…”
8. Emergency Room - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 58 – “…driven himself to the emergency room at …”
9. Stuffed Animal - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 108 – “…board books and stuffed animals….”
10. Candy Corn - – Garlic and Sapphires ✔ – 13Nov15 – pg 279 – “…bags of candy corn hung …”
11. Night Club – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 331 – “…he
is well-known in the night-clubs of …”
12. Puzzle - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 - pg 6 – “… trying to work some great puzzle.”
13. Deviled Eggs
14. A Vote – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 356 – “Vote for Punkin and protect …”
15. An Operation – B is for Burglar ✔ – 30Oct15 – pg 180 – “having major surgery in a week.”
16. Pins and Needle Feeling
17. Bingo – Christie Caper ✔ – 16Nov15 – pg 110 – “At bingo the other night …”
18. Men’s Dress Shoes – A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 326 – “… with Dad wearing dress shoes and …”
19. Ugly Christmas Sweater
20. A Really Nice Person - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 173 – “She’s a really nice person.”
21. Mittens - March: Book One ✔ – 14Oct15 – pg 13 – “…your hat, your mittens, your …”
22. Cotton Candy – Aloft ✔ – 20Nov15 – pg 152 – “...sting lights or cotton candy machines
23. Pastry of Any Kind - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 235 – “…someone was baking a blueberry pie.”
24. Violin - Zia - ✔ 13Oct15 – pg 97 – “…and one played a violin and everyone ...”
25. Lemon - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 203 – “…honey and a little lemon …”
26. Maple Syrup - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 141 – “…the last of her maple syrup.”
27. Baking - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 141 – “She was baking cookies.”
28. Delivery – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 319 – “Simmonds’ third delivery rose …”
29. Scarecrow - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 57 – “…flung like scarecrows and …”
30. Something Old – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 217 – “…had my old tweed jacket on…”
31. Something Borrowed - Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 291 – “…and borrowed the current volume of …”
32. Something Blue – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 135 – “…and finds a little blue box, …”
33. Something New – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 60 – “…that my new knife is …”
34. Christmas Card – Mr. Ives' Christmas ✔ – 06Dec15 – pg 176 – “He even sent us a Christmas card.”
35. Snow Flurries – The Snow Child ✔ – 12 Dec 15 – pg 86 – “…snowflakes among a flurry of thousands.”
36. Pumpkin Pie
37. Autumn - Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15 - pg 154 – “…made in the autumn, and left …”
38. Vanilla – A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 63 – “… as beige and bland as vanilla pudding.”
39. Tin - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 9 – “…she pointed at the tin and …”
40. Tradition – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 199 – “…fidelity to ancient tradition.”
Bonus Words
1. Domestic Violence – Mr. Ives' Christmas ✔ – 06Dec15 – pg 161 – describing the effects of one man’s abuse of his family: “…arm covered with bruises.”
2. Someone with OCD tendencies - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 114 – “…symptom of an obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
3. Someone Who’s Frustrated - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 320 – “He felt himself growing frustrated and ...”
4. Someone Who’s Adopted – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – Todd has been adopted by Ben and Cillian after both his parents die.
5. Wicked Chemistry Between Two Characters - Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15 - pg ?? (everywhere in the book) - Anna & Vronsky can't keep away from one another
6. Someone Takes a Mental Health Day
7. Naughty Character - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 5 – “The witch Malvolia!”
8. Christmas CarolersA Rocky Mountain Christmas ✔ - 31Dec15 - 315 – “…she heard some carolers singing …”
9. Golden Ring – The Snow Child ✔ – 12 Dec 15 – pg 354 – “…and poured two gold rings into …”
10. Gobble - The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 95 – “He gobbles it right up.”
The last scavenger hunt I think I found everything but this round I was far from it. I will not take part in the next round but might be back again at a later date.36/40 main words found
7/10 bonus words found
The List
1. Sarcasm
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb 12/30-15
Loc: 5372 ➜ A shadow of the Fool was in Golden's drawled sarcasm.
2. Debilitating Disease
3. Janitor
The Christmas Witch by Amanda M. Lee 12/5-15
Loc: 268➜ even though every kid in the school wants to lock her in the janitor's closet and forget her there every summer break.
4. Tea
Christmas in the Park by Laura Lockington 11/23-15
Loc: 100 ➜ I sipped my mint tea and wondered if I had in fact made a huge mistake.
5. Something Bald (tire, eagle, man, etc)
STRANGERS by Chirag Upadhyay 12/31-15
Loc: 2956➜ My eyes focused on the spot where the moon reflected of the crown of his bald head.
6. Goatee
Prophecy of the Female Warrior by K.A. Young 10/31-15
Loc: 1378➜ He sported a very nicely trimmed goatee.
7. Cookbook
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 11/11-15
Pg 257 ➜ The shelves were filled with cookbooks, in French, English, Italian.
8. Emergency Room
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 12/15-15
Pg. 32➜ The emergency room doctor had said the bite looked like a large dog's but Maia knew better.
9. Stuffed Animal other than a Teddy Bear
Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee 11/16-15
Loc: 1021 ➜ I'll win you another stuffed animal.
10. Candy Corn
11. Night Club/Dance Club
I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint 10/10-15
Pg: 163➜ No dance club.
12. Puzzle
Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee 11/16-15
Loc: 4338 ➜ I knew we were missing a piece of the puzzle.
13. Deviled Eggs
14. A Vote
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews 12/26-15
Loc: 3078➜ I would need that unanimous vote more than ever.
15. An Operation (in a hospital)
Lost & Found in India by Braja Sorensen 12/31-15
Loc: 104➜ After several hours of surgery, I awoke in the intensive care unit of Apollo Gleneagles in Salt Lake, Calcutta.
16. Pins and Needle Feeling
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 11/11-15
Pg 23➜ Pins and needles in my calves, I went as far as the landing
17. Bingo
Poisoned by Elaine Macko 10/7-15
Loc: 3296 ➜ Maybe I'll cheat some more at bingo or better yet I've always wanted to rob a bank.
18. Men’s Dress Shoes
Love, Laughter, and Murder Ever After by Jeanine Spooner 11/15-15
Loc: 2688➜ He walked with a swagger, the thin black tie he wore pressed taut down his broad chest, and his polished dress shoes reflected the morning sun.
19. Ugly Christmas Sweater
Last Christmas by Lily Greene 12/27-15
Loc: 101➜ he revealed a bright festive jumper; a gleeful reindeer expanded the width of his torso and it stared at Ella with its two googly eyes, placed inappropriately over his nipples.
20. A Really Nice Person
Mattie: The Story of an Australian Convict Child by Sheila Hunter 12/27-15
Loc: 1255➜ She really is a nice girl, Percy.
21. Mittens
En mand der hedder Ove by Fredrik Backman 10/17-15
Pg: 334 ➜ Hej Sonja, siger Parvaneh bag ham og vinker glad, så hendes store vanter glider af hænderne. (Pg: 273 ➜ Hi Sonja, says Parvaneh behind him, with a cheerful wave so that her big mittens slip off her hands.)
22. Cotton Candy
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater 11/13-15
pg 363➜ She was not unlike a miniature Persephone: mountainous white hair spun like cotton candy,
23. Pastry of Any Kind
Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews 11/19-15
pg 343➜ She forced herself to eat some of the fruit and a small piece of some sweet pastry.
24. Violin
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 11/11-15
Pg 122➜ The doctor's wife. In the music room. With the violin.
25. Lemon
Uprooted by Naomi Novik 11/17-15
pg 87➜ How much lemon?
26. Maple Syrup
What Once Was Perfect by Zoe York 10/18-15
Loc: 146➜ Grandma lets us have as much maple syrup as we want.
27. Baking
Opening Hearts by Iona Findley 11/22-15
Loc: 885➜ We should get to work, brother, and leave the ladies to their baking, said Marcus.
28. Delivery
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb 12/20-15
pg 194➜ Several lesser gates for delivery folk and servants had guards lacking in lace,
29. Scarecrow
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber 10/18-15
Loc: 581➜ Grace decided to change the bulletin board and brought out the packet with a scarecrow, a black cat and a pumpkin patch.
30. Something Old
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb 12/19-15
pg 75➜ I stared up at the tapestry critically. It was old and moth-eaten.
31. Something Borrowed
What Once Was Perfect by Zoe York 10/18-15
Loc: 1576➜ She smoothed a hand across her outfit, borrowed from Evie
32. Something Blue
I'll Be Watching You by Charles de Lint 10/10-15
Pg: 307➜ He was wearing a shirt and tie and a dark blue tailored suit.
33. Something New
Activation by Chris Paton 11/8-15
Loc: 239 ➜ Don't know, the hammer stilled as the maker picked up a new sphere of brass, bent it over the iron ball in front of him and began anew.
34. Christmas Card
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 11/11-15
Pg 350➜ I thought of my father, opening the Christmas cards from my parent's few friends
35. Snow Flurries
36. Pumpkin Pie
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber 10/18-15
Loc: 1502➜ and the twenty-pound turkey had been replaced by a small turkey breast and a store-bought pumpkin pie.
37. Autumn
I Need a Hero by Emma Bennet 11/7-15
Loc: 50 ➜ Its small front garden is beautifully tended, even in the grip of early autumn.
38. Vanilla
Christmas at Carol's by Nicola Yeager 11/3-15
Loc: 1518 ➜ Put a vanilla bean into the cream and add a teaspoon of dark rum for that Carol effect and we're done.
39. Tin
Don't Waste a Minute - A Story of Africa by Marilyn Randall 10/5-15
Loc: 848➜ It said on the tin that it washes off.
40. Tradition
Murder Half-Baked by Kathleen Delaney 11/28-15
Loc: 1544 ➜ It's become an Italian household to serve it on Christmas Eve.
Bonus Words
1. Domestic Violence
Memories of the Blue Door by Neil Davis 11/30-15
Loc: 618 ➜ My new step-dad had not taken long to settle in and feel at home. I think it had taken only six or seven months for him to let loose his monsters on his new brood of three with his fists and feet. Yes, it hadn't taken long at all, before he had every one of us blinded and paralysed by fear
2. Someone with OCD or OCD tendencies
3. Someone Who’s Frustrated
Memory & Dream by Charles de Lint 11/29-15
Pg: 37➜ Because someone has to publish you people, he'd told them once - Which frustrated Kathy no end,
4. Someone Who’s Adopted
The Menagerie by Tui T. Sutherland 10/17-15
Pg: 135➜ Keiko lives here, too? he asked. We adopted her last year, Zoe said. Yay.
5. Wicked Chemistry Between Two Characters
Carved in Stone by Donna McDonald 10/11-15
Loc: 929 ➜ Mr. Larson was right. There's enough chemistry between them to blow up a science lab, she said happily.
6. Someone Takes a Mental Health Day
7. Naughty Character (can either be a bad person or naughty in the bedroom)
Memories of the Blue Door by Neil Davis 11/30-15
Loc: 618 ➜ take a bow, Mr. A, for you earned a tinged of respect from at least six naughty kids from the neighbourhood.
8. Christmas Carolers
9. Golden Ring
Last Christmas by Lily Greene 12/27-15
Loc: 1077➜ That's some tenth question, he said looking at the gold ring.
10. Gobble
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 10/8-15
Pg: 21➜ And Helen Clarke will scream and gobble them.
Update message # 16 - FINALLY FINISHED - 29June16(except for one of the bonus words/phrases)
TCF Scavenger Hunt XVI
Begins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 31Dec15
40/40 main words found
9/10 bonus words found
The List
1. Sarcasm - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 120 – “…layer of sarcasm in his …”
2. Debilitating Disease - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 61 – “…her mother from ALS, and her …”
3. Janitor – Miracle at St. Anna ✔ – 11Nov51 – pg 3 – “…by a tired janitor named …”
4. Tea – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 255 – “…ordered kippers and a pot of tea.”
5. Something Bald - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 71 – “…massive shoulders and a bald head the …”
6. Goatee - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 190 – “…with the immaculate, graying goatee, as …”
7. Cookbook – Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal ✔ – 07Nov15 – pg 50 – “For a cookbook, Apicius…”
8. Emergency Room - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 58 – “…driven himself to the emergency room at …”
9. Stuffed Animal - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 108 – “…board books and stuffed animals….”
10. Candy Corn - – Garlic and Sapphires ✔ – 13Nov15 – pg 279 – “…bags of candy corn hung …”
11. Night Club – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 331 – “…he
is well-known in the night-clubs of …”
12. Puzzle - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 - pg 6 – “… trying to work some great puzzle.”
13. Deviled Eggs – Still Life ✔ – 12Jan16 – pg 100 – “…swallowing a deviled egg.”
14. A Vote – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 356 – “Vote for Punkin and protect …”
15. An Operation – B is for Burglar ✔ – 30Oct15 – pg 180 – “having major surgery in a week.”
16. Pins and Needle Feeling - The Astronaut Wives Club - ✔ 05Feb16 - pg 66 - "...felt all pins and needles."
17. Bingo – Christie Caper ✔ – 16Nov15 – pg 110 – “At bingo the other night …”
18. Men’s Dress Shoes – A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 326 – “… with Dad wearing dress shoes and …”
19. Ugly Christmas Sweater - Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands - ✔ 29June16 - pg 171 - "…world's ugliest red Christmas sweater.."
20. A Really Nice Person - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 173 – “She’s a really nice person.”
21. Mittens - March: Book One ✔ – 14Oct15 – pg 13 – “…your hat, your mittens, your …”
22. Cotton Candy – Aloft ✔ – 20Nov15 – pg 152 – “...sting lights or cotton candy machines
23. Pastry of Any Kind - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 235 – “…someone was baking a blueberry pie.”
24. Violin - Zia - ✔ 13Oct15 – pg 97 – “…and one played a violin and everyone ...”
25. Lemon - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 203 – “…honey and a little lemon …”
26. Maple Syrup - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 141 – “…the last of her maple syrup.”
27. Baking - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 141 – “She was baking cookies.”
28. Delivery – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 319 – “Simmonds’ third delivery rose …”
29. Scarecrow - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 57 – “…flung like scarecrows and …”
30. Something Old – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 217 – “…had my old tweed jacket on…”
31. Something Borrowed - Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 291 – “…and borrowed the current volume of …”
32. Something Blue – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 135 – “…and finds a little blue box, …”
33. Something New – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 60 – “…that my new knife is …”
34. Christmas Card – Mr. Ives' Christmas ✔ – 06Dec15 – pg 176 – “He even sent us a Christmas card.”
35. Snow Flurries – The Snow Child ✔ – 12 Dec 15 – pg 86 – “…snowflakes among a flurry of thousands.”
36. Pumpkin Pie – Still Life ✔ – 12Jan16 – pg 25 – “…full of turkey and pumpkin pie, ..."
37. Autumn - Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15 - pg 154 – “…made in the autumn, and left …”
38. Vanilla – A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 63 – “… as beige and bland as vanilla pudding.”
39. Tin - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 9 – “…she pointed at the tin and …”
40. Tradition – Murder Must Advertise – ✔ 07Oct15 – pg 199 – “…fidelity to ancient tradition.”
Bonus Words
1. Domestic Violence – Mr. Ives' Christmas ✔ – 06Dec15 – pg 161 – describing the effects of one man’s abuse of his family: “…arm covered with bruises.”
2. Someone with OCD tendencies - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 114 – “…symptom of an obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
3. Someone Who’s Frustrated - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pg 320 – “He felt himself growing frustrated and ...”
4. Someone Who’s Adopted – The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – Todd has been adopted by Ben and Cillian after both his parents die.
5. Wicked Chemistry Between Two Characters - Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15 - pg ?? (everywhere in the book) - Anna & Vronsky can't keep away from one another
6. Someone Takes a Mental Health Day
7. Naughty Character - A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15 – pg 5 – “The witch Malvolia!”
8. Christmas CarolersA Rocky Mountain Christmas ✔ - 31Dec15 - 315 – “…she heard some carolers singing …”
9. Golden Ring – The Snow Child ✔ – 12 Dec 15 – pg 354 – “…and poured two gold rings into …”
10. Gobble - The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15 – pg 95 – “He gobbles it right up.”
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Deviled eggs was one of the very last ones I found. I pretty much gave up on it, but somehow I lucked out and my characters came across a buffet table! I'm still searching for "candy corn" however.