The Lost Challenges discussion

week 11

byTess Gerritsen

june -19-2014

3 stars

building : Page 63 …impenetrably dark waters, loomed the Evensong building ...

Milk: Page 40 …that fragile body? "What do you think about some chocolate milk ...

Gate: Page 60 She was ready to turn around when the road suddenly ended at a gate …

Moonlight: Page 87 ... out into the moonlight The night was

Drive: plans to deal with all the nuts who'd try to drive …

Double: Page 201 …it is Zapata?" asked Moore. "If not, then he's got a Double ...

rock: Page 63 …like, mounted on barren granite. Constructed of that same gray rock ...

7/10

Week 11
10/10
6/17/2014****
Milk; p93 filled itself with milk...
Pipe:p201 Michelle piped up.
Jog:p169 I forced my sore legs to jog...

6/18/2014***
Building:p47 world's tallest building if he decided to....
Gate: p151 through the gates of the school
Moonlight: p56 held her hand in the moonlight
Drive: p43 my cousin drives that thing like a maniac...
Double: p135 Even through the double glass....
Smirk:p18 Rid smirked at the memory....
Rock: p19 sitting on a rock...

Week 11




Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Finished: 6/20/14
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Building: side of the building (p. 312)
Milk: Bread and milk (p. 347)
Gate: through the kailyard gate (p. 401)
Moonlight: the trail of moonlight (p. 543)
Pipe: smoking a pipe (p. 517)
Drive: told the coachman to drive (p. 515)
Double: her double chin (p. 371)
Smirk: She preened slightly, smirking (p. 256)
Rock: stepped through the rock (p. 295)

by James Patterson

3 stars

june -20-2014

Smirk: pg 189 He tossed a last smirk toward the messy stove. "Be sure and save the leftovers.

Pipe: pg 314 doing these killings." Carl Danko snorted derisively and reached for a pipe ..

jog: pg 6 She whistled for Otis and began to jog back to her car. Sh…

10/10

Items Claimed: 10/10

by Jaci Burton

Items claimed:

Building: she’d seen Luke and Boomer hugging the side of the building (Kobo App Ch.22)
Gate: No one was working today, but there were pens and gates. (Kobo App Ch.13)
Moonlight: He looked damn hot sitting there in the moonlight. (Kobo App Ch.17)
Drive: I could drive the boat, and you can ski. (Kobo App Ch.19)
Jog: next time she’d leave Annie at home and they could jog. (Kobo App Ch.5)
Double: including performing a double ACL repair on a very overweight rottweiler (Kobo App Ch.10)
Smirk: From the smirk on his face, so was his brother.(Kobo App Ch.12)

by Allison Brennan

Items claimed:

Milk: She focused on her pie and milk. (P.163)
Pipe: She breathed in the unique combination of spicy aftershave, rich coffee beans, and pipe tobacco. (P.36)
Rock: Her bare feet ached with each step, but they were so cold only the sharpest rocks cut through the numbness (P.1)

Week 11

by Jostein Gaarder-completed 6/19/14-*****

Jog-page 69-Jorgen would only think I'd begun to jog to be rid of my pimples.


by Deborah Garner-Completed 6/20/14-****

Building-Location 805-The first local school was located in Clubhouse, and then moved to a log building.

Milk-Location 511- She could pick up milk or other items as needed, in small quantities.

Gate-Location 529-An impressive log gate stood alongside the road at the entrance of a narrow dirt driveway.

Moonlight-Location 44-Looking up, she watched the moonlight dissipate softly across the cloudless sky.

Pipe-Location 1201-. . . by, haphazArdly loaded down with supplies-barrels of vegetables, an old stovepipe, a couple of bales of hay and other assorted goods.

Drive-Location 1445-Just go ahead and drive a little ways out of town.

Double-Location 393-Maddie was behind the counter of the cafe when Paige walked in, serving double expresso and blueberry scone to an Italian tourist in line.

Smirk-Location 1330-. .. .game. one tapping his foot nervously below the table, another slouching back with a sly smirk on he face.

Rock-Location 1611-. . . Jake's feet continued to follow the trail as it began to climb more steeply, a narrow section of rock to his left.

Items Claimed 10/10

Cant believe we are nearing the end of this wonderful journey.. and every passing week is just adding to its lure.

Book Read : The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★★★
Items Claimed

✔ Building : "The only building in sight was a small block of yellow.." - Page 24
✔ Milk : "A reluctant elevator boy went for a box full of straw and some milk.." - Page 29
✔ Gate : ".. and stopped in a thick drizzle beside the gate.." - Page 174
✔ Moonlight : ".. no trees and the sidewalk was white with moonlight." - Page 110
✔ Drive : ".. we had a curious conversation about driving a car." - Page 45
✔ Double : ".. step on the accelerator with the double purpose of.." - Page 66
✔ Smirk : ".. in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her.." - Page 138
✔ Rock : ".. apparently a hen sitting on a blurred rock." - Page 29

Book Read : I Can See You | Karen Rose ★★★★
Items Claimed

✔ Pipe : ".. matched for victim except one set we found on pipes.." - Location 1536
✔ Jog : "She took the stairs at a fast jog." - Location 2215

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Total Items Claimed : 10 / 10

Week 11: Jun 16-23

by Kathleen Taylor
read 6/16/14 - 2.5♥

Items:

Building(noun) "...dilapidated buildings, some made even uglier..." pg 29

Milk "...dips barbecue potato chips in milk..." pg 120

Gate "I closed the gate behind me..." pg 39

Moonlight "...middle of the bathroom, bathed in moonlight." pg 15

Pipe "...when the water pipes have frozen solid..." pg 30

Drive(verb) "I think you'll be lucky if we let you drive a tractor." pg 209

Double "...my last two Delphi burgers(double patty, cheese..." pg 28

Smirk "And why was she smirking?" p 66

by Chelsea Cain
read 6/17/14 - 3.5♥

Item:

Rock(noun) "The walls were carved out of rock." pg 262

by Stacey Jay
read 6/22/14 - 3♥

Item:

Jog "I try not to jog my heels..." pg 241

Total items claimed: 10/10

Week 11:
Read: by Kevin Hearne
Finished: 6/18/14
Rating: ★★★★
1 Item Found:

everyone else was on dry land and dancing to pipes pg 125

Read: by Jennifer Estep
Finished: 6/23/14
Rating: ★★★★
9 Items Found:

where a tall iron gate stood pg 13
but I'd eased from rock to rock pg 14
Fletcher dropped Finn off at his apartment building downtown pg 22
I headed toward the open double doors pg49
You can tell me the rest of it on the drive home pg 76
moonlight slipping in through the cracks pg 268
when they went out for an early morning jog pg 290
I whipped flour, sugar, salt, eggs, and milk pg 318
a greedy smirk slashed across his face pg 386


10 Items found total

Week 11
Items claimed: 10/10

Book: Be with Me by J. Lynn
Finished: 17/6 Rating: 4 stars
Building - there were six buildings that made up the complex. (page 27)
Gate - as he guided me toward the gate in the split rail. (page 69)
Pipe - Jacob piped up, smiling. (page 56)
Drive - Anyone could drive by. (page 119)
Jog - Jase got out and jogged around to my side. (page 163)
Double - I saw Jase exiting the double doors (page 167)
Smirk - Not when his lips curled up in a smug smirk. (page 54)
Rock - Tomorrow I’d probably bury my face under a rock (page 121)

Book: Tattered Love by Lola Stark
Finished: 19/6 Rating: 4 stars
Moonlight - moonlight shining in through the open curtains. (page 150)

Book: Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
Finished: 23/6 Rating: 4 stars
Milk - When she was on her way to the kitchens for a glass of milk (page 80)

Just in time!

R3: RRSH
Week 11
Items Found 8/10

Old Nathan by David Drake
Finished 6/23/14 ★★★★

Old Nathan knew the building was there, though, because he’d seen it… Kindle Loc 896

… he breakfasted on milk and mush. Kindle Loc 6

Old Nathan dropped two gate bars and led the mule… Kindle Loc 1800

The swirl of snow and moonlight quivered closer yet… Kindle Loc 3054

… relaxing enough to clamp the pipe again between his teeth. Kindle Loc 2481

The whip, long enough to drive a team of four span… Kindle Loc 284

… built English-fashion of sawn timber but double sized,… Kindle Loc 2468

Higher up on the rocks, the mud was cracking and lifting its edges toward the naked sun. Kindle Loc 589

Week 12:Items Claimed 7/10
by Lauren N. Sharman
Finished:6/23/14 Rating:4 Stars

Items Found 7/10
Chandelier~He could get a good shot at the chandelier in the foyer. Page 125
Towel~Until she'd wrapped everything in towels Page 5
Feather~His thick slightly feathered on its own hair fell into place. Page 8
Sweater~Even the white cashmere sweater she'd decided not to wear. Page 95
Kitchen~Dropped her work bag on the kitchen chair. Page 5
Sign~Pink and green neon sign. Page 1
Steam~Drawing the steam into her lungs. Page 5

A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #5) 6/24 ★★★★★


Lion - Drinking after hours in the Red LION? page 82

Towel - as she dumps wet TOWELS in the washing machine. page 314

Feather - The ubiquitous collection of shells and FEATHERS hanging overhead page 212

Piano - There is even a sofa and a PIANO, displaying a Grade 5 scales book page 160

Potato - she is being angelic, eating POTATO salad. page 121

Kitchen - Kate is searching for Flint in the KITCHEN page 15

Sign - they turn onto the motorway, a huge SIGN above them points the way page 64

Steam - The air is foggy with chips oil and STEAM. page 151

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

june 23 2014

2 stars

Lion: Page 113 …as he could back to his mas-ter to tell him. But on the way, a Lion ha…

Towel: Page 191 …life, the outer majesty. Their idea of a good time is folding Towels.

Feather: Page 18 ... some little pieces of pine pitch for fastening Feathers to tre… .

Sweater: Page 251 …and if you have knitted yourself up into a many-sleeved sweater, c…

Piano : Page 250 ... son to carry the piano ups

Kitchen:Page 16 I've traded stories with sister and brother healers at kitchen table…

Sign: Page 5 …under, searching over, searching for a clue, a remnant, a sign that she…

Steam : Page 130 …right behind, and her breath rolled over the water in clouds of steam ,…

8/10

by James Patterson

4 stars

june 24

potato: Page 385 ... and mountains of garlic mashed potatoes went to waste. It was lat…

9/10

Week 12:Items Claimed 8/10
by J.D. Robb
Finished:6/24/14 Rating:4 Stars

Items Found 1/10
Piano~A glossy white piano. Page 81

Out Of Range by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett #5) 6/25 ★★★★ ✔
(from page 200 when items were posted)



Chandelier - a massive elk antler CHANDELIER with hundreds of small lights hung from a faux logging chain. page 263

Sweater - She wore a black turtleneck SWEATER with silver and gold threads running through the fabric. page 242



I believe this completes the challenge for me. Thanks Jennifer very much. I actually looked forward to Mondays!

Items Claimed: 7/10

by Sarah MacLean

Items claimed:

Lion: She could not resist poking the lion (Kobo App. Ch.7)
Towel: Gwen snapped a towel in the direction of the woman who had made the suggestive comment (Kobo App. Ch.15)
Feather: Juliana looked down at the feather(Kobo App. Ch.8)
Piano: She sat on the piano bench (Kobo App. Ch.11)
Potato: covering the front of the house with onions, potatoes (Kobo App. Ch.11)
Kitchen: Refined ladies do not abide gossip in the kitchens (Kobo App. Ch.15)
Sign: Their mother showed no sign of maternal love on the best of days (Kobo App. Ch.3)

Sheila wrote: " Out Of Range by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett #5) 6/25 ★★★★ ✔
(from page 200 when items were posted)



Chandelier - a massive elk antler CH..."

Way to Go, Sheila!!! You are so welcome! Thanks for playing!

I hope you have this again sometime in the future.

way to go Shelia!

by Gordon Korman

3 stars

june 25

Chandelier: pg 40 Avast crystal Chandelier blazed overhead. Amy and Dan gasped.

10/10

Well done, Sheila!

Great job, Sheila! I would play this again in the future too.

WTG, Sheila !
Your reading prowess and speed is commendable !

Congratulations ! :)

Week 12:Items Claimed 10/10
by M. Skye
by Elle Jasper
Both Finished:6/25/14 Both Rated:4 Stars

Items Found 2/10
Lion~Like a lion staking its prey. DL Page 117
Potato~It consisted of a roast and potatoes his cook had put together. CoD Page 111

This complete the challenge for me

Congratulations Kme_17 & Angie!

Week 12



by Darynda Jones
Finished: 6/26/14
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

Lion: the lion could be tamed (p. 57)
Towel: In a towel (p. 215)
Feather: and a feather boa (p. 5)
Sweater: my extra-tight sweater (p. 3)
Potato: like a sack of potatoes (p. 19)
Kitchen: the door to the kitchen (p. 7)
Sign: new billboard like sign (p. 119)
Steam: let of steam (p. 72)

Week 12

by Anne Perry-Completed 6/25/14-*****

Piano-Chapter 3-page 3-Emily was sitting at the piano.

Kitchen-Chapter 1-page 12- Tea was served by Dora, the kitchen main, in the drawing room.

Sign-Chapter 5-Page 55-If it ever occurred tot he vicar's mind that she was being sarcastic, there was no sign of it in his face.

Items Claimed-3/10

@Jennifer - I'm reading now and it also has Chandelier and piano in chapter eleven.

ETA: Wow! I just realized it as all the words in one book :0)

Items Claimed: 10/10

by Sarah MacLean

Items claimed:

Lion: She could not resist poking the lion (Kobo App. Ch.7)
Towel: Gwen snapped a towel in the direction of the woman who had made the suggestive comment (Kobo App. Ch.15)
Feather: Juliana looked down at the feather(Kobo App. Ch.8)
Piano: She sat on the piano bench (Kobo App. Ch.11)
Potato: covering the front of the house with onions, potatoes (Kobo App. Ch.11)
Kitchen: Refined ladies do not abide gossip in the kitchens (Kobo App. Ch.15)
Sign: Their mother showed no sign of maternal love on the best of days (Kobo App. Ch.3)

by Nora Roberts

Chandelier: dripping chandeliers and beyond a two-level library where someone spoke in quiet tones. (Kobo App. Ch.11)
Sweater: how the hell would you know if you cull out the sweater she gave him for Christmas?” (Kobo App. Ch.5)
Steam: went back to painting to work off steam (Kobo App. Ch.25)

Wtg, Lauren!!

Lauren wrote: "@Jennifer - I'm reading now and it also has Chandelier and piano in chapter eleven.

ETA: Wow! I just realized it as all the words in one book :0)"

I just realized I noted the wrong book for my items. It should have been Fifth Grave Past the Light...DUH

Yes, I found all the items!

Week 12: Jun 23-30

by Robert K Tanenbaum
read 6/23/14 - 3♥

Items:

Piano "...getting a guide dog and taking up the piano." pg 352

Kitchen "They threw the dynamite into the kitchen..." pg 307

Sign "I looked up at the tin sign mounted over the front door." pg 381

by Malala Yousafzai
read 6/24/14 3♥

Items:

Chandelier "...in the main room under a great chandelier form China..." pg 221

Lion "My father spoke like a lion..." pg 230

by J D Robb
read 6/27/14 4♥

Items:

Towel "A couple of used towels she might have dropped..." pg 19

Potato
"...steak, rare, white potato, baked, sourdough roll..." pg 22

Steam(noun) "Eve imagined the steam gushing out of her ears..." pg 88

by Kay Hooper
read 6/27/14 3♥

Items:

Feather "With something on the end...feathers?" pg 209

Sweater "...dressed in jeans and a loose sweater..." pg 133

Total Items: 10/10

Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "I just realized I noted the wrong book for my items. It should have been Fifth Grave Past the Light...DUH "

Lol! Happens to the best of us :0)

Well done, TC!!!

Congratulations Turtlecollector!!

Week 12

This has been a fun challenge. I was able to reduce my kindle inventory quite a bit!

The Bone Church: A Novel by Victoria Dougherty-Completed 6/27/14-*****--Loved this book that took place mostly in Prague during and after World War II- I have been fortunate to visit Prague and was reminded of much of my visit--ready to return!

Chandelier-page 7-The chandelier above them flickered, but the Cardinal ignored it.

Lion-page 213-"It makes the rat look like a lion.

Towel-page 137-Felix took the damp, linen towel our of his pocket, blotting his forehead and upper lip.

Feather-page 42- She dipped her head, the feather on her hunter green hat twirling like a fairy, as the train rolled to a stop.

Stream-page 65-A thin stream of blood trickled from under his loose tooth.

Sweater-page 106-Svoboda helped Felix change into his jumpsuit and sweater . . .

Potato-page 86- She stuffed the leftover jars of canned fruits and vegetables into an empty potato sack.

Items Claimed 7/10

Congrats Wanda!

- Helen Simonson
(On page 18 when items called)
Finished: June 28, 2014
Rating: 4/5 stars

Items to claim:
Chandelier: "He gazed up at the brass chandelier as if searching for the exact parsing of his next words." (pg. 52)
Lion: "'Any lion skin rugs?' asked the bucket head." (pg. 76)
Towel: "He saw another waiter slap a male dancer across the face with his white arm towel, as if to challenge him to a duel." (pg. 260)
Feather: "Her hat boasted black feathers sweeping in serried rows across her sunken forehead." (pg. 129)
Sweater: "He wished he had worn a suit now, instead of this ridiculous black sweater." (pg. 54)
Piano: "She had kept them short, the better to thrust into the garden soil or to play the piano." (pg. 174)
Potato: "'It's quite perfect," breathed Grace. 'Are the potatoes spicy?'" (pg. 119)
Kitchen: "...talked to him at the tops of their voices from the kitchen." (pg. 33)
Sign: "The orange plastic sign, 'Supersaver SuperMart,' winked in the low September sun." (pg. 36)
Steam: "A wisp of steam rose from the beef..." (pg. 119)

Post total: 10/10 items
Week total: 10/10 items

Congrats Sam!

Cant believe that this will be the last post for this challenge. It has been an absolute pleasure and sheer fun being a part of this hunt.

Thank you so very much, Jennifer, for bringing this upto us and conducting it with such ease. Truly appreciate the effort.

Congratulations to all the finishers and fellow hunters. Those who happened to collect all the 120 words, hats off !

.. and ofcourse, see you in the next scavenger hunt ! *starts sharpening his tools* ;)

Book Read : The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway ★★★
Items Claimed

✔ Towel : ".. the boy thought, a soap and a good towel." - Page 21
✔ Sign : "Or is it some sign of weather that I do not know ?" - Page 40

Book Read : One of Ours | Willa Cather ★★★★
Items Claimed

✔ Chandelier : "See those chandeliers ? Crystal !" - Location 84
✔ Lion : ".. over the spot where the lion itself was buried.." - Location 3474
✔ Feather : "Claude stood kicking at a bunch of mottled feathers.." - Location 55
✔ Sweater : ".. and was working in his shirt and sweater." - Location 1055
✔ Piano : ".. engraving of Napoleon which hung over the piano.." - Location 454
✔ Potato : ".. and her Hungarian woman made lentil soup and potato dumplings.." - Location 894
✔ Kitchen : "He went through the kitchen into the adjoining washroom.." - Location 11
✔ Steam : "The steam from the locomotive made a spreading.." - Location 374

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Total Items Claimed : 10 / 10



Total Items in the Scavenger Hunt : 109 / 120

Week 12 10/10 words
6/23**
Chandelier- p 82 hanging from the chandelier
Steam-p66 Through the steam she couldn't see herself in the mirror.
6/23***
Sweater- p11 putting on a sweater...
Piano- p6 Everyone gather around the piano
6/25****
Lion- p 129 stomped around roaring like a wounded lion
Towel-p97 nothing but a towel wrapped....
Feather- p233 picture of a dead ,headless,featherless...
Potato- p5 across the plate into the mashed potatoes
Kitchen- p15 it was a country-style kitchen
Sign- p29 no sign of Armad....

Way to Go, Aproov & Sue!!

Week 12
10/10

Chandelier
“There was a glistening, violet chandelier over the bed, the lights shaped like bundles of grapes.”
Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter, position in book 7%
27/6/14

Lion
“Let’s get the Lion eating.”
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan, position in book 25%
28/6/14

Towel
“Michael came in, his face rigid with restraint, holding something in a towel .”
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan, position in book 18%
28/6/14

Feather
“his majestic white wings outstretched, enclosing her in a feathered haven.”
Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter, position in book 21%
27/6/14

Sweater
“I pull the short black skirt and red-cropped sweater that shows off my belly out of the closet”
Breathe With Me by Kristen Proby, position in book 1%
24/6/14

Piano
“‘Yeah,’ Simone said, climbing on the piano stool. ‘Play for us.’”
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan, position in book 44%
28/6/14

Potato
““Three orders of potato skins,” Stacy says.”
Breathe With Me by Kristen Proby, position in book 68%
24/6/14

Kitchen
“The old woman was dead in the kitchen doorway.”
Blue Dragon by Kylie Chan, position in book 20%
28/6/14

Sign
Scarlet spun, searching for any sign of him.
Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter, position in book 36%
27/6/14

Steam (noun)
“ Steam practically curled from his nostrils.”
Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter, position in book 10%
27/6/14

Congrats Marie!

R3: RRSH
Week 12
Items Found 9/10

Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Finished 6/27/14 ★★★★★

The outsized chandeliers were not turned on yet... Kindle Loc 4195

"...and the partner claimed that the fiancé had gotten the lion’s share.” Kindle Loc 3888

...smothering my mouth with a dish towel so I wouldn’t further embarrass the family. Kindle Loc 2500

I suppressed a shudder at the thought of peacocks,
roasted with the feathers still on... Kindle Loc 91

...now clad in jeans and a dark sweater. Kindle Loc 5391

missed her ear by two inches and landed in a bowl of potato salad on the buffet table. Kindle Loc 704

Eileen was skipping down the hall to the kitchen. Kindle Loc 176

...blue colonial-style sign in front reading Be-Stitched — Dressmakers. Kindle Loc 272

...and steam was rising from a couple of covered dishes whose lids were ajar. Kindle Loc 4203

Week 12:

Read: by Anne Bishop
Rating: ★★★
Finished: 6/28/14

8 Items Found:
upstairs to snag a towel pg 215
travelled across the ocean from Afrikah, where the liongard referred to humans as hairless gibbering monkeys. pg 8
(btw shifter are called liongards for lion shifters, wolfgard for wolf shifters etc.)
and a black feather in the sorting room pg 255
two heavy pullover sweaters one black, the other pg 27
they served hearty meat and potatoes meals pg 45
a kitchen area that held half a fridge pg 16
to see the sign above the glass door pg 6
humans invented steam engines and central heating pg 2

Congrats Sunshine & Jenne!

I wanted to thank everyone for playing! THANKS!! :)

Thanks for all of your hard work Jennifer, it was a lot of fun :)