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NBRC CYOA: Karma - Option 3
27 out of 27 Books Read

W - Jasmine Walt, Betrayed by Magic 12/4
R - Nora Roberts, Bay of Sighs 12/6
I - Images Eternal 12/5
T - The Lightning Horse 12/3
I - Island of Glass 12/7
N - Nora Roberts, Stars of Fortune 12/6
G - Ani Gonzalez, Fortune Favors The Witch 12/10

H - Helen Harper, Last Wish 12/8
O - Orphans of Time-Space 12/11
P - Patricia Briggs, Fire Touched 12/10
E - Elizabeth A. Reeves, How (Not) to Kiss a Prince 12/7

I - Initiate 12/22
M - Lisa Maliga, The Great Brownie Taste-Off 12/8
A - A Cranberry Inn Christmas 12/4
G - Gentry
I - Ink: A Mermaid Romance 12/29
N - Jesse Noland, Dead Boys: Death is just the Beginning 12/17
A - Ani Gonzalez, Here Comes the Witch 12/9
T - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 12/17
I - Indexing 1/11
V - T.D. van Basten, Ancient Egypt: Three Biographies In One: Cleopatra - Ramses II - Hatshepsut 1/23
E - Elisabeth Grace, Rumor Has It 12/14

F - Firefighter Griffin 12/17
O - Oh My Holy Phone 12/16
C - The Christmas Dragon's Mate 12/12
U - Untraceable 12/16
S - The Soulkeepers 12/8

I'll try this one. :)

Option 3: Spell-It-Out
Level: Giving - 25/25 COMPLETED!!
You set the pace (thank goodness!) 12/3/16 - 4/22/17

C - Confessions of a Scary Mommy
O - Old Man's War
M - My Not So Perfect Life
P - Pollyanna
A - The Girl Who Drank the Moon character: Antain
S - Small Great Things
S - Saint Odd
I - The Girl in the Garden character: Iris
O - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
N - The Poisonwood Bible character: Nathan Price
A - The Adventures Of Pinocchio
T - Truly Madly Guilty
E - Every Body Yoga

F - The Funny Thing Is...
A - George by Alex Gino
M - The Couple Next Door character: Marco Conti
I - I See You
L - The Forgotten Girls character: Louise Rick
Y - Your Cholesterol Matters

W - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas character: Bruno Wisitzki
A - The Archived
R - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
M - Heartless by Marissa Meyer
T - Fat Fridays character: Tiffany
H - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Choose Your Own Adventure: Karma
Duration: Open
Option 3: Karma Spell-it-Out
Book Level: Giving : 25+ books
Progress: 25/25

COMPLETE

B- The Big Lie by Fran Manushkin 12/14/16
L- Little Goose by David Mraz 7/12/17
U- Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland 12/7/16
N- Fly, Monarch! Fly! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace 12/14/16
T- The Tricky Tooth (Katie Woo by Fran Manushkin 12/14/16

H- A Happy Day by Fran Manushkin 12/14/16
A- Arlo Rolled by Susan Pearson 7/12/17
R- Ready, Set, 100th Day! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace 12/14/16
S- Snow by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace 12/14/16
H- Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps by Cynthia Rylant 12/7/16

H- Happy Birthday, Abuela by Nickelodeon 12/7/16
A- Airplanes: Soaring! Diving! Turning! by Patricia Hubbell 7/12/2017
P- The Pink Party by Maryann Macdonald 12/7/16
P- I Totally Funniest: A Middle School Story by James Patterson 12/6/16
Y- The Year without a Santa Claus by Phyllis McGinley 7/12/2017

W- Grumpy Groundhog by Maureen Wright 12/7/16
R- Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art by Adam McHeffey 7/12/2017
A- +Anima 3 by Natsumi Mukai 1/14/17
T- Too Much Rain by Fran Manushkin 12/14/16
H- Herman's Letter by Tom Percival 12/7/16

D- Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie! by Judy Cox 7/12/2017
R- Red, White, and Blue and Katie Woo! by Fran Manushkin 12/14/16
E- Elephant from Baghdad, The by Mary Tavener Holmes 7/13/2017
A- Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel 12/7/16
D- A Dog's Life by Caroline Sherman 7/13/2017

Choose Your Own Adventure: Karma
Start: December 3, 2016
End: ???
Option 3: Spell it out ~ Level:
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
There is no limit to the number of words per book
Book level: Giving = 0/25+ books
Scavenger Hunt level: Karma = 0/121 + words

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.

Acceptance
Admiration
Adorable
Adrift
Adversity
Affectionate
Afraid
Aggravate
Aggressive
Agitated
Alarm
Alienation
Alive
Amends
Angry
Annoyed
Anticipate
Anxiety
Appreciated
Arrogance
Ashamed
Attention
Authoritative
Aversion
Awake
Awareness
Awe
Awful
Belligerent
Benevolent
Bitter
Blue
Blunt
Bold
Bonds
Bored
Breathing
Brilliant
Bullying
Callous
Calm
Camaraderie
Carefree
Cautious
Challenges
Cheerful
Church
Clarity
Clever
Combative
Comfort
Comical
Compassionate
Constructive
Contemptuous
Content
Contrary
Control
Cool
Cordial
Courtesy
Covetous
Cranky
Cross
Cruelty
Curious
Dainty
Defeated
Defiant
Dejected
Delight
Delighted
Delusion
Despair
Detriment
Development
Devoted
Devotion
Diplomatic
Disagreeable
Disciplined
Discontent
Discrimination
Discussion
Disgust
Disinterest
Distaste
Doubtful
Dread
Dream
Dutiful
Dynamic
Ebullient
Education
Elated
Embrace
Emotion
Energized
Engagement
Enraged
Envy
Ethical
Evil
Excited
Excluded
Exercise
Exhibition
Exhausted
Exhilaration
Expectation
Experience
Exuberance
Exault
Family
Fear
Fearful
Fearless
Feelings
Feisty
Fierce
Flattered
Focus
Forgiving
Forlorn
Fortunate
Freedom
Friends
Frightened
Frustrated
Fulfillment
Furious
Fury
Generosity
Generous
Gentle
Giving
Glee
Glum
Grateful
Greedy
Grief
Habit
Happy
Harmony
Harsh
Hatred
Haughty
Hazards
Heroic
Honored
Hope
Horror
Humanity
Humor
Idealistic
Illusion
Imaginative
Impartial
Impatient
Improvement
Inconsiderate
Indifferent
Innocent
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitivity
Insightful
Inspired
Intolerant
Isolated
Jealous
Jeer
Jolly
Joy
Jubilation
Judgment
Kind
Kindred
Kinship
Label
Laughing
Lazy
Listen
Lively
Loathing
Lonely
Lost
Love
Loyalty
Lucky
Mad
Malice
Maturity
Mean
Meek
Melancholy
Mental
Mindful
Miserable
Misunderstanding
Mollified
Moody
Movement
Music
Nasty
Natural
Nature
Naughty
Nervous
Neurotic
Nutrition
Obnoxious
Observation
Obstinate
Obtuse
Opinion
Opportunities
Oppressive
Optimism
Ostracized
Overcome
Overjoyed
Overwhelmed
Pain
Patient
Peers
Perspective
Philanthropy
Piety
Pity
Poignancy
Powerful
Powerless
Practice
Pragmatic
Prayer
Preconception
Preparation
Pride
Prompt
Protective
Qualified
Querulous
Query
Quest
Questioning
Quiet
Radical
Rage
Reading
Relax
Reliable
Religion
Relinquish
Repentant
Reputation
Resent
Resigned
Reverent
Routine
Rude
Sacrifice
Security
Serenity
Sharing
Solution
Soothe
Sorrow
Success
Support
Talent
Teaching
Time
Tireless
Tragic
Tranquility
Triumph
Trust
Uncertain
Understood
Unhappy
Unique
Usefulness
Utilitarian
Vacation
Valiant
Validation
Versatile
Vibrant
Vigilant
Vigorous
Vindictive
Violent
Visualization
Vitality
Vocal
Vociferous
Volunteer
Vow
Warmth
Weary
Well-balanced
Well-behaved
Whimsical
Whimsy
Wholesome
Wicked
Willingness
Wisdom
Wise
Wish
Woeful
Wonder
Worried
Worry
Worship
Worthwhile
Worthy
Wrath
Writing
Xenia
Xenon
Yielding
Youthful
Zeal
Zealous
Zest
Zone

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Karma Challenge

Option 3: Karma Spell-it-Out
Words A-Z

1St Word - ADRIFT

A - Aries = Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts - 12/12/16
D - Donoghue, Emma - Frog Music - 12/13/16
R - ridley - Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - 12/19/16
I - Isabelle - Calling Me Home by Julie kibler - 1/1/16
F - Firespell by Chloe Neill - 12/10/16
T - Tiberius Blackthorn - Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - 1/2/17

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2nd Word - Afraid

A - Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson - 1/4/17
F - Farrow, Reyes - Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - 1/9/17
R - Rudy - Taking on the Dead by Annie Walls - 1/6/17
A - After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman - 1/13/17
I - Ingrid - Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys - 2/1/17
D - David - Zoo 2 by James Patterson - 1/16/17
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Next Word - Aggressive

A - Amy MacKinnon - Tethered - 2/3/17
G - Grigori, Daniel - Fallen by Lauren Kate - 2/20/17
G - Gabriel - And After by Sarah Lyons Fleming - 2/26/17
R - Reyes Farrow - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 2/4/17
E - Elie Wiesel - Night - 2/24/17
S - Stormy Two Knives - Boundary Waters by William Kent Kruger - 2/9/17
S - Sandra - 1/2986 by Annelie Wendeberg - 2/21/17
I - Isiah Campbell - Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray - 2/17/17
V - Vanishing Girls by Lauren oliver - 2/10/17
E - Elkins, Belfa - Last Ragged Breath by Julia Keller - 2/19/17
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Next - BORED

B - Beckstrom, Allie - Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk - 3/2/17
O - Olivia - Strain of Resistance by Michelle Bryan - 3/13/17
R - Radcliff, Lucy - Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd - 3/4/17
E - Evangeline Barry - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James - 3/7/17
D - The Dinosaur Four by Geoff Jones - 3/9/17
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Next - COMBATIVE

C - Cathy - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 3/15/17
O - Osh - The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/2/17
M - Mercer, Sophie - Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - 3/18/17
B - Billy O'Neill - Half In Love With Death by Emily Ross - 3/19/17
A - Antoine Rey - A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay - 3/21/17
T - Troy - Journey Across Zombie Texas by Rhiannon Frater - 3/28/17
I - Ivan - At Risk by Alice Hoffman = 3/21/17
V - Vaccination by Phillip Tomasso III - 1/3/17
E - The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey - 3/23/17

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Next Word - Constructive

C - Crawford, James - Blood Soaked and Invaded - 4/6/17
O - O'Malley, Loch - Hell's Belle by Karen Greco - 4/8/17
N - Nelda Toombs - The Visitor by Amanda Stevens - 4/20/17
S - Stevie O'Connor - Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger - 4/12/17
T - Tess O'Leary - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarity - 4/17/17
R - Rosen, Ellen - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry - 4/20/17
U - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 5/10/17
C - C.J. Box - Nowhere To Run - 4/22/17
T - Toby Bryant - Hidden in Plain Sight by Karen Ann Harper - 4/23/17
I - The Island of Excess Love by Francesca Lia Block - 4/30/17
V - Vic Plumley - Sorrow Road by Julia Keller - 4/17/17
E - Eamon - Crooked Kingdom by leigh Bardugo - 5/4/17
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CRUELTY

C - Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - 5/17/17
R - R - Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - 5/15/17
U - Uncle Luke - The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon - 6/15/17
E - Enclave by Ann Aguirre - 5/12/17
L - Luca Harding - Yesterday's Gone: Episode 1 by Sean Platt - 5/29/17
T - Tully Hart - Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah - 5/16/17
Y - Yentas, Carol - A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo - 6/20/17

NEXT WORD - Disinterest

D - Dylan - Anyone? by Angela Scott - 7/11/17
I - Inga Salzar - Anna's Bear: 5 Days of Moral Conflict And Pursuit, Nazi Germany, 1939 by O.W.Shumaker - 7/17/17
S - Shabaka - Curse of Anubis by Nathaniel Burns - 7/6/17
I - I Zombie I by Jack Wallen - 8/29/17
N - Nate Romanowski - Cold Wind by C.J. Box - 6/21/17
T - Thomas - All the Stars in the Sky by Sarah Lyons Fleming - 6/24/17
E - Eight Keys by Suzanne LeFleur - 6/26/17
R - Rex Oakes - Horde by Ann Aguirre - 7/3/17
E - Eva - Tainted Blood by Karen Greco - 6/26/17
S - Sebastian - The Lair by Emily McKay - 7/5/17
T - T.J. Jones - Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher - 7/12/17

NEXT WORD - ELATED

E - Edward Prince - A Cold Legacy by Megan Shepherd - 9/7/17
L - Logan rice - Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn - 9/9/17
A - Ayaan - Monster Island by David Wellington - 8/31/17
T - Teren Santoro - The Rose Society by Marie Lu - 9/11/17
E - Ernie - Into That Forest by Louis Nowra - 9/1/17
D - Danielle Paige - Yellow Brick War - 9/5/17

Next Word - FAMILY

F - Father Jerome - Getting Wilde by Jenn Stark - 9/12/17
A - Autum - This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp - 9/14/17
M - Moses, Dora - The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie Sue Hitchcock - 9/15/17
I - Ink Spot - Extracted by Sherry D. Ficklin - 9/18/17
L - Lea - Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - 9/19/17
Y - Yeva Dudick - Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine - 10/9/17

NExt Word - FORLORN

F - Finch, Olivia - Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott - 10/14/17
O - Off The Grid by C.J. Box - 10/19/17
R - Raji - Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan - 10/24/17
L - Lewis, M. Lauryl - Dark Grace - 10/10/17
O - Out Of The Dust by Karen Hesse - 11/5/17
R - Ruse, Leon - Steele City Blues by Karen Greco - 10/25/17
N - Northman, Eric - Stendöd by Charlaine Harris - 10/10/17

NEXT WORD - FRUSTRATED

F - Fix - Cold Days by Jim Butcher - 11/8/17
R - Rachel - The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe - 11/10/17
U - Upton, Billy - White Trash Zombie Unchained by Diana Rowland - 12/19/17
S - Spivack, Lester - Vicious Circle by C.J. Box - 11/13/17
T - Tom Landers - Waging War by April White - 11/14/17
R - ron Duhon - Malevolent by Jana Deleon - 11/16/17
A - Andrew Wiley - Sweet Hollow Women by Holly Tierney Bedord - 11/17/17
T - Trey - Shattered World by Kate L. Mary - 11/27/17
E - Erilson, D.N. - Demon Rogue - 11/17/17
D - Doyle - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger - 11/23/17

NEXT WORD - GENEROSITY

G - Gren - Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi - 1/3/17
E - Eric Northman - Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris - 1/4/18
N - Nicodemus - Skin Game by Jim Butcher - 1/17/18
E - Eli - Black Arts by Faith Hunter - 1/11/18
R - Ruth Hersberger - The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle - 12/23/17
O - O'Tree, Circe - Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry - 1/5/18
S - Sullivan, Cooper - The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel - 12/24/17
I - Itachi - Boundary Crossed by Melissa F. Olson - 1/8/17
T - Tia - Calamity by Brandon Sanderson - 12/29/17
Y - Yaniv - Cheating Death by April White - 2/13/18

NEXT WORD - HATRED

H - Havillard, Dorian - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - 2/19/18
A - April Tuckle - How High the Moon by Sandra Kring - 2/27/18
T - Tomlinson - Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White - 2/19/18
R - russo, Nicholas - Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani - 3/2/18
E - Eleanor Fitt - Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard - 2/21/18
D - Devlin, John - The Awakening by Amanda Steven - 2/23/18

NEXT WORD - HEROIC

H - Hexbound by Chloe Neill - 3/10/18
E - Everly, Maek - Landry Park by Bethany Hagen - 3/16/18
R - Ren DuBois - Copper River by William Kent Krueger - 3/4/18
O - Ohene Nyarko - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - 3/20/18
I 0 India - Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming - 4/3/18
C - Charlaine Harris - Dead Reckoning - 3/9/18

NEXT WORD - HORROR

H - Harris, Charlaine - Deadlocked - 4/5/18
O - O'Connor, Cork - Red Knife by William Kent Krueger - 4/11/18
R - Rowland, Diana - Mark of the Demon - 4/6/18
R - Ringo Deveraux - An Urchin of Means by April White - 4/16/18
O - Owen Baillie - Breakdown - The Unblessed Dead - 4/19/18

NEXT WORD - IMPARTIAL

I - Ilyse Nott - The Unblessed Dead by Rhiannon Frater - 4/19/18
M - The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens - 4/23/18
P - Pari - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/27/18
A - Amie - Charmfall by Chloe Neill - 4/30/18
R - Rowe, Brian - Over the Rainbow - 5/1/18
T - Trinia Martinez - Insanity by Susan Vaught - 5/5/18
I - Isaiah Broom - Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger - 5/22/18
A - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood - 5/9/18
L - Liz - Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles - 5/7/18

NEXT WORD - JOY

J - Jakobe - The Hidden Summer by Gin Phillips - 5/23/18
O - O'Connor, Cork - Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger - 6/6/18
Y - Yates, Kenny - Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger - 7/4/18

NEXY WORD - KINDRED

K - Kudoto, Lacey - The Passage by Justin Cronin - 7/10/18
I - Ignatius - The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater - 7/13/18
N - Neesha Bailey - Jenny Pox by J.L. BRyan - 7/16/18
D - Dross, Marsha - Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger - 7/24/18
R - Russell McVee - Evergreen Avenue: 1970s by Amelia Keldan - 7/28/18
E - Eric Northman - The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by Charlaine Harris - 7/21/18
D - Death Storm by G.S. Wright - 7/24/18

Reserved

NEXT WORD - LIVELY

L - Laure Primea - A Darkness Strange and Lovely by Susan Dennard - 7/30/18
I - Isaac Marion - The Burning World - 8/3/18
V - Vera Howson - Women & Children First by Gill Paul - 8/9/18
E - Elsie Hickman - Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of A Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator by Homer Hickman - 8/6/18
L - Louise Arcineau - Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger - 8/8/18
Y - Yoder, Ina - A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo - 8/20/18

NEXT WORD - MUSIC

M - MacPherson, Riley - The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain - 8/22/18
U - U - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward - 9/4/18
S - Susan Dennard - A Dawn Most Wicked - 8/23/18
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 9/7/18
C - Chaol Westfall - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas - 8/29/18

NEXT WORD - NASTY

N - Neal Shusterman - Scythe - 9/30/18
A - Arviso, Kai - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse - 9/16/18
S - The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain - 9/9/18
T - Tolek - Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz by Rena Kornreich Gelissen - 9/10/18
Y - YellowRock, Jane - Dark Heir by Faith Hunter - 9/22/18

NEXT WORD - OVERWHELMED

O - O'Connor, Cork - Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger - 10/6/18
V - Vichous - Lover Unbound by J.R.Ward - 10/16/18
E - Elena - The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian - 10/18/18
R - Roberta Green - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James - 10/2/18
W - World War II Love Stories by Gill Paul - 10/4/18
H - Haines, Carolyn - Revenant - 10/25/18
E - Esposito, Raymond - You and Me Against the World - 10/3/18
L - Luke - Bone White by Tim McWhorter - 10/4/18
M - Myong - Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - 10/9/18
E - Ellie - Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah - 10/26/18
D - Denise Kiernan - The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II - 10/13/18

NEXT WORD - POWERFUL

P - Patrick Ness - A Monster Calls - 11/5/18
O - Owen - Jordan's Brains: A Zombie Evolution by J. Cornell Michel - 11/15/18
W - Watts, Jubie - The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew - 11/9/18
E - Emma Tait - 77 Days in September by Ray Gorham - 10/27/18
R - Russell - Evergreen Park: 1980s by Amelia Keldan - 10/28/18
F - Ford, Quincy - Girls Like Us by Gail Giles - 11/6/18
U - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman - 11/10/18
L - lori Peterson - Will to Survive by Eric Walters - 11/2/18

NEXT WORD - Qualified

Q - Qhinne - Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward - 12/13/18
U - Unknown Museums of Upstate New York: A Guide to 50 Treasures by Chuck D'Imperio - 12/8/18
A - Astrid - Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman - 11/21/18
L - Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman - 11/23/18
I - Ivan Brewster - Contagious by Emily Goodwin - 12/18/18
F - Francesca - Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 12/25/18
I - The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life by Laurie Notaro - 1/16/19
E - Erick Thorson - My Viking Vampire by Krystal Shannan - 11/18/18
D - Drew - The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers - 11/29/18

NEXT WORD - RESIGNED

R - Ruiz, Lou Ann - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver - 1/16/19
E - Elaine - The Haunting of the Hockomock Swamp by H.E. Kline - 1/22/19
S - Swift, Minnie - Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky - 1/27/19
I - Ian - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 1/24/19
G - Grave Mercy by Robin LaFever - 2/6/19
N - Nox - Dorothy Must Die: Stories by Danielle Paige - 1/19/19
E - Early, Tom - Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas - 2/4/19
D - Delphine - Reckoning by Jeaniene Frost - 1/23/19

NEXT WORD - SERENITY

S - Sarah Addison Allen - The Peach Keeper - 2/8/19
E - Elizabeth Proctor - I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino - 2/9/19
R - Reid - Hysteria by Megan Miranda - 2/13/19
E - Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas - 2/21/19
N - North, Stephen A. - Dead Tide - 2/25/19
I - Ian - At Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - 2/16/19
T - Troutt, Phineas - Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath - 2/11/19
Y - You're Gonna' Get Bit!: Harrowing Tales of Herpetology by Mark Ferdinand - 2/22/19

NEXT WORD - TIRELESS

T - Tepesh, Vlad - Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 3/11/19
I - Isobel Lanley - Nevermore by Kelly Creagh - 3/3/19
R - Robin LaFevers - Dark Triumph - 3/16/19
E - Evdokia - Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - 3/10/19
L - Lydia Lee - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/20/19
E - Eretia - Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas - 3/29/19
S - Shusterman, Neal - Challenger Deep - 3/1/19
S - The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi - 3/4/19

NEXT WORD - UNCERTAIN

U - Uccello, Stefan - Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs - 5/8/19
N - Nate Romanowski - Wolf Pack by C.J. Box - 4/1/19
C -Curran - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews - 4/13/19
E - Ellen Dryver - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy - 4/14/19
R - Rhage - Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward - 4/6/19
T - Tate - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 5/3/19
A - Andrea Nash - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews - 4/13/19
I - I Gave My Heart to Know This by Ellen Baker - 4/17/19
N - Nash, Andrea - Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - 5/24/19

I'm in :)

***CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: KARMA***

Duration: Open: started Dec. 4, 2016 - Ended ____, 2017

Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Scavenger Hunt level: Karma = 121+ words

Books Read = 2/4
Words Found: 38/122



✔ 1. Gabriel's Inferno: -★★★★☆ – Read Dec. 14 (see review) - 38 words found (view spoiler)[

→ "He smiled as if her (1)acceptance gave him more than a secret (2)delight..." - page 47
→"...she was very (3)quiet in her (4)admiration..." - page 55
→"She looked up at him through her eyelashes, looking a great deal too (5)adorable." - page 473
→ "He reached out an (6)affectionate hand and lightly gripped his son’s forearm." - page 42
→ "I was (7)afraid I’d treated you badly last night. I lashed out, but I’m only (8)angry with myself." - page 207
→ "...he’s never been so (9)aggressive with a female student before." - page 45
→ "He was (10)agitated in the extreme, pale-faced and almost shaking." - page 168
→ "I am (11)alive now only because of you" - page 495
→ "As she sat there, (12)annoyed, a number of different things caught her (13)attention." - page 249
→ "She tried to hide her (14)anxiety..." - page 439
→ "(Not that he would have (15)appreciated the gesture.)" - page 7
→ "She was without (16)arrogance or selfish (17)pride..." - page 32
→ "Forgive yourself for whatever you’re (18)ashamed of and let yourself be (19)happy." - page 462
→ "But I saw her place briefly while I was dropping her off, and it’s (20)awful." (...) “The girl is as poor as a (21)church mouse." - page 77
→ "Despite everything that happened to you, you aren’t (22)bitter." - page 134
→ "His (23)blue eyes found hers, and he looked at her sharply." - page 68
→ "Gabriel’s eyes (24)bored into hers." - page 341
→ "Mrs. Jenkins held the letter up and pointed to a block of (25)bold print" - page 145
→ "Her (26)breathing began to speed as panic washed over her." - page 257
→ "She was known to be severe, demanding, and (27)brilliant... " - page 223
→ "Gabriel turned back to the board and began (28)writing, trying to (29)calm himself down" - page 233
→ "But that fact made her no less (30)cautious, although she wanted to (31)trust him" - page 316
→ "Her lack of (32)clarity on this point gave her a few precious moments to think." - page 203
→ "She wished she was (33)clever enough to make something more substantial than a pocket..." - page 197
→ "Julianne was special: an intelligent, (34)compassionate beauty who loved deeply and gave freely." - page 512
→ "so he was perfectly (35)content only to build a friendship with the beautiful and shy Rabbit until he knew her well enough to express his (36)feelings." - page 83
→ "I have a need to (37)control things and people, and that need will never go away." - page 273
→ " 'Get up,' Gabriel said in a voice that made Julia’s blood (38)cool." - page 444 (hide spoiler)]

✔ 2. Frozen: -★★★☆☆ – Read Jan. 7 (see review)

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Words left to find:

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Camaraderie
Carefree
Challenges
Cheerful
Comfort 1
Comical
Constructive
Contemptuous
Contrary
Cordial
Courtesy 1
Covetous
Cranky
Cruelty
Curious 1

Dainty
Defeated
Defiant
Dejected
Delighted 1
Delusion 1
Despair
Detriment
Development 1
Devoted
Devotion
Diplomatic
Disagreeable
Disciplined
Discontent
Discrimination
Disgust
Disinterest
Distaste
Doubtful
Dread
Dutiful

Elated 1
Embrace
Energized
Engagement
Enraged
Ethical
Excited 1
Excluded
Exercise
Exhibition
Exhilaration
Expectation
Experience 1
Exuberance
Exault

Family 1
Fear
Fearful
Fearless
Feisty
Fierce
Flattered
Forlorn
Fortunate
Freedom
Fulfillment
Furious 1
Fury 1

Generosity 1
Glee
Glum
Grateful
Greedy

Habit

Harmony
Harsh 1
Hatred
Haughty
Hazards
Heroic
Honored
Humanity
Humor

Idealistic
Illusion 1
Imaginative
Impartial
Impatient 1
Inconsiderate
Indifferent
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitivity
Insightful
Inspired
Intolerant
Isolated 1

Jealous 1
Jeer
Jolly
Jubilation
Judgment 1

Kindred
Kinship

Label
Laughing 1
Lazy
Listen
Lively
Loathing
Loyalty
Lucky 1

Mad 1
Maturity
Mean
Meek
Melancholy
Mental
Mindful
Miserable 1
Misunderstanding 1
Mollified
Moody 1
Music 1

Nasty 1
Natural
Nature
Naughty
Nervous 1
Neurotic
Nutrition

Obnoxious
Observation
Obstinate
Obtuse
Opinion
Opportunities
Oppressive
Optimism
Ostracized
Overcome
Overjoyed
Overwhelmed

Patient 1
Peers 1
Perspective
Philanthropy
Piety
Pity
Poignancy
Powerful
Powerless
Practice
Pragmatic
Prayer 1
Preconception
Preparation
Prompt
Protective 1

Qualified
Querulous
Query
Quest

Rage 1
Relax 1
Reliable
Religion
Relinquish
Repentant 1
Reputation
Resent
Resigned
Reverent
Routine 1

Sacrifice 1
Security
Serenity
Sharing 1
Solution
Soothe 1
Sorrow
Success
Support

Talent
Teaching 1
Time 1
Tireless
Tragic 1
Tranquility
Triumph
Trust 1

Uncertain 1
Understood 1
Unhappy
Unique
Usefulness
Utilitarian

Vacation 1
Valiant
Validation
Versatile
Vibrant
Vigilant
Vigorous
Vindictive
Visualization
Vitality
Vocal
Vociferous
Volunteer
Vow

Warmth 1
Weary
Well-balanced
Well-behaved
Whimsical
Whimsy
Wholesome
Wicked
Willingness
Wise 1
Wish 1
Woeful
Wonder
Worried 1
Worship
Worthwhile
Worthy 1

Xenia
Xenon

Yielding
Youthful

Zeal
Zealous
Zest
Zone

31. Discussion (1)
32. Dream (1)
33. Education (1)
34. Emotion (1)
35. Envy (1)
36. Exhausted (1)

38. Forgiving (1)
39. Friends (1)
40. Frightened (1)
41. Frustrated (1)
42. Generous (1)
43. Gentle (1)
44. Giving (1)
45. Grief (1)
46. Hope (1)
47. Horror (1)
48. Innocent (1)
49. Joy (1)
50. Kind (1)
51. Lonely (1)
52. Lost (1)
53. Love (1)
54. Malice (1)
55. Movement (1)
56. Pain (1)
58. Questioning (1)

60. Reading (1)
61. Rude (1)
62. Violent (1)
63. Wisdom (1)
64. Worry (1)
65. Wrath (1)

67. Cross
68. Evil
69. Focus
70. Improvement
71. Radical

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Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Scavenger Hunt level: Karma = 0/121 + words

199/200 FOUND

Cold Cold Heart - Tami Hoag 12/3
Combative - belligerent and combative, p380
Visualization - strategies she had learned at Weidman visualization, p109


Night and Day - Iris Johansen 12/4
Exhibition - that was quite an exhibition, p77
Innovative - very innovative, in it's way, p260

Restless Heart - Emma Lang 12/5
Adorable - flushed an adorable shade of pink, p76
Affectionate - his mother had never gotten used to their affectionate ways, p213
Afraid - don't be afraid, Angeline, p5
Angry - Sam, I know you're angry, p98
Appreciated - I know he would have appreciated it, p170
Ashamed - she wouldn't be ashamed of it, p107
Attention - it was his eyes that drew Sam's attention, p108
Awake - stretching on the soft bed until she felt more awake, p108
Bitter - it was a bitter truth that would not taste good, p99
Church - her father followed the teachings of the church, p23
Clever - we thought we'd been so clever, p100
Content - feeling relaxed and content, p121
Courtesy - as courtesy dictated, p263
Cross - a cross between a glow and a tingle, p243
Defeated - her voice was soft and defeated, p84
Delight - her blue eyes were full of delight, p89
Devoted - she was now a devoted newspaper person, p181
Discussion - wasn't his idea of a topic for discussion, p36
Disgust - I felt nothing but disgust, p24
Embrace - she leapt into his embrace p48
Envy - I envy your courage, p137
Exhausted - she was so exhausted, p162
Fearful - this time she'd been more fearful, p96
Freedom - before her flight to freedom, p73
Greedy - just give it to the greedy bastards, p202
Harmony - where she could live in harmony, p45
Honored - I would be honored to take care of Michael, p163
Innocent - she sounded sincere and incredibly innocent, p43
Jealous - I was jealous, p85
Kind - thank you kind sir, p156
Laughing - her friend surprised her completely by laughing, p172
Loathing - a far cry from fear and loathing, p155
Melancholy - Jane's gaze grew melancholy, p205
Miserable - she was both miserable and ecstatic, p78
Naughty - it felt good to use naughty words, p82
Nervous - are you afraid? No, just nervous, p56
Opinion - your opinion is very important to her, p151
Overjoyed - when I thought you were pregnant, I was overjoyed, p215
Overwhelmed - something she could only call rapture overwhelmed her, p60
Pity - without asking him questions or showing him pity, p121
Powerful - he buried himself with a powerful thrust, p104
Prayer - quickly sending a prayer, p40
Quiet - loud in the quiet room, p60
Reading - she had discovered the joy of reading books, p3
Rude - but didn't want to be rude, p34
Sacrifice - her face a mask of self-sacrifice p39
Soothe - it seemed to soothe Sam too, p128
Trust - life had taught her not to trust men, p30
Uncertain - he sounded confused and uncertain, p127
Vigorous - after a few minutes of vigorous rubbing, p16
Warmth - and felt the warmth of his skin, p98

One Moonlit Night - Samantha James 12/6
Adrift - when she was spun adrift in a fiery tempo, p213
Alarm - that triggered an alarm in her head, p174
Anxiety - Olivia couldn't help but note her anxiety, p311
Arrogance - Olivia blinked. What arrogance. p24
Awareness - his last awareness before he sank into oblivion, p222
Awe - Olivia shook her head in awe, p56
Blunt - it was a blunt statement, p65
Brilliant - am I not brilliant, p329
Cautious - but then his features turned cautious, p316
Compassionate - he was warm and compassionate, p262
Contemptuous - he raked her with a contemptuous glance p201
Contrary - but contrary to what you think, p212
Covetous - their eyes were glittering and covetous, p35
Cruelty - because of one man's cruelty, p134
Dainty - for the lace was fine and dainty, p56
Disagreeable - she's not half as disagreeable as Mrs. Templeton, p74
Distaste - I don't think it's fear, I think it's distaste, p79
Dread - with a sick feeling of dread, p112
Feisty - a bit feisty at times, p356
Forlorn - her tone was as forlorn as her expression, p278
Frightened - so he won't be so frightened again, p39
Frustrated - Emily's tone was frustrated, p313
Generous - yet so generous to others, p150
Grief - the storm of grief inside her, p207
Harsh - he gave a short harsh laugh, p77
Hatred - with the frenzy of sheer hatred, p329
Heroic - several days after his heroic rescue, p241
Illusion - Dominic was under no illusions, p37
Impatient - scarcely aware of impatient fingers, p174
Indifferent - pretended to be coolly indifferent, p246
Judgment - you stand in judgment, p214
Malice - neither spite nor malice in the statement, p53
Natural - it was entirely natural, p166
Obtuse - Gilmore was either too obtuse to notice, p106
Poignancy - touched by a bittersweet poignancy, p136
Resigned - she'd resigned herself to a lifetime of blindness, p94
Reverent - her touch was light and reverent, p9
Triumph - shouting her sister's triumph, p50
Understood - it took a moment before she understood, p144
Vigilant, with him she was ever vigilant, p101
Woeful - Jane raised woeful eyes, p302
Writing - practice your reading and writing, p64

Skin Game - Jim Butcher 12/8
Agitated - like an agitated cat thrashing his tail, p152
Benevolent - streetlights gleamed off of all of them with benevolent cheer, p284
Bonds - commitment to our cause beyond the meager bonds, p22
Challenges - fresh challenges. what would I do without them, p222
Defiant - I set my teeth in a defiant, futile snarl, p178
Disciplined - with steady, disciplined rhythm through her nose, p339
Evil - he formed his own Evil League of Evil, p148
Excited - bouncing off the walls, he was so excited, p338
Exuberance - had lost that sense of youthful exuberance p78
Fierce - bared her teeth in a fierce smile, p299
Furious - nearly human eyes burning with furious hate, p86
Horror - her expression whitened horror, p313
Isolated - it's designed to keep them isolated, p355
Loyalty - that yo have demonstrated your loyalty, p22
Maturity - a women in the full bloom of her strength and maturity, p443
Mollified - okay, Ascher said, seemingly mollified, p103
Nasty - it was a creepy, thoroughly nasty, sensation, p508
Oppressive - the weight out became oppressive, p265
Preparation - where the crew was making final preparations, p356
Relinquish - did not relinquish the weapons, p18
Reputation - reputation for being a survivor, p82
Sorrow - in love and sorrow in the face of the earth, p597
Violent - we were potentially violent, p143
Wrath - visit your wrath upon me, p321
Yielding - yielding the tool back to me, p181
Zone - critical impact zone, p545

continued...

Hangman - Michael Slade 12/9
Aggravate - migraines that were aggravated by the stress of her job, p45
Bullying - how Bart would enjoy bulling the scumbags, p139
Ethical - is it legal and ethical not to give the cops the name of the serial killer, p174
Excluded - he's excluded, the tester said, p212
Impartial - Curry was not an impartial juror, p104
Security - she disarmed the security system, p94
Volunteer - we didn't volunteer what we weren't asked, p297

Wicked Witch Murder - Leslie Meier 12/10
Constructive - could be doing something constructive, p151
Versatile - it's so versatile, p173
Worship - the believers worship nature, p212

Captive Heart - Anne Windsor 12/11
Generosity - he appreciated her generosity, p243
Worthy - worthy. that was how his father had described Rebecca, p41

Someone to Watch Over Me - Lisa Kleypas 12/11
Zeal - with unflagging zeal, p26

Alien in the Family - Gini Koch 12/14
Fulfillment - the next screaming from sexual fulfillment, p240
Youthful - Martini's youthful exploits, p352

Apprentice in Death - J.D. Robb 12/17
Annoyed - took an annoyed bite, p180
Breathing - I would prefer he still be breathing, p128
Callous - even more callous than that, p147
Cheerful - all round and cheerful with a voice, p82
Control - the control you have to be able to see, p99
Cranky - behaving like cranky toddlers needing a nap, p235
Doubtful - it's doubtful he's had it more than six months, p175
Exercise - just out for a little exercise, p52
Experience - a cop with that much experience, p127
Focus - but we're going to focus on the girl's room, p130
Joy - the joy, the pride in the act, p3
Mean - dissolving into wild sobs. you're mean. p170
Obnoxious - leading with his obnoxious tie of the day, p5
Perspective - my perspective. Will was okay with Susan, p182
Protective - brought into protective custody, p123
Questioning - end of questioning, p213
Routine - realized he needs home and routine, p70
Unhappy - shooting unhappy looks at the snow, p7
Willingness - than a willingness to share it, p337

Normal - Graeme Cameron 12/18
Carefree - an approximation of a carefree smile, p114
Glee - a nervous glee welled up inside me, p171
Imaginative - some imaginative folding, p238
Inconsiderate - at the moment you're just not being inconsiderate, p176
Mindful - mindful of the difficulty, p5
Optimism - I wish I could share his optimism, p125
Tranquility - Erica, on the other hand, was a picture of tranquility, p242
Valiant - over the years in a valiant yet inevitably vain struggle, p11

The Apple Orchard - Susan Wiggs 12/19
Acceptance - face the world with weary acceptance, p50
Awful - this situation is awful, p99
Camaraderie - but she did miss the camaraderie, p40
Despair - in the midst of the sadness and despair, p137
Development - how to feel about this new development, p229
Discontent - the heavy fog of discontent, p404
Expectation - filled her heart with romantic expectations, p356
Family - very little in the way of friends and family, p14
Friends - she had good friends to celebrate with, p54
Grateful - and telling himself to be grateful, p59
Humanity - people were some kind of menace to humanity, p242
Idealistic - fiercely believing the idealistic words, p 212
Inspired - pulse of attraction inspired by that smile, p74
Kindred - the two of them would be kindred spirits, p69
Opportunities - bringing fresh opportunities each day, p252
Powerless - the city police were powerless, p255
Qualified - had just qualified for a mortgage, p58
Radical - shields brain cells from free radical damage, p123
Unique - our grandfather has a unique story, p502
Vibrant - create something vibrant with the proceeds, p463
Whimsical - long driveways into farms with whimsical names, p114
Whimsy - the design was a combination of whimsy and abundance, p225
Wholesome - blonde and wholesome looking, p347

I Love This Bar - Carolyn Brown 12/23
Admiration - admiration and pride filled his heart, p284
Belligerent - he's getting more belligerent every day, p105
Dutiful - here I was hoping to play the dutiful husband every day, p350
Engagement - he'd already bought three engagement rings, p232
Flattered - I'm flattered, she giggled softly, p324
Lazy - get up off your lazy ass, p156
Mental - a slight touch had him creating erotic mental images, p167
Movement - in one swift movement the cowboy was on his feet, p2
Music - two jukeboxes provided music, p21
Patient - he was a patient man, p256
Sharing - wanted out of the apartment we were sharing, p93
Support - willed her legs to support her, p46
Teaching - on the dance floor teaching them to dance, p255
Wisdom - see the wisdom in tying the knot, p15
Wonder - causing him to wonder what she was dreaming about, p267
Zest - passion as in zest for living, p136

Compulsion - Allison Brennan 12/24
Alive - You never said they were alive, Maxine, p158
Blue - but his blue eyes sparkled, p40
Bored - he would get bored and finally kill her, p272
Calm - the ego underneath the calm, p25
Comfort - there would be a comfort there, p74
Curious - he was curious about what his friend had done, p202
Diplomatic - because I am persuasive and diplomatic, p67
Education - her mom's early childhood education magazines, p214
Emotion - far more emotion than he'd shown in their interview, p59
Energized - too energized about this interview, p5
Feelings - Adam could have absorbed those feelings, p94
Fury - David yearned for her fury, p205
Giving - push him into giving her something quotable, p25
Habit - a bad habit she couldn't seem to break, p92
Humor - genuine and full of good humor, p156
Listen - not until she could listen to the tape again, p44
Misunderstanding - told the press that this was all a misunderstanding, p23
Moody - Bachman was moody and absolutely anal about his stuff, p11
Nature - all suspicious by nature, p2
Observation - I will be watching through the observation room, p18
Peers - respected among his peers, p122
Practice - preparation and practice to get everything just right, p1
Quest - her quest for the truth, p359
Rage - and in a fit of rage, p61
Relax - trying to relax, p25
Reliable - most reliable, most loyal people in my life, p370
Success - I read about your success, p124
Tragic - would add even more depth to this tragic story, p54

continued...

Bite Me - Shelly Laurenston 12/24
Bold - with bold gold jewelry on her neck, p210
Cool - how cool was that, p154
Dream - Olivia didn't eat, sleep and dream roller derby, p241
Fear - struggle not to cry in abject fear, p211
Happy - happy to be home, p66
Hope - a brief moment of hope, p59
Lost - too lost in her photographs to bother, p38
Love - where Livy would love to crash, p76
Lucky - Smith had not been so lucky, p284
Mad - unless I made you mad, p130
Pain - make you sad with her tears of pain, p65
Pride - she smiled with pride, p42
Prompt - might prompt you into doing something, p263
Vindictive - he's a vindictive prick, p366
Wish - I wish the fireplace worked, p146
Worried - honey badgers never worried, p26
Worry - Livy didn't have to worry about seeing her mother, p13

The Girl from Everywhere - Heidi Heilig 12/25
Delighted - I couldn't help it, I laughed, delighted, p324
Delusion - this isn't about navigation, it's about delusion, p67
Elated - Mr. Hart's voice was elated, p264
Fortunate - it was quite fortunate, p233
Gentle - his right hand warm and gentle, p255
Lonely - I watched the lonely pool of light, p369
Solution - I racked my brain for a solution, p5
Time - pulling out a gold watch to check the time, p10
Wise - I am wise beyond my years, p185

The Current Between Us - Kindle Alexander 12/26
Clarity - Trent would ask a question for clarity, p235
Hazards - yeah, hazards of working, p54
Inquisitive - to process all these inquisitive faces, p172
Overcome - the investigation is strong enough to overcome it, p186
Religion - so he's found religion, p61
Validation - I'm not sure where this need for constant validation keeps coming from, p155
Vow - he's taken a vow, p60
Well-behaved - so well behaved, they were perfect tonight, p177
Wicked - he thought of as his most wicked grin, p117

Priceless - Shannon Mayer 12/27
Comical - he slumped and slid to the floor in a comical move, p122
Forgiving - the stone floor was not forgiving, p198
Talent - but you have such talent, p200
Vocal - the other very vocal part, p122

Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans - Denise Grover Swank 12/28
Repentant - I'd only seen my repentant sister, p25
Resent - and don't resent me for it, p376
Utilitarian - I expected a utilitarian space, p272

Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews 12/28
Adversity - if you removed adversity, you remove ingenuity, p263
Cordial - I figure I can be cordial for a day or two, p164
Devotion - nothing except complete devotion, p169
Improvement - it was a great improvement, p165
Label - hang any label you wish on it, p270
Lively - makes the blade lively, p262
Usefulness - Hugh outlived his usefulness, p33

The Likeness - Tana French 12/30
Anticipate - I don't anticipate anyone shoving you out, p104
Pragmatic - how ruthlessly, lethally pragmatic, p349

Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong 12/31
Authoritative - took on a tone at once soothing and authoritative, p23
Disinterest - but the disinterest wasn't mutual, p254

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood 1/2
Dejected - now that it's cooler he feels less dejected, p95
Jeer - jeer at them, but he resists the impulse, p280
Neurotic - you're the one with the neurotic guilt, p57
Nutrition - now he's covered the nutrition angle, p234

The Cannibals - Iain Lawrence 1/5
Meek - the meek, they always inherit the Earth, p179

Birdman - Mo Hayder 1/7
Alienation - his despair and alienation increased, p104
Amends - let him make amends, p176
Aversion - attempts at self-administered aversion therapy, p96
Exhilaration - the fountain of exhilaration, p252
Vacation - dressed as if on permanent vacation, p115
Worthwhile - more worthwhile preoccupation, p139

The Chocolate Pirate Plot - JoAnna Carl 1/7
Aggressive - those aggressive vertical bars, p139
Fearless - she's absolutely fearless, p86
Glum - with a glum group of passengers, p191

The Thrall's Tale - Judith Lindbergh 1/8
Haughty - standing lean and haughty on the deck, p11
Jolly - jolly with his club foot dangling, p73
Kinship - I feel such kinship with a slave, p98

The Edge of the World - Kevin Anderson 1/13
Detriment - to the detriment of herself, p52
Query - didn't exactly answer his query, p16
Zealous - orders for his zealous men to arm themselves, p180

continued....

I Think I Love You - Stephanie Bond 1/14
Insightful - she digested his insightful words, p150
Obstinate - she still felt Justine's obstinate pull, p42
Well-balanced - I'm putting you on a well-balanced diet, p80

The Immortals of Meluha - Amish Tripathi 1/15
Ebullient - the emperor sounded ebullient, p248
Ostracized - despite the ways he's been ostracized, p151
Vitality - thankful for the extra vitality, p41

Crow Lake - Mary Lawson 1/15
Exalt - my goal was less exalted, p68

Fair Game - Jasmine Haynes 1/21
Vociferous - argued just as vociferously, p24

Omens - Kelley Armstrong 1/28
Philanthropy - devote myself to volunteerism and philanthrophy, p10

Midnight's Master - Donna Grant 1/28
Tireless - to put an end to her rode him tirelessly, p26

Desert God - Wilbur Smith 2/4
Jubilation - by now my jubilation was swiftly evaporating, p420
Piety - dissuaded him from further demonstrations of piety, p105

A Harvest of Bones - Yasmine Galenorn 2/8
Discrimination - take place in any such discrimination, p299

The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley 2/23
Querulous - church elder continued his querulous advance, p67

Cold Plague - Daniel Kalla 2/27
Xenon - the xenon blue headlights, p102

14 - J.T. Ellison 3/30
Insensitivity - they were terribly upset by her insensitivity, p235

Silenced - Kristina Ohlsson 3/30
Preconception - there were so many preconceptions, p66

Dragon of the Island - Mary Gillgannon 4/1
Intolerant - why the Christian holy men are so intolerant, p74

NOT FOUND
Xenia

As usual, I'm going to do the spell-out version:

KARMA
Timeframe: 12/1/16 to 5/5/18
151/151
26/26 Words

Amends (6/6)
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas - 12/17/16 ♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Calm (4/4)
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Dream (5/5)
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
M - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Elated (6/6)
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

Focus (5/5)
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

Giving (6/6)
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥

Happy (5/5)
H - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Inspired (8/8)
I - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich - 2/9/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas - 1/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Robert B. Parker - God Save The Child - 4/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder - 4/28/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rules of Contact by Jaci Burton - 2/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Mistake - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
D – Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥

Jubilation (10/10)
J - Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Untamed Earl by Valerie Bowman - 1/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
B – Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay - 5/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites - 7/4/17 ♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Plain Jayne - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier - 1/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa Scottoline - 7/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

Kind (4/4)
K - Author Carolyn Keene - The Mystery of the Tolling Bell - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - From This Day - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
D - Don't Let Go by Jaci Burton - 4/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

Listen (6/6)
L - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
S - Author Karin Slaughter - Broken - 2/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 7/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Hard and Fast - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Necessary Evil by Jamie K. Schmidt - 3/25/17 ♥♥♥

Maturity (8/8)
M - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh - 2/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexander McCall Smith - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - 4/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey - 2/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - 2/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Tied by Emma Chase - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Maisey Yates - Carides's Forgotten Wife - 3/24/17 ♥♥♥

KARMA - Part 2

Nature (6/6)
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Redemption - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
T - The Talk Show Murders by Al Roker - 5/1/17 ♥♥♥
U - Until November by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 7/9/17 ♥♥
R – Author Robyn Carr - Any Day Now - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Bloom - 6/5/17 ♥♥♥♥

Optimist (8/8)
O - Author Opal Carew - Nailed - 2/18/17 ♥♥♥
P - The Proposal by Mary Balogh - 5/10/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 3/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - Make Me Stay by Jaci Burton - 2/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
S - Snapped by Laura Griffin - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Down & Dirty - 6/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Power (5/5)
P - Author James Patterson - 16th Seduction - 6/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
W - Wanting It All by Christi Barth - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Richard Paul Evans - The Road to Grace - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Julia Quinn - The Lady Most Willing... - 5/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elle Kennedy - The Score - 6/13/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Steve Martin - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - 3/23/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Nick Trout - The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs - 6/9/17 ♥♥

Repent (6/6)
R - Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Emily Hemmer - Wynn in Doubt - 7/24/17 ♥♥♥
P - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - 6/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E – Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
N – Author Nalini Singh - Rock Hard - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tina Wainscott - Falling Hard - 6/20/17 ♥♥♥

Success (7/7)
S - Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - 4/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - Craving by Helen Hardt - 4/27/17 ♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One - 7/3/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - The Marcelli Princess - 5/3/17 ♥♥♥
S - Smokescreen by Dick Francis - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Trust (5/5)
T - Tall, Dark, Billionaire Texan by Mandy Baxter - 6/26/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
S - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/23/17 ♥♥♥♥
T – Eye Candy by Jessica Lemmon - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥

Useful (6/6)
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Susan Mallery - Only Yours - 6/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large - 7/11/17 ♥♥♥
F - Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery - 2/14/17 ♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥

Vow (3/3)
V - Vanishing Act by A.M. Madden - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - Walk of Shame by Lauren Layne - 4/29/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Warmth (6/6)
W - Worth It All by Claudia Connor - 5/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - Summer on Lovers' Island - 6/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Strangers in Death - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Games: A Play-by-Play Anthology by Jaci Burton - 2/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Reserved - 5/18/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - 4/17/17 ♥♥♥♥

X - RelaX (5/5)
R – Author J.D. Robb - Born in Death - 2/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Midnight - 7/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt - 4/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Author Anne Gracie - The Winter Bride - 5/6/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
X - XVI by Julia Karr - 3/15/17 ♥♥♥

Youthful (8/8)
Y - Author Sabrina York - Cowboy to Command - 7/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only Mine by Susan Mallery - 4/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
H - Author Herman Koch - The Dinner - 4/24/17 ♥♥
F - Author Dalene Flannigan - The Gravity-Assist Technique: A Novel - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - 5/2/17 ♥♥♥♥

Zeal (4/4)
Z - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Sweet Revenge - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Chase - Overruled - 7/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lisa Scottoline - One Perfect Lie - 5/22/17 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 5/5/18*****

NBRC Karma Challenge - Dec/Jan
Progress: 12/12 - Complete!

Option 1: Follow the 12 Laws of Karma
►Read books that you feel symbolize each of the 12 Laws of Karma; could be fictional accounts of others lives, could be books regarding things you wish to learn about, emulate, etc. This is your journey, you decide.

1. The Great Law
• “As you sow, so shall you reap.” This is also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect.”
• If what we want is happiness, peace, love, and friendship, then we should BE happy, peaceful, loving and a true friend.
• Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us.
And Then There Were None - read 12/4 And Then There Were None

2. The Law of Creation
• Life doesn’t just happen. It requires our participation.
• Be yourself, and surround yourself with what you want to have in your life.
Doctor Who: The Last Voyage read 8/7

3. The Law of Humility
• You can’t change something if you refuse to accept it.
• If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.
Light from a Distant Star read 12/11

4. The Law of Growth
• The only given we have in our lives is ourselves, and that is the only factor we have control over.
• When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and change too.
The Running Man - read 12/8 The Running Man

5. The Law of Responsibility
• We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us.
• We must take responsibility for what is in our life.
Death of a Policeman read 8/7

6. The Law of Connection
• Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on.
• Someone must do the initial work to get a job done.
• Past, Present and Future are all connected.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles read 8/5

7. The Law of Focus
• You cannot think of two things at the same time.
• Because of this, when our focus is on values, it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger.
Killer Cannoli read 8/11 - MC has two suitors

8. The Law of Giving and Hospitality
• If you believe something to be true, then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that particular truth.
The Maltese Falcon read 8/6

9. The Law of Here and Now
• Looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future prevents us from being totally in the here and now.
• Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones.
The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom read 8/9

10. The Law of Change
• History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde read 8/8

11. The Law of Patience and Reward
• Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil.
• True joy comes from doing what we’re suppose to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time.
Someday, Someday, Maybe - read 12/7 Someday, Someday, Maybe

12. The Law of Significance and Inspiration
• You get back from something whatever you have put into it.
'Salem's Lot read 8/9, rating 5 stars

I am in Scavenger Hunt Find them All - Karma Level. My First Book found most of them with the exception of any starting with the letter "X"



A B C D E F G H I J
13 6 13 10 10 12 5 9 7 2
K L M N O P Q R S T
1 8 9 3 6 8 3 8 7 5
U V W X Y Z
4 4 10 0 1 2

Acceptance
Adversity
Afraid
Aggressive
Agitated
Alarm
Alive
Angry
Anticipate
Ashamed
Attention
Awareness
Awful
Benevolent
Bitter
Blue
Bonds
Bored
Brilliant
Calm
Carefree
Challenges
Church
Clarity
Clever
Comfort
Constructive
Content
Contrary
Control
Cross
Curious
Defeated
Delight
Delighted
Despair
Development
Devoted
Disciplined
Discussion
Dream
Dynamic
Education
Embrace
Emotion
Envy
Ethical
Evil
Exhausted
Exhilaration
Expectation
Experience
Family
Fear
Feelings
Fierce
Focus
Forgiving
Freedom
Friends
Frightened
Frustrated
Furious
Fury
Generous
Gentle
Giving
Greedy
Grief
Happy
Harmony
Harsh
Haughty
Heroic
Hope
Horror
Humanity
Humor
Idealistic
Illusion
Indifferent
Innocent
Insightful
Intolerant
Isolated
Jealous
Judgment
Kind
Laughing
Lazy
Listen
Loathing
Lonely
Lost
Love
Lucky
Mad
Maturity
Mean
Mental
Miserable
Misunderstanding
Moody
Movement
Music
Nasty
Natural
Nature
Obnoxious
Observation
Opportunities
Ostracized
Overcome
Overwhelmed
Pain
Patient
Pity
Powerful
Powerless
Preparation
Pride
Prompt
Quest
Questioning
Quiet
Radical
Rage
Reading
Relax
Reliable
Religion
Reputation
Routine
Sacrifice
Security
Sharing
Solution
Soothe
Success
Support
Talent
Teaching
Time
Tragic
Triumph
Uncertain
Understood
Unhappy
Unique
Valiant
Violent
Vitality
Volunteer
Warmth
Wicked
Wisdom
Wise
Wish
Wonder
Worry
Worthy
Wrath
Writing
Yielding
Zest
Zone

I'm in... saving a spot and thankful we don't have to find every word on the list to get a coin!

This sounds like fun. I have to look into Karma rules and all that and will perhaps join. I think this is a topic I'd love to read more about. Have to check out the above lists when I am more awake *mental note*

Welcome everyone!

I'm in for:
Scavenger Hunt Level 5 - Karma
Start Date: 12/21/2016 - ?????
Find at Least 121 words
Words found 13/121


Book Level: Giving
Use at least 25 different books
Book Count 1/25


A

Acceptance
Admiration
Adorable
Adrift
Adversity
Affectionate
Afraid
Aggravate
Aggressive
Agitated - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 15
Alarm
Alienation
Alive
Amends
Angry
Annoyed
Anticipate
Anxiety
Appreciated
Arrogance
Ashamed
Attention
Authoritative
Aversion
Awake
Awareness
Awe
Awful

B

Belligerent
Benevolent
Bitter
Blue
Blunt
Bold
Bonds
Bored
Breathing
Brilliant
Bullying

C

Callous
Calm
Camaraderie
Carefree
Cautious
Challenges
Cheerful
Church - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 19
Clarity
Clever
Combative
Comfort
Comical
Compassionate
Constructive
Contemptuous
Content
Contrary
Control
Cool
Cordial
Courtesy
Covetous
Cranky
Cross
Cruelty
Curious

D

Dainty
Defeated
Defiant
Dejected
Delight
Delighted
Delusion
Despair
Detriment
Development
Devoted
Devotion
Diplomatic
Disagreeable
Disciplined
Discontent
Discrimination
Discussion
Disgust
Disinterest
Distaste
Doubtful
Dread
Dream
Dutiful
Dynamic

E

Ebullient
Education
Elated
Embrace
Emotion
Energized
Engagement
Enraged
Envy
Ethical
Evil
Excited
Excluded
Exercise
Exhibition
Exhausted
Exhilaration
Expectation
Experience
Exuberance
Exault

F

Family - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 23
Fear
Fearful
Fearless
Feelings
Feisty
Fierce
Flattered
Focus
Forgiving
Forlorn
Fortunate
Freedom
Friends
Frightened
Frustrated
Fulfillment
Furious
Fury

G

Generosity
Generous
Gentle
Giving
Glee
Glum
Grateful
Greedy
Grief

H

Habit
Happy
Harmony
Harsh
Hatred
Haughty
Hazards
Heroic
Honored
Hope
Horror
Humanity
Humor

I

Idealistic
Illusion
Imaginative
Impartial
Impatient
Improvement
Inconsiderate
Indifferent
Innocent
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitivity
Insightful
Inspired
Intolerant
Isolated

J

Jealous
Jeer
Jolly
Joy
Jubilation
Judgment -The Suicide Motor Club PG. 11

K

Kind - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 14
Kindred
Kinship

L

Label
Laughing
Lazy
Listen
Lively
Loathing
Lonely
Lost
Love - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 24
Loyalty
Lucky - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 19

M

Mad
Malice
Maturity
Mean - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 23
Meek
Melancholy
Mental
Mindful
Miserable
Misunderstanding
Mollified
Moody
Movement
Music - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 24

N

Nasty
Natural
Nature
Naughty
Nervous
Neurotic
Nutrition

O

Obnoxious
Observation
Obstinate
Obtuse
Opinion
Opportunities
Oppressive
Optimism
Ostracized
Overcome
Overjoyed
Overwhelmed

P

Pain - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 24
Patient - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 22
Peers
Perspective
Philanthropy
Piety
Pity
Poignancy
Powerful
Powerless
Practice
Pragmatic
Prayer
Preconception
Preparation
Pride
Prompt
Protective

Q

Qualified
Querulous
Query
Quest
Questioning
Quiet

R

Radical
Rage
Reading
Relax
Reliable
Religion
Relinquish
Repentant
Reputation
Resent
Resigned
Reverent
Routine
Rude

S

Sacrifice
Security
Serenity
Sharing
Solution
Soothe
Sorrow
Success
Support

T

Talent
Teaching
Time
Tireless
Tragic
Tranquility
Triumph
Trust

U

Uncertain
Understood
Unhappy
Unique
Usefulness
Utilitarian

V

Vacation
Valiant
Validation
Versatile
Vibrant
Vigilant
Vigorous
Vindictive
Violent
Visualization
Vitality
Vocal
Vociferous
Volunteer
Vow

W

Warmth
Weary
Well-balanced
Well-behaved
Whimsical
Whimsy
Wholesome
Wicked
Willingness
Wisdom
Wise - The Suicide Motor Club PG 14
Wish
Woeful
Wonder
Worried
Worry
Worship
Worthwhile
Worthy
Wrath
Writing - The Suicide Motor Club PG. 20

X

Xenia
Xenon

Y

Yielding
Youthful

Z

Zeal
Zealous
Zest
Zone

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Words 13/121
Books. 1/27



1. Kind - (pg 14) "....face loomed down at her, KIND and wise."
2. Wise- (pg 14) "...face looked down at her, kind and WISE."
3. Judgment -(pg 11) "...hung over the desert like a badge of JUDGMENT."
4. Agitated - (pg 15) "...woman said, looking AGITATED."
5. Lucky - (pg 19) "You weren't just LUCKY."
6. Church - (pg 19) "I hadn't been to CHURCH...."
7. Writing - (pg 20) "...who took her statement stop WRITING."
8. Patient - (pg 22) "What is your relationship to the PATIENT?"
9. Family - (pg 23) "That was the problem with FAMILY..."
10. Pain - (pg 24) "...finding out wasn't her PAIN."
11. Music - (pg24) "...could detect love the way the deaf could feel MUSIC."
12. Mean - (pg 23) "...she was thinking MEAN thoughts..."
13. Love - (pg 24) "...he did LOVE her."
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The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas, but still missing the elusive X words.

New Words found:
Adorable
Adrift
Amends
Anxiety
Awake
Awe
Bold
Breathing
Cheerful
Cool
Courtesy
Cranky
Disgust
Dread
Engagement
Excited
Exercise
Exhibition
Feisty
Forlorn
Glee
Glum
Grateful
Habit
Impartial
Inspired
Jolly
Joy
Label
Loyalty
Malice
Mollified
Naughty
Nervous
Opinion
Overjoyed
Peers
Practice
Protective
Query
Resigned
Serenity
Sorrow
Trust
Vibrant
Vindictive
Vow
Weary
Well-behaved
Worried
Worthwhile

Up to 244 Words for the Scavenger want it all with my second book Rose Madder, but still missing the elusive X words.

New Words found:
Arrogance
Authoritative
Blunt
Cautious
Comical
Contemptuous
Delusion
Energized
Exuberance
Fearful
Fearless
Flattered
Generosity
Hatred
Impatient
Improvement
Jubilation
Lively
Melancholy
Optimism
Perspective
Prayer
Qualified
Vacation
Vigorous
Vocal
Worship

Welcome everyone!

Up to 251 Words for the Scavenger want it all with my third book The Last Outbreak - DEVASTATION - Book 2 but still missing the elusive X words.

Belligerent
Combative
Enraged
Fortunate
Neurotic
Obstinate
Validation

Darren Compton
Up to 261 Words for the Scavenger want it all with my fourth book Gerald's Game but still missing the elusive X words.

Affectionate
Diplomatic
Doubtful
Excluded
Meek
Mindful
Relinquish
Tireless
Tranquility
Zeal

Awesome work Darren!!!

Option 3: Karma Spell-it-Out
Giving : 25+ books

a -Aida Palmer (main character) Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett 9 December 2016 ★★★★
d - The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis 25 March 2017 ★★★★★
o - Once Upon a Regency Christmas: On a Winter's Eve\Marriage Made at Christmas\Cinderella's Perfect Christmas by Louise Allen 15 December 2016 ★★★★
r - Raasch, Sara Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 4 December 2016 ★★★★
a - Austen, Jane Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 21 December 2016 ★★★★★
b Baylor, Ruby (main character) The Rainmaker by John Grisham 9 December 2016 ★★★★
l - Lauren Fortgang (narrator) Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep 20 February 2017 ★★★★
e - Elinor (main character) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 3 January 2017 ★★★★★



c - Cancelled by Murder by Jean Flowers 19 January 2017 ★★★★
o - O'Malley, Daniel The Rook by Daniel O'Malley 31 December 2016 ★★★★★
m - Miller, John Jackson Kenobi by John Jackson Miller 25 December 2016 ★★★★
p - Patricia Briggs Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 12 January 2017 ★★★★★
a - Allen, Louisa His Christmas Countess by Louise Allen 22 December 2016 ★★★★
s - Sara Humphreys Brave the Heat by Sara Humphreys 29 December 2016 ★★★★
s - Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep 21 January 2017 ★★★
i - The Iliad by Homer 11 December 2016 ★★★
o - Owen Grayson (character) Venom by Jennifer Estep 6 March 2017 ★★★★
n - Naomi Novik Uprooted by Naomi Novik 28 December 2016 ★★★★
a - Adrian, Lara Defy the Dawn by Lara Adrian 7 January 2017 ★★★★
t - Tarkin (main character) Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno 27 February 2017 ★★★
e - Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 8 January 2017 ★★★★



d - David J. Schwartz Gooseberry Bluff Community College of Magic: The Thirteenth Rib by David J. Schwartz 29 April 2017 ★★★
i - I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short 6 January 2017 ★★★★
p -Pierce Brown Red Rising by Pierce Brown 26 April 2017 ★★★★
l - Lisa Shearin The Ghoul Vendetta by Lisa Shearin 22 February 2017 ★★★★★
o - Oracle of Philadelphia by Elizabeth Corrigan 15 May 2017 ★★★★★
m - Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 4 February 2017 ★★★★
a - Austen, Jane Northanger Abby by Jane Austen 2 February 2017 ★★★★★
t - Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep 14 April 2017 ★★★★
i - Iolanthe Seabourne (main character) The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas 19 January 2017 ★★★★★
c - Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez 3 April 2017 ★★★★★

Finished with my fifth book A Short History of Nearly Everything with 278 words. Latest words found:

Admiration
Annoyed
Appreciated
Devotion
Disagreeable
Dutiful
Ebullient
Hazards
Imaginative
Inquisitive
Kinship
Oppressive
Usefulness
Utilitarian
Whimsical
Xenia
Youthful

Almost there! I just updated my original post message #53. I am reading my last two books, except for the stinkin' "I" books. Man, those are buggers. I have two of them to finish the challenge.

I just read a book set in Iowa and was all excited to check off an "I" task when I saw that setting isn't included in the spell-it-out challenge. Back to the drawing board I go.

Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Start date: 3/12/2017
Duration: You Set the Pace
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book
Level: Karma - 149 words - 1 Sapphire coin!

(3/14/2017): 35 words
1) afraid The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 9, pg 17 "I am AFRAID so"
2) alive The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 3, pg 6 "think of all the people I'm keeping ALIVE"
3) angry The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p 4 "you wouldn't like me when I'm ANGRY"
4) attention The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p12 "rats ran over her naked body, nipping at her flesh to attract her ATTENTION"
5) awake The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 2, p14 "I was AWAKE"
6) awful The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg v of intro by Frank McConnell) "...about how the values of regret, responsibility and the AWFUL duties of love outweigh even the power and majesty of the gods we invent and then worship"
B
7) brilliant The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg iv of intro) "BRILLIANT as they are..." The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 8, p 22
C
7) church "... she won't be his lady unless he swears he'll make her his wife -- and in the first CHURCH they come to, at that" pt The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 6, p 10
8) clever - "oh, he embarrassed me... said something he thought was CLEVER..." pt 12, p 14
D
9) delight - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "Delirium, who was once called DELIGHT..." (pg v of intro)
10) despair - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "Desire, DESPAIR, and the wonderful Delirium..." (pg v of intro)
E
12) evil The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "... quite useless for the knowledge of good and EVIL, more like the other tree..." pt 4, pg 18
F
13) family - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the FAMILY of the Endless" pg iv of intro
14) fortunate The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones " 'Tis better to be FORTUNATE than to be wise" pt 7, p. 19
15) fulfillment The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones p i, intro "catastrophe & FULFILLMENT"
16) fury The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the ladies of the FURY" pt 12, p 1
17) freedom "I told him that there was always FREEDOM" pt 12, p 14
H
18) hatred The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "we are vengeance and HATRED unending" pt 8, p 18
hope The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 5, pg 1 "we haven't given up HOPE of being the Three again"
19) humanity The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "the dark mirror of HUMANITY" pt 1, pg 18
I
20) imaginative The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones"That's much more IMAGINATIVE" pt 9, p 10
K
21) kind - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones, pt 4, p 10 "You could call them the nice ladies. Or the KIND ladies."
M
22) malice The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "I bind you, Loki MALICE-monger" pt 10, p 6
23) melancholy - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones intro p 3, "MELANCHOLY farewell"
24) movement - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "one stunning, final MOVEMENT" intro p. v
25) he was starting to find himself BORED by the music" The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones pt 8, p 22
P
26) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "a frenzied explosion of color and PAIN" p 7, pt 10
27) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "just rot on the ground - worms get them - PITY" p 18, pt 4
28) powerful -The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
"these all-POWERFUL goddesses" intro p v
29) powerless - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "when he was imprisoned and POWERLESS" pt 1, page 9
30) preparation - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "I have made all the PREPARATIONS necessary," pt 13, p 10
R
31) reading The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "reading an improving book" pt 8, p 22
T
32) time The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "TIME, choice, guilt and regret" intro, pg 3
33) tragic - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "...exalted, TRAGIC catastrophe" p. i of intro
W
34) wise The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones "word to the WISE" p 18 pt 4
35) The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (pg v of intro by Frank McConnell) "... the power and majesty of the gods we invent and then WORSHIP"

(3/16/2017): 3 words
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
bonds 74 "the BONDS of family"
grief 135 "your GRIEF serves you"
sorrow 4 "one for SORROW"

(4/3/2017) - 1
devotion - The Sparrow 432 "his eyes closed in dreamy DEVOTION"

The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War - 52 words

A - 6 words
aggressive 616 “The Athenian Ionians were feared as restless & aggressive”
alarm 16 “The growth of the power of Athens, and the fear which this inspired in Sparta…”
amends 341 “he wished to make amends for his retreat from Argos”
anticipate 34 “wishing to anctipate the revolt of the cities”
arrogance “jealous of the arrogance that aspires higher than its due”
ashamed “men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are as ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.”

B - 3 words
bitter 321 “rather than keeping them all in bitter subjection”
blunt 616 “in speech they were spare, pithy, and blunt”
bold 125 “which has so bold a sound”

C - 10 words
cautious 200 “cautious plotting a justifiable means of self-defense”
clarity p. xxx “I decided in the interests of clarity…”
comfort 117 “comfort, therefore, not condolence…”
contemptuous 304 “contemptuous of the scanty numbers of his opponent”
content 16 “I shall be content”
contrary 9 “on the contrary…”
control 47 “self-control contains honor…”
cool 452 “without giving time for their ardor to cool”
cruelty 176 “the horrid cruelty”
curious xxi “More curious is Thucydides’s very limited angle of vision”

D: 10
defeated 36 “defeated by the Athenians”
delusion 181 “fortune too powerfully helps the delusion…”
detriment 98 “this friendship should not extend to the detriment of the state”
development 7 “it was at a somewhat later stage of this development”
devoted 397 “a man devoted to them”
disagreeable 52 “disagreeable to the Hellenes”
discontent 100 “deep was their trouble and discontent”
discussion 113 “instead of looking on discussion”
doubtful 296 “the victory remained doubtful”
dread 164 “they delay the blow that we dread”

E - 13
education 47 “the advantages that we have by nature they cannot acquire by education”
elated 46 “let us never be elated by the fatal hope”
emotion 469 “the most agonizing & conflicting emotions”
engagement 20 “after the engagement”
enraged 390 “the enraged lover”
envy 200 “envy would not suffer them to escape”
evil 79 “the good and evil which lay hidden in the unseen future”
excited 44 “Men’s indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong…”
excluded 23 “while we are to be excluded…”
exhausted 243 “exhausted from want of food”
exercise 126 “the dangers incurred in its exercise”
expectation 36 “in expectation of the Athenians”
experience 16 “confirmed by experience”

F: 10
fear 24 “fear to act upon this belief”
fearful 160 “fearful that they might not be able to cope with the whole of Lesbos”
fearless 114 “fearless of consequences”
feelings 93 “men’s feelings inclined much more to the Spartans”
fortunate 117 “fortunate indeed are they who draw their lot…”
friends 101 “find an asylum with friends or relatives”
frightened 145 “you are frightened by the number of the enemy”
furious 290 “furious at the idea”
generosity 114 “in generosity we are equally singular”
giving 25 “giving and taking what was just”
grateful 44 “makes them forget to be grateful”

H - 5
habit 100 “old habit still prevailed”
happy 114 “so happy a versatility”
hazards 115 “the most glorious of hazards”
honored 188 “whom year by year we honored”
horror 471 “shuddered with grief and horror”

I - 4
impartial 44 “impartial laws at Athens”
impatient 488 “they were now impatient to set sail”
inspired 16 “the alarm which this inspired in Sparta”
isolated 49 “isolated portions of the circumference”

J - 3
jealous 124 “jealous of the arrogance”
joy 242 “the still greater joy of his expectant friends”
judgment 22 “an error in judgment”

K - 1
kindred 365 “they had also the specious design of aiding their kindred”

L - 5
laughing 425 “the Athenians could not help laughing at his empty words”
listen 112 “the whole assemblage, whether citizens or foreigners, may listen”
lost 103 “they lost all patience”
love 115 “til love of her fills your hearts”
loyalty 176 “your own strength and not their loyalty”

M - 3
mad 244 “mad as Cleon’s promise was”
miserable 119 “the miserable feeling”
music 605 “the music of flutes”

N - 1
natural 117 “your natural character”

O - 8
observation 82 “strong squadrons of observation”
obstinate 30 “the sea fight was an obstinate one”
opinion 8 “in my opinion, fear was quite as strong an element as love…”
opportunities 82 “the opportunities of war”
oppressive xviii “far from dismantling an oppressive imperial hierarchy”
ostracized 580 “ostracized, that is, sent into honorable exile for ten years.”
overcome 172 “so completely overcome by terror”
overwhelmed 470 “overwhelmed by their misfortune”

P - 7
patient 119 “the patient could not bear to have on him clothing…”
piety xx “superstition bereft of formal religious piety”
pity 178 “not to those who will never pity us in return”
practice 47 “in practice we always…”
prayer 321 “the prayers & reproaches of the Corinthians”
pride 25 “in the pride and license of wealth”
prompt 81 “prompt and vigorous action”

Q - 2
quest 22 “a power that comes in quest of assistance”
quiet 66 “if wise men remain quiet while they are not injured”

R - 5
rage 330 “they flew into a rage”
relax 163 “we saw them relax their hostility to the Mede”
religion 200 “their religion was in honor with neither party”
reputation 112 “advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity”
resigned 239 “Nicias repeated his offer and resigned the command at Pylos”

S - 2
sacrifice 27 “the sacrifice of permanent tranquility”
security 69 “at once a reinforcement and a security”

T - 3
tranquility 27 “the sacrifice of permanent tranquility”
triumph 128 “an easy triumph in the war”
trust 15 “I did not even trust my own impressions”

U - 2
uncertain 179 “the uncertain future”
understood 85 “it must be thoroughly understood”

V - 3
vigorous 126 “vigorous protectors at their side”
violent 176 “the most violent man at Athens”
volunteer 482 “neutrals now felt… they should volunteer to march against the Athenians”

W - 5
wisdom 43 “the wisdom of our counsels”
wish 82 “the great wish of some is to avenge themselves”
wonder 177 “I wonder also…”
worthy 3 “a great war, & more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it”

update!

Option 3: Karma Spell-it-Out
Giving : 25+ books

a -Aida Palmer (main character) Bitter Spirits by Jenn Bennett 9 December 2016 ★★★★
d
o - Once Upon a Regency Christmas: On a Winter's Eve\Marriage Made at Christmas\Cinderella's Perfect Christmas by Louise Allen 15 December 2016 ★★★★
r - Raasch, Sara Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch 4 December 2016 ★★★★
a - Austen, Jane Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 21 December 2016 ★★★★★
b Baylor, Ruby (main character) The Rainmaker by John Grisham 9 December 2016 ★★★★
l - Lauren Fortgang (narrator) Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep 20 February 2017 ★★★★
e - Elinor (main character) Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 3 January 2017 ★★★★★



c - Cancelled by Murder by Jean Flowers 19 January 2017 ★★★★
o - O'Malley, Daniel The Rook by Daniel O'Malley 31 December 2016 ★★★★★
m - Miller, John Jackson Kenobi by John Jackson Miller 25 December 2016 ★★★★
p - Patricia Briggs Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 12 January 2017 ★★★★★
a - Allen, Louisa His Christmas Countess by Louise Allen 22 December 2016 ★★★★
s - Sara Humphreys Brave the Heat by Sara Humphreys 29 December 2016 ★★★★
s - Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep 21 January 2017 ★★★
i - The Iliad by Homer 11 December 2016 ★★★
o - Owen Grayson (character) Venom by Jennifer Estep 6 March 2017 ★★★★
n - Naomi Novik Uprooted by Naomi Novik 28 December 2016 ★★★★
a - Adrian, Lara Defy the Dawn by Lara Adrian 7 January 2017 ★★★★
t - Tarkin (main character) Star Wars: Tarkin by James Luceno 27 February 2017 ★★★
e - Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 8 January 2017 ★★★★



d
i - I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short 6 January 2017 ★★★★
p
l - Lisa Shearin The Ghoul Vendetta by Lisa Shearin 22 February 2017 ★★★★★
o
m - Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams 4 February 2017 ★★★★
a - Austen, Jane Northanger Abby by Jane Austen 2 February 2017 ★★★★★
t
i - Iolanthe Seabourne (main character) The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas 19 January 2017 ★★★★★
c

Finished my first 8 spell-out words:

Amends (6/6)
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
M - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier - 12/20/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
D - Author Debbie Macomber - Because It's Christmas: The Christmas Basket\Merry Ex-Mas - 12/17/16 ♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B - Batter Up by Robyn Neeley - 1/30/17 ♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - The Life She Wants by Robyn Carr - 1/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 1/8/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Calm (4/4)
C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
L - Love After All by Jaci Burton - 12/29/16 ♥♥♥♥
M - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/27/16 ♥♥♥♥♥

Dream (5/5)
D - Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson - 1/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 1/9/17 ♥♥♥
M - Author Trish McCallan - Forged in Fire - 1/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Elated (6/6)
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
L - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton - 1/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
D - Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning - 2/24/17 ♥♥♥♥

Focus (5/5)
F - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once in a Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - 1/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice - 2/6/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
S - Scandalous Desires by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

Giving (6/6)
G - The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland - 1/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Intimate Strangers by Laura Taylor - 1/31/17 ♥♥♥
V - Author Violet Duke - Jackson's Trust - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥
I - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥
G - Get A Clue by Jill Shalvis - 1/14/17 ♥♥♥♥

Happy (5/5)
H - Author Elin Hilderbrand - Winter Street - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Amelia Grey - Wedding Night With the Earl - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
P - Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
P - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Stud for Hire - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥

Starting at the top :)

A – A J Aalto - Touched
C – Agatha Christie – Detectives & Young Adventurers
C – Dave Eggers – The Circle
E – E Nesbit – The Railway Children
P – Peter James – Dead Simple
T – J Thorn – Voices from Beyond
A – Alafair Burke – Dead Connection
N – Duncan Pile – Nature’s Pile
C – Charlaine Harris – Club Dead
E – Emmy Laybourne – Sky on Fire

Woohoo! I finished! Man, those "I"s are difficult. lol

Link to original post.

Kristie wrote: "Woohoo! I finished! Man, those "I"s are difficult. lol

Link to original post."

Great job Kristie!!

You wouldn't want us to make it too easy else it wouldn't be a challenge. ;)

Karma: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle

Progress: 121

Completed 5/26/2017
Level: Karma

Found Words:
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Acceptance: Hawksong
(p. 103) ...acceptance of my responsibilities...
Admiration: The Last One
(p. 16) ...it is with admiration that he smiles.
Afraid: Hawksong
(p. 122) "They will expect you to be afraid..."
Agitated: Hawksong
(p. 177) ...too agitated for sleep.
Alarm: Hawksong
(p. 23) ...I asked with alarm.
Alive: Hawksong
(p. 25) ...alive and well and dangerous...
Annoyed: The Last One
(p. 5) Annoyed, he turns back to his screen.
Anxiety: Hawksong
(p. 14) ...with no trace of anxiety on my face...
Appreciated: The Last One
(p. 14) ...unexpected but appreciated...
Arrogance: Hawksong
(p. 71) For a brief moment the arrogance was gone...
Attention: Hawksong
(p. 137) ...I could not get their attention.
Aversion: The Last One
(p. 41) "Aversion to the sacred is a given..."
Awake: Hawksong
(p. 137) ...a few moments to realize I was awake.
Awe: The Last One
(p. 9) ...in return for my awe...
Blue: The Last One
(p. 1) ...with sharp blue eyes.
Bold: Hawksong
(p. 153) ...surprised by Rei's bold action...
Breathing: Hawksong
(p. 163) ...even his breathing slowed...
Brilliant: Hawksong
(p. 199) ...for a moment the brilliant....smile was back...
Calm: Hawksong
(p. 50) ...to form a well-practiced surface of calm.
Challenges: Hawksong
(p. 49) His red eyes flashed with challenge...
Cheerful: Hawksong
(p. 196) Zane's mood was still cheerful...
Clarity: Hawksong
(p. 100) With painful clarity, Zane's earlier words reverberated...
Comfort: Hawksong
(p. 18) "...just comfort a dying man..."
Compassionate: Hawksong
(p. 140) "...the compassionate woman who had comforted a dying man..."
Control: Hawksong
(p. 34) "I trust you to keep them under control..."
Cool: Hawksong
(p. 52) ...trapped in the cool voice...
Cross:
(p. 93) "...but Zane would be cross if I didn't let him interrogate you first."
Curious: Hawksong
(p. 224) There was a curious tingle...
Disgust: Hawksong
(p. 140) ...with blatant disgust in her tone...
Distaste: Hawksong
(p. 117) ...their gazes alternated between distaste ad curiosity...
Dream: Hawksong
(p. 17) ...grand dreams I wished I could make come true.
Embrace: Hawksong
(p. 191) ...pulling me into a soft embrace...
Emotion: Hawksong
(p. 6) Every emotion I had was cloaked...
Envy: Hawksong
(p. 183) ...watched her performance with envy...
Evil: Hawksong
(p. 2) She learns that these enemies are evil...
Exhausted: The Last One
(p. 27) Exhausted, I ease out of my shelter...
Expectation: Hawksong
(p. 31) My insides coiled in expectation...
Experience: The Last One
(p. 17) "I'm not here for the experience."
Family: Hawksong
(p. 2) ...she learns that they murdered her family...
Fear: Hawksong
(p. 2) She learns to fear...
Focus: The Last One
(p. 28) ...just lose my focus...
Freedom: Hawksong
(p. 10) The songs were about freedom.
Friends: Hawksong
(p. 72) "Friends, lovers, family..."
Frightened: Hawksong
(p. 143) "...foolish enough not to be frightened."
Furious: Hawksong
(p. 173) "...too furious to argue sanely..."
Fury: Hawksong
(p. 7) ...and tried to summon the fury I needed.
Generous: Hawksong
(p. 97) "You are more generous than I am."
Gentle: Hawksong
(p. 52) His voice remained gentle...
Glee: The Last One
(p. 6) ...somewhere between pity and glee...
Grateful: Hawksong
(p. 11) ...I could not be grateful for the loss.
Grief: Hawksong
(p. 14) ...grief or anger in my eyes.
Habit: Hawksong
(p. 173) "So I am not in the habit..."
Happy: Hawksong
(p. 112) "What matters to me is that you are happy."
Harsh: Hawksong
(p. 146) The words were harsh...
Hatred: Hawksong
(p. 2) ...the hatred of an enemy without a face.
Hazards: The Last One
(p. 33) "...hazards may not be readily apparent..."
Hope: Hawksong
(p. 11) Remember your hope for tomorrow.
Honored: Hawksong
(p. 196) "I would be honored..."
Horror: Hawksong
(p. 7) ...too young to deserve this horror...
Humor: Hawksong
(p. 128) ...the dramatic humor with which Zane had spoken.
Innocent: Hawksong
(p. 172) Even if he looked as innocent...
Joy: Hawksong
(p. 53) "It's an event that should bring joy..."
Jealous: Hawksong
(p. 235) "Oh yes, I'm jealous."
Judgment: Hawksong
(p. 5) ...I would have trusted his judgment without question...
Kind: Hawksong
(p. 15) ...they were just as mortal as my own kind.
Laughing: Hawksong
(p. 219) Laughing a little, I moved a few steps ahead.
Lazy: Hawksong
(p. 55) ...his movements were cool and languid, almost lazy...
Listen: Hawksong
(p. 59) ...I was infuriated by their refusal to listen...
Lonely: Hawksong
(p. 186) "...and you should never be lonely."
Lost: Hawksong
(p. 21) ...like I had lost so many others.
Love: Hawksong
(p. 21) ...and then I learned to love him...
Loyalty: Hawksong
(p. 82) ...his loyalty was unquestioned.
Mad: Hawksong
(p. 83) ...help me think of something less mad than Karashan's plans.
Melancholy: Hawksong
(p. 212) ...draw him from the melancholy silence...
Mental: The Last One
(p. 33) "Severe mental strain..."
Mindful: Hawksong
(p. 231) ...mindful of my injury...
Miserable: Hawksong
(p. 186) "...you are miserable..."
Movement: Hawksong
(p. 170) ...I jumped at the movement.
Music: Hawksong
(p. 181) The music was provided...
Nasty: Hawksong
(p. 141) "...to avoid a nasty scene."
Natural: Hawksong
(p. 89) A natural hawk takes its prey...
Nature: The Last One
(p. 18) ...as though this were a nature documentary...
Opportunities: Hawksong
(p. 158) "...there would have been opportunity..."
Pain: Hawksong
(p. 3) ...the desperate, strangled cry of a main in pain.
Patient: Hawksong
(p. 232) "You are so patient with me..."
Pity: The Last One
(p. 6) ...somewhere between pity and glee...
Powerful: Hawksong
(p. 14) ...one with powerful wings...
Practice: Hawksong
(p. 219) "...but not much practice."
Prayer: Hawksong
(p. 11) ...and prayers whose words I could never seem to find.
Pride: Hawksong
(p. 63) "...if we die for our pride."
Quest: Hawksong
(p. 83) ...her quest for knowledge had led her...
Quiet: Hawksong
(p. 25) ...she heard our quiet approach...
Rage: Hawksong
(p. 6) I did not have the energy to rage.
Relax: Hawksong
(p. 150) "...I will relax only when shown proof..."
Resigned: Hawksong
(p. 195) I resigned myself to tasting the cook's food...
Routine: Hawksong
(p. 184) ...attending to some routine chores...
Rude: Hawksong
(p. 173) "...would be considered...beyond rude..."
Sacrifice: Hawksong
(p. 109) ...before they were called to sacrifice themselves...
Solution: Hawksong
(p. 107) "I have been finalizing the details of that solution."
Sorrow: Hawksong
(p. 7) ...filled with pain, sorrow, and fear.
Success: The Last One
(p. 12) ...interpreting my every success as affirmation...
Support: Hawksong
(p. 143) "Rei, I need your support..."
Talent: Hawksong
(p. 183) "I don't have much talent for dance."
Time: Hawksong
(p. 21) ...just in time to lose him...
Tragic: Hawksong
(p. 15) ...losing those arts completely would have been tragic.
Trust: Hawksong
(p. 25) ...if this ruse was meant to gain our trust.
Understood: Hawksong
(p. 23) ...I understood this kind of caution.
Vibrant: Hawksong
(p. 220) With words as vibrant as paintings...
Vigilant: Hawksong
(p. 180) ...to ensure that they would be vigilant...
Vigorous: The Last One
(p. 33) "...vigorous physical activity..."
Vocal: Hawksong
(p. 120) "She has been very vocal..."
Vow: Hawksong
(p. 110) As Erica swore her vows...
Warmth: Hawksong
(p. 129) It was impossible not to notice the warmth...
Whimsy: Hawksong
(p. 130) ...shifting from whimsy to melodrama...
Willingness: Hawksong
(p. 30) "Zane asked me to convey our willingness..."
Wise: Hawksong
(p. 44) ...the Disa was considered wise...
Wish: Hawksong
(p. 2) ...and wish for the peace they promise.
Wonder: Hawksong
(p. 141) There was wonder in my voice.
Worried: Hawksong
(p. 5) ...and took in the worried expression in his soft brown eyes.
Worry: Hawksong
(p. 143) ...still warm with worry.
Worship: Hawksong
(p. 220) In a society that worships love...
Worthy: Hawksong
(p. 35) I hoped I was worthy of it.
Zealous: Hawksong
(p.144) "...the most zealous of your people..."
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I am participating too :)
Start date- May 25, 2017
Finish date -July 29, 2017
Goal level -- Giving : 25+ books
Books used - 46
Option 1: Follow the 12 Laws of Karma
►Read books that you feel symbolize each of the 12 Laws of Karma; could be fictional accounts of others lives, could be books regarding things you wish to learn about, emulate, etc. This is your journey, you decide.


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1. The Great Law

• “As you sow, so shall you reap.” This is also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect.” (Read May 31) ) (Read July 7 )
• If what we want is happiness, peace, love, and friendship, then we should BE happy, peaceful, loving and a true friend. (Read May 31) (Read July 7 )
• Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us (Read June 15) (Read July 10)


2. The Law of Creation

• Life doesn’t just happen. It requires our participation. (Read May 26) (Read July 7 )
• Be yourself, and surround yourself with what you want to have in your life. (Read June 2) (Read July 8)


3. The Law of Humility

• You can’t change something if you refuse to accept it. . (Read June 12) (Read July 8)

• If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence. (Read June 5) (Read July 5)


4. The Law of Growth

• The only given we have in our lives is ourselves, and that is the only factor we have control over. (Read June 6) (Read July 18)

• When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and change too. (Read June 1) (Read July 15)

5. The Law of Responsibility

• We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us. (Read June 8) (Read July 8)

• We must take responsibility for what is in our life. (Read June 12) (Read July 19)

6. The Law of Connection

• Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on. (Read june 26) (Read July 22)

• Someone must do the initial work to get a job done. (Read June 21) (Read July 17)

• Past, Present and Future are all connected. (Read june 20) (read July 11)

7. The Law of Focus

• You cannot think of two things at the same time. (Read June 25) (Read July 24)

• Because of this, when our focus is on values, it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger. (Read June 21) (Read July 28)

8. The Law of Giving and Hospitality

• If you believe something to be true, then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that particular truth. (Read June 18) (Read July 20)


9. The Law of Here and Now

• Looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future prevents us from being totally in the here and now. (Read June 15)
(Read July 26)


• Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones. (Read June 13) (Read July 24)

10. The Law of Change

• History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path. (Read June 13) (Read July 27)

11. The Law of Patience and Reward

• Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil. (Read June 28) (Read July 25)

• True joy comes from doing what we’re suppose to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time. (Read June 28) (Read July 27)

12. The Law of Significance and Inspiration

• You get back from something whatever you have put into it. (Read June 29) (Read July 28)

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Scavenger Hunt- I want It All

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Acceptance
Admiration
Adorable
Adrift
Adversity
Affectionate
Afraid
Aggravate
Aggressive
Agitated
Alarm
Alienation
Alive
Amends
Angry
Annoyed
Anticipate
Anxiety
Appreciated
Arrogance
Ashamed
Attention
Authoritative
Aversion
Awake
Awareness
Awe
Awful

B

Belligerent
Benevolent
Bitter
Blue
Blunt
Bold
Bonds
Bored
Breathing
Brilliant
Bullying

C

Callous
Calm
Camaraderie
Carefree
Cautious
Challenges
Cheerful
Church
Clarity
Clever
Combative
Comfort
Comical
Compassionate
Constructive
Contemptuous
Content
Contrary
Control
Cool
Cordial
Courtesy
Covetous
Cranky
Cross
Cruelty
Curious

D

Dainty
Defeated
Defiant
Dejected
Delight
Delighted
Delusion
Despair
Detriment
Development
Devoted
Devotion
Diplomatic
Disagreeable
Disciplined
Discontent
Discrimination
Discussion
Disgust
Disinterest
Distaste
Doubtful
Dread
Dream
Dutiful
Dynamic

E

Ebullient
Education
Elated
Embrace
Emotion
Energized
Engagement
Enraged
Envy
Ethical
Evil
Excited
Excluded
Exercise
Exhibition
Exhausted
Exhilaration
Expectation
Experience
Exuberance
Exault

F

Family
Fear
Fearful
Fearless
Feelings
Feisty
Fierce
Flattered
Focus
Forgiving
Forlorn
Fortunate
Freedom
Friends
Frightened
Frustrated
Fulfillment
Furious
Fury

G

Generosity
Generous
Gentle
Giving
Glee
Glum
Grateful
Greedy
Grief

H

Habit
Happy
Harmony
Harsh
Hatred
Haughty
Hazards
Heroic
Honored
Hope
Horror
Humanity
Humor

I

Idealistic
Illusion
Imaginative
Impartial
Impatient
Improvement
Inconsiderate
Indifferent
Innocent
Innovative
Inquisitive
Insensitivity
Insightful
Inspired
Intolerant
Isolated

J

Jealous
Jeer
Jolly
Joy
Jubilation
Judgment

K

Kind
Kindred
Kinship

L

Label
Laughing
Lazy
Listen
Lively
Loathing
Lonely
Lost
Love
Loyalty
Lucky

M

Mad
Malice
Maturity
Mean
Meek
Melancholy
Mental
Mindful
Miserable
Misunderstanding
Mollified
Moody
Movement
Music

N

Nasty
Natural
Nature
Naughty
Nervous
Neurotic
Nutrition

O

Obnoxious
Observation
Obstinate
Obtuse
Opinion
Opportunities
Oppressive
Optimism
Ostracized
Overcome
Overjoyed
Overwhelmed

P

Pain
Patient
Peers
Perspective
Philanthropy
Piety
Pity
Poignancy
Powerful
Powerless
Practice
Pragmatic
Prayer
Preconception
Preparation
Pride
Prompt
Protective

Q

Qualified
Querulous
Query
Quest
Questioning
Quiet

R

Radical
Rage
Reading
Relax
Reliable
Religion
Relinquish
Repentant
Reputation
Resent
Resigned
Reverent
Routine
Rude

S

Sacrifice
Security
Serenity
Sharing
Solution
Soothe
Sorrow
Success
Support

T

Talent
Teaching
Time
Tireless
Tragic
Tranquility
Triumph
Trust

U

Uncertain
Understood
Unhappy
Unique
Usefulness
Utilitarian

V

Vacation
Valiant
Validation
Versatile
Vibrant
Vigilant
Vigorous
Vindictive
Violent
Visualization
Vitality
Vocal
Vociferous
Volunteer
Vow

W

Warmth
Weary
Well-balanced
Well-behaved
Whimsical
Whimsy
Wholesome
Wicked
Willingness
Wisdom
Wise
Wish
Woeful
Wonder
Worried
Worry
Worship
Worthwhile
Worthy
Wrath
Writing

X

Xenia
Xenon

Y

Yielding
Youthful

Z

Zeal
Zealous
Zest
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Karma Spell It Out

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