The Lost Challenges discussion

Each month we will give you a list of 50 themed words to find in your books.

RULES

*There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.

*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.

*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it and the page number/location and sentence where you found it.

EXAMPLE -
Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles (3/3/17)
I had a weakness for apple pie, heavy on the cinnamon... (loc. 245)

At the end of the month please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

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Our theme for March is...



Choose your Level:
Spring Chicken – 10-20 words
Spring Clean – 21-40 words
Spring Break – 41-50 words

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017

**Books must be started and finished within this time frame.**

***Reserve your spot but no hunting till the 1st!***

Happy hunting!

Word List

1. April
2. baby
3. bird
4. birth
5. bloom
6. blossom
7. born
8. break
9. breeze
10. bud
11. bulb
12. bunny
13. butterfly
14. calf
15. chick
16. clean
17. cloud
18. daffodil
19. daisy
20. easter
21. egg
22. fertile
23. field
24. flower
25. fresh
26. garden
27. grass
28. green
29. growth
30. hatch
31. lamb
32. leaf
33. March
34. May
35. meadow
36. nature
37. nest
38. new
39. plant
40. puddle
41. rabbit
42. rain
43. rainbow
44. seed
45. showers
46. spring
47. thaw
48. tree
49. tulip
50. umbrella

March 2017 Scavenger Hunt

Duration: 1st - 31st March 2017
Level: Spring Break (41-50 words)
Progress: 50/50
Date Completed: 20/3/17

The Old-Girl Network - Catherine Alliott (2/3/17)

April - ...basking in the gloomy April drizzle... (pg 122)
baby - A baby! A real live baby. (pg 170)
bird - ...like a bird of prey... (pg 454)
birth - ...something like my birth certificate... (pg 235)
born - "...I'd rather wait for the baby to be born." (pg 187)
break - "...and you probably needed a break..." (pg 221)
breeze - ...a gentle breeze was playfully buffeting... (pg 140)
bulb - ...the bulbs in the tiny patch at the front... (pg 140)
clean - "...but it's clean and reasonably tidy..." (pg 191)
cloud - The only dark cloud on the horizon... (pg 111)
daffodil - ...drifting through a daffodil field... (pg 253)
egg - ...daily fix of egg mayonnaise on brown... (pg 14)
field - ...drifting through a daffodil field... (pg 253)
flower - ...well-tended flower beds... (pg 158)
fresh - "...get a breath of fresh air..." (pg 251)
garden - We walked through the garden carrying our drinks. (pg 329)
grass - ...the grass was long and full of wild flowers... (pg 329)
green - ...a beautiful lush green meadow... (pg 271)
lamb - A lamb bleated for it's mother... (pg 279)
meadow - ...a beautiful lush green meadow... (pg 271)
nature - ...looking at one with nature... (pg 285)
new - ...sweetest little new potatoes I'd ever tasted. (pg 268)
plant - ...a cutting from his Busy Lizzie plant... (pg 237)
rabbit - ...produced a rabbit from a hat. (pg 87)
rain - "I have a feeling it's going to rain, actually..." (pg 297)
spring - ...very first signs of spring... (pg 6)
tree - ...the carefully pruned magnolia tree placed, just so, in the centre... (pg 141)
umbrella - ...his grey coat, grey scarf and grey umbrella... (pg 218)

Muse - K. French (3/3/17)

butterfly - ...and then move on to the next butterfly. (loc. 3022)
Easter - ...vowed to stay off chocolate till Easter. (loc. 2162)

The Doll's House - Tania Carver (5/3/17)

rainbow - ...festooned with rainbow banners... (pg 32)

The Family Trap - Joanne Phillips (6/3/17)

bunny - ...pink and white fluffy jacket with bunny ears on the hood. (loc. 572)
May - ...despite the bright May sunshine. (loc. 2035)
seed - ...a seed that plants itself in the front of my brain and begins to grow. (loc. 2526)

You're Mine Now - Hans Koppel (7/3/17)

growth - ...a kiss that allowed space and growth. (pg 409)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Seth Grahame-Smith (8/3/17)

March - "My father and Maria are coming to me in March" (pg 110)

Shutter Man - Richard Montanari (10/3/17)

bloom - Each window had a flower box in full bloom. (pg 34)

Wild Raspberries - Connie Chappell (11/3/17)

fertile - ...a golf course Jack designed for a fertile area... (loc. 4439)
leaf - She brushed a brittle leaf from the cushion and sat. (loc. 178)
showers - A shower of water jiggled plantings... (loc. 746)
thaw - "After winter's thaw." (loc. 4901)

Mythology 101 - Jody Lynn Nye (12/3/17)

nest - "I can steal the eggs out of a duck's nest if she'll lean forward a mite" (loc. 1234)
tulip - ...useful herbs and blooming tulips and hyacinths. (loc. 3821)

Tender Is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald (14/3/17)

bud - ...to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower. (pg 193)

A Crowded Marriage - Catherine Alliott (15/3/17)

blossom - ...the crab apple blossom was heavy on the boughs... (pg 155)
calf - "...I was delivering breeched calf twins..." (pg 222)
chick - ...I lay the chick down on the same patch of hay. (pg 220)
daisy - ...through a daisy-strewn meadow... (pg 156)
hatch - "...these eggs could hatch" (pg 224)

Sphinx - T.S. Learner (20/3/17)

puddle - A puddle of water began to seep... (pg 85)

I'm in too !!
March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Break – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017
50/50

Word List
1. April Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 89 “Okay. I’m in with one perfect purple crocus on a frosty April morning taken with my new digital camera.”
2. baby What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 53 I have a life now and a beautiful baby boy, and more than enough to keep me busy.
3. bird WWhat Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 608 ... real in telling a bird she’s got great knockers than lying to her about why we’re here.
4. birth What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 608 You’re learning about mam’s place of birth.
5. bloom What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 961 He rubbed a velvety white bloom between his fingers.
6. blossom The Roots of the Olive Tree Courtney Miller Santo 3/16/17 p 165 ... meant all of Kidron would smell faintly of olive blossoms, ...
7. born What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 875 I was born and raised with chardonnay in my baby bottle, you know.
8. break What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 172 Lilly just had to gather her courage, break the news to her mother, and hope she’d understand.
9. breeze What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 1493 The salt, the breeze, and cool air all hit him.
10. bud Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 25 Weren’t we, Bud?”
11. bulb Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 35 The bulb in the porch light didn’t seem to work, but it didn’t matter.
12. bunny Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 207 Grace stepped to the microphone wearing a red teddy, boa and bunny ears, looking impossibly chic for such a ridiculous ensemble.
13. butterfly Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 113 ... and her heart felt light again, like a butterfly in her breast.
14. calf Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 201 A trickle of liquid slid down her calf and into her shoe as the woman grabbed a paper napkin and mopped clumsily at Kate’s chest.
15. chick Collision Course Chuck Gleason 3/9/17 Loc 58 The only alternative is for us to go to our 1:00 o’clock class early tomorrow and check out the chicks as they come into the room.”
16. clean What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 1795 Quinn pulled out a clean napkin from the dispenser.
17. cloud What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2076 Finally, the clouds overhead moved in with the wind, ...
18. daffodil The Billionaire Next Door Jessica Lemmon 3/31/17 p 151 Roses? Daffodils??
19. daisy What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2966 He tapped the petals of one daisy.
20. easter Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 55 “She was quiet at Easter, but today, she barely said hello before disappearing into the house.
21. egg What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 181 "Canned pumpkin, fresh farm eggs…”
22. fertile What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2834 If doing so had renewed her appreciation for life by the Russian River where the land was fertile and the nights were magical.
23. field Darkest Journey Heather Graham 3/1/17 p 69 Left the field to the cops.
24. flower Darkest Journey Heather Graham 3/1/17 p 67 ... or the seasonal flower beds she was proud of.
25. fresh What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 181 "Canned pumpkin, fresh farm eggs…”
26. garden What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 190 “Well, no, I also grow flowers and an herb garden upstairs.
27. grass What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2000 ... neat bow with a long blade of grass.
28. green What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 61 ... Conor had Mamó’s green, even Dad’s brown went to Quinn and the twins— an assortment of the O’Neill Clan.
29. growth All the Little Liars Charlaine Harris 3/5/17 p 6 Growth equals traffic.
30. hatch The Bastard Billionaire Jessica Lemmon 3/12/17 p 36 To be sure, she’d hatch a plan of her own,...
31. lamb Collision Course Chuck Gleason 3/9/17 Loc 853 Beverly’s cook served a delicious celebratory dinner of lamb, roasted potatoes and vegetables.
32. leaf What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2663 ...season more than it did maple leaf season.
33. March What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2902 She had a choice— she could march herself right over there and put that horrible woman in her place, ...
34. May What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 124 “Phillips Winery, how may I help you?”
35. meadow What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2567 ... her living in a cottage out in a green meadow somewhere, ...
36. nature What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 1508 ... loved hiking and romps with nature.
37. nest What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 744 My mam pushed us all out of the proverbial nest to find our own way when she realized we were living our father’s dream.
38. new What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 65 ... Mam needed a new man of the house to help with the restaurant and his brothers, ...
39. plant What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 856 ... wanted to plant it on her full lips, ...
40. puddle Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 1 ... scattered spring storms that left shimmering puddles on the pavement under the streetlight outside the house.
41. rabbit Luck of the Draw Cheri Allan 3/4/17 p 258 “Six weeks later rabbits were dropping like flies, if you know what I mean,” Claire cut in.
42. rain What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 361 ... lawn, and the rain about to come down,...
43. rainbow Swept Away Robyn Carr 3/8/17 p 119 I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow, ...
44. seed What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 1441 “You have a cucumber seed right there.”
45. showers What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 173 ... possibly because of afternoon showers predicted for later on.
46. spring What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2532 Quinn laid on the uncomfortable, spring bed of his little motel room ...
47. thaw All the Little Liars Charlaine Harris 3/5/17 p 5 Just get it out to thaw.
48. tree What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 877 They reached a large oak tree on the corner, its leaves swishing in the breeze.
49. tulip Collision Course Chuck Gleason 3/9/17 Loc 2256 My affection for him was like a tulip bulb in the spring just sticking a green shoot above the ground a couple of inches.
50. umbrella What Love Can Do Virna DePaul 3/2/17 Loc 2036 Rain was on its way, and here he’d gone out without an umbrella.

Welcome JoAnne :)

Good luck Kelli :)

Im in!

Spring Break – 41-50 words

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017

37/50

To Find
April
bloom
bud
calf
daffodil
daisy
easter
fertile
growth
lamb
meadow
nature
tulip

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
pg. 34. "They eat the bulbs and dig up the garden."
pg. 50. "...and there were a few puddles."
pg. 53. "..its exhaust a cloud of white against the moon,..."
pg. 102. "His birthday was in May."
pg. 102. "We were in March."
pg. 103. "And I felt myself thaw, and smile back, almost in spite of myself."
pg. 218. "She peels off her cardigan, a navy-blue knitted thing with small buttons in the shape of dark blue flowers."
pg. 226. "The door swings slowly shut behind him, and through the narrow glass hatch I watch his silhouette disappearing down the corridor."
pg. 227. "...but I know how grim the hospital showers can be..."
pg. 247. "...you can wake up feeling just fine in hospital and then your liver packs up just when you've decided that suicide really isn't going to fit in with your spring calendar."

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin
pg. 6. "The next morning she awoke early to the sound of rain on the roof and Rob packing for a quick trip to Memphis..."
pg. 8. "...of if he'd simply been born this way."
pg. 11. "Welcome to Miss Josie's Nest!"
pg. 12. "...or other garden-variety learning issues."
pg. 14. "...at least to birth my own..."
pg. 15. "...and field a question from the back..."
pg. 19. "...her monogrammed pink butterfly backpack."
pg. 26. "Daniel's not making rainbows appear or dropping pennies on the sidewalk..."
pg. 71. "Aren't you about to break up with me?"
pg. 77. "I hear this chick throws Gatsbyesque parties."
pg. 79. "If you were the product of a sperm or egg donor..."
pg. 97. "I'll breeze in for a quick game of Twister..."
pg. 98. "...the two of them giving new meaning to the expression eat and run."
pg. 151. "...eat a completely plant-based diet."
pg. 152. "His baby picture was cute."
pg. 153. "Or an egotistical need to spread their seed across the planet?"
pg. 174. "Uno! Green!"
pg. 208. "I resist the urge to clean, waiting for her to answer."
pg. 209. "And this blue bird."
pg. 212. "I look away, watching Harper add another large tree to the castle grounds,..."
pg. 231. "Maybe it's nothing more than a little time to yourself and a fresh perspective on things."
pg. 259. "just like the little girl in Knuffle Bunny..."
pg. 267. "...then carefully angling the blossoms toward the stone."
pg. 333. "...when I waken and find that sad stuffed rabbit perched on my pillow..."

The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn
pg. 154. "For a guy who used to hate Christmas, he'd certainly turned over a new leaf."
pg 159. "...bison grass vodka..."

Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen
pg. 3. "I was so intimidated by the natives dodging puddles and raising and lowering their umbrellas in perfect synchronicity that I never made it past the overhang of my building."

Never Never by James Patterson
pg. 105. "On 5 April this year a three-ton steamroller over in the E7 quadrant malfunctioned while it was being used to surface one of the equipment roads."
pg. 161. "So that leaves us with little choice but to rely on what we can gather from nature."
pg. 162. "This ear tag was worn by an eight-month-old Australian lamb."
pg. 247. "He swerved sideways, stumbled and fell, gripping at his calf."

Welcome Sharon and Niki!!

I'm in.

March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Break – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017
0/50

Word List
1. April
2. baby
3. bird
4. birth
5. bloom
6. blossom
7. born
8. break
9. breeze
10. bud
11. bulb
12. bunny
13. butterfly
14. calf
15. chick
16. clean
17. cloud
18. daffodil
19. daisy
20. easter
21. egg
22. fertile
23. field
24. flower
25. fresh
26. garden
27. grass
28. green
29. growth
30. hatch
31. lamb
32. leaf
33. March
34. May
35. meadow
36. nature
37. nest
38. new
39. plant
40. puddle
41. rabbit
42. rain
43. rainbow
44. seed
45. showers
46. spring
47. thaw
48. tree
49. tulip
50. umbrella

Good luck Wolf!

Spring Break – 41-50 words

Progress: 43 / 50

Word List still to find:

19. Daisy
22. fertile
29. Growth
35. Meadow
47. Thaw
50. umbrella

Items found in7 Brides for 7 Bodies
6. Blossom - p. 37 “...fresh BLOSSOMs and perfume…”
15. Chick - p.127 “Isn’t that what CHICKS want?”
45. Showers - p.38 “...for bridal parties and SHOWERS.”

Items found in Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
10. Bud - p. 103 “...new BUDs developing on the trees.”
18. Daffodil - p. 30 “...with yellow DAFFODILS.”
46. Spring - p. 28 “...a sneak Preview of SPRING.”
49. Tulip - p.30 “Aren’t those parrot TULIPS pretty?”

Items found in
Death Comes eCalling - Leslie O’Kane - 8/3/17
1. April - pg 4 “He comes in APRIL.”
2. baby - pg. 29 “...chubby, giggling BABY..”
3. bird - P.2 “Put some BIRD food…”
4. birth - p.87 “...last time I’d given BIRTH.”
7. Born - P. 92 “...the day she was BORN.”
8. Break P. 31 “Someone tried to BREAK in.”
9. Breeze p. 7 “...swayed in the BREEZE.”
11. Bulb - P.199 “...light BULB…”
12. Bunny - p.4 “The Easter BUNNY!”
14. calf - P.92 “...rode up one CALF.”
16. Clean - p.14 “...nags at me to CLEAN…”
17. Cloud - p.34 “...own personal rain CLOUD.”
20. Easter - p.4 “The EASTER Bunny!”
21. Egg - p.161 “...EGG shaped head…”
23. Field - p.84 “....run out on the FIELD…”
24. Flower - p.7 “...standing in a FLOWER bed…”
25. Fresh - p.228 “...a FRESH pot of coffee.”
26. Garden - p.4 “I returned to the front GARDEN.”
27. Grass - p.22 “Only rabbit would graze on GRASS.”
28. Green - p.31 “...tennis shoes had GREEN markings.”
30. Hatch - p.132 “...more cookies went down the HATCH.”
32. Leaf - p.224 “...kicked a dead LEAF …”
33. March - p.228 “We’ll MARCH right over there…”
34. May - p.52 “MAY as well….”
38. New - p.9 “The NEW email had….”
39. Plant - p.120 “...PLANT a garden.”
40. Puddle - p.77 “...a PUDDLE of blood.”
41. Rabbit - p.5 “First RABBITs, now ants.”
42. Rain - p.34 “...own personal RAIN cloud.”
48. Tree - p.104 “...an enormous TREE had fallen…”

Items found in Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank - Mar 12/17
5. Bloom - p.19 “...the BLOOMS now faded.”
13. Butterfly - p.65 “...become the beautiful BUTTERFLY….”
43. Rainbow - p.169 “...under the RAINBOW spray.”

Found in Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones- 3/20/17
44. Seed. p.178 "...planted a seed..."

Found in The Long Road Home Mary Alice Monroe - 3/20/17
31. Lamb - p. 74 "LAMB" prices are down again.
36. Nature - p.40 "....NATURE should prevail."
37. Nest p.67 "If this were a NEST...."

Welcome Joann :)

Im in level spring break
Word List
31/50
1. April-'Conquering the Phobe location 1643 april something albert said finished 10/3
2. baby- Prince Magnus and the Carpenter location 270 "no,baby.i'm not mad," magnus answered quietly
Finished 3/3
3. bird- Sugar and Shakedowns location 753 the don's office was decked out with expensive furniture and furs and stuffed birds finished 7/3
4. birth- Conquering the Phobe location 1651 try to avoid carl give him a wide birth finished 10/3
5. bloom
6. blossom
7. born
8. break- The Wolf Who Hatched an Egg location 170 god he needed a break to not think about this finished 19/3
9. breezeA Bevin Hero locatin 101 i did love this middle of may warm breeze leaves rustling freshly turned soil for more planting at the vineyeard and all of nature just touching my fur finished 7/3

10. bud- Just That Easy location 143 oh she did but i managed to nip that in the bud
Finished 5/3
11. bulb
12. bunny- Lucky location 298 yes yes bunnies lose eyeballs finished 5/3
13. butterfly- Sight and Sinners
Location 3377 he groaned as warm lips found the pulse in his throat and kissed it gently, like the slow tickle of a butterfly as its flutterd its satin wings against skin finished 19/3
14. calf
15. chick- Lucky location 614
You know aliens are out there they could come down to earth and bump some aliens uglies with some human chicks finished 5/3
16. clean
17. cloud- Glitter location1325 deep black lashes circled cloud gray eyes finished 12/3
18. daffodil
19. daisy
20. easter- The Worst Best Man location 462 he hadn't seen them since easter so he knew he needed to make the effort finished 13/3
21. egg- Lucky location1244 ma's lined up suitable breeding stock and we're supposed to meet with the egg and sperm donors finished 5/3
22. fertile
23. field- Sight and Sinners location 356 little kid with strawberry- blond hair six years old who was found in pieces under an oak tree in a field in sussex finished 19/3
24. flower- Sugar and Shakedowns location 880 you could probably tell that because i showed up without flowers like a total dick finished 7/3
25. fresh
26. garden - Just That Easy location 2270 he opend a french door to find a small balcony overlooking the back garden finished 5/3
27. grass- A Bevin Hero location 114 especially since it seemed the warriors never cut their grass finished 7/3
28. green- Glitter location 541 they walked in silence until they were on the sidewalk and clearing distance to get to one of the closer green spaces around the college finished 12/3
29. growth- Just That Easy location 2241 his mother must have put growth hormones in his oatmeal finished 5/3
30. hatch
31. lamb- The Wolf Who Hatched an Egg location 279 the lamb had moved a few months back to a propery in the rocky mountains with his wolf mate brody finished 19/3
32. leaf
33. March
34. May- A Bevin Hero location 101101 i did love this middle of may warm breeze leaves rustling freshly turned soil for more planting at the vineyeard and all of nature just touching my fur finished 7/3
35. meadow
36. nature- A Bevin Hero location 101 i did love this middle of may warm breeze leaves rustling freshly turned soil for more planting at the vineyeard and all of nature just touching my fur finished 7/3
37. nest- Sight and Sinners location 518 i'm here taylor said wearily and sat up running a hand through his curls and wondering whether the top of his head resembled a bird's nest in the making finished 19/3
38. new
39. plant- Sugar and Shakedowns location919 his mom made him these brownies out of this plant finished 7/3
40. puddle- Sugar and Shakedowns location 1456 the poor guy was so scared i was impressed that he wasn't just a puddle on the floor finished 7/3
41. rabbit- Sugar and Shakedowns location 630 i could tell he was just a bit rounded and soft like some kind of bunny rabbit finished 7/3
42. rain- Sugar and Shakedowns location 2415 look they wont be thrilled about it if you leave but it's not like they'll rain hellfire down on you or something finished 7/3
43. rainbow- Scary - "papa's piercing my ears today. I picked out rainbow hoops
Finished 4/3
44. seed
45. showers
46. spring- Scary - location 805 it was only the tail end of spring finished 4/3
47. thaw
48. tree- Just That Easy location 234 am i barking up the wrong tree here finished 5/3
49. tulip
50. umbrella- Glitter location 3342 i guess this falls under the try not to hurt you umbrella finished 12/3

Spring Break – 41-50 words

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017

Found: 45/50

Doubleblind 4 March
4. birth: ...at the time of my birth, pg 168
5. bloom: Free-climbing vines bloom… pg 95
21. egg: ...who laid the egg that hatched you?” pg 170
29. growth: ...something to inspire growth in the air here, pg 246
30. hatch: If the eggs had hatched… pg 21
36. nature: ...the wa has become second nature, pg 125
47. thaw: If I’m going to thaw him out… pg 49

The Butterfly Project 6 Mar
13. butterfly: And I'm not exactly a social butterfly. Pg 56
14. calf: …road rash ran along the outer side of his calf. Pg 127
15. chick: You're the chick from Giovanni's… pg 81
50. umbrella: …my red and white fold-up umbrella. Pg 53

Venom 8 March
2. baby: ...my long-lost baby sister… pg 43
3. bird: A few birds rustled in the thick branches… pg 221
6. blossom: I regarded the blossom with a thoughtful expression. Pg 293
7. born: I’d born the marks for seventeen years now, pg 67
8. break: “Why don’t you go on break now? Pg 68
9. breeze: ...shooting the breeze with me. Pg 120
12. bunny: ...carrying around a stuffed bunny rabbit Pg 107
16. clean: “Because she wants to clean up Ashland? Pg 118
17. cloud: “You’re letting your emotions cloud your judgment… Pg 20
23. field: ...still have a clear field of vision. Pg 219
24. flower: ...like a delicate flower pg 165
25. fresh: ...my jumbled feelings for her were still too fresh… Pg 206
26. garden: ...a stone terrace that overlooked the gardens, Pg 64
27. grass: ...ran through the frost-covered grass. Pg 90
28. green: ...his green eyes as bright as Christmas lights Pg 114
32. leaf: ...put the gun down on the leaf-strewn ground. Pg 228
37. nest: ...in their trees and nests… Pg 221
38. new: ...you’ll be good as new. Pg 231
39. plant: ...whatever dark hole Slater was planning to plant her in. Pg 167
40. puddle: ...our shoes squishing into the puddles of blood… Pg 253
41. rabbit: “Care to follow the white rabbit down his hole?” Pg 86
42. rain: “Sorry to cut the evening short. Rain check?” Pg 190
43. rainbow: ...teary-eyed over puppies and kittens and rainbows. Pg 105
45. showers: It had taken me several hot showers… Pg 136t
46. spring: ...in hopes that something would spring to mind Pg 121
48. tree: Tree trunks would look small in comparison to him. Pg 141

Till Death 13 March
44. seed: Was that a seed stuck? Pg 239

The Heartstone Thief 17 March
31. lamb: ...might as well have been a lamb in a warg’s den. Pg 90
35. meadow: …the woodland gave way to a patch of clear meadow… pg 93

The Return 21 March
10. bud: “You wound me straight to the heart, bud.” pg 37
33. March: I was outside in the brisk March wind, pg 174
34. May: Will be until sometime in May. Pg 190
49. tulip: A vase of tulips, Mom’s favorite, pg 129

The Struggle 29 March
11. bulb: …his all-white eyes glowing like two f..king light bulbs. Pg 181


To find:
1. April
18. daffodil
19. daisy
20. easter
22. fertile

Good luck Emelie and Cheryl :)

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017

Word List

1. April Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p213..April showers bring May flowers
2. baby Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p44..baby bananas
3. bird Murder on the Mullet Express by Gwen Mayo..p36..Teddy thought birds were pretty
4. birth Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber..p80..Abandoned by her birth parents
5. bloom Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p270..glorious lavander bloom
6. blossom Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p249..Deacon picks a hibiscus blossom
7. born Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p214..Kentucky born and bred
8. break Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber..p6..I could break into sobs
9. breeze Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p160..like a warm ocean breeze
10. bud
11. bulb Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p255..a bulb of garlic
12. bunny The Tale of Briar Bank by Susan Wittig Albert 3/19/17..p193..What would you say to a bunny?
13. butterfly A Bid For Love by Rachel Ann Nunes..p68.. I still have some butterfly bandages
14. calf Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p106..as soft as calf leather
15. chick Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p249..a mother hen looking after her baby chicks
16. clean Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p40..the tax report came back squeaky clean
17. cloud Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p43..float along the cloud ridge
18. daffodil
19. daisy Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p67..a bouquet of dusty plastic daisies
20. Easter Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p45..At Easter dinner at the resturant
21. egg Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p68..a dozen eggs in a carton
22. fertile
23. field Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p198..I can take you on a little field trip
24. flower Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p41..the room smelled like drying flowers
25. fresh Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p154..Laural ground fresh pepper over the steaks
26. garden Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber..p1..Susannah's Garden, the flower shop
27. grass Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p70..the yard, which consisted of crab-grass
28. green Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p42..He should be eating more green vegetables
29. growth
30. hatch Heat Wave by Richard Castle..p42..hatching a pillowtalk conspriracy
31. lamb Heat Wave by Richard Castle..p21..Omar Lamb listened to the recording
32. leaf Heat Wave by Richard Castle 3/10/17..p153..1940's style gold leaf
33. March Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p357..on the Ides of March
34. May Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p11On May 6, a call had come
35. meadow Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p181..a meadow filled with wildflowers
36. nature Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p196 my mother doesn't like nature
37. nest Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p185..he makes a nest
38. new Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p198..He hammered th board in place
39. plant Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p112..but in plants too
40. puddle Heat Wave by Richard Castle 3/10/17..p170,,a small puddle of brain fluid
41. rabbit The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun 3/13/17..p63..sheeps head broth, rabbit caserole
42. rain Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p66..to watch the rain come down in sheets
43. rainbow
44. seed Heat Wave by Richard Castle 3/10/17..p151 started planting seeds
45. showers Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 3/7/17..p213..April showers bring May flowers
46. spring Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p45..in the chilly spring nightime air
47. thaw The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun 3/13/17..p147..a thawed breakfast roll
48. tree Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p176..Just a little indication of a tree over here
49. tulip Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p67..a pink tulip border
50. umbrella Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand 3/2/17..p104..underneath an enormous umbrella


MULLED WINE
SENTIMENTAL Heat Wave by Richard Castle..p79..No the most sentimental crowd
SPARKLER
TREASON Murder on the Mullet Express by Gwen Mayo 3/16/17..p183 Fraud, theft, murder, treason

Welcome Debbie :)

I'll try for Spring Clean!

50/50

Words Found
(3/2/17)

2. baby - Despite the persistence of the idea of huge Irish families, Ireland is no longer the biggest baby-maker in Europe. (loc 801)

3. bird - In 1951, when Sir Hugh Beaver - then managing director at Guinness Brewries - went out shooting with friends in Co. Wexford, he got into a debate over whether the Golden Plover or the Red Grouse was the fastest game bird in Europe. (loc 1642)

4. birth - Be sure tho check out Mairéads's blog at IrishAmericanMom.com where you'll find, in her own words, "one woman's scattered, whimsical view of her path to becoming an American Mom, all the while, reminiscing about the beauty and warmth of the land of her birth.". (loc 587)

5. bloom - Bloomsday is a celebration of the works of Irish author James Joyce, and in particular his novel Ulysses, which chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom on June 16th, 1904. (loc 340)

7. born - Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis (1898 - 1963) wrote a series of children's fantasy novels which were adopted into three successful movies released in 2005, 2008, and 2010. (loc 325)

8. break - 'Oh sorry, did I break all your sh*t?' (loc 97)

16. clean - "It's a DVD and some of it might be shown on TV, so I'll be keeping it clean." (loc 732)

20. easter - A failed uprising in Easter 1916 triggered a series of events that would ultimately lead to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. (loc 237)

22. fertile - The root cause of the famine was a failure of the potato crop, which was the only viable food that many of the native rural population could produce because most of the fertile land was taken over by British landlords. (loc 230)

23. field - "When I was a child, it was a semi-exotic thing and it was called something stupid like Fleur de Fleur and you would give it to your mother or aunty at Christmas and it was advertised by some dopey looking woman in a field of sunflowers and she looked like she'd been hit by a tractor because she was going...[arms flailing]." (loc 93)

24. flower + 26. garden - Besides the standard lawns, picnic areas and playgrounds the park also has the 22-acre (9-hectare) Victorean-era flower garden, wetlands and lakes, and a whole host of sports fields. (loc 899)

27. grass - It was grey, had long ears, and ate grass. (loc 1071)

28. green - Since the mid-1600s, a golden (or yellow) harp on a green background became the flag most used by nationalists who sought independence from Britain. (loc 769)

29. growth - The economic boom years of the so-called Celtic Tiger (1995-2007) saw rapid economic growth, which came to an abrupt end in 2008 with the meltdown of the Irish banking system during the global financial crisis. (loc 250)

32. leaf - Outside of Ireland, the shamrock is commonly mixed up with the four-leaf clover - a good luck charm. (loc 793)

33. March Every year, around St. Patrick's Day (March 17), the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) presents a bowl of shamrocks to the US president. (loc 194)

34. May - Despite what you may think, the uprising was not supported by popular opinion amongst the general population at the time. (loc 290)

36. nature - Unlike the Olympics, the Tailteann Games also featured a range of competitions of a more cultural nature including singing, dancing and story-telling - as well as competitions for goldsmiths, jewelers, weavers and armorers. (loc 1219)

38. new - As you probably know, the Times Square Ball Drop is the centerpiece of the New Year's Eve celebrations each year in New York. (loc 189)

42. rain "You know it's summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer." (loc 723)

(3/3/17)

17. cloud - The rain had ended, the sky in the west was laced with pink and purple clouds that formed a curtain across the setting sun. (loc 19)

37. nest - "Masao," Ishido said softly, "what hornets' nest do you stir up here?" (p 141)

41. rabbit - "We've worked together a good many years now, and I've seen you pull more rabbits out of the hat than you can shake a stick at." (p 111)

50. umbrella - "Take an umbrella." (p 14)

(3/4/17)

15. chick - "I could see where it'd be handy to have a chick like you around." (p 195)

21. egg - She lived with my parents now that Grandpa Mazur was scarfing down his normal two-eggs-and-a-half-pound-of-bacon breakfast in the hereafter. (p 26)

31. lamb - My mother opened the oven door to check on the roast, and the smell of leg of lamb washed over me. (p 275)

48. tree - We passed by a duck pond and a few trees and expanses of lawn that hadn't yet succumbed to winter blight. (p 19)

(3/6/17)

25. fresh - When she drove up in her little sedan, Gerry was waiting with a plateful of fresh pastry. (loc 919)

39. plant - "If I could pick up one of those, and plant it here, I think I would." (loc 2315)

43. rainbow - Parking in the single car driveway, she walked up a small walkway, which was flanked on both sides with flowers in a vibrant rainbow of colors. (loc 181)

46. spring - No matter how many times she did 'spring cleaning' Wendy felt like she was always collecting more and more stuff. (loc 312)

(3/8/17)

6. blossom - She turned toward the rectangular window that offered a spectacular view of the college's common area, whishing she could appreciate the beauty of the blooming Yoshino and Kwanzan cherry trees with their pure-white and bright-pink blossoms. (loc 321)

9. breeze - When the breeze had blown just right, a sweet, pungent smell of rotting wood wafted into the tree stand. (loc 840)

13. butterfly - Her heart filled with contentment as she watched the monarch butterflies searching for nectar from the white fragrant flowers that looked like Ping-Pong sized pincushions. (loc 1198)

(3/11/17)

11. bulb - The trunk also contained my notebooks and the valuable pure cultures, growing inside sealed glass bulbs, carefully wrapped in many layers of cotton and wax paper. (loc 1364)

14. calf - After four years, I still haven't got used to my penis - fastened to a harness and made of the finest calf leather. (loc 714)

30. hatch - Many of these inmates were insane murderers who lived in isolation and got their daily ration of groats pushed through a hatch at the bottom of a heavy iron door. (loc 1049)

35. meadow - Meanwhile, I scanned the meadow. (loc 530)

40. puddle - For a moment, I thought how ironic it would be to drown in a puddle somewhere in London after having crossed the vast Atlantic twice. (loc 1388)

(3/14/17)

10. bud - I forked a piece in my mouth and allowed it to melt into my taste buds. (loc 2712)

45. showers - "After we get you signed up, I'll take you back to show you where the lockers and the steam showers are." (loc 1600)

49. tulip - "I couldn't find tulips at this time of the year." (loc 1414)

(3/18/17)

1. April - And don't tell me we get them back in October when the clocks turn the other way, because by October everyone forgets about the dept they incurred back in April, and just uses the extra hour to sleep. (p 126)

44. seed - I quit three years ago and run a mail-order seed business. (p 216)

(3/19/17)

12. bunny - "You know, born a few decades too late to be a Playboy Bunny, but-" (loc 57)

(3/23/17)

18. daffodil - There are no nodding daffodils or gazing at the moon for her, she likes to - and I quote - 'experiment with the various forms of language' which apparently means she makes up her own words so that the reader can 'take what he or she needs' from the narrative. (loc 524)

19. daisy - Those red flowers with fleshy stems are begonias and I hate them, and over there is a huge clump of Michaelmas daisies, the blazing reds and purples. (loc 1522)

(3/23/17)

47. thaw - "Thaw overnight?" (loc 2665)

Good luck Rosa :)

I'm in. These are so much fun.

47/40 FOUND

✔1. April - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(an April Fool's Day prank), p45

✔2. baby - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(the baby raised his tiny head), p95

✔3. bird - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(birds were chirping), p5

✔4. birth - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(the night of my birth), p183

✔5. bloom - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(the lilac and apple trees bloomed), p195

✔6. blossom - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(and admiration in order to blossom), p149

✔7. born - In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister 3/5
(everyone see clearly everything he'd been born with), p184

✔8. break - The Lazarus Machine - Paul Crilley 3/27
(Tweed released the break on the lever), p234

✔9. breeze - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(the breeze had picked up), p124

✔10. bud

✔11. bulb - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(produced by a single bulb), p217

✔12. bunny - Aunt Dimity, Vampire Hunter - Nancy Atherton 3/26
(my pink bunny seemed to understand), p80

✔13. butterfly - Hot Pursuit - Kathryn Jensen 3/9
(he tossed and caught the amethyst butterfly), p60

✔14. calf - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(he's their golden calf), p17

✔15. chick - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(feeling like some groupie chick), p221

✔16. clean - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(got to be damn difficult to keep clean), p59

✔17. cloud - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(we flew through the clouds), p87

✔18. daffodil - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(like a daffodil draws honeybees), p109

✔19. daisy - Once a Cavalier - Linda O. Johnston 3/16
(the patch of pretty daisies), p136

20. easter

✔21. egg - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(munching on an egg salad sandwich), p39

✔22. fertile - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(a figment of her all-too-fertile imagination), p19

✔23. field - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(complete with green fields), p82

✔24. flower - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(like a man who would tear a flower from the dirt), p55

✔25. fresh - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(I need a fresh turnip for tonight's stew), p1

✔26. garden - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
(and into the garden), p177

✔27. grass - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(probably like grass, thought Lucy), p44

✔28. green - Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
(to keep all those fields green), p50

✔29. growth - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(microclimate here's congruous to such growth), p188

✔30. hatch - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(prehistoric look of newly hatched birds), p152

✔31. lamb - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(they're lined in lamb's wool), p247

✔32. leaf - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(removed a wrinkled leaf), p128

33. March

✔34. May - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(May was a big month for travelers), p21

✔35. meadow - Buried in a Bog - Sheila Connolly 3/12
(somewhere in a meadow below), p145

✔36. nature - Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
(are very rare in nature), p258

✔37. nest - In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister 3/5
(swept my mother off her feet to some love nest), p84

✔38. new - St. Patrick's Day Murder - Leslie Meier 3/8
(it was brand new), p216

✔39. plant - Once Upon a Marigold - Jean Ferris 3/25
(bringing back unusual plants), p23

✔40. puddle - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
(looked like just a shallow puddle), p300

✔41. rabbit - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(nervous as a rabbit in a cave of slathering wolves), p101

✔42. rain - Fish Perfume - Sammie Grace 3/6
(out of the wind and rain), p27

✔43. rainbow - Dark Enchantment - Kathy Morgan 3/4
(drifting serenely through rainbow arcs of light), p129

✔44. seed - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(flicking out the seeds), p285

✔45. showers - Silenced - Kristina Ohlsson 3/30
(except for a few showers in April), p336

✔46. spring - The Savage Altar - Åsa Larsson 3/4
(or the early spring), p6

✔47. thaw - Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
(the block of ice that was currently doubling his stomach began to thaw), p122

✔48. tree - Betrayed - Rebecca York 3/23
(stepped out from behind the tree), p182

✔49. tulip - Cemetery Dance - Douglas Preston 3/23
(dark oaks and tulip trees), p168

✔50. umbrella - Finding Perfect - Susan Mallery 3/2
(fall under the pregnancy-buddha umbrella), p72

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Barbara :)

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017
Spring Clean – 21-40 words
Spring Break – 41-50 words
Completed: 42/40

Word List

1. April: Spellbound Falls ~ The sun was setting later now that they were well into April (Loc 2068)
2. Baby : Cry Wolf ~ Had to go all the way to Chicago to find a baby (Pg 85)
3. Bird: Cry Wolf ~ And there are some birds that stay year-round (Pg 29)
4. Birth: Cry Wolf ~ it wasn’t just an accident of birth Pg 225
5. Bloom: Cry Wolf ~ Asil has a hothouse, and he seldom cuts the blooms Pg 120
6. Blossom:
7. Born: Cry Wold ~ being a werewolf born made his change quicker Pg 34
8. Break: Cry Wolf ~ I spent staring at the phone trying to break his hold. Pg 19
9. Breeze: Spellbound Falls ~ There's really not enough breeze anymore (Loc 1267)
10. Bud: Spellbound Falls ~ or the beast doesn't have one discerning taste bud (Loc 1856)
11. Bulb:
12. Bunny: Caught up in Us ~ I couldn't vouch for the little bummy Loc 2530
13. Butterfly: Cry Wolf ~ his little butterfly Pg 141
14. Balf: Cry Wolf ~ “The second bullet had gone right through his calf. Pg 40
15. Chick: Cry Wolf ~ he would gather his chicksand runPg 237
16. Clean: Cry Wolf ~ It was a clean death Pg 8
17. Cloud: Cry Wolf ~ without Charles around to cloud her thinking Pg 72
18. Daffodil:
19. Daisy: Cry Wolf ~ but there were a few purple daisy-looking things, too Pg 119
20. Easter: Spellbound Falls ~ it's the most powerful nor easter they've ever seen. (Loc 4720)
21. Egg: Spellbound Falls ~ She heqded to the fridge tp get the eggs (Loc 2680)
22. Fertile:
23. Field: Spellbound Falls ~ this week needs to have a realy big field (Loc 751)
24. Flower: Cry Wolf ~ She looks so delicate and shy, like a flowerPg 88
25. Fresh: Cry Wolf ~ desire for fresh, tender meat. Pg 10
26. Garden
27. Grass: Spellbound Falls ~ A tiger's stripes not conceal it in the tall grass (Loc 1657)
28. Green: Cry Wolf ~ combination of gray and green Pg 32
29. Growth: Cry Wolf ~ and the thick growth of green-black trees Pg 176
30. Hatch: Spellbound Falls ~ He waked back and opened the rear hatch. (Loc 1603)
31. Lamb: Cry Wolf ~ So he leaves you like a lamb among wolves Pg 66
32. Leaf: Spellbound Falls ~ Good Lord, you're shaking like a leaf. (Loc 611)
33. March: Spellbound Falls ~ he was standing in the cool March breeze. (Loc 467)
34. May: Spellbound Falls ~ Henry may have overreacted. (Loc 1185)
35. Meadow: Cry Wolf ~ small figures who walked across the meadow Pg 293
36. Nature: Cry Wolf ~ to force the good doctor to accept his dual nature. Pg 74
37. Nest: Spellbound Falls ~ the hawk when she sits on hernest in the dried leaves. (Loc 1657)
38. New: Cry Wolf ~ He gave his new Alpha an apologetic smile Pg 18
39. Plant: Cry Wolf ~ but Sarai had hung baskets of plants and painted flowers Pg 140
40. Puddle: Cry Wolf ~ There were puddles of water under her feet Pg 324
41.Rabbit: Cry Wolf ~ and a rabbit in its winter whitePg 166
42. Rain: Cry Wolf ~ “I fought with it and against it until blood ran like the rain Pg 224
43. Rainbow: Cry Wolf ~ black boxes and speakers by a rainbow spiderweb of cables. Pg 108
44. Seed: Spellbound Falls ~ She handed Mac a sesame seed bagel. (Loc 3274)
45. Showers:
46. Spring: Cry Wolf ~ This spring I’ll take you out into the Missions Pg 162
47. Thaw: Cry Wolf ~ one spot until spring thaw. Pg 210
48. Tree: Cry Wolf ~ it would catch the shade of the biggest orange tree Pg 140
49. Tulip:
50. Umbrella: Caught up in Us ~ I have an umbrella in here. Loc 294

Good luck Jade :)

Caroline wrote: "Good luck Jade :)"

Thank you!

I'm in!!!


March 2017 Word Scavenger Hunt - Spring
DURATION: March 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017
Spring Clean – 21-40 words
Found: 24

1. April: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 6 "The weather that April day was mild, so after dinner we took our wine and went outside to sit on the front porch swing."

2. baby: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 183 "It creates an incredible showpiece for holiday parties and baby showers."

3. bird
4. birth

5. bloom: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 148 "Are you worried about the outcome - that the rose won't bloom for this couple?"

6. blossom: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 313 " ... and there were the Casablanca lillies staring at me with big innocent eyes, and the white cymbium orchids, as well, along with the white dendrobium orchids, enough of each lovely white blossom to make a stunning display."

7. born
8. break
9. breeze
10. bud
11. bulb
12. bunny
13. butterfly
14. calf
15. chick
16. clean

17. cloud: Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass pg. 36 "That was Stephen, always one to find the dark lining in a silver cloud."

18. daffodil
19. daisy

20. easter: Bled & Breakfast by Michelle Rowen pg. 160 "It was like a really scary Easter egg hunt."

21. egg: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 16 "Former owner Lottie Dombowski's delicious scrambled egg skillet was a Monday-morning tradition at Bloomers."

22. fertile
23. field

24. flower: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 76 "I couldn't read the words, but I was able to spot a flower symbol."

25. fresh: Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams pg. 6 "A pregnant widow, Jane had returned to Storyton Hall in search of comfort and a fresh start."

26. garden: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 57 "Ella Mae flashed on an image of Liz in the pie shop's garden, her face etched with grief."

27. grass: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 66 "It has a lavender sky and velveteen grass."

28. green: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 159 "Both the buffet tables and the dining tables were decorated with elegant floral arrangements of white magnolia blossoms and green viburnums presented in silver punch bowls."
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29. growth
30. hatch
31. lamb

32. leaf: Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams pg. 19 "Mrs. Hubbard hurriedly piped another green leaf and then began shouting frantic orders to her staff."

33. March: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 8 "Because of our dual occupations, plus the brutal winter snows that had hung on through March, we'd only driven through it."

34. May: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 310 "The morning of the Midwest Regional Flower Show dawned sunny and bright, the temperature feeling more like late May than April, the trees budding out with tiny green leaves and the daffodils around Theda's porch waving their yellow and white blossoms in the warm breeze."

35. meadow: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 66 "There's a rolling meadow dotted with hundreds of wildflowers and a veritable rainbow of butterflies."

36. nature
37. nest

38. new: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 53 "Two weeks later, Ella Mae's new schedule was already wearing her down."

39. plant: Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass pg. 214 "Then, just after I started to feel like an idiot for hiding behind a plant for no good reason, I slipped out of the alley and walked away."

40. puddle

41. rabbit: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 115 "Which is only exciting if you're a rabbit."

42. rain: Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass pg. 102 "A tentative rain had begun to fall, but as Jane looked to where the hills rose high above the tree line, she saw an ominous band of charcoal gray."

43. rainbow: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 154 "And every year, the signs would be uprooted and the initials of young lovers would appear in a rainbow of colors on the rock."

44. seed
45. showers

46. spring: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 130 "Ella Mae could understand why so many brides wanted to hold their receptions at Atalanta House, and when Julia informed them that their spring and summer Saturdays were booked for the next three years, Ella Mae wasn't surprised."

47. thaw

48. tree: Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams pg. 103 "Ella Mae's gaze moved beyond the live oaks flanking the entrance gates, swept over the neat lawn with its ancient magnolia tree, and fell on the portico, which extended across two-thirds of the facade."

49. tulip

50. umbrella: Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins pg. 245 "I can't get the umbrella any lower, Abby."

Books Read:
Breach of Crust by Ellery Adams (3.5.17)
Moss Hysteria by Kate Collins (3.10.17)
Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams (3.16.17)
Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass (3.20.17)
Bled & Breakfast by Michelle Rowen (3.30.17)

Good luck Kimberly :)

Scavenger Hunt - March
Duration: March 1, 2017 - March 31, 2017

Help me Valentine by Ellen Simon
7. born - Sono nata nel Delaware.
9. breeze - Un vento gelido e impietoso spazzava Park Avenue.
25. fresh - La sua pelle era fresca.
26. garden - Una bella festa a casa mia, in giardino
28. green - E tu hai la taglia della principessa Fiona, la versione verde intendo.
33. March - La famiglia Winters subentrerà a inizio Marzo.
35. meadow - Per l'occasione avevano lasciato i lontani campi del Delaware.
36. nature - Considerando la natura del mio millantato falso lavoro con la Winters.

The Omega Team: Changing Perspectives (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Tamara Hoffa
2. baby - A baby. He couldn’t be thinking about her like that.
8. break - Oh, come on, Ang! Give me a break.
10. bud - He teased the little bud in tiny circles, while he thrust in and out in a steady rhythm.
14. calf - Angelina kissed the arch of his foot, moved up to his ankle, licking up his calf.
16. clean - She swallowed every drop and licked him clean.
17. cloud - The bathroom door opened and like a vision Angelina appeared through a cloud of steam.
19. daisy - Lots of cowboy hats, waitresses in daisy dukes and crop tops
23. field - I wouldn’t have expected women in your field.
24. flower - Again? More flowers?
32. leaf - Shaking like a leaf and dropping her bags to the ground
38. new - He needed to report to the office at nine o’clock this morning for a new assignment.
45. showers - I’m not into golden showers.

TO FIND
1. April
3. bird
4. birth
5. bloom
6. blossom
11. bulb
12. bunny
13. butterfly
15. chick
18. daffodil
20. easter
21. egg
22. fertile
27. grass
29. growth
30. hatch
31. lamb
34. May
37. nest
39. plant
40. puddle
41. rabbit
42. rain
43. rainbow
44. seed
46. spring
47. thaw
48. tree
49. tulip
50. umbrella

March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Break – 41-50 words
DURATION: March 1,17 - March 31,17
0/50

Word List
1. April: Page 231 ... Even though it was only April, he was already tanned, wearing … A Lowcountry Wedding
2. baby: Page 12 ... They calls him Junior an' that ain't no way to talk to no baby." Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
3. bird: Page 85 …much like talking, so we ate Oreo cookies and listened to the birds Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
4. birth Page 6 …Springer is what I call him, it don't matter what's on his birth certificate Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
5. bloom: Page 82 …on Eddison, one fingernail digging under the gauze until scarlet blooms… The Butterfly Garden
6. blossom Page 14 ... peeling it away so dots of blood blossom against the gauze. The Butterfly Garden
7. born: Page 17 … He'd been a loner since the day he was born .. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
8. break: Page 79 …Mysteries say don't touch nothing when somebody break in yo' house Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
9. breeze: Page 78 …out of the car and sat on a bench under the tree, hoping for a breeze …
10. bud: Page 73 ... Springer owned, we'll take Bud and look for the house." Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
11. bulb: Page 162 ... One yellow bulb burned over the entrance to the building Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
12. bunny: Page 37 …rather than broken. I'm the teddy bear gathering dust bunnies … The Butterfly Garden
13. butterfly: Page 57 Their first show was going to be a production of Madame Butterfly, … The Butterfly Garden
14. calf Page 15 …slow and even, straining to hear, but a hand settled on my bare calf.The Butterfly Garden
15. chick: Page 176 … “The hens and chicks will… A Lowcountry Wedding
16. clean: Page 38 ... clean on the outside but rotten to the core. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
17. cloud Page 155 …of lightning lit the southwestern sky. "Look like a cloud coming Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
18. daffodil: Page 152 …extracted from the jonquil and what deadly liquors from the daffodil . The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
19. daisy: Page 13 …his daddy. Laughs when Daddy throws him up in the air. Upsy daisy, Angela's Ashes
20. easter: Page 88 …phone's screen returned to a photo of the three of them at Easter,The Things We Wish Were True
21. egg: Page 78 …lettered sign on the screen door announced that fresh farm eggs and … Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
22. fertile:
23. field: Page 69 ... fields and orchards, finding packing...Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
24. flower: they came with piles of food and flowers...p34 Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
25. fresh: lillian put fresh sheets on the bed. p33 Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
26. garden: Page 12 ... a garden so beautiful it nearly hurt to look at it. Brilliant flowers… The Butterfly Garden
27. grass: Page 263 …crying already started as they stepped onto crisp autumn grass and...The Butterfly Garden
28. green: Page 122 …nose and mouth, and her whole face was blue and yellowish-green … Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
29. growth Page 78 …level, where the stream bisected the almost jungle-like growth..The Butterfly Garden
30. hatch: Page 35 … Don't count your chickens before they hatch, he… A Lowcountry Wedding
31. lamb Page 180 …pulled back with a clasp, putting aluminum foil over the leg of lamb. A Lowcountry Wedding
32. leaf Page 199 …thought, too intent on the girl who was still shaking like a leaf. The Butterfly Garden
33. March: The March wind gusted...p127A Lowcountry Wedding
34. May: Page 116 …I graduated. I'm signed up to go to the Marines come May, so… It Ends with Us
35. meadow: Page 261 …Harper felt as if she were a deer walking into an open meadow. A Lowcountry Wedding
36. nature: Page 80 … He didn't need to witness such an affront to sensitive natures. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
37. nest: Page 76 …had certainly not squandered money on his little love nest. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
38. new: Page 29 ..., the whole session's been discussing new building plans...Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
39. plant Page 158 ... I'm goin' to the interchange and on up to the Milliken plant on 1-85 Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
40. puddle Page 182 ... dropping it to pool in a black puddle by the chair...The Butterfly Garden
41. rabbit: Page 150 ... just as I was beginning to realize how a rabbit must feel when it ..The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
42. rain: Page 43 In spite of having felt she didn't know enough to get in out of the rain… Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
43. rainbow Page 172 …at the picture in my hands as I walked. I'd drawn a rainbow The Things We Wish Were True
44. seed: Page 219 ... “To Zara, who can spit seeds … The Butterfly Garden
45. showers: Page 125 … "A good, hot shower will make you fell better. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
46. spring: Page 209 … I've got to feel her out before we spring… Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
47. thaw: Page 38 …to blink cautiously to help her potentially frozen corneas thaw out. Innocent in Death
48. tree Page 78 ... Deputy Bates parked in the shade of a tree in the packed dirt...Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
49. tulip
50. umbrella Page 102 …saving the chair, then pulled the cooler from underneath the umbrella…The Things We Wish Were True

Angela's Ashes 3/6
Innocent in Death 3/7
The Butterfly Garden 3/9
It Ends with Us 3/12
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 3/16
A Lowcountry Wedding 3/20
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind 3/25
The Things We Wish Were True 3/22

Welcome Ana and Melike :)

I'm in


DURATION: March 1,17 - March 31,17
20/50

Disney Beauty and the Beast - Book of the Film by Parragon date read: 5/3/2017

2. Baby: The artist was painting his wife's portrait, she was cradling a small baby and holding a rattle resembling a red rose in her other hand. (loc 35)
3. Bird: The girl was much further along than Belle would have thought possible. She just needed practice. "T..th...the blue bi-ir-rd flies" the girl stammered. (loc 45)
10. Bud: And she needed to nip any further talk of wives right in the bud. (loc 48)
16. Clean: She knew she could read or clean or work in the garden, but for some reason none of those things appealed to her at the moment. (loc 42)
17. Cloud: Clouds disappeared, revealing a sky almost as brilliant blue as the prince's eyes. (loc 240)
23. Field: The sun would rise slowly over the horizon, its rays turning the fields that surrounded the village more green or gold or white, depending on the season. (loc 15)
24. Flower: Gaston was clutching flowers in his hand and scanning the crowd like a wild animal. (loc 32)
25. Fresh: One both as old as time and as fresh as a rose. (loc 1)
26. Garden: There was a nice garden out front and a detached basemet workshop for her father. (loc 34)
27. Grass, 28. Green: The snow faded faded from the ground, giving way to bright green grass. (loc 240)
46. Spring: Cogsworth's springs tightened at the insult and his mouth opened, ready with a sharp rebuke. (loc 94)
48. Tree: Following the old man's finger, Gaston saw a tree on the side of the road. (loc 142)

Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly

8. Break: "The master was angry..." Lumiere started. "But he didn't shout", Plumette finished, amazement in her voice. "He didn't roar", added Cogsworth. 'Or break a single thing," said Mrs Potts, wonderingly. (loc 48)
31.Lamb: Belle had pressed. "I want to help you. There must be some way to lift the curse". The beast groaned in his sleep then, and Mrs Potts had rushed to his side "its not for you to worry about, lamb" Mrs Potts had said. (loc 28)
36. Nature: "Hush Belle," he'd said. "the fox cannot change her nature and I cannot change mine" (loc 45)
38: New: The room had obviously been used to catalogue new books and repair old ones. (loc 53)
40. Puddle: fending off the pirate marauders with his mop...and never saw the cake of soap on the floor, lying in a puddle of spilled water. (loc 41)
42. Rain: A beggar woman entered the ballroom and asked the prince for shelter from the wind and rain (loc 27)
43. Rainbow: "And sometimes unicorns gallop down rainbows" (loc 7)

To find:
April
Birth
Bloom
Blossom
Born
Breeze
Bulb
Bunny
Butterfly
Calf
Chick
Daffodil
Daisy
Easter
Egg
Fertile
Growth
Hatch
Leaf
March
May
Meadow
Nest
Plant
Rabbit
Seed
Showers
Thaw
Tulip
Umbrella

Good luck Chloe!

March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Break – 41-50 words
DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017
49/50

Word List

Der Klang deines Lächelns, 01.03.2017
10. bud - "Gut gemacht, Kumpel.", chapter 7

Lotusblut, Judith Winter, 02.03.2017
49. tulip - "mehrere Tulpenlampen aus den Sechzigern", p. 296

Black Rabbit Hall, Eve Chase, 03.03.2017
18. daffodil - "ein Sträußchen aus den blassgelben Osterglocken", chapter 5
19. daisy - "Barney ihr Gänseblümchen in das fedrig krause Haar steckt", chapter 3

The Cradle Will Fall, Clare Donoghue, 07.03.2017
2. baby - "She pushed open the door and looked at her baby", p.2
4. birth - "you hadn't been to see her much before or since the birth", p. 6
8. break - "for several hours without a break", p.11
12. bunny - "It had a bunny on the front and pink writing", p. 2
16. clean - "the place looked clean and tidy", p. 5
26. garden - "Her grandmother used to have lavender pots in her garden", p. 2
30. hatch - "There was a hatch on the lefthand wall", p.5
38. new - "That's new", p. 4
48. tree - "car airfresheners in the shape of Christmas trees", p. 8

Das Schwert der Vorsehung, Andrzej Sapkowski, 09.03.2017
14. calf - "dass sie dich betrachtet wie ein Wundertier, ein zweiköpfiges Kalb", p. 258

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, 18.03.2017
1. April - "It was really March; but it was April in its mild air", p. 365
7. born - "Charles had been born since Fann's going away", p. 340
9. breeze - "she might inhale a breeze of mental strength herself", p.135
17. cloud - "she sat in a blaze of oppressive heat, in a cloud of moving dust", p.392
20. easter - "and a sermon at Christmas and Easter", p. 200
21. egg - "nor of the quantity of butter and eggs", p.26
23. field - "At first Miss Crawford and her companion made the circuit of the field", p. 59
24. flower - "or Rebecca pass by with a flower in her hat.", p. 365
25. fresh - "Edmund and Julia walked into the drawing-room, fresh with the evening air", p.63
27. grass - "you must see the importance of getting in the grass", p. 51
28. green - "a few yards of green baize for a curtain", p. 110
29. growth - "and commented a little on her growth", p. 337
32. leaf - "In some countries we know the tree that sheds its leaf is the variety", p. 185
33. March - "It was really March; but it was April in its mild air", p. 365
34. May - "We may sometimes take greater liberties in November than in May", p. 187
35. meadow - "She could not turn her eyes from the meadow", p. 59
36. nature - "Her merit in being gifted by nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated by the Miss Bertrams", p. 61
37. nest - "To this nest of comforts Fanny now walked down to try its influence on an agitated, doubting spirit", p. 135
39. plant - "All were attracted at first by the plants or the pheasans", p. 80
42. rain - "confined within doors by a series of rain and snow", p.254
46. spring - "He does it every spring.", p. 389
50. umbrella - "but when Dr. Grant himself went out with an umbrella, there was nothing to be done", p. 181

The Youngest Miss Ward, Joan Aiken, 21.03.2017
3. bird - "but they seemed like the eyes of some bird", p. 257
5. bloom - "A fine bloom of mould is to be seen", p. 296
6. blossom - "a wild cherry's white tower of blossom", p. 309
31. lamb - "take charge of the cooking, making soup, bread, pies, roast lamb, etc", p. 305
40. puddle - "Living in a puddle, my gran was", p. 181
45. showers - "When the sun shone, briefly, between snow-showers", p. 214
47. thaw - "was beginning to thaw quite rapidly", p. 219

Lost Voices, Sarah Porter, 23.03.2017
11. bulb - "turning on every light that still had a working bulb", p. 82
13. butterfly - "But then she held it right there, pinning it like a butterfly", p. 105
41. rabbit - "Just like that little rabbit", p. 84
44. seed - "almost like dandruff or the shells of desiccated seeds", p. 179

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Jennifer Steil, 29.03.2017
22. fertile - "Al-Asaadi grew up in the village of Ramadi in Ibb Governorate, the greenest, most fertile part of Yemen.", p. 150
43. rainbow - "A rainbow-colored fish swims by", p. 247


Not found
15. chick

Good luck Rina :)

Does it have to be the exact same word or would the plural work as well? (e.g. clouds instead of cloud)

Plural is fine Rosa :)

Thanks, Caroline :)

Can we use the word cloudless for cloud?

Also just wondering can we read more than one book for this, like try and find the words I didn't find in another book? I've almost finished my book and only got 10 or 11 words and wanted to find more

I'd have to say no to cloudless, but you can read as many books as you can fit in the month :)

Caroline wrote: "I'd have to say no to cloudless, but you can read as many books as you can fit in the month :)"

That's okay, I found another sentence that fits with cloud just have to go back and find it.

Chloe wrote: "That's okay, I found another sentence that fits with cloud just have to go back and find it..."

Excellent!

Sorry to be a pain again, can we use more than one word in the same sentence?
I found two words but they're in the same sentence

Yes that's fine. And you're not a pain. I'm always happy to answer questions :)

March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Chicken- 10-20 words
DURATION: March 1 - March 31 2017
Status: 43/50


The Girls by Emma Cline 3/30/17

baby- pg 192 The girl clapped both hands over her cheek, wailing so her baby teeth showed.

bird- pg 76 ...she opened her mouth obediently like a bird

birth- pg 108 My mother didn't own me just because she had given birth to me.

bloom- pg 41 She seemed as strange and raw as those flowers that bloom in lurid...

blossom- pg 86 She'll really blossom at Catalina...

born- pg 11 I didn't know if this was a problem born of country living...

break- pg 163 Can I get a break here?

breeze- pg 92 ...ground to realign the chain, tears skimming off my eyes in the sting of the breeze

bud- pg 257 You could pick out seeds from a bud and plant them yourself

bulb- pg 238 ...was more uncertain, her face a flickering bulb

clean- pg 10 It was either dirty or clean...

daisy- pg 109 The walls were mostly bare, except for streaks of a daisy patterned...

egg- pg 44 ...holding my head on my neck like an egg in a cup...

flower- pg 41 She seemed as strange and raw as those flowers that bloom...

fresh- pg 67 The skin tight and pink and fresh

garden- pg 183 Feeding the llamas, weeding the garden...

grass- pg 28 The shadows of the oaks moved over my bare arms, my bike tipped in the grass

green- pg 95 A sack of green potatoes, pasty hot dog buns...

March- pg 191 My horoscope from March 1967.

May- pg 65 We used to feel sorry for May

meadow- pg 211 Guy dog was out in the meadow...

nature- pg 37 ... a bobcat carrying away a vole in its jaws, the sharp tooth of nature

nest- pg 293 A nest of laundry in her arms...

new- pg 78 Her outfit was bright and new looking...

plant- pg 44 his night job at a dairy plant...

rabbit- pg 61 exposed the twitchy rabbit heart

rain- pg 190 I could hear a baseball game on the radio in the kitchen, rain dropping...

rainbow- pg 133 The importance of filling your plate with a rainbow

seed- pg 191 ...like they'd gone to seed, ...

showers- pg 230 ...pleased to find the kitchen empty, my mother taking a shower

spring- pg 44 ...mother lived somewhere in New Mexico, near a hot spring...

tree- pg 59 The big tree?

tulip- pg 199 Our faces cupped and attentive as tulips



Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly comp: 3/31/17

butterfly- pg 75 Water came to my eyes as he stroked the gold thread with the touch of a butterfly

calf- pg 10 every man in tails and patent leather oxfords or calf opera pumps

lamb- pg 460 ...part Grace Kelly, with the temperment of a spring lamb

leaf- pg 3 ... the morning sun alive in the gold-leaf letters chiseled in the cornerstone

umbrella- pg 326 ...having forgotten an umbrella


The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride Comp: 3/31/17


April- pg 1 I was born an Orthodox Jew on April 1, 1921

chick- pg 69 Ma brought home a chick for Easter

cloud- pg 160 He watched in silence as the guy drove off in a cloud of blue smoke

Easter- pg 53 Every Easter we had to perform at the New Brown Church

puddle- pg 285 the rain billowing into puddles around her

Word List
12. bunny
18. daffodil
22. fertile
23. field
29. growth
30. hatch
47. thaw

There were a couple of words on this list I was surprised I did not find, but thrilled with the results.

Can chicken be counted for chick?

Chloe wrote: "Can chicken be counted for chick?"

Generally we only allow plurals of words so chicks would be fine but not chicken, sorry :)

Kim. E. wrote: "March 2017 Scavenger Hunt - Spring
Spring Chicken- 10-20 words
DURATION: March 1 - March 31 2017
Status: 0/50..."

Welcome Kim!

»MARCH 2017 - SCAVENGER HUNT ~ SPRING«
·Post 49

46/50

·APRIL - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 2198, 98% (3/1/17)
…because of inconsiderate family members who had birthdays on Sundays in April.
·BABY - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 150, 8% (3/1/17)
…but given a really big dude in a suit glared at him as he jiggled a chest sling with a baby, he thought it best to abstain.
·BIRD - Smoke in Moonlight location 1923, 57% (3/24/17)
"What's the deal with the bird, anyway?"
·BIRTH - Krinos location 449, 44% (3/16/17)
"I thought the birth of you was tough, but that just proved me wrong."
·BLOOM - Blacksmith location 172, 25% (3/9/17)
When I was staring at Deacon again, I felt sweat start to bloom between my breasts. God, he was so close.
·BLOSSOM - Risky and Wild location 51, 1% (3/6/17)
…I stare back at Royal and let the risky and wild little secret between us flower and blossom.
·BORN - Risky and Wild location 3837, 91% (3/6/17)
…and pauses just beyond the puddle of gold light from the lamps, like he was born for the shadows or something.
·BREAK - Risky and Wild location 2338, 55% (3/6/17)
"I'd quiet myself down before I decide to break your jaw and have the doctors wire it closed."
·BREEZE - Trickster Blood location 389, 61% (3/2/17)
Anything that had been on a wall or a shelf or remotely vulnerable to a very stiff breeze was on the floor.
·BUD - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 649, 29% (3/1/17)
Something freeze-dried or salted like jerky would have been ambrosia for her taste buds.
·BULB - Rogue Soul location 1509, 41% (3/14/17)
The dim bulb that hung in the center of the room cast a soft glow on her shining golden hair.
·BUNNY - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 142, 8% (3/1/17)
Agent Miranda was supposedly a saber-toothed bunny, or so the rumors claimed.
·BUTTERFLY - Rogue Soul location 3347, 91% (3/14/17)
"Just a few butterfly bandages. I'll heal up soon."
·CALF - Smoke in Moonlight location 2115, 63% (3/24/17)
He reached out a big hand and clasped her bare calf.
·CHICK - Blacksmith location 104, 16% (3/9/17)
…and I probably didn't look like a homeless chick needing a ride.
·CLEAN - Risky and Wild location 667, 16% (3/6/17)
"…So no. I don't want or need you to cook, clean, or otherwise be my whore."
·CLOUD - Trickster Blood location 580, 89% (3/2/17)
He blinked and she was suddenly right in front of him, her gold cloud right up in his, er, business.
·DAFFODIL
·DAISY
·EASTER
·EGG Ostrich and the 'Roo location 663, 30% (3/1/17)
…although there was an awkward moment the first night when he'd found the egg she'd plopped and said, "Is this yours?"
·FERTILE - About a Dragon pg. 30 (3/25/17)
Arzhela, the goddess of Light, Love, and Fertility glowered down at the lowered head of her priestess.
·FIELD - Rogue Soul location 1090, 30% (3/14/17)
They practiced at their training field, swords and pikes flying through the air.
·FLOWER - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 2131, 94% (3/1/17)
Bent over, arse in the air, face buried in some flowers, sniffing them, Mari froze before she turned and glared…
·FRESH - Rogue Soul location 756, 21% (3/14/17)
…the sway in her step and the fresh scent of her dragging him along like a mutt on a leash.
·GARDEN - Smoke in Moonlight location 1588, 47% (3/24/16)
Sitting on the fountain in the star gardens of Tir'na N'og, Aine felt satisfaction trump bitterness once again.
·GRASS - About a Dragon pg. 236 (3/25/17)
…picking up blades of grass and ripping them with the tips of his fingers.
·GREEN - Stolen Princess location 253, 25% (3/10/17)
I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear as I stare down at her beautiful green eyes.
·GROWTH - Smoke in Moonlight location 417, 13% (3/24/17)
…more like a dimly lit green tunnel with dense growth on either side and stretching high overhead.
·HATCH - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 831, 37% (3/1/17)
The hatch over his room gaped open.
·LAMB - About a Dragon pg. 158 (3/25/17)
If he wasn't reading or sneaking out to find a cow or lamb, he was with Talaith.
·LEAF - A Taste of Greek location 1797, 49% (3/31/17)
It took an hour to pick up Michael and get him to the university. By the time they did, he was shaking like a leaf.
·MARCH - A Taste of Greek location 1303, 35% (3/31/17)
Hermes turned toward the open door and watched his stepbrother march into the studio, annoyance clearly written on his face.
·MAY - The Devil in Disguise location 1270, 42% (3/27/17)
Her smile widened. "Careful…or you may find that you like me too."
·MEADOW - A Taste of Greek location 248, 7% (3/31/17)
But he did love the antechamber with its wall-to-wall windows looking out at a meadow of green, peppered with ancient oaks and split with a flowing ribbon of blue water.
·NATURE - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 2198, 98% (3/1/17)
Reaching the ladder tied around the trunk with hemp rope as opposed to nails-their concession to saving nature…
·NEST - About a Dragon pg. 10 (3/25/17)
Briec would rather spend his long years with a nest of vipers.
·NEW - Trickster Blood location 195, 31% (3/2/17)
A tale as old as time. There was nothing truely new under the sun, as Apollo could attest.
·PLANT - Rogue Soul location 1770, 49% (3/14/17)
For the two cures to be available at the same time, because of the same plant…Huge deal.
·PUDDLE - Risky and Wild location 2500, 59% (3/6/17)
We make eye contact, still standing in the puddle of cooling coffee, when she decides to go for it.
·RABBIT - Ostrich and the 'Roo location 1604, 71% (3/1/17)
"Sit down beside your girlfriend and have some rabbit food," his uncle stated, slapping a bowl down in front of Jax full of that incredible squash thing.
·RAIN - Blacksmith location 111, 17% (3/9/17)
"You're wet." Yes, yes I am, but not because of the rain.
·RAINBOW - Trickster Blood location 141, 23% (3/2/17)
…the pockets were embroidered with rainbow peace signs. "I said-"
·SEED - Risky and Wild location 2868, 68% (3/6/17)
I watch carefully, quietly as Lyric examines the yellow gold band, the opal-shaped ruby in the center, the ten seed pearls that surround it.
·SHOWERS - Smoke in Moonlight location 1642, 49% (3/24/17)
Lacey and Ronan had back-to-back showers, which waa good enough to clean the scratches Lacey had sustained…
·SPRING - Risky and Wild location 2752, 65% (3/6/17)
As soon as spring hits though, it'll start to shed in thick clumps. Damn stuff gets everywhere.
·THAW - Smoke in Moonlight location 1510, 45% (3/24/17)
Lacey's mind was unthawing fast in a wave of righteous fury. She had saved his life!
·TREE - Claimed Princess location 376, 42% (3/26/17)
"I'll plant another twenty cherry trees in the orchard if it pleases you."
·TULIP
·UMBRELLA - Trickster Blood location 45, 8% (3/2/17)
He didn't really have plans this weekend beyond babe-watching at the beach, umbrella drink in hand…


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Carly wrote: "These are my favorite, but that is an awful lot of words. Still though, I'll give it a try =)"

Welcome to the challenge Carly! You don't have to find all the words to earn a badge. Level 1 is just 10-20 words :)

DURATION: 1st March 2017 - 31st March 2017
Spring Clean – 21-40 words
Spring Break – 41-50 words
Completed: 42/40

Word List

1. April: Spellbound Falls ~ The sun was setting later now that they were well into April (Loc 2068)
2. Baby : Cry Wolf ~ Had to go all the way to Chicago to find a baby (Pg 85)
3. Bird: Cry Wolf ~ And there are some birds that stay year-round (Pg 29)
4. Birth: Cry Wolf ~ it wasn’t just an accident of birth Pg 225
5. Bloom: Cry Wolf ~ Asil has a hothouse, and he seldom cuts the blooms Pg 120
6. Blossom:
7. Born: Cry Wold ~ being a werewolf born made his change quicker Pg 34
8. Break: Cry Wolf ~ I spent staring at the phone trying to break his hold. Pg 19
9. Breeze: Spellbound Falls ~ There's really not enough breeze anymore (Loc 1267)
10. Bud: Spellbound Falls ~ or the beast doesn't have one discerning taste bud (Loc 1856)
11. Bulb:
12. Bunny: Caught up in Us ~ I couldn't vouch for the little bunny Loc 2530
13. Butterfly: Cry Wolf ~ his little butterfly Pg 141
14. Balf: Cry Wolf ~ “The second bullet had gone right through his calf. Pg 40
15. Chick: Cry Wolf ~ he would gather his chicksand runPg 237
16. Clean: Cry Wolf ~ It was a clean death Pg 8
17. Cloud: Cry Wolf ~ without Charles around to cloud her thinking Pg 72
18. Daffodil:
19. Daisy: Cry Wolf ~ but there were a few purple daisy-looking things, too Pg 119
20. Easter: Spellbound Falls ~ it's the most powerful nor easter they've ever seen. (Loc 4720)
21. Egg: Spellbound Falls ~ She heqded to the fridge tp get the eggs (Loc 2680)
22. Fertile:
23. Field: Spellbound Falls ~ this week needs to have a realy big field (Loc 751)
24. Flower: Cry Wolf ~ She looks so delicate and shy, like a flowerPg 88
25. Fresh: Cry Wolf ~ desire for fresh, tender meat. Pg 10
26. Garden
27. Grass: Spellbound Falls ~ A tiger's stripes not conceal it in the tall grass (Loc 1657)
28. Green: Cry Wolf ~ combination of gray and green Pg 32
29. Growth: Cry Wolf ~ and the thick growth of green-black trees Pg 176
30. Hatch: Spellbound Falls ~ He waked back and opened the rear hatch. (Loc 1603)
31. Lamb: Cry Wolf ~ So he leaves you like a lamb among wolves Pg 66
32. Leaf: Spellbound Falls ~ Good Lord, you're shaking like a leaf. (Loc 611)
33. March: Spellbound Falls ~ he was standing in the cool March breeze. (Loc 467)
34. May: Spellbound Falls ~ Henry may have overreacted. (Loc 1185)
35. Meadow: Cry Wolf ~ small figures who walked across the meadow Pg 293
36. Nature: Cry Wolf ~ to force the good doctor to accept his dual nature. Pg 74
37. Nest: Spellbound Falls ~ the hawk when she sits on hernest in the dried leaves. (Loc 1657)
38. New: Cry Wolf ~ He gave his new Alpha an apologetic smile Pg 18
39. Plant: Cry Wolf ~ but Sarai had hung baskets of plants and painted flowers Pg 140
40. Puddle: Cry Wolf ~ There were puddles of water under her feet Pg 324
41.Rabbit: Cry Wolf ~ and a rabbit in its winter whitePg 166
42. Rain: Cry Wolf ~ “I fought with it and against it until blood ran like the rain Pg 224
43. Rainbow: Cry Wolf ~ black boxes and speakers by a rainbow spiderweb of cables. Pg 108
44. Seed: Spellbound Falls ~ She handed Mac a sesame seed bagel. (Loc 3274)
45. Showers:
46. Spring: Cry Wolf ~ This spring I’ll take you out into the Missions Pg 162
47. Thaw: Cry Wolf ~ one spot until spring thaw. Pg 210
48. Tree: Cry Wolf ~ it would catch the shade of the biggest orange tree Pg 140
49. Tulip:
50. Umbrella: Caught up in Us ~ I have an umbrella in here. Loc 294

02/03 **** 07/03 *** 09/03 ***

Well I was aiming for 40 but managed to get 42 so I am going to leave it there for this month as I have a thousand more challenges to complete lol :)

Completed: 42/50

Jade aka MrsTosh wrote: " I couldn't vouch for the little bummy Loc 2530..."

Did you mean bunny?? :P Sorry, that really made me giggle!

Congratulations!! Could you just add the dates that you finished the books please? (next to the covers is fine) Thanks :)