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Choose Your Own Adventure: Quests & Legends

Accomplishment - 12/14
A - Anything Goes - John Barrowman - 4/12/18
C - Chris Grabenstein - Mind Scrambler - 4/19/18
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O - Orczy, Emmuska - The Scarlet Pimpernel - 3/30/18
M - Mischief in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 4/1/18
P - The Phoenix Endangered - Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory - 4/1/18
L - Locke, M. Louisa - Bloody Lessons - 4/3/18
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge - 4/24/18
S - Scarlet - A.C. Gaughen - 3/29/18
H - Hickman Tracy & Margaret Weis - Dragons of Spring Dawning - 4/16/18
M
E - Embers - Karen Ann Hopkins - 4/5/18
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - 5/12/18
T - Tower of Dawn - Sarah J. Maas - 4/11/18

Adage - 4/5
A - Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof - Roy Blount Jr. - 4/17/18
D - Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 4/4/18
A - Anita Valle - Sinful Cinderella - 5/4/18
G
E - E.D Baker - Dragon's Breath - 5/12/18

Allegory - 7/8
A - Aurélie Valognes - Will You Ever Change? - 5/15/18
L - Life of Pi - Yann Martel - 5/7/18
L - The Lightning-Struck Heart - T.J. Klune - 6/16/18
E - Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik - 6/11/18
G
O - Outcast - Adrienne Kress - 4/17/18
R - Richard Roberts - Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain - 4/10/18
Y - Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep - 4/26/18

Altruistic - 6/10
A - American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise - Joe Drape - 5/21/18
L
T - The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness - Paula Poundstone - 5/18/18
R - Roth Veronica - The Fates Divide - 5/10/18
U
I - Islington, James - An Echo of Things to Come - 4/27/18
S - Showdown in Mudbug - Jana Deleon - 4/22/18
T
I - Ian Doescher - William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken - 5/4/18
C

Audacious - 3/9
A - Abercrombie, Joe - Half a War - 6/11/18
U
D - Dog Medicine - Julie Barton - 5/7/18
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C
I
O
U
S - Shannon Mayer - Venom & Vanilla - 5/14/18

Benevolent

Bestiary - 3/8
B - Barb Hendee - Dhampir - 5/30/18
E
S - Sara Prineas - The Magic Thief - 5/19/18
T
I
A
R - Rachel Hawkins - Demonglass - 5/31/18
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Campaign - 2/8
C
A
M - Melissa Marr - Wicked Lovely - 5/16/18
P - Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose - Joe Biden - 5/23/18
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Chivalrous - 3/10
C
H - Hexed - Kevin Hearne - 5/9/18
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V
A
L
R - Randall Munroe - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions - 5/17/18
O
U
S - Spencer Quinn - Bow Wow - 5/2/18

Crusade - 2/7
C
R - Robbins, Mel - The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage - 5/21/18
U
S - The Subtle Knife - Phillip Pullman - 6/7/18
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D
E

Delusion
Delving

Enterprise
Extract
Fabrication
Fearless
Forewarn
Genius

Gritty
Harbinger
Heroic
Hogwash
Illusion
Indomitable
Intrepid

Jaunt
Junket
Keen
Lament
Lion-hearted
Lyric

Magnanimous
Meddling
Melodious
Narrative
Noble
Obsession
Occupation

Pilgrimage
Promenade
Quarry
Quatrain
Ramble
Ransack

Rummage
Sojourn
Stalwart

Transmigration
Traverse
Unafraid
Undertaking
Valiant
Voyagers
Wayfarers

Winnow
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Quests & Legends
Timeframe: 4/20/18 to 4/3/19
164/164
26/26 Words

Adventure (9/9)
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Vane - Hell on Heels - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
T – Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
R – River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B – Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Crusade (7/7)
C – A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Daring (6/6)
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Epic (4/4)
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fearless (8/8)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
S – A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥

Goal (4/4)
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hot Asset - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Hero (4/4)
H – Author Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥

Imagination (11/11)
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Journey (7/7)
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

K - Folklore (8/8)
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥

Legend (6/6)
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Myth (4/4)
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥

Quests & Legends - Part 2

Narrative (9/9)
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard Doetsch - The 13th Hour - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Make It Hurt - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ode (3/3)
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Last Suppers - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥

Parable (7/7)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Rune (4/4)
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥

Saga (4/4)
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tale (4/4)
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Undertaking (11/11)
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Valor (5/5)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hard Sell - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥

Wayfarer (8/8)
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
A – Author Jackie Ashenden - Take Me Deeper - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Expedition (10/10)
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Voyage (6/6)
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Wizard (6/6)
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Renegade - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/3/19*******

finished my spell it out challenge

Quests and Legends
Option 3: Spell-It-Out
Start: 12/14/17

Adventure
A - Anna Carven's Shattered Silence 12/14
D - A Dangerous Bargain by Scott 12/15
V - Visions of Sugar Plums by Evanovich 12/22
E - Evanovich's To the Nines 12/30
N - Nash's Vrix 12/15
T - The Christmas Dragon's Mate by Chant 12/21
U - The Unbelieveable Mr. Brownstone Bring The Pain 1/3
R - Reichs, Kathy's Déjà Dead 12/19
E - Eoin Colfer's The Time Paradox 12/31

Bard
B - The Burning Bridge by Flanagan 12/19
A - Allsopp's Death on Paradise Island 12/20
R - Riordan's 9 From the Nine Worlds 12/25
D - Deleon's Showdown in Mudbug 12/16

Crusade
C - Chant, Zoe's Firefighter Dragon 12/19
R - Robert Beatty's Serafina and the Black Cloak 1/6
U - The Unbelieveable Mr. Brownstone - She Is The Widow Maker 1/18
S - Sookie Stqckhouse 7 All Together Dead 12/25
A - Andy Weir's The Martian 12/21
D - Death On Demand by Hart 12/29
E - Estep, Jennifer's Tangled Threads 1/4

Daring
D - Destined by Kraft 1/1
A - Aaronovitch's The Hanging Tree 12/21
R - Robert Hurson's Shadow Divers 1/13
I - Iron and Magic by Andrews 12/28
N - New Corpse In Town by Quinn 1/30
G - A Griffin for Christmas by Chant 12/23

Epic
E - Ellis Peters' The Devil's Novice 1/11
P - P is for Peril by Grafton 12/29
I - Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only 1/2
C - Chant, Zoe's Firefighter Pegasus 12/19

Fantasy
F - Firefighter Griffin by Chant 12/22
A - Awakening by Lee 12/22
N - Nancy Davis' Murder and a Song 12/31
T - Turner's Hard Fall 12/23
A - The Alchemist by Coelho 1/6
S - Strange Pilgrims by Marquez 1/2
Y - Year of the Rat 1/25

Gallant
G - Grimrack: An Infernal Epistolary by Wood 12/31
A - Athletes and Alibis by Bell 1/10
L - Lord Edgware Dies by Christie 12/26
L - Lies Sleeping by Aaronovitch 12/27
A - Adele Clee's The Mysterious Miss Flint 1/16
N - Nielsen, Helen's Dead on the Level 1/30
T - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston 1/12

Harbinger
H - Hope Mirrlees' Lud-in-the-Mist 1/8
A - Anderle's When Angels Cry 2/6
R - The Red Umbrella by Gonzalez 1/15
B - Beren's Ward Of The FBI: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure 1/17
I - Id Johnson's Winter Woods 1/7
N - Nanci Warren's Stitches and Witches 2/6
G - Gabriel Garcia Marquez' The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor 1/8
E - The Einstein Prophecy 1/22
R - Reavley, Betsy's Murder In The Dark 1/23

Indomitable
I - Ice 1/22
N - Nathan Farrugia - Helix: Episode 1 2/8
D - Death by Rolling Pin: A Laugh Out Loud Humorous Mystery Suspense Thriller With Twists and Fun by West 1/26
O - Orchard 4 - A Killer Crop 1/29
M - The Master Shark's Mate by Chant 12/22
I - An Ice Way To Die by Clayton 1/26
T - T. E. Kinsey's A Picture of Murder 2/5
A - All Systems Red by Wells 2/7
B - Betrayal by Tigner 1/19
L - Lois Lowry's The Giver 1/3
E - Elizabeth Peters' The Mummy Case 1/26

Journey
J - Judgment 1/10
O - O'Conner's Tyger Eye 2/3
U - Until Midnight by Bedford 2/12
R - Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book 1/25
N - Night's Dragon VIP: Peridot 2/8
E - Estep, Jennifer's Spider’s Revenge 2/1
Y - Yorkshire Murder Mystery - The Body in Jingling Pot 1/28

Key
K - Kwok, Jean's Girl in Translation 1/14
E - Eye of Truth by Buroker 2/3
Y - Yorkshire Murder Mystery - The Quartet Murders 1/29

Lion-hearted
L - Light in Shadow by Krentz 1/13
I - Ian Fleming's Moonraker 1/28
O - Ocean of Fear by Hanson 2/17
N - Nick Webb's Constitution 2/10
H - Hume, Fergus' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab 1/26
E - Emerald Isle by Annino 2/4
A - Alex King's Family Ghouls 2/10
R - Resurrection in Mudbug 1/28
T - A Touch of Dead by Harris 2/18
E - Eye of the Tiger by Guida 2/4
D - Durrell, Gerald's My Family and Other Animals 1/24

Quests and Legends continued
Option 3: Spell-It-Out
Start: 12/14/17

Mission
M - Morey's Wahoo Rhapsody 1/5
I - An Ivy Morgan Mystery series - Wicked Warning 2/11
S - Susan Cooper's Greenwitch 1/17
S - The Shark by Burton 1/31
I - Ivy Barrett's Trained for Their Use 2/16
O - One Crazy Summer 2/25
N - Neve Maslokovic's Regarding Ducks and Universes 2/11

Noble
N - New Beginnings: Hollow Crest Wolf Pack Book 1 by Masters 2/12
O - Oh, My Roared by Tilden 2/27
B - Bell, Heatherly's Crazy for You: Christmas in Starlight Hill 1/30
L - Linda West's Firework Kisses and Summertime Wishes 1/15
E - Eve of Eternal Night by Natusch 2/4

Odyssey
O - Outcast by Chase 3/17
D - The Dark Lantern : And other Tales by Watts 2/24
Y - Yarn to Goby Hetchman 3/21
S - Simon Gervais' Hunt Them Down 1/28
S - Saturn's Window by Hicks 1/29
E - Ella Summers' Fairy Magic 2/1
Y - You Can Lead a Horse to Murder by Meyers 3/23

Pilgrimage
P - Patricia Briggs' Blood Bound 2/18
I - The Island of Thieves by Lacey 2/26
L - Last Day For Rose by Waters 2/27
G - Greenwood, Kerry's Cocaine Blues 1/17
R - Rogue Protocol by Wells 2/18
I - Ivan by Rivera 2/28
M - Moon Called by Briggs 2/2
A - Artificial Condition by Wells 2/15
G - The Grey King by Cooper 2/14
E - Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by Bryan 2/19

Quarry
Q - Quinn, Spenser's To Fetch a Thief 12/17
U - The Unbelieveable Mr. Brownstone series - Fight Fire With Fire 2/13
A - Aaron Volner's Chronicles of the Roc Rider 2/20
R - Reichs' Seizure 2/24
R - Rinehart's The Bat 2/27
Y - Yorkshire Murder Mysteries 3 - The Murder at Redmire Hall 3/23

Ransack
R - Rain's Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Shakespeare 2/27
A - Allsopp's Death by Tradition: Fiji Islands Mysteries 2 2/23
N - The New Year Boyfriend by Gong 2/21
S - Sunny with a Chance of Monsters: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure by King 2/7
A - Anita Valle's Sinful Cinderella 2/27
C - The Coroner's Lunch by Cotterill 1/17
K - Kara's Wolves by Jameson 2/27

Saga
S - Smoke Rising by Halloran 2/9
A - Anna Carven's Dark Planet Warriors: The Complete Serial 2/28
G - Grafton's The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 2/10
A - Alicia Best's Life Saver: Sweet Romance 2/28

Trail
T - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Han 2/21
R - Rain's Sherlock Holmes and the Lost Da Vinci 2/28
A - Amanda Lee's Wolf On the Job: A Covenant College Short 2/28
I - Infernal Ties by Evans 3/10
L - Lin's Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse 3/11

Undertaking
U - The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone series - Hail To The King 2/17
N - Neil Gaiman's Stardust 2/22
D - Dark Luck by Kizer 2/23
E - Eggli's The Calla Lilies of Murder are Blooming 2/24
R - Raising Innocence by Mayer 3/2
T - Trettel's Pack's Promise 2/26
A - Alice Bello's Hope Breaks 3/3
K - Kleckner's Captain James Hook and the Curse of Peter Pan 3/2
I - Ivy Morgan Mystery 8 - Wicked Winter 3/29
N - Nanci Warren's Crochet and Cauldrons 3/17
G - Gerald Verner's The Silver Horseshoe 2/27

Voyagers
V - Veley's The Wilhelm Conspiracy 1/2
O - One Bad Decision by Anderle 4/2
Y - The Yellow Farce: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Copland 3/30
A - Ani Gonzalez's Some Like It Witchy 3/8
G - Guardian by Chandler 2/25
E - E. M. Moore's Kain Encounters 3/3
R - Rain's Sherlock Holmes and the Werewolf of West End 3/9
S - Sky Pirates by King 2/9

Wayfarers
W - We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Taylor 3/6
A - Alison Brownstone by Anderle 3/14
Y - York's Chili to Die for 4/19
F - Forget Me Knot by King 2/12
A - Alphas and Airships by Karsak 3/14
R - The Rebellious Sister by Noffke 3/30
E - El Dorado Blues (An Atticus Fish Novel, #2). by Morey 3/5
R - Raptor Red by Bakker 4/14
S - The Shadow Walker by Walters 2/22

Yarn
Y - Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries 4 - The Riviera Affair 10/25
A - The Atlantis Cipher by Leadbeater 4/1
R - Rival Magic by Summers 4/23
N - Nice Dragons Finish Last by Aaron 3/18

Quest and Legends
Duration: 1 January, 2019 - ??
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Option: I'm mixing option 1 & 2
Read- 26 books
Completed

Kingdom of Ash 5/8
Hellblazer: War Lord 24/9
Queen of Air and Darkness 31/1
The Thief's Daughter 4/7
The King's Traitor 11/10
Xander 13/1
Mermaid's Destiny 22/1
Lies Ripped Open 29/1
Lionheart 5/3
The Lost Prince 8/3
The Iron Traitor 11/3
The Iron Warrior 13/3
The Nimble Man 16/3
Promise of Wrath 9/4
Scorched Shadows 12/4
Obsidian Son 26/4
Skulduggery Pleasant 14/5
Playing with Fire 21/5
Shadow and Bone 29/5
Siege and Storm 11/6
Ruin and Rising 13/6
King of Scars 24/6
The Faceless Ones 25/7
Sleeping Beauties 24/7
Theft of Swords 27/8
Dead Beat 9/9
Proven Guilty 23/9

It took a year, but I'm done!

Quests & Legends
Timeframe: 4/20/18 to 4/3/19
164/164
26/26 Words

Adventure (9/9)
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Wrong for Me - 4/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Darynda Jones - The Curse of Tenth Grave - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
V - Author Victoria Vane - Hell on Heels - 5/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
T – Tangerine by Christine Mangan - 1/16/19 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
R – River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 1/30/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Heartache Falls - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

Bold (4/4)
B – Beach Happens by Jamie K. Schmidt - 11/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Me Again by Jaci Burton - 5/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Death by the Dozen by Jenn McKinlay - 5/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

Crusade (7/7)
C – A Cowboy's Christmas Promise by Maggie McGinnis - 12/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Delusion in Death - 6/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
S – Author Sawyer Bennett - Bishop - 12/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Summer Long by Susan Mallery - 5/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Own by Megan Crane - 5/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis - 7/8/18 ♥♥♥

Daring (6/6)
D - Do Over by Serena Bell - 6/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse - 6/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley - 6/21/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy - 5/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - The Nightingale Sisters by Donna Douglas - 7/6/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Sue Grafton - L is for Lawless - 5/23/18 ♥♥♥♥

Epic (4/4)
E - Enemy Lover by Pamela Kent - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
P - Author Patricia Briggs - Bone Crossed - 6/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar - 5/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
C - Counting Stars by Kathleen Long - 11/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Fearless (8/8)
F - The Final Score by Jaci Burton - 6/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Dream Maker - 8/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - Mrs. McGinty's Dead - 6/10/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Red Delicious Death by Sheila Connolly - 7/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love Struck by Laurelin McGee - 5/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Love Taker - 8/30/18 ♥♥♥
S - Author Sandra Brown - Breakfast in Bed - 6/6/18 ♥♥♥
S – A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon - 12/28/18 ♥♥♥

Goal (4/4)
G - Author Tess Gerritsen - Keeper of the Bride - 9/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Pretty in Ink - 8/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Alexandra Ivy - When Darkness Comes - 8/31/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hot Asset - 7/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Hero (4/4)
H – Author Joanne Harris - Chocolat - 7/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Estep - Spider's Bite - 2/7/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder on the Horizon - 1/2/19 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Olivia Dade - Hidden Hearts - 1/24/19 ♥♥♥

Imagination (11/11)
I - It Happened One Wedding by Julie James - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mystery of the Brass-bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene - 8/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Alward - The Crown Prince's Bride - 6/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - 10/23/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds - 5/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Visions of Heat - 7/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Annie Rains - Forbidden Kisses - 6/15/18 ♥♥♥
T - Tall, Dark & Hungry by Lynsay Sands - 6/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver - 6/7/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Less Problem Without You by Beth Harbison - 6/3/18 ♥♥♥
N – Author Nancy Martin - Some Like it Lethal - 1/27/19 ♥♥♥♥

Journey (7/7)
J - Jacked Up by Samantha Kane - 9/20/18 ♥♥♥
O - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh - 6/4/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - 5/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Calculated in Death - 8/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Michaels - Start Me Up - 8/16/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Elin Hilderbrand - The Matchmaker - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Yvonne Whittal - House of Mirrors - 4/26/18 ♥♥♥♥

K - Folklore (8/8)
F - Author Cory Franklin - Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases - 10/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Molly O'Keefe - Can't Buy Me Love - 7/13/18 ♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Saw Red - 6/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
K - The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry - 5/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
L – Lifeguard by James Patterson - 1/23/19 ♥♥♥
O - Odin's Shadow by Erin S. Riley - 9/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author M.L. Rowland - Murder Off the Beaten Path - 8/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Lover's Leap - 10/13/18 ♥♥♥

Legend (6/6)
L - Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - 10/14/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Lissa Evans - Wed Wabbit - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author George Plimpton - The X Factor: A Quest for Excellence - 10/24/18 ♥♥♥
E - Author Jill Alexander Essbaum - Hausfrau - 10/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - The Hollow - 10/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Diane Mott Davidson - Killer Pancake - 11/21/18 ♥♥♥♥

Myth (4/4)
M - Author Susan Mallery - Just One Kiss - 12/5/18 ♥♥♥
Y - Author Beth Yarnall - Rush - 6/24/18 ♥♥♥
T - Author Terri Brisbin - Christmas in Kilts - 7/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hawke by Sawyer Bennett - 7/28/18 ♥♥♥

Quests & Legends - Part 2

Narrative (9/9)
N - Author Natasha Preston - You Will Be Mine - 9/18/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Cockatiels at Seven - 6/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reckoning by Kristen Ashley - 8/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author Richard Doetsch - The 13th Hour - 9/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Make It Hurt - 7/12/18 ♥♥♥
T - Trying It All by Christi Barth - 7/31/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Accidental Countess - 6/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Ellery Adams - Pecan Pies and Homicides - 10/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

Ode (3/3)
O - Author Karen E. Olson - Driven to Ink - 2/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
D – Author Diane Mott Davidson - The Last Suppers - 7/7/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Katy Evans - Real - 2/9/19 ♥♥♥

Parable (7/7)
P - Playing with Fire by Kate Meader - 7/27/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson - 9/12/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Rochelle Alers - Sweet Silver Bells - 9/23/18 ♥♥
A - Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton - 10/21/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne - 10/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love without a Compass by Lindy Zart - 10/3/18 ♥♥♥
E - 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass - 11/8/18 ♥♥♥

Quest (5/5)
Q - Author Spencer Quinn - The Sound and the Furry - 8/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unseen by Karin Slaughter - 1/15/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Jennifer Egan - Manhattan Beach - 11/10/18 ♥♥♥
S - Someone like You by Lauren Layne - 9/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

Rune (4/4)
R - Author Nora Roberts - Blood Brothers - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unplugged by Lois Greiman - 3/3/19 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Mine to Possess - 1/6/19 ♥♥♥♥
E – Author Evelyn David - Zoned for Murder - 9/4/18 ♥♥♥

Saga (4/4)
S - Serena's Plight by Carol Madison - 10/12/18 ♥♥♥
A - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Slays - 11/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Codi Gary - Don't Call Me Sweetheart - 11/11/18 ♥♥
A - Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - 11/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Tale (4/4)
T - Top Shelf by Kelly Jamieson - 1/12/19 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jennifer AlLee - A Wild Goose Chase Christmas - 12/8/18 ♥♥♥♥
L - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann - 12/7/18 ♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Look Alive Twenty-Five - 12/19/18 ♥♥♥♥

Undertaking (11/11)
U - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 8/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Caressed by Ice - 9/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Laura Drewry - How Forever Feels - 8/10/18 ♥♥♥
E - An Ex for Christmas by Lauren Layne - 11/13/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rocky Mountain Angel by Vivian Arend - 10/9/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier - 10/19/18 ♥♥♥♥
A – Author Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 5/3/18 ♥♥♥♥
K – Author Kelly Jamieson - Body Shot - 5/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses by Lisa Scottoline - 7/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nurse Smith, Cook by Joyce Dingwell - 12/15/18 ♥♥♥
G - Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr - 11/15/18 ♥♥♥♥

Valor (5/5)
V - Author Valerie Bowman - The Legendary Lord - 11/23/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 1/10/19 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lauren Layne - Hard Sell - 11/26/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie - 3/14/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy - 11/29/18 ♥♥♥

Wayfarer (8/8)
W - When Love Comes by J.H. Croix - 9/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - Six Geese A-Slaying - 7/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Author Sabrina York - Spurred On - 7/11/18 ♥♥♥♥
F - Author Jeaniene Frost - Home for the Holidays - 12/26/18 ♥♥♥
A – Author Jackie Ashenden - Take Me Deeper - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Annie Rains - Welcoming the Bad Boy - 10/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emma Hart - Stripped Bare - 2/27/19 ♥♥♥♥
R - Author Renita Pizzitola - Just a Little Kiss - 12/11/18 ♥♥♥♥

X - Expedition (10/10)
E - Eggs in Purgatory by Laura Childs - 2/28/19 ♥♥♥♥
X - X Marks the Spot by Opal Carew - 8/17/18 ♥♥♥
P - Author Phoef Sutton - Fifteen Minutes to Live - 8/27/18 ♥♥♥
E - The End of Everything by Megan Abbott - 3/31/19 ♥♥
D - Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie - 8/20/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett - 9/15/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris - 11/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne - 11/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - On the Line by Liz Lincoln - 10/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Martin - Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds - 1/4/19 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Voyage (6/6)
V - Author Vina Jackson - The Pleasure Quartet: Autumn - 8/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only a Promise by Mary Balogh - 10/29/18 ♥♥♥♥
Y - You Can't Hurry Love by Lee Kilraine - 8/14/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton - 1/19/19 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Donna Grant - The Christmas Cowboy Hero - 1/29/19 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Elly Griffiths - The Crossing Places - 4/3/19 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Wizard (6/6)
W - Author Yvonne Whittal - The Light Within - 11/30/18 ♥♥♥
I - I Think I Love You by Lauren Layne - 12/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
Z – Author Allen Zadoff - Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin - 2/14/19 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Author Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Renegade - 4/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Concealed in Death - 12/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Star - 12/31/18 ♥♥♥

******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 4/3/19*******

Updated post #221
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Read 26
Completed

I'm going to do this with three different options.

Quests and Legends
Duration: 17 October, 2019 - 17 October, 2020
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Read - 28 Completed

Option 2: Quests & Legends Themed Books
►Read books with quests or legends as it's theme.

Wizard and Glass 22/1/20
The Sea of Monsters 22/10/19
The Wretched of Muirwood 15/11/19
The Blight of Muirwood 5/12/19
The Goblin Wood 17/11/19
Sorcery Reborn 27/11/19
The Scourge of Muirwood /12/19
Daughter of the Blood 24/12/19
Heir to the Shadows 19/1/20
The Iron Hand of Mars 27/1/20
Queen of the Darkness 4/2/20
Haunting Beauty 19/3/20
The Death of Dulgath 20/3/20
Legend Of The Fae 21/3/20
Death Unleashed 22/3/20
Haunting Warrior 28/3/20
Haunting Desire 10/4/20
Grimm 12/4/20
The Titan's Curse 12/5/20
Dreams Made Flesh 20/4/20
Undying 15/5/20
Silver Tongue 17/5/20
The Battle of the Labyrinth 19/5
Winter of the Gods 29/5/20
Olympus Bound 26/6/20
The Last Olympian 6/6/20
Archangel's Storm 9/6/20
Haunting Embrace 28/6/20

Quests and Legends
Duration: 17 October, 2019 - 17 October, 2020
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Option 3: Quests & Legends Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the terms below.
Read 28 books
Completed

Accomplishment
A Asking For a Friend 27/12/19
C Call Down the Hawk 3/12/19
C The Charm of You 23/10/19
O Oh Pretty Bird 15/2/20
M The Marriage Trap 22/11/19
P Poseidon's Gold 31/1/20
L Lauren Blakely - The Hot One 28/11/19
I The Institute 28/10/19
S The Scourge of Muirwood 8/12/19
H Holly 19/10/19
M Mystery at Maplemead Castle 6/2/20
E Elizabeth Hoyt - Wicked Intentions 24/11/19
N Ninth House 12/12/19
T Rob Thurman- Deathwish 12/11/19

Clairvoyant
C Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire 11/11/19
L Lindsey Davis - The Silver Pigs 8/1/20
A Aaron Kite - A Touch of Poison 19/11/19
I Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites 6/3/20
R J.D. Robb - Judgement in Death 29/10/19
V Venus in Copper 24/1/20
O One for the Money 2/1/20
Y Yasmine Galenorn - Etched in Silver 23/2/20
A Anne Bishop - Daughter of the Blood 24/12/19
N Nalini Singh - A Madness of Sunshine 19/12/19
T Thea Harrison - Pia Saves the Day 1/11/19

Fib

F Hunter Frost - Don't Wake Me Up 20/10/19
I Interlude in Death 14/1/20
B The Blight of Muirwood 5/12/19

Quests and Legends
Duration: 17 October, 2019 - 17 October, 2020
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Option 3: Quests & Legends Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the terms below.
Completed


Magnanimous
M Steve McHugh- Sorcery Reborn 27/11/19
A Anne Bishop - Queen of the Darkness 4/2/20
G The Goblin Wood 17/11/19
N Nalini Singh - Angels' Pawn 18/2/20
A Anne Bishop - Heir to the Shadows 19/1/20
N Notorious Pleasures 25/2/20
I The Iron Hand of Mars 27/1
M Making You Mine 22/2/20
O One Night at the Refuge 16/2/20
U Valerie Ullmer - Seth 17/2/20
S The Sea of Monsters 2/10/19

Puzzle
P The Prophecy of Shadows 24/10/19
U Undead and Unwed 9/3/20
Z Zoe Chant - Snow Leopard's Lady 18/10/19
Z Zero Repeat Forever 10/7/20
L Lindsey Davis - Shadows in Bronze 16/1/20
E Janet Evanovich - Three to Get Deadly 5/1/20

Quixotic
Q A Questionable Client 1/3/20
U Unbound 6/4/20
I The Invisible Ring 9/2/20
X Xander 7/6/20
O Off the Air 5/3/20
T Two for the Dough 3/1/20
I Imitation in Death 29/3/20
C Covent Garden in the Snow 29/11/19

Ransack
R J.D. Robb - Betrayal in Death 14/12/19
A Adam J. Wright - Buried Memory 11/2/20
N Nalini Singh - Angels' Judgment 12/4/20
S A Snow Leopards' Christmas 4/12/19
A Abandon the Night 26/2/20
C The Christmas Cafe at Seashell Cove 11/12/19
K Kerrelyn Sparks- How to Seduce a Vampire (Without Really Trying) 6/11/19

Quests and Legends
Duration: 17 October, 2019 - 17 October, 2020
Level: - Epic : 121 + words
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
►Pick a level and find the words below in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book

(view spoiler)[
Word List ~ 268 Words
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A

Accomplishment
Act
Action
Adage
Adventure
Allegory
Altruistic
Amusement
Apologue
Art
Assay
Audacious
Audit
Avocation

B

Bard
Benevolent
Bestiary
Birthright
Blubber
Bold
Bunk

C

Calling
Campaign
Caravan
Cavalcade
Chase
Chivalrous
Circuit
Clairvoyant
Clamor
Commission
Company
Concoction
Constitutional
Course
Creation
Crew
Crock
Crossing
Crowd
Cruise
Crusade

D

Daring
Dauntless
Delusion
Delving
Diary
Dissection
Distraction
Diversion
Doughty
Drive

E

Elevated
Elicit
Enterprise
Entrada
Epic
Exaggerated
Examination
Excursion
Expedition
Experiment
Exploit
Exploration
Extract

F

Fable
Fabrication
Fad
Fallacy
Fancy
Fantasy
Fearless
Feat
Fib
Fiction
Figment
Fleet
Folklore
Follow
Forage
Foretelling
Forewarn
Fun

G

Gallant
Game
Genius
Glorious
Goal
Grand
Grandiose
Gritty
Grope
Gutsy

H

Haiku
Harbinger
Heroic
Hike
Hogwash
Hooey
Hounding
Hunt

I

Iambic
Illusion
Imagination
Impavid
Indomitable
Inflated
Inquest
Inquiry
Inquisition
Intrepid
Investigation
Itinerary

J

Jaunt
Job
Journey
Junket

K

Keen
Key
Kismet

L

Lament
Laureate
Lifework
Limerick
Lion-hearted
Lore
Lyric

M

Magnanimous
March
Meddling
Melodious
Migration
Mission
Myth
Mythology
Mythos

N

Narrative
Nervy
Noble
Notable

O

Obsession
Occupation
Ode
Odyssey
Oracle
Oral
Outcry
Outing

P

Parable
Patrol
Penetrate
Peregrination
Pierce
Pilgrimage
Plan
Portend
Posse
Presage
Prevision
Prey
Probe
Probe
Probing
Progress
Promenade
Prosecution
Prying
Perusal
Pursuance
Pursue
Pursuit
Puzzle

Q

Quarry
Quatrain
Question
Quixotic

R

Race
Raid
Ramble
Range
Ransack
Reality
Recapitulation
Reconnaissance
Research
Rhyme
Roaming
Round
Route
Rummage
Run
Rune

S

Safari
Saga
Saunter
Shtick
Scour
Scrutiny
Search
Securing
Seeking
Shot
Sideline
Sifting
Snooping
Sojourn
Sonnet
Soothsayer
Sorcerer
Specialty
Sport
Squadron
Stalwart
Steeplechase
Stouthearted
Stroll
Stunt
Superstition
Survey
Swing

T

Tale
Team
Tour
Trace
Tradition
Tragedy
Trail
Trailing
Tramp
Transit
Transmigration
Travel
Travelers
Traverse
Trek
Trial
Trip

U

Ululate
Unafraid
Uncover
Undertaking
Unearth

V

Vagabondage
Vagary
Vagrancy
Valiant
Valorous
Vast
Venery
View
Villanelle
Vision
Visit
Voyage
Voyagers

W

Wayfarers
Wayfaring
Weakness
Whim
Whimsy
Whopper
Winnow
Wisdom
Witch
Wizard

Y

Yam
Yarn
Yip
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Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
Scavenger Hunt Levels:
- Noble : 1-20 words
- Journey : 21-40 words
- Soothsayer: 41-60 words
- Crusade : 61-80 words
- Valiant: 81-100 words
- Saga : 101-120 words
- Epic : 121 + words
125/268

110 words
(view spoiler)[Accomplishment - p65: He has something positive for his department manager: an accomplishment!
Act - p107: We must act now, allowing those living in the underground cities to grow and prosper during the asteroid storm.
Action - p143: This is a national crisis requiring immediate action.
"Adventure - p18: Colton throws back his blankets to reveal he’s dressed and
ready for adventure."
Amusement - p300: The people at the crater acted like it was an amusement.
Bunk - p433: Rodrigo and Eddie have built bunk beds in two of the rooms.
Calling - p25: Police are calling this a terrible accident.
Campaign - p132: But General Tsoi, the African campaign and the push into Chad.
Caravan - p328: A semi-truck leads a caravan of vehicles through the impact zone.
Cavalcade - p445: A cavalcade of defeated, hopeless people pass Louis and Gloria as they stand next to their beautiful car, dressed nicely for their holiday in Edendale.
Chase - p36: The boy acts like he’s about to vomit and runs out of the auditorium and the girls chase after him.
Circuit - p358: All circuits are busy.
Commission - p136: The Nebraska Game and Parks commission operates the fish hatchery.
Company - p140: Some company for her would be nice.
Concoction - p396: He administers intravenous fluids of a mysterious concoction enabling the boy to recover his strength and vitality.
Constitutional - p143: Before that, the president didn’t sign constitutional amendments,” said Joyce Pritchett, the Secretary of State.
Course - p53: She killed it in the obstacle course.
Creation - p169: We lead a coalition of allies in the creation of New Korea.
Crew - p52: The crew would be civilian volunteers.
Crossing - p117: We are not crossing the galactic plane, so it must be something else, something different.
Crowd - p85: Pastor Keith points to the crowd.
Cruise - p480: That’s one hell of a cruise control.
Daring - p358: It beckons him, daring him to enter.
Distraction - p129: The wars are a great distraction.
Diversion - p428: Probably intended as a diversion.
Drive - p38: Maybe my dad will drive me to the fashion show.
Enterprise - p481: The TX is now past Henderson, nearing the town of Enterprise.
Epic - p366: I’m Ceylon Junglefoul your lively host for what is sure to be an adrenaline-filled epic day of gameplay.
Exaggerated - p19: Sander smiles, then makes a loud exaggerated howl.
Examination - p541: The space telescope switches from camera view to X-ray view, enabling examination of the asteroid through dust and debris.
Expedition - p20: Colton quickly loses interest in the frog-spearing expedition.
Experiment - p157: Nuclear war experiment?
Exploration - p59: What I am trying to teach him, if he’d keep his mind out of the gutter, is that patient study and exploration is important.
Extract - p559: Kobalt screams and staggers as he tries to extract the knife.
Fancy - p109: The hotel is fancy and traditional.
Fantasy - p333: “If the rumors about the Denver airport are true, Curtis will be very excited to learn his conspiracy theories weren’t fantasy, after all,” Jin says.
Fleet - p365: The Army at New Zion has a small fleet of aircraft and several air defense emplacements.
Follow - p38: Rick walks backward holding out the VUE lens, encouraging his daughter to follow.
Fun - p50: OK, you lovebirds have fun.
Game - p14: It would be a game changer.
Genius - p211: That’s the computer genius I know.
Goal - p235: It is the goal of Arcadia to create a better life for all.
Grand - p102: It’s all a grand phantasm created to provide social stability and a sense of purpose in an aimless world.
Gritty - p227: Gritty dirt is everywhere piling up, deeper by the second.
Hunt - p448: When they spot the couple get into a car and speed away, the people split into their groups to hunt for cars of their own.
Imagination - p59: They titillate the public’s imagination to keep the funds coming in.
Inquiry - p240: We are working to get a statement from a White House spokesman, but our inquiries have gone unanswered.
Job - p75: Great job, Cara.
Journey - p62: Just before the journey is complete and the graphic overlay dissolves, he spots several rocky bodies beyond Ceres.
Keen - p355: “Why are you so keen on overwhelming the Arcadians?” Curtis asks.
Key - p69: A key speaker has cancelled at the last moment.
Lament - p61: “I know. If I can get my grant funded, I’ll have the time and resources to confirm what I think is happening. I just hope, if I’m right, there’s time to warn people,” Rick laments.
March - p152: The three guard’s turn and march toward the door.
Mission - p53: This is a critical space mission.
Myth - p86: The rapture concept was created and promoted in the early nineteenth century and is a myth.
Noble - p102: You handled the end of US involvement in the Four Wars as a true leader and I know you will manage the coming disaster in the manner of a true and noble commander.
Patrol - p335: The chief dispatched patrol cars using bullhorns to instruct the residents of Burwell to meet at Riverside Park.
Penetrate - p131: At its present rate of speed, the asteroid field will penetrate our atmosphere in the next eight hours.
Pierce - p100: They swab his arms with alcohol, then pierce him with needles.
Plan - p42: But, Rob, those plans.
Posse - p573: “Is this the Munday’s Hideaway posse?”
Prey - p467: We’ll be easier prey over these meadows.
Probe - p34: However, just a few years ago we had access to amazing telescopes and space probes.
Progress - p104: The attendants enter the room to check the progress of the president’s therapy
Promenade - p456: Jin looks out a window and spots a familiar building across a grassy promenade.
Pursue - p170: Those who pursue war will use ever more devastating weapons.
Pursuit - p467: The Scramjets make a high turn then dive one after the other lining up in pursuit of the TX.
Puzzle - p355: We need a gang of people solving puzzles, opening doors, fighting off an enemy who is defending their fort.
Quarry - p20: Sander and Brody search for their next quarry.
Question - p34: Question from the front.
Race - p102: Man is an inbred race of domesticated mongrels who murdered, robbed, and fucked their way to the top of the food chain.
Raid - p306: Find protection underground: old air- raid shelters, basements, parking structures, or sewers if they’re the only choice.
Range - p75: Today, Armadyne provides a wide range of products from autonomous personal assistants.
Reality - p28: The reality series, Doomsday Daredevils, is playing
Reconnaissance - p365: We have reconnaissance drones overhead now.
Research - p30: His department head had refused to publish his research.
Roaming - p370: He tries to get the attention of his supervisor, who is casually roaming the room chatting with the staff.
Round - p79: We’ve equipped every department with weapons, riot gear, millions of rounds of ammunition, and—
Route - p320: Jin touches home and his truck drives via the fastest route.
Rummage - p252: I got her cheap... at what you might call a government spacecraft rummage sale.
Run - p21: Sander feels warm blood run over his night-chilled skin.
Saunter - p503: Simon saunters to the bedraggled couple staring at the woman.
Search - p20: Sander and Brody search for their next quarry.
Seeking - p254: They drive through death, seeking safety in a hideaway dug deep inside a mountain.
Shot - p25: They believe one boy fired a shot striking his two friends.
Sport - p51: The sport jacket made Karl look dashing and intelligent.
Stroll - p169: Rick strolls down the aisle.
Stunt - p367: This is not a stunt.
Survey - p48: “How about Catalina Sky Survey?” suggests Jin.
Swing p225: Heavy chandeliers in the dining room swing wildly and crash to tables below.
Team - p24: My team is exhausted.
Tour - p154: Maggie, city tour, central section.
Trace - p213: I don’t have time to fully ghost the trace, but nobody will have time to dig too deep.
Tradition - p135: What it lacks in the latest tech it has preserved in tradition.
Tragedy - p426: The area has returned to order with no evidence of the earlier tragedies.
Trail - p19: The boys walk along a dirt trail that winds through tall grass, leading into the wetlands.
Trailing - p460: His VUE locks on to the image of the trailing jet and fills with information about the Scramjet.
Transit - p13: A single transit taking over two hundred million years.
Travel - p156: “It is our high-speed rail system connecting New Arcadia with the other cities allowing us to travel and trade goods.”
Travelers - p544: Baker is usually a place for travelers to recharge and fuel up.
Traverse - p439: Crisscrossing beams of light traverse the sky.
Trek - p160: The room is full of computers, monitors, his ham radio, portable electronic gadgets, figurines from Star Trek, Star Wars, anime, and other rare, and obscure collectibles.
Trial - p565: Together we will conquer the trials before us and forge a new future for our children.
Trip - p53: “Hey, at least he’ll outlive all the others on the trip,” said Steven.
Uncover - p526: Rick pushes more debris aside to uncover the antique Indian Motorcycle.
Vast - p122: Millions of objects could have suffered this gravitational misfortune, sending a vast cascade of comets and rocky bodies to the inner solar system.
View - p59: The boy focuses on his view of space.
Vision - p194: They are refractive, used to improve vision, not VUE lens.
Visit - p39: When Rick sees the old house, he wonders why he hasn’t been to visit.
Wisdom - p46: Our government, in their wisdom, gave the responsibility to six whole people and then cut it to three! (hide spoiler)]

14 words
(view spoiler)[Art - p96: Chad, for all his muscle and bragging about various martial arts skills, has maneuvered himself behind Ryan, and is now slowly backing away.
Benevolent - p170: “Also,” Jillian says, “you make it sound like you were being so benevolent when you told the world you guys were married, but she didn’t se
Clairvoyant - p152: Cece’s not clairvoyant.
Exploit - p41: And while Ryan is, admittedly, a really hot guy himself, I’m way more attracted to Alec—and not just because Ryan’s version of flirting seems to always involve bragging about his character’s exploits, running his hands obviously through his hair, and mugging for the camera.
Forage - p18: You want to go see if we can forage anything from the jungle?
Grope - p104: “I’m not super eager to grope around under that slime with him naked.”
"Inflated - p56: Jillian seems to have an inflated idea of how many people actually like me, but I’ll take it, both from the point of view of the camera, and from my own."
Kismet - p47: But when I found out Krissy was going to be the host, I knew it was kismet.
Narrative - p70: They’re wanting their narrative, and if I have anything to say about it, Jillian and I will be giving them a good one.
Notable - p282: Krissy goes on, asking questions of everyone, commenting on the more notable parts of the game.
Obsession - p282: and Melissa’s obsession with Tori Spelling.
Prying - p130: As we hustle ourselves away from the prying eyes of the other contestants—if not completely away from those of the camera, unfortunately—we laugh, and tease each other with small touches and heat-filled glances.
Rhyme - p64: She rhymes the two words, and I laugh.
Valiant - p70: Krissy nods, making a valiant effort to take this seriously. (hide spoiler)]

1 word
(view spoiler)[Sorcerer - p47: Good Sorceress. (hide spoiler)]

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Deanie's Quest Scavenger Hunt Challenge
Completed: 124/121 - FINISHED!


A Dream of Ebony and White: A Retelling of Snow White by Melanie Cellier
1. Altruistic - "I'm not quite altruistic enough..." (p. 121)
2. Campaign - "...target for a murderous royal campaign..." (p. 201)
3. Chase - "I don't mean to chase you away..." (p. 58)
4. Daring - "I narrowed my eyes, daring Samuel to try to stop." (p. 286)
5. Genius - "...the genius with perfect recall..." (p. 286)
6. Keen - "...his keen eyes narrowed..." (p. 233)
7. March - "...preparing supplies for a march through the forest..." (p. 206)
8. Notable - "...with one notable exception..." (p. 143)
9. Patrol - "I had to dodge another patrol..." (p. 127)
10. Roaming - "...her eyes roaming over the crowd..." (p. 260)
11. Swing - "...bunching and rippling with each swing of the ax." (p. 71)
12. Trek - "... make the trek into the town..." (p. 59)

Born in Death by J.D. Robb
1. Audit - "...hold up under most standard audits..." (p. 232)
2. Circuit - "She needed to put the circuits on pause..." (p. 215)
3. Crew - "...the last time she'd ridden with a crew..." (p. 325)
4. Crock - "This is a crock." (p. 119)
5. Fleet - "...had called in a fleet of lawyers..." (p. 302)
6. Race - "...we'll have a race with them..." (p. 180)
7. Tradition - "...it's a time-honored tradition..." (p. 185)
8. Whopper - "The Foundation...is a whopper..." (p. 90)



The Princess Fugitive: A Reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood by Melanie Cellier
1. Art - "...skill in the art of observation..." (p. 206)
2. Caravan - "...news of a large merchant caravan..." (p. 40)
3. Concoction - "all sorts of foul tasting concoctions..." (p. 315)
4. Crossing - "...can finally see the border crossing..." (p. 87)
5. Exaggerated - "Evelyn gave an exaggerated eye roll." (p. 244)
6. Exploit - "...for weaknesses or opportunities to exploit." (p. 66)
7. Feat - "...spurring each of their teams on to greater feats..." (p. 231)
8. Fun - "...a surprising amount of fun..." (p. 212)
9. Gallant - "That's very gallant but entirely unnecessary." (p. 48)
10. Illusion - "No illusion could last forever." (p. 103)
11. Inquiry - "...meant as both inquiry and warning..." (p. 200)
12. Inquisition - "...glad to have escaped an immediate inquisition..." (p. 73)
13. Pierce - "...barbed darts designed to pierce her..." (p. 124)
14. Pursue - "...they would pursue you both..." (p. 112)
15. Raid - "...you can always come and raid my wardrobe again." (p. 245)
16. Research - "I'll need you all to do some research for me." (p. 222)
17. Scrutiny - "...endured the scrutiny with a smile." (p. 42)
18. Stroll - "...slip away for a moonlight stroll..." (p. 72)
19. Tale - "...told the rest of her tale." (p. 156)
20. Travelers - "...there were just the six travelers..." (p. 169)
21. Whim - "On a whim, Ava stepped over...." (p. 296)
22. Weakness - "...for weaknesses or opportunities to exploit." (p. 66)

Memory in Death by J.D. Robb
1. Bold - "as bold and sharp as her long red nails." (p.42)
2. Calling - "...a New York cop is calling my home..." (p. 193)
3. Commission - "It's a big commission for us." (p. 175)
4. Drive - "...you drive this big machine..." (p. 266)
5. Examination - "...examination of the wound indicates..." (p. 86)
6. Hooey - "Coincidences are hooey." (p. 241)
7. Investigation - "...not just with the progress of your investigation..." (p. 206)
8. Key - "...maybe she'd forgotten her key..." (p. 131)
9. Oral - "Baxter's oral indicated they talked about shopping" (p. 255)
10. Progress - "...not just with the progress of your investigation..." (p. 206)
11. Range - "...she eased out of range." (p. 149)
12. Vast - "spilled out into all those vast rooms..." (p. 22)

A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier
1. Accomplishment - "sounded extremely proud of this accomplishment..." (p. 82)
2. Act - "cursed for his despicable act" (p. 143)
3. Action - "her words jolted me into action" (p. 114)

A Goose Girl by K.M. Shea
1. Birthright - "...reclaim your birthright!" (l. 702)
2. Fancy - "Fancy, that, father..." (l. 771)
3. Meddling - "Desist your meddling!" (l. 1007)
4. Reality - "She doesn't understand the harsh realities of this world." (l. 679)

Enthroned by K.M. Shea
1. Adventure - "...the Forest of Adventure..." (l. 840)
2. Chivalrous - "...expect them to be chivalrous..." (l. 1515)
3. Extract - "...had some valerian extract in it..." (l. 191)
4. Grand - "It's a grand idea." (l. 1363)
5. Gritty - "Her eyes were heavy and gritty..." (l. 67)
6. Gutsy - "It was a gutsy move." (l. 641)
7. Lore - "she thought of Arthurian lore..." (l. 1483)
8. Pursuit - "in pursuit of a just and honorable kingdom" (1485)
9. Round - "Do you think the earth is round?" (l. 1017)
10. Route - "A trade route with the fairies?" (l. 850)
11. Run - "...before you run off." (l. 276)
12. Search - "set out in search of water..." (l. 1258)
13. Securing - "...after securing Excalibur..." (l. 950)
14. Shot - "...this shot was made for you." (l. 38)
15. Soothsayer - "Are you a soothsayer and a king..." (l. 910)
16. Sorcerer - "The young sorcerer narrowed his eyes..." (l. 681)
17. Survey - "...as they took survey of Britt's army..." (l. 1522)
18. Trip - "...during her trip to England..." (l. 974)
19. Wizard - "I'm a wizard, not a prophet." (l. 1502)

Firstborn Academy: Shadow Reaper by Isla Frost
1. Amusement - "his tone rich with amusement" (l, 2344)
2. Bunk - "Ameline, Bryn and I chose to bunk together" (l. 299)
3. Company - "do away with your esteemed company" (l. 542)
4. Course - "is a far more fruitful course..." (l. 787)
5. Crowd - "a small crowd of us had assembled" (l. 2004)
6. Distraction - "In my distraction, I missed..." (l. 854)
7. Diversion - "our only chance was diversion, speed and surprise" (l. 2115)
8. Exploration - "...of wonder and delighted exploration..." (l. 764)
9. Fantasy - "a recent interest in human fantasy fiction" (l. 1281)
10. Fearless - "a fearless girl with a heart of fire" (l. 61)
11. Feat - "if we managed that impossible feat..." (l. 773)
12. Fiction - "a recent interest in human fantasy fiction..." (l. 1281)
13. Follow - "to follow our hearts..." (l. 1918)
14. Game - "it turns out the game is portable" (l. 1738)
15. Glorious - "Professor Wilverness and her glorious antlers" (l. 1970)
16. Goal - "where the goal might actually be achievable..." (l. 820)
17.Harbinger - "the harbinger jackals hunt the skies" (l. 1017)
18. Hunt - "the harbinger jackals hunt the skies" (l. 1017)
19. Imagination - "my imagination was crap" (l. 1941)
20. Jaunt - "end of this midnight jaunt" (l. 882)
21. Job - "my job was to run" (l. 2095)
22. Journey - "our return journey was a little less wondrous" (l. 289)
23. Mission - "we have a mission to carry out" (l. 511)
24. Noble - "there's nothing noble about dying fruitlessly..." (1542)
25. Plan - "if our plan had any hope of working." (l. 1777)
26. Prey - "predators sat beside prey... " (l. 1967)
27. Question - "you had to question your life choices" (l. 822)
28. Seeking - "held the answers I was seeking" (l. 203)
29. Team - "trying to draw the bulk of the monsters away from my team" (l. 1132)
30. Tour - "this isn't an educational tour..." (l. 1019)
31. Trace - "leave no trace of my blood" (l. 858)
32. Tragedy - "after the tragedy of his friend's death..." (l. 1904)
33. Trail - "might be following my scent trail" (l. 876)
34. Travel - "she had less distance to travel" (l. 174)
35. Trial - "...help the human kids survive the trial" (l. 1925)
36. Unafraid - "to walk away unafraid" (l. 943)
37. Undertaking - "to begin that massive undertaking" (l. 2417)
38. Vast - "the sky seemed impossibly vast..." (l. 99)
39. View - "no unsightly roads marring the view" (l. 756)
40. Vision - "the blackness encroaching my vision" (l. 1388)
41. Visit - "...no matter how many worlds they visit" (l. 2531)
42. Wisdom - "Bryn hid a lot of wisdom.." (l. 1890)
43. Witch - "firstborn human witch" (l. 284)
44. Yarn - "unraveled like a ball of yarn" (l. 1134)

Update #226
Completed

Quests and Legends
Duration: 6 April, 2020 - ??
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Option 3: Quests & Legends Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the terms below.
Completed

Extract
E An Easy Death 21/5
X Xander 7/6
T Time to Depart 24/4
R Sylvain Reynard-The Man in the Black Suit 6/5
A Angels' Dance 4/5
C Chances 14/5
T The Titan's Curse 12/5

Fib
F A Few Pecans Short of a Pie 17/4
I The Ideal Man 17/4
B Blood Debts 8/4

Hogwash
H Hotshot 19/6
O One Salt Sea 20/5
G Grimm: Die Nate Temple-Serie Buch 3 12/4
W White Night 27/8
A Angel's Wolf 12/5
S The Star of New Mexico 25/4
H Helen Harper - Wishful Thinking 14/4

Wayfaring
W Winter of the Gods 29/5
A Accidental Sire 15/4
Y You Suck 12/8
F The Field Guide 22/5
A Anne Bishop - Dreams Made Flesh 20/4
R Rick Riordan - The Battle of the Labyrinth 19/5
I The Ironwood Tree 1/6
N Nalini Singh - Angels' Judgment 12/4
G The Graveyard Shift 11/7

Quests and Legends
Duration: 6 April, 2020 - ??
Level: Heroic 25+ books
Option 3: Quests & Legends Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the terms below.

Completed


Amusement
A Amanda Sellet - By the Book 26/5
M My Boss Is a Grumpy Werewolf and I Think He Wants to Marry Me! 16/4
U Undying 15/5
S Sizzle 9/4
E Jennifer Estep - Crush the King 18/6
M My Husband Is a Grumpy Werewolf 7/5
E Erin Quinn - Haunting Desire 10/4
N Night's Honor 11/6
T The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death 29/4

Parable

P Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo 7/6
A Archangel's Storm 9/6
R Restoration of Faith 20/5
A Jennifer L. Armentrout - Rage and Ruin 25/6
B A Bad Day for Sunshine 13/4
L A Longer Fall 23/5
E Jennifer Estep - Protect the Prince 5/5

Shtick
S Silver Tongue 17/5
H Charlaine Harris - Many Bloody Returns 28/5
T Target Practice 2/5
I It Ain't Me, Babe 19/7
C The Captain of All Pleasures 10/5
K Kill the Queen 27/4

Witch
W Wired 24/7
I Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns 23/7
T Thief of Shadows 22/6
C Craved 12/6
H Thea Harrison - Dragos Goes to Washington 14/6

I finally finished Scavenger Hunt Freestyle

Found all the words except for Impavid.

Here are all of my words.

Update post #225
Completed

Count me in!

Quests and Legends
Duration: 9 March, 2020 - ???
Level: Wayfarer or above (24+ books)
Option 2: Quests & Legends Themed Books
Challenge Status: In-progress

1. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien -- Read March 9th, 2020 - March 24th, 2020

2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read April 1st - April 4th

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read June 10th 2020 - June 11th 2020

4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read July 10th, 2020 - July 20th, 2020

5. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (audiobook narrated by George Guidall) -- Read July 24th, 2020 - August 3rd, 2020

6. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (audiobook narrated by Roy Dotrice) -- Read August 26th, 2020 - September 20th, 2020

7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read September 3rd, 2020 - September 23rd, 2020

8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read September 27th, 2020 - October 16th, 2020

Quests and Legends
Duration: October 7, 2020 - ???
Level: - Epic : 121 + words
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle

The Wandering Inn: Volume 2
1. Fun "Not exactly fun, but I’ve had worse."
2. Job " back when she’d had a part time job for the summer."
3. Puzzle " One part of the puzzle."
4. Act "As I understand it, the act of drinking is meant to be pleasurable."
5. Run " here she couldn’t run away."
6.

NBRC: Quests and Legends
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle- Epic 121+ words

1. Accomplishment
2. Act
3. Action
4. Adage
5. Adventure
6. Allegory
7. Altruistic
8. Amusement
9. Apologue
10. Art
11. Assay
12. Audacious
13. Audit
14. Avocation
15. Bard
16. Benevolent
17. Bestiary
18. Birthright
19. Blubber
20. Bold
21. Bunk
22. Calling
23. Campaign
24. Caravan
25. Cavalcade
26. Chase
27. Chivalrous
28. Circuit
29. Clairvoyant
30. Clamor
31. Commission
32. Company
33. Concoction
34. Constitutional
35. Course
36. Creation
37. Crew
38. Crock
39. Crossing
40. Crowd
41. Cruise
42. Crusade
43. Daring
44. Dauntless
45. Delusion
46. Delving
47. Diary
48. Dissection
49. Distraction
50. Diversion
51. Doughty
52. Drive
53. Elevated
54. Elicit
55. Enterprise
56. Entrada
57. Epic
58. Exaggerated
59. Examination
60. Excursion
61. Expedition
62. Experiment
63. Exploit
64. Exploration
65. Extract
66. Fable
67. Fabrication
68. Fad
69. Fallacy
70. Fancy
71. Fantasy
72. Fearless
73. Feat
74. Fib
75. Fiction
76. Figment
77. Fleet
78. Folklore
79. Follow
80. Forage
81. Foretelling
82. Forewarn
83. Fun
84. Gallant
85. Game
86. Genius
87. Glorious
88. Goal
89. Grand
90. Grandiose
91. Gritty
92. Grope
93. Gutsy
94. Haiku
95. Harbinger
96. Heroic
97. Hike
98. Hogwash
99. Hooey
100. Hounding
101. Hunt
102. Iambic
103. Illusion
104. Imagination
105. Impavid
106. Indomitable
107. Inflated
108. Inquest
109. Inquiry
110. Inquisition
111. Intrepid
112. Investigation
113. Itinerary
114. Jaunt
115. Job
116. Journey
117. Junket
118. Keen
119. Key
120. Kismet
121. Lament
122. Laureate
123. Lifework
124. Limerick
125. Lion-hearted
126. Lore
127. Lyric
128. Magnanimous
129. March
130. Meddling
131. Melodious
132. Migration
133. Mission
134. Myth
135. Mythology
136. Mythos
137. Narrative
138. Nervy
139. Noble
140. Notable
141. Obsession
142. Occupation
143. Ode
144. Odyssey
145. Oracle
146. Oral
147. Outcry
148. Outing
149. Parable
150. Patrol
151. Penetrate
152. Peregrination
153. Pierce
154. Pilgrimage
155. Plan
156. Portend
157. Posse
158. Presage
159. Prevision
160. Prey
161. Probe
162. Probe
163. Probing
164. Progress
165. Promenade
166. Prosecution
167. Prying
168. Perusal
169. Pursuance
170. Pursue
171. Pursuit
172. Puzzle
173. Quarry
174. Quatrain
175. Question
176. Quixotic
177. Race
178. Raid
179. Ramble
180. Range
181. Ransack
182. Reality
183. Recapitulation
184. Reconnaissance
185. Research
186. Rhyme
187. Roaming
188. Round
189. Route
190. Rummage
191. Run
192. Rune
193. Safari
194. Saga
195. Saunter
196. Shtick
197. Scour
198. Scrutiny
199. Search
200. Securing
201. Seeking
202. Shot
203. Sideline
204. Sifting
205. Snooping
206. Sojourn
207. Sonnet
208. Soothsayer
209. Sorcerer
210. Specialty
211. Sport
212. Squadron
213. Stalwart
214. Steeplechase
215. Stouthearted
216. Stroll
217. Stunt
218. Superstition
219. Survey
220. Swing
221. Tale
222. Team
223. Tour
224. Trace
225. Tradition
226. Tragedy
227. Trail
228. Trailing
229. Tramp
230. Transit
231. Transmigration
232. Travel
233. Travelers
234. Traverse
235. Trek
236. Trial
237. Trip
238. Ululate
239. Unafraid
240. Uncover
241. Undertaking
242. Unearth
243. Vagabondage
244. Vagary
245. Vagrancy
246. Valiant
247. Valorous
248. Vast
249. Venery
250. View
251. Villanelle
252. Vision
253. Visit
254. Voyage
255. Voyagers
256. Wayfarers
257. Wayfaring
258. Weakness
259. Whim
260. Whimsy
261. Whopper
262. Winnow
263. Wisdom
264. Witch
265. Wizard
266. Yam
267. Yarn
268. Yip

reserved

reserved

CYOA ~~ Quests & Legends
March 2021 - August 2021

Quests & Legends CYOA (msg 245)

Level - Heroic: 25+ Books | 25 Books Read
Option 3 & 6

Option 3: Quests & Legends Spell-it-Out

KISMET



✔🔹K: Keep On Loving You - 05.30 ★★★★
✔🔹I: The Impetuous Bride - 04.30 ★★★
✔🔹S: Simon Says - 04.28 ★★★★
✔🔹M: Meeting Mr. Write - 04.04 ★★★
✔🔹E: Extreme Measures - 03.27 ★★★★
✔🔹T: Tropical Heat - 08.07 ★★★★

VALOROUS



✔🔹V: Valorous - 05.23 ★★★★
✔🔹A: Ambush - 08.07 ★★★
✔🔹L: The Laughing Corpse - 07.25 ★★★
✔🔹O: Only With the Heart - 04.25 ★★★
✔🔹R: Reckless - 04.28 ★★★
✔🔹O: Once Upon a Rose - 07.25 ★★★★
✔🔹U: Unstoppable - 04.06 ★★★
✔🔹S: Special Delivery - 05.02 ★★★


Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All



✔adventure
🔹Cresley is always up for an adventure, [loc 98.2]
🔹Virtuous - 03.06 ★★★★

✔benevolent
🔹the benevolent God they worshiped in Sector One. [loc 112.7]
🔹Beyond Addiction - 03.31 ★★★★

✔campaign
🔹He planned this media campaign to sabotage DGE [loc 88.0]
🔹Destiny's Girl - 08.28 ★★★

✔delusions
🔹and that seemed to end his delusions [loc 328.0]
🔹Saving Sam - 04.22 ★★★

✔exploration
🔹not an exploration but a prolonged, yearning farewell. [loc 280]
🔹Beyond Addiction - 03.31 ★★★★

✔fantasy
🔹But fantasy was not reality. [loc 239.2]
🔹Laid Bare - 08.27 ★★★★

✔glorious
🔹and the glorious view of Angel Island. [loc 212.2]
🔹4th of July - 03.13 ★★★★

✔hogwash
🔹This is hogwash! [loc 134.9]
🔹Saving Sam - 04.22 ★★★

✔imagination
🔹it’s just your imagination [loc 268.1]
🔹4th of July - 03.13 ★★★★

✔journey
🔹It was the journey, not the destination [loc 19.9]
🔹A Few Good Women - 04.17 ★★★

✔key
🔹managed to flip the key in the ancient lock. [loc 12.8]
🔹Gimme Some Sugar - 03.14 ★★★★

✔lament
🔹Ariel laments dramatically. [loc 298.7]
🔹In Bed with the Beast - 04.23 ★★★★

✔mission
🔹Five was a suicide mission [loc 8.9]
🔹Beyond Addiction - 03.31 ★★★★

✔narrative
🔹I ended my narrative with Olivia helping me [loc 224.0]
🔹A Few Good Women - 04.17 ★★★

✔obsession
🔹Her sister had an obsession with wind chimes, [loc 6.1]
🔹Dying to Tell - 03.14 ★★★★

✔puzzle
🔹That’s a piece of the puzzle that doesn’t fit. [loc 497.9]
🔹Dying to Tell - 03.14 ★★★★

✔question
🔹Her question didn’t make sense. [loc 41.2]
🔹The Duchess Deal - 04.20 ★★★★

✔ramble
🔹Yes, I ramble random useless facts when I’m nervous. [loc 22.4]
🔹In Bed with the Beast - 04.23 ★★★★

✔saunter
🔹smiled my way, and sauntered on over. [loc 232.3]
🔹4th of July - 03.13 ★★★★

✔trace
🔹with no trace of humor [loc 58.8]
🔹Beyond Addiction - 03.31 ★★★★

✔unafraid
🔹eyes were wide, sincere. Unafraid. [loc 140.3]
🔹The Duchess Deal - 04.20 ★★★★

✔vision
🔹A vision in her tea leaves. [loc 64.2]
🔹A Few Good Women - 04.17 ★★★

✔whim
🔹On a whim, I light a couple of candles [loc 69.1]
🔹Virtuous - 03.06 ★★★★

✔yip
🔹yipping and trying to get my rescuer’s hands off me. [loc 12.1]
🔹Virtuous - 03.06 ★★★★

Finished Quests & Legends
Updated post: Quests & Legends CYOA (msg 245)

Level - Heroic: 25+ Books | 25 Books Read

Start Date: 10/2/21
End Date:
Option 3
Heroic

🛡Action🛡 6/6
A: Adam Croft - Tell Me I'm Wrong 📜📜📜
C: Come Closer 📜📜📜📜
T: Tender Is the Flesh 📜📜📜📜
I: In the Garden of Spite 📜📜📜📜
O: Ophie's Ghosts 📜📜📜📜
N: Natalie D. Richards - Five Total Strangers 📜📜📜📜

🛡Bard🛡 4/4
B: Birthrights 📜📜
A: A Spindle Splintered 📜📜📜📜
R: Ring Shout 📜📜📜
D: Dead of Night 📜📜📜📜

🛡Chivalrous🛡 10/10
C: Connie (character) I Hunt Killers 📜📜📜📜
H: Hill, Joe - Full Throttle 📜📜📜
I: Iturbe, Antonio - The Librarian of Auschwitz 📜📜📜
V: Vile Blood 📜📜
A: Assassination Classroom, Vol. 1 📜📜📜📜
L: Later 📜📜📜
R: Rock Paper Scissors 📜📜📜📜📜
O: The October Faction, Vol. 1 📜📜📜
U: Under a Graveyard Sky 📜
S: Scott Kenemore - Zombie, Ohio 📜📜

🛡Daring🛡 6/6
D: Dark Little Women: Girl Power! 📜📜📜
A: The Assassin Game 📜📜📜📜
R: Rachel Hollis - Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be 📜📜
I: Iain Rob Wright - The Housemates 📜📜📜📜
N: Nothing But Blackened Teeth 📜📜📜📜
G: Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects 📜📜

🛡Epic🛡 4/4
E: Ex-Heroes 📜📜📜📜📜
P: Paradise Club 📜📜📜📜
I: The Intern's Handbook 📜📜📜📜
C: Carmen Maria Machado - The Low, Low Woods 📜📜

🛡Fable🛡 5/5
F: Frostbite 📜📜📜
A: Ana Fuentes - From the Dragon's Mouth: 10 True Stories that Unveil the Real China 📜📜📜
B: Brown, Janelle - Pretty Things 📜📜
L: The Lost Village 📜📜📜
E: Eileen 📜📜

🛡Goal🛡 4/4
G: The Graveyard Book, Volume 1 📜📜📜📜
O: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 📜📜📜📜
A: Asta (character) Black Clover, Vol. 1 📜📜📜
L: The Long Walk 📜📜📜📜

🛡Haiku🛡 5/5
H: How the Dukes Stole Christmas 📜📜📜
A: A Game of Thrones 📜📜📜📜
I: Isaiah Alexander (char) The Final Gambit 📜📜📜📜
K: Karen Maitland - Company of Liars 📜📜📜
U: Underwood, Grover (char) The Lightning Thief 📜📜📜📜

🛡Intrepid🛡 8/8
I: Isaac Young (char) There's Someone Inside Your House 📜📜📜📜
N: Noelle Mack - Wicked 📜
T: Twice Bitten 📜📜📜📜
R: R.L. Stine - Welcome to Dead House 📜📜📜
E: Ex-Patriots 📜📜📜📜📜
P: The Perfect Place to Die 📜📜📜
I: Iain Rob Wright - Zombie 📜📜
D: Dez Fox (character) Fall of Night 📜📜📜📜

🛡Job🛡 3/3
J: Jennifer Lynn Barnes - The Hawthorne Legacy
O: Oliver Queen (char) Kingdom Come 📜📜📜
B: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 📜📜📜📜📜

🛡Key🛡 3/3
K: Kill it with Magic 📜📜
E: Emma in the Night 📜📜📜
Y: You 📜📜📜📜

🛡Lore🛡 4/4
L: Lewis, John - March: Book One 📜📜📜
O: Odin (char) American Gods, Vol. 1: Shadows 📜📜📜📜
R: Robert Kirkman - Marvel Zombies 📜📜📜📜
E: Evan Ross (char) Monster Blood 📜📜

🛡Myth🛡 4/4
M: My Heart Is a Chainsaw 📜📜
Y: Yancey, Rick - The 5th Wave 📜📜📜
T: Tufo, Mark - Zombie Fallout 📜
H: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 📜📜📜📜

🛡Noble🛡 5/5
N: Night 📜📜📜📜
O: One by One 📜📜📜📜
B: Basketful of Heads 📜📜📜📜
L: Lore Olympus: Volume One 📜📜📜📜
E: Elodie Lawrence (char) The Death of Jane Lawrence 📜📜📜

🛡Ode🛡 3/3
O: Ortega, Daniel (char) The Horsewoman 📜📜📜📜
D: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America 📜📜📜
E: Elizabeth Peters - Crocodile on the Sandbank 📜📜

🛡Posse🛡 5/5
P: PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives 📜📜📜📜
O: Octavio (char) Dead City - Joe McKinney 📜📜📜📜
S: The Sanatorium 📜📜
S: Stay Out of the Basement 📜📜📜
E: The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation 📜📜📜📜

Quarry 4/6
Q: Quinn Maybrook (MC) Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare 📜📜📜 3/15/23
U: Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 📜📜📜 5/8/23
A: Adam Silvera - More Happy Than Not 📜📜📜
R: Roland Deschain (char) The Gunslinger Born 📜📜
R: R.L. Stine - Say Cheese and Die! 📜📜📜📜
Y

🛡Rune🛡 4/4
R: Roth, Arthur (char) Hex 📜📜📜📜
U: Uli Seeler (char) Finding Rebecca 📜📜📜📜
N: No Exit 📜📜📜📜
E: Ethan (char) #Murdertrending 📜📜📜📜📜

🛡Saga🛡 4/4
S: Syd Homes (char) Dying Is Easy 📜📜
A: An Anonymous Girl 📜📜📜📜
G: Gena Showalter - The Darkest Touch 📜📜📜📜
A: Annihilation 📜📜

🛡Trek🛡 4/4
T: Tabitha Bates 📜📜
R: Reckless Girls 📜📜📜📜
E: Eric Prescott (char) Liver Let Die 📜📜📜
K: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 📜📜📜

🛡Unearth🛡 7/7
U: Unger, Lisa - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 📜📜📜 5/5/23
N: No Country for Old Men 📜📜📜📜
E: The Echo Wife 📜📜📜📜
A: Alice Hunter - The Serial Killer’s Wife 📜📜
R: Ravi Singh (char) Good Girl, Bad Blood - Holly Jackson 📜📜📜📜
T: The Book of Cold Cases 📜📜📜
H: Holly Madison - Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny 📜📜📜

🛡Valiant🛡7/7
V: Vox 📜📜📜📜📜
A: Atl (char) Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📜📜📜
L: Lydia Dare - The Wolf Who Loved Me 📜📜
I: Ivy Sterling-Shepard (MC) You'll Be the Death of Me - Karen M. McManus 📜📜📜 12/28/22
A: Andrews, Ilona - Magic Strikes 📜📜📜📜
N: Nolan, Zoe (char) True Crime Story - Joseph Knox 📜📜📜📜
T: Tudor, CJ The Burning Girls 📜📜

🛡Witch🛡 5/5
W: Waking Up Dead 📜📜
I: Isabel Cañas - The Hacienda 📜📜📜📜
T: The Dead Girls Club 📜📜📜📜
C: Cynthia Woolf - Mail Order Outlaw 📜📜📜
H: Horror Hotel 📜📜📜

Yip 2/3
Y
I: Ilona Andrews - Magic Bleeds 📜📜📜📜 1/9/23
P: Petersen, Jesse - Married with Zombies 📜📜📜📜

CYOA: Quests & Legends
Duration: 1.1.24 - 6.1.24 (Set Your Own Pace)
Goal Level: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Epic (121+ words)
Progress: 125 / 121 (COMPLETE: 6.4.24)
Books Used: 7



Book 1: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey — 5.18.24
Words Found: 7
- Act — "...act of co-creation..." (80)
- Action — "...posture of aborted action." (311)
- Art — "...James Duvall's art..." (273)
- Creation — "...act of co-creation..." (80)
- Delusion — "Dad had a delusion." (317)
- Key — "Her old key still fit..." (4)
- Run — "'You should run.'" (286)

Book 2: Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste — 5.22.24
Words Found: 47
- Benevolent — "...a benevolent overlord..." (195)
- Bold — "...bright and bold..." (62)
- Calling — "...calling out for me..." (1)
- Chase — "...chase off the decay." (292)
- Company — "...the bohemian company." (106)
- Course — "'Of course,' I say..." (106)
- Crew — "...a motley crew..." (183)
- Crowd — "...alone in a crowd..." (142)
- Daring — "...daring us..." (176)
- Distraction — "No distractions." (73)
- Diversion — "...it was a sport, a diversion..." (129)
- Follow — "...follow the ashes..." (62)
- Genius — "...convinced they're geniuses." (111)
- Glorious — "...this glorious weapon..." (293)
- Hike — "...take a hike..." (188)
- Illusion — "...only an illusion." (132)
- Job — "'He's done his job...'" (193)
- Journey — "...the journey was over..." (40)
- Keen — "...those keen eyes..." (140)
- March — "...march to the door..." (233)
- Odyssey — "...her odyssey to locate..." (111)
- Progress — "...before progress breezed through..." (90)
- Prying — "...a prying little sister..." (68)
- Pursue — "I pursue it..." (48)
- Puzzle — "...a puzzle to reassemble..." (279)
- Roaming — "...gaze roaming over..." (32)
- Round — "...ready for round two..." (273)
- Route — "...twenty minutes up Route 101..." (114)
- Shot — "...warning shot for Daisy..." (140)
- Sport — "...it was a sport..." (129)
- Stroll — "... stroll right up..." (8)
- Swing — "...door swings open..." (99)
- Tale — "...tales about Rochester..." (14)
- Tour — "...his tour overseas." (11)
- Trace — "...traces what's left of..." (262)
- Tragedy — "...one tragedy at a time..." (132
- Trail — "...off his trail..." (95)
- Trailing — "...trailing rot and sorrow..." (196)
- Trek — "...trek back to the car..." — (5)
- Trip — "...on a field trip..." (194)
- View — "...blotting the view..." (280)
- Visit — "...Michael's coming to visit..." — (11)
- Weakness — "...sign of weakness..." — (18)
- Whim — "...listened to my whims..." — (67)
- Witch — "...spire like a witch's hat..." — (97)
- Yarn — "...his latest yarn" (11)

Book 3: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli — 5.23.24
Words Found: 12
- Allegory — "'It's an allegory.'" (87)
- Diary — "...once wrote in his diary..." (69)
- Exaggerated — "...exaggerated versions of the story..." (86)
- Exploit — "'...who exploits you...'" (108)
- Lyric — "...lyrics of his own composition..." (50)
- Oracle — "...oracle-wise..." (15)
- Oral — "'...oral collectibles..." (51)
- Parable — "'That's not a parable.'" (87)
- Scour — "...scour their skin..." (80)
- Specialty — "...specialty of the house." (18)
- Stalwart — "'I'm a stalwart man.'" (39)
- Wisdom — "...wisdom in the Scriptures..." (44)

Book 4: Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson — 5.26.24
Words Found: 34
- Amusement — "...her own amusement." (114)
- Campaign — "...a broader campaign against them..." (89)
- Drive — "...Gil taught her to drive..." (35)
- Epic — "...called Epic Viper Squad!" (124)
- Experiment — "...experiments with turning them..." (248)
- Fancy — "...not particularly fancy..." (28)
- Fantasy — "...cod-medieval fantasy world..." (41)
- Fiction — "...apocalypse fiction..." (139)
- Fleet — "...match of Mighty Fleets..." (79)
- Fun — "...a fun game." (26)
- Game — "...a fun game." (26)
- Imagination — "Is it just Lydia's imagination..." (217)
- Inquiry — "...this looming inquiry." (84)
- Investigation — "...there'll be an investigation..." (252)
- Myth — "...stupid urban myth." (5)
- Narrative — "...control of the narrative." (64)
- Notable — "...what's really notable..." (125)
- Plan — "...plan of the house..." (213)
- Prosecution — "...immune from prosecution..." (252)
- Pursuit — "...high-speed pursuit..." (237)
- Quarry — "...quarry is already scrambling..." (203)
- Question — "...questions about her job..." (39)
- Race — "...good enough to race..." (35)
- Range — "...its range is deliberately tiny..." (109)
- Reality — "...rewriting reality itself..." (191)
- Research — "...classed as 'research'..." (26)
- Scrutiny — "...stand up to scrutiny..." (203)
- Team — "...the dev team..." (38)
- Tradition — "...artistic traditions..." (102)
- Travel — "...travel-sickness feeling..." (192)
- Vast — "...the vast majority..." (33)
- Vision — "...corner of her vision..." (27)
- Wizard — "...interdimensional wizard..." (191)

Book 5: The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman — 6.1.24
Words Found: 13
- Altruistic — "...altruistic motive..." (137)
- Birthright — "...true nature and his birthright..." (33)
- Cruise — "...a passenger on a cruise..." (159)
- Enterprise — "...gives the enterprise a touch of class..." (128)
- Excursion — "...one of their excursions..." (309)
- Forage — "...a sparrow forages..." (89)
- Hounding — "...the only ones hounding him..." (318)
- Intrepid — "...intrepid heroines." (3)
- Probing — "...probing glance..." (307)
- Rhyme — "...chanting a rhyme..." (10)
- Shtick — "...'won't take the job' shtick." (113)
- Seeking — "...penitent seeking absolution..." (348)
- Transit — "...lost a few in transit..." (68)

Book 6: The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler — 6.1.24
Words Found: 7
- Adventure — "...into an adventure." (53)
- Crossing — "...crossing to one of the seats..." (21)
- Expedition — "...thought of the expedition..." (7)
- Patrol — "...patrol on horseback..." (40)
- Prey — "...they are prey..." (50)
- Superstition — "That's the superstition." (14)
- Travelers — "...she was a traveler." (57)

Book 7: Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee — 6.4.24
Words Found: 5
- Caravan — "A trade caravan from the west..." (61)
- Grand — "...Nasmin's grand tour..." (92)
- Mission — "...explained our mission." (106)
- Noble — "...to steer clear of nobles..." (56)
- Pierce — "Arrows fail to pierce the monster's quilled pelt." (41)

Challenge completed 6.4.24 (msg 245)!

Quests and Legends
Option 5: Scavenger Hunt Freestyle
►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 - Epic - 121+ words

- Scavenger Hunt Freestyle**
Pick a level and find the words, in the Word List, in the books you read. There is no limit to the number of words per book. **Will accept Plurals of the word, but no other variation. Only exact word or exact word that is plural will be accepted!

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The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Accomplishment - "the greatest accomplishment" loc. 540
Act - "acts of war" loc. 417
Action - "the poison in action" loc. 160
Adventure - "much of an adventure" loc. 35
Amusement - "crinkled with amusement loc. 330
Art - "Nyaxia's dark arts" loc. 173
Benevolent - "benevolent heart" loc. 148
Bold - "a bit too bold" loc. 70
Calling - "I considered calling" loc. 223
Company - "in wordless company" loc. 578
Course - "the humans, of course" loc. 10
Creation - "finest creations" loc. 670
Crossing - "crossing his arms" loc. 199
Crowd - "over the crowd in whorls" loc. 57
Daring - "Daring me." loc. 179
Dissection - "animal for dissection" loc. 765
Distraction - "that was a distraction" loc. 358
Drive - "that drive my people" loc. 910
Epic - "majestic epics around it" loc. 69
Exaggerated - "expression of exaggerated disgust" loc. 464
Experiment - "all kinds of experiments" loc. 756
Exploit - "need to exploit them" loc. 246
Fancy - "with those fancy weapons" loc. 189
Fantasy - "different than fantasies" loc. 745
Fearless - "same thing as being fearless" loc. 44
Follow - "any further follow up" loc. 383
Fun - "It's more fun" loc. 350
Game - "just a little game" loc. 18
Glorious - "interesting and glorious performance" loc. 95
Goal - "each goal compromised" loc. 247
Grand - "of the grand antique paintings" loc. 132
Gritty - "hot and gritty" loc. 624
Hunt - "to hunt at night" loc. 18
Illusion - "her proximity an illusion" loc. 99
Job - "a job well done" loc. 263
Journey - "I'd made the journey" loc. 40
Keen - "involuntary keen" loc. 688
Key - "if this wasn't the key" loc. 170
March - "and march into Salinae" loc. 710
Myth - "was an exaggeration or myth" loc. 838
Noble - "especially for nobles" loc. 57
Notable - "with one notable exception" loc. 851
Outing - "even on our worst outings" loc. 362
Pierce - "to pierce a heart" loc. 304
Plan - "have better plans for her" loc. 864
Prey - "compared to my prey" loc. 18
Progress - "I made measurable progress" loc. 362
Prying - "from his prying eyes" loc. 247
Pursuit - "would die in pursuit" loc. 54
Question - "the answer to the question" loc. 132
Range - "free range of movement" loc. 28
Reality - reality of our situation" loc. 45
Roaming - "found ourselves" roaming loc. 368
Route - "the route I had come from" loc. 285
Run - "but she could not run" Loc. 10
Search - "in search of more" loc. 221
Securing - "securing a trade ship" loc. 776
Shot - "She shot a pointed look" loc. 36
Sport - "evolved into sport" loc. 18
Swing - "following every swing" loc. 160
Tale - "had been fed tales" loc. 355
Team - "we made a good team" loc. 362
Trail - "familiar little trail" loc. 282
Trailing - "streak of black smoke trailing" loc. 810
Travel - "would travel to participate" loc. 54
Travelers - "welcome travelers to the House of Night" loc. 56
Trek - "made the trek" loc. 192
Trial - "tournament of five trials" loc. 54
Trip - "we'd gone an entire trip" loc. 357
View- "the view from up here" loc. 40
Vision - "line up with his vision" loc. 34
Visit - "king came to visit her" loc. 202
Weakness - "conscious of my weakness and inferiority" loc. 50
Whim - "Nyaxia's whims" loc. 121
Wisdom - "traditional wisdom" loc. 348
=75 words

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Bard - "on about the arrogant bards" loc. 455
Chase - "If we somehow chase it from its abode" loc. 154
Chivalrous - No doubt it was my chivalrous nature" loc. 325
Clamor - "and the clamor of so much company" loc. 537
Concoction - "over the head with Poe's concoction" loc. 264
Diversion - "or for diversion on cold nights" loc. 371
Elicit - "with various common fae to elicit information. loc. 500
Expedition - "organizing an expedition to investigate" loc. 33
Extract - "proceeded to extract from her the recipe" loc. 239
Feat - "the winds was a feat so impressive" loc. 8
Folklore - "the story follows a familiar pattern in folklore" loc. 200
Hike - "the hike will take about three hours" loc. 216
Imagination - "I've left that up to their fertile imagination" loc. 481
Inquiry - "I would not recommend pursuing that line of inquiry" loc. 393
Investigation - "confining your investigation to the wee ones" loc. 17
Lore - "I rely as much on local lore as the evidence" loc. 75
Magnanimous - "dazzle the brilliant minds at ICODEF into a magnanimous stupor" loc. 346
Mission - "He wouldn't have taken on a suicide mission" loc. 179
Narrative - "together we could invent a convincing narrative" loc. 269
Obsession - "I know enough of the self obsession of the Folk" loc. 440
Oral - "an amalgam of oral accounts" loc. 25
Penetrate - "starlight that penetrates the boughs" loc. 351
Pursue - "Margaret wanted to pursue the subject" loc. 362
Quarry - "such quarry posed a negligible challenge" loc. 117
Ramble - "but my rambles had left me very hungry" loc. 58
Research - "no less eager to begin my research" loc. 7
Round - "giving my round face a look" loc. 31
Saga - "perhaps part of a larger saga" loc. 199
Seeking - "without seeking her permission first" loc. 169
Sojourn - "there was a lengthy sojourn" loc. 13
Stroll - "Why don't we go for a stroll" loc. 171
Survey - "I was conducting a survey of the possible faerie paths" loc. 148
Tradition - "They have traditions" loc. 253
Unafraid - "made me unafraid to be honest" loc. 132
Undertaking - "not that it isn't a difficult undertaking" loc. 525
Vast - "given my vast knowledge" loc. 265
Voyage - "the long and uncomfortable voyage" loc. 14
Witch - "gifted to her by a powerful witch" loc. 552
Yarn - "one of Thora's skeins of yarn" loc. 245
=39 words

Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Bestiary - "It was a bestiary loc. 570
Blubber - "And now you're going to blubber" loc. 102
Caravan - "the back of our little caravan" loc. 473
Crew - "I said "the cannon crew" remembering" loc. 807
Crusade - "How many men did the crusade of yours cost" loc. 511
Enterprise - "lend himself to the enterprise" loc. 506
Examination - "when they had finished their examination" Loc. 485
Grandiose - "before you choose among grandiose plans" loc 381
Heroic - "to let me assume a heroic role" loc. 534
Meddling - "not meddling in things he scarcely understands" loc. 108
Patrol - "sent soldiers to patrol' loc. 886
Puzzle - "like a wrong puzzle piece" loc. 112
Race - "It was a race whose strength" loc. 142
Rummage - "climbed to the top and began to rummage" loc. 558
Sideline - "deliberations from the sideline" loc. 512
Sorcerer - "When the sorcerer king" loc. 851
Trace - "I could trace the whole line" loc. 35
Valiant - "a struggling valiant smile" loc. 258
Wizard - "he may be a wizard" loc. 10
=19 words

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Altruistic - "my motives weren't altruistic" loc. 1021
Bunk - "it's under your bunk right?" loc. 131
Commission - "Since Liam is our of commission" loc 868
Elevated - "twelve inches off the elevated parapet" loc. 77
Fable - "my favorite collection of dark fables" loc. 26
Gallant - "how the gallant riders took out the army" loc. 779
Lament - before I can lament the distance" loc. 418
Parable - "no doubt they were written as a parable" loc. 493
Posse - "Jack's little posse" loc. 385
Perusal - "we have to parade by them for their perusal" loc. 236
Raid - "the raids around Athebyne have spread" loc. 749
Reconnaissance - the other squads handle reconnaissance" loc. 841
Rhyme - "no rhyme or reason to their pattern" loc. 896
Rune - "Tyrrish knots, old. mythical, runes" loc. 702
Scrutiny -" I squirm under her scrutiny" loc. 774
Snooping - "I wasn't going to go snooping" loc. 984
Stalwart - "doesn't look like the stalwart" loc. 559
Stunt - "and if today's little stunt" loc. 698
Tour - " a weeklong tour" loc. 760
Tragedy - "a dragon without its rider is a tragedy" loc. 12
=20 words

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Campaign - "supply trip for an ongoing campaign" loc. 985
Delusion - "I'll let him maintain his delusions of grandeur" loc. 405
Exploration - "This isn't the slow exploration" loc. 1568
Fleet - "the commander of Braevick's gryphon fleet" loc. 661
Genius - "her idea was genius" loc. 1333
Inflated - "already enormous ego I just inflated" loc. 479
Migration - "survive the continent wide migration" loc. 457
Mythology - "mythology of the gods" loc. 822
Occupation - "better suited for storage than occupation" Loc. 324
Probe - "Gently I probe the swollen knot" loc. 1413
Saunter - "Varrish saunters toward me" loc. 297
Scour - "I scour above me but there are no windows" loc. 820
Specialty - "not my specialty" loc. 379
Uncover - "every inch of skin he uncovers" loc. 1260
=14 words

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Birthright - "was it the shunning of my birthright" loc. 144
Inquisition - "the last day of our inquisition" loc. 983
Jaunt - "it's not going to be quick jaunt" loc. 1293
Oracle - "I am no some oracle high off whatever they're serving" loc. 318
=4 words

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Circuit - "pop of overheated circuits loc. 248
Grope - "Red lurches out, bleeding and gropes" loc. 1735
Sifting - "she climbs, flips, turns, sifting" loc. 1037
=3 words


Love at First by Kate Clayborn
Intrepid - "the bites of two intrepid squirrels" loc 155
Sonnet - "soothing short number of lines sonnnet98" loc. 3530
=2 words

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Figment - "was obviously a figment of my own imagination" loc. 496
Lyric - "Like prose and love letters and lyrics" loc. 44
=2 words

In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Cruise - "I sent a message through the cruise lines" loc. 193
Fib - "That was a blatant fib" loc. 387
Itinerary - "They added two stops to the itinerary" loc. 87
Melodious - "He laughed and it wasn't the happy, melodious sound" loc. 403
Outcry - "No outcry from my soul" loc. 94
=5 words

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The list

A

Allegory
Apologue
Assay
Avocation

C

Constitutional

D

Doughty


E

Entrada

F

Foretelling
Forewarn


H

Haiku
Hooey

I

Iambic
Impavid

J

Junket

K

Kismet

L

Laureate
Lifework
Lion-hearted


M

Mythos

P

Portend
Prevision
Pursuance

Q

Quatrain

R

Ransack
Recapitulation


S

Shtick
Soothsayer
Steeplechase
Stouthearted

T

Transmigration
Traverse

U

Ululate

V

Vagabondage
Vagrancy
Valorous
Venery
Villanelle
Voyagers

W

Wayfaring
Winnow

Y

Yam

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Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Diary - "Only you would put footnotes in your diary" Loc. 480
Fiction - "which is not, of course, his true name - is a fiction" loc. 182
Hogwash - "It's hogwash" loc. 69
Superstition - "the second was likely local superstition" loc. 210
=4 words

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Cavalcade - "I was startled awake by a cavalcade" loc. 627
Limerick - "I would just end up spending the night in Limerick" loc. 386
Presage - "my exposed skin and extremities that presages frostbite" loc. 757
Promenade - "widened into a broad promenade" loc. 115
Unearth - "a shopper who unearths a hidden gem" loc. 128
Vagary - "an inconsequential vagary in the forest's pattern" loc. 56
Wayfarers - "ordered that every wayfarer be welcomed" loc. 690
Yip - "would give a yip of delight" loc. 119
=8 words

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Probing - "tightly together against his probing tongue" loc. 215
=1 word

Command and Control by Marc Cameron
Clairvoyant - "and seemingly clairvoyant husband" loc. 3409
Gutsy - "plenty gutsy enough to zip in and out" loc. 3146
Squadron - "members of the Presidential Airlift Squadron" loc. 2819
Transit - "They are scheduled to transit Miraflores Locks in two days' time" loc. 1726
Whopper - "feeling a whopper of a headache" loc. 4267
=5 words

Dissolution by Nicholas Binge
Delving - "had assembled after months of delving into Kier's life" loc. 3036
Indomitable - "your voice indomitable" loc. 4592
Ode - "in many ways is an ode to their over seventy year relationship" loc. 5694
Odyssey - "It just said "Odyssey, Fitzgerald trans. Book 12 Lines 140-142" loc. 1612
=4 words

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Prosecution - "it was possible that the prosecution" loc. 3642
=1 word

All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Nervy - "the humans were waiting, nervy, and impatient" loc. 200
=1 word

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Excursion - "exhausted by my excursion" loc. 814
Forage - "You might be able to forage some" loc. 283
Tramp - "peacekeeper's boots tramp through" loc. 69
=3 words

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Adage - "Two adages, often solicited" Loc. 42
Audacious - "While Mom taught us audacious existentialism" loc. 58
Fad - "a fad is just a branch on cool's trunk" loc. 232
Whimsy - "it was time o sober up from boyhood whimsy" loc. 459

Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Fallacy - "that audience loyalty is a fallacy" loc. 2840
Hounding - "to tell me others, no hounding voices" loc. 2901

Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Dauntless - "all dauntless and brave" loc. 1153
Pilgrimage - "They set off on a pilgrimage" loc. 370

The Reality of Everything by Rebecca Yarros
Harbinger - "that I refused to believe was the harbinger" loc. 834

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
Audit - "the lawsuits, the IRS audit" loc. 271

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
Safari - "I would rather have shared this psychopathic safari" loc. 464

The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Fabrication - "past month has been a total fabrication" loc. 544

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Crock - "a roasting pan, a crock-pot and a large thermos." loc. 342

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Inquest - "Will had borne the inquest with surly impatience" loc. 1058

Nemesis by Gregg Hurwitz
Peregrination - "the intrusion into whatever digital peregrinations she was currently lost in " loc. 6439
Quixotic - "do the same against equally quixotic odds" loc. 2008


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