Nothing But Reading Challenges

message 1: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Nov 04, 2017 03:30PM

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Vanguard

Duration: You Set the Pace

How to play: Chose your Adventure from the list below and "read them".

Choose your Vanguard Adventure:

Option 1: Start the Campaign
►Read books where the MC is in the military, or books that are tagged War or Military

Option 2: Vanguard Themed Books
►Read books that are firsts: first in a series, first book by an author, about breakthroughs, about a visionary in a field, innovators or discovers, pioneers, etc.

Option 3: Vanguard Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules(*), spell out any of the terms below.

Option 4: Vanguard Terms Freestyle
►Choose from the terms below, and use covers or titles for that term

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

Option 6: Scavenger Hunt Want-it-All
►The same Freestyle, but you must find at least one word from each letter grouping (i.e., one word from A, B, C, D etc.)

Book Levels:

- Beginning : 2-3 books
- Usher : 4 - 6 books
- Navigator : 7 - 10 books
- Catalyst : 11 - 15 books
- Harbinger : 16 - 20 books
- Developer : 21 - 24 books
- Originator : 25+ books

Scavenger Hunt Levels:

- Founder : 1-20 words
- Groundbreaker : 21-40 words
- Inventor : 41-60 words
- Cutting-edge : 61-80 words
- Pioneer : 81-100 words
- Maverick : 101-120 words
- Avant-grade : 121 + words

Word List ~ 198 Words
(view spoiler)

(*)Spell-it-Out Rules
Using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name, or the first letter in the audiobook narrators first or last name.
If you are reading a translated version, you can also use the first letter of the translator's first or last name.

As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

Choose Your Own Adventure ~ Sapphire Coin

Earn your Sapphire Gem Coins with the CYOA Challenges.

To Earn a Sapphire Coins:

One Coin upon reaching highest book level (Originator)
Sapphire Coin

One Coin upon reaching highest scavenger hunt level (Avant-garde)

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message 2: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

Nov 04, 2017 03:31PM

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message 3: by Deanna (last edited Dec 19, 2017 04:47PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 05:50PM

CHALLENGE COMPLETE
CYOA Vanguard
Duration: 11/4/2017-??
Option 3: Vanguard Spell-it-Out
Book Level: Originator
Books Read: 25/25

H - Horowitz's Scorpia (11/9)
A - Alpha Resolution by Flynn (12/2)
R - Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard (12/5)
B - Barker, Cyrus in Some Danger Involved by Thomas (11/25)
I - Ida Belle in Swamp Sniper by Deleon (11/6)
N - Neville in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Rowling (11/20)
G - Gamache Armand in Still Life by Penny (11/11)
E - Eddy's A Shift in the Water (11/12)
R - Ramirez in Spying in High Heels by Halliday (11/26)

H - Hunter's Trail by Olson (11/10)
E - Ellis in Southern Spirits by Fox (11/14)
R - Rebecca in Alpha Initiation by Flynn (11/29)
A - Alyssa in Carpe Noctem by Salidas (11/12)
L - Llewelyn in To Kingdom Come by Thomas (12/5)
D - Dow, Felicity in The Trouble With Magic by Alt (11/25)

P - Percy in The Last Olympian by Riordan (11/5)
A - Any Witch Way You Can by Lee (11/13)
T - Trail of Dead by Olson (11/8)
H - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by McBride (12/3)
F - Finsilver's Murder at Redwood Cove (11/21)
I - Ida Belle in Swamp Team 3 by Deleon (11/10)
N - Nick in Tales of the Otherworld by Armstrong (12/19)
D - Demon Bound by Dunbar (12/15)
E - Evanovich's Wicked Appetite (11/19)
R - Rebecca in Alpha Conspiracy (12/1)

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message 4: by Sam (last edited May 05, 2019 03:25PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:23PM

Choose Your Own Adventure: Vanguard
Duration: 11/4/17- ???
Option 3: Vanguard Spell-it-Out

Affluently

A: Angels and Demons- Dan Brown- 6/29/18
F: Fated- Benedict Jacka- 12/18/17
F: The Faceless Ones- Derek Landy- 4/2/18
L: Lord Edgware Dies- Agatha Christie- 1/20/18
U: Unwritten & Underwater- Amanda M. Lee- 4/23/18
E: Executable- John Conroe- 7/24/18
N: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency- Alexander McCall Smith- 8/30/18
T: Touched by an Alien- Gini Koch- 8/22/18
L: Lake Silence- Anne Bishop- 3/6/18
Y: The Young Elites- Marie Lu- 9/8/18

Ambassador

A: Aunt Dimity's Death- Nancy Atherton- 2/13/18
M: Murder At The Mystery Bay Hotel- Marcia Spillers- 11/17/17
B: Bound by Flames- Jeaniene Frost- 12/26/17
A: Agents of Light and Darkness- Simon R. Green- 2/16/18
S: Spider's Revenge- Jennifer Estep- 11/4/17
S: Songs of the Humpback Whale- Jodi Picoult- 11/6/17
A: Anubis Nights- Gary Jonas- 2/18/18
D: Déjà Dead- Kathy Reichs- 11/19/17
O: Over My Dead Body- Rex Stout- 11/7/17
R: The Roman Hat Mystery- Ellery Queen- 12/6/17

Antecedent

A: All My Witches- Amanda M. Lee- 9/18/18
N: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men- Molly Harper- 9/6/18
T: Twice Bitten- Chloe Neill- 9/16/18
E: Edge Of Evil- J.A. Jance- 8/12/18
C: Cress- Marissa Meyer- 12/17/17
E: Extra! Extra! Dead All About It- Amanda M. Lee- 8/28/18
D: The Darkest Kiss- Keri Arthur- 12/22/17
E: Everlasting Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 9/21/18
N: Nice Girls Don't Live Forever- Molly Harper- 10/4/18
T: Third Girl- Agatha Christie- 10/2/18

Archetype

A: At Peace- Kristen Ashley- 10/15/18
R: Rogues- John Conroe- 7/27/18
C: Curse of the Bane- Joseph Delaney- 2/20/18
H: Heart of Ice- K.M. Shea- 1/12/18
E: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja- John Flanagan- 11/14/18
T: Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 11/29/18
Y: Your Eight O'Clock Is Dead- Kat Jorgensen- 10/27/18
P: Prophecy of the Six- Sheena Boekweg- 9/11/18
E: Extreme Medical Services- Jamie Davis- 12/17/18

Augury

A: Any Given Doomsday- Lori Handeland- 12/19/18
U: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman- P.D. James- 9/26/18
G: The Guns of Avalon- Roger Zelazny- 3/5/18
U: The Unyielding- Shelly Laurenston- 11/29/18
R: The Reaper Rescues The Genie- Kristen Painter- 10/24/18
Y: Yappy Hour: A Mystery- Diana Orgain- 12/23/18

Auspice

A: Archangel's Heart- Nalini Singh- 12/24/18
U: Undead and Unappreciated- MaryJanice Davidson- 3/3/19
S: Special Agent In Charge- T.S. Paul- 12/23/17
P: The Parrot's Revenge- Robin Knowles- 10/9/18
I: I Dream of Twila: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short- Amanda M. Lee- 9/11/18
C: The Case of the Golddigger's Purse- Erle Stanley Gardner- 2/25/18
E: Elemental Storm- Phaedra Weldon- 3/27/19

Avant-garde

A: Aunt Dimity and the Duke- Nancy Atherton- 1/11/19
V: A Vision of Murder- Victoria Laurie- 12/5/18
A: Accidental Ashes- Sara C. Roethle- 1/13/19
N: Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors- Molly Harper- 10/14/18
T: Tim Curious; A Murder Mystery of the American Revolution- Roddy Thorleifson- 12/6/18

G: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead- Kim Harrison- 3/27/18
A: Above the Fold & Below the Belt- Amanda M. Lee- 3/22/19
R: Redwall- Brian Jacques- 10/25/18
D: Deeds of the Disturber: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense- Elizabeth Peters- 1/11/18
E: Empty Nest- Marty Wingate- 5/2/19

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message 5: by Sam (last edited Oct 12, 2019 02:34PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:24PM

Begetter

B: By a Thread- Jennifer Estep- 2/3/18
E: Evil Dark- Justin Gustainis- 5/24/19
G: Golden Son- Pierce Brown- 5/13/18
E: The Elite- Kiera Cass- 6/7/19
T: Tall, Dark & Hungry- Lynsay Sands- 1/15/19
T: A Tiger's Tale- Laura Morrigan- 3/25/19
E: Elephants Can Remember- Agatha Christie- 6/16/19
R: Red Angel- Helen Harper- 12/18/18

Beginning

B: The Burning Bridge- John Flanagan- 2/13/18
E: Empath- Edie Claire- 7/14/19
G: A Game of Thrones- George R.R. Martin- 6/8/18
I: Infernal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 11/13/18
N: Night of the Unicorn- T.S. Paul- 11/22/18
N: Nighttime Is My Time- Mary Higgins Clark- 12/26/18
I: Invisible Elder- T.S. Paul- 11/25/18
N: Night Myst- Yasmine Galenorn- 3/17/19
G: Grim Rising- Amanda M. Lee- 7/17/18

Boding

B: Blameless- Gail Carriger- 2/23/18
O: On Deadline & Under Fire- Amanda M. Lee- 9/9/18
D: Dragon Blood- Eileen Wilks- 1/15/18
I: Influential Magic- Deanna Chase- 12/7/18
N: The Never War- D.J. MacHale- 6/30/19
G: God Hammer- John Conroe- 7/26/18

Bona Fide

B: Burn Bright- Patricia Briggs- 3/7/18
O: Only The Lonely- Amanda M. Lee- 10/23/18
N: New Spring- Robert Jordan- 7/7/19
A: Advent- Xander Boyce- 3/24/19

F: From Percy Jackson - Camp Half-Blood Confidential: Your Real Guide to the Demigod Training Camp- Rick Riordan- 6/2/18
I: Irresistible Magic- Deanna Chase- 12/8/18
D: Dark in Death- J.D. Robb- 1/30/18
E: Exiled- J.C. Diem- 9/19/19

Breakthrough

B: The Battle for Skandia- John Flanagan- 5/23/18
R: Road to Honor- Taki Drake- 2/21/19
E: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library- Chris Grabenstein- 10/11/19
A: Another One Bites the Dust- Jennifer Rardin- 4/8/19
K: The Kings of Clonmel- John Flanagan- 8/16/18
T: Thru the Badger Hole- Taki Drake- 4/3/19
H: Haunted Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 1/27/18
R: The Rhyme of the Magpie- Marty Wingate- 3/18/19
O: Opal Fire- Barbra Annino- 11/8/18
U: Unholy Magic- Stacia Kane- 6/10/19
G: Ghostly Images- Lily Harper Hart- 8/20/18
H: Heir of Fire- Sarah J. Maas- 2/12/18

Bulge

B: Bayou Moon- Ilona Andrews- 1/4/18
U: User Unfriendly- Vivian Vande Velde- 11/27/17
L: Lying Season- Karina Halle- 11/9/17
G: Grim Holiday- Amanda M. Lee- 11/10/17
E: Every Heart a Doorway- Seanan McGuire- 11/11/17

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message 6: by Sam (last edited Jun 16, 2020 07:20AM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:24PM

Carrier

C: The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece- Erle Stanley Gardner- 3/9/18
A: Anne of the Island- L.M. Montgomery- 8/11/19
R: Risk- Dannika Dark- 3/31/19
R: Ruby Red- Kerstin Gier- 5/20/19
I: Iced Chiffon- Duffy Brown- 2/18/19
E: Eyes to the Soul- Dale Mayer- 10/31/19
R: Raging Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 8/11/19

Catalyst

C: The Cove- Catherine Coulter- 12/10/17
A: Attack of the Fiend- Joseph Delaney- 4/29/18
T: They Do It With Mirrors- Agatha Christie- 4/3/18
A: Along Came a Spider- James Patterson- 5/20/18
L: Louisiana Longshot- Jana Deleon- 1/17/18
Y: The Yeti- Mike Miller- 3/3/18
S: A Share in Death- Deborah Crombie- 12/5/17
T: Touching Evil (Evil, #1)- Kay Hooper- 6/13/18

Center

C: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder- Joanne Fluke- 5/30/18
E: Easter Escapade- Kathi Daley- 11/21/19
N: The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss- 8/6/19
T: Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 5/17/19
E: Eye of the Falcon- Dale Mayer- 12/12/19
R: Rare Find- Dale Mayer- 10/27/19

Chaperone

C: Casino Royale- Ian Fleming- 6/1/18
H: Hot and Badgered- Shelly Laurenston- 5/21/18
A: Among the Living- Jordan Castillo Price- 9/16/19
P: Postmortem- Patricia Cornwell- 12/3/18
E: An Easy Death- Charlaine Harris- 12/29/19
R: Raven, Red- Connie Suttle- 11/2/19
O: The Outcast: Prequel to the Summoner Trilogy- Taran Matharu- 11/30/18
N: No Farm, No Foul- Peg Cochran- 8/21/19
E: Enter the Janitor- Josh Vogt- 2/20/20

Coinage

C: A Court of Mist and Fury- Sarah J. Maas- 7/20/18
O: On Demon Wings- Karina Halle- 3/1/19
I: It Takes a Witch- Heather Blake- 2/26/19
N: No Crones About It- Amanda M. Lee- 9/3/19
A: Archangel's Viper- Nalini Singh- 9/22/19
G: Grim Tempest- Amanda M. Lee- 9/14/18
E: Eye Spy- Mercedes Lackey- 2/22/20

Colonizer

C: College Arcane- John Conroe- 7/25/18
O: Old Blood- Karina Halle- 3/2/19
L: Lie Down with Dogs- Hailey Edwards- 4/16/18
O: Owl and the Electric Samurai- Kristi Charish- 3/10/19
N: Now You See Her...- Dale Mayer- 11/14/19
I: Indexing- Seanan McGuire- 3/15/19
Z: Zero Sight- B. Justin Shier- 4/18/18
E: Éclair and Present Danger- Laura Bradford- 3/22/20
R: Reindeer Roundup- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19

Commander

C: The Cold Dish- Craig Johnson- 8/14/18
O: Only the Quiet- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/19
M: Marked- P.C. Cast- 5/14/18
M: MindMage- Connie Suttle- 7/10/18
A: Archangel's Prophecy- Nalini Singh- 9/23/19
N: The New Normal- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
D: Deadly Magic- Elisabeth Crabtree- 2/7/18
E: Electric Curse- Stacey Brutger- 6/15/20
R: Real Murders- Charlaine Harris- 12/11/19

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message 7: by Sam (last edited Oct 15, 2020 03:15PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:24PM

Commissionaire

C: The Case of the Silent Partner- Erle Stanley Gardner- 11/22/17
O: One Salt Sea- Seanan McGuire- 3/30/18
M: The Mystery of the Blue Train- Agatha Christie- 11/17/17
M: Marlfox- Brian Jacques- 12/18/17
I: The Icebound Land- John Flanagan- 4/6/18
S: Stillwatch- Mary Higgins Clark- 11/24/17
S: Doctor Who: The Stone Rose- Jacqueline Rayner- 12/1/17
I: Into the Fire- Jeaniene Frost- 4/22/18
O: Oracles of Delphi Keep- Victoria Laurie- 6/23/18
N: Doctor Who: Nuclear Time- Oli Smith- 2/22/18
A: Alchemy- Sheena Boekweg- 4/13/18
I: The Iron Daughter- Julie Kagawa- 5/9/18
R: Remember Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/26/18
E: Elemental Soul- Phaedra Weldon- 2/28/18

Conductor

C: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 9/1/18
O: Once Upon Stilettos- Shanna Swendson- 5/9/19
N: New Beginnings- Kathi Daley- 11/20/19
D: Dream Warrior- Sherrilyn Kenyon- 3/23/18
U: The Undead Uproar- Amanda M. Lee- 7/12/19
C: Close Encounters of the Witchy Kind- Amanda M. Lee- 9/19/18
T: The Trouble with Turkeys- Kathi Daley- 6/17/19
O: The One- Kiera Cass- 9/5/19
R: Romeow and Juliet- Kathi Daley- 1/20/20

Controller

C: Choppy Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 10/28/18
O: Oracles & Obituaries- Amanda M. Lee- 9/12/19
N: Newsletter Exclusives: Volume 1- Nalini Singh- 12/21/19
T: To Spell with It- Amanda M. Lee- 7/18/19
R: Radiance- Grace Draven- 5/22/20
O: Outcast- J.C. Diem- 9/27/19
L: Leverage in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/4/18
L: Lover Avenged- J.R. Ward- 9/23/18
E: Every Which Way But Dead- Kim Harrison- 7/19/20
R: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos- Donna Andrews- 5/25/20

Coxswain

C: Churning Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 10/29/18
O: ONLY THE LOST- AMANDA M LEE- 10/1/19
X: X Marks the Spot- M.J. O'Shea- 12/25/18
S: Skulduggery Pleasant- Derek Landy- 1/8/18
W: The Witch's Dream- Victoria Danann- 5/26/18
A: Archangel's War- Nalini Singh- 9/26/19
I: In a Badger Way- Shelly Laurenston- 4/23/19
N: No Crone Unturned- Amanda M. Lee- 3/5/20

Creation

C: Claimed By Shadow- Karen Chance- 10/31/18
R: Ravishing in Red- Madeline Hunter- 6/25/20
E: Embrace the Grim Reaper- Judy Clemens- 8/24/20
A: Alaskan Alliance- Kathi Daley- 11/7/19
T: Take the Monkey and Run- Laura Morrigan- 8/29/19
I: Into the Hollow- Karina Halle- 6/14/19
O: Once Hunted, Twice Shy- Mandy M. Roth- 2/22/20
N: Nightshades- Melissa F. Olson- 3/6/20

Criterion

C: The Chupacabra Catastrophe- Amanda M. Lee- 11/8/18
R: Redshirts- John Scalzi- 8/12/20
I: I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia- Gillian Roberts- 7/28/19
T: Tailing a Tabby- Laurie Cass- 9/9/19
E: Emerald Blaze- Ilona Andrews- 8/25/20
R: Raven's Shadow- Patricia Briggs- 9/19/20
I: Doctor Who: In the Blood- Jenny T. Colgan- 9/16/19
O: On the Street Where You Live- Mary Higgins Clark- 3/24/20
N: New Media & Old Grudges- Amanda M. Lee- 3/13/20

Cutting-edge

C: Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror- Mike Tucker- 11/22/18
U: Under The Final Moon- Hannah Jayne- 7/21/19
T: Treasure in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 9/28/19
T: Thanksgiving in Paradise- Kathi Daley- 10/9/19
I: Into the Abyss- Dale Mayer- 12/2/19
N: Nocturnal Magic- C.N. Crawford- 4/27/20
G: Grave Paths- Lily Harper Hart- 9/22/18

E: Evans Above- Rhys Bowen- 9/29/20
D: Dark Descendant- Jenna Black- 7/8/18
G: Grave Danger- Lily Harper Hart- 9/23/18
E: Evan Help Us- Rhys Bowen- 10/15/20

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message 8: by Sam (last edited Nov 29, 2021 04:49PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:25PM

Delegate

D: Demon Driven- John Conroe- 7/21/18
E: Ensign Spacemage- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
L: Last Dragon Standing- Rachel Aaron- 11/11/18
E: Evanly Choirs- Rhys Bowen- 10/22/20
G: Grave Missteps- Lily Harper Hart- 9/25/18
A: Aunt Bessie Assumes- Diana Xarissa- 12/24/19
T: Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies- Kathi Daley- 10/26/19
E: Evan and Elle- Rhys Bowen- 10/29/20

Demiurgic

D: Duel Nature- John Conroe- 7/22/18
E: Evan Can Wait- Rhys Bowen- 11/4/20
M: The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trenton Lee Stewart- 7/16/18
I: The Incubus Impasse- Amanda M. Lee- 12/4/19
U: Unmasked- Dale Mayer- 12/18/19
R: Reaper's Crossroad- Timothy Ellis- 10/14/20
G: Ghostly Wrecks- Lily Harper Hart- 9/29/18
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider- Dale Mayer- 12/15/19
C: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay- J.K. Rowling- 11/26/18

Derivation

D: Desperate Covenant- Amanda M. Lee- 9/20/18
E: Evans to Betsy- Rhys Bowen- 11/12/20
R: Rogue Unit- Timothy Ellis- 10/21/20
I: Infinity- Sherrilyn Kenyon- 3/20/20
V: Vision Impossible- Victoria Laurie- 12/20/18
A: Alien Tango- Gini Koch- 4/15/20
T: Trick or Treason- Kathi Daley- 11/22/19
I: If Walls Could Talk- Juliet Blackwell- 4/8/20
O: Open Cockpit- Arthur Stanley Gould Lee- 3/30/20
N: Nightchaser- Amanda Bouchet- 5/5/20

Detachment

D: A Dragon of a Different Color- Rachel Aaron- 10/22/18
E: Evan Only Knows- Rhys Bowen- 11/18/20
T: To Catch a Vampire- Jennifer Harlow- 1/17/20
A: Alien in the Family- Gini Koch- 4/20/20
C: The Cuckoo's Calling- Robert Galbraith- 12/14/18
H: Hex and the City- Simon R. Green- 6/15/18
M: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd- Agatha Christie- 8/3/18
E: Evan's Gate- Rhys Bowen- 12/2/20
N: Never Again- Michele Bardsley- 5/16/20
T: Trouble Is My Business- Raymond Chandler- 3/2/20

Developer

D: Dragon's Blood- Jane Yolen- 11/1/18
E: Elemental Blood- Phaedra Weldon- 1/20/21
V: The Violet Fairy Book- Andrew Lang- 2/25/19
E: Etiquette & Espionage- Gail Carriger- 2/24/21
L: The Last Camel Died at Noon- Elizabeth Peters- 11/19/18
O: Only The Devout- Amanda M. Lee- 4/10/20
P: A Panicked Premonition- Victoria Laurie- 1/19/19
E: Eggs in Purgatory- Laura Childs- 3/11/21
R: A Rule Against Murder- Louise Penny- 10/24/20

Dignitary

D: Diamond Fire- Ilona Andrews- 11/6/18
I: Into the Light- Christopher Johns- 5/31/20
G: Ghostly Asylum- Lily Harper Hart- 9/29/18
N: Never Sorry- Edie Claire- 9/18/20
I: The Island of Dr. Libris- Chris Grabenstein- 7/26/20
T: Tilling the Truth- Julia Henry- 3/15/20
A: Alien Proliferation- Gini Koch- 5/11/20
R: Rosemary and Crime- Gail Oust- 10/28/20
Y: Yarn to Go- Betty Hechtman- 4/17/19

Director

D: Death of a Red Heroine- Qiu Xiaolong- 11/21/18
I: I See Me- Meghan Ciana Doidge- 8/3/20
R: The Red Book of Primrose House- Marty Wingate- 11/27/20
E: Equalize- Ryan DeBruyn- 5/28/21
C: Crime Seen- Victoria Laurie- 12/16/18
T: Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband- Melissa Mayhue- 3/25/20
O: Old Dog, New Tricks- Hailey Edwards- 4/19/20
R: Red Rope of Fate- K.M. Shea- 12/28/20

Discoverer

D: Dangerous Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 12/10/18
I: Into the Dragon's Den- Christopher Johns- 9/11/20
S: Snobbery With Violence- Marion Chesney- 1/17/18
C: Child of Darkness- T.S. Paul- 1/25/19
O: Outcast- Annabel Chase- 8/27/20
V: Vanishing Acts- Jodi Picoult- 8/15/19
E: Entreat Me- Grace Draven- 6/20/21
R: Romancing the Crone- Amanda M. Lee- 3/4/21
E: The Evolution of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- 7/22/21
R: Ritualist- Dakota Krout- 5/20/21

Dispatcher

D: Death Perception- Victoria Laurie- 12/17/18
I: Imperium Knight Chaos Rising- Timothy Ellis- 10/19/20
S: The Ship of the Dead- Rick Riordan- 1/24/18
P: Perilous Seas- Lily Harper Hart- 4/29/19
A: Alien Diplomacy- Gini Koch- 5/15/20
T: To Love a Witch- Amanda M. Lee- 5/5/20
C: Connections in Death- J.D. Robb- 2/5/19
H: Hallowe'en Party- Agatha Christie- 8/18/18
E: Excise- Ryan DeBruyn- 8/31/21
R: Redeemer of the Dead- Tao Wong- 7/18/21

Divination

D: Doom with a View- Victoria Laurie- 12/18/18
I: Imperator- Timothy Ellis- 10/20/20
V: Vendetta in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/3/19
I: In the Woods- Tana French- 1/4/21
N: Nightworld Academy: Term One- L.J. Swallow- 11/28/20
A: The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival- Stephen Vincent Brennan- 6/10/20
T: Three Mages and a Margarita- Annette Marie- 7/5/20
I: Ice Maiden- Dale Mayer- 1/18/21
O: One August Morning: The True Story of Lizzie Borden- Troy Taylor-8/29/20
N: Never Look Back- W.J. May- 12/6/20

Docent

D: The Dragon Conspiracy- Lisa Shearin- 12/29/18
O: Outclassed- Annabel Chase- 10/7/20
C: Coven Codex: From the Federal Witch Series- Taki Drake- 2/9/19
E: Exclusively Yours- Shannon Stacey- 11/28/21
N: No Nest for the Wicket- Donna Andrews- 1/18/21
T: True Grit Spirit- Lily Harper Hart- 7/15/20

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message 9: by Sam (last edited Feb 17, 2022 05:07PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:25PM

Embryonic

E: Ethan- Dale Mayer- 11/29/21
M: Midnight Awakening- Lara Adrian- 8/9/18
B: The Body Reader- Anne Frasier- 6/17/18
R: Rejected- Jaymin Eve- 7/19/21
Y: You Cannoli Die Once- Shelley Costa- 9/2/19
O: Only The Strong- Amanda M. Lee- 10/7/20
N: No Ghouls Allowed- Victoria Laurie- 1/19/21
I: I Scream, You Scream- Wendy Lyn Watson- 3/17/21
C: The Cat Who Turned On and Off- Lilian Jackson Braun- 2/19/19

Eminence

E: Enthroned- K.M. Shea- 11/29/21
M: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore- Robin Sloan- 8/11/18
I: Into the Hells- Christopher Johns- 4/14/21
N: Not His Werewolf- Annie Nicholas- 2/26/21
E: Enter System- Tom Larcombe- 11/30/21
N: No Ifs, Ands, or Bears About It- Celia Kyle- 4/25/21
C: The Case of the Rolling Bones- Erle Stanley Gardner- 6/27/19
E: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict- Trenton Lee Stewart- 1/16/22

Emissary

E: Erick- Dale Mayer- 2/15/22
M: Magic Triumphs- Ilona Andrews- 8/29/18
I: Into the Darkness- Christopher Johns- 5/2/21
S: Something from the Nightside- Simon R. Green- 1/29/18
S: Sealed with a Curse- Cecy Robson- 2/6/18
A: The Ancient Future: The Dark Age- Traci Harding- 6/30/20
R: The Real Macaw- Donna Andrews- 9/7/21
Y: The Yard- Alex Grecian- 12/25/19

Encouragement
Endemic
Envoy
Escort
Exemplar
Exhibitor
Explorer
Extraction

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message 10: by Sam (last edited Jan 04, 2022 06:18PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:25PM

Façade

Fatidic

F: Fallen Stars- John Conroe- 7/23/18
A: The Accidental Vampire- Lynsay Sands- 9/16/20
T: Tomorrow's Spacemage- Timothy Ellis- 9/26/20
I: In a Witch's Wardrobe- Juliet Blackwell- 10/5/21
D: Deadly Descendant- Jenna Black- 1/29/19
I: The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries- Emily Brightwell- 12/17/21
C: Chill of Fear- Kay Hooper- 10/3/19

Flag-bearer

Focus

F: A Fistful of Evil- Rebecca Chastain- 9/27/18
O: Only The Buried- Amanda M. Lee- 5/17/21
C: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys- Erle Stanley Gardner- 10/5/19
U: Unnatural Causes- P.D. James- 3/18/20
S: Succubus Blues- Richelle Mead- 5/3/18

Forefront
Foreground
Forepart

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message 11: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:26PM

Forewarning
Formative
Founder
Fountainhead
Front Line
Frontage
Frontispiece

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message 12: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:26PM

Generator
Genie
Genius
Go-between
Gofer
Go-getter

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message 13: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:26PM

Governor
Grandiose
Groundbreaker
Guiding Light
Guiding Spirit
Guru

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message 14: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:26PM

Harbinger
Heavyweight
Helmsperson
Herald
Ideal
Immigrant
In the Beginning
Indigenous

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message 15: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:27PM

Industrialist
Ingenious
Innovation
Invention
Jejune
Journey
Judicious

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message 16: by Sam (last edited Mar 02, 2018 04:41AM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:27PM

Key Player
Kindred
Kingpin
Leading Edge

Lightening Rod

L: Linger- Maggie Stiefvater- 11/16/17
I: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley- 12/31/17
G: Ghost Girl- C.J. Archer- 11/29/17
H: Hide'n Go Seek- Dale Mayer- 11/13/17
T: Ten Little Bloodhounds- Virginia Lanier- 2/14/18
E: Electric Night- Stacey Brutger- 2/15/18
N: Nemesis- Agatha Christie- 11/26/17
I: I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie- Lani Lynn Vale- 2/8/18
N: Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island- Mike Tucker- 1/22/18
G: Ghost Seer- Robin D. Owens- 2/21/18

R: The Ruins of Gorlan- John Flanagan- 1/19/18
O: Omega- S.M. Reine- 2/4/18
D: Dead Girls Are Easy- Terri Garey- 11/24/17

Limelight
Lodestar
Lookout
Lure

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message 17: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:27PM

Magnate
Manager
Manifestation
Mantic
Maverick
Mediator
Mentor
Messenger

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message 18: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:27PM

Navigator
New Wave
Nonconformist
Notability
Novelty

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message 19: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:28PM

Obverse
Omen
One in a million
Optimum
Origin
Originator
Outrider

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message 20: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:28PM

Pacesetter
Paradigm
Paramount
Pathfinder
Peerless
Pilot
Pioneer
Portent

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message 21: by Sam (last edited Jul 15, 2018 07:04PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:28PM

Precocious
Precursor
Prequel
Presage
Primary

Prime Example

P: Peril at End House- Agatha Christie- 11/14/17
R: Revenge of the Witch- Joseph Delaney- 1/28/18
I: I'll Tell You Mine- Pip Harry- 6/2/18
M: Murder in Mesopotamia- Agatha Christie- 1/7/18
E: Erak's Ransom- John Flanagan- 5/28/18

E: The Eloquent Parrot- Robin Knowles- 6/9/18
X: Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My!- Sara C. Roethle- 7/12/18
A: And Then There Were None- Agatha Christie- 4/19/18
M: Murder on Astor Place- Victoria Thompson- 1/31/18
P: Playing with Fire- Derek Landy- 2/15/18
L: The Lost City of Faar- D.J. MacHale- 12/12/17
E: Enchanted, Inc.- Shanna Swendson- 6/30/18

Primogenitor
Principal

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message 22: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:28PM

Prognostication
Prolific
Prophecy
Prophet
Proscenium
Protagonist
Prototype

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message 23: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:28PM

Quantum Leap
Quest
Quixotic
Quondam

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message 24: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:29PM

Rare Bird
Reconnoiterer
Recruiter
Rector
Right up Front
Ringleader
Rudder

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message 25: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:29PM

Schlepper
Scout
Settler
Shepherd
Skipper
Sleuth
Source
Spark
Spark Plug

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message 26: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:29PM

Spearhead
Spotter
Squatter
State of the art
Stimulating
Superintendent
Superior
Suzerain
Symbol

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message 27: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:29PM

Temptation
Theoretical
Title Role
Token
Top Spot
Trailblazer
Trendsetter

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message 28: by Sam (last edited Jul 15, 2018 07:13PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:30PM

Unconventional
Unique
Upstart
Usher

Vanguard

V: The Vampire's Accidental Wife- Kristen Painter- 1/9/18
A: Anne of Avonlea- L.M. Montgomery- 6/20/18
N: Nightingale's Lament- Simon R. Green- 3/4/18
G: The Grendel Affair- Lisa Shearin- 2/24/18
U: Unshapely Things- Mark Del Franco- 3/5/18
A: The ABC Murders- Agatha Christie- 6/22/18
R: Rock Chick Revolution- Kristen Ashley- 7/12/18
D: Dead Witch Walking- Kim Harrison- 12/3/17

Vanward
Vatic
Ventral

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message 29: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:30PM

Veritable
Vestige
Vicissitudes
Visionary
Vital
Voyage

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message 30: by Sam (last edited Jul 15, 2018 07:16PM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:30PM

Wellspring
Whilom
Whistle

Wink

W: Winter- Marissa Meyer- 3/21/18
I: Iron and Magic- Ilona Andrews- 6/26/18
N: Night of the Soul Stealer- Joseph Delaney- 4/9/18
K: Kiss of Frost- Jennifer Estep- 2/22/18

Zealot
Zealous

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message 31: by Sam (new)

Nov 04, 2017 06:30PM

reserved just in case

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message 32: by Katherine (new)

Nov 04, 2017 07:30PM

Choose Your Own Adventure: Vanguard
Book Level: Originator : 25+ books

Option 1: Start the Campaign
►Read books where the MC is in the military, or books that are tagged War or Military

Option 2: Vanguard Themed Books
►Read books that are firsts: first in a series, first book by an author, about breakthroughs, about a visionary in a field, innovators or discovers, pioneers, etc.

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message 33: by fleurette (last edited Jun 11, 2018 10:23AM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 11:50PM

I'm in for Scavenger Hunt Freestyle

Choose Your Own Adventure
Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Vanguard

5th November 2017 - ?

Animal Magnetism (Animal Magnetism, #1) by Jill Shalvis

Beginning: (p.51) I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to kick your ass...
Center: (p.27) ...sprawled flat on his back in the center of their greeting room...
Director: (p.68) “You’re the director.”
Focus: (p.163) She tried not to focus on his words...
Front Line: (p.108) ...she thought about Brady out there on the front line...
Genius: (p.45) It didn’t take a genius to figure out who he was unhappy with...
Ideal: (p.1) Brady Miller’s ideal Saturday was pretty simple...
Lure: (p.16) ...so do you ever lure women into your truck...
Novelty: (p.99) A novelty. A diversion.
Pilot: (p.13) ...became a pilot for hire in places that weren’t safe...
Pioneer: (p.46) The Bell 47 was a legendary and pioneer flying adventure.
Source: (p.29) Their only source of income.
Spark: (p.24) ...had still carried enough spark to jump-start his engines.
Whistle: (p.149) ...the high-pitched whine and whistle of a chopper...

The Truth About Love (Cynster, #12) by Stephanie Laurens

Ambassador: (p.174) ...we had hoped you might consent to act as ambassador.
Creation: (p.14) ...embraced the fantastical creation...
Delegate: (p.271) And then there were the household duties to delegate.
Detachment: (p.263) ...so he could with greater detachment better view her body...
Encouragement: (p.100) ...Jacqueline had given him no encouragement to dally...
Escort: (p.12) ...you’d oblige and escort her darling about town...
Façade: (p.78) ...to see beyond any superficial façade...
Forefront: (p.136) ...the question hadn’t left the forefront of his brain.
Industrialist: (p.390) Miss Cowley was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist...
Journey: (p.22) I hope your journey down was pleasant...
Lookout: (p.67) ...I daresay you’ll be on the lookout for other...
Mentor: (p.149) That he enjoyed his role as mentor...
Origin: (p.371) You often rib me about my county of origin...
Portent: (p.11) He didn’t believe in portents.
Primary: (p.167) ...his primary and most important contribution...
Principal: (p.4) ...let alone being my principal heir...
Quest: (p.366) ...all he’d done so far in his quest to own Hellebore Hall...
Superior: (p.32) ...precociously superior gentleman in his mid-twenties...
Symbol: (p.102) ...the perfect symbol of what held her trapped...
Temptation: (p.147) ...then he gave in to temptation and slid both hands down...
Unconventional: (p.5) ...yet his unconventional hobby set him apart.
Unique: (p.9) The area’s unique...
Usher: (p.23) ...to usher the two gentlemen to the chaise...
Veritable: (p.248) A veritable horde...
Vestige: (p.127) The last vestige of color drained from Jacqueline’s face...
Vital: (p.24) ...a subject who embodied the vital thing...
Wellspring: (p.5) ...be a wellspring of joy, or a creative disaster?

Rev It Up (Black Knights Inc., #3) by Julie Ann Walker

Bulge: (p.38) She’d take one look at his growing bulge...
Commander: (p.8) ...wouldn’t risk opening fire on their esteemed commander.
Scout: (p.179) “Shell, I just want to talk to you. Scout’s honor.”
Token: (p.180) ...to put up some sort of token resistance.
Wink: (p.20) “I won’t,” he assured her with a wink.

Claimed (Brides of the Kindred, #1) by Evangeline Anderson

Kindred: (p.10) Because of the Kindred.

The Two Gentlemen of Altona (Playing the Fool, #1) by Lisa Henry

Carrier: (p.49) We’re waiting on the carriers to provide us with their records.
Conductor: (p.71) ...and waving his fingers like a conductor.
Dispatcher: (p.145) ...only half listening to the guy as he spoke to the dispatcher.
Kingpin: (p.91) “Know a lot of drug kingpins and slave traders, do you?”
Omen: (p.145) That had to be an omen.
State of the art: (p.37) ...a state-of-the-art biometrics identification system.
Trailblazer: (p.136) “Well look at that. I’m a trailblazer.”

The Merchant of Death (Playing the Fool, #2) by Lisa Henry

Heavyweight: (p.75) Harris was hardly a criminal heavyweight.
Manager: (p.11) Carrying on an affair with his campaign manager...

Tempest (Playing the Fool, #3) by Lisa Henry

In the Beginning: (p.35) ...he’d failed to notice in the beginning.

Them Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #1) by Carolyn Haines

Developer: (p.250) The request was filed by Aubrey Malone, real estate developer.
Discoverer: (p.97) ...Delo Wiley, discoverer of Hamilton the Fourth's corpse...
Formative: (p.71) ...where Hamilton Garrett had spent his formative years.
Spark Plug: (p.171) ...wiggled one of the spark plug wires.
Stimulating: (p.195) ...not something I found sexually stimulating.

Falling for Rachel (The Stanislaskis Those Wild Ukrainians #3) by Nora Roberts

Breakthrough: (p.65) She saw the suggestion only as a breakthrough in trust...
Mediator: (p.214) I’ll be mediator.

Melting the Ice (Play by Play, #7) by Jaci Burton

Catalyst: (p.142) Carolina was the catalyst for that.
Prophecy: (p.252) Then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Wild Justice (Nadia Stafford, #3) by Kelley Armstrong

Shepherd: (p.78) ...sixty pounds of very excited German shepherd.

Single Malt (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #1) by Layla Reyne

Leading Edge: (p.171) ...and beneath the order lay the leading edge of alarm.

Cask Strength (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #2) by Layla Reyne

Generator: (p.116) A lot of shoe tracks in the dust and a generator...
Harbinger: (p.106) ...his ex looked like an angelic harbinger of doom.
Messenger: (p.54) ...a messenger bag over one shoulder, a coat tossed over the other...
Ringleader: (p.166) Marcus Smith was the ringleader.

Barrel Proof (Agents Irish and Whiskey, #3) by Layla Reyne

Extraction: (p.10) ...difference between recon, extraction or an all-out firefight.
Founder: (p.60) Founders and funding up the chain.
Immigrant: (p.27) Like a natural, like a pro, not like an immigrant’s son...
Precursor: (p.45) ...bankers had used a precursor system to share information.

Angel Rogue (Fallen Angels, #4) by Mary Jo Putney

Ingenious: (p.103) An ingenious argument.
Invention: (p.198) But you're doing such a good job of invention...
Quixotic: (p.70) ...it was exactly the sort of quixotic thing his brother might do.

Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin, #1) by Jordan L. Hawk

Grandiose: (p.51) ...in stark contrast to Blackbyrne’s grandiose monument.
Judicious: (p.135) ...through the judicious application of oil.
Magnate: (p.112) ...and is the son of a railroad magnate to boot—”
Prophet: (p.189) ...the truth lurking behind the ravings of the mad prophet...
Settler: (p.51) Here lay the earliest settlers of Widdershins...

Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid, #1) by Allison Brennan

Auspice: (p.153) ...under the auspices of their controlling brothers.
Cutting-edge: (p.12) But instead she wanted to be on the cutting edge...
Guru: (p.80) ...Jayne Morgan, the RCK research guru.
Paramount: (p.451) ...but getting her out of the burning house was paramount.

Bay of Sighs (The Guardians Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts

Explorer: (p.93) ...some of my kind lured men, sailors and explorers.
Voyage: (p.210) We’ll keep it simple for the maiden voyage.

Threshold (Whyborne & Griffin, #2) by Jordan L. Hawk

Herald: (p.92) Every shift of the trees seemed to herald an attack.
Theoretical: (p.159) ...everyday convenience apparently trumping theoretical danger.

The Devil You Know (Rutledge Family #3) by Liz Carlyle

Chaperone: (p.40) ...for she was a notoriously lax chaperone...
Divination: (p.301) I will perform for you a divination.
Rector: (p.44) Bentley Rutledge stood opposite the rector...

Archangel's Viper (Guild Hunter, #10) by Nalini Singh

Controller: (p.11) And since when are you an air traffic controller?
Go-between: (p.211) ...only needs a few trustworthy go-betweens...
Optimum: (p.256) ...the wings in the air were at an optimum distance.

Gift of Fire (Gift, #2) by Jayne Ann Krentz

Criterion: (p.57) The most important criterion for a Renaissance house...
Manifestation: (p.2) ...a manifestation of the quiet power within him.

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #4) by Sarah MacLean

Emissary: (p.72) She’d been Chase’s emissary...
Foreground: (p.357) Georgiana’s attention fell to one of the men in the foreground.
Outrider: (p.50) ...her outrider—a massive man who had no doubt been hired...
Precocious: (p.60) “You are what is referred to as ‘precocious.’”

Winter (The Haunted Heart, #1) by Josh Lanyon

Governor: (p.99) ...PARDON BY THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.

Wild Fire (John Corey, #4) by Nelson DeMille

Right up Front: (p.393) But you need to establish who the alpha male is right up front.

Fair Game (All's Fair, #1) by Josh Lanyon

Bona Fide: (p.107) The guy is a bona fide homophobe...
Visionary: (p.235) I think we’re dealing with a visionary type of killer...

Fair Play (All's Fair, #2) by Josh Lanyon

Limelight: (p.59) ...he did not want to be in the limelight again.
Paradigm: (p.15) Or concepts or paradigms.
Zealot: (p.73) I believe your father was and is a misguided zealot...

Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4) by Ilona Andrews

Prime Example: (p.223) She was a prime example of that.

The Witness Wore Red The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser

Guiding Light: (p.166) ...without a guiding light or moral code.
Prolific: (p.2) ...with a majority of prolific Mormons...
Superintendent: (p.245) ...was the superintendent of the schools in Short Creek...

Hexmaker (Hexworld, #2) by Jordan L. Hawk

Squatter: (p.97) What if there are squatters in the park?

Hexslayer (Hexworld, #3) by Jordan L. Hawk

New Wave: (p.68) ...sent a new wave of unease through him...

Stormhaven (Whyborne & Griffin, #3) by Jordan L. Hawk

Upstart: (p.71) Upstarts like him delude themselves into thinking...

Necropolis (Whyborne & Griffin, #4) by Jordan L. Hawk

Prototype: (p.154) ...or this was some sort of prototype of the form.”

Scandal's Bride (Cynster, #3) by Stephanie Laurens

Antecedent: (p.49) ...Richard Cynster's antecedents sounded even worse...

Forewarning: (p.267) Devereaux’s forewarning skittered through his head...
Indigenous: (p.30) ...plants not indigenous to southern Florida...
Rudder: (p.96) The rudder pedals under his feet sped in opposite directions...
Skipper: (p.235) ...she ran off with an itinerant yacht skipper...

Enemies of the State (The Executive Office #1) by Tal Bauer

Dignitary: (p.152) Daniels slowed at the Prague Castle dignitary entrance.
Envoy: (p.44) ...conversations between American diplomats and Chinese envoys...
Spearhead: (p.192) ...the country spearhead a relief operation,...
Spotter: (p.62) “He needed a spotter.”

Call Me Irresistible (Wynette, Texas, #5) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Avant-garde: (p.136) Hanging nearby was an avant-garde dress...

Undone (Will Trent, #3) by Karin Slaughter

Derivation: (p.291) They’re doing all the derivations on his name...
Exemplar: (p.248) ...exemplars of an average retired couple.
Navigator: (p.111) She was at times his navigator, his buffer...

Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2) by Brent Weeks

Recruiter: (p.378) Just to be like the recruiters, who tend to be beautiful...
Zealous: (p.502) ...and most zealous in his service of Khali.

Murder and Mayhem (Murder and Mayhem, #1) by Rhys Ford

Go-getter: (p.163) Apparently our girl Madge is quite the go-getter.

Unleash the Night (Dark Hunter, #8; Were-Hunter, #2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Docent: (p.142) ...she'd worked here as a docent.

The King (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #12) by J.R. Ward

Genie: (p.235) The Diaper Genie, and the rubber ducks...

Her Last Chance (Her, #2) by Toni Anderson

Frontage: (p.62) ...floor-to-ceiling glass frontage that faced West Broadway.

Endemic: (p.85) ...overrode the staleness endemic to all motel rooms...

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Commissionaire: (p.19) “Commissionaire, sir,” he said, gruffly.
One in a million: (p.9) The proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million.
Vanguard: (p.62) ...galloping up to reinforce the vanguard.

Murder Takes the High Road by Josh Lanyon

Protagonist: (p.43) ...her protagonists came from all walks of life.
Sleuth: (p.108) ...I had not only caught the amateur sleuth bug...

Groundbreaker: (p.46) Weston was a groundbreaker.

In the Wreckage (Metahuman Files, #1) by Hailey Turner

Top Spot: (p.13) Nazari had held the top spot in the MDF...

Innovation: (p.199) Each new innovation generated more demands and requirements.

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message 34: by fleurette (last edited Mar 04, 2024 04:48AM) (new)

Nov 04, 2017 11:50PM

Choose Your Own Adventure
Scavenger Hunt Freestyle - Vanguard Part 2

Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1) by L.J. Hayward

Peerless: (p.2) ...a peerless blue sky arcing over it.

The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3) by Michael Connelly

Archetype: (p.333) ...the survivor generally fall into the same archetype.

Cemetery Dance (Pendergast, #9) by Douglas Preston

Originator: (p.186) It was the originator of ‘yellow journalism.’

Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2) by Deborah Harkness

Coinage: (p.89) ...there was a chart listing all the English coinage in use...

Quantum Leap: (p.43) ...feeling of anticipation was elevated by several quantum leaps...

Dead Lagoon (Aurelio Zen, #4) by Michael Dibdin

Augury: (p.243) The day might earlier have seemed an augury of spring...

Gofer: (p.44) ...not only performing my songs but acting as a gofer...

Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1) by Stephen R. Donaldson

Presage: (p.479) ...a dull haze which felt like the presage of some thunderhead...

Restless Spirits (Spirits, #1) by Jordan L. Hawk

Lightning Rod: (p.23) Lightning rods jutted from various points around the house...

A Fine Passion (Bastion Club, #4) by Stephanie Laurens

Vicissitudes: (p.203) She had experience enough of life’s vicissitudes to appreciate...

Atlantis Found (Dirk Pitt, #15) by Clive Cussler

Ventral: (p.359) ...it relied on a ventral–mounted, swiveling twenty–millimeter cannon.

The Stranger You Know (Forensic Instincts, #3) by Andrea Kane

Key Player: (p.268) And Rand was a key player in keeping that strategy on track.
Maverick: (p.151) She was also the president of a maverick investigative team...

Blue Labyrinth (Pendergast, #14) by Douglas Preston

Jejune: (p.53) There is never a shortage of jejune murders out there...

The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone, #3) by Steve Berry

Obverse: (p.43) The obverse showed the warrior, now a calvaryman...

Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières

Prognostication: (p.36) ...all the prognostications of medicine...

Eminence: (p.126) If Australians lack one thing in their lonely eminence Down Under...

The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) by Anne Rice

Proscenium: (p.795) ...the proscenium arch for this little drama to be fully appreciated.

More Work for the Undertaker (Albert Campion Mystery, #13) by Margery Allingham

Frontispiece: (p.49) ...smiled out at him from the frontispiece of a little red volume...

The Rebuilding Year (The Rebuilding Year, #1) by Kaje Harper

Embryonic: (p.69) ...the exact formation of the branchial arches in an embryonic chicken?

Fish Out of Water (Fish Out of Water, #1) by Amy Lane

Fountainhead: (p.225) I read The Fountainhead—that philosophy was all about...

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

Prequel: (p.143) I’M GOING TO—of course—ignore the prequels.

The Passionate One (McClairen's Isle, #1) by Connie Brockway

Lodestar: (p.194) All his life it had seemed enough, been his lodestar.

The Diamond Age Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

Nonconformist: (p.20) ...a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake...
Whilom: (p.195) As it happens, the whilom Lieutenant; ...

Exhibitor: (p.323) ...exhibitors might be compelled to take as many as fifty...
Pathfinder: (p.14) ...a Keystone Pathfinder built in Bristol, Pennsylvania,...

Master & Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian

Coxswain: (p.18) ...a captain changing ships might take his coxswain...
Rare Bird: (p.26) ...I do not know, by the by, such rare birds they are.

Title Role: (p.418) ...version of Don Giovanni, with Groucho in the title role.

Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #40) by Agatha Christie

Notability: (p.169) ...a charming young lady who assists and aids an elderly notability...

Forepart: (p.207) ...which involves throwing its foreparts vigorously into the air...

Boding: (p.212) ...Nanette said, her tone boding no good for Cal.

Colonizer: (p.158) ...the country’s Asian location, its Spanish colonizers...

Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma, #1) by Peter Tremayne

Suzerain: (p.107) You forget, I am your suzerain as well as your father.

Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt

Quondam: (p.10) ...distinguished quondam Oxonian with the evocative name...

The Paris Option (Covert-One, #3) by Robert Ludlum

Reconnoiterer: (p.206) I suspect for a signal from the forward reconnoiterer...

Trendsetter: (p.223) “So what is it tonight, oh great trendsetter? Gucci? Prada? Armani?”

Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1) by Sarah Caudwell

Guiding Spirit: (p.205) ...Eleanor has been the majority shareholder and guiding spirit.

Begetter: (p.255) ...no distinctions made between host and parasite, begetter, begotten.
Primogenitor: (p.196) ...it is the primogenitor of chaos.

The Native Star (Veneficas Americana, #1) by M.K. Hobson

Mantic: (p.44) “Can the Mantic Anastomosis Be Cleansed Through Human Intervention?”

When The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink

Pacesetter: (p.184) Sometimes that pacesetter is a single leader, someone like David...

Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters

Affluently: (p.93) He was bearded, though not so affluently as James;

Vatic: (p.223) Wherever he was, Grisamentum was pining for Billy’s opaque vatic insight.

Tress of the Emerald Sea (The Cosmere, #28) by Brandon Sanderson

Helmsperson: ...and the helmsperson is an officer tasked with a serious duty.

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message 36: by Lily (last edited May 23, 2018 08:07AM) (new)

Nov 05, 2017 05:41AM

Nov 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2018 *** Book Level: - Originator 25+ books

Option 3: Vanguard Spell-it-Out
►Using the Spell-it-Out Rules...
First letter in the book’s title, the first letter of the series name, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name.

172/172 ~ finishd May 9th

Avant-garde
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Bona Fide
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Creation
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Docent
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Escort
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Formative
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Genius
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Herald
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Ideal
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Journey
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Kindred
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Lodestar
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Maverick
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Novelty
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Omen
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Protagonist
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Quest
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Ringleader
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Symbol
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Title Role
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Upstart
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Vanguard
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Wink
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Zealot
Zeph's Awakening - 1/6 - 2.5★
Eli in Keller - 2/17 - 3★
Anyta Sunday - Scorpio Loops Virgo - 3/31 - 3.5★
Lisa Worrall - Follow My Lead - 1/23 - 3.5★
Out of Uniform #5 - Squared Away - 4/24 - 4.5★
Theo Wallace in Leo Tops Aries - 3/25 - 4★

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