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I can keep track of the words we have read.

Words Completed: 10/100

Glad to be in the same team with you, Cheyenne!

I am reading Requiem by Lauren Oliver. What are you reading?

I don't know yet

Here is my updates from Requiem.

Backpack (Pg 24)
“She’s wearing an old, ink-stained
backpack that I recognize as one of Lena’s hand-me-downs.”


Coffee (Pg 84)
“I’ll even bring over some coffee.”

Deer (Pg 9)
““Deer?” he asks.”

Father (Pg 46)
“My father is saying, out of the question, and my mother says, imagine how that would look.”

Fire (Pg 27)
There was shouting from downstairs-a fire.”


Gate (Pg 63)
“Down the front walk, down the flagstone path, to the iron gate.”

Mother (Pg 46)
“My father is saying, out of the question, and my mother says, imagine how that would look.”

Ribbon (Pg 79)
“A ribbon of white runs through her black hair.”

Water (Pg 56)
““We need clean water,” Tack says without looking up.”

Wedding (Pg 14)
“I almost add, it’s my wedding.”

Ten words down.
90 left.

I will make list in the morning but because it's almost 12 am here and the 15th hasn't started yet.

Updates


-mermaid
- pecan
- barn
- napkin
- grass
- stone
- cookie
- pole
- flower
- pine cone
- penny
- vote
- kayak
- gate
- fireworks
- centerpiece
- fire
- circus
- garden
- daffodil/jonquil
- bridge
- acorn
- necklace
- picnic
- toy
- flip flops
- poem
- red clothing
- air conditioner
- weeds
- bell
- lily
- coffee
- crayon
- hayride
- speech
- family
- fair/festival
- egg
- sleet
- sewing
- quilt
- father
- crown
- parachute
- backpack
- saint
- orange
- camel
- chocolate
- farm
- moon
- camping
- wind/breeze
- costume
- candelabra
- fireplace
- perfume
- hot cocoa/hot chocolate
- angel
- pearl
- fan
- strawberry
- anniversary
- watermelon
- boots
- gloves/mittens
- grill
- character named Sam
- water
- gift
- wedding
- sunscreen
- deer
- squirrel
- clover/shamrock
- twins
- ribbon
- popcorn
- mud
- knitting
- stars
- lamb
- cloud
- feather
- eagle
- woman's hat
- hot dog
- lightning
- horse
- flag
- rain
- mother
- sun
- Fork
- frog
- celebration
- forest
- bat
- ghost


Words Read: 31/100

Oh.. Okay. It is already 12:48PM here and I have been reading since early in the morning.

:) Good night then!

Thanks

good afternoon

We have two FLAG, Hannah. :)

@Mimi tell me if I forgot to cross off any of the words you found please.

Nope. All okay. Can you include Words Completed: 10/100 at the top of the updates?

Currently reading: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

I'm read Shadow of Loss

Updates from Attachments

1. Character named Sam (Pg 11)

“His girlfriend SAM – his ex-girlfriend – always used to peek in other people’s medicine cabinets.”

2. Fireworks (Pg 36)

“Her parents bought FIREWORKS and rented a karaoke machine.”

3. Flag (Pg 11)

“There was a whole list of red FLAGS.”

4. Moon (Pg 37)

“The MOON was thin, he couldn’t see her face.”

5. Necklace (Pg 35)

“19. Unfreezing computers/Untangling NECKLACEs.”

6. Orange (Pg 20)

“There was a pool of bright ORANGE sauce on the carpet under his desk."

7. Parachute (Pg 30)

“Cracking What Color Is Your PARACHUTE? – but reached for the notebook instead.”

8. Picnic (Pg 37)

“She sat down on a PICNIC table.”

9. Poem (Pg 9)

“The guy who wakes you up at 2 a.m. to read you the POEM he just wrote on your stomach.”

10. Speech (Pg 14)

“Free-SPEECH warrior.”

20 words down
80 left

Done reading Attachments.

Currently-reading: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie.

I hope you can update my progress and yours too.

Anyway, Hannah changed one of the FLAGs into FIRE PLACE.

You took one of my words which is fine I hope my next book has more words than the last one. I only found 2 poem and family.




When a guy makes you choose between him and your family then he isn't special. 14%

Currently Reading

Updates from The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

1. Bell (Pg 135)

“Then he pressed the special BELL by his hand.”

2. Boots (Pg 23)

“The toe of his own BOOT itched.”

3. Bridge (Pg 51)

“She gets on with people, smoothes over differences – BRIDGE, you know, is a touchy sort of game.”

4. Chocolate (Pg 108)

“Yes, rather CHOCOLATE box, pink and white business.”

5. Farm (Pg 94)

“Colonel Bantry, poor man, just shuts himself up in his study, or go down to one of the FARMs, when anything like this happens.”

6. Fireplace (Pg 10)

“Mrs. Bantry bore her friend triumphantly across the library to big old-fashioned FIREPLACE.”

7. Frog (Pg 46)

“Sorry, I thought perhaps she thought she was a FROG or something.”

8. Garden (Pg 17)

“And once in the cottage GARDEN when she was sunbathing with just some shorts and a brassiere.”

9. Gloves/mittens (Pg 188)

“She peeled off a GLOVE and threw it deliberately into the waste paper basket.”

10. Horse (Pg 50)

“So I suggest you cut the cackle and come to the HORSEs.”


Sorry if I take your words again.

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Updates from Stormbringers by Phillipa Gregory

1. Angel (Pg 39)

“It was an ANGEL who used to meet me in the highest meadow.”

2. Barn (Pg 28)

“Johann The Good and his followers came to the farm to ask for food and to be allowed to sleep in a BARN.”

3. Forest (Pg 87)

“Tucked in the deep green FOREST.”

4. Ghost (Pg 134)

“The two of them stared as if they had seen a GHOST.”

5. Mud (Pg 103)

“His boots churning in the deep MUD.”

6. Pearl (Pg 42)

“We can gather PEARLs as if they were flowers.”

7. Pine cone (Pg 8)

“The horses’ hooves crunched on the fallen PINE CONEs.”

8. Saint (Pg 65)

“If he is a SAINT, it is even more important.”

9. Sewing (Pg 80)

“The two girls were bent over their SEWING, working in silence.”

10. Weeds (Pg 98)

“Then, as the water receded, the green WEEDS of the step beneath come into view.”

41 words down
59 left

I will either read Fools' Gold or That Summer next.

How are you doing? Discover any new words?

I keep finding words we already have but I'm will keep looking.

Updates from Fools' Gold by Phillipa Gregory

1. Costume (Pg 36)

“Half of them dressed in fantastic COSTUMEs.”

2. Egg (Pg 44)

“For we had a long cold night with nothing but some bread and a few EGGs.”

3. Flower (Pg 138)

“Some with FLOWERs or herbs face down into the wax.”

4. Fork (Pg 83)

“Hooked the ring out with a FORK.”

5. Gift (Pg 104)

“This young man has a GIFT for numbers and for languages.”

6. Lamb (Pg 64)

“It is my life’s work to seek out the poor LAMBs stolen from the flock.”

7. Penny (Pg 51)

“With great care he took a PENNY from the breast pocket of his jacket.”

8. Squirrel (Pg 111)

“SQUIRREL, fox and beaver.”

9. Stone (Pg 19)

“And sat on one of the STONE seats let into harbor wall.”

10. Wind/breeze (Pg 19)

“It took all day and all night to sail to Venice going before a bitterly cold WIND.”

51 words down
49 left

I will be reading Playing The Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford next.

There are words that haven't crossed yet in our master list.

Updates from Playing The Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford

1. Celebration (Pg 27)

“This is not simply a birthday party for me, but a CELEBRATION of Annette as well.”

2. Centerpiece (Pg 21)

“CENTERPIECEs on the tables were crystal bowls filled with stems of green orchids.”

3. Clover/shamrock (Pg 310)

“Then you’re in CLOVER, my darling.”

4. Cookie (Pg 137)

“But the two of you can have a glass of milk and some of my warm raisin COOKIEs.”

5. Fan (Pg 122)

“The housekeeper had turned on the two ceiling FANs.”

6. Grill (Pg 235)

“No, Marius, no GRILLing at all.”

7. Lightning (Pg 288)

“A LIGHTNING strike: love at first sight.”

8. Perfume (Pg 230)

“After applying lipstick and spraying herself with PERFUME, she rose.”

9. Strawberry (Pg 424)

“Smoked salmon, a roast chicken, oysters, chocolate mousse, beetroot salad and STRAWBERRY ice cream.”

10. Toy (Pg 141)

“Chloe stood, thinking hard, staring down at the TOY dog.”

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