Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2020


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

September
blade
boast
fluffy
gear
ink
obtain
rapid
swarm
vase
whisper


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.


ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle
jolly


and a bonus bonus
lout


To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)

You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.

Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc

Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.

RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.

So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.


Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.

Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.

Example post:(view spoiler)[

Word Hunt - January
1 Jan - 31 Jan 20xx

Word found: 10/10
Book completed: 7

Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
bowl
Undertow √ 4 Jan
bartender, king, mourning
Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
champagne, molasses
Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
diary
Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
blood
Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
grandmother
Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
dreamed


1. BARTENDER - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p113 - (Which was Sunday and Monday - Saturday was a busy night on the bartender/club scene.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p180-181 - The doorman greeted him inside the foyer and waved his past - no need to check the guest list for his name - and he grabbed a glass of champagne from a tray and looked around.
3. BOWL Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
p11 - "Another hippy bloke selling hand-turned bowls and crap like that."
4. KING - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p48 - Roan was the king of the jungle, and he should have no problem subduing cats; it was shat he did, sometimes without intention.
5. DREAM - Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
LOC 756: I'd never have dreamed just holding a person's hand could be such a turn on.
6. MOURN - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p262 - Because, come to think about it, you could confuse remorse for mourning, especially in a naturally depressed person.
7. GRANDMOTHER - Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
p98-99 - "... He put your grandmother on a pedestal until the day she died. ..."
8. DIARY - Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
p231 - Alexi took the diary, opened it, and held it in front of my eyes.
9. MOLASSES - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p217 - "You move like molasses, my pet."
10. BLOOD - Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
p46-47: Lee shivered, overwhelmed by the attraction simmering in his blood. (hide spoiler)]

Tips for finding words - courtesy of Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔

Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.

Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)

Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside

You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing


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You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.

On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2020

0/10 - Found and Read

September
blade
boast
fluffy
gear
ink
obtain
rapid
swarm
vase
whisper

Bonus
ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle
jolly

Bonus Bonus
lout

read 16/16

blade: LOC 725 “If I saw a beast feeding on her, I’d take a blade to my throat because it would be my fault.” The Arrogant Genius 4/9
boast: LOC 2299 “... his last cook could not even boast tasty or hearty fare...” The Switch 9/9
fluffy: PG 32 “I chose the latter along with a soft, fluffy sweater.” 11/9
gear: LOC 367 “I took my protective gear off...” The Arrogant Genius 4/9
ink: LOC 1063 "Quill ink bled through or smeared.” Ghost of a Promise 4/9
obtain: LOC 534 "Paul was to stay overnight and interview town members tomorrow, as well as try to obtain whatever history he could." Ghost of a Promise 4/9
rapid: LOC 1056 “I don’t have the spike in body temperature or the rapid beating of my heart...” Hood River Rat 7/9
swarm: LOC 1662 “... swatting at the boy as if he were a swarm of bees on his back” The Switch 9/9
vase: LOC 662 "A vase of fresh fall wildflowers sat on the dresser and a dish of chocolates on the nightstand." Ghost of a Promise 4/9
whisper: LOC 1111 “My words tumble from my lips in a whisper.” Hood River Rat 7/9

ceaseless: LOC 986 "... trying to find some relief from the ceaseless buildup." Quintessentially Q 7/9
fuse: LOC 798 “Her lips fuse against mine once more as her hand slides down my torso.” The Arrogant Genius 4/9
ghetto: LOC 2119 “... I’m pulling into Mom’s ghetto apartment complex.” Hood River Rat 7/9
gurgle: LOC 2308 "... loving the hot splash of blood and the dying gurgle of my victim..." Quintessentially Q 7/9
jolly: LOC 1393 “Joking, and laughing and having a jolly good time.” The Switch 9/9
lout: LOC 810 "... buried my drunken lout of a mother..." Quintessentially Q 7/9

September Word Hunt


READ: 15/16

✔blade - The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
(an old battered blade), p5

✔boast - Crooked River - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 9/20
(Smithback had picked up boasting about women), p204

✔fluffy - The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
(revealed a fluffy, steaming heap of rice), p228

✔gear - Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
(to retrieve their gear), p158

✔ink - The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
(the ink had gone brown with age), p14

✔obtain - The Werewolf Upstairs - Ashlyn Chase 9/29
(the state wants to obtain some of your DNA), p196

✔rapid - Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13
(a rapid series of blinks), p164

✔swarm - Spying in High Heels - Gemma Halliday 9/10
(suddenly a swarm of people appeared), p85

✔vase - Ball & Chain - Abigail Roux 9/13
(all the delicacy of handling a Ming vase), p68

✔whisper - Touch & Geaux - Abigail Roux 9/5
(his voice a whisper), p43


Bonus
✔ceaseless - Firestorm Forever - Deborah Cooke 9/24
(he breathed a ceaseless stream of dragonfire), p564

✔fuse - Igniting Darkness - Robin LaFevers 9/25
(have just lit the cannon's fuse), p300

ghetto -
(), p

✔gurgle - The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
(there was a soft gurgle), p261

✔jolly - The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
(he was one of those superficially jolly people), p20

✔lout - The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen 9/9
(your half-prince lout here wander all about), p92


ORPHANS
July
✔bionic - The Magicians - Lev Grossman 9/3
(he felt bionic), p160

Yay, September, woohoo!

SEPTEMBER Read 10/10
1. BLADE - Red Heir - √ 7 September 2020
p188 - She tugged the knife free and inspected the tip of the blade for blood.
2. BOAST - The Tutor - √ 11 September 2020
loc 1146 - The tiny town didn’t have much to boast of, but I poked around each shop and examined everything.
3. FLUFFY - Magically Delicious - √ 1 September 2020
loc 972 - At first he thought it was a trick of the light, then he realized that it was a fluffy yellow cat.
4. GEAR - Red Heir - √ 7 September 2020
p71 - Loth’s tired brain kicked into gear.
5. INK - Magically Delicious - √ 1 September 2020
loc 239 - These might include living creatures who altered their appearance to blend better with human society, or signs and symbols written in spectral ink.
6. OBTAIN - Heartache & Hoofbeats - √ 18 September 2020
loc 60 - Jesse didn't like killing anyone who didn't deserve it and rarely felt like the soft upper class required a heavy hand to obtain their pocket books.
7. RAPID - Heartache & Hoofbeats - √ 18 September 2020
loc 2852 - The rapid, wet pumping noise clouding his hearing was deafening, his body going so cold it felt like his organs were shrinking.
8. SWARM - Heartache & Hoofbeats - √ 18 September 2020
loc 2429 - Jesse had a week before either a swarm of murderous bandits came looking for him, or the marshal came to drag his ass to the gallows.
9. VASE - Better Be Sure - √ 26 September 2020
p95 - Daisies sat in the little crystal vase Ed had bought last weekend.
10. WHISPER - How to Hack a Hacker - √ 19 September 2020
p179 - A ghost of a whisper from Ivan, “Go dark.”

BONUS Read 5/5
1. CEASELESS - Magically Delicious - √ 1 September 2020
loc 1222 - Further screaming appeared to be the result of this ceaseless probing.
2. FUSE - How to Hack a Hacker - √ 19 September 2020
p13 - He’d been in front of the computer for fourteen hours this time, and if he didn’t move soon, he might just fuse to the chair.
3. GHETTO - Better Be Sure - √ 26 September 2020
p94 - “Assholes like Kieran refer to them as ghetto.”
4. GURGLE - How to Hack a Hacker - √ 19 September 2020
p179 - Kyou listened intently, but aside from a gurgle and a hard thump against a wall, he couldn’t hear much of anything.
5. JOLLY - The Tutor - √ 11 September 2020
loc 53 - What a jolly welcome to my new home.

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. LOUT - The Tutor - √ 11 September 2020
loc 776 - Mrs. Growler pointed her finger like a skewer. “Get back to your duties, you oafish lout, lest you find yourself out of a job.”

FINISHED!!!!

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2020

6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

WORDS FOUND - 7 of 10 ! 1 of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus

blade, Dreams of Gold 09/01 - ...balancing your body weight on a thin BLADE across the ice. (loc 1156)
boast
fluffy, Who Did You Tell? 09/05 - Crisp on the outside, FLUFFY on the inside. (loc 1655)
gear, The Last One 09/21 - Bring your GEAR. (30%)
ink
obtain, The Last One 09/21 - And though it would take him years to OBTAIN proficiency, (44%)
rapid, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 09/18 - She wondered at the RAPID flight of the Monkeys. (pg 118)
swarm, Who Did You Tell? 09/05 - Goosbumps SWARM from my elbows to my shoulders. (loc 704)
vase, The Last One 09/21 - An orange VASE on the table; (81%)
whisper,



ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle
jolly, Who Did You Tell? 09/05 - he says, now bright and JOLLY again, (loc 104w)

lout

Read: 10/10
Bonus: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1

9/10 blade - Ever After at Sweetheart Ranch, pg 117 He bent low as he ran beneath the spinning blades toward her.

9/5 boast - Montana Darling, pg 145 Plus, as she often boasted, she never once asked for or took Edward's advice when it came to investing.

9/7 fluffy - Feast of Fools, pg 53 He opened the back to show her the fluffy end of the tube.

9/1 gear - The White Giraffe, pg 31 The gears clanked and they moved off down the road.

9/21 ink - A Shameless Little Bet, pg 67 "... The actual print one, black ink and all." ...

9/7 obtain - Feast of Fools, pg 234 "We've never been able to obtain a sample from any vampire beyond Morganville.

9/1 rapid - The White Giraffe, pg 129 All she could hear was the tinkling of the stream and the giraffe's rapid breathing.

9/17 swarm - It All Comes Back to You, pg 238 Men swarmed like bees around honey wherever she went, but Violet didn't pay them much attention.

9/1 vase - The White Giraffe, pg 46 ...cream, or leave a vase of wildflowers on her bedside table, or say something like...

9/7 whisper - Feast of Fools, pg 7 Eve cursed the bacon grease in a fierce whisper, and whatever Shane was making, it didn't really look that much like gravy.

Bonus
9/25 ceaseless - The Road to Garrett, pg 3539 ... around the giant boulders in it's path, and enjoyed the ceaseless, throaty purr of the truck's diesel engine...

9/28 fuse - All the Light We Cannot See, pg 455 The he pulls Werner behind this makeshift bunker, unscrews the base of a grenade and yanks the pull cord to ignite the five-second fuse.

9/29 ghetto - Incarcerated: Letters from Inmate 92510, pg 23 ...spectrum, his current cellmate was a white boy who grew up in a ghetto where it paid to be black...

9/5 gurgle - Montana Darling, pg 26 The aroma made her mouth water and her empty stomach gurgle.

9/22 jolly - Divided in Death, pg 195 Everyone seemed pretty damn jolly and well-fed, and to Eve's mind out of place.

Bonus-Bonus
9/5 lout - Montana Darling, pg 50 Did that make him a worthy adversary instead of some vagrant lout?

This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! Read 4 books Done! Will carry over orphan words to next month!
Read 10/10 words; 3/5 bonus words; 0/1 bonus bonus word

Orphan Words
August - Read 3/4 bonus words; 0/1 bonus bonus word
July - Read 1/1 word; 0/1 bonus word; 0/1 bonus bonus word
June - Read 0/1 bonus bonus word
April - Read 1/1 bonus word
March - Read 1/2 bonus word

September - Read 10/10

blade - Kindle location 3121 - I rubbed my left shoulder blade.
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

boast(ed) - Kindle location 1410 - Constructed out of pink-hued bricks and stone with a slate roof and turrets reaching into the blue sky, the chateau also boasted seven Juliet balconies, three on the left, three on the right, and one in the center.
The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant 9/5/20 4stars

fluffy - Kindle location 1490 - She opened the glass case and took out a cupcake with fluffy frosting and candied lemon on top.
Eight Long Years: A Second Chance Secret Baby Romance (Heart of Hope Book 5) by Ajme Williams 9/4/20 4stars

gear(ed) - Kindle location 2695 - I inhaled a breath and geared up to push again.
Eight Long Years: A Second Chance Secret Baby Romance (Heart of Hope Book 5) by Ajme Williams 9/4/20 4stars

ink(ed) - Kindle location 290 - Inked black hair, tattooed body, arms that made it look like he deadlifted cattle during his down time.
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

obtain - Kindle location 2256 - It had take two weeks to register their new business, obtain a federal employer identification number, open a company bank account and obtain all the necessary licenses and permits mandated by California law...
The Roommate by Rosie Danan 9/8/20 4stars

rapid - Kindle location 2152 - When Hazel came back, she was in a frenzy, wiping fallen tears from her eyes at a rapid speed.
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

swarm - Kindle location 766 - ... with Eric's and O'Shea's words pricking at my head like a swarm of angry bees.
The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant 9/5/20 4stars

vase - KIndle location 2604 - While Maya set the table, I pulled the flowers out of the trunk of the car, finding a vase and putting them on the table.
Eight Long Years: A Second Chance Secret Baby Romance (Heart of Hope Book 5) by Ajme Williams 9/4/20 4stars

whisper - Kindle location 1499 - She even suggested he put on the radio, as long as he kept the volume in the vicinity of a whisper.
The Roommate by Rosie Danan 9/8/20 4stars

Bonus - Read 3/5
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

ceaseless

fuse

ghetto - Kindle location 935 - "But you can't take the ghetto out of the girl," Celine finished for her, laughing again.
Sweet Treats (Curvy Hips and Sexy Lips) by Candi Heart 9/13/20 3stars

gurgle - Kindle location 697 - I could only gurgle out a yes before running to the bathroom and emptying out the contents of my stomach.
The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant 9/5/20 4stars

jolly - Paperback page 215 - How jolly interesting.
Old Sins Never Die (Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon Mysteries #6) by Daniella Bernett 9/17/20 4.5stars

and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
lout

Orphan Words
August - Bonus words read 3/4

beefcake - Kindle location 2512 - "Do you like beefcake, Jude?"
Eight Long Years: A Second Chance Secret Baby Romance (Heart of Hope Book 5) by Ajme Williams 9/4/20 4stars

binge - Kindle location 1505 - "I need to binge You on Netflix and stuff my face on popcorn."
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

dope - Kindle location 2707 - "Dope fucking shoes," Marcus swooned.
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

godless

and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
sanitiser / sanitizer

July Orphan words - Read 1/1
Gorilla - Kindle location 4253 - If a penis and a gorilla had a child, it would be Max Fucking Rider.
The Wreckage of Us by Brittainy C. Cherry 9/2/20 4.5stars

Bonus - Read 0/1
excrement

and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
bionic

June Orphan Words - bonus bonus - Read 0/1
aficionado

April Orphan Words - Read 1/1 bonus words DONE!
gimmick - Kindle location 68 - "Sounds like another gimmick."
Sweet Treats (Curvy Hips and Sexy Lips) by Candi Heart 9/13/20 3stars

March Orphan Words Bonus - Read 1/2

ladybug - Kindle location 1205 - She raced down the hall, her ladybug flats clacking on the tiled floor, speaking with breathless exuberance.
The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Verant 9/5/20 4stars

primate/s singular or plural

September Word Hunt

1. Blade The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan naturally: I swung the sword. The metal blade hit her shoulder and pass… LOC: pg 13 READ:9/8/20
2. boast
3. Fluffy The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and crisps. A hotline to room service. Fluffy towels and waterbe… LOC: pg 259 READ:9/8/20
4. Gear The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan to realize that this thing had only one gear: forward. Meanwhile, Grov… LOC: pg 54 READ:9/8/20
5. ink
6. obtain
7. Rapid Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood and Anders try to keep up with Terri’s rapid pace but don’t quite man… LOC: pg 290 READ:9/19/20
8. Swarm(ed) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens ...the gulls spotted her and swarmed the boat. LOC: 3586 READ:9/30/20
9. Vase Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood mirrors anywhere! I spot a gigantic metallic vase holding an extravag… LOC: pg 93 READ:9/19/20
10. Whisper Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood picture being taken. ‘Chuck Allen,’ I whisper to myself. For the hundredt… LOC: pg 94 READ:9/19/20

Bonus

1. ceaseless
2. fuse
3. ghetto
4. gurgle
5. jolly

Bonus Bonus

1. lout

Orphan Words (September)

1. hamster

Bonus

1. cuddly

Bonus Bonus

1. vagabond

Orphan Words (October)

Bonus

1. Moonbeam

Orphan Words - November

1. thermometer

Bonus

1. amok
2. anchovies
3. frontier
4. toaster
5. unaccountably

Orphan Words (December)

Bonus

1. communion
2. jingle
3. moose
4. noir

Orphan Words (January)

1. Disarm(ing) The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan figured, What the heck? I tried the disarming manoeuvre. My blade hit t… LOC: pg 111 READ:9/8/20
2. shrewd

Bonus

1. cadet
2. idiotic
3. Toothpaste Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood getting on his case because I’ve left the toothpaste lid off again. LOC: pg 110 READ:9/19/20

Bonus Bonus

1. flagrant

Orphan Words (February)

1. barge
2. optimal

Bonus

1. amulet
2. Chops Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood jumps in the mirror and a few karate chops to psyche myself out. LOC: pg 292 READ:9/19/20
3. encyclopedia
4. proverb

Bonus Bonus

1. cloistered

Orphan Words (March)

1. Alibi Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens She does have an alibi. LOC: 2871 READ:9/30/20
2. harness
3. shackle

Bonus

1. paralysis
2. glacier
3. ladybug
4. primate/s singular or plural

Bonus Bonus

1.Delicatessen The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan turned me into fifty kilograms of delicatessen meat. Chiro… LOC: pg 125 READ:9/8/20

Orphan Words (April)

1. believer
2. china
3. muzzle
4. Plush Big Sexy Love by Kirsty Greenwood good. Anders von Preen sits down on a plush armchair and takes a sip of… LOC: pg 87 READ:9/19/20

Bonus

1. annihilate
2. gimmick
3. fin
4. grasshopper
5. inspector

Bonus Bonus

1. hogtied

Orphan Words (May)

1. committee
2. flexible
3. Peck(ed) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens A few birds pecked gently between her toes, LOC: 467 READ:9/30/20

Bonus

1. heartsick
2. hooligan
3. squawk
4. valour/valor

Bonus Bonus

1. pigment

Orphan Words (June)

1. eruption
2. Exotic Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens ...lips, painted her in an exotic light. LOC: 1296 READ:9/30/20
3. harvest
4. laser

Bonus

1. ballet
2. berserk
3. musty
4. vixen

Bonus Bonus

1. aficionado

Orphan Words (July)

1. gorilla

Bonus

1. ageless
2. excrement
3. staple
4. thesis
5. veal

Bonus Bonus

1. bionic

Orphan Words (August)

1. muster
2. pony

Bonus

1. beefcake
2. dope
3. godless

Bonus bonus

1. sanitiser / sanitizer

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

September
blade (pg242) The cold BLADE against my throat Lock and Load by Kristene Allen 9.2
boast
fluffy (pg39) realized she'd put that FLUFFY thing …Lock and Load by Kristene Allen 9.2
gear (pg56) needed to get her ass in GEAR. Magnum by Jeannine St James 9.1
ink (pg48) find every piece of INK and know..Lock and Load by Kristene Allen 9.2
obtain
rapid (Loc802) jumped with his RAPID inhale Smoke and Mirrors by Kristene Allen 9.4
swarm (Pg95) and a SWARM of servers appeared .. Magnum by Jeannine St James 9.1
vase (Loc924) place these in a VASE real quick Mikayla by Dixie Lynn Dwyer 9.17
whisper (Loc696) leaned over to WHISPER in her ear. Smoke and Mirrors by Kristene Allen 9.4


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.


ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle (Pg25) Possibly a GURGLE. Magnum by Jeannine St James 9.1
jolly


and a bonus bonus
lout

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2020

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

blade
boast
fluffy
gear
ink
obtain
rapid
swarm
vase
whisper

Bonus:
ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle
jolly


and a bonus bonus
lout

Monthly Word Hunt - September
September 1-30, 2020

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

blade - "she put the blade to the girl's throat" - The Mirror Box - pg 38
boast
fluffy - "her feet bare on the fluffy beige rug" - The Mirror Box - pg 66
gear - "he didn't shift into gear " - The First to Lie - pg 205
ink
obtain - "There's no way I can obtain actual patient reports" - The First to Lie - pg 160
rapid - " rapid fire Arabic" - The Mirror Box - pg 39
swarm
vase
whisper - "Lydia's voice lowered to a whisper The First to Lie


Bonus - Must find the EXACT word
ceaseless
fuse
ghetto - "the rich-people's ghetto, she kept calling it." - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die - pg 56
gurgle
jolly

Bonus Bonus
lout

Carryover
attic - "It made her feel like she was in an attic. - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die - pg 45
hail
invisible - "I've apparently become invisible to men" - The Guest List
muster - "as much velocity as he could muster " - The Goodbye Man - pg 208
orange - "She wore an orange jumpsuit, like an inmate" - The Mirror Box - pg 20
pony
wave - "we seesaw over another wave and slam down" The Guest List - pg 14
wear - "most of them seemed to wear necklaces" The Goodbye Man - pg 66

gorilla

Carryover Bonus
amnesia - " Amnesia. As a result of trauma" - The Mirror Box - pg 209
beefcake
binge
dope - "Drinking mostly. Dope " - The Guest List- pg 81
godless

ageless
excrement
thesis - "finals and her thesis The First to Lie - pg 205
veal

Carryover Bonus Bonus
bionic

WORDS: 10/10 | BONUS: 6/6 | ORPHAN: 12/16

Blade. Anything for Love. 6 Sep.
Page 77. “Can you hug me before you stab me with the ‘blade of judgment’?”
Boast. Baring It All. 8 Sep.
Page 20. He didn’t care one way or the other, but he’d heard ladies boast of their painting skill.
Fluffy. Dragon Romance: Rising Inferno. 8 Sep.
Page 41. I still had some time before classes that day, so I rolled out of bed and wrapped myself in a fluffy dressing gown.
Gear. Signed, Sealed, Delivered. 5 Sep.
Page 48. A tear fell down Gabi’s cheek as she shifted her mail truck into gear.
Ink. Signed, Sealed, Delivered. 5 Sep.
Page 20. If there weren’t so many bad memories and feelings tied to the ink on her body, she might feel differently about the way her tattoos looked.
Obtain. Royally Ever After. 20 Sep.
Page 46. “I thought I might at least obtain the courtesy of an explanation.”
Rapid. Sleepwalking. 6 Sep.
Page 55. Then she stepped forward, the space between them closing rapidly, and when Leah could feel Morgan’s breath on her skin, she added, “I just thought I should wipe down the table.”
Swarm. Dragon Romance: Rising Inferno. 8 Sep.
Page 27. I passed through shadows so dark that I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face, and under street lights so bright that moths had congregated on the glass like a swarming blanket of wings and fuzzy bodies.
Vase. A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year. 19 Sep.
Page 10. “How about you put the flowers in the vase and set the table, Zach?”
Whisper. Signed, Sealed, Delivered. 5 Sep.
Page 57. Audible groans and whispers could be heard from the line of customers as Gabi and Carlos went through the glass double doors and into the parking lot.

Ceaseless. A Lancaster Amish Storm 1:1. 19 Sep.
Page 9. There is tumult, unrest, sorrow, churning and gathering, storing up its power, feeding on the ceaseless roll of the Earth.
Fuse. Electrify Me. 19 Sep.
Page 6. “The dryer’s blown another fuse and Ed said that I might need to replace the entire box the last time I called him.”
Ghetto. Roommate Wanted. 26 Sep.
Page 5. As Myra calls it, I could have gotten a little ghetto on him.
Gurgle. Dirty Curvy. 8 Sep.
Page 66. A low gurgle rises up my throat and bursts out of my mouth as a high-pitched scream.
Jolly. A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas. 19 Sep.
Page 14. “‘Tis the season to be jolly...”

Lout. Royally Ever After. 20 Sep.
Page 11. His lordly hulk was all too clear, and she wanted to choke him, this spoiled lout who’d upset her sweet, gentle sister on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

Annihilate. Battle Lines - Part 1: Hot Motorcycle Club Romance. 5 Sep.
Page 57. Their plan is to annihilate.
Ageless. Blood Moon Over the Mississippi. 27 Sep.
Page 50 She gazed up at him and thought that he was ageless.
Binge. Anything for Love. 6 Sep.
Page 41. Instead I wrap up whatever work I didn’t get done in the office, binge watch shows on Netflix, and order Thai food.
Dope.
Excrement.
Fin. Splash Me, A Splash-Inspired Romance. 26 Sep.
Page 21. I wiggle my feet so the fin flaps against the floor.
Harvest. A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year. 19 Sep.
Page 11. Wasn’t Lizzy cute in her corn-cob costume at the harvest festival?
Heartsick.
Hogtied.
Lament. Battle Lines - Part 1: Hot Motorcycle Club Romance. 5 Sep.
Page 74. And then Jace stopped lamenting when he saw the big red almost black blotch of blood soaking the front of DC's flannel red-checkered shirt.
Pony. Battle Lines - Part 1: Hot Motorcycle Club Romance. 5 Sep.
Page 50. He practically placed Jace on his ride like a little boy going to ride his pony, blocking Bull's view of the jacket until he was sure the rival had moved on to other things.
Sanitizer. Scoring a Soulmate. 27 Sep.
Page 22. The only thing that should have tipped me off to the fact that Todd was not, in fact, a good match for me, was the way he insisted on wiping down the table with sanitizer wipes he pulled from his pocket.
Shackle. The Naughty Librarian. 20 Sep.
Page 15. Stewart anticipated my question, and walked around the table to where more shackles had hung down over the side.
Thesis. Sleepwalking. 6 Sep.
Page 46. So far she’d spoken to a proofreader who spent the entire interview justifying her job after the advent of spellcheck, a freelance blogger who seemed to be stretched pretty thin between chasing clients and pumping out dozens of articles a week, and one of her English professors, whose description of the harrows of PhD thesis-writing turned Leah’s stomach.
Valor. The Wedding Rescue: A K9 Handler Short Story. 6 Sep.
Page 9. Adam said with a shrug, pulling Valor, his German shepherd, to his side and giving the dog his chew toy to make sure he stayed out of trouble.
Veal. Anything for Love. 6 Sep.
Page 5. How’s your veal?

September

blade-September.2/2020, Page. 228, This blade might actually do some good tonight, Dead Stars - Part One

boast-September.7/2020, Page 245, once inclined to be boastful, The Ruins of Gorlan

fluffy-September.29/2020, Page 25, which was pretty fluffy, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls

gear-September.2/2020- Page 61, to clean and repair gear, The Ruins of Gorlan

ink-September.6/2020, Page 280, the red-head inked a series of scratches, Dead Stars - Part One

obtain

rapid-September.9/2020, Page 18, his recovery was rapid., She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

swarm- Septemeber.9/2020, Page 32, Kieran's children swarm him., Red Rising

vase-September.13/2020, Page 73, Dust covers the porcelain vases, Queen of the Conquered

whisper-September.12/2020, Page 42, my mother whispered doesn't matter, Queen of the Conquered


Moldy Leftovers

March

hostage-September,15/2020, Page 220, If Eleanor was a hostage, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

shackle
zipper

Bonus
paralysis
flamingo
glacier
ladybug
primate/s

Bonus Bonus
delicatessen

April

Muzzle

Snuggle

Upset

August

Muster

Pony

September Word Hunt
September 2020

My Word Hunt (msg 17)

Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6

September Words



✔blade
🍬the blade buried deeply into the guard’s chest. [loc: 357.2]
🍬Once Burned ~ 09.11 ★★★★

✔boast
🍬she’d be massively boast-worthy around the stationhouse. [loc: 22.5]
🍬Needing Nita ~ 09.12 ★★★

✔fluffy
🍬Afterward she wrapped a fluffy towel around herself [loc: 287.7]
🍬Wild Hunger ~ 09.09 ★★★★

✔gear
🍬rummaged through my dad’s foot locker looking for camping gear. [loc: 231.4]
🍬Once Burned ~ 09.11 ★★★★

✔ink
🍬fingers clasping loosely until the ink is mostly obscured. [loc: 58.6]
🍬True Divide ~ 09.30 ★★★★

✔obtain
🍬and perhaps do such mechanical work as he obtained. [loc: 254.3]
🍬The Winter Garden Mystery ~ 09.06 ★★★

✔rapid
🍬She congratulated herself on the unexpectedly rapid effect [loc: 189.6]
🍬The Winter Garden Mystery ~ 09.06 ★★★

✔swarm
🍬and errand boys also swarmed the street. [loc: 85.1]
🍬Death Below Stairs ~ 09.30 ★★★★

✔vase
🍬a still life of flowers in vases and fruit in bowls. [loc: 346.2]
🍬True Divide ~ 09.30 ★★★★

✔whisper
🍬stay with me while we kiss and whisper [loc: 74.1]
🍬Needing Nita ~ 09.12 ★★★

Bonus/Bonus Bonus



✔ceaseless
🍬throbbed with the same ceaseless insistency as my loins. [loc: 192.4]
🍬Once Burned ~ 09.11 ★★★★

✔fuse
🍬but with his fuse being this short, [loc: 31.6]
🍬Needing Nita ~ 09.12 ★★★

✔ghetto
🍬landed squarely in the heart of a ghetto born, reformed thug musician, [loc: 14.9]
🍬True Divide ~ 09.30 ★★★★

✔gurgle
🍬the gurgle of the fountain, [loc: 132.3]
🍬Wild Hunger ~ 09.09 ★★★★

✔jolly
🍬she was jolly well going to stay on [loc: 15.9]
🍬The Winter Garden Mystery ~ 09.06 ★★★


✔lout
🍬Watch where you’re going, you lout. [loc: 151.1]
🍬Death Below Stairs ~ 09.30 ★★★★

18/25

blade Garden Spells- page 177- Bay plucked a blade of grass out of a crack in the sidewalk and tried to blow on it through her fingers to make it whistle like her new friend Dakota had shown her on the Fourth of July. 9/4-9/5
boast Nice Dragons Finish Last- page 148- It also boasted an impressive elevated boardwalk that extended almost fifty feet out over the water below. 9/1-9/3
fluffy Will & Patrick Wake Up Married- loc 964- He looks around at the large, fluffy bed, and the sofa and chairs surrounding a low coffee table across from a massive TV. 9/1-9/3
gear Will & Patrick Wake Up Married- loc 1481- With the help of Google and his phone, he pulls up a suitable list of brands and requirements for cold-weather gear. 9/1-9/3
ink Deathless Divide- loc 5635- Gideon turns away and takes out a pen and ink and begins to make notes. 9/5-9/8
obtain The Curse of Chalion- page 212- He had chosen somber clothing himself tonight, automatically; he wondered if he should trouble himself to obtain the full correct lavenders and blacks such as dy Rinal, always fashionable, now sported. 9/17-9/22
rapid Nice Dragons Finish Last- page 168- There was a short pause, and then the seer's messages began arriving rapid fire. 9/1-9/3
swarm Nice Dragons Finish Last- page 252- While Marci had been fighting, a second rush of magic eaters had tried to swarm Justin. 9/1-9/3
vase Garden Spells- page 89- The longer tables for the food were skirting the walls, and that's where Joanne was standing, surrounded by empty vases and buckets of flowers. 9/4-9/5
whisper Garden Spells- page 21- She took a deep breath, then said in a whisper, "I just want to go home." 9/4-9/5


Bonus

ceaseless
fuse LOL: Laugh Out Loud- page 222- Scotty's sharp intake of breath spurred me on like a lit fuse, and I wrestled him onto his back before looming over him, hands everywhere on his smooth skin and lithe muscles. 9/24-9/25
ghetto
gurgle Hidden Powers- loc 4538- The horrible gurgle in Nardo's scream made the wolf's heart smile. 9/18-9/19
jolly Kilmeny of the Orchard- page 18- "No, he's a round, jolly fellow, is Aleck, and he stopped growing pretty much before he'd ever begun." 9/3-9/5


Bonus Bonus

lout The Curse of Chalion- page 52- "I trust I am not a complete lout." 9/17-9/22


Leftovers

beefcake
binge Will & Patrick Wake Up Married- loc 174- The medic alert bracelet Patrick finds on Will's right wrist indicates he's a Type 1 diabetic and the binge drinking his blushing bride had engaged in the prior night was a fool's move. 9/1-9/3
dope Boy Toy- loc 868- And HE'S SO FUCKING DOPE and then there's some more swearing. 9/13-9/14
godless
sanitiser / sanitizer Wheels Up- page 54- "But I guess that's why there's hand sanitizer." 9/12-9/13
lament
ageless
bionic
berserk The Curse of Chalion- page 252- He'd seen men go berserk a few times, in the madness of battle. 9/17-9/22

loutish... I have found loutish but no lout after 50 books searched :-(
*more digging*

oh, and ghettos... not ghetto...

Finished on post #5

LaurLa wrote: "loutish... I have found loutish but no lout after 50 books searched :-(
*more digging*

oh, and ghettos... not ghetto..."

Ghetto was my holdout word, too. But I found it eventually! LOL

Georgina wrote: "Finished on post #5"

Congrats Georgina!!

All done...thanks Jane!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Finished, see message 7! :)

See you all in October!

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2020

10/10 - Found and Read




September

blade
Catseye: p. 114: “Then the blade rebounded as if he had struck at some indestructible elastic substance.”

boast
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It: p. 82: “The boast was directed toward Wall Street traders in an effort to boost their confidence.”

fluffy
Friends and Heroes: p. 14: “’Miraculous,’ gasped Toby, his big, fluffy moustache blowing in and out as he spoke.”

gear
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey: p. 102: “It was our victory to share together. And we needed to gear up for the next battle ahead.”

ink
You're (Not) the One: p. 89: “Not the jammed printer that decides to chew up my guest list and get ink all over my skirt.”

obtain
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey: p. 150: “I chose to focus my questions to him on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which was created in 2012 by the Obama administration to protect eligible undocumented youth from deportation and allow them to obtain work permits.”

rapid
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It: p. 158: “Rather, they feel marginalized by flat or falling wages, rapid demographic change, and a liberal culture that mocks their faith and patriotism.”

swarm
Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation: p. 422: “One of his detectives guarding the White House reported to Baker that disreputable brokers, many of them females, swarmed outside and inside the building day and night clutching pardon papers for the president to sign.”

vase
You're (Not) the One: p. 129: “’You’re never going to let me forget that vase , are you?’ ‘It was expensive and it was Murano glass.’”

whisper
Friends and Heroes: p. 190: “Yakimov, packing the letters into his satchel, would also speak in whispers .”

Bonus

ceaseless

fuse

ghetto
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are: p. 220: “The friends visited a Jewish ghetto in Krakow and a memorial to Jews who’d lost their lives in Warsaw.”

gurgle
Catseye: p. 40: “The gurgle of flowing water, the plop of an aquarium inhabitant – nothing else.”

jolly
You're (Not) the One: p. 187: “Yes, that’s it, friendly and jokey. ‘Gosh, I’m starving!’ I exclaim, trying to be all jolly and normal and steering the conversation on to something safe.”

Bonus Bonus

lout



August 2020

amnesia
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Uncovering Secrets, Reuniting Relatives, and Upending Who We Are: p. 175: “The rise of genealogy and DNA testing may be making it increasingly difficult for white Americans to engage in historical amnesia , to fantasize about their own family histories without ever considering how slavery might have figured in them.”

binge
Lincoln's Spies: Their Secret War to Save a Nation: p. 77: “Lewis pulled Bridgeman aside and dressed him down, but his driver’s binge drinking continued.”

Congrats Tammie, Rissa and Deedee!!!

🎈🎉🎇

Finished on post #10
Carrying over the orphan words to October!

Finished in the nick of time - updating late, though... Thanks, Jane!
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 17)

Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6

Congrats JoAnne and LaurLa!!

(Darn notifications thingies.)

Moseying Along :o)

September
blade - Sweet Little Lies | Sept 19
Page 318: Sharp as a blade

boast - Punk 57 | Sept 16
Page 46: a male voice boasts

fluffy - Sweet Little Lies | Sept 19
Page 293: wrapped herself up in one of his large fluffy towels

gear - In a Fix | Sept 8
Page 81: loaded with some extra gear I've been storing

ink - The Bromance Book Club | Sept 14
Page 176: It draws ink up into a thin capillary

obtain - In a Fix | Sept 8
Page 14: persuasive techniques to obtain the marriage proposal

rapid - The Bromance Book Club | Sept 14
Page 491: All she could hear was the rapid beat of her own heart

swarm - Punk 57 | Sept 16
Page 204: pleasure that swarms my chest

vase - The Bromance Book Club | Sept 14
Page 202: next to a vase full of daisies

whisper - Punk 57 | Sept 16
Page 44: I whisper to Ten.

Bonus
ceaseless
fuse
ghetto
gurgle

jolly - In a Fix | Sept 8
Page 162: I came upon a group of jolly English speaking inebriates

ROLLOVERS

July Bonus
assiduously - In a Fix | Sept 8
Page 62: I applied myself as assiduously as he had

Nov bonus
anchovies

March Bonus
ladybug
primate(s)

July Bonus
excrement

August Bonus
godless