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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
***
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 Hunt1 - 30 September 2021
0/10 - Found and Read
Main words
birth
device
dose
drunken
embrace
grit
jelly
luxury
tank
twin
Bonus
clam
ferocious
indecent
paltry
zoo
Bonus bonus
crockery
read 16/16birth: P32 "A kid abandoned at a fire station at birth and lost in the system, never to be claimed." Suddenly His 1/9
device: LOC 1703 “An onomatopoeia ought to be one of those crawly things with fuzzy legs, not a literary device.” The Other Miss Bridgerton 21/9
dose: LOC 1514 “You deserve a good dose of vitamin D.” The Doctor 12/9
drunken: LOC 396 “…and more drunken footmen than she knew what to do with.” Duchess in Love 15/9
embrace: LOC 2450 “… embrace the future without getting hung up on the past.” Stolen by Her Bear 8/9
grit: P12 "I grit out, refusing to show my panic." Suddenly His 1/9
jelly: LOC 1253 “There was something about him that made my knees turn to jelly.” XVI 23/9
luxury: P70 "To call the merchandise luxury would be an understatement." Suddenly His 1/9
tank: LOC 543 “…through the thin cotton tank top I was wearing.” The Doctor 12/9
twin: LOC 135 “Saint leaned against the capping rail and looked across the deep blanket of snow to the twin cabins…” Stolen by Her Bear 8/9
clam: LOC 450 “…making him want to clam up and keep her to himself.” Stolen by Her Bear 8/9
ferocious: LOC 1928 “…he encountered a ferocious glare from the wiggy marquess.” Duchess in Love 15/9
indecent: LOC 2285 “His half-smile was indecent.” The Doctor 12/9
paltry: LOC 2711 “…who would never leave a paltry string of emeralds on your bedside table…” Duchess in Love 15/9
zoo: LOC 147 “Maybe we should go to the zoo.” XVI 23/9
crockery: LOC 1705 “Dear God, she was talking to crockery.” The Other Miss Bridgerton 21/9
My spot for September (I can't believe we're in the -ber months! 😮)!Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2021
SEPTEMBER Read 10/10
1. BIRTH - The Proposal - √ 1 September 2021
p219 - “Then you’re going to want to sign Bo’s birth certificate and have him added to your insurance plan as a dependent. If they require paternity tests for proof, you’ll want to get on that sooner rather than later.”
2. DEVICE - The Thomas Flair - √ 4 September 2021
p16 - As he drew nearer, he could hear voices coming from the device.
3. DOSE - The Thomas Flair - √ 4 September 2021
p139 - He’d gotten so focused on calculating the team’s potential scores compared to their competition that he’d forgotten to calculate his own freaking insulin dose.
4. DRUNKEN - True Luck - √ 3 September 2021
p56 - The gentle sound of crashing waves filled the theater, and drunken singing blared from backstage
5. EMBRACE - True Luck - √ 3 September 2021
p22 - Ben sank into the half embrace, the closest he’d had to a hug in months.
6. GRIT - The Demon's in the Details - √ 6 September 2021
p110 - If I had to grit my teeth and bite my tongue not to scream, so be it.
7. JELLY - The Demon's in the Details - √ 6 September 2021
p91 - “It was so cool! I’m gonna flex and tell everyone at school a basilisk turned me to stone. Janelle will be sooo jelly.”
8. LUXURY - The Chocolate Works - √ 19 September 2021
p115 - “This, sir,” Levi said with a sweeping gesture of his arm, “is your luxury suite at the Los Encantados Motel.”
9. TANK - Marine Biology - √ 1 September 2021
loc 554 - Butch crouched among the remnants of the fish tank and glared at his Alpha.
10. TWIN - Midnight - √ 13 September 2021
loc 1837 - Twin cages, woven with a transfer spell, made with the use of holy magic and designed to be triggered by his runes.
BONUS Read 5/5
1. CLAM - Marine Biology - √ 1 September 2021
loc 380 - She waved them off to the sushi restaurant without her, insisting that all she needed was a long bath and a can of clam chowder.
2. FEROCIOUS - Subtle Blood - √ 8 September 2021
p255 - Anton made a ferocious throaty noise, bearing down hard on Will’s arm, and stamped hard on his foot.
3. INDECENT - Subtle Blood - √ 8 September 2021
p146 - Last time, the pretext for harassment had been indecent behaviour.
4. PALTRY - Stiles's Story Time - √ 18 September 2021
loc 4551 - But he steps forward, pushing just a little more into the already paltry buffer Derek has put between them, looking at him with those earnest, raw bourbon eyes.
5. ZOO - The Proposal - √ 1 September 2021
p20 - “It’s time to go home, baby. You ready for some lunch? Uncle Alex made sure that we have the mac and cheese with the animal-shaped pasta. Are you hungry enough to eat a zoo?”
BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. CROCKERY - Midnight - √ 13 September 2021
loc 2951 - They moved nearly as one to the massive table and shoved it roughly aside, heedless of the jars and crockery that took offense to the sudden movement and fell over the side.
FINISHED!!!!
🧶🧡🌅🌆🍰🧶🌅🌆🍺🍁⛵🧶🧡🌅🌆🍰🌅🧶🍁⛵🧡🌆🍺📙🧶🧡🌅🌆🍰🧶Word Hunt
September 2021
16/16 COMPLETED
Main words
✅ birth- I’m on birth control, The Player Ch.11, 25%
✅ device- a device that reflects light, Cold-Hearted Rake Ch. 22, 70%
✅ dose- healthy dose of antiseptic, latex gloves Fair Game, Chap. 6,40%
✅ drunken- drunkenly tried to find their hammocks. Gentle Rogue ch. 10, 20%
✅ embrace- St. Clare’s embrace in Hyde Park. Gentleman Jim Ch.10, 25%- tbr
✅ grit- Georgina gritted out, Gentle Rogue, chap.11, 20%
✅ jelly- There’s no liquid or clear oozing jelly. Fair Game chap.7, 50%
✅ luxury- educated and raised in luxury, Cold-Hearted Rake Ch. 23, 75%
✅ tank- they dove into the shark tank, The Player Ch.5, 8%
✅ twin- My twin. Gentleman Jim Ch. 10, 30%- tbr
Bonus
✅ clam- the Americans didn’t clam up, Gentle Rogue, ch. 28, 45%
✅ ferocious- radiating ferocious heat, Cold-Hearted Rake ch.33, 98%
✅ indecent- In my nearly indecent dress, The Player ch.10, 20%
✅ paltry- paltry crime of stealing chickens, Gentleman Jim prologue, 1%- tbr
✅ zoo- This is going to be a zoo. Fair Game Chap. 13, 98%
Bonus bonus
✅ crockery - mix of kitchen shelves, mismatched crockery The Chestnut Tree (p. 42)
🧶🧡🌅🌆🍰🧶🌅🌆🍺🍁⛵🧶🧡🌅🌆🍰🌅🧶🍁⛵🧡🌆🍺📙🧡🌅🌆🧶🍰🧡🌅🧶
Read: 10/10Bonus: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1
9/16 birth Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer | p117 | “Giving birth in the middle of a disease-infested swamp with a medicine man smearing…”
9/19 device When Stars Collide, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | loc1789 | Her devices caught her arm as she crouched to spring.
9/23 dose The Best Thing, Mariana Zapata | p338 | At least in tiny doses.
9/2 drunken Storm and Silence, Robert Their | p205 | I'd rather go for a walk with a drunken French sailor!
9/5 embrace | Fit for a Queen, Nicole Burnham | p302 | He embraced her, encouraging her to relax into his shoulder.
9/5 grit | Fit for a Queen, Nicole Burnham | p105 | Her voice held enough grit to take the rust off iron.
9/10 jelly | Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley | p305 | I could feel it in my chest, my neck, my wrists and my legs felt like jelly.
9/5 luxury | Fit for a Queen, Nicole Burnham | p86 | She'd been provied a room in a luxury hotel a few blocks from the palace.
9/10 tank | Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley | p2 | I could see this because it was bursting out the top of her Harley tank as well as straining the material.
9/16 twin Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer | p117 | Her twin caught her arm as she crouched to spring.
Bonus
9/19 clam When Stars Collide, Susan Elizabeth Phillips | loc1087 | She could clam Up right now.
9/2 ferocious | Storm and Silence, Robert Their | p754 | 'Not right now,' he murmured, his voice more controlled again, but just as ferocious as before.
9/10 indecent | Sweet Dreams, Kristen Ashley | p101 | "...it isn't because Jonelle's testing the boundaries of indecent exposure and Tonia..."
9/2 paltry | Storm and Silence, Robert Their | p744 | He was nothing but a paltry financier.
9/23 zoo The Best Thing, Mariana Zapata | p226 | Two of the four were from him, which were pictures of Mo at the zoo with drool all over her face...
Bonus-Bonus
9/2 crockery | Storm and Silence, Robert Their | p586 | ...forbidden her to indulge in such wanton waste of perfectly good crockery, she might still succumb, and my head was too precious to me to serve as a target.
books readSeptember
birth ... The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old ... 247 ... Our home has seen the birht of an Amerstand Age Party chapter.
device
dose ... Libertie ... 51 ... ...small group of volunteers to take a new dose, a new remedy.
drunken ... The Music of Bees ... 220 ... Beekeepers were urged not to be rude or drunken.
embrace ... Everything We Keep ... 123 ... ...what it would fee like wrapped in his embrace...
grit ... The Music of Bees ... 117 ... She flexed her muscles and gritted her teeth.
jelly ... Glimpse ... 132 ... sit eating a peanut buttr and guava jelly sandwich watching wrestling on TV...
luxury
tank ... Where They Found Her ... 22 ... glancing down at her see through tank and low rise sweat pants...
twin ... Where They Found Her ... 44 ... But then my dad had three year old twins with Geraldine.
*clam
*ferocious ... Where They Found Her ... 325 ... AKA, the countries most ferocious grassroots marketing team.
*indecent ... Libertie ... 96 ... who insisted there must be something indecent about all that brightness, came back.
*paltry ... The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old ... ... I expect that for the paltry salary they make, you cant blame them for avoiding troubled neighborhoods.
*zoo ... The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old ... ...it was a day at the zoo, an emotional...
**crockery
AUGUST orphan word
summary ... The Music of Bees ... 135 ... keeping the place ship shape and she said in summary
JULY orphan word
*tiger ... Miss Benson's Beetle ... 53 ... skimpy frocks, tiger print bikini, and a fur coat
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 September 2021
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
Words Found - 10 of 10 ! 3 of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus
Birth - House Without Lies 09/09 - Since he's not the BIRTH parent, (pg 72)
Device - The Italian's Pregnant Cinderella 09/16 - left to her own DEVICEs, (pg 78)
Dose - The Switch 09/01 - She gets a little testy when she doesn't get her daily DOSE of vitamin D. (pg 24)
Drunken - Devil's Vow: Bloody Wraiths MC 09/071 - The guys roam around like DRUNKEN animals, (pg 13)
Embrace - House Without Lies 09/09 - I reached to pull Zoey into our EMBRACE. (pg 183)
Grit - Devil's Vow: Bloody Wraiths MC 09/07 - I try not to GRIT my teeth in anger, (pg 40)
Jelly - The Switch 09/01 - May I have a bagel with cream cheese and JELLY? (pg 65)
Luxury - The Italian's Pregnant Cinderella 09/16 - the quiet whisper of five-star LUXURY. (pg 40)
Tank - House Without Lies 09/09 - Instead of her customary army pants and TANK top, (pg 103)
Twin - Kidnapped for His Royal Heir 09/20 - Hadn't she and her TWIN sister, (pg 14)
Clam
Ferocious - Kidnapped for His Royal Heir 09/20 - Something FEROCIOUS that made her heart pound. (pg 61)
Indecent - The Italian's Pregnant Cinderella 09/16 - Or would you have found me distinctly INDECENT, (pg 31)
Paltry
Zoo - The Switch 09/01 - and she felt like an exhibit in a ZOO. (pg 10)
Crockery
September 2021 Word Challenge ResultsI can't wait to complete my fourth challenge that also has two words from July 2021 added! This creates a total of 18 words to search for in the month of September. I am starting late as I had guests visit from faraway and did a lot of hiking in Quebec National Parks!
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
11-15 Words : BONUS ACHIEVED! 
16 Words : Double Bonus Champion!
17-18 Words : Leftover Bonus Achieved
September 2021 Main Words: 10/10
September 2021 Bonus Words: 2/5
September 2021 Double Bonus Words: 0/1
July 2021 Bonus Leftover Word: 0/2
Total Words Found: 12/18
A Kiss for Christmas Read September 15-17, 2021.
Unwrapped, #2.5: Beachwood Bay Series
Tank -
" He steers me away from the counter before I can do anything else embarrassing, like rip off my clothes and offer to trade my body for four wheels and a full gas
tank.
", Chapter 3. Lacey, Page 7 of 17, 2 occurrences overall in the book.
Drunken -
"Lacey couldn't make it clearer if she tried: last night was a one-time,
drunken
hook-up thing.", Chapter 8. Daniel, Page 6 of 9, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Grit -
"I
grit
my teeth, angrily shoving my laptop and files back in my case.", Chapter 8. Daniel, Page 8 of 9, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
A Mother's Heart: An Anthology Read September 18, 2021.
A Daughter's Journey by Linda Cardillo
Embrace -
"As Mel left, she saw a vacant, haunted look in Anh's eyes as she melted into the stranger's
embrace.
", Part One, Page 14 of 102, 7 occurrences overall in the book.
Paltry -
"She'd already regretted making the gruelling trip, a waste of time for both of them given the
paltry
, sterile information she'd managed to obtain.", Part Two, Page 43 of 69, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Dose -
"16. 700
doses
of penicillin", Part Two, Page 57 of 69, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Men in Uniform: Treat Her Right / A Seal's Temptation / Teasing Her Seal Read September 19-23, 2021. Has three novellas in one, only two books considered, and each individual book word hunt outlined.
Treat Her Right
Book #1
Read September 19-20, 2021.
Twin -
"Her shorts were riding rather high and he could just see the
twin
moons of her bottom cheeks.", Chapter 1, Page 5 of 22, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Jelly -
"You can eat peanut butter and
jelly
with me!", Chapter 6, Page 4 of 26, 3 occurrences overall in the book.
Ferocious -
"Her eyes glistened with tears, but she still looked
ferocious.
", Chapter 11, Page 11 of 15, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Teasing Her SEAL
Book #3
Read September 21-23, 2021.
Luxury -
"Renowned for barefoot
luxury
and discreet hedonism, the staff's mantra was "Pure decadent pleasure.", Chapter 1, Page 19 of 20, 3 occurrences overall in the book.
Device -
"The expression on his face didn't give anything away, and it wasn't as if she had US national secrets or even embarrassing photos stored on her
device.
", Chapter 4, Page 12 of 22, 1 occurrence overall in the book.
Birth -
"Levi leaned in, watching her more closely than a first-time dad at a
birth
as she began to irrigate the wound.", Chapter 9, Page 7 of 16, 1 occurrence overall in the book.********************************************************************
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.
September 2021
clam
indecent
zoo
July 2021 Follow-Up
beak
judicious
September 2021
and a bonus bonus
crockery
Word Hunt1 - 30 September 2021
10/10 - Found and Read
4/5 - Bonus
0/1 - Bonus Bonus
Main words
🍁birth: Ransom - Nana Malone, 9/9/21 -- pg.103, TMZ has acquired the BIRTH certificate of
🍁device: Ransom - Nana Malone, 9/9/21 -- pg.110, with a listening DEVICE in hand
🍁dose: His First Surrender - Max Walker, 9/21/21 -- pg.61, subdued by the DOSE of adrenline.
🍁drunken: Tucked Away - Jennie Marts, 9/17/21 -- pg.218, he chuckled in DRUNKEN good humor.
🍁embrace: Sweet Love - K.C. Lynn, 9/14/21 -- pg.45, are in an EMBRACE with Parker
🍁grit: Runaway Road - Devney Perry, 9/1/21 -- pg.24, fists clenched and my teeth GRITTED.
🍁jelly: Sweet Love - K.C. Lynn, 9/14/21 -- pg.3, Love you lots, JELLY tots
🍁luxury: Runaway Road - Devney Perry, 9/1/21 -- pg.117, showering me with gifts and LUXURIES.
🍁tank: My Second Chance Player: A Romantic Comedy - Elyse Riggs, 9/14/21 -- pg.46, yellow TANK top with cream colored shorts
🍁twin: Runaway Road - Devney Perry, 9/1/21 -- pg.38, she was laughing with her TWIN sister, Meggie.
Bonus
🍁clam: His First Surrender - Max Walker, 9/21/21 -- pg.174, It wasn't to run or to CLAM up and say no.
🍁ferocious: Beautifully Broken Pieces - Catherine Cowles, 9/24/21 -- pg.278, flashed with a FEROCIOUS rage.
🍁indecent: Finding Mr. Right Next Door - Sarah Ballance, 9/4/21 -- audio (no loc, google prev) Matt muttered something INDECENT as he climbed off
paltry
🍁zoo: Ransom - Nana Malone, 9/9/21 -- pg.5, animal at the damn petting ZOO.
Bonus bonus
crockery
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JANUARY leftovers - 1/2
Bonus
🍁Abject: Finding Mr. Right Next Door - Sarah Ballance, 9/4/21 -- audio (no loc, google prev) swoon over the ABJECT sincerity on his face
Bonus bonus
Ritz
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February leftovers - 1/1
Bonus
🍁Grooves: Sweet Haven - K.C. Lynn, 9/29/21 -- pg.129, My fingers get lost in the GROOVES of his back
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March leftovers - 1/2
Bonus
🍁contradiction: Beautifully Broken Pieces - Catherine Cowles, 9/24/21 -- pg.54, She's also this weird walking CONTRADICTION.
wilt
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APRIL leftovers - 0/1
Bonus
pagan
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MAY leftovers - 0/1
Bonus bonus
locust
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JULY leftovers - 0/1
Bonus
Judicious
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AUGUST leftovers - 0/1
Bonus
Detox
My spot for September!🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
🔎 Monthly Word Hunt 🔍
🍁🍁🍁September 2021🍁🍁🍁
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
Level Completed:
10/10 - Found and Read
5/5 - Bonus
1/1 - Bonus Bonus
✔️ - Read
🖊️ Main Words 🖊️
✔️1. birth Duchess If You Dare
🔖Page: 133
📜Quote: "Still, somehow, none of the fine qualities instilled in Ambrose from birth permeated Martin's character."
🐱👓Read: 9/13/2021
✔️2. device Grumpy Cowboy
🔖Page: 213
📜Quote: "She gently presses the device to her forehead and waits for the beep."
🐱👓Read: 9/9/2021
✔️3. dose Someone to Watch Over Me
🔖Page: 157
📜Quote: "Cannon informed her, while she poured a large dose of the black liquid for him."
🐱👓Read: 9/16/2021
✔️4. drunken The Sin of Kissing You
🔖Page: 89
📜Quote: "Her gaze cleared, lifting a little of the drunken haze."
🐱👓Read: 9/7/2021
✔️5. embrace Royal
🔖Page: 284
📜Quote: "Dad clears his throat, and I release Royal from my embrace."
🐱👓Read: 9/12/2021
✔️6. grit I Promise You
🔖Page: 72
📜Quote: "My teeth grit."
🐱👓Read: 9/4/2021
✔️7. jelly Elementary Romantic Calculus
🔖Page: 97
📜Quote: "She was getting tired of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches>."
🐱👓Read: 9/24/2021
✔️8. luxury Duchess If You Dare
🔖Page: 271
📜Quote: "No common petty vagrant can afford the luxury of heavy gold and gemstones."
🐱👓Read: 9/13/2021
✔️9. tank I Promise You
🔖Page: 120
📜Quote: "He's wearing workout clothes, gym shorts, and a Tigers vented tank."
🐱👓Read: 9/4/2021
✔️10. twin Power Play
🔖Page: 8
📜Quote: "I thought JD was your twin?"
🐱👓Read: 9/3/2021
✒️Bonus - the EXACT Word✒️
✔️1. clam Power Play
🔖Page: 76
📜Quote: "Sure, a part of him may have expected the cheating, based on how the guys would clam up when the subject of Jordan's ex came up."
🐱👓Read: 9/3/2021
✔️2. ferocious Someone to Watch Over Me
🔖Page: 85
📜Quote: "Seeming not to understand his silent, ferocious struggle, Vivien gave him a hesitant smile of welcome."
🐱👓Read: 9/16/2021
✔️3. indecent Elementary Romantic Calculus
🔖Page: 147
📜Quote: "He'd fastened his leather toolbelt around his waist, and both it and his jeans hung extra-low on his hips, exposing the black waistband of his underwear and what felt like an indecent amount of his pelvis."
🐱👓Read: 9/24/2021
✔️4. paltry Royal
🔖Page: 144
📜Quote: "Brooks needs a woman of the house, and you're worth more than that paltry salary anyway."
🐱👓Read: 9/12/2021
✔️5. zoo Elementary Romantic Calculus
🔖Page: 5
📜Quote: "The closest she'd ever gotten to a goat was at a petting zoo."
🐱👓Read: 9/24/2021
🍽️🍽️ Bonus bonus 🍽️🍽️
✔️1. crockery The Highland Fling
🔖Page: 45
📜Quote: "I can still feel the palpable silence in my parents' house as we all ate together, the forks clanging on crockery plates, the heavy weight hovering above all of us, the unspoken truth of what's really going on in our family."
🐱👓Read: 9/29/2021
📚📚📚September Words Books:📚📚📚
Word HuntSeptember 2021
Main: 10/10
Bonus: 4/5
Bonus Bonus: 0/1
Book: The Hunting Wives 💙💙💙💙🖤 9/4
Words:
💎Luxury - I luxuriated in the whole attachment-parenting phenomenom-- wearing Jack in a pumpkin-orange sling across my chest as often as I could, having him sleep tucked between me and Graham. pg. 56
💎Tank - She's wearing a cherry-red tank top with painted-on, faded jeans tucked into cowgirl boots that look like they cost thousands. pg. 156
Book: Into the Drowning Deep 💙💙💙🖤🖤 9/6
Words:
💎Dose - It was a noxious cocktail, fatal in large doses. pg. 63
💎Zoo - So the last wild male could die of old age, surrounded by armed guards he couldn't understand, as much a captive of mankind as any zoo-bound specimen? pg. 90
💎Twin - The redheaded waved to the people around them, unnecessarily identifying themselves as the Wilson twins. pg. 96
Book: Stolen Tongues 💙💙💙💙💙 9/8
Words:
💎Paltry - The words “I’m sorry” welled up in my mouth, but it would have been a paltry thing to say. 45%
Book: They Went Left 💙💙💙💙🖤 9/22
Words:
💎jelly - I didn’t think he’d know the Polish words for beeswax or petroleum jelly. pg. 16
💎embrace - My brain doesn’t leap to embrace the possibility as quickly as I thought it would. pg. 111
💎grit - “Zofia,” Josef whispers, and his voice brings me back to this moment, to the gritty reality of this moment and of my body. pg. 262
Book: The Passengers 💙💙💙💙💙 9/25
Words:
💎indecent - Inside was a glossy colour magazine, containing page after page of indecent images of young girls. pg. 210
Book: Awfully Appetizing 💙💙💙💙🖤 9/26
Words:
💎ferocious - The girl stared at me for a long moment, a look of ferocious concentration on her face as she sorted through everything I’d told her. pg. 47
Book: Devil's Night 💙💙🖤🖤🖤 9/27
Words:
💎birth - Dark, twisted stems strove in the dark and cold, and gave birth to ragged leaves the color of purple lettuce, or devil’s tongue, as Jimmy’s mama always called it. loc. 643
💎device - Silver held the torture device steady for a moment as he motioned for help balancing it. loc. 1250
💎drunken - Amelia pulled the star-shaped glasses back to the bridge of his nose and traded her sexy grin for a drunken half-smile. loc. 1419
Main words
device
dose
drunken
grit
jelly
Bonus
clam
indecent
Bonus bonus
crockery
Maggie wrote: "Time progression seems to have been unnaturally accelerated. 🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂"
SO agree!! Floundering as I try to keep up ;)
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! DONE!September
Read 10/10; 4/5 bonus words; 0/1 bonus bonus word
Orphans - DONE!
August bonus - read 1/1
February bonus bonus - read 1/1
September - Read 10/10
birth - Kindle location 358 - My mother refused to react to her birth name; she thought it too common, not to mention too Russian.
Deadly Summer Nights (A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery #1) by Vicki Delany 9/6/21 4starsdevice - Kindle location 109 - The device continued to sing at Alice until she put all the dirty dishes in the sink and pulled it from her pocket.
The Seafaring Girls (Five Island Cove Book 7) by Jessie Newton 9/5/21 4.5stars dose - Kindle location 1221 - Robin experienced a powerful dose of pride and love for her oldest daughter, and she leaned down and hugged her.
The Seafaring Girls (Five Island Cove Book 7) by Jessie Newton 9/5/21 4.5stars drunken - Kindle location 2096 - "We have th call the police now and again when we get a bunch of drunken college kids in here who won't leave, but Dave usually takes those sorts of calls."
Deadly Summer Nights (A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery #1) by Vicki Delany 9/6/21 4starsembrace - Kindle location 741 - She leaned fully into his embrace, giving herself to him.
Falling for Her Convenient Groom (Wedding Bells at Lake Como) by Jennifer Faye 9/7/21 4starsgrit - Kindle location 1733 - His jaw was set firmly, he grit his teeth.
Back in the Soldier's Bed by Donna Alward 9/11/21 4starsjelly - Kindle location 3281 - Besides, this is mostly petroleum jelly, anyway.
Pregnant with My Roommate's Dad: A Forbidden Age Gap Romance (Forbidden Encounters) by Sofia T Summers 9/11/21 4starsluxury - Kindle location 2578 - Looking on the bright side, the paper had called us a "top luxury hotel."
Deadly Summer Nights (A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery #1) by Vicki Delany 9/6/21 4starstank - Kindle location3434 - Of the jeeps and the tanks rumbling by, shaking the ground.
The Inheritance by JoAnn Ross 9/9/21 4.5starstwin - Kindle location 1593 - I envied you having a twin.
The Inheritance by JoAnn Ross 9/9/21 4.5starsBonus - Read 4/5
you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words
clam - page 165 - Apparently, his lips are sealed as tight as a clam.
Viper’s Nest of Lies (Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon Mysteries #7) by Daniella Bernett 9/2/21 4.5starsferocious - page 262 - She flashed a ferocious scowl at him.
Viper’s Nest of Lies (Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon Mysteries #7) by Daniella Bernett 9/2/21 4.5starsindecent
paltry - page 148 - What I know is paltry at best.
Viper’s Nest of Lies (Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon Mysteries #7) by Daniella Bernett 9/2/21 4.5starszoo - Kindle location 168 - She wouldn't have sewn baby giraffe curtains, with the cutest zoo animals in the background.
The Seafaring Girls (Five Island Cove Book 7) by Jessie Newton 9/5/21 4.5stars and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
crockery
Orphan words - DONE!
August - Read 1/1
bonus - detox - Kindle location 853 - "It's probably the cell phone detox."
Wild Love (Forever Adirondacks #1) by Lauren Accardo 9/16/21 4stars Feb - Read 1/1
bonus bonus - punt - Kindle 805 -...I need to find a businessman with deep pockets willing to take a punt on my designs because dear old Papa is still a draconian sceptic on that score.
How Not to Chaperon a Lady (The Talk of the Beau Monde #3) by Virginia Heath 9/24/21 4stars
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 September 2021
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
birth
device
dose
drunken
embrace
grit
jelly
luxury
tank
twin
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.
clam
ferocious
indecent
paltry
zoo
and a bonus bonus
crockery
September Word Hunt1. birth
2. device
3. dose
4. drunken
5. embrace
6. grit
7. jelly
8. luxury
9. tank
10. twin
Bonus
1. clam
2. ferocious
3. indecent
4. paltry
5. zoo
Bonus bonus
1. crockery
Orphan Words (September)
Bonus
1. ghetto
Orphan Words (October)
Bonus
1. astrology
2. drench
3. prophesy
Orphan Words (December)
Bonus
1. bauble
2. quixotic
Bonus bonus
1. crackpot
Orphan Words (February)
Bonus
1. maniac
Orphan Words (March)
Bonus
1. contradiction
2. fudge
Orphan Words (April)
Bonus
1. crucifix
2. pagan
3. psycho
Orphan Words (May)
1. wit
Bonus
1. blaze
2. drowned
3. guzzle
4. hectic
5. mentor
Bonus bonus
1. locust
Orphan Words (June)
Bonus
1. consultant
2. filth
3. soar
Bonus bonus
1. sphere
Orphan Words (July)
1. interrogate
2. update
3. zip
Bonus
1. fertile
2. judicious
3. ogling
Bonus bonus
1. sparkler
Orphan Words (August)
1. rat
2. summary
Bonus
1. contest
2. daydream
3. detox
4. paralyzed/paralysed
5. snooze
Bonus bonus
1. aqua
19/19birth When a Bear Loves a Woman- loc 250- He was a foot taller than her by now, but he still felt like the little brother she'd loved since birth. 9/7-9/8
device Wild Sign- loc 1085- The battered chessboard balanced on a folding table made of sticks and buckskin-- a device his da had fashioned for the purpose. 9/3-9/4
dose One Trick Pony- loc 247- "Did you dose up this morning?" 9/1
drunken My Cowboy Promises- loc 200- "She's a drunken mess, and she's going wild in front of all my friends." 9/5-9/6
embrace When a Bear Loves a Woman- loc 795- Grace extricated herself from Bret's embrace and stood back. 9/7-9/8
grit Bad Guy- page 25- "Can you not?" I grit out. 9/16-9/17
jelly Dragon Scholar- page 153- "After that thing with the noodles and the grape jelly, I thought it would be wise." 9/2-9/3
luxury Dragon Scholar- page 158- "Just until we're all warm again," he agreed, so glad he had the luxury of being able to do this with his mate. 9/2-9/3
tank One Trick Pony- loc 2197- There were a lot of cowboy types in the audience, but plenty of tourists, too, and people wearing shorts and tank tops since it was a hot July night. 9/1
twin One Trick Pony- loc 2565- "You and me oughtta be twins." 9/1
Bonus
clam Wild Sign- loc 220- If Anna questioned Leah about a situation she clearly did not want to speak about, Leah would clam up. 9/3-9/4
ferocious Wild Sign- loc 1678- Tag's wolf could be counted on-- not to be less ferocious or less crazy, but the wolf obeyed orders. 9/3-9/4
indecent Cry Wolf- page 135- "Borderline indecent," he murmured, letting his fingers dip down the inside back of Cooper's thighs. 9/25-9/26
paltry Dragon Scholar- page 5- The last medieval he'd bought had gone for a paltry three thousand, and that had been for a bound book like this, not just loose pages. 9/2-9/3
zoo My Cowboy Promises- loc 787- "Maybe we should just push a cup of coffee into her hands in the morning and run away -- kinda like how they feed lions in the zoo." 9/5-9/6
Bonus Bonus
crockery An Unexpected Kind of Love- loc 1590- In the background, there's the clatter of a cafe, full of steamer screech and the rattle of crockery. 9/29-9/30
Leftovers
snooze Best Laid Plans- page 36- Jane would probably be curled up on his bed, happy to snooze through the whole incident anyway. 9/20
aqua Our Favorite Songs- loc 245- A woman wearing an aqua colored dress decorated with large purple polka dots walked to the dance floor, taking the mic and launching into a rather impressive rendition of "Before He Cheats." 9/8-9/9
sparkler My Cowboy Promises- loc 159- The sparkler caught, and Jonas gasped, trapped between awe and terror. 9/5-9/6
September Word Hunt
September 2021
My Word Hunt (msg 20)
Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 7 (6 of 7 during challenge month)
September Words
✔birth
🔹where they were born to give birth? [loc: 132.9]
🔹The Soulmate Equation - 09.04 ★★★★
✔device
🔹shoving the now bloody device into my forearm. [loc: 16.6]
🔹Enslave Me Sweetly - 09.05 ★★★★
✔dose
🔹a good dose of stubborn would come in handy. [loc: 9.8]
🔹Historically Yours - 09.02 ★★★
✔drunken
🔹Drunken noodles? [loc: 181.7]
🔹The Soulmate Equation - 09.04 ★★★★
✔embrace
🔹and I all but melt in his embrace. [loc: 53.3]
🔹Wreck Me - 09.03 ★★★
✔grit
🔹shops were thickly smothered in grit [loc: 296.3]
🔹Stranger - 09.24 ★★★★
✔jelly
🔹he pulled me inside the oddly dry jelly [loc: 319.5]
🔹Enslave Me Sweetly - 09.05 ★★★★
✔luxury
🔹The black luxury sedan was covered in shadows. [loc: 328.3]
🔹Enslave Me Sweetly - 09.05 ★★★★
✔tank
🔹like those little shorts and tank top, [loc: 100.2]
🔹Wreck Me - 09.03 ★★★
✔twin
🔹His Grams is my far older twin. [loc: 182.1]
🔹Wreck Me - 09.03 ★★★
Bonus/Bonus Bonus
✔clam
🔹Sam had closed up like a clam. [loc: 17.2]
🔹Operation Cinderella - 09.10 ★★★
✔ferocious
🔹After a ferocious game of pool [loc: 223.0]
🔹Historically Yours - 09.02 ★★★
✔indecent
🔹Purely indecent thoughts flew through his mind, [loc: 20.3]
🔹Historically Yours - 09.02 ★★★
✔paltry
🔹and that paltry meal had been burned up [loc: 341.8]
🔹Stranger - 09.24 ★★★★
✔zoo
🔹River joined all four Davises at the zoo, [loc: 344.8]
🔹The Soulmate Equation - 09.04 ★★★★
crockery
🔹Broken crockery, even food. [loc: 217.7]
🔹Law Man - 12.09 ★★★★
Monthly Word HuntSeptember 2021
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
birth
device
dose
drunken
embrace
grit
jelly
luxury
tank
twin
Bonus - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words
clam
ferocious
indecent
paltry
zoo
bonus bonus
crockery
August
baby
chew
direct
fan
finance
mum/mom
oven
pizza
rat
summary
Bonus - you must find the EXACT word
contest
daydream
detox
paralyzed/paralysed
snooze
bonus bonus
aqua
September Word HuntSeptember Word Hunt
READ: 13/16
✔ birth - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(he was the alpha dog from birth), p161
✔ device - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(the only device that flicked on the lights), p7
✔ dose - Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(there was a healthy dose of guilt), p291
✔ drunken - The Walled City - Ryan Graudin 9/25
(to stand up to my father's drunken rages), p21
✔ embrace - Wired - Liz Maverick 9/18
(his embrace was what I needed), p60
✔ grit - They Never Learn - Layne Fargo 9/30
(mixed in with the bitter grit at the bottom), p2
✔ jelly - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(turning my muscles to jelly), p8
✔ luxury - Once Perfect - Cecy Robson 9/11
(the only luxury item), p14
✔ tank - The Walled City - Ryan Graudin 9/25
(tanks of fresh fish and eels), p134
✔ twin - A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik 9/18
(she's got a pair of twin cousins), p11
Bonus
clam -
(), p
✔ ferocious - Curse of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 9/13
(I grappled with the ferocious braid), p112
✔ indecent - This Fallen Prey - Kelley Armstrong 9/22
(a very indecent proposition), ch6
paltry -
(), p
✔ zoo - Lions and the Living Dead - Ruby Loren 9/8
(when they bought the zoo), p2
crockery -
(), p
ORPHANS
July
✔ ogling - Wired - Liz Maverick 9/18
(if he realized I was ogling him), p31
August
✔ contest - Savage: The Awakening of Lizzie Danton - L.A. Fiore 9/17
(entered a painting in a contest and it won), p40
✔ detox - Watcher in the Woods - Kelley Armstrong 9/28
(like a detox center), ch43
12/16 - Found and ReadMain words
birth- Hayden Darling Timber was my birth name, and for all my legal businesses I was Daria Wolff, CEO of Copper Wolf Enterprises. - 7th Circle by Tate James, Page 45 of 373
device- Seph didn't say anything though, just typed her info in and handed the device back to him with a smile. - 7th Circle by Tate James, Page 165 of 373
dose- Suspected PCP overdose. - 7th Circle by Tate James, Page 175 of 373
drunken- ...and the volume of the crowd rose back to drunken-chatter level once more. - Timber by Tate James, Page 411 of 452
embrace- His words were barely more than a murmur, but the sound of a door slamming startled me out of his embrace. - Anarchy by Tate James, Loc 1077 of 4968
grit- At this stage of the game, my best and only option was to endure - grit my teeth, suffer through the pain, and maintain my bone deep belief that it was only a matter of time before I was found. - Anarchy by Tate James, Loc 69 of 4968
jelly- ...then kissed me with a level of primal possession that made my insides turn to jelly and... - Anarchy by Tate James, Loc 2812 of 4968
luxury- Crouching down beside my fallen enemy, I allowed myself the luxury of this small win. - Club 22 by Tate James, Loc 1533 of 5762
tank- I nodded sharply, buttoning up my jeans, then pulling a tank top over my head. - Club 22 by Tate James, Loc 4739 of 5762
twin- So, for lack of any better ideas, I headed over to the twin wicker chairs on the far end of the porch and sat down to wait. - Timber by Tate James, Page 211 of 452
Bonus
clam
ferocious- Or they can be ferocious and feral, as they are right now. - The Heir by Sophie Lark, Page 129 of 519
indecent
paltry
zoo- The woman gave a shrug, raking her eyes over me like I was a rare animal in the zoo or something. - Club 22 by Tate James, Loc 1459 of 5762
Bonus bonus
crockery
Finished, see message 6! :)Thanks for another fun challenge, Jane! See you all in October!
Congrats Rachael, Rissa and Tammie!!
Word Hunt1 - 30 September 2021
9/10 – Regular Words Found
3/5 – Bonus Words Found
1/1 – Bonus Bonus Word Found
Main words
birth
Youth and the Bright Medusa: p. 26: “The birth of this Princess was preceded by unusual portents.”
device
Moon of the Crusted Snow: p. 21: “Evan dug the fleshing device hard into the softening hide, scraping flesh and fat away from the skin.”
dose
The Dalai Lama's Cat: p. 49: “The usual carbolic tang of Tenzin’s fingers intermingled with a potent dose of Kouros as he reached up to scratch my chin.”
drunken
The Hundred-Year House: p. 247: “Vital to maintain the drunken state in which the plan was hatched, lest they sober up and discover themselves ridiculous.”
embrace
The Dalai Lama's Cat: p. 15: “Chogyal was still holding me, not in his usual affectionate embrace but as though restraining a savage beast.”
grit
Murder à la Mode: p. 84: “There’s plenty of room in the world for another lady with grit in her craw.”
jelly
luxury
Murder à la Mode: p. 77: “Having ones’ main suspects under one roof was a luxury she was unaccustomed to.”
tank
Youth and the Bright Medusa: p. 2: “He was absorbed in a study of paradise fish at the Aquarium, staring out at people through the glass and green water of their tank .”
twin
Elsewhere: p. 48: “He had to be Daddy, because Daddy didn’t have an identical twin .”
Bonus
clam
ferocious
The Dalai Lama's Cat: p. 174: “Fresh-faced and handsome, with hazel eyes, a high forehead, and curly, dark hair, he was reading at a pace that suggested a ferocious intellect behind a pair of somewhat nerdy reading glasses.”
indecent
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: p. 12: “Felicity calmly informed them one morning that she had gone out before breakfast and actually got married, in the most indecent secrecy and haste, to a middle-aged man called Dormer.”
paltry
zoo
Of Women and Salt: p. 90: “Carmen had been to a zoo exactly once, some twenty years ago.”
Bonus bonus
crockery
A Calculated Life: p. 42: “The sounds of knives and forks contacting crockery seemed to amplify as Jayna waited for some response.”
July 2020
bionic
A Calculated Life: p. 67: “If the Stephensons had good jobs, responsible jobs, why didn’t they get bionic status automatically?”
January 2021
swelter
Of Women and Salt: p. 127: “He and Jeanette swelter , their faces shiny. El Aleman rolls down the window just a sliver.”
February 2021
brainwash
Elsewhere: p. 8: “Fathers don’t brainwash their children.”
June 2021
mutant
Elsewhere: p. 106: “You might have thought this rain-soaked hairy mutant must be familiar with the legend of good King Arthur.”
July 2021
judicious
Murder à la Mode: p. 96: “Gran’s advice about dispensing the goodies in a judicious manner went out the window.”
August 2021
detox
Of Women and Salt: p. 110: “She’d keep the secret when she drove Jeanette to detox again, Mario sweaty and red beside her.”
Found all the "regular" ones and made some progress on the "orphans" (but created new ones).Words found: 10/10
Bonus words found: 4/5
Bonus Bonus words found: 1/1
"Leftover" words found: 2/6
Books completed: 7
1. BIRTH — Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb ✓ 9 Sept
LOC 259: How the skull didn't knit hard for weeks after birth.
2. DEVICE — Snow Blind by Cindy Gerard ✓ 10 Sept
LOC 956: At that point they would install a listening device for further monitoring.
3. DOSE — The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis ✓ 3 Sept
p. 441: It happened that the poisoned draught had little effect on her, because she had long accustomed herself to imbibing poison in increasing doses, until she could withstand a quantity which would be fatal to anyone else.
4. DRUNKEN — The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis ✓ 3 Sept
p. 175: They helped themselves liberally from the brew from the cauldron and they drank and played dice and drank yet again, until they drank themselves from merriment to stupor and from stupor into a deep, snoring, drunken sleep.
5. EMBRACE — Broken April by Ismail Kadare ✓ 6 Sept
p. 67: The chestnut trees lining the boulevard, café doors, the glitter of rings as they embraced, park benches strewn with autumn leaves, and dozens of other such memories—all those things she poured out upon the endless waste, in the hope that those images might in some sort people the void.
6. GRIT — Snow Brides by Peggy Webb ✓ 10 Sept
LOC 1260: He tightened his jaws and gritted his teeth hard enough to crack enamel.
7. JELLY — Snow Brides by Peggy Webb ✓ 10 Sept
LOC 1889: As it turned out, all she found was some stale bread and peanut butter with jelly.
8. LUXURY — Broken April by Ismail Kadare ✓ 6 Sept
p. 45: It was wan, miserable, without rain or even fog, not to speak of lightning, which would have been too much luxury for that washed-out sky.
9. TANK — Snow Blind by Cindy Gerard ✓ 10 Sept
LOC 1941: What was even more noteworthy was that they'd morphed the mounting for the bomb from a World War II era Polish MPB anti-tank mine so it could be mounted horizontally in an adjustable frame.
10. TWIN — Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb ✓ 9 Sept
LOC 1407: Two women, identical twin sisters.
Bonus
1. CLAM — Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb ✓ 9 Sept
LOC 5597: She's either going to spew or clam up and go to court.
2. FEROCIOUS — The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis ✓ 3 Sept
p. 238: I have heard that a youth named Setanta, coming late to a feast at the fortress of Cullan, was confronted by a ferocious hound, which Cullan, thinking his guests were all in the fortress, had loosed to guard the place.
3. INDECENT —
4. PALTRY — Broken April by Ismail Kadare ✓ 6 Sept
p. 72: He set himself to explaining to her that, when all was said and done, the aspect of death conferred on the lives of these men something of the eternal, because its very grandeur raised them above paltry things and the petty meanness of life.
5. ZOO — Lonely Planet Rome by Lonely Planet ✓ 25 Sept
p. 215: The obvious starting point is Villa Borghese, an attractive park counting the city's zoo, its largest modern art gallery, and a stunning Etruscan museum among its myriad attractions.
Bonus bonus
1. CROCKERY — Snow Brides by Peggy Webb ✓ 10 Sept
LOC 1916: If the flying crockery and cutlery didn't kill her first.
__________________________________________
January 2021 "leftover"
Bonus
4. SWELTER —
June 2021 "leftover"
6. MUTANT —
July 2021 "leftovers"
Bonus
3. JUDICIOUS —
Bonus bonus
1. SPARKLER —
August 2021 "leftovers"
Bonus
2. DAYDREAM — Rick Steves Rome by Rick Steves ✓ 26 Sept
p. 426: This is the place to browse antiques and daydream about furnishing a Roman apartment.
5. SNOOZE — Rick Steves Rome by Rick Steves ✓ 26 Sept
p. 208: Piazzale Caffarelli is a fine place for a snooze, a picnic, and a great view, though it doesn't overlook the Forum.
Done on post #16Finished old orphans
Only 2 from September being carried forward.
Didn't get my book for crockery read but I'll be back with that!Updated pos: My Word Hunt (msg 20)
Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6 of 7
I was able to find all my words - and squeaked in my "crockery" read by the skin of my teeth. Updated in msg 13
Another great month with some fun words!
Thanks Jane!
Congrats LaurLa and Maggie!!
I got 12/18 words, and found all 10 words for September 2021. Updated in Msg 11. I still have 6 Words to find and being carried over!
AnjaliC wrote: "I got 12/18 words, and found all 10 words for September 2021. Updated in Msg 11. I still have 6 Words to find and being carried over!"Congrats Anjalic!!
LaurLa wrote: "Didn't get my book for crockery read but I'll be back with that!Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 20)
Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 6 of 7"
Finally got that last word/book read!
My Word Hunt (msg 20)
Choo choo!September
birth- Grinder | Sept 25
Page 13: Lettie's birth stats
device
dose- Grinder | Sept 25
Page 201: high dose of awkwardness
drunken
embrace
grit
jelly
luxury
tank
twin
Bonus
clam
ferocious
indecent
paltry
zoo- Grinder | Sept 25
Page 17: You want to go to the zoo today
ROLLOVERS
July Bonus
excrement
August Bonus
Godless
October Bonus 2020
astrology
Prophesy
Dec Bonus 2020
quixotic
Feb Bonus 2021
allegedly
April Bonus 2021
crucifix
pagan
July Bonus 2021
beak
judicious
August 2022
pizza - Grinder | Sept 25
Page 135: wondering what you thought about grabbing pizza
Aug Bonus 2022
contest
daydream
detox
paralyzed/paralysed
snooze
Additional
Grinder: drunken, embrace, gritted, luxuries, tank, twin
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1 - 30 September 2021
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
birth
device
dose
drunken
embrace
grit
jelly
luxury
tank
twin
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.
clam
ferocious
indecent
paltry
zoo
and a bonus bonus
crockery
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.