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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
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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 Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
0/10 - Found and Read
Main words
afternoon
budget
cancel
go
kitchen
native
proper
sing
switch
wash
Bonus
hefty
mud
snake
tunnel
wandering
Bonus bonus
grandiose
Woohoo, my spot for April! :)2022 April Word Hunt
Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 April 2022
APRIL Read 10/10
1. AFTERNOON - Only One Bed - √ 5 April 2022
p103 - We'd only have an afternoon show, and then we could celebrate with Tim and Sam.
2. BUDGET - Only One Bed - √ 5 April 2022
p50 - The hotel restaurant was way out of my budget, so we walked down into the village.
3. CANCEL - Pick One - √ 10 April 2022
loc 684 - "I can't remember. But what in the world would make him think I'd cancel our plans for this random guy?" I brandished my phone.
4. GO - Pick One - √ 10 April 2022
loc 107 - "Fern? I've gotta go. Fate has sent me a knight in shining armor after all!"
5. KITCHEN - A Handkerchief for Kade - √ 14 April 2022
p246 - At the edge of the kitchen there's a door.
6. NATIVE - The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch - √ 7 April 2022
p98 - Now, reading the brochure, I saw that The Conservancy led nature walks, protected farmland so that it stayed farmland and didn't become tract housing, planted native plants - I was kind of clueless about that, I thought plants just grew where they were supposed to.
7. PROPER - A Handkerchief for Kade - √ 14 April 2022
p142 - "Don't you think she should get a real trial? A jury of her peers? A proper legal process? Maybe you've forgotten that you're human because the Guild hasn't treated you like one, but you're still a man, Otis. And you deserve your freedom."
8. SING - Code Blue - √ 2 April 2022
p152 - "Jeremy, I've been with you guys now for a lot of years. I know when you like the songs you sing. Some songs, some music you sing, you perform, and you do it perfectly. But then there are some songs that you love, that you feel, and it shows."
9. SWITCH - Cursed is the Worst - √ 11 April 2022
loc 1306 - She kissed his cheek - a neat trick since the shoes had decided to switch to a waltz, but then, Annemiek was a professional.
10. WASH - Cursed is the Worst - √ 11 April 2022
loc 1528 - "Don't worry," Kiran said, "I know a dryad who can take care of it if necessary. Let's go wash our hands and check out that place setting, because if it doesn't have your name, I intend to reword the card myself."
BONUS Read 5/5
1. HEFTY - Code Blue - √ 2 April 2022
p270 - I guess that hefty price for the new HD state of the art cameras was worth it.
2. MUD - The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch - √ 7 April 2022
p66 - He came running and jumped on me a few times, covering me in mud.
3. SNAKE - Better Red - √ 17 April 2022
p217 - If a snake had risen in front of him, Red couldn't feel more icy fear.
4. TUNNEL - Deadly Dorian - √ 8 April 2022
p150 - Now they stood in a tunnel of trees, the foliage to the sides and overhead creating hidden pockets of shadows that made Royce think about trapping Marc in a few.
5. WANDERING - Deadly Dorian - √ 8 April 2022
p94 - If he stuck to his routine, he'd linger in the breakfast area with his coffee, skimming the news headlines before wandering off for a shower.
BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. GRANDIOSE - Better Red - √ 17 April 2022
p8 - Red Ridley, short for Redmond, which was pretty grandiose for a small-town guy, smiled but poised his order form clearly in the line of sight of his customer.
FINISHED!!!!
Read: 10/10Bonus: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1
4/15 afternoon Verity, p20 By Friday afternoon, we had met for coffee and signed a contract.
4/5 budget Law Man, p109 ...I needed them ran late, was a resounding strike to my budget for just one kid.
4/5 cancel Law Man, p362 I cancelled my freak-out, sipped my wine, ate dinner with my family...
4/10 go | The Special Delivery, p 10 “… I ran out yesterday, and I haven’t been able to go anywhere.”
4/10 kitchen | The Special Delivery, p 14 Maybe in the kitchen.
4/3 native One with You, p435 Gideon had understood the Spanish and replied in her native tongue...
4/7 proper | The Casanova, p147 ...Little Miss Innocent Prim and Proper from level two spent the night in one of the married managers' rooms.
4/5 sing Law Man, p45 ...and I was doing nothing but listening to him sing and drinking a glass of red wine.
4/7 switch | The Casanova, p432 I close my eyes in regret and switch my phone back off.
4/3 wash One with You, p6 I didn't want to wash the memory of his touch away.
Bonus
4/3 hefty One with You, p364 ...and a bottle of scotch, and poured two hefty rations.
4/15 mud Verity, p122 Jeremy drives a dark grey Jeep Wrangler with jacked-up tires, covered in mud.
4/15 snake Verity, p241 I snake a hand up and grip his head, pulling his mouth against my skin.
4/7 tunnel | The Casanova, p8 It's like a time tunnel; I take a seat, I look around, and the next minute I'm miraculously there.
4/13 wandering Dax, p267 ...to the necklace box in my hand, before wandering over my suit.
Bonus-Bonus
4/10 grandiose | The Special Delivery, p75 But if his sister made grandiose plans for what would happen when she was released, …
April Word Hunt Main Words
10/10
Bonus Words
5/5
Bonus Bonus Words
Leftover Words
0/2
February
distort
March
Hellfire
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022 DONE - carried over 2 words!
April - Completed 10/10; 5/5 Bonus; 0/1 Bonus Bonus
Orphan
March bonus bonus Read 1/1
February bonus - Read 0/1
April
Completed 10/10
Afternoon- Kindle location 450- "It gets too hot in the afternoon for outdoor work if it can be avoided."
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel #6) by Judith S. Keim 4/15/22 4.5starsBudget- Kindle location 2844 -"I've been working on a new budget for the spa."
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel #6) by Judith S. Keim 4/15/22 4.5starsCancel(led) - Kindle location 223 - "I cancelled the whole stupid thing," she said firmly.
Crazy For You by Mollie Mathews 4/2/22 4starsGo- Kindle location 300 - How could she ever go back to normal once the night was over?
Crazy For You by Mollie Mathews 4/2/22 4starsKitchen- Kindle location 407 - While Consuela was at work in the kitchen, I hoped we'd be able to talk to Manny alone.
Dessert at The Beach House Hotel (Beach House Hotel #6) by Judith S. Keim 4/15/22 4.5starsNative- Kindle location 2800 - I could tell she was recovering her native resilience.
Lady Odelia's Secret (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #2) by Jane Steen 4/8/22 4.5starsProper- Kindle location 663 - "Clearly she has the proper ancestry in her blood somewhere, but that's all I know."
Go Hex Yourself (The Hex series #1) by Jessica Clare 4/12/22 3starsSing(s)- Kindle location 3888 - ...Reggie sings in the shower, her voice charmingly off-key.
Go Hex Yourself (The Hex series #1) by Jessica Clare 4/12/22 3starsSwitch(ed) - Kindle location 2693 - Odelia switched back to English.
Lady Odelia's Secret (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #2) by Jane Steen 4/8/22 4.5starsWash- Kindle location 3911 - I wash quickly but not so quickly that I don't stroke out another quick release,...
Go Hex Yourself (The Hex series #1) by Jessica Clare 4/12/22 3starsBonus Completed 5/5
Hefty- Kindle location 553 - His coat is glossy with health, and he's a big hefty chunk of a cat, which I love.
Go Hex Yourself (The Hex series #1) by Jessica Clare 4/12/22 3starsMud- Kindle location 440 - ...streaked with mud and dotted with yellow leaves, when he'd burst in upon my breakfast.
Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #1) by Jane Steen 4/5/22 4starsSnake- Kindle location 2105 - "The snake was already in the garden when this picture was painted, but I suspected nothing."
Lady Odelia's Secret (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #2) by Jane Steen 4/8/22 4.5starsTunnel- Kindle location 1739 - ...like walking through a very high, airy tunnel.
Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #1) by Jane Steen 4/5/22 4starsWandering- Kindle location 1231 - "She'd go wandering in her nightdress all over Croydon."
Lady Helena Investigates (Scott-De Quincy Mysteries #1) by Jane Steen 4/5/22 4starsand a bonus bonus Completed 0/1
Grandiose
Orphan Words
March bonus bonus
hellfire - Kindle location 1445 - "You speak of vengeance and of hellfire, but the God I pray to loves his people!"
Iron & Fire by Kerrin Willis 4/17/22 4.5stars February bonus
distort
Word HuntApril 2022
Main: 4/10
Bonus: 3/5
Bonus Bonus: 1/1
Main words
afternoon
budget - Typical corporate decision: spend thousands of dollars chartering a plane, assembling a crew, shattering the budget for food, lodging, and overtime — and then go cheap when it came to manpower. Pg. 294 24/7 ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
cancel
go
kitchen
native - ...I clean up good, as we natives like to say. Pg. 94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter ♈♈♈♈ 4/11
proper - Proper clothing for all occasions—by the way, what did one wear to attend an early-morning decapitation? Pg. 93 Darkly Dreaming Dexter ♈♈♈♈ 4/11
sing - His puzzle sense was singing. Pg. 131 24/7 ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
switch
wash
Bonus
hefty
mud
snake - I was in preschool, and a teacher accidentally put me down for a nap in a cot that a snake had slithered into. Pg. 39 The Lightning Thief ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
tunnel - By that time, we were on Ninth Avenue, heading for the Lincoln Tunnel. Pg. 161 The Lightning Thief ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
wandering - We rushed outside and found the other passengers wandering around in a daze, arguing with the driver, or running around in circles yelling, “We’re going to die!” Pg. 166 The Lightning Thief ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
Bonus bonus
grandiose - and the grandiose idea that he was God's best buddy, that that man was back from the dead. Pg. 11 24/7 ♈♈♈♈ 4/3
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
Words Found - 7 of 10 ! 4 of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus
afternoon, Survive the Night 04/06 - The middle of the AFTERNOON. (Pg 390)
budget
cancel, Then She Was Gone 04/12 - Am going to ask mum to CANCEL her. (pg 142)
go, Legacy Found 04/09 - 'Seriously? Go. We're done talking.' (loc 23.1%)
kitchen, Night School 04/02 - Tea was brewing in the KITCHEN. (pg 75)
native
proper, Survive the Night 04/06 - A PROPER goodbye before he slapped on the cuffs. (pg 294)
sing
switch, Night School 04/02 - Something with a big red SWITCH. (pg 74)
wash, Night School 04/02 - We can't WASH our dirty linen in public. (pg 315)
hefty, False Witness 04/26 - that carried a sentence of one to ten years and a HEFTY fine. (pg 256)
mud, Storm Watch 04/14 - Making his way through the MUD ti the front of the Jeep. (pg 80)
snake, Lovesick 04/20 - it's like a SNAKE that wants to slip through my fingers. (loc 68.2%)
tunnel, Then She Was Gone 04/14 -...calling to her from the other side of the dark TUNNEL of exams; (pg 38)
wandering
grandiose
APRILafternoon (pg136) and her to have a while they spend the AFTERNOON vegging. Delight by Erin Osborne 4.1
budget Pg 75 for a car in my BUDGET. Delight by Erin Osborne 4.1
cancel (pg269) I wouldn't CANCEL any of my..Blurred Lines by Jessica Prince 4.6
go (pg11) Shall we GO inside? Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney 4.5
kitchen Pg 6 my mother dead in our KITCHEN. Delight by Erin Osborne 4.1
native (pg28) Draco is pure NATIVE American Fire and Ink: Wolf by Emily Rose 4.22
proper (pg98) All prim and PROPER Not My Romeo by Ilsa Madden Mills 4.9
sing (pg94) to be too drunk to SING Bastard Bully by Echo Slater 4.5
switch (pg6) Hagan flips a SWITCH and… Bastard Bully by Echo Slater 4.5
wash (pg62) Do you need ot WASH up? Bastard Bully by Echo Slater 4.5
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.
hefty (pg9) money from a pretty HEFTY inheritance..Blurred Lines by Jessica Prince 4.6
mud (pg124) stick in the mUD to appreciate..Blurred Lines by Jessica Prince 4.6
snake (pg168) nd be mean as a SNAKE until she left..Boss: Time Served MC by Cee Bowerman 4.4
tunnel (pg163) beenusing that TUNNEL recently. Chef by Cee Bowerman 4.12
wandering Pg199 No WANDERING off. Twice For Treasure by Emily Rose 4.9
🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋☔Word Hunt
April 2022
READ: 16/16
Main words
✅ afternoon- Beauty and the Baller, it's two in the afternoon, 5%
✅ budget- Come Back to Bed, he carefully budgeted his words- 14%
✅ cancel- Beautiful Disaster- I can’t cancel on him- 45%- tbr
✅ go- Pool Girl- are you going to stare at him again-4%
✅ kitchen- Beauty and the Baller, my gaze goes to the kitchen, 4%
✅ native- The Song of the Marked, a native population that knew better, 51%
✅ proper- The Song of the Marked, the proper security converge
a moment later, 12%
✅ sing- Pool Girl- singing out for his touch- 65%
✅ switch- Beauty and the Baller- like little bit of bait and switch, 33%
✅ wash- Pool Girl-calm and relief wash over me - 64%
Bonus
✅ hefty- River of Shadows, his balls hefty enough
to provide some counterbalance, 79%
✅ mud- Lord of Population, dead leaves and mud beneath me- 55%
✅ snake- Lord of Population, a snake slipping out of his old skin- 39%
✅ tunnel- Thoroughly Whipped- the cars filed out into a tunnel, 27%
✅ wandering- Lord of Population, I'm wandering the halls- 25%
Bonus bonus
✅ grandiose- Stained Glass Myths: A Collection of Short Stories for Young Adults, in the center of the halo of floating beings, one with grandiose wings- p. 133- tbr
🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋🦋☔🦋☔ 🦋☔🦋🦋☂️🦋☔
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
0/10
Afternoon-
Budget-
Cancel-
Go-
Kitchen-
Native-
Proper-
Sing-
Switch-
Wash-
Bonus
0/5
Hefty-
Mud-
Snake-
Tunnel-
Wandering-
and a bonus bonus
0/1
Grandiose
APRILafternoon
budget
cancel
go
kitchen
native
proper
sing
switch
wash
Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
5/10 - Found and Read
4/5 - Bonus
0/1
Main words
💛afternoon: Touchstone - Karen Stivali, 4/12/22 -- pg.6, out of the apartment by tomorrow AFTERNOON
💙budget: Up in Smoke - Ashton Cade, 4/17/22 -- pg.129, Not in the BUDGET
💚cancel: Call Her Mine - Melissa Foster, 4/14/22 -- pg.52, I'll call him and CANCEL
💚go: Call Her Mine - Melissa Foster, 4/14/22 -- pg.5, I've got to GO
💛kitchen: Touchstone - Karen Stivali, 4/12/22 -- pg.15, the paperwork are in the KITCHEN
💜native: Trust the Focus - Megan Erickson, 4/8/22 -- loc.2796, something NATIVE to Ohio called a shooting star
💗proper: Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, 4/1/22 -- pg.79, PROPER frightening Henry says
💙sing: Up in Smoke - Ashton Cade, 4/17/22 -- pg.93, and I'm SINGING to myself
💛switch: Touchstone - Karen Stivali, 4/12/22 -- pg.85, flipped a hidden SWITCH in my body
💚wash: Call Her Mine - Melissa Foster, 4/14/22 -- pg.51, infusing the body WASH she makes
Bonus
hefty
💜mud: Trust the Focus - Megan Erickson, 4/8/22 -- loc.2163, ignoring the MUD seeping into y shoes
💜snake: Trust the Focus - Megan Erickson, 4/8/22 -- loc.2103, poison ivy and a SNAKE or two
💗tunnel: Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, 4/1/22 -- pg.104, He's got the hazy TUNNEL vision of a drunk
💗wandering: Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, 4/1/22 -- pg/257, Henry comes WANDERING into the kitchen
Bonus bonus
grandiose
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APRIL leftovers - 0/1
pagan
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MAY leftovers - 0/1
locust
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JULY leftovers - 0/1
Judicious
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AUGUST leftovers - 0/1
Detox
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SEPTEMBER leftovers - 0/1
crockery
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OCTOBER leftovers - 0/3
archive
fragment
hex
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DECEMBER Leftovers - 0/1
Bonus
cobweb
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FEBRUARY Leftovers - 1/1
Bonus
💛hiatus: Touchstone - Karen Stivali, 4/12/22 -- pg.26, I'm on an internet HIATUS at the moment
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MARCH Leftovers - 1/2
Bonus
💗consort: Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, 4/1/22 -- pg.284, Prince CONSORT Road?
hellfire
☕️📚April Word Hunt 2022📚☕️*Well... I still didn't finish it completely this month. More rollovers! Here's hoping for next month!
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
Completed 9/16
Main
🔲Afternoon
🔲Budget
🔲Cancel
🔲Go
☑️Kitchen - Capture The Moment - Apr 30th
Loc.1376 (She stood too and followed Finn into the kitchen, where he rinsed out their cups and put them into the dishwasher.).
🔲Native
☑️Proper - Capture The Moment - Apr 30th
Loc.1463 (Instead of a proper greeting, she said "Petunia? Really?").
🔲Sing
☑️Switch - Capture The Moment - Apr 30th
Loc.3789 (Switching gears, she told him about her meeting at the bookstore...).
☑️Wash - Force - Apr 27th
Loc.669 (“Do I need one to wash dishes and clear tables?”)
Bonus (you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Hefty - Courage - Apr 28th
Loc.1426 (I pushed through the hefty line of brainless beef and Courage followed.)
☑️Mud - Force - Apr 27th
Loc.297 (“A rock covered in mud?”)
☑️Snake - Force - Apr 27th
Loc.1025 (He looked at the can in his hand like it was a snake or something.)
☑️Tunnel - Slow Dance in Purgatory - Apr 22nd
pg.222 (From somewhere deep in the dark tunnel she was cowering in, Maggie heard the words.)
☑️Wandering - Slow Dance in Purgatory - Apr 22nd
pg.66 (Of course, he had said don’t go wandering around alone.)
Bonus-Bonus
🔲Grandiose
March Rollovers: 4/5
Main
🔲Designer
☑️Elevator - Slow Dance in Purgatory - Apr 22nd
pg.47 (…the dumbwaiter served as a manual elevator for the janitorial staff and the occasional wheel chair.)
☑️Highlight - Frostblood - Apr 15th
pg.161 (The sun highlighted some faded gold leaf on the columns.)
Bonus (you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Marvelous - Frostblood - Apr 15th
pg.238 (“We bring you marvelous bests, exotic animals from near and far.")
Bonus-Bonus
☑️Hellfire - Courage - Apr 28th
Loc.210 ("Sure as hellfire and hobbits," I answered loud and clear.)
February Rollovers: 1/2
Bonus (you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Distort
☑️Windy - Courage - Apr 28th
Loc.1882 (…trying to find a place that wasn’t windy and reaching into my pocket for my phone…)
January Rollovers: 1/1
Bonus-Bonus
☑️Glacial - Frostblood - Apr 15th
pg.262 (White-gloved servants pulled the shiny handles, and a blast of glacial air burst from the opening doors.)
To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.
April Word HuntREAD: 16/16
✔ afternoon - Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes - Karen Rose Smith 4/8
(afternoon tea should be over by now), p21
✔ budget - Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes - Karen Rose Smith 4/8
(particular clothes within their budget), p223
✔ cancel - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(enough to cancel my death sentence), p113
✔ go - Southern Spirits - Angie Fox 4/16
(I won't let you go in blind), p223
✔ kitchen - Lipstick & Lattes - Tracy Krimmer 4/1
(I'm not exactly skilled in the kitchen), p191
✔ native - Reptile Memoirs - Silje Ulstein 4/7
(many Native American peoples believed), p84
✔ proper - Key to Conflict - Talia Gryphon 4/5
(to bring her thoughts back into proper perspective), loc109
✔ sing - The Second Blind Son - Amy Harmon 4/6
(he'd been terrified to hear her sing), p60
✔ switch - Lipstick & Lattes - Tracy Krimmer 4/1
(I'm ready to switch over to dresses), p102
✔ wash - The Shadow People - Graham Masterton 4/8
(time for a wash and a brush-up), p32
Bonus
✔ hefty - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(paying a captain's hefty price), p317
✔ mud - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(her eyebrow arches at the mud), p37
✔ snake - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(I snake past him), p13
✔ tunnel - Southern Spirits - Angie Fox 4/16
(a woman's scream pierced the tunnel), p179
✔ wandering - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(I would end up wandering the streets), p403
✔ grandiose - Savage - Robyn Wideman 4/14
(one more grandiose comment for the benefit of his friends), p144
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
17/17afternoon Pregnant by the Playboy- page 24- "That was yesterday afternoon." 4/4
budget Just Friends- page 12- "I should have the budget for another full-time firefighter in six months." 4/5-4/6
cancel You & Me- page 33- I didn't cancel on Landon, and on Thursday afternoon, I pulled into the parking lot of the athletic center adjacent to the stadium. 4/6-4/7
go Pregnant by the Playboy- page 1- And it has nothing to do with any parties or clubs I might to late in the evening. 4/4
kitchen Tough Luck- page 7- I should have stayed in bed, even if I'd been awake for hours, waiting for a suitable time to putter around in his kitchen. 4/3
native The Prisoner of Limnos- page 9- "Let's go find Duke Jurgo." 4/2-4/3
proper Pregnant by the Playboy- page 10- He's East Asian, and he has black hair, a little too long to be strictly proper, I think. 4/4
sing The Prisoner of Limnos- page 17- "I've heard them sing twice, at festivals there." 4/2-4/3
switch Just Friends- page 92- Still, when we finally switch out the lights and climb into bed, I don't fall right asleep. 4/5-4/6
wash Just Friends- page 97- The smell of sawdust and Tanner's sweat is making me light-headed, and after I suggest he takes the first shower, by the time I climb in, his body wash is all I can smell 4/5-4/6
Bonus
hefty A Cowboy to Remember- page 304- Since then she'd been offered two hefty endorsement deals.
mud Tough Luck- page 61- His t-shirt advertised something called a mud run that sounded like forced misery but apparently raised money for charity. 4/3
snake The Prisoner of Limnos- page 27- But he bid a glum goodbye to his prior mental image of the pudgy, timid eunuch secretary, swapping it out for this overdressed white snake of an assassin standing taut before him. 4/2-4/3
tunnel You & Me- page 68- I spotted Landon near the tunnel where our kids jogged from the athletic center, beneath the home side of the stadium, and ran out to the field. 4/6-4/7
wandering Tough Luck- page 33- I'd taken the opportunity while he'd been showering to put the produce in the kitchen, but I'd returned upstairs because I wasn't crazy about him wandering around on his own until I had a better lay of the land. 4/3
Bonus Bonus
grandiose Uprooted- loc 2730- "Perhaps we'd best make sure you can free him, before you choose among grandiose plans none of which can even be begun." 4/13-4/15
Leftover
hellfire The Magpie Lord- page 122- "That was a calculated -- hellfire!" 4/30
April Word Hunt
April 2022
My Word Hunt (msg 19)
Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 6
April Words
☑️afternoon
🔹It was two o’clock in the afternoon. [loc: 89.1]
🔹Spite Club ➺ 04.01 ★★★★
☑️budget
🔹Also, do you have a budget in mind? [loc: 360.6]
🔹Blitzing Emily ➺ 04.16 ★★★
☑️cancel
🔹All leave was canceled [loc: 35.2]
🔹Dark Moon ➺ 04.03 ★★★
☑️go
🔹And I’m about to go mess him up. [loc: 4.8]
🔹Spite Club ➺ 04.01 ★★★★
☑️kitchen
🔹Fain fetched the basin and rag from the kitchen. [loc: 69.5]
🔹As the Last Petal Falls ➺ 04.29 ★★★★
☑️native
🔹Or perhaps she was a Native American. [loc: 107.2]
🔹Dark Moon ➺ 04.03 ★★★
☑️proper
🔹tools away in their proper places, [loc: 56.8]
🔹Hide from Evil ➺ 04.27 ★★★★
☑️sing
🔹she asked in a sing-songy voice. [loc: 118.9]
🔹9 Bodies Rolling ➺ 04.08 ★★★
☑️switch
🔹as though a switch had flipped. [loc: 109.1]
🔹Hide from Evil ➺ 04.27 ★★★★
☑️wash
🔹She saw a faint wash of color [loc: 318.4]
🔹Blitzing Emily ➺ 04.16 ★★★
Bonus/Bonus Bonus
☑️hefty
🔹coincided with a hefty deposit [loc: 253.3]
🔹Hide from Evil ➺ 04.27 ★★★★
☑️mud
🔹Um, sanding drywall mud. [loc: 53.1]
🔹9 Bodies Rolling ➺ 04.08 ★★★
☑️snake
🔹You have a snake? [loc: 54.6]
🔹9 Bodies Rolling ➺ 04.08 ★★★
☑️tunnel
🔹What if the tunnel had led to an animal cage? [loc: 113.2]
🔹Dark Moon ➺ 04.03 ★★★
☑️wandering
🔹my mind wandering to pleasant daydreams [loc: 27.0]
🔹Spite Club ➺ 04.01 ★★★★
☑️grandiose
🔹He had abandoned his grandiose tones. [loc: 414.0]
🔹As the Last Petal Falls ➺ 04.29 ★★★★
Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
10/10
Main Words
1. afternoon: "Riley had been thinking of Josh all afternoon." (Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster - page 320 - 4/3/2022)
2. budget - "I think we can still keep it within your original budget." (Flirting with Love by Melissa Foster - page 245 - 4/4/2022)
3. cancel - "I'd call and cancel the event at the bookstore," (Beach Read by Emily Henry - page 307 - 4/14/2022)
4. go - "She'd listen to her clients go on and on about their lives." (Flirting with Love by Melissa Foster - page 46 - 4/4/2022)
5. kitchen - "He pushed to his feet and started for the kitchen." (Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster - page 250 - 4/3/2022)
6. native - ... stumbled into each other on Earth only to discover we shared a native language." (Beach Read by Emily Henry - Chapter 12 - 4/13/2022)
7. proper - "What is proper ettiquee the day after you hook up with the fake boyfriend..." (The Ex Talk by Rachel Solomon - Page 284 - 4/18/2021
8. sing - "... you'll teach me to sing like no one's listening, dance like no one's watching, and love like I've never been hurt before." (Beach Read by Emily Henry - page 103 - 4/13/2022)
9. switch - "Probably a good idea since we switched breakfast to your house, and everyone will be here in a minute." (Flirting with Love by Melissa Foster - page 308 - 4/5/2022)
10. wash - "She tipped her face up to the spray of the shower to wash away the bombardments of what-ifs." (Friendship on Fire by Melissa Foster - page 52 - 4/2/2022)
FINISHED!
Bonus
a. hefty
b. mud
c. snake - "She pointed to her opposite hip, at the serpent winding up from her thigh, separate from the others. "Year of the snake." (One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - chapter 11 - 4/16/2022)
d. tunnel - The train plunges out of a tunnel and back into the deafening rain. (One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - chapter 6 - 4/15/2022)
e. wandering - "She told August that she got the job after wandering in through her final semester..." (One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston - chapter 7 - 4/15/2022)
Bonus bonus
grandiose
CHAMPION hunter!16/16
APRIL
✅afternoon “Hitting the gym in the afternoon to share gossip.”
Excerpt From: Riley Hart. “Faking It (Metropolis Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅budget“Cash navigated into a working-class area with lots of strip malls and shopping centers with budget-store names. ”
Excerpt From: Annabeth Albert. “Tough Luck: MM SEAL Bodyguard Romance (A-List Security Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅cancel “He keeps making bullshit excuses. He cancelled our meeting.”
Excerpt From: Riley Hart. “Faking It (Metropolis Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅go “Cause you just had to go for the double major, didn’t you? ”
Excerpt From: Finn Marlowe. “Not His Kiss to Take.” Apple Books.
✅kitchen “Though the kitchen sparkled,”
Excerpt From: Finn Marlowe. “Not His Kiss to Take.” Apple Books.
✅native “the dark skin tone and high cheekbones of a Native American Indian”
Excerpt From: AJ Sherwood. “Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries Case 1).” Apple Books.
✅proper “But the new students do need to learn about priming the canvas and cleaning the brushes properly.”
Excerpt From: S.C. Wynne. “Last Gasp: Kip O'Connor M/M Mystery.” Apple Books.
✅sing “So. Maybe I can sing too.”
Excerpt From: Marshall Thornton. “Year of the Rat (Dom Reilly Mysteries Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅switch “I continued feeling around on the wall and eventually found a light switch.”
Excerpt From: S.C. Wynne. “Last Gasp: Kip O'Connor M/M Mystery.” Apple Books.
✅wash “Might as well call this meeting a wash now and join them.”
Excerpt From: Riley Hart. “Faking It (Metropolis Book 1).” Apple Books.
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.
✅hefty “Living in Berkeley came with a hefty price tag if you didn’t want to live in a shack”
Excerpt From: Finn Marlowe. “Not His Kiss to Take.” Apple Books.
✅mud “His T-shirt advertised something called a mud run ”
Excerpt From: Annabeth Albert. “Tough Luck: MM SEAL Bodyguard Romance (A-List Security Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅snake “Tips’ hand darted out as quick as a snake striking, grabbing at the glasses on my face.”
Excerpt From: AJ Sherwood. “Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case (Jon's Mysteries Case 1).” Apple Books.
✅tunnel “The deeper we walk into the tunnel”
Excerpt From: Mia Monroe. “Never Trust A Guy With Fangs (Covens of Eaton Falls Book 1).” Apple Books.
✅wandering “but I’d returned upstairs because I wasn’t crazy about him wandering around on his own until I had a better lay of the land.”
Excerpt From: Annabeth Albert. “Tough Luck: MM SEAL Bodyguard Romance (A-List Security Book 1).” Apple Books. wandering
and a bonus bonus
✅grandiose “One more grandiose comment for the benefit of his friends and he would attack. It was time to make his move. ”
Excerpt From: Robyn Wideman. “Savage.” Apple Books.
Monthly Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
4/10
Afternoon- Beard Necessities Pg 43- “Now it was morning, or maybe afternoon, I wasn’t certain.”
Budget- The Recovery Agent Pg 238- “The hotel was a budget-priced chain.”
Cancel-
Go-
Kitchen-
Native-
Proper-
Sing- Beard Necessities Pg 95- “that’s where Billy’s voice was coming from-and stood at the door, watching him sing.”
Switch-
Wash- Beard Necessities Pg 82- “‘You wash I’ll dry.’ In my peripheral vision, I saw that he placed his plate next to mine on the counter and was hovering at my shoulder, looking at me.”
Bonus
2/5
Hefty-
Mud-
Snake- The Recovery AgentPg 263- “A snake was moving over his legs.”
Tunnel- The Recovery Agent Pg 75- “The air in the tunnel felt fresh, and she would have been more comfortable exploring if she hadn’t seen the two men last night.”
Wandering-
and a bonus bonus
0/1
Grandiose
Found them all this time.READ: 16/16
✔ afternoon - Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes - Karen Rose Smith 4/8
(afternoon tea should be over by now), p21
✔ budget - Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes - Karen Rose Smith 4/8
(particular clothes within their budget), p223
✔ cancel - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(enough to cancel my death sentence), p113
✔ go - Southern Spirits - Angie Fox 4/16
(I won't let you go in blind), p223
✔ kitchen - Lipstick & Lattes - Tracy Krimmer 4/1
(I'm not exactly skilled in the kitchen), p191
✔ native - Reptile Memoirs - Silje Ulstein 4/7
(many Native American peoples believed), p84
✔ proper - Key to Conflict - Talia Gryphon 4/5
(to bring her thoughts back into proper perspective), loc109
✔ sing - The Second Blind Son - Amy Harmon 4/6
(he'd been terrified to hear her sing), p60
✔ switch - Lipstick & Lattes - Tracy Krimmer 4/1
(I'm ready to switch over to dresses), p102
✔ wash - The Shadow People - Graham Masterton 4/8
(time for a wash and a brush-up), p32
Bonus
✔ hefty - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(paying a captain's hefty price), p317
✔ mud - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(her eyebrow arches at the mud), p37
✔ snake - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(I snake past him), p13
✔ tunnel - Southern Spirits - Angie Fox 4/16
(a woman's scream pierced the tunnel), p179
✔ wandering - A Fate of Wrath & Flame - K.A. Tucker 4/3
(I would end up wandering the streets), p403
✔ grandiose - Savage - Robyn Wideman 4/14
(one more grandiose comment for the benefit of his friends), p144
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Congrats Tammie & Barbara!!
APRILafternoon - It's Holy Matrimony, Baby pg. 150 4/11/22
I’ve spent the whole afternoon putting together flat pack furniture with a screwdriver, terrible instructions, and some ingenuity.
budget - At the Heart of It pg. 196 4/12/22
I know you had budget items to go over.
cancel - A Deal with the Devil pg. 69 4/4/22
“I seriously doubt Angela sent me a dick pic, but if she did, you can go ahead and cancel.”
go - Beauty and the Baller pg. 5 4/5/22
Go talk to that girl.
kitchen - It's Holy Matrimony, Baby pg. 37 4/11/22
Finn stands at ease in my kitchen, a bottle of pale ale in one hand.
native - A Deal with the Devil pg. 181 4/4/22
Return of the Native?”
proper - A Deal with the Devil pg. 117 4/4/22
He spreads the paper wrapper out neatly on his desk and places a napkin in his lap, as if this is a proper meal.
sing - Beauty and the Baller pg. 43 4/5/22
Can we sing Dolly in the morning like she used to do when I had breakfast?
switch - At the Heart of It pg. 71 4/12/22
The vet suggested we switch up his diet to see if there’s a food allergy going on, so that’s what I’m working on.”
wash - At the Heart of It pg. 68 4/12/22
You can wash up at that sink right there and go on in.
Bonus
hefty -
mud - Beauty and the Baller pg. 33 4/5/22
Maybe driving some four-wheelers through the mud.
snake -
tunnel -
wandering -
and a bonus bonus
grandiose -
Finished, see message 5! :)Thanks for another fun month, Jane!
See you all in May!
💕A little late but I ll try the challenge 💕Monthly Word Hunt Challenge
1 - 30 April 2022
Found and Read :
Failed : 0/1 bonus bonus
* it was my first, I only notice afterwards about the rule of only 3 words for a book.
(view spoiler)
All my challenges
Congrats Theresa, Rissa and Lilliana!!! 🎉
April Word Hunt1 - 30 April 2022
10/10
Afternoon- Beard Necessities 43- “Now it was morning, or maybe afternoon, I wasn’t certain.”
Budget- The Recovery Agent Pg 238- “The hotel was a budget-priced chain.”
Cancel-Ugly LovePg 235- “I cancel the message, then put the phone to my ear.”
Go- Ugly Love Pg 6- “He’s quiet for a few seconds while he thinks. ‘Go downstairs and ask for Cap,’ he says.”
Kitchen- A Discovery of Witches pg 116- “The last time my fingers had behaved like this, I was thirteen and the fire department had to be called to extinguish the blaze in the kitchen.”
Native- The Last Thing He Told Me Pg 188- “but when I cross-reference with skiing, I find that John Abbot (Baltimore native, UT-Austin grad) now lives in Aspen with his partner and their two kids.”
Proper-A Discovery of Witches Pg 188- “Not even a Bishop could break that spell without proper training in witchcraft.”
Sing- Beard Necessities Pg 95- “that’s where Billy’s voice was coming from-and stood at the door, watching him sing.”
Switch-The Last Thing He Told Me Pg. 96- “I think she switched our drinks’ She says.”
Wash- Beard Necessities Pg 82- “‘You wash I’ll dry.’ In my peripheral vision, I saw that he placed his plate next to mine on the counter and was hovering at my shoulder, looking at me.”
Bonus
4/5
Hefty-
Mud- Drawn Together Pg 210- “Yamane’s eyes would glitter with tears, and he’d make some offhand remark, usually negative, about the weather or the mud in the road to cover them up.”
Snake- The Recovery AgentPg 263- “A snake was moving over his legs.”
Tunnel- The Recovery AgentPg 75- “The air in the tunnel felt fresh, and she would have been more comfortable exploring if she hadn’t seen the two men last night.”
Wandering- A Discovery of Witches Pg 150- “I blinked, thinking of a vampire wandering the hallways of the Vatican.”
and a bonus bonus
0/1
Grandiose
Jane (PS) wrote: "Congrats Theresa, Rissa and Lilliana!!! 🎉"Thank you Jane !! ☺️
🌹My masterlist of challenges 🌹Word Hunt
1 - 30 April 2022
Main words | 10/10
1. afternoon | Enemies With Benefits by Roxie Noir - 4/2/22
🔹p. 76 - He's tall, dark, annoyingly handsome, totally interrupting my train of thought, unlikely to make my afternoon less of an exercise in frustration, and holding a plate of something.
2. budget | Empire of Hate by Rina Kent - 4/7/22
🔹p. 16 - I spent all my food budget so he could eat fish today after months of craving it.
3. cancel | Twisted Hate by Ana Huang - 4/3/22
🔹p. 2 - After such a hellish day, I wanted to cancel my date with Todd, but I'd already postponed twice--once for a rescheduled study group, the other when I was feeling under the weather-- and I hadn't wanted to leave him hanging again.
4. go | Dear Love, I Hate You by Eliah Greenwood - 4/21/22
🔹p. 122 - Don't go getting a big head, but I've kind of been looking forward to your letters lately.
5. kitchen | Twisted Hate by Ana Huang - 4/3/22
🔹p.68 - "Let me guess. You've annoyed the rest of the staff so much they banished you to the kitchen?"
6. native | The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata - 4/9/22
🔹p. 108 - This was the same Winnipeg native that had only once gone back to his motherland in all the time we'd worked together.
7. proper | Ruthless Knight by A. Jade - 4/23/22
🔹p. 364 - They'd lose their damn minds if I told them he snuck through my window and gave their proper daughter the best orgasm she's ever had.
8. sing | Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti - 4/11/22
🔹p. 86 - I forgot everything, the world just a hazy grey blur around us as I clung to this man who made every part of me sing.
9. switch | The Edge of Temptation by J. Saman - 4/22/22
🔹p. 22 - From the moment she was diagnosed, I wished a million times over I could switch fate with hers.
10. wash | Vicious Prince by Rina Kent - 4/20/22
🔹p. 81 - I grab a pen from the table behind me and throw it at him to wash away his smirk, but he catches it above his head.
Bonus | 5/5
1. hefty | The Half-Orc's Maiden Bride by Ruby Dixon - 4/7/22
🔹p. 13 - I wasn't sure what to expect when Lord Purnav of Rockmourn offered his last unmarried daughter in exchange for a hefty bride-price and for a peace truce between us.
2. mud | Home Game by Odette Stone - 4/1/22
🔹p. 194 - Everything was dark, and it felt like my legs were stuck in mud.
3. snake | Vicious by LJ Shen - 4/5/22
🔹p. 169 - "Said she'd love to meet him sometime soon, and that there's vermin in the Spencers' attic anyway, so the snake will feel right at home."
4. tunnel | Fated Throne by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti - 4/12/22
🔹p. 161 - As we reached a damp tunnel far below ground, the sound of the roots retreating made me turn back and my heart thudded harder as the ground closed up above us once more, leaving us down here in the dark.
5. wandering | The Mixtape by Brittainy Cherry - 4/4/22
🔹p. 80 - My mind kept betraying me by wandering back to Oliver, the man who'd destroyed my fantasies.
Bonus bonus | 1/1
1. grandiose | A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene - 4/30/22
🔹p. 99 - My grandiose make-believe downsized into my habit of addressing an invisible audience whenever I got into trouble or took risks to put food on the table.
Done on post #8carried over two words to May
Finished! Thanks, Jane :-)Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 19)
Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 6
Still going…APRIL
afternoon - The Fall | Apr 24
pg 4: it had been afternoon
budget - Light in Shadow | Apr 25
Page 273: It was nice to have a large budget for entertaining clients
cancel
go - Dirty Charmer | Apr 28
Page 4: If you're not going to focus, you need to go
kitchen- Dirty Charmer | Apr 28
Page 15: She glances towards the kitchen to make sure the coast is clear
native
proper- Dirty Charmer | Apr 28
Page 6: the very picture of prim and proper
sing
switch
wash
Bonus
hefty - Light in Shadow | Apr 25
Page 853: The desk was a hefty burnished piece of sculpture
mud - The Fall | Apr 24
pg 117: I've been kneeling in the mud of Frank's driveway
snake - Purity in Death | Apr 23
pg 85: A snake in the garden
tunnel - Purity in Death | Apr 23
pg 85: drew her into an arbored tunnel
wandering - The Fall | Apr 24
pg 130: Wandering out here. Alone
ROLLOVERS
March 2022
become - Reunion in Death | Apr 15
Pg 12: his college sweetie who'd gone on to become a buyer for a major department store
designer - Sexy | Apr 19
Pg: 281: his expensive designer suit
elevator - Sexy | Apr 19
Pg: 4: comes with a private elevator
favor - Sexy | Apr 19
Pg: 137: I'm just gonna do everyone a favor
folder - Light in Shadow | Apr 25
Page 23: a folder of fabric samples
highlight- Center Mass | Apr 21
Pg 18: Long and brown with reddish highlights
puppy- Center Mass | Apr 21
Pg 235: play in the bubbles as if he were a puppy
soap - Center Mass | Apr 21
Pg 190: eyes tracked my hands as I took the bar of soap
store - Reunion in Death | Apr 15
Pg 12: his college sweetie who'd gone on to become a buyer for a major department store
wall - Reunion in Death | Apr 15
Pg 8: She ran a thumb down the wall
March Bonus 2022
brag - One to Watch | Apr 13
pg 1116: Wow, so that was just a backdoor way for you to brag?
consort
ditch - One to Watch | Apr 13
pg 120: The brass at ABS have been looking for an excuse to ditch Faust for a long time.
marvellous/marvelous - One to Watch | Apr 13
pg 648: It's the most marvelous place
puffed - Purity in Death | Apr 23
pg 190: baxter puffed out his lean cheeks
Dec Bonus 2020
quixotic
July Bonus 2021
judicious
Dec 2021
sleigh
Additional:
One to Watch - cancel, sing, switch, wash
Reunion in Death - cancel*, sing, switch*, wash*
Sexy - cancel, switch, wash
Center Mass - switch*, wash
Purity in Death - judicious, wash, switch, swing,
The Fall - cancel, sing, switch
Light in Shadow - cancel, sing, switch, wash
Dirty Charmer - sing, switch, wash
LOL - well done Chan!! Can't believe you are still tracking these old words 😆
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1 - 30 April 2022
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!
APRIL
afternoon
budget
cancel
go
kitchen
native
proper
sing
switch
wash
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.
hefty
mud
snake
tunnel
wandering
and a bonus bonus
grandiose
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.