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message 1: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 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!

SEPTEMBER
ajar
channel
earth
feeling
fire
guess
meeting
monkey
powder
sip



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.

coin
dull
railway
shrugged
stitch



and a bonus bonus
audacious or US spelling


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.


message 2: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments Example post:(view spoiler)


message 3: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments 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'.


message 4: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
ajar
channel
earth
feeling
fire
guess
meeting
monkey
powder
sip

Bonus
coin
dull
railway
shrugged
stitch

Bonus bonus
audacious


message 5: by Rissa (last edited Sep 21, 2022 02:36PM) (new)

Rissa | 697 comments My spot for September! :)

2022 September Word Hunt (original post #5)

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022


SEPTEMBER Read 10/10
1. AJAR - The Dating Disaster - √ 11 September 2022
p24 - The tiny mouthful of milk he leaves in the carton, and his ridiculous habit of never fully closing cupboards, so the doors are always slightly ajar.

2. CHANNEL - Elliot, Song of the Soulmate - √ 5 September 2022
p93 - If Wentworth didn't want to use his voice, there was another channel of communication available.

3. EARTH - Elliot, Song of the Soulmate - √ 5 September 2022
p118 - "Played by Paul Rudd. He's such a solid guy. Down to earth, clever, good humoured."

4. FEELING - The Dating Disaster - √ 11 September 2022
p196 - And as they all make a fuss over Bowser, this gross jealous feeling takes over.

5. FIRE - The Kite - √ 6 September 2022
p119 - Two different kinds of fire.

6. GUESS - The Kite - √ 6 September 2022
p65 - Harry conceded half a shrug. "I guess."

7. MEETING - The Sunny Side - √ 8 September 2022
p80 - "Did you get my message about meeting Ruby's summer school teacher?"

8. MONKEY - The Sunny Side - √ 8 September 2022
p266 - He hands her to me, and she coils around me like a little spider monkey, resting her head against mine.

9. POWDER - The Merman and the Barbarian Pirate - √ 4 September 2022
p227 - She now funneled powder and shot back into her weapon's muzzle, preparing for another go.

10. SIP - The Merman and the Barbarian Pirate - √ 4 September 2022
p155 - Kemp paused to sip his coffee.

BONUS Read 5/5
1. COIN - Declination - √ 11 September 2022
p110 - Shaw remembered the glint of gold tooth floating in blackness like a dead man's coin.

2. DULL - Declination - √ 11 September 2022
p73 - The men stared back with dull fury.

3. RAILWAY - Tell Me Our Story - √ 20 September 2022
loc/p240 - The bridge was an old railway bridge: maroon-coloured steel criss-crossing over a hundred-and-fifty-meter drop.

4. SHRUGGED - Powered by Ghosts - √ 17 September 2022
loc 521 - Silas shrugged apologetically. "Cats. They go where they please."

5. STITCH - Powered by Ghosts - √ 17 September 2022
loc 1835 - It didn't make a seamstress to know there weren't ten yards of fabric in every stitch the two of them were wearing.

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. AUDACIOUS - Tell Me Our Story - √ 20 September 2022
loc/p106 - "Audacious. Sassy. Bold. Flippant. Forward." Jonathan turned around.

FINISHED!!!!


message 6: by Mony (last edited Sep 13, 2022 06:44AM) (new)

Mony (mony1) | 739 comments 🏝️🦋👒🧚💚👒🦋🌴🦋💙👒🌴💚🧚🏝️🍹🏝️🦋👒🧚💚👒🦋🌴🦋💙👒🌴🏝️🍹

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022
15/16

Main words
🦋 ajar- Puck Shy- the moment the door is ajar- 3%
🦋 channel- Puck Shy- to help channel all my extra frustrations- 21%
🦋 earth- Shameless- my body plummets to the earth, 20%
🦋 feeling- He's So Fine- feeling more than just a twinge of pain- 5%
🦋 fire- He's So Fine- Jesus, not another fire- 2%
🦋 guess- Shameless, I guess it’s just in my nature, 97%
🦋 meeting- Reaper's Property- What we call a club meeting- 20%
🦋 monkey- He's So Fine- We had wild monkey sex- 45%
🦋 powder- Pen Pal- go to the powder room down hall- 11%
🦋 sip- Shameless, taking several sips of my fruity drink- 80%

Bonus
🦋 coin- Pen Pal- this particular coin is stamped 1937- 31%
🦋 dull- Reaper's Property- His face was sallow and his eyes dull- 30%
railway
🦋 shrugged- Reaper's Property- Then Picnic shrugged- 8%
🦋 stitch- Puck Shy- when I complete the last stitch- 31%

Bonus bonus
audacious- The Portable Dorothy Parker-lively
and good-natured and audacious-p.194- tbr

Shameless (Playboys in Love, #1) by Gina L. Maxwell Puck Shy (Carolina Comets, #1) by Teagan Hunter He's So Fine (Lucky Harbor, #11) by Jill Shalvis Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker Reaper's Property (Reapers MC, #1) by Joanna Wylde

🏝️🦋👒🧚💚👒🦋🌴🦋💙👒🌴💚🧚🏝️🍹🏝️🦋👒🧚💚👒🦋🌴🦋💙👒🌴🏝️🍹


message 7: by Jean (last edited Sep 20, 2022 11:15AM) (new)

Jean | 869 comments September Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

Main word 10/10
Bonus words 5/5
Bonus bonus 1/1

Main words
✅ajar Return pg 123 His door is ajar, and I see long,

✅channel Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy With the British exhausted and defeated, German forces would cross the Channel shortly

✅earth Resisting the Doctor pg 152 making her body sing while taking his time before bringing her to an earth-shattering climax.

✅feeling Unexpected pg 36 she had a feeling this was going to be the hardest mission of her life

✅fire Unexpected pg 20 the fire in his gaze

✅guess Resisting the Doctor pg 13 “Guess he’s paying attention even though he’s about ten seconds behind us.

✅meeting The Accidental Newlywed Game pg 147 She wished they could focus on their meeting instead of putting all their attention on her

✅monkey Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy There was Bonzo, the Great Dane, Glouglou (Gobble-Gobble), a young monkey

✅powder The Accidental Newlywed Game pg 137 Brenna went into her closet and pulled out the powder - blue flowered sundress

✅sip The Accidental Newlywed Game pg 2 She thanked him and took a sip

Bonus

✅coin Out of the Clear Blue Sky pg 132 Let's flip a coin and see who gets to pick her room first

✅dull Out of the Clear Blue Sky pg 166 New York , which had been so dazzling at first , was getting dull

✅railway Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy chapter 16 Jacques Abtey and Ferdinand Zimmer escorted her to the railway station

✅shrugged Out of the Clear Blue Sky pg 247 Why has it taken thirty years for you to tell me this ? " She shrugged . “ I was embarrassed

✅stitch Resisting the Doctor pg 64 Before she could insert the first stitch, he reached up and cupped her face.

Bonus bonus
✅audacious The Hotel Nantucket pg 159 I’m here every single night, Kim says. Audacious! Grace thinks.

Leftover words

August
Assessments Forgiven by the Hero pg 19 he’s done with training and assessments

July
Annually


message 8: by JoAnne (last edited Oct 02, 2022 06:41AM) (new)

JoAnne (joannemwct) | 464 comments 9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! Done except for same orphan words being carried over to October!

September - Read 10/10; Read 5/5 bonus words; Read 1/1 bonus bonus words

Orphan words
August - Read 0/1 bonus bonus word
July - Read 0/1 bonus word
May - Read 0/1 bonus bonus word
February - Read 0/1 bonus word

SEPTEMBER - Read 10/10
ajar - Kindle location 1172 - The door to a lavish study was ajar so, like a spacecraft in a tractor beam, I was sucked inside.
Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed 9/7/22 4stars

channel - Kindle location 1472 - "They say that Bruce Lee could channel a 'force-like' energy and knock down a brick wall with just one finger."
Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed 9/7/22 4stars

earth - Kindle location 2938 - "The pools are fed from the earth, but they're treated with salt for hygienic purposes-and there's some meddling with temperatures.
So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas, #3) by Jenny Holiday So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas #3) by Jenny Holiday 9/10/22 4stars

feeling - Kindle location 751 - Ella knew the feeling.
The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck 9/12/2022 5stars

fire - Kindle location 1179 - He dipped his head and lowered himself to the chair by the fire across from the king.
So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas, #3) by Jenny Holiday So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas #3) by Jenny Holiday 9/10/22 4stars

guess - Kindle location 141 - "Ugh. I guess it's all over town."
Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery Harland Creek Mystery Quilters by Jodi Allen Brice Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery: Harland Creek Mystery Quilters #1 by Jodi Allen Brice 9/9/22 4stars

meeting - Kindle location 1148 - She look up, meeting his gray eyes, surprised.
The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck The Winter Orphans by Kristin Beck 9/12/2022 5stars

monkey - Kindle location 774 - "Monkey Wrench?" Agnes spoke up.
Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery Harland Creek Mystery Quilters by Jodi Allen Brice Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery: Harland Creek Mystery Quilters #1 by Jodi Allen Brice 9/9/22 4stars

powder - Kindle location 437 - "Look. I bet this pill is part of that powder."
Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery Harland Creek Mystery Quilters by Jodi Allen Brice Mystery of the Tea Cup Quilt A Cozy Mystery: Harland Creek Mystery Quilters #1 by Jodi Allen Brice 9/9/22 4stars

sip(ped) - Kindle location 4710 - She thought about it while she sipped her eleven a.m. beer.
So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas, #3) by Jenny Holiday So This Is Christmas (A Princess for Christmas #3) by Jenny Holiday 9/10/22 4stars

Bonus Words - Completed 5/5

coin - Kindle location 223 - Back and forth, went the coin.
Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King 9/4/22 4stars

dull - Kindle location 2657 - ...were also the ones who tended to be missing when the big, dull jobs came along.
Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King 9/4/22 4stars

railway - Hardcover page 57 - Tucked somewhere between the railway station and the red-light district...
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles 9/26/22 4.5stars

shrugged - Kindle location 1575 - She shrugged.
Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King 9/4/22 4stars

stitch - Kindle location 1554 - "Are you trying to stitch up Melvin Tatler?"
Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed Much Ado About Murder (English Village Witch #6) by Rosie Reed 9/7/22 4stars

and a bonus bonus - Completed 1/1
audacious or US spelling
Kindle location 367 - It was damned audacious , and that appealed to him.
Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch 9/18/22 4stars

Orphan Words
August bonus bonus - Read 0/1
wipeout

July bonus - Read 0/1
annually

May bonus bonus Completed 0/1
samhain

February bonus Completed 0/1
distort


message 9: by Tammie (last edited Sep 28, 2022 05:49PM) (new)

Tammie | 2027 comments Read | 10/10
Bonus | 5/5
Bonus-Bonus | 1/1
Carry-Overs | 3/4


9/1 ajar - The Reaper Rescues The Genie, p162 The door was still ajar.

9/2 channel - The Nature of the Beast, p147 He'd slipped below the official channels and was into the dark region of arms suppliers.

9/1 earth - The Reaper Rescues The Genie, p32 "Why on earth would she trust me with it?

9/5 feeling - Heartthrob, p13 Jed stared into Franz's eyes, feeling...what?

9/5 fire - Heartthrob, p39 ...will keep the creditors from lighting my house on fire.

9/3 guess - Divergent, p52 "I guess we're going to Dauntless headquarters," I say...

9/3 meeting - Divergent, p432 "...so your execution will occur at the conclusion of this meeting."

9/9 monkey - First Lady, p255 "Monkey business?..."

9/5 powder - Heartthrob, p403 ...day and a half had just been crushed into a fine powder and now lay in a dusty pile at her feet...

9/3 sip - Divergent, p304 But I sip it anyway.

Bonus
9/1 coin - The Reaper Rescues The Genie, p286 "I saw so much destruction and carnage, I needed the other side of the coin."

9/2 dull - The Nature of the Beast, p8 She saw, Gamache knew, a pretty, but dull, backwater.

9/2 railway - The Nature of the Beast, p79 "isabelle called from the old railway station. ..."

9/5 shrugged - Heartthrob, p59 Victor wasn't fazed. He shrugged.

9/6 stitch - The Four Winds, p296 Elsa ran out of the tent and didn't stop running until there was a stitch in her side...

Bonus-Bonus
9/16 audacious - Fifty Shades Freed, p16 As I slide into the SUV, laughing at Mia's audacious catch, Christian bends to gather the hem of my dress.

Carry-Overs
assessments - to October

9/16 flex - Fifty Shades Freed, p59 I flex my toes into his hardening crotch and see rather than hear his sharp intake of breath.

9/19 mountainous - Some Enchanted Evening, p134 This land was so different from her home in the Pyrenees - tamer, less mountainous - yet the rocks and wind sang...

9/6 rampant - The Four Winds,p257, “Criminal Element rampant in Migrants Flooding into State.


message 10: by Mei ☽︎ (last edited Sep 29, 2022 10:06PM) (new)

Mei ☽︎ (meigothic) | 91 comments 🌹My masterlist of challenges 🌹

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Misfits (Urban Soul, #1) by Garrett Leigh Yours, Insatiably (Hunger Duet, #1) by Aveda Vice Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Lola & the Millionaires Part Two (Sweet Omegaverse #3) by Kathryn Moon Tank (Ballsy Boys, #2) by K.M. Neuhold Against a Wall (Stonecut County #2) by Cate C. Wells Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Main words | 10/10
1. ajar - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
🔹p. 185 - Him, standing in a warm golden kitchen in Tuscany, his hair sticking up like it always did, his phone loose in his hand, and his eyes locked onto the camera, his mouth smiling but ajar.

2. channel - Misfits by Garrett Leigh
🔹p. 200 - Jake hugged him with one arm, felt Cass's trembling like it was his own, and tried to channel some of Tom's warmth and strength.

3. earth - Yours, Insatiably by Aveda Vice
🔹p. 94 - The room shouldn't be this hot, like a fissure breaking through the earth between them.

4. feeling - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
🔹p. 35 - Alex rests his elbows on the lacquered white fence boards, fighting back the sudden feeling he's underdressed for this.

5. fire - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
🔹p. 36 - Bri wouldn't pee on Neil if he was onfire after what he'd put me through the last couple of years.

6. guess - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
🔹p. 33 - "I had to fill out a form, and now I guess I pray to the gods of people who don't do the assigned reading that it's approved."

7. meeting - Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon
🔹p. 25 - I tugged her back with my hand around her wrist, meeting her in the middle and chucking her chin with my fingers, tilting her face up to mine.

8. monkey - Tank by K.M. Neuhold & Nora Phoenix
🔹p. 26 - I take the time and trouble to put on a fucking monkey suit and the first words out of Tank's mouth are you look tired?

9. powder - Against a Wall by Cate C. Wells
🔹p. 85 - "I used ghost pepper powder in this one."

10. sip - Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
🔹p. 39 - He waited as I took a sip of my beer.

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Burn for Me by Sara Cate Priest (Confessions, #3) by Ella Frank Lola & the Millionaires Part One (Sweet Omegaverse #2) by Kathryn Moon Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns
Bonus | 5/5
1. coin - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
🔹p. 137 - Which was a problem, because Olive had already inserted her precious quarters inside the coin slot, and she was very hungry.

2. dull - Burn for Me by Sara Cate
🔹p. 32 - I have no desire to go home alone and be pathetic and dull anymore, because that little asshole was right.

3. railway - Priest by Ella Frank
🔹p. 226 - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge #6.

4. shrugged - Lola & the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon
🔹p. 22 - Cyrus' lips twitched at me, and one of his shoulders shrugged softly.

5. stitch - Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns and W.M. Fawkes
🔹p. 279 - His skin was fresh under my hand, not quite scarred or scabbing, but it had begun to stitch back together, urged on by the very fae magic that'd disappeared the scratches on my chest hours ago.

Bonus bonus | 0/1
1. audacious
🔹
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
August carryover | 1/2
1. assessments - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
🔹p. 26 - I once did some remote location assessments for Dolly Parton, and she sent me a lovely thank-you note.

2. wipeout
🔹

July carryover | 0/1
1. annually
🔹


message 11: by LillianaPassions (last edited Sep 06, 2022 08:27PM) (new)

LillianaPassions | 746 comments 💕💕Word Hunt💕💕
1 - 30 September 2022

All completed : 16/16

Main words:10/10
🔘ajar in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
180/258
As they got closer, Sloane could see the door was slightly ajar. He was about to reach for it when he heard Austen groan.
🔘channel in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
Page 138/157
A fierce rumbling, out to the west over the Bristol Channel, made them turn to the windows to see jagged shafts of lightning piercing the murk. “I guess it means I’ll ‘go off’, as usual. Why now?”
🔘earth in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
7/258
He could always count on Rosa and Letty to bring him down to earth. They were both brutally honest and straightforward but always with the best intentions at heart.
🔘feeling in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
779/1050
He laughed some more, feeling good, feeling better than he had in years.
🔘fire in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
140/1050
"Cool. I'll fire up the grill. I took some hamburger meat out this morning."
🔘guess in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
41/1050
Shit. I guess... Well, I've got some extra room, at least for the weekend, you can stay there. It's cool and there's running water."
🔘meeting in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
17/382
Message me the details. I’ll touch base after my meeting with Gage.”
🔘monkey in Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh 1/9
198/325
“Hey!” Ari’s protesting voice before she peppered Elena’s giggling face with kisses. “Little grease monkey.”
🔘powder in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
71/258
It moved quickly, and Dex got his ridiculous frothy cappuccino sprinkled with chocolate powder.
🔘sip in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
79/382
Arik leaned against the counter, his gaze still trained on the art as he lifted his cup and took a sip of his morning coffee.

Bonus:5/5
🔘coin in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
219/382
“I know that. You know that. He sees a choice. His side of this coin is that he wants me to lead that party life with him.
🔘dull in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
18/403
“Fuck me,” he said, clamping down on the dull horror that rose in his throat.
🔘railway in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
105/157
As he walked up from the railway station to the rectory, Orlando worked through the possible variations on the introduction.
🔘shrugged in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
33/403
Jack shrugged. “Fine.
🔘stitch in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
92/403
Maybe I could just pop down to the ER and lend a hand. Intubate a head trauma...maybe assess some surgical candidates...even just stitch up a couple of scratches, anything...

Bonus bonus:1/1
🔘audacious in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
141/157
Orlando was feeling exceptionally audacious, intoxicated with the warm evening, the close proximity of an exquisitely masculine body and the thought that Jonty still hadn’t ‘gone elsewhere’ even though the storm was at its height.

Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3) by Nalini Singh Lessons in Temptation (Cambridge Fellows, #5) by Charlie Cochrane Zero at the Bone (Zero at the Bone #1) by Jane Seville Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander Rack & Ruin (THIRDS, #3) by Charlie Cochet End of the Line by Sean Michael

All my challenges


message 12: by Aoife (last edited Sep 01, 2022 02:59AM) (new)

Aoife | 690 comments I'm in !!

Main words
ajar
channel
earth
feeling
fire
guess
meeting
monkey
powder
sip

Bonus
coin
dull
railway
shrugged
stitch

Bonus bonus
audacious

Leftover Words
0/4

May
Samhain

July
Annually

August
rampant

wipeout


message 13: by Bridgette (new)

Bridgette | 1 comments I'm in! Newbie here. :)

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
ajar
channel
earth
feeling
fire
guess
meeting
monkey
powder
sip

Bonus
coin
dull
railway
shrugged
stitch

Bonus bonus
audacious


message 14: by Emily (last edited Oct 04, 2022 02:47PM) (new)

Emily | 1919 comments Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 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!

SEPTEMBER
ajar (pg111) holding it slightly AJAR with myHold on by Kristen Ashley 9.12
channel (loc3788) through the school's YouTube CHANNEL Battling Beckett by T. Christenson 9.13
earth (pg161) an alien ract that takes over the EARTH) Angus by Cee Bowerman 9.3
feeling (pg53) at her nails and FEELING how soft…Angus by Cee Bowerman 9.3
fire (pg25) I felt my face catch FIRE as Angus ..Angus by Cee Bowerman 9.3
guess Loc273) I GUESS I'll see you later..Luke by Cee Bowerman 9.4
meeting (Loc163) MEETING his tongue with hers..Luke by Cee Bowerman 9.4
monkey (Loc548) like the trained MONKEY he felt like...Luke by Cee Bowerman 9.4
powder (pg561) shimering with a POWDER she'd fanned..Hold on by Kristen Ashley 9.12
sip (pg 9) I take a SIP of my wine. Ruthless Creaturs by JT Geissinger 9.5


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.

coin (pg56) wainscoting painted COIN-gray, all of the.. After the Climb by Kristen Ashley 9.18
dull (pg8) A DULL che behind my … Ruthless Creaturs by JT Geissinger 9.5
railway
shrugged (Loc1815) She SHRUGGED off his quesiton. Battling Beckett by T. Christenson 9.13
stitch (pg198) he needs me to STITCH him up.. Ruthless Creaturs by JT Geissinger 9.5


message 15: by Frankie (new)

Frankie Johnson | 429 comments Monthly Word Challenge
1 - 30 September 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!

00/9-10 Completed

SEPTEMBER
ajar
channel
earth
feeling
fire
guess
meeting
monkey
powder
sip


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.

coin
dull
railway
shrugged
stitch


and a bonus bonus
audacious or US spelling


message 16: by Maritza (last edited Sep 13, 2022 04:36PM) (new)

Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 587 comments Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 30 September 2022

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

Words Found - 8 of 10 ! 2 of 5 Bonus !! of 1 Bonus Bonus

ajar, The Good Sister 09/13 - Mum's door is AJAR, (pg 129)
channel
earth, Survival of the Richest 09/10 - And although I'll miss a good many things on this EARTH, (22.2%)
feeling, The Perfect Getaway 09/04 - So, how are you FEELING? (60%)
fire, The Good Sister 09/13 - and the rapid FIRE of today makes me wonder... (pg 257)
guess, The Perfect Getaway 09/04 - I GUESS it is what it is. (53.3%)
meeting, Survival of the Richest 09/10 - 'He's in a MEETING.' (27.6%)
monkey
powder, All These Perfect Strangers 09/02 - I crushed the tablets to a POWDER, (57%)
sip, The Perfect Getaway 09/04 - , taking another big SIP, (79.1%)

All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford The Perfect Getaway (The Perfect Stranger #5) by Charlotte Byrd Survival of the Richest (The Trust Fund Duet, #1) by Skye Warren The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

coin
dull, All These Perfect Strangers 09/02 - ,I heard the DULL clang on the tiles outside. (58%)
railway
shrugged, All These Perfect Strangers 09/02 - He SHRUGGED his shoulders. (26%)
stitch

audacious or US spelling


message 17: by Courtney (new)

Courtney (liveloveread87) | 29 comments SEPTEMBER

0/10

Ajar-

Channel-

Earth-

Feeling-

Fire-

Guess-

Meeting-

Monkey-

Powder-

Sip-

Bonus
0/5

Coin-

Dull-

Railway-

Shrugged-

Stitch-

bonus bonus
0/1

Audacious-


message 18: by LaurLa (last edited Oct 12, 2022 05:00AM) (new)

LaurLa | 5085 comments September Word Hunt
September 2022

My Word Hunt (msg 18)

Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 5 of 6 during challenge period; finally all 6!

Leashed (Going to the Dogs, #1) by Zoe Dawson Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood Postern of Fate (Tommy and Tuppence, #5) by Agatha Christie The Dancer (The Ballerina, #3) by Ursula Sinclair Dance With Me (Dancing, #1) by Heidi Cullinan Every Dark Corner (Romantic Suspense, #18; Cincinnati, #3) by Karen Rose

September Words

ajar
🔹the door was ajar. [loc: 106.0]
🔹Leashed ➺ 10.11 ★★★

channel
🔹I like to channel Ophelia [loc: 199.6]
🔹Love on the Brain ➺ 09.02 ★★★★

earth
🔹are very down to earth [loc: 256.7]
🔹Love on the Brain ➺ 09.02 ★★★★

feeling
🔹there was some feeling about it [loc: 65.7]
🔹Postern of Fate ➺ 09.05 ★★★

fire
🔹but the fire was welcome. [loc: 163.9]
🔹The Dancer ➺ 09.03 ★★★

guess
🔹You’ve done it all, I guess. [loc: 200.8]
🔹Dance With Me ➺ 09.03 ★★★★

meeting
🔹Good luck with your meeting. [loc: 26.4]
🔹Dance With Me ➺ 09.03 ★★★★

monkey
🔹wishing vegan Chunky Monkey existed. [loc: 427.3]
🔹Love on the Brain ➺ 09.02 ★★★★

powder
🔹filled with white powder. [loc: 567.6]
🔹Every Dark Corner ➺ 09.07 ★★★★

sip
🔹She took a sip. [loc: 187.1]
🔹The Dancer ➺ 09.03 ★★★


Bonus/Bonus Bonus

coin
🔹sides of the same coin. [loc: 274.0]
🔹Every Dark Corner ➺ 09.07 ★★★★

dull
🔹settling down to a dull roar. [loc: 19.5]
🔹Dance With Me ➺ 09.03 ★★★★

railway
🔹Sounds like a railway. [loc: 85.9]
🔹Postern of Fate ➺ 09.05 ★★★

shrugged
🔹He just shrugged his shoulders [loc: 77.0]
🔹The Dancer ➺ 09.03 ★★★

stitch
🔹enough to need a stitch or two. [loc: 278.5]
🔹Every Dark Corner ➺ 09.07 ★★★★


audacious
🔹untamable, audacious, and daring meant Bad Boy [loc: 3.5]
🔹Leashed ➺ 10.11 ★★★


message 19: by Becky (last edited Sep 20, 2022 11:15AM) (new)

Becky (fibrobabe) | 1573 comments 15/21

ajar Lies & Lullabies- page 234- When I reached my apartment, the door was ajar, waiting for me. 9/5
channel Squared Away- loc 1839- He was trying to channel all the instructors he'd had in his own training. 9/6-9/7
earth Lies & Lullabies- page 10- "Earth to Jonas," Quinn teased. 9/5
feeling Proper English- page 16- Around them Mr. Bouvier-Lynes and Mr. Haworth stood with Lady Anna, while Bill chatted to Miss Singh, and the odd feeling of tension in the room ebbed away. 9/5-9/6
fire Hot Seat- page 10- "Well, he's a firefighter, and we met in the middle of a fire, so he might have had a few other things to do." 9/3-9/4
guess Hot Seat- page 9- "So I guess we're over Wuthering Heights, guys?" 9/3-9/4
meeting Hot Seat- page 13- "Can't wait to tell you about the meeting later." 9/3-9/4
monkey
powder Proper English- page 78- Fen's eyes widened in distress; then the footsteps approached, the door handle rattled, and within a fraction of a second her face slid into the mask of Delightful Young Lady, even as she swiped at Pat's mouth with a firm thumb to remove power or paint. 9/5-9/6
sip Squared Away- loc 411- Mark took a long sip of the coffee, not seeming to care that it was both cold and black. 9/6-9/7


Bonus

coin
dull Lies & Lullabies- page 29- My life in Seattle was never dull. 9/5
railway Proper English- page 10- It was four o'clock when they reached it, but the sunlight was noon-bright, the air clear and fresh except for the railway smoke. 9/5-9/6
shrugged The Forgotten Dead- page 11- She shrugged. 9/8-9/9
stitch Catalysts- page 194- "I miss you ripping me open, and sticking me around while I stitch myself back up." 9/19-9/20


Bonus Bonus

audacious


Leftovers

organic Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2- page 153- "If the orchard was organic, they'd be tooting their own horn about it." 8/25-9/3
assessments
mountainous
rampant
wipeout Squared Away- loc 1856- As they reached the turn-around point, a guy on the flagging team tripped, causing a spectacular wipeout of his whole group, toppling the boat to the sand. 9/6-9/7


message 20: by Barbara ★ (last edited Sep 30, 2022 07:04PM) (new)

Barbara ★ | 3901 comments September Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

✔ ajar - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(the door to the music room is ajar), p211

✔ channel - The Alpine Uproar - Mary Daheim 9/2
(continued to change channels), p222

✔ earth - The Alpine Uproar - Mary Daheim 9/2
(he rarely seemed to be attached to planet Earth), p12

✔ feeling - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(feelings that aren't mine rise inside me), p192

✔ fire - The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah 9/4
(in front of the fire), p94

✔ guess - The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah 9/4
(if there's one thing I could guess about a person), p92

✔ meeting - Navigating the Storm - Sarah Branson 9/15
(meetings are easier that way), loc864

✔ monkey - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(with capering infernal monkeys), p243

✔ powder - The Doctor of Thessaly - Anne Zouroudi 9/11
(of lipstick and loose powder), p8

✔ sip - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(as I take a sip), p199


Bonus
✔ coin - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(they wouldn't have received a single coin), p16

✔ dull - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(her voice carried the dull ring of armor), p131

railway -
(), p

✔ shrugged - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(throat aching, she shrugged), p369

✔ stitch - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(help me stitch this), p536

✔ audacious - And Then You Dye - Monica Ferris 9/9
(you will think me audacious for calling), p192


Leftovers
May
Samhain -
(), p

August
✔ assessments - Navigating the Storm - Sarah Branson 9/15
(later on my own assessments), loc2702

✔ mountainous - The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon 9/21
(when The Rose crested a mountainous wave), p632

wipeout -
(), p


message 21: by Sherece (last edited Sep 28, 2022 09:47PM) (new)

Sherece  | 110 comments Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

14/16 - Found and Read

Main words
☑️ajar - Alpha Girl pg. 42
🔸️To the right was a bedroom with the door ajar and a simple four-poster bed.
☑️channel - The Simple Wild pg. 389
🔸️I spent weeks watching the Discovery Channel (Flying Wild Alaska is a fascinating documentary; ...)
☑️earth - Alpha Girl pg.3
🔸️The earth vibrated under my feet and my Wolf pounded against my chest, begging to be freed.
☑️feeling - Queen of Crazy pg. 32
🔸️His chest is so close, if he were physically before me, I'd be feeling my own breath bounce back onto my face.
☑️fire - Wolf Marked pg. 57
🔸️ My leg felt like it was on fire from the bite and my wrist sent shooting pain through my arm.
☑️guess - Wolf Marked pg. 30
🔸️My guess was sometime after moonrise, I could walk right out of here but I could use any head start I could get.
☑️meeting - Raven Blood pg. 24
🔸️"Bandit," Decimus greeted casually before meeting my eyes.
☑️monkey(s) - Alpha Girl pg. 12
🔸️His voice projected into the trees, which shook like a troop of monkeys were rattling their branches.
☑️powder(ed) - Queen of Crazy pg. 243
🔸️"I hope you didn't think all the fertilizer and powdered sugar was for an evening snack. Although I did think about poisoning Ghost with it," I trail off.
☑️sip - Wolf Marked pg. 144
🔸️"Nectar of the gods, for certain." She took a sip.

Bonus
☑️coin - Fae Rose Academy: Year One pg. 25
🔸️There wasn't anything to really do besides manual labor and the pay was so atrocious, you'd rather sit down and beg for your daily coin.
☑️dull - Raven Blood pg. 37
🔸️I knew with one glance that high school would be a dull experience.
railway
☑️shrugged - Raven Blood pg. 15
🔸️He shrugged and looked away.
☑️stitch - Run Posy Run pg. 218
🔸️The stitch in my side is becoming a cramp, and I'm jogging, and then I'm only stumbling and trying to suck down air.

Bonus bonus
audacious

August Rollover 4/5 Found and Read

Main words
☑️maid - Fae Rose Academy: Year One pg. 189
🔸️ It must have cued something in because the doors opened, and a maid came out, nodded in understanding, and walked right out the room - the doors closing behind her.
☑️organic - The Simple Wild pg. 19
🔸️Mom has our weekly groceries dropped at our door and ready-made dinners delivered from an organic, grain-fed, hormone-free, gluten-free, dairy-free kitchen, so I rarely have to shop or cook.

Bonus
☑️assessments - Queen of Crazy pg. 81
🔸️"As long as she passes all our assessments, I would be more than happy to make that happen..."
☑️mountainous - The Simple Wild pg. 31
🔸️I pause to take a picture of the plane with my phone, and then one of the airport behind me, capturing the glassy lake and the mountainous backdrop beyond.

Bonus bonus
wipeout

July Rollover 1/3 Found and Read

Main Words
☑️quote - Queen of Crazy pg. 7
🔸️Ghost used to joke my real mother was a motherboard, and he stands by it, insisting and I quote 'that shit's funny'.

Bonus
annually

Bonus bonus
teacup

June Rollover 1/1 Found and Read

Bonus
☑️percentages - Run Posy Run pg. 27
🔸️She can master the rules of new games in one session of play, and her winning percentages range from about thirty percent foe Scrabble to almost fifty percent for Risk.


message 22: by LillianaPassions (new)

LillianaPassions | 746 comments All completed ! 😉💕
💕💕Word Hunt💕💕
1 - 30 September 2022

All completed : 16/16

Main words:10/10
🔘ajar in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
180/258
As they got closer, Sloane could see the door was slightly ajar. He was about to reach for it when he heard Austen groan.
🔘channel in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
Page 138/157
A fierce rumbling, out to the west over the Bristol Channel, made them turn to the windows to see jagged shafts of lightning piercing the murk. “I guess it means I’ll ‘go off’, as usual. Why now?”
🔘earth in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
7/258
He could always count on Rosa and Letty to bring him down to earth. They were both brutally honest and straightforward but always with the best intentions at heart.
🔘feeling in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
779/1050
He laughed some more, feeling good, feeling better than he had in years.
🔘fire in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
140/1050
"Cool. I'll fire up the grill. I took some hamburger meat out this morning."
🔘guess in End of the Line by Sean Michael 3/9
41/1050
Shit. I guess... Well, I've got some extra room, at least for the weekend, you can stay there. It's cool and there's running water."
🔘meeting in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
17/382
Message me the details. I’ll touch base after my meeting with Gage.”
🔘monkey in Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh 1/9
198/325
“Hey!” Ari’s protesting voice before she peppered Elena’s giggling face with kisses. “Little grease monkey.”
🔘powder in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
71/258
It moved quickly, and Dex got his ridiculous frothy cappuccino sprinkled with chocolate powder.
🔘sip in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
79/382
Arik leaned against the counter, his gaze still trained on the art as he lifted his cup and took a sip of his morning coffee.

Bonus:5/5
🔘coin in Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander 6/9
219/382
“I know that. You know that. He sees a choice. His side of this coin is that he wants me to lead that party life with him.
🔘dull in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
18/403
“Fuck me,” he said, clamping down on the dull horror that rose in his throat.
🔘railway in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
105/157
As he walked up from the railway station to the rectory, Orlando worked through the possible variations on the introduction.
🔘shrugged in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
33/403
Jack shrugged. “Fine.
🔘stitch in Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville 6/9
92/403
Maybe I could just pop down to the ER and lend a hand. Intubate a head trauma...maybe assess some surgical candidates...even just stitch up a couple of scratches, anything...

Bonus bonus:1/1
🔘audacious in Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane 4/9
141/157
Orlando was feeling exceptionally audacious, intoxicated with the warm evening, the close proximity of an exquisitely masculine body and the thought that Jonty still hadn’t ‘gone elsewhere’ even though the storm was at its height.

Archangel's Consort (Guild Hunter, #3) by Nalini Singh Lessons in Temptation (Cambridge Fellows, #5) by Charlie Cochrane Zero at the Bone (Zero at the Bone #1) by Jane Seville Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander Rack & Ruin (THIRDS, #3) by Charlie Cochet End of the Line by Sean Michael

All my challenges


message 23: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments LillianaPassions wrote: "All completed ! 😉💕
💕💕Word Hunt💕💕
1 - 30 September 2022

All completed : 16/16

Main words:10/10
🔘ajar in Rack & Ruin by Charlie Cochet 4/9
180/258
As they got closer, Sloane could ..."


Whoa - quick! Congrats Lilliana!!


message 24: by LillianaPassions (new)

LillianaPassions | 746 comments Jane (PS) wrote: "LillianaPassions wrote: "All completed ! 😉💕
"


Thanks Jane ! Just a little luck that they were in all my recent readings!


message 25: by Rachel (last edited Sep 26, 2022 03:17PM) (new)

Rachel Isaacs (rlisaacs) | 71 comments ☕️📚September Word Hunt 2022📚☕️ (Group RRRC)

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

Completed 2/16
Main
🔲Ajar
🔲Channel
🔲Earth
🔲Feeling
🔲Fire
🔲Guess
🔲Meeting
🔲Monkey
🔲Powder
🔲Sip

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Coin
🔲Dull
🔲Railway
☑️Shrugged - Gathering Blue - Sep 26th
pg.202 (Looking at Thomas, she shrugged and settled back to listen.)
☑️Stitch - Gathering Blue - Sep 26th
pg.22 (...her fingers felt the way to twist and weave and stitch the special threads together...)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Audacious

August Rollovers 6/16
Main
🔲Beach
🔲Bother
☑️Check - Worth The Wait - Sep 22nd
pg.4 (She checked his pulse next.)
🔲Feather
🔲File
🔲Maid
🔲Organic
☑️Remain - Worth The Wait - Sep 22nd
pg.14 (Laney squatted down in the charred remains of the razed house and fought back tears .)
☑️Spread - Gathering Blue - Sep 26th
pg.10 (In the past there had been sicknesses that spread from one cott to the next, with many deaths.)
🔲Travel

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Assessments
☑️Caring - Odd Thomas - Sep 21st
pg.171 (Out of the warm darkness came the sweet fragrance of jasmine that had been planted and tended by Viola's caring hands.)
☑️Flex - Odd Thomas - Sep 21st
pg.308 (...staring out at sun serpents sinuously flexing across the surface of the swimming pool.)
🔲Mountainous
☑️Rampant - Odd Thomas - Sep21st
pg.134 (Having reined in his rampant anger, he might have gone away.)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Wipeout

July Rollovers 5/6
Main
☑️Business - Verity - Sep 12th
pg.194 (Which is why I got a degree in business and went into real estate.)
☑️Consider - Verity - Sep 12th
pg.15 (...considering we were headed in the same direction to the same meeting, and therefore, witnessed the same accident.)
☑️Leader - Consent to Kill - Sep 9th
pg.9 (His chief adversary was the king himself, a weak-kneed leader who all too often lent his ear to the Americans.)

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Annually
☑️Hospitality - Consent to Kill - Sep 9th
pg.147 ("Thank you for your hospitality, Prince Muhammad.")

Bonus-Bonus
☑️Teacup - Worth The Wait - Sep 22nd
pg.14 (Could picture her mother cradling the teacup so carefully in her hands...)

June Rollovers 0/2
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
🔲Examples
🔲Percentages

May Rollovers: 2/3
Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Manic - Verity - Sep 12th
pg.217 (As soon as we get our first tastes of each other, the kiss becomes manic.)
☑️Wireless - Consent to Kill - Sep 9th
pg.21 (He was wearing a tiny wireless earpiece and Coleman was giving him updates.)

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Samhain


message 26: by Rissa (new)

Rissa | 697 comments Finished September, please see message 5!

Thanks Jane! :) See you all in October!


message 27: by Natalie (new)

Natalie | 60 comments 10/10 - Found

Main words
ajar- The Kiss Curse Pg 210 Her cabin looked warm and cozy as she parked in front of it, and she was thinking about taking a long hot bath and putting on her comfiest nightgown, the one Vivi said made her look like a girl on the front of a Gothic novel, when she noticed that the front door was slightly AJAR.
channel - The Kiss Curse Pg 163 "It was appallingly rude of us, Morgan," Wells offered, maneuvering Gwyn down the last step and wondering if he could CHANNEL Rhys enough to charm his way out of this.
earth - The Kiss Curse Pg 29 What on EARTH would bring Simon from his books and his spells and his various plots on a night like this?
feeling- Book Lovers Pg 16 Worse than that is the faint, uncanny off FEELING when we're actually together.
fire - Book Lovers Pg 25 She's so superstitious about the drafting process that we don't even know what she;s working on, but I FIRE off another encouraging you-can-do-it-email on my phone anyway.
guess - Book Lovers Pg 10 Charlie doesn't want to work with me, and I don't want to work with him, but I GUESS he hasn't entirely abandoned the social contract, because he considers my question.
meeting - Beauty and the Baller Pg 47 I stood there for half an hour trying to figure out why MEETING my neighbor made me antsy.
monkey - Beauty and the Baller Pg 16 Azaleas, MONKEY grass, pampas grass, all driven over, but when it takes out my yellow rosebush - the one Mama planted for my first birthday - I'm ready to murder someone.
powder - Unraveling Him Pg 324 He was a POWDER keg ready to explode.
sip - Beauty and the Baller Pg 22 Some lounge on the kitchen stools, chatting as they SIP drinks and munch on the appetizers on the countertop.

4/5 Found *Railway was way too hard for me*

Bonus
coin - Unraveling Him Pg 343 They were like two sides of the same COIN.
dull - Fighting for Us Pg 14 The DULL pain was still there.
railway
shrugged - Protecting You Pg 17 I SHRUGGED.
stitch - Fighting for Us Pg 75 But it turned out, STITCH and Sip was a lot more fun than I would have thought.

1/1 Found

Bonus bonus
audacious - The Pleasure House Pg 822 Murmurs went up from the group because this was AUDACIOUS, even for Niche.


message 28: by Jane (PS), Moderator (new)

Jane (PS) | 24334 comments Congrats Rissa & Natalie!!!


message 29: by LaurLa (last edited Sep 30, 2022 05:50PM) (new)

LaurLa | 5085 comments Ran out of time! Read 5 of 6 books for 14 of 16 words.
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 18)

Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 5 of 6


message 30: by Barbara ★ (new)

Barbara ★ | 3901 comments September Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

✔ ajar - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(the door to the music room is ajar), p211

✔ channel - The Alpine Uproar - Mary Daheim 9/2
(continued to change channels), p222

✔ earth - The Alpine Uproar - Mary Daheim 9/2
(he rarely seemed to be attached to planet Earth), p12

✔ feeling - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(feelings that aren't mine rise inside me), p192

✔ fire - The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah 9/4
(in front of the fire), p94

✔ guess - The Oceanography of the Moon - Glendy Vanderah 9/4
(if there's one thing I could guess about a person), p92

✔ meeting - Navigating the Storm - Sarah Branson 9/15
(meetings are easier that way), loc864

✔ monkey - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(with capering infernal monkeys), p243

✔ powder - The Doctor of Thessaly - Anne Zouroudi 9/11
(of lipstick and loose powder), p8

✔ sip - Children of the Night - Zan Safra 9/3
(as I take a sip), p199


Bonus
✔ coin - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(they wouldn't have received a single coin), p16

✔ dull - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(her voice carried the dull ring of armor), p131

railway -
(), p

✔ shrugged - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(throat aching, she shrugged), p369

✔ stitch - The Kraken King - Meljean Brook 9/6
(help me stitch this), p536

✔ audacious - And Then You Dye - Monica Ferris 9/9
(you will think me audacious for calling), p192


Leftovers
May
Samhain -
(), p

August
✔ assessments - Navigating the Storm - Sarah Branson 9/15
(later on my own assessments), loc2702

✔ mountainous - The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon 9/21
(when The Rose crested a mountainous wave), p632

wipeout -
(), p


message 31: by Mei ☽︎ (new)

Mei ☽︎ (meigothic) | 91 comments Almost got all of them this month! Audacious will have to be carried on, but I at least got the rest of September and also got one of my August carryovers :) Onto October with a few pesky carryovers!

Word Hunt
1 - 30 September 2022

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Misfits (Urban Soul, #1) by Garrett Leigh Yours, Insatiably (Hunger Duet, #1) by Aveda Vice Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon Lola & the Millionaires Part Two (Sweet Omegaverse #3) by Kathryn Moon Tank (Ballsy Boys, #2) by K.M. Neuhold Against a Wall (Stonecut County #2) by Cate C. Wells Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Main words | 10/10
1. ajar - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
🔹p. 185 - Him, standing in a warm golden kitchen in Tuscany, his hair sticking up like it always did, his phone loose in his hand, and his eyes locked onto the camera, his mouth smiling but ajar.

2. channel - Misfits by Garrett Leigh
🔹p. 200 - Jake hugged him with one arm, felt Cass's trembling like it was his own, and tried to channel some of Tom's warmth and strength.

3. earth - Yours, Insatiably by Aveda Vice
🔹p. 94 - The room shouldn't be this hot, like a fissure breaking through the earth between them.

4. feeling - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
🔹p. 35 - Alex rests his elbows on the lacquered white fence boards, fighting back the sudden feeling he's underdressed for this.

5. fire - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
🔹p. 36 - Bri wouldn't pee on Neil if he was onfire after what he'd put me through the last couple of years.

6. guess - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
🔹p. 33 - "I had to fill out a form, and now I guess I pray to the gods of people who don't do the assigned reading that it's approved."

7. meeting - Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon
🔹p. 25 - I tugged her back with my hand around her wrist, meeting her in the middle and chucking her chin with my fingers, tilting her face up to mine.

8. monkey - Tank by K.M. Neuhold & Nora Phoenix
🔹p. 26 - I take the time and trouble to put on a fucking monkey suit and the first words out of Tank's mouth are you look tired?

9. powder - Against a Wall by Cate C. Wells
🔹p. 85 - "I used ghost pepper powder in this one."

10. sip - Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
🔹p. 39 - He waited as I took a sip of my beer.

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Burn for Me by Sara Cate Priest (Confessions, #3) by Ella Frank Lola & the Millionaires Part One (Sweet Omegaverse #2) by Kathryn Moon Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns
Bonus | 5/5
1. coin - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
🔹p. 137 - Which was a problem, because Olive had already inserted her precious quarters inside the coin slot, and she was very hungry.

2. dull - Burn for Me by Sara Cate
🔹p. 32 - I have no desire to go home alone and be pathetic and dull anymore, because that little asshole was right.

3. railway - Priest by Ella Frank
🔹p. 226 - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge #6.

4. shrugged - Lola & the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon
🔹p. 22 - Cyrus' lips twitched at me, and one of his shoulders shrugged softly.

5. stitch - Pool of Dreams by Sam Burns and W.M. Fawkes
🔹p. 279 - His skin was fresh under my hand, not quite scarred or scabbing, but it had begun to stitch back together, urged on by the very fae magic that'd disappeared the scratches on my chest hours ago.

Bonus bonus | 0/1
1. audacious
🔹
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
August carryover | 1/2
1. assessments - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
🔹p. 26 - I once did some remote location assessments for Dolly Parton, and she sent me a lovely thank-you note.

2. wipeout
🔹

July carryover | 0/1
1. annually
🔹


message 32: by Courtney (new)

Courtney (liveloveread87) | 29 comments SEPTEMBER
10/10

Ajar- Where the crawdads sing Pg 228- “He just stood there, truck door ajar, looking through the woods,”

Channel- Where the Crawdads Sing pg 43- “She couldn’t find the channel that led home.


Earth- The Bone Witch Pg 15- “We cannot channel Fire and Water and Earth and Wood runes anymore than we can attack with the shadows on the walls.”


Feeling- Read Between The Lines Pg 5- “Rosies's stomach swooped, leaving her feeling vaguely nauseous.”

Fire- The Bone Witch Pg 66- “The flames seemed to blaze brighter, as if the fire had heard my answer and approved.”


Guess- Read Between The Lines Pg 71- “‘Guess I’ll never know now, will I?’”


Meeting- Read Between The Lines Pg 49- “Wow, she was really persistent about meeting in person,”


Monkey- Pink and Country Pg 228- “April attached to me monkey style”

Powder- Pink and Country Pg 30- “a handwritten note on powder blue paper lay on the butcher block island.”

Sip- The Bone Witch Pg 10- “She took a sip from her wooden bowl and laughed softly.”

Bonus
1/5

Coin-

Dull- Pink and Country Pg 438- “Even music is dull without you in my life.”


Railway-

Shrugged-

Stitch-

bonus bonus
1/1

Audacious- Where The Crawdads Sing Pg 183- “Nature is audacious enough to ensure that the males who send out dishonest signals or go from one woman to the next almost always end up alone.”


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message 34: by JoAnne (new)

JoAnne (joannemwct) | 464 comments Done on post #8
Carrying over same orphan words to October!


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message 36: by LaurLa (new)

LaurLa | 5085 comments LaurLa wrote: "Ran out of time! Read 5 of 6 books for 14 of 16 words.
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 18)

Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 5 of 6"


Finished my last book!


message 37: by Chan (last edited Jul 19, 2025 06:57PM) (new)

Chan | 5093 comments Chugging along


SEPTEMBER
ajar- The Aftermath | Sept 14
Page 608: the flat door slightly ajar

channel - Beautiful Mistake | Sept 16
Loc 435: I was watching my very own channel

earth -Sure Thing | Sept 22
Page 127: Earth to Daisy

feeling - You Say It First | Sept 19
Loc 209: Instead of feeling sad

fire - Beautiful Mistake | Sept 16
Loc 73: Not her house catching on fire

guess - You Say It First | Sept 19
Loc 289: I guess I'll see you around

meeting - You Say It First | Sept 19
Loc 320: She wanted us to meet

monkey - Storm Front | Sept 25
Page 108: Like a winged monkey

powder - A Destiny of Dragons | Sept 21
Page 141: She blew that powder in your face

sip -Sure Thing | Sept 22
Page 6: I take another sip of my drink

Bonus
coin - A Destiny of Dragons | Sept 21
Page 303: as big as a coin

dull - Beautiful Mistake | Sept 16
Loc 486: no play can make life dull

railway - The Aftermath | Sept 14
Page 585: Commuters using the railway bridge began to say hello to me

shrugged - The Aftermath | Sept 14
Page 148: I shrugged like I wasn't interested

stitch


ROLLOVERS

August Bonus 2022
assessments

mountainous - A Destiny of Dragons | Sept 21
Page 174: along the worn path between mountainous red sand dunes

rampant - Storm Front | Sept 25
Page 331: untapped energy running rampant

July Bonus 2022
annually

June Bonus 2022
percentages


The Aftermath (The Hurricane, #2) by R.J. Prescott Beautiful Mistake by Vi Keeland You Say It First (Happily Inc, #1) by Susan Mallery A Destiny of Dragons (Tales From Verania, #2) by T.J. Klune Sure Thing (Best Laid Plans, #1) by Jana Aston Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher


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