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Welcome, one and all to the Bonus Hunt!

This challenge will run from July 1 - August 31, 2024.

Most items are pretty general, but some are specific. If in doubt about an item – just ask! I try to be pretty flexible on most of these, since I want everyone to have fun. They may be on the cover or mentioned in the book.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read separate 40 books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)
Budget
Canopy
Contractor
Dough
Dried
Erupt
Flank
Glower
Gourmet
Hardy
Honest
Invest
Junk
Karma
Library
Livestock
Malt
Manipulate
Melody
Moss
Nick
Oregano
Plunge
Portrait
Quaint
Rectangle
Robust
Rye
Shake (the beverage)
Shuttle
Sin
Syrup
Telegram
Tweet
Utility
Vault
Weary
Whim
Zeal

Best of luck, and Happy Hunting!

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This challenge will run from July 1 - August 31, 2024.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read separate 40 books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

Words
36/50

The list

Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)

✅Budget Only If You're Lucky
She took me into her room first then Nicole's both of which were adorned with the type of modest, mass-produced decor that comes with a college BUDGET, though even the smallest peek into their retrospective space revealed so much.
✅Canopy The Surrogate p259
It was colder under the CANOPY of trees and I hesitated, wondering whether we should turn back...
✅Contractor The Hotel Nantucket p 5
...we watch local CONTRACTORs, architedts, and interior designer Jennifer Quinn entering and leaving the hotel
✅Dough For Better and Worse p89
...eating meals together at the island, teaching Charlie how to make meatballs, rolling out pastry DOUGH for summer peach pies.
✅Dried Believe Me p217
You said you'd marry me with my bleeding teeth, with visibly broken leg, with DRIED blood on my face, with blood dripping from my ears.
✅Erupt Imagine Me p350
It ERUPTs, settling completely into the room, the quiet reaching even the farthest corners. I feel physically trapped by it.
✅Flank For Better and Worse p263
We'll take you right back, Monroe said. He and Reddick FLANKed me on either side, as though they were worried I might make a run for it.
✅Glower -Imagine Me p 74
Winston yanks the glasses off his face. GLOWERs. "What the hell is going on? Why are you all having a conference out here on your own?
✅Gourmet Lessons Learned p248
She sent up a quick prayer that there was a GOURMET shop within ten miles.

Hardy

✅Honest-Imagine Me p64
But when I'm being super HONEST with myself, I'll admit that what scares me the most is that, if I didn't know any better, I might've eaten that shit up too.
✅Invest -The Bookstore on the Beach p321
She couldn't continue to INVEST in this person until she met the adult Tammy, face-to-face, and felt reasonably assured that it was safe to fully embrace her.
✅Junk Only If You're Lucky p238
...I was still living in the dorms with Maggie, cocooned in a cradle of JUNK food and mediocre movies to keep myself from having to think to hard about everything I had lost.
✅Karma The Surrogate p24
Why should I be more deserving? You're not whispers that little voice, and all at once it feels like KARMA. Payback.
✅Library Only If You're Lucky p20
I think of my roommate and what she said to me earlier: the apartment she got for us by the LIBRARY and the fact that I couldn't have cared less.

Livestock

✅Malt Only If You're Lucky p54
I pick up the beer and down it quickly, the warm, flat liquid like MALTy urine.
✅Manipulate-Imagine Me p94
He doesn't even need the caffeine--his ability to MANIPULATE electricity always keeps his body charged...
✅Melody Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s p86
That figure became a MELODY for me.
✅Moss Believe Me p105
She is gently rendered in this light, soft in a nondescript sweater the color of MOSS. Dark jeans. Tennis shoes.
✅Nick-Imagine Me p192
I can see the grain of his skin, rough but not yet leathery, his most recent shave evidenced in a microscopic NICK at the base of his jaw.
✅Oregano Lessons Learned p200
He opened three brands of OREGANO and sniffed before he settled on one.
✅Plunge-For Better and Worse p24
"Dad, come on." Charlie said, ready to PLUNGE back into the ocean.
✅Portrait The Five-Star Weekend p94
...pulls out her phone, and snaps a PORTRAIT-mode picture of the cut-glass bowl of bacon-rosemary pecans.
✅Quaint For Better and Worse p69
Downtown Shoreham had a QUAINT, Old Florida feel to it, designed to attract tourist dollars.
✅Rectangle-Imagine Me p 126
A perfect exact RECTANGLE of wall. Gone. I didn't even know such a feat was possible.
✅Robust-Imagine Me p128
Even the bright, ROBUST moon isn't enough to properly penetrate these woods.
✅Rye The Five-Star Weekend p183
"Two scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, RYE toast, and hash browns..."
✅Shake (the beverage) The Surrogate p183
It's no different to Slim Fast SHAKEs or those herbal tablets that promise quick weight loss.


Shuttle

✅Sin For Better and Worse p 183
But now I'd committed one of the worst SINs possible.
✅Syrup Only If You're Lucky p119
I blinked my eyes and found myself loopy and disoriented like waking up wrecked after a cough SYRUP stupor: bumbling and bleary eyed, unable to discern the real from the imagined.

Telegram

✅Tweet The Five-Star Weekend p108
...flanking the front door---she dashes off a TWEET. For the record Posey Wofford is not suffering from a mental health crisis.
✅Utility The Surrogate p210
My whisper sounds too loud. I'm crouching in the UTILITY room by the side of the tumble dryer clutching my boots to my chest...
✅Vault-Imagine Me p58
You are in a room, a closet, a VAULT, no key----Just a single voice that says Kill me.
✅Weary For Better and Worse p22
...I wiped her saliva off my face with a crumpled tissue I'd found in the bottom of my briefcase, I'd felt WEARY.
✅Whim Believe Me p78
They don't seem to understand how the world really work, or how difficult it is to sate the WHIMs and wishes of so many.
✅Zeal The Next Mrs. Parrish p95
But now the hatred had returned with more consuming ZEAL than ever. The moment she laid eyes on Amber, it all came rushing back.

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July/August 2024 BONUS Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01July24 / Ends: 31Aug24


40 / 40 words found
14 books read


Addition - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 310 - "…building with a long addition attached…"

Budget - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 60 - "…a monthly budget and which…"

Canopy - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 168 - "…a canopy of aging paper birch,…"

Contractor - The Wind Knows My Name ✔ – 15Nov24 - pg 182 - "…her contractor friend and…"

Dough - Taste: My Life Through Food ✔ – 17Aug24 - 102 - "…made from leftover pizza dough."

Dried - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 58 - "Jende's mouth dried up."

Erupt - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 67 - "These sounds erupt behind me."

Flank - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 205 - "…the gelding's flank for support."

Glower - Rocky Mountain Heat ✔ – 27Oct24 - pg 257 - "…made Jillian glower at him."

Gourmet - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 61 - "…white people gourmet bodega…"

Hardy - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 132 - "Jim Hardy had been absent…"

Honest - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 8 - "…a very honest man, actually, …"

Invest - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 131 - "…got the cash to invest."

Junk - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 131 - "…and overrated junk, were…"

Karma - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 260 - "…back on good karma."

Library - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 3 - "…he'd gone to the library on…"

Livestock - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 182 - "…food or livestock or bartering…"

Malt - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 14 - "…sundaes, malts and shakes."

Manipulate - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 103 - "…to manipulate me the way…"

Melody - The Measure ✔ – 30July24 - pg 305 - "The melody was coming from…"

Moss - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women ✔ – 25Aug24 - pg 42 - "…in the soft moss and extends…"

Nick - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 104 - "…in the nick of time."

Oregano - Taste: My Life Through Food ✔ – 17Aug24 - pg 73 - "Stir in the basil and oregano."

Plunge - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 109 - "…to take a plunge into life."

Portrait - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 5 - "…and portraits of white men…"

Quaint - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 9 - "…longings, and quaint fancies."

Rectangle - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 16 - "…two-story rectangle designed…"

Robust - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 279 - "A greying, robust man, impeccably…"

Rye - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 97 - "… course in Rye, Clark's mother…"

Shake (the beverage) - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24 - pg 28 - "…milkshake in his … took the shake from…"

Shuttle - Tom Lake ✔ – 29Oct24 - pg 51 - "…and a shuttle van back …"

Sin - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 132 - "…forthright denunciation of sin."

Syrup - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 171 - "…biscuit and syrup with …"

Telegram - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 55 - "…letters became telegrams, and…"

Tweet - The Measure ✔ – 30July24 - pg 86 - "…continued to canvass and tweet and…"

Utility - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 54 - "…rent or utility bills."

Vault - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 40 - "…stored in the library's vault."

Weary - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 144 - "…still seeming weary, his face…"

Whim - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 258 - "…surrendered to every whim and…"

Zeal - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 89 - "..revolutionary zeal or world…"

July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt
Duration: July 1 - August 31, 2024

READ: 37/40

After the Game - Abbi Glines 7/2
Erupt - and the crowd erupted, p256
Honest - if I was honest with myself, p75
Shake - as I reached for my shake, p52
Sin - and not ways to handle my father's sins, p181

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands - Sarah Brooks 7/4
Glower - but glowers at the dead trees, p102
Library - the atmosphere at the library carriage is soothing, p59
Melody - an insistent repeating melody, p229
Vault - better armored than all the bank vaults, p63

The Longest Yard Sale - Sherry Harris 7/6
Canopy - white canopy tents dotted the lawn, p9
Contractor - I had to meet a contractor in Dorchester, p102
Dough - breathed in the aroma of rising dough and tomato sauce, p50
Invest - do you know anyone else who invested with them, p287
Junk - doesn't mean I have to look like junk, p177
Nick - in what I hoped was the nick of time, p178
Zeal - my zeal for getting Carol off, p290

La Belle Sauvage - Philip Pullman 7/6
Moss - draped in moss and weeds, ch22

Cruising Through Midlife - Addison Moore 7/7
Budget - I doubt a fancy cruise ship is in the budget, p84
Portrait - she glowers at the portrait, p181

The Golden Spider - Anne Renwick 7/13
Manipulate - to think he'd been so thoroughly manipulated, p277

The Silver Skull - Anne Renwick 7/14
Whim - everyone in the room was subject to his whims, p146

Wonderful You - Mariah Stewart 7/23
Rectangle - within the large rectangle beyond, p64

The Big Little Festival - Kellie Hailes 7/25
Plunge - being plunged into a deep pool, p53
Tweet - just like that the birds were tweeting, p71

Murder in the Locked Library - Ellery Adams 7/28
Dried - pieces of dried chicken or salmon, ch2
Quaint - with the quaint brick buildings, ch14
Robust - elicited robust protests, ch18
Rye - using marbled rye, ch5
Syrup - poured a river of syrup over his pancakes, ch4

The Girls Across The Bay - Emerald O'Brien 7/28
Shuttle - shuttling her back and forth, p282

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents - Danielle Garrett 7/30
Karma - Karma, my small black cat, ch2

The Seduction of Miss Amelia Bell - Paula Quinn 7/31
Weary - he knew his cousins were weary, p7

Been There Dragon That - Krystal Shannan 8/4
Flank - strips of moose flank sizzled in the pan, p207

Poisoned Prose - Ellery Adams 8/6
Livestock - raised livestock, ch7

Quadehar the Sorcerer - Erik L'Homme 8/7
Hardy - you just had to be hardy and brave, p22

A Death Long Overdue - Eva Gates 8/15
Utility - jangling utility belt, ch4

Lethal Letters - Ellery Adams 8/28
Gourmet - gourmet frittata to a mammoth bacon cheeseburger, p66

Shadowed - Rebecca Zanetti 8/29
Malt - and swallowed the potent malt, p70

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Addition -
Oregano -
Telegram -

FINISHED


July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt
Duration: July 1 - August 31, 2024


Found 36/40

The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned) "the original woodwork, with the addition of two horizontal reinforcements" p.58 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Budget - "a very tight budget" p. 111 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.23
Canopy "beneath the canopy of the umbrella pine" p. 289 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Contractor "contracting parties to keep faithwith themselves" p. 180
The New YorkStores by Edith Wharton 7.26.24
Dough - "the dough's all mixed" p. 357 The Briar Club by Kate Quinn 7.28.24
Dried "as Eilis tried herself" p. 256 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.23
Erupt "such wars might still erupt" p. 371 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 7.15.24
Flank" mother flanked by Rosella and Dominic" p. 246 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.23
Glower "Nigel, standing apart, glowering" p. 292 The Postscript Murders by Ella Griffiths 8.9.24
Gourmet
Hardy "Hardy o r something," Rosie said vaguely" p. 155 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 8.12.24
Honest "that is the honest truth" p. 130 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.23
Invest "with which to invest" p. 118 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Junk "pile of junk" p. 127 The Briar Club by Kate Quinn 7.28,24
Karma - deep into private and long standing karma p. 114 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger 8.27.24
Library "library of Green Leaf Books" p. 22 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Livestock
Malt "a glass of single malt" p. 347 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Manipulate - "drastic manipulations of the ecosystem" p. 351 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 7.15.24
Melody "liked a song or a melody" p. 101 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.23
Moss "moss and weeds" p. 135 Marking TimeElizabeth Jane Howard 7.20.24
Nick "you arrived in the nick of time" p.158 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Oregano
Plunge "plunging down to the impossibly blue Mediterranean" p. 234 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Portrait "Wedding portraits faced each other" p. 212 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Quaint "seem like a kind of quaintness" p. 155 Long Island by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Rectangle - "rectangle of carpet" p. 166 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
Robust "it was difficult to find words robust enough" p. 165 The New York Stories by Edith Wharton 7.26.24
Rye "a bottle of Rock and Rye" p.57 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara 8.16.24
Shake (the beverage)
Shuttle "shuttled between them" p.59 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Sin "punished for her father's sins" p. 54 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Syrup "syrup into her voice" p. 83 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Telegram. "telegram to the United States" p. 226 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Tweet "I've seen a few tweets from him" p. 91 The Postscript Murders by Ella Griffiths 8.9.24
Utility "utility trucks a day for the Army" p. 64 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Vault "they're locked away in bank vaults" p. 117 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Weary "not to grow weary of the constant questioning" p. 208 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Whim "on a whim..." p.22 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Zeal "their helpless zeal for art" p. 104 The New York Stories by Edith Wharton 7.26.24

My spot! :)

TCF July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt

Bonus Scavenger Hunt: July 1 - August 31, 2024

The list: 40/40 FINISHED!!!!

✔Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned) (p. 139) I spent most of yesterday ignoring phone calls from my agent about my future with National Geographic and trying to reformulate all the plans to fit the bathroom addition on the second story instead.

✔Budget (p. 14) I show him a number that means I could stop working for several hundred years if I lived on a modest budget.

✔Canopy (p. 171) It should not be planted near foundations, driveways, streets, or homes, as its canopy and aerial root system can spread quite far.

✔Contractor (p. 62) Need a contractor to hire and extra crew to meet deadlines?

✔Dough (p. 58) She rolled the portion of pie dough she’d been working on into a circle.

✔Dried (p. 63) Bernie dried the mixing bowl, set it on its stand, and started measuring out the ingredients for the frosting.

✔Erupt (p. 26) Beyond the hallway, the crowd in the arena erupted in shouts and claps.

✔Flank (p. 204) The backdrop of the farm was a picturesque mountain chain, flanked by a dotted pattern of houses and fields.

✔Glower (p. 197) Chuck glowered at her.

✔Gourmet (p. 299) "...My dad gave his dogs gourmet chow every day, with brown rice and wheatgrass...."

✔Hardy (p. 133) The tree is considered a “pioneer,” a hardy species that is the first to colonize a previously disrupted or damaged ecosystem, beginning a chain of ecological succession that leads to a more diverse, steady-state ecosystem.

✔Honest (p. 53) “I’m as surprised as you are, to be honest.”

✔Invest (p. 16) “I do it by the authority the Crown invests in me.”

✔Junk (p. 77) The trouble with owning something like that, she thought, is I’d never be able to find the damned thing among all the junk I carry in my bag.

✔Karma (p. 2) Karma really was a b*tch.

✔Library (p. 128) It boasted a gym, an auditorium, a library, a media room, an Olympic-sized pool, and a large outdoor play area.

✔Livestock (p. 40) The docks were a hub of activity—people walking quickly either to or from a ship, porters with their luggage going in every conceivable direction, livestock being unloaded with noisy protestation, all mixed in with the bellowed commands of the dock masters.

✔Malt (p. 41) Brandon poured Marvin a shot of the single malt Scotch and put it down in front of him.

✔Manipulate (p. 26) I clenched my teeth as I imagined trying to manipulate the sweet cowboy.

✔Melody (p. 179) As I readied myself for bed in the quiet of my apartment, I found that the word hope had a melody, and ever so softly, it sung me into the sweetest sleep.

✔Moss (p. 112) The palace is bigger than I thought and when we finally reach the front gates, they’re covered in seaweed, moss, and barnacles.

✔Nick (p. 249) Nick at Nite.

✔Oregano (p. 3) The finishing touch was fresh oregano and a sprinkle of powdered garlic on the crust, then back into the oven the pizza went and she had to scramble to get the other two pizzas out before they got overcooked.

✔Plunge (p. 108) My stomach plunged.

✔Portrait (p. 138) When I stood and took the portrait down, though, he started to laugh.

✔Quaint (p. 30) Tucked away in a quaint little neighborhood, meticulously maintained boxwoods lined the walk and flowering vines and greenery clung to every available surface.

✔Rectangle (p. 41) “Little rectangles of cheer,” she called them.

✔Robust (p. 97) She's very smart, my mother, and until that point I'd thought her to be quite robust as well.

✔Rye (p. 289) I make myself a pastrami on rye, and Pepper uses the bread ends of a baguette to fashion a swiss cheese, ham, and butter sandwich.

✔Shake (the beverage) (p. 337) I finished my food and was drinking my chocolate shake with the seat half-reclined when there was a knock on my window.

✔Shuttle (p. 44) He shuttled the plate to the table while Sage thanked him—Jason Lyall—for coming along today.

✔Sin (p. 264) As much as I hated to leave our merry little den of sin, I hadn’t done any work here and was starting to feel increasingly guilty about the career I’d essentially neglected.

✔Syrup (p. 78) Which resulted in both of us yawning over the table, eating pancakes and waffles drenched in syrup, trying not to get delirious again but getting so anyway.

✔Telegram (p. 79) “Do you remember when Will hired that creepy clown to deliver a singing telegram on my birthday?” I asked, an involuntary shudder moving up my spine.

✔Tweet (p. 170) Related articles discussed how social isolation seemed to be killing us and how the platitudes of contemporary friendship (the status update, the tweet, the hashtag) were not enough because it is ultimately shared, face-to-face experience that we need to feel understood.

✔Utility (p. 51) Two people burst out of my utility closet, the kitchen door whacked open at the other end of the hall to reveal my beaming parents, and three other people got wedged in the doorway to the sitting room when they all tried to run out at once.

✔Vault (p. 43) I pulled to a stop at the curb, reached for my bottle of water, and practically vaulted from my seat, desperate for air that didn’t smell like Chloe’s perfume, and for just a moment of space to gather my thoughts.

✔Weary (p. 133) When I dragged my weary body home at the end of the day, there he'd be all bare, tattooed skin and a devastating grin, so gorgeous I couldn't help jumping him.

✔Whim (p. 214) I had only said my bucket list item on a whim, after all.

✔Zeal (p. 122) He paused, his voice brimming now with academic zeal.

First Dates and Birthday Cakes by Isabel Murray (7/1/2024)
Honest, Plunge, Utility

A Catered Fourth of July by Isis Crawford (7/2/2024)
Dough, Dried, Glower, Invest, Junk, Karma, Library, Malt

The One with the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel (7/3/2024)
Erupt, Flank, Melody, Syrup, Whim

The Amazing Alpha Tau Pledge Project by Lisa Henry Sarah Honey (7/4/2024)
Portrait

Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren (7/4/2024)
Gourmet, Nick, Sin

The Trouble With Trying to Hook a Harbinger by Jennifer Cody (7/5/2024)
Budget, Moss

Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane (7/6/2024)
Canopy, Hardy, Rectangle, Tweet

Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter (7/7/2024)
Shake (the beverage)

Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren (7/8/2024)
Quaint, Telegram, Vault

One Small Secret by Esther Hatch (7/8/2024)
Contractor

Capricorn Faces Scorpio by Anyta Sunday (7/9/2024)
Shuttle

Marrying Mr. Majestic by Lucy Lennox (7/11/2024)
Manipulate, Weary

Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers by A.J. Sherwood (7/14/2024)
Livestock

The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh (7/28/2024)
Robust

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord (8/10/2024)
Rye

Built to Last by Erin Hahn (8/21/2024)
Addition

Oregano Meatball Murder by Patti Benning (8/22/2024)
Oregano

The da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (8/30/2024)
Zeal

July/August Scavenger Hunt

Progress: 10/40

- 7/8 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Honest: she was honest about having been abandoned - p 12
Library: we went often to the library - p 13
Erupt: they erupt into applause - p 14
Oregano: heavy-handed on the oregano - p 15
Robust: to cover her robust form - p 107
Livestock: Do you raise livestock? - p 112
Whim: on a whim, I climb all the way up - p 196

- 7/5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Portrait: on the ground below the portrait - 59%
Budget: pay her out of the football budget - 56%
Manipulate: He isn't manipulating me now - 96%


Melody: skipped beats and melodies - p 38


Plunge: Luke took the plunge 3 h 39 minutes

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The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)
Canopy
Contractor
Dough
Dried
Flank
Glower
Gourmet
Hardy
Invest
Junk
Karma
Malt
Moss
Nick
Quaint
Rectangle
Rye
Shake (the beverage)
Shuttle
Sin
Syrup
Telegram
Tweet
Utility
Vault
Weary
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TCF July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt

This challenge will run from July 1 - August 31, 2024.

Most items are pretty general, but some are specific. If in doubt about an item – just ask! I try to be pretty flexible on most of these, since I want everyone to have fun. They may be on the cover or mentioned in the book.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read separate 40 books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)
Budget
Canopy
Contractor
Dough
Dried
Erupt
Flank
Glower
Gourmet
Hardy
Honest
Invest
Junk
Karma
Library
Livestock
Malt
Manipulate
Melody
Moss
Nick
Oregano
Plunge
Portrait
Quaint
Rectangle
Robust
Rye
Shake (the beverage)
Shuttle
Sin
Syrup
Telegram
Tweet
Utility
Vault
Weary
Whim
Zeal

Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned) - "His fireplace now had a black fireguard standing before it and I sorted in amusement at that addition." Ruthless Fae, p256
Budget
Canopy - "the darkness beneath their canopy almost complete." Ruthless Fae, p3
Contractor
Dough - "I slip an apron over my head, as she cuts the dough." Alive and Wells, p39
Dried - "The foal's coat had dried." Horse, p 23
Erupt - "I expected a thunderstorm to erupt from him at any moment." The Awakening, p93
Flank - "So he stood and watched as she did figures of eight and small circles, urging the mare on till her flanks foamed." Horse, p80
Glower - "I tuck my arms tight around myself, desperate to be smaller and less noticeable under his glowering gaze." Alive and Wells, p24
Gourmet
Hardy
Honest - "Only horses were honest, in the end." Horse, p117
Invest - "Yeah if I emerge as a Cyclops I think I'd have to invest in some seriously big sunglasses to hide that freaky thing." Ruthless Fae
Junk - "Evidently, I should have filled up with more than junk food at the 7-11." Alive and Wells, p13
Karma - "Everyone knows, karma's a bitch." Ruthless Fae, p31
Library - "Back at the school in the library, he pored over art books to put paintings he'd seen into context" Horse, p28
Livestock - "Them's Cash Clay's livestock" Horse, p31
Malt
Manipulate - "He was trying to manipulate you." Alive and Wells, p165
Melody - "There's no melody from the wind chimes." Alive and Wells, p267
Moss - "Moss and vines sprang to life all over them..." Shadow Princess, 127
Nick - "I pull up to a pump in the nick of time." Alive and Wells, p13
Oregano
Plunge - "Austin's tongue plunges into me." Alive and Wells, p199
Portrait - "Next to that hung a studio portrait of his grandfather Sir James Young in the thirties"Rich People Problems, p 219
Quaint - "floral window art outside a quaint home goods store." Alive and Wells, p60
Rectangle - "the water a long rectangle, which stretched out in either direction." The Awakening, p398
Robust
Rye
Shake (the beverage) - "It's not until Odessa shouts at him about a milkshake..." Alive and Wells, p88
Shuttle - "Theo had arrived that morning, hailing the Smithsonian employee shuttle outside it's stop outside the Air and Space Museum." Horse, p131
Sin - "Heat invaded every cell in my body as his eyes fell on me, coal-like and dark as sin." The Awakening, p29
Syrup - "A warm smile that reached his eyes - eyes the colour and luster of maple syrup." Horse, p102
Telegram
Tweet
Utility
Vault - Inside, Nick found a space that resembled a walk-in vault..." Rich People Problems, p482
Weary - "Red, weary eyes meet mine." Alive and Wells, p134
Whim - "Before my mother bowed to his whims, I dragged out of the vision..." The Reckoning, p258
Zeal - "Lionel was watching our interaction with just enough zeal in his gaze to make my heart flutter with anxiety." Ruthless Fae, p337

TCF - July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt

✅ Total: 40/40

Addition (to a building)
The High Cost of Free Parking - "The addition of a drive-in window at a bank" p.128 - ⭐️
Budget
Left Brain, Right Stuff: How Leaders Make Winning Decisions - "perhaps devising a monthly budget" p.154 - ⭐️⭐️
Canopy
Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace - "An enormous canopied bed covered by an ermine spread" p.74 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Contractor
Don't Stand too close to a Naked Man - "My brother is a contractor in Kalamazoo" p.133 - ⭐️
Dough
The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body - Cameron Diaz - "flour that’s used to make everything from pasta to cereal to pizza dough" p.48 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dried
FOOD DIY How to Make Your Own Everything: sausages to smoked salmon, sourdough to sloe gin, bacon to buns - "the dried-up old dust that's been in the back of the cupboard" p.22 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Erupt
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today - "A flash of light erupts, and three older men appear in the room" p.120 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Flank
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize With a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch - "deployed Coleridge and Wordsworth to protect the flanks" p.136 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Glower
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages - "It seems to me that they are glowering on the floor" p.16 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gourmet
The Female Logic: 7 Strategies on How To Decode and Understand What A Woman Wants When She Is Testing You - "“Mammoth Au Jus,” or whatever passed for “gourmet dining” back in Neanderthal and Homo Erectus days." p.5 - ⭐️
Hardy
The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI - "Miss Margaret Hardy, had mounted her high horse and sternly lectured a group of reporters" p.247 - ⭐️⭐️
Honest
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain - "She was also honest with others, which helped when dealing with at-risk kids." p.55 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Invest
Calling in "The One" Revised and Expanded: 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life - "which relationships to invest our hearts, bodies, and souls into" p.85 - ⭐️⭐️
Junk
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World - "overrunning the web with informational junk food" p.144 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Karma
Attempting Normal - "Karma? Sure. She got me sober, though." p.39 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Library
The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman - "The library had no books on calculus." p.67 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Livestock
Nerves of Steel: How I Followed My Dreams, Earned My Wings, and Faced My Greatest Challenge - "on weekends ground our own livestock feed" p.16 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Malt
Buzz - "roast the barley malt prior to fermentation" p.26 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Manipulate
The History of Ukraine and Russia: The Tangled Events That Led to Crisis - "It gets harder to manipulate events and records if the world press shows an interest in what you are doing." p.43 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Melody
Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind - "he had conceived the melody after hearing Robeson speak" p.206 - ⭐️⭐️
Moss
Ganbatte!: The Japanese Art of Always Moving Forward - "Move ahead, but keep the moss." p.27 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nick
Wisdom From The Ancients: Enduring Business Lessons From Alexander The Great, Julius Caesar, And The Illustrious Leaders Of Ancient Greece And Rome - "self-confessed “rogue trader” Nick Leeson" p.234 - ⭐️⭐️
Oregano
Wired to Eat: How to Rewire Your Appetite and Lose Weight for Good - "sprinkle some herbes de Provence (savory, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, and oregano) on the cantaloupe" p.163 - ⭐️⭐️
Plunge
Encylopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences - "I plunged at once into the blackest melancholy" p.194 - ⭐️⭐️
Portrait
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain - "Tillie Olsen’s portrait of a dying grandmother" p.224 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Quaint
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope - "But today, it is but a quaint memory" p.157 - ⭐️⭐️
Rectangle
The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home - "small rectangular slips of paper or pasteboard on which the owner’s name was written" p.56 - ⭐️⭐️
Robust
Ace Voices: What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace - "Instead, they are flexible, mutually negotiated and robust because of this." p.154 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rye
Anti-Inflammatory Diet: Your Ultimate Guide To Healing Inflammation, Alleviating Pain and Restoring Physical Health With 50 Delicious Anti-Inflammatory Recipes - "Avoid: Barley, rye, wheat, kamut, candy, cereal, and pasta." p.31 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Shake (the beverage)
Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health - "as is the occasional whey protein shake" p.105 - ⭐️
Shuttle
Get Your Life Back: Everyday Practices for a World Gone Mad - "blast all day like the space shuttle" p.62 - ⭐️⭐️
Sin
Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend - "he is not only more sinned against than sinning; he’s not even guilty." p.9 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Syrup
Faster than Lightning: My Autobiography - "To risk my track and field life for a cough syrup was a dumb-assed move" p.177 - ⭐️⭐️
Telegram
The Real J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth - "on 2 June 1916, Tolkien received a telegram" p.118 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tweet
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation - "while I’m standing there in my towel, I look it up online and tweet it." p.133 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Utility
Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine - "Re-establish basic utilities such as electricity and water" p.54 - ⭐️⭐️
Vault
Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes - "short of high-security bank vaults, are easily rammed" p.94 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Weary
Ted Bundy: America’s Most Evil Serial Killer - "wearing a torn prison uniform and looking weary" p.100 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Whim
Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex - "Maid Marian isn’t just being cock-blocked by her chastity belt to protect her from the whims of lusty men" p.87 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Zeal
Beneath the Surface of Things: New and Selected Essays - "mercantile zeal drove an economy based on a fashion statement" p.18 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Challenge Factory
TCF July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt
Duration: July 1 - August 31, 2024.

Progress: 0 out of 40

Most items are pretty general, but some are specific. If in doubt about an item – just ask! I try to be pretty flexible on most of these, since I want everyone to have fun. They may be on the cover or mentioned in the book.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read separate 40 books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)
Budget
Canopy
Contractor
Dough
Dried
Erupt
Flank
Glower
Gourmet
Hardy
Honest
Invest
Junk
Karma
Library
Livestock
Malt
Manipulate
Melody
Moss
Nick
Oregano
Plunge
Portrait
Quaint
Rectangle
Robust
Rye
Shake (the beverage)
Shuttle
Sin
Syrup
Telegram
Tweet
Utility
Vault
Weary
Whim
Zeal

Just found this...starting today...will aim to complete in 2 months (September 30)

The Challenge Factory
TCF July/August 2024 Bonus Scavenger Hunt
Duration: July 1 - August 31, 2024.

Progress: 36/40

Most items are pretty general, but some are specific. If in doubt about an item – just ask! I try to be pretty flexible on most of these, since I want everyone to have fun. They may be on the cover or mentioned in the book.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read separate 40 books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Addition* (to a building, or abutting land added to real estate already owned)
✔ Budget-p.105-Eye of the Storm-"There's no money in the budget..." 6/28/25
✔ Canopy-p.409-All Souls' Rising-"...a few drops still pattered on the leaf canopy." 8/15/24
✔ Contractor-p.61-Eye of the Storm-"...Denny was the contractor who remodeled..." 6/25/25
✔ Dough-p.313-Rare Madison Smartt Bell ALL SOUL'S RISING Uncorrected Proof 1st Edition 1995 1st edit/1st print Pantheon Books Paperback Madison Smartt Bell Paperback Madison Smartt Bell-"...like a woman smoothing dough..." 8/6/24
✔ Dried-p.98-Thomas and Niko in the City of Trees-"The car smells like old dried out leather..." 8/7/24
✔ Erupt-p.67-Déjà Dead-"...and a geyser of fear allowed to erupt." 9/5/24
✔ Flank-p.207-Battambang-"The enemy reeled, retreating down the flank..." 3/10/25
✔ Glower-p.194-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...and the giant glowered at him." 7/9/25
✔ Gourmet-p.416-Russell Baker's Book of American Humor-"...the enthusiasm of a gourmet tasting somethin served under glass..." 4/11/25
✔ Hardy-p.234-Phineas Finn-"...had become so hardy in the combat..." 8/9/25
✔ Honest-p.168- King Henry Vi, Part II-"He was an honest man..." 7/31/24
✔ Invest-p.156-Déjà Dead-"Maybe you should invest in a helmet." 9/12/24
✔ Junk-p.73-Eye of the Storm-"The room was heaped with junk..." 6/26/25
✔ Karma-p.97- Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna - "...I believe in reincarnation and karma..." 10/5/24
✔ Library-p.50-Can You Forgive Her, Vol. 2-"...Members flocked into the House from libraries..." 8/30/24
Livestock
✔ Malt-p.128-Phineas Finn-"...a question as to the duty on Irish malt." 7/20/25
✔ Manipulate-p.42-Eye of the Storm-"And I also know how to manipulate people..." 6/25/25
✔ Melody-p.201-Dombey and Son-"...beginning to comprehend low melodies..." 8/11/25
✔ Moss-p.228-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...puddings thickened with Irish moss..." 8/1/25
✔ Nick-p.102- Marshall's Gold-"The instant Nick climbed out; the two dogs..." 9/19/24
✔ Oregano-p.33- Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...strong scents- rosemary, thyme, sage, basil, oregano..." 1/26/25
✔ Plunge-p.206-Battambang-"...fighters gathered for the plunge down." 3/10/25
✔ Portrait-p.259-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"He penned portraits of freethinking heroes..." 5/17/25
✔ Quaint-p.105-Eye of the Storm-"A quaint term. I hate it." 6/28/25
✔ Rectangle-p.152-Déjà Dead-"...a sound outside my rectangle of steam." 9/12/24
✔ Robust-p.180-Murder on a Midsummer Night- "Robust woman in an overloaded hat." 4/2/25
✔ Rye-p.112-Murder on a Midsummer Night-"...whisky, bourbon and rye..." 3/27/25
✔ Shake (the beverage)-p.207-No Brainer-"...a place that sells burgers and shakes." 1/4/25
Shuttle
✔ Sin-p.167-King Henry VI, Part I; King Henry VI, Part II; King Henry VI, Part III-"Then is sin struck down..." 7/31/24
✔ Syrup-p.69- Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year- "...March means mud and maple syrup..." 3/1/25
✔ Telegram-p.41-Can You Forgive Her, Vol. 2-"He thought of sending for her by telegram..." 8/29/24
✔ Tweet-p.55-Broken-"Maybe I'll live tweet it." 9/4/25
✔ Utility-p.210Thomas and Niko in the City of Trees-"...from a nearby utilty pole." 5/29/25
✔ Vault-p.766-The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers-"...supporting the vault of heaven..." 6/21/25
✔ Weary-p.371-All Souls' Rising-"...Camberfort's face was drawn and weary..." 8/13/24
✔ Whim-p.223-Zeno's Conscience-"...purchased some reading glasses on a whim." 6/24/25
✔ Zeal-p.133-Time Regained-"...to prove their zeal, they harness..." 8/25/24

AAARGH .... computer malfunction ate my excel spreadsheet where I was tracking this (and all other word search puzzles).

My own fault I hadn't backed up to the cloud since April. S*I*G*H

Lost all that data.

Well, I'll start over with this one, but I'm abandoning all the older challenges where I had only one or two words left.

Lesson learned - back up daily.

Finished, see message 6! :)

Thanks for a fun challenge, Deb! See you all in September!

Book Concierge wrote: "AAARGH .... computer malfunction ate my excel spreadsheet where I was tracking this (and all other word search puzzles).

My own fault I hadn't backed up to the cloud since April. S*I*G*H

Lost all..."

Been there! This is why I'm a HUGE fan of Google Sheets. It's always available in the cloud.

The September/October bonus hunt is now live!

Update message # 3 - Challenge completed - ✔ 15Nov24


July/August 2024 BONUS Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01July24 / Ends: 31Aug24


40 / 40 words found
14 books read


Addition - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 310 - "…building with a long addition attached…"

Budget - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 60 - "…a monthly budget and which…"

Canopy - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 168 - "…a canopy of aging paper birch,…"

Contractor - The Wind Knows My Name ✔ – 15Nov24 - pg 182 - "…her contractor friend and…"

Dough - Taste: My Life Through Food ✔ – 17Aug24 - 102 - "…made from leftover pizza dough."

Dried - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 58 - "Jende's mouth dried up."

Erupt - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 67 - "These sounds erupt behind me."

Flank - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 205 - "…the gelding's flank for support."

Glower - Rocky Mountain Heat ✔ – 27Oct24 - pg 257 - "…made Jillian glower at him."

Gourmet - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 61 - "…white people gourmet bodega…"

Hardy - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 132 - "Jim Hardy had been absent…"

Honest - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 8 - "…a very honest man, actually, …"

Invest - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 131 - "…got the cash to invest."

Junk - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 131 - "…and overrated junk, were…"

Karma - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 260 - "…back on good karma."

Library - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 3 - "…he'd gone to the library on…"

Livestock - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 182 - "…food or livestock or bartering…"

Malt - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 14 - "…sundaes, malts and shakes."

Manipulate - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 103 - "…to manipulate me the way…"

Melody - The Measure ✔ – 30July24 - pg 305 - "The melody was coming from…"

Moss - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women ✔ – 25Aug24 - pg 42 - "…in the soft moss and extends…"

Nick - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 104 - "…in the nick of time."

Oregano - Taste: My Life Through Food ✔ – 17Aug24 - pg 73 - "Stir in the basil and oregano."

Plunge - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 109 - "…to take a plunge into life."

Portrait - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 5 - "…and portraits of white men…"

Quaint - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 9 - "…longings, and quaint fancies."

Rectangle - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 16 - "…two-story rectangle designed…"

Robust - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 279 - "A greying, robust man, impeccably…"

Rye - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 97 - "… course in Rye, Clark's mother…"

Shake (the beverage) - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24 - pg 28 - "…milkshake in his … took the shake from…"

Shuttle - Tom Lake ✔ – 29Oct24 - pg 51 - "…and a shuttle van back …"

Sin - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 132 - "…forthright denunciation of sin."

Syrup - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 171 - "…biscuit and syrup with …"

Telegram - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 55 - "…letters became telegrams, and…"

Tweet - The Measure ✔ – 30July24 - pg 86 - "…continued to canvass and tweet and…"

Utility - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 54 - "…rent or utility bills."

Vault - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 40 - "…stored in the library's vault."

Weary - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 144 - "…still seeming weary, his face…"

Whim - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 258 - "…surrendered to every whim and…"

Zeal - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 89 - "..revolutionary zeal or world…"