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Rissa’s comments from the The Lost Challenges group.

FINISHED 18 books!!!! Thanks JoAnne, see you all next month/tomorrow! :)

November 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025)
2) Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
3) Curse and Spindle by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (11/3/2025)
4) Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
5) Catch of a Lifetime by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025)
6) Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian (11/10/2025)
7) Tis the Season for Tentacles by Chloe Archer (11/11/2025)
8) Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025)
9) Evans Above by Rhys Bowen (11/15/2025)
10) The Curse Before Christmas by Eli Easton (11/16/2025)
11) Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman (11/18/2025)
12) The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown (11/19/2025)
13) How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster (11/23/2025)
14) Burning for Alexander by Lucy Lennox (11/25/2025)
15) Finally by Cardeno C. (11/27/2025)
16) Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews (11/29/2025)
17) The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (11/30/2025)
18) Izzy and Her Off-Limits Love by Emma St. Clair & Jenny Proctor (11/30/2025)

FINISHED!!!! Thanks JoAnne! :)

November 2025 Word Search

November 2025 Word Search
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025)
1. apple - page 207
4. big - page 61
5. black - page 21
8. celebrate - page 253
10. cider - page 207
12. country - page 33
15. daylight - page 124
16. dinner - page 25
17. drive - page 37
18. ends - page 121
19. football - page 21
20. Friday - page 196
21. game - page 83
22. gratitude - page 229
24. hot - page 8
25. indoor - page 211
27. leaves - page 313
28. leg - page 16
29. make - page 2
30. pancakes - page 26
33. porch - page 103
37. read - page 5
38. ride - page 38
39. roads - page 134
40. s'mores - page 192
41. scarf - page 8
42. shopping - page 9
44. sweater - page 5
45. time - page 3
49. warmer - page 34
50. wear - page 33

Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
3. bath - page 201
13. craft - page 24
26. jar - page 104
31. pie - page 43
32. polish - page 174
34. pumpkin - page 6

Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
7. bombs - page 93
35. puzzle - page 199
47. vote - page 74
48. wagon - page 190

Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian (11/10/2025)
46. turkey - page 56

Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025)
2. bake - page 163
36. rake - page 26
43. silverware - page 244

Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman (11/18/2025)
14. crochet - page 57

The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown (11/19/2025)
6. blessings - page 83

List:
9. centerpiece
11. cornucopia
23. hopscotch

FINISHED!!!! Thanks JoAnne! See you all next month! Last one for 2025!

November 2025 Scattergories

November Scattergories
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Your letter is: B

Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) ~ Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
✔2. Author (first or last name) ~ Sarina Bowen , Brooklynaire (11/2/2025)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Beckett Axeford: Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Boern, Crown Prince of Isshia: How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster (11/23/2025)
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') ~ Brooklyn: Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) ~ Boat: by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025)

And the Specials for November are:
✔7. Something you hear ~ page 225, Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025):
There’s a beep and then the screen goes black.
OR
page 86, Catch of a Lifetime by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025):
Filtered through Dave’s hearing, Jerry’s bellow of rage sounded more like a lowing cow than human speech.
✔8. A color ~ page 35, Curse and Spindle by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (11/3/2025):
A bead of sweat broke down his forehead and he reached into the pocket of his burgundy vest, pulling a handkerchief monogrammed with an enormous B embroidered in delicate flowers.
✔9. Someone at a wedding ~ page 429, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025):
“You sure about that?” my dad asks, and I glance outside to see the bridal party is starting to line up.
✔10. A place you sit in or listen to a record or use a phone in the old days ~ page 224, Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025):
We slide into a booth by the window, and when Ruby comes over, Beckett orders us waffles, and she fills our coffee mugs without asking.
✔11. An item made of leather ~ page 42, Finally by Cardeno C. (11/27/2025):
He lifted the leather bag.
OR
page 162, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025):
We’re seated at the island that holds three brown leather barstools, but my eyes zero in on the most important part . . . a double oven.
OR
page 245, Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025):
I snuck an appreciative glance at him, noticing a few thin leather bands snapped around one wrist, as well as a coordinated leather thong around his throat with a silver pendant hanging just at the dip between his collarbones.
✔12. A metal projectile ~ page 170, Evans Above by Rhys Bowen (11/15/2025):
“He was trying to intercept a drug shipment, down on the docks. They shot wildly as they ran away. It only took one bullet, right through the heart.”

My spot! ☺️

December 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Chickenpox by Remy Lai (12/1/2025)
2) The Holiday Club by Ashley Manley (12/1/2025)
3) The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (12/2/2025)
4) John Wilder Gets Schooled by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (12/4/2025)
5) Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow (12/4/2025)
6) Marrying the Guide by Nora Phoenix (12/5/2025)
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December 2025 Scattergories

December Scattergories
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Your letter is: M

Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
3. Main Character - (first or last name)
4. Secondary Character - (first or last name)
5. Place/Setting - (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)

And the Specials for December are:
7. Something on a face
8. A word that ends with -E
9. Something you can hold in your hand
10. Items that can be lost
11. I am 5280 feet long.
12. A union between two people (any form works)

December 2025 Word Search

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

The Holiday Club by Ashley Manley (12/1/2025)
2. alive - page 56
3. angry - page 77
6. bench - page 36
8. buttons - page 117
11. drink - page 14
12. envelope - page 153
13. festival - page 11
14. fingers - page 6
19. heater - page 150
20. hurt - page 13
22. lips - page 16
23. loser - page 124
25. magic - page 12
26. menu - page 108
28. north - page 11
29. notice - page 17
31. reading - page 34
32. reasons - page 102
34. rude - page 20
35. sale - page 25
37. seven - page 16
38. shelf - page 140
39. shouting - page 141
41. small - page 13
44. star - page 37
46. sweet - page 109
47. village - page 11
50. winter - page 138

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (12/2/2025)
9. crushed - page 129
24. luck - page 64
48. walnut - page 4
49. welcome - page 13

John Wilder Gets Schooled by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (12/4/2025)
10. double - page 44
16. glamorous - page 48
17. glitter - page 29
27. nephew - page 103
33. rice - page 51
36. salty - page211
45. sweat - page 116

Cthulhu for Christmas by Meghan Maslow (12/4/2025)
5. barista - page 17
18. gracious - page 209
30. occasion - page 228

A Beginner's Guide to Sea Monsters, Messenger Angels, and Other Management Mishaps by Shannon Mae (12/8/2025)
4. banana - page 154

Dolls Gone Wild by Allie Brahms (12/9/2025)
1. addicts - page 106
7. biscuits - page 188
40. shrink - page 228

List:
15. freckles
21. jukebox
42. snide
43. solstice

FINISHED 22 books!!!! Thanks JoAnne, see you all next month/tomorrow! :)

October 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025)
2) The Naiad's Gift by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
3) The Naiad's Lover by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
4) Straw and Gold by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (10/6/2025)
5) The Hellhound's Mate: An MM Romance with Brimstone by Delaney Rain (10/6/2025)
6) The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
7) PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025)
8) The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper by Sally Carpenter (10/10/2025)
9) Ghostlighted by E.J. Russell (10/13/2025)
10) Love & Saffron by Kim Fay (10/15/2025)
11) Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025)
12) Holy Homicide by Penelope Cress & Steve Higgs (10/17/2025)
13) Suddenly Beck by Vawn Cassidy (10/19/2025)
14) Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan (10/20/2025)
15) The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)
16) Swipe Left, Power Down, Look Up by Amy Lane (10/23/2025)
17) Improvise by Melanie Rachel (10/23/2025)
18) The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (10/24/2025)
19) The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez (10/25/2025)
20) Och, Ness! by Eryn Hawk (10/28/2025)
21) Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez (10/29/2025)
22) The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie (10/31/2025)

FINISHED!!!! Tangerine & Turnpike did not want to be found this month, lol. Thanks JoAnne! :)

October 2025 Word Search

October 2025 Word Search: Practical Magic
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025)
1. almost - page 2
2. aunt - page 217
3. awful - page 266
4. black - page 20
5. blond - page 116
7. coffee - page 210
9. dark - page 32
10. drapes - page 230
13. garden - page 282
15. ground - page 51
16. innocent - page 13
18. letter - page 106
19. luck - page 15
20. lying - page 3
23. pink - page 34
25. police - page 20
26. porch - page 92
27. portrait - page 97
29. race - page 44
30. ranch - page 223
31. ring - page 105
32. rumors - page 3
33. scent - page 4
34. science - page 48
35. shadow - page 144
36. shop - page 111
37. simple - page 29
38. sister - page 27
39. stomach - page 7
40. storm - page 64
41. sugar - page 62
43. tattoo - page 10
45. upset - page 42
47. weak - page 221
49. witch - page 214
50. women - page 32

The Naiad's Gift by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
6. boot - page 132
14. grandfather - page 99
48. weapon - page 52

The Naiad's Lover by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
12. frantic - page 34

Straw and Gold by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (10/6/2025)
8. crow - page 15
46. violet - page 192

The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
11. dread - page 205

PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025)
22. patio - page 278
24. pitcher - page 255
28. pregnancy - page 394

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

Ghostlighted by E.J. Russell (10/13/2025)
21. Massachusetts - page 225

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025)
17. lasagna - page 242

List:
42. tangerine
44. turnpike

November 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025)
2) Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
3) Curse and Spindle by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (11/3/2025)
4) Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
5) Catch of a Lifetime by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025)
6) Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian (11/10/2025)
7) Tis the Season for Tentacles by Chloe Archer (11/11/2025)
8) Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025)
9) Evans Above by Rhys Bowen (11/15/2025)
10) The Curse Before Christmas by Eli Easton (11/16/2025)
11) Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman (11/18/2025)
12) The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown (11/19/2025)
13) How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster (11/23/2025)
14) Burning for Alexander by Lucy Lennox (11/25/2025)
15) Finally by Cardeno C. (11/27/2025)
16) Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews (11/29/2025)
17) The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (11/30/2025)
18) Izzy and Her Off-Limits Love by Emma St. Clair & Jenny Proctor (11/30/2025)

FINISHED 18 books!!!!

November 2025 Word Search

November 2025 Word Search
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025)
1. apple - page 207
4. big - page 61
5. black - page 21
8. celebrate - page 253
10. cider - page 207
12. country - page 33
15. daylight - page 124
16. dinner - page 25
17. drive - page 37
18. ends - page 121
19. football - page 21
20. Friday - page 196
21. game - page 83
22. gratitude - page 229
24. hot - page 8
25. indoor - page 211
27. leaves - page 313
28. leg - page 16
29. make - page 2
30. pancakes - page 26
33. porch - page 103
37. read - page 5
38. ride - page 38
39. roads - page 134
40. s'mores - page 192
41. scarf - page 8
42. shopping - page 9
44. sweater - page 5
45. time - page 3
49. warmer - page 34
50. wear - page 33

Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
3. bath - page 201
13. craft - page 24
26. jar - page 104
31. pie - page 43
32. polish - page 174
34. pumpkin - page 6

Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
7. bombs - page 93
35. puzzle - page 199
47. vote - page 74
48. wagon - page 190

Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian (11/10/2025)
46. turkey - page 56

Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025)
2. bake - page 163
36. rake - page 26
43. silverware - page 244

Rumpelstilzchen by Sam Northman (11/18/2025)
14. crochet - page 57

The Ladies' Room by Carolyn Brown (11/19/2025)
6. blessings - page 83

List: FINISHED!!!!
9. centerpiece
11. cornucopia
23. hopscotch

November 2025 Scattergories

November Scattergories
Duration: November 1, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Your letter is: B

Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) ~ Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
✔2. Author (first or last name) ~ Sarina Bowen , Brooklynaire (11/2/2025)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Beckett Axeford: Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025)
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Boern, Crown Prince of Isshia: How to Find a Nameless Fae by A.J. Lancaster (11/23/2025)
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') ~ Brooklyn: Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025)
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) ~ Boat: by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025)

And the Specials for November are:
✔7. Something you hear ~ page 225, Brooklynaire by Sarina Bowen (11/2/2025):
There’s a beep and then the screen goes black.
OR
page 86, Catch of a Lifetime by Isabel Murray (11/7/2025):
Filtered through Dave’s hearing, Jerry’s bellow of rage sounded more like a lowing cow than human speech.
✔8. A color ~ page 35, Curse and Spindle by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (11/3/2025):
A bead of sweat broke down his forehead and he reached into the pocket of his burgundy vest, pulling a handkerchief monogrammed with an enormous B embroidered in delicate flowers.
✔9. Someone at a wedding ~ page 429, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025):
“You sure about that?” my dad asks, and I glance outside to see the bridal party is starting to line up.
✔10. A place you sit in or listen to a record or use a phone in the old days ~ page 224, Kiss My Axe by May Archer (11/6/2025):
We slide into a booth by the window, and when Ruby comes over, Beckett orders us waffles, and she fills our coffee mugs without asking.
✔11. An item made of leather ~ page 42, Finally by Cardeno C. (11/27/2025):
He lifted the leather bag.
OR
page 162, Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws (11/14/2025):
We’re seated at the island that holds three brown leather barstools, but my eyes zero in on the most important part . . . a double oven.
OR
page 245, Hashtag Holidate by Lucy Lennox (11/1/2025):
I snuck an appreciative glance at him, noticing a few thin leather bands snapped around one wrist, as well as a coordinated leather thong around his throat with a silver pendant hanging just at the dip between his collarbones.
✔12. A metal projectile ~ page 170, Evans Above by Rhys Bowen (11/15/2025):
“He was trying to intercept a drug shipment, down on the docks. They shot wildly as they ran away. It only took one bullet, right through the heart.”

FINISHED!!!!

FINISHED!!!! Thanks JoAnne! Always a fun challenge! :)

October 2025 Scattergories

October Scattergories
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Your letter is: P

Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) ~ The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
✔2. Author (first or last name) ~ Lynn Painter , Fake Skating (10/12/2025)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Serena Paris: Mate by Ali Hazelwood (10/15/2025)
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Parker: The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') ~ Pelion, Maine: Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan (10/20/2025)
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) ~ Paw Prints: by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)

And the Specials for October are:
✔7. Human beings - plural or singular ~ page 198: Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025):
“Settle down, little one, you needed a bath. If we vanquish our enemy, it will be through gallantry and courage, not the stench of our persons.”
✔8. An Italian meal or food ~ page 36, Love & Saffron by Kim Fay (10/15/2025):
P.S. In fact, I do know of Mr. Pellegrini. I was ten or so when Mother cut out his recipe for an exotic sauce called pesto from Sunset magazine. She was besotted with it. It inspired her to grow basil in our garden, and we still have it with pasta regularly.
✔9. Where you keep things ~ page 242, Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025):
Once we’re in the car, I open the fig bars we found in the pantry.
✔10. A social event ~ page 113, Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025):
“... The parade is tomorrow at noon, and then later in the day we have the pie-eatin’ contest, live music, vendors of all sorts, fireworks. It’s a great time.”
✔11. They can help you ~ page 153, The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025):
I’ve noticed at least three nurses and two physicians turning their heads to watch me pass as I move through the hallways down here, each of them staring at the side of my head like I’m some sort of alien visitor they can’t make heads or tails of.
✔12. Something you see on the front of a house ~ page 278, PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025):
Dom’s voice pulls me out of my dark thoughts, and I turn to see him standing at the patio door.

FINISHED 17 books!!!! Thanks JoAnne, see you all next month/tomorrow! :)

September 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Ghostridden by E.J. Russell (9/1/2025)
2) Prince of the Northwest Forest by Leslie McAdam (9/3/2025)
3) Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren (9/5/2025)
4) An Education in Pleasure by Eva Leigh (9/6/2025)
5) A Stealthy Situation by Saxon James (9/8/2025)
6) Maid for Each Other by Lynn Painter (9/8/2025)
7) Hot Chicken by May Archer (9/9/2025)
8) Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (9/13/2025)
9) The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (9/15/2025)
10) Mausoleum Madness by Penelope Cress & Steve Higgs (9/16/2025)
11) Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese (9/18/2025)
12) Feeding the Grump: An Enemies to Lovers MM Romance Novella by Jax Calder (9/19/2025)
13) Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025)
14) Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (9/25/2025)
15) Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (9/26/2025)
16) Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood (9/27/2025)
17) Death in D Minor by Alexia Gordon (9/30/2025)

FINISHED!!!! Fibbed did not want to be found this month, lol. Thanks JoAnne! :)

September 2025 Word Search

September 2025 Word Search: September by Rosamunde Pilcher
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Ghostridden by E.J. Russell (9/1/1025)
1. attention - page 71
3. basket - page 89
4. bowl - page 51
5. bridge - page 190
6. cake - page 130
7. changed - page 59
9. cocktail - page 170
11. crisp - page 126
12. cushions - page 176
13. dear - page 55
15. envelope - page 191
16. eyebrows - page 14
17. fantastic - page 88
22. grill - page 21
24. hips - page 34
25. impossible - page 72
26. invitation - page 47
27. lemon - page 149
28. library - page 31
30. mile - page 89
31. ordinary - page 63
32. pocket - page 13
33. pride - page 20
35. sheets - page 34
36. shop - page 77
37. silk - page 41
38. sink - page 26
39. slender - page 67
40. space - page 31
41. stairs - page 26
43. think - page 14
44. tired - page 134
45. upset - page 143
47. voice - page 8
49. worst - page 74

Prince of the Northwest Forest by Leslie McAdam (9/3/2025)
20. flying - page 100

Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren (9/5/2025)
10. coke - page 209
18. fears - page 167
21. fool - page 93
23. herself - page 35
46. villain - page 297
48. weary - page 240
50. yawned - page 99

An Education in Pleasure by Eva Leigh (9/6/2025)
34. September - location 1530

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (9/15/2025)
2. barking - page 222

Mausoleum Madness by Penelope Cress & Steve Higgs (9/16/2025)
14. divorce - page 153
29. lilac - page 31

Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025)
8. cigar - page 91
42. tennis - page 38

List:
19. fibbed

October 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025)
2) The Naiad's Gift by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
3) The Naiad's Lover by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
4) Straw and Gold by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (10/6/2025)
5) The Hellhound's Mate: An MM Romance with Brimstone by Delaney Rain (10/6/2025)
6) The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
7) PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025)
8) The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper by Sally Carpenter (10/10/2025)
9) Ghostlighted by E.J. Russell (10/13/2025)
10) Love & Saffron by Kim Fay (10/15/2025)
11) Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025)
12) Holy Homicide by Penelope Cress & Steve Higgs (10/17/2025)
13) Suddenly Beck by Vawn Cassidy (10/19/2025)
14) Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan (10/20/2025)
15) The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)
16) Swipe Left, Power Down, Look Up by Amy Lane (10/23/2025)
17) Improvise by Melanie Rachel (10/23/2025)
18) The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (10/24/2025)
19) The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez (10/25/2025)
20) Och, Ness! by Eryn Hawk (10/28/2025)
21) Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez (10/29/2025)
22) The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie (10/31/2025)

FINISHED 22 books!!!!

October 2025 Word Search

October 2025 Word Search: Practical Magic
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025)
1. almost - page 2
2. aunt - page 217
3. awful - page 266
4. black - page 20
5. blond - page 116
7. coffee - page 210
9. dark - page 32
10. drapes - page 230
13. garden - page 282
15. ground - page 51
16. innocent - page 13
18. letter - page 106
19. luck - page 15
20. lying - page 3
23. pink - page 34
25. police - page 20
26. porch - page 92
27. portrait - page 97
29. race - page 44
30. ranch - page 223
31. ring - page 105
32. rumors - page 3
33. scent - page 4
34. science - page 48
35. shadow - page 144
36. shop - page 111
37. simple - page 29
38. sister - page 27
39. stomach - page 7
40. storm - page 64
41. sugar - page 62
43. tattoo - page 10
45. upset - page 42
47. weak - page 221
49. witch - page 214
50. women - page 32

The Naiad's Gift by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
6. boot - page 132
14. grandfather - page 99
48. weapon - page 52

The Naiad's Lover by Isabel Murray (10/4/2025)
12. frantic - page 34

Straw and Gold by Chelsey Ann Tompkins (10/6/2025)
8. crow - page 15
46. violet - page 192

The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
11. dread - page 205

PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025)
22. patio - page 278
24. pitcher - page 255
28. pregnancy - page 394

Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

Ghostlighted by E.J. Russell (10/13/2025)
21. Massachusetts - page 225

Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025)
17. lasagna - page 242

List: FINISHED!!!!
42. tangerine
44. turnpike

October 2025 Scattergories

October Scattergories
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Your letter is: P

Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) ~ The Pucking Proposal by Lauren Landish (10/7/2025)
✔2. Author (first or last name) ~ Lynn Painter , Fake Skating (10/12/2025)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Serena Paris: Mate by Ali Hazelwood (10/15/2025)
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Parker: The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') ~ Pelion, Maine: Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan (10/20/2025)
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) ~ Paw Prints: by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025)

And the Specials for October are:
✔7. Human beings - plural or singular ~ page 198: Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (10/16/2025):
“Settle down, little one, you needed a bath. If we vanquish our enemy, it will be through gallantry and courage, not the stench of our persons.”
✔8. An Italian meal or food ~ page 36, Love & Saffron by Kim Fay (10/15/2025):
P.S. In fact, I do know of Mr. Pellegrini. I was ten or so when Mother cut out his recipe for an exotic sauce called pesto from Sunset magazine. She was besotted with it. It inspired her to grow basil in our garden, and we still have it with pasta regularly.
✔9. Where you keep things ~ page 242, Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025):
Once we’re in the car, I open the fig bars we found in the pantry.
✔10. A social event ~ page 113, Mrs. Nash's Ashes by Sarah Adler (10/1/2025):
“... The parade is tomorrow at noon, and then later in the day we have the pie-eatin’ contest, live music, vendors of all sorts, fireworks. It’s a great time.”
✔11. They can help you ~ page 153, The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (10/22/2025):
I’ve noticed at least three nurses and two physicians turning their heads to watch me pass as I move through the hallways down here, each of them staring at the side of my head like I’m some sort of alien visitor they can’t make heads or tails of.
✔12. Something you see on the front of a house ~ page 278, PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly (10/9/2025):
Dom’s voice pulls me out of my dark thoughts, and I turn to see him standing at the patio door.

FINISHED!!!!

FINISHED!!!! Thanks JoAnne! Always fun! See you all next month! :)

September 2025 Scattergories

September Scattergories
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Your letter is: E

Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) ~ An Education in Pleasure by Eva Leigh (9/6/2025)
✔2. Author (first or last name) ~ E.J. Russell , Ghostridden (9/1/2025)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Edward "Fitz" Fitzsimmons: Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren (9/5/2025)
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Enrique "Ricky": Ghostridden by E.J. Russell (9/1/2025)
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') ~ England: An Education in Pleasure by Eva Leigh (9/6/2025)
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) ~ English mastiff: by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025)

And the Specials for September are:
✔7. A body part ~ page 140, The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (9/15/2025): My eyelids.
✔8. Daily occurrence for living beings ~ page 31, Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025): Baby must have finished eating because he moseyed into the room.
✔9. Something found in a kitchen ~ page 80, Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025): Baby seemed perfectly fine, but to be safe, I asked about raw eggs and eggshells.
✔10. Why you work ~ page 113, Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns (9/22/2025): Besides, Michael Portman was a vet—in every definition of the word: profession, experience, and military.
✔11. Comes before one, where, or thing ~ page 20, The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (9/15/2025): Blast Off is a rawball training game Orok complains about doing every few weeks.
✔12. Ends with -LY ~ page 135, The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (9/15/2025): That Sunday, the Manticores do secure an embarrassingly elaborate win, prompting all students to set off celebrations that serve the dual purpose of both distracting me and hiding me.

FINISHED 18 books!!!! Thanks JoAnne, see you all next month/tomorrow! :)

August 2025 Ebooks Are My Thing

Ebooks Are My Thing
Duration: August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

🖥️ Levels 🖥️
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books

1) Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt (8/1/2025)
2) Audited by the Anubis by Wendi Guff (8/2/2025)
3) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (8/3/2025)
4) Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (8/6/2025)
5) Fated Mates and How to Seduce Them by A.J. Sherwood (8/8/2025)
6) Did It Have To Be Gnomes?! by Michele Notaro (8/11/2025)
7) Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter (8/13/2025)
8) Chocolat by Joanne Harris (8/17/2025)
9) Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack (8/18/2025)
10) Rescuing Dr. Marian by Lucy Lennox (8/20/2025)
11) The Banning of Bath Bombs by A.J. Sherwood (8/21/2025)
12) Old School by Steve Higgs (8/21/2025)
13) I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue (8/22/2025)
14) Pretty Mess by Lily Morton (8/24/2025)
15) Demon and the Raven by Mary Calmes (8/25/2025)
16) Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky (8/28/2025)
17) Danny Hall Gets a Lawyer by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey (8/29/2025)
18) Not Your Biggest Fan by Sara Ney (8/31/2025)

FINISHED!!!! Thanks JoAnne!

August 2025 Word Search

August 2025 Word Search
Duration: August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt (8/1/2025)
3. Beauty - page 122
4. Bombshell - page 8
5. Boss - page 6
8. Crush - page 49
12. Dish - page 216
16. Easy - page 18
18. Elegant - page 125
20. Fashion - page 37
21. Fly - page 132
23. Fresh - page 236
26. Gorgeous - page 18
32. Look - page 6
35. Outfit - page 193
37. Positive - page 6
43. Smoke - page 193
44. Style - page 46

Audited by the Anubis by Wendi Guff
1. Angel - page 59
2. Babe - page 65
10. Darling - page 33
11. Delight - page 116
14. Drip - page 156
25. Gift - page 255
33. Lovely - page 17
36. Peach - page 42
38. Precious - page 184
49. Vision - page 15

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (8/3/2025)
17. Edgy - page 119
24. Gear - page 152
28. Hip - page 253
40. Radiant - page 141
46. Sweetheart - page 233
47. Thread - page 110

Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess (8/6/2025)
39. Princess - page 74
42. Sleek - page 65

Fated Mates and How to Seduce Them by A.J. Sherwood (8/8/2025)
30. Jewel - page 170
34. Magnet - page 27
50. Wardrobe - page 60

Did It Have To Be Gnomes?! by Michele Notaro (8/11/2025)
9. Cutie - page 11

Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter (8/13/2025)
13. Diva - page 180
31. Knockout - page 98

Old School by Steve Higgs (8/21/2025)
41. Siren - page 244

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue (8/22/2025)
7. Classy - page 216

Pretty Mess by Lily Morton (8/24/2025)
6. Charmer - page 179
22. Fox - page 49

Not Your Biggest Fan by Sara Ney (8/31/2025)
29. Hottie - page 236

List:
15. Duds
19. Eye Candy
27. Groovy
45. Swag
48. Trend