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August 2026 Word Search Level Three: 41-50 words
READ: 48/41+
An Accident of Dragons - Cheri Radke 8/2
41. process - in control of the process, p 19
43. second - on second thought, p3
47. straight - would screw his head on straight, p47
50. white - the severity of the white stone walls, p4
Gothikana - RuNyx 8/5
4. balance - balance yourself on my shoulders, p147
6. bitter - some kind of bitter oil, p143
8. body - her body unable to comply with her words, p58
10. bright - to educate and uplift bright students, p17
14. coffee - a very modern coffee machine, p86
15. cold - running out into the cold misty morning, p192
16. complex - it's a very complex case, p367
17. crack - from the crack in the window, p142
20. dark - a giant beautiful dark lake, p51
26. flat - making it appear flat, p203
38. notes - she took notes, p95
48. taste - yes she wanted his taste, p90
The Raven at the Ash Door - K.A. Linde 8/7
1. acid - the dog that could spit acid, p245
9. brew - could brew potions, p121
22. double - the massive double doors, p64
23. drip - blood drip, drip, dripped, p214
31. green - lounged back in a green chaise, p9
49. wet - like walking through wet cement, p193
Peony Dreadful - Nancy Warren 8/6
2. Americano - he got to work on my black americano, ch2
7. blend - his opinion on a new blend, ch2
11. caffeine - to add caffeine to this strange feeling, ch10
12. Cappuccino - cappuccino and a nice espresso, ch13
18. cream - cream cardigan and sandals, ch19
24. Espresso -an espresso with just a little bit of water, ch2
33. Latte - while I made their nonfat lattes, ch15
46. sour - the atmosphere was sour, ch19
Web of Vows and Vengeance - Aria Ashbrook 8/9
3. aroma - no healing has made an aroma like that, ch49
A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle - Darci Hannah 8/9
13. cherry - grown up on a cherry orchard, p22
19. cup - I'd love a cup of tea, p57
27. flavor - aproaching peak flavor, p84
34. long - taking a few long sips, p69
42. roast - to roast the prepared racks of lamb, p75
44. short - her short but sweet segment, p2
45. shot - we'll do some cooking shots, p69
Murder by Mocha - Cleo Coyle 8/10
5. beans - roast their own beans, p6
25. finish - the most perfect hazelnut finish, p67
29. French - with one pointing french tip, p30
35. mild - described as mild condescension, p17
36. milk - after texturing the whole milk, p5
37. Mocha - that magical mocha coffee, p10
39. perk - was an exquisite little perk, p17
Mayhem and the Mortal - Shanora Williams 8/15
28. fragrance - masked by a strong fragrance, p364
32. grind - he grinds his teeth, p63
The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee 8/21
30. grade - decisions above her pay grade p18
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21. decaf -
40. press -
PenguinsDuration: April 1, 2026 - March 30, 2027
READ: 47/46+
1. Emperor Penguin:
✔🐧 Read a book with a character who is tall over 6 feet
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - J. Penner (hero 7') 5/21
✔🐧 where a character eats fish
The Night Ends with Fire - K.X. Song (MC) 4/19
✔🐧 where the authors initials can be found in EMPEROR.
Taste - Matthew Pinch 5/9
2. King Penguin
✔🐧 Read a book that is second in a series
The Wicked and the Damned - Rebecca Robinson 4/12
✔🐧 a book with an orange cover
Tantrum - Rachel Eve Moulton 5/14
✔🐧 with a character who is a king.
The Burning Witch - Delemhach (King Brendan) 4/16
3. Adélie
✔🐧 Read a book with a character who gets a ring
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde (Maura) 5/17
✔🐧 a character who is bold
Fable - Adrienne Young (MC) 4/29
4. Chinstrap
✔🐧 Read a book where a character goes climbing
Quicksilver - Callie Hart (heroine) 5/30
✔🐧 a book with a black cover
The Ballad of Never After - Stephanie Garber 4/28
✔🐧 a book set in a cold area.
Two Brutes, One Barista - Shaye Marlow (Alaska) 5/2
5. Gentoo Penguins
✔🐧 Read a book with a white cover
The Dunes - J.J. Richards 8/7
✔🐧 where the book is set by water.
Rites of the Starling - Devney Perry 4/19
6. Macaroni
✔🐧 Read a book where a character eats macaroni/pasta
Phantom Limb - Lucinda Berry 4/18
(I settled on pasta), p4
✔🐧 with a character who is flamboyant
An Accident of Dragons - Cheri Radke (hero) 8/2
✔🐧 set in England.
The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths 6/2
7. Royal
✔🐧 Read a book set on an island
Beneath the Burning Sea - Amanda Bouchet (Atlantis) 5/26
✔🐧 with a face on the cover
Saint - Adrienne Young 4/26
✔🐧 where the authors initials can be fund in MACQUARIE ISLAND.
The Ghostly Grounds: Death and Brunch - Sophie Love 4/5
8. Fiordland
✔🐧 Read a book set in New Zealand or a book with a tree
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber (the Phoenix Tree) 5/2
✔🐧 forest on the cover
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
✔🐧 where a character is caught in a rainstorm.
Crown of War and Shadow - J.R. Ward 4/5
(whisps of fog curl and flatten in the downpour), p8
9. Snares
✔🐧 where a character gets a bill
The Pixie in the Pickle Jar - Hailey Edwards 4/26
(MC gets a bill from a restaurant)
✔🐧 a book that is medium length between 150-300 pages.
The Scry's the Limit - Ada Bell (222 pages) 4/22
10. Erect-crested
✔🐧 Read a book with a red cover
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
✔🐧 with a character who shows skin (Tell us who)
Shadow Sworn - Jess Mountifield (MC) 4/24
✔🐧 read a book where the authors initials can be found in ANTIPODES.
The Lies that Summon the Night - Tessonja Odette 4/24
11. Northern Rockhopper
✔🐧 Read a book where a character attracts a mate
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic - J. Penner (heroine) 5/16
✔🐧 with a character who is aggressive
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder - K.X. Song (Meilin) 4/21
✔🐧 where the authors initials can be found in NORTHERN.
The Deathless One - Emma Hamm 5/8
12. Southern Rockhopper Penguins
✔🐧 Read a book that is smaller under 150 pages
The Vampire in the Potting Shed - Hailey Edwards (125 pages) 4/25
✔🐧 with blood on the cover
Mayhem and the Mortal - Shanora Williams 8/15
✔🐧 where the authors initials can be found in SOUTHERN.
The Goblin in the Sink Drain - Hailey Edwards 4/26
13. African
✔🐧 where a man wears a tuxedo
Pendergast: The Beginning - Preston & Child (MC) 4/15
✔🐧 with a book title that starts with U.
Unnatural - Mia Sheridan 4/22
14. Magellanic
✔🐧 where a character eats eggs
The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden 4/11
(Laura applied herself to her soft-boiled eggs), p79
✔🐧 where the first letter of each title word can be found in HORSESHOE. (Three word minimum)
Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry 4/17
15. Humboldt
✔🐧 a character called Alexander
Archangel's Eternity - Nalini Singh (archangel Alexander) 7/16
✔🐧 where the first letter of the location can be found in IUCN
You Have Gone Too Far - Carlene O'Connor (Ireland) 4/7
16. Galápagos Penguins
✔🐧 Read a book that is third in a series
The Mermaid in the Shot Glass - Hailey Edwards 4/26
✔🐧 with a setting that is hot
Marked by the Dragon - Richard Fierce (in desert) 6/6
✔🐧 with a dog on the cover
Ice Pick in the Ivy - Dale Mayer 8/30
17. Yellow-Eyed Penguin
✔🐧 with a character who is in a band
Silent Chaos - Nikki Ash (hero) 6/24
✔🐧 where the authors initials can be found in MAORI HOIHO.
Play Nice - Rachel Harrison 4/6
18. Little penguin (also called the Little Blue or Fairy penguin)
✔🐧 Read a book with a character who is noisy (Your interpretation)
A Hidden Witch's Spell for Making a Tiny Giant Mighty - C.N. Rowan (Jack) 5/30
✔🐧 with a building on the cover
The Ghostly Grounds: Malice and Lunch - Sophie Love 4/20
✔🐧 with a character who is a fairy
A Dragon, a Gargoyle, and a Faery Work the Graveyard Shift - DragonBeck & Barry 4/13
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Year Of the Fire HorseDuration February 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
Level 3: 51 or more books
READ: 56/51+
1.
✔ 🐴 with the word fire in the text
The Vanishing - Jayne Ann Krentz 2/1
(the night was always on fire), p28
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in RARE HAPPENING.
Accomplice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer 3/14
2.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character who charismatic
How to Break an Undead Heart - Hailey Edwards (Boaz) 3/4
✔ 🐴 a character who is a leader
City of Souls and Sinners - Kayla Edwards (Darien) 2/5
✔ 🐴 where the first letter of each title word can be found in MAGNETIC CONFIDENCE.
Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood - Ann Charles 3/24
3.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character who loves their freedom
If the Earl Only Knew - Amanda Forester (heroine) 2/10
✔ 🐴 a character who loses their temper
Unraveller - Frances Hardinge (Kellen) 2/23
✔ 🐴 where the first letter of the location of the book can be found in ENERGY.
Ritual - Mo Hayder (England) 2/26
4.
✔ 🐴 Read a book where a character leaves a project unfinished
Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor 6/9
(John Healy leaves a renovation project unfinished)
✔ 🐴 where a character is bored
Threadneedle - Cari Thomas (MC) 3/9
✔ 🐴 with a character who finds their career interesting.
Bewitching Rhaego - Victoria Aveline (heroine entomologist) 2/7
5.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character who works hard
Unraveled - Maggie Sefton (heroine) 2/15
✔ 🐴 where a character has an amazing experience
Flame and Sparrow - S.M. Gaither (MC) 3/14
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in WEALTH.
How to Wake an Undead City - Hailey Edwards 3/28
6.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with at least one scene set at a party
Stolen in Death - J.D. Robb (charity gala) 3/24
✔ 🐴 read a book tagged romance.
Sparking Fire Out of Fate - Brigid Kemmerer 3/4
7.
✔ 🐴 Read a book tagged Adventure
Of Blood and Fire - Ryan Cahill 3/30
✔ 🐴 with a character who is cautious
Cold Wind - Paige Shelton (Beth) 2/21
✔ 🐴 a character who wants stability.
Unnatural - Mia Sheridan (Samael) 4/22
8.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a strong woman as a main character
Thornhaven: Season Four - Morgan Rice 2/16
✔ 🐴 where a radical change occurs
The Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent 2/19
✔ 🐴 with a character who is superstitious.
Crown of War and Shadow - J.R. Ward (everyone) 4/5
9.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character who is an actress
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde (Lyra) 5/17
✔ 🐴 with a character called Cindy or Cynthia
26 Beauties - James Patterson 7/12
✔ 🐴 where a character eats a berry (Give a partial sentence and page/loc #).
When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A. Parker 3/18
(he pinches a berry and tosses it in his mouth), p613
10.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character called Adam, David, Jon or Mike
Holiday Grind - Cleo Coyle (MC BF Mike) 2/15
✔ 🐴 with a character who is a politician
The Rose Field - Phillip Pullman (Chancellor) 3/21
✔ 🐴 find the authors initials in FILM MAKER.
The Girl and the Stars - Mark Lawrence 3/29
11.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with flowers on the cover
The Sleepless - Jen Williams 3/7
✔ 🐴 a book where two characters fall in love
Ravished by a Viking - Delilah Devlin (MCs)2/17
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in GOOD FORTUNE.
The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig 7/10
12.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a character who is powerful
Thornhaven: Season Five - Morgan Rice (Ren) 2/21
✔ 🐴 a book set in China
A Forgery of Fate - Elizabeth Lim 2/13
✔ 🐴 where the first letter of each title word can be found in RUTILATED QUARTZ (Three word minimum).
The Ever Queen - L.J. Andrews 6/23
13.
✔ 🐴 Read a book where a character is impulsive
Murder in the Abbey - Susan Kiernan-Lewis (heroine) 2/17
✔ 🐴 with a red cover
A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J. Spann 8/29
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in RED AGATE.
Shot Through the Book - Eva Gates 2/24
14.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with a green cover
Greenteeth - Molly O'Neill 3/19
✔ 🐴 with a wealthy character
Venom Scourge - John P. & Lorelei Logsdon (heroine) 2/11
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in AVENTURINE.
Identity - Nora Roberts 5/23
15.
✔ 🐴 where a character protects someone
House of Ice & Shadows - Sherrilyn Kenyon (H->h) 2/20
✔ 🐴 where the first letter of the location can be found in GOLD PYRITE.
Season of Fear - Emily Cooper (Germany) 3/20
16.
✔ 🐴 where a character has a high-stress job
How to Live an Undead Lie - Hailey Edwards 3/15
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in GUARDIAN.
Web of Vows and Vengeance - Aria Ashbrook 8/9
17,
✔ 🐴 Read a book with jewelry on the cover
A Secret in the Garden - Jeneane O'Riley (necklace) 3/6
✔ 🐴 where a character is protective over someone
How to Claim an Undead Soul - Hailey Edwards (Boaz) 2/28
✔ 🐴 where the first letter of each title word can be found in BENMINGNIAN.
Butterfly Effects - Seanan McGuire 6/16
18.
✔ 🐴Read a book with the word fish is in the text
A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor - Darci Hannah 3/1
(the process of gutting a fish), p16
✔ 🐴 where a character gets a promotion at work
Apprentice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer (MC) 3/11
✔ 🐴 were the authors initials can be found in RICE BALLS.
Old Haunts - E.J. Copperman 2/15
19.
✔ 🐴 Read a book with an orange cover
The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam - Megan Bannen 6/18
✔ 🐴 where a character eats barbecue
Deep Fried Death - Maddie Day (MC) 5/17
✔ 🐴 where the authors initials can be found in SHELLFISH.
How to Save an Undead Life - Hailey Edwards 2/24
20.
✔ 🐴 Read a character who is traditional
Such a Perfect Family - Nalini Singh (Mr/Mrs Prasad) 2/8
✔ 🐴 where a character who eats spicy foods
The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee 8/21
([MC] ordering the spicy vegetable ramen), p58
✔ 🐴 a character who drinks tea
The Late-Night Witches - Auralee Wallace 2/27
(Eliza and Dorcas sit together drinking tea), p150
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Mother GooseDuration: May 1 - October 31, 2026
Level 3: 21 tasks
READ: 25/21
1. Mother Goose is the legendary, fictional author of a massive collection of nursery rhymes and fairy tales that have shaped children’s literature for centuries.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a bird on the cover:
Ice Pick in the Ivy - Dale Mayer 8/30
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a mother:
Tantrum - Rachel Eve Moulton (MC) 5/14
2. While often pictured as an elderly woman riding a flying gander, she is a cultural archetype rather than a single historical person. The most common version of the rhyme describes her riding through the air and living in a house in the woods:
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is elderly (over 65):
Roast Mortem - Cleo Coyle (Madame, 80s) 5/4
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character goes riding:
Beneath the Burning Sea - Amanda Bouchet (MC) 5/26
3. Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander, Would ride through the air on a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, 'twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door for sentinel stood.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a wood or forest on the cover:
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
✔ 🔹Read a book with the word mother in the text:
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic - J. Penner 5/16
(it's from my mother), p252
4. The name first gained literary fame in 17th-century France. In 1697 Charles Perrault published Histoires ou contes du temps passé, which bore the subtitle Contes de ma mère l’Oye ("Tales of My Mother Goose").
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called Charles:
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop (Charles Forrester) 6/19
✔ 🔹Read a book tagged history/historical:
The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths 6/2
5. John Newbery, a British publisher, solidified the link between Mother Goose and nursery rhymes in the 1760s with Mother Goose's Melody, moving the name away from prose stories toward the verse we know today.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a 1, 7, 6, or 0 in the page count:
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy - Megan Bannen (416 pg) 6/11
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called John:
Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor (John Healy) 6/9
6. A popular American myth claims Mother Goose was a real woman from Boston named Elizabeth Foster Goose (1665–1758). However, historians consider this story a later invention with no evidence to support it.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called Elizabeth or Foster:
A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle - Darci Hannah 8/9
(Elizabeth Malcolm)
✔ 🔹Read book with a character who needs to find evidence:
Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge (MC, cop) 5/4
7. Today, the brand continues through various educational programs and entertainment such as Mother Goose Club, a popular YouTube channel and Amazon Prime series featuring characters that teach preschool themes through songs and dance.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a teacher:
Scone Cold Dead - Maddie Day (Lou) 5/30
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character dances or sings:
Silent Chaos - Nikki Ash (MC) 6/24
8. Initiatives like Mother Goose on the Loose use the rhymes to help develop early literacy and phonemic awareness in children. A famous granite statue of Mother Goose resides in New York City's Central Park.
✔ 🔹Read a book set in New York City:
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
✔ 🔹Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in GOOSE ON THE LOOSE:
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber 5/2
9. The Mother Goose pantomime is a beloved British theatrical tradition that has changed significantly over the last two centuries and has changed how Mother Goose is perceived. Unlike other pantomimes based on nursery rhymes, this story is a morality tale about beauty and greed.
✔ 🔹Read a book that is second in a series:
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - J. Penner 5/21
✔ 🔹Read a book set in England:
A Hidden Witch's Spell for Making a Tiny Giant Mighty - C.N. Rowan 5/30
10. In 1806 the first major production, Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, debuted at Covent Garden and starred the legendary Joseph Grimaldi. In this version, Mother Goose was a mysterious "Good Witch" who helped young lovers.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character eats eggs:
The Games Gods Play - Abigail Owen 5/9
(I scrape half the eggs onto a plate), p104
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a witch:
The Deathless One - Emma Hamm (Sybil) 5/8
11. In British tradition, Mother Goose is unique among pantomimes because it is the only one where the Pantomime Dame is the titular lead role. It is often called the "Hamlet" of pantomime dames because of the dramatic range required for the part.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character has a lead role in a play:
A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J. Spann 8/29
12. Mother Goose is a poor widow threatened with eviction by a greedy squire at the beginning of the pantomime and a "Good Fairy" sends Priscilla the goose who lays golden eggs making Mother Goose instantly wealthy.
✔ 🔹Read a book where the MC is a widow:
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen (hero) 6/17
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character is going to be evicted:
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (heroine) 6/13
13. Of course, what is a pantomime without an evil character? The Demon King bets that he can corrupt Mother Goose and offers her eternal youth and beauty in exchange for her beloved Priscilla. Mother Goose realizes that "beauty is only skin deep" and wealth cannot buy happiness. She eventually rescues Priscilla, and they live happily ever after.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character is corrupt:
Fury Bound - Sable Sorensen (Killian) 5/15
✔ 🔹Read a book with a MC who is young (under 21):
Scale of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/4
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
June's PictureDuration: June 1 - August 31, 2026
READ: 17/10
Let me paint June's picture—first I take some gold,
Fill the picture full of sun, all that it can hold;
✔ 🏵️ 1. Read a book published in June (of any year).
Cold Silence - Toni Anderson (pub June 14, 2022) 7/21
✔ 🏵️ 2. Read a book with a gold title
Queen of Fate and Fury - Kyla Stone 7/15
✔ 🏵️ 3. Read a book with the sun on the cover
Butterfly Effects - Seanan McGuire 6/16
Save some for the butterflies, darting all around,
And some more for buttercups here upon the ground;
✔ 🏵️ 4. Read a book where the first letter of every title word can be found in BUTTERFLIES.
The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
✔ 🏵️ 5. Read a book where you find the author's initials in the word BUTTERCUPS.
The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
Take a lot of baby-blue—this—to make the sky,
With a lot of downy white—soft clouds floating by;
Cover all the ground with green, hang it from the trees,
Sprinkle it with shiny white, neatly as you please;
✔ 🏵️ 7. Read a book with sky or grass on the cover
Hitting the Books - Jenn McKinlay 6/21
✔ 🏵️ 8. Read a book where someone lays in the grass looking at the clouds.
Scale of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/4
(MC was lying in the dry gras staring up at the clouds), ch13
✔ 🏵️ 9. Read a book where you find the word - BLUE, GREEN or WHITE in the text
Wrath of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/6
(two green dragons, one blue and one white), ch10
So—a million daisies spring up everywhere,
Surely you can see now what is in the air!
✔ 🏵️ 10. Read a book whose title begins with S.
Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
✔ 🏵️ 11. Read a book with "a million" ratings - more than 10,000 will do
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen (11328) 6/17
Here's a thread of silver—that's a little brook
To hide in dainty places where only children look.
✔ 🏵️ 12. Read a book with something silver on the cover
A Monsoon Rising - Thea Guanzon 7/30
✔ 🏵️ 14. Read a book where a character is hiding.
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
(all of them, they are former CIA spies)
Next, comes something—guess—it grows
Among green hedges—it's the rose!
✔ 🏵️ 15. Read a book where someone grows plants.
Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor (John Healy) 6/9
Brown for a bird to sing a song,
Brown for a road to walk along.
✔ 🏵️ 16. Read a book where a bird sings.
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
(birds singing, women singing), p95
✔ 🏵️ 17. Read a book where someone walks on a road.
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
(Jak when he leaves the wilderness to head for closest town)
Then add some happy children to the fields and flowers and skies,
And so you have June's picture here before your eyes.
✔ 🏵️ 18. Read a book with a happy child in the story.
He Falls First - Jill Shalvis (Abi and Alex, 3) 6/18
✔ 🏵️ 19. Read a book with fields, flowers, or eyes on the cover
Silent Chaos - Nikki Ash 6/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Words in a Word Game #34 Duration: May 15 - August 14, 2026
Level 3: 21-30 books
TITLE: OVERLORD - KINGPIN - BIG ENCHILADA - KAHUNA - TASKMASTER - JEFE
READ: 30/21+
1. [BOUND] Fury Bound - Sable Sorensen 5/15
2. [SONGBIRD] The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - Carissa Broadbent 5/15
3. [BAKERS] A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic - J. Penner 5/16
4. [FRIED] Deep Fried Death - Maddie Day 5/17
5. [THRONE] The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
6. [BLOODSINGER] Bloodsinger - Juliette Cross 5/20
7. [DRAGONS] A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - J. Penner 5/21
8. [FABLES] A Fellowship of Games & Fables - J. Penner 5/22
9. [KINGDOM] This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews 5/25
10. [BURNING] Beneath the Burning Sea - Amanda Bouchet 5/26
11. [GONE] Wolf Gone Wild - Juliette Cross 5/27
12. [SCONE] Scone Cold Dead - Maddie Day 5/30
13. [HIDDEN] A Hidden Witch's Spell for Making a Tiny Giant Mighty - C.N. Rowan 5/30
14. [FAIR] All's Fair in Love and Business - Jennifer Peel 6/3
15. [MARKED] Marked by the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/6
16. [BRIMSTONE] Brimstone - Callie Hart 6/6
17. [IRISH] Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor 6/9
18. [UNDERTAKING] The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy - Megan Bannen 6/11
19. [TEMPEST] The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
20. [START] Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
21. [FUNERALS] Very Nice Funerals - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
22. [SMOKE] Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
23. [UNDERMINING] The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen 6/17
24. [POISONED] The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor - Lucy Connelly 6/17
25. [ROSIE] The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam - Megan Bannen 6/18
26. [FIRST] He Falls First - Jill Shalvis 6/18
27. [TURNS] Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
28. [ENDLESS] A Fire Endless - Rebecca Ross 7/2
29. [BALLAD] The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
30. [KNIGHT] The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig 7/10
CHALLNGE COMPLETE
August 2026 Word Search Level Three: 41-50 words
READ: 48/41+
An Accident of Dragons - Cheri Radke 8/2
41. process - in control of the process, p 19
43. second - on second thought, p3
47. straight - would screw his head on straight, p47
50. white - the severity of the white stone walls, p4
Gothikana - RuNyx 8/5
4. balance - balance yourself on my shoulders, p147
6. bitter - some kind of bitter oil, p143
8. body - her body unable to comply with her words, p58
10. bright - to educate and uplift bright students, p17
14. coffee - a very modern coffee machine, p86
15. cold - running out into the cold misty morning, p192
16. complex - it's a very complex case, p367
17. crack - from the crack in the window, p142
20. dark - a giant beautiful dark lake, p51
26. flat - making it appear flat, p203
38. notes - she took notes, p95
48. taste - yes she wanted his taste, p90
The Raven at the Ash Door - K.A. Linde 8/7
1. acid - the dog that could spit acid, p245
9. brew - could brew potions, p121
22. double - the massive double doors, p64
23. drip - blood drip, drip, dripped, p214
31. green - lounged back in a green chaise, p9
49. wet - like walking through wet cement, p193
Peony Dreadful - Nancy Warren 8/6
2. Americano - he got to work on my black americano, ch2
7. blend - his opinion on a new blend, ch2
11. caffeine - to add caffeine to this strange feeling, ch10
12. Cappuccino - cappuccino and a nice espresso, ch13
18. cream - cream cardigan and sandals, ch19
24. Espresso -an espresso with just a little bit of water, ch2
33. Latte - while I made their nonfat lattes, ch15
46. sour - the atmosphere was sour, ch19
Web of Vows and Vengeance - Aria Ashbrook 8/9
3. aroma - no healing has made an aroma like that, ch49
A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle - Darci Hannah 8/9
13. cherry - grown up on a cherry orchard, p22
19. cup - I'd love a cup of tea, p57
27. flavor - aproaching peak flavor, p84
34. long - taking a few long sips, p69
42. roast - to roast the prepared racks of lamb, p75
44. short - her short but sweet segment, p2
45. shot - we'll do some cooking shots, p69
Murder by Mocha - Cleo Coyle 8/10
5. beans - roast their own beans, p6
25. finish - the most perfect hazelnut finish, p67
29. French - with one pointing french tip, p30
35. mild - described as mild condescension, p17
36. milk - after texturing the whole milk, p5
37. Mocha - that magical mocha coffee, p10
39. perk - was an exquisite little perk, p17
Mayhem and the Mortal - Shanora Williams 8/15
28. fragrance - masked by a strong fragrance, p364
32. grind - he grinds his teeth, p63
The Last Contract of Isako - Fonda Lee 8/21
30. grade - decisions above her pay grade p18
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21. decaf -
40. press -
July 2026 Word Search - Party in the USAREAD: 49/41+
The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
13. first - confirmation that another first came to pass, p185
15. flight - like she tried to take flight, p39
17. hands - his misty hands flatten against his chest, p6
19. hips - the wild thrust of my hips, p213
25. kicks - he kicks me in the belly, p53
27. land - governing a small pocket of land, p66
34. okay (OK) - that I'll make this okay, p431
36. plane - they plane across the surface, p72
42. sign - yet to see a single sign, p35
43. song - the song of a lost friend, p3
48. tune - the melancholy turn reminding me, p37
49. whoa - whoa, whoa, whoa I say, p395
An American in Scotland - Lucy Connelly 7/4
32. nervous - truth is, I'm nervous, ch18
Shadow and Ice - Gena Showalter 7/7
6. crazy - only a crazy person would be tempted, p146
16. girls - girls want nothing to do with you, p97
18. head - he'd make a play for her head, p139
24. jump - jump in front of a sword, p164
28. look - know wouldn't have to look over his shoulder, p14
35. party - a bachelorette party hub, p30
37. playing - playing like movies inside her mind, p117
Wicked Onyx - Debbie Cassidy 7/8
1. butterflies - butterflies erupted in my belly, ch6
Don't Hex and Drive - Juliette Cross 7/11
11. fame - who thrived on fame and attention, ch7
12. famous - a famous Bollywood movie star, ch1
The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig 7/10
8. dream - I don't want to be the one to dream, p7
41. right - serves you right, p3
Invasive Species - Ellery Adams 7/11
7. deejay (DJ) - we can teel the DJ there's an emergency, p300
39. put - she'd put the radio on, p19
40. radio - listened to classical music on the radio, p80
45. taxi - he'd ridden in taxi's, p24
47. tummy - my boy has a funny tummy, p154
26 Beauties - James Patterson 7/12
4. chick - some local check on the pier, p200
5. club - a little bit to sell at clubs, p338
20. Hollywood - put a little too much Hollywood in our reaction, p83
A Forbidden Alchemy - Stacey McEwan 7/13
14. fit - she saw you fit to use the, p75
22. hometown - I'd been sure to research my hometown, p57
26. know - I know enough, p107
30. moving - pictures into a moving kaleidoscope, p347
33. nodding - I relented, nodding, p79
38. pressure - but despite the pressure, p193
46. time - 8its a time ware we're fighting, p193
Queen of Fate and Fury - Kyla Stone 7/15
21. homesick - a sudden swell of homesickness, ch39
Archangel's Eternity - Nalini Singh 7/16
2. cab - the yellow cabs had soldiered on, p2
50. yeah -yeah was all she could bear to say, p176
Next in Line - Marion Todd 7/17
3. cardigan - reached for a cardigan, ch11
The Lake House - Kate Watterson 7/19
31. Nashville - he'd landed the jet in Nashville, ch13
The Cradle of Ice - James Rollins 7/22
9. everybody - where is everybody, p175
10. excess - and excess cargo, p250
23. hopped - Rami hopped off the top bunk, p211
A Monsoon Rising - Thea Guanzon 7/30
44. stilettos - one stiletto-cone finger, ch3
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29. memo -
July 2026 Word Search - Party in the USAREAD: 49/41+
The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
13. first - confirmation that another first came to pass, p185
15. flight - like she tried to take flight, p39
17. hands - his misty hands flatten against his chest, p6
19. hips - the wild thrust of my hips, p213
25. kicks - he kicks me in the belly, p53
27. land - governing a small pocket of land, p66
34. okay (OK) - that I'll make this okay, p431
36. plane - they plane across the surface, p72
42. sign - yet to see a single sign, p35
43. song - the song of a lost friend, p3
48. tune - the melancholy turn reminding me, p37
49. whoa - whoa, whoa, whoa I say, p395
An American in Scotland - Lucy Connelly 7/4
32. nervous - truth is, I'm nervous, ch18
Shadow and Ice - Gena Showalter 7/7
6. crazy - only a crazy person would be tempted, p146
16. girls - girls want nothing to do with you, p97
18. head - he'd make a play for her head, p139
24. jump - jump in front of a sword, p164
28. look - know wouldn't have to look over his shoulder, p14
35. party - a bachelorette party hub, p30
37. playing - playing like movies inside her mind, p117
Wicked Onyx - Debbie Cassidy 7/8
1. butterflies - butterflies erupted in my belly, ch6
Don't Hex and Drive - Juliette Cross 7/11
11. fame - who thrived on fame and attention, ch7
12. famous - a famous Bollywood movie star, ch1
The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig 7/10
8. dream - I don't want to be the one to dream, p7
41. right - serves you right, p3
Invasive Species - Ellery Adams 7/11
7. deejay (DJ) - we can teel the DJ there's an emergency, p300
39. put - she'd put the radio on, p19
40. radio - listened to classical music on the radio, p80
45. taxi - he'd ridden in taxi's, p24
47. tummy - my boy has a funny tummy, p154
26 Beauties - James Patterson 7/12
4. chick - some local check on the pier, p200
5. club - a little bit to sell at clubs, p338
20. Hollywood - put a little too much Hollywood in our reaction, p83
A Forbidden Alchemy - Stacey McEwan 7/13
14. fit - she saw you fit to use the, p75
22. hometown - I'd been sure to research my hometown, p57
26. know - I know enough, p107
30. moving - pictures into a moving kaleidoscope, p347
33. nodding - I relented, nodding, p79
38. pressure - but despite the pressure, p193
46. time - 8its a time ware we're fighting, p193
Queen of Fate and Fury - Kyla Stone 7/15
21. homesick - a sudden swell of homesickness, ch39
Archangel's Eternity - Nalini Singh 7/16
2. cab - the yellow cabs had soldiered on, p2
50. yeah -yeah was all she could bear to say, p176
Next in Line - Marion Todd 7/17
3. cardigan - reached for a cardigan, ch11
The Lake House - Kate Watterson 7/19
31. Nashville - he'd landed the jet in Nashville, ch13
The Cradle of Ice - James Rollins 7/22
9. everybody - where is everybody, p175
10. excess - and excess cargo, p250
23. hopped - Rami hopped off the top bunk, p211
A Monsoon Rising - Thea Guanzon 7/30
44. stilettos - one stiletto-cone finger, ch3
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29. memo -
June 2026 Word Search Level Three: 41-50 words
READ: 50/41+
Brimstone - Callie Hart 6/6
5. bird - they were birds, p410
11. clouds - built among the clouds, p622
19. float - began to float around my face, p315
21. gold - gold, engraved and vicious, p394
24. guess - I cannot just guess your measurements, p407
30. paint - the paint peeled from the cracked walls, p583
38. silver - the globes of inlaid silver and copper, p390
41. some - some friends and I were enjoying a glass of wine, p400
42. something - something shifted in my mind, p640
43. song - a traditional song of he satyrs, p574
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
2. around - she waved her hand around, p22
6. blue - that blue and gold and sunset blue, p208
12. come - I knew this day would come, p300
15. eyes - with her sharp voice and soft eyes, p1
18. first - even securing her first several clients, p187
23. ground - he stood his ground, p196
29. make - make this stop, p3
31. picture - just to look at the pictures, p180
33. please - please, she whispered, p81
34. road - surprised there was road access, p14
35. rose - the memory rose again, p14
40. sky - flecks of light in a dark blue sky, p2
44. spring - spring was waking up the earth, p152
45. sun - morning sun touched Jak's naked shoulders, p151
47. thread - because I used the thread, p233
The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
3. baby - admire the baby, p153
8. brown - his brown hair heavily laced with gray, p190
16. fields - yield was poor in the fields, p534
25. hedge - at the hedge maze beyond, p177
46. sure - the only sure way to stop Alexandra, p503
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
1. along - along with Pike, p158
9. butterflies - hadn't exactly been a social butterfly, p54
10. child - thinking of her as a child, p173
20. flowers - and brought me flowers, p309
22. green - tell you the sky was green, p159
26. here - I got on a bus that stopped here, p107
28. look - a part of me didn't want to look, p305
32. places - in much worse places, p42
39. sing - she used to dance and sing, p89
49. walk - he didn't want to take a walk, p222
Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
7. brook - to a small brook babbling quietly, p53
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor - Lucy Connelly 6/17
50. white - white tablecloths covered the tables, p210
He Falls First - Jill Shalvis 6/18
4. before - incredible before and after shorts, p120
27. hold - hold still, I murmured, p101
36. save - wanted to be the one to save others, p239
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
13. cover - there were plates with covers, p386
The Ever King - L.J. Andrews 6/21
14. dainty - she's almost dainty-like, p337
48. upon - to look upon such mangled skin, p207
The Ever Queen - L.J. Andrews 6/23
17. fill - to fill their ears, p354
Ash and Feather - S.M. Gaither 6/24
37. shiny - it's shiny skin unravelling, ch20
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Words in a Word Game #34 Duration: May 15 - August 14, 2026
Level 3: 21-30 books
TITLE: OVERLORD - KINGPIN - BIG ENCHILADA - KAHUNA - TASKMASTER - JEFE
READ: 30/21+
1. [BOUND] Fury Bound - Sable Sorensen 5/15
2. [SONGBIRD] The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - Carissa Broadbent 5/15
3. [BAKERS] A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic - J. Penner 5/16
4. [FRIED] Deep Fried Death - Maddie Day 5/17
5. [THRONE] The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
6. [BLOODSINGER] Bloodsinger - Juliette Cross 5/20
7. [DRAGONS] A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - J. Penner 5/21
8. [FABLES] A Fellowship of Games & Fables - J. Penner 5/22
9. [KINGDOM] This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews 5/25
10. [BURNING] Beneath the Burning Sea - Amanda Bouchet 5/26
11. [GONE] Wolf Gone Wild - Juliette Cross 5/27
12. [SCONE] Scone Cold Dead - Maddie Day 5/30
13. [HIDDEN] A Hidden Witch's Spell for Making a Tiny Giant Mighty - C.N. Rowan 5/30
14. [FAIR] All's Fair in Love and Business - Jennifer Peel 6/3
15. [MARKED] Marked by the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/6
16. [BRIMSTONE] Brimstone - Callie Hart 6/6
17. [IRISH] Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor 6/9
18. [UNDERTAKING] The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy - Megan Bannen 6/11
19. [TEMPEST] The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
20. [START] Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
21. [FUNERALS] Very Nice Funerals - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
22. [SMOKE] Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
23. [UNDERMINING] The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen 6/17
24. [POISONED] The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor - Lucy Connelly 6/17
25. [ROSIE] The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam - Megan Bannen 6/18
26. [FIRST] He Falls First - Jill Shalvis 6/18
27. [TURNS] Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
28. [ENDLESS] A Fire Endless - Rebecca Ross 7/2
29. [BALLAD] The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
30. [KNIGHT] The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig 7/10
CHALLNGE COMPLETE
June's PictureDuration: June 1 - August 31, 2026
READ: 17/10
Let me paint June's picture—first I take some gold,
Fill the picture full of sun, all that it can hold;
✔ 🏵️ 1. Read a book published in June (of any year).
Cold Silence - Toni Anderson (pub June 14, 2022) 7/21
✔ 🏵️ 2. Read a book with a gold title
Queen of Fate and Fury - Kyla Stone 7/15
✔ 🏵️ 3. Read a book with the sun on the cover
Butterfly Effects - Seanan McGuire 6/16
Save some for the butterflies, darting all around,
And some more for buttercups here upon the ground;
✔ 🏵️ 4. Read a book where the first letter of every title word can be found in BUTTERFLIES.
The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
✔ 🏵️ 5. Read a book where you find the author's initials in the word BUTTERCUPS.
The Ballad of Falling Dragons - Sarah A. Parker 7/4
Take a lot of baby-blue—this—to make the sky,
With a lot of downy white—soft clouds floating by;
Cover all the ground with green, hang it from the trees,
Sprinkle it with shiny white, neatly as you please;
✔ 🏵️ 7. Read a book with sky or grass on the cover
Hitting the Books - Jenn McKinlay 6/21
✔ 🏵️ 8. Read a book where someone lays in the grass looking at the clouds.
Scale of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/4
(MC was lying in the dry gras staring up at the clouds), ch13
✔ 🏵️ 9. Read a book where you find the word - BLUE, GREEN or WHITE in the text
Wrath of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/6
(two green dragons, one blue and one white), ch10
So—a million daisies spring up everywhere,
Surely you can see now what is in the air!
✔ 🏵️ 10. Read a book whose title begins with S.
Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
✔ 🏵️ 11. Read a book with "a million" ratings - more than 10,000 will do
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen (11328) 6/17
Here's a thread of silver—that's a little brook
To hide in dainty places where only children look.
✔ 🏵️ 12. Read a book with something silver on the cover
A Monsoon Rising - Thea Guanzon 7/30
✔ 🏵️ 14. Read a book where a character is hiding.
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
(all of them, they are former CIA spies)
Next, comes something—guess—it grows
Among green hedges—it's the rose!
✔ 🏵️ 15. Read a book where someone grows plants.
Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor (John Healy) 6/9
Brown for a bird to sing a song,
Brown for a road to walk along.
✔ 🏵️ 16. Read a book where a bird sings.
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
(birds singing, women singing), p95
✔ 🏵️ 17. Read a book where someone walks on a road.
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
(Jak when he leaves the wilderness to head for closest town)
Then add some happy children to the fields and flowers and skies,
And so you have June's picture here before your eyes.
✔ 🏵️ 18. Read a book with a happy child in the story.
He Falls First - Jill Shalvis (Abi and Alex, 3) 6/18
✔ 🏵️ 19. Read a book with fields, flowers, or eyes on the cover
Silent Chaos - Nikki Ash 6/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Cozy Mysteries You’ll Want to Curl Up WithDuration: April 1 - October 30, 2026
READ: 15/15
✔ 📙1. Read a book set in the 1960s OR by an author who uses three names OR with a character whose first name ends with IE (share name).
The Ghostly Grounds: Malice and Lunch - Sophie Love (MC, Marie) 4/20
✔ 📙2. Read a book that is less than 100 pages (share page count) OR set in England OR with a cover that has snow on it (show cover).
The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths (London) 6/2
✔ 📙3. Read a book set in Paris OR with a famous person mentioned in the story (share name) OR with a Historical tag.
The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden 4/11
✔ 📙4. Read a book where the MC is a mother OR with a green cover (show cover) OR where soccer is played.
Roast Mortem - Cleo Coyle 5/4
✔ 📙5. Read a book with a dual timeline OR a Series #2 OR where the MC's first and last names begin with the same letter.
The Wicked and the Damned - Rebecca Robinson 4/12
✔ 📙6. Read a book with the title uses more than one font OR with a group of people as the main characters OR written by a man.
Pendergast: The Beginning - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/15
✔ 📙7. Read a book with a skull on the cover (show cover) OR set in Oregon OR where someone prepares food.
The Ghostly Grounds: Death and Brunch - Sophie Love (Posey) 4/5
✔ 📙8. Read a book with a found family OR tagged Books About Books OR with a long title (five or more words).
A Dragon, a Gargoyle, and a Faery Work the Graveyard Shift - Nicole DragonBeck & Lisa Barry 4/13
✔ 📙9. Read a book set in a seaside town OR with a proper name in the title OR where a character is released from something (your interpretation).
You Have Gone Too Far - Carlene O'Connor (Shauna from captivity) 4/7
✔ 📙10. Read a book with a biographer character OR where a person drowns OR with a three word title.
The Burning Witch - Delemhach 4/16
✔ 📙11. Read a book with brother and sister characters OR with a food truck in the story OR by an author whose first or last name ends with A.
The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco (MC and her brother) 4/8
✔ 📙12. Read a book set in Arizona OR where a person has a pet OR with a podcaster character.
Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry (MC) 4/17
✔ 📙13. Read a book set in California OR where someone attends an AA meeting OR tagged Humor.
Shadow Sworn - Jess Mountifield (Los Angeles) 4/24
✔ 📙14. Read a book with a character who crafts OR where there is a Revolutionary War reenactor in the story OR with a title that contains a pun.
The Scry's the Limit - Ada Bell 4/22
✔ 📙15. Read a book where a character owns a tea shop OR a first and last name in the title OR whose author uses a middle initial.
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder - K.X. Song 4/21
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
June Word SearchREAD: 50/41+
Brimstone - Callie Hart 6/6
5. bird - they were birds, p410
11. clouds - built among the clouds, p622
19. float - began to float around my face, p315
21. gold - gold, engraved and vicious, p394
24. guess - I cannot just guess your measurements, p407
30. paint - the paint peeled from the cracked walls, p583
38. silver - the globes of inlaid silver and copper, p390
41. some - some friends and I were enjoying a glass of wine, p400
42. something - something shifted in my mind, p640
43. song - a traditional song of he satyrs, p574
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
2. around - she waved her hand around, p22
6. blue - that blue and gold and sunset blue, p208
12. come - I knew this day would come, p300
15. eyes - with her sharp voice and soft eyes, p1
18. first - even securing her first several clients, p187
23. ground - he stood his ground, p196
29. make - make this stop, p3
31. picture - just to look at the pictures, p180
33. please - please, she whispered, p81
34. road - surprised there was road access, p14
35. rose - the memory rose again, p14
40. sky - flecks of light in a dark blue sky, p2
44. spring - spring was waking up the earth, p152
45. sun - morning sun touched Jak's naked shoulders, p151
47. thread - because I used the thread, p233
The Tempest Blade - Danielle L. Jensen 6/11
3. baby - admire the baby, p153
8. brown - his brown hair heavily laced with gray, p190
16. fields - yield was poor in the fields, p534
25. hedge - at the hedge maze beyond, p177
46. sure - the only sure way to stop Alexandra, p503
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer 6/13
1. along - along with Pike, p158
9. butterflies - hadn't exactly been a social butterfly, p54
10. child - thinking of her as a child, p173
20. flowers - and brought me flowers, p309
22. green - tell you the sky was green, p159
26. here - I got on a bus that stopped here, p107
28. look - a part of me didn't want to look, p305
32. places - in much worse places, p42
39. sing - she used to dance and sing, p89
49. walk - he didn't want to take a walk, p222
Smoke and Scar - Gretchen Powell Fox 6/16
7. brook - to a small brook babbling quietly, p53
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor - Lucy Connelly 6/17
50. white - white tablecloths covered the tables, p210
He Falls First - Jill Shalvis 6/18
4. before - incredible before and after shorts, p120
27. hold - hold still, I murmured, p101
36. save - wanted to be the one to save others, p239
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop 6/19
13. cover - there were plates with covers, p386
The Ever King - L.J. Andrews 6/21
14. dainty - she's almost dainty-like, p337
48. upon - to look upon such mangled skin, p207
The Ever Queen - L.J. Andrews 6/23
17. fill - to fill their ears, p354
Ash and Feather - S.M. Gaither 6/24
37. shiny - it's shiny skin unravelling, ch20
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
May 2026 Word Search: Cursive Level Three: 41-50 words
READ: 50/50
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber 5/2
4. book - dropping a stack of books, p8
5. broken - supposed to be as broken as she felt, p6
19. language - a language he could not read, p270
21. letter - a letter she'd written him yesterday, p82
29. paper - fingers brushed against a slip of paper, p235
30. pen - swishing his feathered pen, p21
39. spatter - outstretched and spattered in dried blood, p7
42. taken - she finally had taken Jack's heart, p324
49. word - lit up words, p270
Two Brutes, One Barista - Shaye Marlow 5/2
3. between - stepped between me and the gorgous blond, p42
24. loop - the loop I was trying to force it into, p25
25. manner - in an extremely undignified manner, p10
26. off - threatened to pop my head off, p9
47. unique - is not a unique thing, p216
48. use - we're gonna use her, p131
Roast Mortem - Cleo Coyle 5/4
45. tool - they're schematics for some kind of tool, ch37
Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge 5/4
16. handwriting - filled with spidery handwriting, p105
17. ink - the tattoo ink was infused with wolfsbane, p21
20. Latin - a Latin term that translated to lonely one, p23
27. origin - back from their origins, p200
44. text - when the witch texts of Alexandria were burned, p200
Kiss the Night Goodbye - Keri Arthur 5/6
2. base - he's got all the bases covered, p51
13. flow - some difference in the flow and resonance, p209
The Games Gods Play - Abigail Owen 5/9
6. casual - a seemingly casual move, p43
7. connect - is this what it's like to connect with someone, p12
10. decline - I decline to answer, p88
28. out - target available to take it out on, p465
38. single - not a single one of us sticking together, p464
Taste - Matthew Pinch 5/9
23. lines - the youthful woman had facial lines, p67
31. pencil - he pried the pencil from it's dead fingers, p286
32. pick - take your pick, p67
50. write - brewed some coffee and started writing, p153
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King - Carissa Broadbent 5/12
35. round - a single round table sat at its center, p89
40. stroke - rolling from each stroke, p392
Tentacular:The Wild Files - Alastair Wells 5/14
1. alphabet - try going through the alphabet, p135
36. run - to pack up and run, p153
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - Carissa Broadbent 5/15
34. quill - he pointed his quill tip, p45
37. script - Oraya's looping script, p9
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
9. curvy - her curvy figure was on full display, p148
11. document - offers for forged documents, p84
12. fast - made her physically strong and fast, p459
14. font - in a pretty blue font on the lid, p393
18. join - they let you join, p170
22. lift - she had a giddy lift to her step, p61
33. practical - that was why she wore practical clothes, p6
41. sturdy - some sturdy rubber-soled boots, p43
A Fellowship of Games & Fables - J. Penner 5/22
15. formal - that sounds pretty formal, p60
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews 5/25
8. copy - and shed a copy of itself, p415
46. typed - I typed at the speed of light, p159
Quicksilver - Callie Hart 5/30
43. tall - we were both tall, lanky creatures, p15
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Famous Quotes Spell Out #7Duration: December 23, 2025 - until complete
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
- Japanese Proverb
READ: 48/48
✔ W: Murder at Blackwood Inn - Penny Warner 1/26
✔ E: Arcana Academy - Elise Kova 1/5
✔ R: Razing the Dead - Sheila Connolly 1/3
✔ E: The Endless War - Danielle L. Jensen 1/11
✔ F: For Duck's Sake - Donna Andrews 1/9
✔ O: The Floating World - Axie Oh 1/12
✔ O: Wrath of the Dragons - Olivia Rose Darling 1/17
✔ L: Line of Fyre - Cara Bristol 1/19
✔ S: The Sun and Its Shade - Piper C.J. 1/2
✔W: Written in Stone - Paige Shelton 3/3
✔ H: House of Fire and Magic - Sherrilyn Kenyon 1/10
✔ E: Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop - Emmeline Duncan 1/24
✔ T: Thornhaven: Season Two - Morgan Rice 1/4
✔ H: Holiday Grind - Cleo Coyle 2/15
✔ E: Enigma - RuNyx 1/25
✔ R: Framed in Death - J.D. Robb 1/25
✔W: When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A. Parker 3/18
✔ E: The Enchanted Greenhouse - Sarah Beth Durst 1/26
✔ D: The Dawn and Its Light - Piper C.J. 1/17
✔ A: Bewitching Rhaego - Victoria Aveline 2/7
✔ N: Such a Perfect Family - Nalini Singh 2/8
✔ C: Cold Wind - Paige Shelton 2/21
✔ E: City of Souls and Sinners - Kayla Edwards 2/5
✔ O: Old Haunts - E.J. Copperman 2/15
✔ R: The Ruin of Kings - Jenn Lyons 1/30
✔N: A Dragon, a Gargoyle, and a Faery Work the Graveyard Shift - Nicole DragonBeck 4/13
✔O: Greenteeth - Molly O'Neill 3/19
✔ T: Christmas with an Alien - Tana Stone 1/19
✔ S: The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst 1/21
✔O: Of Blood and Fire - Ryan Cahill 3/30
✔W: The Sleepless - Jen Williams 3/7
✔ E: How to Save an Undead Life - Hailey Edwards 2/24
✔ M: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna 1/31
✔ I: If the Earl Only Knew - Amanda Forester 2/10
✔ G: The Gloom Between Stars - Piper C.J. 1/8
✔ H: House of Ice & Shadows - Sherrilyn Kenyon 2/20
✔ T: The Twisted Throne - Danielle L. Jensen 1/28
✔A: Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer 3/8
✔ S: Unraveled - Maggie Sefton 2/15
✔ W: The Wicked and the Damned - Rebecca Robinson 4/12
✔ E: A Forgery of Fate - Elizabeth Lim 2/13
✔ L: Venom Scourge - John P. & Lorelei Logsdon 2/11
✔ L: The Late-Night Witches - Auralee Wallace 2/27
✔ D: Saks & Violins - Mary Daheim 2/12
✔A: Accomplice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer 3/14
✔N: Namesake - Adrienne Young 5/1
✔ C: Under Fyre - Cara Bristol 1/18
✔ E: Shot Through the Book - Eva Gates 2/24
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Mother GooseDuration: May 1 - October 31, 2026
Level 3: 21 tasks
READ: 25/21
1. Mother Goose is the legendary, fictional author of a massive collection of nursery rhymes and fairy tales that have shaped children’s literature for centuries.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a bird on the cover:
Ice Pick in the Ivy - Dale Mayer 8/30
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a mother:
Tantrum - Rachel Eve Moulton (MC) 5/14
2. While often pictured as an elderly woman riding a flying gander, she is a cultural archetype rather than a single historical person. The most common version of the rhyme describes her riding through the air and living in a house in the woods:
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is elderly (over 65):
Roast Mortem - Cleo Coyle (Madame, 80s) 5/4
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character goes riding:
Beneath the Burning Sea - Amanda Bouchet (MC) 5/26
3. Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander, Would ride through the air on a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, 'twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door for sentinel stood.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a wood or forest on the cover:
Unwanted - Mia Sheridan 6/7
✔ 🔹Read a book with the word mother in the text:
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic - J. Penner 5/16
(it's from my mother), p252
4. The name first gained literary fame in 17th-century France. In 1697 Charles Perrault published Histoires ou contes du temps passé, which bore the subtitle Contes de ma mère l’Oye ("Tales of My Mother Goose").
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called Charles:
Turns of Fate - Anne Bishop (Charles Forrester) 6/19
✔ 🔹Read a book tagged history/historical:
The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths 6/2
5. John Newbery, a British publisher, solidified the link between Mother Goose and nursery rhymes in the 1760s with Mother Goose's Melody, moving the name away from prose stories toward the verse we know today.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a 1, 7, 6, or 0 in the page count:
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy - Megan Bannen (416 pg) 6/11
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called John:
Murder at an Irish Chipper - Carlene O'Connor (John Healy) 6/9
6. A popular American myth claims Mother Goose was a real woman from Boston named Elizabeth Foster Goose (1665–1758). However, historians consider this story a later invention with no evidence to support it.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character called Elizabeth or Foster:
A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle - Darci Hannah 8/9
(Elizabeth Malcolm)
✔ 🔹Read book with a character who needs to find evidence:
Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge (MC, cop) 5/4
7. Today, the brand continues through various educational programs and entertainment such as Mother Goose Club, a popular YouTube channel and Amazon Prime series featuring characters that teach preschool themes through songs and dance.
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a teacher:
Scone Cold Dead - Maddie Day (Lou) 5/30
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character dances or sings:
Silent Chaos - Nikki Ash (MC) 6/24
8. Initiatives like Mother Goose on the Loose use the rhymes to help develop early literacy and phonemic awareness in children. A famous granite statue of Mother Goose resides in New York City's Central Park.
✔ 🔹Read a book set in New York City:
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
✔ 🔹Read a book where the author’s initials can be found in GOOSE ON THE LOOSE:
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber 5/2
9. The Mother Goose pantomime is a beloved British theatrical tradition that has changed significantly over the last two centuries and has changed how Mother Goose is perceived. Unlike other pantomimes based on nursery rhymes, this story is a morality tale about beauty and greed.
✔ 🔹Read a book that is second in a series:
A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons - J. Penner 5/21
✔ 🔹Read a book set in England:
A Hidden Witch's Spell for Making a Tiny Giant Mighty - C.N. Rowan 5/30
10. In 1806 the first major production, Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, debuted at Covent Garden and starred the legendary Joseph Grimaldi. In this version, Mother Goose was a mysterious "Good Witch" who helped young lovers.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character eats eggs:
The Games Gods Play - Abigail Owen 5/9
(I scrape half the eggs onto a plate), p104
✔ 🔹Read a book with a character who is a witch:
The Deathless One - Emma Hamm (Sybil) 5/8
11. In British tradition, Mother Goose is unique among pantomimes because it is the only one where the Pantomime Dame is the titular lead role. It is often called the "Hamlet" of pantomime dames because of the dramatic range required for the part.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character has a lead role in a play:
A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J. Spann 8/29
12. Mother Goose is a poor widow threatened with eviction by a greedy squire at the beginning of the pantomime and a "Good Fairy" sends Priscilla the goose who lays golden eggs making Mother Goose instantly wealthy.
✔ 🔹Read a book where the MC is a widow:
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank - Megan Bannen (hero) 6/17
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character is going to be evicted:
Rocky Start - Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (heroine) 6/13
13. Of course, what is a pantomime without an evil character? The Demon King bets that he can corrupt Mother Goose and offers her eternal youth and beauty in exchange for her beloved Priscilla. Mother Goose realizes that "beauty is only skin deep" and wealth cannot buy happiness. She eventually rescues Priscilla, and they live happily ever after.
✔ 🔹Read a book where a character is corrupt:
Fury Bound - Sable Sorensen (Killian) 5/15
✔ 🔹Read a book with a MC who is young (under 21):
Scale of the Dragon - Richard Fierce 6/4
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
April 2026 Word Search: Arbor DayLevel Three: 41-50 words
READ: 48/41+
Crown of War and Shadow - J.R. Ward 4/5
1. absorb - seem to be absorbed, p130
3. advice - take your own advice, p251
4. alert - they could alert the entire village, p134
6. balance - I don't even try to right my balance, p147
7. climate - is a different climate entirely, p167
9. community - marked the little community as contaminated, p157
14. deep - deep in the autumnal woods, p110
13. decisions - decisions that must be made, p115
16. earth - a fresh fissure in the red earth, p463
17. environment - to command my environment, p450
18. failure - that's a declaration of failure on my part, p308
19. garden - my staff makes it from the garden, p111
20. green - a redolent green meadow, p82
21. ground - I'm going to lose this ground fight, p329
22. hole - there are three nearby holes in the ground, p330
23. leaves - whose leaves have gone red and orange, p110
25. nature - astringent in nature, p110
27. pest - without weeds or leaves damaged by pests, p192
28. plant - staring at the cultivated rows of plants, p158
29. pot - a collection of small earthenware pots, p24
31. professional - we had a professional arrangement, p249
33. quality - there's a haunting quality to him, p346
37. rescue - in the course of the rescue, p369
38. roots - killing the roots systems of the perimeter, p41
40. soil - pushes his hands into the dark soil, p158
44. sun - the sun is on my face, p137
45. temperature - the air temperature is quite chilly, p125
46. tree - a broad realm tree, p182
48. water - it's not water, p110
49. weather - creates its own weather system of guests, p390
Play Nice - Rachel Harrison 4/6
2. adapt - she adapts to the circumstances, p5
You Have Gone Too Far - Carlene O'Connor 4/7
5. attention - starved for attention, p157
42. steps - tromping down the steps, p153
The Serpent and the Wolf - Rebecca Robinson 4/9
8. color - color burst behind Vaasa's eyes, p90
15. dig - Vaasa knew it was a dig, p81
24. light - the light above Isabel stirred, p133
30. pride - perhaps it was pride, p65
34. region - learned about the regions languages, p159
36. requirement - there is no requirement that you hate me, p38
43. success - found a sliver of success, p63
50. well - like a well refilling, p313
The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden 4/11
12. day - distinguish night from day, p176
47. trim - the garden was trim and weeded, p314
Pendergast: The Beginning - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 4/15
10. correct - as far as they go, appear correct, p94
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder - K.X. Song 4/21
32. prune - as wrinkled as a dried prune, p536
Unnatural - Mia Sheridan 4/22
11. damage - there had been some damage, p34
The Lies that Summon the Night - Tessonja Odette 4/24
41. solar - are bestowed of solar astrotheurgy, p16
The Wren in the Holly Library - K.A. Linde 4/29
39. setting - your setting the reading materials, p239
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35. remove -
May 2026 Word Search: Cursive Level Three: 41-50 words
READ: 50/50
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber 5/2
4. book - dropping a stack of books, p8
5. broken - supposed to be as broken as she felt, p6
19. language - a language he could not read, p270
21. letter - a letter she'd written him yesterday, p82
29. paper - fingers brushed against a slip of paper, p235
30. pen - swishing his feathered pen, p21
39. spatter - outstretched and spattered in dried blood, p7
42. taken - she finally had taken Jack's heart, p324
49. word - lit up words, p270
Two Brutes, One Barista - Shaye Marlow 5/2
3. between - stepped between me and the gorgous blond, p42
24. loop - the loop I was trying to force it into, p25
25. manner - in an extremely undignified manner, p10
26. off - threatened to pop my head off, p9
47. unique - is not a unique thing, p216
48. use - we're gonna use her, p131
Roast Mortem - Cleo Coyle 5/4
45. tool - they're schematics for some kind of tool, ch37
Night Life - Caitlin Kittredge 5/4
16. handwriting - filled with spidery handwriting, p105
17. ink - the tattoo ink was infused with wolfsbane, p21
20. Latin - a Latin term that translated to lonely one, p23
27. origin - back from their origins, p200
44. text - when the witch texts of Alexandria were burned, p200
Kiss the Night Goodbye - Keri Arthur 5/6
2. base - he's got all the bases covered, p51
13. flow - some difference in the flow and resonance, p209
The Games Gods Play - Abigail Owen 5/9
6. casual - a seemingly casual move, p43
7. connect - is this what it's like to connect with someone, p12
10. decline - I decline to answer, p88
28. out - target available to take it out on, p465
38. single - not a single one of us sticking together, p464
Taste - Matthew Pinch 5/9
23. lines - the youthful woman had facial lines, p67
31. pencil - he pried the pencil from it's dead fingers, p286
32. pick - take your pick, p67
50. write - brewed some coffee and started writing, p153
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King - Carissa Broadbent 5/12
35. round - a single round table sat at its center, p89
40. stroke - rolling from each stroke, p392
Tentacular:The Wild Files - Alastair Wells 5/14
1. alphabet - try going through the alphabet, p135
36. run - to pack up and run, p153
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone - Carissa Broadbent 5/15
34. quill - he pointed his quill tip, p45
37. script - Oraya's looping script, p9
The Robin on the Oak Throne - K.A. Linde 5/17
9. curvy - her curvy figure was on full display, p148
11. document - offers for forged documents, p84
12. fast - made her physically strong and fast, p459
14. font - in a pretty blue font on the lid, p393
18. join - they let you join, p170
22. lift - she had a giddy lift to her step, p61
33. practical - that was why she wore practical clothes, p6
41. sturdy - some sturdy rubber-soled boots, p43
A Fellowship of Games & Fables - J. Penner 5/22
15. formal - that sounds pretty formal, p60
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me - Ilona Andrews 5/25
8. copy - and shed a copy of itself, p415
46. typed - I typed at the speed of light, p159
Quicksilver - Callie Hart 5/30
43. tall - we were both tall, lanky creatures, p15
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Musicians: Musician - Merle HaggardDuration: March 15 - May 14, 2026
Level: Okie from Muskogee: 11-15 tasks
READ: 15/15
✔1. Read a book that takes place in California OR Read a book that was published or takes place in 1937 OR Read a book published in April of any year.
Shadow Sworn - Jess Mountifield (Los Angeles) 4/24
✔2. Read a book where a character plays an instrument OR Read a book where a parent dies.
Of Blood and Fire - Ryan Cahill (MCs killed) 3/30
✔3. Read a book where there is a fire OR Read a book where a character builds a house OR Read a book with brothers.
The Wicked and the Damned -Rebecca Robinson 4/12
✔4. Read a book with a character that is a criminal OR Read a book where a character runs away OR Read a book where a character is falsely accused of a crime.
Pendergast: The Beginning - Douglas Preston (villain) 4/15
✔5. Read a book where you find the first letter of each title word in MERLE HAGGARD (two word minimum) OR Read a book where a character makes a change (you decide) OR Read a book with a blue cover (show cover).
The Vampire in the Potting Shed - Hailey Edwards 4/25
✔6. Read a book that is a considered a tearjerker or has a “sad” part OR Read a book where strangers meet OR Read a book where a character is “lonesome" (You decide).
When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A. Parker 3/18
✔7. Read a book that is fifth in a series OR Read a book where a character does manual labor OR Read a book that takes place in Las Vegas.
How to Live an Undead Lie - Hailey Edwards 3/15
(Beginners Guide to Necromancy #5)
✔8. Read a book where a character is a mom OR Read a book with eyes on the cover.
Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood - Ann Charles (MC) 3/24
✔9. Read a book by an author whose initials are in MUSKOGEE OR Read a book with a character that is a president OR Read a book with “white house” in the text (Share page number/Loc).
Greenteeth - Molly O'Neill 3/19
✔10. Read a book tagged autobiography or memoir OR Read a book where a character fights OR Read a book by an African American or Black author.
Dark Water Daughter - H.M. Long (pirates) 3/22
✔11. Read a book with a character that is a soldier OR Read a book that is also a TV show or movie OR Read a book with a title that starts with a letter in TIME (any letter).
Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry (the Guardian) 4/17
✔12. Read a book published in December of any year or Read a book that features characters that are “working class.”
You Have Gone Too Far - Carlene O'Connor (cops) 4/7
✔13. Read a book that is fifth in a series OR Read a book with a character that celebrates a birthday OR Read a book with a star on the cover (show cover).
The Girl and the Stars - Mark Lawrence 3/29
✔14. Read a book with a 7 and 9 in the page count (share page count) OR Read a book where a character battles addictions OR Read a book where a character gets a divorce.
The Night Ends with Fire - K.X. Song (MC's father, opium) 4/19
✔15. Read a book with more than 2016 ratings (share ratings #) OR Read a book with a character that is a musician OR Read a book that has won an award.
Heir of Illusion - Madeline Taylor (11,698 ratings) 3/27
CHALLENGE COMPLETE