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Koren
Licha-Olivia - Done
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Olivermagnus - Done
Patty - Done
Sushicat
Tessa - Done
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Deb
Jenn H
Koren
Licha-Olivia - Done
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Olivermagnus - Done
Patty - Done
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Tessa - Done

BASIC word list
DONE
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
DONE
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June 1 - 30, 2017
20 of 20 Completed
Basic Word List
✔ asleep - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 145 - "and promptly fell asleep"
✔ attic - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 185 - "a relic from someone's attic"
✔ charming - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 247 - "to come across as charming"
✔ cotton - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 1279 - "the paper white cotton of their t-shirts"
✔ frock- Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 15 - "in a liver covered frock"
✔ leather - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 848 - "in a leather chair"
✔ modern - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 2137 - "does it persist in our modern world?"
✔ moustache - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 1045 - "with a red moustache underneath his wide nose"
✔ raspberry - Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 23 - "she blew a raspberry"
✔ shampoo - Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 216 - "lots of hotel soap and shampoo"
✔ stockings - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 47 - "and gray wollen stockings"
✔ sunrise - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 74 - "like a child's drawing of a sunrise"
✔ treat - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 868 - "treat her with kid gloves"
✔ vanished - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 939 - "227 passengers vanished over the Indian Ocean"
✔ veil - wet hair (entire phrase) - Those We Left Behind
- Stuart Neville - 6/7/17 -page 19 - "the boy's composure was a thin veil"
Bonus Word List
✔ honeysuckle - Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery - 6/30/17 - page 29 - "it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window"
✔ jigsaw (puzzle) - The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 6/15/17 - page 133 - "like some life-sized jigsaw puzzle"
✔ kindergarten - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 4083 - "come up with this plan in kindergarten"
✔ seagull - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 54 - "a scattering of seagulls"
✔ wet hair (entire phrase) - Those We Left Behind
- Stuart Neville - 6/7/17 -page 101 - "ran a brush through her wet hair"
June 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June17 / Ends: 30June17
15 / 15 BASIC words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
7 books read
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry ✔ – 04June17
We Are Called to Rise ✔ – 04June17
Knots and Crosses ✔ – 09June17
Love Walked In ✔ – 18June17
Something Rotten ✔ – 20June17
The Lowland ✔ – 27June17
Tigers in Red Weather ✔ – 02July17
BASIC word list
asleep - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 51 - "…fallen asleep in…"
attic - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 17 - "…the attic apartment…"
charming - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 102 - "It's a charming memoir."
cotton - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 209 - "…pressed cotton blouses…"
frock - Something Rotten - pg 200 - "… blue gingham frock and…"
leather - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 180 - "…black leather pants…"
modern - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 71 - "..preferably modern ones…"
moustache - The Lowland - pg 132 - "…thick brown moustache,…"
raspberry - We Are Called to Rise - pg 290 - "…with raspberry jam."
shampoo - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 62 - "…use grown-up shampoo?"
stockings - We Are Called to Rise - pg 82 - "…sent us stockings filled…"
sunrise - We Are Called to Rise - pg 34 - "…by Sunrise Mountain."
treat - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 225 - "…we treat or not…"
vanished - Knots and Crosses - pg 1 - "…had vanished, and he …"
veil - Knots and Crosses - pg 26 - "…formed a veil over …"
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
honeysuckle - Love Walked In - pg 9 - "…the honeysuckle-scented …"
jigsaw - Love Walked In - pg 227 - "…a child's jigsaw puzzle…"
kindergarten - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 89 - "Maya starts kindergarten…"
seagull - Love Walked In - pg 189 - "…chasing a seagull or…"
wet hair - Tigers in Red Weather - pg 258 - "…also with the wet hair…"
Begins: 01June17 / Ends: 30June17
15 / 15 BASIC words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
7 books read
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry ✔ – 04June17
We Are Called to Rise ✔ – 04June17
Knots and Crosses ✔ – 09June17
Love Walked In ✔ – 18June17
Something Rotten ✔ – 20June17
The Lowland ✔ – 27June17
Tigers in Red Weather ✔ – 02July17
BASIC word list
asleep - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 51 - "…fallen asleep in…"
attic - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 17 - "…the attic apartment…"
charming - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 102 - "It's a charming memoir."
cotton - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 209 - "…pressed cotton blouses…"
frock - Something Rotten - pg 200 - "… blue gingham frock and…"
leather - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 180 - "…black leather pants…"
modern - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 71 - "..preferably modern ones…"
moustache - The Lowland - pg 132 - "…thick brown moustache,…"
raspberry - We Are Called to Rise - pg 290 - "…with raspberry jam."
shampoo - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 62 - "…use grown-up shampoo?"
stockings - We Are Called to Rise - pg 82 - "…sent us stockings filled…"
sunrise - We Are Called to Rise - pg 34 - "…by Sunrise Mountain."
treat - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 225 - "…we treat or not…"
vanished - Knots and Crosses - pg 1 - "…had vanished, and he …"
veil - Knots and Crosses - pg 26 - "…formed a veil over …"
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
honeysuckle - Love Walked In - pg 9 - "…the honeysuckle-scented …"
jigsaw - Love Walked In - pg 227 - "…a child's jigsaw puzzle…"
kindergarten - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - pg 89 - "Maya starts kindergarten…"
seagull - Love Walked In - pg 189 - "…chasing a seagull or…"
wet hair - Tigers in Red Weather - pg 258 - "…also with the wet hair…"

asleep-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 14-"with the baby asleep in her arms."
attic-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 2-"that controls the attic steps"
charming-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 18-"into a charming village"
cotton-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 9-"like bits of cotton in the air"
frock-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 17-"into a belted cotton frock"
leather-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 14-"dining room was a leather valise"
modern-The Perfume Garden-6/11/17-page 83-"The houses on either side were more modern"
moustache-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 168-"with a waxed gray moustache"
raspberry-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 52-"raspberries and blackberries in carefully contained rows"
shampoo-small great things-6/17/17-page 12-"bottle of shampoo provided by the hospital"
stockings-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 17-"the silk stockings up her legs"
sunrise-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 114-"Friday morning before the sunrise"
treat-Agnes Grey-6/7/17-page 188-"as a treat for rare occasions"
vanished-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 157-"Clothes for a world that vanished."
veil-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 306-"from behind a veil of smoke"
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
honeysuckle-Drowning Ruth-6/16/17-page 27-"the last clutch of honeysuckle"
jigsaw (puzzle)-The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper-6/23/17-page 60-"They were like two jigsaw pieces"
kindergarten-small great things-6/17/17-page 128-"When Edison as in kindergarten"
seagull-The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper-6/23/17-page 54-"A seagull strutted along"
wet hair (entire phrase)-The Nightingale-6/3/17-page 146-"pushing the wet hair away"
Patty wrote: "For jigsaw does it mean that we could also use puzzle?"
No ... I didn't want someone using a Jigsaw (as in the power tool). The context of the story needs to show that it's a jigsaw puzzle (though the word "puzzle" might be missing).
The word "puzzle" alone would not meet the challenge
I've clarified the list.
No ... I didn't want someone using a Jigsaw (as in the power tool). The context of the story needs to show that it's a jigsaw puzzle (though the word "puzzle" might be missing).
The word "puzzle" alone would not meet the challenge
I've clarified the list.

asleep
attic
charming
cotton
frock
leather
modern
moustache
raspberry
shampoo
stockings
sunrise
treat
vanished
veil
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
honeysuckle
jigsaw (the puzzle, NOT the power tool)
kindergarten
seagull
wet hair (entire phrase)

(1) Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee (6/5/17)
(2) Croak Gina Damico (6/9/17)
(3) Between the Lines Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer (6/10/17)
(4) The Raven Boys Maggie Stiefvater (6/14/17)
(5) Hex Hall Rachel Hawkins (6/16/17)
(6) Demonglass Rachel Hawkins (6/17/17)
(7) Say Nothing Brad Parks (6/19/17)
Basic Word List: 15/15
(1) Asleep: p. 147-In one minute she was asleep.
(4) Attic: p. 320-...a big fan of the attic,...
(3) Charming: p. 83-...find that nearly as charming.
(1) Cotton: p. 183-...pulled out a cotton dress...
(4) Frock: p. 322-Wearing a lace frock...
(1) Leather: p. 162-...the distant thunk pomp of leather…
(1) Modern: p. 147-...harshest peace in modern history...
(2) Moustache (Mustache): p. 100-...with a black mustache,...
(5) Raspberry: p. 34-"It's called 'Electric Raspberry.'"
(2) Shampoo: p. 122-"I'm a shampoo commercial."
(1) Stockings: p. 235-...and crocheted stockings.
(6) Sunrise: p. 279-...early sunrises in the summer,...
(7) Treat: p. 143-...this would have been a treat-...
(1) Vanished: p. 256-and vanished into her bedroom...
(3) Veil: p. 36-...dressed in a black veil...
Bonus Words (optional): 5/5
(6) Honeysuckle: p. 23-...that smelled like honeysuckle...
(3) Jigsaw (puzzle): p. 256-...last piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
(4) Kindergarten: p. 200-...straight from kindergarten...
(2) Seagull: p. 51-...there by a disoriented seagull.
(6) Wet hair: p. 7-...my wet hair out of my eyes.

15/15
asleep- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 30 In the midst of the services, I saw the president fall asleep...
attic- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 10 ...but the White House curator's complete inventory form the sub-basement to the attic...
charming- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 21 ...life-long bachelor Buchanan- the nation's only never-married president-brought the White House alive with his charming, London-polished niece, Harriet Lane, as his hostess.
cotton- Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit, M.D. finished 6/3 p. ...opens his suitcase and takes out an ugly cotton tie.
frock- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 243 ...the ushers were back in their traditional black frock coats...
leather- Through the Glass by Shannon Moroney finished 6/4 p. 22 ...handsome in his gray wool coat and leather gloves...
modern- - Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit, M.D. finished 6/3 p. 42 Modern medicine is carved by centuries of learning.
moustache- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 175 ... only one of the ten chief executies between Ulysses Grant and Woodrow Wilson was bare of beard, mustache, or mutton-chop sideburns...
raspberry- Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit, M.D. finished 6/3 p. 70 ...and small amounts of raspberry extract...
shampoo- I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood by Trisha Ashworth finished 6/2 p. 116 ...who can juggle multiple accounts at work, asks us how to shampoo...
stockings- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 55 ...her strawberry blonde hair spills out from a stocking cap...
sunrise- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 145 Since sunrise I have been turning my spyglass in every direction...
treat- - Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit, M.D. finished 6/3 p. 219 He could continue to treat patients with cancer...
vanished-- First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives by Bonnie Angelo finished 6/9 p. 63 Journeying south by steamer, George vanished overboard...
veil- - Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul Offit, M.D. finished 6/3 p. 114 ...I felt the veil lift...
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
4/5
honeysuckle- Ghost No More by Cee Cee James finished 6/12 p. 133 Daahhhling....I ahhhhbsolutley must have the honeysuckle lotion for my toes...
jigsaw (the puzzle, NOT the power tool)- A Knife in the Heart by Michael Benson finished August 2017 p. 76 He enjoyed solving mysteries, solving jigsaw puzzles.
kindergarten- Sudden Fury by Leslie Walker finished 6/2 p. When Larry turned five, the Weavers enrolled him in kindergarten.
seagull
wet hair (entire phrase)- Ghost No More by Cee Cee James finished 6/12 p. 69 They were wrapped in striped towels with wet hair that stuck up in all directions.

BASIC word list
✔asleep - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p39 - "I had trouble falling asleep..."
✔attic - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p69 - "...in the dusty attic..."
✔charming - Egg Drop Dead - 6/9/17 - p42 - "...instead of looking charming..."
✔cotton - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p208 - ...white cotton sheets..."
frock
✔leather - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p52 - "...black leather and bronze..."
✔modern - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p250 - "...Modern Art t-shirt..."
✔moustache - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p138 - "...a black pencil moustache..."
✔raspberry - Egg Drop Dead - 6/9/17 - p82 - "...pomegranate and raspberry flavored margaritas."
shampoo
stockings
✔sunrise - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p224 - "as the sunrise came up..."
✔treat - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p86 - "...I will treat them with respect..."
✔vanished - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p39 - "The coin vanished..."
✔veil - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p8 - "...it's like this veil..."
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
✔honeysuckle - The Battle of the Labyrinth - 6/1/17 - p32 - "...they could make honeysuckle."
jigsaw (the puzzle, NOT the power tool)
kindergarten
seagull
wet hair (entire phrase)
Jenn ... you had a duplicate post, so I deleted it.
I've got everyone linked to this point. Happy hunting!
I've got everyone linked to this point. Happy hunting!

20/20
BASIC word list
✔asleep: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 111 - …”as Quintero watched his daughter falling asleep. 6/1/17
✔attic: These Shallow Graves Graves by Jennifer Donnelly – page 262 – “Maybe they’re in the basement or the attic”. 6/19/17
✔charming: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 100 – “….the charming mask she wore…” 6/1/17
✔cotton: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 23 – “Quintero held the cotton gauze up to her…” 6/1/17
✔frock: Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat by Edouard Manet page 66 -" for the modern artist could be found in top-hatted, frock-coated…" 6/25/17
✔leather: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 101 – “ …a third looked promising, a man in a leather jacket…” 6/1/17
✔modern: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 59 – “…a fact of life in modern law enforcement.” – 6/1/17
✔mustache: Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll – page 235 - …”with a large moustache and a good smile came in.” – 6/11/17
✔raspberry: The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson – page 84 - “She’s a right bit ‘o your ma”. 6/7/17
✔shampoo: Anatomy of a Haunting: The Nightmare on Baxter Road by Lee Strong - page 225 - "Filling his hand with shampoo, he lathered his hair." 6/5/17
✔stockings: The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson – page 267 – “…child hanging upside down, skinny legs in dark stockings…” – 6/7/17
✔sunrise: The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni – page 2 – “…set his trips after sunset and retrieved them before sunrise - 6/10/17
✔treat: The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson – page 42 – “…. I don’t treat her like a child.” -6/7/17
✔vanished: Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton – page 99 – “Her plastered on smile vanished” 6/1/17
✔veil: Charlotte's Story by Laura Benedict – page 17 – “Lifting my veil I surveyed my red-blotched face in the visor mirror.” - 6/8/17
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
✔honeysuckle: The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson – page 211 – “….trying to decide if it’s crazy to plant a climbing honeysuckle…” – 6/7/17
✔jigsaw (the puzzle, NOT the power tool): Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King - page 54 - "...had come to repalce walks around the neighborhood and jigsaw puzzles at the dining room table..." - 6/3/17
✔kindergarten: Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll – page 149 – “I was a kindergarten teacher back in France.” - 6/11/17
✔seagull: The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni – page 6 – “…the faint order of diesel fuel the sound of a boat motor and seagulls cawing.” - 6/10/17
✔wet hair (entire phrase): The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson – page 304 – “…. wet hair and sandals and rolled up towels…” - 6/7/17


I'm not Tessa but I have found different spellings for certain words and it was okay to use them. This happens often between the British spellings and the American spellings.
Koren wrote: "The book I'm reading now has a different spelling for moustache. They spell it mustache. Is this ok?"
Yes ... I will take an alternate spelling
Yes ... I will take an alternate spelling

Yes ... I will take an alternate spelling"
Thank you.

I've got everyone linked to this point. Happy hunting!"
Oops! Thanks!

June 1 - 30, 2017
Basic Word List
13/15 completed
✔asleep - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 840--"...find his wife and dog curled and asleep in bed."
✔attic- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 573--"...but Sara still can't walk into the attic..."
✔charming - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro--6//23/17--loc 374--"Can't have our most charming and talented artist..."
✔cotton - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 495--"...squeezing the cotton swabs into a mason jar."
--frock
✔leather - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 327--"...stares from the men in leather aprons..."
✔modern- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 677--"...entombed by modern apartment buildings."
✔moustache - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro--6//23/17--loc 382--"...with bloodshot eyes and a thick mustache."
✔raspberry- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 3033--"...the raspberries ripening along the painted fences..."
✔shampoo - Kill the Next One by Federico Axat--6/25/17--loc. 1819--"...and a thin stream of pink shampoo poured out."
✔stockings - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 658--"...anonymous shoes and stockings and..."
--sunrise
✔treat- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 159--"...this is how the Russians treat their canine space explorers..."
✔vanished - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 571--"...and the light ebbed then vanished from her eyes."
✔veil - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro--6//23/17--loc 118--"...lifted the veil, and let me inside."
Bonus Word List
3/5 completed
✔honeysuckle - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith--6/15/17--loc 3065--"Honeysuckle grows wild along sills and ledges."
✔jigsaw (puzzle) - Kill the Next One by Federico Axat--6/25/17--loc. 2066--"His mind was a meaningless jigsaw puzzle."
✔kindergarten - The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro--6//23/17--loc 643--"...out of university and Sophie out of kindergarten."
--seagull
--wet hair (entire phrase)

June 2017 Scavenger Hunt
June 1 - 30, 2017
20 of 20 Completed
Basic Word List
✔ asleep - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 145 - "and promptly fell asleep"
✔ attic - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 185 - "a relic from someone's attic"
✔ charming - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 247 - "to come across as charming"
✔ cotton - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 1279 - "the paper white cotton of their t-shirts"
✔ frock- Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 15 - "in a liver covered frock"
✔ leather - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 848 - "in a leather chair"
✔ modern - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 2137 - "does it persist in our modern world?"
✔ moustache - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 1045 - "with a red moustache underneath his wide nose"
✔ raspberry - Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 23 - "she blew a raspberry"
✔ shampoo - Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman - 6/9/17 - page 216 - "lots of hotel soap and shampoo"
✔ stockings - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 47 - "and gray wollen stockings"
✔ sunrise - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 74 - "like a child's drawing of a sunrise"
✔ treat - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 868 - "treat her with kid gloves"
✔ vanished - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 939 - "227 passengers vanished over the Indian Ocean"
✔ veil - wet hair (entire phrase) - Those We Left Behind
- Stuart Neville - 6/7/17 -page 19 - "the boy's composure was a thin veil"
Bonus Word List
✔ honeysuckle - Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery - 6/30/17 - page 29 - "it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window"
✔ jigsaw (puzzle) - The Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton - 6/15/17 - page 133 - "like some life-sized jigsaw puzzle"
✔ kindergarten - Cost of Life - Joshua Corin - 6/14/17 - loc 4083 - "come up with this plan in kindergarten"
✔ seagull - Fatherland - Robert Harris - 6/8/17 - page 54 - "a scattering of seagulls"
✔ wet hair (entire phrase) - Those We Left Behind
- Stuart Neville - 6/7/17 -page 101 - "ran a brush through her wet hair"
Books mentioned in this topic
A Knife in the Heart (other topics)The Chase (other topics)
Tigers in Red Weather (other topics)
Love Walked In (other topics)
The Lowland (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Stuart Neville (other topics)Jonathan Kellerman (other topics)
L.M. Montgomery (other topics)
Joshua Corin (other topics)
Lyn Hamilton (other topics)
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Begins: 01 June 17 / Ends: 30 June 17
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!
BASIC word list
asleep
attic
charming
cotton
frock
leather
modern
moustache
raspberry
shampoo
stockings
sunrise
treat
vanished
veil
BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
honeysuckle
jigsaw (the puzzle, NOT the power tool)
kindergarten
seagull
wet hair (entire phrase)
Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly - although I will accept a plural/singular version. But that is the ONLY deviation allowed. So if you are looking for "daddy" - I will NOT allow "father", "Pops" or "dad".
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
Report as follows:
Word - Title of book - date finished - page # where you found the text - QUOTE
E.g.
1. Aviator – Deeper Than the Dead ✔ – 01March2017 – pg 200 – “…a pair of aviator sunglasses, …”
Have fun!