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November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01 Nov 17 / Ends: 30 Nov 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
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
beer
care
chimney
cigarette
cynical
drinks
hunger
manuscript
menu
oysters
peacock
poet
sardines
uncomfortable
white wine (full phrase)

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
antiseptic
boulevard
leprosy
poplars
symbolic


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Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English. But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So if you are looking for "daddy" - I will NOT allow "father", "Pops" or "dad".

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long.

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!

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Click on your name to go directly to your post.

Deb
Koren
Licha-Olivia
Marilyn
Olivermagnus - ✔ DONE
Patty
Sushicat
Tessa (Book Concierge) ✔ - DONE

BASIC word list
beer-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 114 "Have either of you talked to this Nick guy about when he wants his beer?"
care-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 121 We care for those around us and we do not listen to our own bodies...
chimney- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 120 We installed it in the corner of the pavilion near the road and cut a hole in the tin roof to poke the chimney through.
cigarette-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 73 He chain-smoked, lighting one cigarette with the next...
cynical- Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game by Chris Matthews finished 12/26 p. 46 ,,,,his knot-hole look at Richard Nixon's cynical state-of-the-art TV campaign of 1968.
drinks-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 114 ...it turned out he doesn't drink beer.
hunger- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 25 Hunger is a great teacher.
manuscript
menu- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 242 At lunch we composed menus...
oysters-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 141 ...looking for that special oyster shell caviar spoon...
peacock- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 61 He taught me the various colors of hot- dark cherry, light straw, peacock...
poet-An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan finished 11/14 p. Some nights he would read to me Iqbal or Rumi or another Persian poet...
sardines -The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway finished 12/19 p. 17 I'll be back when I finish the sardines
uncomfortable-Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeonby Kathy Magliato, MD finished 11/5 p. 17 ...I thought it might be uncomfortable for her to try to breathe on her own.
white wine (full phrase) The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 27 In the pan he added a generous splash of white wine, which I brought. ..

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
antiseptic-Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn Jourdin finished 12/17 p. 35 ...she fished around in her pocketbook for a antiseptic towlette and scrubbed her hands.
boulevard-An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Kahn finished 11/14 p. 22 ...the main boulevard running through Gujranwala...

leprosy-- Life Is Short (No Pun Intended): Love, Laughter, and Learning to Enjoy Every Moment by Bill and Jen Arnold finished 12/3 p. 62 She looked as if she had a severe skin disorder or leprosy.

poplars- The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love by Kristin Kimball finished 11/10 p. 68 ...the wildness creeping back into the bank-owned fields, poplar first, and scrubby cedar.
symbolic- First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/17/18 p. But she understood the symbolic power of the executive mansion...

November 2017 Scavenger Challenge 12/15 words found

(1) The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill (11/11/17) 3***
(2) Heaven's Spite Lilith Saintcrow(11/20/17) 4****
(3) Snake Jeff Stone (11/29/17) 4****

(2) Beer: p. 27-…staring at his beer bottle.
(1) Care: p. 63-…to his allegiance and care,…
(1) Chimney: p. 173-You are a chimney.
(2) Cigarette: p. 91-…like cigarette smoke.
Cynical

(1) Drinks: p. 133-…and drink it dry.
(1) Hunger: p. 358-…the one who is all hunger…
(1) Manuscript: p. 312-“In the manuscript room.
(3) Menu: p. 148-…a menu fit for the Emperor.
Oysters

(2) Peacock: p. 41-…like a peacock’s cry,…
(1) Poet: p. 16-“As the Poet famously…
(2) Sardines: p. 60-Packed like sardines:…
(1) Uncomfortable: p. 40-…sumptuous (though uncomfortable) supper.
White wine

Bonus words 3/5 words found

(2) Antiseptic: p. 97-…full of medical antiseptic…
(2) Boulevard: p. 103-…past Marivala Boulevard,…
(2) Leprosy: p. 90-…Band-Aids over leprosy.
Poplars
Symbolic

November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01 Nov 17 / Ends: 30 Nov 17

BASIC word list
DONE

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
DONE

Complete:
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11/1 ****
Beer - p.48 "The bastard was a beer drinker..."
care - p.198 "...take care of the baby."
drinks p.11 "...ordered more drinks..."
hunger p.9 P...weren't as bad as a gnawing hunger."
uncomfortable p.99 "...for an uncomfortable moment..."
boulevard p.255 "...drove down the boulevard."

11/3 *****
Menu - p.434 "...healthy choices on the menu."
Oysters - L.3161 "Three kinds of oyster on the half shell."

11/7 ***
screwdriver p.217 "...with Hannah's screwdriver in his hand."
chop-sticks p.151 "Hannah put down her chopsticks."

**** 11/9
Gymnasium (September '17) p.1 "We slept in what had once been the gymnasium."
Cigarette p.236 "Moira is smoking a cigarette."
Manuscript p.288 "...of the manuscript under consideration today..."
Peacock p.61 "...being fanned with peacock tails..."

11/14 *****
Cynical - "She made a noise of cynical amusement.
Poet - "Leave behind what the poet call 'muddy vesture of decay.'..."

**** 11/17
White wine (full phrase) p.113 "...and an abandoned bottle of white wine."
Rosary (Oct '17) p.240 "...as though it were his rosary."

***** 11/26
plutonium (August '17) p.163 "...converting it into low level plutonium..."
chimney p.60 '...resembled a cylindrical chimney..."

****11/21
Sardines p.4 "They're looking for sardines in the kelp beds."
symbolic p.65 "It's symbolic."

*****6Dec17
poplars (Nov '17) - p.1 "...boughs of tall poplars."

**** 27Dec17
Leprosy p.98 "...men and women with leprosy."

**** 4Jan18
antiseptic p.352 "...she'd been in an antiseptic bed..."

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November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov17 / Ends: 30Nov17


15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

9 Books read:
Drums of Autumn ✔ – 01Nov17
Educating Rita ✔ – 01Nov17
The Hidden Child ✔ – 02Nov17
A Piece of the World ✔ – 10Nov17
All Creatures Great and Small ✔ – 14Nov17
The Making of the President 1960 ✔ – 15Nov17
Victim Six ✔ – 18Nov17
The Lost City of the Monkey God ✔ – 26Nov17
A Gentleman in Moscow ✔ – 29Nov17
Born a Crime ✔ - 13Dec17

BASIC word list
beer - Drums of Autumn - pg 844 - "…bucket of spruce beer to go…"
care - Drums of Autumn - pg 876 - "…yet, with care, and …"
chimney - Drums of Autumn - pg 857 - "…build a chimney, split…"
cigarette - Educating Rita - pg 70 - "…lights a cigarette and …"
cynical - The Hidden Child - pg 369 - "Those are cynical words."
drinks - Drums of Autumn - pg 847 - "…sipped his drink."
hunger - Drums of Autumn - pg 847 - "…from hunger, exhaustion…"
manuscript - A Gentleman in Moscow - pg 270 - "…picked up a manuscript."
menu - All Creatures Great and Small - pg 310 - "…took a menu card…"
oysters - Born a Crime - pg 71 - "…world was my oyster."
peacock - All Creatures Great and Small - pg 363 - "Mr. Peacock and…"
poet - Drums of Autumn - pg 877 - "…and poets call revenge…"
sardines - A Piece of the World - pg 122 - "…the sardine catch…"
uncomfortable - All Creatures Great and Small - pg 102 - "…he was uncomfortable, …"
white wine - A Gentleman in Moscow - pg 143 - "…red and white wine with…"

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
antiseptic - All Creatures Great and Small - pg 4 - "…some antiseptic into…"
boulevard - The Making of the President 1960 - pg 150 - "…palm-starred boulevards…"
leprosy - The Lost City of the Monkey God - pg 244 - "…a form of leprosy and …"
poplars - Victim Six - pg 330 - "…any poplars at one time…"
symbolic - The Making of the President 1960 - pg 153 - "…Angeles as symbolic."

Welcome hunters! I've got everyone linked to this point.

BASIC word list

beer-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 142-"dissolved in sour beer."

care-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 57-"I wouldn't care if we stopped"

chimney -A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 75-"appeared like chimney brushes"

cigarette-Family Album-11/13/17-page 10-" from chocolate bars to cigarettes"

cynical-Family Album-11/13/17-page 16-"there was something cynical in his eyes"

drinks-Family Album-11/13/17-page 46-"There's someone coming for drinks"

hunger-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 278-"thin from hunger"

manuscript-Family Album-11/13/17-page 322-"he was carrying a manuscript."

menu-Family Album-11/13/17-page 53-"and the menus."

oysters-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 185-"Leonide and I cooked oysters"

peacock-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 11-"took out my peacock plate."

poet-Midwives-11/20/17-page 201-"a great lure for a poet like our lawyer."

sardines-Plainsong-11/17/1-page 209-"stock the Vienna sausage and the sardines"

uncomfortable-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 42-"she was growing increasingly uncomfortable"

white wine (full phrase)-A Million Nightingales-11/7/17-page 172-"a glass of white wine"

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words

antiseptic-Midwives-11/20/17-page 235-"vaguely antiseptic smell of my Nonny's hair spray."

boulevard-Family Album-11/13/17-page 83-"near Hollywood Boulevard"

leprosy

poplars-Plainsong-11/17-17-page 7-"looking at the silver poplar tree"

symbolic-Midwives-11/20/17-page 110-"anything as symbolic as an ID bracelet"

Glad to have you join us, Patty. I've created a link for you.

November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov17 / Ends: 30Nov17

20 of 20 Completed

Basic Words
✔ beer - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 105 - "force fed him milkshakes, beer, and hoagies"
✔ care - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 29 - "but Malone just doesn't care"
✔ chimney - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 36 - "no smoke from the chimney"
✔ cigarette - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 198 - "sits on a truck gate, smoking a cigarette"
✔ cynical - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 578 - "some of it was cynical"
✔ drinks - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 89 - "free sandwiches, free coffee, free drinks"
✔ hunger - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 174 - "the twin ravages of hunger and thirst"
✔ manuscript - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 19 - "in order to give the manuscript more mass appeal"
✔ menu - Second Glance - Jodi Picoult - 1/16/17 - page 237 - "Ruby can come up with a menu"
✔ oysters - The North Water - Ian McGuire - 11/9/17 - page 227 - "can I get you a plate of oysters"
✔ peacock - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 342 - "a swashbuckler in peacock feathers"
✔ poet - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 17 - "Alexandre the Great chose Homer as his poet"
✔ sardines - The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter - 11/23/17 - page 220 - "the already crowded living room became a sardine can"
✔ uncomfortable - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 82 - "he looked uncomfortable"
✔ white wine (full phrase) - The Midnight Line - Lee Child - 11/13/17 - page 219 - "some weird kind of white wine"

Optional Words
✔ antiseptic - The Midnight Line - Lee Child - 11/13/17 - page 245 - "mixes them with antiseptic salve"
✔ boulevard - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 587 - "uniformed cops lining MLK Boulevard facing south"
✔ leprosy - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 150 - "the scourge and leprosy of the services"
✔ poplars - Second Glance - Jodi Picoult - 11/16/17 - page 143 - "a poplar pipe with a serpentine bowl"
✔ symbolic - The Darker Side - Cody McFadyen - 11/30/17 - page 110 - "I don't think it's symbolic at all"

(1) The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler - Nov 1 - 3.4 stars
(2) On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen - Nov 16 - 4 stars
(3) Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey - Nov 11 - 4 stars
(4) The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lillian Jackson Brown - Nov 12 - 3 stars
(5) Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - Nov 18 - 5 stars

Basic Words (14/15)

beer (1) p313 “He patted his beer belly.”
care (1) p20 “...with the logo JOHANSSON’S PROXY CARE.”
chimney (1) p24 “Blood spattered the exposed brick chimney.”
cigarette (1) p23 “...on the glow of her cigarette.”
cynical

drinks (1) p31 “Joona drinks some water.”
hunger (1) p250 “She does so in a hunger to escape.”
manuscript (4) p28 “...rare books and manuscripts...”
menu (2) loc 1490 “...but oysters are never on the menu.”
oysters (2) loc 1490 “...but oysters are never on the menu.”

peacock (3) p330 “...done up like peacock feathers.”
poet (2) loc 1995 “...the singing poet.”
sardines (2) loc 1851 “...packed in like sardines.”
uncomfortable (1) p221 “Aida looks slightly uncomfortable.”
white wine (2) loc 919 “...to smash the world white wine drinking record.”

Optional Words (3/5)

antiseptic (1) p7 “...the corridor smell of antiseptic.”
boulevard (5) loc 3299 “...the intersection of the Boulevard and the Avenue.”
leprosy
poplars
symbolic (1) p349 “Purely symbolic.”

November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov17 / Ends: 30Nov17

14 / 15 basic words found
2 / 5 BONUS words found

3 Books read:

Basic Words
✔beer - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 812 - "...sharp sour smell of beer,..."
✔care - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 200 - "...its rent paying for their care,..."
✔chimney - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - 11/28/17 - loc. 2340 - "And the chimney from the kitchen..."
✔cigarette - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 121 - "She wanted a cigarette..."
✔cynical - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - 11/28/17 - loc. 1961 - "...your cynical old friend..."
✔drinks - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 812 - "The kitchen floor was sticky with spilled drinks,..."
✔hunger - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 1361 - "Only the day's hunger to unravel..."
✔manuscript - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - 11/28/17 - loc. 7017 - "...who read the manuscript..."
✔menu - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 516 - "When Lexie ordered from a menu,..."
✔oysters - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 2920 - "...they'd had oysters and wine;..."
✔peacock - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - 11/28/17 - loc. loc 4768 - :,,,the other one with the peacock feathers;..."
✔poet - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 449 - "...she wanted to be a poet."
✔sardines- - LaRose by Louise Erdrich - 11/12/17 - loc. 2947 - "...crackers and a tin of sardines."
✔uncomfortable - - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 2747 - "...delighted in making their students uncomfortable,..."
white wine (full phrase)


Bonus/Optional Words
antiseptic
✔boulevard - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 11/5/17 - loc. 175 - "...side streets fed into major boulevards,..."
leprosy
poplars
✔symbolic- - LaRose by Louise Erdrich - 11/12/17 - loc. 5474 - "..., it would be a symbolic thing."

Welcome to the scavenger hunt! All hunters have been linked to this point.

It took me all month but I'm finally done.

November 2017 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov17 / Ends: 30Nov17

20 of 20 Completed

Basic Words
✔ beer - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 105 - "force fed him milkshakes, beer, and hoagies"
✔ care - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 29 - "but Malone just doesn't care"
✔ chimney - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 36 - "no smoke from the chimney"
✔ cigarette - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 198 - "sits on a truck gate, smoking a cigarette"
✔ cynical - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 578 - "some of it was cynical"
✔ drinks - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 89 - "free sandwiches, free coffee, free drinks"
✔ hunger - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 174 - "the twin ravages of hunger and thirst"
✔ manuscript - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 19 - "in order to give the manuscript more mass appeal"
✔ menu - Second Glance - Jodi Picoult - 1/16/17 - page 237 - "Ruby can come up with a menu"
✔ oysters - The North Water - Ian McGuire - 11/9/17 - page 227 - "can I get you a plate of oysters"
✔ peacock - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 342 - "a swashbuckler in peacock feathers"
✔ poet - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 17 - "Alexandre the Great chose Homer as his poet"
✔ sardines - The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter - 11/23/17 - page 220 - "the already crowded living room became a sardine can"
✔ uncomfortable - The Jungle - Clive Cussler - 11/14/17 - page 82 - "he looked uncomfortable"
✔ white wine (full phrase) - The Midnight Line - Lee Child - 11/13/17 - page 219 - "some weird kind of white wine"

Optional Words
✔ antiseptic - The Midnight Line - Lee Child - 11/13/17 - page 245 - "mixes them with antiseptic salve"
✔ boulevard - The Force - Don Winslow - 11/8/17 - page 587 - "uniformed cops lining MLK Boulevard facing south"
✔ leprosy - Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland - 11/17/17 - page 150 - "the scourge and leprosy of the services"
✔ poplars - Second Glance - Jodi Picoult - 11/16/17 - page 143 - "a poplar pipe with a serpentine bowl"
✔ symbolic - The Darker Side - Cody McFadyen - 11/30/17 - page 110 - "I don't think it's symbolic at all"

Good job, Lynda!

And I JUST realized it's December and I haven't posted the new list .... off to correct that now.

Update Message # 6 - Challenge completed - 13Dec17