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January 2018 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01 Jan 18 / Ends: 31 Jan 18

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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
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
acidic
basil
campus
coffee can (full phrase)
enclave
fishing
intimate
landscape
navy
obligation
padlock
register
sleeves
textbook
wire

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
armpit
kebabs
mosque
potassium
undergraduate


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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– 13Nov2017 – pg 200 – “…a pair of aviator sunglasses, …”

Have fun!

List of Hunters:

Click on your name to go directly to your post.

Carol

Deb

JennH

Koren - Done

Licha-Olivia

Marilyn

Olivermagnus

Patty

SANDYE

Sushicat

Tessa - Done

January 2018 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Jan18 / Ends: 31Jan18


BASIC word list
DONE

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
DONE

Found:
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*****23Mar18
Acidic l.1196 "The coffee on his breath smelled acidic..."

**** 2/10
enclave p.133 "As he entered the marble enclave..."

*** 2/17
kebabs - p.38 "...continued eating his shish kebab."
potassium p.146 "...low levels of potassium and magnesium.

***** 17Jan18
coffee can (full phrase)

**** 26Jan18
filet mignon (Dec '17) "Filet mignon, Jenna thought."


**** 04Jan18
antiseptic (Nov '17) p.352 "...she'd been in an antiseptic bed..."
baptism (Oct '17) p.233 "...a symbol of baptism."
fishing p.19 "Her father had been fishing..."
padlock p.153 "...picked at the padlock..."
register p.190 "...didn't seem to register..."
wire p.395 "A loose phone wire..."

One Tuesday Morning / Beyond Tuesday Morning **** 09Jan18
campus - l.693 "Third meeting of the campus Bible study."
intimate - l.543 "Not an intimate embrace..."
landscape - l.9641 "...still colored the Manhattan landscape."
navy - l.3781 "...a navy pullover sweater..."
sleeves - l.7932 "...in the sleeves..."
textbook - l.6988 "...working over a textbook."
Twin towers (entire phrase) (September '17) - The book is about the attack on 9-11 and the family of one of the firefighters involved. The exact phrase is mentioned 50x throughout the book.

The Lost Symbol ****09Jan18
obligation p.161 "...it is my family obligation..."
armpit p.237 "...beneath the armpits..."
mosque - p.242 "...like an Old World mosque."


**** 21Mar18
Undergraduate p.136 "...I started my undergraduate work."



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January 2018 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Jan18 / Ends: 31Jan18


15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
12 books read


BASIC word list
acidic - The Midnight Watch ✔ – 22Jan18 - pg 65 - "…through the acidic sludge…"
basil - A Morbid Taste for Bones ✔ – 12Feb18 - pg 3 - "…tansy, basil, and…"
campus - Our House in the Last World ✔ – 03Jan18 - pg 205 - "…coming from the campus."
coffee can - The Butterfly's Daughter ✔ – 01Feb18 - pg 18 - "…hidden in a coffee can."
enclave - Hidden Figures ✔ – 18Jan18 - pg 15 - "…of their manicured enclave."
fishing - Killers of the Flower Moon ✔ – 08Jan18 - pg 15 - "…hunting game, fishing…"
intimate - Killers of the Flower Moon ✔ – 08Jan18 - pg 256 - "…most intimate secrets."
landscape - Killers of the Flower Moon ✔ – 08Jan18 - pg 46 - "…wild, empty landscape."
navy - Our House in the Last World ✔ – 03Jan18 - pg 127 - "…in Navy, Air Force…"
obligation - Our House in the Last World ✔ – 03Jan18 - pg 213 - "It is your obligation."
padlock - You Remind Me of Me ✔ – 08Feb18 - pg 8 - "…the padlock she had…"
register - Cotton ✔ – 13Jan18 - pg 138 - "…at the cash register."
sleeves - Cotton ✔ – 13Jan18 - pg 105 - "…short in the sleeves and.."
textbook - Starry Night ✔ – 04Jan18 - pg 18 - "Those were textbooks, I bet."
wire - Killers of the Flower Moon ✔ – 08Jan18 - pg 165 - "…high-charged electric wire."

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
armpit - Killers of the Flower Moon ✔ – 08Jan18 - pg 283 - "…under the armpit of…
kebabs - Lockdown ✔ - 21Feb18 - pg 271 - "…trade the kebabs and…"
mosque - My Name Is Red ✔ - 03Mar18 - pg 10 - "…playing in mosque courtyards…"
potassium - Packing for Mars ✔ - 26Jan18 - pg 303 - "…low potassium levels …"
undergraduate - Hidden Figures ✔ – 18Jan18 - pg 87 - "…earned an undergraduate degree…"

BASIC word list
16/20

acidic--A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout finished 3/15 p. 143 The day's fear had accumulated into an acidic brew that sloshed in my stomach.

basil-The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist finished 1/23 p. Basil Sherlock, the small, officious second-trick man...

campus-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 120 Antiwar organizers said they could bring upwards of 200,000 people to campus if President Nixon showed up.

coffee can (full phrase)-Special Men: A LRP's Recollections by Dennis Foley finished 5/5 p. 307 ...and saw what we had done just a thousandth of a second before the two-pound coffee can attached to it exploded.

enclave--A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout finished 3/15 p. 39 The village we were staying in was a new age enclave...

fishing- I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood by Tom Bergeron finished 1/16 p. 67 ...a chronicle of his fishing and hunting adventures.
intimate-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 140 ...even in the most intimate parts of the residence.

landscape-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 86 But Jackie knew about the political landscape he was operating...

navy-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 77 ...since Jimmy was in the navy.

obligation-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 187 I have an obligation to all the people who cared enough to write me.

padlock-A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout finished 3/15 p.190 ...which had a small shed made of corrugated tin and was licked with a padlock.

register- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande finished 1/14 p. 173 ...or worsening the time we have left hardly seems to register.

sleeves-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 20 She does not wear her emotions on her sleeve...

textbook- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande finished 1/14 p. 1 Our textbooks had almost nothing on aging, or frailty or dying.

wire-First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower finished 1/8 p. 109 Press Secretary Pierre Salinger was instructed to call up the wire photographer...

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
2/5
armpitThe White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist finished 1/23 p. 133 Twice Merrit sank up to his armpits.


kebabs-A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout finished 3/15 p. 82 ...or bringing a picnic of lamb kebabs wrapped in newspaper...

mosque-A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout finished 3/15 p. 1 We passed mosques and night markets strung with lights...

potassium-Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande finished 1/14 p. 39 She hated bananas, but she'd heard they were good for your potassium.

undergraduate-Cheating Death by Edwin Chen finished 2/28 p. 218 He had thousands of dollars to pay back in undergraduate student loans.

January 2018 Scavenger Hunt
January 1 - 31, 2018

16 of 20 Complete

Basic Words
acidic
basil
✔ campus - The Kind Worth Killing - Peter Swanson - 1/5/18 - page 72 - "the northern edge of the campus"
coffee can (full phrase)
✔ enclave - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 148 - "settled in the darkened enclave"
✔ fishing - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 197 - "the carnies lured him into fishing"
✔ intimate - The Hit - David Baldacci - 1/23/18 - page 234 - "it was not an intimate gesture"
✔ landscape- Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 11 - "amid a landscape of mountains cresting like waves"
✔ navy - The Hit - David Baldacci - 1/23/18 - page 29 - "risen to Lt. Commander in the Navy"
✔ obligation - Fantasy in Death - J.D. Robb - 1/18/18 - page 223 - "your presence is right, not an obligation"
✔ padlock - The Painted Queen - Elizabeth Peters - 1/6/18 - page 80 - "he took hold of the padlock"
✔ register - Fantasy in Death - J.D. Robb - 1/18/18 - page 116 - "the weapon would register as real"
✔ sleeves - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 11 - "Anna rolled down her sleeves"
✔ textbook - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 94 - "nothing was textbook perfect"
✔ wire- Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 45 - "slammed the wire door behind him"

Bonus Words
✔ armpit - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 109 - "Anna tried reaching her left armpit"
✔ kebabs - Fantasy in Death - J.D. Robb - 1/18/18 - page 252 - "maybe a kebab skewer"
✔ mosque - The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan - Stephanie Thornton - 1/11/18 - page 299 - "clear voice rising from the main mosque"
potassium
✔ undergraduate - Firestorm - Nevada Barr - 1/17/18 - page 86 - "undergraduate degree in archeology"

January 2018 Scavenger Challenge
January 1 - 31, 2018

Basic Words

(1) The Paragon Prison Derek Benz (1/2/18)4*
(2) Red Queen Red Queen Victoria Aveyard(1/9/18) 4*
(3) Lord of the Privateers Stephanie Laurens(1/13/18) 3*
(4) All the Crooked Saints Maggie Stiefvater(1/24/18) 3.5*
(5) Off the Page Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer (1/27/18) 3.5*
(6) The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde (1/28/18) 4*
(7) The Illumination Kevin Brockmeier (1/30/18) 3*
(8) Enclave Ann Aguirre (1/31/18) 3*

Basic Words 15/15

(7) Acidic: Kindle location p. 187-…salty or acidic pesto…
(6) Basil: Kindle location p. 1-…the artist himself, Basil…
(5) Campus: p. 369-…you step on campus.”
(7) Coffee can: Kindle location p. 158-…loaded a coffee can…
(8) Enclave: Kindle location p. 3-I lived in an enclave...

(2) Fishing: p. 4-…his master’s fishing boat, ...
(3) Intimate: p. 82-…they had never been intimate…
(2) Landscape: p. 76-…landscape of smoke and ash.
(1) Navy: p. 251 - …in the Templar Navy,”
(6) Obligation: Kindle location p. 103-…form of obligation or regret, …

(5) Padlock: p. 11-…a padlock whose combination…
(2) Register: p. 169-…before my shock can register, …
(1) Sleeves: p. 179 -…caught him by the sleeve.
(7) Textbook: Kindle location p. 117-from the textbook?
(2) Wire: p. 137-…like electricity between wires.

Bonus Words 2/5

(4) Armpit: p. 143-…stuffed in his armpit…
Kebabs
Mosque
(1) Potassium: p. 202 –Potassium is brain food.
Undergraduate

Welcome to a new year of scavenger hunts! I've got everyone linked to this point.

(1) A Kiss Before Killing - Jan 3 - 3.6 stars
(2) Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova - Jan 18 - 4.4 stars

BASIC word list (10/15)

(1) acidic - loc 1246 - ...something warm and viscid and acidic.
(2) basil - p.196 - He marveled at the giant basil that grew...
(1) campus - loc 471 - ...near one of the university campus sites.
coffee can
enclave

(2) fishing - p.82 - One time I went fishing by the river Saint Marina.
(2) intimate - p114 - ...why he shared his intimate dream with me...
(2) landscape - p147 - ...the crumbling landscape of post-comunist Bulgaria...
(2) navy - p91 - ... the merchant navy in Rostock...
obligation

padlock
(1) register - loc 1524 - ...only in a higher register.
(1) sleeves - loc 84 - ...top of his shirt sleeves ...
textbook
(1) wire - loc 2269 - She undid the wire cage...

BONUS word list (3/5)

armpit
(2) kebabs - p149 ...so I went to the nearest kebab shop
(2) mosque -p123 ...a communist-era factory was twinned by a shiny mosque.
(1) potassium - loc 180 - ...springs instantly to mind is potassium chloride.
undergraduate

0/20

BASIC word list

acidic
basil
campus
coffee can (full phrase)
enclave
fishing
intimate
landscape
navy
obligation
padlock
register
sleeves
textbook
wire

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
armpit
kebabs
mosque
potassium
undergraduate

Carol and Sushicat ... I have you both linked. Happy hunting!

January 2018 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list
acidic
✔basil - Topped Chef - 1/19/18 - p68 - "...chunky tomato basil sauce..."
✔campus - Double Cross - 1/5/18 - p202 - "...checked out the campus..."
✔coffee can (full phrase) - The Heist - 1/24/18 - p75 - "...into the coffee can..."
✔enclave - The Heist - 1/24/18 - p147 - "...a secluded, deeply wooded enclave..."

✔fishing - The Two Towers - 1/4/18 - p332 - "...your fishing friend can help you."
✔intimate - Double Cross - 1/5/18 - p215 - "...the question was too intimate..."
✔landscape - Double Cross - 1/5/18 - p375 - "..into the landscape."
✔navy - Coraline - 1/3/18 - p21 - "...navy blue school underpants..."
✔obligation - The Heist - 1/24/18 - p153 - "I've got professional obligations..."

✔padlock - Coraline - 1/3/18 - p15 - "...the heavy padlock and chain..."
✔register - Cross Country - 1/12/18 - p372 - "...trying to register crime scene facts.."
✔sleeves - Coraline - 1/3/18 - p118 - "...leapt from the sleeves..."
textbook
✔wire - The Two Towers - 1/4/18 - p51 - "...made of wire and horn..."

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
✔armpit - The Two Towers - 1/4/18 - p56 - "...under each armpit..."
kebabs
✔mosque - Cross Country - 1/12/18 - p40 - "...a low-level mosque..."
potassium
✔undergraduate - Double Cross - 1/5/18 - p127 - "Duke University undergraduate..."

You're off to a great start, Jenn! Your link is active.

BASIC word list

acidic--Britt-Marie Was Here-1/13/18-page 70-"the acidic substances in the stomach."

basil-House Rules-1/23/18-page 141-"Basil, the second investigator"

campus-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 259-"drove me over to the campus"

coffee can (full phrase)

enclave-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 256-"one of the only Serb enclaves"

fishing-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 65-"seen people fishing in the lake"

intimate-Memoirs of a Geisha-1/9/18-page 108-"a hair ornament is a very intimate article."

landscape-Memoirs of a Geisha-1/9/18-page 23-"the landscape might have been attractive"

navy-Memoirs of a Geisha-1/9/18-page 296-"army and navy officers had come to Gion"

obligation--Britt-Marie Was Here-1/13/18-page 209-"There are obligations."

padlock-Memoirs of a Geisha-1/9/18-page 351-"at the heavy iron padlock on the door"

register-Memoirs of a Geisha-1/9/18-page 60-"she'd come to register me for lessons"

sleeves-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 199-" in a protective plastic sleeve."

textbook-House Rules-1/23/18-page 41-"a computer programming textbook"

wire-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 168-"the barbed wire was probably on top"


BONUS / OPTIONAL Words

armpit--Britt-Marie Was Here-1/13/18-page 290-"suspends himself from his armpits"

kebabs-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 50-"there are goat kebabs"

mosque-The Bone Woman-1/5/18-page 121-"from a nearby mosque."

potassium-House Rules-1/23/18-page 185-"increases the release of potassium"

undergraduate-House Rules-1/23/18-page 326- "plucked from the undergraduate obscurity"

Welcome to the hunt, Patty! Your link is active

January 2018 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Jan18 / Ends: 31Jan18


12 / 15 basic words found
2 / 5 BONUS words found
2 books read


BASIC word list
✔acidic - Enemy Women - 1/21/2018 - loc. 2671 - "...the contents of the grip in the hard acidic light."
✔basil - Enemy Women - 1/21/2018 - loc. 4151 - "She's been eating at Basil."
✔campus - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 223 - "...and we sailed through the campus..."

coffee can (full phrase)

✔enclave - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 4079 - "...white NASA folks tended to live in enclaves,..."

fishing

✔intimate - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 4031 - "...relaxed in each other's company in the intimate setting,..."
✔landscape - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 890 - "...and the view opened onto a bizarre landscape..."
✔navy - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 813 - "...and the Department of the Navy..."
✔obligation - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 2191 - "Dorothy had both a license and an obligation..."

padlock

✔register - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 3463 - "...imploring black voters to register in time..."
✔sleeves - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 400 - "...are not afraid to rolll up their sleeves..."
✔textbook - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 610 - "...an error in one of the math textbooks..."
✔wire - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 3312 - "...wheels, garden tools, old shoes, wire and twine..."

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words
✔armpit - Enemy Women - 1/21/2018 - loc. 2544 - "...with the waist high up around the armpits..."

kebabs
mosque
potassium

✔undergraduate - Hidden Figures - 1/8/2018 - loc 1666 - "...had earned an undergraduate degree in math..."

Marilyn - I've got you linked.

We have a record number of scavengers this month!

Patty wrote: "BASIC word list

acidic--Britt-Marie Was Here-1/13/18-page 70-"the acidic substances in the stomach."

basil-House Rules-1/23/18-page 141-"Basil, the second investigator"

campus-The Bone Woman-1/5..."

Only one more to go and I can not find coffee can.

Update Message # 4 - Challenge Completed 03March18

15/15 Basic words found
4/5 Bonus words found
9 Books referenced

BASIC word list

acidic--A Spirited Tail (Mystic Notch 2) by Leighann Dobbs--11/7/18--pg. 262--"I cut off a wedge and slid it onto my tongue, reveling in how the salt enhanced the slightly acidic tang."

basil~~Chez Stinky by Susan C. Daffron~~3/16/18~~pg 106~~"...and gnocchi in a basil tomato sauce topped..."

campus~~My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall~~3/12/18~~pg. 54~~"I stayed on campus for Thanksgiving and continued sending letters home."

coffee can (full phrase)~~The Mailbox: Priority: Murder by Mary Jane Forbes~~3/31/18~~pg 44~~"...pulled out the coffee can and another filter."

enclave~~Elusive by Sara Rosett~~3/22/18~~pg. 213~~"The settled into the middle of the small enclave of shops...."

fishing~~The Ghost at Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes~~3/13/18~~pg. 343~~"I know he and Roger Calvert were fishing buddies."

intimate~~The Ghost at Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes~~3/13/18~~pg. 182~~"Danielle accepted his gesture and was surprised at the intimate way he squeezed her hand...."

landscape~~My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall~~3/12/18~~pg. 157~~"I could have been looking at a painting of a French landscape."

navy~~My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall~~3/12/18~~pg. 307~~"...as opposed to me, in a navy sweatshirt and basecall cap."

obligation~~The Ghost at Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes~~3/13/18~~pg. 345~~"I suppose I feel some obligation to Walt Marlow."

padlock~~The Ghost at Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes~~3/13/18~~pg. 429~~"You'll find the padlock hanging on the gate."

register~~The Ghost at Marlow House by Bobbi Ann Johnson Holmes~~3/13/18~~pg. 360~~"Before they had time to register what was happening, another ball flew in Bill's direction..."

sleeves~~My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall~~3/12/18~~pg. 90~~"....she came back to find Nanny had cut off the sleeves, made pockets, and sewn then onto four other dresses."

textbook~~Elusive by Sara Rosett ~~3/22/18~~pg. 93~~"He had a textbook Pavlovian response...."

wire~~Chez Stinky by Susan C. Daffron~~3/16/18~~pg. 282~~"She looked through the welded wire fence.

BONUS / OPTIONAL Words

armpit~~Partners In Crime (Hubbert & Lil #1) by Gallagher Gray~~6/7/18~~pg. 26~~"...tucked his clipboard under a sweat-stained armpit..."

kebabs~~The Frog Prince by Jane Porter~~4/4/18~~pg. 85~~"...and the kebabs and pita bread remind me of home."

mosque

potassium~~Too Close to Breathe by Olivia Kiernan~~4/5/18~~pg. 18~~"Potassium hexacyanoferrate or, more commonly, Prussian blue."

undergraduate~~Sweet Tea Tuesdays by Ashley Farley~~3/19/18~~pg 157~~"...he told them he received his undergraduate degree from UVA...."

Hi, Sandye .... I see you've become addicted to this type of challenge! LOL

I've created your link.

Book Concierge wrote: "Hi, Sandye .... I see you've become addicted to this type of challenge! LOL

I've created your link."

Ha ha ha! Thank you! Yes indeed I have! So much fun! I love to read and I love word puzzles, this is more or less the best of both worlds!

Yesssss!!! Found coffee can and I am finally done!

Koren wrote: "Yesssss!!! Found coffee can and I am finally done!"

Whoop, Whoop, Whoop!