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2018 October Word Hunt
Example Post-Example from the Sept Word Hunt that includes the book links
Word Hunt - January
1 Jan - 31 Jan 2015
Word found: 10/10
Book completed: 7
Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
bowl
Undertow √ 4 Jan
bartender, king, mourning
Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
champagne, molasses
Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
diary
Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
blood
Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
grandmother
Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
dreamed
1. BARTENDER - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p113 - (Which was Sunday and Monday - Saturday was a busy night on the bartender/club scene.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p180-181 - The doorman greeted him inside the foyer and waved his past - no need to check the guest list for his name - and he grabbed a glass of champagne from a tray and looked around.
3. BOWL Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
p11 - "Another hippy bloke selling hand-turned bowls and crap like that."
4. KING - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p48 - Roan was the king of the jungle, and he should have no problem subduing cats; it was shat he did, sometimes without intention.
5. DREAM - Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
LOC 756: I'd never have dreamed just holding a person's hand could be such a turn on.
6. MOURN - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p262 - Because, come to think about it, you could confuse remorse for mourning, especially in a naturally depressed person.
7. GRANDMOTHER - Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
p98-99 - "... He put your grandmother on a pedestal until the day she died. ..."
8. DIARY - Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
p231 - Alexi took the diary, opened it, and held it in front of my eyes.
9. MOLASSES - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p217 - "You move like molasses, my pet."
10. BLOOD - Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
p46-47: Lee shivered, overwhelmed by the attraction simmering in his blood.
Tips for finding words - courtesy of Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.
Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)
Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside
You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing
***
You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.
On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.
Words: 9/10Bonus: 3/5
Bonus bonus: 0/1
carrot: Coaching Rayna by Pebbles Lacasse - loc. 2276 - "Chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and steamed carrots." - 10/12/18
corpse: Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh - p. 175 - "'After I realized she wasn't a corpse, I thought I'd be a hero,' he whispered." - 10/31/18
ditch: Coaching Rayna by Pebbles Lacasse - loc. 3950 - "As soon as I'm far enough away that he won't see the truck pulling off the road, I shut off my lights and park so near to the ditch that I'm surprised I didn't slide into it." - 10/12/18
gruesome:
halloween: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - loc. 5399 - "It looked like the sort of place neighborhood children would skip over when searching for candy on Halloween." - 10/5/18
hound: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James - p. 492 - "'Enough,' he breathes, and I remember the promise I made to myself not to hound him for information." - 10/11/18
hunt: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James - p. 45 - "I desperately hunt around for a change of subject." - 10/11/18
pumpkin: Bedfellows by Lola Leighton - loc. 2673 - "She insisted that I have something to eat, and a slice of uneaten pumpkin pie sat in my lap." - 10/13/18
scarecrow: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - loc. 3422 - "It had a wooden trunk, several arms that could be positioned and repositioned, and a stuffed cloth head like as scarecrow." - 10/5/18
scream: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James - p. 436 - "I'm the pregnant woman you abandoned yesterday, and if you touch me I will scream the place down." - 10/11/18
Bonus:
butcher:
demonic: Coaching Rayna by Pebbles Lacasse - loc. 1162 - "I'm sure I could easily scare her by becoming my typically sexually demonic self." - 10/12/18
gurgling: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare - loc. 7408 - "Emma would sit with him there sometimes, and they would play the way they normally did, with the baby gurgling in is crib a few feet away." - 10/5/18
macabre: Archangel's Viper by Nalini Singh - p. 113 - "There were no hiding places in this room furnished only with old chairs and armchairs and that spotlit pool table turned into a macabre display, but she'd seen too much horror to lower her guard." - 10/31/18
pimp:
Bonus bonus:
pharaoh:
Words read 10/10 | bonus words read 6/6 | books read 6/6carrot: LOC 249 “The prick liked dangling that carrot.” Notice 8/10
corpse: LOC 2909 "... as I scooted away from the headless corpse." Dead of Eve 4/10
ditch: LOC 2579 “Lynn wouldn’t ditch a friend...” All Fired Up 5/10
gruesome: LOC 3466 "Then it burst in a gruesome rain..." Dead of Eve 4/10
halloween: LOC 3226 “By Halloween, the bulk of it was done.” Bittersweet 10/10
hound: LOC 638 “Hound dog.” All Fired Up 5/10
hunt: LOC 650 “... I spritz on my perfume and leave the bathroom on a hunt for some clothes.” Notice 8/10
pumpkin: LOC 5051 “I had to agree that my pumpkin sweater didn’t exactly fit the motif.” Circus of the Damned 7/10
scarecrow: LOC 4191 “The scarecrow Dylan made to guard the mailbox waved...” Bittersweet 10/10
scream: LOC 224 “only sheer frustration stopped a scream from escaping...” All Fired Up 5/10
Bonus -
butcher: LOC 1136 “I butcher earlier in the season than most people.” Bittersweet 10/10
demonic: LOC 485 “Demonic clowns danced around the sign in frozen pantomime.” Circus of the Damned 7/10
gurgling: LOC 1476 "A gurgling scream erupted." Dead of Eve 4/10
macabre: LOC 2164 “Blood splashed the green walls like a macabre Christmas card.” Circus of the Damned 7/10
pimp: LOC 2531 “He’s my pimp.” Notice 8/10
pharaoh: LOC 163 "Here she is pharaoh." PHARAOH'S BED 4/10
Dibs14/16 + 1/3
Carrot - On the Ice 10/13-14/18 ★★★★
LOC 3498: "Mitch ate another carrot."
Corpse - By Fairy Means or Foul 10/04/18 ★★★★
LOC 2276: "Spinning it in a circle, bones crunched as I used one corpse against another."
Ditch - Dream 10/05/18 ★★★★★
PAGE 63: "I ditched it a few years ago."
Gruesome - Finders Keepers 10/02-03/18 ★★★
PAGE 181: "I'll have you know, babe, if I die a gruesome death from Jaws, I'm gonna be really pissed."
Halloween - Not My Spook!
LOC 3753: "He'd gone down in the Halloween Nor'easter of '91."
Hound - Dream 10/05/18 ★★★★★
LOC 32: "Without the DRO, his creditors would hound him into the ground, and then what would he do?"
Hunt - Not My Spook!
LOC 3769: "If you're ever on the West Coast, and you don't come to look us up, I'm going to hunt you down."
Pumpkin - Body and Soul 10/20-21/18 ★★★★
LOC 350: "But having a semi-stranger present might hold them off until after the pumpkin pie came out."
Scarecrow - Stasis 10/24-25/18 ★★
LOC 1759: "That's...Ennek, that spooky old scarecrow snaps his fingers and you come running?"
Scream - Finders Keepers 10/02-03/18 ★★★
PAGE 156: "But I think your daddy should take me into his bedroom where he can make me scream without scaring you."
Bonus:
Butcher - Not My Spook!
LOC 223: "I took a butcher knife, for God's sake, and fucking chopped those crusts off, because otherwise I would've been tempted to run it through your black WBIS heart!"
Demonic - The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo, & the Poltergeist Accountant 10/17/18 ★★★★
LOC 866: "If he went poltergeist on us and decided to call up a demonic force to take vengeance on Big Joe, that's the least of what he could do."
Gurgling - Hard Line 10/27-28/18 ★★★★★
LOC 345: "He grabbed some food─turned out to be a Mountain Dew and a piece of bread─from the gurgling fridge (which he was going to investigate one of these days, and possibly even fix), slid into a chair, and opened his laptop."
Macabre -
LOC:
Pimp - Thread of Death 10/07/18 ★★★★
LOC 308: "I'd had a few offers for work come in, but all from those I considered beneath me, minor thugs who were too stupid to last very long, like Wallace Conroy, a vampire pimp who had on the most garish black crushed-velvet suit I'd ever had the misfortune to see."
Bonus Bonus:
Pharaoh -
LOC:
Rollovers:
Degenerate - Stasis 10/24-25/18 ★★
LOC 403: "And when I'm not, I am the official Degenerate and Dissipated Younger Son."
Bonus Bonus:
Gamy/Gamey -
LOC:
Ladybug -
LOC:
Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 31 October 2018
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
October
carrot
corpse
ditch
gruesome
halloween
hound
hunt
pumpkin
scarecrow
scream
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
butcher
demonic
gurgling
macabre
pimp
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh
17/17carrot Hex and Candy- loc 1601- Cole mercilessly speared a carrot. 10/11-10/12
corpse Season of the Wolf- loc 3444- "The last thing you will see in this life will be my darling daughter's cold, lifeless corpse." 10/1-10/3
ditch Cowboys Don't Come Out- loc 94- "Truthfully, if we ditch in the water, we don't have a lot of chance despite what they say." 10/17-10/18
gruesome Willa's Beast- loc 3251- And my heart aches at how pleased Gren looks when he's sharing his gruesome tale of ripping apart the beasts with their own claws. 10/15-10/16
halloween Hex and Candy- loc 2209- "Just finished organizing a last-minute Halloween party for this weekend." 10/11-10/12
hound How to Walk like a Man- loc 3385- There were hound dogs and retrievers, a bunch of black collies, a few huge mountainous dogs with long shaggy hair. 10/13
hunt Season of the Wolf- loc 2307- Maddie was his greatest hunt, and in the end, he would fulfill the Lord's plan. 10/1-10/3
pumpkin How to Walk like a Man- loc 308- "Oh, and pumpkins!" 10/13
scarecrow Danced Close- loc 4429- I wet my hair down, trying to look less like a southern-fried scarecrow for Kendall. 10/27-10/28
scream Shift- loc 3247- She comes with a scream. 10/3-10/4
Bonus
butcher Romancing the Inventor- loc 44- "The butcher was asking after you only this morning." 10/4-10/5
demonic How to Walk like a Man- loc 569- It was strange how the smell wrapped around Roman's brain and dug in like demonic Velcro. 10/13
gurgling Coffee Boy- loc 846- "I can hear your stomach gurgling." 10/29-10/31
macabre Season of the Wolf- loc 235- The floor between and in front of Chuck's legs was sprayed with red, like a macabre, monochromic Jackson Pollock painting. 10/1-10/3
pimp Hex and Candy- loc 53- Was he looking for a hit man or a pimp? 10/11-10/12
Bonus Bonus
pharaoh Remnant: A Caldwell & Feximal/Whyborne & Griffin Mystery- loc 88- Noted Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Nephren-ka. 10/29
Leftover September Bonus Bonus
ladybug Imprudence- loc 1013- "Massive ladybug ship." 10/6-10/9
I'm in! With my orphans again :(2018 October Word Hunt
Regular Words: 9/10 found
✓ Carrot: Do Not Respond by M.R. Field (08/10) ★★
"...dangling that carrot of temptation in front of her..." Loc 458
✓ Corpse: Oh, Henry by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (01/10) ★★★
"...hands folded across her stomach like a corpse ." Loc 476
✓ Ditch: Oh, Henry by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (01/10) ★★★
"...pass on the opportunity to ditch the party." Loc 491
✓ Gruesome: Unspeakable by Sandra Brown (15/10) ★★★★
"...fisherman had made the gruesome discover." Loc 999
✓ Halloween: Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant (19/10) ★★★
"Or Christmas, Halloween , most federal holidays.." Loc 2434
✓ Hound: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter (12/10) ★★★★
"...all day/night war hounds she'd thought they were." Page 146
✓ Hunt: Stud in the Stacks by Pippa Grant (19/10) ★★★
"...and Chase will all come hunt us down..." Loc 2055
✓ Pumpkin: Pick Six by Max Monroe (16/10) ★★★
"My carriage is a pumpkin !" Loc 677
9. Scarecrow
✓ Scream: Bishop by Sawyer Bennett (05/10) ★★★
"...give her something to scream about." Page 12
9
Bonus Words: 4/5 found
✓ Butcher: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter (12/10) ★★★★
"...if they didn't butcher everyone inside..." Page 219
✓ Demonic: Oh, Henry by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (01/10) ★★★
"...means not bursting out in demonic tongue when anyone mentions his name." Loc 453
✓ Gurgling: The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter (12/10) ★★★★
"...then to his face, gurgling then silent..." Page 63
4. Macabre
✓ Pimp: The Libby Garrett Intervention by Kelly Oram (06/10) ★★
"...sign some autographs, answer questions, pimp new boards..." Loc 4684
4
Bonus Bonus
1. Pharaoh
Orphans 😭
1. Gamy
2. Ladybug
3. Unequal
Hi Fran! Yay October!My spot!
Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 October 2018
October Finished 10/10!
carrot - Trowchester Blues - LOC 63% - "He spent a long time dissecting his slice of carrot cake as though he expected to find a Bronze Age burial in the centre of it." 10/7/2018
corpse - Trowchester Blues - LOC 56% - "He approached the nearest bookshelf like a mourner approaching a corpse." 10/7/2018
ditch - Score - LOC 31% - "They had the money, but the thought of Sean ending up in a ditch like his mom and Brent haunted him." 10/15/2018
gruesome - The Mystery of Nevermore - LOC 2830 - "Despite telling myself, knowing Neil was incapable of such gruesome acts, I could not explain how the person got into my shop and my home." 10/5/2018
halloween - Astounding! - LOC 2997 - "“I’ve already called Karl and Ery to reschedule the window thing. You won’t mind the Halloween theme for a few more days?”" 10/10/2018
hound - Score - LOC 55% - "He stepped closer and lowered his voice. “I want to sneak out to your trailer every single night. But those kids have ears like hound dogs.”" 10/15/2018
hunt - Knave of Broken Hearts - LOC 767 - "He turned and strolled out of the building like some panther heading out to hunt." 10/12/2018
pumpkin - The Mystery of Nevermore - LOC 781 - "Calvin Winter, with hair like an orange fruit? A pumpkin? I thought some construction signs were orange…." 10/5/2018
scarecrow - The Adrien English Mysteries: Books 1-3 - LOC 6236 - "In walked Jake and a lanky scarecrow of a man who had to be another plainclothes cop." 10/5/2018
scream - Bones - LOC 2621 - "Alejandro was managing not to scream, but he was grunting in obvious pain and swearing in a steady stream of Spanish." 10/8/2018
Bonus Finished 5/5!
butcher - Astounding! - LOC 3085 - "They had big sheets of cardboard to which they affixed butcher paper." 10/10/2018
demonic - Bones - LOC 3833 - "The reverend pointed once more at Lucky Charms. “He has ensorcelled you, hasn’t he? My son! Make no mistake! Vodou is nothing more than witchcraft! It is the summoning of demonic forces! It is the raising of demons to perform evil tasks. These ‘vodouisants’ pretend to help people, to heal, to mend relationships. But they are summoning evil with their words and rituals. They are making a deal with the Enemy, himself! And make no mistake about it, Satan does not do anything for free. He does not do favors in return for cigars and bottles of rum, does not care about sacrificing chickens and pigs! I have seen it! I have the discerning eye. Mr. Parry practices witchcraft!”" 10/8/2018
gurgling - The Adrien English Mysteries: Books 1-3 - LOC 1546 - "A gurgling wet sound as he struggled..." 10/5/2018
macabre - The Mystery of Nevermore - LOC 1002 - "“He was a writer,” Calvin supplied. “Poems and short stories, essays, and criticisms. Known for his mystery and macabre. Expelled out of West Point. Married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm. He died under mysterious circumstances in Baltimore, 1849.”" 10/5/2018
pimp - Knave of Broken Hearts - LOC 2978 - "Jim met him eye to eye. “Constance can get her own boyfriends. Her father doesn’t have to pimp her out.”" 10/12/2018
and a bonus bonus Finished 1/1!
pharaoh - The Adrien English Mysteries: Books 1-3 - LOC 5240 - "Snowden drawled, “Not that Yugi is ever alone, as he’s possessed by the spirit of Yami Yugi, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.”" 10/5/2018
I'm not done with September yet, but I'm in.
October
10/10
carrot - 44 Chapters About 4 Men by BB Easton - p. 101 / 32% - "But the biggest carrot on a stick for me was the fact that Harley was going to get a picture of me tattooed on his body." - 10/09/2018
corpse - Shopping for Love by Renee Carlino - 28% / loc 398 - "The smell of my favorite and very old ballet flats can easily be mistaken for a rotting corpse." - 10/18/2018
ditch - Professor Feelgood by Leisa Rayven - p. 180 / 44% - "And maybe she was trying to ditch her past at any cost, regardless of who she left behind." - 10/01/2018
gruesome - Sublime by Christina Lauren - p. 75 / 24% / loc 797 - "In what is now believed to be his gruesome trademark, Miller then removed her heart." - 10/24/2018
halloween - Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone - 7% / loc 256 - "There's a copy of the noise ordinance we got when Alexis's parents left town last Halloween and we threw this epic party people talked about for months afterward." - 10/20/2018
hound - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - 42% / loc 1480 - "And it felt so good to sing with those trumped-up, hound-dog country accents." - 10/05/2018
hunt - Neanderthal Seeks EXTRA (yarns) by Penny Reid - 15% / loc 458 - "Every time he emptied the dishwasher, it was like a scavenger hunt for the week that followed." - 10/20/2018
pumpkin - The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry - 59% / loc 2754 - "After a fitful night's sleep, I had gotten up early to start picking up pumpkin rinds." - 10/09/2018
scarecrow - Intercepted by Alexa Martin - p. 66 / 22% - "I'm sitting here looking at them like they're crazy and say 'Pretty sure Dorothy never said that, maybe it was the brainless scarecrow.'" - 10/13/2018
scream - When Life Happened by Jewell E Ann - "When her mouth opened to protest or scream, nothing came out." - 10/17/2018
Bonus 4/5
butcher Kiss the Girl by Tara Sivec - 32% / loc 1190 - "They share equal looks of horror as they stare beyond my shoulder at the poor woman doing her best to butcher a Journey classic." - 10/07/2018
demonic - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - 71% / loc 2522 - "And his head hurt - each time he opened his eyes, beams of feverish, demonic pain shot through his brain." - 10/05/2018
gurgling - Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley - p. 301 / 43% - "He forced his arm between their bodies and shoved up, but Layne didn't move, using only his hand on Stew's throat to bend him further backward until a gurgling noise came from Stew's throat." - 10/29/2018
macabre
pimp Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec - p. 116 / 50% / loc 1764 - "I've also been keeping my pimp hand strong, just in case Jim gets out of line and needs a little bitch slap." - 10/19/2018
Bonus bonus 0/1
pharaoh
Orphans from Sept 2018
burial (exact) - My Skylar by Penelope Ward - p. 268 / 88% / loc 4927 - "I was mourning you out there, like it was the fucking burial of our relationship." - 10/23/2018
degenerate (exact)
pyramid (exact) - Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren - p. 268 - "A pyramid of beer cans sat on a sturdy marble island, surrounded by a wreath of broken chips, smears of salsa, a trail of M&Ms." - 10/14/2018
ladybug (exact)
Orphans from Aug 2018
unequal (exact)
10/10
carrot - 44 Chapters About 4 Men by BB Easton - p. 101 / 32% - "But the biggest carrot on a stick for me was the fact that Harley was going to get a picture of me tattooed on his body." - 10/09/2018
corpse - Shopping for Love by Renee Carlino - 28% / loc 398 - "The smell of my favorite and very old ballet flats can easily be mistaken for a rotting corpse." - 10/18/2018
ditch - Professor Feelgood by Leisa Rayven - p. 180 / 44% - "And maybe she was trying to ditch her past at any cost, regardless of who she left behind." - 10/01/2018
gruesome - Sublime by Christina Lauren - p. 75 / 24% / loc 797 - "In what is now believed to be his gruesome trademark, Miller then removed her heart." - 10/24/2018
halloween - Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone - 7% / loc 256 - "There's a copy of the noise ordinance we got when Alexis's parents left town last Halloween and we threw this epic party people talked about for months afterward." - 10/20/2018
hound - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - 42% / loc 1480 - "And it felt so good to sing with those trumped-up, hound-dog country accents." - 10/05/2018
hunt - Neanderthal Seeks EXTRA (yarns) by Penny Reid - 15% / loc 458 - "Every time he emptied the dishwasher, it was like a scavenger hunt for the week that followed." - 10/20/2018
pumpkin - The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry - 59% / loc 2754 - "After a fitful night's sleep, I had gotten up early to start picking up pumpkin rinds." - 10/09/2018
scarecrow - Intercepted by Alexa Martin - p. 66 / 22% - "I'm sitting here looking at them like they're crazy and say 'Pretty sure Dorothy never said that, maybe it was the brainless scarecrow.'" - 10/13/2018
scream - When Life Happened by Jewell E Ann - "When her mouth opened to protest or scream, nothing came out." - 10/17/2018
Bonus 4/5
butcher Kiss the Girl by Tara Sivec - 32% / loc 1190 - "They share equal looks of horror as they stare beyond my shoulder at the poor woman doing her best to butcher a Journey classic." - 10/07/2018
demonic - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - 71% / loc 2522 - "And his head hurt - each time he opened his eyes, beams of feverish, demonic pain shot through his brain." - 10/05/2018
gurgling - Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley - p. 301 / 43% - "He forced his arm between their bodies and shoved up, but Layne didn't move, using only his hand on Stew's throat to bend him further backward until a gurgling noise came from Stew's throat." - 10/29/2018
macabre
pimp Futures and Frosting by Tara Sivec - p. 116 / 50% / loc 1764 - "I've also been keeping my pimp hand strong, just in case Jim gets out of line and needs a little bitch slap." - 10/19/2018
Bonus bonus 0/1
pharaoh
Orphans from Sept 2018
burial (exact) - My Skylar by Penelope Ward - p. 268 / 88% / loc 4927 - "I was mourning you out there, like it was the fucking burial of our relationship." - 10/23/2018
degenerate (exact)
pyramid (exact) - Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren - p. 268 - "A pyramid of beer cans sat on a sturdy marble island, surrounded by a wreath of broken chips, smears of salsa, a trail of M&Ms." - 10/14/2018
ladybug (exact)
Orphans from Aug 2018
unequal (exact)
My October hunt stats: 15/16 Orphans: 03/05
🎃Carrot: "Want a carrot?" Pg 59 Play Dead (D.I. Kim Stone 04) Angela Marsons • Read 10/10/18 4*
🎃Corpse: "Up ahead, on the far side of a ring of frozen scruff, the barbequed remains of an old abandoned warehouse were like a corpse at the end of an autopsy." LOC 498 Consumed (Firefighters 01) JR Ward • Read 10/03/18 5*
🎃Ditch: "Desperate to get naked, he started unbuttoning his shirt before he’d even made it to his room, and the only reason he kept his fucking pants on as he ditched the pleated monstrosity was because he wanted to give Anne a chance to tell him no." LOC 321 The Reception (The Wedding From Hell 02; Firefighters 0.6) JR Ward • Read 10/01/18 5*
🎃Gruesome: "Gruesome as the sight was, the stumps were unusually clean." Pg 247 Play Dead (D.I. Kim Stone 04) Angela Marsons • Read 10/10/18 4*
🎃Halloween: "Once for a Halloween party and then for Moose and Deandra’s engagement shitshow, as it had been called: Generally speaking, if you couldn’t civilly make it through the announcement of your intention to get married, it probably was a good indication you shouldn’t be aisling it." LOC 1412 Consumed (Firefighters 01) JR Ward • Read 10/03/18 5*
🎃Hound: "The vagrant was muddy as a hound, his hair so matted he had tails growing out of his head." LOC 105 Consumed (Firefighters 01) JR Ward • Read 10/03/18 5*
🎃🎃Hunt and Scream: "He threw back his head and screamed, an exultant, spine-chilling sound like that of a hunting panther, then leaped at Wolf." Pg 73 Mackenzie's Mountain (Mackenzie Family 01) Linda Howard • Read 10/05/18 4*
🎃Pumpkin: "Right now, I believe I’ve turned into a pumpkin." Pg 436 Drums of Autumn (Outlander 04) Diana Gabaldon • Read 10/28/18 5*
🎃Scarecrow: "Its clothing hung upon its bones like a scarecrow’s rags, smeared with clay and stained with dreadful liquids." Pg 83 A Plague of Zombies (Lord John Grey 03.5) Diana Gabaldon • Read 10/11/18 4.5*
BONUS
🎃Butcher: "Bobby stood there, inside the kitchen, with a huge butcher knife in his hand. " Pg 169 Mackenzie's Mountain (Mackenzie Family 01) Linda Howard • Read 10/05/18 4*
🎃Demonic: "Changelings were demonic things from scary slumber party stories." LOC 4488 Bayou Moon (The Edge 02) Ilona Andrews • Read 10/14/18 5*
🎃Gurgling: "The creature choked, gurgling. LOC 4483 Bayou Moon (The Edge 02) Ilona Andrews • Read 10/14/18 5*
🎃Macabre: "Kim had seen the photos of the macabre room and the rocks he’d used as weapons." Pg 381 Play Dead (D.I. Kim Stone 04) Angela Marsons • Read 10/10/18 4*
🎃Pimp: "Then she remembered the two of them in that back alley, unwitting saviors to that prostitute and her boyfriend and the pimp." LOC 213 The Reception (The Wedding From Hell 02; Firefighters 0.6) JR Ward • Read 10/01/18 5*
Bonus Bonus
☆Pharaoh: "All the while, Jesus was devouring a donkey, Saint Francis a wolf, Abel a lamb, Eve a moray, the Baptist a locust, Pharaoh an octopus (naturally, I said to myself, but why?), and David was eating Spanish fly, flinging himself on the maiden nigra sed formosa while Sampson bit into a lion’s behind and Thecla fled screaming, pursued by a hairy black spider." Pg 368 The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco • Read xxxx
ORPHANS
~~~July: (Exact-Bonus bonus) Gamy:
~~~September: (Exact-Bonus bonus) Ladybug:
🎃August: (Exact) Ambient: "There was enough ambient light coming from the window that she could see his half-mast eyes and his extraordinary abs and his powerful legs." LOC 374 The Reception (The Wedding From Hell 02; Firefighters 0.6) JR Ward • Read 10/01/18 5*
🎃August: (Exact) Hoof: "Worth fifteen pund each on the hoof in the plantations, weans three or four." Pg 630 Drums of Autumn (Outlander 04) Diana Gabaldon • Read 10/28/18 5*
🎃August: (Exact) Unequal: "Unfortunately, it was also bounding over the remains of the trail, which, unequal to the force of events, had slithered off the face of the hill into the valley below." Pg 422 Drums of Autumn (Outlander 04) Diana Gabaldon • Read 10/28/18 5*
October 2018Words Read: 8/10
Bonus Words: 0/6
Bonus Bonus Word: 0/1
Orphans: 3/5
October – Austenland by Shannon Hale (Oct 21)
"...those teams were opening the NBA season in a game on October 30" (pg 63)
carrot –
corpse – Pestilence by Laura Thalassa (Oct 1)
"...a building full of rotting corpses, their faces awash with terror" (pg 797/925)
ditch – In the Woods by Tana French (Oct 4)
"'Medieval drainage ditch,' he said, pointing" (pg 24)
gruesome –
Halloween – Austenland by Shannon Hale (Oct 21)
"'Halloween,' she said aloud. 'How appropriate'" (pg 63)
hound – Consumed by J.R. Ward (Oct 2)
"The vagrant was muddy as a hound" (pg 7)
hunt – Austenland by Shannon Hale (Oct 21)
"'Uh, no, I don't hunt'" (pg 60)
pumpkin –
scarecrow – The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Oct 29)
"'I knocked over a scarecrow'" (pg 323)
scream – Pestilence by Laura Thalassa (Oct 1)
"I scream at the sound of each bullet, horrified at the way his body dances..." (pg 678/925)
Bonus
butcher –
demonic –
gurgling –
macabre –
pimp –
Bonus Bonus Word
pharaoh –
Orphans
bloke –
burial – Pestilence by Laura Thalassa (Oct 1)
"'...Come! let the burial rite be read – the funeral song be sung!'" (pg 723/925)
degenerate –
paparazzi – In the Woods by Tana French (Oct 5)
"'If it all goes horribly wrong, I'll let you fend off the paparazzi,' I said" (pg 113)
ladybug – In the Woods by Tana French (Oct 4)
"It tingles on your skin with BMX wind in your face, ladybug feet up your arm" (pg 1)
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
"October It was a cool October morning, and it looked like rain.
Scarlet MMA, Simone. Beauty and the Biker Boss: A Bad-Boy Motorcycle Club Romance (Kindle Location 8478). Kindle Edition. 10.7"
carrot -
corpse (Loc2903 and she whirled around and spit on his CORPSE. Bridenapped by Georgette St. Clair 10.22
"ditch- from a ditch six months from now.”
Silver, Jordan. Broken (Kindle Location 4899). Unknown. Kindle Edition. 10.4"
"gruesome Today had been a day of gruesome violence already…
Scarlet MMA, Simone. Beauty and the Biker Boss: A Bad-Boy Motorcycle Club Romance (Kindle Locations 6805-6806). Kindle Edition. 10.7"
"halloween stripes is if I wear them as a Halloween costume.”
Scarlet MMA, Simone. Beauty and the Biker Boss: A Bad-Boy Motorcycle Club Romance (Kindle Locations 5646-5647). Kindle Edition. 10.7"
"hunt- I’d caught her scent and went on the hunt.
Silver, Jordan. Broken (Kindle Location 4553). Unknown. Kindle Edition. 10.4"
hound (Loc279) startinng at our HOUND. Charge to my Line by Lani Lynn Vale 10.22
pumpkin (Loc2663) Something like that, PUMPKIN) This Love by Kelly Elliott 10.13
scarecrow (Loc805) Huge guy, and he's got this SCARECROW of a woman..Lover Undercover by Samanthe Beck 10.26
"scream - That scream she’d been hiding behind her teeth was finally set free.
Silver, Jordan. Broken (Kindle Locations 3464-3465). Unknown. Kindle Edition. 10.4"
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
butcher (LOC 2195) he is almost as big as BUTCHER) Smiley by LeAnn Ashers 10.6
demonic (Loc4637) Her eyes wide, DEMONIC and frantic..) Deadly Ties by Maggie Thom 10.7
gurgling (Loc2892) Caitlin could hear Taddeus's horrible, GURGLING howls. Bridenapped by Georgette St. Clair 10.22
macabre
pimp
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh
Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 31 October 2018
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
Words Found - 10 of 10, 4 of 5 Bonus, 0 of 1 Bonus Bonus
carrot, Cop Out 10/19/18 - He'd just picked up a CARROT stick when the doorbell rang again, (52.7%)
corpse, The Good Friend: Like. Share. Kill. 10/11/18 - , they were staring at his CORPSE (loc 562)
ditch, Talon - DITCH. (pg )
gruesome, Rough Ride 10/09/18 - Every morning I woke up to a new GRUESOME photo of... (loc 1135)
halloween, Cop Out - Davy, you coming out with us for HALLOWEEN? (42.9%)
hound, Rough Ride - It was like watching a movie with a constipated basset HOUND. (loc 1767)
hunt, The Good Friend: Like. Share. Kill. - , was being used to HUNT down and kill people. (loc 2630)
pumpkin, Depay 10/10/18 - Yeah, PUMPKIN. Daddy misses you too. (loc 47.9%)
scarecrow, One Night Rodeo 10/18/18 - , and his clothes hung off him like a SCARECROW. (pg 215)
scream, Depay - Fingers are biting into my arm as I SCREAM at the top of my lungs... (loc 54.6%)
butcher, The Good Friend: Like. Share. Kill. - and take a BUTCHER knife to his throat, (loc 1392)
demonic, Dom Wars: Rounds 1, 2, 3 10/21/18***** - She sang the last words reminding me of a DEMONIC Barbie. (loc 3314)
gurgling, DOLLHOUSE: A Supernatural Horror 10/23/18**** - Another five minutes and we heard the river GURGLING. (loc 187)
macabre, DOLLHOUSE: A Supernatural Horror - her smiling mouth MACABRE in the darkness. (loc 1604)
pimp
pharaoh
October Word Hunt READ: 16/16
October - Hot Ice - Cherry Adair 10/5
(on Friday, October 13th), p38
carrot - Heart of the Season - Julianna Douglas 10/5
(with freshly sliced carrots), p87
corpse - Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews 10/4
(now it was just a corpse), p85
ditch - In Twilight's Shadow - Patti O'Shea 10/15
(peeking over the edge of the irrigation ditch), p331
gruesome - Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8
(the most gruesome objects in it), p46
halloween - Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8
(a halloween prop), p27
hound - Heart of the Season - Julianna Douglas 10/5
(a white Afghan hound mix), p78
hunt - Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8
(ridiculous birthmark hunt), p42
pumpkin - The Bad Luck Witch - Heather Hamilton 10/17
(one of Helen's famous pumpkin pies), p71
scarecrow - The Scam - Janet Evanovich/Lee Goldberg 10/21
(he looked like a scarecrow), p90
scream - Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews 10/4
(so I had to scream), p149
Bonus:
butcher - Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews 10/4
(Hugh is a butcher), p244
demonic - Magic Triumphs - Ilona Andrews 10/4
(a demonic half-lion, half-child burst out), p267
gurgling - Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8
(the gurgling of the stream), p273
macabre - Five - Ursula Poznanski 10/8
(fill his cache with such macabre contents), p45
pimp - Stygian - Sherrilyn Kenyon 10/13
(you ain't my pimp), p467
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh - The Enchanted Mirror - Marianne Willman 10/9
(pharaoh rode across the sands), p129
CHALLENGE COMPLETE
Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 31 October 2018
9/10 Words
3/5 Bonus Words
0/1 Bonus Bonus Word
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
scarecrow
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
butcher
macabre
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh
Books Used:
Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 31 October 2018
10/10 Regular Words
4/5 Bonus Words
1/1 Bonus-Bonus Word
October:
✔️carrot ~ How to Find Love in a Bookshop ~ page 163 ~ ... but once she’d pureed some organic carrots and ... ~ 10/4/18
✔️corpse ~ The Sunday Lunch Club ~ Loc. 2330 ~ The arctic kitchen was blemished with the corpses of dishes left to ... ~ 10/7/18
✔️ditch ~ Face Off ~ Loc. 5947 ~ He had to find a place to ditch the Subaru ... ~ 10/22/18
✔️gruesome ~ Whispering Corridors ~ Loc. 354 ~ There wasn’t any mention of gruesome deaths, like what ... ~ 10/8/18
✔️halloween ~ How to Find Love in a Bookshop ~ Page 180 ~ ... or ghost stories at Halloween? ~ 10/4/18
✔️hound ~ How to Bake the Perfect Pecan Pie ~ Loc. 1959 ~ ... follow the essence of heaven like a stray hound hunting ...... ~ 10/6/18
✔️hunt ~ Face Off ~ Loc. 54 ~ ... and their permits specified that they could hunt only ... ~ 10/22/18
✔️pumpkin ~ Trick or Treat and Murder ~ Page 6 ~ Pumpkin Spice Latte for me, I love fall flavors. ~ 10/10/18
✔️scarecrow ~ Trick or Treat and Murder ~ Page 6 ~ ... wooden cutout of great pumpkins and a scarecrow with a hole cut around ... ~ 10/10/18
✔️scream ~ Face Off ~ Loc. 120 ~ ... she saw a shape that caused her to scream and drop the ... 10/22/18
Bonus:
✔️butcher ~ How to Find Love in a Bookshop ~ Page 159 ~ ... and game from the butcher to be transformed ... ~ 10/4/18
✔️demonic ~ The Window ~ Loc. 2355 ~ ... have been a beacon for all sorts of demonic entities. ~ 10/14/18
✔️gurgling ~ The Window ~ Loc. 3356 ~ ... make a mix of horrible shrieks and wet gurgling noises ... 10/14/18
✔️macabre ~ The Window ~ Loc. 1613 ~ Enthralled and overwhelmed by the macabre scene unfolding ... ~ 10/14/18
pimp
Bonus-bonus:
✔️pharaoh ~ Whispering Corridors ~ Loc. 2030 ~ ... remember why it was that the reign of pharaoh Nephren-Ka was struck from the ... ~ 10/8/18
Rissa wrote: "Hi Fran! Yay October! My spot!."Hi Rissa!!
Monthly Word Hunt 1 - 31 October 2018
Words: 0/10
Bonus: 0/5
Bonus bonus: 0/1
carrot:
corpse:
ditch:
gruesome:
halloween:
hound:
hunt:
pumpkin:
scarecrow:
scream:
Bonus:
butcher:
demonic:
gurgling:
macabre:
pimp:
Bonus bonus:
pharaoh:
October Word Hunt10/10 Complete
4/5 Complete
1/1 Complete.
1. carrot - Courtney's War 10/19 p. 421
"…had the occasional shred of carrot or potato floating in it…"
2. corpse - The Leopard Hunts in Darkness 10/6 p. 342
"Lobengula's corpse was wrapped in a …"
3. ditch - The Leopard Hunts in Darkness 10/6 p. 94
"…ditch, surrounded the camp.
4. gruesome - Mad Dogs and Englishmen 10/13 p. 274
"The gruesome business of digging out the …"
5. halloween - The Neon Rain 10/7 p. 134
"On a Halloween evening, when the pecan trees stood full and black against the orange sky…"
6. hound - A Forgotten Place 10//15 loc 1676
"…was a guilty conscience and hound us even more."
7. hunt - Treacherous Is the Night 10/10 loc 1184
"…German troop movements, and hunt down rumors of the enemy's
8. pumpkin - The Neon Rain 10/7 p. 134
"…against the orange sky, he would come home with pumpkins…"
9. scarecrow - A Forgotten Place 10/15 loc 3200
"…the appearance of an abandoned scarecrow as he leaned into it."
10. scream - Treacherous Is the Night 10/10 loc. 1718
"…inside me and my conscience scream."
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
1. butcher - Mad Dogs and Englishmen 10/13 p. 4
"…lot of meat the white butcher called boy's meat."
2. demonic
3. gurgling - The Leopard Hunts in Darkness 10/6 p. 517
"She made a soft gurgling in her throat,…"
4. macabre - Treacherous Is the Night 10/10 loc1018
"…I'd taken, but the macabre turn in our conversation had…"
5. pimp - Mad Dogs and Englishmen 10/13 p. 167
"…at Harry like any good pimp with a really sexy woman…"
and a bonus bonus
1. pharaoh - The Target 10/23 p. 70
"...and they talked about how this one phara--" "Pharaoh?"
I'm in10/10
carrot - Once Upon A Wolf - Oct11 - 4*
LOC 1204 - "With a full belly and Zach taking care of the dishes, he'd pondered if the meal hadn#t simply been just okay but made memorable by their easy conversation and laughing at Ellis picking the carrots out of his food."
corpse - The Two Gentlemen of Altona - Oct23 - 5*
LOC 1701 - "So he would be comfortable and rested in order to wake up and discover Henry's corpse in the morning."
ditch - Commitment Ranch - Oct08 - 4*
LOC 1854 - "If he was dead in a ditch somewhere, this was the best Heaven ever."
gruesome - Halloween Werewolf - Oct24 - 4*
LOC 915 - "A growl escaped Mateo's lips, and he bared his teeth as a guy wearing a gruesome, blood-stained mask jumped through the cornstalks."
halloween - Catch a Tiger by the Tail - Oct18 - 5*
LOC 2270 - "It was after the Halloween dance."
hound - The Wish - Oct20 - 3*
LOC 947 - "...Paul sprinted down the hall like the hounds of hell were nipping at his heels..."
hunt - Withered + Sere - Oct3 - 5*
LOC 957 - "Bad Dog wanted to eat. Sleep. Hunt."
pumpkin - Terror by Moonlight - Oct6 - 5*
LOC 340 - "We used to buy Halloween pumpkins from her and her husband when I was growing up."
scarecrow - Drama Queen: A Nicky and Noah Mystery - Oct13 - 5*
LOC 327 - "Martin was just about to leave his office when Noah and I arrived like the Scarecrow and the Tin Man asking for your special wish."
scream - My Crunchy Life - Oct5 - 5*
LOC 979 - "His wild green eyes scream, Save me Kale!"
0/5
Bonus:
butcher
demonic
gurgling
macabre
pimp
Bonus bonus:
pharaoh
Words found: 10/10.Bonus words found: 5/5.
Books completed: 9.
carrot: 10/16/18 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.
LOC: 1846 "Apparently, rabbits need to be chewing on hard things like carrots."
corpse: 10/6/18 The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty.
LOC: 2715 "Alex prodded the corpse with his foot."
ditch: 10/16/18 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.
LOC: 4530 "If he hasn't ditched her by the time I return, have no fear, I will swat her away myself."
gruesome: 10/11/18 Charming the Prince by Teresa Medeiros.
Page 22 "...and glumly contemplating what gruesome form his death would take."
halloween: 10/7/18 Flirty Thirty by Cassie Mae.
LOC: 1272 "...when she found the stash of Halloween candy two weeks early."
hound: 10/11/18 Charming the Prince by Teresa Medeiros.
Page 3 "It wasn't until Willow was settled into the straw tick before the fire with the castle hounds nestled around her..."
hunt: 10/6/18 The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty.
LOC: 1171 "Without stopping long enough to hunt, they relies on their food supplies."
pumpkin: 10/26/18 Save the Date by Morgan Matson.
LOC: 706 "...a wide porch that got festooned with pumpkins in autumn..."
scarecrow: 10/26/18 Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire.
Page 93 "What? I liked the scarecrow when I was a little kid."
scream: 10/6/18 The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty.
LOC: 2804 "Wolfe claimed to have heard what sounded like a scream."
Bonus
butcher: 10/16/18 Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.
LOC: 1060 "...and the butcher for dog bones."
demonic: 10/26/18 Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire.
Page 121 "A demonic pigeon that fucks with my head so bad I can't think straight."
gurgling: 10/20/18 Summer Unscripted by Jen Klein.
LOC: 1565 "Now we're both awake and I'm peeling a tangerine, letting the orange scraps dance away in the gurgling water."
macabre: 10/20/18 Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
LOC: 688 "Or maybe just the macabre."
pimp: 10/14/18 Breath of Magic by Teresa Medeiros.
Page 285 "He your pimp?"
OCTOBER 2018 - WORD HUNT·Post 26
10/10
CARROT - Ashes location 3056, 63% (10/6/18)
Knox rubbed his nape. "Yeah, she's had a few cravings lately. Mostly ice cream and raw carrots. I'm just hoping she won't start wanting to eat them both at once." The sentinel shuddered at the idea.
CORPSE - Ashes location 221, 6% (10/6/18)
Harper didn't know whether to be impressed or revolted. Her bloodthirsty demon was most certainly impressed, grinning with a wicked satisfaction. The corpse dropped to the floor like a sack of spuds.
DITCH - Wicked Wedding location 816, 56% (10/2/18)
"Remember what I told you would happen if you didn't ditch Lucifer once you returned topside?" Zayfeer said. The grin was gone. He was dead serious, his reminder about what I'd seen in purgatory as one possible future sending a spurt of impatience through me. "That Michael would come after me."
GRUESOME - Supernatural Chronicles: The Witches (view spoiler) location 4266, 54% (10/24/18)
The odd number had bothered Ash and River for a long while. Did it mean that their fate as guardians was so gruesome and hell bent on destruction that they needed even more to protect their sister?
HALLOWEEN - Bitten by the Virgin location 39, 8% (10/14/18)
I watch all the children go house to house trick-or-treating. Each one looks cuter than the last in their Halloween costumes. My heart aches with longing as their round cheeks turn pink from the slight chill in the air.
HOUND - Taste of Darkness location 727, 17% (10/30/18)
Flying as if hell hounds were chasing him, he raced toward the ocean, dipping and flying around the other dragon at a speed humans couldn't see with the naked eye. It was exhilarating and freeing.
HUNT - Bitten by the Beast location 823, 91% (10/13/18)
"I'm going to be listening for whispers of your name from now on. If you so much as look at a woman without her permission, I'll hunt you down and give you scars far worse than the ones on my face."
PUMPKIN - The Tiger’s Ambush location 600, 15% (10/10/18)
"Pumpkin Spice Latte. Blergh. Pumpkins are vegetables and don't belong in coffee, Cal." My exhaustion was making me bitchy, but that was an opinion I'd stand by.
SCARECROW - Lavish location 154, 11% (10/12/18)
"I assumed as much," I said, fingering a faux leaf garland wrapped around one of the porch beams. "As I can't see you putting up scarecrows and cardboard owls as decorations on your own. You know, for a woman married to a mob boss, your mother certainly has interesting tastes."
SCREAM - Supernatural Chronicles: The Succubi (view spoiler) location 3853, 48% (10/16/18)
Kragan launched a hard blow to the vamp's knee. Skylark could practically hear the ligaments and bones being destroyed. Screaming, the guy dropped to the ground, holding onto his ruined leg. Take out a man's knee and you take him out of the fight.
Bonus
5/5
BUTCHER - The Bewitching Hour location 337, 13% (10/3/18)
But this guy was called the Butcher for a reason. The sadistic and cold nature of the killings was too much for even Derek to handle.
DEMONIC - Ashes location 2112, 44% (10/6/18)
"There are three stages to a demonic pregnancy. I call them infestation, oppression, and possession." She paused with the bottle close to her mouth. "Aren't those the stages of demonic possession?" Smiling, he shrugged. "Pregnancy is pretty much the same thing."
GURGLING - The Foul Mouth and the Troubled Boomworm location 1675, 19% (10/23/18)
Ponds. Streams. Little falls gurgling over rocks. In those first steps up the Mound, I wished I'd spent less time planning and more time taking a piss.
MACABRE - Lavish location 922, 67% (10/12/18)
I'd expected a nighttime brawl, blood splattered in the shadows of the forest. Instead, we'd be doing this under the brightness of the sun. Somehow, it made the whole scenario just that much more macabre.
PIMP - Fashionably Dead location 1746, 31% (10/26/18)
First he tried to kill me, now he was ready to pimp me off to his Almighty Lord and Master. Why in the hell was I still turned on by him?
Bonus-Bonus
1/1 (view spoiler)
PHARAOH - The Viking's Chosen location 460, 13% (10/17/18)
I read that Moses spoke with authority to free his people and caused incredible plagues. It was also noted that the decrees of great kings and pharaohs were always read aloud because the spoken word penetrated deeper in the minds of the people.
Carryovers
1/5
September
BURIAL
PAPARAZZI
August
AMBIENT - Fashionably Dead Down Under location 103, 2% (10/28/18)
Okay, this was more like the Hell I expected. The artwork added to the ambience-frescos of orgies and graphic depictions of group sex and death graced what had to be twenty foot high walls.
UNEQUAL
February
SIDESHOW
READ
OCTOBER LIST:8/10 Words
4/5 Bonus Words
0/1 Bonus-Bonus
2/8 Leftovers
9 Books read
carrot: All the Little Liars 10/2/18
LOC: Page 217 "He consumed lasagna, creamed spinach, cheesy carrots, and a bowl of rice pudding."
corpse Blood Fury 10/27/18
LOC: Page 304 "Then light the corpse on fire."
ditch All the Little Liars 10/2/18
LOC: Page 181 "Less than a mile from where they found Josh's car, they spotted a shirt in a ditch."
gruesome Blood Fury 10/27/18
LOC: Page 268 "The truth had been more gruesome."
halloween
LOC:
hound The Good Daughter 10/14/18
LOC: Kindle 2692 "It was like Freaky Friday, except they couldn't get a bassett hound because Samantha was allergic."
hunt The Secret of the Old Clock 10/4/18
LOC: Page 32 "But where should she start hunting for possible clues to a second will?"
pumpkin
LOC:
scarecrow Hissy Fit 10/21/18
LOC: Page 189 "...I helped her make a scarecrow with hay, and we dressed her in the cutest outfit."
scream The Secret of the Old Clock 10/4/18
LOC: Page 38 "The next moment she heard a piercing scream."
Bonus:
butcher All the Little Liars 10/2/18
LOC: Page 68 "I pulled out a bottle of water, a Jim Butcher novel, a sketchpad, and a small box of pencils."
demonic Hissy Fit 10/21/18
LOC: Page 4 "He got a demonic grin then."
gurgling After Hours 10/19/18
LOC: Page 166 "Someday she would like to make love beside a gurgling stream."
macabre
LOC:
pimp Hissy Fit 10/21/18
LOC: Page 15 "A readheaded stranger driving a pimp mobile."
Bonus bonus:
pharaoh
LOC:
Leftovers:
bloke - Sept Bonus
LOC:
degenerate - Sept Bonus
LOC:
pyramid -Sept Bonus
LOC:
ladybug - Sept Bonus-bonus
LOC:
unequal - Aug. Bonus The Good Daughter 10/14/18
LOC: Kindle 3955 "They might have been magnets, but they were unequal power."
unsuitable - July Bonus
LOC:
gymnast - June Bonus
LOC:
jigsaw - March Bonus Tropical Heat 10/10/18
LOC: Page 57 "A glance up at jigsaw puzzle pieces of charcoal-colored sky now visible between the tree canopy told him that dawn was on its way."
October Word HuntRead: 10/10
Bonus Read: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus Read: 1/1
√ 10/1 carrot: Easy Love, pg 69 of 261, Kate says and fishes a carrot out of the salad bowl.
√ 10/23 corpse: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 105 of 373, The morning newspaper says you stumbled over the corpse!
√ 10/15 ditch: Into the Deep, pg 82 of 310, "... Ditch the old guy and I'll show you the time of your life".
√ 10/11 gruesome: The Pharaoh Key, loc 1983 of 3817, Taking up her gruesome walking sticks, she shufled forward with the presumed chief and came to a ...
√ 10/15 halloween: Into the Deep, pg 80 of 310, After speaking to Lacey and Rose about costumes for the halloween dance, I knew...
√ 10/9 hound: Driven, pg 179 of 315, I accept the fact that I'm going to be followed and photographed and hounded for autographs.
√ 10/1 hunt: Easy Love, pg 82 of 261, "... and I got a look at his chest and abs, he could have told me he hunts whales for a living, and I still would..."
√ 10/15 pumpkin: Into the Deep, pg 110 of 310, ...Mom's delicious turkey dinner and incredible pumpkin pie, but Andi had made her own...
√ 10/7 scarecrow: Starstruck, pg 296 of 317, In fact, I suspected I looked more like a scarecrow than a princess, covered in corn debris.
√ 10/27 scream: Honest Illusions, pg 102 of 512, "I can still hear the pitiful wails and glass-shattering screams echoing in my head."
Bonus
√ 10/1 butcher: Easy Love, pg 134 of 261, He chooses a knife from the butcher block and begins chopping up an onion.
√ 10/23 demonic: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 296 of 373, It wasn't like me to fall apart, but a demonic hurricane of estrogen seemed to well up from inside.
√ 10/23 gurgling: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 228 of 373, ...which sent Max into a fit of gurgling laughter.
√ 10/11 macabre: The Pharaoh Key, loc 2068 of 3817, ... moving forward with those same macabre walking sticks.
√ 10/24 pimp: The Reception, loc 219 of 432, ...in that back alley, unwitting saviors to that prostitute and her boyfriend and the pimp.
Bonus-Bonus
√ 10/11 pharaoh: The Pharaoh Key, loc 2421 of 3817, Monotheism grew out of Egyptian religion, specifically through the Pharaoh Akhenaten, ...
Regular Words: 0/10 found1. Carrot
2. Corpse
3. Ditch
4. Gruesome
5. Halloween
6. Hound
7. Hunt
8. Pumpkin
9. Scarecrow
10. Scream
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bonus Words: 0/5 found
1. Butcher
2. Demonic
3. Gurgling
4. Macabre
5. Pimp
1 2 3 4 5
Bonus Bonus
1. Pharaoh
1/10 0/5October
Carrot: A Whole New World-P.262-October.3/2018- I've tried the carrot, and now it's time for the stick.
Corpse: A Whole New World-P.269-October.3/2018-But no one could avoid noticing the corpses that were occasionally sprawled in the alleys, left there as a warning.
Ditch: Coyote Moon-p.131-October.7/2018-As the setter rolled into the ditch, it took on the momentary appearance of a girl with red hair- Rose' relief at the dunking machine!
Gruesome: Coyote Moon-P.160-October 7/2018- Smoke,leaves, and wind swirled all around this gruesome apparition as he threw his skull back and cackled.
Halloween: The Hunter-P.29-October.14/2018-Stuck around the frame of the mirror were pictures of the together- at the sixth-grade Halloween Hop (in costume),
Hound: The Hunter-P.30-October.14/2018- Dee thinks all guys are lying hounds.
Hunt: O Pioneers!-p.117- October.14/2018- a hunting scene,
Pumpkin: Hallowe'en Party-October.26/2018-p.5- carrying large quantities of yellow pumpkins which they disposed strategically in selected spots.
I'm in!Words read 9/10 | bonus words read 3/6
carrot The Royal Rabbits Of London, p. 72 “with a carrot to sustain him and only a drop of courage”
corpse Strange Star p. 23 "He knew a corpse when he saw one"
ditch Strange Star p. 84 "From the damp, rank smell I guessed we'd landed in a ditch."
gruesome The House in Poplar Wood, K.E. Ormsbee p30 "it was a gruesome sight, all red shards and unchecked spit."
halloween The House in Poplar Wood, K.E. Ormsbee p.8 "It was Halloween"
hunt The Turning, Emily Whit... Loc 3055 "Finally I was strong enough to hunt."
pumpkin A Festival of Ghosts p. 3 "The pumpkin tried to roll out from under her arm."
scarecrow Otherwood p. 211 "The scarecrow man was angry."
scream Snared: Escape to the Above Loc 918 “Please don’t scream again”
Bonus -
butcher Strange Star p. 167 "Miss Stine in a bloodstained apron like a butcher."
demonic Snared: Escape to the Above Loc 1654 “The demonic creature was fast asleep”
gurgling Evangeline of the Bayou "Gurgling of the fountain brought music to her ears" loc 1732
I just want to know exactly WHAT KIND of books you're expecting us to read to find some of these words! =P
2018 October Word HuntRead: 7/10
Bonus Read: 4/5
Bonus Bonus Read: /1
carrot: To his amazed delight, he discovered one of his very favorite winter meals: a beef stew brimming with onions, potatoes, and CARROTS. A Cold Creek Christmas Surprise (p. 91) - RaeAnne Thayne 10-15-18
corpse:
ditch: She'd quit her job and DITCH all the small clients. The Billionaire's Triplets (LOC 665) - Mia Caldwell 10-5-18
gruesome: "That GRUESOME lecture I gave you." The Greek's Secret Son (p. 208) - Julia James 10-10-18
halloween: I gotta go make a last-minute batch of bat and spider shaped cookies for KJ's HALLOWEEN sleepover tonight. The Sweetest Kiss (p. 59) - Candace Shaw 10-25-18
hound: The HOUND opened its jaw in a pleased pant, revealing razor-sharp teeth. A Devil Named Desire (p. 227) - Terri Garey 10-28-18
hunt: We stalk, we HUNT them, and then we drain the blood from our victims. Something Chosen (p. 118) - Alex Owens 10-7-18
pumpkin:
scarecrow:
scream: Willa wanted to SCREAM. The Billionaire's Triplets (LOC 1255) - Mia Caldwell 10-5-18
BONUS
butcher:
demonic: "Solomon was also rumored to have written a treatise on DEMONIC rituals - an ancient, obscure text called the Key of Solomon, which holds the secrets of demons and magic." A Devil Named Desire (p. 249) - Terri Garey 10-28-18
gurgling: Her GURGLING laugh caressed like warm satin, drawing nerves to the verge of breaking point. Contracted for the Petrakis Heir (p. 174) - Annie West
macabre: "Finn Payne is a rock-and-roll legend," the reporter went on, "well-known for his penchant for the morbid and the MACABRE." A Devil Named Desire (p. 174) - Terri Garey 10-28-18
pimp: I can't be wasting my time or ol' PIMP daddy over there gonna rip out my weave and make me eat it. Fair Game (p. 270) - Emerson Rose 10-4-18
BONUS BONUS
pharaoh:
I've got a lot of catching up to do.October
1.carrot - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 136: Carrot
2. corpse - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 93: Corpse
3. ditch - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 336: Ditch
4. gruesome - Naked in Death | Oct 29
Page 148: Turned death into a gruesome affair
5. halloween
6. hound - Glory in Death | Oct 30
Page 139: I never figured you for a camera hound
7. hunt - Try | Oct 7
Page 78: and if he wanted to, hunt.
8. pumpkin
9. scarecrow - Naked in Death | Oct 29
Page 13: Resigned, she rose and faced an elaborately dressed scarecrow
10. scream - Mister Moneybags | Oct 8
Page 4: The urge to let out a scream was overwhelming
Bonus
1. butcher - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 259: Butcher
2. demonic - Try | Oct 7
Page 257: Demonic
3. gurgling
4. macabre
5. pimp - Naked in Death | Oct 29
Page 267: Pimp
ROLLOVERS
June Bonus
1. Gymnast - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 267: gymnast
August Bonus
1. hoof
2. unequal
September Reg
1. armchair
2. crust - Glory in Death | Oct 30
Page 128: Crust
3. compelling - Glory in Death | Oct 30
Page 224: Compelling
4. lemon - Try | Oct 7
Page 31: added a wedge of lemon
5. folk - Addicted | Oct 22
Page 80: We regular folk can't afford stuff like that
6. silver - Mister Moneybags | Oct 8
Page 43: this company was handed to me on a silver platter
September Bonus
1. bloke
2. burial
3. paparazzi - Friends Without Benefits | Oct 1
Page 138: Paparazzi
4. pyramid
Romance Readers Reading Challenges2018 October Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 October 2018
Progress: 7 out of 10
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
October
Carrot: "I put Jason down and grab a carrot." p. 179
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - ***** - 10/8/2018 - 218 Pages
Corpse: "He was given plenty of corpses to practice necromancy on, and he was taking rapier lessons." Loc 161
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 10/5/2018 - 447 Pages
Ditch: "He survived because he was born in Adrianglia and because his mother cared enough to surrender him to the government instead of tossing him into a ditch like garbage." Locations 4117-4118
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 10/5/2018 - 447 Pages
gruesome
halloween
hound
Hunt: "Jack complained that there were too many rules and that they weren’t letting him hunt enough." Locations 161-162
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - ***** - 10/8/2018 - 218 Pages
pumpkin
scarecrow
Scream: "I panic and scream." p. 37
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - ***** - 10/8/2018 - 218 Pages
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
butcher
Demonic: "Changelings were demonic things from scary slumber party stories." Locations 4492-4493
Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 10/5/2018 - 447 Pages
Gurgling: "He stopped at the far side of the little spring, mostly a broad swatch of dry stones now with the glittering ribbon of water gurgling through the center of it, and I could plainly make out his face as he stared at me." Page 7
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice - *** - 10/22/2018 - 242 Pages
macabre
pimp
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh
To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.
Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)
You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.
Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc
Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.
Examples for 'Reversal'
(view spoiler)
October Word Hunt
October 2018
MY Word Hunt (msg 36)
10 of 10 Words Found
6 of 6 Bonus Words
8 of 8 Books Read
October Words
✔🌸carrot
His Wicked Heart - Darcy Burke - 10.07 ★★★★
There’s a carrot-topped woman, quite buxom, (loc: 108.7)
✔🌸corpse
Twist - Dannika Dark - 10.08 ★★★★
...the room tidy, with no corpses strewn about the floor, (loc: 225.0)
✔🌸ditch
Twist - Dannika Dark - 10.08 ★★★★
You always ditch me before I finish my drink, (loc: 55.4)
✔🌸gruesome
The Angel - Tiffany Reisz - 10.20 ★★★★
Horse racing can be pretty gruesome. (loc: 244.6)
✔🌸halloween
The Angel - Tiffany Reisz - 10.20 ★★★★
It looked more like a super-fancy Halloween party... (loc: 345.1)
✔🌸hound
The Angel - Tiffany Reisz - 10.20 ★★★★
Down the hall she ran as if the hounds of hell nipped at her heels. (loc: 645.3)
✔🌸hunt
Twist - Dannika Dark - 10.08 ★★★★
Do you like to hunt? (loc: 142.7)
✔🌸pumpkin
Sixth Grave on the Edge - Darynda Jones - 10.15 ★★★★
Are you okay, pumpkin cheeks? (loc: 26.0)
✔🌸scarecrow
Love with a Perfect Cowboy - Lori Wilde - 10.22 ★★★
Hay bales, wooden barrels, and scarecrows... (loc: 431.7)
✔🌸scream
True Devotion - Liora Blake - 10.03 ★★★★
Trevor’s outburst will make Kate cry, scream, or just walk... (loc: 7.7)
Bonus/Bonus Bonus Words
🌸
✔🌸butcher
His Wicked Heart - Darcy Burke - 10.07 ★★★★
I don’t give a pig’s arse if you’re a butcher, (loc: 39.2)
✔🌸demonic
Sixth Grave on the Edge - Darynda Jones - 10.15 ★★★★
You could be like the demonic version of Dexter. (loc: 146.6)
✔🌸gurgling
True Devotion - Liora Blake - 10.03 ★★★★
I hear the wet sound of blood and saliva gurgling... (loc: 504.4)
✔🌸macabre
The Soul Catcher - Alex Kava - 10.10 ★★★★
...looking like a macabre art exhibit. (loc: 30.7)
✔🌸pimp
His Wicked Heart - Darcy Burke - 10.07 ★★★★
Or was she eager to play the role of pimp? (loc: 44.4)
✔🌸🌸pharaoh
Seamless: Understanding the Bible as One Complete Story - Angie Smith - 10.28 ★★★★★
The dream Joseph had interpreted for Pharoah involved… (pg: 56)
Done this month's hunt...Still looking for ambient (from August) and ladybug (from September).Words found: 10/10
Bonus words found: 5/5
Bonus Bonus words found: 1/1
"Leftover" words found: 3/5
Books completed: 12
1. CARROT — Scandalous Summer Nights by Anne Barton ✓ 9 Oct
LOC 2651: She fed the horses some carrots while James spread the quilt on the grassy embankment.
2. CORPSE — Mountain of Lies by Jayne Evans ✓ 2 Oct
LOC 1326: A human corpse wasn't really different, just more...people-shaped.
3. DITCH — Hunted by the Past by Jayne Evans ✓ 3 Oct
LOC 1476: So we can call in, and if we don’t trust whoever is on the other end, we ditch the phone.
4. GRUESOME — Once She Was Tempted by Anne Barton ✓ 8 Oct
LOC 2154: Gruesome images flashed in his head.
5. HALLOWEEN — Death Is Not Enough by Karen Rose ✓ 7 Oct
p. 447: Joseph had insisted they all don Kevlar vests for their trip from the airport back to Clay’s house, handing them out like candy on Halloween.
6. HOUND — When She Was Wicked by Anne Barton ✓ 4 Oct
LOC 1349: Their eyes glowed white in the darkness, evil as the hounds of Hades.
7. HUNT — Hunted by the Past by Jayne Evans ✓ 3 Oct
LOC 396: He made two trips to the garage and was hunting down a massive old beanbag chair he thought might work as both seating and a bed for Nathan while Lucy prowled through the tight rows.
8. PUMPKIN — Death Is Not Enough by Karen Rose ✓ 7 Oct
p. 246: Let’s go, pumpkin.
9. SCARECROW — Death Of A Hollow Man by Caroline Graham ✓ 16 Oct
60%: Deidre moved toward the theater noticing as she did so a tall, gangling scarecrow of a figure with wild spiraling hair suddenly reflected in the glass.
10. SCREAM — Mountain of Lies by Jayne Evans ✓ 2 Oct
LOC 1231: The blade on the front came up and the engine started to scream.
Bonus
1. BUTCHER — Death Is Not Enough by Karen Rose ✓ 7 Oct
p. 37: A butcher knife. Covered in blood.
2. DEMONIC — Death in Disguise by Caroline Graham ✓ 16 Oct
62%: Sensing that the visitors were in some way demonic, she had conjured her guardian angel and saw him now, beating his great wings, directly beneath the lantern.
3. GURGLING — The Wicked Wife by Mary Lancaster ✓ 5 Oct
LOC 1612: Jamie lay on a blanket by the sofa, gurgling happily.
4. MACABRE — The Killings At Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham ✓ 15 Oct
41%: What a macabre double act they were, thought Barnaby.
5. PIMP — Written in Blood by Caroline Graham ✓ 17 Oct
80%: As Liam’s manager, or pimp, he had demanded a hundred guineas for each sitting.
Bonus bonus
1. PHARAOH — Scandalous Summer Nights by Anne Barton ✓ 9 Oct
LOC 1910: I said that if a pharaoh could have soldiers and slaves and cats in the afterlife that the least Ralph could have was his good health.
__________________________________________
August 2018 "leftover"
Bonus
1. AMBIENT —
September 2018 "leftovers"
Bonus
3. DEGENERATE — When She Was Wicked by Anne Barton ✓ 4 Oct
LOC 367: Why hadn’t the degenerate demanded more?
4. PAPARAZZI — Tribute by Nora Roberts ✓ 14 Oct
p. 22: But at least during the heyday of her series, there'd always been paparazzi, or kids swarming her, and their parents snapping photos.
5. PYRAMID — Mountain of Lies by Jayne Evans ✓ 2 Oct
LOC 153: He peeled back the plastic sheet and saw a neatly laid pyramid of kindling and wood.
Bonus bonus
1. LADYBUG —
Finished! See message 11! :)Till November!
I'd like to lodge a formal complaint with authors....I've read multiple books this month where bad things with pointy and sharp things happen to people's throats and nary a "gurgling" sound was made. This is not okay.
Calila wrote: "I'd like to lodge a formal complaint with authors....I've read multiple books this month where bad things with pointy and sharp things happen to people's throats and nary a "gurgling" sound was mad..."How in the world could that be?
Perhaps you'd be better reading a plumbing book on blocked drains?
Jane (PS) wrote: "Calila wrote: "I'd like to lodge a formal complaint with authors....I've read multiple books this month where bad things with pointy and sharp things happen to people's throats and nary a "gurgling..."I bet I'd just get "knocking" sounds then. LMAO
Hello, I do have one question: Do the books have to fall under the romance genre? I assume it would be preferred, but was it required? Thanks!
Chris wrote: "Hello, I do have one question: Do the books have to fall under the romance genre? I assume it would be preferred, but was it required? Thanks!"I don’t think so. Pick your own genre.
All finished! Thank you Fran!October Word Hunt
Read: 10/10
Bonus Read: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus Read: 1/1
√ 10/1 carrot: Easy Love, pg 69 of 261, Kate says and fishes a carrot out of the salad bowl.
√ 10/23 corpse: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 105 of 373, The morning newspaper says you stumbled over the corpse!
√ 10/15 ditch: Into the Deep, pg 82 of 310, "... Ditch the old guy and I'll show you the time of your life".
√ 10/11 gruesome: The Pharaoh Key, loc 1983 of 3817, Taking up her gruesome walking sticks, she shufled forward with the presumed chief and came to a ...
√ 10/15 halloween: Into the Deep, pg 80 of 310, After speaking to Lacey and Rose about costumes for the halloween dance, I knew...
√ 10/9 hound: Driven, pg 179 of 315, I accept the fact that I'm going to be followed and photographed and hounded for autographs.
√ 10/1 hunt: Easy Love, pg 82 of 261, "... and I got a look at his chest and abs, he could have told me he hunts whales for a living, and I still would..."
√ 10/15 pumpkin: Into the Deep, pg 110 of 310, ...Mom's delicious turkey dinner and incredible pumpkin pie, but Andi had made her own...
√ 10/7 scarecrow: Starstruck, pg 296 of 317, In fact, I suspected I looked more like a scarecrow than a princess, covered in corn debris.
√ 10/27 scream: Honest Illusions, pg 102 of 512, "I can still hear the pitiful wails and glass-shattering screams echoing in my head."
Bonus
√ 10/1 butcher: Easy Love, pg 134 of 261, He chooses a knife from the butcher block and begins chopping up an onion.
√ 10/23 demonic: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 296 of 373, It wasn't like me to fall apart, but a demonic hurricane of estrogen seemed to well up from inside.
√ 10/23 gurgling: Little Black Book of Murder, pg 228 of 373, ...which sent Max into a fit of gurgling laughter.
√ 10/11 macabre: The Pharaoh Key, loc 2068 of 3817, ... moving forward with those same macabre walking sticks.
√ 10/24 pimp: The Reception, loc 219 of 432, ...in that back alley, unwitting saviors to that prostitute and her boyfriend and the pimp.
Bonus-Bonus
√ 10/11 pharaoh: The Pharaoh Key, loc 2421 of 3817, Monotheism grew out of Egyptian religion, specifically through the Pharaoh Akhenaten, ...
Maritza wrote: "Chris wrote: "Hello, I do have one question: Do the books have to fall under the romance genre? I assume it would be preferred, but was it required? Thanks!"I don’t think so. Pick your own genre."
Oh, yay! I may be able to cross off more than I thought I would be able to this month. Thank you!
Challenge complete! Thanks, Jane :-)Original post: MY Word Hunt (msg 36)
10 of 10 Words Found
6 of 6 Bonus Words
8 of 8 Books Read
Chris wrote: "Hello, I do have one question: Do the books have to fall under the romance genre? I assume it would be preferred, but was it required? Thanks!"Our general policy is that romance is preferred but not absolute. So if another genre is what you are reading, that is fine :D
Congrats to the finishers!! ~ Peri, Tammie and LaurLa (and maybe Chris?) :D
√ carrot Always and Forever Love Page 44 √ corpse My Protector Page 518/544 ''What it is Beth?'' Gavriel asked turning her away from the corpse''
√ ditch Here Be Sexist Vampires Page 185 '' definitely can't beleive that you'd ditch them for a shag''
√ gruesome My Commander Page 372/538 '' It was a gruesome reminder that hey couldn't get all the dog-blood stains out of the wood.''
√ halloween My Commander Page 268/538 ''But she had to admit, she was looking forward to dressing up for a halloween party in a paranormal city.''
√ hound My Protector Page 402/544 ''Without waiting for a reply, he bolted for the door as if the hounds of hell were after him.'''
√ hunt Here Be Sexist Vampires Page 3 '' … it is my job to hunt and seize felons as directed by the Grand High master.
√ pumpkin My Commander Page 126/538 '' I hope they have pumkin flavoured drinks.''
scarecrow
√ scream Here Be Sexist Vampires Page 50 '' I wanted to scream out to Antonio that Victor was a lying, manipulative twat…''
Bonus
√ butcher Drive Me WildPage 119/182 '' There was a basic single guy'sdinner layout happening: steaks in butcher paper, salt and pepper, a fresh loaf of bread, a six pack of beer.
√ demonicMoon Called Page 168
√ gurgling Feral Sins Page 146/421 '' … he made a series of gurgling and croaking noises followed by another bark.''
√ MacabreMy Protector Page 264/544 ''Her mate's serious answer to Meryn's macabre Dr. Seuss questioning made the scene all the more hilarious''
√ pimp
Bonus Bonus
pharaoh
leftover sep
Ladybug
Leftover Aug
Imposter
√ Leftover July (Finally got it......Yay! )
Gamy/gamey How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Page 62/512 ''I asked Buzz whether he'd rather I grind it for meat loaf or marinate it in Coca-Cola to eliminate some of the gamey taste in a roast-''
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1 - 31 October 2018
This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.
The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!
October
carrot
corpse
ditch
gruesome
halloween
hound
hunt
pumpkin
scarecrow
scream
Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.
butcher
demonic
gurgling
macabre
pimp
and a bonus bonus
pharaoh
To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.
Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)
You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.
Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc
Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.
Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse -Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.
Reversing -Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.