The Lost Challenges discussion

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

CHALLENGE RULES
❖ Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
❖ For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
❖ Each book may only be used for one task or letter
❖ To count a book towards a challenge you must finish it after the start date of the challenge.
❖ If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
❖ All genres and formats welcome.
❖ Re-reads are allowed.
❖ No page minimum.
❖ Please update your original post as you go.
❖ When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

SPELL OUT RULES
For this challenge you may use:
1. Book titles (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
2. Author's first or last initial
3. Series names (first letter)
4. Main character first or last names -You could use Harry Potter but not Fred Weasley.

SPELL OUT EXAMPLE:
(view spoiler)[
B: Elizabeth Bennett - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (main character name)
O: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (title)
O: On Dublin Street - Down London Road by Samantha Young(series name)
K: Misery by Stephen King (author last name)
(hide spoiler)]

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

Banshee - Finished

Celia - Finished

Cyndee

Christina (AKA Babbling) - Finished

Den - Finished

Emeli

Ferenc - Finished

Grace

Hannah

JennyR - Finished

JoAnne - Finished

Joann - Finished

Kellene - Finished

Melanie - Finished

Rina

SANDYE - Finished

Sarah E - Finished

Sarah-Jane - Finished

Shash - Finished

Tari - Finished

Vanessa - Finished

September 2019 Hidden Gems

Progress: 4/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
❖ Dirty Kiss, Rhys Ford | 9/3
Page 59: He’d fallen like a broken doll, legs cocked as if in mid-turn…
Page 34: ...primly in one of the comfortable wing chairs I’d reupholstered in a red faux…

❖ All Souls Near & Nigh, Hailey Turner | 9/4
Page 26: Emma sat on the armchair, peeling claws out of the expensive furniture.
Page 30: Jono didn’t recognize the black plastic doll sitting in the cup hold…

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
❖ Crimes Against Magic, Steve McHugh -9/9
Page 71: I sat on my armchair and nodded.

❖ Born of Hatred, Steve McHugh | 9/10
Page 256: bottle and took a seat on a leather armchair.

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
- - "...watch the university's football team..." p.4 & "...containing a cot and a chair." p.2
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
- - "Oliver grabbed an old folding chair from the corner of the room and stood on it to get a closer look." loc. 364

September 2019 Hidden Gems

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover)- -Monster Academy for the Magical-Jessica Sorensen 9/4- Window
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how)- The Way of Shadows-Brent Weeks 9/7- Window- Kyler jumps out a window

🏠 Yes please 🏠

Progress: 4/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).


Half Moon Lake, Kirsten Alexander, Sep 17th.
🎈 Toy (kite)

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).


The Dirty Book Club, Lisi Harrison, Sep 6th
🎈Shoes: page 205 - "Is it about those shoes?" MJ teased.
🎈Fedora: page 80 - ...taking in his pin-striped suit, black-framed glasses, and fedora.


Wildcard, Marie Lu, Sep 18th
🎈Chair: page 18 - His chair scoots back with a grating clatter against the floor
🎈 Window: page 44 - I watch the faint light filtering in through my window.

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how)


Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King, Sep 13th

🎈Mannequin - page 146: Eric stormed over to Essie's mannequin torso and kicked it tumbling into the deadfall

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
❖Hideaway - 9/2:
p. 27: "She's not your doll."
p. 270: "Did you ever see that old movie? Mannequin?"
❖Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - 9/2:
p. 50: "...because my house in France doesn't even have and attic..."
p. 179: "...why do I even know what a cloche is..."
❖Because of Miss Bridgerton - 9/3:
p. 73: "...sitting morosely in what was, in his opinion, the least comfortable chair in the house."
p. 330: "..wearing the same coat and shoes..."
❖I Hunt Killers - 9/5:
p. 95: "...who looked at it like it was a new toy..."
p. 256: "There was a candlelight vigil on the school football field..."

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
❖Hideaway - 9/2:
p.13: "Sitting on the hardwood chair..."
❖Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters - 9/2:
p. 145: "I'm going to make shoes..."
❖Because of Miss Bridgerton - 9/3:
p. 237: "Instead he stood by the window, staring out over the garden."
❖I Hunt Killers - 9/5:
p. 244: "He bundles her up on the sofa with her blanket and an old teddy bear..."

All in!

September 2019 Hidden Gems
4/4 completed

TASKS
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover). by E.J. Copperman 9/29/19

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed). Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay finished 9/22/19

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage). Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz " I changed into jammies then settled into my red leather reading chair"(p. 38) "a cozy table for two next to the floor-to-ceiling windows" (p. 176) finished 9/4/19

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how). Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty "Serafina climbed up the window stile lickety-split, then wedged herself into the uppermost corner of the window." p.69 finished 9/11/19

September 2019 Hidden Gems
Gems: 4


❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Window Watching You Lisa Jewell 9/4/19

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Trickster's Point William Kent Krueger 9/3/19
Doll p 16 ...Cork of a ceramic doll with all...
Window p 24 Through his open window that night as he lay in bed, Cork...

Abomination Colleen Coble 9/27/19
Suitcase p 104 He dragged the suitcase off the closet shelf...
Doll p 227 Something tripped her, a doll or a stuffed animal,...

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Golf clubs
Touch & Go Lisa Gardner 9/25/19 (Tessa Leoni #2) p 102 “Duck,” she said firmly. I did, as she swung her father’s golf club with both arms straight at Mick’s descending form. (view spoiler)[ Mick was one of their kidnappers and after they got away, he came back to get them. Ashlyn hit him with the golf club to try to save her mother. (hide spoiler)]

completed

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
SUNHAT - - Barbara Davis - 9/6/2019

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
By Familiar Means - Delia James - 9/2/2019
ATTIC - p. 135 “...outlines of the door to the ATTIC.”
CHAIR - p. 49 “... and a gold velveteen CHAIR by the fireplace.”

Old City Hall - Robert Rotenberg - 9/7/2019
TOY: p. 63 "...like a kid's wind-up TOY on a gigantic spring."
WINDOW: p. 101 "...a two-story high stained-glass WINDOW."

The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom - 9/9/2019
WINDOW p. 130 “He fixes his eyes out the WINDOW.”
PANAMA HAT p. 130 “An old man walks past in a PANAMA HAT.”

The Library Book - Susan Orlean - 9/14/2019
BEAR P . 9 “Use an appropriate sized teddy BEAR.”
WINDOW p. 17 “...with black inset WINDOWS and a number of…

The Clockmaker’s Daughter - Kate Morton - 9/29/2019
P. 4 “On a clear day, from the ATTIC window one can see the Thames.”
P. 24 “One of her bedroom WINDOWS overlooked the back…”

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
SUITCASE - The House by the Lake - Ella Carey - 9/17/2019 - MC travels overseas a few times and refers to her suitcase often

I’ll try this out!

September 2019 Hidden Gems

Progress: 0/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).

Lady Fortune by Anne Stuart 5 September 2019 ★★★★
window loc. 186 "she moved to the window"
chair loc. 1503 "on the wooden chair behind her."



The Witch Thief: Dragon Shifter Romance by Lori Devoti 8 September 2019 ★★★★
shoes loc. 947 "the soles of her shoes."
toy loc. 248 "the dragon wouldn't toy with her like this."



Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews 13 September 2019 ★★★★★
attic loc. 3733 "your mom was up there in the attic thingy."
map loc. 3237 "a huge map of Texas."



The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart 13 September 2019 ★★★★★
suitcase loc. 85 "I stood there beside my suitcase."
bear loc. 4057 "his sister would bear him out."

September 2019 Hidden Gems

Progress: 0/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state
How

September 2019 Hidden Gems - COMPLETED
Progress: 4/4

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
❖ Chair – death of riley – rhys bowen 04.09.19 – on cover


3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Fatality – caroline b cooney 02.09.19
❖ Football
They followed baseball and basketball, football and golf, soccer and tennis
❖ Shoes
She saw the shining shoes of police feet, bits of trash, sparkles


Fierce fragile hearts – sara barnard
P19 - Bus drivers waving at each other. Koala bears. Baymax from Big Hero 6.
Page 132 arcade, grinning out at me from behind a toy giraffe.


Can you keep a secret – sophie Kinsella
Page 11 and as I glance at my reflection in the window’
Page 55 remember the day she arrived. A red suitcase in the hall, and a new vo…


❖ Armchair
A perfect proposal – katie fforde
Page 7 ‘Sophie, after setting up the largest attic room as a space for children’
❖ Attic
Page 7
A big vase of flowers would hide it. Anot…


❖ Map
Murphy’s law – molly murphy #1 - rhys bowen – 01.09.19
All together now – monica mcinerney – 14.09.19
Birthday present – pamela oldfield 11.09.19

Hidden Gems
September 2019

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS:
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
4/4 Completed

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Mistakenly Matched by Lindzee Armstrong (9/10/19) - shoes


2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
An Unlikely Suitor by Laura Beers (9/4/19)
armchair - "...he sat on an ARMCHAIR across from her." (pg 81)
vase - "...carrying a VASE of sunflowers." (pg 109)

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
The No Regrets Groom by Taylor Hart (9/2/19)
MC breaks a vase
The Spinster by Bree Wolf (9/8/19)
MC sits in an armchair


SPELL OUT:
3/3 Completed

DOLLHOUSE
D - The Dancing Groom by Taylor Hart (9/4/19)
O - Once Upon a Regency, Spun of Gold by Jen Geigle Johnson (9/1/19)
L - Lachlan by L.L. Muir (9/3/19)
L - L.L. Muir, The Gathering (9/2/19)
H - Heart of Mine by Belle Calhoune (9/4/19)
O - Once Upon a Regency, Awake at Widmore Manor by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee (9/14/10)
U - The Undercover Bridesmaid by Kimberley Montpetit (9/15/19)
S - The Second Chance Patriot by Anne-Marie Meyer (9/12/19)
E - Easton (Maddox), The Diehard Warrior by Jennifer Youngblood (9/5/19)

BEAR
B - Baker (Helen), The Lucky Lady by Keira K. Barton (9/6/19)
E - Ella Spencer, Keep on Believing by Marie Higgins (9/11/19)
A - Ancelet (Cora), Cora: Bride of South Dakota by Susan Horsnell (9/1/19)
R - Rabby by L.L. Muir (9/6/19)

MAP
M - Mills (Taylor), His Beautiful Billionaire Distraction by Erica Penrod (9/8/19)
A - Adam Boyce, Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden (9/10/19)
P - Paden Brooks, An Agent for Rosalie by Laura Beers (9/9/19)

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019
Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

2/2

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover). Window-- Amanda Flower 9/6/19

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc. and passage). An Untidy End Candice Prentice 9/3/19
Attic: Ch. 3, loc. 529 "...I discovered she'd been in the attic in the middle of the night."
Chair: Ch. 1, loc. 99 "I glanced at Florence whose chair was under several shelves of porcelain collectibles, including at least five of Elvis..."

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
Vase--Savanna put some flowers in a vase for Caroline that her grocery had sent to her.
Suitcase--Skylar had a weekly overnight trip to Lansing and used her rolling suitcase.

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Tasks 4; Spell out: 1
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

SPELL-OUT
Vase
V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Title) - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis – 09/07/2019
A - Annabel Chapman (MC) - The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson – 09/08/2019
S - Stohl, Margaret (Author) - The Life Of Captain Marvel (The Life Of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl – 09/06/2019
E - Edge, The (Series) - Over the Edge by C.D. Reiss – 09/18/2019

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Window - The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson – 09/05/2019


2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel – 09/02/2019
Chair - Habermas pushed back his chair... (Kindle Location 3776)
Map - ...unfolding large maps of ancient Palestine. (Kindle Location 1609)

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson – 09/12/2019
Shoes - Carrying her shoes, Jennifer went downstairs. (Kindle Location 1609)
Suitcase - Jennifer was putting the final touches to what was packed in her suitcase (Kindle Locations 2816-2817)

Monster by Frank E. Peretti – 09/15/2019
Bear - She reached down, grabbed two handfuls of bear hide, (Kindle Locations 2561-2562)
Window - and looked out the window a moment. (Kindle Location 264)

Hidden Gems
Duration: September 1 - 30, 2019

LEVELS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

SPELL OUT RULES
For this challenge you may use:
1. Book titles (first letter - disregard A, An, and The)
2. Author's first or last initial
3. Series names (first letter)
4. Main character first or last names
August Gems -
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Shoes - The Rumour - Lesley Kara - 9/2/2019

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
X - Sue Grafton - 9/11/2019
Map - 'I stopped at the first service station I saw and picked up a local map.' - pg 346
Window - 'I carried both to a two-top near the front window. ' - pg 207

A Letter From Italy - Pamela Hart - 9/14/2019
Shoes - 'As she put his good shoes away in the steamer trunk, she realized that the small shoe-polish box was gone...' - pg 10
Window - 'Rebecca went to the window and looked out onto the blustery grey sky.' - pg 10

Mornings in Jenin - Susan Abulhawa - 9/21/2019
Shoes - 'We held on, checked our papers, passports. Shoes tied, ready to run.' - pg 301
Doll - 'A doll. She picked it up. I had but one arm.' - pg 314

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

Welcome! Everyone is linked up.

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

1. This Fallen Prey, Kelley Armstrong, 07.09.2019 - Main characters see a bear in the forest
2. Spider's Bite, Jennifer Estep, 25.09.2019 - Window on the cover

Rina - you are linked up!

Banshee wrote: "Hidden Gems - September 2019

01/09/19 - 30/09/19

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem"."

Welcome Banshee! You are linked up.

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019
Date Started: September 1, 2019
Date Completed: September 28, 2019

Tasks Done: 4 COMPLETED!!

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

OBJECTS:
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
A.) Key to Savannah (Made in Savannah 1) by Hope Callaghan - 9/3/19 - Pg. 100 - She didn't tease her daughter anymore and instead gazed out the WINDOW as they crept past the property
B.) Road to Savannah (Made in Savannah 2) by Hope Callaghan - 9/24/19 - Pg. 266 - Mercedes pushed her CHAIR back
C. Justice in Savannah (Made in Savannah 3) by Hope Callaghan - 9/26/19 - Pg. 614 - She agreed and ran back to her room to switch her SHOES
D. Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 9/28/19 - Pg. 49 - I sat down and set my bookbag beside my feet. One of my CHAIR legs was shorter than the other three; I dug my feet into the floor so I wouldn't lose my balance.

You are linked up Sandye!

September 2019 Hidden Gems - Complete

Progress: 4/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
❖ Dirty Kiss, Rhys Ford | 9/3
Page 59: He’d fallen like a broken doll, legs cocked as if in mid-turn…
Page 34: ...primly in one of the comfortable wing chairs I’d reupholstered in a red faux…

❖ All Souls Near & Nigh, Hailey Turner | 9/4
Page 26: Emma sat on the armchair, peeling claws out of the expensive furniture.
Page 30: Jono didn’t recognize the black plastic doll sitting in the cup hold…

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
❖ Crimes Against Magic, Steve McHugh -9/9
Page 71: I sat on my armchair and nodded.

❖ Born of Hatred, Steve McHugh | 9/10
Page 256: bottle and took a seat on a leather armchair.

Finished! :)

Hidden Gems
September 2019

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS:
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
4/4 Completed

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Mistakenly Matched by Lindzee Armstrong (9/10/19) - shoes


2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
An Unlikely Suitor by Laura Beers (9/4/19)
armchair - "...he sat on an ARMCHAIR across from her." (pg 81)
vase - "...carrying a VASE of sunflowers." (pg 109)

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
The No Regrets Groom by Taylor Hart (9/2/19)
MC breaks a vase
The Spinster by Bree Wolf (9/8/19)
MC sits in an armchair


SPELL OUT:
3/3 Completed

DOLLHOUSE
D - The Dancing Groom by Taylor Hart (9/4/19)
O - Once Upon a Regency, Spun of Gold by Jen Geigle Johnson (9/1/19)
L - Lachlan by L.L. Muir (9/3/19)
L - L.L. Muir, The Gathering (9/2/19)
H - Heart of Mine by Belle Calhoune (9/4/19)
O - Once Upon a Regency, Awake at Widmore Manor by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee (9/14/10)
U - The Undercover Bridesmaid by Kimberley Montpetit (9/15/19)
S - The Second Chance Patriot by Anne-Marie Meyer (9/12/19)
E - Easton (Maddox), The Diehard Warrior by Jennifer Youngblood (9/5/19)

BEAR
B - Baker (Helen), The Lucky Lady by Keira K. Barton (9/6/19)
E - Ella Spencer, Keep on Believing by Marie Higgins (9/11/19)
A - Ancelet (Cora), Cora: Bride of South Dakota by Susan Horsnell (9/1/19)
R - Rabby by L.L. Muir (9/6/19)

MAP
M - Mills (Taylor), His Beautiful Billionaire Distraction by Erica Penrod (9/8/19)
A - Adam Boyce, Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden (9/10/19)
P - Paden Brooks, An Agent for Rosalie by Laura Beers (9/9/19)

Shash wrote: "Finished! :)

Hidden Gems
September 2019

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonu..."

Fantastic!

🏠😁 Finished 😁 🏠

Progress: 4/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).


Half Moon Lake, Kirsten Alexander, Sep 17th.
🎈 Toy (kite)

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).


The Dirty Book Club, Lisi Harrison, Sep 6th
🎈Shoes: page 205 - "Is it about those shoes?" MJ teased.
🎈Fedora: page 80 - ...taking in his pin-striped suit, black-framed glasses, and fedora.


Wildcard, Marie Lu, Sep 18th
🎈Chair: page 18 - His chair scoots back with a grating clatter against the floor
🎈 Window: page 44 - I watch the faint light filtering in through my window.

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how)


Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King, Sep 13th

🎈Mannequin - page 146: Eric stormed over to Essie's mannequin torso and kicked it tumbling into the deadfall

Sarah-Jane wrote: "🏠😁 Finished 😁 🏠

Progress: 4/4

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdc..."

Fantastic!

COMPLETION POST - 4 tasks.

Hidden Gems
Duration: September 1 - 30, 2019

LEVEL - ❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Shoes - The Rumour - Lesley Kara - 9/2/2019

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
X - Sue Grafton - 9/11/2019
Map - 'I stopped at the first service station I saw and picked up a local map.' - pg 346
Window - 'I carried both to a two-top near the front window. ' - pg 207

A Letter From Italy - Pamela Hart - 9/14/2019
Shoes - 'As she put his good shoes away in the steamer trunk, she realized that the small shoe-polish box was gone...' - pg 10
Window - 'Rebecca went to the window and looked out onto the blustery grey sky.' - pg 10

Mornings in Jenin - Susan Abulhawa - 9/21/2019
Shoes - 'We held on, checked our papers, passports. Shoes tied, ready to run.' - pg 301
Doll - 'A doll. She picked it up. I had but one arm.' - pg 314

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

Melanie wrote: "COMPLETION POST - 4 tasks.

Hidden Gems
Duration: September 1 - 30, 2019

LEVEL - ❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

TASKS
One book p..."

Fantastic Melanie!

completed

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).

Lady Fortune by Anne Stuart 5 September 2019 ★★★★
window loc. 186 "she moved to the window"
chair loc. 1503 "on the wooden chair behind her."



The Witch Thief: Dragon Shifter Romance by Lori Devoti 8 September 2019 ★★★★
shoes loc. 947 "the soles of her shoes."
toy loc. 248 "the dragon wouldn't toy with her like this."



Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews 13 September 2019 ★★★★★
attic loc. 3733 "your mom was up there in the attic thingy."
map loc. 3237 "a huge map of Texas."



The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart 13 September 2019 ★★★★★
suitcase loc. 85 "I stood there beside my suitcase."
bear loc. 4057 "his sister would bear him out."

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "completed

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 ta..."

Fantastic!

FINISHED!

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Tasks 4; Spell out: 1

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

SPELL-OUT
Vase
V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Title) - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis – 09/07/2019
A - Annabel Chapman (MC) - The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson – 09/08/2019
S - Stohl, Margaret (Author) - The Life Of Captain Marvel (The Life Of Captain Marvel by Margaret Stohl – 09/06/2019
E - Edge, The (Series) - Over the Edge by C.D. Reiss – 09/18/2019

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Window - The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson – 09/05/2019


2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel – 09/02/2019
Chair - Habermas pushed back his chair... (Kindle Location 3776)
Map - ...unfolding large maps of ancient Palestine. (Kindle Location 1609)

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson – 09/12/2019
Shoes - Carrying her shoes, Jennifer went downstairs. (Kindle Location 1609)
Suitcase - Jennifer was putting the final touches to what was packed in her suitcase (Kindle Locations 2816-2817)

Monster by Frank E. Peretti – 09/15/2019
Bear - She reached down, grabbed two handfuls of bear hide, (Kindle Locations 2561-2562)
Window - and looked out the window a moment. (Kindle Location 264)

Ferenc wrote: "FINISHED!

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

Tasks 4; Spell out: 1

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Dol..."

Great job!

September 2019 Hidden Gems
Gems: 4

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
Window Watching You Lisa Jewell 9/4/19

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Trickster's Point William Kent Krueger 9/3/19
Doll p 16 ...Cork of a ceramic doll with all...
Window p 24 Through his open window that night as he lay in bed, Cork...

Abomination Colleen Coble 9/27/19
Suitcase p 104 He dragged the suitcase off the closet shelf...
Doll p 227 Something tripped her, a doll or a stuffed animal,...

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Golf clubs
Touch & Go Lisa Gardner 9/25/19 (Tessa Leoni #2) p 102 “Duck,” she said firmly. I did, as she swung her father’s golf club with both arms straight at Mick’s descending form. (view spoiler)[ Mick was one of their kidnappers and after they got away, he came back to get them. Ashlyn hit him with the golf club to try to save her mother. (hide spoiler)]

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
Task 3:
1. Attic: "stretched out in his underpants on the truckle bed in her attic room" Loc. 698
2. Vase: "always put a flower in miranda's little crystal vase" Loc. 1796

The Haunted by Danielle Vega
Task 4: Doll
The main character's parents have given their toddler son a creepy antique talking doll that is broken. It shows up a few times to freak out the main character (Loc. 260, Loc. 490, Loc. 525, & Loc. 2238).

A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
Task 3:
1. Toy: "He spoke rapidly, like a wind-up toy." Loc. 828
2. Window: "I stood at the window and watched the end of August" Loc. 155

Growing Things and Other Stories
Task 3:
1. Bear: "they sleep in the same bedroom because of the bears" Loc. 4753
2. Stroller: "Beth is asleep in the stroller" Loc. 4956

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Task 4: The main character makes her "MURDER MAP" on loc. 516 and refers to it several times during the story.

Fantastic JoAnne & Vanessa!

COMPLETED! - Final Post - September 28, 2019

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019
Date Started: September 1, 2019
Date Completed: September 28, 2019

Tasks Done: 4 COMPLETED!!

Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.

OBJECTS:
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
A.) Key to Savannah (Made in Savannah 1) by Hope Callaghan - 9/3/19 - Pg. 100 - She didn't tease her daughter anymore and instead gazed out the WINDOW as they crept past the property
B.) Road to Savannah (Made in Savannah 2) by Hope Callaghan - 9/24/19 - Pg. 266 - Mercedes pushed her CHAIR back
C. Justice in Savannah (Made in Savannah 3) by Hope Callaghan - 9/26/19 - Pg. 614 - She agreed and ran back to her room to switch her SHOES
D. Asking for Trouble (London Confidential 1) by Sandra Byrd - 9/28/19 - Pg. 49 - I sat down and set my bookbag beside my feet. One of my CHAIR legs was shorter than the other three; I dug my feet into the floor so I wouldn't lose my balance.

Great job Sandye!

Finished! (Basic - post 5)

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
- - "...watch the university's football team..." p.4 & "...containing a cot and a chair." p.2
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
- - "Oliver grabbed an old folding chair from the corner of the room and stood on it to get a closer look." loc. 364

September 2019 Hidden Gems - COMPLETED
Progress: 4/4

1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
❖ Chair – death of riley – rhys bowen 04.09.19 – on cover


3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
Fatality – caroline b cooney 02.09.19
❖ Football
They followed baseball and basketball, football and golf, soccer and tennis
❖ Shoes
She saw the shining shoes of police feet, bits of trash, sparkles


Fierce fragile hearts – sara barnard
P19 - Bus drivers waving at each other. Koala bears. Baymax from Big Hero 6.
Page 132 arcade, grinning out at me from behind a toy giraffe.


Can you keep a secret – sophie Kinsella
Page 11 and as I glance at my reflection in the window’
Page 55 remember the day she arrived. A red suitcase in the hall, and a new vo…


❖ Armchair
A perfect proposal – katie fforde
Page 7 ‘Sophie, after setting up the largest attic room as a space for children’
❖ Attic
Page 7
A big vase of flowers would hide it. Anot…


❖ Map
Murphy’s law – molly murphy #1 - rhys bowen – 01.09.19
All together now – monica mcinerney – 14.09.19
Birthday present – pamela oldfield 11.09.19

Finished

September 2019 Hidden Gems
4/4 completed . Sept. 29, 2019

TASKS
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover). by E.J. Copperman 9/29/19

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed). Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay finished 9/22/19

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage). Guilty as Cinnamon by Leslie Budewitz " I changed into jammies then settled into my red leather reading chair"(p. 38) "a cozy table for two next to the floor-to-ceiling windows" (p. 176) finished 9/4/19

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how). Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty "Serafina climbed up the window stile lickety-split, then wedged herself into the uppermost corner of the window." p.69 finished 9/11/19

I'm gonna finish this up with two tasks instead of trying for the bonus. I'm not sure how soon I'd get to one of the words in a title or series.

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019
Objective: Find "hidden" objects to earn a "gem".

2/2

OPTIONS - You may use the same task multiple times.
❃ Basic: Complete 2 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 2 words from the hidden objects list.
❃ Bonus: Complete 4 tasks (one book per task) or spell out 3 words from the hidden objects list.
❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover). Window-- Amanda Flower 9/6/19

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc. and passage). An Untidy End Candice Prentice 9/3/19
Attic: Ch. 3, loc. 529 "...I discovered she'd been in the attic in the middle of the night."
Chair: Ch. 1, loc. 99 "I glanced at Florence whose chair was under several shelves of porcelain collectibles, including at least five of Elvis..."

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
Out of the Picture: A Shepherd Sisters Mystery Tracy Gardner 9/5/19
Vase--Savanna put some flowers in a vase for Caroline that her grocery had sent to her.
Suitcase--Skylar had a weekly overnight trip to Lansing and used her rolling suitcase.

Great job - Celia, Den, Banshee, Kellene, & Tari!!

finished:


One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
SUNHAT - - Barbara Davis - 9/6/2019

2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).

3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
By Familiar Means - Delia James - 9/2/2019
ATTIC - p. 135 “...outlines of the door to the ATTIC.”
CHAIR - p. 49 “... and a gold velveteen CHAIR by the fireplace.”

Old City Hall - Robert Rotenberg - 9/7/2019
TOY: p. 63 "...like a kid's wind-up TOY on a gigantic spring."
WINDOW: p. 101 "...a two-story high stained-glass WINDOW."

The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom - 9/9/2019
WINDOW p. 130 “He fixes his eyes out the WINDOW.”
PANAMA HAT p. 130 “An old man walks past in a PANAMA HAT.”

The Library Book - Susan Orlean - 9/14/2019
BEAR P . 9 “Use an appropriate sized teddy BEAR.”
WINDOW p. 17 “...with black inset WINDOWS and a number of…

The Clockmaker’s Daughter - Kate Morton - 9/29/2019
P. 4 “On a clear day, from the ATTIC window one can see the Thames.”
P. 24 “One of her bedroom WINDOWS overlooked the back…”

4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).
SUITCASE - The House by the Lake - Ella Carey - 9/17/2019 - MC travels overseas a few times and refers to her suitcase often

Great job, Joann & Sarah!

Finished!

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Mannequin
❖ Map
❖ Panama hat
❖ Propeller
❖ Rocking horse
❖ Shoes
❖ Soccer ball
❖ Stroller
❖ Suitcase
❖ Sun hat
❖ Toy
❖ Vase
❖ Window

TASKS
One book per task. Tasks may be used multiple times. Objects may be used multiple times.
1. Read a book with one of these objects on the cover (show cover).
2. Read a book with one of these words in the title or series name (plurals allowed).
3. Read a book with 2 of these objects mentioned in the text (state loc and passage).
4. Read a book where the main character uses/interacts with one of these objects (state how).

1. This Fallen Prey, Kelley Armstrong, 07.09.2019 - Main characters see a bear in the forest
2. Spider's Bite, Jennifer Estep, 25.09.2019 - Window on the cover

Rina wrote: "Finished!

Hidden Gems - September 2019
Duration: September 1-30, 2019

❖ Armchair
❖ Attic
❖ Bear
❖ Birdcage
❖ Chair
❖ Cloche
❖ Doll
❖ Dollhouse
❖ Fedora
❖ Football
❖ Golf bag
❖ Golf clubs
❖ Manne..."

Fantastic!