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March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.

You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!

This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
beauty
couch
deluge
eccentric
feast
holiday
injection
junction
knuckles
marriage
narrow
packet
surgery
tweed
wounded


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy
gangly
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen




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

All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.

You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.

You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.

EXAMPLE of a successful post:

chosen - All the Stars in the Heavens ✔ - 06Oct19 - pg 338 - "…hadn't chosen her path."

Have Fun!

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FINISHED:
Denise ✔ BASIC list done
Ed
Karen Kay ✔ BASIC word list done
Koren ✔ DONE
Licha-Olivia ✔ - BASIC list done
Tessa ✔ - DONE


ACTIVELY SEARCHING

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Kathryn

Marilyn

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Patty

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I'm in!

18/22

(3/4/20)

surgery - Some of the oldest people on board looked the youngest, and it wasn't due to plastic surgery. (p 14)

(3/4/20)

holiday - Or during the fortnight's holiday that we know him to have taken in September? (p 80)
injection - It became difficult to give him penicillin injections as so little spare flesh remained in which to jab the needle. (p 158)
marriage - Orwell himself acknowledged that a second marriage to a much younge woman named Sonia Brownell, conducted while he lay in his hospital bed by way of the Archbhishop of Canterbury's special licence, had given him something to live for. (p 23)
narrow - "A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times round the waist of her overalls, just thightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips." (p 112)

(3/6/20)

beauty - In the bathroom they shared, Tanya had cleared out her shelves of beauty products, leaving just Bridget's things: a toothbrush, toothpaste, and can of mousse. (p 117)
couch - Bridget arrived home from work and poured herself a glass of white wine, before flopping on the couch. (p 25)
feast - "Feast your eyes on these," Bridget said, and proceeded to take her sister for a tour around the shop. (p 62)
knuckles - He took her hand and kissed her knuckles. (p 89)
packet - Bridget dashed inside, found the painkillers and bought a packet. (p 3)

(3/13/20)

wounded - His expression twisted up and that strange wounded animal sound hissed from behind clenched teeth. (p 9)

(3/15/20)

deluge - A recent row in the UK also showed that, for some, male default still matters an awful lot: when in 2017 the first female head of London's Fire Brigade, Dany Cotton, suggested that we should replace "fireman" with the now standard (and let's face it, much cooler) "firefighter", she received a deluge of hate mail. (p 29)
obstetrics - Only two of these courses (obstetrics and gynaecology classes taught in the second and third acaemic years) were mandatory. (p 315)

(3/16/20)

leprechaun - Vanessa and working out is about as common as seeing a leprechaun riding a unicorn skipping down Michigan Avenue. (p 111)

(3/29/20)

eccentric - The artist has painted a toad on the map, and the two religious traditions live on in the eccentric place-name 'Santa Barbara at the Place of the Toad." (p 841)
astronomy - In Korean history the united Silla kingdom, prosperous and secure at the end of the Silk Road, stands as one of the great periods of creativity and learning, a 'golden age' of architecture and literature, astronomy and mathematics. (p 502)
jaguar (car or animal) (February) - It owed its new eminence to the king shown on the stone lintel, Shield Jaguar, who at the age of 75 commissioned a building programme to celebrate the successes of what would eventually be his sixty-year reign. (p 517)

(3/30/20)

gangly - I, on the other hand, am serious, blond, tall, still barley out of my gangly stage and occasionally have men ask me about my revolutionary technique for stretching leather. (p 19)

BASIC word list

junction
tweed

Optional/BONUS word list

Volkswagen

Carry-over February:

Zoloft

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 29Marchb20

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


BASIC word list
beauty - The Preacher's Daughter ✔ - 05Mar20 - pg 15 - "…in all its autumn beauty, as…"

couch - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - pg 234 - "…comfy-looking couches and …"

deluge - The Gift of Rain ✔ - 06Mar20 - pg 44 - "…a deluge of thoughts and…"

eccentric - The Right Stuff ✔ – 28Mar2020 - pg 69 - "…something eccentric was going…"

feast - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - pg 46 - "The midnight feast Abuela…"

holiday - The Preacher's Daughter ✔ - 05Mar20 - pg 188 - "…other fun holiday activities."

injection - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20 - pg 86 -"…an injection of sunshine."

junction - The Preacher's Daughter ✔ - 05Mar20 - pg 54 - "At Pine Junction she made…"

knuckles - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - pg 85 - "…rapped his knuckles against…"

marriage - The Preacher's Daughter ✔ - 05Mar20 - pg 55 - "…going through with the marriage."

narrow - Upstairs at the White House ✔ – 24Mar2020 - pg 16 - "… slept in a narrow single…"

packet - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - pg 26 - "…deliver the mysterious packet in a…"

surgery - Upstairs at the White House ✔ – 24Mar2020 - pg 157 - "…requiring immediate surgery."

tweed - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20 - pg 282 - "…in tweed suits every…"

wounded - The Only Road ✔ - 03Mar20 - pg 108 - "…of the wounded mutt as …"


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy - The Snow Leopard ✔ - 06Apr20 - pg 59 - "…theory of modern astronomy, with…"

gangly - Pecan Pies and Homicides ✔ - 09Mar20 - pg 4 - "…still gangly and freckled."

leprechaun - Upstairs at the White House ✔ – 24Mar2020 - pg 154 - "…from the chandeliers, leprechauns…"

obstetrics - Auntie Mame ✔ – 09May2020 - pg 153 - "…knew little of obstetrics then."

Volkswagen - The Last Romantics ✔ – 19Mar2020 - pg 131 - "…green Volkswagen Bug he'd…"

Done. I found all of the basic list and will CARRY-OVER a couple bonus words.

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

BASIC word list

beauty .. but what was my mother to do with her beauty .. Godshot loc 147

couch .. I'd sleep on the couch watching television .. Godshot loc 249

deluge .. the deluge mirrored Susannah 's sorrow .. The Island Girls: A heartbreaking historical novel loc 3743

eccentric .. my father's quite eccentric .. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 103

feast .. Cherry invited him in for a feast of pastries .. Godshot loc 796

holiday .. over a holiday they don't even believe in .. Godshot loc 1956

injection .. she's getting Botox injections in her armpits today .. Live Bait pg 95

junction .. at the junction she stopped and looked both ways .. Tamarack County pg 155

knuckles .. his knuckles: EWMN. What does that mean .. Godshot loc 2048

marriage .. marriage seemed the most exciting endeavor .. Godshot loc 313

narrow .. I ran up the narrow stairs .. Godshot loc 219

packet .. Packets of tobacco and indigo, rice and cotton heading north .. The Eulogist pg 31

surgery .. Michelle was getting her ready for surgery .. The Heebie-Jeebie Girl loc 312

tweed .. a white haired woman in tweed .. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 224

wounded .. the light of the hallway gave me a better look at the wounded .. Death of an American Beauty loc 602


Optional/BONUS word list

astronomy

gangly

leprechaun .. obscenely oversized head on a body with leprechaun legs.. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 250

obstetrics

Volkswagen

CARRY-OVER

Feb.
Ivy League .. twenty percent of its graduates went to Ivy League schools .. Pretty Things loc 902

Zoloft


3/2/20 4☆ 3/3/20 3☆ 3/4/20 4☆
3/5/20 3☆ 3/8/20 3.5☆ 3/9/20 4.25☆
3/11/20 1☆ 3/13/20 3.5☆ 3/23/20 3☆

BC - under Message 1 it says February 2020 Scavenger Hunt - right where we copy the list so I'm sure you want to change it to March - thanks!

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list

beauty “reflected lights glistening in shimmering liquid beauty” p. 24 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

couch - “would you mind if we took this over to the couch there?” p. 42 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

deluge - “a deluge of hot water poured over the court clerk’s tense back” p. 128 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotzsch 3.16.20

eccentric - “ known to be an eccentric old bird” p.348 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotsch 3.16.20

feast - “she had hardly touched the hangman’s feast” p. 6 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotzsch 3.16.20

holiday “we’re not here on holiday” Loc 1384 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

injection - “there were no injection marks” p. 54 The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey 3.20.20

junction “walked across the wide road junction” Loc 458 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

knuckles - “Giles sighed and gnawed on his knuckles” p. 164 How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 3.19,20

marriage “She finally admitted her marriage had been sterile for many years” Loc 80 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

narrow - “wide shoulders and a narrow waist” p. 17 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

packet - “there were several other pieces of information in the packet” p. 131 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

surgery - “the Campbells much larger house and surgery” Loc 278 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

tweed “wearing a neatly pressed brown tweed suit” p. 40 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

wounded - “theory that one wounded copy was worth at least three who were ambulatory” p. 86 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20


Optional/BONUS word list

astronomy

gangly - “…tall and a bit gangly…” p. 17 Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson 3.10.20

leprechaun

obstetrics - – there happened to be no difficulty in getting a post as obstetric clerk” p.695 Of Human Bondageby W. Somerset Maugham 5.8.20

Volkswagen - “seems I remember seeing a red Volkswagen on that hot car bulletin” p. 35 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

carry-overs

headset
Ivy League

pleats - "like a soft brown pleat" p, 25 House of Splendid Isolation

Zoloft

Denise wrote: "BC - under Message 1 it says February 2020 Scavenger Hunt - right where we copy the list so I'm sure you want to change it to March - thanks!"

Thanks for catching that, Denise. Copy/Paste is not (always) your friend ....

BASIC word list
15/15

beauty-The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by Jason Bateson finished 3/4 p. 140 Bonnie was three years older and a striking beauty...

couch-The Territory of Men: A Memoir by Joelle Fraser finished 3/2 p. 26 ...behind one of the couches.

deluge-Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein finished 7/24 p. 161 ...adrenaline began its deluge.

eccentric-Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise finished 3/17 p. 51 ...an eccentric man in very tight shorts...

feast-Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston finished 3/11 p. 152 ...just asking a coyote to come have a feast...

holiday-The Territory of Men: A Memoir by Joelle Fraser finished 3/2 p. 179 For parties and holiday dinners...

injection-Rachel Maddow: A Biography by Lisa Rogak finished 3/6 p. 82 But after housecleaning and an injection of new investment...

junction-I Wish I Could Say I Was Sorry... by Susie Kelly finished 6/17 p. Two of the most notable differences between Nairobi and Clapham Junction...

knuckles--Rachel Maddow: A Biography by Lisa Rogak finished 3/6 p. 114 ...she was eager to knuckle down..,

marriage-The Territory of Men: A Memoir by Joelle Fraser finished 3/2 p. 62 we'd sneak backstage and offer ourselves to these rock stars for marriage and motherhood...

narrow-The Territory of Men: A Memoir by Joelle Fraser finished 3/2 p. 51 ...a flag signaling to us at the bottom of the narrow, wooden stairs...

packet-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 67 I'm quickly puffing my way through the best part of a packet.

surgery-The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by Jason Bateson finished 3/4 p. 238 ...sending him to Marin General Hospital for two hours of emergency room surgery and blood transfusions.

tweed-Predator by Jack Olsen finished 3/22 p. 198 In contrast to Hilliard's dark tweeds...

wounded-The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by Jason Bateson finished 3/4 p.40 ...he went in a heap, mortally wounded.


Optional/BONUS word list
4/5

astronomy-At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson finished 9/2 p. 348 ...a thorough understanding of astronomy...

gangly-A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold finished 4/24 p. 74 Nate was gangly: tall and thin...

leprechaun-Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours by Ben Falcone p. 42 It's a cereal box that they decorate and then put a hole in, so the leprechaun will get "trapped."

obstetrics-Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country by Pam Houston finished 3/11 p. 229 My mother was still in the obstetrics wing of the hospital...

Volkswagen-The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by Jason Bateson finished 3/4 p.139 ...and his white 1960 Volkswagon bus , unlocked and with the key in the ignition...

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list
✔beauty - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p4 - "...the beauty salon kept flexible..."
✔couch - The Starless Sea - 3/2/20 - p104 - "...at the velvet couch..."
✔deluge - A Crime of Passion Fruit - 3/13/20 - p25 - "...the last deluge..."
✔eccentric - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p139 - "...this eccentric, tiny woman..."
✔feast - The Starless Sea - 3/2/20 - p67 - "...the ghost at the feast."

✔holiday - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p179 - "...their birthdays, parties, holidays, graduations..."
✔injection - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p261 - "...given a merciful injection..."
junction
✔knuckles - The Starless Sea - 3/2/20 - p332 - "...blooms red over her knuckles..."
✔marriage - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p79 - "...than the marriage broker..."

✔narrow - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p47 - "...with her along narrow paths..."
✔packet - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p23 - "...for a packet of heroin..."
✔surgery - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p60 - "...the marvels of modern surgery..."
✔tweed - The Starless Sea - 3/2/20 - p476 - "...he now wears a tweed suit..."
✔wounded - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p83 - "...more than a thousand wounded..."

Optional/BONUS word list
✔astronomy - The Starless Sea - 3/2/20 - p48 - "...are astronomy- or cartography-related."
gangly
✔leprechaun - Plum Lucky - 3/13/20 - p16 - "...she had a leprechaun..."
✔obstetrics - The Japanese Lover - 3/9/20 - p160 - "...area of obstetrics..."
✔Volkswagen - Run for Your Life - 3/12/20 - p224 - "...Honda and Volkswagen horns..."

*****COMPLETED 4/7/24***** Last Word="obstetrics"

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20
100p. min.
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.

You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!

This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1) by Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
✔beauty-loc.33660 of the Kindle version of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"Your heart was proud because of your beauty." 3/2/20
✔couch-p.1-Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"...among my things: a black couch with a foldaway bed..." 3/13/20
✔deluge-p.151- The Nice and the Good-"...Folly advances to deluge with rose petals the drugged and amorous pair..." 4/22/20
✔eccentric-p.36- Salvador-"...affairs along lines dictated by eccentric insights..." 3/15/20
✔feast-Ch. 2 of audiobook- Castle Rackrent-"...did entertain and feast him, sitting on the ground, and lying on mantles..." 3/4/20
✔holiday-p.12- The Water Dancer-"It was a Sunday, two weeks after Holiday..." 3/8/20
✔injection-p.129- The Travelling Cat Chronicles-"Saturo had lots of marks from all the injections..." 3/29/20
✔junction-p.84- Close Range-"The station stands at the junction of highway 16 and a county road." 4/11/20
✔knuckles-p.118- Flying Too High-"Phrynne cheered silently, and barked her knuckles as the driver turned off the main road." 3/21/20
✔marriage-p.120-I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections-"...it makes clear something that marriage obscures..." 3/1/20
✔narrow-p.79-The Guermantes Way-"And the zone of my consciousness that had been brushed by its springing stems was so narrow..." 3/21/20
✔packet-p.59- The Parachute Drop-"...pulling out a packet of cigarettes." 3/29/20
✔surgery-p.105--In the Heart of the Country-"I feel them far away, terrible incisions, dull surgery." 3/7/20
✔tweed-p.140-The Body in the Library-"...change into trousers and a pullover, or into tweeds." 3/2/20
✔wounded-p.169- The Water Dancer-"Their humanity wounded me ..." 3/11/20


Optional/BONUS word list
✔astronomy-p.56- In the Heart of the Country-"...a shootng star (how full of astronomy)..." 3/6/20
✔gangly- p.76- Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"His taller, gangly friend had on jeans that kind of bagged..." 3/17/20
✔leprechaun-p.62- The Commitments-"Fuckin' leprechauns maybe." 4/18/20
✔ obstetrics-p.142-The Know-It-All-"...did not have a doctorate in East Asian obstetrics." 4/7/24
✔Volkswagen-p.425- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax-"...ushered Mrs. Pollifax outside to the door of a trim little green Volkswagen." 5/9/20

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

BASIC word list
DONE!

BONUS / OPTIONAL words
obstetrics

FOUND BASIC word list
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beauty Little Miss Perfect p.56 "...provides beauty..."
Feb 20 - Corporate The Broken One p.81 "...land of the corporate sharks."
couch The Broken One p.6 "They'd curl up on the couch..."
deluge Celtic Empire p.449 "...lessening the deluge."
Eccentric Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog p.148 "...by the eccentric J.I.Rodale..."feast The Wild One l.1717 "A visual feast."
Feb 20 - Frequent The Library of Lost and Found p.55 "...she'd started to frequent."
holiday The Library of Lost and Found l.6 "...while he was on holiday."
injection The Library of Lost and Found p.57 "...and mimed an injection."
junction Celtic Empire p.449 "...to the left at the junction..."
knuckles Little Miss Perfect p.19 "...cracking the knuckles on his left hand..."
July 19 - Legislation - Celtic Empire p.101 "...proposing new legislation..."
marriage The Library of Lost and Found p.231 "Marriage Certificate."
narrow The Library of Lost and Found p.75 "It's a narrow road..."
packet The Library of Lost and Found p.30 "...pulled out a packet of tissues."
Feb 20 - Sabotage Little Miss Perfect p.6 "...internal thoughts that sabotage me."
surgery Celtic Empire p.78 "Surgery was a success."
tweed The Library of Lost and Found p.210 "He wore a tweed jacket..."
wounded Celtic Empire p.32 "...dead and wounded men lay everywhere."
Nov 19 - Zeal - The Library of Lost and Found p.11 "...would proclaim with zeal."

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FOUND Bonus / Optional words
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astronomy A Bad Day for Sunshine p.93 "...they discussed astronomy..."
gangly Someone to Watch Over Me p.110 "...a long-legged, gangly child."
Feb 20 - Ivy League Little Miss Perfect p.2 "...who made it to the Ivy League."
leprechaun A Bad Day for Sunshine p.53 "Suspect is not believed to actually be a leprechaun."
Dec 19 - Library card - The Library of Lost and Found p.36 "She issued a new library card..."
Volkswagen Celtic Empire p.326 "when a gray Volkswagen appeared..."

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March 2020 Scavenger Hunt-Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

(1) Desire Unchained Larissa Ione 3/9/2020 4*
(2) Firewing Kenneth Oppel 3/13/2020 4*
(3) Body Love Kelly LeVeque 3/17/2020 4*
(4) Etiquette and Espionage Gail Carriger 3/31/20 3*

BASIC word list: 15/15 words
(1) beauty: Kindle p. 61-…beauty as he walked.
(1) couch: Kindle p. 38-…couch with a beer.
(2) deluge: p. 216…through the deluge.
(4) eccentric: Kindle p. 161-…to be eccentric.
(1) feast: Kindle p. 56-…like a feast.
(3) holiday: Kindle p. 91-After a long holiday…
(1) injection: Kindle p. 137-…issue of the injection.
(2) junction: p. 49-Past the junction…
(1) knuckles: Kindle p. 76-Teeth scraped her knuckles…
(1) marriage: Kindle p. 24-…her parent’s marriage…
(1) narrow: Kindle p. 41-…Mr. Straight and Narrow.
(3) packet: Kindel p. 89-…(almond butter packet…
(1) surgery: Kindle p. 53-…she performed surgery…
(4) tweed: Kindle p. 22-…in tweed jodhpurs…
(1) wounded: Kindle p. 296-Walking woundeds took…

Optional/BONUS word list: 1/5 words
astronomy
(4) gangly: Kindle p. 147-…the tall gangly sootie…
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen

Please put my name on participant list. Thanks!

Denise wrote: "Please put my name on participant list. Thanks!"

Got it!

I think I have everyone linked to this point. If I've missed you, please let me know.

BASIC word list

beauty-Lucy-3/9/20-page 4-"You're not a great beauty"

couch-A Long Fatal Love Chase-3/17/20-page 43-"seat himself on the couch"

deluge-The Oregon Trail-3/27/20-page 149-"escaping the grasp of the deluge"

eccentric-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 126-"only an eccentric millionaire"

feast-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 161="serving us a feast."

holiday-Lucy-3/9/20-page 61-"join them for an occasional weekend of holiday"

injection-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 188-"prepared an injection of local anaesthetic."

junction-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 264-"at the junction with Prince's Street."

knuckles-Lucy-3/9/20-page 55-"I would stare at his knuckles"

marriage-Lucy-3/9/20-page 167-"start the marriage off"

narrow-Hiroshima-3/3/20-page 64-"squatting on the narrow road"

packet-Lucy-3/9/20-page 158"finds the packet of letters"

surgery-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 43-"how little brain surgery I practice."

tweed-Lucy-3/9/20-page 216"beneath his tweed jacket"

wounded-Hiroshima-3/3/20-page 33- "most of the rest were wounded"


Optional/BONUS word list

astronomy

gangly

leprechaun

obstetrics-A Dublin Student Doctor-3/6/20-page 55-"They don't do obstetrics."

Volkswagen

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 29Marchb20

12 / 15 basic words found
1 / 5 BONUS words found
0 books read

Wonder R.J. Palacio 3/13/20 *****
beauty Location 751 “We’re kind of like BEAUTY and the Beast.
holiday Location 1884 And have a great HOLIDAY.
knuckles Location 2438 and sucking on her KNUCKLES.
narrow Location 3170 Then they came out of the NARROW valley
packet
surgery Location 107 The last SURGERY I had was eight months ago,

American Dirt|45046527] Jeanine Cummins 3/18/20 *****
couch p. 14 The detective is siting beside Luca on the COUCH
junction p. 269 There’s one more major JUNCTION

In Pain In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids Travis Rieder 3/23/20 ***
injection P.242 he could choose his INJECTION point
wounded P.244 improving the live of WOUNDED veterans.

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum Michael McCreary 3/27/20 **
eccentric Location 356 People with autism are ECCENTRIC geniuses
headset Location 1056 he screamed into my HEADSET,

Kindred Kindred Octavia E. Butler3/30/20 *****
feast p. 75 I feasted on a shapeless sandwich. In the middle of it, I caught
marriage p 133 No slave MARRIAGE was legally binding.


BASIC word list
beauty
couch
deluge
eccentric
feast
holiday
injection
junction
knuckles
marriage
narrow
packet
surgery
tweed
wounded


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy
gangly
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen

February Carryover
jaguar (car or animal)
sabotage
vintage
headset
Ivy League
pleats
Zoloft

Happy hunting, Patty & Kathryn. I've created links for you both.

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
March 1 - 31, 2020

0 of 20 Complete

BASIC word list
beauty
couch
deluge - The Giver of Stars - page 249 - "The briefest of nods, a tip of the wet brim hat, and they were gone, running through the deluge to their own homes to retrieve what they could".
eccentric
feast
holiday
injection
junction
knuckles
marriage
narrow
packet
surgery
tweed
wounded


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy - One of Us Is Lying - page 118 - "How we had a sub for astronomy because Mr. Avery was holed up in another room with two police officers".
gangly - Black Hills - Nora Roberts - 3/17/20 - page 34 - "It was the farrier's son, a gangly towheaded boy of fourteen called Gull".
leprechaun - White Heat - M.J. McGrath - 3/7/20 - page 83 - "The odds on finding his body would be about the same as discovering leprechaun's living in the lemming shed".
obstetrics
Volkswagen - One of Us Is Lying - page 146 - "Simon drove a 1970s Volkswagen Bug he was freakishly proud of".

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Books Read:
Basic Words Found:
Bonus Words Found:


BASIC word list
beauty
couch
deluge
eccentric
feast
holiday
injection
junction
knuckles
marriage
narrow
packet
surgery
tweed
wounded


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy
gangly
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen

Welcome to the challenge hunt, Olivermagnus & Diana S. Your links are active.

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

14 / 15 basic words found
2 / 5 BONUS words found
4 books read

(1) My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray--3/14/20
(2) Conviction by Denise Mina--3/26/20
(3) Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman--3/27/20
(4) Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell--3/7/20

BASIC word list
✔beauty--(1)--loc. 1066--"...a fair and feisty beauty by the name of Kitty..."
✔couch--(3)--loc. 280--"...I climbed down from the couch..."
✔deluge--(3)--loc. 3808--"After the deluge, she..."
✔eccentric--(1)--loc. 915--"I wouldn't see the eccentric young Frenchman..."
✔feast--(1)--loc. 2048--"...a sumptuous wedding feast of roast duck..."
✔holiday--(1)--loc. 961--"...the springtime holiday was a time..."

injection

✔junction--(3)--loc. 4288--"...I was about to reach the junction..."
✔knuckles--(1)--loc. 2891--"...pressing a kiss to my knuckles..."
✔marriage--(1)--loc. 645--"When it comes to marriage prospects,..."
✔narrow--(1)--loc. 1385--"...from down the narrow, frozen lane..."
✔packet--(1)--loc. 2808--"...received a packet of letters..."
✔surgery--(4)--loc. 2831--"...such as major surgery..."
✔tweed--(2)--loc. 2098--"Tweed coats and green trousers..."
✔wounded--(1)--loc. 198--"...field surrounded by wounded soldiers...


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy

✔gangly--(2)--loc. 258--...a gangly blond boy..."
✔leprechaun--(1)--loc. 7971--"...Mac laughed like a leprechaun..."

obstetrics

Volkswagen

FINISHED Basic List

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list

beauty “reflected lights glistening in shimmering liquid beauty” p. 24 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

couch - “would you mind if we took this over to the couch there?” p. 42 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

deluge - “a deluge of hot water poured over the court clerk’s tense back” p. 128 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotzsch 3.16.20

eccentric - “ known to be an eccentric old bird” p.348 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotsch 3.16.20

feast - “she had hardly touched the hangman’s feast” p. 6 The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Plotzsch 3.16.20

holiday “we’re not here on holiday” Loc 1384 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

injection - “there were no injection marks” p. 54 The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey 3.20.20

junction “walked across the wide road junction” Loc 458 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

knuckles - “Giles sighed and gnawed on his knuckles” p. 164 How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 3.19,20

marriage “She finally admitted her marriage had been sterile for many years” Loc 80 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

narrow - “wide shoulders and a narrow waist” p. 17 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

packet - “there were several other pieces of information in the packet” p. 131 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

surgery - “the Campbells much larger house and surgery” Loc 278 Spitfire Down! by S. Block 3.3.20

tweed “wearing a neatly pressed brown tweed suit” p. 40 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

wounded - “theory that one wounded copy was worth at least three who were ambulatory” p. 86 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20


Optional/BONUS word list

astronomy

gangly - “…tall and a bit gangly…” p. 17 Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson 3.10.20

leprechaun
obstetrics

Volkswagen - “seems I remember seeing a red Volkswagen on that hot car bulletin” p. 35 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! by Ed McBain 3.2.20

Great job, Denise.

And, Marilyn, I created a link for you.

I've missed 4:

18/22

(3/4/20)

surgery - Some of the oldest people on board looked the youngest, and it wasn't due to plastic surgery. (p 14)

(3/4/20)

holiday - Or during the fortnight's holiday that we know him to have taken in September? (p 80)
injection - It became difficult to give him penicillin injections as so little spare flesh remained in which to jab the needle. (p 158)
marriage - Orwell himself acknowledged that a second marriage to a much younge woman named Sonia Brownell, conducted while he lay in his hospital bed by way of the Archbhishop of Canterbury's special licence, had given him something to live for. (p 23)
narrow - "A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times round the waist of her overalls, just thightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips." (p 112)

(3/6/20)

beauty - In the bathroom they shared, Tanya had cleared out her shelves of beauty products, leaving just Bridget's things: a toothbrush, toothpaste, and can of mousse. (p 117)
couch - Bridget arrived home from work and poured herself a glass of white wine, before flopping on the couch. (p 25)
feast - "Feast your eyes on these," Bridget said, and proceeded to take her sister for a tour around the shop. (p 62)
knuckles - He took her hand and kissed her knuckles. (p 89)
packet - Bridget dashed inside, found the painkillers and bought a packet. (p 3)

(3/13/20)

wounded - His expression twisted up and that strange wounded animal sound hissed from behind clenched teeth. (p 9)

(3/15/20)

deluge - A recent row in the UK also showed that, for some, male default still matters an awful lot: when in 2017 the first female head of London's Fire Brigade, Dany Cotton, suggested that we should replace "fireman" with the now standard (and let's face it, much cooler) "firefighter", she received a deluge of hate mail. (p 29)
obstetrics - Only two of these courses (obstetrics and gynaecology classes taught in the second and third acaemic years) were mandatory. (p 315)

(3/16/20)

leprechaun - Vanessa and working out is about as common as seeing a leprechaun riding a unicorn skipping down Michigan Avenue. (p 111)

(3/29/20)

eccentric - The artist has painted a toad on the map, and the two religious traditions live on in the eccentric place-name 'Santa Barbara at the Place of the Toad." (p 841)
astronomy - In Korean history the united Silla kingdom, prosperous and secure at the end of the Silk Road, stands as one of the great periods of creativity and learning, a 'golden age' of architecture and literature, astronomy and mathematics. (p 502)
jaguar (car or animal) (February) - It owed its new eminence to the king shown on the stone lintel, Shield Jaguar, who at the age of 75 commissioned a building programme to celebrate the successes of what would eventually be his sixty-year reign. (p 517)

(3/30/20)

gangly - I, on the other hand, am serious, blond, tall, still barley out of my gangly stage and occasionally have men ask me about my revolutionary technique for stretching leather. (p 19)

BASIC word list

junction
tweed

Optional/BONUS word list

Volkswagen

Carry-over February:

Zoloft

Still a great job, Rosa. You'll probably find them in the next week!

probably 🙈

Done. I found all of the basic list and will CARRY-OVER a couple bonus words.

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20

BASIC word list

beauty .. but what was my mother to do with her beauty .. Godshot loc 147

couch .. I'd sleep on the couch watching television .. Godshot loc 249

deluge .. the deluge mirrored Susannah 's sorrow .. The Island Girls: A heartbreaking historical novel loc 3743

eccentric .. my father's quite eccentric .. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 103

feast .. Cherry invited him in for a feast of pastries .. Godshot loc 796

holiday .. over a holiday they don't even believe in .. Godshot loc 1956

injection .. she's getting Botox injections in her armpits today .. Live Bait pg 95

junction .. at the junction she stopped and looked both ways .. Tamarack County pg 155

knuckles .. his knuckles: EWMN. What does that mean .. Godshot loc 2048

marriage .. marriage seemed the most exciting endeavor .. Godshot loc 313

narrow .. I ran up the narrow stairs .. Godshot loc 219

packet .. Packets of tobacco and indigo, rice and cotton heading north .. The Eulogist pg 31

surgery .. Michelle was getting her ready for surgery .. The Heebie-Jeebie Girl loc 312

tweed .. a white haired woman in tweed .. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 224

wounded .. the light of the hallway gave me a better look at the wounded .. Death of an American Beauty loc 602


Optional/BONUS word list

astronomy

gangly

leprechaun .. obscenely oversized head on a body with leprechaun legs.. A Red Herring Without Mustard pg 250

obstetrics

Volkswagen

CARRY-OVER

Feb.
Ivy League .. twenty percent of its graduates went to Ivy League schools .. Pretty Things loc 902

Zoloft


3/2/20 4☆ 3/3/20 3☆ 3/4/20 4☆
3/5/20 3☆ 3/8/20 3.5☆ 3/9/20 4.25☆
3/11/20 1☆ 3/13/20 3.5☆ 3/23/20 3☆

Whoop, Whoop, WHOOP, Karen Kay!

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 29Marchb20

12 / 15 basic words found
1 / 5 BONUS words found
0 books read

Wonder R.J. Palacio 3/13/20 *****
beauty Location 751 “We’re kind of like BEAUTY and the Beast.
holiday Location 1884 And have a great HOLIDAY.
knuckles Location 2438 and sucking on her KNUCKLES.
narrow Location 3170 Then they came out of the NARROW valley
packet
surgery Location 107 The last SURGERY I had was eight months ago,

American Dirt|45046527] Jeanine Cummins 3/18/20 *****
couch p. 14 The detective is siting beside Luca on the COUCH
junction p. 269 There’s one more major JUNCTION

In Pain In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids Travis Rieder 3/23/20 ***
injection P.242 he could choose his INJECTION point
wounded P.244 improving the live of WOUNDED veterans.

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum Michael McCreary 3/27/20 **
eccentric Location 356 People with autism are ECCENTRIC geniuses
headset Location 1056 he screamed into my HEADSET,

Kindred Kindred Octavia E. Butler3/30/20 *****
feast p. 75 I feasted on a shapeless sandwich. In the middle of it, I caught
marriage p 133 No slave MARRIAGE was legally binding.


BASIC word list
beauty
couch
deluge
eccentric
feast
holiday
injection
junction
knuckles
marriage
narrow
packet
surgery
tweed
wounded


Optional/BONUS word list
astronomy
gangly
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen

February Carryover
jaguar (car or animal)
sabotage
vintage
headset
Ivy League
pleats
Zoloft

You're doing great, Kathryn!

Under "Wonder" by Palacio ... you show 'packet' but you don't give any location or quote.

Basic Word List completed!

Great challenge work, Licha-Olivia!

Finished my basic word list. Missing "Obstetrics"

I finished the basic list...still looking for three bonus words:

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20
100p. min.
.

Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.

You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!

This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1) by Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
✔beauty-loc.33660 of the Kindle version of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"Your heart was proud because of your beauty." 3/2/20
✔couch-p.1-Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"...among my things: a black couch with a foldaway bed..." 3/13/20
deluge
✔eccentric-p.36- Salvador-"...affairs along lines dictated by eccentric insights..." 3/15/20
✔feast-Ch. 2 of audiobook- Castle Rackrent-"...did entertain and feast him, sitting on the ground, and lying on mantles..." 3/4/20
✔holiday-p.12- The Water Dancer-"It was a Sunday, two weeks after Holiday..." 3/8/20
✔injection-p.129- The Travelling Cat Chronicles-"Saturo had lots of marks from all the injections..." 3/29/20
✔junction-p.84- Close Range-"The station stands at the junction of highway 16 and a county road." 4/11/20
✔knuckles-p.118- Flying Too High-"Phrynne cheered silently, and barked her knuckles as the driver turned off the main road." 3/21/20
✔marriage-p.120-I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections-"...it makes clear something that marriage obscures..." 3/1/20
✔narrow-p.79-The Guermantes Way-"And the zone of my consciousness that had been brushed by its springing stems was so narrow..." 3/21/20
✔packet-p.59- The Parachute Drop-"...pulling out a packet of cigarettes." 3/29/20
✔surgery-p.105--In the Heart of the Country-"I feel them far away, terrible incisions, dull surgery." 3/7/20
✔tweed-p.140-The Body in the Library-"...change into trousers and a pullover, or into tweeds." 3/2/20
✔wounded-p.169- The Water Dancer-"Their humanity wounded me ..." 3/11/20


Optional/BONUS word list
✔astronomy-p.56- In the Heart of the Country-"...a shootng star (how full of astronomy)..." 3/6/20
✔gangly- p.76- Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"His taller, gangly friend had on jeans that kind of bagged..." 3/17/20
leprechaun
obstetrics
Volkswagen

Good job, Ed!

UPDATE Message # 4 - Challenge completed 09May20

Finally found "obstetrics" .... 15 basic words & 5 BONUS words all found.

Basic word list done. Still looking for astronomy.

Great challenge work, Koren!

Finally finished!

Yippee Skippee! Congratulations, Koren.

*****COMPLETED 4/7/24***** Last Word="obstetrics"

March 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01March20 / Ends: 31March20
100p. min.
.

Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.

You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!

This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1) by Patrick Taylor An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
✔beauty-loc.33660 of the Kindle version of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"Your heart was proud because of your beauty." 3/2/20
✔couch-p.1-Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"...among my things: a black couch with a foldaway bed..." 3/13/20
✔deluge-p.151- The Nice and the Good-"...Folly advances to deluge with rose petals the drugged and amorous pair..." 4/22/20
✔eccentric-p.36- Salvador-"...affairs along lines dictated by eccentric insights..." 3/15/20
✔feast-Ch. 2 of audiobook- Castle Rackrent-"...did entertain and feast him, sitting on the ground, and lying on mantles..." 3/4/20
✔holiday-p.12- The Water Dancer-"It was a Sunday, two weeks after Holiday..." 3/8/20
✔injection-p.129- The Travelling Cat Chronicles-"Saturo had lots of marks from all the injections..." 3/29/20
✔junction-p.84- Close Range-"The station stands at the junction of highway 16 and a county road." 4/11/20
✔knuckles-p.118- Flying Too High-"Phrynne cheered silently, and barked her knuckles as the driver turned off the main road." 3/21/20
✔marriage-p.120-I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections-"...it makes clear something that marriage obscures..." 3/1/20
✔narrow-p.79-The Guermantes Way-"And the zone of my consciousness that had been brushed by its springing stems was so narrow..." 3/21/20
✔packet-p.59- The Parachute Drop-"...pulling out a packet of cigarettes." 3/29/20
✔surgery-p.105--In the Heart of the Country-"I feel them far away, terrible incisions, dull surgery." 3/7/20
✔tweed-p.140-The Body in the Library-"...change into trousers and a pullover, or into tweeds." 3/2/20
✔wounded-p.169- The Water Dancer-"Their humanity wounded me ..." 3/11/20


Optional/BONUS word list
✔astronomy-p.56- In the Heart of the Country-"...a shootng star (how full of astronomy)..." 3/6/20
✔gangly- p.76- Confessions of a Pretty Lady: Stories True and Otherwise-"His taller, gangly friend had on jeans that kind of bagged..." 3/17/20
✔leprechaun-p.62- The Commitments-"Fuckin' leprechauns maybe." 4/18/20
✔ obstetrics-p.142-The Know-It-All-"...did not have a doctorate in East Asian obstetrics." 4/7/24
✔Volkswagen-p.425- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax-"...ushered Mrs. Pollifax outside to the door of a trim little green Volkswagen." 5/9/20

Perseverance pays off, Ed!