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May 2020 Scattergories

Amanda A FINISHED
Angela
Anne FINISHED
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Chelsea
Cyndee FINISHED
Daniel FINISHED
Denise FINISHED
DenXXX FINISHED
Erica FINISHED
Ferenc FINISHED
Gabi
Genevieve FINISHED
Helen FINISHED
Jade aka MrsTosh
JennyR FINISHED
Jessica FINISHED
Joann FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED
JoAnne - mod FINISHED
Karen Kay
Kathryn
Lekshmy
Mave
Rina FINISHED
Sarah E
Shash FINISHED
Sue
Susan A FINISHED
Suzanne
Tari FINISHED
Vanessa FINISHED
✨ Vittoria ✨
May Scattergories - Letter P
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
2. Author: Jennifer Peel Paige's Turn 5/8/20
3. Main Character: Paige Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
4. Secondary Character: Pierce Quincy The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20
5. Place/Setting: Paradise Valley, Idaho The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20
6. Item on cover: Photo
Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Potatoes, Plants Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 12 Potatoes are plants.
8. Words Ending in -N: Pattern The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20 p 133 ...in this strange little pattern they called their lives.
9. Household Chores: Put away Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 146 I'll put away the food and up ASAP...
10. Bad Ladies: Anna Petrova The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20 p 45 I’m Anna Petrova, Ms. McCall’s assistant.
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Pods (coffee) Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 180 ...how those pods were piling up...
12. Flowers: Pansy Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 349 ...you gonna do, you f---in' pansy f----t?
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
2. Author: Jennifer Peel Paige's Turn 5/8/20
3. Main Character: Paige Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
4. Secondary Character: Pierce Quincy The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20
5. Place/Setting: Paradise Valley, Idaho The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20
6. Item on cover: Photo

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Potatoes, Plants Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 12 Potatoes are plants.
8. Words Ending in -N: Pattern The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20 p 133 ...in this strange little pattern they called their lives.
9. Household Chores: Put away Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 146 I'll put away the food and up ASAP...
10. Bad Ladies: Anna Petrova The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20 p 45 I’m Anna Petrova, Ms. McCall’s assistant.
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Pods (coffee) Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 180 ...how those pods were piling up...
12. Flowers: Pansy Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 349 ...you gonna do, you f---in' pansy f----t?
COMPLETE: I didn't get the book title or author
May Scattergories - P
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name)
PREACHER They Came to Kill
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Perro Blanco They Came to Kill
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
PEARL River Delta The Boy With Blue Trousers
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
PERSON
And the Specials for May are:
✔7. Things That Grow
.. faraway islands with PALM TREES and coconuts .. Black Bones, Red Earth
✔8. Words Ending in -N
.. Jamie rode over to the MEXICAN camp to talk .. loc 3120 They Came to Kill
✔9. Household Chores
.. I PEELED POTATOES but Mrs Stuart would take over .. Black Bones, Red Earth loc 394
✔10. Bad Guys/Ladies
.. holding the PRISONER in place with one hand and clutching the reins with the other .. loc 3940 They Came to Kill
✔11. Items in a Vending Machine
.. "it was said that river mud and PERSIMMON JUICE made it waterproof.. " The Boy With Blue Trousers loc 82
✔12. Flowers
.. Lockie wasn't much of a PANSY .. Black Bones, Red Earth loc 2592
5/1/20 2.5☆
5/3/20 3☆
5/7/20 3☆
May Scattergories - P
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
✔3. Main Character (first or last name)
PREACHER They Came to Kill
✔4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Perro Blanco They Came to Kill
✔5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
PEARL River Delta The Boy With Blue Trousers
✔6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
PERSON

And the Specials for May are:
✔7. Things That Grow
.. faraway islands with PALM TREES and coconuts .. Black Bones, Red Earth
✔8. Words Ending in -N
.. Jamie rode over to the MEXICAN camp to talk .. loc 3120 They Came to Kill
✔9. Household Chores
.. I PEELED POTATOES but Mrs Stuart would take over .. Black Bones, Red Earth loc 394
✔10. Bad Guys/Ladies
.. holding the PRISONER in place with one hand and clutching the reins with the other .. loc 3940 They Came to Kill
✔11. Items in a Vending Machine
.. "it was said that river mud and PERSIMMON JUICE made it waterproof.. " The Boy With Blue Trousers loc 82
✔12. Flowers
.. Lockie wasn't much of a PANSY .. Black Bones, Red Earth loc 2592




Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) - The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
2. Author (first or last name) - The Presence of Evil by J.T. Patten 5/25/20
3. Main Character (first or last name) - Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 5/13/20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - Alois Podhajsky The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
5. Place/Setting - Poland - The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) - People

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - ...could train a horse from the ground up to be a polo pony, a competitive jumper... pg 107 The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
8. Words Ending in -N - ....immediately petitioned for permission to visit the horses in... pg 50 The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
9. Household Chores - ...tall leather boots, polished to a high shine, clicked... pg 150 The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts 5/18/20
10. Bad Guys/Ladies - "What about that escaped prisoner, eh?" pg 25 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 5/13/20
11. Items in a Vending Machine - Consider the pistachio! pg 147 The Big Five: Five Simple Things You Can Do to Live a Longer, Healthier Life by Sanjiv Chopra 5/31/20
12. Flowers - Aunt Petunia, who was bony and horse-faced, whipped around... pg 17 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling 5/13/20

Completed: 12/12
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Pint-Sized Protector by Eve Langlais 5/31
2. Author (first or last name)
The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter 5/2
3. Main Character (first or last name) ~ Aloysius X.L. Pendergast
Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 5/8
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) ~ Eloise Parker
Still Life in Brunswick Stew by Larissa Reinhart 5/5
5. Place/Setting ~ Palmchat Island
Easter Egg Hunt Murder by Rachel Woods 5/14
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter 5/2

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow ~ pears
"platter of bananas, oranges, apples and pears" pg 49 The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter 5/2
8. Words Ending in -N ~ pen
"It was handwritten in what looked like an old quill pen." pg 247 Ghostly Paws by Leighann Dobbs 5/1
9. Household Chores ~ putting things away
"Norma was bustling around the kitchen, cleaning up and putting things away." pg 54 The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter 5/2
10. Bad Guys/Ladies ~ prisoner
"A prisoner escaped." pg 29 Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes 5/1
11. Items in a Vending Machine ~ peanuts
"we'd end up with beer and peanuts at O'Leary's" loc 71 Fatal Consequences by Marie Force 5/1
12. Flowers ~ pink roses
"passes me a bouquet of pink roses" pg 31 Charming Hannah by Kristen Proby 5/9

Completed: 12/12
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Principles of Spookology by SE Harmon May 10 ★★★★★
2. Author (first or last name) Piper Scott, Mate May 17 ★★★★★
3. Main Character (first or last name): Ellery Page, Murder at Pirate's Cove by Josh Lanyon May 1 ★★★★
4. Secondary Character: Mason Paige, Principles of Spookology by SE Harmon May 10 ★★★★★
5. Place/Setting: Pirate's Cove, Buck Island, Murder at Pirate's Cove by Josh Lanyon May 1 ★★★★
6. Item on cover:
person,

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow portfolio, Principles of Spookology by SE Harmon May 10 ★★★★★
2% The ace of spades on his forearm went in the random category, a favor he’d done for an ex in college who was trying to build up a portfolio.
8. Words Ending in -N: pawn, Principles of Spookology by SE Harmon May 10 ★★★★★
50% That coin collection was more than just something to pawn,
9. Household Chores: polishing furniture Murder at Pirate's Cove by Josh Lanyon May 1 ★★★★
6% He’d spent a lot of time painting walls, washing windows, sanding floors, and polishing furniture,
10. Bad Guys/Ladies: pirate Murder at Pirate's Cove by Josh Lanyon May 1 ★★★★
2% At first glance there appeared to be a drunken pirate passed out on the floor of the Crow’s Nest.
11. Items in a Vending Machine: peanuts, Principles of Spookology by SE Harmon May 10 ★★★★★
16% He offered the peanut bag to me.
12. Flowers: pansies, Mate by Piper Scott May 17 ★★★★★

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 16, 2020
COMPLETED
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Private Paris by James Patterson 5/6/2020
2. Author (first or last name)
Private Paris by James Patterson 5/6/2020
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan 5/12/2020
Polly
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay 5/9/2020
Perry is the young daughter.
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Private Paris by James Patterson 5/6/2020
Paris is the setting.
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)

picnic table
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson 5/16/2020
Page 50 Pansy bed
...the knowledge of our Mads sleeping right down the hall, and outside my fall pansy bed getting prettied up by dew to meet the sunrise.
8. Words Ending in -N
The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay 5/9/2020
Page 13 Plan
"Your brilliant plan -- come on, it's still in there.
9. Household Chores
Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan 5/12/2020
Page 46 Polish
A man would zip up the stairs and give it a polish and a checkover.
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan 5/12/2020
Page 132 sorry for the vulgarity! prick
And then some prick who would eat a deep-fried towel turns up and ruins it all.
11. Items in a Vending Machine
The Good Ones by Jenn McKinlay 5/9/2020
Page 72 Potato chips
Pajamas, cookies, ice cream, potato chips , and wine...
12. Flowers
Page 179 peonies
...he was holding a huge bunch of pink peonies , her favorite.

Recurring Items:
1. Book Title
Protecting Caroline - Susan Stoker - 5/13/202
2. Author Peters
Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters - 5/4/2020
3. Main Character Peabody
Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters - 5/4/2020
4. Secondary Character Powers, Abe
Protecting Caroline - Susan Stoker - 5/13/202
5. Place/Setting Ponderosa Resort
Stiff Suit - Tawna Fenske - 5/23/202
6. Item on cover Puppies

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow p. 22 “...clusters of towering PALMS, flowering orange trees and….”
Lost Roses - Martha Kelly Hall - 5/11/202
8. Words Ending in -N p. 127 "...hand in hand with Emerson across the barren PLAIN"
Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters - 5/4/2020
9. Household Chores p. 14 “...PREPARE Grandma’s favorite recipes.” Lost Roses - Martha Kelly Hall - 5/11/202
10. Bad Guys/Ladies p. p. 408 "Is Mrs. Debbenham also a PRISONER?
Lion in the Valley - Elizabeth Peters - 5/4/2020
11. Items in a Vending Machine p. 127 “...scent of New York pavements - hot dogs, PRETZELS, fuel, perfume….”
The Endless Beach - Jenny Colgan -5/9/2020
12. Flowers p. 106 “...wearing a posy of wilted PANSIES.”
Lady by Chance - Cheryl Bolen - 5/4/2020

12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) Pilgrim's Rest by Patricia Wentworth 5.10.20
2. Author (first or last name) Patricia Wentworth Pilgrim's Rest 5.10.20
3. Main Character (first or last name) Philip Carey - Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 5.8.20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) Peter Cooper Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury by Carol Klein 5.5.20
√5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') PARIS Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 5.8.20
√6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) PEOPLE -

And the Specials for May are:
√7. Things That Grow - – PROFIT “turned a handsome profit out of the company” p. 7 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√8. Words Ending in -N - PAIN – “the pain is not confined to his leg” p. 22 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√9. Household Chores – POLISH “he is a jewel we should polish up” p. 113 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√10. Bad Guys/Ladies - PRISONERS – “It meant that wretched prisoners were living cheek by jowl” p. 28 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
11. Items in a Vending Machine - PEANUTS – “child with a peanut allergy” p. 223 The Pure in Heart 5.10.20
12. Flowers - PEONY – “multicolored roses, paeonies, and acanthus leaves” p. 16 Pilgrim's Rest by Patricia Wentworth 5.10.20

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
12/12-finished 5/18/20
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title Pit Perfect Murder Renee George 5/7/20
2. Author (first or last name)-Point-The Fiesta Burger Murder Rosie A. Point 5/11/20
3. Main Character (first or last name)-Paige Secrets of a Small Town Adele M. Cooper 5/12/20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)-Pierce The Diva Spices It Up Krista Davis 5/3/20
5. Place/Setting-Paradise Lake (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Puppies in Paradise Kathi Daley 5/18/20
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)-pillows

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow-plants Murder in the Wine Country Janet Finsilver 5/4/20 loc 122 "...descriptions of plants and other information."
8. Words Ending in -N-pain-Left Fur Dead J.M.Griffin 5/1/30 loc 972 "A sudden intense pain..."
9. Household Chores-painting Left Fur Dead J.M.Griffin 5/1/30 loc 1889 "...and doing extra painting..."
10. Bad Guys/Ladies-perpitrator Left Fur Dead J.M.Griffin 5/1/30 "I've yet to hear of a perpitrator who feared a rabbit." loc 1260
11. Items in a Vending Machine-potato chips-Left Fur Dead J.M.Griffin 5/1/30 loc 1607 "I added potato chips and bottles of water..."
12. Flowers-peonies Killer Cleavers & Cupcakes Mel McCoy 5/1/20 loc 2128 "She loved peonies..."

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Tasks: 12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Punish - Punish by Olivia Ryann – 05/18/2020
2. Author (first or last name)
Popkey, Miranda - Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey – 05/05/2020
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Power, Lisa - Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman – 05/21/2020
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Purdue - Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman – 05/21/2020
5. Place/Setting
Phoenix (Arizona) - Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Potted plant - Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020
...there aren’t any chairs, only a huge potted plant... (Kindle Locations 3427-3428)
8. Words Ending in -N
Pain - Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020
.Because I don’t like pain,” I mutter. (Kindle Location 375)
9. Household Chores
Picking up - Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020
...just as I pick up both plates to carry them over to the table. (Kindle Location 1668)
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Prisoner - Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab – 05/10/2020
...a modicum of contact with the prisoner. (Kindle Location 3530)
11. Items in a Vending Machine
Popcorn - Tacker by Sawyer Bennett – 05/03/2020
Raul juggling a beer and popcorn (Kindle Location 1978)
12. Flowers
Peonies - Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey – 05/05/2020
...orange birds-of-paradise and pink peonies and white anemones... (Kindle Location 1345)

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Read 12/12 DONE!
Recurring Items: Plum Blossoms in Paris
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)

2. Author (first or last name) - P. D. Workman

3. Main Character (first or last name) - Erin Price

4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - Dr. Petrie - Kindle Location 408 - Dr. Petrie appeared in a doorway on the other side of the waiting room.

5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') - Paris

6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) - pants; panes of glass; pine trees

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - pines - Kindle location 317 - ...tapering off to meet the stunted pines at the tree line.

8. Words Ending in -N - plan - Kindle location 572 - "Sounds like they want us to help them plan a wedding shower."

9. Household Chores - picked up - Kindle location 581 - He picked up a small, blue shopping basket and they followed the signs to cosmetics.

10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoner - Kindle location 959 - The sheriff was going to have to stay and keep an eye on the prisoner,...

11. Items in a Vending Machine - pretzels - Kindle location 288 - She pointed out the pretzels and rosemary pizza shells, deciding what she was going to need for suppers that week.

12. Flowers - poinsettias - Paperback page 309 - There were so many poinsettias that it would take all night to count them.


5/1 - 5/31/2020
0/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
3. Main Character (first or last name)Petra Gregory The Weight of Silence The Weight of Silence Heather Gudenkauf 5/28/20 **
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) Rodney Parker in And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School Judith Warner 5/9/20 ***
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') Phoenix, AZ - where Harrison was treated Pennsylvania The Johnstown Flood David McCullough 5/31/20 **
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow portfolio p. 15 “Remember when you saved my short stories in a PORFOLIO—for when I started applying to colleges?

8. Words Ending in –N protection p.104 I needed to feel his strength and his PROTECTION. And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School Judith Warner 5/9/20 ***
9. Household Chores pulling up weeds p.180 helping me PULL UP WEEDS and plants. And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School Judith Warner 5/9/20 ***
10. Bad Guys/Ladies pirates p.22 Captain Hook’s band of PIRATES poisoned the waters of Mermaid Bay,

11. Items in a Vending Machine pop p. 116 After dinner I told the children we’d POP poporn.ESCAPE
12. Flowers petunia p.68 “Are PETUNIA and your mom around?” Alex asked. An Author's Odyssey Chris Colfer 5/16/20 **
May Scattergories
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
by Laina Turner 5/22/2020
2. Author (first or last name)
by Patrick Swayze 5/14/2020
3. Main Character (first or last name) Patrick Swayze
by Patrick Swayze 5/14/2020
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) Paul
by E.J. Copperman 5/21/2020
5. Place/Setting Pershing Square
by Josh Lanyon
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) people
by Josh Lanyon 05/14/2020
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow plants Welcome to Spicetown by Sheri Richey p121 "money received on his plants"
8. Words Ending in -N plan Welcome to Spicetown by Sheri Richey p 116 "they left with a plan"
9. Household Chores picked up Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon p 654 "Spain had picked up the scent"
10. Bad Guys/Ladies prostitutes Unscrewed by Lois Greiman P 40 "He had used my credit card to hire prostitutes for my surprise "
11. Items in a Vending Machine popcorn Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs p 225 "a handout of candy bars or popcorn balls"
12. Flowers Pansy Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon p 825 " china tea pot with purple Pansies"
Your letter is:
P
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)

2. Author (first or last name)

3. Main Character (first or last name) Patrick Swayze

4. Secondary Character (first or last name) Paul

5. Place/Setting Pershing Square

6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) people

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow plants Welcome to Spicetown by Sheri Richey p121 "money received on his plants"
8. Words Ending in -N plan Welcome to Spicetown by Sheri Richey p 116 "they left with a plan"
9. Household Chores picked up Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon p 654 "Spain had picked up the scent"
10. Bad Guys/Ladies prostitutes Unscrewed by Lois Greiman P 40 "He had used my credit card to hire prostitutes for my surprise "
11. Items in a Vending Machine popcorn Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs p 225 "a handout of candy bars or popcorn balls"
12. Flowers Pansy Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon p 825 " china tea pot with purple Pansies"
Your letter is:
P
May Scattergories
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Pay Me In Flesh by James Scott Bell - 5/26
2. Author (first or last name)
Shared Custody by Peter Styles - 5/27
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Four Letter Word by J. Daniels - 5/23 - Sydney Paige
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo - 5/15 - MC's best friend in Pete
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Becoming Rain by K.A. Tucker - 5/12 - Portland, OR
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen - 5/26 - pectoral muscles
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - 5/9 - p. 306: "...moving across the plants, helping them grow..."
8. Words Ending in -N
Never Let You Go by Katy Regnery - 5/3/20 - p. 104: "...put poison in Princess Sunshine's soda goblet."
9. Household Chores
Slashes in the Snow by M. Never - 5/8 - p. 27: "...like the shirt I know I put away..."
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Game by Barry Lyga - 5/5 - p. 251: "...turned into a model prisoner once incarcerated."
11. Items in a Vending Machine
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms - 5/2 - p. 261: "I'm gonna buy you some peanuts and cracker jacks."
12. Flowers
Gerald's Game by Stephen King - 5/10 - p. 346: "Poppies began to bloom almost at once."
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Pay Me In Flesh by James Scott Bell - 5/26

2. Author (first or last name)
Shared Custody by Peter Styles - 5/27

3. Main Character (first or last name)
Four Letter Word by J. Daniels - 5/23 - Sydney Paige

4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
God-Shaped Hole by Tiffanie DeBartolo - 5/15 - MC's best friend in Pete

5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Becoming Rain by K.A. Tucker - 5/12 - Portland, OR

6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
The Year We Hid Away by Sarina Bowen - 5/26 - pectoral muscles

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - 5/9 - p. 306: "...moving across the plants, helping them grow..."

8. Words Ending in -N
Never Let You Go by Katy Regnery - 5/3/20 - p. 104: "...put poison in Princess Sunshine's soda goblet."

9. Household Chores
Slashes in the Snow by M. Never - 5/8 - p. 27: "...like the shirt I know I put away..."

10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Game by Barry Lyga - 5/5 - p. 251: "...turned into a model prisoner once incarcerated."

11. Items in a Vending Machine
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms - 5/2 - p. 261: "I'm gonna buy you some peanuts and cracker jacks."

12. Flowers
Gerald's Game by Stephen King - 5/10 - p. 346: "Poppies began to bloom almost at once."


12/12
Recurring Items:
✔1. Book Title: Patron Saints of Nothing ★★★★★ 29 May 2020
✔2. Author: Life As We Knew It by Pfeffer, Susan Beth ★★★★ 10 May 2020
✔3. Main Character: ~Shane Primaveri~ Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔4. Secondary Character: ~Pilot~ Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔5. Place/Setting~pub or Pantheon~ Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔6. Item on cover~pearls or puncture marks~ Blue Bloods ★★ 27 May 2020
And the Specials for May are:
✔7. Things That Grow: ~pumpkin~ "'A pumpkin spice latte, please...'" p. 46 Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔8. Words Ending in -N: ~phenomenon~ "...a phenomenon called culture shock." p. 22 Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔9. Household Chores: ~picking (up)~ "...so I continue picking through..." p. 2 It's Not Like It's a Secret ★★★ 20 May
✔10. Bad Guys/Ladies: ~prisoners~ "'Miranda, we're all prisoners.'" loc 2263 Life As We Knew It ★★★★ 10 May 2020
✔11. Items in a Vending Machine: ~pie~ "Pie is fun to say..." p. 26 Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
✔12. Flowers: ~poinsettias~ "Poinsettias! Also red. And poisonous." p. 187 Again, but Better ★★★ 11 May 2020
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Books Read:






Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
The Letter is: P
FINISHED
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Priceless: She's Worth Fighting For - Joel Smallbone 5/26/20
2. Author (first or last name)
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven & Other Tales: A Graphic Novel - Edgar Allan Poe 5/20/20
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven & Other Tales: A Graphic Novel - Edgar Allan Poe 5/20/20
PRINCE PROSPERO
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20
DARIUS PIKE
5. Place/Setting
Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20
PENN'S BAR
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
PEOPLE Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20 Pg 229 "...checking the scattering of people..."
8. Words Ending in -N
POSITION Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20 Pg 22 "...the taxis jockeying for position..."
9. Household Chores
PLUMBING Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20 Pg 34 "...one been a plumbing-supply store."
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
PIRATE Lisey's Story - Stephen King 5/16/20 Pg 377 "...waiting to board a pirate ship."
11. Items in a Vending Machine
PENS Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20 Pg 270 "...half a dozen ballpoint pens..."
12. Flowers
PRAIRIE ROSE Silent Prey - John Sandford 5/10/20 Pg 256 "Lips the color of a Prairie Rose."
May Scattergories - Letter P COMPLETION POST
12/12
1. Book Title - private princes - james patterson 15.05.20
2. Author (first or last name) see #1
3. Main Character (first or last name) Ned Preacher - the names of dead girls - eric rickstad 08.05.20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - petra in Breathe - sarah crossan -16.05.20
5. Place/Setting
paediatric wards - rest and be thankful - emma glass 07.05.20
6. Item on cover
plants - the lost flowers of alice hart - holly ringland - 10.05.20
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - PROFITS
Page 49 chains for centuries to reap their own profits? And his father, who was n… fist of god
8. Words Ending in -N - PLAN
Page 35 other nations. As he understood it, the plan was for Babylon to fire its satell… FIST OF GOD
9. Household Chores - polishing
Page 81 exercise called 'last fence' and some polishing-up of parade-ground drill s… fist of god
10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoners
Page 13 had done this before, practising on prisoners, and knew his… fist of god
Frederick Forsyth 06.05.20
11. Items in a Vending Machine - peanuts
Page 328 pauses. “I mean, you kill your family for peanuts, I’d say you’re a… moonrise
12. Flowers - poppy
Page 338 out the window, Ed’s last sunrise, a poppy- red sky he can’t see fro… moonrise
Sarah Crossan 03.05.20
12/12
1. Book Title - private princes - james patterson 15.05.20

2. Author (first or last name) see #1
3. Main Character (first or last name) Ned Preacher - the names of dead girls - eric rickstad 08.05.20

4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - petra in Breathe - sarah crossan -16.05.20

5. Place/Setting
paediatric wards - rest and be thankful - emma glass 07.05.20

6. Item on cover
plants - the lost flowers of alice hart - holly ringland - 10.05.20

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - PROFITS
Page 49 chains for centuries to reap their own profits? And his father, who was n… fist of god
8. Words Ending in -N - PLAN
Page 35 other nations. As he understood it, the plan was for Babylon to fire its satell… FIST OF GOD
9. Household Chores - polishing
Page 81 exercise called 'last fence' and some polishing-up of parade-ground drill s… fist of god
10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoners
Page 13 had done this before, practising on prisoners, and knew his… fist of god

11. Items in a Vending Machine - peanuts
Page 328 pauses. “I mean, you kill your family for peanuts, I’d say you’re a… moonrise
12. Flowers - poppy
Page 338 out the window, Ed’s last sunrise, a poppy- red sky he can’t see fro… moonrise


Found: 06/12
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Practically Perfect
2. Author: Paige Toon
3. Main Character:
4. Secondary Character: Peter - Practically perfect
5. Place/Setting: Post Office - Practically Perfect
6. Item on cover: People - The Best Laid Plans
And the Specials for May
7. Things That Grow: Spring at Lavender Bay - the heavily scented plants on the breeze. (Loc 475)
8. Words Ending in -N: Spring at Lavender Bay - half the huge open plan office (Loc 69)
9. Household Chores: Spring at Lavender Bay - began to notice the peeling paint (Loc 538)
10. Bad Guys/Ladies:
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Spring at Lavender Bay - she grabbed a handful of peanuts (Loc 2247)
12. Flowers:





Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020
2. Author (first or last name)
Classical Music For Dummies, David Pogue, 02.05.2020
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Priscilla Pratt - Fangs in Fondant, Melissa Monroe, 07.04.2020
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Paige - World After, Susan Ee, 16.05.2020
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Prague - Days of Blood & Starlight, Laini Taylor, 20.05.2020
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
Pig - Animal Farm, George Orwell, 02.05.2020

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Plant - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020 - " I handed her one of the plant books. ", chapter 5
8. Words Ending in -N
Politician - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020 - "Politicians and big corporations get the bread, and we get the circuses", chapter 3
9. Household Chores
Planting - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020 - We have building and planting to do here.", chapter 25
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Prisoner - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020 - " Being held prisoner?", chapter 19
11. Items in a Vending Machine
Peanuts - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, 22.05.2020 - "Keith gave Bennett and Gregory big, expensive bars of milk chocolate with peanuts. ", chapter 9
12. Flowers
Poppy - The Natural Way of Things, Charlotte Wood, 04.05.2020 - "and then she will lift that red jacket away, as lightly as the petal of a poppy,", p. 169

FINISHED!
May Scattergories - Letter P
12 out of 12
Recurring Items:
++1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Penny and Her Marble Kevin Henkes 5-11-20 (Penny =P)
++2. Author (first or last name)
Thomas Gray: Philosopher Cat Philip J. Davis 5-3-20 (author Philip =P)
++3. Main Character (first or last name)
Elders Ryan McIlvain 5-9-20 (Passos= P)
++4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Olivia Owl's Opposites Maurice Pledger 5-9-20 (Polly Polar Bear)
++5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') PARK Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship Isabella Hatkoff 5-10-20 (Haller Park in Kenya)
++6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) PERSON
Alaska Gray Susan Froetschel and
Jumble® Explosion: A Puzzle Boom both 5-5-20
And the Specials for May are:
++7. Things That Grow PLANT Chained 5-4-20 page 94 "It's not a native plant."
++8. Words Ending in -N POLICEMAN Chained 5-4-20 page 106 "The policeman who contacted my daughter-in-law"
++9. Household Chores PAINT Chained 5-4-20 page 165 "Post-It notes warning of wet paint..." also PICKED UP page 218 "I'd picked up a couple of recipes." also PLANNING page 219 "a member of the town planning board"
++10. Bad Guys/Ladies PROSTITUTES
Penned Eileen Brady 5-8-20 page 215 of 482: "...having been used by bums, prostitutes, and drug addicts..."
++11. Items in a Vending Machine PEANUTS Chained 5-4-20 page 118 "I uncovered a half-full jar of peanuts..."
++12. Flowers PLUM BLOSSOMS
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata 5-7-20 (page 172 "There were one or two plum blossoms in the garden.")

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
2. Author (first or last name)
Powers, Richard; The Overstory 5/28/20
3. Main Character (first or last name)
The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore 5/21/20 - Pocket
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 5/14/20 - Pierre LaManche
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
Independence Hall by Roland Smith 5/6/20 - Set in Philadelphia, PA
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
Pen -

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
p. 21 “...pine trees, I think they were...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
8. Words Ending in -N
p. 16 “...the type of person...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
9. Household Chores
p. 157 “...saw him picking up some...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
p. 44 “...except maybe a pirate...”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
11. Items in a Vending Machine
p. 63 “...carrots, celery, and pretzels.”
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher 5/2/20
12. Flowers
p. 8 “...out of a peony blossom.”
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs 5/14/20

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
3. Main Character (first or last name)
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
8. Words Ending in -N
9. Household Chores
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
11. Items in a Vending Machine
12. Flowers

12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Pressure Head, J.L. Merrow -5/17
2. Author (first or last name)
The Banished Prince, Zoe Perdita -5/23
3. Main Character (first or last name)
Pressure Head, J.L. Merrow -5/17
MC: Tom Paretski
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Murder at Melrose Court: A 1920s Country House Murder, Karen Baugh Menuhin -5/6
Peregrine Kingsley
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
A Crown of Iron & Silver, Hailey Turner -5/20
park
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
Spellbound, Allie Therin -5/9
pants

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
Murder at Melrose Court: A 1920s Country House Murder, Karen Baugh Menuhin -5/6
plant - Page 80: Could have been a plant!
8. Words Ending in -N
Murder at Melrose Court: A 1920s Country House Murder, Karen Baugh Menuhin -5/6
pen - Page 68: held out my Mountblanc fountain pen.
9. Household Chores
Murder at Melrose Court: A 1920s Country House Murder, Karen Baugh Menuhin -5/6
polish - Page 149: he polishes the silver to a mirror...
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
Murder at Melrose Court: A 1920s Country House Murder, Karen Baugh Menuhin -5/6
parasite - Page 36: Bloody parasite. Given his useless financial advice...
11. Items in a Vending Machine
Seven Summer Nights, Harper Fox -5/8
pop - Page 248 : Hard enough to make his vertebrae pop…
12. Flowers
Seven Summer Nights, Harper Fox -5/8
pansies - Page 168: helmeted in silk and artificial pansies, Jebediah at her side, so w…

May Scattergories
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
3. Main Character (first or last name)
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
8. Words Ending in -N
9. Household Chores
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
11. Items in a Vending Machine
12. Flowers
Your letter is: P

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Peril at End House by Agatha Christie - 15 May 20
Peril at End House
2. Author: A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Munier - 26 May 20
Paula Munier
3. Main Character: Peril at End House by Agatha Christie - 15 May 20
Hercule Poirot
4. Secondary Character: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20
Phil Enderby
5. Place/Setting: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20
Plasti-Source plant
6. Item on cover: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20 (Paws)

Specials:
7. Things That Grow: Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 07 May 20 (Profit)
"He's got his costs, his fees, his profits al listed nice and tidy beside each unit." - loc. 322
8. Words Ending in -N: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20 (Pain)
"His green eyes held pain and something else - something hard and determined." - loc. 209
9. Household Chores: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20 (Painting)
"I set the painting against the wall and went back to work." - loc. 271
10. Bad Guys/Ladies: Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 07 May 20 (Pirates)
"The pirates look great swinging to stage on these." - loc. 302
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Death with a Dark Red Rose by Julia Buckley - 03 May 20 (Potato chips)
"Adam set little sandwiches and potato chips down in front of us, then pulled out a third chair." - loc. 168
12. Flowers: Peril at End House by Agatha Christie - 15 May 20 (Pansy)
"The small, vivid face, pansy shaped, the enormous dark-blue eyes, and something else" - loc. 20

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored): A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie 5/17
2. Author (first or last name): Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett 5/15
3. Main Character (first or last name): Stephanie Plum
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 5/1
4. Secondary Character (first or last name): Puddin'
Murder Most Howl by Krista Davis 5/16
5. Place/Setting: Port Quincy and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Engaged in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore 5/5
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items): Piñata
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Pumpkins
"Corn stalks and pumpkins decorated the expansive green between the wide sidewalks." Loc. 761

8. Words Ending in -N: Phenomenon
"Well-known farmyard phenomenon." Loc. 399
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett 5/15
9. Household Chores: Polished
"'Have some figs,' he said, holding out to her a polished wooden bowl of fruit." Pg. 167
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/7
10. Bad Guys/Ladies: Phantom
"McDonald's announced it was opening its first restaurant in the Soviet Union, everyone bought Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time and didn't read it, Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway, and Patricia Campbell got ready to die." Loc. 112
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 5/23
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Peanut crackers
"No lunch today, he was thinking, and wondered how stale the peanut butter crackers were that he kept in his desk." Pg. 40
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
12. Flowers: Petunias
"The wood felt pliant and rotten beneath me, and petunias grew out of a hole in the porch's corner." Loc. 612
Engaged in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore 5/5

Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
---1. Book Title
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
---2. Author - Patti Callahan Henry
The Bookshop at Water's End - 5/25/20
---3. Main Character - Anna Petrovna
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
---4. Secondary Character - Pelageya Fedotovna
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
---5. Place/Setting - Paris
Set This House On Fire - 5/30/20
pg. 174 - In Paris I got a letter from Mason
---6. Item on cover - picture frame

And the Specials for May are:
---7. Things That Grow - potatoes
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
pg. 107 - their kerosene and their axeheads and their potatoes
---8. Words Ending in -N - policeman
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
pg. 65 - I'm not a policeman
---9. Household Chores - paint
Set This House On Fire - 5/30/20
pg. 250 - I knew I could paint rings around anyone
---10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoner
The People's Act of Love - 5/17/20
pg. 62 - He looked down at the prisoner
---11. Items in a Vending Machine - peanuts
Set This House On Fire - 5/30/20
pg. 102 - Rosemarie handed me a bowlful of peanuts
---12. Flowers - poppies
Set This House On Fire - 5/30/20
pg. 36 - orange trees and blinding red poppies

May 2020
Recurring Items:
A Princess of Wind and Wave by Melanie Cellier (5/7/20)
To Love a Lord by Michelle Pennington (5/16/20)
To Love a Lord by Michelle Pennington (5/16/20)
A Dream of Ebony and White by Melanie Cellier (5/3/20)
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (5/1/20)
A Princess of Wind and Wave by Melanie Cellier (5/7/20)

And the Specials for May are:
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (5/1/20)
"...what the Beast had done to curse his people..." (pg 12)
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (5/1/20)
"We've just received word from Marin's prison." (pg 12)
A Captive of Wing and Feather by Melanie Cellier (5/5/20)
"...I longed to pick up a stone from the edge of the lake and..." (pg 30)
A Tale of Beauty and Beast by Melanie Cellier (5/1/20)
"I am not the Beast's prisoner..." (pg 60)
Ross by L.L. Muir (5/18/20)
"...it wasn't a simple 'popcorn' or 'peanuts'..." (Loc 2462)
To Love a Lord by Michelle Pennington (5/16/20)
"...holding a large bouquet of pink peonies."

May 2020 Scattergories
Duration: 5/1/2020 - 5/31/2020
Progress: 9 out of 12
The general rules of Scattergories are you are given a list of categories and a time limit. Then the letter dice is rolled and you have to come up with something that matches the letter and the category.
The object of this challenge is the same sort of thing as the board game. We give you a list of 12 categories/words and a letter and you find items that fit those categories in your books. The goal is to find all 12 items. You may use a book to fulfill as many categories as it fits (you don't have to read 12 books this month...don't worry!)
The first 6 categories will stay the same, the second 6 will be announced each month.
Please remember to add a link to the book, the author and give the date you finished reading it.
You also need to post the sentence and page/loc# for items 7-12.
Letter: P
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name):
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages
3. Main Character (first or last name)
4. Secondary Character (first or last name): Geoffrey Pinchingdale-Snipe
The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig - **** - 5/28/2020 - 400 Pages
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items): Person
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Plants
"It’ll also support native plants and improve air quality." Page 178
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages
8. Words Ending in -N: Plan:
"By evening, she had a plan." Page 70
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages
9. Household Chores: Pick-Up
"The inn’ll pick up business from all the guests who want to play the golf course but don’t want to pay the resort’s room prices." Page 47
10. Bad Guys/Ladies: Pirate
"It would have been easier to do if she were wearing something more impressive than pirate-skull panties and the happy printing company T-shirt left behind by one of the guests." Page 83
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Peanut Butter Sandwich
"Instead, she headed toward the swimming pool with the peanut butter sandwich she’d made that morning." Page 137
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - **** - 5/1/2020 - 385 Pages
12. Flowers: "Past the bridge, the land too grew wilder, and Charis, Anjey, and I soon had to pick our way through a tangle of vetch, flowering phlox, and sticky ferns." Page 53
Heartstone by Elle Katharine White - **** - 5/8/2020 - 352 Pages



FINISHED
May Scattergories - Letter P
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
2. Author: Jennifer Peel Paige's Turn 5/8/20
3. Main Character: Paige Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
4. Secondary Character: Pierce Quincy The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20
5. Place/Setting: Paradise Valley, Idaho The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20
6. Item on cover: Photo
Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Potatoes, Plants Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 12 Potatoes are plants.
8. Words Ending in -N: Pattern The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20 p 133 ...in this strange little pattern they called their lives.
9. Household Chores: Put away Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 146 I'll put away the food and up ASAP...
10. Bad Ladies: Anna Petrova The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20 p 45 I’m Anna Petrova, Ms. McCall’s assistant.
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Pods (coffee) Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 180 ...how those pods were piling up...
12. Flowers: Pansy Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 349 ...you gonna do, you f---in' pansy f----t?
May Scattergories - Letter P
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title: Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
2. Author: Jennifer Peel Paige's Turn 5/8/20
3. Main Character: Paige Paige's Turn Jennifer Peel 5/8/20
4. Secondary Character: Pierce Quincy The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20
5. Place/Setting: Paradise Valley, Idaho The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20
6. Item on cover: Photo

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow: Potatoes, Plants Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 12 Potatoes are plants.
8. Words Ending in -N: Pattern The Killing Hour Lisa Gardner 5/6/20 p 133 ...in this strange little pattern they called their lives.
9. Household Chores: Put away Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 146 I'll put away the food and up ASAP...
10. Bad Ladies: Anna Petrova The Scent of Lies Debra Burroughs 5/9/20 p 45 I’m Anna Petrova, Ms. McCall’s assistant.
11. Items in a Vending Machine: Pods (coffee) Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 180 ...how those pods were piling up...
12. Flowers: Pansy Loose Ends: Volume One Kristen Ashley 5/3/20 p 349 ...you gonna do, you f---in' pansy f----t?

May Scattergories - Letter P
12/12
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored) Pilgrim's Rest by Patricia Wentworth 5.10.20
2. Author (first or last name) Patricia Wentworth Pilgrim's Rest 5.10.20
3. Main Character (first or last name) Philip Carey - Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 5.8.20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) Peter Cooper Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury by Carol Klein 5.5.20
√5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') PARIS Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 5.8.20
√6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) PEOPLE -

And the Specials for May are:
√7. Things That Grow - – PROFIT “turned a handsome profit out of the company” p. 7 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√8. Words Ending in -N - PAIN – “the pain is not confined to his leg” p. 22 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√9. Household Chores – POLISH “he is a jewel we should polish up” p. 113 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
√10. Bad Guys/Ladies - PRISONERS – “It meant that wretched prisoners were living cheek by jowl” p. 28 The Vagabond Clown by Edward Marston 5.3.20
11. Items in a Vending Machine - PEANUTS – “child with a peanut allergy” p. 223 The Pure in Heart 5.10.20
12. Flowers - PEONY – “multicolored roses, paeonies, and acanthus leaves” p. 16 Pilgrim's Rest by Patricia Wentworth 5.10.20

May Scattergories - P
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Read 12/12 DONE!
Recurring Items: Plum Blossoms in Paris
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)

2. Author (first or last name) - P. D. Workman

3. Main Character (first or last name) - Erin Price

4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - Dr. Petrie - Kindle Location 408 - Dr. Petrie appeared in a doorway on the other side of the waiting room.

5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') - Paris

6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) - pants; panes of glass; pine trees

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - pines - Kindle location 317 - ...tapering off to meet the stunted pines at the tree line.

8. Words Ending in -N - plan - Kindle location 572 - "Sounds like they want us to help them plan a wedding shower."

9. Household Chores - picked up - Kindle location 581 - He picked up a small, blue shopping basket and they followed the signs to cosmetics.

10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoner - Kindle location 959 - The sheriff was going to have to stay and keep an eye on the prisoner,...

11. Items in a Vending Machine - pretzels - Kindle location 288 - She pointed out the pretzels and rosemary pizza shells, deciding what she was going to need for suppers that week.

12. Flowers - poinsettias - Paperback page 309 - There were so many poinsettias that it would take all night to count them.


May Scattergories - Letter P
12 out of 12
Recurring Items:
++1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Penny and Her Marble Kevin Henkes 5-11-20 (Penny =P)
++2. Author (first or last name)
Thomas Gray: Philosopher Cat Philip J. Davis 5-3-20 (author Philip =P)
++3. Main Character (first or last name)
Elders Ryan McIlvain 5-9-20 (Passos= P)
++4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
Olivia Owl's Opposites Maurice Pledger 5-9-20 (Polly Polar Bear)
++5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch') PARK Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship Isabella Hatkoff 5-10-20 (Haller Park in Kenya)
++6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items) PERSON
Alaska Gray Susan Froetschel and
Jumble® Explosion: A Puzzle Boom both 5-5-20
And the Specials for May are:
++7. Things That Grow PLANT Chained 5-4-20 page 94 "It's not a native plant."
++8. Words Ending in -N POLICEMAN Chained 5-4-20 page 106 "The policeman who contacted my daughter-in-law"
++9. Household Chores PAINT Chained 5-4-20 page 165 "Post-It notes warning of wet paint..." also PICKED UP page 218 "I'd picked up a couple of recipes." also PLANNING page 219 "a member of the town planning board"
++10. Bad Guys/Ladies PROSTITUTES
Penned Eileen Brady 5-8-20 page 215 of 482: "...having been used by bums, prostitutes, and drug addicts..."
++11. Items in a Vending Machine PEANUTS Chained 5-4-20 page 118 "I uncovered a half-full jar of peanuts..."
++12. Flowers PLUM BLOSSOMS
The Master of Go Yasunari Kawabata 5-7-20 (page 172 "There were one or two plum blossoms in the garden.")
May Scattergories - Letter P COMPLETION POST
12/12
1. Book Title - private princes - james patterson 15.05.20
2. Author (first or last name) see #1
3. Main Character (first or last name) Ned Preacher - the names of dead girls - eric rickstad 08.05.20
4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - petra in Breathe - sarah crossan -16.05.20
5. Place/Setting
paediatric wards - rest and be thankful - emma glass 07.05.20
6. Item on cover
plants - the lost flowers of alice hart - holly ringland - 10.05.20
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - PROFITS
Page 49 chains for centuries to reap their own profits? And his father, who was n… fist of god
8. Words Ending in -N - PLAN
Page 35 other nations. As he understood it, the plan was for Babylon to fire its satell… FIST OF GOD
9. Household Chores - polishing
Page 81 exercise called 'last fence' and some polishing-up of parade-ground drill s… fist of god
10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoners
Page 13 had done this before, practising on prisoners, and knew his… fist of god
Frederick Forsyth 06.05.20
11. Items in a Vending Machine - peanuts
Page 328 pauses. “I mean, you kill your family for peanuts, I’d say you’re a… moonrise
12. Flowers - poppy
Page 338 out the window, Ed’s last sunrise, a poppy- red sky he can’t see fro… moonrise
Sarah Crossan 03.05.20
12/12
1. Book Title - private princes - james patterson 15.05.20

2. Author (first or last name) see #1
3. Main Character (first or last name) Ned Preacher - the names of dead girls - eric rickstad 08.05.20

4. Secondary Character (first or last name) - petra in Breathe - sarah crossan -16.05.20

5. Place/Setting
paediatric wards - rest and be thankful - emma glass 07.05.20

6. Item on cover
plants - the lost flowers of alice hart - holly ringland - 10.05.20

And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow - PROFITS
Page 49 chains for centuries to reap their own profits? And his father, who was n… fist of god
8. Words Ending in -N - PLAN
Page 35 other nations. As he understood it, the plan was for Babylon to fire its satell… FIST OF GOD
9. Household Chores - polishing
Page 81 exercise called 'last fence' and some polishing-up of parade-ground drill s… fist of god
10. Bad Guys/Ladies - prisoners
Page 13 had done this before, practising on prisoners, and knew his… fist of god

11. Items in a Vending Machine - peanuts
Page 328 pauses. “I mean, you kill your family for peanuts, I’d say you’re a… moonrise
12. Flowers - poppy
Page 338 out the window, Ed’s last sunrise, a poppy- red sky he can’t see fro… moonrise

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The general rules of Scattergories are you are given a list of categories and a time limit. Then the letter dice is rolled and you have to come up with something that matches the letter and the category.
The object of this challenge is the same sort of thing as the board game. We give you a list of 12 categories/words and a letter and you find items that fit those categories in your books. The goal is to find all 12 items. You may use a book to fulfill as many categories as it fits (you don't have to read 12 books this month...don't worry!)
The first 6 categories will stay the same, the second 6 will be announced each month.
Please remember to add a link to the book, the author and give the date you finished reading it.
You also need to post the sentence and page/loc# for items 7-12.
May Scattergories
Duration: May 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
Recurring Items:
1. Book Title ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
2. Author (first or last name)
3. Main Character (first or last name)
4. Secondary Character (first or last name)
5. Place/Setting (either the name of an actual place OR a setting where the book takes place; i.e. for R you could use 'Rome' or 'ranch')
6. Item on cover (please show the cover and tell us the item or items)
And the Specials for May are:
7. Things That Grow
8. Words Ending in -N
9. Household Chores
10. Bad Guys/Ladies
11. Items in a Vending Machine
12. Flowers
Your letter is: