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August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20

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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
Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!


BASIC word list
arrangement
binding
courage
executive
family
historian
inheritance
knees
lousy
necessary
particular
quality
spaghetti
understand
zoo

Optional/BONUS word list
dandelion
gazebo
mayonnaise
organic
red tape



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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."

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August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
7 books read

Arrangement ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 386 ~~ “...growing confidence in the new arrangement…”
Binding ~~ Guilty Minds ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 405 ~~ “...if he rips open the binding and finds…”
Courage ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 238 ~~ “...refer to him now as Gordy “Courage” Adam…”
executive ~~ Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 234 ~~ “...anonymous NFL executives…”
family ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 1 ~~ “...covered with old family photos…”
historian ~~ Cinnamon and Gunpowder ~~ 11Aug20 ~~ Page 143 ~~ “...claimed to be a diplomat, nor a historian…”
inheritance ~~ Echo Burning ~~ 05Aug20 ~~ Page 387 ~~ “...as a matter of inheritance…”
knees ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 260 ~~ “...Louis sank to his knees…”
lousy ~~ Guilty Minds ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 10 ~~ “...this lousy little website…”
necessary ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 23 ~~ “...the intellectual capacity necessary to master the details…”
particular ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 61 ~~ “...whiskey behind particular fence posts…”
quality ~~ The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 196 ~~ “...the variable quality of our small, local hospital’s…”
spaghetti ~~ The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 85 ~~ “...Lilla made spaghetti…”
understand ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 134 ~~ “...she could not understand how…”
zoo ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 360 ~~ “...a lavish extravaganza at the UFA Palast am Zoo…”


Optional/BONUS word list
dandelion ~~ The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~~ 02Aug20 ~~ Page 61 ~~ “...replacing the liquor with dandelion wine…”
gazebo ~~ Body Double ~~ 11Aug20 ~~ Page 162 ~~ “...find him in the backyard gazebo…”
mayonnaise ~~ The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 5 ~~ “...made their own mayonnaise out of eggs…”
organic ~~ The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood ~~ 03Aug20 ~~ Page 5 ~~ “...raised on homemade, organic meals…”
red tape ~~ The Redeemer ~~ 14Aug20 ~~ Page 455 ~~ “...cordoned off with red tape…”

COMPLETED BASIC LIST, couple of bonus words to Carryover.


August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


BASIC word list

arrangement .. into a more appealing arrangement .. The Sisters pg 127

binding .. anything binding her waist or wrists .. The Sisters pg 98

courage .. and her courage returned .. The Sisters pg 11

executive .. and Navy Executive High Commander in Chief of Everything .. The Crazyladies of Pearl Street pg 128

family .. thinking of her family as poor .. The Sisters pg 31

historian .. the Sprey family patriarch and historian .. Lucky John loc 336

inheritance .. elegant inheritances from a mother- in- law .. The Forger's Daughter loc 1900

knees .. she was on her knees .. The Sisters pg 105

lousy .. listen, you lousy Kraut .. This Tender Land loc 1037

necessary .. a little more loudly than necessary .. The Sisters pg 113

particular .. I may love a few particular pieces .. The Sisters pg 326

quality .. what is the quality you most like .. The Sisters pg 327

spaghetti .. upset a bowl of spaghetti sauce .. The Crazyladies of Pearl Street pg 333

understand .. Wallace would understand .. The Sisters pg 6

zoo .. we went to the San Diego Zoo .. Lucky John loc 1306

Optional/BONUS word list

dandelion .. floated around like dandelion fluff .. The Sisters pg 151

gazebo

mayonnaise .. anything with mayonnaise in it .. The Spoon Stealer loc 3481

organic .. I cut up organic fruit .. Long Live the Post Horn! loc 1183

red tape .. officials and their red tape .. The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma: A Novel/Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz 8/19/20 3☆

Carryover:

July:
Bonjour

goldfish .. held a bowl with three dead goldfish .. The End of the Day loc 249

June
whist

April
papaya .. liking mangos and papayas is a prayer? .. The House of Broken Angels pg 96


8/1/20 3☆ 8/3/20 5☆ 8/6/20 2.25☆
8/9/20 2☆ 8/15/20 8/19/20 3☆
8/20/20 2☆ 8/24/20 2☆ 8/30/20 2☆
8/31/20 3.25☆

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20

BASIC word list
15/15

arrangement-Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton finished 8/13 p. 40 I have no real recollection of my financial arrangement...

binding-Innocent Spouse: A Memoir by Carol Ross Joynt finished 8/18 p. 210 There was nothing legally binding me to it.

courage-The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek finished 8/5 p. 82 ...always thought of that as an example of courage in my life...

executive-The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek finished 8/5 p. 89 I made friends with the executive producer of the Wizard Of Odds...

family-The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek finished 8/5 p. 1 ...hardwinning breadwinner who looks after his family...

historian-Some of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ by Nicholas deB. Katzenbach finished 8/22 p. 70 It looks to me like you have to die in office to be classified as a great historian.

inheritance-Innocent Spouse: A Memoir by Carol Ross Joynt finished 8/18 p. 41 He had an inheritance.

knees-Clapton: The Autobiography by Eric Clapton finished 8/13 p. 62 ...onstage with the knees of my jeans covered in dust...

lousy-At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson finished 9/2 p. If you wash lousy clothing in low temperatures....

necessary-The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance by Mardi Jo Link finished 8/6 p. 28 ...while having a husband seemed like a necessary step toward fulfilling that desire.

particular-The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance by Mardi Jo Link finished 8/6 p. 103 I wasnt talking to anyone in particular.

quality-The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek finished 8/5 p. 8 The Nickel Range hotel was the prime quality hotel in the city...

spaghetti-Innocent Spouse: A Memoir by Carol Ross Joynt finished 8/18 p. 47 Mother made our spaghetti dinners on a hotplate...

understand-Innocent Spouse: A Memoir by Carol Ross Joynt finished 8/18 p. 41 And I don't understand half of what you are saying.

zoo-Innocent Spouse: A Memoir by Carol Ross Joynt finished 8/18 p. 207 ...a kindergarten field trip to the zoo.

Optional/BONUS word list
5/5
dandelion-For She Is the Tree of Life: Grandmothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers edited by Valerie Kack-Brice finished 10/9 p. 62 We would climb those steep banks picking dandelion...

gazebo-Exposed: Confessions of a Wedding Photographer: A Memoir by Claire Lewis finished 11/1 p. 14 Let's do a few quick ones together in the gazebo when you get back.

mayonnaise-A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost finished 8/18 p. xiv What is a mayonnaise Yeti?

organic-The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance by Mardi Jo Link finished 8/6 p. 153 ...one look at an organic chemistry textbook..

red tape-Death on the River: A Fiancee's Dark Secrets and a Kayak Trip Turned Deadly by Diane Fanning finished 12/3 p. 49 While Vince was working through the red tape of his legal dilemmas...

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


BASIC word list
arrangement
binding
courage
executive
family
historian
inheritance
knees
lousy
necessary
particular
quality
spaghetti
understand
zoo

Optional/BONUS word list
dandelion
gazebo
mayonnaise
organic
red tape

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20

BASIC word list
arrangement -
binding
executive
historian
spaghetti

BONUS / OPTIONAL words
dandelion
gazebo
mayonnaise
red tape

Carryover Basic Words:
Dec 19 - Poinsettia -
June 20 - narcotic -


Carry-over Bonus word list
July 20 - Bonjour
July 20 - Lavatory
June 20 - polygamy
June 20 - whist
May - Varmint
April 20 - barber shop
April 20 - geranium
April 20 - papaya
March 20 - obstetrics
Sept 19 - Jump rope (entire phrase) -
Nov 19 - Powwow -
Oct 19 - Quran (spelling variations allowed) -
Dec 19 - Snowball fight -
Jan 20 - Tsar
Dec 19 - Winter wonderland -
Feb 20 - Pleats
Feb 20 - Zoloft

FOUND BASIC word list
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courage Devil Days in Deadwood p.34 "...to be suffering from a courage deficiency..."
family Devil Days in Deadwood p.6 "...big enough to fit a family of raccoons..."
inheritance Devil Days in Deadwood p.32 "...chunk of his large inheritance..."
knees Devil Days in Deadwood p.42 "...and dropped to my knees..."
lousy Devil Days in Deadwood p.12 "The lousy, well-dressed bastard..."
necessary Devil Days in Deadwood p.69 "...sometimes skirting the truth was necessary to keep them..."
particular Devil Days in Deadwood p.76 "...Aunt Zoe's reaction to that particular piece of news."
quality Devil Days in Deadwood p.159 "...regarded as one of the highest-quality fabrics."
understand Devil Days in Deadwood p.38 "I'm beginning to understand the tall medium's trepidation..."
zoo Devil Days in Deadwood p.271 "...as an exotic human zoo worthy of much study."


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FOUND Bonus / Optional words
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organic Devil Days in Deadwood p.184 "...odor that hovered around organic decay."

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Books used
*****08/08/2020

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC word list
✔arrangement - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p137 - "...make our arrangements methodically."
✔binding - All the Light We Cannot See - 8/11/20 - p75 - "...conceal gold rings inside book bindings..."
✔courage - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p150 - "...and be of good courage."
✔executive - How to Be an Antiracist - 8/6/20 - p163 - "...the longest executive director of Ebony magazines..."
✔family - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p132 - "A good old-fashioned family curse!"

✔historian - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p135 - "...wrapped up in the family history..."
✔inheritance - How to Be an Antiracist - 8/6/20 - p53 - "...2014 bestseller, A Troublesome Inheritance, Wade made the case..."
✔knees - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p132 - "...ended up his days on his knees..."
✔lousy - All the Light We Cannot See - 8/11/20 - p354 - "How can they fight a war with such lousy equipment?"
✔necessary - How to Be an Antiracist - 8/6/20 - p214 - "Racist power believes in by any means necessary."

✔particular - Dial M for Mousse - 8/12/20 - p10 -"...was detailing, to no one in particular..."
✔quality - Dial M for Mousse - 8/12/20 - p214 - "...let alone its raspy quality, was so unexpected..."
spaghetti
✔understand - The Under Dog and Other Stories - 8/5/20 - p187 - "...you understand that all this is in confidence..."
✔zoo - All the Light We Cannot See - 8/11/20 - p501 - "I love Leibniz Zoo crackers, Mutt"

Optional/BONUS word list
✔dandelion - All the Light We Cannot See - 8/11/20 - p26 - "...tear berries out of brambles and dandelions..."
✔gazebo - All the Light We Cannot See - 8/11/20 - p527 - "...reach the old steel gazebo at the very top..."
mayonnaise
✔organic - How to Be an Antiracist - 8/6/20 - p87 - "The Ave had an organic choir..."
red tape

I'm in

21/33

(8/6/20)

executive - My expectations were things like requiring the officers to show up to the executive meetings, insisting officers and members show up to general meetings at least five minutes early because to be early is to be on time, insisting thtat if students agreed to perform a given task they follow through, insisting they do their homework, insisting they ask for help and get tutoring when needed that kind of support, instisting they stop thinking a C or D is a good grade, insisting they take college seriously, insisting they stop seeing conspiracy theories everywhere, insisting that not every teacher who did something they didn't like was being racist. (p 21)
historian - Even the most ardent feminist historian, male or female - citing Amazons and tribal matriarchies and Cleopatra - can't conceal that women have basically done fuck-all for the last 100,000 years. (p 148)
necessary - How do we find the necessary language for talking about the inequalities and injustices women face, both great and small? (p 7)
particular - In online discourse, in particular, the specter of privilege is always looming darkly. (p 36)
quality - It's a shame how black people consistently have to settle for less when it comes to quality programming. (p 17)
understand - I understand why women still fall over themselves to disavow feminism, to distance themselves. (p 9)

(8/7/20)

courage - She spent a week mustering the courage to send it to me because she was scared to let someone on the outside see what was on her inside. (p 94)
zoo - Two summers ago, my wife and I took our daughters to the zoo. (p 9)
organic - Some ladies laughed so hard that tears rolled down their faces as we all had ourselves one giant, collective, organic baptism. (p 281)

(8/8/20)

knees - She knelt in front of Cole, her hands on his knees, and kissed him lightly on the lips. (p 43)
spaghetti - She had barely touched the spaghetti on her plate, but her second glass of wine was almost empty. (p 38)
vogue (July) - "Every one of them looked like they'd stepped off the cover of Vogue ." (p 41)
family - "They're like a family." (p 32)

(8/11/20)

arrangement - Lana and Emily, overjoyed to have me live nearby, had gone through no small amount of effort an money to make my new living arrangements comfy. (p 4)
mayonnaise - Raine pressed her napkin to her mouth to wipe away the mayonnaise. (p 39)

(8/23/20)

binding - The political refugee has, by binding international covenants, the right to asylum. (p 275)
jug (July) - The migrant's dream: To build good houses for herself and each of her children, a family compound in the hills above the city, in her ancestral village, where all the family will gather, cousins and uncles and old people and children running about, and we will spread a sheet under the fig trees and there will be a freshly slaughtered sheep baked in a hole in the ground and the women will have been cooking for three days and there will be the good wine from the north in jugs and everybody will be there, the neighbors that we have been fighting with for generations too, and after we have eaten and drunk our fill there, we will join hands and dance in a circle to the old songs and laugh and laugh and laugh as if we never had to leave... (p 394)
mariachi (May) - It indicates the actual demarcation of the boarder, but it is on the Mexican side, surrounded by families, food vendors, and mariachi bands. (p 38)

(8/28/20)

dandelion - FOOD PLANTS Sea campion (Silene uniflora), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), clover (Trifolium spp.), ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea), knapweed (Centaurea spp.), field scabious (Knautia arvensis), and dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). (p 296)
inheritance - The haplodiploidy mode of genetic inheritance. (p 52)
polygamy (June) - Their mating systems reflect this, with very few apparent examples of polygamy (one male, multible females). (p 152)

BASIC word list

lousy

Optional/BONUS word list
gazebo
red tape

Carry-over July:
Bonjour

Carry-over June:
narcotic
zenith

Carry-over May:
umpteenth
varmint

Carry-over April
chignon
papaya

Carry-over February:
Zoloft

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


15 / 15 Basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
7 books reads


BASIC word list
arrangement - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 52 - "…come to an arrangement."

binding - A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20 - pg 569 - "…black leather bindings with…"

courage - Presumed Innocent ✔ – 08Aug2020 - pg 3 - "…don't have the courage to…"

executive - Presumed Innocent ✔ – 08Aug2020 - pg 133 - "…the county executive approves."

family - A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20 - pg 562 - "…kitchen and the family room."

historian - A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20 - pg 569 - "Every historian of alchemy…"

inheritance - Presumed Innocent ✔ – 08Aug2020 - pg 405 - "…an inheritance of sorts from…"

knees - A Discovery of Witches ✔ - 01Aug20 - pg 574 - "…his knees, and his long…"

lousy - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 56 - "…to hide a lousy taste."

necessary - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 6 - "…no photographic trickery necessary."

particular - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 73 - "…was a particular affront."

quality - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 74 - "…had a cheerful quality that was…"

spaghetti - Clayton Byrd Goes Underground ✔ – 17Aug2020 - pg 9 - "…smelled the spaghetti and…"

understand - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 13 - "Elwood didn't understand what …"

zoo - Presumed Innocent ✔ – 08Aug2020 - pg 212 - "…he said, it was a real zoo."

Optional/BONUS word list
dandelion - Presumed Innocent ✔ – 08Aug2020 - pg 214 - "…along stomping out dandelions."

gazebo - The Nickel Boys ✔ – 07Aug2020 - pg 91 - "…tired-looking gazebo perched…"

mayonnaise - Fraternity ✔ - 28Aug20 - pg 186 - "...mixed with mayonnaise and apples..."

organic - The War of the Worlds ✔ - 22Aug20 - pg 17 - "…was that organic evolution…"

red tape - Next Year in Havana ✔ - 28Aug20 - pg 10 - "…challenged - denials, red tape, and…"

*****COMPLETED 12/1/20***** Last words= "red tape"

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


15 / 15 Basic words found
5/ 5 BONUS words found
14 books reads


BASIC word list
✔arrangement-p.188-Euphoria-"...in Angoram, from where I would make arrangements to get back to Sydney." 8/3/20
✔binding-p.89- Celestial Bodies-"...driven by need, binding them in irons." 8/14/20
✔courage-p.627- Barnaby Rudge-"...but I have given you credit for a species of brute courage." 8/1/20
✔executive-loc. 1847 of Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"...has for 200 years confused the functions of the executive and the judiciary..." 8/2/20
✔family-p.xiv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"All the Pecksniff family upon earth are quite agreed..." 8/1/20
✔historian-p.11- Leaves of Grass-"To a Historian...You who celebrate bygones..."8/2/20
✔inheritance-loc. 2136 of the Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"That was, of course, to be expected since your inheritance was not exactly...patrician." 8/3/20
✔knees-p.198- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir-"...and I'm aware my knees look fat in these jeans." 8/1/20
✔lousy-p.48- Lost and Found in Macedonia: A Journey to Unexpected Places-"...when I continued doing something I was lousy at." 8/5/20
✔necessary-p.74- The Other Einstein-"The time away might work the necessary magic." 8/3/20
✔particular-p.56- The Other Einstein-"...in particular Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays." 8/2/20
✔quality-p.1- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land." 8/1/20
✔spaghetti-p.180- Euphoria-"We ordered things we hadn't seen in years: veal, Welsh rarebit, spaghetti." 8/3/20
✔understand-p.xv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...I was given to understand by some authorities..."8/1/20
✔zoo-p.4- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...with his name and address in full: Lord No Zoo." 8/2/20

Optional/BONUS word list
✔dandelion-p.90- Girl Waits with Gun-"...and the giant stands of dandelions casting their shadows." 8/4/20
✔gazebo-p.89- Openly Bob-"...near Bow Bridge next to a small gazebo..." 11/15/20
✔mayonnaise-p.111- The Grammarians-"And blueberry mayonnaise....Oh God..." 8/20/20
✔organic- p.215-The Man Who Died-"...that we are eating organic matsutake soup..." 10/28/20
✔red tape-p.129- Ask the Cards a Question-"...where red tape and denials of grants brought frustration and failure?" 12/1/20

BASIC word list

arrangement-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 78-"happy in such an arrangement?"

binding-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 249-"strip of scarf binding it"

courage-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 33-"I admired her courage."

executive-Becoming-8/14/20-page 53-"found a job as an executive assistant"

family-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 62-"lost on the family of cats"

historian

inheritance-Becoming-8/14/20-page 177-"had an inheritance to someday look forward to"

knees-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 90-"was soon up to my knees."

lousy

necessary-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 17-"but it was necessary."

particular-Becoming-8/14/20-page 38-"This particular form of discrimination"

quality-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 32-"recalled the quality of the magic"

spaghetti-Becoming-8/14/20-page 12-"I ate my spaghetti and meatballs."

understand-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 27-"I was supposed to understand."

zoo-Becoming-8/14/20-page 201-"went on group outings to the zoo"

Optional/BONUS word list

dandelion-The Return of the Witch-8/6/20-page 163-"dandelion from the garden."

gazebo-Winds of Salem-8/18/20-page 258-"a fancy gazebo were also being erected."

mayonnaise

organic-Becoming-8/14/20-page 296-"had been an organic and harmonious merging"

red tape-Becoming-8/14/20-page 384-"to clear away red tape"

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


15 / 15 Basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
6 books read:
(1) Camino Winds by John Grisham--8/2/2020
(2) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia--8/6/20
(3) The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai--8/6/20
(4) Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout--8/12/20
(5) Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane--8/19/20
(6) Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano--8/21/20

BASIC word list
✔arrangement--(1)--loc. 302--"...not about to question the arrangement..."
✔binding--(1)--loc. 3120--"But for me, it is still binding."
✔courage--(2)--loc. 2142--"...and it gave her the courage..."
✔executive--(1)--loc. 3048--"...the job as his executive assistant,..."
✔family--(1)--loc. 264--"Some sort of family business."
✔historian--(2)--loc. 1480--"I was thinking of becoming an historian..."
✔inheritance--(1)--loc. 2126--"The last one was an inheritance issue."
✔knees--(1)--loc. 578--"Bruce felt weak in the knees..."
✔lousy--(1)--loc. 1943--"And the pay is lousy."
✔necessary--(1)--loc. 3498--"...and prepare to testify if necessary."
✔particular--(1)--loc. 2987--"Any particular hotel?"
✔quality--(1)--loc. 246--"It was of magazine quality..."
✔spaghetti--(3)--loc. 925--"...their silent eating of leftover spaghetti."
✔understand--(1)--loc. 1607--"No problem. I understand."
✔zoo--(3)--loc. 1322--"...wolves from the Lincoln Park Zoo..."

Optional/BONUS word list
✔dandelion--(2)--loc. 2597--"...a drawing showing a dandelion..."
✔gazebo--(5)--loc. 637--"...the gazebo on Central that..."
✔mayonnaise--(4)--loc. 377--"...to see that little spot of mayonnaise..."
✔organic--(2)--loc. 2856--"...it was an organic madness..."
✔red tape--(6)--loc. 1847--"...period of red tape that needs..."

I m in!!

Books Read--4

BASIC word list
13/15
arrangement~~No man's Land~~07Aug20~~Page 73~~"I'll make the arrangements."

binding

courage~~No Man's Land~~08Aug20~~Page 114~~"..sheer courage than any flag officer."

executive~~No Man's Land~~12Aug20~~Page 328~~"..huge executive pay checks.."

family~~No Man's Land~~09Aug20~~Page 142~~"..pull of family dynamics.."

historian~~Inferno~~30Sep20~~Page 81~~"..prominence as an art historian who.."

inheritance

knees~~No Man's Land~~06Aug20~~Page 12~~"..fell on his knees.."

lousy~~Suheldev~~08Sep20~~Page 122~~"..you're just a lousy shot.."

necessary~~No Man's Land~~11Aug20~~Page 293~~"..gathered the necessary information."

particular~~Inferno~~30Sep20~~Page 47~~"..that this particular client.."

quality~~Inferno~~30Sep20~~Page 37~~"..considering the surreal quality.."

spaghetti~~No Man's Land~~14Aug20~~Page 492~~"..factors of the spaghetti strap.."

understand~~No Man's Land~~06Aug20~~Page 28~~"But he may understand.."

zoo~~Dracula~~21Oct20~~Page 136~~"..the strange esplanade at the zoo"

Optional/BONUS word list
1/5
dandelion

gazebo~~No Man's Land~~10Aug20~~Page 209~~"..enclosed kitchen and gazebo.."

mayonnaise
organic
red tape

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Welcome scavengers! I think I've got everyone linked to this point. If I missed you, please let me know.

Enjoy the hunt!

Rosa wrote: "I'm in

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Rosa ... don't forget to include the date you finished each book. You don't get credit for a word until you have finished reading the book.

Completed Basic Words list for August!

Marilyn wrote: "Completed Basic Words list for August!"

Way to go, Marilyn!

Challenge complete! Thank you!

Book Concierge wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I'm in

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Rosa ... don't forget to include the date you finished each book. You don't get credit for a word until you have f..."

I can only add a date when I have finished the book, but I do need to add the words when I find them, that's why there are usually one or more 'open' books - most of the time I'm reading several books at once 😄

I finished the regular list...4 bonus words still to find-
August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


15 / 15 Basic words found
1 / 5 BONUS words found
0 books reads


BASIC word list
✔arrangement-p.188-Euphoria-"...in Angoram, from where I would make arrangements to get back to Sydney." 8/3/20
✔binding-p.89- Celestial Bodies-"...driven by need, binding them in irons." 8/14/20
✔courage-p.627- Barnaby Rudge-"...but I have given you credit for a species of brute courage." 8/1/20
✔executive-loc. 1847 of Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"...has for 200 years confused the functions of the executive and the judiciary..." 8/2/20
✔family-p.xiv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"All the Pecksniff family upon earth are quite agreed..." 8/1/20
✔historian-p.11- Leaves of Grass-"To a Historian...You who celebrate bygones..."8/2/20
✔inheritance-loc. 2136 of the Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"That was, of course, to be expected since your inheritance was not exactly...patrician." 8/3/20
✔knees-p.198- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir-"...and I'm aware my knees look fat in these jeans." 8/1/20
✔lousy-p.48- Lost and Found in Macedonia: A Journey to Unexpected Places-"...when I continued doing something I was lousy at." 8/5/20
✔necessary-p.74- The Other Einstein-"The time away might work the necessary magic." 8/3/20
✔particular-p.56- The Other Einstein-"...in particular Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays." 8/2/20
✔quality-p.1- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land." 8/1/20
✔spaghetti-p.180- Euphoria-"We ordered things we hadn't seen in years: veal, Welsh rarebit, spaghetti." 8/3/20
✔understand-p.xv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...I was given to understand by some authorities..."8/1/20
✔zoo-p.4- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...with his name and address in full: Lord No Zoo." 8/2/20

Optional/BONUS word list
✔dandelion-p.90- Girl Waits with Gun-"...and the giant stands of dandelions casting their shadows." 8/4/20
gazebo
mayonnaise
organic
red tape

Congrats to Donna & Ed. Great scavenging!

Completed both the Basic and Optional/Bonus word lists for August. I don't think I've ever done that before!

Whoop, Whoop, WHOOP! Great job, Marilyn!

I'm done... missed three again XD

21/33

(8/6/20)

executive - My expectations were things like requiring the officers to show up to the executive meetings, insisting officers and members show up to general meetings at least five minutes early because to be early is to be on time, insisting thtat if students agreed to perform a given task they follow through, insisting they do their homework, insisting they ask for help and get tutoring when needed that kind of support, instisting they stop thinking a C or D is a good grade, insisting they take college seriously, insisting they stop seeing conspiracy theories everywhere, insisting that not every teacher who did something they didn't like was being racist. (p 21)
historian - Even the most ardent feminist historian, male or female - citing Amazons and tribal matriarchies and Cleopatra - can't conceal that women have basically done fuck-all for the last 100,000 years. (p 148)
necessary - How do we find the necessary language for talking about the inequalities and injustices women face, both great and small? (p 7)
particular - In online discourse, in particular, the specter of privilege is always looming darkly. (p 36)
quality - It's a shame how black people consistently have to settle for less when it comes to quality programming. (p 17)
understand - I understand why women still fall over themselves to disavow feminism, to distance themselves. (p 9)

(8/7/20)

courage - She spent a week mustering the courage to send it to me because she was scared to let someone on the outside see what was on her inside. (p 94)
zoo - Two summers ago, my wife and I took our daughters to the zoo. (p 9)
organic - Some ladies laughed so hard that tears rolled down their faces as we all had ourselves one giant, collective, organic baptism. (p 281)

(8/8/20)

knees - She knelt in front of Cole, her hands on his knees, and kissed him lightly on the lips. (p 43)
spaghetti - She had barely touched the spaghetti on her plate, but her second glass of wine was almost empty. (p 38)
vogue (July) - "Every one of them looked like they'd stepped off the cover of Vogue ." (p 41)
family - "They're like a family." (p 32)

(8/11/20)

arrangement - Lana and Emily, overjoyed to have me live nearby, had gone through no small amount of effort an money to make my new living arrangements comfy. (p 4)
mayonnaise - Raine pressed her napkin to her mouth to wipe away the mayonnaise. (p 39)

(8/23/20)

binding - The political refugee has, by binding international covenants, the right to asylum. (p 275)
jug (July) - The migrant's dream: To build good houses for herself and each of her children, a family compound in the hills above the city, in her ancestral village, where all the family will gather, cousins and uncles and old people and children running about, and we will spread a sheet under the fig trees and there will be a freshly slaughtered sheep baked in a hole in the ground and the women will have been cooking for three days and there will be the good wine from the north in jugs and everybody will be there, the neighbors that we have been fighting with for generations too, and after we have eaten and drunk our fill there, we will join hands and dance in a circle to the old songs and laugh and laugh and laugh as if we never had to leave... (p 394)
mariachi (May) - It indicates the actual demarcation of the boarder, but it is on the Mexican side, surrounded by families, food vendors, and mariachi bands. (p 38)

(8/28/20)

dandelion - FOOD PLANTS Sea campion (Silene uniflora), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), clover (Trifolium spp.), ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea), knapweed (Centaurea spp.), field scabious (Knautia arvensis), and dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). (p 296)
inheritance - The haplodiploidy mode of genetic inheritance. (p 52)
polygamy (June) - Their mating systems reflect this, with very few apparent examples of polygamy (one male, multible females). (p 152)

BASIC word list

lousy

Optional/BONUS word list
gazebo
red tape

Carry-over July:
Bonjour

Carry-over June:
narcotic
zenith

Carry-over May:
umpteenth
varmint

Carry-over April
chignon
papaya

Carry-over February:
Zoloft

Rosa ... you found 21/33 ... great job!

I really thought "lousy" would be easier to find!

I'm always surprised by words I think will be easy to find that wind up taking me months!

Book Concierge wrote: "I'm always surprised by words I think will be easy to find that wind up taking me months!"

exactly!

COMPLETED BASIC LIST, couple of bonus words to Carryover.


August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


BASIC word list

arrangement .. into a more appealing arrangement .. The Sisters pg 127

binding .. anything binding her waist or wrists .. The Sisters pg 98

courage .. and her courage returned .. The Sisters pg 11

executive .. and Navy Executive High Commander in Chief of Everything .. The Crazyladies of Pearl Street pg 128

family .. thinking of her family as poor .. The Sisters pg 31

historian .. the Sprey family patriarch and historian .. Lucky John loc 336

inheritance .. elegant inheritances from a mother- in- law .. The Forger's Daughter loc 1900

knees .. she was on her knees .. The Sisters pg 105

lousy .. listen, you lousy Kraut .. This Tender Land loc 1037

necessary .. a little more loudly than necessary .. The Sisters pg 113

particular .. I may love a few particular pieces .. The Sisters pg 326

quality .. what is the quality you most like .. The Sisters pg 327

spaghetti .. upset a bowl of spaghetti sauce .. The Crazyladies of Pearl Street pg 333

understand .. Wallace would understand .. The Sisters pg 6

zoo .. we went to the San Diego Zoo .. Lucky John loc 1306

Optional/BONUS word list

dandelion .. floated around like dandelion fluff .. The Sisters pg 151

gazebo

mayonnaise .. anything with mayonnaise in it .. The Spoon Stealer loc 3481

organic .. I cut up organic fruit .. Long Live the Post Horn! loc 1183

red tape .. officials and their red tape .. The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma: A Novel/Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz 8/19/20 3☆

Carryover:

July:
Bonjour

goldfish .. held a bowl with three dead goldfish .. The End of the Day loc 249

June
whist

April
papaya .. liking mangos and papayas is a prayer? .. The House of Broken Angels pg 96


8/1/20 3☆ 8/3/20 5☆ 8/6/20 2.25☆
8/9/20 2☆ 8/15/20 8/19/20 3☆
8/20/20 2☆ 8/24/20 2☆ 8/30/20 2☆
8/31/20 3.25☆

Great challenge work, Karen Kay!

Finished basic list!

Great job, Koren.

*****COMPLETED 12/1/20***** Last words= "red tape"

August 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Aug20 / Ends: 31Aug20


15 / 15 Basic words found
5/ 5 BONUS words found
14 books reads


BASIC word list
✔arrangement-p.188-Euphoria-"...in Angoram, from where I would make arrangements to get back to Sydney." 8/3/20
✔binding-p.89- Celestial Bodies-"...driven by need, binding them in irons." 8/14/20
✔courage-p.627- Barnaby Rudge-"...but I have given you credit for a species of brute courage." 8/1/20
✔executive-loc. 1847 of Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"...has for 200 years confused the functions of the executive and the judiciary..." 8/2/20
✔family-p.xiv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"All the Pecksniff family upon earth are quite agreed..." 8/1/20
✔historian-p.11- Leaves of Grass-"To a Historian...You who celebrate bygones..."8/2/20
✔inheritance-loc. 2136 of the Kindle edition ofPitcairn Pending: A Island Colonial Comedy-"That was, of course, to be expected since your inheritance was not exactly...patrician." 8/3/20
✔knees-p.198- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir-"...and I'm aware my knees look fat in these jeans." 8/1/20
✔lousy-p.48- Lost and Found in Macedonia: A Journey to Unexpected Places-"...when I continued doing something I was lousy at." 8/5/20
✔necessary-p.74- The Other Einstein-"The time away might work the necessary magic." 8/3/20
✔particular-p.56- The Other Einstein-"...in particular Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays." 8/2/20
✔quality-p.1- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land." 8/1/20
✔spaghetti-p.180- Euphoria-"We ordered things we hadn't seen in years: veal, Welsh rarebit, spaghetti." 8/3/20
✔understand-p.xv- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...I was given to understand by some authorities..."8/1/20
✔zoo-p.4- Martin Chuzzlewit-"...with his name and address in full: Lord No Zoo." 8/2/20

Optional/BONUS word list
✔dandelion-p.90- Girl Waits with Gun-"...and the giant stands of dandelions casting their shadows." 8/4/20
✔gazebo-p.89- Openly Bob-"...near Bow Bridge next to a small gazebo..." 11/15/20
✔mayonnaise-p.111- The Grammarians-"And blueberry mayonnaise....Oh God..." 8/20/20
✔organic- p.215-The Man Who Died-"...that we are eating organic matsutake soup..." 10/28/20
✔red tape-p.129- Ask the Cards a Question-"...where red tape and denials of grants brought frustration and failure?" 12/1/20

Whoop, WHOOP, WHOOP! Great job, Ed.

Finished basic and bonus lists!!

Excellent scavenging, Koren!