The Lost Challenges discussion

Each month we will give you a list of 50 themed words to find in your books.

*There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.
*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location and a partial sentence where you found the word.
*Any reasonable forms are accepted.

EXAMPLE -
Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles (1/10/16)
...weakness for apple pie, heavy... (loc. 245)

Any genre/format is fine.
Re-reads are OK.
No page minimum.
To count a book towards the challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.

At the end of the month please re-post your whole challenge as a new message so that we can award your Hall of Fame badge!

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for, you can still claim a badge for the words you did get.)




November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple
2. Baseball
3. Beauty
4. Burning
5. Change
6. Chestnuts
7. Chilly
8. Cider
9. Color
10. Cool
11. Cranberries
12. Decorations
13. Election
14. Fall
15. Flu
16. Football
17. Frost
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey
22. Hurricane
23. Jam
24. Leaves
25. Logs
26. Nature
27. Nuts
28. Orchard
29. Picnic
30. Pies
31. Pine cones
32. Pumpkins
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
38. School
39. Season
40. Snuggle
41. Soccer
42. Straw
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
50. Yellow

Barbara ★ FINISHED

Connie

Cyndee FINISHED

Daniel FINISHED

Denise FINISHED

DenXXX FINISHED

Donna FINISHED

Elle

Emeli

Ferenc FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED

Grace FINISHED

Helen FINISHED

Jess

Jessica

JoAnne FINISHED

Johanna FINISHED

Karen KK FINISHED

Kathryn FINISHED

Kay (PhoenixArisen)

Kendra FINISHED

Kimberly FINISHED

Lex FINISHED

Rosa Carryover FINISHED

SANDYE FINISHED

Shash FINISHED

Susan A FINISHED

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Pumpkins: 41-50 words
45/41-50

List:
6. Chestnuts
19. Grasshopper
28. Orchard
43. Tailgate
49. World Series


Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich 11/1/20
1. Apple p 83 Oh crab apples.
2. Baseball p 92 I have a baseball bat.
3. Beauty p 207 Beauty doesn't last forever.
4. Burning p 122 We have cars burning up and shootings.
5. Change p 288 ...them, do you want to change things.
7. Chilly p 71 It might be chilly.
9. Color p 5 He's got good color to his cheeks.
10. Cool p 204 How cool is this?
14. Fall p 254 ...and they're starting to fall out.
15. Flu p 58 Everyone at her house has the flu.
16. Football p 75 ...then I got talked into football with some...
17. Frost p 208 ...package of hotdogs covered in freezer frost.
21. Hockey p 94 ...Morelli was watching hockey with Bob...
26. Nature p 115 ...find human nature to be real disappointing...
27. Nuts p 272 ...has your Granny is nuts.
38. School p 292 ...ran into the school bus.
39. Season p 94 It's only Pre-season and the rangers are losing.
40. Snuggle p 165 Bob and Morelli were snuggled next to me.
42. Straw p 132 We had to draw straws.
44. Tennis p 211 ...it has its own tennis courts.
47. Turkey p 7 ...your scrawny turkey neck and squeeze...
48. Vote p 22 "My vote is to put him in the …
50. Yellow p 144 ...shades that were yellow with age.

My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 11/4/20
23. Jam p 122 This is my jam.
24. Leaves p 137 ...after she leaves in case...
35. Rake p 160 He rakes a hand...
45. Thanksgiving p 125 ...unfortunate Thanksgiving incident.

Gifted Cari Quinn 11/7/20
12. Decorations Loc 336 ...added a ton of decorations to the windows...

Sincerely, Carter Whitney G. 11/10/20
29. Picnic p 242 ...sat down at the long picnic table.
30. Pies p 66 Apple pie.

SECRET Shared: A SECRET Novel L. Marie Adeline 11/12/20
13. Election p 52 ...campaigning for re-election, his face...
22. Hurricane p 88 ...any of the other famous hurricanes.
41. Soccer p 89 You guys soccer fans?

Against the Sky Kat Martin 11/13/20
25. Logs p 186 He dumped the logs next to the...
34. Quilts p 56 ...dark green quilt with a bear...

The Library at the Edge of the World Felicity Hayes-McCoy 11/20/20
20. Harvest p 207 And if you take things steady you’ll bring your harvest home.

Catch Me Lisa Gardner 11/23/20 (Detective D.D. Warren #6)
33. Quarterback p 91 The high school quarterback everyone wants to high-five in the school halls.
36. Reunion p 267 ...they talk about at family reunions.

Midnight Confessions Robyn Carr 11/27/20
31. Pine cones p 54 ...top of some very big pinecones he used...

Maple Sugar Crush Beth Labonte 11/28/20
11. Cranberries p 4 I refilled her glass with cranberry juice.
18. Gourd p 49 ...a giant, warty gourd growing out of my head.
32. Pumpkins p 2 ...where it doesn’t always smell like pumpkins and manure.
37. Scarecrows p 31 ...more than a few scarecrows stuffed upside...
46. Trick or treat p 21 ...candy to trick-or-treaters at Pumpkin Everything,...

In a Holidaze Christina Lauren 11/28/20
8. Cider Chapt 13 ...sloshing my hot cider off the lip of my cup...

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall

Pumpkins: 41-50 words
completed 45/50

Talk Turkey by Bru Baker Nov 2 ★★★
Hummingbird and Kraken by Reese Morrison Nov 1 ★★★
A Great Miracle Happened There by Kim Fielding Nov 1 ★★★
Changes Coming Down by Kaje Harper Nov 2 ★★★★
Virtually Screwed by Isla Olsen Nov 3 ★★★
The Blueprint by SE Harmon Nov 3 ★★★★
Notes From Home by Dirk Greyson Nov 4 ★★★
So You Think You Can Marry an Alien by Tasha Black Nov 9 ★★★
Promises by Marie Sexton Nov 19 ★★★★★
This Time Around by AImee Nicole Walker Nov 19 ★★★
Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas by AJ Sherwood Nov 22 ★★★★

List:
1. Apple Talk Turkey
27% I like a good solid apple pie, but those are always better homemade.
2. Baseball: Virtually Screwed
60% I’m not actually a huge baseball fan, really.”
3. Beauty Hummingbird and Kraken
3% Not to mention that Declan’s youthful beauty was too tempting for him
4. Burning Talk Turkey
21% worrying about burning the turkey while he was talking to his family.
5. Change Talk Turkey
36% You have to change the water every thirty minutes
6. Chestnuts Hummingbird and Kraken
67% His skin was a warm chestnut
7. Chilly Hummingbird and Kraken
7% Then he was in the chilly water,
8. Cider A Great Miracle Happened There
5% it smelled like spiced cider
9. Color: Virtually Screwed
59% “This one—the color totally sets off your eyes.”
10. Cool: Virtually Screwed
15% I know they’d be cool with it
11. Cranberries Talk Turkey
27% Cranberry sauce?
12. Decorations Talk Turkey
4% But then she’d started sending him recipes and Pinterest boards about holiday decorations,
13. Election Changes Coming Down
2% How much nerve did it take to say that to the guy you were hoping to beat out for sheriff in the upcoming election?
14. Fall Talk Turkey
37% “Maybe it’ll fall apart.”
15. Flu: The Blueprint
32% He said the word as though it carried bird flu.
16. Football: The Blueprint
5% When we were in high school, he got serious about football,
17. Frost Hummingbird and Kraken
42% His hair was long and white with age and frost.
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas
86% “You have learned well, Young Grasshopper,” he intoned.
20. Harvest Hummingbird and Kraken
56% hey learn the local foods they can harvest,
21. Hockey Changes Coming Down
7% As a hockey player aiming for the NHL, Scott couldn’t afford to leave the closet.
22. Hurricane Changes Coming Down
41% He felt like he’d survived a hurricane.
23. Jam Hummingbird and Kraken
38% highways were traffic jams
24. Leaves: Virtually Screwed
5% It’s not every day a billionaire just up and leaves the company he founded.”
25. Logs: Virtually Screwed
7% When I log in,
26. Nature: Virtually Screwed
7% No kids and my mom lives halfway across the country on a nature reserve.
27. Nuts: Virtually Screwed
48% he’s a complete health nut
28. Orchard: So You Think You Can Marry an Alien
2H 15m You know. The peach orchard.
29. Picnic: Virtually Screwed
48% It’s a large outdoor courtyard, set up with an outdoor fireplace, a picnic rug,
30. Pies Talk Turkey
28% So did the apple pies, but mindful of Tom’s warning, he picked up a pecan instead
31. Pine cones: The Blueprint
20% Then we made pinecones with peanut butter and put them out for the birds.
32. Pumpkins: Notes From Home
35% I still have the pumpkin pies to make
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts Hummingbird and Kraken
2% while the old man whittled, and the old woman added squares to a quilt.
35. Rake: Virtually Screwed
23% I rake a hand through my hair.
36. Reunion This Time Around
3% I could tell he wanted a happy reunion, but I wasn’t going to give it to him.
37. Scarecrows
38. School Talk Turkey
10% Assuming Tom started college right after high school like Carson did,
39. Season Talk Turkey
21% He’d never noticed how long the Christmas season dragged on before.
40. Snuggle: Virtually Screwed
50% He snuggles in closer to me
41. Soccer Hummingbird and Kraken
23% Children scampered everywhere, and they had to walk around a game of soccer.
42. Straw Changes Coming Down
82% Casey wanted touch Will, but he wasn’t sure if that would be the last straw.
43. Tailgate Promises
13% 13% Those people know how to tailgate!
44. Tennis: The Blueprint
66% Grant looked at us both, back and forth like a tennis match.
45. Thanksgiving Talk Turkey
3% Turkeys always just appeared in his parents’ refrigerator a few days before Thanksgiving and Christmas.
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey Talk Turkey
2% Man had probably started roasting turkeys over the fire as soon as someone realized the ugly buggers were edible.
48. Vote A Great Miracle Happened There
35% They’d voted for Bush, for chrissakes.
49. World Series
50. Yellow Talk Turkey
2% They were vaguely ovoid-shaped and covered in bright yellow netting that didn’t look the slightest bit appetizing.

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020
Level: Leaves: 21-40 words

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams - 2/11/20 (21 words found)
1. Apple - "The face had the texture of an orange and the colour of an apple." - 40%
3. Beauty - "A qualified poet to testify under oath that beauty was truth." - 14%
4. Burning - "The river down in the valley, the burning trees." - 89%
5. Change - "The course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw." - 37%
6. Chestnuts - "The other bounded up the tree and threw horse chestnuts at Ford." - 87%
7. Chilly - "There was a long and slightly chilly pause before Gargravarr spoke again." - 27%
9. Color - "Be amazed by the pale golden colour of the beaches." - 12%
10. Cool - "It enjoys instead the cool of a perpetual early Saturday evening." - 12%
14. Fall - "The source of the voice nearly caused Zaphod to fall off the building." - 25%
16. Football - "He had used to play football." - 6%
17. Frost - "It's frosted over." - 63%
19. Grasshopper - "Ankle high to an Arcturan Megagrasshopper." - 62%
22. Hurricane - "The concert will cause earthquakes, tidal waves, hurricanes. - 59%
23. Jam - "Can't. Computer's jammed." - 6%
24. Leaves - "He told it about broad leaves drying in the sun." - 4%
26. Nature - "Nature collapses into the screaming void!" - 53%
27. Nuts - "...as a packet of mixed nuts does to the entire west wing..." - 17%
36. Reunion - "Something about helping to postpone this reunion." - 7%
38. School - "...shade of pale green which they use in schools, hospitals and mental asylums..." - 61%
42. Straw - "He was a tall shambling man with rough straw-coloured hair." - 73%
50. Yellow - "The unpleasant yellow lumps..." - 3%

Medicine Men: Extreme Appalachian Doctoring by Carolyn Jourdan - 4/11/20 (4 words found)
20. Harvest - "By foraging in the woods for walnuts during a short harvesting season." - 4%
34. Quilts - "He brought home the quilt home he gave it to me." - 5%
39. Season - "As the seasons change, the same spot in the woods..." - 87%
43. Tailgate - "Anyone sitting on the seat would be looking toward the tailgate." - 74%

Joe Coffin: Season One, Episode One by Ken Preston - 4/11/20 (2 words found)
15. Flu - "Wouldn't that be fucking great, coming down with the flu." - 47%
35. Rake - "They were both naked, and she was raking her fingers down his back." - 13%

Miss Spelled by Morgana Best - 9/11/20 (1 word found)
12. Decorations - "There was a mixing station and a decorating station." - 73%

The Ridiculous Adventures of Three Friends and the Deity that Controls Them by Phoenix Ward - 9/11/20 (1 word found)
25. Logs - "A third voice answered, just as logged down with a stiff night's sleep." - 11%

Only the Beginning by W.J. May - 9/11/20 (5 words found)
29. Picnic - "...and settled instead at our favourite picnic table outside." - 38%
32. Pumpkins - "Bring packets of henna and sit together on pumpkins." - 53%
33. Quarterback - "I'm the quarterback." - 45%
41. Soccer - "A memorial to some piano recital, soccer game or preschool play." - 21%
48. Vote - "Uh...yep. Voted unanimously his first day." - 39%

Funny Side Up: The Eggstremely Witty Joke Book by Mark White - 9/11/20 (4 words found)
11. Cranberries - "Why did the cranberry sauce cross the road?" - 57%
13. Election - "Unfortunately, too many of them got elected." - 64%
37. Scarecrows - "I'm a very successful scarecrow which isn't a job for everyone." - 8%
44. Tennis - "Never marry a tennis player." - 34%

Why Mummy’s Sloshed by Gill Sims - 10/11/20 (1 word found)
8. Cider - "I let her take some cider to parties and pretend not to notice." - pg 10

The Music of Us by Uvi Poznansky - 11/11/20 (1 word found)
40. Snuggle - "We snuggle, my chin over her head." - 95%

Nashville Heat by Bethany Michaels - 12/11/20 (1 word found)
30. Pies - "I made Dex's favourite apple pie." - 45%

A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau - CURRENTLY READING
45. Thanksgiving - "When will you be home for Thanksgiving?" - 5%
47. Turkey - "There was turkey and stuffing." - 34%

List:
2. Baseball
18. Gourd
21. Hockey
28. Orchard
31. Pine cones
46. Trick or treat
49. World Series

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: Nov. 1st, 2020 - Nov. 30th, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

46/50

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann - Nov. 2nd
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - Nov. 5th
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - Nov. 9th
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque by Zarqa Nawaz - Nov. 10th
Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - Nov. 11th
Haunted Nights edited by Ellen Datlow - Nov. 12th
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli - Nov. 16th
Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones - Nov. 21st
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs - Nov. 28th

List:
1. Apple Breaking Dawn
"Vanilla, leather, apple, moss" pg. 388
2. Baseball Breaking Dawn
"Watching some stupid baseball game" pg. 145
3. Beauty When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Wisps of beauty and love" @ 11%
4. Burning When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Saw the burning of a synagogue" @ 26%
5. Change When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Otto disliked change" @ 24%
*6. Chestnuts When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"182 cm, oval, chestnut, green" @ 56%
7. Chilly Fifth Grave Past the Light
"Besides being a little chilly" pg. 122
8. Cider Haunted Nights
"They'll be served cider" @ 78%
9. Color When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Had repainted it in a brighter color" @ 23%
10. Cool When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The cool breeze erased the acrid smell" @ 85%
11. Cranberries Haunted Nights
"Wid blueberries, cranberries, and raw honey" @ 35%
12. Decorations When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The walls mostly devoid of decorations" 77%
*13. Election When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Heralded the first democratic elections" @ 37%
14. Fall When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"In the fall of 1941" @ 39%
15. Flu Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
"I had the flu" pg. 15
16. Football When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"A football match was played on a newly laid pitch" @ 81%
17. Frost The Starless Sea
"Windows covered in frost" @ 78%
18. Gourd Haunted Nights
"Within the orange gourd" @ 26%
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The harvest of a crop sown several decades before" @ 4%
21. Hockey The Upside of Unrequited
"An air hockey table" @ 58%
22. Hurricane The Starless Sea
"The hurricane on the television" @ 23%
23. Jam Breaking Dawn
"She'd probably jam the tube" pg. 240
24. Leaves When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The damp fallen leaves plastered the stones" @ 15%
25. Logs Haunted Nights
"Feel free to scavenge logs" @ 11%
26. Nature When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The nature that surrounded the cities" @ 4%
27. Nuts The Starless Sea
"She probably thinks I'm nuts" @ 91%
28. Orchard Haunted Nights
"Walked alone through an apple orchard" @ 24%
29. Picnic When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Two smiling boys sit on picnic blankets" @ 13%
30. Pies Haunted Nights
"She had a knack for baking pies" @ 41%
31. Pine cones
32. Pumpkins Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
"Sheep, pumpkins, soft fruit" pg. 234
33. Quarterback Bone Crossed
"A quarterback dad and a bookworm son" pg. 110
34. Quilts Breaking Dawn
"In a couple of thick quilts" pg. 270
35. Rake Haunted Nights
"Look for leaves to rake" @ 71%
36. Reunion When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The fiftieth reunion of his class" @ 38%
37. Scarecrows Haunted Nights
"His new formed scarecrows" @ 4%
38. School When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"At a language school in Cannes" @ 15%
39. Season Breaking Dawn
"It's open season on vamps now" pg. 231
40. Snuggle Sixth Grave on the Edge
"Sometimes we just snuggle" pg. 69
41. Soccer Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
Make sure the local soccer stadium is ready" pg. 212
42. Straw When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"A blue and pink paper straw" @ 9%
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"He jogged, played tennis, skied" @ 74%
45. Thanksgiving The Starless Sea
"Welcome for Thanksgiving or Canadian Thanksgiving" @ 81%
46. Trick or treat Haunted Nights
"Costumes and masks, trick or treat" @ 3%
47. Turkey Breaking Dawn
"Quit her cold turkey" pg. 197
48. Vote When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"Lost their right to vote" @ 20%
49. World Series
50. Yellow When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
"The imported yellow cheese" @ 5%

I Still Need:
19. Grasshopper
31. Pine cones
43. Tailgate
49. World Series

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple
2. Baseball
3. Beauty
4. Burning
5. Change
6. Chestnuts
7. Chilly-
8. Cider
9. Color
10. Cool
11. Cranberries
12. Decorations
13. Election
14. Fall- All Screwed Up loc 42 and he breathed a sugh of relief to see it'd come out of the fall unscathed
15. Flu
16. Football
17. Frost
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey
22. Hurricane
23. Jam
24. Leaves
25. Logs
26. Nature
27. Nuts
28. Orchard
29. Picnic
30. Pies
31. Pine cones
32. Pumpkins
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
38. School
39. Season
40. Snuggle
41. Soccer
42. Straw
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
50. Yellow

Finished

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

I'm not reading any books set in America for the next month but I'll see what I can find!


Leaves:47/50

List:

Cold Breath by Quentin Bates 11.4.20

1. Apple - “added an apple…” Loc 5304
2. Baseball - “the faded baseball cap” Loc 930
3. Beauty - “sorry to disturb your beauty sleep” Loc 2361
4. Burning “stretched out in the bath with the candle burning” Loc 456
5. Change “booking into a hotel for a change.” Loc 1182
6. Chestnuts- “mass of chestnut hair” Loc 2202
10. Cool “OK. Speak later. Cool” Loc 357
13. Election - at least until the next election” Loc 1220
14. Fall -“to gradually fall away” Loc 285
17. Frost “its plastic cover glazed with frost” Loc 418
24. Leaves “his sidekick leaves tonight” Loc 3689
25. Logs “what are these logs?” Loc 4536
26. Nature”Something of that nature” Loc 451
27. Nuts “She must be nuts” Loc 2899
38. School “senior staff at the rural school” Loc 1610
39. Season “before the tourist season got underway” Loc 62
42. Straw “the straw that breaks the camel’s back” Loc 3077
48. Vote “are we proposing a vote of thanks?” Loc1527
50. Yellow “the yellow car outside” Loc 5266

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 11.18..20

8. Cider – “drank his cider in bottle” p. 3
19. Grasshopper “cry of the grasshopper hidden at a distance” p. 108
20. Harvest “went haymaking during harvest” p. 4
23. Jam “his mother stuffed him with jam” p. 4


List:

7. Chilly - “rather chilly dress of artificial silk” Loc 2460 The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 11.2.20

9. Color - “the same silver color as his War Merit Cross” p. 67 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

11. Cranberries - “cranberries on his marshy land” p. 36 Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien 12.16.20

12. Decorations - “robust Victorian decoration of the tray” Loc 2254 The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 11.2.20

15. Flu - “He got influenza” p. 336 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

16. Football - ”as if watching a football match” p. 154 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

18. Gourd - “sturdiness of gourds when she held them” p. 57 Wild Decembers by Edna O'Brien 12.16.12

21. Hockey- “Division 2 ice hockey” p. 340 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 11.5.20

22. Hurricane - “I hope a hurricane comes and wipes it out” p. 26 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

28. Orchard - “what looked to be a large orchard” p. 187 Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry 11.14.20

29. Picnic - “it had been no picnic for him since then either” p. 36 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

30. Pies - “apple pie and ice cream” p. 126 Field Gray by Philip Kerr 11.10.20

31. Pine cones

32. Pumpkins -“bean soup, lentil soup, pumpkin soup” Loc 3010 Judas by Amos Oz 11.24.20

33. Quarterback

34. Quilts - -“the purple quilt spread messily” p. 32 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.7.20

35. Rake - “it doesn’t seem fair to rake it up” Loc 2383 The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 11.2.20

36. Reunion - “around the time of Denny’s fiftieth high school reunion” p. 142 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.7.20

37. Scarecrows “possessed a car known to his friends as the Scarecrow” p. 116 The Catherine Wheel by Patricia Wentworth 11.26.20

40. Snuggle - “I didn’t even know Snuggles still existed” p. 96 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.7.20

41. Soccer - “playing soccer in the backyard” p. 67 I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak 12.4.20

43. Tailgate - “as I dropped the tailgate, …” p. 193 A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr 1.17.21

44. Tennis - “in a dark raincoat and tennis shoes” Loc 3395 The Gazebo by Patricia Wentworth 11.9.20

45. Thanksgiving - at Thanksgiving they dressed up like Pilgrims” p. 43 Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout 11.7.20

46. Trick or treat

47. Turkey - “hashed turkey, fried plum pudding” p. 141 The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 11.2.20

49. World Series



Carry-overs"
40. Paramedic - “The police and paramedics arrived together.” P 71 The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill 11.15.20

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
+++++Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Books Read:
1) Monster Blood III R.L. Stine 11-2-20 (MB)
2) The Tricks and Treats of Halloween Angela Murphy 11-4-20 (T)
3) The Pelican Brief John Grisham (PB)
4) Saving the Baghdad Zoo Kelly Milner Halls 11-6-20 (Z)
5) A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
11-6-20 (SS)
6) The Phantom Limb William Sleator 11-7-20 (PL)
7) Black Ice Becca Fitzpatrick 11-9-20 (BI)
8) Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls Beth McMullen 11-9-20 (MS)
9) Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island Thor Heyerdahl 11-9-20 (AA)

30 out of 21-40 words found

List:
++1. Apple T page 32 "you have to gran an apple with your teeth"
++2. Baseball MB page 6 "Evan...lowered the baseball cap to shield his eyes"
++3. Beauty Z page 24 "bred for loyalty, intelligence, beauty, and endurance."
++4. Burning PB page 215 "She could smell the burning."
++5. Change PL page 81 "Maybe I can change their minds."
6. Chestnuts
++7. Chilly PB page 392 "It was quite chilly"
8. Cider
++9. Color T page 38 "The other color associated with Halloween"
++10. Cool MB page 14 "This is cool!"
11. Cranberries
++12. Decorations T page 34 "What would Halloween be without decorations"
13. Election
++14. Fall MB page 19 ""it made two kids fall off their chairs"
++15. Flu PB page 185 "he had caught a nasty virus, maybe the flu"
++16. Football PB page 410 "He hadn't had butterflies this bad since high school football."
17. Frost
++18. Gourd SS page 180 "drinking from the gourd along the way."
19. Grasshopper
++20. Harvest T page 26 "it was more like a harvest festival"
++21. Hockey MS page 30 "the ice hockey team, and the lacrosse team."
++22. Hurricane PB page 66 "a massive orgy on a yacht in the middle of a hurricane"
++23. Jam AA page 159 "bread spread with butter and jam"
++24. Leaves MB page 6 "The bright new leaves on the trees shimmered"
25. Logs
++26. Nature PB page 418 "a quiet but mammoth battle of nature"
++27. Nuts T page 25 "would give out treats, like fruit, nuts, or coins"
?28. Orchard T page 10 "Pomona, the goddess of fruit and orchards"
29. Picnic
30. Pies
++31. Pine cones BI page 336 "Pine cones and tree bark too."
++32. Pumpkins T page 6 "carving pumpkins became part of the holiday"
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
++38. School PB page 34 "one of the few pleasures of law school"
39. Season
40. Snuggle
++41. Soccer MS page 30 "She's also the captain of the soccer team"
++42. Straw MB page 90 "It was a little larger than a drinking straw."
++43. Tailgate BI page 11 "I shut the tailgate and wiped my hands on my cutoffs"
++44. Tennis BI page 104 "My dad likes Rohan because he's good at tennis"
++45. Thanksgiving PB page 414 "They had talked about the Virgin Islands and Thanksgiving"
++46. Trick or treat T page 22 "Trick...or Treat?"
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
++50. Yellow AA page 116 "the green tents on yellow grass"

Welcome Susan, Kay, Kendra, Emeli, Denise and Helen!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall

Leaves: 21-40 words
Found: 40/21-40

Ring Shout | P. Djèlí Clark - November 6
4. Burning - my eyes to the burning juke joint (loc. 1193)
5. Change - Said they needed a change of scenery. (loc. 2125)
9. Color - and thick sap the color and smell of blood oozes (loc. 1469)
10. Cool - women fanning hands like to cool him off. (loc. 614)
14. Fall - grabs hard at my insides, and I fall to hands and knees. (loc. 1613)
15. Flu - owned a store in town but the flu took him in 1918. (loc. 434)
18. Gourd - been carved out like a gourd. (loc. 1532)
20. Harvest - But July is when the harvest just starting. (loc. 261)
23. Jam - There's blackberry jam cake. (loc. 2184)
24. Leaves - The big oak ain't got leaves no more (loc. 1320)
29. Picnic - down there grinning like picnic on a Sunday. (loc. 46)
38. School - Only, wasn't no school for freed people in Choctaw (loc. 528)
42. Straw - named Uncle Will in a straw hat, bellowing out for (loc. 378)
48. Vote - and killing colored people for voting. (loc. 313)
50. Yellow - Uneeda Biscuit boy I his yellow raincoat, carrying a box (loc. 296)

Fumbled Hearts | Meagan Brandy - November 8
2. Baseball - " ... sure have a thing for baseball movies." (p. 167)
3. Beauty - She's beauty and pain, light and dark. (p. 420)
7. Chilly - sense of warmth on this chilly November evening. (p. 153)
16. Football - We've been talking football, going over their game (p. 156)
26. Nature - making both the handsome, freaks of nature laugh. (p. 308)
30. Pies - Nate's mom's 'Chicken Enchilada Pie'. (p. 303)
33. Quarterback - Like a true quarterback, he takes advantage of (p. 202)
39. Season - taking him out for the season. (p. 379)
40. Snuggle - we would snuggle on the couch to watch a movie. (p. 298)
43. Tailgate - Nate tosses me over the tailgate, hops inside (p. 388)

Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine - November 20
1. Apple - He took a third apple for himself (p. 41)
6. Chestnuts - my dream about roasted pheasant with chestnuts. (p. 67)
8. Cider - and sweet cider, he told me about his mission (p. 109)
19. Grasshopper - thought I looked like a grasshopper in it (p. 17)
22. Hurricane - weeks later, a hurricane brews over a distant ocean (p. 2)
25. Logs - Father said, adding a log to the fire. (p. 19)
27. Nuts - must be excellent at cracking nuts. (p. 181)
32. Pumpkins - a giant's cart filled with pumpkins. (p. 204)
35. Rake - We found a spade, a pail, and a small rake. (p. 152)
36. Reunion - the curse and thinking about my reunion with Char. (p. 193)
47. Turkey - from which protruded a chicken wing as big as a turkey. (p. 119)

Stepbrother Dearest | Penelope Ward - November 22
12. Decorations - all of the lights and decorations adorning the city. (p. 217)

Bossman | Vi Keeland - November 24
37. Scarecrows - "And who would you be? The scarecrow with no brains? ... " (p. 129)

Playing with Fire | L.J. Shen - November 28
34. Quilts - if Whit was at least covered by the quilt (p. 274)
44. Tennis - lush front lawns, a tennis court, a pool, (p. 289)

List:
11. Cranberries
13. Election
17. Frost
21. Hockey
28. Orchard
31. Pine cones
41. Soccer
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
49. World Series

November 2020 Scavenger Hunt - Fall

READ: 47/45

Burn Marks - Sara Paretsky 11/2
13. Election - if I win the election, p56
45. Thanksgiving - Elena had passed out at Thanksgiving dinner, p4
48. Vote - you've got my vote, p54

Murder Most Maine - Karen MacInerney 11/3
30. Pies - her legendary sugarless cranberry pies, p16
36. Reunion - for their thirty year reunion, p19

The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux 11/4
4. Burning - burning to tell all she knew, p16

Leaving Normal - Stef Ann Holm 11/5
2. Baseball - I'm going to play baseball with him, p193
3. Beauty - no great beauty, p127
7. Chilly - drawing in a deep breath of chilly air
8. Cider - it's carafe of spiced apple cider, p49
9. Color - she loved the new color, p200
12. Decorations - colorful Christmas decorations, p8
16. Football - stayed at Greg's to watch football, p72
21. Hockey - baseball and hockey, p115
27. Nuts - I don't mean to make you nuts, p260
32. Pumpkins - the half eaten pumpkin pie, p34
38. School - school is good, p140
39. Season - depending on the season, p114
41. Soccer - the soccer team, p115
44. Tennis - a pair of tennis shoes, p228
47. Turkey - carved a Thanksgiving turkey, p23

Adam and Evil - Gillian Roberts 11/6
10. Cool - they currently thought it was cool, p103
35. Rake - didn't rake me over the coals, p62
15. Flu - say you had the flu, p140

Shadows of the Short Days - Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson 11/7
17. Frost - growing like frost on a window, p188
40. Snuggle - a warm place to snuggle, p199

The Last Colossus - Michael Hodges 11/7
25. Logs - cedar logs crackled in the fire pit, p13
26. Nature - Mother nature can be a real force, p43

Perversion - T.M. Frazier 11/8
50. Yellow - two men with yellow bandanas, p68

The Witch Squad - M.Z. Andrews 11/9
14. Fall - the warm scent of fall breezed in my open window, p2
29. Picnic - at one of the marble picnic tables, p49
34. Quilts - the rag quilt my granny had sewn, p4

Bryant & May and the Burning Man - Christopher Fowler 11/11
46. Trick or treat - the American custom of trick or treat, p12

Semi-Psychic Life - Elizabeth Hunter 11/12
31. Pine cones - swaths of evergreens and pine cones, p37
43. Tailgate - leaned against the tailgate, p168

Shadows in Death - J.D. Robb 11/13
37. Scarecrows - stand there like some scarecrow, p151
42. Straw - with a thatch of straw colored hair, p324

Blood in Her Veins - Faith Hunter 11/14
5. Change - it means change, p54
23. Jam - holy crap on crackers with toe jam, p625
24. Leaves - heard scurrying in leaves, p33

The Buccaneers - Iain Lawrence 11/14
22. Hurricane - with hurricanes that blew all the year round, p5

Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi 11/15
20. Harvest - after the annual tigerfish harvest, p164

Claimed - Rebecca Zanetti 11/17
1. Apple - from the big apple, p83

Primal Law - J.D. Tyler 11/24
33. Quarterback - the quarterback for her side, p267

Eleven - Carolyn Arnold 11/26
19. Grasshopper - since he was knee-high to a grasshopper, p64

Bloody Mary - J.A. Konrath 11/27
18. Gourd - his attack on the intruder gourd, p150

The Song of the Quarkbeast - Jasper Fforde 11/29
6. Chestnuts - set about with oak and sweet chestnut, p88

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11. Cranberries -
28. Orchard -
49. World Series -

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020
44/50

Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Jingle All the Way Debbie Macomber 11/3/20 ***
Apple p.56 She sipped the APPLE juice he brought her.
Baseball p 68 It had been a lon time since he took in a professional BASEBALL game or
Beauty p 61 because BEAUTY is only skin-deep.
Burning p 53 She was certaub she was BURNING up with fever.
Change p. 7 he was trying to figure out a way to CHANGE Everly’s mind.
Cider p. 202 helped their mother to serve hot apple CIDER
Color p 128 her hair was the COLOR of freswhly minted copper
Cool p 55 he had a COOL cloth on her forehead
Decorations p 162 the DECORATIONS hadn’t changed over the years
Fall p 79 A light mist started to FALL on them
Football p 164 at an NFL FOOTBALL game.
Jam p 105 as she delicately spread strawberry JAM on her toast.
Nature p 214 as they learn about NATURE and our mission
Nuts p 184 I sound NUTS
School p 13 the most likely to succeed in her high SCHOOL class
Season p 96 The holiday SEASON is upon us.
Snuggle p 60 She SNUGGLED against the pillow.
Soccer p 290 You were never meantto play SOCER
Straw p. 4 This is the last STRAW.
Thanksgiving p 12 YOU were missed at Thanksgiving
Vote p 13 was VOTED the most likely to succeed
Yellow p 73 Mosquitoes carry disease, including YELLOE fever

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong James W. Loewen 11/12/20 ***
Election Loc. 892 because of the ELECTION of Lincoln
Harvest Loc. 1333 leaving no one to HARVEST his wheat
Hurricane LOC. 4066 Because Hurricane Katrina damaged them
Leaves Loc. 628 the monument also LEAVES out females entirely
Logs Loc.3017 nearby farmers has recycled its LOGS into
Picnic Loc. 3430 they are parks with PICNIC tables
Rake Loc.4052 with a scheme to RAKE in millions of dollars for himself.
Reunion Loc. 5464 hoping for REUNIONS eith loved ones
Tennis Loc.798 where TENNIS star and humanitarian, Arthur Ashe
Turkey Loc.1969 bear, deer, wild TURKEY, and wolves

Return to Virgin River Robyn Carr 11/13/20 *****
7. Chilly p 90 “It’s getting pretty CHILLY when the sun goes down,”
11. Cranberries p 193 There were gifts of banana, zucchini and CRANBERRY breads and a tray of cinnamon rolls.
Gourd p 85 She did buy some GOURDS and dried cornstalks
Orchard p 30 Tom Cavanaugh from a local ORCHARD,
Pies p 193 Vanessa and Paul brought two PIES and a dozen cookies,
Quilts p 12 the cabin filled with old china, colorful QUILTS and solid hardwood floors covered with plush area rugs and knew it was the perfect escape.

Christmas In Evergreen Nancy Naigle 11/17/20 ****
Frost p.62 Thr windows were FROSTED with fake snow.
Hockey p. 191 when he coached the teen HOCKEYteam.
Tailgate p 30 Her truck was decorated in garland with wreath on the grill and TAILGATE.

A Dog's Perfect Christmas W. Bruce Cameron 11/22/20 ****
Flu p 95 You have the FLU.
Pine cones p 141 the other kids ith PINE CONES
Pumpkins p 83 The PUMPKIN pie. The banana bread

Word List
6. Chestnuts
19. Grasshopper
33. Quarterback
37. Scarecrows
46. Trick or treat
47. world series

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Completed: 21

List:
Thief-Chantal Fernando 11/5
1. Apple- “a packet of chips, and a green apple.” 7%
5. Change- “go back in time to change an event,” 36%
10. Cool- “That would be cool.” 71%
14. Fall- “Reid was the first to fall.” 78%
24. Leaves- “Dash takes the hint and leaves the room,” 20%
38. School- “I met him the highschool hallways.” 65%
40. Snuggle- “I snuggle next to him on the couch,” 60%
41. Soccer- “Drunk soccer doesn't sound like a good idea,” 31%
42. Straw- “biting on my straw.” 87%
Adultolescence-Gabbie Hanna 11/4
3. Beauty- “the beauty of the trees” pg. 163
9. Color- “he asked her favorite color” pg. 23
27. Nuts- “They all agreed it was nuts” pg. 58
39. Season- “the months or the season,” pg. 31
44. Tennis- “Play a game of tennis” pg. 49
50. Yellow- “ivory, peachy, black, brown or yellow skin” pg. 168

Love, Creekwood-Becky Albertalli 11/10
16. Football- “during a division one college football game.” pg. 16
45. Thanksgiving- “I was in NY after Thanksgiving” pg. 64
47. Turkey- “Okay, turkey squad, I’m moving this over to email” pg. 57

Learning to Ride-Erin Knightley 11/2
7. Chilly- “his gaze was warm, the night chilly” pg. 91
29. Picnic- “We can ride to the river for a picnic” pg. 101

Punching the Air-Ibi Zoboi 11/13
22. Hurricane- “It’ll be like a hurricane leveling a whole city” pg. 177 398

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Pumpkins: 41-50 words ---Words Found: 50 / 50 ---CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Books Read for this Challenge:
The Nowhere Man
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
The Light We Lost
Cold Cold Heart
The Accidental Tourist

List:
1. Apple ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 4 ~~ “...the kid’s adams apple jerks…”
2. Baseball ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 55 ~~ “...featuring a mustachioed baseball…”
3. Beauty ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 347 ~~ “...another day finding its ultimate beauty…”
4. Burning ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 42 ~~ “...his calves cramped, his thighs burning…”
5. Change ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 58 ~~ “...waiting for the light to change…”
6. Chestnuts ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 310 ~~ “...her curly chestnut hair fell across…”
7. Chilly ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 141 ~~ “...a chilly current kicked up…”
8. Cider ~~ The Accidental Tourist ~~ 17Nov20 ~~ Page 166 ~~ “...buffered rum or hot spiked cider…”
9. Color ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 103 ~~ “...turned vibrant, the color saturated…”
10. Cool ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 310 ~~ “...into the cool air of the lobby…”
11. Cranberries ~~ The Accidental Tourist ~~ 17Nov20 ~~ Page 205 ~~ “...goose, cranberry relish, two kinds of potatoes…”
12. Decorations ~~ Mexican Gothic ~~ 08Nov20 ~~ Page 242 ~~ “...feeling the decorations carved into the wood…”
13. Election ~~ The Road to Woodstock ~~ 09Nov20 ~~ Page 265 ~~ “...the election of our first African American president…”
14. Fall ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 10 ~~ “...the tears did not fall…”
15. Flu ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 07Nov20 ~~ Page 147 ~~ “...then he got the flu…”
16. Football ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 227 ~~ “...it’s like football…”
17. Frost ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 07Nov20 ~~ Page 24 ~~ “...you quoting Robert Frost to me…”
18. Gourd ~~ Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ~~ 03Nov20 ~~ Page 89 ~~ “...sucking the rinds of gourds…”
19. Grasshopper ~~ Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ~~ 03Nov20 ~~ Page 89 ~~ “...extensive grazing of grasshoppers on any grassy shores…”
20. Harvest ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 285 ~~ “...they’d harvested a saphenous vein…”
21. Hockey ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 259 ~~ “...putting a hockey puck sized dent…”
22. Hurricane ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 258 ~~ “...calm before the hurricane…”
23. Jam ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 346 ~~ “...JAM LOCK ON FRONT GATE…”
24. Leaves ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 5 ~~ “...it leaves the upper jaw floating…”
25. Logs ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 142 ~~ “...stacked high with cedar logs…”
26. Nature ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 310 ~~ “...a shade of red not found in nature…”
27. Nuts ~~ The Road to Woodstock ~~ 09Nov20 ~~ Page 144 ~~ “...lots of nuts and dried fruit…”
28. Orchard ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 180 ~~ “...like shiny fruits, an orchard of blood…”
29. Picnic ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 07Nov20 ~~ Page 111 ~~ “...an enormous picnic blanket in the middle…”
30. Pies ~~ The Road to Woodstock ~~ 09Nov20 ~~ Page 100 ~~ “...with pies in faces…”
31. Pinecones ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 100 ~~ “...and the pinecone exploded…”
32. Pumpkins ~~ Cold Cold Heart ~~ 14Nov20 ~~ Page 63 ~~ “...pumpkins, mums and happy scarecrows…”
33. Quarterback ~~ Cold Cold Heart ~~ 14Nov20 ~~ Page 254 ~~ “...to pull him off their quarterback…”
34. Quilts ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 238 ~~ “...homey quilts thrown over…”
35. Rake ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 118 ~~ “...I’d rake your head to the side …”
36. Reunion ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 07Nov20 ~~ Page 191 ~~ “...to avoid me at the reunion…”
37. Scarecrows ~~ Cold Cold Heart ~~ 14Nov20 ~~ Page 63 ~~ “...mums and happy scarecrows…”
38. School ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 32 ~~ “...come home from school…”
39. Season ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 34 ~~ “...a lake’s watermark across the season…”
40. Snuggle ~~ The Light We Lost ~~ 07Nov20 ~~ Page 55 ~~ “...I snuggled closer to you…”
41. Soccer ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 24 ~~ “...behind a stretch of soccer fields…”
42. Straw ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 32 ~~ “...visible, thin as a straw…”
43. Tailgate ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 132 ~~ “...three doors and a tailgate opened…”
44. Tennis ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 329 ~~ “...one by the Ukranian tennis player…”
45. Thanksgiving ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 355 ~~ “...he realized: it was Thanksgiving…”
46. Trick or treat ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 311 ~~ “...can he go trick-or-treating with us?…”
47. Turkey ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 62 ~~ “...a steaming turkey in a basting pan…”
48. Vote ~~ The Road to Woodstock ~~ 09Nov20 ~~ Page 98 ~~ “...voted that Woodstock should remain…”
49. World Series ~~ The Accidental Tourist ~~ 17Nov20 ~~ Page 100 ~~ “...the second game of the World Series…”
50. Yellow ~~ The Nowhere Man ~~ 02Nov20 ~~ Page 356 ~~ “...snuffed out the yellow and orange candles…”

I'm in

47/50

(11/6/20)

1. Apple - ...anything more complex than an apple.. (p 14)
3. Beauty - ...Andre Agassi with his Beauty And The Beast impressions.. (p 145)
4. Burning - ...burning gallons of fuel.. (p 44)
5. Change - ...we weren't talking pocket change. (p 117)
7. Chilly - ...nor the chilly mists of the highlands. (p 154)
8. Cider - Meeting Mischa and Klaus for a cider was pretty easy. (p 90)
9. Color - ...a colour I didn't hate.. (p 24)
10. Cool - ...a cool, chilled sort of place. (p 100)
14. Fall - ...it was fall as it should be.. (p 215)
16. Football - ...taking their kids to football matches.. (p 30)
18. Gourd - ...drinking gourds of blood.. (p 166)
23. Jam - ...nice with jam on top.. (p 139)
24. Leaves - The leaves were psychedelic orange... (p 215)
26. Nature - Nature counted too, of course. (p 166)
27. Nuts - ...I wasn't going nuts... (p 50)
29. Picnic - ...having a picnic next to the River Isis... (p 151)
30. Pies - ...tarantula pies and hippo-flavoured crisps... (p 421)
38. School - ...since the end of high school... (p 7)
39. Season - ...wanted the cricket season to begin. (p 5)
41. Soccer - ...who would insinst on watching soccer ... (p 77)
43. Tailgate - ...getting rammed in the tailgate... (p 485)
44. Tennis - ...'play tennis on grass'... (p 144)
47. Turkey - ...North Cyprus or Turkey... (p 259)
48. Vote - ...The shock Brexit vote.. (p 338)
50. Yellow - ...bright yellow Fiesta. (p 31)

(11/7/20)

40. Snuggle - ...I snuggle closer to him.. (p 8)

(11/11/20)

2. Baseball - ...an encyclopedia of baseball... (p 57)
17. Frost - ...the poet Robert Frost.. (p 31)
20. Harvest - ...to "harvest" objects with the bluest colors. (p 142)
28. Orchard - ...an apple orchard behind the house. (p 441)
34. Quilts - ...a patchwork quilt... (p 242)

(11/13/20)

15. Flu - ...is bedbound with influenza. (p 111)
22. Hurricane - ...the light of a hurricane lanthorn... (p 83)
35. Rake - 'Young rake.' (p 78)
37. Scarecrows - ...old scarecrow of a place. (p 27)

11/15/20)

36. Reunion - ...more of a reunion... (p 189)
45. Thanksgiving - ...no later than Thanksgiving.. (p 143)

(11/15/20)

11. Cranberries - ...carrying plates of roast lamb and cranberry salad. (p 245)

(11/17/20)

12. Decorations - ...new Halloween decorations. (p 250)
21. Hockey - "We'll put hockey pucks in the dryers..." (p 394)

(11/24/20)

19. Grasshopper - "Take notes and learn, young grasshopper." (p 355)
32. Pumpkins - "It's glass, but not pumpkin shaped." (p 87)

(11/26/20)

13. Election - ...nominated at an election (p 91)
42. Straw - ...the last straw. (p 35)

(11/27/20)

6. Chestnuts - ...song about chestnuts... (p 10)
31. Pine cones - ...a couple of pinecones... (p 87)



25. Logs - ...count how many logs they chop each day... (p 402) (11/30/20)

List:

33. Quarterback
46. Trick or treat
49. World Series

Welcome Elle, Barbara, Kathryn, Grace, Donna and Rosa!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Completed: 50/50

Books Used:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Completed: 11/7/2020
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia - Completed: 11/8/2020
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - Completed: 11/11/2020
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Completed: 11/12/2020
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - Completed: 11/15/2020
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult - Completed: 11/15/2020

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List:
1. Apple - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 736 "...wrinkle you up like a dried apple."
2. Baseball - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2907 "...anything of the time before, playing baseball, in jeans and sneakers..."
3. Beauty - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1256 "...like jazz garters or beauty spots..."
4. Burning - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 524 "But there were some women burning books..."
5. Change - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 424 "It has taken so little time to change our minds..."
6. Chestnuts - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 1630 "next to a mangled-looking goose covered with chestnuts."
7. Chilly - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 802 "...on the sheet of chilly crackling disposable paper..."
8. Cider - Sing You Home, pg. 292 "...holding mugs of hot cider."
9. Color - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 115 "...the color of blood..."
10. Cool - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1325 "...fingers on cool porcelain..."
11. Cranberries - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 177 "...in the exact same cranberry, bleeding into the..."
12. Decorations - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1845 "...with the Christmas tree decorations in their cardboard boxes."
13. Election - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2295 "They said that new elections would be held..."
14. Fall - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 681 "...landscapes with fall foliage..."
15. Flu - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2002 "...even though she had the flu, holding on to the..."
16. Football - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 80 "...two by two around the football field..."
17. Frost - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 273 "...from decade after decade of winter frost."
18. Gourd - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2087 "...bustling to lay gourds and golden leaves along..."
19. Grasshopper - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1638 "...like grasshoppers in a field at night."
20. Harvest - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 1590 "...is just an old harvest festival..."
21. Hockey - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 79 "...while Ryan was in hockey class and she said..."
22. Hurricane - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 752 "Hurricane Lena."
23. Jam Beautiful Creatures, loc. 107 "...the breakfast of champions--eggs, freezer jam, and bacon..."
24. Leaves - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 524 "...there were no leaves on the trees..."
25. Logs - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2525 "...wooden platforms made from cypress logs tied together with rope..."
26. Nature - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 310 "...because of the nature of our service."
27. Nuts - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1280 "...like the shell of a nut."
28. Orchard - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 249 "The Cherry Orchard."
29. Picnic - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1115 "She thought we were going on a picnic..."
30. Pies - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 5906 "...busy washing sheets and freezing pies for the..."
31. Pine cones - The Book Thief, pg. 321 "One ribbon, one pinecone."
32. Pumpkins - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2091 "...dropped a small white pumpkin."
33. Quarterback - An Abundance of Katherines, pg. 111 "I guess he's the quarterback..."
34. Quilts - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2367 "She picked at the quilt between us..."
35. Rake - The Book Thief, pg. 218 "...and still rake-skinny as she sat against..."
36. Reunion - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 6677 "...in Macon and Hunting's little reunion."
37. Scarecrows - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 477 "...like scarecrows, which in a way is what they are..."
38. School - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 574 "...those wars we studied in high school."
39. Season - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2151 "...the strawberries are in season now, so we'll eat them..."
40. Snuggle - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 5425 "...and snuggled inside my arms."
41. Soccer - The Book Thief, pg. 47 "...on the street. Soccer. Teams were..."
42. Straw - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2056 "...I drew the short straw."
43. Tailgate - An Abundance of Katherines, pg. 157 "...sat on the tailgate of one pickup..."
44. Tennis - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 83 "...take his membership at the tennis club."
45. Thanksgiving - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2907 "Today is a day of thanksgiving..."
46. Trick or treat - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 3263 "...answer the door for trick-or-treaters."
47. Turkey - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 3295 "...tied up like a Christmas turkey behind the furnace."
48. Vote - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 207 "...casting his vote."
49. World Series - Sing You Home, pg. 252 "...like chocolate and Christmas morning and winning the World Series, all wrapped up..."
50. Yellow - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 298 "...wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes..." (hide spoiler)]

November 2020 Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1 - November 30, 2020
Date Started: November 1, 2020
Date Completed: November 29, 2020

Choose your level:
Leaves: 21-40 words

Words Found: 30 / 40

List:
1. Apple - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 189 a small pile of hash browns, soem dry toasts and an apple
2. Baseball - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 9 He shook the melting snow off his black baseball cap
3. Beauty - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 1 get to enjoy the beauty of the Christmas season
4. Burning - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 27 fuel a fire that was aready burning out of control
5. Change - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 4 she was happy to change the subject
9. Color - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 20 Carly's cheeks flushed a rosy color
10. Cool - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 72 For a young kid that was pretty cool of you
14. Fall - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 18 buckets of snow continued to fall
16. Football - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 147 But her true love is football
17. Frost - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 222 she could see dim light through the frosted glass pane
21. Hockey - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 4 She was a hockey fan
22. Hurricane - Love Me Like You Mean It by Laura Burton - 11/16/20 - LOC 773 Her words hit my ears like a hurricane the force neary throwing me back.
23. Jam - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 125 your brute strength can get us out of this jam
24. Leaves - Love Me Like You Mean It by Laura Burton - 11/16/20 - LOC 550 ignoring the terrible burn it leaves as it slides down my throat
25. Logs - One Daisy and Two Crazy Funerals (Fern Grove 2) by Abby Reede - 11/25/20 - LOC 1423 "You usually sleep like a log"
26. Nature - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 25 to keep up with the onslaught of Mother Nature
29. >b>Picnic -Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 26 What about an excursion to one of the islands or a romantic picnic for two
30. Pies - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 45 Lined up against one wall was a long row of tables, filled with whipped cream pies
32. Pumpkins -Thanks, Banks, and Murder (Mama and Cookie 11) by Noella Lee - 11/29/20 - Pg 25 the woman who used to win at the pumpkin carving contests at the church
34. Quilts - Thanks, Banks, and Murder (Mama and Cookie 11) by Noella Lee - 11/29/20 - Pg 123 It sold dresses, handcrafted jewelry, and some quilts
36. Reunion - Love Me Like You Mean It by Laura Burton - 11/16/20 - LOC 1327 but their reunion was too cute to walk away from
38. School - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 2 she wished it was closer to school
39. Season - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 1 the beauty of the Christmas season
40. Snuggle - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 71 She snuggled onto his legs
42. Straw - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 148 Cat lifted her straw and used the tip to stab the ice cubes in her glass
44. Tennis - One Daisy and Two Crazy Funerals (Fern Grove 2) by Abby Reede - 11/25/20 - LOC 1070 Twelve bedrooms, swimming pools, tennis courts, maid quarters
45. Thanksgiving - Thanks, Banks, and Murder (Mama and Cookie 11) by Noella Lee - 11/29/20 - Pg 3 so that she wasn't stuck all day cooking food on Thanksgiving, and Mama was going all out for the holiday
47. Turkey - Lethal Lobster (Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries 3) by Hope Callaghan - 11/26/20 - Pg 253 she grabbed a turkey sandwich on a pretzel roll
48. Vote - One Daisy and Two Crazy Funerals (Fern Grove 2) by Abby Reede - 11/25/20 - LOC 729 but my sisters have voted me down
50. Yellow - Holiday Face-off (Puck Battle 1) by Kristen Echo - 11/5/20 - Pg 14 appeared to be in his early forties with yellowing teeth and a twisted smile

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

44/50

List:
1. APPLE - p. 122 “...not yet the apple season...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
2. BASEBALL - p. 30 “...first game of baseball played...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
3. BEAUTY - p. 239 “...perfection, or infinity beauty...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
4. BURNING - p. 38 “...the burning of consecrated incense...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
5. CHANGE - p. 5 “...related to hormonal change...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
6. CHESTNUTS - p. 27 “...and thick chestnut hair.”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
7. CHILLY - p. 81 “...a chilly wind sneaks in.”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
8. CIDER - p. 149 “...clam chowder, and cider doughnuts...”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
9. COLOR - p. 25 “...original meaning of a color...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
10. COOL - p. 171 “...to keep it cool...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
11. Cranberries
12. DECORATIONS - p. 277 “...made the decoration leap out.”
The Cat Came Back by Louise Clark 11/25/20
13. ELECTION - p. 404 “...in the U.S. presidential election...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
14. FALL - p. 66 “...survive a bad fall.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
15. FLU - p. 91 “...chest cold or flu symptoms...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
16. FOOTBALL - p. 30 “...Derby County Football Club...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
17. FROST - p. 391 “...even frost at Christmas...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
18. GOURD - p. 262 “...the gourd and the cucumber.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
19. GRASSHOPPER - p. 190 “Patience, Young Grasshopper.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
20. HARVEST - p. 118 “...a harvest of groans and tears...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
21. HOCKEY - p. 121 “Canada is hockey.”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
22. Hurricane
23. JAM - p. 163 “...the excuse to jam my elbow...”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
24. LEAVES - p. 102 “...phenomena of flowers and leaves...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
25. LOGS - p. 40 “...comprehensive radio logs...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
26. NATURE - p. 82 “...by their nature...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
27. NUTS - p. 63 “...raw fruit and nuts.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
28. ORCHARD - p. 27 “...the “Orchard Scene”...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
29. PICNIC - p. 31 “...an outdoor picnic table...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
30. PIES - p. 437 “...something like pumpkin pie...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
31. PINE CONES - p. 210 “...arms full of pine cones...”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
32. PUMPKINS - p. 437 “...something like pumpkin pie...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
33. Quarterback
34. QUILTS - p. 15 “...two quilts on top of me.”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
35. RAKE - p. 113 “Their gazes rake over me.”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
36. REUNION - p. 232 “...the reunion of the husband and wife.”
Before the Broken Star by Emily R. King 11/8/20
37. Scarecrows
38. SCHOOL - p. 46 “...elementary school science textbooks...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
39. SEASON - p. 122 “...not yet the apple season...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
40. SNUGGLE - p. 73 “...snuggled in the crook of his arm...”
The Cat Came Back by Louise Clark 11/25/20
41. SOCCER - p. 130 “...her engagement to a soccer coach.”
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell 11/21/20
42. STRAW - p. 127 “...don’t forget a straw...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
43. Tailgate
44. TENNIS - p. 72 “...if you had a tennis ball...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
45. THANKSGIVING - p. 437 “...after eating Thanksgiving dinner...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
46. TRICK OR TREAT - p. 284 “She’d always enjoyed trick or treating...”
The Cat Came Back by Louise Clark 11/25/20
47. TURKEY - p. 436 “Blame it on the turkey...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
48. VOTE - p. 317 “...abiding by majority vote.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
49. World Series
50. YELLOW - p. 32 “...yellow jackets are much more likely to sting...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20

Leftovers

12/21

October 2020 - Fire Fighters
34. Jaws of Life
48. Turnout

August 2020 - Dogs
8. Checkup

July 2020 - Canada
5. CANUCK - p. 3 “Written by a Canuck...”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
11. DOUBLE-DOUBLE - p. 127 “Double double: coffee from the Tim Hortons...”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
15. GIVE’ER - p. 133 “...Buddy was really given’ ’er, eh?”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
20. Kerfuffle
21. KLICK - p. 127 “Klicks: kilometers”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
24. LOONIES - p.127 “It’s called a loonie because...”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
30. OTTAWA - p. 15 “...the national capitol of Ottawa.”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
33. POUTINE - p. 14 “...rabbit poutine anyone?”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
40. TIMMIES - p. 3 “...moose on the loose in Tim Hortons.”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
41. TOONIE - p. 131 “...a toonie for the pop machine?”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
45. TWO-FOUR - p. 45 “May two four weekend”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20
50. ZED - p. 131 “Zed: the letter Z”
So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney 11/11/20

June 2020 - Yellowstone
30. HOT SPRINGS - p. 112 “...due to the hot springs in the area...”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
47. South Dakota

May 2020 - Cinco de Mayo
10. Carnitas
35. PATRIOTISM - p. 35 “...extreme patriotism, and theocentric absolutism.”
The Book of Common Fallacies by Philip Ward 11/6/20
37. Queso

April 2020 - Sock Monkey
14. Folk art

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Words: 43/50
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix – 11/02/2020 - 29 words
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1. Apple - ...with a face like a dried apple... (Kindle Location 905)
2. Baseball - ...an umbrella stand full of baseball bats... (Kindle Location 318)
4. Burning - ...breath burning in her throat, (Kindle Location 1480)
5. Change - It doesn’t change anything about you (Kindle Location 3521)
6. Chestnuts - Every early American Windsor chair, every chestnut end table (Kindle Location 483).
7. Chilly - ...central air hovering around a chilly sixty-eight... (Kindle Location 1244)
9. Color - Blobs of dark color flashed across her vision. (Kindle Locations 2335-2336)
10. Cool - The curve of the hood felt cool. (Kindle Location 2355)
12. Decorations - ...a shadow or a mannequin or some Halloween decoration. (Kindle Location 5008)
13. Election - Bush had just won the presidential election (Kindle Locations 109-110)
14. Fall - In the fall of ’91, Kitty’s beloved Minnesota Twins made it to the World Series... (Kindle Locations 371-372)
16. Football - ...as drunk football fans stumbled to their cars... (Kindle Location 5525)
22. Hurricane - A lot of them had been torn up during Hurricane Hugo (Kindle Location 1883)
23. Jam - ...cheeks smeared with red jam... (Kindle Location 638)
24. Leaves - ...filled the air with the hiss of bamboo leaves. (Kindle Location 1397)
26. Nature - many people still hired her in the Old Village because she had a vinegary nature.(Kindle Location 905)
27. Nuts - If ifs and buts were candy and nuts it would be Christmas... (Kindle Location 5527)
29. Picnic - You had a picnic on a blanket... (Kindle Location 426)
30. Pies - you would need extremely large pies to fit two children (Kindle Locations 348-349)
34. Quilts - Blankets and quilts and sheets were draped over (Kindle Location 4071)
35. Rake - ...and she had to beat it to death with a rake, (Kindle Location 160).
38. School - ...who send their children to cotillion and private schools. (Kindle Location 98)
39. Season - about what was wrong with Ken Hatfield this season, (Kindle Locations 1701-1702)
41. Soccer - soccer for Korey and science day camp for Blue (Kindle Locations 917-918)
42. Straw - nibbling on a cheese straw, (Kindle Location 179)
44. Tennis - She wished he hadn’t worn tennis shoes. (Kindle Locations 1264-1265)
45. Thanksgiving - On Thanksgiving day, when Slick started having trouble breathing... (Kindle Location 5636)
49. World Series - In the fall of ’91, Kitty’s beloved Minnesota Twins made it to the World Series (Kindle Locations 371-372)
50. Yellow - The yellow linoleum seemed worn, (Kindle Locations 787-788)
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Till There Was You by Iris Morland – 11/03/2020 - 2 words
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3. Beauty - Beauty is one thing in a woman, but it’s that extra something that attracts me. (p. 38)
32. Pumpkins - Who eats pumpkin bread in March? (p. 25)
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The Good Girl by Mary Kubica – 11/06/2020 - 5 words
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8. Cider - She’d warm apple cider for me (Kindle Location 2904)
15. Flu - ...between a first broken bone and a wicked case of the flu (Kindle Locations 478-479).
17. Frost - And then, days later when a frost covers the earth, (Kindle Location 2018)
25. Logs - her back pressed to a wall made of red pine logs. (Kindle Location 962)
40. Snuggle - They didn’t go camping or snuggle together on the couch (Kindle Location 1524)
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The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero – 11/08/2020 - 2 words
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20. Harvest - but the fields are destroyed or reclaimed or without crops to harvest. (Kindle Location 1277)
48. Vote - You were too young to take any political side when Hitler was voted in. (Kindle Location 3791)
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In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren – 11/12/2020 - 2 words
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36. Reunion - ...quickly ended things when they ran into each other at a family reunion. (Kindle Location 3766)
47. Turkey - Even out here I smell roasting turkey (Kindle Location 3365)
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Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon – 11/16/2020 - 2 words
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19. Grasshopper - A swarm of grasshoppers descends on us just past Thomas Fork... (Kindle Location 3390).
31. Pine cones - But Naomi is not among the women seeding pine cones... (Kindle Location 4381)
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Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden – 11/18/2020 - 1 word
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21. Hockey - ...kids from Pine Ridge had gone to a minor-league hockey game... (Kindle Locations 1773-1774)
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Missing (7)
(view spoiler)[
11. Cranberries
18. Gourd
28. Orchard
33. Quarterback
37. Scarecrows
43. Tailgate
46. Trick or treat
(hide spoiler)]

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Pumpkins: 41-50 words


Rattlesnake by Kim Fielding - 11/2
1. Apple: p. 18: "...while Jimmy was muching an apple..."
2. Baseball: p. 17: "...a busted wooden baseball bat..."
3. Beauty: p. 96: "I think we both need our beauty sleep..."
4. Burning: p. 2: "...bad coffee burning his tongue."
5. Change: p. 25: "...but that won't change what we had..."
7. Chilly: p. 170: "...Shane's bare skin felt chilly..."
9. Color: p. 114: "...although the color may have come from a bottle."
10. Cool: p. 36: "...just cool enough to drink."
12. Decorations: p. 51: "...each had different furniture and decorations."
14. Fall: p. 83: "It was late fall..."
15. Flu: p. 139: "...or maybe just the flu."
22. Hurricane: p. 136: "...was aboard a ship during a hurricane."
24. Leaves: p. 123: "...the gently rustling leaves..."
26. Nature: p. 98: "He rarely was one to admire nature..."
27. Nuts: p. 29: "We used to do nuts, but nowadays everyone's allergic."
28. Orchard: p. 119: "Shane pointed out the small orchard..."
30. Pies: p. 113: "...probably to retrieve the pies Shane had bought."
38. School: p. 15: "He was pretty sure they should be in school..."
39. Season: p. 37: "Wrong season for that..."
42. Straw: p. 67: "She played with her straw for a moment..."
43. Tailgate: p. 45: "...expected him to start tailgating at any minute."
44. Tennis: p. 13: "Still fully dressed except for his tennis shoes."
50. Yellow: p. 30: "...with yellow stripes down their back."


The Jackal by J.R. Ward - 11/4
25. Logs: p. 84: "...sooted remnants of logs."
29. Picnic: p. 93: "...then laid out the picnic."
34. Quilts: p. 25: "There were too many quilts to see anything..."
41. Soccer: p. 322: "...a disrodered work area the size of a soccer field."
48. Vote: p. 95: "...oh, and we can vote."


The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes - 11/5
16. Football: p. 49: "...catching the football game on TV."
33. Quarterback: p. 52: "Their quarterback had a 135..."


Jock Road by Sara Ney - 11/7
18. Gourd: p. 139: "...I put thought into choosing an overgrown gourd?"
23. Jam: p. 85: "I jam my hands into my pockets..."
32. Pumpkins: p. 137: "...orange pumpkins in their laps."
35. Rake: p. 271: "...rake my fingers through his thick hair."
37. Scarecrows: p. 137: "...stuff our own scarecrow."
40. Snuggle: p. 295: "...so he'll readjust and snuggle into me..."


Hundreds by Pepper Winters - 11/10
11. Cranberries: p. 299: "My heart shriveled into a cranberry..."
47. Turkey: p. 102: "...face my fear of sex cold turkey..."


Enemies of the State by Tal Bauer - 11/13
13. Election: p. 6: "...was set to win the general election."
20. Harvest: p. 330: "...harvest the rose oil..."
21. Hockey: p. 24: "...golf, basketball, or hockey..."
45. Thanksgiving: p. 411: "Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, came and went."

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple
2. Baseball
3. Beauty
4. Burning
5. Change
6. Chestnuts
7. Chilly
8. Cider
9. Color
10. Cool
11. Cranberries
12. Decorations
13. Election
14. Fall
15. Flu
16. Football
17. Frost
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey
22. Hurricane
23. Jam
24. Leaves
25. Logs
26. Nature
27. Nuts
28. Orchard
29. Picnic
30. Pies
31. Pine cones
32. Pumpkins
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
38. School
39. Season
40. Snuggle
41. Soccer
42. Straw
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
50. Yellow

Welcome Lex, SANDYE, Daniel, Ferenc, Cyndee and Connie!!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 246 "than candy-apple red"
2. Baseball An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p292 "catch a baseball game"
3. Beauty Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan p27 "her physical beauty"
4. Burning Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy p 16 "burning in Washington"
5. Change The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton p 79 "change it to another colour"
6. Chestnuts The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton p 28 "prickly chestnut case"
7. Chilly An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p 1981 "chill in the air"
8. Cider Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan p 85 "have hot cider"
9. Color An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p 2374 "one color was missing"
10. Cool An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p 1418 "and a cool wind"
11. Cranberry Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 61 "in a cranberry red wool"
12. Decorating The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p24 "for decorating on a budget"
13. Election Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy p 25 "The election" Adams realized
14. Fall An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p1418 "it felt more like a fall day"
15. Flu Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 77 "was sick with the flu"
16. Football Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 183 "of the football team"
17. Frost Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan p 210 "were a might frosty"
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey Cutthroat Cupcakes by Cate Lawley p 464 " a professional hockey player"
22. Hurricane Santa Puppy by Lynn Cahoon p 24 "there was a hurricane"
23. Jam The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton p13 "new bread with strawberry jam"
24. Leaves Cutthroat Cupcakes by Cate Lawley p 62 "blowing leaves into"
25. Logs Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan p 59 "notched his logs"
26. Nature An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts "if Mother Nature wanted"
27. Nuts The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton p 184 "two big nut trees"
28. Orchard The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p 198 "The Orchard Estate"
29. Picnic The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton p 13 "have picnics here"
30. Pie Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 289 "a mouth-watering apple pie"
31. Pine cones Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 260 "pine cone and candy cane"
32. Pumpkins An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p 1517 "backroom with Pumpkin"
33. Quarterback The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p 239 "high school's star quarterback"
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrow The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton p157 "like a scarecrow to me"
38. School Cutthroat Cupcakes by Cate Lawley p714 "up from school"
39. Season The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p 227 "season tickets to the Dodgers"
40. Snuggle Handmade Holiday Homicide by Joanna Campbell Slan p62 "stay home and snuggle"
41. Soccer The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p27 "Jay's soccer buddies"
42. Straw The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton p 81 "a mass of straw"
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson p 16 "return from the tennis"
45. Thanksgiving Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p117 "A Thanksgiving turkey"
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke p 97 "turkey dinner with all the trimmings"
48. Vote Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy p 25 "his own vote in the Senate"
49. World Series
50. Yellow An Axe to Rind by Ally Roberts p105 "a buttery yellow"

forgot to save a space for my carry-over words

carry-over:

5/24

(11/6/20)

47. Washroom (July) - This strange washroom phenomenon was the first thing... (p 62)

(11/13/20)

42. Toque (July) - ...half floral toque. (p 98)

(11/26/20)

19. Dispatch (September) - ...McKenzie recognized the dispatcher... (p 192)
48. Turnout (September) - "Looks like a good turnout." (p 312)
15. Folk art (April) - ...filled with pretty folk art... (p 310)


September, Firefighters
5. Arson
34. Jaws of Life

July, Canada
5. Canuck
8. Chinook
11. Double-double
15. Give’er
21. Klick
24. Loonies
28. Mounties
33. Poutine
40. Timmies
41. Toonie
45. Two-four
50. Zed 

June, Yellowstone

37. Old Faithful
41. Petroglyphs

May, Cinco de Mayo
10. Carnitas
37. Queso

March, Green Things
12. Evergreen trees

Welcome Genevieve!


@Rosa - I wondered if you found all of them!! I gave it a link! :)

✅Done!!!✅ 37/50


November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words


✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺✺

✮25/50✮

★★★★
6 November 2020

1. Apple: "... could almost taste the tart apples on my tongue..." p. 79
2. Baseball: "...said he wants a whole caseball team of kids." p. 91
3. Beauty: "'I need my beauty sleep.'" p. 231
4. Burning: "...extinguish the burning disappointment..." p. 265
5. Change: "I grinned and changed the subject..." p. 12
7. Chilly: "Well, the reception was chilly..." p. 28
9. Color: "...colorful tattoos down her left arm..." p. 6
10. Cool: "'She's cool as hell.'" p. 38
14. Fall: "Falling for an unavailable woman." p. 78
16. Football: "...had a football team..." p. 53
20. Harvest: "... could my eggs be harvested for in vitro?" p. 352
23. Jam: "...spreading strawberry jam on my toast." p. 177
24. Leaves: "'So I guess before he leaves?'" p. 214
26. Nature: "'Being outside, in nature?'" p. 133
27. Nuts: "'People go nuts for their little dogs.'" p. 35
35. Rake: "'...you would really rake it in...'" p. 75
36. Reunion: "...I'd hoped for a happier reunion..." p. 241
38. School: "The girl in high school..." p. 53
39. Season: "Tyler was a season I hadn't seen..." p. 76
40. Snuggle: "...ask him to stay and snuggle..." p. 138
42. Straw: "...putting my straw in my mouth." p. 58
44. Tennis: "Sunday was for tennis..." p. 174
47. Turkey: "...sneaking him pieces of turkey." p. 23
48. Vote: "Not even a vote." p. 307
50. Yellow: "...I grinned up at the yellow sign." p. 70


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✮32/50✮

★★★
15 November 2020

6. Chestnuts: "...the tall girl with wavy chestnut hair..." p. 46
17. Frost: "'The rest is just frostin.'" p. 269
18. Gourd: "Gourds that rattled..." p. 90
19. Grasshopper: "Cicadas and something else, maybe grasshoppers?" p. 106
21. Hockey: "...vanilla-flavored hockey puck." p. 210
25. Logs: "..between the gaps in the logs." p. 76
41. Soccer: "...no time for soccer..." p. 286


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✮37/50✮

★★★★
22 November 2020

8. Cider: "...they brought us spiced cider..." p. 193
29. Picnic: "...her Little Red Riding Hood picnic basket." p. 316
32. Pumpkins: "...over to carve pumpkins..." p. 175
45. Thanksgiving: "...the weekend after Thanksgiving..." p. 79
46. Trick or treat: "...and trick-or-treaters." p. 316


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List:
11. Cranberries:
12. Decorations:
13. Election:
15. Flu:
22. Hurricane:
28. Orchard:
30. Pies:
31. Pine cones:
33. Quarterback:
34. Quilts:
37. Scarecrows:
43. Tailgate:
49. World Series:

JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Genevieve!


@Rosa - I wondered if you found all of them!! I gave it a link! :)"

thank you!

no 😆 I found four or five of them... I'm very much nearer to needing two spaces for my carry-over than finishing them, haha!

But I'm stubborn and it's a very satisfiing feeling finding one of the older ones, so I'm keeping them!

Welcome Jessica!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
November 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

44/50 Words Found

List:
1. Apple - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...we had plenty of Dutch apple pie..." pg 4
2. Baseball - Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20)
"...as if she'd been hit with a baseball bat." (Loc 1235)
3. Beauty - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"Though the beauty who'd just strode away..." (pg 19)
4. Burning - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...the burning car visible in the front section of the parking lot..." (pg 11)
5. Change - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"The team dynamic would change no matter what..." (pg 1)
6. Chestnuts - Loving the Greek Billionaire by Lisa Swinton (11/23/20)
"...her light chestnut waves skimmed her shoulders." (pg 14)
7. Chilly - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...normal days one week and chilly winter days the next." (pg 2)
8. Cider - Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20)
"Let's get the sparkling cider and the fancy glasses..." (pg 2657)
9. Color - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...flower gardens bursting with color and without a weed in sight." (pg 29)
10. Cool - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...hard for Rafe to keep his cool with Claire's life on the line." (pg 62)
11. Cranberries - One Little Switch by Jennifer Youngblood (11/29/20)
"I made cranberry orange muffins." (pg 24)
12. Decorations - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"With a few decorations, this place would have a nautical feel..." (pg 32)
13. Election - Lacy by Shanna Hatfield (11/24/20)
"...since it was an election year." (pg 293)
14. Fall - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...like it was fall leaves under his feet..." (pg 12)
15. Flu - Her Hockey Superstar Fake Fiancé by Cami Checketts (11/14/20)
"...determined that his weakness was due to the flu..." (pg 17)
16. Football - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...the kid had been so impressive at football..." (pg 24)
17. Frost - Don't Fall for a Fugitive by Cami Checketts (11/13/20)
"She nodded, smoothing the frosting out." (pg 166)
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest - Loving the Greek Billionaire by Lisa Swinton (11/23/20)
"How does the harvest look this year?" (pg 78)
21. Hockey - Don't Fall for a Fugitive by Cami Checketts (11/13/20)
"Plus we got hockey starting up." (pg 67)
22. Hurricane - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...closed for repairs after Hurricane Sandy?" (pg 144)
23. Jam - Her Hockey Superstar Fake Fiancé by Cami Checketts (11/14/20)
"...jam it back in the envelope, and stomp her way..." (pg 57)
24. Leaves - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...like it was fall leaves under his feet..." (pg 12)
25. Logs - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...clinging to a log, drenched, a couple dozen feet from the shore." (pg 111)
26. Nature - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...maybe the peace of nature could soothe her." (pg 169)
27. Nuts - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"You are so nuts." (pg 57)
28. Orchard - Lacy by Shanna Hatfield (11/24/20)
"...canned from fruit picked at the Nash's orchard." (pg 72)
29. Picnic - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...I have a picnic planned for Ella." (pg 193)
30. Pies - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...we had plenty of Dutch apple pie." (pg 4)
31. Pine cones - Don't Miss the Moment by Cami Checketts (11/18/20)
"He kicked at a pinecone that had fallen on the snow..." (pg 119)
32. Pumpkins - Don't Fall for a Fugitive by Cami Checketts (11/13/20)
"...she could scrape together a pumpkin spice cake..." (pg 149)
33. Quarterback - His Kissing Penalty by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell (11/13/20)
"I knew Jaxson Jagger, quarterback." (pg 3)
34. Quilts - Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20)
"...he placed a warm quilt on top of Marissa." (Loc 1955)
35. Rake - His Kissing Penalty by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell (11/13/20)
"I raked through my brain..." (pg 122)
36. Reunion - Her Hockey Superstar Fake Fiancé by Cami Checketts (11/14/20)
"Reunion with the whole family back in the valley..." (pg 18)
37. Scarecrows
38. School - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"...his undergrad before going on to law school." (pg 5)
39. Season - Don't Fall for a Fugitive by Cami Checketts (11/13/20)
"...she could photograph every season here." (pg 55)
40. Snuggle - Don't Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Cami Checketts (11/3/20)
"When had Austin snuggled up next to him in the chair?" (pg 124)
41. Soccer - Guarding Her Heart by Belle Calhoune (11/15/20)
"You've got a little soccer player in here." (Loc 947)
42. Straw - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"...the straw that broke her marriage." (pg 30)
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis - His Kissing Penalty by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell (11/13/20)
"I glanced down at my tennis shoes..." (pg 79)
45. Thanksgiving - Her Loyal Protector by Cami Checketts (11/9/20)
"They got through Thanksgiving dinner." (pg 131)
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey - His Kissing Penalty by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell (11/13/20)
"There was a turkey with the beak painted on the thumb..." (pg 103)
48. Vote - Her Loyal Protector by Cami Checketts (11/9/20)
"...all the money and vote for Peter himself..." (pg 77)
49. World Series
50. Yellow - Ring Around the Rosie by Julie Coulter Bellon (11/2/20)
"Watching the yellow stripes flash by on the road..." (pg 202)

Welcome Shash!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Leaves: 21-40 words
Found: 26

1. Apple: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 124 "It was the end of September, so the stand was heavy on apple tarts, pumpkin pies, and sweet potato cookies." (11.17.20)

2. Baseball: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 3369 "He adjusted his baseball cap, the same gray one she'd seen him wear many times." (11.15.20)

3. Beauty: Stuck With You by Moni Boyce Pg. 212 "We fell into a silence and just enjoyed nature unfolding in its beauty all around us." (11.11.20)

4. Burning: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc. 582 "It was possible that Ben was not the person found in the burning flea market." (11.18.20)

5. Change: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 3345 "Some things never change." (11.15.20)

6. Chestnuts

7. Chilly: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 1240 "I mean, it's chilly, said Beth, retying her summer sweater as she came out from behind the desk." (11.13.20)

8. Cider: Stuck With You by Moni Boyce pg. 194 "We can drink hot cider and I can come up with other ways to keep you warm." (11.10.20)

9. Color: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 303 " The orange chair with its odd angles and bright color was anything but simple." (11.17.20)

10. Cool: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 1075 "To warm the cool mountain mornings, a patio heater stood in the corner, making the space usable almost year round." (11.13.20)

11. Cranberries

12. Decorations: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 1176 "Some were ready for Christmas decorations, and others were just saplings." (11.19.20)

13. Election

14. Fall: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc. 1010 "Hattie thumbed through the fall issue." (11.13.20)

15. Flu

16. Football: Stuck With You by Moni Boyce pg. 77 "I was in really good physical shape, but Austin had played football in high school and college." (11.10.20)

17. Frost
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey

22. Hurricane: Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush loc. 2139 "I had no clue because I was under the impression that people didn't surf in the Gulf of Mexico unless there was a hurricane approaching that kicked up the swells." (11.9.20)

23. Jam

24. Leaves: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 1076 "High at the tops of the trees, the leaves were beginning to change, and some had already fallen to the ground." (11.19.20)

25. Logs: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 343 " A bench made of logs was situated under the tree, and I sat on it." (11.18.20)

26. Nature: Open for Murder by Mary Angela loc 98 "Nature lovers of all ages flocked to Spirit Canyon for its granola vibe." (11.12.20)

27. Nuts

28. Orchard: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 134 "He trailed off and looked at the orchard stand." (11.17.20)

29. Picnic: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 400 "A canopy draped in white lights covered three picnic tables, each with its own candle in a glass Mason jar." (11.12.20)

30. Pies: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 879 "Although he wouldn't take money, I was able to pay him with cookies and pies." (11.18.20)

31. Pine cones

32. Pumpkins: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 291 "If you like apples and pumpkins, the Sunbeam Cafe is the place to go." (11.17.20)

33. Quarterback

34. Quilts: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 223 "Iris had six of our quilts for sale." (11.17.20)

35. Rake

36. Reunion: Stuck With You by Moni Boyce pg. 44 "He'll be glad to see you at the reunion." (11.10.20)

37. Scarecrows

38. School: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 322 "At eighteen, Tess would have been out of school for four years now, if not more, but she still had the innocent look of a child." (11.18.20)

39. Season: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 553 "Now that it was the end of September, the greenhouse was all but closed for the season, and Edith was starting to plan for the next year." (11.18.20)

40. Snuggle
41. Soccer

42. Straw: Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower Loc 2631 "She had straw in her hair and her prayer cap was slipping off her head." (11.23.20)

43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series

50. Yellow: Open for Murder by Mary Angela Loc 423 "As if sensing her watching, his yellow eyes turned toward her, and she turned away." (11.12.20)

Books Read:
Grounds for Murder by Tara Lush (11.9.20)
Stuck With You by Moni Boyce (11.11.20)
Open for Murder by Mary Angela (11.15.20)
Courting Can Be Killer by Amanda Flower (11.23.20)

Welcome Kimberly!

I'm going to call this one done!
I didn't find 49. World Series

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple .. grip him by the Adam's apple and shake .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 123

2. Baseball .. whirling torrent of baseball-sized hail .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 255

3. Beauty .. one of two beauty parlors in town .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 28

4. Burning .. vessels with burning baskets on board .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 46

5. Change .. shoals change over time .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 17

6. Chestnuts .. they prefer chestnut shingles .. Dear Miss Kopp loc 136

7. Chilly .. there was a chilly breeze .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 53

8. Cider .. glass of Martinelli's sparkling cider .. Prodigal Son loc 5770

9. Color .. under English colors and signaled for a pilot .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 22

10. Cool ..moved the morning air but didn't cool it .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 236

11. Cranberries .. thank you for the cranberry sauce .. A Glimmer of Death loc 2614

12. Decorations .. Amy is setting out the party decorations .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 235

13. Election .. he had an election coming up .. Foregone: A Novel loc 1950

14. Fall .. some would fall and struggle .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pgb28

15. Flu .. a sinking guilt, a flu-like heaviness .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 1588

16. Football .. had an army or a football team .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 93

17. Frost .. his eyebrows had begun to frost .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 83

18. Gourd .. not near as gourd-like as you'd think .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 132

19. Grasshopper .. who cries because he killed a grasshopper .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 117

20. Harvest .. to the harvest table and sat in Dad's chair .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 328

21. Hockey .. Underground Railroad, hockey, Cajun music .. Foregone: A Novel loc 163

22. Hurricane .. was no match for a hurricane .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 2

23. Jam .. she used to make jam when we were kids .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 1412

24. Leaves .. when the leaves outside flittered .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 1336

25. Logs .. log accounts from Indian River Life Saving Station .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 50

26. Nature .. when it came to fighting Mother Nature .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 40

27. Nuts .. drove yourself half nuts looking for it .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 109

28. Orchard .. whose uncle has an apple orchard .. Dear Miss Kopp loc 1489

29. Picnic .. idyllic spot for picnics and Easter egg rolls .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 40

30. Pies .. Amy says something about chicken pot pies .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 97

31. Pine cones .. at the pinecone-shaped aloe vera plant .. Prodigal Son loc 664

32. Pumpkins .. I saved you a piece of pumpkin pie .. From the Moon I Watched Her loc 4207

33. Quarterback .. a Shaker student had started at quarterback .. Little Fires Everywhere pg 182

34. Quilts .. and crawl beneath the quilts .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 383

35. Rake .. where the lawn mower and rake are .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 173

36. Reunion .. a shirttale relative at a reunion .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 1779

37. Scarecrows .. women resembling a bunch of scarecrows .. A View from the Mountain loc 3322

38. School .. who taught in Delaware Catholic school .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 88

39. Season .. considered the approaching summer season .. Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls Treasure pg 88

40. Snuggle .. Raina snuggled the child in her arms .. The Children's Blizzard loc 1654

41. Soccer .. the size of two soccer goals .. Prodigal Son loc 5278

42. Straw .. corn dried to straw-yellow .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 729

43. Tailgate .. low beams caught a snatch of tailgate .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 36

44. Tennis .. changes her sandals for tennis shoes .. What's Eating Gilbert Grape pg 71

45. Thanksgiving .. weekly card games or Thanksgiving dinners .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 1524

46. Trick or treat .. you want to go trick-or-treating .. Little Fires Everywhere pg 58

47. Turkey .. carving a turkey at Christmas .. The Children's Blizzard loc 3243

48. Vote .. vote to adapt "Paper Gold" .. Foregone: A Novel loc 1156

49. World Series

50. Yellow .. room lit by yellow fluorescents .. Pickard County Atlas: A Novel loc 156


11/5/20 2.5☆ 11/6/20 4☆ 11/9/20 3☆
11/10/20 3.5☆ 11/13/20 3☆ 11/14/20 2☆
11/18/20 2.5☆ 11/22/20 4.25☆ 11/22/20 3☆
11/23/20 2☆ 11/24/20 2.75☆

Welcome Karen!

Count me in :D

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Found: 41/41

List:
1. Apple
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...lämnade honom med en skeppsskorpa och en torkad äppelskiva och hoppades att han skulle äta." (Translation: "...left him with a piece of hardtack and a slice of dried apple, hoping he would eat.") p. 219
2. Baseball
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"That night the baseball playoffs went on without interruption." chapter 5
3. Beauty
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...att läka med döden är en avgörande del i min skönhetsrutin." (Translation: "...courting death is an integral part of my beauty regimen.") p. 91
4. Burning
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Jag kallade fram ett litet ljussken och lät det glöda i en varm gloria omkring mig." (Translation: "I drew a little light and kept it burning in warm halo around me.") p. 46
5. Change
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Om vi lade beslag på eldfågeln kunde allting förändras." (Translation: "With the firebird in our possession, all this might change.") p. 20
6. Chestnuts
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Vilka ord kunde fylla hålet efter en levande flicka med kastanjebruna lockar och ett klingande skratt?." (Translation: "What words could fill the hole where a living girl with chestnut and a lifting giggle had been?") p. 146
7. Chilly
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Kylan som inte gick att fördriva." (Translation: "The chill that couldn't be dispelled.") p. 22
8. Cider
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...namnet stod skrivet på sidan av buteljeringsfabriken och på ladan med fruktpressar för ciderberedning." (Translation: "...the name written across the side of the cannery and the barn full of cider presses.") p. 283
9. Color
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...som färgen i mitten av en eldslåga." (Translation: "...the color at the center of a flame.") p. 29
10. Cool
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...sa han med en röst klar som glas och så välbekant." (Translation: "...voice cool as cut glass, so familiar.") p. 66
11. Cranberries
12. Decorations
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"På stadskläder användes sömmar och broderier bara som dekoration..." (Translation: "City clothing only used seams and stitching for decoration...") p. 190
13. Election
14. Fall
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Kindbenen stack ut som ilskna utrop och mitt vita hår var så skört att det tycktes vara gjort av spindelväv." (Translation: "My cheekbones cut the hollows of my face like angry exclamations, and the white fall of my hair was so brittle it seemed to float like cobwebs.") p. 19
15. Flu
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"...West Nile and swine flu and killer bees." chapter 3
16. Football
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"... footballs didn’t fly as far as they used to. chapter 4
17. Frost
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Den allra högsta såg ut att hållas fast av enorma frostfingrar..." (Translation: "...The talles looked like it was clutched by huge fingers of frost...") p. 117
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper

20. Harvest
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Träden dignade av frukt som aldrig skulle skördas." (Translation: "Its orchards were thick with fruit that would never be harvested.") p. 283
21. Hockey
22. Hurricane
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"Hon hade aldrig mött den fulla styrkan hos en orkan..." (Translation: "She’d never faced the full force of a hurricane...") p. 313
23. Jam
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...och körsbärssylten kockarna brukade köpa på marknaden i Balakirev." (Translation: "...and the cherry jam the cooks used to bring back from the market in Balakirev.") p. 165
24. Leaves
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Vinden ryckte bort löv från träden och svepte genom gräset som växte runt de mindre gravplatserna." (Translation: "A wind blew through, shaking leaves free from the trees and stirring the grasses the grew up around the smaller grave sites.") p. 90
25. Logs
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"Det landade på en sprakande stock och för ett ögonblick blev hjärtat svart..." (Translation: "It landed on a crackling log, the metal heart burning black for a moment...") p. 250
26. Nature
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...det fick all den där naturkunskapen de undervisade en om i skolan att verka mycket mer användbar." (Translation: "It made all that nature stuff they taught in school seem a lot more useful.") p. 66
27. Nuts
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...borde du inte prata med David innan du jagar upp dig över det här?" (Translation: "...shouldn’t you talk to David before you go nuts about this?") p. 214
28. Orchard
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Träden dignade av frukt som aldrig skulle skördas." (Translation: "Its orchards were thick with fruit that would never be harvested.") p. 283
29. Picnic
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
Translation: "...so we built a big fire in the grate of the grand receiving room and set out a makeshift picnic...") p. 293
30. Pies
Stormens öga - Leigh Bardugo - 02.11.2020
"You couldn’t make a meat pie from what you know..." chapter 14
31. Pine cones
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Mal och Misha gick till bortre änden av ängen med famnarna fulla av tallkottar och ställde upp dem på staketet som måltavlor så att Misha kunde öva sig i att skjuta." (Translation: "Mal and Misha headed to the far side of the field with arms full of pinecones and set them along the fence as targets so Misha could learn to shoot.") p. 283
32. Pumpkins
Stormens öga - Leigh Bardugo - 02.11.2020
"We ate cold soup from jeweled cups shaped like pumpkins..." chapter 11
33. Quarterback
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"Quarterbacks found that footballs didn’t fly as far as they used to. chapter 4
34. Quilts
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...de tjocka lapptäckena hade gett bränsle åt elden. (Translation: "...thick quilts fuel for the conflagration. ") p. 301
35. Rake
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Stigarna var krattade..." (Translation: "The paths were raked clean...") p. 92
36. Reunion
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"...the two of us stranded at a family reunion... chapter 11
37. Scarecrows
38. School
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Vi brukade hålla på med det i skolan för att kunna tjuvlyssna på folk i andra rum." (Translation: "We used to play with it back in school so we could eavesdrop on people in other rooms.") p. 87
39. Season
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"...men här inne var det som om inga årstider fanns." (Translation: "...but in here it was as if the seasons had been suspended.") p. 296
40. Snuggle
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...lade sig tätt intill henne... (Translation: "...snuggled up next to her...) p. 359
41. Soccer
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...huden slipas bort och besås på nytt likt en fotbollsplan på våren? (Translation: "...skin sanded off and reseeded like a soccer field in spring?) p. 89
42. Straw
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...där halmmadrasserna... (Translation: "...the straw mattress...) p. 301
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...som någon som rätt ointresserat betraktar en tennismatch i slowmotion. (Translation: "...like
someone watching a slow-motion tennis match without much interest.") p. 258
45. Thanksgiving
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"...held every year in the bulge of our cul-de-sac on the night before Thanksgiving. chapter 14
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
Ful - Scott Westerfeld - 29.11.2020
"...och folk till och med röstade på en del politiker bara för att de inte var fullt lika fula som alla andra. (Translation: "...and people even
voted for some politicians just because they weren’t quite as ugly as everybody else.") p. 43
49. World Series
Ihmeiden aika - Karen Thompson Walker - 04.11.2020
"I remember the blare of the trumpets—the network’s emergency intro music—slicing through the crowd noise of Game 7 of the World Series." chapter 9
50. Yellow
Ur askan - Leigh Bardugo - 06.11.2020
"Vi följde vägen tills den plötsligt verkade ta slut vid en stor hög med stenar täckta av gräs och gula vildblommor." (Translation: "We followed the road to where it just seemed to end, buried in a slump of fallen rock covered in grass and yellow wildflowers.") p. 243

Welcome Johanna!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

List:
1. Apple
2. Baseball
3. Beauty
4. Burning
5. Change
6. Chestnuts
7. Chilly
8. Cider
9. Color
10. Cool
11. Cranberries
12. Decorations
13. Election
14. Fall
15. Flu
16. Football
17. Frost
18. Gourd
19. Grasshopper
20. Harvest
21. Hockey
22. Hurricane
23. Jam
24. Leaves
25. Logs
26. Nature
27. Nuts
28. Orchard
29. Picnic
30. Pies
31. Pine cones
32. Pumpkins
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
38. School
39. Season
40. Snuggle
41. Soccer
42. Straw
43. Tailgate
44. Tennis
45. Thanksgiving
46. Trick or treat
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
50. Yellow

would you take influenza for flu?

Rosa wrote: "would you take influenza for flu?"

Sure!

Welcome Jess!

Finished!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
+++++Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Books Read:
1) Monster Blood III R.L. Stine 11-2-20 (MB)
2) The Tricks and Treats of Halloween Angela Murphy 11-4-20 (T)
3) The Pelican Brief John Grisham (PB)
4) Saving the Baghdad Zoo Kelly Milner Halls 11-6-20 (Z)
5) A Single Shard Linda Sue Park
11-6-20 (SS)
6) The Phantom Limb William Sleator 11-7-20 (PL)
7) Black Ice Becca Fitzpatrick 11-9-20 (BI)
8) Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls Beth McMullen 11-9-20 (MS)
9) Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island Thor Heyerdahl 11-9-20 (AA)

30 out of 21-40 words found

List:
++1. Apple T page 32 "you have to gran an apple with your teeth"
++2. Baseball MB page 6 "Evan...lowered the baseball cap to shield his eyes"
++3. Beauty Z page 24 "bred for loyalty, intelligence, beauty, and endurance."
++4. Burning PB page 215 "She could smell the burning."
++5. Change PL page 81 "Maybe I can change their minds."
6. Chestnuts
++7. Chilly PB page 392 "It was quite chilly"
8. Cider
++9. Color T page 38 "The other color associated with Halloween"
++10. Cool MB page 14 "This is cool!"
11. Cranberries
++12. Decorations T page 34 "What would Halloween be without decorations"
13. Election
++14. Fall MB page 19 ""it made two kids fall off their chairs"
++15. Flu PB page 185 "he had caught a nasty virus, maybe the flu"
++16. Football PB page 410 "He hadn't had butterflies this bad since high school football."
17. Frost
++18. Gourd SS page 180 "drinking from the gourd along the way."
19. Grasshopper
++20. Harvest T page 26 "it was more like a harvest festival"
++21. Hockey MS page 30 "the ice hockey team, and the lacrosse team."
++22. Hurricane PB page 66 "a massive orgy on a yacht in the middle of a hurricane"
++23. Jam AA page 159 "bread spread with butter and jam"
++24. Leaves MB page 6 "The bright new leaves on the trees shimmered"
25. Logs
++26. Nature PB page 418 "a quiet but mammoth battle of nature"
++27. Nuts T page 25 "would give out treats, like fruit, nuts, or coins"
?28. Orchard T page 10 "Pomona, the goddess of fruit and orchards"
29. Picnic
30. Pies
++31. Pine cones BI page 336 "Pine cones and tree bark too."
++32. Pumpkins T page 6 "carving pumpkins became part of the holiday"
33. Quarterback
34. Quilts
35. Rake
36. Reunion
37. Scarecrows
++38. School PB page 34 "one of the few pleasures of law school"
39. Season
40. Snuggle
++41. Soccer MS page 30 "She's also the captain of the soccer team"
++42. Straw MB page 90 "It was a little larger than a drinking straw."
++43. Tailgate BI page 11 "I shut the tailgate and wiped my hands on my cutoffs"
++44. Tennis BI page 104 "My dad likes Rohan because he's good at tennis"
++45. Thanksgiving PB page 414 "They had talked about the Virgin Islands and Thanksgiving"
++46. Trick or treat T page 22 "Trick...or Treat?"
47. Turkey
48. Vote
49. World Series
++50. Yellow AA page 116 "the green tents on yellow grass"

WOOHOO Helen!

JoAnne wrote: "Rosa wrote: "would you take influenza for flu?"

Sure!"

thank you!

Finished!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Duration: November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020

Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Completed: 50/50

Books Used:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Completed: 11/7/2020
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia - Completed: 11/8/2020
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - Completed: 11/11/2020
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Completed: 11/12/2020
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green - Completed: 11/15/2020
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult - Completed: 11/15/2020

List:
1. Apple - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 736 "...wrinkle you up like a dried apple."
2. Baseball - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2907 "...anything of the time before, playing baseball, in jeans and sneakers..."
3. Beauty - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1256 "...like jazz garters or beauty spots..."
4. Burning - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 524 "But there were some women burning books..."
5. Change - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 424 "It has taken so little time to change our minds..."
6. Chestnuts - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 1630 "next to a mangled-looking goose covered with chestnuts."
7. Chilly - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 802 "...on the sheet of chilly crackling disposable paper..."
8. Cider - Sing You Home, pg. 292 "...holding mugs of hot cider."
9. Color - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 115 "...the color of blood..."
10. Cool - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1325 "...fingers on cool porcelain..."
11. Cranberries - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 177 "...in the exact same cranberry, bleeding into the..."
12. Decorations - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1845 "...with the Christmas tree decorations in their cardboard boxes."
13. Election - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2295 "They said that new elections would be held..."
14. Fall - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 681 "...landscapes with fall foliage..."
15. Flu - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2002 "...even though she had the flu, holding on to the..."
16. Football - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 80 "...two by two around the football field..."
17. Frost - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 273 "...from decade after decade of winter frost."
18. Gourd - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2087 "...bustling to lay gourds and golden leaves along..."
19. Grasshopper - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1638 "...like grasshoppers in a field at night."
20. Harvest - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 1590 "...is just an old harvest festival..."
21. Hockey - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 79 "...while Ryan was in hockey class and she said..."
22. Hurricane - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 752 "Hurricane Lena."
23. Jam Beautiful Creatures, loc. 107 "...the breakfast of champions--eggs, freezer jam, and bacon..."
24. Leaves - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 524 "...there were no leaves on the trees..."
25. Logs - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2525 "...wooden platforms made from cypress logs tied together with rope..."
26. Nature - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 310 "...because of the nature of our service."
27. Nuts - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1280 "...like the shell of a nut."
28. Orchard - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 249 "The Cherry Orchard."
29. Picnic - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 1115 "She thought we were going on a picnic..."
30. Pies - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 5906 "...busy washing sheets and freezing pies for the..."
31. Pine cones - The Book Thief, pg. 321 "One ribbon, one pinecone."
32. Pumpkins - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2091 "...dropped a small white pumpkin."
33. Quarterback - An Abundance of Katherines, pg. 111 "I guess he's the quarterback..."
34. Quilts - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2367 "She picked at the quilt between us..."
35. Rake - The Book Thief, pg. 218 "...and still rake-skinny as she sat against..."
36. Reunion - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 6677 "...in Macon and Hunting's little reunion."
37. Scarecrows - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 477 "...like scarecrows, which in a way is what they are..."
38. School - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 574 "...those wars we studied in high school."
39. Season - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2151 "...the strawberries are in season now, so we'll eat them..."
40. Snuggle - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 5425 "...and snuggled inside my arms."
41. Soccer - The Book Thief, pg. 47 "...on the street. Soccer. Teams were..."
42. Straw - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 2056 "...I drew the short straw."
43. Tailgate - An Abundance of Katherines, pg. 157 "...sat on the tailgate of one pickup..."
44. Tennis - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 83 "...take his membership at the tennis club."
45. Thanksgiving - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 2907 "Today is a day of thanksgiving..."
46. Trick or treat - Beautiful Creatures, loc. 3263 "...answer the door for trick-or-treaters."
47. Turkey - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 3295 "...tied up like a Christmas turkey behind the furnace."
48. Vote - The Nanny Diaries, pg. 207 "...casting his vote."
49. World Series - Sing You Home, pg. 252 "...like chocolate and Christmas morning and winning the World Series, all wrapped up..."
50. Yellow - The Handmaid's Tale, loc. 298 "...wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes..."

WOOHOO Lex!

November Scavenger Hunt - Fall
Choose your level:
Fire: 10-20 words
Leaves: 21-40 words
Pumpkins: 41-50 words

Completed: 21
FINISHED

List:
Thief-Chantal Fernando 11/5
1. Apple- “a packet of chips, and a green apple.” 7%
5. Change- “go back in time to change an event,” 36%
10. Cool- “That would be cool.” 71%
14. Fall- “Reid was the first to fall.” 78%
24. Leaves- “Dash takes the hint and leaves the room,” 20%
38. School- “I met him the highschool hallways.” 65%
40. Snuggle- “I snuggle next to him on the couch,” 60%
41. Soccer- “Drunk soccer doesn't sound like a good idea,” 31%
42. Straw- “biting on my straw.” 87%
Adultolescence-Gabbie Hanna 11/4
3. Beauty- “the beauty of the trees” pg. 163
9. Color- “he asked her favorite color” pg. 23
27. Nuts- “They all agreed it was nuts” pg. 58
39. Season- “the months or the season,” pg. 31
44. Tennis- “Play a game of tennis” pg. 49
50. Yellow- “ivory, peachy, black, brown or yellow skin” pg. 168

Love, Creekwood-Becky Albertalli 11/10
16. Football- “during a division one college football game.” pg. 16
45. Thanksgiving- “I was in NY after Thanksgiving” pg. 64
47. Turkey- “Okay, turkey squad, I’m moving this over to email” pg. 57

Learning to Ride-Erin Knightley 11/2
7. Chilly- “his gaze was warm, the night chilly” pg. 91
29. Picnic- “We can ride to the river for a picnic” pg. 101

Punching the Air-Ibi Zoboi 11/13
22. Hurricane- “It’ll be like a hurricane leveling a whole city” pg. 177 398

WOOHOO Grace!