Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

December
ancestor
angel
cider
cinnamon
elegant
plum
retreat
snow
sparkle
tart


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.


advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic


and a bonus bonus
crackpot


To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)

You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.

Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc

Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.

RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.

So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.


Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.

Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.

Example post:(view spoiler)[

Word Hunt - January
1 Jan - 31 Jan 20xx

Word found: 10/10
Book completed: 7

Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
bowl
Undertow √ 4 Jan
bartender, king, mourning
Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
champagne, molasses
Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
diary
Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
blood
Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
grandmother
Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
dreamed


1. BARTENDER - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p113 - (Which was Sunday and Monday - Saturday was a busy night on the bartender/club scene.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p180-181 - The doorman greeted him inside the foyer and waved his past - no need to check the guest list for his name - and he grabbed a glass of champagne from a tray and looked around.
3. BOWL Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
p11 - "Another hippy bloke selling hand-turned bowls and crap like that."
4. KING - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p48 - Roan was the king of the jungle, and he should have no problem subduing cats; it was shat he did, sometimes without intention.
5. DREAM - Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
LOC 756: I'd never have dreamed just holding a person's hand could be such a turn on.
6. MOURN - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p262 - Because, come to think about it, you could confuse remorse for mourning, especially in a naturally depressed person.
7. GRANDMOTHER - Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
p98-99 - "... He put your grandmother on a pedestal until the day she died. ..."
8. DIARY - Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
p231 - Alexi took the diary, opened it, and held it in front of my eyes.
9. MOLASSES - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p217 - "You move like molasses, my pet."
10. BLOOD - Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
p46-47: Lee shivered, overwhelmed by the attraction simmering in his blood. (hide spoiler)]

Tips for finding words - courtesy of Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔

Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.

Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)

Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside

You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing


***
You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.

On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.

Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020

0/10 - Found and Read

December
ancestor
angel
cider
cinnamon
elegant
plum
retreat
snow
sparkle
tart


Bonus
advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic


Bonus Bonus
crackpot

Woohoo, December! My spot!

DECEMBER Read 10/10
1. ANCESTOR - Fresh Meat - √ 20 December 2020
p30 - Amr came from the back rooms then, a near-spitting image of his ancestor, the eponymous Medraut who'd given Clan Mordred their name.
2. ANGEL - Elf Defence - √ 11 December 2020
p58 - So Calarian, helpless in the face of sky-blue eyes and a mountain of muscle wearing the face of an angel, opened his mouth without thinking too much about it and said, “We’ll help you hunt it down, of course.”
3. CIDER - Merry Cherry Christmas - √ 9 December 2020
p115 - “Papy’s maple bourbon apple cider,” Max answered. “It’s our tradition for tree-trimming.”
4. CINNAMON - Elf Defence - √ 11 December 2020
p158 - As well as the promised gingerbread, it held several slices of strudel, and Benji’s mouth watered at the scent of apple and cinnamon wafting through the cell.
5. ELEGANT - The Sugared Game - √ 19 December 2020
p37 - Kim was a rich man with a fashionable fiancée and a background of eye-watering privilege, and five names plus the title, and beautiful manners when he chose to use them, and elegant hands unmarred by calluses and scars.
6. PLUM - A Suitable Replacement - √ 14 December 2020
p167 - The bodice of her stunning emerald and plum dress was cut so low he wanted to throw a sugar cube down her décolletage just because he could and there was a brotherly obligation to be annoying.
7. RETREAT - A Ghost of a Chance - √ 1 December 2020
p27 - It couldn’t be much of one since he was spending his vacation all by himself at his uncle’s isolated retreat.
8. SNOW - Fresh Meat - √ 20 December 2020
p25 - Pentacle rumbled and growled, tail playfully thwacking the surrounding snow.
9. SPARKLE - Short Stack - √ 8 December 2020
p234 - The snow is thick and shimmering in the glow from the moon, and the trees and bushes sparkle.
10. TART - Short Stack - √ 8 December 2020
p270 - For me, it would be a tart lemon smell intensifying to a warm citrus scent in the late afternoon.

BONUS Read 5/5
1. ADVENT - A Christmas Promise - √ 4 December 2020
p177 - “I bet you have an advent calendar at home, don’t you?”
2. BAUBLE - A Christmas Promise - √ 4 December 2020
p173 - He demanded to see what was in the boxes, and as each bauble and ornament was removed, Micah and Naomi brought them to him, so he could gaze at them.
3. ICICLE - Merry Cherry Christmas - √ 9 December 2020
p61 - He waited as they passed by a house decked out in blinking icicle lights.
4. MEMORABILIA - A Ghost of a Chance - √ 1 December 2020
p17 - “Come by the museum,” Mason invited. “You can look through our collection. We’ve got all kinds of photos, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia on Berkeley.”
5. QUIXOTIC - The Sugared Game - √ 19 December 2020
p72 - He knew from experience the shitty things Kim was capable of, and he was aware they sprang from a streak of warped, quixotic honour that was probably more destructive, certainly self-destructive, than simple amorality could ever be.

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. CRACKPOT - A Suitable Replacement - √ 14 December 2020
p191 - The cruel, mocking sound of it reminded Max of his peers, always so mocking and dismissive, eager for any chance to laugh at him and dismiss his crackpot notions.

FINISHED!!!!

December Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

✔ ancestor - One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8
(his distant ancestors), p36

✔ angel - Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2
(no angel in sleep was ever that cold), p2

✔ cider - Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight - Grace Burrowes 12/25
(cider somewhere in the recipe), p21

✔ cinnamon - Christmas with a Vampire - Bonnie Vanak 12/4
(nuts and cinnamon), p71

✔ elegant - One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8
(they looked elegant), p29

✔ plum - Deadlock - Catherine Coulter 12/18
(you could pluck out a plum or pear), p373

✔ retreat - Falling Kingdoms - Morgan Rhodes 12/5
(they had retreated), p331

✔ snow - Christmas with a Vampire - Bonnie Vanak 12/4
(the promise of more snow heavy on the air), p75

✔ sparkle - One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8
(even her blond hair sparkled), p31

✔ tart - The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4
(you cheap tart), p22


Bonus
✔ advent - Circle of Time - Lynn Hanna 12/20
(the advent of so many bodies), p184

✔ bauble - Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2
(she'd been like a glass bauble), p14

✔ icicle - A Highlander Christmas - Dawn Halliday 12/13
(she'd surely be an icicle by now), p12

✔ memorabilia - Lavender Blue - Donna Kauffman 12/29
(Vivi had her flamboyant style and Broadway memorabilia), p92

✔ quixotic - The Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar 12/4
(her quixotic quest to play guitar solos), p13

crackpot -
(), p


ORPHANS
June
aficionado - Archangel's Sun - Nalini Singh 12/2
(the youth was an aficionado of technology), p89

September
ghetto - Possession - Tracey M. Frazier 12/9
(concealed nothing more than a ghetto), p173

November
cyber - One Grave Too Many - Beverly Connor 12/8
(the folks from Cyber Universe), p17

Read: 10/10
Bonus: 5/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1
Carry-Overs: 2/2

12/21 ancestor - Visions in Death, pg 31 Ancestors who'd baked in the heat and strummed guitars.

12/6 angel - Midnight Sun, page 113 I knew that, but I had no angel on the right.

12/8 cider - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, page 293 ...in hopes of a bowl of hot cider or something stronger?

12/1 cinnamon - The Lucky One, pg 219 "... Or how about some cinnamon toast?"

12/3 elegant - Fast Track, loc 1211 It was all so elegant.

12/3 plum - Old Yeller, pg 101 In season, they fed on acorns, berries, wild plums, prickly-pear apples, grass, weeds, and bulb plants which they rooted out of the ground.

12/1 retreat - The Lucky One, pg 46 ...had set most of the wells in Kuwait on fire and he'd retreated in the First Gulf War, and no one wanted the same thing to happen again.

12/3 snow - Fast Track, loc 112 He looked just like the prince in her favorite story, "Snow White."

12/6 sparkle - Midnight Sun, page 454 Round on my skin, it sparkled as my hand moved.

12/9 tart - Quixotic: Not Everyday Love Stories, pg 19 She even said I looked like a tart in my cream tight fitted cocktail dress and cropped jacket and convinced me to wear one of her dresses.

Bonus
12/8 advent - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, page 73 "Feely promised to take me to the Advent concert at St. Tancred's, but now...

12/6 bauble - Midnight Sun, page 233 I assumed it would be bauble on the right.

12/8 icicle - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, page 84 'I name thee Icicle,' says he...Icicle, nicycle, pearl-without-price-icle

12/1 memorabilia - The Lucky One, pg 66 ...but she loved any and all memorabilia associated with the team.

12/9 quixotic - Quixotic: Not Everyday Love Stories, title page

Bonus-Bonus
12/16 crackpot - Saving Sofia, pg 75 What she found was pretty much what she’d hoped for: all of the normal things, with no references to wolverines, crackpot conspiracy theories, or restraining orders.

Carry Over from October/November
12/28 astrology - Mind Reader, loc 148 She's always falling for fad diets, wild conspiracy theories, and astrology.

12/27 cyber - Wired, pg 5 ...she became more and more certain the attack was not carried out by a cyber syndicate, but rather a small group of hackers...

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☺️🧐☺️ December Word Hunt ☺️🧐☺️ Words: 16/16

Words

🍷ancestor- “Then again, it could belong to another family member, an ANCESTOR long passed.” Jennifer L. Armentrout. “Moonlight Sins.” 36%- 12/10 🍷

🍷 angel- She thought Henri was the blonde with the long bangs with hair shaved in the sides and back and Karl was the one with dark curly hair who was as beautiful as a Botticelli ANGEL. Afterburn, Forrester, p.15 chap. 29- 12/7 🍷

🍷 cider- Nell relaxed, and when the vinegar came, she sprinkled it on the second order of fries, inhaling the sharp, sweet CIDER.” Jennifer Crusie. Fast Women. Chap. 7, p. 294 - 12/5 🍷

🍷cinnamon- She smells of CINNAMON and bananas. “My Torin.” chap.26, 78%, 12/8 🍷

🍷elegant- With an ELEGANT motion she tucked her dark hair back behind her ear. Kylie Scott. “Lick.” Chap 16, 72%- 12/3 🍷

🍷 plum- Now all she could think about was whether she’d screwed herself out of the PLUM assignment he hadn’t wanted to give her in the first place. Nia Forrester. Afterburn. chap. 8, 27%. - 12/7 🍷

🍷retreat- Nate RETREATED to his room, or worse, disappeared for days. Kylie Scott. “Lick." Chap. 3, 14%- Dec. 3 🍷

🍷 snow- When I fall to my knees in the SNOW that now blankets the earth a couple of inches in thickness, my heart threatens to crack wide-open. K Webster. “My Torin.” PROLOGUE, 1%- 12/8 🍷

🍷 sparkle- Diamonds glittered and teeth SPARKLED, and that was just some of the men. “Lick.” Chap 4, 18%. - Dec. 3 🍷

🍷 tart- “Now I think I’ll go get one of those little TARTS with the goat-cheese … delicious, just delicious.” Nia Forrester. “Afterburn.” chap. 5 of 29- 12/7 🍷



Bonus
🍷advent- Putting up the ADVENT calendar was Frank’s way of offering Addie a pleasant memory. Linda Lael Miller, "The 24 Days of Christmas" p.5- 12/11 🍷

🍷bauble- A tall, blonde girl with her hair pulled up in a ponytail, fastened by a pink glitter BAUBLE more suited to a six-year-old, wearing uber-short-shorts, a spaghetti-strap tank, and four-inch espadrilles sashays over, popping pink bubble gum. Helen Hunting, Little Lies, Chap. 5, p.156- 12/4 🍷

🍷icicle- He spread his arms to show forgiveness, the last ICICLE in one hand. Jennifer Crusie. Fast Women.- Chap. 4, p. 156. 12/5-🍷

🍷memorabilia- “Now, at the age of twenty-eight, while other women took up golf or ceramics, men were my hobby and I collected them like cheap Elvis MEMORABILIA.” See Jane Score. Prologue, p. 9.- 12/1 🍷

🍷quixotic- She understood the QUIXOTIC nature of his eyes: They darkened as he darkened. The Dark Highlander. Moning. Chap. 23, 83%- 12/15 🍷



Bonus Bonus
🍷crackpot- “I wouldn’t seem so much like a crackpot if I had a dog on a leash that I talked to as I walked.” Baked With Love, Erin Wright, Chap. 1, 1%- 12/11 🍷

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Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

December
ancestor
angel (Loc2775) They just couldn't believe their precious ANGEL would do such..The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry 12.8
cider (Pg 144) hayride and apple CIDER they'd gotten The Trouble With Christmas by Ashley Bostock 12.15
cinnamon (Pg4) Tums and homemade CINNAMON rolls to keep quiet. Gypsy Kings by Devney Perry 12.16
elegant (Loc2468) into an otherwise ELEGANT and calming room. Tattoo by Cambria Hebert 12.20
plum
retreat (pg26) goodnight before he beat his RETREAT. Dream Maker by Kristen Ashley 12.11
snow (Loc2748) to do with the SNOW.. The Coppersmith Farmhouse by Devney Perry 12.8
sparkle (Pg383) There was no SPRAKLE Gypsy Kings by Devney Perry 12.16
tart (Loc206) Can I have a custard TART? Coyote by Lila Rose 12.22


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.


advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic


and a bonus bonus
crackpot

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

Words Founds - 4 of 10 ! of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus

ancestor
angel, Saint 12/02 - Thank you for being the ANGEL on my shoulder, Sky. (pg 174)
cider
cinnamon
elegant, Lose Your Shirt 12/20 - It's so ELEGANT and yet so simple, (pg 213)
plum
retreat
snow, All I Want for Christmas is You 12/07 - it had begun to SNOW while she'd been in the mall. (8.7 %)
sparkle, All I Want for Christmas is You 12/07 - but seeing the delightful SPARKLE of a child at Christmas... (5.9 %)
tart



advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic

crackpot

Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020

5/10 - Found and Read

December
ancestor
angel-Holiday Intercepted by Katana Collins 12/9/20
pg.105-"As part of Cam and Lydia's wedding shower, the town let them put the ANGEL on top of the tree together."
cider
cinnamon
elegant
plum
retreat-Home Is Where You Are by Melissa Grace 12/5/20
loc 2512-"...or Jax and I would work on some new music before RETREATING to his bunk..."
snow-Holiday Intercepted by Katana Collins 12/9/20
pg.35-"My heeled boots sank into the SNOW as we walked up the path toward the back door of the inn."
sparkle-Home Is Where You Are by Melissa Grace 12/5/20
loc.229-"Tiny flecks of grey SPARKLED like lightning in clouds of deep blue."
tart-Home Is Where You Are by Melissa Grace 12/5/20
loc.871-"...I asked, surveying the kitchen and all of the cupcakes and TARTS she'd already made."

Bonus
advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic


Bonus Bonus
crackpot

December Word Hunt

1. Ancestor(s) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr walls hang framed tintypes of glowering ancestors. Is this where t… LOC: pg. 81 READ:12/23/20
2. Angel All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr sage among the beds like an angel, murmuring, I know it’s cold. LOC: pg. 194 READ:12/23/20
3. Cider All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Madame Manec pours sherry or cider or Muscadet; LOC: pg. 252 READ:12/23/20
4. Cinnamon This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens and the bookshop that smelt of toasted cinnamon. He liked the ol… LOC: pg. 186 READ:12/12/20
5. Elegant This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens was day two of Veganuary. Fleur had an elegant long neck and wh… LOC: pg. 65 READ:12/12/20
6. Plum This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens some smudged eyeliner, then reapplied the plum lipstick Leila had giv… LOC: pg. 13 READ:12/12/20
7. Retreat(ing) From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules Wakechoked. Jason couldn’t bear to look. Retreating to the kitchen … LOC: pg. 298 READ:12/26/20
8. Snow From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules Wakelooked as soft as a mound of freshly fallen snow, dotted with a paste… LOC: pg. 5 READ:12/26/20
9. Sparkle From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules Wakethe pot held up to the light. ‘I love sparkle.’ Her eyes lit up. ‘So what… LOC: pg. 122 READ:12/26/20
10. Tart The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplin‘Even women. Calling me slut, slapper, tart. Sometimes under th… LOC: pg. 276 READ:12/31/20

Bonus

1. advent
2. bauble
3. Icicle A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens went to bed. The clock was wrong. An icicle must have got into … LOC: pg. 29 READ:12/27/20
4. memorabilia
5. quixotic

Bonus bonus

1. crackpot

Orphan Words (December)

Bonus

1. communion

Orphan Words (January)

1. Shrewd The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie CaplinIcelander’s eyes, while Alex’s looked shrewd. ‘She’s finished for the day… LOC: pg. 142 READ:12/31/20

Bonus

1. Cadet All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr flushed, adrenalized. “What is your name, cadet?” “Pfennig, s… LOC: pg. 149 READ:12/23/20

Bonus Bonus

1. flagrant

Orphan Words (February)

1. Barge(s) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ...and loaded onto barges and floated off... LOC: pg. 63 READ:12/23/20
2. Optimal This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens there had been a family rift about the optimal size of the grating… LOC: pg. 103 READ:12/12/20

Bonus

1. amulet
2. encyclopedia
3. Proverb All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr thinks, Locusts, and an Old Testament proverb comes back to him from so… LOC: pg. 16 READ:12/23/20

Bonus Bonus

1. cloistered

Orphan Words (March)

Bonus

1. Glacier From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules Wakewant to stand up to her. She makes a glacier look inviting. Is she always… LOC: pg. 287 READ:12/26/20
2. ladybug
3. primate/s singular or plural

Orphan Words (April)

1. believer

Bonus

1. annihilate
2. gimmick
3. grasshopper
4. inspector

Bonus Bonus

1. hogtied

Orphan Words (May)

Bonus

1. Heartsick From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules Wakescreen to stop the message. He felt heartsick at the lack of affection dis… LOC: pg. 144 READ:12/26/20
2. hooligan
3. squawk
4. valour/valor

Bonus Bonus

1. pigment

Orphan Words (June)

1. Harvest This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens ...bladder the size of a harvest mouse,' said Leila, LOC: pg. 274 READ:12/12/20

Bonus

1. berserk
2. Musty From Paris With Love This Christmas by Jules WakeSiena wrinkled her nose at the slightly musty smell and wondered at the… LOC: pg. 157 READ:12/26/20
3. vixen

Bonus Bonus

1. aficionado

Orphan Words (July)

1. gorilla

Bonus

1. ageless
2. excrement
3. Staple The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplintold her that the original Icelandic staple diet included rotted fish and b… LOC: pg. 175 READ:12/31/20
4. thesis
5. veal

Bonus Bonus

1. bionic

Orphan Words (August)

1. Muster This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens ...most charming smile she could muster. LOC: pg. 49 READ:12/12/20
2. Pony The Northern Lights Lodge by Julie Caplinas she slipped the band from the loose pony tail at the nape of her ne… LOC: pg. 163 READ:12/31/20

Bonus

1. beefcake
2. dope
3. godless

Bonus bonus

1. sanitiser / sanitizer

Orphan Words (September)

1. Boast A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ...and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. LOC: pg. 7 READ:12/27/20
2. ink
3. Obtain A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ...tried to see him and obtain a week's delay; LOC: pg. 92 READ:12/27/20

Bonus

1. ceaseless
2. fuse
3. ghetto
4. gurgle
5. Jolly A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ...had gone home for the jolly holidays. LOC: pg. 38 READ:12/27/20

Bonus Bonus

1. lout

Orphan Words (October)

1. fortune

Bonus

1. astrology
2. drench
3. heavenly
4. prophesy

Bonus bonus

1. horoscope

Orphan Words (November)

1. elderly
2. inspirational
3. parade
4. pudding
5. reform

Bonus

1. abject
2. pilgrim
3. plaid
4. wick

Bonus bonus

1. cyber

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! DONE and not going to carry orphan words over to 2021

Read 10/10 words; 2/5 bonus words; 0/1 bonus bonus word

Orphan Words:
November - 0/2 bonus words
October - 0/1 bonus word; 0/1 bonus bonus word
August - 0/1 bonus word
July - 1/1 bonus word; 0/1 bonus bonus word
March - 0/1 bonus word


December - Read 10/10
ancestor (ancestry) - Kindle location 4089 - One of those ancestry sites put them together.
A Murder Between the Pages (Main Street Book Club Mysteries #2) by Amy Lillard 12/22/20 4stars

angel(s) - Kindle location 627 - Snow angels.
Stuck With You: A Christmas Romance by Lara Swann 12/5/20 3.5stars

cider - Kindle location 3378 - Chloe took a sip of the sparkling apple cider they were serving instead of champagne or wine.
A Murder Between the Pages (Main Street Book Club Mysteries #2) by Amy Lillard 12/22/20 4stars

cinnamon - Apple Book, chapter 11, page 71 - Her breath was sweet with that Christmas trio of cinnamon, nutmeg and eggnog.
Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship (The Perfect Pairing Series Book 1) by Parker Fairchild 12/5/20 4stars

elegant - Kindle location 2829 - Simple, elegant and just lovely.
Stuck With You: A Christmas Romance by Lara Swann 12/5/20 3.5stars

plum - Kindle location 1583 - ..."Or drink plum coffee and-"
Say Yes To Love: A Fake Marriage Office Romance (Strong Brothers Book 1) Kindle Edition by Ajme Williams 12/10/20 4stars

retreat(ed) - Kindle location 555 - He retreated into the office, and Kristen hurried after him.
Christmas at the Cove (Five Island Cove #4) by Jessie Newton 12/1/20 4.5stars

snow - Kindle location 88 - ...and she often felt like an insect bustling through paths with high walls of snow on either side.
Christmas at the Cove (Five Island Cove #4) by Jessie Newton 12/1/20 4.5stars

sparkle (sparkling) - Kindle location 3660 - "I bought this months ago," he said with a soft smile and those sparkling, dark eyes.
Christmas at the Cove (Five Island Cove #4) by Jessie Newton 12/1/20 4.5stars

tart(s) - Kindle location 671 - Oh, and pop tarts.
Stuck With You: A Christmas Romance by Lara Swann 12/5/20 3.5stars

Bonus - Read 2/5
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

advent

bauble

icicle - paperback page 46 - I was an icicle.
Seasons: A Real Story of an Amish Girl by Elizabeth Byler Younts 12/19/20 4stars

memorabilia - Kindle location 469 - Pastel colors from when she'd been younger, with band posters and other memorabilia pinned or taped up.
She Told a Lie (Zachary Goldman Mysteries, #8) by P.D. Workman 12/16/20 4.5stars

quixotic

and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
crackpot

Orphan Words
November 0/2 bonus words
pilgrim

wick

October Bonus - Read 0/1
prophesy

Bonus-Bonus word - Read 0/1
horoscope

August - Bonus word read 0/1
godless

July Bonus - Read 1/1
excrement - Kindle location 2343 - Urine, excrement, rotting straw and filthy bodies all combined into an indescribably rank odour.
Favoured by Fortune (The Shadows of Rosthwaite #1) by Colleen Kelly-Eiding 12/27/20 4stars

and a bonus bonus - Read 0/1
bionic

March - Bonus word - Read 0/1
primate/s singular or plural

My spot

WORDS: 10/10 🎄 BONUS: 6/6 🎄 ORPHAN: 3/10

🎅Ancestor. Valkyrie 101: How to become a Valkyrie. 11 Dec.
Page 120. The walls were adorned with small statues and figurines, portraying and honouring the ancestors that build the place.
🎅Angel. One Bed for Christmas. 5 Dec.
Page 15. When the song is over, one of the singers places a set of angel wings on Wes’s back.
🎅Cider. Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe. 13 Dec.
Page 24. Pop poured out glasses of the cold pressed cider he’d brought with him and proposed a toast.
🎅Cinnamon. Along for the Ride. 7 Dec.
Page 54. Jolene could practically hear the wheels in Jason’s head spin as they, along with their free cinnamon buns from the Hive Diner, made their way from the motel’s front desk back to their room.
🎅Elegant. Holiday Home Run. 6 Dec.
Page 82. Round tables with seats for eight were elegantly dressed in deep red, green, and gold linens.
🎅Plum. Christmas Plum. 14 Dec.
Page 5. In one, the Nutcracker scene was displayed with animatronic sugar plum fairies and moving toy soldiers.
🎅Retreat Grumpy Fake Boyfriend. 5 Dec.
Page 142. “A remote cabin where you could retreat from society.”
🎅Snow. One Bed for Christmas. 5 Dec.
Page 19. There must be twenty centimeters of snow on the ground.
🎅Sparkle. Holiday Home Run. 6 Dec.
Page 39. It sparkled in her eyes, giving her face an appealing glow of joy that made him want to make her laugh again and again.
🎅Tart. Kissing Christmas Goodbye. 13 Dec.
Page 16. Lizzy sipped the tart, frosty beverage as the warm winter sun seeped into her skin.

🎁Advent. The Kiss Before Midnight.11 Dec.
Page 85. Of course, she wasn’t sure any of them should be allowed near the advent candle, given the sheer quantity of brandy in the mulled wine, but otherwise she was actually looking forward to it.
🎁Bauble. The Kiss Before Midnight. 11 Dec.
Page 63. Bought this bauble.
🎁Icicle. One Bed for Christmas. 5 Dec.
Page 61. I push those thoughts aside and restrain myself from stabbing my hand with an icicle ornament.
🎁Memorabilia. The Outlaw Next Door. 13 Dec.
Page 85. Virgil seemed to be a collector of all sorts of junk, from baseball cards to sports rings and other assorted sports memorabilia.
🎁Quixotic. Ride Me, Cowboy: BWWM Cowboy Romance. 13 Dec.
Page 10. Alexis just smirked, one corner of her wide mouth pulled up into a quixotic little comma.

🎁Crackpot. Stumbling Into Him. 13 Dec.
Page 28. Besides, I am not going to some random crackpot dentist.

Astrology.
⛄️Afterlife. Valkyrie 101: How to become a Valkyrie. 11 Dec.
Page 6. Death is effortless , unless you’re an afterlife assistant.
Cyber.
Drench.
Dope.
⛄️Excrement. The Robber Bride. 13 Dec.
Page 64. Or the many times she’d treated him as though he were but excrement beneath her feet.
⛄️Jumpy. Stumbling Into Him. 13 Dec.
Page 63. I do not do jumpy horror movies.
Prophesy.
Pilgrim.
Reform.

I'm in!

✤ Catherine's 2020 December Word Hunt Challenge ✤

✸December✸

● Ancestor
Book: Siren by Hazel Grace
Link: Siren
LOC: 1006
Position: 22%
Read: 3 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝Why my father sent me on a suicide mission over a wrist cuff that allegedly was one of our ancestors' I may never know.❞

● Angel
Book: Siren by Hazel Grace
Link: Siren
LOC: 119
Position: 3%
Read: 3 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝She looks like nothing I've ever seen in my life. All her features - eyes, brows, skin, and hair are a shade of perfect white. Like an angel.❞

● Cider

● Cinnamon
Book: The Bribe by Willa Nash
Link: The Bribe
LOC: 1426
Position: 34%
Read: 7 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝The quilting guild would show up at her front door with a pan of cinnamon buns and a slew of questions, and those ladies were hard to dodge.❞

● Elegant
Book: The Bribe by Willa Nash
Link: The Bribe
LOC: 3877
Position: 93%
Read: 7 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝I'd worn a white, sleeveless satin gown, the dress sleek and sexy and elegant and simple.❞

● Plum

● Retreat
Book: The Bribe by Willa Nash
Link: The Bribe
LOC: 2089
Position: 50%
Read: 7 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝Every peaceful retreat, save for my own bedroom, had been stripped and stolen away, picture after picture.❞

● Snow
Book: Siren by Hazel Grace
Link: Siren
LOC: 177
Position: 4%
Read: 3 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝ 'Let's just kill him and get it over with,' the snow colored one suggests. ❞

● Sparkle
Book: Beautifully Cruel by JT Geissinger
Link: Beautifully Cruel
LOC: 284
Position: 6%
Read: 1 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝Then one day you'll notice he has a great smile. A few weeks later you'll realize that his ordinary brown eyes have quite the irresistible sparkle.❞

● Tart
Book: Beautifully Cruel by JT Geissinger
Link: Beautifully Cruel
LOC: 2617
Position: 55%
Read: 1 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝And watch your mouth. Liam might enjoy that tart tongue of yours, but I like my women more respectful.❞

✸Bonus ✸

● Advent

● Bauble
Book: Blood of Zeus by Meredith Wild and Angel Payne
Link: Blood of Zeus
LOC: 168
Position: 4%
Read: 15 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝The bauble looks nothing like the man in front of me, but I can appreciate that he probably can't escape the association following him everywhere he goes.❞

● Icicle
Book: Beautifully Cruel by JT Geissinger
Link: Beautifully Cruel
LOC: 808
Position: 17%
Read: 1 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝The driver—a good-looking thirtyish guy with line-backer's shoulders, black hair, and eyes as sharp and freezing blue as icicles—glances at me in the rearview mirror before murmuring an answer in the same language.❞

● Memorabilia
Book: Smitten by Lauren Rowe
Link: Smitten
LOC: 1591
Position: 36%
Read: 23 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝Laughing, I get up and walk slowly around the room, showing Alessandra the various items of memorabilia crowding the walls, dresser, desk and bookcases.❞

● Quixotic
Book: Blood of Zeus by Meredith Wild and Angel Payne
Link: Blood of Zeus
LOC: 1455
Position: 38%
Read: 15 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝I keep the quixotic impression to myself. It's a thought, not a feeling, so it should be safe from her.❞

✸ Bonus-Bonus ✸

● Crackpot
Book: Blood of Zeus by Meredith Wild and Angel Payne
Link: Blood of Zeus
LOC: 3600
Position: 94%
Read: 15 Dec, 2020
Sentence: ❝I don't care about your stories or your crackpot theories about my parentage, all right?❞

2020, aside from (or more accurately, because of) all the serious, life and death problems, has been murder on my challenge reading. I've done the word hunt every month for years now, and I've *never* carried over so many words from month to month. BUT AS GOD AS MY WITNESS, I WILL FIND ALL THESE WORDS BEFORE 2021!

Ahem.

24/24

ancestor So This is Christmas- loc 829- She filled me in on the wonderful time they were having in the land of my ancestors without us, took me gently to task for bailing on the long-anticipated family vacation, remonstrated with me about not "overdoing"-- by now these warnings were so much part of our interactions I don't think she could have stopped herself if I'd been named Mr. Universe-- and finally rang off, after reminding me to get Natalie on the blower to her pop tout de suite. 12/2
angel Heartsong- page 10- I asked her once if she was an angel. 12/2-12/4
cider Merry Cherry Christmas- page 122- "Papy's maple bourbon apple cider," Max answered. 12/13-12/14
cinnamon So This is Christmas- loc 1564- The house smelled of baking and cinnamon candles. 12/2
elegant So This is Christmas- loc 1227- Which wasn't elegant, but pretty much summed up my feelings. 12/2
plum Comfort and Joy- loc 4389- Maybe I was too hungry to sleep or too depressed, but the visions of sugar plums kept dancing in my head. 12/6-12/7
retreat Dead Eye- page 41- After my spectacularly impressive (read: idiotic) meltdown, Jack had muttered something about it being late and beat a hasty retreat. 11/30-12/2
snow Heartsong- page 25- There were still patches of snow on the ground. 12/2-12/4
sparkle Dead Eye- page 11- Little colored sparkles started to appear in the edge of my vision, and I wondered distantly if I were about to pass out. 11/30-12/2
tart Comfort and Joy- loc 4402- It was ice cold and tart and tangy. 12/6-12/7


Bonus

advent Hot Mall Santa- loc 289- Tom surmised that this was where security used to watch over the mall before the advent of closed-circuit cameras. 12/11
bauble The Blue Castle- page 383- It hurt her to give up her pretty bauble. 12/27-12/28
icicle Merry Cherry Christmas- page 61- He waited as they passed by a house decked out in blinking icicle lights. 12/13-12/14
memorabilia Dead Eye- page 129- Within about an hour, I'd redeemed a few pawns (two iPhones and a diamond ring), and taken in a few new ones (a banjo, a chain saw, and an extremely old and ornate family Bible), and sold some signed Jacksonville Jaguars memorabilia to a dedicated football fan. 11/30-12/2
quixotic The Spare- page 200- "You'll give every bigoted clergyman and politician a face and a voice straight out of the royal family, painting a target on your back, your mother's back, Alex and Arthur's, and the experience for whomever you drag along on this quixotic odyssey would be traumatic, to put it mildly." 12/28-12/29


Bonus Bonus

crackpot Hexslayer- page 57- "Nick came up with this crackpot idea, and now he's charging ahead and dragging you along behind him." 12/24-12/25


Leftovers

jumpy Hither, Page- loc 460- "In any event," she said more briskly, "you can't blame him for being a bit jumpy." 12/5-12/6
pilgrim The 5th Gender- loc 2804- Perhaps Drey was a pilgrim or prophet, to traverse so easily between social spaces. 12/12
cyber Hot Mall Santa- loc 1677- "I believe The Decor Store is running a special sale for Cyber Monday this year." 12/11
ceaseless The Blue Castle- page 375- "Why suffer ceaseless anguish?" 12/27-12/28
ghetto Riot Boy- loc 369- "Ghetto Defendant." 12/16-12/17
bionic The Spare- page 160- "It would go a long way, especially to defusing the rumors that you're dead and being replaced by a bionic clone." 12/28-12/29
horoscope Thrown to the Wolves- page 62- He didn't need a horoscope to tell him dinner was going to be exhausting. 12/26
astrology Will & Patrick Meet the Family- loc 549- Astrology is something Patrick resents sorta-believing in. 12/21-12/22

LOL - I thought I was making them a bit easier too!! 🤣😂

Nooooo! Some months I haven't even managed to get all the regular words, let alone the bonus ones!

Becky wrote: "Nooooo! Some months I haven't even managed to get all the regular words, let alone the bonus ones!"

Oh dear 😘

To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series over and over again. (If I counted all the rereads I'd probably be on track for my GR challenge after all. Weird brain.)

ooh...quixotic 🤷‍♀️ looking, looking...

December Word Hunt
December 2020

My Word Hunt (msg 23)

Words Found: 10
Bonus Words: 6
Books Read: 4 in challenge timeframe

December Words



✔ancestor
🎄Or my ancestors’ money, [loc: 223.5]
🎄Miss Molly Robbins Designs a Seduction ~ 12.12 ★★★★

✔angel
🎄Katherine Rixey was an angel-faced beauty [loc: 7.9]
🎄Hard to Let Go ~ 12.01 ★★★★

✔cider
🎄There’d be roasted chestnuts and spiced apple cider [loc: 175.7]
🎄When Snow Falls - 01.05 ★★★★

✔cinnamon
🎄the Christmas tree and the cinnamon candles [loc: 47.8]
🎄When Snow Falls - 01.05 ★★★★

✔elegant
🎄he could walk into a boardroom, or an elegant dinner. [loc: 127.7]
🎄Merry and Bright ~ 12.02 ★★★

✔plum
🎄hands clawing against the plum comforter [loc: 333.1]
🎄Hard to Let Go ~ 12.01 ★★★★

✔retreat
🎄she retreated a step [loc: 38.6]
🎄Hard to Let Go ~ 12.01 ★★★★

✔snow
🎄Does it always snow like this? [loc: 120.0]
🎄Merry and Bright ~ 12.02 ★★★

✔sparkle
🎄The walls sparkled silver, [loc: 319.9]
🎄Kitty Goes to Washington ~ 12.31 ★★★

✔tart
🎄Do have a tart, and give me your opinion. [loc: 235.0]
🎄Miss Molly Robbins Designs a Seduction ~ 12.12 ★★★★


Bonus/Bonus Bonus



✔advent
🎄she informed him of its advent, [loc: 597.4]
🎄Love's Wild Desire - 05.03 ★★★

✔bauble
🎄When she admired some bauble, [loc: 328.7]
🎄Love's Wild Desire - 05.03 ★★★

✔icicle
🎄Slower than icicle melting slow [loc: 209.9]
🎄Merry and Bright ~ 12.02 ★★★

✔memorabilia
🎄which made it impossible to collect much memorabilia. [loc: 41.2]
🎄When Snow Falls - 01.05 ★★★★

✔quixotic
🎄on account of his quixotic marriage to you, [loc: 402.6]
🎄Love's Wild Desire - 05.03 ★★★


✔crackpot
🎄rather than being subjected to an attention-seeking crackpot. [loc: 275.8]
🎄Kitty Goes to Washington ~ 12.31 ★★★

Mony wrote: "ooh...quixotic 🤷‍♀️ looking, looking..."

Do you have a kindle? Easy to search the word through the books loaded on there :)

Becky wrote: "To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series over and over again. (If I counted all the ..."

I do that sometimes - reread old favs. Sometimes the brain deals best with 'knowns' 🧐

Jane (PS) wrote: "Mony wrote: "ooh...quixotic 🤷‍♀️ looking, looking..."

Do you have a kindle? Easy to search the word through the books loaded on there :)"

Thanks Jane,
It's actually a matter of finding the book. :)
And I did. Dark Highlander by Moning. Guess he is quixotic...lovely word.

Becky wrote: "To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series over and over again. (If I counted all the ..."

I have never so many re-read so many books as this year.
I finally figured it out...they are my comfort which I've needed more during covid times. I may soon be able to quote Rock Chicks by Ashley!

What 5-book series are you re-reading?

December Word Hunt

1. ancestor
We believed you could speak to our ancestors
through the natural world. pg 226 Christmas at Frozen Falls 12/17/2020

2. angel

He latched on to faith and clung to an
angel’s direction. page 194

3. cider
Several
years ago, Marshall created “Christmas Delights,” a
hot chocolate, spiced cider, and homemade cookies
station where a customer could buy a drink and a
cookie for a quarter each. pg 109 The Christmas Star 12/10/2020
4. cinnamon
It was a delightful combination of cin
namon, vanilla, and pine. page 105

5. elegant

Her elegant and luxurious room sud-
denly seemed like a cage. page 60

6. plum

The
opening ceremony was complete with old-fashioned
carolers who led the crowd in singing, a dance com-
pany that performed the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the
high school marching band that played some lively
Christmas songs page 108
7. retreat

She retreated into her own
room and began to close the door with infinite care. page 130

8. snow
The sun was sinking behind the gently rolling
hills, tinting the sky and the snow a soft rose pink page 46

9. sparkle
Wilson’s Department Store shimmers and sparkles
with all things Christmas: from the wintry scenes dis-
played in the storefront windows, to the giant orna-
ments hanging from the ceiling, to Santa’s workshop
located in the children’s department. pg 110 The Christmas Star 12/10/2020

10. tart
“These are really good,” he said, trying to talk
around a mouthful of what should have been my
lemon tart.Lemon Tarts & Stolen Hearts 12/18/2020


Bonus

1. advent
The houses should be sealed by the first Sunday
of Advent. page 128

2. bauble
not a bauble
at all, but a large jar with a handwritten label attached
to a ribbon tied around its lid. pg 185Christmas at Frozen Falls 12/17/2020

3. icicle

4. memorabilia

5. quixotic
She understood the quixotic nature of his eyes:

Moning, Karen Marie. The Dark Highlander (p. 299). LOC 4451 Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. The Dark Highlander 12/15/2020

Bonus bonus

1. crackpot

Mony wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Mony wrote: "ooh...quixotic 🤷‍♀️ looking, looking..."

Do you have a kindle? Easy to search the word through the books loaded on there :)"

Thanks Jane,
It's actually a matter of ..."

I recall loving Dark Highlander (by KM Moning) - hope you enjoy it :)

Mony wrote: "Becky wrote: "To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series over and over again. (If I co..."

The Claimings series by Lyn Gala. I read the first book, Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts, in January for the first time, and then immediately bought and read the next three. I don't usually do that. I prefer to have a little space between books in a series. But I just really enjoyed them. And then as the year went sideways, I found myself going back to them over and over. I think it's just such a complete world, and it was comforting to go there and not have to thing about *this* one for a while, you know?

There's one more book in the series, but it focuses on entirely different characters, whereas the first four follow the same couple. I bought it but I haven't read it yet. I think I'm saving it for a rainy day.

Jane (PS) wrote: "LOL - I thought I was making them a bit easier too!! 🤣😂"

really, Jane? quixotic and memorabilia as easier? sigh...
;-)~

If it helps anyone, I found three bonus words in one book... it's old skool romance, though, so may not be to everyone's taste :-)


Love's Wild Desire - Jennifer Blake

It has advent, bauble and quixotic :-)

LaurLa wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "LOL - I thought I was making them a bit easier too!! 🤣😂"

really, Jane? quixotic and memorabilia as easier? sigh...
;-)~"

Ok - maybe those are hard. But they are in the hard pile... 🤓

Maybe 2021 will allow further easing 🧐

Monthly Word Hunt
December 1-31, 2020

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!


ancestor
angel
cider
cinnamon
elegant
plum
retreat
snow
sparkle
tart

Bonus: You must find the EXACT word

advent
bauble
icicle
memorabilia
quixotic

bonus bonus
crackpot

You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.

Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc

RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.

So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.

*Carry-Over *
beacon
elderly
inspirational
parade
pudding
terrify

*Bonus Carry-Over*
abject
jumpy
pilgrim
plaid

*Bonus Bonus Carry-Over*
cyber

** Carry-Over **
jack
prank
spirit
wreck

boast
swarm
vase

attic
hail

** Bonus Carry-Over **
drench
heavenly
prophesy

ceaseless
fuse
jolly

beefcake
godless
ageless
excrement
veal

** Bonus-Bonus Carry-Over **
lout
bionic

Jane (PS) wrote: "Mony wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Mony wrote: "ooh...quixotic 🤷‍♀️ looking, looking..."

Do you have a kindle? Easy to search the word through the books loaded on there :)"

Thanks Jane,
It's actually..."

I think it's my 3rd re-read...I'm glad you liked it too. It's my favourite in the series. Here's a quote from the book I read today

"his every movement smoothly controlled, when he stripped off his clothing he stripped off every ounce of that rigid discipline and turned into an untamed barbarian. He fucked with the single-minded intensity of a man on death row, execution at dawn.” 🔥 lol

Becky wrote: "Mony wrote: "Becky wrote: "To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series over and over ag..."

Wow, looks like a really interesting series...will explore! Thanks Becky!

Mony wrote: "Becky wrote: "Mony wrote: "Becky wrote: "To be fair, my reading is way down. I just cracked 200 books for the year last weekend. And my brain got stuck, and I keep reading the same 5 book series ov..."

Sure thing!

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2020 December Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 December 2020

Progress: 10 out of 10
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

December

Ancestor: "It was about how Savannahians are just like the Chinese—they both worship their ancestors and eat a lot of rice." Page 334
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews - ***** - 12/9/2020 - 404 Pages
Angel: “You've been such an angel all these years, something was bound to crack."
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan - ***** - 12/3/2020 - 336 Pages

cider

Cinnamon: "The shop smelled like cinnamon potpourri." Page 253
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews - ***** - 12/9/2020 - 404 Pages
Elegant: "Her elegant black linen was smudged, her hair mussed. She’d bitten off all her lipstick." Page 46
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews - ***** - 12/9/2020 - 404 Pages
Plum: "The rat nibbled pensively at the plum cake, bright beady eyes fixed on the Major." Page 105
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 12/11/2020 - 870 Pages
Retreat: "... they were at an intimacy retreat at Lake Titicaca."
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan - ***** - 12/3/2020 - 336 Pages
Snow: "Those amazing pictures of him in that crazy beautiful outfit training his eagle on horseback remind me of a cross between Jon Snow and Genghis Khan!"
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan - ***** - 12/3/2020 - 336 Pages
Sparkle: "And he sighed here. “Rabbits do not sparkle.” Page 8
Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson - **** - 12/15/2020 - 272 Pages
Tart: "My breathing slowed as I sipped the tart sweetness, but my pulse stayed erratic, as I looked over the imposing stack of books we had brought back." Page 19
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 12/11/2020 - 870 Pages

Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

advent
bauble
icicle

Memorabilia: "They rested sightlessly on the east wall of the study, still covered from floor to ceiling with the notes and memorabilia left by the Reverend Wakefield, Roger’s late adoptive father." Page 16
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 12/11/2020 - 870 Pages

quixotic

and a bonus bonus

crackpot

Hmmm... crackpot 😜🥴
🤷‍♀️ looking looking... :)

Jane (PS) wrote: "
Monthly Word Hunt

1 - 31 December 2020


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximu..."

Hi Jane,
Must the book be a romance? All fiction genres possible? Thanks!

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2020 December Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 December 2020
LEVEL GETTING HOTTER: Read:8/8 Finished! Btw, if anyone else can find the word scuttlebutt in another book besides Seven Ways to Kill a King without Googling it, I'll be impressed.

Completed:
angel√
'.... I was the Willow in an army of Buffys and Angels.' - The Summer King Bundle: The Prince / The King / The Queen
e-book at 13%. 💎DEC 4

retreat√
'The icy brush of fingers retreated from my consciousness.'- The Summer King Bundle: The Prince / The King / The Queen
e-book at 52%, 💎DEC 4

snow√
'There was snow all over her, like a white fur coat.'
- The Struggle
Audiobook from library, chapter 2 💎 DEC 2

elegant√
'She turned slightly to see elegantly arched eyebrows and olive complexion.'
- The Struggle
Audiobook from library, chapter 2 💎DEC 2

sparkle√
'"It is the cut that gives them that sparkle- that brilliance.'"
- The Jewel Thief
Audiobook from library, chapter 3 💎 DEC 10

ancestor√
'The way it livened the glided plaster scrollwork along the walls, brightened the king's ancestors where they looked down with cool arrogance..'
- The Jewel Thief
Audiobook from library, chapter 3 💎 DEC 10

cinnamon√
"...we've got fresh cinnamon bark just in from Smithsport."
-Seven Ways to Kill a King
ebook at 28%, 💎 DEC 22

cider√
"Ale for the lady," Cass said. "Cider for me."
-Seven Ways to Kill a King
ebook at 38%💎 DEC 22

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plum
tart

Mony wrote: "Hmmm... crackpot 😜🥴
🤷‍♀️ looking looking... :)"


Yay, I found a "crackpot book" !

Mony wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "
Monthly Word Hunt

1 - 31 December 2020


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a l..."

Sorry - missed this! Any book is fine! Romance is encouraged but not 100% necessary...

Finished, see message 5! :)

Woohoo, thanks for a fun and exciting challenge, Jane!

See you all in 2021!

Word Hunt
1 - 31 December 2020

9/10 - Found and Read
3/5 – Bonus Words Found and Read



December

ancestor
Earthlings p. 22: “Not long now before we have to go welcome the ancestors .”

angel
A Hundred Summers: p. 309: “Nick’s been an angel , Aunt Julie, and besides, it was all my fault.”

cider
The Midnight Library: p. 45: There was a row of craft beers on the pumps, stouts and ciders and pale ales and IPAs.”

cinnamon

elegant
The Midnight Library: p. 45: “She jumped as a cat appeared out of nowhere. An elegant , angular chocolate Burmese purring away.”

plum
One For The Money: p. 5: “’Stephanie Plum ,’ Gruber said, full of joy and faux surprise.”

retreat
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories: p. 75: “Claire lets out a scream that startles him into momentary retreat , a bestial noise she has been holding in for months.”

snow
Earthlings: p. 159: “Having spent all my life in Tokyo, I’ve never seen deep snow . It must be so pretty!”

sparkle
A Hundred Summers p. 166: “My dress sparkles beneath, a gorgeous gold sequined number picked out from Bergdorf’s a week ago with Budgie’s help.”

tart
Evening In Byzantium: p. 46: “He stood alone at the bar and poured himself another drin, remembering the touch of her lips on his, the tart aroma of her perfume.”

Bonus

advent
Evening In Byzantium: p. 105: “Still shivering a little and beginning to feel the advent of fever, he paid for his drink, said good night to the father of the cavalryman, and went to the lobby to get the key for his room.”

bauble
Them Bones: p. 185: “Interesting bauble . Where did you get it?”

icicle
Them Bones: p. 217: “I felt like a black icicle was moving slowly down the small of my back, deliciously chilling every nerve in my spinal column.”

memorabilia

quixotic


Bonus Bonus

crackpot


November 2020

plaid
Them Bones: p. 97-98: “Today he was stooped, and his plaid jacket hung on his shoulders.”

Congrats Rissa and Deedee!! See you in 2021 😊

Done and ready for a new year!
Thanks Jane...this is one of my favorite challenges...it determines what I read each month :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Finished! Finished, finished, finished! All the words! Even the ones I've been dragging along from month to month this year. See post #17.

Done on post #13 and will NOT carry orphan words over to 2021

Congrats Tammie, Becky & JoAnne!!!