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Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt X!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2022.

Similar to the other Scavenger Hunt Challenges, but this one will be a bit more challenging to find all of the words and is published semi-annually.

• Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!

• You may use a single book to fulfill multiple items

• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), then specify where the item is found within the book and a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.

Good Luck & Happy Reading! ☺

The List
Aneurysm
Asinine
Bivouac
Conundrum
Conversion
Copious
Finagle
Gambit
Glum
Hemlock
Indefatigable
Jack knife
Lollygag
Munger
Myriad
Oboe
Overwatch
Pallid
Parquet
Primer
Shoddy
Tempest
Touche
Transom
Wainscoting

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
Culvert
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

Good Luck & Happy Reading!

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Hard Scavenger Hunt X
Duration: July 1 - December 31, 2022


READ: 29/30

Murder Most Frothy - Cleo Coyle 7/2
Gambit - that gambit is so tired, p125
Parquet - looked better than the parquet floor in my duplex, p156

Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro 7/4
Pallid - on his pallid face p16
Wainscoting - polished mahogany wainscoting, p62

A Wrench in the Works - Kate Carlisle 7/4
Lollygag - you were lollygagging, p106
Myriad - flipping through the myriad keys, p1007

Tempting Acquisitions - Addison Fox 7/5
Touche - Touche. Besides It's all my fault, p14

Sapphire Flames - Ilona Andrews 7/8
Hemlock - her user name is Hemlock, p56

Emerald Blaze - Ilona Andrews 7/9
Aneurysm -he looked like he was about to have an aneurysm, p2300

Romancing the Duke - Tessa Dare 7/12
Conundrum - what conundrum has he posed this time, p389

The Library of the Unwritten - A.J. Hackwith 7/17
Shoddy - you seem to have done a shoddy job of it, p144

The Queen Is Dead - Kate Locke 7/21
Copious - imbibing in copious amounts of drink, p51

Murder al Dente - Jennifer L. Hart 7/25
Asinine - uttered asinine proclamations, ch16

Red Handed - Gena Showalter 8/12
Tempest - like an ocean tempest, p22

From Garden To Grave - Rickie Blair 8/17
Transom - the light coming through the transom, loc734

Ghost Gone Wild - Carolyn G. Hart 8/20
Glum - his voice was glum, p119

Long Shot - Hanna Martine 8/21
Finagle - gracelessly finagled her way to the ground, p87

Murder in G Major - Alexia Gordon 8/21
Oboe - Feargas signaled the oboe

Generation 18 - Keri Arthur 10/20
Jack knife - he swore and jackknifed away, p153

Blood Born - Kathryn Fox 10/23
Primer - by the hammer and forced into the primer, p257

Archangel's Resurrection - Nalini Singh 11/3
Indefatigable - you're steady, relentless and indefatigable, p84


Bonus Words

A Curse of Blood & Stone - K.A. Tucker 8/16
Culvert - as the four of us slink through Cirilea's culvert system, p10
➜Replacing Bivouac & Conversion

Stroke of Midnight - Olivia Drake 8/24
Tambor - would Blanche have bent over a tamour frame for hours, p234
➜Replacing Munger & Overwatch

A Chimera's Revenge - Eve Langlais 11/1
Kermit the Frog - I ate a frog the other night. Other than your desire for Kermit, ch4

The Uncanny Raven Winston - Tammie Painter 12/31
Pony Express - I think I came by Pony express, p67

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Progeria -

Hard Scavenger Hunt X
Duration: July 1 - December 31, 2022

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace


22/25
3/5 Bonus

✔Aneurysm-p. 127- A Cut Above-"'Heart attack? Aneurysm?'" 3/23/23
✔Asinine-p.195-Playing with Myself-"...with samples of my asinine, 'Karen'-esque wisecracks..." 9/5/22
✔ Bivouac-p.242-Leaves of Grass-"By the bivouac's fitful flame..." 6/8/23
✔Conundrum-p.225-Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics-"Here lies a conundrum." 10/8/22
✔ Conversion-p.190-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"Through the conversion, it retained..." 3/3/24
✔ Copious-p.42-The Sea, the Sea-"...of the hyacinthine variety and copious." 11/17/23
✔Finagle-p.152-Murder in Montparnasse-"Phryne had not been able to finagle herself into the raiding party." 3/10/23
✔Gambit-p.79-Call Me By Your Name-"...for the peevish, textbook gambit it was." 8/30/22
✔Glum-p.49-Trouble in Nuala-"You look glum, Seargeant." 12/1/22
✔Hemlock-p.62-A Mercy-"The turquoise lake, the eternal hemlocks..." 7/26/22
✔Indefatigable-p.90-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"'The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection..." 11/8/22
✔ Jack knife-p.290-The Stingray Shuffle-"...jumped the tracks and twenty cars jackknifed down the embankment..." 10/16/23
✔ Lollygag- p.115-Burma Sahib-"Happened to be lollygagging here, waiting..." 3/28/24
Munger
✔Myriad-p.207-Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics-"...along the coasts pf their myriad islands..." 10/8/22
Oboe
Overwatch
✔Pallid-p.34-The Glass Key-"He went down the stairs, loose-jointed, pallid..." 8/19/22
✔Parquet-Disc 1 of audiobook- A Pocketful of Rye-"...a parquet floor on which were ornate rugs." 7/12/22
✔Primer-p.14-A Mercy-"...memorized those lines from their primer." 7/25/22
✔Shoddy-p.140-A Pocketful of Rye-...their mean, shoddy financial deals." 11/28/22
✔Tempest-p.207-Under Fire-"The tempest did not break that night." 11/19/22
✔Touche-p.7-On Her Majesty's Secret Service-"The man's eyes glittered. Touche!" 9/11/22
✔Transom-p.41-The Honjin Murders-"...an electric glow spilled out from the decorative ranma transoms..." 11/12/22
✔Wainscoting-p.50- Leave a Message for Willie-"...with wine-red carpeting and waist-high wainscoting."7/11/22

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
✔Culvert-p.217- In Dubious Battle- "...constructed of old fence-posts and culvert planks." 9/18/22
Progeria
✔ Tambor-p.5-Blood Royal: A Sequel to the Three Musketeers-"From the tambour he passed on to the trumpet..." 10/30/25
✔ Pony Express- p.104-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"The Pony Express began mail delivery." 4/3/25

Hard Scavenger Hunt X

Progress: 19/30

✅ Aneurysm: “She has an aneurysm“ - ch 39/12 minutes, The Book of Cold Cases
✅ Asinine: "this asinine idea of yours" - p 33, Inside Affair
Bivouac
✅ Conundrum:“The money problem was a conundrum“ - p 174, Upgrade
✅ Conversion: “packing up her conversion van“ p 231, The Bodyguard
✅ Copious:“throwing copious amounts of money on you“ - p 159, Good Intentions
✅ Finagle: "We finagled Gabe up on his hind legs" - p 142, The Conduit
✅ Gambit: "in a gambit to seize power" - ch 7/20 minutes, Daughter of the Moon Goddess
✅ Glum: “With a glum look“ - 88%, Year of the Reaper
✅ Hemlock (Schierling in German): "Litas füllte einen Becher mit dem Schierlingssud" - p 102, Das Schwert der Dämmerung - 9/17
✅ Indefatigable (German: unermüdlich): "Lenna war unermüdlich" - p 181, Das Reich der Klingen
Jack knife: "I jack-knifed up in bed" - p 137, Inside Affair
✅ Lollygag: "Stop lollygagging!" - p 203, How to Vex a Vampire
Munger
✅ Myriad:“the myriad casual ways“ - p 25, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅ Oboe: “The steady, reliable pitch of the oboe“ - p 275, Good Intentions
✅ Overwatch: “SWAT snipers on overwatch“ - p 309, Upgrade
✅ Pallid: “her skin was pallid“ - p 352, First Born
✅ Parquet (German: Parkett): “mit matt glänzendem Parkett“ - p 315, Ein gefährliches Vermächtnis
Primer
✅ Shoddy: "Shoddy craftsmanship" - p 170, The Conduit
✅ Tempest: "Emma Zhang and Leon Hernandez own Tempest" - p 26, A Ferry of Bones & Gold
✅ Touche: "'You said I didn't have to.' - 'Touche.'" - p 91, Wicked Heat
✅ Transom: "mullion-split glass, sleek transoms" - p 225, The Whispering Dark
✅ Wainscoting (German: Vertäfelung): “Die dunkle Holzvertäfelung“ - p 27, Ein gefährliches Vermächtnis

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
✅ Culvert: "Like that dry culvert" - p 381, We All Fall Down
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

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(10/28) (10/29) (11/14) (11/16) (12/11) (12/13)

Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt X!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2022.

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replac
Good Luck & Happy Reading! ☺

27/30

The List

Munger -replaced by Bonus Word Pony Express
Transom replaced by Bonus Word Pony Express
Lollygag replaced by Bonus Word Culvert
Overwatch replaced by Bonus Word Culvert

Aneurysm "two brain aneurysms in middle age..." p. 163 A Promised Land by Barack Obama 10.14.22

Asinine"Lenox shook his head. Asinine." p. 19 The Fleet Street Murders by Daniel Silva 7.10.22

Glum "You've been so glum," he said" p. 186 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Hemlock - "Trees on either side of the path, spruces, hemlocks, pines..." p. 341 Ice by Ed McBain 1.11.23

Indefatigable "the continuous and indefatigable help has been rendered by the Misses Thompson..." p. 214 The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 8,29,22

Jack knife "didn't the theft of Billings' jacknife at least suggest proximity to his cabin?" p. 89 A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch 12.18.22

Myriad "the myriad stone effigies of saints..." p. 163 A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths 7.15.22

Oboe "classical trumpet and oboe music..." p. 101 A Question of Identity by Susan Hill 10.23.22

Pallid "Emily and Laurence seem pallid little creatures." p. 184 A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths 7.15.22

Parquet "remember the sound of the beautiful parquet that creaked or crunched ..." p.348 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Primer "Bon vent!" I said to a math primer." p. 63 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Shoddy "But on sight of Conor, fastened up to a shoddy, temporary wall..." p. 227 Fenian's Trace by Sean P. Mahoney 8.8,22

Tempest "The Tempest perhaps or Julius Caeser" p. 398 Then We Take Berlin by John Lawton 9.29.22

Touche "Touche'," he said. "And, you Madame Lisse?" p. 57 Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh 12.11.22

Wainscoting "dried up blood on the green paint below the wainscoting." p. 224 The Abstainer by Ian McGuire 8.20.22

Bonus Words

Kermit the Frog

Culvert "deep in talk about pipes and culverts" p. 148 book:The Mirror & the Light|54860229] by Hilary Mantel

Progeria
Tambor

Pony Express - "We made copy after copy of radio and TV ads that we then ran around the state, Pony Express-style,...." p.93 Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards 7.24.22

Hard Hunt 10


The List
Aneurysm
Asinine
Bivouac
Conundrum
Conversion
Copious
Finagle
Gambit
Glum
Hemlock
Indefatigable
Jack knife
Lollygag
Munger
Myriad
Oboe
Overwatch
Pallid
Parquet
Primer
Shoddy
Tempest
Touche
Transom
Wainscoting

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
Culvert
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

HARD Scavenger Hunt X
Begins: 01July22 / Ends: 31Dec22


24 / 25 basic words found
4 / 5 BONUS words found
17 books read


The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.



Aneurysm - On Gold Mountain ✔ – 13July22 - pg 347 - "…died when an aneurysm burst…"

Asinine - The Coyotes of Carthage ✔– 21Sep22 - pg 167 - "…an asinine comment for which…"

Bivouac - Fox & I ✔ – 14July22 - pg 165 - "You may bivouac here, Fox."

Conundrum - On Gold Mountain ✔ – 13July22 - pg 114 - "…what a conundrum the Sees…"

Conversion - Small Wonder ✔ – 15July22 - pg 154 - "…my conversion was rapid…"

Copious - Negotiating with the Dead ✔ – 23July22 - pg 129 - "…course made copious use of…"

Finagle - The Barbizon ✔ – 28Aug22 - pg 190 - "…wanted to finagle a free…"

Gambit - The Heart Goes Last ✔– 18Sep22- pg 73 - "…a few new gambits."

Glum - One L ✔ – 08July22 - pg 123 - "…feeling too glum for a total…"

Hemlock - Fox & I ✔ – 14July22 - pg 110 - " …a great hemlock tree curled…"

Indefatigable - These Precious Days: Essays ✔ – 21Nov22 - pg 283 - "...Sooki the Indefatigable, looked…"

Jack knife - The Turtle Warrior ✔ - 26Oct22 - pg 105 - "…pry open a green tin box with his jackknife."

Lollygag - Marrying Winterborne ✔ – 21Dec22 - pg 316 - "…you don't lollygag over lunch."

Munger - The Checklist Manifesto ✔ – 30Apr23 - pg 165 - "Charles Munger, Buffet's longtime…"

Myriad - One L ✔ – 08July22 - pg 30 - "…the myriad study aids…"

Oboe - The Coyotes of Carthage ✔– 21Sep22 - pg 178 - "Piano, cello, oboe and harpsichord…"

Overwatch

Pallid - The Gunslinger ✔ – 02Sep22 - pg 21 - "…like pallid balls with eyes."

Parquet - An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed ✔ – 02July22 - pg 19 - "…on the parquet flooring…"

Primer - On Gold Mountain ✔ – 13July22 - pg 122 - "…traditional Chinese primer."

Shoddy - One L ✔ – 08July22 - pg 157 - "…was doing a shoddy job on …"

Tempest - Negotiating with the Dead ✔ – 23July22 - pg 84 - "…production of The Tempest."

Touche - Queen of America ✔ – 22Aug22 - pg 26 - "He grinned at the patron. Touché!"

Transom - On Gold Mountain ✔ – 13July22 - pg 139 - "…stenciled on each transom."

Wainscoting - Elementary, She Read ✔ – 26Aug22 - pg 10 - "…and peach, with white wainscoting."

BONUS Words
Kermit the Frog - The Owl & Moon Cafe ✔ – 01Feb23 - pg 157 - "…because Kermit the frog has…"

Culvert - Fox & I ✔ – 14July22 - pg 91 - "…funneled through a culvert."

Progeria

Tambor - The Poet X ✔ – 17Feb24 - pg 64 - "…like a tambor with the skin…"

Pony Express - The Last Ride of the Pony Express ✔ – 01July23 - pg 5 - "…half-way up the Pony Express Trail."

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Hard Scavenger Hunt X
July 1 - December 31, 2022

For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.

Aneurysm
Asinine
Bivouac
Conundrum
Conversion
Copious
Finagle
Gambit
Glum
Hemlock
Indefatigable
Jack knife
Lollygag
Munger
Myriad
Oboe
Overwatch
Pallid
Parquet
Primer
Shoddy
Tempest
Touche
Transom
Wainscoting

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
Culvert
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

The Challenge Factory
Hard Scavenger Hunt X
The challenge runs from: July 1 - December 31, 2022

Progress: 0 out of 30

Similar to the other Scavenger Hunt Challenges, but this one will be a bit more challenging to find all of the words and is published semi-annually.

• Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!

• You may use a single book to fulfill multiple items

• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), then specify where the item is found within the book and a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.

Good Luck & Happy Reading! ☺

The List

Aneurysm
Asinine
Bivouac
Conundrum
Conversion
Copious
Finagle
Gambit
Glum
Hemlock
Indefatigable
Jack knife
Lollygag
Munger
Myriad
Oboe
Overwatch
Pallid
Parquet
Primer
Shoddy
Tempest
Touche
Transom
Wainscoting

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
Culvert
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

Good Luck & Happy Reading!

Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt X!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2022.

Bree Baker 07/04/22 Jennifer S. Alderson 07/08/22
Jana Deleon 07/11/22 Ellen Riggs 07/17/22
Jenn McKinlay 07/19/22 Heather Webber 07/22/22
Diana Orgain 08/08/22

11/25 WORDS
0/5 BONUS WORDS

The List

🇺🇸Aneurysm Better Late Than Never pg. 233 “Do not tell me you called it off. I swear I will have an aneurysm.”

Asinine
Bivouac

🇺🇸Conundrum Better Late Than Never pg. 170 “budget issues or any other conundrum that was likely to sneak up on a public servant”

🇺🇸Conversion Trouble in Mudbug pg. 12 “Maryse trailed off, not sure where to go with the conversation, not entirely convinced she was actually having the conversation.”

Copious
Finagle
Gambit

🇺🇸Glum Death by Windmill pg. 100 “Lana looked glumly at the floor.”
🇺🇸Hemlock You Can't Always Get What You Haunt pg. 214 “But Maisie has a wide range of interesting plants in there, including hemlock.”

Indefatigable
Jack knife
Lollygag
Munger

🇺🇸Myriad Pleading the Fish pg. 185 “I followed, stepping over boxes and dodging a myriad of ancient home decor.”

Oboe
Overwatch
Pallid

🇺🇸Parquet You Can't Always Get What You Haunt pg. 29 “Half a dozen coats and even more shoes were scattered over the parquet floor.”
🇺🇸Primer The Lights of Sugarberry Cove pg. 119 “I thanked the heavens that we’d had the foresight to buy paint that had primer in it,”
Shoddy
🇺🇸Tempest You Can't Always Get What You Haunt pg. 301 “No doubt Officer Slick was there to remind me about a future tempest in a dumpster.”
🇺🇸Touche Pleading the Fish pg. 134 “Grady rolled his eyes and climbed behind the wheel with an exasperated laugh. “Touché.””

Transom

👙Wainscoting Bundle of Trouble pg. 34 “built-in bookshelves gave the house a classic feel, while wainscoting and hardwood floors warmed it up.”

Bonus Words

Kermit the Frog
Culvert
Progeria
Tambor
Pony Express

Hard Scavenger Hunt X
Duration: 1 July - 31 December, 2022
Found: 4/30

The Words:
Aneurysm –
Asinine –
Bivouac –
Conundrum –
Conversion – "true conversion was inevitable." p. 353, Shanghai Girls, completed 08/09/2022
Copious –
Finagle –
Gambit – "the opening gambit..." p. 9, This Is How You Lose the Time War, completed 08/04/2022
Glum –
Hemlock – "between hemlock and yew–" p. 135, This Is How You Lose the Time War, completed 08/04/2022
Indefatigable –
Jack knife –
Lollygag –
Munger –
Myriad –
Oboe –
Overwatch –
Pallid –
Parquet – "the parquet floor..." p. 33, Shanghai Girls, completed 08/09/2022
Primer –
Shoddy –
Tempest –
Touche –
Transom –
Wainscoting –

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog –
Culvert –
Progeria –
Tambor –
Pony Express –

Update Message # 7 - Challenge Completed ✔ - 21Dec22


NOTE: I found BONUS word "culvert" and eliminated these two words from the basic list:
Munger
Overwatch

Hard Scavenger Hunt 11 is now available here

Good luck, and happy hunting!

Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt X!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2022.

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replac
Good Luck & Happy Reading! ☺

25/25
Bonus: 2/5

The List

Munger -replaced by Bonus Word Pony Express
Transom replaced by Bonus Word Pony Express
Lollygag replaced by Bonus Word Culvert
Overwatch replaced by Bonus Word Culv ert

Aneurysm "two brain aneurysms in middle age..." p. 163 A Promised Land by Barack Obama 10.14.22

Asinine"Lenox shook his head. Asinine." p. 19 The Fleet Street Murders by Daniel Silva 7.10.22

Glum "You've been so glum," he said" p. 186 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Hemlock

Indefatigable "the continuous and indefatigable help has been rendered by the Misses Thompson..." p. 214 The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 8,29,22

Jack knife "didn't the theft of Billings' jacknife at least suggest proximity to his cabin?" p. 89 A Burial at Sea by Charles Finch 12.18.22

Myriad "the myriad stone effigies of saints..." p. 163 A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths 7.15.22

Oboe "classical trumpet and oboe music..." p. 101 A Question of Identity by Susan Hill 10.23.22

Pallid "Emily and Laurence seem pallid little creatures." p. 184 A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths 7.15.22

Parquet "remember the sound of the beautiful parquet that creaked or crunched ..." p.348 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Primer "Bon vent!" I said to a math primer." p. 63 The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles 7.17.22

Shoddy "But on sight of Conor, fastened up to a shoddy, temporary wall..." p. 227 Fenian's Trace by Sean P. Mahoney 8.8,22

Tempest "The Tempest perhaps or Julius Caeser" p. 398 Then We Take Berlin by John Lawton 9.29.22

Touche "Touche'," he said. "And, you Madame Lisse?" p. 57 Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh 12.11.22

Wainscoting "dried up blood on the green paint below the wainscoting." p. 224 The Abstainer by Ian McGuire 8.20.22

Bonus Words

Kermit the Frog

Culvert "deep in talk about pipes and culverts" p. 148 book:The Mirror & the Light|54860229] by Hilary Mantel

Progeria
Tambor

Pony Express - "We made copy after copy of radio and TV ads that we then ran around the state, Pony Express-style,...." p.93 Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards 7.24.22

Update message # 7 - Challenge Completed - ✔ - 17Feb24

NOTE: Found another bonus word / Only remaining regular word is "overwatch"



Tambor - The Poet X ✔ – 17Feb24 - pg 64 - "…like a tambor with the skin…"



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COMPLETED 4/3/25 with 2 Bonus words...leaving "Munger; Oboe; Overwatch"... which I will still be searching for in addition to the other Bonus words-"Kermit the Frog; Progeria; Tambor"

Hard Scavenger Hunt X
Duration: July 1 - December 31, 2022

The Twist
I have added bonus words to this challenge. For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace


22/25
2/5 Bonus

✔Aneurysm-p. 127- A Cut Above-"'Heart attack? Aneurysm?'" 3/23/23
✔Asinine-p.195-Playing with Myself-"...with samples of my asinine, 'Karen'-esque wisecracks..." 9/5/22
✔ Bivouac-p.242-Leaves of Grass-"By the bivouac's fitful flame..." 6/8/23
✔Conundrum-p.225-Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics-"Here lies a conundrum." 10/8/22
✔ Conversion-p.190-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"Through the conversion, it retained..." 3/3/24
✔ Copious-p.42-The Sea, the Sea-"...of the hyacinthine variety and copious." 11/17/23
✔Finagle-p.152-Murder in Montparnasse-"Phryne had not been able to finagle herself into the raiding party." 3/10/23
✔Gambit-p.79-Call Me By Your Name-"...for the peevish, textbook gambit it was." 8/30/22
✔Glum-p.49-Trouble in Nuala-"You look glum, Seargeant." 12/1/22
✔Hemlock-p.62-A Mercy-"The turquoise lake, the eternal hemlocks..." 7/26/22
✔Indefatigable-p.90-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"'The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection..." 11/8/22
✔ Jack knife-p.290-The Stingray Shuffle-"...jumped the tracks and twenty cars jackknifed down the embankment..." 10/16/23
✔ Lollygag- p.115-Burma Sahib-"Happened to be lollygagging here, waiting..." 3/28/24
Munger
✔Myriad-p.207-Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics-"...along the coasts pf their myriad islands..." 10/8/22
Oboe
Overwatch
✔Pallid-p.34-The Glass Key-"He went down the stairs, loose-jointed, pallid..." 8/19/22
✔Parquet-Disc 1 of audiobook- A Pocketful of Rye-"...a parquet floor on which were ornate rugs." 7/12/22
✔Primer-p.14-A Mercy-"...memorized those lines from their primer." 7/25/22
✔Shoddy-p.140-A Pocketful of Rye-...their mean, shoddy financial deals." 11/28/22
✔Tempest-p.207-Under Fire-"The tempest did not break that night." 11/19/22
✔Touche-p.7-On Her Majesty's Secret Service-"The man's eyes glittered. Touche!" 9/11/22
✔Transom-p.41-The Honjin Murders-"...an electric glow spilled out from the decorative ranma transoms..." 11/12/22
✔Wainscoting-p.50- Leave a Message for Willie-"...with wine-red carpeting and waist-high wainscoting."7/11/22

Bonus Words
Kermit the Frog
✔Culvert-p.217- In Dubious Battle- "...constructed of old fence-posts and culvert planks." 9/18/22
Progeria
Tambor
✔ Pony Express- p.104-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"The Pony Express began mail delivery." 4/3/25