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Q4 - Word Hunt
Hey y'all, I'm excited to bring this new type of challenge to you all and am thrilled to be leading it, as well! Happy reading :) --------------------------------------------------------------
Let me know your goal for how many words you will be trying to find!
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Updating your progress
When posting your progress, please include your original (sign-up) message number plus the current progress using the format below:
Update to msg #xx: words found/words pledged
If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!
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Updated on November 9th, 2022 up to message 128.
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Participants:
Allie – message #3 – 2/20
Amy – message #15 – 7/12
Amy (Other Amy) – message #27 -6/20
Bobbo – message #22 – 12/20
Brittany – message #32 – 0/20
Callum – message #123 – 3/20
Carmen – message #10 – 20/20
Chalmation – message #28 -20/20
Chrissie – message #11 – 28/40
Christene Paula – message #13 – 0/20
Debra Diggs – message #5 – 14/15
D.L - message #9 – 8/7
Hina – message #14 – 20/20
Janine – message #20 - 20/20
Joyce – message #6 – 0/10
Karin – message #17 – 17/18
Kristina – message #47 – 16/20
Mary – message #18 – 0/5
Meg – message #29 -18/15
Melissa – message #26 – 14/20
=MYSTIQUE=– message #33 – 0/10
Rachel – message #4 – 8/15
Sarah – message #8 – 0/15
Sarah – message #21 – 0/20
Shari – message #16 – 9/20
Shelia – message #118 – 3/20
Sophia – message #19 – 0/20
Suzanne – message #89 – 0/20
TEE – message #23 – 4/15
TerryJane – message #12 – 20/20
Theresa – message #7 – 12/20
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# Words pledged: 537
# Words found: 281
- Signing myself up for all 20 words - 🔅 Quarter 4 Word Hunt - 🔅 - Progress 2/20 - 🔅
Main words:
☑️ Competed 2/10
1. Unknown
📚: Filthy Rich Vampires: Second Rite by
🎤: "Your mother must be thrilled at the prospect of some unknown penniless creature becoming her daughter."
📍: page 333, 84%
2. Strange
📚: Dark Crown by Bianca Cole
🎤: "It's strange that I don't mind her touching me."
📍: page 151, 55%,
3. Mysterious
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☑️ Completed 0/5
1. Known
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Please sign me up for 8 books/words for now. I am hoping to find more words in the books I read over the quarter though so goal could increase.30 October: goal changed to 12.
6 November: goal now 15!
COMPLETED: 15/15
Main Words
✔️ 1. Unknown - The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Page 13: "At the turn of the tide, something goes on in the UNKNOWN deeps below"
✔️ 2. Strange
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Location 155: "The investigative kind. That means I do research and go chasing STRANGE stories"
✔️ 3. Mysterious
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Page 408: "They were joined by the MYSTERIOUS Robin Mortimer"
✔️ 4. Secret - The October Witches by Jennifer Claessen
Location 735: "It's about my family's SECRET plans"
✔️ 5. Peculiar - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Page 467: "A PECULIAR thing when traveling through a sky that knew nothing but darkness"
✔️ 6. Curious - The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Page 215: "Be ready for it. This isn't CURIOUS George Uses the Potty"
✔️ 7. Moon - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
44%: "Salander visited him only once in a blue MOON."
✔️ 8. Crescent - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
29%: "There was no light except from the faint CRESCENT moon and the stars"
✔️ 9. Celestial - Star Mother by Charlie N Holmberg
Page 4: "It was circular in shape, as CELESTIAL things are"
✔️ 10. Glass - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Page 64: "Come on, I will the GLASS bottle, trailing its arc with my eyes."
✔️ 11. Mirror - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Page 42: "Vee's eyes flicked to the rearview MIRROR."
✔️ 12. Reflect - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
11% "Nineteen years of light to REFLECT upon in eternal darkness!"
✔️ 13. Harmony -Blood Faerie by India Drummond
Page 75: "It sounded rich, as her strange accent pulled a HARMONY of sounds from the word."
✔️ 14. Peace - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Location 3162: "They are obsessed with death without PEACE"
✔️ 15. Friendship - Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas
Page 255: "I appreciate your honesty and unwavering FRIENDSHIP with her"
1. Known
2. Common
3. Sun
4. Plastic
5. Conflict
Please sign me up for 6 words. Edit: Changing goal to 15
15/15
Completed
Main Words
✔ 1. Unknown
Book: The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
Quote: "But it could not paralyze my feet as it had once done, because I drew my strength now from gods unknown here, and creatures for whom these filthy peasants, of which I had been one, had no name."
Location: page 252
✔ 2. Strange
Book: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Quote: "She looked so sorry for me, and that's what made me feel strange."
Location: page 457
✔ 3. Mysterious
Book: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Quote: "Lily watches three little boys in fedoras and long coats gathered round a wooden crate playing a mysterious game."
Location: page 486
✔ 4. Secret
Book: Laura by Vera Caspary
Quote: "With the tenderness of a nurse Shelby arranged Auntie Sue's cushions, smiling and treating her malice like some secret malady."
Location: page 25
✔ 5. Peculiar
Book: A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Quote: "Maybe other people’s little peculiarities offset his own."
Location: page 252
✔ 6. Curious
Book: The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Quote: "Just curious.”
Location: page 228
✔ 7. Moon
Book: The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
Quote: "“And as you see all around you, this city hugs her treasures close with shadowy vigilance, whereas in Venice, the very facades of our palaces are offered up in gleaming stone beneath the moon to Almighty God.”"
Location: page 233
✔ 8. Crescent
Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Quote: "The island of France was about twenty miles long, five miles across the middle, sandy and crescent-shaped."
Location: page 35
✔ 9. Celestial
Book: The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice
Quote: "It had been told too many times, this tale—of Heaven with her open gates, and God Our Maker sending forth His endless light to those who climbed the mythic stairs to join the celestial court forever."
Location: page 394
✔ 10. Glass
Book: Merrick by Anne Rice
Quote: "She lifted her glass in a small salute."
Location: 10%
✔ 11. Mirror
Book: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Quote: "And a huge gilt mirror over the mantlepiece."
Location: page 460
✔ 12. Reflect
Book: Laura by Vera Caspary
Quote: "At this very hour, I reflected as I lumbered to the telephone, men were bandying her name in pool parlars and women shouted her secrets from tenement windows."
Location: page 28
✔ 13. Harmony
Book: A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Quote: "All of them claiming to be the only true path to salvation, harmony, and benevolence."
Location: page 153
✔ 14. Peace
Book: A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Quote: "The last few kilometers before he arrived, he found some kind of peace within himself."
Location: page 145
✔ 15. Friendship
Book: The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Quote: "He’d grown up in Manhattan, too, in the same building as her own family, and had always been in her world because of his friendship with Billy."
Location: page 14
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Sign me up for 10 words please. Can they be any of the 10 words including bonus?
I want to try for all of the words, so my goal is 20.PROGRESS: 20/20 words
Books:
1.) A Prayer for Owen Meany (3 words: peculiar, moon, harmony)
2.) Flowers in the Snow (3 words: secret, friendship, known)
3.) Run Rose Run (3 words: strange, mysterious, celestial)
4.) The Keepers (2 words: unknown, glass)
5.) Cheddar Off Dead (3 words: curious, mirror, sun)
6.) Moose Be Love ( 3 words: reflected, plastic, conflict)
7.) Murder Can Frost Your Doughnut ( 3 words: crescent, peace, common)
Main Words
✔1. Unknown--Kippy began sprinting, Beretta in both hands, scanning the forest path in front of her, hoping no unknowns waited in the brush. (Book #4, page 240)
✔2. Strange--It was amazing--and so strange-- to hear her own voice coming through the speakers. (Book #3, page 179)
✔3. Mysterious--AnnieLee watched as the man poked a series of mysterious buttons and then turned to her with a furious look, one that softened so quickly she almost didn't catch it. (Book #3, page 150)
✔4. Secret--It's like we're secret friends and these bracelets mean something to us. (Book #2, page 85)
✔5. Peculiar--On the other hand, the sight of how small and peculiar he was might have been an equal shock to my cousins. (Book #1, page 70)
✔6. Curious--Weren't you curious to see who it was? (Book #5, page 25)
✔7. Moon--It was an especially dark night, cloudy and starless; the moon was just an opaque sliver in the fog. (Book #1, page 141)
✔8. Crescent--A pale crescent moon slipped in and out of view through the trees. (Book #7, page 13)
✔9. Celestial--You should see her, he'd texted. Not kidding. Voice like a celestial being (Book #3, page 62)
✔10. Glass--There were a couple of glass picture frames on the mayor's desk with their backs to him. (Book #4, page 146)
✔11. Mirror--"We called her, just before we came to get you," my brother said, meeting my eyes in his rearview mirror. (Book #5, page 47)
✔12. Reflect--The front windows that reflected the stark blue sky stretched toward the roof peak and felt so much more massive now that she was standing directly in front of them. (Book #6, page 26-14%)
✔13. Harmony--...then he switched to Colossians and that bit about "Love which binds everything together in harmony," and at last... (Book #1, page 121)
✔14. Peace-- A sense of serenity and peace fell over the entire area. (Book #7, page 237)
✔15. Friendship--More shocking than any of nature's changes was the fact they'd all survived and managed to nurture the seed of friendship they'd planted. (Book #2, page 118)
Bonus Words
✔1. Known--I've known for months this letter would arrive, but I still can't bring myself to open it. (Book #2, page 1)
✔2. Common--So that's another thing you all have in common? Caleb asked. (Book #5, page 139)
✔3. Sun--He looked at me, squinting against the pale sun. (Book #5, page 10)
✔4. Plastic--Ford moved around her toward an upper cabinet and pulled out a plastic bowl. (Book #6, page 27~14%)
✔5. Conflict--Tessa was used to her strict schedule and didn't like anything to conflict with it. (Book #6, page 11~5%)
Can I sign up for 15 words please? 11/15Main Words
1. Unknown
2. Strange Almost There
Pg. 157: "Strange, ain't it," a fisherman said.
3. Mysterious The Golden Enclaves
Pg. 48: "...if they were mad enough to want to linger for any length of time, with the whine and creak of a rotting house and the mysterious whooshes of air as space moved in and out of reality around them..."
4. Secret A Darkness At The Door
Pg. 25: "These are great secrets.
5. Peculiar
6. Curious A Darkness At The Door
Pg. 10: "I'm curious how you landed here."
7. Moon The Light Between Worlds
Pg. 31: Now the moon is up, casting quiet and friendly light across the sheep fields
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass The Light Between Worlds
Pg. 53: The way it sang against the leaded glass windows of Palace Beautiful
11. Mirror Almost There
Pg. 139: She turned to face the mirror and frowned.
12. Reflect The Light Between Worlds
Pg. 58: ...desperate to catch a bit of my sister's reflected glory.
13. Harmony The Queen's Gambit
Pg. 9: "The noises had already faded into a white, harmonious background."
14. Peace The Golden Enclaves
Pg. 72: "he stopped there and just sat with me, in the unending peace and beauty..."
15. Friendship Almost There
Pg. 40: Now she and the prince shared an unlikely friendship
Progress: 8/7 --
CHALLENGE COMPLETE!
✔ 1. Unknown
Book: Bewitched to Death by Constance Barker
Quote: The unknown was scary. That was the best and the worst thing about the unknown.
Location: Page 123
✔ 2. Strange
Book: Death of a Dead Man by Karin Kaufman
Quote: "What strange man?" Julia asked.
Location: Page 25
✔ 3. Mysterious
Book: The House on the Cliff by Franklin W. Dixon
Quote: "Dad, you said you're working on a very mysterious case right now," Frank spoke up.
Location: Page 1
4. Secret
5. Peculiar
6. Curious
✔ 7. Moon
Book: Resolved: You're Dead by Nicholas Adams
Quote: A full harvest moon has appeared illuminate the still night.
Location: Page 42
✔ 8. Crescent
Book: Proof of Innocence by Lenora Worth
Quote: The big Victorian house glistened with an eerie grayish-white wash from the light of a crescent moon.
Location: Page 38
9. Celestial
✔ 10. Glass
Book: Second Chances by Diana Xarissa
Quote: Now she was tired and all she wanted to do was soak in a hot bath with a glass of wine and a good book.
Location: Page 8
✔ 11. Mirror
Book: The Snow White Christmas Cookie by David Handler
Quote: He cringed at the sight of himself in the mirror.
Location: Page 2
12. Reflect
13. Harmony
14. Peace
✔ 15. Friendship
Book: Small Town Scandal by Kay Stockham
Quote: Right now, however, Rosetta's friendship was too precious to pass up.
Location: Loc 2147
Hola!Count me in please! I'll go for all the words!
PROGRESS: 20/20
Main Words
❎1. Unknown
Book: Chilled by Kendra Elliot
Quote:
Kiana liked him back. Of course, Kiana liked everybody. She gave Thomas a wide berth for reasons unkonwn, by she joyfully accepted everyone else.
Location: page 99 chapter 6
❎2. Strange
Book: Stealer of Souls by Diana Wynne Jones
Quote:
Gabriel de Witt told Chrestomanci that Cat was a strange, reserved boy. To which Chrestomanci answered “Really?” in his most sarcastic way.
Location: page 16
❎3. Mysterious
Book: The Holy Thief by William Ryan
Quote:
Semionov was excited at the scale of the investigation and the mysterious nature of the crime.
Location: page 94 chapter 8
❎4. Secret
Book: Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
Quote:
He keeps everything in a secret stash in the laundry room down in the basement, inside a hole he punched into the plaster behind a washing machine.
Location: page 4 chapter 1
❎5. Peculiar
Book: My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
Quote:
Did you notice anyone at the competition acting peculiar, hanging around, seeming to take an unusual interest in Sarah?
Location: page 52 chapter 12
❎6. Curious
Book: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie
Quote:
Kay gave him a curious look from under her dark lashes.
Location: page 33
❎7. Moon
Book: Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Quote:
The only one I could read was the huge red word that was stamped over the picture of the moon. Slapped you in the gob, that word did.
Location: page 9 chapter 4
❎8. Crescent
Book: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Quote:
The bracelet had belonged to her mother. Dulcie had loved it—loved the crescent moon charm in particular.
Location: page 13 chapter 1
❎9. Celestial
Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Spanish editon)
Quote:
Iluminado por la luna, parecía algo celestial: un dios emplumado y resplandeciente que surgiera del mar. / Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea.
Location: page 320 chapter LI
❎10. Glass
Book: Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
Quote:
He went out, giving place to Bunter, who, with an inscrutable face, was balancing upon a tray a black bottle, a bottle of whisky, an earthware jug, the two tumblers fo the night before, three cut-glass goblets (one with a chipped foot), a china mug with a handle and two pewter pots of different sizes.
Location: page 124 chapter 6
❎11. Mirror
Book: The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason
Quote:
The remnants fo the dream dissolved, replaced by a hum of anticipation and a tingle of apprehension. Victoria looked at herself in the tall, cloudy miror. The warning had come.
Location: page 2 prologue
❎12. Reflect
Book: Once in a Blue Moon by Penelope Williamson
Quote:
Jessalyn cast a glance at Clarence, but if his feelings had been wounded, his face didn't show it. No color mottled his fair complexion, and his eyes, reflecting the light from the roof lanterns, merely looked amused
Location: page 261 chapter 16
❎13. Harmony
Book: A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
Quote:
“I do hope you keep in mind the rather stringent positions our Holy Father has taken regarding anything of a mystical nature. I know you are enamored of your Eastern texts and your thoughts of philosophical harmony, but I do not wish for you to fall under his scrutiny. I have no doubt the result would be to no one’s liking.”
Location: page 200 chapter 13
❎14. Peace
Book: Dusk by Melody Anne
Quote:
She nodded at him and turned to survey her home where peace, tranquility and eternal love flourished.
Location: Page 9 chapter 1
❎15. Friendship
Book: Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
Quote:
Steeling herself, she offered him a hand in friendship.
Location: Page 35 chapter 3
Bonus Words
❎1. Known
Book: Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh
Quote:
Action known as 'routine' was now steadily under way.
Location: page 206 chapter 9
❎2. Common
Book: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
Quote:
In that first year, Emily lived in college, and she had in her room a portable record player, a type that was quite common then.
Location: Page 38
❎3. Sun
Book: The Wolf Within by Cynthia Eden
Quote:
She struggled against him, fighting with all her strength, but she was no match for him. Not then. Not with the sun up and her body desperate for a dosage.
Location: 26% loc. 679
❎4. Plastic
Book: Full House by Steffie Hall & Janet Evanovich
Quote:
Bad day, huh? Billie opened the refrigerator and pulled out a plastic pitcher.
Location: page 59 chapter 4
❎5. Conflict
Book: The Silent Pool by Patricia Wentworth
Quote:
You have in your household three persons in a state of mental conflict. One of them displays considerable emotional instability.
Location: page 153 chapter 23
Finished: 2022/12/29I think I'd like to give this a try (and hope that the German words will count as well).
Progress: 40/40
currently reading:
Main Words
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Book 1: Das Biest in ihm by Serena Valentino
Quote: Er hat geradezu darauf bestanden, dass ich dieses Fest gebe, nur um sich dann zu unbekannten Orten aufzumachen und mich hier zurückzulassen.
Location: Page 68
Book 2: Was wir verbergen by Arttu Tuominen
Quote: Das sind mir langsam zu viele Unbekannte.
Location: Page 303
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Book 1: Oscar Wilde by Philippe Jullian
Quote: Its deep fantasy and very strange atmosphere took me by storm.
Location: Page 191
Book 2: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Quote: The word felt strange in my mouth, like another language.
Location: Page 39
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Book 1: “I am always satisfied with the Best” Aphorisms, Epigrams, Quips and Witticisms by Oscar Wilde
Quote: Soul and body, body and soul - how mysterious they are!
Location: Page 31
Book 2: Der Totschläger by Chris Carter
Quote: Erst verschwand das gesamte Geld auf seinem Bankkonto auf mysteriöse Weise, scheinbar aufgrund eines internen Computerfehlers, dessen Ursache jedoch niemand ermitteln konnte.
Location: Page 180
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Book: Der Reisende by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Quote: Er wusste nur noch, dass das Wort Geheimnis in ihm vorkam.
Location: Page 112
Book 2: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Quote: But he can also tutor you in algebra and keep a secret, and that's the stuff I would talk about if I were giving his eulogy.
Location: Page 60
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Book 1: Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque
Quote: Es ist für mich sonderbar, daran zu denken, dass zu Hause, in einer Schreibtischlade, ein angefangenes Drama "Saul" und ein Stoß Gedichte liegen.
Location: Page 23
Book 2: Das Biest in ihm by Serena Valentino
Quote: Es stimmte: Alle im Dorf hielten sie für ein eigenartiges Mädchen, weil sie so viel las und sich nicht wie die anderen Mädchen benahm.
Location: Page 176
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Book 1: Oscar Wilde by Philippe Jullian
Quote: He liked the promenade where people exchanged curious looks, and the uproar behind the scenes.
Location: Page 182
Book 2: Ein Wochenende by Charlotte Wood
Quote: Der Ausdruck der Gesichter veränderte sich; einige wirkten abweisend, andere einfach nur neugierig.
Location: Page 273
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Book 1: Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen by Heinrich Mann
Quote: Er wanderte auf der dunklen Seite; drüben verbreitete sich heller Mond.
Location: Page 47
Book 2: Alle Teufel dieser Hölle by Barry Eisler
Quote: Dann lagen sie hinter ihm und er war wieder allein mit dem Mond.
Location: Page 339
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Book 1: Ein Wochenende by Charlotte Wood
Quote: Sie kamen immer zu Xanders Weihnachtsfeier nach Bittoes, erklärte sie und deutete in Richtung Louisa Crescent, wo alle Häuser riesig waren und eine traumhafte Aussicht hatten.
Location: Page 171
Book 2: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Quote: It was crescent-shaped, cradling our future camp at the side and back.
Location: Page 204-205
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Book 1: Das Biest in ihm by Serena Valentino
Quote: Er war mit einigen der Blumen aus dem Gewächshaus von Tulips Überraschung im Garten geschmückt worden, und die Kerzen leuchteten hell und erzeugten in ihren bemalten Kristallschalen ein überirdisches Licht.
Location: Page 132-133
Book 2: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Quote: The attack has begun, and Zeus is keeping his bargain, punctuating the Trojans' advance with celestial encouragement.
Location: Page 300
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Book 1: Der Reisende by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Quote: "Geben Sie mir noch ein Glas, junger Mann", forderte Silbermann energisch.
Location: Page 150
Book 2: Alle Teufel dieser Hölle by Barry Eisler
Quote: Er hob das Glas zu einem spöttischen Salut und trank einen gewaltigen Schluck.
Location: Page 238
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Book 1: Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen by Heinrich Mann
Quote: Unrat sah es nicht selbst: so viel unternahm er nicht; er erfuhr es nur durch den Spiegel, dem sie zugekehrt stand.
Location: Page 63
Book 2: Was wir verbergen by Arttu Tuominen
Quote: Er legte einen Büstenhalter um, nimmt das lange rot-weiße Kleid vom Bügel, legt sich ein Tuch um die Schultern und begutachtet sich im Spiegel.
Location: Page 9
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Book 1: Oscar Wilde by Philippe Jullian
Quote: The harmony that a delicate proportion of line can give is reflected in the mind.
Location: Page 155
Book 2: Monster auf der Couch by Jenny Jägerfeld & Mats Strandberg
Quote: Aber es ist doch nicht das Porträt, das den Lebenswandel widerspiegelt.
Location: Page 393
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Book 1: “I am always satisfied with the Best” Aphorisms, Epigrams, Quips and Witticisms by Oscar Wilde
Quote: The harmony of soul and body - how much that is!
Location: Page 33
Book 2: Monster auf der Couch by Jenny Jägerfeld & Mats Strandberg
Quote: Gut zu sein heißt, in Harmonie mit sich selbst zu leben, und Missklang herrscht, wenn man gezwungen wird, in Harmonie mit anderen zu sein.
Location: Page 432
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Book 1: Der Reisende by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
Quote: Wer in Frieden lebt, kann sich den Krieg gar nicht vorstellen, das ist bekannt.
Location: Page 153
Book 2: Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque
Quote: "Albert, was würdest du tun, wenn jetzt mit einemmal Frieden wäre?"
Location: Page 74
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Book 1: Professor Unrat oder Das Ende eines Tyrannen by Heinrich Mann
Quote: "Das ist nur die wahre Freundschaft und die Literatur", sagte er dabei wie gewöhnlich.
Location: Page 46
Book 2: Ein Wochenende by Charlotte Wood
Quote: Bis jetzt hatte sie nie darüber nachgedacht, dass sich das ausgeleierte Gummiband ihrer Freundschaft eines Tages auflösen könnte.
Location: Page 150
Bonus Words
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Book 1: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Quote: Because if it had become known that my mother could no longer care for us, the district would have taken us away from her and placed us in the community home.
Location: Page 32-33
Book 2: Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Quote: Seit langem ist uns bekannt - und die Computer-Simulationen von Kundstadter und seinem Team haben es endgültig nachgewiesen -, daß es Gesellschaften, welche die Heirat zwischen bestimmten Typen von Verwandten empfehlen, nur in einer geringen Zahl von Fällen gelingt, der Norm Folge zu leisten.
Location: Page 25
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Book 1: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Quote: I don't know stats or nothing like that, but Death-Cast fucking up alerts isn't exactly common news.
Location: Page 15
Book 2: Was wir verbergen by Arttu Tuominen
Quote: Was ich sagen will, ist, dass Dinge, die für uns normal sind, es in anderen Teilen der Welt nicht unbedingt sind - und andersherum.
Location: Page 295
✓
Book 1: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Quote: There's newness that comes with the rising sun, and even though there's a chance I won't reach daytime or see sun rays filtering through trees in the park, I should look at today as one long morning.
Location: Page 131
Book 2: Im Westen Nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque
Quote: Es ist die schönste Zeit, wenn das Korn reift, abends in der Sonne sehen die Felder dann aus wie Perlmutter.
Location: Page 33
✓
Book 1: “I am always satisfied with the Best” Aphorisms, Epigrams, Quips and Witticisms by Oscar Wilde
Quote: They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute.
Location: Page 50
Book 2: Der Totschläger by Chris Carter
Quote: Es lagen Plastik- und Papiertüten herum, leere Bier- und Limodosen, doch abgesehen davon war die Gasse sauberer als die meisten anderen, die Hunter bislang in Downtown Los Angeles gesehen hatte.
Location: Page 43
✓
Book 1: Monster auf der Couch by Jenny Jägerfeld & Mats Strandberg
Quote: Aber statt sofort mögliche Hintertürchen zu öffnen, sollten wir lieber noch besser verstehen, wie dieser Konflikt Ihre Beziehung beeinträchtigt.
Location: Page 161
Book 2: Die elementaren Strukturen der Verwandtschaft by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Quote: Und zur Erklärung des Verzichts auf ein Privileg braucht man sich nicht unbedingt auf den Eingriff des Kalküls oder der Autorität zu berufen: er kann ganz einfach die Auflösung eines affektiven Konflikts sein, deren Modell schon auf der Stufe des tierischen Lebens zu beobachten ist.
Location: Page 95
finished reading:
📝 WORD HUNT - Q4 Quarterly ChallengeDuration: October 1 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 20/20 -- COMPLETE
Main Words
📝 1. Unknown
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: It seemed like an infinite abyss of unknowns.
Location: 22%
📝 2. Strange
Book: When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
Quote: Cornered mothers pray for strange things.
Location: 72%
📝 3. Mysterious
Book: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Quote: Meanwhile the mystery of love reveals itself, again and again, in the mystery of you.
Location: 96%
📝 4. Secret
Book: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Quote: Each secret, each unspoken thing was round and hard and heavy and cold, like a stone hung around the necks of both grandmother and girl.
Location: 43%
📝 5. Peculiar
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: The first two peculiarities were put down to her being a relative newcomer to English and a girl who had endured and survived the unspeakable.
Location: 15%
📝 6. Curious
Book: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Quote: I've already outlasted any reasonable allotment of life on this earth. And I'm ever so curious to know what comes next.
Location: 23%
📝 7. Moon
Book: Artemis by Andy Weir
Quote: I live in Artemis, the first (and so far, only) city on the moon.
Location: 3%
📝 8. Crescent
Book: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Quote: They were beautiful, yet something vital in them had been lost. Once you had seen the full moon, the crescent lost its charm.
Location: 90%
📝 9. Celestial
Book: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Quote: In the Celestial Kingdom, there were no seasons to chart the passage of time.
Location: 24%
📝 10. Glass
Book: Artemis by Andy Weir
Quote: We've got plenty of silicon on the moon, so glass is locally made.
Location: 6%
11. Mirror
Book: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Quote: Cujo growled at me in the rearview mirror again, and I beamed at him. Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.
Location: 9%
📝 12. Reflect
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: The bail was steep, and he had no collateral apart from a twenty-five-dollar reflecting telescope and a 1949 Crosley sedan.
Location: 12%
📝 13. Harmony
Book: When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
Quote: We were pressed against each other, a husband and wife bound together not by marriage, but by the harmony of our hearts.
Location: 34%
📝 14. Peace
Book: When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi
Quote: With a son and a daughter, we were even more desperate for peace to return to Afghanistan.
Location: 24%
📝 15. Friendship
Book: Artemis by Andy Weir
Quote: I wish everyone was like her. No chitchat, no bullshit, no pretense of friendship.
Location: 24%
Bonus Words
1. Known
Book: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Quote: Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better?
Location: 69%
📝 2. Common
Book: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Quote: There is no greater unity than a common danger.
Location: 76%
📝 3. Sun
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: “Do you want to live in the sun?” he asked quietly. “Or do you want to go back in the shadows?”
Location: 32%
📝 4. Plastic
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: Not only has Jonathan Marino had a good deal of plastic surgery, but he's almost as old as my father.
Location: 52%
📝 5. Conflict
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: Where other, less tractable children might have openly rebelled or thrown a tantrum, my mother had learned to withdraw, to abstain, to retreat from a scene of conflict without moving a muscle.
Location: 39%
PROGRESS: 0/20 wordsMain Words
1. Unknown
2. Strange
3. Mysterious
4. Secret
5. Peculiar
6. Curious
7. Moon
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass
11. Mirror
12. Reflect
13. Harmony
14. Peace
15. Friendship
Bonus Words
1. Known
2. Common
3. Sun
4. Plastic
5. Conflict
PROGRESS: 20/20 words COMPLETED Main Words
1. Unknown
📚: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
🎤: "Unknown was all that was written in the space where his father’s name might have been."
📍: page 12
2. Strange
📚: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
🎤: "She was heart-stilling and strange, her beauty magnetic."
📍: page 20
3. Mysterious
📚: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
🎤: "Everyone agreed that Reva’s mother had been a good woman, that her death was sad, but that life was mysterious..."
📍: page 167
4. Secret -
📚: Healing the Heart by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "I’m jealous of your pillow at night, because it holds all your secrets."
📍: page 94
5. Peculiar
📚: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
🎤: "Time is a peculiar thing."
📍: page 47
6. Curious
📚: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
🎤: "Though the curious quiet and lightness of her mind pleased her"
📍: page 95
7. Moon
📚: Healing the Heart by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "The rain clouds return to the sky, as does the sun, the moon, and the stars."
📍: page 199
8. Crescent
📚: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
🎤: "A crescent moon sits at the nape of her neck."
📍: page 75
9. Celestial
📚: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
🎤: "They’re mostly pleasant visions, ethereal spirits, celestial light patterns, angels, friendly ghosts."
📍: page 121
10. Glass
📚: The Clockwork Queen
🎤: "I felt as if her glass eyes could really see me."
📍: page 44
11. Mirror
📚: Mending the Mind by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "She looks in the mirror and knows each new day is still a journey"
📍: page 184
12. Reflect
📚: This World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer
🎤: "I reflected and refracted my situation"
📍: page 44
13. Harmony
📚: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
🎤: "Mr. Barris returns to his drafting table, scratching pencil and ticking clock in harmony once more."
📍: page 166
14. Peace
📚: Mending the Mind by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "You belong to a life feeling safe and at peace"
📍: page 194
15. Friendship
📚: Mending the Mind by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "Growing from struggles, lost friendships, and self-destruction doesn’t mean changing who you are."
📍: page 78
Bonus Words
1. Known
📚: Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell
🎤: "They will leave you bruised and angry, with feelings you have never known"
📍: page 57
2. Common
📚: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
🎤: "Others swore the place was no better than a mother-and-baby home where common..."
📍: page 33
3. Sun
📚: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
🎤: "Isn’t it nice to see them showing a bit of manners and not asking for the sun and stars?"
📍: page 22
4. Plastic
📚: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
🎤: "It was a comfort to me to hear the torn plastic bags rustle in the draft from the living room windows."
📍: page 9
5. Conflict
📚: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
🎤: "The conflict split their minds in half, threatened their own bodies."
📍: page 33
I will start with 12 words!15/12-- Challenge Complete!
Main Words
1. Unknown
Book: The Night Watchman
Quote: "From her Catholic schooling, she would never have known about Indians at all except as a bunch of heathens who were vanquished or conveniently died off."
Location:
2. Strange:
Book: Lovecraft Country
Quote: "Letitia picked up the pancake mix again, registering the strange scrabbling inside the box a half second too late."
Location: page 128
3. Mysterious:
Book: Condemned
Quote: "He believed Welks, finally, but Bastian found no electronic trail for Welks follow-up communique to this mysterious benefactor."
Location: 2947
4. Secret:
Book: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Quote: "He had a secret. A powerful secret that he would have as long as he lived."
Location: page 366
5. Peculiar:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "Either Dad or I would end up displeasing Mom with a less-than-flattering stance or a peculiar expression, but Dad always preferred the outtakes."
Location: page 80
6. Curious:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "How curious. . . Did you know her last name?"
Location: page 180
7. Moon:
Book: Turbo Twenty-Three
Quote: "It was a cloudless sky with a sliver of a moon."
Location: page 109
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass:
Book: Lovecraft Country
Quote: "The sheriff shot out his back window, and one round came straight through and starred the glass above the steering wheel, right at eye level."
Location: page 29
11. Mirror
Book: French Quarter Artists
Quote: "At this age, when Ivy looked in the mirror all she could see were wrinkles."
Location: 1196 of 5125
12. Reflect:
Book: Across the Winding River
Quote: "The way her hair caught the sunlight, so brilliant I expected it to reflect rainbows like a prism."
Location: page 126
13. Harmony
14. Peace:
Book: Condemned
Quote: "Finally, he had some peace and quiet."
Location: 1741
15. Friendship:
Book: Betrayal in Death
Quote: "She understood friendship, its pulls and tugs and its puzzles."
Location: page 74
Bonus Words
1. Known
2. Common
Book: How to Love Your Elf
Quote: "In Woodwyn, we worship the sun as our father, but we consider the Wyn River our mother, for it is there that the elfin people had their beginning many centuries ago."
Location: page 64
4. Plastic:
Book: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Quote: "They wanted to trade for cheap plastic containers UNHCR gave us for water."
Location: page 65
5. Conflict:
Book: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Quote: "I asked my mother why andshe said the intambara-- the conflict."
Location: page 18
I'm going to try to find all 20.WORD HUNT
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2022
Progress 20 / 20 - COMPLETED 12-27-22
Main Words
🌜 1. Unknown Steal, James Patterson, pg 151, "It wouldn't matter what special unknown assignment you might be doing for the mayor."
🌜 2. Strange The Chanel Sisters, pg 136, Judithe Little, "It was strange to think we were all leading such separate lives.
🌜 3. Mysterious The Book Charmer, Karen Hawkins, pg. 315 "They'd searched the wet corners in the dark, in the rain, without the expectation of being paid back in some mysterious way.
🌜 4. Secret The Woman in the Library, Sulari Gentill, pg 82, "I'll keep your secret."
🌜 5. Peculiar Eve, Wm Paul Young, pg 20, "She did know she was human and a female, questions she thought peculiar."
🌜 6. Curious The Violets of March, Sarah Jio, pg 83 "Oh, by the way Annabelle", I said, "just curious - what does your research say about the name Elliot?"
🌜 7. Moon Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult, pg 305, "His smile gleams in the light of the moon."
🌜 8. Crescent The Chanel Sisters, Judithe Little, pg 42, "At Aubazine, she etched five-pointed stars and crescent moons like the ones in the mysterious mosaics that we always thought were lucky, stepping on each one whenever we passed through the corridor as if it would give us some celestial power.
🌜 9. Celestial - same sentence as above.
🌜 10. Glass The Night Child, Anna Quinn, pg 168, "She presses her face to the glass; the wire mesh behind it makes her feel like she's in a confessional.
🌜 11. Mirror The Woman in the Library, Sulari Gentill, pg 74, "Leo's apartment is a mirror image of mine architecturally, though it's aestheticis more modern."
🌜 12. Reflect, Eve, Wm Paul Young, pg 132, "Lilly examined her reflect(ion) carefully."
🌜 13. Harmony, Eve, Wm Paul Young, pg 15, "The effect was an overwhelming cacophony as harmony wrapped itself around a central melody."
🌜 14. Peace The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears, pg 199, Mark Batterson, "We had peace because we were praying through."
🌜 15. Friendship Small Great Things, pg 214, Jodi Picoult, "I try to see this gesture as friendship, but it feels like I'm a problem to solve."
Bonus Words
🌜 1. Known The Woman in the Library, Sulari Gentill, pg. 67, "After all, we've only known each other a couple of weeks."
🌜 2. Common Small Great Things, pg 265, Jodi Picoult, "The reason we do not talk about race is because we do not speak a common language."
🌜 3. Sun A Cousin's Prayer, Wanda Brunstetter, pg 78, "The morning sun cast a golden haze over their cornfield."
🌜 4. Plastic The Night Child, Anna Quinn, pg 202, "She arranges the flowers in a plastic glass on her nightstand."
🌜 5. Conflict The Master Craftsman, Kelli Stuart, pg 206, "With each step, he felt the weight of the conflict in his soul, and by the time he reached the top, the fatigue had grown so heavy that he could barely lift his feet."
Rules
1. You may find up to THREE words per book.
2. State the book title and author, the sentence containing the word(s), and the location(s). Location may be given by page number, percentage. or LOC, allowing for print, audiobooks or ebooks.
I'm in, especially now that I see I only have to find each word once in a book.I'll start with a goal of finding 6 and see how the month goes - updated to 18:
19/19
Main Words
🍂1. Unknown I was in a car with and ex-convict and an ex-spy, barreling down on an unknown future-if that wasn't a set of mathematical variables that equaled adventure, I didn't know what was page 208 The Alice Network Oct 3
🍂>2. Strange All my life, random acts of kindness had been so rare that they'd stick out in my memory and I'd think: how strange page 262 The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
🍂3. Mysterious - Half the time he's a reasonable, astute politican. Wheh he's beyond his depth he gets mystical, pompous, and silly page 400 hardcover The Winds of War - mystical
🍂4. Secret "I suppose it's no secret.: He turned away, putting his hands on the back of a chair. "I thought I could save her from prison... page 227 paperback The Alice Network Oct 3
🍂5. Peculiar That's the truth about submarines and this is one peculiar conversation to be having with a neophyte. page 508 The Winds of War
🍂6. Curious "I do'nt feel guilty, but I do feel might curious about that, page 451 The Winds of War
🍂7. Moon Moonlight pooled on the bedroom floor. page 3 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Oct 12
🍂 8. Crescent "My dad's just your average Crescent City crook." page 133 Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys Oct 4
9. Celestial
🍂10. Glass "Axis, instead of a beer how about a glass of iced tea?" page 83 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Oct 12
🍂11. Mirror I looked at myself in the broken mirror hanging on my wall and sighted at the girl staring back at me. page 118 Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys Oct 4
🍂 12. Reflect He wore aviator sungalsses that reflected an image of me behind the steering wheel. page 198 Upgrade Oct 19
🍂13. A lot of people want to skip ahead to the finish line of racial harmony. page 140 Harmony So You Want to Talk About Race Oct 5
🍂14. Peace And if not joy then peace at least. page 267 Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Oct 12
🍂15. Friendship Smugglers brought goods from the county of Changbai on the Chinese side, across the narrow, shallow river for collection by a Korean contact, or across the Changbai-Hyesan Bridge (known to locals as the Friendship Bridge). page 39 The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
Bonus Words
🍂1. Known I hadn't known that Governor Adelaide had selected anyone to take the position since her inauguration. page 303 Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis
2. Common NO matter how tightly the trains were packed--and that this was carried to excess is common knowledge--the tying up of rolling stock became a grave problem.page 148 War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
🍂3. Sun The sun was warm on my head and my arm brushed Finn's every stride or two, which filled me with a ridiculous shiver of sensation. page 254 The Alice Network Oct 3
🍂4. Plastic They looked like fashion dolls together. Perfect in appearance but plastic in attraction. Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys Oct 4
🍂5. Conflict Marshall in great disgust therefore recommended to President Roosevelt that the Americans throw their weight into the Japanese conflict.page 403 War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
Rules
1. You may find up to THREE words per book.
2. State the book title and author, the sentence containing the word(s), and the location(s). Location may be given by page number, percentage. or LOC, allowing for print, audiobooks or ebooks.
3. For the main words, you may use the exact word or a modification of its root word to another part of speech, as long as the root meaning is the same. E.g., mystery, mysteries, mysterious, mystify, etc.
4. For the bonus words, which are theme-word opposites, you must find the exact word with no modifications.
i am in i am going to start with 5 with a goal for more Main Words
1. Unknown
Book: Call After Midnight Mignon G. Eberhart
Quote: She felt sick and frightened more by the unknown than the known.
Location 2255
2. Strange
Book: End Scene Nicky James
Quote: Whatever strange walls had been erected between us didn't exist for those few minutes.
Location: 2871
3. Mysterious
4. Secret
5. Peculiar
6. Curious
7. Moon
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass
11. Mirror
12. Reflect
13. Harmony
14. Peace
15. Friendship
Bonus Words
1. Known
2. Common
3. Sun
4. Plastic
5. Conflict
Please sign me up for all 20 words :) Progress: 0/20
Main Words
1. Unknown
2. Strange
3. Mysterious
4. Secret
5. Peculiar
6. Curious
7. Moon
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass
11. Mirror
12. Reflect
13. Harmony
14. Peace
15. Friendship
Bonus Words
1. Known
2. Common
3. Sun
4. Plastic
5. Conflict
Sign me up for 8/8-COMPLETED
Main Words
✅ 1)Unknown (11/12/22)
Book: New Kids on the Block: Five Brothers and a Million Sisters by Nikki Van Noy
Quote: "The guys asked Dick why they should do the show (hosted by the magazine of the same name), seeing as how they were still an unknown commodity across the pond."
Location: Page 117
✅ 3)Mysterious (9/12/22)
Book: Cover Your Eyes by Adèle Geras
Quote: I'd even hinted that I was going to dinner somewhere special and allowed the others to wonder who my mystery date was.
Location: Page 1
✅ 4)Secret (3/11/22)
Book: Badly Behaved Women: The Story of Modern Feminism by Anna-Marie Crowhurst
Quote: "Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, explained exactly what Betty Draper was suffering from: it was the "the problem that had no name": the "secret" that a life devoted to the traditional middle-class female ideal-of housewifery, wifedom and motherhood-did not make all women happy."
Location: Page 32
✅ 10)Glass (5/12/22)
Book: The Life You Left Behind by Debbie Howells
Quote: 'Here is fine'. I pulled myself up onto one of the bar stools, watching as she gets a glass
Location: Page 73
✅ 11)Mirror (9/12/22)
Book: Cover Your Eyes by Adèle Geras
Quote: Eva, no longer four years old, but nearly eighty, found herself in tears in front of the mirror.
Location: Page 299
✅ 12)Reflect (16/12/22)
Book: Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
Quote: My eyes are glued to the reflections of the trees in the water, but then I rip them away and peek at Dom.
Location: Page 37
✅ 15)Friendship (4/12/22)
Book: Last Time We Met by Emily Houghton
Quote: 'Eleanor Ruth Levy. Sign this pact immediately or risk losing our friendship for ever.' He leapt oof the bed and trust the piece of paper under her nose.
Location: Page 2
Bonus Words
✅ 2)Common (12/11/22)
Book: Women at War: 1914-1918 by Carol Harris
Quote: Industrial action in public transport was common and thousands of women would go on to strike to try to achieve equal pay.
Location: Page 16
Sign me up for all 20, please?
Start: October 1, 2022
End: December 31, 2022
Found: 19/20
Main Words:
1. Unknown
Book: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Shea Ernshaw
Quote: A feeling so strange and unknown and peculiar that it makes me dizzy.
Location: pg. 8
2. Strange
Book: Escape! - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: ...nothing strange about them.
Location: loc. 504
3. Mysterious
Book: The Merciless - Danielle Vega
Quote: ...older and more mysterious than he actually was.
Location: pg. 291
4. Secret
Book: Escape! - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: "What’s your secret, Monty?”
Location: loc. 252
5. Peculiar
Book: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Shea Ernshaw
Quote: Each with its own peculiar doorway.
Location: pg. 14
6. Curious
Book: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Shea Ernshaw
Quote: “Are they cupids?” I ask, curious why these babies are tucked into a pram...
Location: pg. 26
7. Moon
Book: Ex-Communication - Peter Clines
Quote: “It’s not just about the path of the Moon. ...
Location: pg. 19
8. Crescent
Book: Zombie - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: ...the shape of two jagged crescents.
Location: pg. 38
9. Celestial
Book:
Quote:
Location:
10. Glass
Book: Ex-Communication - Peter Clines
Quote: St. George raised his glass.
Location: pg. 49
11. Mirror
Book: Zombie - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: ...towards the rear-view mirror.
Location: pg. 7
12. Reflect
Book: The Merciless - Danielle Vega
Quote: Her black eyes reflect the light of the fire.
Location: pg. 234
13. Harmony
Book: The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas
Quote: ...this was a harmony of different voices,...
Location: pg. 337
14. Peace
Book: The Merciless - Danielle Vega
Quote: I come in peace.
Location: pg. 29
15. Friendship
Book: Zombie - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: ...left little time for friendships.
Location: pg. 16
Bonus Words:
1. Known
Book: The One - John Marrs
Quote: They'd known each other's personality...
Location: pg. 24
2. Common
Book: The One - John Marrs
Quote: ...to find some common ground...
Location: pg. 16
3. Sun
Book: The One - John Marrs
Quote: "...without seeing the sun rise"
Location: pg. 20
4. Plastic
Book: Escape! - Iain Rob Wright
Quote: ...a red plastic canister...
Location: loc. 858
5. Conflict
Book: Ex-Communication - Peter Clines
Quote: ...see the conflict on her face.
Location: pg. 145
Interesting take on a challenge. I like it! Please sign me up for 15 words. Thank you!15 / 15 COMPLETED 12/11/22
Main Words
1. Unknown - Book The Case of the Missing MarquessBy Nancy Springer
Quote: "Lacking any proof that Lord Tewksbury has indeed fallen into the hands of this unknown individual or individuals, the authorities advise against paying the ransom."
Location Pg 187
2. Strange - Book The Traitor's Game By Jennifer A. Nielsen
Quote: "You had a strange way of showing it."
Location Pg 62
3. Mysterious - Book Kingdom of the Wicked By Kerri Maniscalco
Quote: "No matter that they were soulless creatures who belong to the devil, or they'd kill them on sight, the twins were enchanted by these dark and mysterious princes of Hell."
Location: Page 6
4. Secret - Book The Traitor's Game By Jennifer A. Nielsen
Quote: "Kestra nodded, but already seemed lost in another maze of thoughts, secrets she guarded well."
Location Pg 188
5. Peculiar - Book Kingdom of the Cursed By Kerri Maniscalco
Quote: "In a dreamlike state, I watched Wrath perform the most peculiar tasks."
Location Pg 54
6. Curious - Book The Final Gambit By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Quote: "Fine word, curious, he continued, his voice like velvet."
Location Pg 124
7. Moon - Book The Diamond Eye By Kate Quinn
Quote: "This whole scene seemed as foreign to me as the moon."
Location Pg 273
8. Crescent - Book Kingdom of the Wicked By Kerri Maniscalco
Quote "Bones of the dead, and the dead are dust because I've seen the raven's wings beating against the crescent moon."
9. Celestial - Book Kingdom of the Cursed By Kerri Maniscalco
Quote: "Maybe it was the dreamlike beauty of the celestial scene painted on the ceiling, or the sultry steam of the Crescent Shadows."
Location Pg 151
10. Glass - Book Aces Wild: A Heist By Amanda DeWitt
Quote: "I slipped in between a man with a bristly mustache and a woman with long, red fingernails, testing the waters as I took her empty glass and set it on my tray."
Location: Pg 131
11. Mirror - Book The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Quote "Still, she wished she'd brought the scrying mirror, wished she could talk to her grandmother."
Location Page 394
12. Reflect - Book When Crickets Cry By Charles Martin
Quote: "Annie and Cindy sat in the back, huddled together, their eyes reflecting the dash lights through the rearview mirror."
Location: Pg 286
13. Harmony - Book The Case of the Missing Marquess By Nancy Springer
Quote: "On a corner stood three dark-haired children singing in harmony like angels, in a language I did not know, the middle one with a crockery cup extended for my penny."
Location Pg 182
14. Peace - Book The Guinevere Deception By Kiersten White
Quote: "What peace she could find was in the sway and bump of the horse beneath her."
Location: Pg 6
15. Friendship - Book The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Quote "But real friendship doesn't always take the easy way, does it?"
Location Page 366
msg. #9 - 1/7 complete :)
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 1/20
❎13. Harmony
Book: A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
Quote:
“I do hope you keep in mind the rather stringent positions our Holy Father has taken regarding anything of a mystical nature. I know you are enamored of your Eastern texts and your thoughts of philosophical harmony, but I do not wish for you to fall under his scrutiny. I have no doubt the result would be to no one’s liking.”
Location: page 200 chapter 13
I'll give this a try!Main Words
1. Unknown
Book:My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Quote:"and nothing scares anyone more than the unknown."
Location: p. 84
2. Strange
Book:Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy
Quote: "In that same situation you could say, "That's strange...."
Location:p. 222
3. Mysterious
Book:
Quote:
Location:
4. Secret
Book:My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Quote:"And then Elsa changes quickly to the secret language."
Location: p. 7
5. Peculiar
Book:
Quote:
Location:
6. Curious
Book:The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
Quote: "I had retained that same innate curiosity."
Location: 90%
7. Moon
Book: Five Little Indians
Quote: "the full moon shining through the window"
Location: 40%
8. Crescent
Book:
Quote:
Location:
9. Celestial
Book:
Quote:
Location:
10. Glass
Book:My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Quote:"Smells of tobacco and.....peanut cake and glass and baby."
Location: p. 364
11. Mirror
Book: Light from Uncommon Stars
Quote: "Miss Satomi would be in front of a fairy-tale mirror, lounging on a bed that was plush and velvet."
Location:p. 273
12. Reflect
Book:The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert
Quote: "reflecting off the water" 26%
Location:
13. Harmony
Book:Light from Uncommon Stars
Quote: "tuned to resonate with warp filaments and project a harmonious warp field."
Location:p. 144
14. Peace
Book: Five Little Indians
Quote: "And deserved the peace of home and garden"
Location: 93%
15. Friendship
Book:Light from Uncommon Stars
Quote: "Friendship? Sharing? Shining bridges between changing communities?"
Location:p. 295
Bonus Words
1. Known
Book:
Quote:
Location:
2. Common
Book:
Quote:
Location:
3. Sun
Book:Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy
Quote:"In the middle of the summer and the sun is beating through the windows."
Location:p. 89
4. Plastic
Book:
Quote:
Location:
5. Conflict
Book:Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy
Quote:"This advice is in direct conflict with psychological research."
Location: p. 44
Gosh I love this. In for all twenty.Rules
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Main Words (Exact or root word)
✔1. Unknown
"An unknown continent filled with gold?" - Seven Vampires by Lavie Tidhar, read online
✔2. Strange
"They would never have allowed it to remain in the palace were it not for one strange truth: hideous as the creature was, impossible as it seemed, the Princess loved it." - Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire, read online
✔3. Mysterious
"They said the lottery used Shenzhen ghost market tech and was overseen by the Others, those mysterious digital intelligences that first evolved in Jerusalem’s Breeding Grounds and now lived in impenetrable Cores guarded over by the mercenaries of Clan Ayodhya." - Yiwu by Lavie Tidhar, read online
✔4. Secret
"If I tried hard enough, if I conjured all the secrets left in me, perhaps I could bring these photos back again." - The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste, page 42
✔5. Peculiar
"But as she spoke, my attention was drawn to two peculiarities." - With Her Eyes by Liu Cixin, read online
✔6. Curious
"They stopped, curious, at his stall and each bought one ticket, and they paid with coins that bore the profile of a P’rin, those imaginary reptilian birds that the Re-Born believed were the time-travelling messengers of their Emperor." - Yiwu by Lavie Tidhar, read online
✔7. Moon
"The lightning, like the hungry hand of the Moon, reached down and grasped it tight, and everything was brilliance and the burn. - In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire, read online
✔8. Crescent
"The moon had risen, a crescent scythe in the field of stars." - Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy, read online
☐9. Celestial⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️
✔10. Glass
"For a split second I saw it mist the inside of the glass." - Printer's Devil Court by Susan Hill, page 39.
✔11. Mirror
'“The mirror,” gasped Alexis, recoiling.' - In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire, read online
✔12. Reflect
'“I’m sorry,” said Alexis. “I’m so very sorry. But you’re the reflection of the Master’s daughter, aren’t you?”' - In Mercy, Rain by Seanan McGuire, read online
✔13. Harmony
"One by one, their voices joined in harmony as they performed the sunset’s summoning, and the tiny bones of their charges began to stir and tremble until the first of the children pulled herself together from her composite pieces, skull still painted from the previous night." - Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire, read online
✔14. Peace
"Go, child, and sing to the winds above, while we sleep peacefully below." - Skeleton Song by Seanan McGuire, read online
☐15. Friendship⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️
Bonus Words (Exact word only)
✔1. Known
"Temperatures remained below freezing and twice plummeted to depths barely known since the Great Frost, when the Thames had frozen over." - Printer's Devil Court by Susan Hill, page 29
✔2. Common
"But I am puzzled as to why you should think either Rafe or myself likely to be common murderers." - Printer's Devil Court by Susan Hill, page 35
✔3. Sun
"You'd obliterated everything else in my life like the passing of the moon blotting out the noonday sun." - The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste, page 38
✔4. Plastic
"Back in our room with no microwave, we giggled and ate the soup cold, slurping every drop out with plastic sporks." - The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste, page 14
☐5. Conflict⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️⬅️
Books:
17/20 words
I'm in for 20.Words Found: 20/20
Challenge Complete
Main Words
1. Unknown
Book: Asylum Lake by R.A. Evans
Quote: “Unfamiliar eyes looked on as unknown hands gripped the wheel of his Ford truck.”
Location: Page 134
2. Strange
Book: The Falling Man by Patrick Quinlan
Quote: “The heavy snow kept falling and the strange car was still there.”
Location: LOC 472
3. Mysterious
Book: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
Quote: “I don’t suppose it was so mysterious,” said Jennifer.
Location: Page 78
4. Secret
Book: The Cloud Seeders by Jamie Zerndt
Quote: “First you have to keep a secret.”
Location: Page 16
5. Peculiar
Book: Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
Quote: "Her troubles have made her so bitter and peculiar, poor dear!"
Location: LOC 89
6. Curious
Book: With A Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Quote: “I was curious why he hadn’t shown it to me before.”
Location: Page 159
7. Moon
Book: The Apollo Program: The History and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Space Missions by Charles River Editors
Quote: “At the beginning of the Apollo program, NASA wasn’t even sure what the design would be for the spacecraft that would go to the moon and back.”
Location: LOC 144
8. Crescent
Book: Music of the Winds by Ronald E. Yates
Quote: “She looked up and saw a misty crescent moon.”
Location: Page 135
9. Celestial
Book: Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Quote: “But now I worship a celestial sun.”
Location: LOC 891
10. Glass
Book: Implicated by Peter Rosenberg
Quote: “The chink-chink of metal on glass stops.”
Location: LOC 1073
11. Mirror
Book: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
Quote: “There was a mirror in her hand.”
Location: Page 21
12. Reflect
Book: The Falling Man by Patrick Quinlan
Quote: “Paper bank statements reflect this.”
Location: LOC 3784
13. Harmony
Book: Music of the Winds by Ronald E. Yates
Quote: “Michael and Ed felt they could taste the beauty of Earth’s harmony through the fresh mountain creek.”
Location: Page 34
14. Peace
Book: The Elusive Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Quote: “…and having torn my reputation to shreds will quickly leave me in peace.”
Location: Page 95
15. Friendship
Book: Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
Quote: "Mr. Legge's friendship was certainly more painful than his animosity."
Location: LOC 3276
Bonus Words
1. Known
Book: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Quote: “…but he expected absolutely to be compensated for his pains by the sensation following upon the publication of his definitive work on the causes and effects of psychic disturbances in a house commonly known as “haunted.” ”
Location: Page 47
2. Common
Book: Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
Quote: "All that Bob Hoskins does is spend his time looking into parked cars on the Common."
Location: LOC 2963
3. Sun
Book: The Apollo Program: The History and Legacy of America’s Most Famous Space Missions by Charles River Editors
Quote: “It starts off very forbidding, becomes friendly and then becomes forbidding again as the sun disappears.”
Location: LOC 1349
4. Plastic
Book: With A Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
Quote: “He recognized the sour, almond smell of plastic explosive.”
Location: Page 68
5. Conflict
Book: The Elusive Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Quote: “…where the safety and the well-being of the loved one is in direct conflict with the safety and well-being of others.”
Location: Page 81
This looks fun, and different! Not sure how I'll go, but I'll give it a try. I'll ask for 15
Main Words1)Unknown
Book:A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Quote:The unknown makes us stupid sometimes
Location:90
2)Strange
Book:The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Quote: i guess we're not strangers any more
Location:5:25
3)Mysterious
Book:How High We Go in the Dark
Quote:big fucking mystery maksim said, coming up behind me
Location:3
4)Secret
Book:The Moon Sister
Quote: maria knew he would never betray his brothers secrets
Location:20%
5)Peculiar
Book:The Language of Food
Quote:I want only to breathe in the perfume of these peculiar berries
Location:75
6)Curious
Book:The New Teen Age: How to support today's tweens and teens to become healthy, happy adults
Quote: however, in their curious, or bored, scrolling, teens might stumble across some pretty ugly stuff
Location:253
7)Moon
Book: UnDivided
Quote: high above him, the torch of the great statue points towards the moon, a pale specter almost directly overhead
Location:298
8)Crescent
Book:The Language of Food
Quote:instantly i know something is wrong: there are violet crescents beneath her eyes, her lips are thin and tight, her shoulders braced.
Location: 122
9)Celestial
Book:Of Ants and Dinosaurs
Quote:the dinosaur astronomers discovered that anti-iron made up a substantial proportion of the celestial body
Location:465
10)Glass
Book:The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Quote:then he lunged at her, the glass shard aimed at her throat
Location:8:12
11)Mirror
Book:A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Quote:In their mirror, dex saw mosscap sitting plaintively in the middle of the road
Location:50
12)Reflect
Book:UnDivided
Quote:it might look like they walked on water, but the reflecting pool's only a foot deep
Location:367
13)Harmony
Book:Of Ants and Dinosaurs
Quote:For the first 1000 years of Cretaceous civilisation, relations between the ant and dinosaur worlds were harmonious and, on the whole, frictionless
Location:144
14)Peace
Book:The Moon Sister
Quote:We walked towards the white marble monuments, where Isabella and Ferdinand's outlines were carved into visages of peace
Location:69
15)Friendship
Book:The New Teen Age: How to support today's tweens and teens to become healthy, happy adults
Quote:They often don't want to end a friendship
Location:300
Bonus Words
1)Known
Book:A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Quote:We're a known quantity for sure, Dex said
Location:60
2)Common
Book:The New Teen Age: How to support today's tweens and teens to become healthy, happy adults
Quote:in this study, having multiple sex partners was more common among adolescents than among those aged...
Location:252
3)Sun
Book:The Library at Mount Char
Quote:it might have been ash-gray, or the bleached-out-flesh tones of a child's doll left too long in the sun
Location:8%
4)Plastic
Book:UnDivided
Quote:a small plastic bag containing a decomposing ear
Location:321
5)Conflict
Book:Of Ants and Dinosaurs
Quote:And as civilisation advanced, intercultural conflict became unavoidable
Location:145
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3)Sun
Book:Of Ants and Dinosaurs
Quote:the sun of civilisation rose over the heart of Gondwana, dispelling the long night of evolution on Earth
Location:136
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 2/20
❎5. Peculiar
Book: My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
Quote:
Did you notice anyone at the competition acting peculiar, hanging around, seeming to take an unusual interest in Sarah?
Location: page 52 chapter 12
I'm in and would like to try for all 20!!!
🥀 Hello, I’d like to join. My goal is 10.📕📚📖2022 READING CHALLENGES📖📚📕
Q4 - Word Hunt
October 1 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 20/10
Main Words:
✔️1. Unknown
Book: Tallowwood by N.R. Walker
Quote: “Loved music, loved the unknown .”
Location: Page 131
✔️2. Strange
Book: You Had One Job by Cari Z.
Quote: “It’s strange , isn’t it?”
Location: Page 186
✔️3. Mysterious
Book: Black Lies by K.A. Merikan
Quote: “Could that be what made him act so mysteriously ?”
Location: Page 12
✔️4. Secret
Book: You Had One Job by Cari Z.
Quote: “Because I was still in this godforsaken hotel room instead of my apartment, which meant I didn’t have any secret stashes of coke in case of emergency.”
Location: Page 79
✔️5. Peculiar
Book: Malicious Midpoint
Quote: “He was a… peculiar creature,…”
Location: Page 29
✔️6. Curious
Book: You Had One Job by Cari Z.
Quote: “Shit, now I was curious , but I couldn’t look it up on my phone because I had to keep watching Mr. Sports Car and his toy boy.”
Location: Page 1
✔️7. Moon
Book: Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson
Quote: “The cycle of the moon will be your guide.”
Location: Page 8
✔️8. Crescent
Book: Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson
Quote: “Every time I looked I hoped to see a white crescent .”
Location: Page 225
✔️9. Celestial
Book: Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson
Quote: “It was a celestial chart.”
Location: Page 118
✔️10. Glass
Book: Black Lies by K.A. Merikan
Quote: “Yet another place that had overflowing garbage bins, and where some street lamps had broken glass covers.”
Location: Page 87
✔️11. Mirror
Book: Tallowwood by N.R. Walker
Quote: “He grinned in the mirror .”
Location: Page 221
✔️12. Reflect
Book: His Consort by Mary Calmes
Quote: “…his eyes crackling almost amber in the reflected glow of the overhead lights.”
Location: Page 48
✔️13. Harmony
Book: Evilest Omega
Quote: “… for the sake of pack harmony, some rules they had to abide by.”
Location: Page 26
✔️14. Peace
Book: Tallowwood by N.R. Walker
Quote: “He felt at peace there;”
Location: Page 7
✔️15. Friendship
Book: If Only in My Dreams
Quote: “… ended our friendship—was messed up.”
Location: Page 66
Bonus Words:
✔️1. Known
Book: His Consort by Mary Calmes
Quote: “But really, how could Hadrian have known how many people were out there?”
Location: Page 13
✔️2. Common
Book: His Consort by Mary Calmes
Quote: “Yeah, I know, oh champion of the common man, but I’m trying to get through Vampyr 101 over here.”
Location: Page 82
✔️3. Sun
Book: Iris by Eden Finley
Quote: “The sun is setting now,…”
Location: Page 38
✔️4. Plastic
Book: Black Lies by K.A. Merikan
Quote: “I was just about to get some plastic bags from the shed.“
Location: Page 302
✔️5. Conflict
Book: Iris by Eden Finley
Quote: “…but if you think there’s a conflict of interest here—”
Location: Page 117
Updated message 4: 1/8Crescent
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
29%: "There was no light except from the faint CRESCENT moon and the stars"
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 3/20
❎9. Celestial
Book: Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Spanish editon)
Quote:
Iluminado por la luna, parecía algo celestial: un dios emplumado y resplandeciente que surgiera del mar. / Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea.
Location: page 320 chapter LI
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Mysterious
Book: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
Quote: “I don’t suppose it was so mysterious,” said Jennifer.
Location: Page 78
Mirror
Book: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
Quote: “There was a mirror in her hand.”
Location: Page 21
Update to message 5: 5/15Please note, I increased my goal to 15.
Thanks.
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 4/20
❎8. Crescent
Book: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Quote:
The bracelet had belonged to her mother. Dulcie had loved it—loved the crescent moon charm in particular.
Location: page 13 chapter 1
Update to Message #12: 6/20Main Words
1. Unknown
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: It seemed like an infinite abyss of unknowns.
Location: 22%
5. Peculiar
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: The first two peculiarities were put down to her being a relative newcomer to English and a girl who had endured and survived the unspeakable.
Location: 15%
12. Reflect
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: The bail was steep, and he had no collateral apart from a twenty-five-dollar reflecting telescope and a 1949 Crosley sedan.
Location: 12%
Bonus Words
3. Sun
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: “Do you want to live in the sun?” he asked quietly. “Or do you want to go back in the shadows?”
Location: 32%
4. Plastic
Book: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Quote: Not only has Jonathan Marino had a good deal of plastic surgery, but he's almost as old as my father.
Location: 52%
5. Conflict
Book: Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Quote: Where other, less tractable children might have openly rebelled or thrown a tantrum, my mother had learned to withdraw, to abstain, to retreat from a scene of conflict without moving a muscle.
Location: 39%
Update msg 29Progress 8/15
I have: Strange, secret, curious, moon, glass, Reflect, common, plastic
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 5/20
❎4. Plastic
Book: Full House by Steffie Hall & Janet Evanovich
Quote:
Bad day, huh? Billie opened the refrigerator and pulled out a plastic pitcher.
Location: page 59 chapter 4
Word HuntOctober 01 - December 31
Progress: 20/20
Main Words
✅ 1. Unknown
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Here the known. Here the unknown. (p.48)
✅ 2. Strange
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
"I have lived to see strange days." (p.536)
✅ 3. Mysterious
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
With a fingernail, into the frost on the wall, he scratches a verse in Greek, as though drawing mysterious glyphs to scare away thieves. (p.248)
✅ 4. Secret
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
"But keep it secret, and keep it safe!" (p.36)
✅ 5. Peculiar
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
"In the days when pianos and bathrooms were luxuries," Carnegie writes, "men regarded ability in speaking as a peculiar gift needed only by the lawyer, clergyman, or statesman." (p.60-61)
✅ 6. Curious
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Magic rings are - well, magical; and they are rare and curious." (p.33)
✅ 7. Moon
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
"If the Moon gave enough light, we would use it, but alas!" (p.416)
✅ 8. Crescent
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
"It's the Cross and the Crescent fighting in the prize ring--for the first time." (p.313)
✅ 9. Celestial
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Indeed, the fact that time within the game had been sped up helped with the observation, as the motion of the celestial bodies became more apparent. (p.146)
✅ 10. Glass
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
"They were found on Sam when you were rescued; the Lady Galadriel's gifts: your glass, Frodo; and your box, Sam." (p.931)
✅ 11. Mirror
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie
"The mirror crack'd from side to side: 'The doom has come upon me,' cried the Lady of Shalott." (p.65)
✅ 12. Reflect
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
When introverts hit the number nine button and find they've lost a point, they slow down before moving on to the next number, as if to reflect on what went wrong. (p.300)
✅ 13. Harmony
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
The wrinkles were long and their curves gentle, as though they were trying to create a kind of harmony. (p.232)
✅ 14. Peace
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
"So they called him Gollum, and cursed him, and told him to go far away; and his grandmother, desiring peace, expelled him from the family and turned him out of her hole." (p.52)
✅ 15. Friendship
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
I had wanted his friendship, not that kind of advice. (p.157)
Bonus Words
✅ 1. Known
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
I remember the very night she became known as one of the showtime favorites there at the Roseland. (p.67)
✅ 2. Common
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Three Body is intended for people in your class because the common crowd cannot appreciate its meaning and mood. (p.226)
✅ 3. Sun
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The sun climbed to the noon and then rode slowly down the sky. (p.414)
✅ 4. Plastic
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Five Plywood Plastic soldiers climb out of their tin box. (p.91)
✅ 5. Conflict
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
This conflict between biology and protocol is one reason that speechmaking can be so fraught. (p.202)
update msg 29progress 13/15
unknown, known, conflict, mysterious, mirror
Update to message #10PROGRESS: 6/20
❎2. Strange
Book: Stealer of Souls by Diana Wynne Jones
Quote:
Gabriel de Witt told Chrestomanci that Cat was a strange, reserved boy. To which Chrestomanci answered “Really?” in his most sarcastic way.
Location: page 16
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Fall of Giants (other topics)Eve (other topics)
When Crickets Cry (other topics)
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The Guinevere Deception (other topics)
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Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2022
This quarterly challenge involves seeking out specific words within the text of your books. The words are associated with our themes of Exploring the Unknown, Moon, Glass and Harmony.
To join, post here to let the challenge leader know how many words you are hunting. You'll have three months to find these words... hiding in plain write.
Rules
1. You may find up to THREE words per book.
2. State the book title and author, the sentence containing the word(s), and the location(s). Location may be given by page number, percentage. or LOC, allowing for print, audiobooks or ebooks.
3. For the main words, you may use the exact word or a modification of its root word to another part of speech, as long as the root meaning is the same. E.g., mystery, mysteries, mysterious, mystify, etc.
4. For the bonus words, which are theme-word opposites, you must find the exact word with no modifications.
Example for the word Unknown
Book: The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Quote: “Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale.”
Location: Page 609 (or 91% or LOC 8833)
Main Words
1. Unknown
2. Strange
3. Mysterious
4. Secret
5. Peculiar
6. Curious
7. Moon
8. Crescent
9. Celestial
10. Glass
11. Mirror
12. Reflect
13. Harmony
14. Peace
15. Friendship
Bonus Words
1. Known
2. Common
3. Sun
4. Plastic
5. Conflict
This challenge was suggested by Allie, who will also be its leader. Thanks, Allie!