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October 2022 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
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anxiety Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson page 5 "You're really aware of your anxiety,..." FINISHED 10/3
bruise The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry page 43 "...and when he walked over to it and looked more carefully, he saw a bruise in the plaster..." FINISHED 10/7
casket Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson page 207 "She thought about his funeral and couldn't remember his casket." FINISHED 10/3
fog The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg page 45 "It was if a fog had descended upon the room." FINISHED 10/14
ghost story The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg page 168 "He wasn't lying or telling ghost stories." FINISHED 10/14
hysterics The Alice Network by Kate Quinn page 348 "She'd wept herself into hysterics yesterday morning for Herr Rotselaer:..." FINISHED 10/19
menace The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry page 8 "The entire, suffocating blanket was still there, but characterless now, without specific menace." FINISHED 10/7
nightmares Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson page 30 "But mother didn't know the content of the nightmares,..." FINISHED 10/3
paranormal The Face by Dean Koontz page 98 "Fric's father, a believer in a shitload of paranormal phenomena,..." FINISHED 10/17
repelled The Face by Dean Koontz page 319 "Even when wordless, when bursting with ripe obscenities that ought to have repelled Fric,..." FINISHED 10/17
stench Fairy Tale by Stephen King page 299 "I'd been thinking about stopping for something to eat, but that stench changed my mind." FINISHED 10/13
tombstones The Cantankerous Molly Darling by Alvy Carragher page 71 "Shouldn't we, I dunno, make a tombstone?" FINISHED 10/20
unspeakable The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry page 99 "...after the desperate years in the Crimea with the unspeakable suffering she had seen..." FINISHED 10/7
vermin The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry page 192 "...the hell-like, rotting tenements crawling with vermin and disease..." FINISHED 10/7
yonder Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson page 57 "...and a little pulse of energy in the form of a photon soars away into the wild red yonder." FINISHED 10/21
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apparition The Face by Dean Koontz page 106 "Surely the movement of the misted apparition had been imaginary." FINISHED 10/17
cantankerous The Cantankerous Molly Darling by Alvy Carragher page 19 "IF it isn't my cantankerous darlings?" FINISHED 10/20
Dickens (proper name) Fairy Tale by Stephen King page 72 "There was a set of Dickens, a set of Kipling, a set of Mark Twain, and a set of someone named Thackeray." FINISHED 10/13
macabre The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry page 49 "...only the communal interest in the macabre that murder always wakens." FINISHED 10/7
spectre / specter The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune page 171 "...and his legs were as white as a specter." FINISHED 10/5
October 2022 Scavenger HuntBasic word list
✔anxiety - The Vegetarian - 10/5/22 - p69 - "....had to go through all the anxiety..."
✔bruise - The Selection - 10/1/22 - p151 - "...probably have a bruise on my hip..."
✔casket - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight - 10/2/22 - p130 - "...an opportunity to search the casket..."
✔fog - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p183 - "...morning fog hung in a sullen gray..."
✔ghost story - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p65 - "...anything about the ghost story aside from that..."
✔hysterics - The Selection - 10/1/22 - p152 - "...were near hysterics, whimpering on their..."
✔menace - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p134 - "...disapproval, the general air of menace..."
✔nightmares - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight - 10/2/22 - p157 - "I'm gonna have nightmares."
✔paranormal - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p3 - "...uncertain about the existence of the paranormal..."
✔repelled - Murder on the Orient Express - 10/12/22 - p25 - "...it fascinated rather than repelled..."
✔stench - The Vegetarian - 10/5/22 - p197 - "...unused to the stench of blood."
✔tombstones - The Graveyard Book - 10/31/22 - p41 - "...copied down names from tombstones..."
✔unspeakable - The Vegetarian - 10/5/22 - p84 - "...after any amount of unspeakable viciousness..."
✔vermin - The War of the Worlds - 10/21/22 - p174 - "...think we're just harmless vermin."
✔yonder - The War of the Worlds - 10/21/22 - p73 - "Yonder!"
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✔apparition - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p151 - "...believed orbs were ghostly apparitions."
✔cantankerous - The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry 10/30/22 - p374 - "...cheap pose of the cantankerous old griffin is bad..."
✔Dickens (proper name) - Murder on the Orient Express - 10/10/22 - p20 - "I read my Dickens."
✔macabre - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p66 - "...understood Romeo's fascination with the macabre..."
✔spectre / specter - Pressed to Death - 10/6/22 - p46 - "...at least my garage apartment was specter free."
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Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
15 / 15 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
12 books read
Basic word list
anxiety - Rich People Problems ✔ – 09Oct22 - pg 225 - "…in a sudden wave of anxiety."
bruise - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ✔ – 22Oct22 - pg 197 - "…a bruise already blooming…"
casket - Rich People Problems ✔ – 09Oct22 - pg 225 - "…teakwood casket rested on…"
fog - Murder in Grub Street ✔ – 19Oct22 - pg 6 - "…the fog, which so often…"
ghost story - Southtown ✔ – 06Jan23 - pg 131 - "…instead of ghost stories."
hysterics - I Am the Messenger ✔ – 10Nov22 - pg 312 - "…into fits of hysterics."
menace - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ✔ – 22Oct22 - pg 59 - "…darkness and felt its menace."
nightmares - Rich People Problems ✔ – 09Oct22 - pg 326 - "…in my worst nightmare I never…"
paranormal Lake of the Ozarks ✔ – 10Dec22 - pg 4 - "…by the paranormal, by the…"
repelled - Love, Loss, and What We Ate ✔ – 17Jan23 - pg 36 - "…would be repelled by…"
stench - Plantation Shudders ✔ – 24Oct22 - pg 126 -"…mess and stench one would…"
tombstones - Murder in Grub Street ✔ – 19Oct22 - pg 246 - "…who would get the tombstone."
unspeakable - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ✔ – 22Oct22 - pg 230 - "…two Unspeakables complaining…"
vermin - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ✔ – 22Oct22 - pg 446 - "Ge up, vermin."
yonder - Murder in Grub Street ✔ – 19Oct22 - pg 180 - "…waitin' for you down yonder."
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apparition - Rich People Problems ✔ – 09Oct22 - pg 370 - "…from the water, like apparitions."
cantankerous - The Last Midwife ✔ – 04Nov22 - pg 309 - "You are getting cantankerous."
Dickens - Something Wicked This Way Comes ✔ – 29Oct22 - pg 221 - "Boys, you read Dickens?"
macabre - Pray for Silence ✔ – 26Dec22 - pg 34 - "…are a macabre sight …"
spectre / specter - The Cat Who Played Post Office ✔ – 14Nov22 - pg 249 - "…this specter of guilt."
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October 2022 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
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Basic word list
anxiety ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 47 ~~ “...clenched in anxiety…”
bruise ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 334 ~~ “...the bruise that mottled that entire side…”
casket ~~ Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie ~~ 13Oct22 ~~ Page 21 ~~ “...was used as a ceremonial casket…”
fog ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 376 ~~ “..her breath formed a faint fog on the inside…”
ghost story ~~ The Lioness ~~ 02Oct22 ~~ Page 27 ~~ “...to produce a ghost story they all pretended…”
hysterics ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 25 ~~ “...a prime fool, if not a hysteric…”
menace ~~ Cleopatra and Frankenstein ~~ 11Oct22 ~~ Page 21 ~~ “...it’s how this menace to society came to America…”
nightmares ~~ Cleopatra and Frankenstein ~~ 11Oct22 ~~ Page 268 ~~ “...it was such a nightmare…”
paranormal ~~ American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst ~~ 02Oct22 ~~ Page 87 ~~ “...had a weakness for the paranormal…”
repelled ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 249 ~~ “...repelled by the prospect of drinking…”
stench ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 183 ~~ “...the lingering stench of terror…”
tombstones ~~ The Birds and Other Stories ~~ 06Oct22 ~~ Part 11, 20:42 minutes ~~ “...the white tombstones up ahead…”
unspeakable ~~ American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst ~~ 04Oct22 ~~ Page 16 ~~ “...the eruptions of unspeakable violence…”
vermin ~~ The Lioness ~~ 02Oct22 ~~ Page 235 ~~ “...infinite array of vermin and bugs…”
yonder ~~ Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise ~~ 12Oct22 ~~ Page 40 ~~ “...if you empty yonder jug…”
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apparition ~~ Intensity ~~ 01Oct22 ~~ Page 215 ~~ “...an apparition bearing a message…”
Cantankerous ~~ The Boy Who Steals Houses ~~ 28Oct22 ~~ Loc 3653 ~~ “...his fingers are cantankerous like that…”
Dickens (proper name) ~~ All Our Wrong Todays ~~ 04Oct22 ~~ Page 240 ~~ “...Robert Louis Stevenson, and of course Charles Dickens…”
macabre ~~ American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst ~~ 04Oct22 ~~ Page 237 ~~ “...to bring the whole macabre adventure to an end…”
spectre / specter ~~ All Our Wrong Todays ~~ 00Oct22 ~~ Page 240 ~~ “...like a specter in his dreams…”
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
15/15 basic 5/5 bonus
**'Complete 10/29***
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anxiety - "briefly overshadowing her anxiety" - The Siren of Sussex p 131 10/5
bruise - "the bruises lingered for days" - Murder on the Serpentine Bridge - Ch 12. 9:04 of audio
casket - "the small black funeral casket" - Days of Atonement p295 10/7
fog - "September fog had shrouded the flat countryside" - Days of Atonement p3 10/7
ghost story - "Caro adored ghost stories" - The Siren of Sussex p 31 10/5
hysterics - "What I don't need is hysterics" - The Marigold Chain ch 6, 10;45 of audiobook 10/25
menace - "the greatest menace to the book program" - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II p123 10/6
nightmares - "thinking like the perpetrator had become a nightmare" - Days of Atonement p68 10/7
paranormal - "if paranormal sensitivity can help us" - Days of Atonement p305 10/7
repelled = "the thought of being labeled a senior repelled her" - The Library at the Edge of the World p 268 10/17
stench - "the stench would settle like a miasma" - Days of Atonement p4 10/7
tombstones - "the erection of tombstones" - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts p165
unspeakable - "deep unspeakable disrespect" - The Siren of Sussex p54 10/5
vermin - "adding a word here and there, birds, vermin, etc." - Days of Atonement p41 10/7
yonder - "It's over yonder" - Days of Atonement p349 10/7
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apparition - "Well, wonders will never cease," said the apparition - Growing Up p 184
cantankerous - "the general attitude of one cantankerous inspector" - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II p 156 10/6
Dickens (proper name) - "Mr. Dickens' works were neatly arranged" - The Siren of Sussex p 93 10/5
macabre - "Kant's macabre laboratory of crime" Days of Atonement p45 10/7
spectre / specter - "the spectre of his former back trouble" - Six Feet Under p86 10/29
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
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anxiety-Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society by Diane Wilson finished 10/7 p. 37 The anxiety that developed as a result...
bruise-The Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickham finished 10/1 p. 62 It looked as if maybe there was a bruise...
casketOver Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid by Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra finished 10/2 p. 2 ...setting them up around the casket.
fog-Voyage To Crusoe by Leif Beiley finished 10/19 p. 36 ...fog had descended on the harbor...
ghost story-Ghosts Caught on Film 2: Photographs of the Unexplained by Jim Eaton p. 7 Ghost stories have been told for thousands of years.
hysterics-Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid by Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra finished 10/2 p. 52 ...though I was in hysterics.
menace-Awakening of a Jehovah's Witness: Escape from the Watchtower Society by Diane Wilson finished 10/7 p. 204 ...as a home remedy is a menace to good health
nightmares-The Coalwood Way: A Memoir by Homer Hickham finished 10/1 p. 100 ...the Captain's and Coalwood's nightmare.
paranormal-Ghosts Caught on Film 2: Photographs of the Unexplained by Jim Eaton finished Oct. 1 p. 7 The famous paranormal investigator...
repelled-Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci finished 11/4 p. 103 I was completely repelled by the potency of the anchovies.
stench-Say You Love Satan by David St. Clair finished 10/9 p. 284 I'll always remember the terrible stench...
tombstones-Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid by Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra finished 10/2 p. 52 ...buried in Boothill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona
unspeakable-The Devil's Harvest: A Ruthless Killer, a Terrorized Community, and the Search for Justice in California's Central Valley by Jessica Garrison finished 12/4 p. 24 This angry police officer was accusing her of an unspeakable crime.
vermin-The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes finished 12/20 p. 107 ...to rid the world of the "Canadian Vermin" ...
yonder-American Prince: A Memoir by Tony Curtis finished 10/25 p. 135 Yonder in the valley of the sun is my father's castle.
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apparition-Ghosts Caught on Film 2: Photographs of the Unexplained by Jim Eaton finished 10/1 p. 10 Apparition: when an invisible being becomes visable.
cantankerous-STEALING BABY JESUS: A Treasury of Ludicrous Attempts to Rescue Christmas by Bernadette Nasan finished 12/2 p. 14 Smokey the Cantankerous was always forced to go out at night...
Dickens ( proper name)-A Simpler Time by Peter FitzSimons finished 11/11 p. 131 ...parameters first elucidated by Charles Dickens...
macabre-Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid by Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra finished 10/2 p. 184 It's kind of macabre.
spectre / specter-Voyage To Crusoe by Leif Beiley finished 10/19 p. 37 ...like specters in the fog.
*****COMPLETED 6/16/23***** last word="cantankerous"(10/1/22-6/16/23)-259 days; last word="cantankerous"; 20 words; 11 sources; .077wpd; 1.818 wps
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
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✔ anxiety-p.227-A Heart So White-"...he died of anxiety and fear..." 10/4/22
✔bruise-p.104-Swimming in the Dark-"Still trying to pick the blue-black specks out of my bruise..." 10/17/22
✔casket-p.164-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"...a few words of explanation before we bring in the casket." 10/14/22
✔fog-p.103-Swimming in the Dark-"...unwilling to go away, like a fog." - 10/26/22
✔ghost story-p.92-The Honjin Murders-"It's quickly turning into a ghost story." 11/13/22
✔hysterics-p.237- Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters-
"on the way to a real attack of hysterics..." 2/6/23
✔menace-p.- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"There was a note of menace in the cold voice now." 10/11/22
✔nightmares-p.102-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"Just a nightmare." 10/13/22
✔paranormal-p.326-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"...claiming paranormal activity had made it impossible to live there. 3/23/23
✔repelled-p.173-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...I wasn't as repelled." 11/10/22
✔stench-p.99-An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed-"The stench of urine and rotting garbage was overwhelming." 11/2/22
✔tombstones-p.25- Swimming in the Dark-"...and I knew they were tombstones." 10/22/22
✔unspeakable-p.90-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...of unspeakable grace prepared and waiting..." 11/8/22
✔vermin-p.263- Under Fire-"...you pig, you vermin!" 11/21/22
✔yonder-p.177-Charmed Life-"The Person Who Inhabits That Castle Yonder...signs his name..." 1/9/23
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✔apparition-p.101-Swimming in the Dark-"She was an apparition." - 10/26/22
✔ cantankerous-p.136-The Grapes of Wrath-"A cantankerous, complaining, mischievous, laughing face." 6/16/23
✔Dickens (proper name)-p.43-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...A Christmas Carol(ing) A-go-go, the Dickens inspired disco musical..." 11/7/22
✔macabre-p.93-Swimming in the Dark-"I thanked him, which felt macabre." 10/26/22
✔spectre / specter-p.241-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"The custom-built set of Spectre, the friendly, hidden town..." 12/19/22
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger HuntBegins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
15/ 15 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
11 books read
(1) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia--10/1/22
(2) Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck--10/10/22
(3) Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart--10/11/22
(4) My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier--10/14/22
(5) Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin--10/26/22
(6) The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams--11/7/22
(7) A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg--11/9/22
(8) A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell--11/10/22
(9) The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende--11/19/22
(10) Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell--12/4/22
(11) The Chinese Groove by The Chinese Groove--4/6/24
Basic word list
✔anxiety - (3)--loc. 5435--"...until the picking anxiety left her."
✔bruise - (3)--loc. 703--"...wider around her eyes to cover the bruises."
✔casket - (1)--loc. 3859--"...she'd received a silver wedding casket..."
✔fog - (3)--loc. 6172--"...her eyes cleared of the fog..."
ghost story--(9)--loc. 4455--"...telling ghost stories and drawing pictures."
✔hysterics - (1)--loc. 2577--"...would have diagnosed it as hysterics."
✔menace--(6)--loc. 975--"...badges on her lapel read "Lavender Menace..."
✔nightmares - (1)--loc. 1052--"It had been a rather hideous nightmare...
✔paranormal--(11)--loc. 1983--"There was something paranormal about him..."
repelled--(10)--loc. 4435--"People are attracted and repelled by the house..."
✔stench - (1)--loc. 3818--"The air was foul with the stench...
✔tombstones - (1)--loc. 623--"The tombstones were blanketed with moss..."
✔unspeakable - (1)--loc. 4310--"...but could still scream of unspeakable horrors..."
✔vermin - (2)--loc. 2737--"Coyotes are vermin."
✔yonder - (4)--p. 16--"...even the men and women farming the land yonder..."
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✔apparition - (3)--loc. 2819--"The dying men strived again at the apparition of youth."
✔cantankerous - (8)--loc. 296--"...described herself as cantankerous and capricious."
✔Dickens - (7)--loc. 2727--"...the collected works of Charles Dickens..."
✔macabre - (5)--loc. 2270--"Milking the Macabre" (part of Claire's research when she's investigating her sister's death 20 years earlier)
✔spectre--(6)--loc. 1196--"...with the spectre of David's fingerprints visible..."
October 2022 Word Search Scavenger Hunt15/15
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Anxiety “ramped up my anxiety” loc 866 Witches and Wedding Cake Bailey Cates 10/8
Bruise “bruise of purple and blue” loc 1017 Witches and Wedding Cake Bailey Cates 10/8
Caskets “caskets in the mausoleum” loc 5313 Final Heir Faith Hunter 10/13
Fog “one with brain fog” loc 2177 Witches and Wedding Cake Bailey Cates 10/8
ghost story “s’mores and ghost stories” loc 451 Wolf's Bane Kelley Armstrong 10/11
Hysterics “fall to the ground in hysterics” loc 1726 Cackle Rachel Harrison 10/9
Menace “Dennis the Menace” loc 686 Home Is Where the Body Is Jody Holford 10/12
"that man is a menace" loc 380 A Perfect Bind Dorothy St. James 10/20
Nightmares “to prevent nightmares” loc 2648 Witches and Wedding Cake Bailey Cates 10/8
Paranormal “possible paranormal connection” loc 1739 Witches and Wedding Cake Bailey Cates 10/8
Repelled “something that repelled, repulsed” loc 6252 Final Heir Faith Hunter 10/13
Stench “stench was acidic” loc 781 Final Heir Faith Hunter 10/13
Tombstones “traversed the tombstones” loc 495 Fooled Around and Spelled in Love Michelle M. Pillow 10/5
Unspeakable “did unspeakable things” loc 603 A Perfect Bind Dorothy St. James 10/20
Vermin “long-tailed vermin” loc 1539 Death Takes a Holiday Addison Moore 10/10
Yonder “have over yonder” loc 965 A Perfect Bind Dorothy St. James 10/20
Apparition “a furry apparition” loc 1280 Fooled Around and Spelled in Love Michelle M. Pillow 10/5
Cantankerous “was cantankerous” loc 307 Dewey Decimated Allison Brook 10/12
Dickens (proper name)
Macabre “amusing, ironic, macabre” loc 6579 Final Heir Faith Hunter 10/13
spectre / specter “elegant, dark-haired specter”loc 232 Dial Meow for Murder Bethany Blake 10/24
Basic word listanxiety-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 61-"the sharp edges of my anxiety"
bruise-The Known World-10/3/22-page 216-"Don't bruise my fruit"
casket-Spy-10/8/22-page 24-"there was no casket"
fog-The Known World-10/3/22-page 20-"emerged from the winter fog"
ghost story-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 39-"needs a good ghost story"
hysterics-One Door Away From Heaven-10/16/22-page 244-"the boy is a hysteric"
menace-Spy-10/8/22-page 180-"You're a menace"
nightmares-The Known World-10/3/22-page 68-"the nightmares had eased off"
paranormal-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 121-"to deal with paranormal experiences"
repelled-Ghost Bride-10/21/22-page 170-"that it actively repelled me"
stench-The Known World-10/3/22-page 177-"the stench of a dissembler"
tombstones-The Known World-10/3/22-page 285-"A tombstone had been ordered"
unspeakable-One Door Away From Heaven-10/16/22-page 581-"that work surface was unspeakable"
vermin-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 118-"Just shooting some vermin"
yonder-The Known World-10/3/22-page 93-'from way over yonder"
Optional (BONUS) word list
apparition-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 73-"What sort of apparitions?"
cantankerous-One Door Away From Heaven-10/16/22-page 323-"about the cantankerous desert rat"
Dickens (proper name)
macabre-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 34-"find them a bit macabre"
spectre / specter-The Burning Girls-10/6/22-page 172-"A specter of times past.
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*****COMPLETED 6/16/23*****October 2022 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
15/15 Basic
5/5 Bonus
Basic word list
✔ anxiety-p.227-A Heart So White-"...he died of anxiety and fear..." 10/4/22
✔bruise-p.104-Swimming in the Dark-"Still trying to pick the blue-black specks out of my bruise..." 10/17/22
✔casket-p.164-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"...a few words of explanation before we bring in the casket." 10/14/22
✔fog-p.103-Swimming in the Dark-"...unwilling to go away, like a fog." - 10/26/22
✔ghost story-p.92-The Honjin Murders-"It's quickly turning into a ghost story." 11/13/22
✔hysterics-p.237-"on the way to a real attack of hysterics..." 2/6/23
✔menace-p.- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"There was a note of menace in the cold voice now." 10/11/22
✔nightmares-p.102-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-"Just a nightmare." 10/13/22
✔paranormal-p.326-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"...claiming paranormal activity had made it impossible to live there. 3/23/23
✔repelled-p.173-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...I wasn't as repelled." 11/10/22
✔stench-p.99-An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed-"The stench of urine and rotting garbage was overwhelming." 11/2/22
✔tombstones-p.25- Swimming in the Dark-"...and I knew they were tombstones." 10/22/22
✔unspeakable-p.90-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...of unspeakable grace prepared and waiting..." 11/8/22
✔vermin-p.263- Under Fire-"...you pig, you vermin!" 11/21/22
✔yonder-p.177-Charmed Life-"The Person Who Inhabits That Castle Yonder...signs his name..." 1/9/23
Optional (BONUS) word list
✔apparition-p.101-Swimming in the Dark-"She was an apparition." - 10/26/22
✔ cantankerous-p.136-The Grapes of Wrath-"A cantankerous, complaining, mischievous, laughing face." 6/16/23
✔Dickens (proper name)-p.43-Dash & Lily's Book of Dares-"...A Christmas Carol(ing) A-go-go, the Dickens inspired disco musical..." 11/7/22
✔macabre-p.93-Swimming in the Dark-"I thanked him, which felt macabre." 10/26/22
✔spectre / specter-p.241-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"The custom-built set of Spectre, the friendly, hidden town..." 12/19/22
Finally finished both the BASIC and BONUS word lists for October, 2022. Good grief!
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I also have some very old words waiting to be found!
Grab a Book & Play Booktivity!
Books mentioned in this topic
The Chinese Groove (other topics)Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (other topics)
Swimming in the Dark (other topics)
A Heart So White (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Waters (other topics)Maggie O'Farrell (other topics)
Isabel Allende (other topics)
Sonia Purnell (other topics)
Jonathan Meiburg (other topics)
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Begins: 01Oct22 / Ends: 31Oct22
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Your challenge is to find the words/phrases shown in the above post in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
NOTE - you may NOT use the book which is the source for the words in the scavenger hunt!
This month's scavenger list are words found in
NOTE: You may NOT use this book for this month's scavenger hunt!
Basic word list
anxiety
bruise
casket
fog
ghost story
hysterics
menace
nightmares
paranormal
repelled
stench
tombstones
unspeakable
vermin
yonder
Optional (BONUS) word list
apparition
cantankerous
Dickens (proper name)
macabre
spectre / specter
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Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So, if you are looking for "vivid" - I will NOT allow "vividly."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon’s "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
ambition - The Sweetness of Water ✔ – 05May22 - pg 247 - "…maintain a sense of ambition."
Have Fun!
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