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June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23

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Your challenge is to find the words/phrases shown below 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
The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson

NOTE: You may NOT use this book for this month's scavenger hunt!

Basic word list
breeze
details
end
figure
gathered
irrelevant
junction
lotion
mud
opposite
pad
rope
squint
unexpected
varnish

Optional (BONUS) word list
anorak
corrugated
hierarchy
tiller
wild flowers / wildflowers


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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:

beggar - Hiroshima ✔ – 26Mar23 - pg 34 - "He looked like a beggar."



Have Fun!

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Our Scavenger Party

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Beverly
Donna
Ed
Koren ✔ BASIC list done
Marilyn
Tessa



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June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE


15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 bonus words found
14 books read

Basic word list

breeze ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 192 ~~ “...we hoped to catch a breeze…”

details ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 182 ~~ “...I even went into details about how…”

end ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 155 ~~ “...Skeeter might end up at the local dog pound…”

figure ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 40 ~~ “...I tried to figure out the whole interchanging plot…”

Gathered ~~ The Midnight Lock ~~ 11Jun23 ~~ Page 18 ~~ “...contamination of evidence gathered at the crime scene…”

irrelevant ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 70 ~~ “...performing my stories was irrelevant…”

junction ~~ The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters ~~ 20Jun23 ~~ Page 213 ~~ “...at a junction at the end of Garden Road…”

Lotion ~~ The Book of Two Ways ~~ 17Jun23 ~~ Page 342 ~~ “...my face lotion and his shaving cream…”

mud ~~ Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar ~~ 06Jun23 ~~ Page 9 ~~ “...a barren rock of water and mud…”

opposite ~~ Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World ~~ 05Jun23 ~~ Page 119 ~~ “...as he sat opposite Blankfein…”

pad ~~ The Masterpiece ~~ 05Jun23 ~~ Page 18 ~~ “...bring your steno pad…”

Rope ~~ The Maltese Falcon ~~ 11Jun23 ~~ Page 158 ~~ “...knotted part of the rope was uppermost…”

Squint ~~ The Searcher ~~ 12Jun23 ~~ Page 271 ~~ “...his face creased into a guileless squint…”

unexpected ~~ How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived ~~ 01Jun23 ~~ Page 71 ~~ “...this wild, unexpected, short journey…”

varnish ~~ Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop ~~ 30Jun23 ~~ Page 51 ~~ “...varnish, and sometimes beeswax…”

Optional (BONUS) word list

Anorak ~~The Edge of the Earth ~~ 27Jun23 ~~ Page 4 ~~ ‘…the anorak woman is asking more questions…”

corrugated ~~ Grant ~~ 10Jun23 ~~ Page 394 ~~ “...its ground strangely corrugated by earthworks…”

hierarchy ~~ Grant ~~ 10Jun23 ~~ Page 335 ~~ “...leapfrogging over him in the military hierarchy…”

tiller ~~ The Boys from Biloxi ~~ 17Jun23 ~~ Page 447 ~~ “...Keith has the tiller and is tacking slowly…”

wild flowers / wildflowers ~~ Grant ~~ 10Jun23 ~~ Page 45 ~~ “...he sent her wildflowers handpicked from the Rio Grande banks…”

Basic word list 13/15


breeze - "a breeze entered each window" - A Fine Balance p439 6/6
details - "the smallest detail" - A Fine Balance p230 6/6
end - "the end of the platform" - A Fine Balance p223 6/6
figure - "You'll figure it out" - Beach Read p76 6/12
gathered - "Liz gathered herself" - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill p153 6/5
irrelevant - "what our sister did is irrelevant" - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill p129 6/5
junction
lotion - "oils and lotions" - A Fine Balance p408 6/6
mud - "drag my shop's good name through the mud" - A Fine Balance p 411 6/6
opposite - "the opposite sex" - A Fine Balance p233 6/6
pad - "a firm new pad" - A Fine Balance p284 6/6
rope - "had descended a rope" - A Fine Balance p217 6/6
squint - "I had to squint" - Beach Read p9 6/12
unexpected - "which was unexpected" - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill p161 6/5
varnish

Optional (BONUS) word list
2/5
anorak
corrugated - "corrugated metal" - A Fine Balance p291
6/6
hierarchy
tiller
wild flowers / wildflowers - "wildflowers he had not noticed" - A Fine Balance p215 6/6

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23


15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
7 books read


Basic word list
breeze - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 242 - "…every errant breeze blew the…"

details - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 160 - "…personal details were not…"

end - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 208 - "…marked the end of our beach."

figure - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 154 - "…left the figures, I thought, as…"

gathered - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 154- "…the rest gathered around so…"

irrelevant - Aunty Lee's Delights ✔ – 24June23 - pg 219 - "…it's irrelevant whether I…"

junction - The Devil's Highway ✔ – 10June23 - pg 7 - "…at the junction of two…"

lotion - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous ✔ – 06June23 - pg 171 - "…my neck: lavendar lotion."

mud - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 192 - "…rain-slick rocks and mud halfway…"

opposite - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 127 - "…seated opposite a handsome…"

pad - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous ✔ – 06June23 - pg 82 - "…pad down the air, the…"

rope - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 256 - "…his waist was a length of rope."

squint - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous ✔ – 06June23 - pg 222 - "I squint."

unexpected - Infinite Country ✔ – 08June23 - pg 171 - "The unexpected harmony of…"

varnish - The Devil's Highway ✔ – 10June23 - pg 29 - "…the desert varnish that…"


Optional (BONUS) word list
anorak - Foster ✔ – 31July23 - pg 78 - "She puts on her anorak and..."

corrugated - The Dictionary of Lost Words ✔ – 21June23 - pg 373 - "…large corrugated iron shed…"

hierarchy - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous ✔ – 06June23 - pg 5 - "…reversed our hierarchies."

tiller - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 261 - "He tucked the tiller under his…"

wild flowers / wildflowers - The Edge of the Earth ✔ – 06June23 - pg 196 - "He picked wildflowers for her…"

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt

0/10
0/5

breeze
details
end
figure
gathered
irrelevant
junction
lotion
mud
opposite
pad
rope
squint
unexpected
varnish

anorak
corrugated
hierarchy
tiller
wild flowers / wildflowers

June 2023 Scavenger Hunt

Basic word list
✔breeze - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p113 - "...like a breeze rustling through an open..."
✔details - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p41 - "...never shares any details with them...
✔end - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p143 - "...windows at the end of the corridor..."
✔figure - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p92 - "...never been able to figure out who she..."
✔gathered - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p67 - "...the floor as she gathered her bearings..."

irrelevant - Solitaire - 6/15/23 - p21 - "...is extraordinarily irrelevant to my life..."
✔junction - The Girl with the Louding Voice - 6/7/23 - p39 - "...price until we pass the junction beside..."
lotion
✔mud - The Girl with the Louding Voice - 6/7/23 - p17 - "...begins to cover the red mud of their..."
✔opposite - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p63 - "...sit opposite the two girls on two matching..."

✔pad - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p23 - "...a sheet taken from her stationery pad..."
✔rope - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p21 - "...twisting a dish towel into a rope."
✔squint - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p24 - "...silently watch Baba squint at the list..."
✔unexpected - The Beauty of Your Face - 6/4/23 - p156 - "It felt unexpected, though very natural."
varnish

Optional (BONUS) word list
✔anorak - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - 6/14/23 - p191 - "...wearing a shapeless blue anorak and her hair..."
corrugated
✔hierarchy - Solitaire - 6/15/23 - p5 - "...at the head of the social hierarchy..."
tiller
wild flowers / wildflowers

JUNE 2023 Scavenger Hunt

BASIC 15/15
BONUS 5/5

Basic word list
breeze The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 23 "...only a slight breeze reaches his cheeks." FINISHED 6/7

details The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 17 "We can fill out the details as the weeks and months go by." FINISHED 6/7

end The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 3 "Fog so thick he can't see the end of the silk." FINISHED 6/7

figure The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 6 "When Easley recognizes the lone figure..." FINISHED 6/7

gathered The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 258 "The women are gathered on the steps in ill-fitting clothes..." FINISHED 6/7

irrelevant A Game of Proof by Tim Vicary page 16 "Therefore it would be quite improper for you to make irrelevant accusations about Ms Gilbert's sexual past." FINISHED 6/13

junction The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 211 "They cap the set with "Tuxedo Junction." FINISHED 6/7

lotion Taboo by Casey Hill page 220 "...but perhaps a body lotion or face cream." FINISHED 6/4

mud The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 131 "...spits red mud on old blades of rye." FINISHED 6/7

opposite The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 17 "The boy stretches out on the opposite side of the fire..." FINISHED 6/7

pad The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 78 "The boy removes his jacket and makes a pad on the floor." FINISHED 6/7

rope The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 115 "...with a pipe in his mouth and a rope in his hand that disappears up into the rafters." FINISHED 6/7

squint The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 14 "The glare forces them to squint." FINISHED 6/7

unexpected The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton page 27 "The unexpected surge of hope at the sight of him takes Helen by surprise." FINISHED 6/7

varnish Taboo by Casey Hill page 264 "Particularly those used for applying oil-based paint, like varnish or gloss." FINISHED 6/4

Optional (BONUS) word list
anorak A Game of Proof by Tim Vicary page 91 "He stood there in boots and anorak..." FINISHED 6/13

corrugated The 13th Day of Christmas by Robert Blevins location 529 "The old building was nothing more than a dirt floor with four corrugated metal walls..." FINISHED 6/17

hierarchy A House of Bells by J.T. Croft page 107 "...a servant, yes, but one outside the normal hierarchy." FINISHED 6/19

tiller Open Carry by Marc Cameron page 54 "But if Carmen had been at the tiller, she would have turned them around at the entrance." FINISHED 6/24

wild flowers / wildflowers Grave Peril by Jim Butcher page 51 "...her body, her hair, like wildflowers and musky earth..." FINISHED 6/7

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23


15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found

7 books read:
(1) Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn--6/2/23
(2) These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett--6/5/23
(3) The Last Gift by Abdulrazak Gurnah--6/5/23
(4) Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore--6/16/23
(5) Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson--6/19/23
(6) Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso--6/24/23
(7) The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann--7/3/23

Basic word list
✔breeze--(3)--loc. 858--"He felt the warm breeze and..."
✔details--(3)--loc. 155--"...she could lose herself in the details..."
✔end--(3)--loc. 28--"At the end of each day he..."
✔figure--(3)--loc. 2008--"It was the figure of a mother..."
✔gathered--(3)--loc. 1825--"She gathered everyone together..."
✔irrelevant--(1)--p.31--"...education became irrelevant when Bobby proposed."
✔junction--(5)--loc. 4148--"At the junction with Swallow Street..."
✔lotion--(2)--loc. 517--"...before using up all the lotion, soap, and ..."
✔mud--(3)--loc. 783--"...a hut made of mud and sticks..."
✔opposite--(3)--loc. 3140--"...he sat down in the chair opposite her."
✔pad--(2)--loc. 437--"...and held up her pad and pen,..."
✔rope--(3)--loc. 123--"...hanging onto a piece of rope..."
✔squint--(4)--loc. 2828--"...she squints and tilts her head..."
✔unexpected--(3)--loc. 608--"It came to him at unexpected moments..."
✔varnish--(7)--loc. 261--"Its hull gleamed with varnish..."

Optional (BONUS) word list
✔anorak--(6)--loc. 1727--"...against my anorak-insulated body."
✔corrugated--(4)--loc. 3579--"...six corrugated metal buildings..."
✔hierarchy--(1)--p.64--"...didn't like the idea that the church hierarchy was..."
✔tiller--(5)--loc. 822--"...a steadying hand on the tiller."
✔wildflowers--(5)--loc. 3303--"He had picked some wildflowers earlier,..."

*****COMPLETED 12/15/23*****
(6/1/23-12/15/23)-198 days; last word="irrelevant"; 20 words; 14 sources; .101 wpd; 1.429wps

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
100 p. min.

15/15 basic words found
5 / 5 bonus words found
0 books read

Basic word list

✔ breeze-p.181-In September, the Light Changes-"...like the fur of an animal blown into tufts by a breeze..." 6/2/23
✔ details-p.86-Guy Mannering-"...your fidelity in replying to my uninteresting details?" 6/27/23
✔ end-p.159-In September, the Light Changes-"...people who go out looking for Love end up with sex instead." 6/2/23
✔ figure-p.218-In September, the Light Changes-"...I was utterly absorbed in trying to figure out the men around me..." 6/4/23
✔gathered-p.27-Colonel Sun-"I gathered you recognised me..." 10/24/23
✔ irrelevant-p.50-A Traveller on Horseback-"...but it is all rather irrelevant since a working wife..." 12/15/23
✔ junction-p.174-Triggerfish Twist-"Conjunction Junction, what's your function?" 7/15/23
✔ lotion-p,12-The Wayward Bus-"...prescriptions for salves and lotions." 11/3/23
✔ mud-p.436-Leaves of Grass-"The corpses in the whelming waters and the mud..." 6/16/23
✔ opposite-p.243-In September, the Light Changes-"...reverse himself the moment you said the opposite..." 6/5/23
✔ pad=p.49-BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis-"...I don't pad the truth..." 8/1/23
✔ rope-p.147-The Grapes of Wrath-"And ropes, of course." 6/22/23
✔ squint-p.6-Selfish and Perverse-"...an eye test where you had to squint..." 7/24/23
✔ unexpected-p.253-The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers-"...an announcement quite so unexpected." 11/16/23
✔ varnish-p.76-Babbitt-"...had fleas and been scratching its varnish off." 8/2/23

Optional (BONUS) word list
✔ anorakp.21-Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden-"...burly man in a tight suit and anorak..." 10/28/23
✔ corrugated-p.171-The Grapes of Wrath-"Only the tractor sheds of corrupted iron, silver..." 6/24/23
✔ hierarchy-p.379-Foucault's Pendulum-"...here angelic hierarchies come into play..." 8/4/23
✔ tiller-p.9-Marshall's Gold-"Nick stood with the tiller in his hand..." 10/26/23
✔ wild flowers / wildflowers- -p.94-Of Mortgages and Things-"I was picking wildflowers when it went for me." 7/16/23

I've got everyone linked to this point (I think) .... If I missed you, please let me know.

I'll be out of town for a long weekend, beginning Wed afternoon. I'll be back home Sunday evening. Though we'll have access to WiFi, I probably won't be updating anything while I'm away.

Basic word list

breeze-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 202-"drifted slowly away in the breeze"

details-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 37-"declaiming details from the Dakar flight"

end-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 3-"death again at its end."

figure-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 19-'I figure we're about a mile farther south"

gathered-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 264-"Gathered around the speaker phone"

irrelevant-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 50-"hammering away at irrelevant detail"

junction

lotion-Tarnished Gold-6/15/23-page 9-"the lotion Mama concocted"

mud-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 34-"to a small mud house"

opposite-Hidden Jewel-6/8/23-page 56-"nodding toward the opposite wall"

pad-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 5-"a note for her father on the pad"

rope-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 117-"He coiled the rope back"

squint-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 335-'she had to squint up at him"

unexpected-Tarnished Gold-6/15/23-page 43-"The unexpected sight of him"

varnish


Optional (BONUS) word list

anorak

corrugated-Hidden Jewel-6/8/23-page 185-"its corrugated metal roof"

hierarchy

tiller

wild flowers / wildflowers-The Horse Whisperer-6/4/23-page 276-'wildflowers grew among it"

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23

Basic word list
15/15

breeze-A Home in Bloom: Four Enchanted Seasons with Flowers by Christie Purifoy finished 6/4 loc. 294 Spring is for breezes blowing the lace curtains...

details-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. 26 ...regaling ourselves with details of our terrible love lives.


end-Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide to How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better by Tracy Stewart finished 7/8 p. 92 But if that end was fated...Bouvier had become so irrelevant to New York society...

figure-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. 33 ...you can't figure out how to turn on her television.

gathered-Until I Say Good-Bye: A Book About Living by Susan Spencer-Wendel finished 6/25 p. 2 We gathered on the beach in a drizzle...

irrelevant-The Distancers: An American Memoir by Lee Sandlin finished 7/31 p. 19 ...nonsense and irrelevant fantasy.

junction-A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan finished 7/7 p. 132 ...their home in Grand Junction...

lotion-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. 144 ...smelled like my hotel's tiny complimentary body lotion.

mud-A Home in Bloom: Four Enchanted Seasons with Flowers by Christie Purifoy finished 6/4 loc. 83 ...mud around the house was a sucking, squelching problem...

opposite-Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide to How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better by Tracy Stewart finished 7/8 p. 89 ...jumped out and hurried around to the opposite side...

pad-Until I Say Good-Bye: A Book About Living by Susan Spencer-Wendel finished 6/25 p. 15 ...bachelor pad in Miami Beach.

rope-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. ...trying to rope them into conversation.

squint-A Home in Bloom: Four Enchanted Seasons with Flowers by Christie Purifoy finished 6/4 loc. 391 ...glimmers of Eden when I squint my eyes...

unexpected-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. 221 One of the unexpected and wonderfully fair things...

varnish-The Importance of Being Ernie:: From My Three Sons to Mad Men, a Hollywood Survivor Tells All by Barry Livingston finished 7/10 p. 210 ...varnish the arms of ninety-nine theater seats.

Optional (BONUS) word list
3/5

anorak

corrugated-Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide to How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better by Tracey Stewart finished 6/9 p. 42 ...corrugated cardboard, enough to make two small ears.

hierarchy-Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling finished 6/11 p. 30 ...I even see the value in hierarchies.

tiller

wild flowers / wildflowers-A Home in Bloom: Four Enchanted Seasons with Flowers by Christie Purifoy finished 6/4 loc. 282 ...where spring was announced by the wildflowers...

Updated message #8: Basic list completed

Great scavenging, Beverly!

Updated message #8: Bonus list completed.

I'm impressed!

Challenge complete! Anorak and Varnish kept me stumped for many days.

Excellent scavenging, Donna!

Yahoo! I finished both the BASIC and the BONUS word lists for June, 2023!

Yippee Skippee, Marilyn.

Finished basic list #13

Great scavenging, Koren!

Oops .. Koren ... you didn't cite the quote for 'pad' ...

Book Concierge wrote: "Oops .. Koren ... you didn't cite the quote for 'pad' ..."

How did I do that? Thanks. It's fixed.

*****COMPLETED 12/15/23*****
LAST WORD= "Irrelevant"

June 2023 Word Search Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01June23 / Ends: 30June23
100 p. min.

15/15 basic words found
5 / 5 bonus words found
0 books read

Basic word list

✔ breeze-p.181-In September, the Light Changes-"...like the fur of an animal blown into tufts by a breeze..." 6/2/23
✔ details-p.86-Guy Mannering-"...your fidelity in replying to my uninteresting details?" 6/27/23
✔ end-p.159-In September, the Light Changes-"...people who go out looking for Love end up with sex instead." 6/2/23
✔ figure-p.218-In September, the Light Changes-"...I was utterly absorbed in trying to figure out the men around me..." 6/4/23
✔gathered-p.27-Colonel Sun-"I gathered you recognised me..." 10/24/23
✔ irrelevant-p.50-A Traveller on Horseback-"...but it is all rather irrelevant since a working wife..." 12/15/23
✔ junction-p.174-Triggerfish Twist-"Conjunction Junction, what's your function?" 7/15/23
✔ lotion-p,12-The Wayward Bus-"...prescriptions for salves and lotions." 11/3/23
✔ mud-p.436-Leaves of Grass-"The corpses in the whelming waters and the mud..." 6/16/23
✔ opposite-p.243-In September, the Light Changes-"...reverse himself the moment you said the opposite..." 6/5/23
✔ pad=p.49-BABBITT by Sinclair Lewis-"...I don't pad the truth..." 8/1/23
✔ rope-p.147-The Grapes of Wrath-"And ropes, of course." 6/22/23
✔ squint-p.6-Selfish and Perverse-"...an eye test where you had to squint..." 7/24/23
✔ unexpected-p.253-The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers-"...an announcement quite so unexpected." 11/16/23
✔ varnish-p.76-Babbitt-"...had fleas and been scratching its varnish off." 8/2/23

Optional (BONUS) word list
✔ anorakp.21-Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden-"...burly man in a tight suit and anorak..." 10/28/23
✔ corrugated-p.171-The Grapes of Wrath-"Only the tractor sheds of corrupted iron, silver..." 6/24/23
✔ hierarchy-p.379-Foucault's Pendulum-"...here angelic hierarchies come into play..." 8/4/23
✔ tiller-p.9-Marshall's Gold-"Nick stood with the tiller in his hand..." 10/26/23
✔ wild flowers / wildflowers- -p.94-Of Mortgages and Things-"I was picking wildflowers when it went for me." 7/16/23

Congrats, Ed!