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MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading during this challenge period.

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!


Word list
apothecary
Armageddon
arson
avalanche
bailiff
barge
Betty Boop
bong
buffalo
caricature
cicadas
consequence
croquet
cynicism
dangle
detoured
diesel
dolphin
dubious
ebony
eunuch
exclusion
extinction
falsify
fathom
fiasco
foreground
forsythia
gherkin
gondola
gramophone
gumball
halcyon
hedonist
henhouse
hideout
hoyden
immigrant
impression
incidentally
jeers
jet-ski
jock
kazoo
kestrel
kneecaps
languid
leviathan
licorice
logical
machete
merry-go-round
misfit
moped (vehicle)
mundane
nanny
nineteen
nostrils
nuns
oblivion
opinionated
orchid
oxygen
pince-nez
philosophy
playground
precipice
propulsion
Quaaludes
quesadilla
rapier
recliner
ridiculous
Rolex
ruby
sauerkraut
shoelace
skylight
squeal
styrofoam
tactical
tannery
tattoo
tinker
trough
uncertain
utopia
vacancy
verdant
vibrant
vicinity
vivacious
waver
wheelbarrow
wisteria
worms
yield(-ed, -ing)
yikes
zenith
zodiac


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NOTE - Given the length of this challenge, and Goodreads' character limit within one post, I'd recommend you reserve TWO spaces right away.

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.com'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:
chaperone - Longbourn ✔ – 06Jan22 - pg 288 - "…suitable chaperones for unmarried…"

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MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 1
50/50

Word list
apothecary Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 126 "The apothecary, ma'am." FINISHED 1/15

Armageddon Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 239 "Stiff, quiet corpses behaved like in Armageddon." FINISHED 4/9

arson Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher by Paul Hoffman page 19 "This fire, suspected to be an arson..." FINISHED 1/8

avalanche Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 455 "...the latest dumping had had an avalanche effect..." FINISHED 1/16

bailiff The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen page 173 "...a minute after the bailiff unlocked the door." FINISHED 4/20

barge The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 46 "Next to it sat the barge office..." FINISHED 1/10

Betty Boop Cursed by Marie O'Regan page 159 "...and a little Betty Boop thing when she winked at the audience." FINISHED 2/19

bong 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 215 "...giving Chad his first bong hit..." FINISHED 4/15

buffalo Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 126 "...a pop-up eatery run by an unlikely restaurateur: Buffalo Bill." FINISHED 1/4

caricature Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 220 "...almost to the point of carcature..." FINISHED 1/16

cicadas The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 246 "...over the constant calls of the cicadas." FINISHED 4/24

consequence All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 242 "...he is of no consequence to me now." FINISHED 1/21

croquet The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen page 122 "...faced Daisy and Violet in croquet..." FINISHED 4/20

cynicism Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 232 "...and hat is a better armor than cynicism?" FINISHED 4/9

dangle Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 166 "...to see the prideful dangle from the end of a rope..." FINISHED 1/15

detoured Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 291 "...she detoured around the market and the Town House." FINISHED 1/15

diesel Reliquary by Douglas Preston page 5 "...over the sound of the big diesel." FINISHED 4/27

dolphin Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 118 "It was like trying to sleep on the back of a dolphin." FINISHED 4/9

dubious The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 101 "Though help was a dubious word." FINISHED 1/10

ebony The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 281 "The moon beamed from an ebony sky..." FINISHED 1/10

eunuch The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins by Dean Jensen page 200 "...and a soprano-voiced eunuch..." FINISHED 4/20

exclusion Murder in the Tattoo Parlor by Elizabeth Perona page 60 "To the exclusion of everything else." FINISHED 5/24

extinction Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 19 "...an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCOO to save the pageant from extinction." FINISHED 1/4

falsify Thirty-One Short Stories by Robert R. Railey by Robert Railey page 171 "Suzanne was able to falsify and even greatly lessen..." FINISHED 3/9

fathom The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson page 218 "I can't fathom a person like Dot being lost." FINISHED 1/6

fiasco Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 469 "...into the Interstate Airways fiasco..." FINISHED 1/16

foreground A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw page 12 "...parked in the foreground..." FINISHED 4/30

forsythia The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 165 "Forsythia had begun to bloom in clouds of bright yellow..." FINISHED 1/10

gherkin Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson page 245 "Peggy Sue was fishing gherkins out of a jar..." FINISHED 3/19

gondola The 9th Fortress by J.P. Jackson page 131 "When his gondola came round..." FINISHED 3/20

gramophone Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 77 "Once it was a gramophone, once a watch..." FINISHED 4/9

gumball The Accidental Time Travelers Collective by Kiersten Marcil page 8 "...would tumble out like gumballs..." FINISHED 2/21

halcyon The Whalebone Theatreby Joanna Quinn page 147 "In the halcyon day before he was your husband." FINISHED 4/11

hedonist Cursed by Marie O'Regan page 175 "...during which, wanton hedonist that I am..." FINISHED 2/19

henhouse The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 35 "Aunt Hope sent me to the henhouse..." FINISHED 4/24

hideout Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 207 "...an Aryan identitiy paper and a hideout among fellow carpenters." FINISHED 4/9

hoyden The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Affair of the Feminist Phantom by Wilkie Collins page 272 "The blackmailer was not the angry hoyden..." FINSIHED 5/30

immigrant The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 15 "One never knew what an immigrant might do..." FINISHED 1/10

impression All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 97 "The story of the bed-wetting makes an impression." FINISHED 1/21

incidentally Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher by Paul Hoffman page 121 "Incidentally, the Muirdale and Blue Mound tuberculosis sanatoriums are taxed to capacity." FINISHED 1/8

jeers Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 367 "The crowd burst into a mix of applause and jeers." FINISHED 6/6

jet-ski Broken by Don Winslow page 203 "Terry drove his Jet Ski right into the impact zone." FINISHED 4/27

jock The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg page 58 "I'm just a dumb jock." FINISHED 3/29

kazoo The King of Kazoo: A Graphic Novel by Norm Feuti page 11 "My magic discovered a strange new tunnel on Mount Kazoo!" FINISHED 1/31

kestrel Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch page 142 "There's Black Eagle, Sally sparrow, Blue Jay, Kestrel Kain..." FINISHED 3/10

kneecaps A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw page 239 "...fall like a hammer against my kneecaps..." FINISHED 4/30

languid A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw page 104 "...followed by a slow, lanquid silence." FINISHED 4/30

leviathan The Whalebone Theatreby Joanna Quinn page 97 "...the leviathan that is stretching more than sixty feet along the beach..." FINISHED 4/11

licorice The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson page 216 "She smelled of licorice root." FINISHED 4/24

logical The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 294 "...reverting to the logical, controlled young woman..." FINISHED 1/10

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 2
50/50

machete The 9th Fortress by J.P. Jackson page 191 "...a machete down his pants..." FINISHED 3/20

merry-go-round All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 67 "...drags itself round in circles like a merry-go-round..." FINISHED 1/21

misfit Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher by Paul Hoffman page 114 "...by keeping one of these misfits at home." FINISHED 1/8

moped (vehicle) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman page 5 "...Marjory Williams's moped that was still booted by parking enforcement." FINISHED 6/6

mundane The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson page 244 "So ordinary. So mundane," FINISHED 1/6

nanny The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 372 "Perhaps, if you hire a nanny instead..." FINISHED 1/10

nineteen All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 3 "All four are nineteen years of age..." FINISHED 1/21

nostrils The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 12 "A waiter approached the table, nostrils flaring,,," FINISHED 1/10

nuns All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 274 "The nuns are more reliable." FINISHED 1/21

oblivion The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 225 "...she would slide gratefully into its oblivion." FINISHED 1/10

opinionated Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 233 "She was difficult and opinionated..." FINISHED 1/15

orchid Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 20 "...Totonacs have harvested the orchid that produces the vanilla bean..." FINISHED 1/4

oxygen Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 3 "...that removed almost all the oxygen present in the pouch..." FINISHED 1/4

pince-nez All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 91 "...pretending to take off his pince-nez." FINISHED 1/21

philosophy The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 111 "...a peaceful philosophy at its core..." FINISHED 1/10

playground The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 301 "She passed the children's playground..." FINISHED 1/10

precipice Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 324 "...had walked her away from the precipice to Hell..." FINISHED 1/15

propulsion The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones page 343 "Propulsion: propeller." FINISHED 6/19

Quaaludes Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton page 7 "...there'd been a half bottle of quaaludees prescribed to Paul's mother..." FINISHED 2/27

quesadilla Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 255 "...and the region's take on quesadillas..." FINISHED 1/4

rapier The Whalebone Theatreby Joanna Quinn page 366 "...who would wish her to flourish her rapier..." FINISHED 4/11

recliner 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 2 "The outer room had a battered corduroy recliner..." FINISHED 4/15

ridiculous All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 27 "But we would have felt ridiculous had we hauled down our colours." FINISHED 1/21

Rolex 15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart page 161 "...and examined her Rolex." FINISHED 4/15

ruby Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 157 "They are being sent by a Mrs. Ruby Flowers." FINISHED 1/16

sauerkraut The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 112 "...moved quickly to the vat of sauerkraut..." FINISHED 1/10

shoelace Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni page 35 "He stops to tie his shoelace..." FINISHED 5/6

skylight Broken by Don Winslow page 233 "...a thatched roof with a skylight." FINISHED 4/27

squeal The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson page 225 "Julie makes a noise that's a kind of squeal." FINISHED 1/6

styrofoam The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis page 10 "...build one out of a large sturdy cardboard box, styrofoam, or foam board." FINISHED 5/6

tactical Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 395 "Aircraft gave tactical cover." FINISHED 1/16

tannery The Bastard by John Jakes page 44 "...oh, say a tannery..." FINISHED 6/24

tattoo The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson page 45 "There's a tattoo of a swallow on the inside of her wrist." FINISHED 1/6

tinker Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian page 108 "...had brught some broken pewter to the tinker for repair." FINISHED 1/15

trough Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal page 315 "...at the iron troughs, the wooden mangers, the hooks..." FINISHED 3/6

uncertain All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 16 "His features have become uncertain and faint..." FINISHED 1/21

utopia Synapse by Steven James page 108 "...all willing participants in this technologically-constructed utopia." FINISHED 6/2

vacancy Lipstick in Auschwitz: The Unbelievable True Story of a World War II Holocaust Survivor by Miriam Nick page 150 "There opened a vacancy in this room..." FINISHED 4/9

verdant Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 20 "From the verdant valleys of Papantla... " FINISHED 1/4

vibrant The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson page 111 "So it's been like living in a more vibrant present..." FINISHED 1/4

vicinity Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 55 "...wheeled their way toward the Plaza and its vicinity..." FINISHED 1/4

vivacious The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 208 "She enjoyed spending time with the vivacious young woman..." FINISHED 1/10

waver The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb page 64 "...when her steely gaze didn't waver..." FINISHED 1/10

wheelbarrow All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 254 "...chattels along with them in wheelbarrows..." FINISHED 1/21

wisteria A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw page 58 "...a wisteria vine weaving its way through the gap..." FINISHED 4/30

worms Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 276 "...a real can of worms..." FINISHED 1/16

yield(-ed, -ing) All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque page 159 "...in a passion I yield myself trustingly." FINISHED 1/21

yikes Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America by Gustavo Arellano page 88 "Yikes! We have many "celebrity" commentators on our OC Weekly blogs..." FINISHED 1/4

zenith Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer page 63 "...the market was reaching its zenith..." FINISHED 1/16

zodiac Reliquary by Douglas Preston page 262 "...displaying the twelve figures of the zodiac..." FINISHED 4/27

Word list
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apothecary - "the first apothecary I visited" - The Devil in Winter p289 2/9
Armageddon
arson - "the possibility of arson" - Starter Villain p49 1/15
avalanche - "mountain passes on the brink of avalanche" - When Women Were Dragons p254 2/19
bailiff - "the bailiff said" - Miracle Creek -p20 3/17
barge - " a great barge advancing toward him" - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Ch 17, p 3 of ebook - 1/22
Betty Boop - "you look like a butch Betty Boop" - Fine: A Comic About Gender p68 6/8
bong - "Dominic pulls a bong" - Beautyland p151 3/3
buffalo - "the hard buffalo grass" - Singapore Sapphire p41 1/12
caricature - "learned to draw caricatures" - A Rogue's Life Ch 2 0:29 of audiobook 1/30
cicadas - "the cicadas were thrumming" - Rules for Visiting p234 2/10
consequence - "an unpleasant consequence" - Sacred Games p219 1/3
croquet - "played croquet instead" - Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution - Ch 11 48:47 of audiobook
cynicism - "overcame Harriet's cynicism" - Revenge in Rubies p267 1/15
dangle - "dangle by his fingertips" - Labyrinth p39 1/15
detoured - "we detoured far inland" - The Singer from Memphis p144 5/11
diesel - "the smell of diesel" - A Year of Marvellous Ways Ch 38 20:01 of audiobook 2/7
dolphin - "never seen a dolphin in real life" - Starter Villain p79 1/15
dubious - "with a dubious air" - Striding Folly p16 1/3
ebony - "particularly Ebony and Carol" - Singapore Sapphire p338 1/12
eunuch - "I'll make a eunuch of you" - The Devil in Winter p145 2/9
exclusion - "to the exclusion of all other affairs" - Kaikeyi p394 - 1/27
extinction - "the forever space of extinction" - Beautyland p250 3/3
falsify - "falsify the entries" - Singapore Sapphire p208 1/12
fathom - "who could fathom everything" - Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein p87 1/17
fiasco - "tell them what a fiasco we have here" - On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service Ch 12 7:30 of audiobook
foreground - "in the foreground" - Miss Iceland
forsythia
gherkin
gondola - "a tower, a gondola" - The Road to Roswell - ch 17 8:18 of audiobook
gramophone - "a gramophone with which she could dictate letters" - Clara Barton, Professional Angel p271 3/15
gumball - "she loved tart gumballs" - The Glory Cloak: A Novel of Louisa May Alcott and Clara Barton p46 3/19 (who knew gum was around in the mid 19th century?)
halcyon - "those halcyon days were long gone" -The Singer from Memphis - p229 5/11
hedonist
henhouse - "a collapsed henhouse" - When Women Were Dragons p145 2/19
hideout - "a hideout from the cops" - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Ch 23, 4;13 of audiobook, 1/17
hoyden
immigrant - "many kinds of immigrants" - Lives of the Monster Dogs p7 1/6/24
impression - "had an impression of a youngish woman" - Singapore Sapphire p22 1/12
incidentally - "I have, incidentally, sent away to my contacts" - A Killer in King's Cove - p188 2/23
jeers - "to jeer at her" - Under the Dragon's Tail p210 1/29
jet-ski - "where did people get Jet-skis in New York City?" - This Time Tomorrow -p57 2/28
jock - "local helmsman Jock Fleming" - The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism p29 4/17
kazoo- "kazoo renditions of great masterpieces" - Tress of the Emerald Sea p77 - 4/18
kestrel - "as the kestrel harries the dove-cote" - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood p200 2/10
kneecaps - "slam it into my kneecap" - Sacred Games p15 1/3
languid - "that broad, languid tongue" -Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein p167 1/17
leviathan - "the moniker The Loving Leviathan" - When Women Were Dragons p368 2/19
licorice - "a hint of licorice smell" - Under the Dragon's Tail p112 1/29
logical - "It seemed so logical" - Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein p86 1/17

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machete "really good with his machete" - Solito p15 1/31
merry-go-round - "Jonny wanted to go on the merry-go-round" - Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein p72 1/17
misfit - "the misfit is not invited" - Rules for Visiting p58 2/10
moped (vehicle) - "fixes mopeds that he resells" - Pars vite et reviens tard p146 3/9
mundane - "mundane discussions of children" - Revenge in Rubies p180 1/25
nanny - "suggested hiring a nanny" - Ink Blood Sister Scribe p372 2/16
nineteen - "older than eighteen or nineteen" - Singapore Sapphire p51 1/12
nostrils - "filled her nostrils" - Singapore Sapphire p296 1/12
nuns - "the nuns taught me" - Revenge in Rubies p185 1/25
oblivion - "no escape but oblivion" - Singapore Sapphire p181 1/12
opinionated - "she was very opinionated" - Rules for Visiting p24 2/10
orchid - "the pretty purple orchid" - Singapore Sapphire p319 1/12
oxygen - "there would of course be no oxygen" - Shadow Tag p252 2/6
pince-nez - "I remove my pince-nez" - p12 Lives of the Monster Dogs 1/6/24
philosophy - "a philosophy of life" - Striding Folly p20 1/3
playground - "being beaten on the playground" - Lucy by the Sea -p127 1/25
precipice - "tumbled together over the precipice" - Kaikeyi p401 1/27
propulsion - "what kind of propulsion does it use" - A Closed and Common Orbit 3/23
Quaaludes
quesadilla - "Mexican quesadillas, huevos rancheros" - Solito p199 1/31
rapier
recliner -"jolt from her recliner" - Beautyland p116 3/3
ridiculous - "obviously ridiculous" - Sacred Games p136 1/3
Rolex - "Giles lost a Rolex watch" - Close to Death ch 15, 14:15 of audiobook 4/28
ruby - "the ruby and sapphire mines" - Singapore Sapphire p29 1/12
sauerkraut
shoelace - "tied with a shoelace" - Solito p84 1/31
skylight - "looks at the skylight" -Solito p11 1/31
squeal - "with a squeal of brakes" - Singapore Sapphire p233 1/12
styrofoam - "at the bottom of the Styrofoam container" - Solito p150 1/31
tactical - "tactical decisions were such fun" - Labyrinth p55 1/15
tannery -
tattoo - "a tattoo peeking out" - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise - ch 9:04 of audiobook 1/5
tinker - "liked to tinker with woodwork" - Singapore Sapphire p182 1/12
trough - "beside the wash trough" - Singapore Sapphire p31 1/12
uncertain - "in his uncertain English" - Singapore Sapphire p117 1/12
utopia - "a new kind of utopia" - God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America p42 3/10
vacancy - nothing but a vacancy showed his loss" p53 3/28
verdant - "overlooking a verdant garden" - Kaikeyi p336 1/27
vibrant - "vibrant, full of life" - The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise - ch 37, 4:30 of audiobook 1/5
vicinity - "in the vicinity of the reception room" - An Artist of the Floating World p41 2/2
vivacious - "young, pretty and vivacious" - Revenge in Rubies p205 1/25
waver - "I would not waver" - Kaikeyi p410 1/27
wheelbarrow - "pushing her wheelbarrow" - When Women Were Dragons p98 2/19
wisteria - "an old wisteria vine" - Rules for Visiting p221 2/10
worms - "like an insidious worm" - Singapore Sapphire p181 1/12
yield(-ed, -ing) - "against yielding, yielding, yielding" - Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein p 212 1/17
yikes - "Yikes, I said. Are you Polish?" - Rules for Visiting p188 2/10
zenith - "something fancy like Zenith Hekla" - Miss Iceland p61 3/3
zodiac - "Like the zodiac sign?" - Rules for Visiting p38 2/10

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

Word list
apothecary - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p23 "...the owner of Magic’s Family Apothecary..."
Armageddon
arson - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p177 - "...arson in the U.S."
avalanche
bailiff - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - 1/16/24 - p205 - "...the bailiff please swear in..."
barge - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p45 - "...to barge in but I have..."
Betty Boop - Just One Day - 1/28/24 - p148 - "...an antique Betty Boop alarm clock..."
bong - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p184 - "...bong on the table..."
buffalo - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p8 - "...was trying to move a buffalo."
caricature - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p23 - "...the owner of Magic’s Family Apothecary..."
cicadas
consequence - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p41 - "...thought about all the consequences..."
croquet
cynicism - Happiness Falls - 1/30/24 - p370 - "...who equate cynicism with depth..."
dangle - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p97 - "...let the sentence dangle..."
detoured
diesel - The Burial Hour - 1/28/24 - p300 - "...diesel fuel, regular petrol...”
dolphin
dubious - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p64 - "...with as dubious a reputation..."
ebony - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p286 "...ebony that he’d cut himself..."
eunuch
exclusion - Happiness Falls - 1/30/24 - p274 - "...like there’s an exclusion..."
extinction
falsify
fathom - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p344 - "...Lucy couldn’t fathom what..."
fiasco - Happiness Falls - 1/30/24 - p155 - "...the TFT fiasco..."
foreground
forsythia
gherkin
gondola - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p211 - "...gondola up the mountain..."
gramophone
gumball
halcyon
hedonist
henhouse
hideout - Jade War - 1/23/24 - p47 - "...one of a few hideouts..."
hoyden
immigrant - Jade War - 1/23/24 - p160 - "...and the shadows of immigrant..."
impression - The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories - 1/4/24 - p56 - "...received also the impression of a..."
incidentally - Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie - 1/27/24 - p116 - "...incidentally, if it had been..."
jeers
jet-ski
jock
kazoo
kestrel
kneecaps - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - 1/16/24 - p7 - "...break kneecaps and chop..."
languid - Jade War - 1/23/24 - p183 - "...bodies sticky and languid."
leviathan
licorice
logical - Jade War - 1/23/24 - p19 - "...with a shrewd and logical..."

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

Word list
machete
merry-go-round
misfit - Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie - 1/27/24 - p36 - "...and that the misfits..."
moped (vehicle)
mundane - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p234 - "...focus on the mundane task..."
nanny - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - 1/16/24 - p5 - "...my children’s nanny in the..."
nineteen - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p218 - "...nineteen years old the first time..."
nostrils - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p218 - "...switched to the other nostril..."
nuns - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p189 - "Nuns, he says, and aid workers."
oblivion
opinionated - Jade War - 1/23/24 - p55 - "...was intelligent and opinionated..."
orchid
oxygen - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p43 - "...was completely out of oxygen.."
pince-nez - The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories - 1/4/24 - p1 - "...adjusted his pince-nez and cleared his throat..."
philosophy - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p162 - "...philosophy seems to be..."
playground - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - 1/16/24 - p128 - "...at a school playground..."
precipice - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p244 - "...on a precipice."
propulsion
Quaaludes
quesadilla
rapier
recliner
ridiculous - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p63 _ "...which was ridiculous..."
Rolex
ruby - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p55 "...ruby set at its center..."
sauerkraut
shoelace
skylight
squeal - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p25 - "...a small squeal of joy..."
styrofoam - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p223 - "...she passed along Styrofoam cups..."
tactical - NYPD Red 4 - 1/10/24 - p310 - "...tactical shotgun from the..."
tannery
tattoo - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p67 - "...tattoo parlor, a boardwalk medium..."
tinker
trough - The Burial Hour - 1/28/24 - p119 - "...a square-bottomed trough about two feet..."
uncertain
utopia
vacancy - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p123 - "...atop the word VACANCY..."
verdant - The Burial Hour - 1/28/24 - p7 - "Not the least verdant."
vibrant - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p157 - "...vibrant mustardy yellow lamps..."
vicinity - Sugar Plum Poisoned - 1/5/24 - p80 - "...have been in the vicinity..."
vivacious
waver - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/8/24 - p137 - "...doesn't so much as waver."
wheelbarrow
wisteria
worms - Mistletoe, Moussaka, and Murder - 1/10/24 - p376 - "...mix of popcorn and gummy worms."
yield(-ed, -ing) - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - 1/16/24 - p164 - "...only yielded one hit..."
yikes
zenith
zodiac - The Burial Hour - 1/28/24 - p151 - "...thump of the Zodiac boat..."

Beverly wrote: "There's one to many l's in oblivion. Looks like a great list...heaven knows how many mistakes I would have...

Thanks for catching that. Original post fixed.

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 1 of 2

49 / 50 words found THIS post
49 / 100 words found ENTIRE challenge
34 books read


apothecary - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 204 - "…into an apothecary bottle and…"

Armageddon - Elvis and The Dearly Departed ✔ – 18May24 - pg 89 - "…the battle of Armageddon."

arson - The Oracle of Stamboul ✔ – 07Mar24 - pg 230 - "…pillage, arson, vandalism, and…"

avalanche - The Tuscan Child ✔ – 12Jan24- pg 306 - "…starting a small avalanche and…"

bailiff - Take My Hand ✔ – 22Feb24 - pg 305 - "The bailiff closed the doors…"

barge - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 346 - "Iqbal's barge business, like…"

Betty Boop - Explosive Eighteen ✔ – 30May24 - pg 114 - "…Snookie meets Betty Boop."

bong - Yours Cheerfully ✔ – 13Apr24- pg 154 - "…as the bongs of the…"

buffalo - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 511 - "Like a water buffalo!"

caricature - First Gen ✔ – 26Jan24- pg 209 - "…a cartoon caricature of…"

cicadas - One Italian Summer ✔ – 12Jan24 - pg 25 - "…hear the sound of cicadas."

consequence - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 99 - "…consequences we could suffer…"

croquet - The Expectant Detectives ✔ – 17Oct24 - pg 250 - "…flamingo-hedgehog croquet."

cynicism - Ms. Demeanor: A Novel ✔ – 23Jan24 - pg 221 - "…unfortunate food layered with cynicism."

dangle - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 624 - "…then dangle it at arm's length."

detoured - Carrot Cake Murder ✔ – 03May24 - pg 284 - "…detoured off the road and into…"

diesel - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 546 - "The noisy diesel and the wind…"

dolphin - Flying Solo ✔ – 27Jan24 - pg 166 - "Dolphins she'd told him were…"

dubious - Ms. Demeanor: A Novel ✔ – 23Jan24 - pg 192 - "…his voice protectively dubious."

ebony - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 529 - "…behind Cowper shine like ebony."

eunuch - Lady Tan’s Circle of Women ✔ – 25Aug24 - pg 195 - "… service as eunuchs in the palace.

exclusion - First Gen ✔ – 26Jan24 - pg 130 - "…social exclusion looms threateningly…"

extinction - What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez ✔ – 16May24 - pg 89 - "…and the extinction of dinosaurs."

falsify - The Five ✔ – 22Jun24 - pg 258 - "…to either falsify or hide."

fathom - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 123 - "…hard to fathom that the…"

fiasco - The Tuscan Child ✔ – 12Jan24 - pg 106 - "…fagioli al fiasco sotto la…"

foreground - Surely You Can't Be Serious ✔ – 17Jan24 - pg 9 - "…in the foreground, and the…"

forsythia - Miss Julia Meets Her Match ✔ – 25May24 - pg 152 - "…the forsythia was in full bloom."

gherkin - Trespasses ✔ – 09Jun24 - pg 117 - "…sliced gherkin in a sugar bowl."

gondola - Sex and Vanity ✔ – 27Feb24- pg 217 - "…himself on the gondola and…"

gramophone - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 267 - "…like a gramophone needle meeting…"

gumball - The Queen of Sugar Hill ✔ – 20Apr24- pg 350 - "…high-end gumball machine."

halcyon - The Oracle of Stamboul ✔ – 07Mar24 - pg 23 - "…on that halcyon blue afternoon…"

hedonist - A Year in the World ✔ – 12Feb25 - pg 124 - "The Roman hedonists couldn't have…"

henhouse - A Hope Divided ✔ – 26Feb24 - pg 1 - "…the henhouse, and performed…"

hideout - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 205 - "…fights from a bedroom hideout."

hoyden

immigrant - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 17 - "…newly arrived immigrants I'd …"

impression - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24 - pg 176 - "…the impression I've gotten from…"

incidentally - One Italian Summer ✔ – 12Jan24 - pg 97 - "Incidentally, 'posa, posa' means…"

jeers - Good Night, Irene ✔ – 26Mar24 - pg 106 - "…to whistles and a few jeers."

jet-ski - The Hive and the Honey: Stories ✔ – 06Apr24- pg 112 - "…their surfboards and Jet-Skis."

jock - One of Us Is Lying ✔ – 29Feb24 - pg 11 - "…and you're a jock…"

kazoo - The Measure ✔ – 30July24 - pg 302 - "…two small kazoos he…"

kestrel - Amanda's Wedding ✔ – 11Nov25 - pg 211 - "…bread like ravenous kestrels."

kneecaps - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 100 - "…now reaching the kneecaps."

languid - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 226 - "…gestures as languid as the slow…"

leviathan - Horse ✔ – 20Apr25 - pg 354 - "…to be leviathan betting on …"

licorice - A Hundred Flowers ✔ – 22Feb24- pg 256 - "…such as licorice root,…"

logical - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24 - pg 94 - "…so logical at that moment…"

CONTINUED next post ...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024


PART 2 of 2

50 / 50 words found THIS post
99 / 100 words found ENTIRE challenge
32 books read THIS post


machete - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24- pg 137 - "…in machete order but…"

merry-go-round - The Jasmine Project ✔ – 30Mar24- pg 228 - "…the merry-go-round of maiming…"

misfit - The Underground Railroad ✔ – 13Feb24 - pg 309 - "…fueled by early misfits…"

moped (vehicle) - The Paris Apartment ✔ – 27May24 - pg 348 - "…fall on his moped near his…"

mundane - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 152 - "…seem mundane and irrelevant."

nanny - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 243 - "…hired a nanny, and I think…"

nineteen - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 13 - "…as if I were nineteen."

nostrils - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 191 - "…gauze protruding from my nostrils."

nuns - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24- pg 28 - "She's sixteen, not a nun."

oblivion - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 304 - "…know it's willful oblivion."

opinionated - Rebel ✔ – 06Feb24- pg 173 - "…both opinionated and stubborn."

orchid - Vanderbilt ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 222 - "…like an orchid overwatered…"

oxygen - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 179 - "Ellen needs oxygen."

pince-nez - The Oracle of Stamboul ✔ – 07Mar24 - pg 76 - "…his pince-nez and wiping it…"

philosophy - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 246 - "…his philosophies, then about…"

playground - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 270 - "…at the playground with Will."

precipice - The Tuscan Child ✔ – 12Jan24 - pg 238 - "…at the edge of a precipice."

propulsion - World of Wonders ✔ – 12Sep24 - pg 53 - "…uses jet propulsion by…"

Quaaludes - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 143 - "...had swallowed Quaaludes."

quesadilla - Flying Solo ✔ – 27Jan24 - pg 133 - "…nail clipping in a quesadilla."

rapier - The Oracle of Stamboul ✔ – 07Mar24 - pg 274 - "…rolled-up newspaper like a rapier."

recliner - To All the Boys I've Loved Before ✔ – 11Feb24 - pg 271 - "…put it on the recliner."

ridiculous - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 51 - "…that he requests is ridiculous."

Rolex - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 106 - "…gleaming, gold Rolex was…"

ruby - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 138 - "…is covered in rubies."

sauerkraut - Explosive Eighteen ✔ – 30May24- pg 276 - "…they been eating sauerkraut."

shoelace - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 600 - "…like untied shoelaces are the…"

skylight - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 38 - "…through the skylight, littering…"

squeal - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24- pg 161 - "…elicits a squeal from her."

styrofoam - This Time Will Be Different ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 257 - "…three Styrofoam containers…"

tactical - Leave the World Behind ✔ – 15Feb24- pg 35 - "…provided some tactical advantage."

tannery - The Underground Railroad ✔ – 13Feb24 - pg 203 - "…in a tannery in Canada."

tattoo - Surely You Can't Be Serious ✔ – 17Jan24 - pg 85 - "…green hair, tattoos, and a…"

tinker - Ruddy Gore ✔ – 25Jan24- pg 143 - "Now, Tinker, what have you…"

trough - Miss Julia Meets Her Match ✔ – 25May24 - pg 268 - "…what looked like a horse trough."

uncertain - The Tuscan Child ✔ – 12Jan24 - pg 57 - "…especially at this uncertain time."

utopia - Everything, Everything ✔ – 16Mar24 - pg 155 - "…high school is no utopia."

vacancy - The Underground Railroad ✔ – 13Feb24 - pg 20 - "Vacancies were brief."

verdant - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 110 - "…the verdant landscape: flooded…"

vibrant - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24 - pg 163 - "Robyn is a vibrant redhead, a…"

vicinity - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 120 - "…the vicinity of Gosha Hospital…"

vivacious - China Dolls ✔ – 16Mar24 - pg 370 - "…as vivacious and naughty…"

waver - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 24 - "…steady, never waver outwardly."

wheelbarrow - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24 - pg 207 - "Buckets and wheelbarrows have…"

wisteria - A Hope Divided ✔ – 26Feb24- pg 91 - "…scent of wisteria was from the…"

worms - Surely You Can't Be Serious ✔ – 17Jan24 - pg 286 - "…such a can of worms."

yield(-ed, -ing) - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 164 - "…yield the intimacy of connection,…"

yikes - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega ✔ – 04Jan24- pg 18 - "I mean …yikes."

zenith - The Underground Railroad ✔ – 13Feb24 - pg 155 - "…approached its zenith and…"

zodiac - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24 - pg 100 - "…signs of the zodiac in the…"

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 1

48/50
96/100

Word list
✔ apothecary-p.10-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...an apothecary jar with multi-color, different-shape shells." 1/3/24
✔ Armageddon-p.102-Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies-"...foreseeing global Armagedden, Communist Party bosses..." 3/2/24
✔ arson-p.90-Last Call Chicago: A History of 1001 LGBTQ-Friendly Taverns, Haunts & Hangouts-"Arson was suspected." 3/4/24
✔ avalanche-p.639-Foucault's Pendulum-"...of the landslip, of the avalanche." 2/14/24
✔ bailiff-p.408-Can You Forgive Her?-"She ain't good enough for my bailiff..." 2/24/24
✔ barge-p.76-Last Call Chicago: A History of 1001 LGBTQ-Friendly Taverns, Haunts & Hangouts-"...they had a barge, and they put people on it..." 2/29/24
✔ Betty Boop-p.326-Cadillac Beach-"...wall clock with Betty Boop's eyes moving side to side..." 5/20/24
✔ bong-p.185-Cadillac Beach-"...and packed a dragon's-head bong." 4/14/24
✔ buffalo-p.87-The Coroner's Lunch-"...or how many months pregnant a buffalo." 2/24/24
✔ caricature-p.171-Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies-"...into a caricature of lawless greed." 3/4/24
✔ cicadas-p.187-The Coroner's Lunch-"The cicadas drowned out his thoughts..." 2/28/24
✔ consequence-p.365-The Sea, the Sea-"...and be subject to the consequences." 1/1/24
✔ croquet-p.538-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...croquet layouts...sneaking to the front of the line,,," 6/12/24
✔ cynicism-p.270- The Sicilian-"...perhaps the cynicism of mind." 12/26/24
✔ dangle-p.262-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...Causing Prometheus to dangle helplessly..." 11/2/24
✔ detoured-p.121-There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of- "...then detoured into the bathroom." 4/19/24
✔ diesel-p.135-Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure-"...how to tell the difference between water and diesel." 2/13/24
✔ dolphin-p.443-The Sea, the Sea-"Did you knoe that dolphins sometimes commit suicide..." 1/2/24
✔ dubious-p.126-No Filter-"The detective looked dubious..." 3/7/24
✔ ebony-p.319-The Reader's Companion to Cuba-"...with walls of ebony, cedar, and mahogany." 3/18/24
✔ eunuch-p.89-The Know-It-All-"...but many of the eunuchs over the years have had impressive clout." 1/3/24
✔ exclusion-p.438-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"...and remains an exclusion zone." 3/13/24
✔ extinction-p.137-Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags-"...and going nowhere other than extinction..." 5/23/24
✔ falsify-p.299-All Souls' Rising-"...he was careful to falsify the purpose..." 7/27/24
✔ fathom-p.288-Burma Sahib-"...McFarlane would never be able to fathom the reason." 4/7/24
✔ fiasco-p.310- Burma Sahib-"...not pleased by your elephant fiasco..." 4/9/24
✔ foreground-p.156-Battambang-"...a giant leaf splashed across the foreground..." 3/5/25
✔ forsythia-p.579-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...the golden blaze of forsythia..." 6/22/24
✔ gherkin-p.609-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...red beef, garnished with a mound of gherkins..."-7/3/24
✔ gondola-p.227-The Fugitive-"...I called out to her from my gondola..." 1/29/24
✔ gramophone-p.11-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...pocket fishing poles, gramophones..." 1/3/24
✔ gumball-P.120-Cadillac Beach-"The gumball rally winds all over the country..." 2/19/24
✔ halcyon-p.206-The House of Hidden Meanings-"We were staying at the Halcyon Hotel..." 4/14/24
hedonist
✔ henhouse-p.425-The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers-"...he led me into the henhouse of His Majesty..." 3/21/24
✔ hideout-p.126-The Sicilian-"...taken the flags to their secret hideout..." 3/7/24
hoyden
✔ immigrant-p.339- Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"...established in 1876 by a German immigrant..." 1/4/24
✔ impression-p.196-The Cricket on the Hearth-"...labouring under the impression that she might have been." 1/3/24
✔ incidentally-p.205-The Know-It-All-"Incidentally, Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot on what would become American Airlines." 7/7/24
✔ jeers-p.303-Burma Sahib-"They would jeer him as he left..." 4/8/24
✔ jet-ski-p.210-Cadillac Beach-"...instant prizes including jet skis, minibikes, Bic Macs..." 4/15/24
✔ jock-p.251-Burma Sahib-"...Muriel had a chap, a fellow Jock...." 4/5/24
✔ kazoo-p.455-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...playing kazoos backwards...the victory in good work..." 5/22/24
✔ kestrel-p.26-Mona of the Manor-"...like an eavesdropping kestrel." 6/4/24
✔ kneecaps-p.178-Torpedo Juice-"...popped up and wiped her kneecaps..." 7/5/24
✔ languid-p.132-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"The blimp hung languid, stupid." 6/12/24
✔ leviathan-p.117-Dombey and Son-"...up the street like a stranded leviathan." 5/15/25
✔ licorice-p.291-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...passing over licorice jellybeans..." 3/13/24
✔ logical-p.11-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"So what's the only logical answer?" 3/12/24

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024


PART 2 of 2

48/ 50 words found THIS post
95/100 words found ENTIRE challenge
0 books read


✔ machete-p.134- Death by Water-"Not without a machete and a compass..." 1/7/24
✔ merry-go-round-p.52-Marshmallow Muscles, Banana Brainstorms-"The field lights were still on their merry-go-round." 6/9/24
✔ misfit-p.221-Burma Sahib-"And Aimee and Kathleen were homegrown misfits..." 4/5/24
✔ moped (vehicle)-p.154-Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure-"...followed us back to CARE on a tiny moped..." 2/13/24
✔ mundane-p.64-The Coroner's Lunch-"It's all very mundane." 2/23/24
✔ nanny-p.124-The Crow Trap-"...some sort of nanny in the background..." 1/14/24
✔ nineteen-p.71-The Reader's Companion to Cuba-"...in 1922, Nin was nineteen years of age..." 1/24/24
✔ nostrils-p.392-Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders-"...blow the hallucinatory drug up each other's nostrils..." 1/29/24
✔ nuns-p.33-Tea in Tripoli-"...German whites; Blue Nun Liebfraumilch was a fave." 1/10/24
✔ oblivion-p.273-The Crow Trap-"...and drink himself into oblivion." 1/18/24
✔ opinionated-p.189- Whose Body?-"People are opinionated about side-issues..." 1/18/25
✔ orchid-Kindle loc. 99- Murder in the Dark-"...fernery, which was full of orchids." 1/19/24
✔ oxygen-p.18-How to Be Happy, Dammit: A Cynic's Guide to Spiritual Happiness-"...to suck down a yummy oxygen/nitrogen cocktail." 1/3/24
✔ pince-nez-P.31-Death by Water-"She.... was reading a letter through pince-nez." 1/4/24
✔ philosophy-p.xvi-The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play-"...practical application of this positive philosophy to work situations..." 1/4/24
✔ playground-p.115-Tea in Tripoli-"...a basketball court, and a children's playground..." 4/1/24
✔ precipice-p.143-A Traveller on Horseback-"...I looked down over the precipice and saw..." 5/23/24
propulsion
✔ Quaaludes-p.182-The House of Hidden Meanings-"...but we took quaaludes, passed out, and got fired." 4/14/24
✔ quesadilla-p.350-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"...and makes an excellent quesadilla filling." 1/26/24
✔ rapier-p.472-The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers-"...and bore a rapier like those we see in the sketches of Callot..." 6/6/24
✔ recliner-p.251-Déjà Dead-"He dropped into a recliner." 9/20/24
✔ ridiculous-p.351-The Sea, the Sea-"...so awful I should look ridiculous." 1/1/24
✔ Rolex-p.15-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-...panoramic murals... Rolex watch copycatst..." 1/4/24
✔ ruby-p.11-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...ruby=contented mind" 1/3/24
✔ sauerkraut-p.465-The Sea, the Sea-"...opened a tin of frankfurters and a tin of sauerkraut." 1/3/24
✔ shoelace-p.121-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"red-checked shoelaces...bad dining hall meals..." 2/1/24
✔ skylight-p.70-The Coroner's Lunch-"Through the skylight, they could hear..." 2/23/24
✔ squeal-p.62-The Crow Trap-"...shoes on polished lino, a high-pitched squeal..." 1/11/24
✔ styrofoam-p.232-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...the millions of styrofoam wads that accompany mail order items..." 2/28/24
tactical
✔ tannery-p.164-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"...encouraged us to go see the leather tannery..." 2/25/24
✔ tattoo-p.22-Death by Water-"The word means tattoo." 1/4/24
✔ tinker-p.331-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...church choirs...Tinker Bell in Peter Pan..." 3/23/24
✔ trough-p.83-There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of-"...a pig rooting through its trough."-2/22/24
✔ uncertain-p.46-The Crow Trap-"But still he sounded uncertain." 1/11/24
✔ utopia-p.xiii-Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies-"...utopia may translate as 'no place', but a placeless world is a dystopian prospect." 1/27/24
✔ vacancy-p.234-The Fugitive-"...which would leave a vacancy in Constantinople." 1/29/24
✔ verdant-p.87-Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies-"...a semi-verdant kingdom that features on no maps." 3/1/24
✔ vibrant-p.16-Death by Water-"...and a truly vibrant dressing gown..." 1/4/23
✔ vicinity-p.216-Guy Mannering-"...gipsies who so long inhabited the vicinity..."-2/16/24
✔ vivacious-p.83-The Reader's Companion to Cuba-"...stout mamas and vivacious children." 2/9/24
✔ waver-p.169-Malaria Dreams: An African Adventure-"...the official repeated with only a slight waver." 2/13/24
✔ wheelbarrow-p.30-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...a wheelbarrow for joyful rides..." 1/10/24
✔ wisteria-p.229-Murder on a Midsummer Night- A bee buzzed drowsily in the wisteria." 4/6/25
✔ worms-p.57-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...worm=spiral part of corkscrew..." 1/17/24
✔ yield(-ed, -ing)- p.40-Death by Water-"Not only did it yield coffee, it did not talk." 1/5/24
✔ yikes-p.154-Cadillac Beach-"'Yikes! How'd that get there?'" 3/20/24
✔ zenith-p.160-14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book-"...and near the zenith, a half-moon." 2/11/24
✔ zodiac-p.87-Death by Water-"...where the zodiac dances around." 1/5/24

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX - January thru June 2024

(1) Damien Jacquelyn Frank (1/2/24) 4*
(2) The Secrets She Kept Brenda Novak (1/4/24) 4*
(3) Bookshop Cinderella Laura Lee Guhrke (1/5/24) 4*
(4) The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides (1/10/24) 4*
(5) Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros (1/13/24) 5*
(6) Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey (1/14/24) 4*
(7) The Unteachables Gordon Korman (1/21/24) 5*
(8) Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano (1/25/24) 4*
(9) Magic Shifts Ilona Andrews (1/27/24) 4*
(10) A Monster Calls Patrick Ness (1/31/24) 5*
(11) A Monster Calls Jacquelyn Frank (2/6/24) 4*
(12) Magic Triumphs Ilona Andrews (2/13/24) 4*
(13) Adam Jacquelyn Frank (2/17/24) 4*
(14) The Nightingale Kristin Hannah (2/20/24) 5*
(15) Mortal Follies Alexis Hall (2/24/24) 3*
(16) The Duke Gaelen Foley (3/5/24) 4*
(17) Lord of Fire Gaelen Foley (3/9/24) 4*
(18) A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan (3/24/24) 3*
(19) Again the Magic Lisa Kleypas (2/31/24) 4*
(20) Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers
Susan Morrison (4/5/24) 3*
(21) Spell Bound Rachel Hawkins (4/7/24) 4*
(22) The Penderwicks on Gardam Street Jeanne Birdsall (4/9/24) 4*
(23) A Lesson in Vengeance Victoria Lee (4/15/24) 3*
(24) The Bad Weather Friend Dean Koontz (4/20/24) 3*
(25) Open House Elizabeth Berg (4/21/24) 4*
(26) Patron Saints of Nothing Randy Ribay (5/3/24) 3*
(27) Caught Harlan Coben (5/18/24) 5*
(28) Outlander Diana Gabaldon (5/20/24) 3*
(29) Caliban's War James S. A. Corey (6/9/24) 3.5*
(30) Throwing Shade Deborah Wilde (6/12/24) 3*
(31) The Angel Experiment James Patterson (6/15/24) 3*

Part 1: 50/50 Word list:

(10) apothecary: p. 127-...called him the Apothecary.
(6) Armageddon: Ch. 19 p. 197-...Armageddon down on Martian...
(28) arson: p. 71 -...murder, arson, and wife-stealing...
(2) avalanche: p. 114-...an avalanche of worries...
(27) bailiff: p. 84-Her “bailiff” was named Waco.
(17) barge: p. 338-He passed the old Barge Brewery...
(20) Betty Boop: p. 57-ALL HAIL BETTY BOOP
(10) bong: p. 119-...bong its way to nine o’clock.
(9) buffalo: p. 140-...turns into a buffalo.
(7) caricature: p. 63-...the vibrant caricatures.
(12) cicadas: p. 11-Every seventeen years, the cicadas...
(1) consequence: p. 255-...care less about consequences.
(3) croquet: p. 235-...croquet match came up.
(17) cynicism: p. 182-...his cynicism growing sharper...
(5) dangle: p. 477-...my feet dangle off the desk...
(19) detoured: p. 195-Before the siblings became detoured...
(14) diesel: p. 431-...cinnamon, diesel fuel, car exhaust...
(1) dolphin: p. 75-...dolphin, were both migrating species.
(11) dubious: pp.691-He spat the dubious salve...
(1) ebony: p. 341-...ebony hair and moving closer to him.
(5) eunuch: p. 47-...Jack here start as a eunuch?”
(2) exclusion: p. 72-...an exclusion in the fine...
(1) extinction: p. 320-satisfy her points about extinction.
(7) falsify: p. 190-...never falsify student reports.”
(3) fathom: p. 25-...fathom what they found so entertaining.
(13) fiasco: p. 399-Ever since the fiasco with Noah...
(25) foreground: p. 242-...foreground, night creeping in.
(21) forsythia: p. 12 -...crouched in the forsythia border...
(3) gherkin: p. 131-...placing a gherkin from the...
(17) gondola: p. 37-...guests into fanciful gondolas.
(3) gramophone: p. 123-...I know there’s a gramophone...
(25) gumball: p. 187-...where you can get gum balls...
(3) halcyon: p. 51-“Oh, those were such halcyon days.”
(19) hedonist: p. 286-...Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard...
(15) henhouse: p. 40-...ground before the henhouse.
(6) hideout: Ch 28 p. 284-...safety of the crew’s hideout...
(17) hoyden: p. 22- ...hoyden that is her concern.”
(8) immigrant: p. 16-...neighborhood filled with immigrants.
(1) impression: p. 67-He gave the impression of...
(4) incidentally: p. 317-Incidentally, he mentioned you.”
(3) jeers: p. 119-They’d jeer and laugh...
(21) jet-ski: ...magic up like, a sweet Jet Ski?”
(7) jock: p. 34-There’s Barnstorm Anderson, super jock.
(29) kazoo: p. 407-...auditorium and handed a kazoo.
(9) kestrel: p. 104-...the Kestrel tomahawk weighed...
(5) kneecaps: p. 56-...so my kneecap stays where...
(16) languid: p. 98-His languid expression stiffened...
(6) leviathan: Ch 37-p. 374-...dead and decaying leviathan.
(25) licorice: p 286-His breath is like licorice.
(1) logical: p. 97-The thought was logical and...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX - January thru June 2024

(1) Damien Jacquelyn Frank (1/2/24) 4*
(2) The Secrets She Kept Brenda Novak (1/4/24) 4*
(3) Bookshop Cinderella Laura Lee Guhrke (1/5/24) 4*
(4) The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides (1/10/24) 4*
(5) Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros (1/13/24) 5*
(6) Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey (1/14/24) 4*
(7) The Unteachables Gordon Korman (1/21/24) 5*
(8) Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano (1/25/24) 4*
(9) Magic Shifts Ilona Andrews (1/27/24) 4*
(10) A Monster Calls Patrick Ness (1/31/24) 5*
(11) Noah Jacquelyn Frank (2/6/24) 4*
(12) Magic Triumphs Ilona Andrews (2/13/24) 4*
(13) Adam Jacquelyn Frank (2/17/24) 4*
(14) The Nightingale Kristin Hannah (2/20/24) 5*
(15) Mortal Follies Alexis Hall (2/24/24) 3*
(16) The Duke Gaelen Foley (3/5/24) 4*
(17) Lord of Fire Gaelen Foley (3/9/24) 4*
(18) A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan (3/24/24) 3*
(19) Again the Magic Lisa Kleypas (2/31/24) 4*
(20) Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers Susan Morrison (4/5/24) 3*
(21) Spell Bound Rachel Hawkins (4/7/24) 4*
(22) The Penderwicks on Gardam Street Jeanne Birdsall (4/9/24) 4*
(23) A Lesson in Vengeance Victoria Lee (4/15/24) 3*
(24) The Bad Weather Friend Dean Koontz (4/20/24) 3*
(25) Open House Elizabeth Berg (4/21/24) 4*
(26) Patron Saints of Nothing Randy Ribay (5/3/24) 3*
(27) Caught Harlan Coben (5/18/24) 5*
(28) Outlander Diana Gabaldon (5/20/24) 3*
(29) Caliban's War James S. A. Corey (6/9/24) 3.5*
(30) Throwing Shade Deborah Wilde (6/12/24) 3*
(31) The Angel Experiment James Patterson (6/15/24) 3*

Part 2: 48/50 Word list:

(9) machete: p. 99-...probably a machete judging...
(8) merry-go-round: p. 303-...merry-go-round of books...
(8) misfit: p. 280-...social misfits in some way.
(26) moped (vehicle): p. 30-...half tangled in their moped...
(1) mundane: p. 201-...she led a rather mundane lifestyle.
(2) nanny: p. 22-...raised by a former nanny.
(1) nineteen: p. 109-In all her nineteen years of life...
(2) nostrils: p. 30-...rose to his nostrils.
(16) nuns: p. 121-...made us look like nuns.
(2) oblivion: p. 14-...sink back into blissful oblivion...
(3) opinionated: p. 68-“Are all peers as opinionated...
(3) orchid: p. 53-...like a hothouse orchid...
(1) oxygen: p. 128-...depended on circulation, oxygen, and...
(23) pince-nez: p. 100- Ellis digs up a pair of pince-nez...
(1) philosophy: p. 219-It is an old hunter’s philosophy...
(1) playground: p. 166-...not been my playground, Damien.
(3) precipice: p. 148-...on this particular precipice...
propulsion
(18) Quaaludes: p. 50-...crank calls, pot, coke, quaaludes.
quesadilla
(17) rapier: p. 266-...run through with a rapier...
(6) recliner: Ch 19-p. 196-...recliner and leaned it back.
(1) ridiculous: p. 99-It seemed ridiculous that...
(24) Rolex: p. 30-...counterfeit Rolex watches...
(1) ruby: p. 33-...the large ruby of the ring...
(31)sauerkraut: p. 271- “What’s sauerkraut?”
(30) shoelace: p. 74-Ava fished a loose shoelace...
(24) skylight: p. 123-However, a large skylight...
(1) squeal: p. 298Angel asked.-Her threat came out as a squeal...
(23) Styrofoam: p. 70-...slabs of dense Styrofoam.
(1) tactical: p. 494-...tactical usefulness in a fight.
(28) tannery: p. 107-...tenanted by smithy, tannery, and...
(4) tattoo: p. 20-...a tribal tattoo creeping up...
(7) tinker: p. 47-He tinkers around under...
(14) trough: p. 309-...a heifer to the trough.
(2) uncertain: p. 68-...her voice seemed uncertain...
(24) utopia: p. 245...steady progress toward utopia...
(2) vacancy: p. 26-The vacancy sign below glowed...
(12) verdant: p. 97-...verdant and filled with life...
(3) vibrant: p. 105-...took on a vibrant glow...
(1) vicinity: p. 297-...the vicinity of his neck.
(17) vivacious: p. 361-...was a beautiful, vivacious imp...
(5) waver: p. 463-Andarna’s voice wavers,
(9) wheelbarrow: p. 220-...being shoveled into wheelbarrows...
(11) wisteria: pp. 797-...a wisteria and willow grove.
(3) worms: p. 168-...wine and worm out of her...
(5) yield (-ed, -ing): p. 95-“Do you yield?”
(2) yikes: p. 68-“Yikes!
(18) zenith: p. 37-And from this zenith of...
(30) zodiac: p. 88-What, was this like zodiac...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

apothecary

ArmageddonSmall Great Things by Jodi Picoult finished 5/25 p. 4 ...also earthquakes and Armageddon.

arson-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 1913 ...tried for arson.

avalanche-The Dragline Kid: A Gold-Miner's Daughter from Hope, Alaska Finds Adventure in Kenai, Alaska, but Hits Pay-Dirt Outside by Lisa Augustine finished 1/18 p. 98 ...shutting off the avalanche of people...

bailiff-One Deadly Night by John Glatt finished 1/2 p. 229 ...as bailiffs led him out of the courtroom...

barge-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 230 A woman barges in.

Betty Boop-Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford finished 3/8 p. 76 ...our beautiful Betty Boop vixen...

bong-Pageboy by Elliot Page finished 1/28 p. 169 ...bong smoke getting you secondhand high.

buffalo-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 76 Two warriors were hunting for buffalo...

caricature-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 7 The walls are covered with caricatures...

cicadas-Appalachian Tales by Deanna Edens finished 1/16 p. 78 ...the shrill of cicadas...

consequence-Pageboy by Elliot Page finished 1/28 p. 21 ...a consequence of war.

croquet- Hometown Betrayal: A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country by Emily Benedek finished 5/5/25 p. 129 ...setting up croquet wickets....

cynicism-Sleeping With the Devil by Suzanne Finstad finished 3/19 p. 295 ...one criminal lawyer would later point out with cynicism...

dangle-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 333 ...which dangle down...

detoured

diesel-Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford finished 3/8 p. 39 ...back when Diesel was becoming all the rage...

dolphin-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 2 ...a linebacker for the Dolphins.

dubious-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 181 ...had grown dubious of the duo's production abilities...

ebony-The Dragline Kid: A Gold-Miner's Daughter from Hope, Alaska Finds Adventure in Kenai, Alaska, but Hits Pay-Dirt Outside by Lisa Augustine finished 1/18 p. 230 ...An ebony statue...

eunuch-What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher finished 7/16 p. 310..misogynistic digital eunuchs...

exclusion-We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century by Ronald Gruner finished 4/21 p. 42 ...America's long-standing exclusion...

extinction-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 92 ...North America's largest animals to extinction.

falsify

fathom-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 28 People could not fathom it.

fiasco-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 8825 After that fiasco...

foreground-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. 36 ...bosses loom large in the foreground.

forsythia-Appalachian Tales by Deanna Edens finished 1/16 p. 20 ...the golden branches of the Forsythia bush...

gherkin

gondola-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 8458 With Maria on a gondola in Venice...

gramophone-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 25 They had the first radio and first gramophone...

gumball-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 20 ...and two gumball machines.

halcyon-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 8568 ...in those halcyon recording days...

hedonist

henhouse-Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man by Brian McGrory finished 4/2 p. 102 ...impeccably well-kept henhouse...

hideout-Southern Discomfort: A Memoir by Tena Clark finished 5/14 p. 146 ...they drove past my hideout...

hoyden

immigrant-Appalachian Tales by Deanna Edens finished 1/16 p. ...the words of the immigrant's families...

impression-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 50...I'm making an impression.

incidentally-Pageboy by Elliot Page finished 1/28 p. 2 ...incidentally also took place in a Jacuzzi.

jeers-An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin finished 5/15 p. 364 ...greet him with jeers and boos. ...

jet-ski-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 4 ...a photo of his Jet-Ski...

jock-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 29 ...look right past me at the jock...

kazoo-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. 138 Rabbit also played kazoo...

kestrel-The Zookeeper's Daughter by Lori Space Day finished 3/2 p. 243 ...a young kestrel that had taken up residence...

kneecaps-The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso finished 5/20 p. 162 I fell on my kneecap...

languid
leviathan

licorice-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 88 ...just a hint of licorice.

logical-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 31 ...the next logical relationship...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt VII
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024
List #2

machete-The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind finished 4/7 p. 17 This was New England, not machete country.

merry-go-round-Small-Town Boy, Small-Town Girl: Growing Up in South Dakota, 1920-1950 by Eric B. Fowler finished 1/24 p. 155 Merry-go-rounds were "
simp twirlers"...

misfit-Sleeping With the Devil by Suzanne Finstad finished 3/19 p. 192 Dick had misfits.

moped (vehicle)-Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
by Whoopie Goldberg finished 5/28 p. 110 ...a used moped and a driver's license...

mundane-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 172 , mundane tasks...

nanny-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 2 ...my two-year-old's nanny...

nineteen-One Deadly Night by John Glatt finished 1/2 p. 156 I was about nineteen.

nostrils..-The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs finished 1/12 p. 170 ...my breath as it entered my nostrils...

nuns-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 78 ...run by Jesuit priests and Franciscan nuns...

oblivion-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 237 ...only to fade into oblivion...

opinionated-The Only Boy in the World: A Father Explores the Mysteries of Autism by Michael Blastland finished 3/27 p. 125 Joe is-let's say opinionated...

orchid-No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today by Christopher Edmunds finished 2/20 p. 284 Roddie and Franke watched Brother Orchid...

oxygen-One Deadly Night by John Glatt finished 1/2 p. 317...an oxygen mask muffling her desperate sobs...

pince-nez

philosophy-Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old by Steven Petrow finished 2/4 p.97 I wanted my philosophy to be his.

playground-The Watergate Girl by Jill Wine-Banks finished 1/6 p. 102 ...raised the money to build a playground...

precipice-Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life by Eric O'Grady finished 2/18 p. 271 ,,,the precipice of a major decision...

propulsion

Quaaludes-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 465 ...the boys ordered quaaludes...

quesadilla-Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford finished 3/8 p. 100 ...a chicken quesadilla with roasted corn...

rapier-A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman finished 3/30 loc. 106 ... a rapier blade with a pirate's panache...

recliner-One Deadly Night by John Glatt finished 1/2 p. 167 Camm sat down on a recliner...

ridiculous-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 832 ...just how ridiculous that is.

Rolex-The Waltham Murders by Susan Zalkind finished 4/7 p. 135 She found a Rolex watch...

ruby-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 33 ...I'm not wearing ruby slippers...

sauerkraut-Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life by Mark Hyman finished 3/15 p. 108 ...foods like sauerkraut, pickles...

shoelace-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 969 ...by tying your shoelaces with chopsticks.

skylight-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. I also want lots of skylights...

squeal-With the Devil's Help: A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder by Neal Wooten finished 1/14 p. 92 ...making the tire's squeal...

styrofoam-With the Devil's Help: A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder by Neal Wooten finished 1/14 p. 128 ...a small Styrofoam cooler...
92 ...making the tires squeal...

tactical-No Surrender: A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today by Christopher Edmunds finished 2/20 p. 58 ...top leaders made strategic and tactical notes...

tannery-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. 40 The old mill is gone, as is the tannery...

tattoo-Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable finished 1/4 p. 1 A tattoo on her ankle...

tinker-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. ...couldn't give a tinker's damn.

trough-With the Devil's Help: A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder by Neal Wooten finished 1/14 p. 214 ...only six came to the trough.

uncertain-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 4055 ...in no uncertain terms...

utopia-The Orchard by Theresa Weir finished 6/7 p. 149 Someone intruding on their utopia...

vacancy-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. ...a no vacancy sign on my heart.

verdant-Waiter to the Rich and Shameless: Confessions of a Five-Star Beverly Hills Server by Paul Hartford finished 3/8 p. 11 ...immaculate verdant gardens...

vibrant-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 2 ...rich with vibrant flora...

vicinity-Murder at Minnesota Point by Jeffrey M. Suave finished 3/1 p. 29 ...the killer yet remained in the vicinity.

vivacious-Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough finished 4/11 p. A vivacious, vivid young woman...

waver-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 669 She doesn't waver.

wheelbarrow-With the Devil's Help: A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder by Neal Wooten finished 1/14 p. 41 It was a small wheelbarrow...

wisteria-)-The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City by Nicholas Dawidoff finished 4/28 p. 28 ...and fragrant, purple wisteria...

worms-With the Devil's Help: A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder by Neal Wooten finished 1/14 p. 31 ...help me get some worms...

yield(-ed, -ing)-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. 277 ...I will not yield...

yikes

zenith-The Dragline Kid: A Gold-Miner's Daughter from Hope, Alaska Finds Adventure in Kenai, Alaska, but Hits Pay-Dirt Outside by Lisa Augustine finished 1/18 p. 137 ...just his Zenith short-wave radio...

zodiac-This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay finished 1/21 p. loc. 646 According to the Chinese zodiac...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 1 of 2

34 / 50 words found THIS post
79 / 100 words found ENTIRE challenge

23 books read:
(1) Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam--1/6/24
(2) The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore--1/6/24
(3) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
(4) Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González--1/21/24
(5) The Winners by Fredrik Backman--2/2/24
(6) I Feel Bad About My Neck, And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron--2/7/24
(7) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir--2/11/24
(8) Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson--2/13/24
(9) How to Love Your Daughter by Hila Blum--2/13/24
(10) Front Desk by Kelly Yang--2/23/24
(11) Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang--3/6/24
(12) The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham--3/13/24
(13) The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen--3/18/24
(14) Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins--3/21/24
(15) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie--3/24/24
(16) The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb--4/7/24
(17) The Chinese Groove by Kathryn Ma--4/16/24
(18) Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo--4/28/24
(19) The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook--5/5/24
(20) Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen--5/16/24
(21) Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman--5/24/24
(22) Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright--6/15/24
(23) Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur--6/16/24

✔apothecary--(14)--loc. 304--"...traditional practices, the native apothecary..."
✔Armageddon--(8)--loc. 2637--"Armageddon was hitting,..."
✔arson--(11)--loc. 301--"...followed by two arsons in 1887 and 1892,..."
✔avalanche--(2)--loc. 4074--"...on the astonished mobs like the avalanches of the Alps."
✔bailiff--(7)--loc. 3064--"...'All rise,' said the bailiff..."
✔barge--(12)--loc. 336--"Massive barges loaded with soybeans..."

Betty Boop

✔bong--(14)--loc. 3528--"...resonating sonic gothic ecclesiastic bongs..."
✔buffalo--(1)--loc. 2990--"...an astonishing sight, like the buffalo..."
✔caricature--(5)--loc. 124--"...bull...could easily have been a caricature of him."
cicadas
✔consequence--(2)--loc. 1266--"...calmly chattering about things of no consequence..."
✔croquet--(14)--loc. 6127--"...'lawn' large enough to play croquet..."
✔cynicism--(4)--loc. 1332--"...morale was too low for such cynicism."
✔dangle--(4)--loc. 3863--"...Puerto Rico was being left to dangle in the wind."
detoured
✔diesel--(8)--loc. 1692--"...compared gasoline, diesel, natural gas,.."
✔dolphin--(1)--loc. 2386--"...in the disappearance of the river dolphin..."
✔dubious--(4)--loc. 4326--"...someone with pretty dubious bookkeeping practices."
✔ebony--(2)--loc. 3008--"...to let her feelings flow in ebony ink."

eunuch

✔exclusion--(5)--loc. 2920--"...only thing Ted thinks about, to the exclusion of everything."
✔extinction--(2)--loc. 4082--"...in order to save the church from utter extinction."

falsify

✔fathom--(8)--loc. 103--"...fathom the universe,..."
fiasco
✔foreground--(4)--loc. 4466--"...news crews filmed coverage as foreground."
forsythia
✔gherkin--(14)--loc. 3388--"...a jar of sour gherkins with roasted garlic..."

gondola

✔gramophone--(11)--loc. 3109--"...listening to Richard Tauber's records on a gramophone--"

gumball

✔halcyon--(11)--loc. 449--"...we are taken back to a supposed halcyon time..."
✔hedonist--(11)--loc. 2915--"...Shosho was a simple unabashed hedonist,..."
✔henhouse--(13)--p. 157--"I open the henhouse door and..."
hideout
hoyden
✔immigrant--(2)--loc. 1342--"...frequently from European immigrant backgrounds."
✔impression--(1)--loc. 2839--"This was always the first impression."
✔incidentally--(6)--loc. 676--"Incidentally, there is an old joke..."
✔jeers--(11)--loc. 1161--"...endless scorns and jeers from neighbors..."

jet-ski

jock
✔kazoo--(14)--loc. 5410--"...quiz show on a radio or a kazoo."
✔kestrel--(8)--loc. 2502--"The Kestrel engine on the second stage..."
kneecaps
✔languid--(12)--loc. 970--"...rebookings followed at a languid pace..."
✔leviathan--(7)--loc. 4551--"But unlike those two gas- giant leviathans,...
licorice
✔logical--(1)--loc. 605--"Amanda was trying to be logical."

CONTINUED next post ...

MEGA Scavenger Hunt IX
Begins: 01Jan2024 / Ends: 31June2024

PART 2 of 2

45 / 50 words found THIS post
79 / 100 words found ENTIRE challenge


✔machete--(4)--loc. 3750--"...the men and women with machetes, hacking away..."
✔merry-go-round--(9)--loc. 1792--"From this merry-go-round Lotte once fell..."
misfit
✔moped--(5)--loc. 6112--"...a young man on a moped follows her..."
✔mundane--(4)--loc. 2646--"...even as mundane as relieving one's bladder..."
✔nanny--(6)--loc. 1263--"...with Mary Poppins for a nanny..."
✔nineteen--(1)--loc. 2741--"Those nineteen had practiced in flight simulators!"
✔nostrils--(2)--loc. 3979--"...the very word insane is like a stench in my nostrils..."
✔nuns--(4)--loc. 1738--"...Abuelita talked to one of the nuns..."
✔oblivion--(1)--loc. 2096--"...for the temporary piece of oblivion."
✔opinionated--(8)--loc. 5697--"Musk was willfully opinionated by..."
✔orchid--(13)--p. 274--"...vase spilling over with dendrobrium orchids."
✔oxygen--(3)--loc. 814--"...and they will give you enough oxygen."
✔pince-nez--(15)--loc. 2520--"The lawyer took off his pince-nez and..."
✔philosophy--(1)--loc. 825--"This philosophy let him off the hook."
✔playground--(1)--loc. 1586--"...she'd actually taken the toddlers to the playground."
✔precipice--(2)--loc. 4882--"...can go to the edge of the precipice..."
✔propulsion--(8)--loc. 4861--"...title of vice president for propulsion."

Quaaludes
quesadilla
rapier

✔recliner--(16)--loc. 1378--"Grandma Nora was sitting in her recliner..."
✔ridiculous--(1)--loc. 436--"This was ridiculous."
✔Rolex--(4)--loc. 874--"...thick-banded and heavy, Rolexes, and, more often,..."
✔ruby--(4)--loc. 2067--"...diamonds and rubies in the gauges, too."
✔sauerkraut--(14)--loc. 2841--"...'exotic' specialties--gingersnaps, pickled herrings, sauerkrauts..."
✔shoelace--(1)--loc. 2376--"...then walking, then shoelaces, then..."
✔skylight--(1)--loc. 1903--"...the rain against skylight, roof..."
✔squeal--(2)--loc. 5089--"...amid a cacophony of screeches and squeals."
✔styrofoam--(7)--loc. 2514--"...a light, foam substance...Styrofoam, maybe."
✔tactical--(1)--loc. 457--"...provided some tactical advantage."

tannery

✔tattoo--(4)--loc. 1630--"...intricate line tattoos visible under their..."
✔tinker--(7)--loc. 4418--"He picks up a device and tinkers with it."
✔trough--(13)--p. 157--"I tip water into the troughs,..."
✔uncertain--(4)--loc. 3458--"...she had to admit that she was uncertain..."
✔utopia--(4)--loc. 1423--"...a utopia of creatives, mostly Black..."
✔vacancy--(2)--loc. 1344--"...received no applications for vacancy..."
✔verdant--(1)--loc. 2608--"It fell to the verdant ground."
✔vibrant--(2)--loc. 2164--"Each day, then vibrant color..."
✔vicinity--(5)--loc. 2455--"...not from their behavior in his vicinity."
✔viviacious--(11)--loc. 5948--"...two vivacious youngsters..."
✔waver--(2)--loc. 1674--"...be wrong to see she did not waver."
✔wheelbarrow--(10)--loc. 661--"Fred picked the wheelbarrow."
wisteria
✔worms--(4)--loc. 1836--"The box was filled with worms."
✔yield--(1)--loc. 2281--"G.H.'s familiar old fudge yielded nothing..."
✔yikes--(7)--loc. 2860--"My smile fades. Yikes. You breathe ammonia?"
✔zenith--(11)--loc. 2236--"...the British empire was near the zenith of its grandeur."
✔zodiac--(4)--loc. 3436--"What's your zodiac sign?"

When I click on my name above, it takes me to the main GR page instead of to my list. Probably because of all the weirdness on GR the last week.

Robin P wrote: "When I click on my name above, it takes me to the main GR page instead of to my list. Probably because of all the weirdness on GR the last week."

Okay ... I re-did the link. Try it now.

apothecary-Beautiful Creatures-1/25/24-page 83-"looked more like an apothecary"

Armageddon-Odd Hours-2/24/24-page 176-"the subject of Armageddon"

arsonCarved In Bone-3/9/24-page 300-"more likely arson intended"

avalanche-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 188-"holding back an avalanche"

bailiff-Starvation Heights-1/31/24-page 385-"until the bailiff was out"

barge-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 65-"barges,feluccas,caiques and yawls"

Betty Boop
bong-The Identicals-4/25/24-page 111-"doing bong hits"

buffalo-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 26- Royal party were hunting rhinos, buffalos and lions"

caricature-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 47-"Caricatures of every great statesman"

cicadas-The Rescue-2/9/24-page 167-"Cicadas sang in the trees"

consequence-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 90-"seemed of less important consequence"

croquet-Mislaid in Parts Half-known-6/9/23-page 132-"picking up a croquet mallet"

cynicism-Odd Hours-2/24/24-page 197-"a little cynicism is understandable"

dangle-The Keepsake-1/28/24-page 43-"Dangle enough money"

detoured-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 314-"I detoured off my path"

diesel-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 54-"exhaust from a diesel bus"

dolphin-Corelli's Mandolin-3/16/24-page 64-"let me see some dolphins"

dubious-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 11-"obviously dubious of this newfangled American"

ebony-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 17-"mother-of-pearl and ebony"

eunuch-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 35-"tall, dark-skinned eunuch"

exclusion-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 179-"Helene's exclusion from the guest list"

extinction-Ines of My Soul-3/8/24-page 211-"now threatened with extinction"

falsify
fathom-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 162-"Can you fathom the gravity"

fiasco-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 196-"After my fiasco last night"

foreground-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 16-"high escarp-ments in the foreground"

forsythia-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 11-"in the entry held forsythia sprays"

gherkin
gondola-Beautiful Darkness-4/13/24-page 159-"painted to look like gondolas"

gramophone-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 90-"records on the gramophone"

gumball-The Identicals-4/25/24-page 191-"The baubles look like gumballs"

halcyon-Corelli's Mandolin-3/16/24-page 305-"halcyon days of his youth"

hedonist
henhouse-Ines of My Soul-3/8/24-page 164-"corrals, henhouses, clothing, mantles ,blankets"

hideout-Beautiful Chaos-7/3/24-page 376-"the bleachers had become our hideout"

hoyden
immigrant-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 118-"granddaughter of a immigrant tradesman"

impression-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 30-"which made rather a strong impression"

incidentally-The Moor's Account-2/6/23-page 25-"who, incidentally, were also recovering"

jeers-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 28-"accompanying jeers and realistic sounds"

jet-skiCarved In Bone-3/9/24-page 17-"just like the Honda jet-ski"

jock-Beautiful Creatures-1/25/24-page 71-"your jock buddies think"

kazoo
kestrel
kneecaps-The Identicals-4/25/24-page 324-"as her own kneecaps"

languid-Corelli's Mandolin-3/16/24-page 317-"its fingers languid and relaxed"

leviathan-Odd Hours-2/24/24-page 11-"some bright leviathan rose"

licorice-Beautiful Creatures-1/25/24-page 449-"red licorice as a straw"

logical-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 14-"The leap seemed logical to Maddie"

machete-Ines of My Soul-3/8/24-page 60-"slash a path with machetes"

merry-go-round-November Road-4/3/24-page 5-"revolution of the merry-go-round"

misfit-The Moor's Account-2/6/23-page 233-'the peculiarities of misfits"

moped (vehicle)-Corelli's Mandolin-3/16/24-page 407-"hung about on their mopeds"

mundane-The Moor's Account-2/6/23-page 215-'instead gave him more mundane"

nanny-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 18-"had been nanny to the Duchess of York"

nineteen-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 34-when Hall was nineteen"

nostrils-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 54-"my nostrils were clogged"

nuns-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 19-"were as dedicated to their calling as nuns"

oblivion-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 277-"30 minutes to oblivion"

opinionated-Odd Hours-2/24/24-page 402-'exasperating, contentious, opinionated - but loving"

orchid-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 198-"dried tubers of orchids"

oxygen-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 131-"oxygen I had inside me"

pince-nez
philosophy-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 208-"to adopt this philosophy"

playground-The Keepsake-1/28/24-page 83-"in the neighborhood playground"

precipice-Into Thin Air-1/12/24-page 181-"steep ridges and appalling precipices"

propulsion
Quaaludes-Elvis and Me-6/3/24-page 151-"Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals"

quesadilla-The Identicals-4/25/24-page 74-"No spring rolls, no quesadillas"

rapier
recliner-After Anne-2/20/24-page 98-"Caleb on a oversized recliner"

ridiculous-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 64-"so ridiculous curtseying to their parents"

Rolex-The Housemaid-5/4/24-page 137-"looks down at his Rolex"

ruby-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 178-"he gave her a ruby and diamond necklace"

sauerkraut)-Paradise-5/27/24-page 96-"Raggedy as sauerkraut"

shoelace-Beautiful Creatures-1/25/24-page 456-"take away your shoelaces"

skylight-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 135-"over the Palace roofs and through a skylight"

squeal-The Keepsake-1/28/24-page 43-"the sharp squeal of tires"

styrofoam--The Keepsake-1/28/24-page 229-"stray Styrofoam peanuts"

tactical-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 101-"Fleet tactical orders"

tannery-Ines of My Soul-3/8/24-page 230-"set up a tannery and workshops"

tattoo-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 22-"white skin and a striking tattoo"

tinker-The Glass Lake-3/24/24-page 28-"It was the tinker woman"

trough-Tears of Pearl-1/7/24-page 90-"The water ran into a trough"

uncertain-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 170-"the servants were a little uncertain"

utopia-Ines of My Soul-3/8/24-page 104-"imagining the utopia"

vacancy-The Tenth Justice-2/17/24-page 452-"with a neon vacancy sign"

verdant-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 67-"the verdant Great Park"

vibrant-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 164-"vibrant with emotion"

vicinity-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 82-"major targets in the near vicinity"

vivacious-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 201-"his vivacious wife, Peggy"

waver-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 275-"never did his position waver"

wheelbarrow-Code Name Verity-1/10/24-page 214-"ride in one of the wheelbarrows:

wisteria-Odd Hours-2/24/24-page 62-boasted no wisteria"

worms-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 173-"the silk worms were Italian"

yield(-ed, -ing)-Royal Sisters-1/5/24-page 49-"Lascelles had yielded"

yikes-After Anne-2/20/24-page 110-"Yikes, that looks hard"

zenith-The Moor's Account-2/6/23-page 127-"The sun has reached it's zenith"

zodiac

May I presume that this works?

✔ verdant-p.87-Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies-"...a semi-verdant kingdom that features on no maps." 3/1/24

Sure, I'll take it, Ed, even though it's in a hyphenated word.

Thanks

I forgot if we can use a name, for instance, the name Jock for the word jock?

Yes, you can, Robin.

Same with a person (or horse) named "Raven" counted for raven some time back.

Book Concierge wrote: "Yes, you can, Robin.

Same with a person (or horse) named "Raven" counted for raven some time back."

Great, thanks!

Updated message #4: Completed challenge

Whoop WHOOP WHOOP Great job, Beverly!

Challenge completed

(32) The Penderwicks in Spring Jeanne Birdsall (6/27/24) 4*
(33) Breaking Point Susanne Brockmann (6/30/24) 4*

(32) p. 189-...vegetables for quesadillas...
(33) p. 306-...as a form of propulsion...

Way to go, Licha-Olivia!