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COMPLETED when adding my bonus wordsThe Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LI
Duration: July 1 - Sept 30, 2024
Welcome to Challenge #51!
*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.
Words
List: 37/40
Bonus: 8/10
The List
✅Adept The Five-Star Weekend p 90
He used to prune them back, surgeon's hands confident and ADEPT in the cutting.
✅Avail The Next Mrs. Parrish p19
Amber had AVAILed herself of Beckers services a few months back when their bank account had begun to dwindle.
✅Beer The Surrogate p9I
"It's nothing. " I pick at the BEER mat on the table, peeling back the cardboard on the corner.
✅Belle Lessons Learned p88
"BELLA". He had her hand to his lips before she'd thought to counter the move.
✅Calculator Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s p213
I think I left my scientific CALCULATOR in my girlfriend's locker. Can I have a pass to get the scientific CALCULATOR...the one in my girlfriend's locker?
✅Chandelier The Hotel Nantucket p6
Hanging from the vaulted ceiling of the lobby is the skeleton of an antique whaling boat that has been ingeniously repurposed into a statement CHANDELIER.
✅Churn Imagine Me p237
I wick away images, expunging thoughts of Darius from my mind. The CHURNing in my stomach begins to slow but in it wake my skin takes on a damp, clammy sensation.
✅Courtroom For Better and Worse p11
"I know I don't ever want to be inside a COURTROOM, if I can help it,"...
Danish (the pastry)
✅Dote For Better and Worse p141
It had always surprised me that my mother had turned into such a DOTING grandmother. Lindy had always seemed irritated by motherhood.
✅Eyelid Imagine Me p114
Slowly, my EYELIDs flutter open.
✅Ferry For Better and Worse p24
Romantic weekend trips were a thing of the past, replaced, replaced by Saturdays spent at Charlie's soccer games or FERRYing him around to karate class and classmates birthday parties.
✅Funk The Five-Star Weekend p75
She invited us all to Destin six months after her husband died, and it lifted her right out of her FUNK.
✅Gauge The Surrogate p15
"How is your mum?" I study Lisa's face trying to GAUGE her reaction, but I can't read her expression.
✅Haste Believe Me p175
She grins at me, then disappears into the outer room, and I start to follow her, nearly slipping into my HASTE.
Hypnosis
✅Jackpot The Hotel Nantucket P 128
Yesterday afternoon, Chad hit the JACKPOT because Beatriz was prepping lobster-roll sliders on homemade milk buns.
✅Jinx For Better and Worse P76
I found a parking spot near JINXy Cones. We headed inside to place our orders...
✅Keypad The First Lady ebook p378
After punching a code into a KEYPAD, the lock clicks open and he enters the Button Gwinnet Club.
✅Loll Only If You're Lucky p9
Watching the boys LOLL past with their hands punched into their pockets, craning their necks, already scheming on how to get inside.
✅Midwife The Surrogate p 78
My MIDWIFE told me about a woman who had a concealed pregnancy. I should be so lucky.
✅Moose Until Next Summer p173
...the time my dad took his family to Yellowstone, where they saw bison and MOOSE and Old Faithful;...
✅Motive Imagine Me p266
Suddenly there seems no need at all to question my MOTIVEs or any possible consequences for my actions.
Plight
✅Poster Only If You're Lucky p70
If I was the one to disappear, my parents would already have "MISSING" POSTERs stapled to every light pole across the state.
✅Potent Lessons Learned p30
The first sip was hot, POTENT, smooth as a lover's kiss and just as intoxication. She lifted a brow as she took the second sip. "Excellent."
✅Root beer The Five-Star Weekend p147
...his guilty pleasure was a ROOT BEER float...
✅Security camera For Better and Worse p196
I put them in a plastic bag with some raw chicken, and tossed them in a Dumpster behind the gas station. They don't have a SECURITY CAMERA back there."
✅Shark The Surrogate p 158
The hospital car park is full of vehicles circling like SHARKs, and it takes twenty-five minutes to claim a space.
✅Squat Only If You're Lucky p232
"Look girls." Detective Frank takes a few more steps in our direction, SQUATing down, I can't tell if he's trying to come across a sympathetic, on our side, or intimidating by making himself eye level with us.
✅Stunt Only If You're Lucky p306
Smiling at all the things we've accomplished, this STUNT we've pulled because she taught us how.
✅Survey Only If You're Lucky p44
I SURVEY the patchy grass now, the row of azaleas pushed tight against the side of the house.
✅Tax Only If You're Lucky p312
I switch out of Google Maps and navigate to the county website next, over to the TAX department, and finally, property records.
✅Throw rug Secrets of the Tulip Sisters p24
A textured THROW RUG in beige and cream covered most of the 1980 floor tile.
✅Toilet Paper/tissue Imagine Me p381
Monitoring her every movement. Always worried she's going to magic the TOILIET PAPER into a shiv and break out.
✅Umbrella The Surrogate p94
Unable to wait any longer I hurry to the hallway and jab my feet into shoes, plucking the large UMBRELLA from behind the coat stand.
✅Viable Believe Mep294
We're going to need to expand the Sanctuary, and give our people here a real, VIABLE life.
✅Vivid Believe Me p58gSuddenly, Kenji Kishimoto appears to me VIVID ly rendered: his tired eyes, his tanned skin, his heavy, and sharp brows...
✅Wince Imagine Me p230
The weather is getting weirder; it's suddenly sweltering. I WINCE upward, toward the sun.
✅Yankee The Five-Star Weekend p7
Ms. Fox has a YANKEE swap to attend--when a new Corkboard message from Hollis pops up on her screen.
Bonus list
Crumpet
✅Glitz Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s p 172
You couldn't have sacrificed an electron of GLITZ and gotten Minor B kids hats that matched their T-shirts?
✅Kudzu Secrets of the Tulip Sisters p7
He was KUDZU, he was rain at an outdoor wedding, someone spoiling the end of a movie just as you were getting to the good part, all rolled into one.
✅Mosey The Next Mrs. Parrish p226
MOSEYing over to the earrings collection, she pretended to examine some of the pieces while eavesdropping on the two women a few feet away.
✅Pinnacle The Next Mrs. Parrish p52
...Meredith Stanton and her husband, Randolph Lloyd and Helene were at the PINNACLE of Bishops Harbor's social pecking order and winning them over had been a coup for Amber.
✅Sully The Next Mrs. Parrishp169
You can either help me, or you can get yourself into a legal battle that will SULLY your reputation and hurt your bank account.
✅Veranda The Next Mrs. Parrish p97
She walked up the steps of the wide VERANDA and stood in front of the massive double doors.
✅Warren Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s p154
...my mom was in there so long because a guy had a quarter and they had to call WARREN, the bank owner, to calm everybody down.
Weather vane
✅Yale The Five-Star Weekend p220
Will goes to Wesleyan and Whitney is studying theater at YALE.
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The Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt, Part LI Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
READ: 46/50
Mind Games - Nora Roberts 7/1
Chandelier - looked up at a big chandelier, ch30
After the Game - Abbi Glines 7/2
Beer - West had started sampling the beer, p89
See Them Run - Marion Todd 7/3
Danish - grabbed a danish pastry from the bin, ch2
Motive - what on earth would the motive be, p69
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands - Sarah Brooks 7/4
Adept - hasn't she always been adept, p155
Gauge - she tries to gauge whether she can feel a change, p155
Hypnosis - is is a kind of hypnosis, p192
Plight - oblivious to his plight, p61
Poster - a large poster hangs in the crew quarters, p65
Shark - the whale more magnificent than the shark, p78
Survey - positioned to survey all that is going on, p100
Vivid - her attention too vivid, p124
Wince - he winces at a terrible pain, p16
The Longest Yard Sale - Sherry Harris 7/6
Courtroom - I saw a guy in back of the courtroom, p248
Security camera - not like the town is plastered in security cameras, p79
Tax - he wanted the tax credit, p291
La Belle Sauvage - Philip Pullman 7/6
Umbrella - can I lend you an umbrella, ch4
Cruising Through Midlife - Addison Moore 7/7
Dote - best not to dote on the odds, p10
Churn - my stomach churns at the sight, p35
Eyelid - I could hardly wait to open my eyelids, p88
Jackpot - from what I can see, you've hit the jackpot, p115
Some Can See - J.R. Erickson 7/9
Squat - saw a squat hulking shape, p367
The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman 7/14
Ferry - you can get a ferry from there, ch16
The Witch's Heart - Genevieve Gornichec 7/16
Loll - their heads simply loll over, p67
Midwife - in her sudden role as midwife, p80
Masquerades and Murder - Rachel Lynne 7/20
Belle - new restaurant out on Belle Island, p353
Blood & Ash - Deborah Wilde 7/21
Moose - that would fell a moose, ch19
Wonderful You - Mariah Stewart 7/23
Calculator - the small calculator that had been pushed aside, p249
Jinx - not to jinx you with early retirement, p41
The Girls Across The Bay - Emerald O'Brien 7/28
Avail - but to no avail, p187
The Seduction of Miss Amelia Bell - Paula Quinn 7/31
Haste - to make haste at Banffshire, p30
1970 - Sarah M. Cradit 8/2
Potent - it was so potent, p9
Poisoned Prose - Ellery Adams 8/6
Rootbeer - came over with a rootbeer float, ch14
Primal Mirror - Nalini Singh 8/12
Viable - the maximum viable number, p54
Little Girl Lost - Alexandria Clarke 8/14
Keypad - against the keypad, p104
Stunt - that stunt you pulled ruined everything, p230
A Death Long Overdue - Eva Gates 8/15
Yankee - you Yankee pragmatism does you good, ch1
Ogre Hunt - Martha Carr & Michael Anderle 8/25
Funk - didn't pull her out of her funk, p86
Lethal Letters - Ellery Adams 8/28
Toilet Paper/tissue - she fitted a cart with bread, shampoo and toilet paper, ch8
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Throw rug -
Bonus list
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands - Sarah Brooks 7/4
Weather vane - a weather vane in the shape of a ship, p153
Cruising Through Midlife - Addison Moore 7/7
Glitz - we head towards the glitzy hall, p74
The Longest Yard Sale - Sherry Harris 7/6
Mosey - before moseying out to the shed, p335
Some Can See - J.R. Erickson 7/9
Veranda - the veranda was lit, p58
The More I See You - Lynn Kurland 7/21
Crumpet - too busy thinking about tea and crumpets, p3
Fear the Silence - Robert Bryndza 9/2
Warren - took em down a warren of dank metal corridors, p272
Yale - a yale lock, a padlock, p130
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Kudzu
Pinnacle
Sully
FINISHEDThe Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt, Part LI
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Words 39/40
Bonus 7/10
The List
Adept "her friends were equally adept at taking care of themselves" p.26 The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 8.1.24
Avail "to no avail" p. 79 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 8.12.24
Beer "have a beer and put my feet up" p. 8 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Belle "France during La Belle Eqoque" p. 122 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Calculator "worked the calculator again and frowned" p. 92 The Collector by Daniel Silva 8.20.24
Chandelier "chandelier, an enlarged, curving staircase" p. 246 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Churn "churn out German military equipment" p. 88 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Courtroom "convicted in an Italian courtroom" p. 67 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Danish (the pastry) "Danish cookies" p. 214 Her Father's Secret by Sara Blaedel 7.9.24
Dote "what a little dote" p. 88 Foster by Claire Keegan 7.5.24
Eyelid "eyelids slipped shut" p. 43 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Ferry"have had the ferry ride from hell" p.158 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Funk "she funked. coming back herself?" Location 1975 Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh 9.8.24
Gauge "trying to gauge where she would have stood" p. 42 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Haste "advice about how to hasten the date" p.140 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Hypnosis "hypnotic incluence of his personality" p. 94 The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau 9.21.24
Jackpot "before she hit the jackpot with Philip" p.320 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Jinx "I don't want to jinx it" p. 163 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
Keypad "passcode into the keypad" p.146 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Loll - "lolling around in that sun" p. 211 Nine Stories (By: J. D. Salinger) published: May, 1991 8.23.24
Midwife "midwife that the family always used for their births p. 35Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard 7.20.24
Moose - "evening at the Moose Club" p. 140 The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson 9.1.24
Motive - "was theft the motive?" p. 140 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Plight "was to be her plight?" p. 233 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Poster "The poster offended Lucie to the core" p. 76 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Potent "potent assault on their imagination" Location2337 Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh 9.8.24
Rootbeer "and a frosted mug of root beer" p. 427 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Security camera - "on one of the security cameras" p. 330 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Shark "sharks, evolved into that position very gradually" p. 213 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 7.15.24
Squat "squat woman who was sick and tired of being tired" p. 214 Marking Timeby Elizabeth Jane Howard 7.20.24
Stunt "stunt you pulled" p. 409 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
Survey "as she surveyed the house" p. 215 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Tax - "tax documents" p. 337 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue "released a roll of toilet paper along Fifth Avenue" p.31 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara 8.16.24
Umbrella a large sun umbrella" p.40book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Viable - "helped to make a budding economy viable" p. 88 Bloodshed and Three Novellas by Cynthia Ozick 9.13.24
Vivid "real and vivid and imposing" p. 6 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Wince "she winced when she took a gulp of the vodka" p. 62 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Yankee "on deck the Connecticut Yankees" p.248 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara 8.16.24
Bonus list
Crumpet - "She had toasted him an early crumpet" p. 156 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Glitz "at a glitzy press event" p. 360 The Collector by Daniel Silva 8.20.24
Kudzu
Mosey "moseyed past the nest" p. 20 The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson 9.1.24
Pinnacle "in Pennsylvania to the pinnacle of Wall Street" p. 305 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Sully
Veranda "cleaning right around to the veranda" p.116 The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 8.1.24
Warren "Paul led them into the warren of offices" p. 214 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Weather vane
Yale "Yale lock" p. 13 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
LI Scavenger Hunt Progress: 9/50
- 7/8 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️Beer: some of his beer slops onto his fingers - p 16
Gauge: reading the gauges - p 30
Umbrella: the red-and-yellow beach umbrella - p 62
Potent: it is such a potent thing - p 120
Sully: like something precious has been sullied - p 157
Eyelid: He kisses my eyelids tenderly - p 166
Moose: badgers, bears, moose, even wolves - p 211
Churn: We gaze at the dark churning water - p 220
Vivid: I … remember so vividly - p 242
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The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIBegins: 01July24 / Ends: 30Sept24
40 / 40 words found
10 / 10 BONUS words found
15 books read
Adept - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 156 - "…surprisingly adept, hitting the…"
Avail - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 204 - "…the summer, to no avail."
Beer - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 79 - "…sit, drink beer with other…"
Belle - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 361 - "…for saka belle cow oh,…"
Calculator - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 89 - "…his teammates' calculators right…"
Chandelier - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 263 - "…the large chandelier (white…"
Churn - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 63 - "…stomach churned from not…"
Courtroom - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 87 - "…Atticus's courtroom voice for…"
Danish - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 151 - "…little pastries, Swedish? Danish, that's it!"
Dote - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 341 - "…and doted on their grandchildren."
Eyelid - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 361 - "…the dam behind his eyelids broke."
Ferry - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 79 - "…Clark's Ferry, sixty miles…"
Funk - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 94 - "…this blue funk you're in."
Gauge - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24 - pg 266 - "…to gauge how Pete's meeting…"
Haste - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 173 - "In her enraged haste she had…"
Hypnosis - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 20 - "Hypnosis (which in the end my…"
Jackpot - Demon Copperhead ✔ – 24Sep24 - pg 482 - "Jackpot."
Jinx - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 44 - "…disloyal and jinx any chance…"
Keypad - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 7 - "…all over the keypad, lithely…"
Loll - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 11 - "…every time my head lolls."
Midwife - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 325 - "…after two midwives had…"
Moose - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 272 - "…Cherry Chunk, Moose Tracks?"
Motive - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 104 - "…got a real good motive."
Plight - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 237 - "…about their plight because…"
Poster - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 39 - "What band poster did you…"
Potent - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 252 - "…that was just as potent."
Root beer - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 128 - "…sipping root beer floats."
Security camera - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 14 - "…checking their security cameras on…"
Shark - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 175 - "…looking like a sleepy old shark."
Squat - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 50 - "…top guys won't tell us squat."
Stunt - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 72 - "…pull this stunt during Christmas."
Survey - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 360 - "…latest national survey about…"
Tax - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 22 - "…hide taxes from the government."
Throw rug - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 135 - "…now throw rugs on the floor."
Toilet Paper/tissue - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 59 - "…invented toilet paper and…"
Umbrella - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 131 - "… Maura's umbrella, but it didn't stop…"
Viable - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 248 - "…income and a viable way to…"
Vivid - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 73 - "…in such vivid detail, but…"
Wince - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 104 - "…a remorseful wince, her eyes…"
Yankee - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 265 - "…aside from their Yankee ways,…"
Bonus list
Crumpet - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 108 - "Miss Crumpets?"
Glitz - The Supreme Macaroni Company ✔ – 04Dec24 - pg 258 - "Those girls like glitz."
Kudzu - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 58 - "…a kudzu covered front porch."
Mosey - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 172 - "He moseyed up the aisle."
Pinnacle - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 72 - "…the pinnacle of female…"
Sully - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 228 - "…the sullied garlic clove…"
Veranda - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 4 - "…wide veranda of the Belcher home."
Warren - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 155 - "…burrow, or a warren, or something…"
Weather vane - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 291 - "…rest on the weathervane."
Yale - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 310 -
"He's a Yale man, but not…"
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The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIDuration: July 1 - Sept 30, 2024
Welcome to Challenge #51!
Challenge rules*:
• While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items - they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book. Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!
• You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 50 books for this challenge...do not worry!)
• Books that are used must be read during the period of this challenge.
• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, & rate it. Also specify where the item is found within the book and include a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.
*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.
The List
Adept
Avail
Beer
Belle
Calculator
Chandelier
Churn
Courtroom
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
Eyelid
Ferry
Funk
Gauge
Haste
Hypnosis
Jackpot
Jinx
Keypad
Loll
Midwife
Moose
Motive
Plight
Poster
Potent
Rootbeer
Security camera
Shark
Squat
Stunt
Survey
Tax
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue
Umbrella
Viable
Vivid
Wince
Yankee
Bonus list
Crumpet
Glitz
Kudzu
Mosey
Pinnacle
Sully
Veranda
Warren
Weather vane
Yale
AdeptAvail
Beer
Belle
Calculator
Chandelier
Churn
Courtroom
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
Eyelid
Ferry
Funk
Gauge
Haste
Hypnosis
Jackpot
Jinx
Keypad
Loll
Midwife
Moose
Motive
Plight
Poster
Potent
Rootbeer
Security camera
Shark
Squat
Stunt
Survey
Tax
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue
Umbrella
Viable
Vivid
Wince
Yankee
Bonus list
Crumpet
Glitz
Kudzu
Mosey
Pinnacle
Sully
Veranda
Warren
Weather vane
Yale
TCF - Factory Scavenger Hunt LI✅ Total: 50/50
Adept
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life - "the brain becomes very adept at dealing with constant onslaughts" p.87 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Avail
Chilled: How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again - "Aristotle and René Descartes had stabs at explaining it (to no avail)" p.18 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beer
Rudy: My Story - "drowning any sorrows in cans of beer in the meantime." p.72 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Belle
1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List - "This classic Belle Epoque dish" p.145 - ⭐️⭐️
Calculator
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention - "I can multiply three-digit numbers together, sometimes faster than a hand calculator" p.83 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chandelier
Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren – Our Bananarama Story - "high heels and chandelier earrings" p.53 - ⭐️⭐️
Churn
Wealth Habits: Six Ordinary Steps to Achieve Extraordinary Financial Freedom - "Every business model involves some degree of customer churn" p.139 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Courtroom
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence - "He looked out at the people in the courtroom." p.145 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crumpet
The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou - "silver trays full of scones and crumpets." p.92 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Danish (the pastry)
I've Got This Round - "I’m talking toast, waffles, cereal, Danishes, all the perfect foundational elements for day drinking." p.41 - ⭐️⭐️
Dote
If You Ask Me - "just as women dote on shoe stores." p.67 - ⭐️⭐️
Eyelid
Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison - "the world behind his closed eyelids was forbidding, yet enticing." p.175 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ferry
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society - "Just a short ferry ride over the Barents Sea from Estonia" p.192 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Funk
Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography - “What is chunky, yet funky?” p.169 - ⭐️⭐️
Gauge
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You - "dynamics to gauge what my sweet spot of stimulation is" p.110 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Glitz
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List - "Set in Florida’s South Beach before its recent glitzy renaissance" p.488 - ⭐️⭐️
Haste
Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids -- And How to Break the Trance - "the board members think that they may have voted too hastily." p.275 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hypnosis
Thinking, Fast and Slow - "as a visitor in a laboratory that studied hypnosis" p.33 - ⭐️⭐️
Jackpot
We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships - "she found a women’s group and hit the friendship jackpot."p.206 - ⭐️⭐️
Jinx
Expand the Power of Your Subconscious Mind - "He Said a Jinx Was Following Him" p.201 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Keypad
Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms - "I replaced our front door locks with electronic keypads" p.76 - ⭐️⭐️
Kudzu
You Deserve a Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery - "it was the drunken misspelling of the vine kudzu, which grows rampant in the South" p.114 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Loll
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake - "While I was lolling around my motel room" p.86 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Midwife
Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides - "the midwife gave me mouth to mouth and saved my life." p.93 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Moose
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee - "New Hampshire has arctic weather, and both bears and moose" p.204 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mosey
Stuff Nobody Taught You: 40 Lessons from M.E.School® to Help You Stop Being Miserable and Start Feeling Amazing - "now they’re just moseying along thinking everything is hunky-dory" p.208 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Motive
The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams - "I failed to discover how the motive power is transmitted" p.57 - ⭐️⭐️
Plight
Whole: How I Learned to Fill the Fragments of My Life with Forgiveness, Hope, Strength, and Creativity - "Every woman has a plight she must face." p.189 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pinnacle
Radical Honesty : How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth - "like the sound a pinnacle makes as it pierces the wide sky." p.209 - ⭐️⭐️
Poster
The 12-Hour Walk: Invest One Day, Conquer Your Mind, and Unlock Your Best Life - "I felt like a fraud—the poster boy for imposter syndrome." p.58 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Potent
Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD - "they’re a potent symbol of your success" p.138 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rootbeer
Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain - "an opened can of Barq’s root beer" p.64 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Security camera
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice - "outside the view of the security cameras" p.19 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Shark
Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures - "unlike snakes, lions and sharks the mosquito itself doesn’t kill us." p.98 - ⭐️⭐️
Squat
Normal: Transsexual CEOs, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude - "A broad-shouldered, potbellied woman with a bad dye job comes through the courtyard, bandy-legged and squat." p.23 - ⭐️⭐️
Stunt
Yes Please - "It’s your fault if a stunt goes wrong." p.214 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sully
X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken - "a military leader of unsullied reputation" p.186 - ⭐️⭐️
Survey
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain - "our jottings build for us a series of ascending steps from which we can survey new vistas." p.160 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tax
Tiny Business, Big Money: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Microbusiness - "or you could run into problems with the tax authorities." p.154 - ⭐️⭐️
Throw rug
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist - "oriental throw rugs" p.23 - ⭐️⭐️
Toilet Paper
Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain - "I can’t have Amazon deliver me toilet paper every month" p.126 - ⭐️⭐️
Umbrella
The Loop: How Technology Is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back - "like forgetting an umbrella and winding up in a long weekend of endless rain." p.36 - ⭐️⭐️
Veranda
The Ultimate Legacy: A Novel - "seated on the veranda watching the sunrise" p.62 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Viable
Beyond Banned Books: Defending Intellectual Freedom throughout Your Library - "Twitter can be a viable option for communicating with users" p.84 - ⭐️⭐️
Vivid
Adventures With the Wife in Space: Living With Doctor Who - "very vivid memories of him driving around in a stupid yellow sports car" p.152 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Warren
The Tale of Beatrix Potter: A Biography - "stone walls and fox-gloves, woods and sandy warrens" p.26 - ⭐️⭐️
Weather vane
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base - "An anemometer and a wind-direction weather vane were located near the edge of the pad" p.86 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wince
The Sky Is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, and Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism - "we’re meant to wince when the Rush Limbaugh soundalike played by Samuel L. Jackson, defends drones in an appeal to his TV audience" p.119 - ⭐️⭐️
Yale
Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind - "Yale psychologist Jerome Singer identified three kinds of daydreaming" p.197 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Yankee
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue - "score a seat at tonight’s Red Sox–Yankees game" p.123 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Challenge FactoryFactory Scavenger Hunt LI
Duration: July 1 - Sept 30, 2024
Progress: 0 out of 50
Welcome to Challenge #51!
Challenge rules*:
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*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.
The List:
Adept
Avail
Beer
Belle
Calculator
Chandelier
Churn
Courtroom
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
Eyelid
Ferry
Funk
Gauge
Haste
Hypnosis
Jackpot
Jinx
Keypad
Loll
Midwife
Moose
Motive
Plight
Poster
Potent
Rootbeer
Security camera
Shark
Squat
Stunt
Survey
Tax
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue
Umbrella
Viable
Vivid
Wince
Yankee
Bonus list:
Crumpet
Glitz
Kudzu
Mosey
Pinnacle
Sully
Veranda
Warren
Weather vane
Yale
Another one I just found...will start today July 30 and aim to finish by October 30.TCF - Factory Scavenger Hunt LI
Total: 40/50
Adept
✔ Avail-p.134-Whose Body?-"...to avail myself of your kind invitation..." 9/11/24
✔ Beer-p.168-King Henry Vi, Part II-"...I will make it felony to drink small beer..." 7/31/24
Belle
✔ Calculator-p.117-The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know-"That of sophisters, economists and calculators, has succeeded..." 2/3/25
✔ Chandelier-p.193-Eye of the Storm-"...candle bounced off the prisms of the chandelier..." 7/4/25
✔ Churn-p.189-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...no point in churning everybody's clothes up." 7/9/25
✔ Courtroom-p.44- Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine: America's Funniest Jokes, Stories, and Cartoons-"...professor was lecturing on courtroom procedure." 3/19/25
Crumpet
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
✔ Eyelid-p.361-All Souls' Rising-"...reprinted itself on his inner eyelids." 8/12/24
✔ Ferry-p.229-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...and vehicle tunnels or ferries..." 8/6/24
Funk
✔ Gauge-p.315-Zeno's Conscience-"I ran to Olivi to gauge the formats..." 8/15/25
✔ Glitz-p.115-Mysterious Skin-"FUN, its glitzy signs screamed." 9/25/25
✔ Haste-p.169-King Henry Vi, Part II-"...why comest thou in such haste?" 7/31/24
✔ Hypnosis-p.97-Mysterious Skin-"It all came out under hypnosis." 9/17/25
✔ Jackpot-p.254-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...plumped for: the jackpot, not the consolation prize." 10/31/24
✔ Jinx-p.152-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...who possess it, can jinx, sicken, sterilise, bankrupt..." 10/25/24
Keypad
Kudzu
✔ Loll- p.236-Murder on a Midsummer Night- "...roses and trailers of white jasmine lolling..." 4/6/25
✔ Midwife-p.168-King Henry Vi, Part II-"I knew her well; she was a midwife." 7/31/24
✔ Moose-p.102-Marshall's Gold-"Zack. Moose. Heel!" 9/19/24
✔ Mosey-p.114-Mysterious Skin-"...and I moseyed out the door." 9/25/25
✔ Motive-p.155-Time Regained-"...an insufficient motive for embarking on a war..." 9/18/24
✔ Plight-p.168-part 2- Phineas Finn-"...what was his plight as compared to hers?" 8/5/25
✔ Pinnacle-p.238-The Crime at Black Dudley-"...reached a pinnacle of sel-righteous satisfaction..." 7/10/25
✔ Poster-p.370-All Souls' Rising-"...who whirled when he noticed the posters..." 8/13/24
✔ Potent-p.172-part 2-Phineas Finn-"...but on me they are so potent..." 8/6/25
Rootbeer
Security camera
✔ Shark-p.124-Marshall's Gold-"...held about a hundred small sharks..." 1/23/25
✔ Squat-p.380-All Souls' Rising-"...I knew that if he wanted he could squat so for one hundred years." 8/13/24
✔ Stunt-p.135-The Crime at Black Dudley-"What a stunt!" 7/8/25
✔ Sully-p.31-The Water-Method Man-"...so that you will not sully your great reputation..." 8/1/25
✔ Survey-p.315-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"the U.S. Geological Survey soon chipped in..." 6/19/25
✔ Tax-p.68-Battambang-"...but also against tax collectors..." 2/26/25
✔ Throw rug-p.172-Eye of the Storm-"...worn braided throw rugs and scorched pot holders." 7/3/25
✔ Toilet Paper/tissue-p.58-Mysterious Skin-"It had been littered with toilet paper..." 8/17/25
✔ Umbrella-p.384-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"...and no one used umbrellas." 8/6/24
Veranda
✔ Viable-p.5-The Big Bamboo-"...seeking a commercially viable running time..." 10/28/25
✔ Vivid-p.84-Déjà Dead-"The day was bright and vivid..." 9/6/24
✔ Warren-p.300-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...could very well describe the warren of streets..." 4/5/25
✔ Weather vane-p.32-The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang-"...shooting down a rooster weather vane." 8/23/25
✔ Wince-p.57-Mysterious Skin-"Neil didn't wince..." 8/17/25
✔ Yale-p.163-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"The Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman recalled..." 3/24/25
✔ Yankee-p.230-Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of Flags- "...were regarded increasingly as imperialistic 'Yankees'..." 8/3/24
AAARGH .... computer malfunction ate my excel spreadsheet where I was tracking this (and all other word search puzzles).My own fault I hadn't backed up to the cloud since April. S*I*G*H
Lost all that data.
Well, I'll start over with this one, but I'm abandoning all the older challenges where I had only one or two words left.
Lesson learned - back up daily.
The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIDuration: July 1 - Sept 30, 2024
The List:
Adept
Avail
Beer
Belle
Calculator
Chandelier
Churn
Courtroom
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
Eyelid
Ferry
Funk
Gauge
Haste
Hypnosis
Jackpot
Jinx
Keypad
Loll
Midwife
Moose
Motive
Plight
Poster
Potent
Rootbeer
Security camera
Shark
Squat
Stunt
Survey
Tax
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue
Umbrella
Viable
Vivid
Wince
Yankee
Bonus list:
Crumpet
Glitz
Kudzu
Mosey
Pinnacle
Sully
Veranda
Warren
Weather vane
Yale
COMPLETION POSTThe Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt, Part LI
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2024
Words 39/40
Bonus 7/10
The List
Adept "her friends were equally adept at taking care of themselves" p.26 The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 8.1.24
Avail "to no avail" p. 79 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 8.12.24
Beer "have a beer and put my feet up" p. 8 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Belle "France during La Belle Eqoque" p. 122 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Calculator "worked the calculator again and frowned" p. 92 The Collector by Daniel Silva 8.20.24
Chandelier "chandelier, an enlarged, curving staircase" p. 246 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Churn "churn out German military equipment" p. 88 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Courtroom "convicted in an Italian courtroom" p. 67 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Danish (the pastry) "Danish cookies" p. 214 Her Father's Secret by Sara Blaedel 7.9.24
Dote "what a little dote" p. 88 Foster by Claire Keegan 7.5.24
Eyelid "eyelids slipped shut" p. 43 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Ferry"have had the ferry ride from hell" p.158 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Funk "she funked. coming back herself?" Location 1975 Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh 9.8.24
Gauge "trying to gauge where she would have stood" p. 42 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Haste "advice about how to hasten the date" p.140 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Hypnosis "hypnotic incluence of his personality" p. 94 The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric Lichtblau 9.21.24
Jackpot "before she hit the jackpot with Philip" p.320 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Jinx "I don't want to jinx it" p. 163 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
Keypad "passcode into the keypad" p.146 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Loll - "lolling around in that sun" p. 211 Nine Stories (By: J. D. Salinger) published: May, 1991 8.23.24
Midwife "midwife that the family always used for their births p. 35Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard 7.20.24
Moose - "evening at the Moose Club" p. 140 The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson 9.1.24
Motive - "was theft the motive?" p. 140 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Plight "was to be her plight?" p. 233 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Poster "The poster offended Lucie to the core" p. 76 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Potent "potent assault on their imagination" Location2337 Swing, Brother, Swing by Ngaio Marsh 9.8.24
Rootbeer "and a frosted mug of root beer" p. 427 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Security camera - "on one of the security cameras" p. 330 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Shark "sharks, evolved into that position very gradually" p. 213 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 7.15.24
Squat "squat woman who was sick and tired of being tired" p. 214 Marking Timeby Elizabeth Jane Howard 7.20.24
Stunt "stunt you pulled" p. 409 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
Survey "as she surveyed the house" p. 215 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Tax - "tax documents" p. 337 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue "released a roll of toilet paper along Fifth Avenue" p.31 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara 8.16.24
Umbrella a large sun umbrella" p.40book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Viable - "helped to make a budding economy viable" p. 88 Bloodshed and Three Novellas by Cynthia Ozick 9.13.24
Vivid "real and vivid and imposing" p. 6 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Wince "she winced when she took a gulp of the vodka" p. 62 book:Long Island|199798868] by Colm Toibin 7.2.24
Yankee "on deck the Connecticut Yankees" p.248 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara 8.16.24
Bonus list
Crumpet - "She had toasted him an early crumpet" p. 156 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Glitz "at a glitzy press event" p. 360 The Collector by Daniel Silva 8.20.24
Kudzu
Mosey "moseyed past the nest" p. 20 The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson 9.1.24
Pinnacle "in Pennsylvania to the pinnacle of Wall Street" p. 305 Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva 7.6.24
Sully
Veranda "cleaning right around to the veranda" p.116 The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear 8.1.24
Warren "Paul led them into the warren of offices" p. 214 Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin 7.3.24
Weather vane
Yale "Yale lock" p. 13 The Trespasser by Tana French 7.27.24
I see someone else used "jinxed" for jinx. I did too....✔ Jinx-p.150-Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna-"...not to say jinxed her a little..." 10/25/24
Does that work?
nevermind.... I found "jinx" a few pages later.
Update message # 6 - Challenge completed - ✔ 02Jan25The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LI
Begins: 01July24 / Ends: 30Sept24
40 / 40 words found
10 / 10 BONUS words found
15 books read
Adept - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 156 - "…surprisingly adept, hitting the…"
Avail - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 204 - "…the summer, to no avail."
Beer - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 79 - "…sit, drink beer with other…"
Belle - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 361 - "…for saka belle cow oh,…"
Calculator - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 89 - "…his teammates' calculators right…"
Chandelier - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 263 - "…the large chandelier (white…"
Churn - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 63 - "…stomach churned from not…"
Courtroom - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 87 - "…Atticus's courtroom voice for…"
Danish - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 151 - "…little pastries, Swedish? Danish, that's it!"
Dote - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 341 - "…and doted on their grandchildren."
Eyelid - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 361 - "…the dam behind his eyelids broke."
Ferry - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 79 - "…Clark's Ferry, sixty miles…"
Funk - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 94 - "…this blue funk you're in."
Gauge - Artistic License ✔ – 11Aug24 - pg 266 - "…to gauge how Pete's meeting…"
Haste - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 173 - "In her enraged haste she had…"
Hypnosis - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 20 - "Hypnosis (which in the end my…"
Jackpot - Demon Copperhead ✔ – 24Sep24 - pg 482 - "Jackpot."
Jinx - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 44 - "…disloyal and jinx any chance…"
Keypad - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 7 - "…all over the keypad, lithely…"
Loll - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 11 - "…every time my head lolls."
Midwife - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 325 - "…after two midwives had…"
Moose - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 272 - "…Cherry Chunk, Moose Tracks?"
Motive - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 104 - "…got a real good motive."
Plight - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 237 - "…about their plight because…"
Poster - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water ✔ – 28July24 - pg 39 - "What band poster did you…"
Potent - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 252 - "…that was just as potent."
Root beer - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 128 - "…sipping root beer floats."
Security camera - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 14 - "…checking their security cameras on…"
Shark - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 175 - "…looking like a sleepy old shark."
Squat - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 50 - "…top guys won't tell us squat."
Stunt - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 72 - "…pull this stunt during Christmas."
Survey - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 360 - "…latest national survey about…"
Tax - Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24 - pg 22 - "…hide taxes from the government."
Throw rug - The Sleepwalker ✔ – 08Sep24 - pg 135 - "…now throw rugs on the floor."
Toilet Paper/tissue - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 59 - "…invented toilet paper and…"
Umbrella - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 131 - "… Maura's umbrella, but it didn't stop…"
Viable - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 248 - "…income and a viable way to…"
Vivid - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 73 - "…in such vivid detail, but…"
Wince - The Measure ✔ – 30July24- pg 104 - "…a remorseful wince, her eyes…"
Yankee - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 265 - "…aside from their Yankee ways,…"
Bonus list
Crumpet - A Merry Little Meet Cute ✔ – 02Jan25 - pg 108 - "Miss Crumpets?"
Glitz - The Supreme Macaroni Company ✔ – 04Dec24 - pg 258 - "Those girls like glitz."
Kudzu - To Kill a Mockingbird ✔ – 12Jul24 - pg 58 - "…a kudzu covered front porch."
Mosey - Second Chance Grill ✔ – 18Aug24 - pg 172 - "He moseyed up the aisle."
Pinnacle - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 72 - "…the pinnacle of female…"
Sully - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 228 - "…the sullied garlic clove…"
Veranda - Texas! Sage ✔ – 27July24 - pg 4 - "…wide veranda of the Belcher home."
Warren - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24 - pg 155 - "…burrow, or a warren, or something…"
Weather vane - The Frozen River ✔ – 06Aug24 - pg 291 - "…rest on the weathervane."
Yale - Jacqueline in Paris ✔ – 13Jul24 - pg 310 -
"He's a Yale man, but not…"
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Eric Lichtblau (other topics)Yuval Noah Harari (other topics)
Elizabeth Jane Howard (other topics)
Sarah Sundin (other topics)
Kim Michele Richardson (other topics)
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Duration: July 1 - Sept 30, 2024
Welcome to Challenge #51!
Challenge rules*:
• While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items - they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book. Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!
• You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 50 books for this challenge...do not worry!)
• Books that are used must be read during the period of this challenge.
• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, & rate it. Also specify where the item is found within the book and include a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.
*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.
The List
Adept
Avail
Beer
Belle
Calculator
Chandelier
Churn
Courtroom
Danish (the pastry)
Dote
Eyelid
Ferry
Funk
Gauge
Haste
Hypnosis
Jackpot
Jinx
Keypad
Loll
Midwife
Moose
Motive
Plight
Poster
Potent
Rootbeer
Security camera
Shark
Squat
Stunt
Survey
Tax
Throw rug
Toilet Paper/tissue
Umbrella
Viable
Vivid
Wince
Yankee
Bonus list
Crumpet
Glitz
Kudzu
Mosey
Pinnacle
Sully
Veranda
Warren
Weather vane
Yale
Good Luck & Happy Hunting!
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