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Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

Example:
TUTTI Tutti Frutti Mike Faricy
AGAIN Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout
RIVER Go as a River Shelley Read



Challenge Rules
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*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

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Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books
Read: 30/30

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. HELLO The Day He Said Hello Elana Johnson 5/15/25
2. LET The Day He Let Go Elana Johnson 5/15/25
3. FOREVER From Grumpy to Forever Elena Aitken 5/16/25
4. CORPSE Corpse at a Cape Cod Inn Angela K. Ryan 5/19/25
5. CHASER Whiskey Chaser Lucy Score 5/19/25
6. LIGHT Summer Light on Nantucket Nancy Thayer 5/22/25
7. RIVERS Where the Rivers Merge: A Novel Mary Alice Monroe 5/23/25
8. AGAIN The Day He Asked Again Elana Johnson 5/24/25
9. BEAT Every Beat of My Heart Lea Coll 5/25/25
10. STITCH A Stitch in Time Leeanna Morgan 5/28/25
11. HOT Hot Property Susanne O'Leary 5/29/25
12. NEVER Now or Never Janet Evanovich 5/30/25
13. SALT A Pinch of Salt Bethany Lopez 5/31/25
14. NIGHT A Night for Us Carrie Ann Ryan 6/1/25
15. BACK One Way Back to Me Carrie Ann Ryan 6/1/25
16. ONE Always the One for Me Carrie Ann Ryan 6/3/25
17. PATH The Path to You Carrie Ann Ryan 6/4/25
18. SUNSET The Park of Sunset Dreams Ava Miles 6/7/25
19. RIVER The River Runs South Audrey Ingram 6/7/25
20. HERE Stay Here With Me Carrie Ann Ryan 6/8/25
21. LAST The Last Widow Karin Slaughter 6/10/25
22. SECRET Cowboy's Secret Baby Clara Pines 6/12/25
23. FOR Moments for You Carrie Ann Ryan 6/12/25
24. TRAITOR Traitor in the Scottish Isles Paige Edwards 6/13/25
25. OTHER Other People’s Summers Sarah Morgan 6/15/25
26. LOVES Love's Bloom Judith Keim 6/17/25
27. FIRST The Lost Book of First Loves RaeAnne Thayne 6/17/25
28. BRIGHT Look on the Bright Side Kristan Higgins 6/18/25
29. BRIGHT The Bright Spot Jill Shalvis 6/19/25
30. THINK I Think I Was Murdered Colleen Coble 6/20/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books
Completed: 30/30


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. That: The Summer That Made Us - Robyn Carr 5/16/25
2. Lovin: Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich 5/17/25
3. Visions: Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich 5/17/25
4. Shot: One Shot - Lee Child 5/17/25
5. Silence: S is for Silence - Sue Grafton 5/18/25
6. Over: The Shadow over Innsmouth - H.P. Lovecraft 5/19/25
7. Fortune's: Fortune's Pawn - Rachel Bach 5/20/25
8. Perfect: The Perfect Divorce - Jeneva Rose 5/21/25
9. Silver: A Dance of Silver and Shadow - Melanie Cellier 5/21/25
10. Fishing: Fishing for Trouble - Elizabeth Logan 5/23/25
11. Test: Blood Test - Jonathan Kellerman 5/23/25
12. Lost: The Lost Daughter - Elena Ferrante 5/25/25
13. Challenge: The Challenge - Danielle Steel 5/26/25
14. Girls: Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life - Ali Wong 5/26/25
15. Chance: Second Chance Pass - Robyn Carr 5/27/25
16. Love: Love Comes Softly - Janette Oke 5/27/25
17. Banks: The Banks Sisters 2 - Nikki Turner 5/28/25
18. Briar: The Briar Club - Kate Quinn 5/29/25
19. Close: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer 5/30/25
20. Coven: Coven Mitt - Rebecca Regnier 5/31/25
21. Flour: A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death - Valerie Burns 6/2/25
22. Peach: Peach Cobbler Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/2/25
23. Unforgiven: Undead and Unforgiven - MaryJanice Davidson 6/5/25
24. Italian: One Hot Italian Summer - Karina Halle 6/8/25
25. Behaving: Bears Behaving Badly - MaryJanice Davidson 6/9/25
26. Sister: Sister, Sister - Eric Jerome Dickey 6/11/25
27. Shifts: Magic Shifts - Ilona Andrews 6/12/25
28. Secret: Top Secret Twenty-One - Janet Evanovich 6/14/25
29. Sinister: Sinister Magic - Lindsay Buroker 6/15/25
30. Pursuit: The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford 6/24/25

Welcome Caraina!

FINISHED! Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025 (21 on 06/05/25)

Level 3: 21-30 books
30/21+

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

Example:
TUTTI Tutti Frutti Mike Faricy
AGAIN Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout
RIVER Go as a River Shelley Read

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
No D J M Q W X Y Z

1. LISTENING - Listening Woman (Leaphorn and Chee 3) Tony Hillerman 05/15/25
2. ICE - Ice Cream Lover (Baldwin Village 2) Jackie Lau 05/15/25
3. CLINIC - The Clinic Cate Quinn 05/17/25
4. FEAST - A Deadly Feast (Key West Food Critic 9) Lucy Burdette 05/17/25
5. THERES - There's Something About Mira Sonali Dev 05/18/25
6. LAKE - Murder on Memory Lake (Ferrara Family Mystery 1) J.D. Griffo 05/18/25
7. SCONE - A Scone of Contention (Key West Food Critic 11) Lucy Burdette 05/19/25
8. FOR - A Dish to Die For (Key West Food Critic 12) Lucy Burdette 05/20/25
9. VALE - My Name Is Emilia del Valle Isabel Allende 05/20/25
10. SCRAP - Ready, Scrap, Shoot (Kiki Lowenstein 6) Joanna Campbell Slan 05/21/25
11. CLUE - A Clue in the Crumbs (Key West Food Critic 13) Lucy Burdette 05/22/25
12. RAINING - Raining Cats & Dogs (Melanie Travis 12) Laurien Berenson 05/25/25
13. ISOLA - Isola Allegra Goodman 05/25/25
14. SHORE - Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy 05/26/25
15. SECRETS - Small Town Secrets (Small Town 1) Kristy Tate 06/01/25
16. FUGITIVE - F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone 6) Sue Grafton 06/01/25
17. PALATE - A Poisonous Palate (Key West Food Critic 14) Lucy Burdette 06/02/25
18. FAVORITE - My Favorite Bad Decision (The Favorites 1) Elizabeth O'Roark 06/02/25
19. NOT - Not Friends (Sworn to Loathe You 3) Rachel John 06/03/25
20. THE - Zonked in the Zucchinis (Lovely Lethal Gardens 1 Rewind) Dale Mayer 06/04/25
21. HAUNTING - The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 06/05/25
22. PONTE - Murder at the Ponte Vecchio (Armstrong and Oscar 11) T.A. Williams 06/06/25
23. LOVE - A Novel Love Story Ashley Poston 06/06/25
24. BRIGHT - The Bright Side Running Club Josie Lloyd 06/07/25
25. CLUB - The Club Ellery Lloyd 06/08/25
26. ABOUT - Mad About Ewe (Common Threads 1) Susannah Nix 06/09/25
27. AFTER - After Life Gayle Forman 06/10/25
28. BLUE - Blue Sisters Coco Mellors 06/11/25
29. HOUSE - A Painted House John Grisham 06/13/25
30. LIFE - All That Life Can Afford Emily Everett 06/15/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want, BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. Rule | The Exception to the Rule | Christina Lauren | 05.15
2. Club | Club Dead | Charlaine Harris | 05.15
3.. Top | You Wanna Be on Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model | Sarah Hartshorne | 05.16
4. One | One Tiny Lie | K.A. Tucker | 05.18
5. Role | The Role Model | Daniel Hurst | 05.18
6. Fourth | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | 05.20
7. Keep | Keep Your Friends Close | Lucinda Berry | 05.22
8. Stars The Stars Don't Lie | Boo Walker | 05.22
9. Parts Missing Parts | Lucinda Berry | 05.24
10. Tenant The Tenant | Freida McFadden | 05.25
11. Perfect The Perfect Stranger | Megan Miranda | 05.26
12. Local Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica | 05.28
13. Not Protect Me Not | Danielle Keil | 05.28
14. Upstairs Something I Keep Upstairs | J.D. Barker | 05.30
15. The | The Backwater | Vikki Wakefield | 05.30
16. Little | Little House in the Big Woods | Laura Ingalls Wilder | 05.30
17. Iron Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros | 06.04
18. Liars | We Wer e Liars | E. Lockhart | 06.04
19. Butcher | Sister, Butcher, Sister | K.D. Aldyn | 06.05
20. Archer's | Archer's Voice | Mia Sheridan | 06.06
21. Bliss | Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason | 06.07
22. Hall | Cavendon Hall | Barbara Taylor Bradford | 06.07
23. Scarlet: Beneath a Scarlet Sky | Mark T. Sullivan | 06.08
24. Faces Making Faces | Amy Harmon | 06.08
25. Please Please Don't Find Me | Wendy Dranfield | 06.09
26. Still Still Missing | Chevy Stevens | 06.10
27. Things Things We Never Got Over | Lucy Score | 06.12
28. Thief The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | 06.13
29. Fishing Pool Fishing | Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | 06.13
30. Arsen Arsen: A Broken Love Story | Mia Asher | 06.13

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 1: 10 books
Read: 0/30

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. Public: Public Anchovy #1 - Mindy Quigley - 5/20/25
2. Clue: Cat with a Clue - Laurie Cass - 6/1/25
3. Pits: Crime and Cherry Pits - Amanda Flower - 7/16/25
4. All: All the President's Menus - Julie Hyzy - 8/8/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

Level 3: 21-30 books

30/30 Completed. Finish

01.POST:Five Days Post Mortem-L.T. Vargus 5/15/25
02.TALKING:Dead Man Talking-Jana Deleon 5/15/25
03.GALLIANO:Galliano Gold-Traci Andrighetti 5/16/25
04.BLACK:Into the Black Nowhere-Meg Gardiner 5/16/25
05.NIGHTS:Easy Nights-Kristen Proby 5/17/25
06.RUIN:The Rocky Road to Ruin-Meri Allen 5/18/25
07.LOVE:How to End a Love Story-Yulin Kuang 5/18/25
08.GIRLS:The Sleeping Girls-Rita Herron 5/20/25
09.SLEIGHT:Sleight of Hand-Tonya Kappes 5/21/25
10.ANGELS:Hidden Angels-Carolyn Arnold 5/21/25
11.EIGHT:Hard Eight-Janet Evanovich 5/22/25
12.ENOUGH:Can't Get Enough-Kennedy Ryan 5/23/25
13.FALL:Fall With Me-Brooke Montgomery 5/24/25
14.STARS:Falling Like Stars-Emma Scott 5/25/25
15.KILLERS:Kathmandu Killers-Luke Richardson 5/28/25
16.FOREVER:You, Me, and Forever-Laura Pavlov 5/30/25
17.RUN:The Girl on the Run-A.J. Rivers 5/31/25
18.CLAP:Clap Back-Lani Lynn Vale 6/01/25
19.LITTLE:Little Child Gone-Stacy Green 6/03/25
20.BACK:Rewind It Back-Liz Tomforde 6/04/25
21.SILVER:My Silver Lining-Laura Pavlov 6/06/25
22.SILENT:The Silent Watcher-Victor Methos 6/08/25
23.LOCK:Lock & Key-Cat Porter 6/09/25
24.BENEATH:Beneath Hemlock Skies-D.D. Black 6/12/25
25.SPITE:Cold Spite-Toni Anderson 6/13/25
26.NEST:Nest Egg-Josi Avari 6/14/25
27.THAT:That Forever Girl-Meghan Quinn 6/19/25
28.STOLEN:Stolen Baby-L.G. Davis 6/23/25
29.NOT:NOT MY DAUGHTER-Willow Rose 6/25/25
30.CAGE:Cage-Harper Sloan 6/25/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 1: 10 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 2: 15/20


The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. GHOSTS - Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon 18 May 2025 ★★★
2. HEAVEN'S - Heaven's Queen: Paradox, Book 3 by Rachel Bach 22 May 2025 ★★★★
3. LENS - The Witch's Lens: A Novel by Luanne G. Smith 31 may 2025 ★★★
4. THE - The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis 31 May 2025 ★★★★
5. ROGUE - Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole 7 June 2025 ★★★
6. CATS - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura 13 June 2025 ★★★★
7. HEART - The Red Heart of Jade by Marjorie M. Liu 18 June 2025 ★★★★
8. THE - The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict 5 July 2025 ★★★★★
9. LUNA - Cinder Luna by Marie Soleil 10 July 2025 ★★★★★
10. RIVER - Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine 18 July 2025 ★★★
11. THE - Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez 24 July 2025 ★★★
12. THE - The Companion Project by Chelsea Curto ★★ 30 July 2025
13. THE - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★★ 31 July 2025
14. BEFORE - Bow Before the Elf Queen by J.M. Kearl 9 August 2025 ★★★
15. ROGUE - A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean 13 August 2025 ★★★

Welcome all!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3

30/30

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

Words must have at least 3 letters.

1. BREAKS - Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews 5/15/25
2. CATS - Hemingway's Cats by Lindsey Hooper 5/16/25
3. FESTIVAL - Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 5/17/25
4. APART - Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross 5/19/25
5. THE - Death Beside the Seaside by T.E. Kinsey 5/21/25
6. BEACH - Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette 5/23/25
7. IRISH - Irish Stewed by Kylie Logan 5/25/25
8. THE - Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams 5/27/25
9. NICKEL - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 5/29/25
10. HEARTS - The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett 5/31/25
11. THE - The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley 6/2/25
12. KILLER - Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan 6/5/25
13. GONE - Gone with the Twins by Kylie Logan 6/6/25
14. LOVE - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton 6/7/25
15. KEEPERS - Finders Keepers: A Flannigan Sisters Psychic Cozy Mystery by Amanda Reid 6/8/25
16. HERRING - A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley 6/10/25
17. EATING - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 6/11/25
18. SEVEN - Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 6/12/25
19. GHOST - Ghost in Trouble by Carolyn G. Hart 6/15/25
20. KISS - The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton 6/16/25
21. THERE - There There by Tommy Orange 6/17/25
22. LAST - The Last Word by Taylor Adams 6/19/25
23. THE - The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds by T.E. Kinsey 6/21/25
24. GHOST - Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton 6/22/25
25. LIFE - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 6/23/25
26. BUENA - Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour 6/23/25
27. CLUB - The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson 6/24/25
28. CONCLAVE - Conclave by Robert Harris 6/25/25
29. LOCH - The Loch Ness Papers by Paige Shelton 6/26/25
30. POST - Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly 6/28/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. ALL Emma All Stirred Up!: The Graphic Novel by Coco Simon - May 15
2. ACCEPTION Acception, Vol. 1 by Coco Ouwerkerk - May 18
3. LIGHT The Light Beside the Sea by Connie di Marco - May 18
4. PACT This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews - May 20
5. FOREST Save Our Forest! by Nora Dåsnes - May 22
6. CLUB The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier - May 24
7. LOLA Lola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres - May 24
8. ASIAN The Good Asian, Volume One by Pornsak Pichetshote - May 24
9. SULLIVAN Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller by Joseph Lambert - May 25
10. ACRES Creaky Acres: A Graphic Novel by Calista Brill - May 25
11. VERA Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man by Jesse Q. Sutanto - May 26
12. COURAGE Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust by Neal Shusterman - May 27
13. RISE Rise of the Shadowfire by Jaimal Yogis - May 31
14. COURAGE The Red Badge of Courage: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Classic by Stephen Crane - June 2
15. SKATES Karen's Roller Skates by Katy Farina - June 3
16. ROLLS Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano - June 7
17. INTO Into the Game! by FGTeeV - June 8
18. THAT Be That Way by Hope Larson - June 9
19. BUTTON Button Pusher by Tyler Page - June 13
20. EVERYTHING Absolutely Everything: A Graphic Novel by Damian Alexander - June 13
21. TURTLE Turtle Bread by Kim-Joy - June 18
22. GREATEST The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle - June 24
23. CAVE The Monster Sisters and the Mystery of the Unlocked Cave by Gareth Kyle Gaudin - June 27
24. VACATION Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack - June 27
25. TALE The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault - June 27
26. SUCCULENT How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Persico - June 29
27. SOPHIE Ballad for Sophie by Filipe Melo - July 1
28. CAROUSEL Carousel Summer by Kathleen Gros - July 3
29. GEIN Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter - July 4
30. THIEF Time Thief by Carolyn Keene - July 4

WORDS IN A WORD GAME #30 - GOSSIP ANTONYMS, 5/15 – 8/14
Level 3: 21-30 books

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters :
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find those words in your book titles. Words must have at least 3 letters.

1. The FRANGIPANI Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1), by Ovidia Yu, finished 5/15/25 ★★★.5
2. ASHES to Ashes, Crust to Crust (Deep Dish #2), by Mindy Quigley, finished 5/16/25 ★★★★
3. The SILVER Ladies Seize the Day, by Judy Leigh, finished 5/17/25 ★★★★
4. The TOAST of Time (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #12.5), by Jodi Taylor, finished 5/18/25 ★★★★
5. Voices in the OCEAN: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins, by Susan Casey, finished 5/19/25 ★★★★
6. TREACHEROUS Strand (Inishowen #2), by Andrea Carter, finished 5/20/25 ★★★★
7. A CAST of FALCONS (Nell Ward #2), by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, finished 5/21/25 ★★★.5
8. SILENCE in the Library (Lily Adler #2), by Katharine Schellman, finished 5/21/25 ★★★★
9. OLD GIRLS Behaving Badly (Old Girls #1), by Kate Galley, finished 5/22/25 ★★★.5
10. An EAR for TROUBLE (Riverbend K-9s #2), by K.T. Lee, finished 5/24/25 ★★★★


11. The Malt in OUR STARS (Literary Pub #3), by Sarah Fox, finished 5/25/25 ★★★★
12. On TASK: How Our BRAIN Gets THINGS Done, by David Badre, finished 5/26/25 ★★★.5
13. UNSEEN City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness, by Nathanael Johnson, finished 5/27/25 ★★★★
14. A Body at the Book FAIR (Secret Bookcase #6), by Ellie Alexander, finished 5/28/25 ★★★★
15. BURNING Ridge (Timber Creek K-9 #4), by Margaret Mizushima, finished 5/29/25 ★★★★
16. CAN You SOLVE the Murder?, by Antony Johnson, finishing 5/30/25 ★★★
17. SUGAR and VICE (Cookie House #2), by Eve Calder, finished 5/31/25 ★★★★
18. A RIVER in the Sky (Amelia Peabody #19), by Elizabeth Peters, finished 6/2/25 ★★★★
19. The INSECT Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World, by Oliver Milman, finished 6/4/25 ★★★★
20. A Wolf CALLED Romeo, by Nick Jans, finished 6/6/25 ★★★★


21. Dinner with KING TUT: How Rogue Archaeologists are Recreating the Sights, Smells and Tastes of Lost Civilizations, by Sam Kean, finished 6/7/25 ★★★★
22. The LIST, by Steve Berry, finished 6/9/25 ★★★★
23. Mrs. Plansky Goes ROGUE (Mrs. Plansky #2), by Spencer Quinn, finished 6/10/25 ★★★★
24. The Man Who Would Be SHERLOCK: The Real Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle, by Christopher Sandford, finished 6/11/25 ★★★
25. The ECHO of Old Books, by Barbara Davis, finished 6/12/25 ★★★★
26. Different PATHS (Stella Crown #5), by Judy Clemens, finished 6/13/25 ★★★★
27. SPIRIT of Steamboat (Walt Longmire #9.1), by Craig Johnson, finished 6/13/25 ★★★★
28. The LITTLE CORNISH House, by Donna Ashcroft, finished 6/14/25 ★★★.5
29. Death in the SUNSHINE (Retired Detectives Club #1), by Steph Broadribb, finished 6/16/25 ★★★★
30. Pandora’s LAB: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong, by Paul A. Offit, finished 6/17/25 ★★★★

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
COMPLETE

Level 3: 21-30 books
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. Until - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris May 15 ★★★★
2. Biker - How to Catch a Biker by Ana Ashley May 15 ★★
3. Roses - Paper Roses by Lily Morton May 16 ★★★★
4. Secret - The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden May 16 ★★★★
5. turn - Don't Turn Back by DS Butler May 17 ★★★
6. rough -Rough by Vanessa Vale May 18 ★★
7. living - Living Dead in Dallas by CHarlaine Harris May 19 ★★★
8. club - Club Dead by CHarlaine Harris May 19 ★★★
9. thing - A One-Time Thing by EM Denning and Kate Hawthorne May 20 ★★★
10. bones -The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White May 20 ★★★★
11. shots - Shots on Net by JJ Mulder May 22 ★★★★
12. save - Save The Vampire by Maz Maddox May 23 ★★★★
13. houses - Houses of the Holy (Bubba the Monster Hunter Novella, #33) John G. Hartness May 25 ★★★
14. Evho - Echo Park by Michael Connelly May 25 ★★★★
15. killer -The Winter Killer by Alex Pine May 26 ★★★★
16. bell - Bell, Book and Scandal by Josh Lanyon May 26 ★★★★
17. stillborn - Stillborn Armadillos by Nick Russell May 27 ★★★★
18. chance - Fair Chance by Josh Lanyon May 28 ★★★★★
19. circle - Vicious Circle by CJ Box May 29 ★★★★
20. hotel - SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous by Adam Vex May 29 ★★★★
21. influence - A Deadly Influence by Mike Omer May 30 ★★★★
22. gate - Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro June 1 ★★★★
23. fight - A Naval Surgeon to Fight For by Carla Kelly June 1 ★★★
24. long - Long Bright River by Liz Moore June 1 ★★★
25. left - The Only One Left by RIley Sager June 2 ★★★
26. upstairs, The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell June 2 ★★★★
27. cabin - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware June 3 ★★★★
28. king - Stranded With the Alien King by Lindsey R Loucks June 3 ★★
29. skeleton - Skeleton Crew by Jordan Castillo Price June 4 ★★★★★
30. capes, Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C.Rochelle June 6 ★★★★

Completed!!

Level 3: 21-30 books

Progress: 26/21+

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

1. Araluen - Duel at Araluen John Flanagan 5/17/25
2. The - The Crown Kiera Cass 5/20/25
3. Prince - The Missing Prince John Flanagan 5/21/25
4. Escape - Escape from Falaise John Flanagan 5/24/25
5. Gorlan - The Tournament at Gorlan John Flanagan 5/29/25
6. Battle - The Battle of Hackham Heath John Flanagan 6/1/25
7. Green - The Green Ember S.D. Smith 6/6/25
8. Falls - Ember Falls S.D. Smith 6/11/25
9. Rising - Ember Rising S.D. Smith 6/16/25
10. Ever - Happily Ever After Kiera Cass 6/17/25
11. Archer - The Last Archer S.D. Smith 6/24/25
12. The - The First Fowler S.D. Smith 6/26/25
13. Cup - The Archer's Cup S.D. Smith 6/29/25
14. Black - The Black Star of Kingston S.D. Smith 7/5/25
15. Rise - The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner S.D. Smith 7/9/25
16. Prince - Prince Lander and the Dragon War S.D. Smith 7/10/25
17. None - And Then There Were None Agatha Christie 7/15/25
18. Other - Pygmalion & Other Plays George Bernard Shaw 7/17/25
19. Thief - The Book Thief Markus Zusak 7/20/25
20. At - The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 7/21/25
21. Nursen - Batyr Nursen: fengslet, torturert, kastet ut av tre land Stig Magne Heitmann 7/22/25
22. Orient - Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie 7/24/25
23. Roger - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Agatha Christie 7/25/25
24. Opera - The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux 7/27/25
25. Runner - The Maze Runner James Dashner 8/1/25
26. Scorch - The Scorch Trials James Dashner 8/10/25

Welcome Michelle, Barb, Julesy, Susan and Charlotte!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15th, 2025 - Aug. 14th, 2025

Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

65/30 (PERSUASION)

1. ORBITAL Orbital by Samantha Harvey - May 15th
2. THE On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn - May 17th
3. RAT Rat Queens, Vol. 8: The God Dilemma by Ryan Ferrier - May 18th
4. FULL The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki - May 18th
5. POLICE The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa - May 21st
6. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Eight by Rachel Smythe - May 24th
7. GIRL The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn - May 25th
8. BLANKET The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu - May 26th
9. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe - May 27th
10. BONE Bone Key by Keith R.A. DeCandido - May 28th
11. TROUBLE Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words by John McWhorter - May 28th
12. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Two by Rachel Smythe - May 29th
13. STORE The DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-ye Lee - May 31st
14. RISING Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - June 2nd
15. SLEEP Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo - June 4th
16. PIECE One Piece, Volume 2: Buggy the Clown by Eiichiro Oda - June 5th
17. CAT She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa - June 5th
18. FURTHER The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn, Karen Hawkins, Suzanne Enoch & Mia Ryan - June 6th
19. CUE Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum - June 8th
20. BRIGHTER Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang - June 9th
21. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe - June 10th
22. OSCAR 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins by Dave Karger - June 10th
23. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe - June 11th
24. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe - June 12th
25. NOTHING It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango - June 14th
26. CAN Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood - June 15th
27. THORNS Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle Paranque - June 18th
28. NETTLE Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - June 20th
29. SEA The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - June 21st
30. IRON Iron Kissed Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - June 22nd
31. GREAT The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism by John U. Bacon - June 23rd
32. BONE Bone Crossed Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - June 25th
33. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe - June 26th
34. Love The Love Fix by Jill Shalvis - June 27th
35. SILVER Silver Borne Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - June 30th
36. LORE Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe - July 3rd
37. EVER Ever After Always by Chloe Liese - July 3rd
38. CAT The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa - July 5th
39. RIVER River Marked Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - July 6th
40. TAKEI It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei - July 7th
41. HEAVEN Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn - July 9th
42. TELEVISION Edge of Reality: Journeys Through the Rabbit Hole of Reality Television by Jacques Peretti - July 10th
43. FOREVER With You Forever by Chloe Liese - July 11th
44. TRICKSTER Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions by Tomson Highway - July 12th
45. FOR Everything for You by Chloe Liese - July 13th
46. ALL All Systems Red Dramatized Adaptation by Martha Wells - July 14th
47. PRESCRIBE We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida - July 14th
48. CONS The World's Wildest Cons: Incredible True Tales of Hustles, Frauds and Swindles by Duncan McKenzie - July 16th
49. LOVE Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight: The Highs and Lows of the Twilight Saga by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher - July 17th
50. THE The Favorites by Layne Fargo - July 18th
51. FOREVER Only and Forever by Chloe Liese - July 20th
52. CERTAIN Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn - July 22nd
53. POSSIBLE Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories from a Career in Hollywood by Barry Sonnenfeld - July 24th
54. LEVELING Solo Leveling, Vol. 1 by Chugong - July 24th
55. HOUSE Freedom House by KB Brookins - July 28th
56. ROBIN The Robin on the Oak Throne by K.A. Linde - July 29th
57. THE The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell - Aug. 3rd
58. STRANGER Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar - Aug. 4th
59. NIGHT A Night Like This by Julia Quinn - Aug. 6th
60. PERSUASION Persuasion by Jane Austen - Aug. 7th
61. FROST Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - Aug. 9th
62. LEARNS Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss - Aug. 10th
63. HOUSE The House of Hades by Rick Riordan - Aug. 12th
64. GLITTER Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodman - Aug. 13th
65. FENCE Fence, Vol. 7: Challengers by C.S. Pacat - Aug. 14th

Welcome Kendra!

Finished: 2025/08/14

Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. ICH: 1000 und ich: Zweifle nicht, zögere nicht, hinterfrage nicht by Yorick Goldewijk ✓ 25/05/18
2. LIEBER: Lieber Liebeskummer by Mataaki Kureno ✓ 25/05/18
3. KENSHIN: Kenshin 03 by Nobuhiro Watsuki ✓ 25/05/21
4. TRIP: Kabukicho Bad Trip – Ikeda & Rio by Eiji Nagisa ✓ 25/05/21
5. VERLOGEN: Verlogen by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir ✓ 25/05/22
6. AUS: Der Junge aus dem Meer by Garrett Carr ✓ 25/05/27
7. THE: The emperor of gladness by Ocean Vuong ✓ 25/06/04
8. TOTAL: Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama ✓ 25/06/05
9. LICHT: Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion ✓ 25/06/13
10. VERBRECHEN: Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum ✓ 25/06/16
11. LICHT: Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr ✓ 25/06/25
12. TOTE: Tote klagen an by A.K. Turner ✓ 25/06/28
13. LIEBESGIFT: Liebesgift by Tsubaki Mikage ✓ 25/06/29
14. FARBEN: Alle Farben grau by Martin Schäuble ✓ 25/07/06
15. CIRCE: Circe by Madeline Miller ✓ 25/07/12
16. HAUS: Das Haus über dem Fjord by Kristin Valla ✓ 25/07/15
17. UNIVERSE: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ✓ 25/07/17
18. IHNEN: Was wir ihnen antun: Kriminalroman (River-Delta-Reihe 4) by Arttu Tuominen ✓ 25/07/20
19. SPELL: Crimson Spell 02 by Ayano Yamane ✓ 25/07/21
20. LIEBE: Unschärfen der Liebe by Angelika Overath ✓ 25/07/24
21. PROBE: Die Probe by Katie Kitamura ✓ 25/07/27
22. KLANGS: Die Geschichte des Klangs by Ben Shattuck ✓ 25/07/27
23. FRUITS: Fruits Basket Pearls 02 by Natsuki Takaya ✓ 25/07/28
24. STOCK: Achtzehnter Stock by Sara Gmuer ✓ 25/08/03
25. TOUCH: Touch of Pain by Kano Miyamoto ✓ 25/08/05
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Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Read: 17

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1.) THREE Three Missing Days by Colleen Coble 5/22/2025
2.) CLUB The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonsen 5/24/2025
3.) ONE It Happened One Fight by Maureen Lee Lenker 5/29/2025
4.) CONES A Game of Cones by Abby Collette 5/31/2025
5.) LONG The Long Game by Elena Aranas 6/4/2025
6.) RECIPE The Family Recipe by Caroline Hunyh 6/3/2025
7.) SILENCE Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James 6/10/2025
8.) KNIFE Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin 6/28/2025
9.) THIS I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell 6/29/2025
10.) ALL All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore 7/9/2025
11.) ONE One Night at the Lake by Bethany Chase 7/11/2025
12.) UPON Once Upon a Seaside Murder by Maggie Blackburn 7/18/2025
13.) ANCHOR Murder at the Rusty Anchor by Maddie Day 7/21/2025
14.) BRAVE Only the Brave by Danielle Steele 7/25/2025
15.) LOVE Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe 8/3/2025
16.) LAST Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire 8/9/2025
17.) BEGIN We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker 5/16/2025

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
May 15 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

1. LOST Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales | Heather Fawcett May 22
2. STRIKE Strike It Witch | C.P. Rider May 25
3. BACK Rewind It Back | Liz Tomforde May 29
4. LITTLE The Little Shop of Grand Curiosities | Iris Lake Jun 1
5. THE Wicked Witch of the Wolf | C.P. Rider Jun 5
6. HAVEN Blood Over Bright Haven | M.L. Wang Jun 13
7. STARLIT Upon a Starlit Tide | Kell Woods Jun 16
8. STILLHOUSE Stillhouse Lake | Rachel Caine Jun 18
9. SECRETS Secrets of the Deadly Nightshades | Heather G. Harris Jun 21
10. ETERNAL Secrets of the Eternal Flame | Heather G. Harris Jun 24
11. CHEATER Cheater Slicks | Hailey Edwards Jun 30
12. HISS The Dark Hiss of Magic | Helen Harper Jul 2
13. THE The Will of the Many | James Islington Jul 6
14. CASE The Vampire and the Case of the Malevolent Mermaid | Heather G. Harris Jul 9
15. TRUST Trust Me Always | Meagan Brandy Jul 13
16. BURNING The Candles Are Burning | Veronica G. Henry Jul 20
17. ALONG Play Along | Liz Tomforde Jul 24
18. GREEN Green Dragon | J.S. Kennedy Jul 27
19. CREATURES Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt Jul 30
20. THINGS The Things We Water | Mariana Zapata Aug 1
21. KILL Kill Switch | PL Matthews Aug 3
22. HIRE Vampire for Hire | Michael Anderle Aug 7
23. ARCANA Arcana Academy | Elise Kova Aug 12
24. NOT Not Quite Dead Yet | Holly Jackson Aug 14

Welcome Chrissie, Anne and Elle!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books

Read: 23

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

BONE - The Bone is Pointed by Arthur W. Upfield 5/16
THE - Bonds of the Wolf by Cherise Sinclair 5/16
THE - The Happy Hollisters and the Mystery of the Golden Witch by Jerry West 5/22
THE - The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky 5/25
FATHER'S - Father's Day Murder by Leslie Meier 5/29
LOVE - What I Love About You by Rachel Gibson 5/30
THIS - From This Moment by Melanie Harlow 6/5
GHOST - The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly 6/18
GIRL - Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich 6/19
THE - The Shadows by J.R. Ward 6/23
GHOST - The Ghost and the Femme Fatale by Alice Kimberly 6/29
KEEP - Promises We Meant to Keep by Monica Murphy 6/29
THE - The High Window by Raymond Chandler 6/30
GHOST - The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion by Alice Kimberly 7/1
IRISH - Murder on an Irish Farm by Carlene O'Connor 7/2
LANE - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene 7/9
RETURN - The Medici Return by Steve Berry 7/9
NIKOLAI - Nikolai, Volume 2 by Roxie Rivera 7/19
GIRL - The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente 7/28
ALL - It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh 7/30
BOGUS - The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle 7/31
RILLA - Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery 8/9
LAKE - The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler 8/10

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books
READ: 28/30

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

THE - The Maid by Nita Prose 5/18/25
AFTER - After Words by Nina Mitchell 5/19/25
LET - Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders 5/22/25
SUSPECT - Suspect Zero by Richard Kadrey 5/23/25
PONIES - Ponies by Kij Johnson 5/23/25
CLASSIC - A Classic Case by Alicia Thompson 5/24/25
FASHION - Crime of Fashion by Emma Rosenblum 5/24/25
EVE - Murder on New Year's Eve by P. Creeden 5/24/25
UNICORN - Gus The Unicorn: The Great Circus Escape by Payton Meyer 5/26/25
ESTROGEN - Love & Estrogen by Samantha  Allen 5/28/25
GIFT - The Gift by Alison Gaylin 5/30/25
HER - Let Her Be by Lisa Unger 5/30/25
BREAD - Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh 5/31/25
PALLINGHURST - Pallinghurst Barrow by Grant Allen 6/3/25
LOVES - Everybody Loves Kamau! by W. Kamau Bell 6/7/25
NEIGHBOR - The Nosy Neighbor by Nita Prose 6/7/25
GHOST - A Ghost Story by Mark Twain 6/7/25
TILES - Off the Tiles by Ianthe Jerrold 6/8/25
HAUNT - Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker 6/16/25
RING - Ring by Kōji Suzuki 6/20/25
TALES - Tales of Folk Horror by various authors 6/22/25
GREAT - The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen 6/22/25
SHREK - Shrek the Musical by Jeanine Tesori - 6/28/25
GUEST - Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker 6/29/25
SNATCHER - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 6/29/25
FACTS - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe 6/29/25
LOVE - Anything Resembling Love by S. Qiouyi Lu 6/30/25
SPRINGS - Hot Springs Drive by Lindsay Hunter 7/4/25

Welcome Bonita and Vanessa!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
31/30

Level 1: 10 books
Level 2: 11-20 books
Level 3: 21-30 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Must have at least 3 letters.

1. Fatalities Festivals and Fatalities Danielle Collins 5/18/25
2. Rose A Body in the Rose Garden Savannah Rainn 5/19/25
3. Swiss Secrets Hazel Smith 5/19/25
4. Art Art, Vendors and Forgery Montie Red 5/21/25
5. Cruise Cruise Conundrum A.R. Winters 5/22/25
6. Clues Cliffs, Clues & Conspiracies Tonya Kappes 5/23/25
7. Fetching Fetching the Final Clue Sharon Michaels 5/24/25
8. Spirit The Spirit Moves Carol J. Perry 5/25/25
9. Bones Doggone Bones Carolyn Haines 5/26/25
10. Pines Murder in Whispering Pines Dianne Harman 5/26/25
11. Ghosts Ghosts and Gowns Lucinda Race 5/29/25
12. Poaches The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg Krista Davis 5/29/25
13. Clue Kneading a Clue Patti Benning 6/1/25
14. River Mayhem in Christmas River Meg Muldoon 6/2/25
15. Perk A Perk of Trouble Tonya Kappes 6/3/25
16. Call Curtain Call for a Killer L.A. Marie 6/3/25
17. Kittens Kittens and Killers Jinty James 6/4/25
18. Letter The Widow's Last Letter Eva Lovelle 6/4/25
19. Artful Artful Deception Ellen Le Teace 6/5/25
20. Leche Dulce de Leche and Death Rosie A. Point 6/6/25
21. Trouble Time, Tide & Trouble Carolyn L. Dean 6/7/25
22. Porch The Porch That Started It All Lola Finch 6/8/25
23. Tape Murder by Measuring Tape Lola Finch 6/9/25
24. Heist Christmas Heist Arthur Pearce 6/10/25
25. Grave Grave Words Gerri Lewis 6/11/25
26. Forever Forever Liesl Charmian Carr 6/12/25
27. Cruise Cruise Millions A.R. Winters 6/13/25
28. Tail A Tail of Two Crimes Sharon Michaels 6/14/25
29. Brush A Final Brush with Murder Daisy Belle 6/15/25
30. Club Book Club Bait & Switch S.E.Babin 6/16/25
31. Felines Felines and Footprints Jinty James 6/17/25

Welcome Tari!

JoAnne wrote: "Welcome Tari!"

Thanks, JoAnne!

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

Welcome Emeli!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

38 of 30+ Complete

Level 3: 21-30 books

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINEEARFULGRAPEVINESCUTTLEBUTTTALK
AAABCCEEEEEEFGHIIKLLLLLNNOPRRSSTTTTTTUUUV

🔹️Rises - The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway - 5/16/25
🔹️Lovebug - Lovebug - Erin Mallory - 3 Stars - 5/17/25
🔹️Chill - In Bitter Chill - Sarah Ward - 4 Stars - 5/18/25
🔹️Street - The Mangle Street Murders - M.R.C. Kasasian - 3.5 Stars - 5/19/25
🔹️Have - I Will Have Vengeance: The Winter of Commissario Ricciardi - Maurizio de Giovanni - 5 Stars - 5/20/25
🔹️Blue - Something Blue - Emma Jameson - 3 Stars - 5/21/25
🔹️Fun - The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo - 4 Stars - 5/24/25
🔹️FBI - Murder at the FBI - Margaret Truman - 3 Stars - 5/25/25
🔹️Slip - To Slip the Bonds of Earth - Amanda Flower - 3.5 Stars - 5/26/25
🔹️Others - Kills Well with Others - Deanna Raybourn - 4 Stars - 5/27/25
🔹️Shore - Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy - 4.5 Stars - 5/29/25
🔹️Stories - Stories from Suffragette City - M.J. Rose - 4 Stars - 6/1/25
🔹️King - Claimed by the Horde King - Zoey Draven - 3 Stars - 6/2/25
🔹️Grave - Restless in the Grave - Dana Stabenow - 4 Stars - 6/3/25
🔹️Hearts - The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25
🔹️Prior - Prior Bad Acts - Tami Hoag - 4 Stars - 6/11/25
🔹️Clark - Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara - 4 Stars - 6/12/25
🔹️Corpse - C is for Corpse - Sue Grafton - 4 Stars - 6/14/25
🔹️Alone - Alone - Lisa Gardner - 4 Stars - 6/15/25
🔹️Forever - Forever Blue - Suzanne Brockmann - 3 Stars - 6/17/25
🔹️Revelation - Revelation - C.J. Sansom - 5 Stars - 6/18/25
🔹️Figures - Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly - 4 Stars - 6/19/25
🔹️Run - You Can Run - Rebecca Zanetti - 4 Stars - 6/20/25
🔹️Bochica - Bochica: A Novel - Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro - 2 Stars - 6/21/25
🔹️Cloche - Cloche and Dagger - Jenn McKinlay - 3.5 Stars - 6/22/25
🔹️Glacier - In The Shadow Of The Glacier - Vicki Delany - 3 Stars - 6/22/25
🔹️Buries - Who Buries the Dead - C.S. Harris - 4 Stars - 6/23/25
🔹️One - No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding - Catherine Mack - 3 Stars - 6/27/25
🔹️Love - I Think I Love You - Lauren Layne - 3.5 Stars - 6/28/25
🔹️Lost - Valley of the Lost - Vicki Delany - 4 Stars - 7/1/25
🔹️Blue - Blue Smoke - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
🔹️Heaven - Heaven, Texas - Susan Elizabeth Phillips - 2 Stars - 7/3/25
🔹️Black - Black & Blue - James Patterson - 3 Stars - 7/4/25
🔹️Absence - The Absence of Mercy - John Burley - 4 Stars - 7/5/25
🔹️Tears - Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
🔹️Perfect - Perfect Storm - Paige Shelton - 3.5 Stars - 7/6/25
🔹️Heartsick - Heartsick - Chelsea Cain - 4 Stars - 7/7/25
🔹️For - For the Wolf - Hannah F. Whitten - 3 Stars - 7/8/25

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books

30/21-30

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

1- OPERATION
Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance between the Vatican, the CIA, and the Mafia Paul L. Williams 05.22.25 4 stars
2- THEIR
Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty Mandy Matney 05.25.25 4 stars
3- RESCUE
Rescue After Dark Marie Force 05.26.25 4 stars
4- THE
Under the Whispering Door T.J. Klune 05.25.25 5 stars
5- GREEN
Green With Envy N.L. Cameron 05.27.25 2.5 stars
6- CLUE
Cat with a Clue Laurie Cass 05.29.25 4 stars
7- GRITS
Grits in the Graveyard J.L. Collins 05.30.25 3 stars
8- ATTIC
Afterlife in the Attic B.I. Skinner 05.31.25 3 stars
9- SHELL
Come Shell or High Water Molly MacRae 06.01.25 3.5 stars
10- TALE
A Rabbit's Tale an Easter Story Diogenes Ruiz 06.02.25 2.5 stars
11- FOUL
Wedding Day and Foul Play Duffy Brown 06.04.25 5 stars
12- LICENSE
Haunting License Carol J. Perry 06.05.25 4 stars
13- HAUNTING
Haunting and Homicide Ava Burke 06.07.25 3.5 stars
14- TREES
If the Moon Had Willow Trees Kathleen Hall 06.08.25 3 stars
15- FOR
I'll Be Home for Mischief Jacqueline Frost 06.11.25 4 stars
16- FIT
Hissy Fit Mary Kay Andrews 06.13.25 4 stars
17- THE
Wrong Side of the Paw Laurie Cass 06.14.25 4.5 stars
18- FOR
A Pedigree to Die For Laurien Berenson 06.17.25 3 stars
19- CREPES
The Crêpes of Wrath Sarah Fox 06.18.25 3.5 stars
20- RICE
The Rice Diet Renewal: A Healing 30-Day Program for Lasting Weight Loss Kitty Gurkin Rosati 06.23.25 4 stars
21- STEAL
Bake, Borrow, and Steal Ellie Alexander 06.27.25 4 stars
22- KILLER'S
Killer's Kiss Keri Arthur 06.28.25 4.5 stars
23- LOVE
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love Marianne Cronin 06.29.25 5 stars
24- NOT
Do Not Disturb Freida McFadden 07.02.25 4.5 stars
25- CRULLER
Goodbye Cruller World Ginger Bolton 07.03.25 4 stars
26- BLACKOUT
Blackout After Dark Marie Force 07.04.25 4 stars
27- THE
Murder in the Library Camilla Chafer 07.05.25 3 stars
28- VANILLA
Vanilla Bean Vengeance Agatha Frost 07.08.25 3 stars
29- AFTER
Temptation After Dark Marie Force 07.10.25 4 stars
30- GIRLS
The Girls in the Snow Stacy Green 07.14.25 4.5 stars

Welcome Lynda and Cheryl!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books
Read: 0/30

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters

1. FLASH Flash Point by Brooke Blaine 5/22/2025
2. THE Harry S. Truman: The 33rd President by Kevin Blake 5/29/2025
3 STRINGS Strings Attached by Riley Hart 6/4/2025
4. HALL Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman 6/7/2025
5. CHALLENGE Up for the Challenge by Riley Hart 6/8/2025
6. POTTER Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling 6/8/2025
7. THE The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon 6/10/2025
8. THE The Boyfriend Kickoff by Lauren Blakely 6/11/2025
9. CORNFIELD Cornfield Calamity by Summer Prescott 6/13/2025
10. FALL 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love by Emmy Sanders 6/14/2025
11. THE The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams
12. PLOT A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams 6/29/2025
13. EIGHT Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight by Janet Evanovich 6/30/2025
14. CRUSH His Coffee Shop Crush by Elle Waters 7/7/2025
15. VALOR Valor on the Move by Keira Andrews 7/9/2025
16. THE The Monet Murders by Josh Lanyon 7/14/2025
17. ANGEL Earth Angel by Aron Lewes 7/17/2025
18. RESCUE Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans 7/27/2025
19. THE Murder in the Cayman Islands by Dianne Harman 7/30/2025
20. GIRL Pretty Dead Girl by Aron Lewes 8/2/2025
21. SET The Set of Poe by George Ade 8/3/2025
22. RIVER Hudson River Homicides by C.S. Poe 8/8/2025
23. ANGEL Loneliest Angel by Aron Lewes 8/14/2025

Welcome Genevieve!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms

Duration:May 15 - July 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books

TITLE: CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

READ: 30/30

1. [KILT] Dangerous in a Kilt - Anna Durand 5/16
2. [SPARK] Spark of the Everflame - Penn Cole 5/16
3. [ALIVE] 25 Alive - Maxine Paetro & James Patterson 5/17
4. [CASE] A Case of Cat and Mouse - Sofie Kelly 5/19
5. [LAST] The Last Bloodcarver - Vanessa Le 5/20
6. [PIKE] The Pike - J.J. Richards 5/22
7. [SONG] Dark Song - Christine Feehan 5/23
8. [SHIFT] A Shift in Shadows - Maddox Grey 5/24
9. [SPICE] Pumpkin Spice and Poisoning - Katherine Hayton 5/29
10. [ABSENCE] Absence of Mallets - Kate Carlisle 5/30


11. [RETURN] Pint of No Return - Dana Mentink 5/31
12. [SECRET] The Secret, Book & Scone Society - Ellery Adams 6/2
13. [ASHES] An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir 6/7
14. [FIRE] Promised in Fire - Jasmine Walt 6/8
15. [GHOST] Chance of a Ghost - E.J. Copperman 6/10
16. [FORGED] Forged in Frost - Jasmine Walt 6/12
17. [HEART] Scorched Heart - Helen Harper 6/15
18. [CHAPTER] Chapter and Curse - Elizabeth Penney 6/20
19. [SERVANT] Servant of Earth - Sarah Hawley 6/22
20. [KILLER'S] A Killer's Kiss - Helen Harper 6/23


21. [BONE] Bone to Be Wild - Carolyn Haines 6/24
22. [FORTUNE'S] Fortune's Ashes - Helen Harper 6/26
23. [HAVEN] book:Blood Over Bright Haven|208430658] - M.L. Wang 6/27
24. [CURSE] A Curse Carved in Bone - Danielle L. Jensen 6/30
25. [LIES HE] Lies He Told Me - David Ellis & James Patterson 7/3
26. [GRITS] When the Grits Hit the Fan - Maddie Day 7/5
27. [BLACK] Black Hat, White Witch - Hailey Edwards 7/6
28. [SPRINKLE] A Sprinkle in Time - Dana Mentink 7/6
29. [CRAFT] Black Arts, White Craft - Hailey Edwards 7/12
30. [ESCAPE] The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep - H.G. Parry 7/14


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Barbara!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level: 3
30/30

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

1. the - The Rake's Reward by Mary Kingsley 16/5 3.5★
2. servant - Your Obedient Servant by Elsie Gage 19/5 1.5★
3. heart - The Wagered Heart by Rhonda Woodward 20/5 2.5★
4. father - A Father For Christmas by Paula Tanner Girard 22/5 2.5★
5. last - Last Dance in Salzburg by Vivian Conroy 26/5 3★
6. retreat - The Rake's Retreat by Nancy Butler 27/5 3★
7. rake - The Abandoned Rake by Emily Hendrickson 30/5 3★
8. guest - The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson 31/5 3.5★
9. Harriet - Harriet by Joan Mellows 1/6 2.5★
10. valentine - A Valentine Embrace by Valerie King, Meg-Lynn Roberts, Olivia Sumner 3/6 2.5★
11. right - The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair 4/6 4.5★
12. together - All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 5/6 3.5★
13. above - Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield 6/6 3.5★
14. the - The Wedding by Edith Layton 8/6 1★
15. the - The Lady in Gray by Patricia Oliver 14/6 4★
16. strata - Strata by Terry Pratchett 15/6 4★
17. faire - My Lady Faire by Emily Hendrickson 15/6 2★
18. the - The Peppercorn Project by Nicki Edwards 16/6 3.5★
19. Austen - The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson 18/6 4★
20. love - June Love by Karla Hocker 19/6 2★
21. sunrise - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins 21/6 2★
22. the - The Incomparable Miss Compton by Regina Scott 22/6 2★
23. first - Lord Freddie's First Love by Patricia Bray 22/6 3★
24. traitor - Every Spy a Traitor by Alex Gerlis 24/6 4★
25. father - Father Christmas by Barbara Metzger 26/6 1★
26. the - The Duke And Miss Denny by Joy Reed 26/6 4★
27. girl - City Girl Country Girl by Liz Harfull 27/6 3.5★
28. step - Step in Time by Anne Barbour 27/6 3★
29. the - The Second Lady Emily by Allison Lane 28/6 3.5★
30. letters - Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda 30/6 3★

Welcome Catsalive!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Goal: 23/30
Level 3: 21-30 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

1. HARBOR - The Harbor House - Mia Kent - 05/19/25
2. THE - The Tryst - Sawyer Bennett - 05/21/25
3. PICTURES - Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak - 05/24/25
4. THE - The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo - 05/31/25
5. STATE - The Solid-State Shuffle - Jeffrey A. Ballard - 06/05/25
6. ORCS - ORCS! The Curse - Christine Larsen - 06/05/25
7. RIVERS - There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak - 06/09/25
8. THE - The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong - 06/14/25
9. CHARLOTTE - Charlotte's Web - E.B. White - 06/17/25
10. SILENT - The Silent Girl - Tess Gerritsen - 06/22/25
11. ICE - Ice Cream Man, Volume 3: Hopscotch Mélange - W. Maxwell Prince - 06/22/25
12. SHORE - A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson - Camille Peri - 06/26/25
13. ART - Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art - Lauren Elkin - 06/27/25
14. GIRL - Next Girl - Kate Bold - 07/06/25
15. THERE - Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias - 09/06/25
16. FOREST - Don't Let the Forest In - C.G. Drews - 07/13/25
17. FIVE - The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand - 07/21/25
18. LIVES - Ice Cream Man, Volume 4: Tiny Lives - W. Maxwell Prince - 07/21/25
19. ORCS - ORCS! The Gift - Christine Larsen - 07/23/25
20. ALI - Ali and Nino - Kurban Said - 07/26/25
21. NUCLEAR - Geiger, Vol. 2: The Nuclear Knight - Geoff Johns - 07/27/25
22. HOUSE - The House of Unexpected Sisters - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/05/25
23. LOVE - Love Blooms - Jennifer Faye - 08/10/25

Welcome Ferenc!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books
Read: 22

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. After-Hurricane After Dark Marie Force - 5/19/25
2. State-State of Alert Marie Force - 5/24/25
3. Street-Elizabeth Street Laurie Fabiano - 5/25/25
4. Rule-Rule C.D. Reiss - 5/26/25
5. Take-Take Me C.D. Reiss - 5/28/25
6. Lies-Lies & Lullabies Sarina Bowen - 6/1/25
7. Hearts-Complicated Hearts Ashley Jade - 6/2/25
8. Hearts-Complicated Hearts Ashley Jade - 6/3/25
9. Girl-Diamond Girl Andrea Smith - 6/5/25
10. Benefits-Wright with Benefits K.A. Linde - 6/6/25
11. Break-Break Me C.D. Reiss - 6/7/25
12. Catcher-The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger - 6/8/25
13. Knight-Alpha Knight Renee Rose - 6/11/25
14. Little-Sweet Little Spies Lexi Blake - 6/17/25
15. Heart-The Heart Principle Helen Hoang - 6/24/25
16. Spies-No More Spies Lexi Blake - 7/9/25
17. Love-Love in a Snowstorm Zoe York - 7/10/25
18. Secret-Silver Fox’s Secret Baby Lydia Hall - 7/12/25
19. Their-Their Wayward Bride Vanessa Vale - 7/14/25
20. Course-Off Course Nicole Edwards - 7/17/25
21. Hill-Juniper Hill Devney Perry - 7/18/25
22. Veil-The Seventh Veil of Salome Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 7/22/25

Welcome Karen!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
Level 3: 21-30 books
Read: 0

The objective of this quarterly challenge is to find words in the following letters
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
Then find words in book titles with these words.
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

Welcome Kim!

COMPLETED 06.07.25


Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip: 30/21+
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025

Level 3: 21-30 books

CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK

✅ 1. HEAVEN: Just Like Heaven | Julia Quinn | 05.15.25
✅ 2. COUNT: Count My Lies | Sophie Stava | 05.15.25
✅ 3. OLIVE: Olive, Again | Elizabeth Strout | 05.16.25
✅ 4. KISS: The Kiss Countdown | Etta Easton | 05.17.25
✅ 5. SUNLIT: The Sunlit Man | Brandon Sanderson | 05.18.25
✅ 6. BRIGHT: Long Bright River | Liz Moore | 05.19.25
✅ 7. SCARGRAVE: Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor | Stephanie Barron | 05.19.25
✅ 8. EPIC: Epic Solitude | Katherine Keith | 05.20.25
✅ 9. PARK: Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | 05.21.25
✅10. FIRST: First Comes Scandal | Julia Quinn | 05.21.25
✅11. LIFE: All That Life Can Afford | Emily Everett | 05.22.25
✅12. PARTICLE: The Infinity Particle | Wendy Xu | 05.23.25
✅13. SUNSHINE: Promise Me Sunshine | Cara Bastone | 05.25.25
✅14. AGE: The Age of Miracles | Karen Thompson Walker | 05.26.25
✅15. GREENTEETH: Greenteeth | Molly O'Neill | 05.26.25
✅16. CURIE: The Elements of Marie Curie | Dava Sobel | 05.27.25
✅17. REPUBLIC: Destiny of the Republic | Candice Millard | 05.27.25
✅18. TENANT: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Anne Brontë | 05.28.25
✅19. LIBRARIAN: The Quiet Librarian | Allen Eskens | 05.29.25
✅20. STUCK: Stuck Up and Stupid | Angourie Rice | 05.29.25
✅21. THIS: This Book Will Bury Me | Ashley Winstead | 05.30.25
✅22. TESS: Finding Tess | Linda Hughes | 05.31.25
✅23. HATERS: The Haters | Robyn Harding | 06.01.25
✅24. HUSTLE: Charlie Hustle | Keith O'Brien | 06.02.25
✅25. FULL: The Full Moon Coffee Shop | Mai Mochizuki 06.03.25
✅26. ONE: One Death at a Time | Abbi Waxman | 06.03.25
✅27. BECAUSE: Because He's Jeff Goldblum | Travis M. Andrews | 06.05.25
✅28. LISBON: The Librarians of Lisbon | Suzanne Nelson | 06.05.25
✅29. ACTS: Human Acts | Han Kang | 06.06.25
✅30. SUNRISE: Sunrise on the Reaping | Suzanne Collins | 06.06.25

WOOHOO Laura!

Words in a Word Game #30 - Gossip Antonyms
Duration: May 15, 2025 - August 14, 2025
COMPLETE

Level 3: 21-30 books
CLOTHESLINE - EARFUL - GRAPEVINE - SCUTTLEBUTT - TALK
You may use the letters however you want BUT the words must have at least 3 letters.

1. Until - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris May 15 ★★★★
2. Biker - How to Catch a Biker by Ana Ashley May 15 ★★
3. Roses - Paper Roses by Lily Morton May 16 ★★★★
4. Secret - The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden May 16 ★★★★
5. turn - Don't Turn Back by DS Butler May 17 ★★★
6. rough -Rough by Vanessa Vale May 18 ★★
7. living - Living Dead in Dallas by CHarlaine Harris May 19 ★★★
8. club - Club Dead by CHarlaine Harris May 19 ★★★
9. thing - A One-Time Thing by EM Denning and Kate Hawthorne May 20 ★★★
10. bones -The Dark Bones by Loreth Anne White May 20 ★★★★
11. shots - Shots on Net by JJ Mulder May 22 ★★★★
12. save - Save The Vampire by Maz Maddox May 23 ★★★★
13. houses - Houses of the Holy (Bubba the Monster Hunter Novella, #33) John G. Hartness May 25 ★★★
14. Evho - Echo Park by Michael Connelly May 25 ★★★★
15. killer -The Winter Killer by Alex Pine May 26 ★★★★
16. bell - Bell, Book and Scandal by Josh Lanyon May 26 ★★★★
17. stillborn - Stillborn Armadillos by Nick Russell May 27 ★★★★
18. chance - Fair Chance by Josh Lanyon May 28 ★★★★★
19. circle - Vicious Circle by CJ Box May 29 ★★★★
20. hotel - SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous by Adam Vex May 29 ★★★★
21. influence - A Deadly Influence by Mike Omer May 30 ★★★★
22. gate - Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro June 1 ★★★★
23. fight - A Naval Surgeon to Fight For by Carla Kelly June 1 ★★★
24. long - Long Bright River by Liz Moore June 1 ★★★
25. left - The Only One Left by RIley Sager June 2 ★★★
26. upstairs, The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell June 2 ★★★★
27. cabin - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware June 3 ★★★★
28. king - Stranded With the Alien King by Lindsey R Loucks June 3 ★★
29. skeleton - Skeleton Crew by Jordan Castillo Price June 4 ★★★★★
30. capes, Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C.Rochelle June 6 ★★★★