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August 2025 - Kigali Spell and Search
ParticipantsBev(baglady)
Book Concierge ~ Done
Brenda ~ Done
Catsalive ~ Done
Connie ~ Done
Denise ~ Done
Ed
Frankie ~ Done
Jan ~ Done
Jonquil ~ Done
Karen ♐ ~ Done
Mary ~ Done
Olivermganus ~ Done
Ruth
Tari ~ Done
Teri-k ~ Done x2
Tia
Trish ~ Done
My SpotKigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
5/5
Kandt
K - Kate Hewitt | The Last Stars in the Sky 9/4/25***
A - Alice from: The Wilder Widows | Katherine Hastings 8/10/25*
N - Nevada Barr | High Country 8/28/25**
D - Diane Winger | Ellie Dwyer's Olympic Moment 8/14/25***
T - There's Wonder Around the Bend: An Inspiring Guide to Solo Road Tripping | Beth Binger 9/2/25***
Kigali Spell OutAugust 2025
8/8 DONE
C Collecting the Dead Spencer Kope 8/4
L Lakehouse Promises Jodi Allen Brice 8/6
E Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Catherine Mack 8/8
A Ain't Love a Witch? Dakota Cassidy 8/10
N Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson 8/7
E Every Reasonable Doubt Pamela Samuels Young 8/13
S Smoky Mountain Baby Ashley A. Quinn 8/5
T Trick Question Tony Dunbar 8/3
Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
6/6
Rwanda
Race Pleats and Poison Lucinda Race 8/6/25
Winters Cruise Catastrophe A.R. Winters 8/10/25
Allerton, Daisy mc Died 'em Cowboy Summer Prescott 8/9/25
Nancy Murder Pays a Call Nancy Cohen 9/9/25
D A Dish Best Served Dead T.C. LoTempio 8/5/25
Abbott Picking Up the Pieces J.B. Abbott 8/12/25
Kigali Spell OutAugust 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Option One:
18/18 Completed. Finish
Rwanda
01.R:Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past-Lucy Score 8/21/25
02.W:Whispers and Wildfire-Claire Kingsley 8/01/25
03.A:August Moon-Jess Lourey 8/11/25
04.N:No Good Tea Goes Unpunished-Bree Baker 8/11/25
05.D:Dark Passage-L.T. Vargus 8/02/25
06.A:Against All Odds-Corinne Michaels 8/21/25
Monkeys
07.M:Miami Ripper-Stacy M. Jones 8/14/25
08.O:One in a Million-Gina LaManna 8/13/25
09.N:The Nature of Secrets-Debra Webb 8/08/25
10.K:Killer Style-Mary Stone 8/13/25
11.E:Eleven on Top-Janet Evanovich 8/09/25
12.Y:Yarn to Go-Betty Hechtman 8/03/25
13.S:State of Retribution-Marie Force 8/02/25
Hills
14.H:Hold Me Until Morning-A.L. Jackson 8/12/25
15.I:It's Only Love-Marie Force 8/04/25
16.L:Love You More-Lisa Gardner 8/16/25
17.L:Lucy In the Sky-Kay Bratt 8/22/25
18.S:Somehow You Knew-Harlow James 8/07/25
Kigali Spell OutDuration: 1/8/25 - 31/8/25
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Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
11/11
R- Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb 13/8 4★
W- The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 2/8 4.5★
A- Mr. Jelly's Business by Arthur W. Upfield 8/8 4★
N- Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh 5/8 3.5★
D- David - Montana 1948 by Larry Watson 12/8 2.5★
A- Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield 11/8 4★
H- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 3/8 2.5★
I- In Death - Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb 6/8 4★
L- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 3/8 5★
L- The Lawson Sisters by Janet Gover 7/8 3.5★
S- Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee 10/8 3★
Saving my spot here, too. Words TBC.R = Cat Got Your Killer, Sofie {R}yan – 06/08/25
W = Murder on the Pilgrims Way, Julie {W}assmer – 13/08/25
A = {A}cceptance, Jeff VanderMeer – 04/08/25
N = {N}est Egg, Josi Avari – 30/08/25
D = Telling Lies, L.A. {D}obbs – 01/08/25
A = Toxic Toffee, {A}manda Flower – 19/08/25
Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
K - Claire Kells - An Unforgiving Place - 4 Stars - 8/1/25
I - The Infiltrator - T.R. Hendricks - 3.5 Stars - 8/3/25
G - Gregg Hurwitz - Hellbent - 4.5 Stars - 8/4/25
A - The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 4 Stars - 8/17/25
L - Lynn Cahoon - Killer Green Tomatoes - 3.5 Stars - 8/28/25
I - Irresistible Force - D.D. Ayres - 2.5 Stars - 8/11/25
R - Red Barn - Sam Baron - 2 Stars - 8/19/25
W - Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr - 3.5 stars - 8/2/25
A - Ace Atkins - The Shameless - 4 Stars - 8/18/25
N - No More Tears - Gardiner Harris - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25
D - Desert Star - Michael Connelly - 5 Stars - 8/13/25
A - Anne Zouroudi - The Messenger of Athens - 4 Stars - 8/3/25
Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Option One
FINISHED!!
Rwanda
R- Riding the DevilBlake Banner 08/17
W- What’s Rogue Got To Do With ItLorelei M. Hart 08/01
A- A Wanted ManLee Child 08/04
N- Never Go BackLee Child08/04
D- Dead EyeMark Greaney 08/05
A-Apples for His OmegaLorelei M. Hart 08/10
Linens
L- LA: Wild JusticeBlake Banner 08/15
I- In Too DeepLee Child 08/22
N- Night SchoolLee Child 08/25
E-Espresso for His OmegaHarper B. Cole 08/21
N- Nesting for His OmegaLorelei M. Hart 08/28
S- Sweet Razor CutBlake Banner 08/16
H- Hidden in DarknessAlice Winters 08/27
I- Icing the OmegaHarper B. Cole 08/24
L- The Lions of LucerneBrad Thor 08/20
L- Lollipop Lovin'Lorelei M. Hart08/13
S- The SecretLee Child 08/23
Horses
H- Hesitant AlphaLorelei M. Hart 08/08
O- Operation Caldera: PNR/Special Forces/Military MM Fiction Annabella Stone 08/02
R- Rogue KillBlake Banner 08/18
S- The SentinelLee Child 08/22
E-The Einstaat BriefBlake Banner 08/13
S-The Silent BladeBlake Banner 08/15
DONEKigali Word Search
August 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
36/15 words found
WORD SEARCH
The Frumious Bandersnatch by Ed McBain 8.1.25
Thousand - "a thousand stations added approximately three new songs to its playlist ever week" p. 13
Hills - "hills in Mayaguez" p. 170
Photographs - "photographs of Avery against a blue background" p. 141
Reflect - "reflect from the water" p. 31
Scene "who had been summoned to the scene" p. 54
Center "center of the room" p. 128
Artists "by the performing artists themselves" p. 13
Linens - "linens, tablecloths and all" p. 213
Dance - "around the dance floor" p.5
Quarter - "quarter to eight in fact" p. 286
Mosque - "there were only twelve mosques in the entire city" p. 242
Horses - "horses had run off" p. 187
Taxis - "Arrive in a taxi" p. 80
House - "they are at the house with her now" p. 186
Natural - "just sound natural" p. 156
Crocodiles - "crocodile eyes" p. 228
The Spectre of Hawthorne Manor by Anna Elliott 8.4.25
Resources: "would have either had the resources or the motive to play such an elaborate practical joke." p. 12
Milk - "top up the milk jug" p. 132
Homemade - "shelves of homemade jams and jellies" p. 32
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter 8.5.25
Memorial - "The Jewish Memorial Museum" p. 549
Survivors - "survivors, some so skeletal Lily could wrap a hand around a thigh" p. 486
Workshop - "his workshop isn't too far" p. 240
Mount - "he mounts his bike" p. 214
Picnic - "for a movie and for a walk and a picnic" p. 35
monkeys - 'monkey that played the trumpet" p. 289
Museum - "the Museum of Jewish Heritage" p. 549
Snakes - "snakes their way through the crowd" p. 50
Snow in August by Pete Hamill 8.8.25
Urban "in an urban hamlet of tenements,factories and trolley cars" p. 1
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas 8.10.25
Mashed "dipped her fork into the mashed potatoes" p 17
On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocatesby Zibby Owens 8.12.25
Genocide "a century after the worst genocide in history" p. 233
Muslim - "the Jews, Muslim, trans and POC who look the part" p.237
Hiking - "I no longer wielded my hiking poles like the badass I wanted to be" p. 80
The Eights by Joanna Miller 8.17.25
Galleries - "the Print Room and the galleries" p. 202
Motorbike - "something thrilling like a motorbike rider" p. 177
The Well of Ice by Andrea Carter 8.25.25
Troupe - "troupe of traditional musicians" p. 104
Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor 8.25.25
Onsite "She always tossed the chipper receipts onsite" p. 162
Kigali SpellTimeframe: 8/1/25 to 8/31/25
12/12
K - Kristen Ashley - Rock Chick Revenge - 8/4/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Irresistible by R.L. Mathewson - 9/9/25 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gilman, Dorothy - A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - 8/18/25 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ashley, Kristen - Rock Chick Reckoning - 8/11/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Heffernan - Reality Wedding - 8/31/25 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When the Duke Found Love - 9/13/25 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Creation in Death - 8/17/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand - 9/7/25 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ashley, Kristen - Rock Chick Regret - 8/15/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Resonance Surge - 9/5/25 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas - 8/22/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis - 8/27/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/13/25*****
I'll try this again, I hope I do better this month. lolKigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
SPELL-OUT:
R Rebecca Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney 8/16
W Wheatley Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
A Agent of Change by Sharon Lee 8/7
N Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3
D Dutton Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 8/15
A Aldo No Need to Say Goodbye by Betty Neels 8/11
K Katherine The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 8/3
I The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews 8/14
G Georgette They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer 8/2
A Alex Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire 8/11
L Lathen Pick Up Sticks by Emma Lathen 8/12
I Ivo The Fifth Day of Christmas by Betty Neels 8/12
WORD SEARCH:
32/15
Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3
Thousand "Mummy would have a thousand fits!" location 327
Hills "to know the birds and flowers, the weather and the hills round our house." location 13
Scene "Dorothea Balfour felt that the scene had the distorted reality of a bad dream." location 266
Artists "The real truth is that artists shouldn't marry unless they have private means." location 705
Dance "This evening I'm going to dance." location 95
Quarter "I only met her about a quarter of an hour ago." location 400
Taxi "insisted on taking her home in a taxi." location 309
House "when almost every house on both sides of the Crescent would be converted into flats..." location 31
Natural "in what, to her younger sister, was often only natural." location 57
Milk "She tidied everything, left a thermos of hot milk on the hall table for Willow..." location 549
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 8/3
Horses "Don't tell me you're afraid of horses, too." pg 153
Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
Linen "She layered on her linen chemise, wool overdress, and belts." location 412
Resources "Instead, her mother had made constant requests for resources." location 804
Agent of Change by Sharon Lee 8/7
Survivor "I was chosen to be who - what - I am now because I am a survivor." pg 240
Center "he maintaining his position as they broke out into the center of the room." pg 193
Homemade "Bypass the lobby via the homemade jury-rig in hand." pg 176
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire 8/7
Snakes "And the snakes she had in place of hair were venemous." location 105
Fate is Remarkable by Betty Neels 8/8
Cleanest "While the youngest and cleanest made haste to say..." pg 157
Picnic "packed a picnic basket and roamed the lower slopes of the mountains until early evening..." pg 104
Museum "Sarah spent a couple of hours enthralled in the open-air museum..." pg 195
Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire 8/10
Mashed "and my shoulders felt like they'd been scooped out and replaced with masked potatoes." location 1002
No Need to Say Goodbye by Betty Neels 8/11
Motorbike "sensibly borrowed a motorbike, since the telephone was out of order..." location 429
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire 8/11
Crocodile "'I think the crocodile ate them,' she said flatly." location 765
Pick Up Sticks by Emma Lathen 8/12
Memorial "the designers of the Eugen Bullard Memorial Amphitheater..." pf 69
Urban "Can it be that our modern urban environment cuts him off from a life-sustaining force?" pg 53
Hiking "Henry did not regard hiking gear as a sartorial solecism." pg 42
Reflect "Not for the first time Thatcher hard cause to reflect on the ruthless realism of women." pg 83
Mount "without overloading rescue squads from Mount Katahdin to Springer Mountain." pg 96
Photographs "let me show you the photographs." pg 210
Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts 8/17
Workshop "Once he'd considered adding a small workshop onto the back of the house in Chestnut Hill." pg 77
Troupe "he had whipped the Liberty Players into a respected troupe who played everything from Ibsen to Neil Simon at a steady profit." pg 80
That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire 8/30
Genocide "The genocide never scrubs off of them." location 732
Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
R - Trace Romero-Trust in Me Sierra Cartwright - 8/20/25
W - Hayden Whitmore-The Do-Over T.L. Swan - 8/3/25
A - The Way You Look Tonight Bella Andre - 8/8/25
N - Series-Nicolaevich Bratva Brothers-Devil's Nuptials K.C. Crowne - 8/28/25
D - Jasper Vale Devney Perry - 8/3/25
A - Alpha's Blood Renee Rose - 8/14/25
K - Kayla-Come to Me Sierra Cartwright - 8/1/25
I - Ivy-The Punishment of Ivy Leavold Sierra Simone - 8/1/25
G - Vera Gallagher-Sable Peak Devney Perry - 8/27/25
A - Marrying Off Morgan McBride Amy Barry - 8/17/25
L - Forbidden Impulses Leslie Ayla - 8/18/25
I - Insatiable Melanie Harlow - 8/10/25
Jan, I noticed that a lot of these words are plural. For the word search, will singular work, too, or do you want plural for everything except survivor(s)?
Teri-K wrote: "Jan, I noticed that a lot of these words are plural. For the word search, will singular work, too, or do you want plural for everything except survivor(s)?"I'll take the singular version for the word search, Teri. Thanks for clarifying.
SIGN ME UP PLEASEKigali Spell Out
August 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
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Completed Kigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
11/11
R- Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb 13/8 4★
W- The Clock Strikes Twelve by Patricia Wentworth 2/8 4.5★
A- Mr. Jelly's Business by Arthur W. Upfield 8/8 4★
N- Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh 5/8 3.5★
D- David - Montana 1948 by Larry Watson 12/8 2.5★
A- Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield 11/8 4★
H- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 3/8 2.5★
I- In Death - Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb 6/8 4★
L- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 3/8 5★
L- The Lawson Sisters by Janet Gover 7/8 3.5★
S- Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee 10/8 3★
Kigali Spell OutAugust 2025
8/8 DONE
C Collecting the Dead Spencer Kope 8/4
L Lakehouse Promises Jodi Allen Brice 8/6
E Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies Catherine Mack 8/8
A Ain't Love a Witch? Dakota Cassidy 8/10
N Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson 8/7
E Every Reasonable Doubt Pamela Samuels Young 8/13
S Smoky Mountain Baby Ashley A. Quinn 8/5
T Trick Question Tony Dunbar 8/3
Late signing up ... but I'm been keeping trackI'm doing both spell and word search
Kigali S*P*E*L*L Out
Begins: 01Aug25 / Ends: 31Aug25
5 / 7 completed
Reflect
R - ROBIE is mc in To Catch a Thief ✔ – 13Aug25
E - Eight Flavors ✔ – 13Sep25
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L - Laura Lippman / What the Dead Know ✔ – 14Aug25
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C - Chris Bohjalian / The Lioness ✔ – 24Sep25
T - True Biz ✔ – 06Aug25
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KIGALI Word Search
Begins: 01Aug25 / Ends: 31Aug25
(NB: I alphebetized the list)
16 / 15 words found
1 books read
Artists
Big Fish
Center - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 262 - "…running down the center length."
Cleanest
Crocodiles
Dance - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 180 - "…busted out in a victory dance."
Galleries
Genocide
Hiking
Hills - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 10 - "…have him running for the hills."
Homemade - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 207 - "…our homemade cider for the…"
Horses - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 79 - "He did also like horses."
House - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 9 - "…cleaning the house for when…"
Inema
Kandt
Kigali
Landlocked
Leatherwork
Linens
Mashed
Memorial
Milk - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 187 - "…Star's decaf oat milk mocha."
Monkeys - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 79 - "…behind the monkey with cymbals."
Mosque
Motorbike
Mount
Museum
Muslim
Natural - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 232 - "Star's a natural."
Nyamirambo
Onsite
Photographs - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 315 - "...interesting photographs of the…"
Picnic - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 320 - "…a picnic cloth laid out on…"
Quarter - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 3 - "…clocks struck the quarter hour."
Reflect - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 376 - "... rejuvenate, reflect, and let…"
Resources
Rwanda
Scene - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 283 - "…watched the scene before her."
Snakes
Survivor(s)
Taxis
Thousand - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 272 - "…couple of hundred thousand."
Tilapia
Troupe - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 21 - "…Morris dancing troupe."
Urban
Workshop
Finished :)Kigali Spell Out
Duration: 1/8/25 - 31/8/25
17/17
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Kigali Spell OutAugust 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Option One:
18/18 Completed. Finish
Rwanda
01.R:Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past-Lucy Score 8/21/25
02.W:Whispers and Wildfire-Claire Kingsley 8/01/25
03.A:August Moon-Jess Lourey 8/11/25
04.N:No Good Tea Goes Unpunished-Bree Baker 8/11/25
05.D:Dark Passage-L.T. Vargus 8/02/25
06.A:Against All Odds-Corinne Michaels 8/21/25
Monkeys
07.M:Miami Ripper-Stacy M. Jones 8/14/25
08.O:One in a Million-Gina LaManna 8/13/25
09.N:The Nature of Secrets-Debra Webb 8/08/25
10.K:Killer Style-Mary Stone 8/13/25
11.E:Eleven on Top-Janet Evanovich 8/09/25
12.Y:Yarn to Go-Betty Hechtman 8/03/25
13.S:State of Retribution-Marie Force 8/02/25
Hills
14.H:Hold Me Until Morning-A.L. Jackson 8/12/25
15.I:It's Only Love-Marie Force 8/04/25
16.L:Love You More-Lisa Gardner 8/16/25
17.L:Lucy In the Sky-Kay Bratt 8/22/25
18.S:Somehow You Knew-Harlow James 8/07/25
~~~ Complete ~~~Kigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
K - Claire Kells - An Unforgiving Place - 4 Stars - 8/1/25
I - The Infiltrator - T.R. Hendricks - 3.5 Stars - 8/3/25
G - Gregg Hurwitz - Hellbent - 4.5 Stars - 8/4/25
A - The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie - 4 Stars - 8/17/25
L - Lynn Cahoon - Killer Green Tomatoes - 3.5 Stars - 8/28/25
I - Irresistible Force - D.D. Ayres - 2.5 Stars - 8/11/25
R - Red Barn - Sam Baron - 2 Stars - 8/19/25
W - Whispering Rock - Robyn Carr - 3.5 stars - 8/2/25
A - Ace Atkins - The Shameless - 4 Stars - 8/18/25
N - No More Tears - Gardiner Harris - 3.5 Stars - 8/7/25
D - Desert Star - Michael Connelly - 5 Stars - 8/13/25
A - Anne Zouroudi - The Messenger of Athens - 4 Stars - 8/3/25
Made it. It was a bit of a struggle as the only vowel I had this month was A, apart from one O right at the end. R = Cat Got Your Killer, Sofie {R}yan – 06/08/25
W = Murder on the Pilgrims Way, Julie {W}assmer – 13/08/25
A = {A}cceptance, Jeff VanderMeer – 04/08/25
N = {N}est Egg, Josi Avari – 30/08/25
D = Telling Lies, L.A. {D}obbs – 01/08/25
A = Toxic Toffee, {A}manda Flower – 19/08/25
Kigali Spell OutAugust 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Option One
FINISHED!!
Rwanda
R- Riding the DevilBlake Banner 08/17
W- What’s Rogue Got To Do With ItLorelei M. Hart 08/01
A- A Wanted ManLee Child 08/04
N- Never Go BackLee Child08/04
D- Dead EyeMark Greaney 08/05
A-Apples for His OmegaLorelei M. Hart 08/10
Linens
L- LA: Wild JusticeBlake Banner 08/15
I- In Too DeepLee Child 08/22
N- Night SchoolLee Child 08/25
E-Espresso for His OmegaHarper B. Cole 08/21
N- Nesting for His OmegaLorelei M. Hart 08/28
S- Sweet Razor CutBlake Banner 08/16
H- Hidden in DarknessAlice Winters 08/27
I- Icing the OmegaHarper B. Cole 08/24
L- The Lions of LucerneBrad Thor 08/20
L- Lollipop Lovin'Lorelei M. Hart08/13
S- The SecretLee Child 08/23
Horses
H- Hesitant AlphaLorelei M. Hart 08/08
O- Operation Caldera: PNR/Special Forces/Military MM Fiction Annabella Stone 08/02
R- Rogue KillBlake Banner 08/18
S- The SentinelLee Child 08/22
E-The Einstaat BriefBlake Banner 08/13
S-The Silent BladeBlake Banner 08/15
I'm done - definitely did better this time. I know I only needed 15 for the word search, but once I got started I couldn't stop. :)Kigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
SPELL-OUT:
R Rebecca Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney 8/16
W Wheatley Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
A Agent of Change by Sharon Lee 8/7
N Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3
D Dutton Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 8/15
A Aldo No Need to Say Goodbye by Betty Neels 8/11
K Katherine The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 8/3
I The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews 8/14
G Georgette They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer 8/2
A Alex Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire 8/11
L Lathen Pick Up Sticks by Emma Lathen 8/12
I Ivo The Fifth Day of Christmas by Betty Neels 8/12
WORD SEARCH:
32/15
Near Neighbours by Molly Clavering 8/3
Thousand "Mummy would have a thousand fits!" location 327
Hills "to know the birds and flowers, the weather and the hills round our house." location 13
Scene "Dorothea Balfour felt that the scene had the distorted reality of a bad dream." location 266
Artists "The real truth is that artists shouldn't marry unless they have private means." location 705
Dance "This evening I'm going to dance." location 95
Quarter "I only met her about a quarter of an hour ago." location 400
Taxi "insisted on taking her home in a taxi." location 309
House "when almost every house on both sides of the Crescent would be converted into flats..." location 31
Natural "in what, to her younger sister, was often only natural." location 57
Milk "She tidied everything, left a thermos of hot milk on the hall table for Willow..." location 549
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center 8/3
Horses "Don't tell me you're afraid of horses, too." pg 153
Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley 8/5
Linen "She layered on her linen chemise, wool overdress, and belts." location 412
Resources "Instead, her mother had made constant requests for resources." location 804
Agent of Change by Sharon Lee 8/7
Survivor "I was chosen to be who - what - I am now because I am a survivor." pg 240
Center "he maintaining his position as they broke out into the center of the room." pg 193
Homemade "Bypass the lobby via the homemade jury-rig in hand." pg 176
Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire 8/7
Snakes "And the snakes she had in place of hair were venemous." location 105
Fate is Remarkable by Betty Neels 8/8
Cleanest "While the youngest and cleanest made haste to say..." pg 157
Picnic "packed a picnic basket and roamed the lower slopes of the mountains until early evening..." pg 104
Museum "Sarah spent a couple of hours enthralled in the open-air museum..." pg 195
Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire 8/10
Mashed "and my shoulders felt like they'd been scooped out and replaced with masked potatoes." location 1002
No Need to Say Goodbye by Betty Neels 8/11
Motorbike "sensibly borrowed a motorbike, since the telephone was out of order..." location 429
Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire 8/11
Crocodile "'I think the crocodile ate them,' she said flatly." location 765
Pick Up Sticks by Emma Lathen 8/12
Memorial "the designers of the Eugen Bullard Memorial Amphitheater..." pf 69
Urban "Can it be that our modern urban environment cuts him off from a life-sustaining force?" pg 53
Hiking "Henry did not regard hiking gear as a sartorial solecism." pg 42
Reflect "Not for the first time Thatcher hard cause to reflect on the ruthless realism of women." pg 83
Mount "without overloading rescue squads from Mount Katahdin to Springer Mountain." pg 96
Photographs "let me show you the photographs." pg 210
Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts 8/17
Workshop "Once he'd considered adding a small workshop onto the back of the house in Chestnut Hill." pg 77
Troupe "he had whipped the Liberty Players into a respected troupe who played everything from Ibsen to Neil Simon at a steady profit." pg 80
That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire 8/30
Genocide "The genocide never scrubs off of them." location 732
Way to go Brenda, Frankie, Lynda, Trish, Mary, and Teri!!
COMPLETED!Kigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
R - Trace Romero-Trust in Me Sierra Cartwright - 8/20/25
W - Hayden Whitmore-The Do-Over T.L. Swan - 8/3/25
A - The Way You Look Tonight Bella Andre - 8/8/25
N - Series-Nicolaevich Bratva Brothers-Devil's Nuptials K.C. Crowne - 8/28/25
D - Jasper Vale Devney Perry - 8/3/25
A - Alpha's Blood Renee Rose - 8/14/25
K - Kayla-Come to Me Sierra Cartwright - 8/1/25
I - Ivy-The Punishment of Ivy Leavold Sierra Simone - 8/1/25
G - Vera Gallagher-Sable Peak Devney Perry - 8/27/25
A - Marrying Off Morgan McBride Amy Barry - 8/17/25
L - Forbidden Impulses Leslie Ayla - 8/18/25
I - Insatiable Melanie Harlow - 8/10/25
Jan wrote: "Way to go Brenda, Frankie, Lynda, Trish, Mary, and Teri!!"Thanks Jan :)
DONEKigali Word Search
August 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
36/15 words found
WORD SEARCH
The Frumious Bandersnatch by Ed McBain 8.1.25
Thousand - "a thousand stations added approximately three new songs to its playlist ever week" p. 13
Hills - "hills in Mayaguez" p. 170
Photographs - "photographs of Avery against a blue background" p. 141
Reflect - "reflect from the water" p. 31
Scene "who had been summoned to the scene" p. 54
Center "center of the room" p. 128
Artists "by the performing artists themselves" p. 13
Linens - "linens, tablecloths and all" p. 213
Dance - "around the dance floor" p.5
Quarter - "quarter to eight in fact" p. 286
Mosque - "there were only twelve mosques in the entire city" p. 242
Horses - "horses had run off" p. 187
Taxis - "Arrive in a taxi" p. 80
House - "they are at the house with her now" p. 186
Natural - "just sound natural" p. 156
Crocodiles - "crocodile eyes" p. 228
The Spectre of Hawthorne Manor by Anna Elliott 8.4.25
Resources: "would have either had the resources or the motive to play such an elaborate practical joke." p. 12
Milk - "top up the milk jug" p. 132
Homemade - "shelves of homemade jams and jellies" p. 32
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter 8.5.25
Memorial - "The Jewish Memorial Museum" p. 549
Survivors - "survivors, some so skeletal Lily could wrap a hand around a thigh" p. 486
Workshop - "his workshop isn't too far" p. 240
Mount - "he mounts his bike" p. 214
Picnic - "for a movie and for a walk and a picnic" p. 35
monkeys - 'monkey that played the trumpet" p. 289
Museum - "the Museum of Jewish Heritage" p. 549
Snakes - "snakes their way through the crowd" p. 50
Snow in August by Pete Hamill 8.8.25
Urban "in an urban hamlet of tenements,factories and trolley cars" p. 1
The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club by Julia Bryan Thomas 8.10.25
Mashed "dipped her fork into the mashed potatoes" p 17
On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocatesby Zibby Owens 8.12.25
Genocide "a century after the worst genocide in history" p. 233
Muslim - "the Jews, Muslim, trans and POC who look the part" p.237
Hiking - "I no longer wielded my hiking poles like the badass I wanted to be" p. 80
The Eights by Joanna Miller 8.17.25
Galleries - "the Print Room and the galleries" p. 202
Motorbike - "something thrilling like a motorbike rider" p. 177
The Well of Ice by Andrea Carter 8.25.25
Troupe - "troupe of traditional musicians" p. 104
Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor 8.25.25
Onsite "She always tossed the chipper receipts onsite" p. 162
Done!Kigali Spell Out
August 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025
5/5
Kandt
K - Kate Hewitt | The Last Stars in the Sky 9/4/25***
A - Alice from: The Wilder Widows | Katherine Hastings 8/10/25*
N - Nevada Barr | High Country 8/28/25**
D - Diane Winger | Ellie Dwyer's Olympic Moment 8/14/25***
T - There's Wonder Around the Bend: An Inspiring Guide to Solo Road Tripping | Beth Binger 9/2/25***
FinishedKigali Spell Out
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Rwanda
Race Pleats and Poison Lucinda Race 8/6/25
Winters Cruise Catastrophe A.R. Winters 8/10/25
Allerton, Daisy mc Died 'em Cowboy Summer Prescott 8/9/25
Nancy Murder Pays a Call Nancy Cohen 9/9/25
D A Dish Best Served Dead T.C. LoTempio 8/5/25
Abbott Picking Up the Pieces J.B. Abbott 8/12/25
Update message #30 - Word Search option finished - ✔ – 03Aug25 KIGALI Word Search
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Artists
Big Fish
Center - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 262 - "…running down the center length."
Cleanest
Crocodiles
Dance - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 180 - "…busted out in a victory dance."
Galleries
Genocide
Hiking
Hills - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 10 - "…have him running for the hills."
Homemade - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 207 - "…our homemade cider for the…"
Horses - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 79 - "He did also like horses."
House - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 9 - "…cleaning the house for when…"
Inema
Kandt
Kigali
Landlocked
Leatherwork
Linens
Mashed
Memorial
Milk - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 187 - "…Star's decaf oat milk mocha."
Monkeys - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 79 - "…behind the monkey with cymbals."
Mosque
Motorbike
Mount
Museum
Muslim
Natural - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 232 - "Star's a natural."
Nyamirambo
Onsite
Photographs - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 315 - "...interesting photographs of the…"
Picnic - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 320 - "…a picnic cloth laid out on…"
Quarter - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 3 - "…clocks struck the quarter hour."
Reflect - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 376 - "... rejuvenate, reflect, and let…"
Resources
Rwanda
Scene - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 283 - "…watched the scene before her."
Snakes
Survivor(s)
Taxis
Thousand - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 272 - "…couple of hundred thousand."
Tilapia
Troupe - A December to Remember ✔ – 03Aug25 - pg 21 - "…Morris dancing troupe."
Urban
Workshop
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August 01, 2025 - August 31, 2025
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Option One: Choose one or more of the below words to spell out this month. You can use any of the following to complete a letter:
1. First letter of the Book's title
2. First letter of the Author's first or last name
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Words to Choose From:
Rwanda
Kigali
Landlocked
Thousand
Hills
Cleanest
Genocide
Memorial
Photographs
Reflect
Survivor(s)
Scene
Galleries
Inema
Center
Artists
Workshop
Linens
Leatherwork
Onsite
Dance
Troupe
Nyamirambo
Muslim
Quarter
Urban
Mosque
Mount
Hiking
Horses
Picnic
Monkeys
Motorbike
Taxis
Kandt
House
Museum
Natural
Resources
Crocodiles
Snakes
Big Fish
Tilapia
Mashed
Milk
Homemade
Option Two: Word Search
Find FIFTEEN of the above words. They can only be found within the text of the book - no covers, titles or authors, please. For each word you find, please provide the book title, page or location, and the sentence or phrase containing the word. Good Luck!post in a new message, letting us know it is completed.