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Welcome to The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LVI

The challenge runs from October 1 - December 31, 2025.

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
Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

Good Luck & Happy Hunting!

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Welcome to The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LVI

The challenge runs from October 1 - December 31, 2025.

Words: 26/40
Bonus: 4/10

The List
✅Balm - Last Light Over Galveston p56
I knew she was curious, letting her prayers wash over me like the soothing BALM they should have been.
✅Biscuit - Last Light Over Galveston p38
It was smooth and comforting, like honey over warm BISCUITS.
✅Bookstore - The Wife Upstairs p 53 large print edition
...I'm just about to turn by the BOOKSTORE when I hear, "Jane?"
✅Brandy - An Island Christmas p179
Felicia stood by the shower curtain holding a towel. "Do you want some hot chocolate?" "I want some BRANDY!"
✅Campaign - An Island Christmas p14
Lauren snorted. "You mean when you CAMPAIGNED to join the boys' ice hockey team?"

Caviar
Credit limit
Drab

✅Dumpling - Inheritance p939 ebook Libby
"We're having chicken and DUMPLINGS."

Event planner
Evoke
✅Feast - Hot Target (The Echo Platoon Series, Book 4): Military Romantic Suspense p432 ebook via Hoopla
Blood pumped through Tristan's veins, heading generally south as he FEASTED his gaze on her.
✅Feelings - Friendly Fire p24/81 via ebook
Any deep dialog with Jeremiah would have surely roused the FEELINGS of affection she still harbored for him...

Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)

✅Govern - Last Light Over Galveston p171
What were McKinley's words? "For the greatest good of the GOVERNED."
✅Hazel - Friendly Fire p42/140 via ebook
Pleasure lit his HAZEL eyes.
✅Housekeeper - Hot Target (The Echo Platoon Series, Book 4): Military Romantic Suspense p519 ebook
Was this Irena Kapova or Coenen's HOUSEKEEPER?
✅Hyper - An Island Christmas p78
Around Archie, everything was HYPER.
✅Lope - X Marks the Scot p902 ebook Hoopla
Liss's cousin Ed LOPED over, took in the situation with a single glance, and gave a low whistle. "Hey Dan. You can stop digging now."
✅Lurch - Stay Awake p262
...her abrupt departure from Afghanistan, leaving Emad and other in the LURCH without being able to tell them that she'd failed them.
✅Mend - Hot Target (The Echo Platoon Series, Book 4): Military Romantic Suspense P 871 ebook
"Hey, but now you have a reason to talk to her. Maybe you could MEND things, " Gary suggested.
✅Nestle - The Decoy Girlfriend 203
He cups her jaw, lets his thumb NESTLE into the soft part under her chin.
✅Nuzzle - Window on the Bay p171
He wrapped his arms around my middle and NUZZLED my neck.
✅Oatmeal - The Decoy Girlfriend p252
Taft, on the other hand, is completely unbothered in his fitted black tee, and OATMEAL-colored chinos.
✅Partner - Stay Awake p210
"Who is this?" I ask. "Your PARTNER in crime."
✅Phobia - Hot Target (The Echo Platoon Series, Book 4): Military Romantic Suspense p763 ebook
He had even risked a speeding ticket to get her out of that PHOBIA-inducing tunnel. No wonder she felt so attached to him.

Poll
✅Rafter - An Island Christmas P 157
Felicia was perfectly at ease. But the thought of walking along this red carpet beneath the high wooden RAFTERS with twenty people watching her was daunting.
✅Recess - Friendly Fire p606 via ebook
Suddenly, a man a short as Detective Canche but twice as old stepped from behind a curtained RECESS to regard them mistrustfully.
✅Rug - Friendly Fire p618 via ebook
As they turned the corner, a middle-aged woman stepped inside the door to beat a RUG.
✅See stars (after an injury) - A Good Marriage p365
And then the wind was knocked hard out of her. Amanda was on the ground. STARS EXPLODING overhead, then blackness.
✅Skid - Friendly Fire P 872 via ebook
Emma SKIDDED to her knees beside the chair, threw her arms around her daughter, and clung to her.
✅Snoop - The Wife Upstairs - 392 large print edition
Maybe I left my phone unlocked so Bea could SNOOP to her heart's content.
✅Stampede - Window on the Bay p285
His heart wasn't the only one that felt like it'd been caught in a STAMPEDE.
✅Survey - Friendly Fire p316 via ebook
Breathing heavily, he SURVEYED their location with a sweep of his eyes.

Thwart

✅Tour - Friendly Fire p300 via ebook
The tourist who'd complained about going too fast demanded a full refund since his guided TOUR had been rudely interrupted.

Tripod

✅Turntable - Inheritance P 273 ebook Libby
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" because her father had often played it and, to her, other ancient records on his old TURNTABLE in his studio.

Urchin

Bonus list
✅Chateau - Last Light Over Galveston p314
The building before us was more CHATEAU than house, with two rounded towers flanking a wide, central stairway.

Cornucopia
Deciduous
✅Gawk - The Decoy Girlfriend p74
At some point between the car and the lobby, she's become Geraldine, Mandi's GAWKY cousin with truly abominable fashion sense.
✅Itinerary - The Decoy Girlfriend p61
The rest of the meeting passes in a blur. By the time Mandi and Taft are excused--leaving their managers behind to hash out the ITINERARY...
✅Mollify - Hot Target (The Echo Platoon Series, Book 4): Military Romantic Suspense p 861 ebook
"Absolutely sure," she stated. MOLLIFIED, Juliet let herself out of the apartment and started down the zigzag steps that led to the parking lot.

Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)

✅Visage - Friendly Fire p984 via ebook
He sat up slowly, propping himself on an elbow and searching her sleepy VISAGE.

Winnie the Pooh reference

by Megan Goldin (10/2/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
BY Marliss Melton via ebook (10/5/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
BY Lillie Vale (10/11/25 ⭐⭐)
by Marliss Melton ebook via Hoopla (10/16/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
BY Debbie Macomber (10/25/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
by Kimberly McCreight (10/27/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
by Nancy Thayer (10/29/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
by Rachel Hawkins large print edition ( 11/2/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
by Jennifer L. Wright ebook Hoopla ( 11/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
by Nora Roberts ebook Libby (11/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐)
by Kaitlyn Dunnett (12/6/25 ⭐⭐)

The Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt, Part LVI
Duration: October 1 - December 31, 2025

READ: 0/50

Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

Welcome to The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LVI

The challenge runs from October 1 - December 31, 2025.

The List
Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

The List
Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LVI

The challenge runs from October 1 - December 31, 2025.

The List
Balm - Things You Won't Say, pg22 (ebook), "...rubbed on a little lip balm." - 10/8
Biscuit - Blow Fly, pg166 (ebook), "Nic butters another biscuit." - 10/7
Bookstore - The Corrections, pg25 (ebook), "...some head shops and a bookstore..." - 10/6
Brandy - The Haunting of Hill House, pg37 (ebook), "...the good brandy Luke has in his suitcase..." - 10/1
Campaign - The Haunting of Hill House, pg42 (ebook), "...against the younger sister's campaign of hatred..." - 10/1
Caviar - The Corrections, pg66 (ebook), "...shellfish, cheeses, meats, and caviars." - 10/6
Credit limit
Drab - The Haunting of Hill House, pg67 (ebook), "...waiting on some drab, timid..." - 10/1
Dumpling - The Corrections, pg191 (ebook), "...puppy-dog soup and pooty-tat dumplings..." 10/6
Event planner
Evoke - The Corrections, pg182 (ebook), "...binomial square he'd evokeed before dinner." - 10/6
Feast - The Haunting of Hill House, pg18 (ebook), "...to prepare a great feast..." - 10/1
Feelings - The Haunting of Hill House, pg71 (ebook), "...trying to understand her own feelings." - 10/1
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern The Corrections, pg7 (ebook), "...government that could no longer govern." - 10/6
Hazel - Blow Fly, pg61 (ebook), "Benton's hazel eyes are vacant..." - 10/7
Housekeeper - Behind Closed Doors, pg40 (ebook), "I've found a housekeeper to look after our house..." - 10/2
Hyper - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, pg53, "hyper - tense. Extremely menacing vibrations..." - 11/30
Lope - The Last Anniversary, pg233(ebook), "...they would just lope around..." - 11/26
Lurch The Corrections, pg280 (ebook), "...let the car lurch into the guardrail..." - 10/6
Mend - Blow Fly, pg153 (ebook), "Dr. Lainer Sounds as if he is on the mend..." - 10/7
Nestle - Blow Fly, pg213 (ebook), "And then my doggie, Nestle." - 10/7
Nuzzle - The Corrections, pg217 (ebook), "He nuzzleed her palm with his warm velvet snout." - 10/6
Oatmeal - The Haunting of Hill House, pg13 (ebook), "...little trays of soup and oatmeal..." - 10/1
Partner - Behind Closed Doors, pg22 (ebook), "...her arms around a partner only she could see." - 10/2
Phobia - Trace, pg240, "...his phobia has gotten worse..." - 11/10
Poll - Blow Fly, pg177 (ebook), "...slides hopelessly downhill in the polls..." - 10/7
Rafter - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, pg81 (ebook), "The attic was packed to the rafters with junk..." - 10/17
Recess - Things You Won't Say, pg4, (ebook), "...told her that during recess at his elementary school..." - 10/8
Rug - The Haunting of Hill House, pg26 (ebook), "...a blue figured rug on the floor..." - 10/1
See stars (after an injury)
Skid - The Haunting of Hill House, pg35 (ebook), "I cannot perch for long on anything here; I skid..." - 10/1
Snoop - Baby Teeth, pg182 (ebook), "In case anyone found her project - like snooping..." - 10/21
Stampede
Survey - Blow Fly, pg70 (ebook), "...men went on to survey her buttocks..." - 10/7
Thwart - The Awakening, pg72(ebook), "...risen to thwart it." - 11/26
Tour - Behind Closed Doors, pg120 (ebook), "...I'll give you a tour of the house." - 10/2
Tripod - The Corrections, pg202 (ebook), "...snowflake a Browning on its tripod." - 10/6
Turntable - The Corrections, pg386 (ebook), "Our turntable plays 78s..." - 10/6
Urchin - The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective, pg66(ebook), "Ocean frowned as sea urchin divers..." - 11/18

Bonus list:
Chateau - Blow Fly, pg32 (ebook), "...perhaps the 1984 Chateau Haut-Brion." - 10/7
Cornucopia - The Corrections, pg329 (ebook), "...cigar boxes that he remembered as cornucopias..." - 10/6
Deciduous - Southbound, pg28 (ebook), "...round one ancient deciduous tree..." - 10/17
Gawk - Blow Fly, pg113 (ebook), "Benton Wesley overhears excited talk in the gawking crowd..." - 10/7
Itinerary - The Last Anniversary, pg81, "typed fifteen-page itinerary..."
Mollify - Baby Teeth, pg28 (ebook), "...prayed the chocolate would be enough to mollify her until Alex got home..." - 10/21
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted) - Blow Fly, pg154 (ebook), "Like a bad soap opera." - 10/7
Visage - Sisters of the Lost Nation, pg171 (ebook), "...red eyes within a ghostly visage faced her head-on..." - 10/18
Winnie the Pooh reference - Trace, pg83 "The wallpaper was Winnie the Pooh..." - 11/10

Factory Scavenger Hunt LVI

✅ Balm: a new balm she made for her cuticles Cackle 58%
✅ Biscuit: She poured tea and offered him a biscuit Death in the Spires p 166
✅ Bookstore: He only donated money for the bookstore My Favorite Bad Decision p 104
Brandy
Campaign
✅ Caviar: His eyes are black and lifeless, like caviar Cackle 87%
Credit limit
✅ Drab: a drab man in a drab world Death in the Spires p 11
✅ Dumpling: Tank‘s body was like a mochi dumpling We'll Prescribe You a Cat p 181
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
✅ Feelings: whatever his true feelings might be Vampires of El Norte p 52
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
✅ Govern: we should be left to govern ourselves Vampires of El Norte p 314
✅ Hazel: that indeterminate color his mother had called hazel Death in the Spires p 125
Housekeeper
Hyper
✅ Lope: took off at a gentle lope Vampires of El Norte p 342
✅ Lurch: A sick lurch Vampires of El Norte p 168
✅ Mend: the latter would mend with a good night’s sleep Vampires of El Norte p 220
✅ Nestle: tidily nestled next to one another Vampires of El Norte p 30
✅ Nuzzle: she would nuzzle against his hand We'll Prescribe You a Cat p 61
Oatmeal
✅ Partner: saw her business partner, Junko, enter the room We'll Prescribe You a Cat p 158
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
✅ Recess: Old boyfriends, camp bunkmates, recess friends Cackle 52%
✅ Rug: he lay her on the rug Vampires of El Norte p 350
See stars (after an injury): stars erupted across her vision Vampires of El Norte p 354
✅ Skid: hooves skidding on uneven ground Vampires of El Norte p 99
Snoop
Stampede
✅ Survey: Alan surveyed him Death in the Spires p 68
✅ Thwart: the brother who had thwarted her love affair Death in the Spires p 185
✅ Tour: the mountain‘s best tour group My Favorite Bad Decision p 6
Tripod
Turntable
✅ Urchin: growing into a lanky grinning urchin Death in the Spires p 85

Bonus list
✅ Chateau: I can’t believe she lives here. Chateau Sophie. Cackle p 60
Cornucopia
Deciduous
✅ Gawk: I gawk at the sausage Cackle 64%
✅ Itinerary: He also couldn’t have known your precise itinerary My Favorite Bad Decision p 65
✅ Mollify: Any lingering nerves are immediately mollified Cackle 59%
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

Books read:
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TCF Scavenger Hunt LVI
Begins: 01Oct25 / Ends: 31Dec25

0 / 40 words found
0 / 10 BONUS words found
0 books read


Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference

Scavenger Hunt LVI

October 1 - December 31, 2025
(view spoiler)[
Challenge rules:

• 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.
(hide spoiler)]

The List
Balm
Biscuit
Bookstore
Brandy
Campaign
Caviar
Credit limit
Drab
Dumpling
Event planner
Evoke
Feast
Feelings
Food delivery service (i.e. GrubHub, DoorDash, et al)
Govern
Hazel
Housekeeper
Hyper
Lope
Lurch
Mend
Nestle
Nuzzle
Oatmeal
Partner
Phobia
Poll
Rafter
Recess
Rug
See stars (after an injury)
Skid
Snoop
Stampede
Survey
Thwart
Tour
Tripod
Turntable
Urchin

Bonus list
Chateau
Cornucopia
Deciduous
Gawk
Itinerary
Mollify
Mullet
Soap opera (Telenovela accepted)
Visage
Winnie the Pooh reference