The Lost Challenges discussion

Each month we will give you a list of 50 themed words to find in your books.

*There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.
*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location. You may also list the book and author, then add the words found underneath.
*Any reasonable forms are accepted. Where two words are listed, both must be found together.

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Apple - A Touch of Ice - L.J. Charles 1/10/16 loc. 245

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December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Angel **Book Junkie**

Barbara ★
Bubbles

Caraina
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Crystal

Denise
Denise S

Elle

Ferenc
Frankie

Jessica

Katrina
Kendra
Kimberly

Lali & Michelle
Laura Z

Melissa A
Michele
Michelle
Moondance

Olivermagnus

Rissa

Sabrina
Sue
Susan
Susan - Msg 38

Tammie

Yvonne

December 2025 Word Search
Level 3 - 40/50

1. addicts
2. alive - The Mad Wife, pg63, "When Daddy was still alive..." - 12/6
3. angry - A Christmas Carol, pg11, "...without an angry word..." - 12/1
4. banana - The Mad Wife, pg16, "...a recipe I found that set sliced bananas in cherry Jell-O." - 12/6
5. barista - The Hunting Party, pg235(ebook), "I actually smiled at baristas in coffee..." - 12/3
6. bench - The Mad Wife, pg33, "...room divider and telephone bench in the hall." - 12/6
7. biscuits
8. buttons - The Mad Wife, pg47, "...its buttons pulling across my chest..." - 12/6
9. crushed - The Mad Wife, pg96, "...cream cheese and a crushed-pretzel crust." - 12/6
10. double - The Mad Wife, pg23, "...borrow dresses, double our wardrobes..." - 12/6
11. drink - The Mad Wife, pg12, "I took a drink of coffee..." - 12/6
12. envelope - The Mad Wife, pg182, "...pencils, old envelopes and half-used erasers..." - 12/6
13. festival
14. fingers - The Mad Wife, pg60, "...hand with all four fingers..." - 12/6
15. freckles - The Mad Wife, pg29, "...the long eyelashes, the freckles across his cheeks." - 12/6
16. glamorous - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg139(ebook), "...the world is more glamorous." - 12/7
17. glitter - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg76(ebook), "...see beyond the glitter for the first time..." - 12/7
18. gracious - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg98(ebook), "...Christmas is so wonderful and gracious..." - 12/7
19. heater - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg62(ebook), "...space heaters, engery-saving..." - 12/7
20. hurt - The Mad Wife, pg37, "...he hadn't hurt me..." - 12/6
21. jukebox - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg5(ebook), "...the jukebox playing some pulsing..." - 12/7
22. lips - The Mad Wife, pg18, "...down my face, over my lips, dripping..." - 12/6
23. loser
24. luck - The Mad Wife, pg30, "...wasn't it bad luck to tell people..." - 12/6
25. magic - The Hunting Party, pg8(ebook), "...worked her magic." - 12/3
26. menu - The Mad Wife, pg25, ...thought about the menu..." - 12/6
27. nephew - A Christmas Carol, pg5, "Don't be cross, uncle! said the nephew - 12/1
28. north - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg8(ebook), "...various North Pole department heads..." - 12/7
29. notice - The Mad Wife, pg15, "...Henry didn't notice if it didn't..." - 12/6
30. occasion - The Mad Wife, pg40, "...house hunting was an occasion for glove wearing..." - 12/6
31. reading - The Mad Wife, pg38, "...sitting, resting, reading, or any other..." - 12/6
32. reasons - The Mad Wife, pg28, "...parties for a whole host of reasons... - 12/6
33. rice
34. rude - The Mad Wife, pg118, "...chastised for being rude to the Betsers..." - 12/6
35. sale - The Mad Wife, pg7, "The FOR SALE sign had gone up..." - 12/6
36. salty - The Stranger, pg20, "...tried to find the salty smell..." - 12/4
37. seven - The Mad Wife, pg11, "...Henry wanted to host (seven-and-a-half-books)." - 12/6
38. shelf - The Hunting Party, pg10(ebook), "...optimistic shelf of books..." - 12/2
39. shouting - A Christmas Carol, pg70, "Then the shouting and the struggling..." - 12/1
40. shrink - The Hunting Party, pg16(ebook), "...seems to shrink around us." - 12/3
41. small - The Mad Wife, pg56, "Bitsy's palm felt small and cold..." - 12/6
42. snide - The Stranger, pg63, "He told me in an almost snide way..." - 12/4
43. solstice - The Mad Wife, pg46, "...summer solstice, the longest day of the year." - 12/6
44. star - A Christmas Carol, pg33, "...that blessed Star which led the Wise Men..." - 12/1
45. sweat - The Mad Wife, pg8, "...I made dinner, sweat forming between my toes." - 12/6
46. sweet - The Mad Wife, pg2, "I knew to be sweet..." - 12/6
47. village - The Stranger, pg4, "...two kilometers from the village." - 12/4
48. walnut - The Mad Wife, pg33, "...with a walnut-veneered..." - 12/6
49. welcome - The Mad Wife, pg17, "...never was one to overstay her welcome... - 12/6
50. winter - The Mad Wife, pg10, "Sitting down at my kitchen table in my winter flannel..." - 12/6

December 2025 Word Search
Level 2: 21-40 words
Complete: 0/50

1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Choose your level:
Three: 41-50 words
Completion: 43/50

Book 1 | The Cuckoo's Calling | Robert Galbraith | 12.01
addicts p. 28
alive p. 135
angry p. 86
bench p. 145
biscuits p. 25
buttons p. 19
crushed p. 2
double p. 31
drink p. 97
envelope p. 30
fingers p. 1
glamorous p. 445
glitter p. 11
gracious p. 88
hurt p. 47
lips p. 44
luck p. 41
magic p. 12
menu p. 102
nephew p. 169
north p. 301
notice p. 71
occasion p. 53
reading p. 67
reasons p. 155
rude p. 173
seven p. 56
shelf p. 59
shouting p. 29
shrink p. 227
small p. 10
snide p. 177
star p. 126
sweat p. 3
sweet p. 19
village p. 195
welcome p. 64
winter p. 304

Book 2 | The Final Gambit | Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 12.02
banana p. 84
freckles p. 21
heater p. 170
loser p. 121

Book 3 | The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan | 12.03
festival | p. 194


Not Found
barista
jukebox
rice
sale
salty
solstice
walnut

December 2025 Word Search

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.

Choose your level:
Three: 41-50 words

39/41-50 Completed

The Girl in Juniper Springs-A.J. Rivers 12/01/25
1. addicts pg.224
2. alive pg.30
3. angry pg.8
6. bench pg.69
7. biscuits pg.28
8. buttons pg.157
9. crushed pg.15
10. double pg.126
11. drink pg.5
12. envelope pg.156
14. fingers pg.6
18. gracious pg.51
20. hurt pg.2
22. lips pg.29
23. loser pg.63
24. luck pg.26
25. magic pg.110
26. menu pg.27
28. north pg.21
29. notice pg.23
31. reading pg.37
32. reasons pg.109
37. seven pg.6
38. shelf pg.119
39. shouting pg.5
41. small pg.5
44. star pg.57
45. sweat pg.60
46. sweet pg.26
49. welcome pg.25
50. winter pg.70

One Clean Shot-Danielle Girard 12/02/25
15. freckles pg.274
17. glitter pg.256
27. nephew pg.281
30. occasion pg.302
35. sale pg.160
40. shrink pg.17
47. village pg.310
48. walnut pg.344






List:
4. banana
5. barista
13. festival
16. glamorous
19. heater
21. jukebox
33. rice
34. rude
36. salty
42. snide
43. solstice

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
December 1-31, 2025

Level 3: 41-50 words

1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Susan, Michelle, Angel, Katrina, Frankie, Kimberly and Lynda!

Level Three: 41-50 words | Completed - 45

1. addicts
2. alive | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p58
3. angry | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p30
4. banana | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p113
5. barista
6. bench | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p22
7. biscuits | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p8
8. buttons | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p126
9. crushed | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p8
10. double | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p306
11. drink | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p87
12. envelope | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p263
13. festival
14. fingers | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p7
15. freckles | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p20
16. glamorous
17. glitter | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p130
18. gracious | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p51
19. heater | The Seven Rings, Nora Roberts | 12/6, p31
20. hurt | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p52
21. jukebox
22. lips | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p126
23. loser | The Seven Rings, Nora Roberts | 12/6, p145
24. luck | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p153
25. magic | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p61
26. menu | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p10
27. nephew | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p200
28. north | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p37
29. notice | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p105
30. occasion | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p12
31. reading | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p80
32. reasons | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p18
33. rice | The Seven Rings, Nora Roberts | 12/6, p104
34. rude | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p8
35. sale | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p254
36. salty | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p141
37. seven | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p117
38. shelf | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p53
39. shouting | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p75
40. shrink | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p103
41. small | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p11
42. snide | The Invitation, Jodi Ellen Malpas | 12/2, p40
43. solstice
44. star | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p155
45. sweat | Dream Man, Linda Howard | 12/4, p273
46. sweet | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p7
47. village | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p10
48. walnut | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p53
49. welcome | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p117
50. winter | A Journey To The New World, Kathryn Lasky | 12/1, p18

December Wordsearch
December 1-31, 2025

29/41+

1. addicts
2. alive - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 8%
3. angry - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 2%
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 7%
7. biscuits
8. buttons - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 19%
9. crushed
10. double - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 15%
11. drink - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 3%
12. envelope - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 1%
13. festival - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 4%
14. fingers - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 4%
15. freckles - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 52%
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 15%
21. jukebox
22. lips - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 8%
23. loser
24. luck - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 61%
25. magic - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 3%
26. menu - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 37%
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 80%
30. occasion
31. reading - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 9%
32. reasons - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 37%
33. rice - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 71%
34. rude - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 77%
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 17%
38. shelf - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 25%
39. shouting - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 76%
40. shrink
41. small - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 6%
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 57%
45. sweat - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 83%
46. sweet - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 2%
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome - Dead Wrong by Kate Allenton 12/1/25 3%
50. winter - Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson 12/2/25 11%

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

*There is no limit to how many words you can get per book.
*For each word please post a link to the book, the author, the date you finished it, plus the page number/location. You may also list the book and author, then add the words found underneath.
*Any reasonable forms are accepted. Where two words are listed, both must be found together.

Three: 41-50 words
Completed: 0/41-50

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search: 38/41+
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.

Level Three: 41-50 words

🎄Romancing Christmas | Kate Aster | 12.03.25 | 2 words

36. salty – p. 10: I’m about to let out a salty curse, but a kid…
42. snide – p. 171: “Thanks for the support, titwad. You’re a real friend,” I reply, my tone snide.

🎄 Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies | Laura Thompson | 12.04.25 | 28 words

2. alive – p. 204: The art was as jagged and alive as a crack of lightning…
3. angry – p. 106: …he became, as narcissists do, uncontrollably angry.
10. double – p. 128: It confronted the sexual double standards that still, in fact, exist…
11. drink – p. 339: …over the years she became addicted to drink, then drugs…
12. envelope – p. 186: …generally include a letter for his current girlfriend in the envelope.
14. fingers – p. 115: …dashing off to Gretna Green and sticking two fingers to the established order.
16. glamorous – p. 339: …her father, that glamorous, difficult, semi-absentee man.
20. hurt – p. 188: Again, the hurt seems absolutely sincere…
22. lips – p. 243: …she wore, for instance, a black suit with a motif of pink lips…
23. loser – p. 278: …where sex was a game whose rules required one to be a good loser…
24. luck – p. 91: Wakefield had, in fact, already tried his luck with an heiress.
25. magic – p. 134: Those outside the magic circle had to be invited in…
27. nephew – p. 200: She had in her care a nephew and niece…
28. north – p. 38: In 1680 Mary was sent up north to this house, where she spent twenty years…
29. notice – p. 242: …gave Dorothy a day’s notice to remove her entire string…
30. occasion – p. 201: …yet what interested her on this occasion was not the music…
31. reading – p. 301: …spent much of the proceedings reading a newspaper…
32. reasons – p. 110: It was a decadent joke played for deadly serious reasons…
33. rice – p. 355: …five hundred pounds of rice, two hundred fifty pounds of arrowroot…
35. sale – p. 77: The sale was a wildly popular sightseeing event…
37. seven – p. 33: From the age of seven Mary was paraded in a coach-and-six in Hyde Park…
39. shouting – p. 213: …the gondoliers shouting Hoih! Hoih! as you approach a corner.
41. small – p. 175: Its small, continual movements usually happen out of sight…
44. star – p. 17: …the film star Cary Grant, whom she married in 1942.
46. sweet – p. 63: She was pretty, sweet, and immensely popular: a Regency It girl.
47. village – p. 53: …soon taking up positions at the little village just across the border…
49. welcome – p. 235: …there is nothing more welcome than simple appreciation…
50. winter – p. 264: …he locked her out of the house all night in the middle of winter.

🎄 Behind Every Good Man | Sara Goodman Confino | 12.05.25 | 1 word

34. rude – p. 216: Which, at a party especially, was quite rude.

🎄 Wild, Beautiful, and Free | Sophfronia Scott | 12.06.25 | 7 words

6. bench – p. 80: …all I could do to sit up straight on the bench outside.
7. biscuits – p. 340: Annie was serving them biscuits and coffee.
8. buttons – p. 173: Even the smallest child could sort buttons or sweep a floor.
9. crushed – p. 29: Calista crushed me in an embrace, and I kissed her forehead.
15. freckles – p. 157: Nothing obscured the freckles dotting the sides of my face…
18. gracious – p. 165: …attractive, beautiful, handsome, gracious, imposing.
45. sweat – p. 49: He stank of whiskey and sweat and the mustiness of a cellar.


1. addicts
4. banana
5. barista
13. festival
17. glitter
19. heater
21. jukebox
26. menu
38. shelf
40. shrink
43. solstice
48. walnut

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
❄️Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
✅2. alive The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 Page 8
✅3. angry The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 110
✅4. banana The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 110
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
✅8. buttons Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 233
✅9. crushed The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 231
✅10. double Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 188
11. drink
✅12. envelope Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 112
✅13. festival Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 75
✅14. fingers Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 48
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
✅18. gracious Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 149
19. heater
✅20. hurt Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 27
21. jukebox
✅22. lips Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 67
23. loser
✅24. luck Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 93
✅25. magic Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 4
26. menu
✅27. nephew Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 36
✅28. north The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 19
✅29. notice Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 187
✅30. occasion The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 197
✅31. reading Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 9
✅32. reasons Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 33
✅33. rice The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 86
✅34. rude The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 255
35. sale
36. salty
✅37. seven Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 107
✅38. shelf Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 212
39. shouting
40. shrink
✅41. small Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 205
42. snide
43. solstice
✅44. star Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 241
✅45. sweat The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 205
✅46. sweet Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 168
✅47. village The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner Read 12/1/25 page 25
✅48. walnut Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 66
49. welcome
✅50. winter Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout Read 12/3/25 Page 209

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

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December Word Search - A December to Remember
Duration: Dec. 1st, 2025 - Dec. 31st, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

37/50

Arcana Academy by Elise Kova - Dec. 4th

List:
1. addicts
2. alive Arcana Academy @ 25%
3. angry Arcana Academy @ 13%
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench Arcana Academy @ 35%
7. biscuits Arcana Academy @ 21%
8. buttons Arcana Academy @ 21%
9. crushed Arcana Academy @ 4%
10. double Arcana Academy @ 8%
11. drink Arcana Academy @ 47%
12. envelope Arcana Academy @ 21%
13. festival Arcana Academy @ 7%
14. fingers Arcana Academy @ 3%
15. freckles Arcana Academy @ 16%
16. glamorous
*17. glitter (glitters) Arcana Academy @ 90%
*18. gracious (graciously) Arcana Academy @ 15%
19. heater
20. hurt Arcana Academy @ 6%
21. jukebox
22. lips Arcana Academy @ 3%
23. loser
24. luck Arcana Academy @ 4%
25. magic Arcana Academy @ 3%
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north Arcana Academy @ 8%
29. notice Arcana Academy @ 9%
30. occasion Arcana Academy @ 46%
31. reading Arcana Academy @ 22%
32. reasons Arcana Academy @ 51%
33. rice
34. rude Arcana Academy @ 16%
35. sale Arcana Academy @ 22%
36. salty
37. seven Arcana Academy @ 16%
38. shelf Arcana Academy @ 4%
39. shouting Arcana Academy @ 61%
40. shrink Arcana Academy @ 2%
41. small Arcana Academy @ 4%
42. snide Arcana Academy @ 54%
43. solstice Arcana Academy @ 8%
44. star Arcana Academy @ 29%
45. sweat Arcana Academy @ 28%
46. sweet Arcana Academy @ 12%
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome Arcana Academy @ 8%
50. winter Arcana Academy @ 2%

I Still Need:
1. addicts
4. banana
5. barista
16. glamorous
19. heater
21. jukebox
23. loser
26. menu
27. nephew
33. rice
36. salty
47. village
48. walnut

Carryover from previous lists: 0/5
1. Turnpike (Oct 2025)
2. Eye Candy (Aug 2025)
3. Groovy (Aug 2025)
4. Deep dish (June 2023)
5. Blarney (Oct 2022)

Welcome all!

December 2025 Word Search
Level 3 - 41/50

1. addicts
4. banana
5. barista
7. biscuits
17. glitter
19. heater
35. sale
43. solstice
48. walnut


Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks - 12/2
2. alive - pg. 6
3. angry - pg. 9
6. bench - pg. 30
8. buttons - pg. 266
9. crushed - pg. 227
10. double - pg. 18
11. drink - pg. 62
14. fingers - pg. 19
16. glamorous - pg. 22
20. hurt - pg. 9
22. lips - pg. 23
24. luck - pg.. 111
25. magic - pg. 121
28. north - pg. 30
29. notice - pg. 29
31. reading - pg. 4
32. reasons - pg. 63
33. rice - pg. 119
34. rude - pg. 8
37. seven - pg. 129
38. shelf - pg. 168
39. shouting - pg. 40
40. shrink - pg. 153
41. small - pg. 9
44. star - pg. 268
45. sweat - pg. 89
46. sweet - pg. 44
47. village - pg. 105
49. welcome - pg. 18
50. winter - pg. 30

The Menu of Happiness by Hisashi Kashiwai - 12/2 -
12. envelope - pg. 138
36. salty - pg. 18

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray - 12/4
13. festival - pg. 136
18. gracious - pg. 154
23. loser - pg. 145
27. nephew - pg. 69
30. occasion - pg. 10

The Whistler by Nick Medina - Finished: 12/7
15. freckles - pg. 272
21. jukebox - pg. 26
26. menu - pg. 86
42. snide - pg. 298

December 2025 Word Search


Level: Three: 41-50 words
Found: 0/41-50

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Bubbles and Elle!

December 2025 Word Search
Level 3 - 0/50

1. addicts
2. alive The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 It would've been selfish to keep him ALIVE for my own needs Pg 19
3. angry The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 They make me sound like a monster and that makes me ANGRY Pg13
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 I sit on the worn wooden BENCH Pg 27
7. biscuits Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 when can I comeover and pester you for tea and BISCUITS Loc3482
8. buttons The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 As much as I want to see how far I can push his hot BUTTONS PG107
9. crushed The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 Steve pulls out a CRUSHED pack of cigarettes Pg60
10. double The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 After DOUBLE checking that we cleaned everything up Pg179
11. drink The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 As I DRINK out of a water bottle PG 90
12. envelope The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 The first ENVELOPE I lift is open PG42
13. festival The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 and I even did the local art FESTIVAL PG214
14. fingers The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 her FINGERS are grasping at the covers PG9
15. freckles The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 There are a splash of FRECKLES across his nose Pg 80
16. glamorous Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 The woman was so GLAMOROUS LOC 3936
17. glitter Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 nut the curve and GLITTER of his eyes Loc 3753
18. gracious Perfect Storm: Toronto Thunder, Book 1 Beth Bolden 05/10 Riley said,always generous and GRACIOUS Loc 4059
19. heater
20. hurt The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 or he'll come and HURT me Pg 2
21. jukebox
22. lips The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 a small smile plays on my LIPS Pg 51
23. loser The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 A f*cking LOSER pg 22
24. luck The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 Deviating will bring me bad LUCK Pg 38
25. magic The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 but this right now is pure MAGIC Pg118
26. menu Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 As he pulled the MENU towards himself Loc 1214
27. nephew
28. north Perfect Storm: Toronto Thunder, Book 1 Beth Bolden 05/10 I thought y'all were hockey fans up NORTH Levi said Loc 795
29. notice Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 He was the first to NOTICE Loc 439
30. occasion Perfect Storm: Toronto Thunder, Book 1 Beth Bolden 05/10 both his brother could be when the OCCASION called for it Loc 4006
31. reading The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 I've got good at READING people's pain Pg34
32. reasons The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12For obvious REASONS we never use the same place twice pg85
33. rice
34. rude Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 Thankfully no one was usually RUDE about it Loc 284
35. sale The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 I didn't allow him to put it up for SALE Pg223
36. salty The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 I imagined licking every undulation, tasting like SALTY sweat Pg103
37. seven The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 There are SEVEN of us pg21
38. shelf The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 towards my closet and from the top SHELF Pg 68
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 the SMALL box is wrapped in red Pg50
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star Hi-VoltageRaz Fox 04/12 Yes, the ultra famous rock STAR guitarist Reno got my phone Loc 295
45. sweat The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 I imagined licking every undulation, tasting like salty SWEAT Pg103
46. sweet The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 Its almost over SWEET Emma Pg9
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 You're WELCOME Pg9
50. winter book:The Silent Night Stalker byCourtney W. Dixon 05/12 Even in the WINTER, the landscaping is neat Pg41

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.

Choose your level:

Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Yvonne and Denise!

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Melissa!

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

0/50

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words



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List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Cheryl and Jessica!

I'm in for this month. I'm going for level 3.

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

Welcome Sue!

December 2025 Word Search:
Level Three: 41-50 words

READ: 0/41+

1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Goal: 0/50


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: Dec. 1, 2025 - Dec. 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level: 17/50 Found
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Ushers by Joe Hill
Dec. 1, 2025
1. Addicts pg. 11
2. Alive pg. 22
6. Bench pg. 8
9. Crushed pg. 25
10. Double pg. 28
11. Drink pg. 24
14. Fingers pg. 10
20. Hurt pg. 16
24. Luck pg. 4
28. North pg. 14
29. Notice pg. 11
32. Reasons pg. 23
37. Seven pg. 16
41. Small pg. 4
42. Snide pg. 27
45. Sweat pg. 8
46. Sweet pg. 7

List:
3. Angry
4. Banana
5. Barista
7. Biscuits
8. Buttons
12. Envelope
13. Festival
15. Freckles
16. Glamorous
17. Glitter
18. Gracious
19. Heater
21. Jukebox
22. Lips
23. Loser
25. Magic
26. Menu
27. Nephew
30. Occasion
31. Reading
33. Rice
34. Rude
35. Sale
36. Salty
38. Shelf
39. Shouting
40. Shrink
43. Solstice
44. Star
47. Village
48. Walnut
49. Welcome
50. Winter

December 2025 Word Search
Duration: December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

All of the words can be found in A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss.


Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

List:
1. addicts
2. alive
3. angry
4. banana
5. barista
6. bench
7. biscuits
8. buttons
9. crushed
10. double
11. drink
12. envelope
13. festival
14. fingers
15. freckles
16. glamorous
17. glitter
18. gracious
19. heater
20. hurt
21. jukebox
22. lips
23. loser
24. luck
25. magic
26. menu
27. nephew
28. north
29. notice
30. occasion
31. reading
32. reasons
33. rice
34. rude
35. sale
36. salty
37. seven
38. shelf
39. shouting
40. shrink
41. small
42. snide
43. solstice
44. star
45. sweat
46. sweet
47. village
48. walnut
49. welcome
50. winter

December 2025 Word Search
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

Choose your level:
One: 10-20 words
Two: 21-40 words
Three: 41-50 words

Books used:
1. Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb (HI #2309 - Sept 2025) - Dec 2



23/50

List:
1. addicts -
2. alive - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 555
3. angry - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 499
4. banana -
5. barista -
6. bench - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 619
7. biscuits -
8. buttons - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 258
9. crushed -
10. double - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 868
11. drink - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 320
12. envelope - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 721
13. festival -
14. fingers - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 414
15. freckles -
16. glamorous -
17. glitter -
18. gracious -
19. heater -
20. hurt - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 1013
21. jukebox -
22. lips - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 222
23. loser -
24. luck - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 480
25. magic -
26. menu - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 796
27. nephew -
28. north -
29. notice - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 858
30. occasion - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 247
31. reading -
32. reasons - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 233
33. rice - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 307
34. rude -
35. sale - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 1969
36. salty -
37. seven - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 42
38. shelf -
39. shouting - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 906
40. shrink -
41. small - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 64
42. snide -
43. solstice -
44. star - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 1439
45. sweat - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 1547
46. sweet - Alibi for Murder - Debra Webb - loc 302
47. village -
48. walnut -
49. welcome -
50. winter -



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