Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

A group I just stumbled onto has lots and lots of challenges going on. One of them is a scavenger hunt - who doesn't love a scavenger hunt!? :-). They had a list of 20 or so things to 'find' in books you read. You list the book title next to the 'scavenge hunted' item, to 'collect' that item. Sounds like a fun idea, anyone interested in trying one here?

If so, I propose to run it for the year (2014). I don't have a list of 'items', so I thought it might be fun for each person who joined the hunt to propose two list items to 'collect'. They can be characters, like a vampire, a teenager, a fisherman; an experience, like a flight, or a dive, or a carousel ride; a thing, like a goblet, a ring, a pair of travelling pants ;-). Whatever, basically.

With each new entrant, we can just edit our lists of items to scavenge, to add on. What do you think?

If there is any interest, I propose the first two items:


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt! - BOARD ONE - Connie's first!

Completed Board One:
· Connie's - done
· MK's - done
· Apoorv's - done

- please join us on BOARD TWO, as well! The hunt goes for the entire calendar year :)

** hunters are free to continue gathering (I am!, but please follow us to BOARD TWO, and add new items to collect)

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart
15. (Iris) Fort
16. (Iris) Viaduct
17. (Connie) A dog
18. (Connie) A wedding
19. (Daisy) a pillow
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem (no reciting Shakespeare's verses or like)
... clarification: a poem original to the work, not excerpted from another work
23. (Janet) a canary
24. (Janet) noodles
25. (Anne) A descriptive plate of food .
26. (Anne) A GHOST !!!
27. (Mango Bookworm) chocolate
28. (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady!

:-)

On to BOARD TWO !

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The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt! - BOARD ONE - Connie's first!

Yes, a fun idea. How about:


1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride I Am the Messenger
2. (MK) - mountain hike The Last Days of the Incas
3. (KH) - eggs Doctor Zhivago
4. (KH) - something purple The Silver Hand
5. (Annina) - Ice skating The Endless Knot
6. (Annina) - champagne The Jewel in the Crown
7. (EP) A shattered window Doctor Zhivago
8. (EP) A Day at the beach Ship Breaker
9. (Liân) A stream Doctor Zhivago
10. (Liân) A sword The Silver Hand
11. (Shawn) A baseball Breadcrumbs
12. (Shawn) An airplane The Jewel in the Crown
13. (Kat) A riddle The Silver Hand
14. (Kat) A change of heart: The Rent Collector
15. (Iris) Fort Breadcrumbs
16. (Iris) Viaduct Doctor Zhivago
17. (Connie) A dog The Endless Knot
18. (Connie) A wedding The Endless Knot
19. (Daisy) a pillow Doctor Zhivago
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building Ship Breaker
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem The Silver Hand
23. (Janet) a canary Doctor Zhivago
24. (Janet) noodles Breadcrumbs
25. (Anne) A descriptive plate of food . I Am the Messenger
26. (Anne) A GHOST !!! The Jewel in the Crown
27. (Mango Bookworm) chocolate Dreams of Gods & Monsters
28. (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady! Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters

Sounds fun. I think that I'll try this as well.

My things are:

5. Ice skating
6. champagne

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Yay! :-) I edited my op to add your items, Kathy and Annina. This is what we have so far:


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne

:-)
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This sounds great!!

(EP) A shattered window
(EP) A Day at the beach

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Yay! I edited to add your items, Emily :)


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach

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Oh I love this idea for a challenge - I'm in!

My suggestions:

A stream
A sword

(edited because I changed my mind!)

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Awesome! Oh how fun, love the list of interesting item to scavenge up :-)


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword

:-) (hide spoiler)]

This sounds like fun!

My suggestions would be:

1. A baseball
2. An airplane

Also, just a quick question about the scavenger hunt. The idea is to find these items in any of the books we read during 2014, (however large or small the part)?

Thanks

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This is great! Loving the list of interesting items. Shawn, you got it. The idea is to find the items in any of the books we read in 2014 :-). No matter how big or small the part the item plays in the book. I added your two items to the list:


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane


:-) (hide spoiler)]

This is a really fun idea!


1. A riddle
2. A change of heart

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Woohoo! :-)

Adding yours in too, Kat :-)


The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart

:-) (hide spoiler)]

So are we stopping the list at a certain number of items? Or does the list continue to grow?

Kathy wrote: "So are we stopping the list at a certain number of items? Or does the list continue to grow?"

Continue to grow :). The contest I modeled it after was a one-month contest that had a list of 20 items, so I'm thinking a year-long one could be much longer, without causing unworkability issues. Probably. :-p

Since it's likely that you'd 'collect' more than one item in a title, a long list wouldn't require an equally large number of books to complete the hunt.

- mk :)

Fun, fun, fun.

This sounds like a lot of fun. I tried a random word generator to find suggestions. I liked these two:

1. Fort
2. Viaduct

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Hey, that was a cool idea, Iris! Okay, adding your two items:

The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart
15. (Iris) Fort
16. (Iris) Viaduct

:-)
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I am going to try this one, too I think.

I would like to add these 2 things:
A dog
A wedding

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Connie wrote: "I am going to try this one, too I think.

I would like to add these 2 things:
A dog
A wedding"


Woot! Glad you're in, Connie. Updating the list to add the new items to the hunt :-)

The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart
15. (Iris) Fort
16. (Iris) Viaduct
17. (Connie) A dog
18. (Connie) A wedding

:-) (hide spoiler)]

This sounds like great fun. I'd like to join.

How about:

- a pillow
- a high-rise building

Because I am a crazy cat lady, so of course:

- a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
- a "self-written" poem (no reciting Shakespeare's verses or like)

I just finished reading Around the World in 80 Days. Too bad it wasn't a January read as I spotted at least 3 things from the scavenger hunt! Hopefully the upcoming reads will be as good.

(view spoiler)[Connie wrote: "I just finished reading Around the World in 80 Days. Too bad it wasn't a January read as I spotted at least 3 things from the scavenger hunt! Hopefully the upcoming reads will be as good."

LOL! Connie, I had the same thought! I recently came across a few of the items, including a viaduct! I was wishing it was January *grin*


Tytti wrote: "Because I am a crazy cat lady, so of course:

- a cat (preferable a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
- a "self-written" poem (no reciting Shakespeare's verses or like)"

heh, love crazy cat ladies! (We had four, plus a dog!, until we sent one to Ireland with my daughter, who's attending vet school over there :D )

Adding your items for the hunt ^_^


Daisy wrote: "This sounds like great fun. I'd like to join.

How about:

- a pillow
- a high-rise building"


Woot! Adding your items too, Daisy. I hope it is great fun :).



Updated list:

The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne
7. (EP) A shattered window
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart
15. (Iris) Fort
16. (Iris) Viaduct
17. (Connie) A dog
18. (Connie) A wedding
19. (Daisy) a pillow
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem (no reciting Shakespeare's verses or like)
... clarification: a poem original to the work, not excerpted from another work


:-)
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Argh, correct that mistake I made, please, it's an adverb. Otherwise it's going to bother me the whole year. :-P preferably :-P

Tytti wrote: "Argh, correct that mistake I made, please, it's an adverb. Otherwise it's going to bother me the whole year. :-P preferably :-P"

I'm a little unsure of what you mean by a self-written poem. Are you thinking of a poem written by a character in the book you are reading?

Tytti wrote: "Argh, correct that mistake I made, please, it's an adverb. Otherwise it's going to bother me the whole year. :-P preferably :-P"

Done! lol, I didn't even notice the first time thru, to be honest. I read "typonese" like it's not even an error :D



Connie wrote: "Tytti wrote: "Argh, correct that mistake I made, please, it's an adverb. Otherwise it's going to bother me the whole year. :-P preferably :-P"

I'm a little unsure of what you mean by a self-writte..."

I'm not certain (I'm sure Tytti will say), but I thought she meant a poem original to the book, rather than an excerpt within the book, from another work ...

MK wrote: "I'm not certain (I'm sure Tytti will say), but I thought she meant a poem original to the book, rather than an excerpt within the book, from another work ... "

Yep, that's what I meant. An original poem might be a better way to put it, or not. (I just read Possession and there were many of those in it.) I thought it shouldn't be too easy, I think I've seem many "real" poems in novels, especially in classics.

And I usually spot typos quite easily because they make me stop and read again (at least if it's another word I recognize). Maybe it's connected to the way I learned English, who knows.

Tytti wrote: "Yep, that's what I meant. An original poem might be a better way to put it, or not. (I just read Possession and ...."

Looks like a great book! Added it to my tbr :)

MK wrote: "Looks like a great book! Added it to my tbr :)"

Probably the most difficult book I've ever read... I am not that crazy about poems. But my (male) friend thought it was great.

Tytti wrote: "MK wrote: "Looks like a great book! Added it to my tbr :)"

Probably the most difficult book I've ever read... I am not that crazy about poems. But my (male) friend thought it was great."

I have trouble with poems. Hm, maybe I'll still try it

MK wrote: "I have trouble with poems. Hm, maybe I'll still try it "

There is a lot more than poems in it. Like diaries, letters, fairytales, stories... dozens of pages... in smaller print or in italics... It is a well written book but certainly not for everybody. Most people in our book club couldn't finish it.

Appreciate the heads up, Tytti :-)

What are the rules for this challenge as far as using the same book to find more than one item? Is it one item per book?

Connie wrote: "What are the rules for this challenge as far as using the same book to find more than one item? Is it one item per book?"

Just collect them as/where you find them :-). Probably you can collect multiple items in the same title.

UPDATE! I finished BOARD ONE ^_^ wooohoooo - MK done, May 6, 2014

I need a list for me to edit, as I collect my items, here's mine (that will leave the op post uncrossed-out, for a reference list :-). I put most of my updating comments inside spoiler tags, in an effort to make the thread less cluttered, thus easier for others to find their own lists. I can delete them too, if that's easier (just let me know, if that's preferred).

Okay, I found some stuff - now to edit to update :-).


MK's 2014 Scavenger Hunt Tally! - MK'S BOARD ONE TALLY SHEET
(MK's board two tally sheet here)

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride:
· The Looking Glass War, by John le Carré - Jan 21, 2014 (view spoiler)[p 187 - Leiser style a motorbike, after he crossed the border into East Germany, and rode through the night, to make tracks away from the border guard (hide spoiler)]

2. (MK) - mountain hike
· And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini - Mar 7, 2014 (view spoiler)[Markos' hike with two others, in Santiago, to the waterfall at Salto del Apoquindo, p. 312 (hide spoiler)]

3. (KH) - eggs:
· An Unlikely Witch, by Debora Geary - Jan 1, 2014 (view spoiler)[raw eggs and goat's blood, for fertility; an egg a day, for fertility; eggs and butter, for cookies (hide spoiler)]

4. (KH) - something purple
· An Unlikely Witch, by Debora Geary - Jan 1, 2014 (view spoiler)[a purple jar; purple glitter; Josh's face turned purple :-) (hide spoiler)]

5. (Annina) - Ice skating
The Unintentional Time Traveler - March 5, 2014, by Everett Maroon - (view spoiler)[It was little more than an overgrown pond, tiny enough to be ignored for most of the year until it froze over in winter, and then screaming for anything to do, people with ice skates
would descend on it, scraping along every inch, most of them waving their arms wildly for balance. (hide spoiler)]

6. (Annina) - champagne
· The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, by John le Carré - Jan 15, 2014 (view spoiler)[p 13 - Leamus and Karl finished the champagne, after Control left ... (hide spoiler)]

7. (EP) A shattered window
· Perfectible Animals, by Thomas Norwood - Jan 4, 2014 (view spoiler)[p 208, All the windows of the car had been smashed in ... (hide spoiler)]

8. (EP) A Day at the beach
· Perfectible Animals, by Thomas Norwood - Jan 4, 2014 (view spoiler)[Michael's remembrance of his first day spent at the beach, when his parents took him there on holiday, before they died (hide spoiler)]

9. (Liân) A stream
· Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup - Jan 8, 2014 (view spoiler)[many streams mentioned at Bayou Bouef, during journey to/from Washington City, in NY State, where Solomon learned to swim, and to raft (hide spoiler)]

10. (Liân) A sword
· American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - Feb 9, 2014 (view spoiler)[p. 488 "One of them carried a clipboard, and he checked the inventory as they unloaded golf bags from the back of the car: the bags contained ornate swords with lacquer handles, and carved sticks, and mirrors. (hide spoiler)]

11. (Shawn) A baseball
· To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee - still reading (view spoiler)[p.10 "A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball and no questions asked. (hide spoiler)]

12. (Shawn) An airplane
· Perfectible Animals, by Thomas Norwood - Jan 4, 2014 (view spoiler)[Dylan flew he, Sophie, Annie, Michael, and the rescued macaques, on a private plane to the New Church island (hide spoiler)]

13. (Kat) A riddle
· A Wind in the Door, by Madeleine L'Engle - Jan 23, 2014 (view spoiler)[I'll ask you a riddle. What do you have the more of, the more of it you give away?" "Oh, love, I suppose." (hide spoiler)]

14. (Kat) A change of heart
· Call for the Dead, by John le Carré - Jan 14, 2014 (view spoiler)[p. 119, Smiley's former wife, Ann, who had previously divorced Smiley after two years of marriage, sent him a letter and asked if she could come to him (hide spoiler)]

15. (Iris) Fort
· And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini - Mar 7, 2014 (view spoiler)[the fort of the div, p. 4. ; the Bala Hissar fort atop the Koh-e-Shirdawaza mountain, p. 35; There was also a fortress made by Germans on page 449 of the Pevear edition of Doctor Zhivago, but that was a fortress, and this was a fort, so I went with this one :) (hide spoiler)]

16. (Iris) Viaduct
· Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak - Feb 28, 2014 (view spoiler)["It could not quite conceal the winding bed of a stream which in spring would rush down to the viaduct below the railway bank but at present was tucked up in the snow like a child in its cot with its head under eiderdown" p. 229/Hayward edition (hide spoiler)]

17. (Connie) A dog
· The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman - Jan 2, 2014 (view spoiler)[a large gray dog, aka the other form of Mss Lupesco, a Hound of God (hide spoiler)]

18. (Connie) A wedding
· The Tour, by Jean Grainger - still reading (view spoiler)[Dylan (the goth, band member, teenager) wandered into town while the rest of the tour group visits the Blarney Castle. He follows the sound of music he's never heard before, into a church where a wedding is taking place. He stays while the wedding concludes and guests leave, and goes to talk to the three person band, to find out what the unusual musical instrument is (it's uilleann pipes). There was also the wedding of Lara and Pasha in Doctor Zhivago. (hide spoiler)]

19. (Daisy) a pillow
· An Unlikely Witch, by Debora Geary - Jan 1, 2014 (view spoiler)[so many pillows! velvet pillows, glittery pillows, home-made pillows, bed pillows, floor pillows, sofa pillows, yoga pillows, pillows for pregnant momma exercise class, lots of pillows :-) (hide spoiler)]

20. (Daisy) a high-rise building
· The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton - Jan 23, 2014 (view spoiler)[p 324 "witness firsthand the skyscrapers of NY ... " (hide spoiler)]

21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten ...)
· The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman - Jan 2, 2014 (view spoiler)[scaring the bully No - "a kitten, dead for decades, showed its teeth and clawed the glass" .... eeeek! (lol) (hide spoiler)]

22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem ...
· The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman - Jan 2, 2014 (view spoiler)[The Danse Macabre! :-)
Rich man, poor man, come away.
Come to dance the Macabray.

Time to work and time to play,
Time to dance the Macabray.

One and all will hears and stay
Come and dance the Macabray.

One to leave and one to stay,
And all to dance the Macabray.

Step and turn, and walk and stay,
Now we dance the Macabray.

Now the Lady on the Grey
Leads us in the Macabray... (hide spoiler)]

23. (Janet) a canary
· The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, by John le Carré - Jan 15, 2014 (view spoiler)[p 165 - Alex said ...."Some people keep Canadiens, some people join the Party" (hide spoiler)]

24. (Janet) noodles
· An Unlikely Witch, by Debora Geary - Jan 1, 2014 (view spoiler)[linguine noodles (mentioned many times! lol) from the Romano's noodle shop (hide spoiler)]

25. (Anne) A descriptive plate of food .
· Clammed Up, by Barbara Ross - Feb 10, 2014 (view spoiler)[Recipes! So many fabulous dishes described, and recipes even included at the end of the book. Snowden Family Clam Chowder, Snowden Family Blueberry Grunt, Livvie's Lobster Mac and Cheese, Gus's Clam Hash, Gabrielle's Tourtiere, Livvie's Strawberry Rhubarb Sour Cream Coffee Cake (hide spoiler)]

26. (Anne) A GHOST !!!
· American Gods, by Neil Gaiman - Feb 9, 2014 (view spoiler)[Laura, Shadow's wife (hide spoiler)]

27. (Mango Bookworm) chocolate
· Ireland, by Frank Delaney - still reading (view spoiler)[p.55, "At six he bought her chocolates for her birthday; she said she had "gone off chocolates."; p.57, "Well, Champion, how's the whole wide world today?" - and from his pocket his father would pull a treat; a wooden gewgaw or a chocolate bar or newspaper cutting he knew Ronan would enjoy - a man has died of senility in France, aged only seventeen, or a calf was born in Wales with two heads, or how a lightening bolt in Arizona had split a tractor in two." (hide spoiler)]

28. (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady!
· Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak - Feb 28, 2014 (view spoiler)[Tonia and Lara and women in the maternity ward and peasant women and ... many pregnant ladies (hide spoiler)]


:-)


Books in the queue -
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By Month:
Jan:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Feb:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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MK wrote: "I need a list for me to edit, as I collect my items, here's mine (that will leave the opportunity post uncrowded-out, for a reference list :-). I put most of my updating comments inside spoiler ta..."

I was just thinking of listing the book and date with each item but yours is a good idea.

Connie wrote: "I was just thinking of listing the book and date with each item but yours is a good idea. ..."

Oh, that is a good idea! Might be easier too. I might change to that format when I update my list again. We'll see :-)

... edit - lol I just noticed, when reading the part of my post that you quoted, autocorrect nailed me!

And here's my list to keep tally. I wonder if I remember to update it.

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
2. (MK) - mountain hike Compartment No. 6
3. (KH) - eggs Kellari
4. (KH) - something purple Anna Karenina
5. (Annina) - Ice skating Anna Karenina
6. (Annina) - champagne Tintin
7. (EP) A shattered window Kellari
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream Outlander
10. (Liân) A sword Kellari
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane Tintin
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart Mannerheimin kuriiri
15. (Iris) Fort Outlander
16. (Iris) Viaduct
17. (Connie) A dog Kellari (and Milou, of course)
18. (Connie) A wedding Anna Karenina
19. (Daisy) a pillow Kellari
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building
21. (Tytti) a cat/kitten Rautatie
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem
23. (Janet) a canary Outlander
24. (Janet) noodles
25. (Anne) A descriptive plate of food Nälkävuosi
26. (Anne) A GHOST !!!
27. (Mango Bookworm) chocolate Dora, Dora
28. (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady! Anna Karenina

Here's my list too!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride Me Before You, Jojo Moyes, (view spoiler)[p 426 "I loved being a physical person. I liked riding my motorbike, hurling myself off buildings." (hide spoiler)]
2. (MK) - mountain hike The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro, (view spoiler)[p. 25-26 “’You’ve got to have a good pair of legs and a good pair of lungs to go up there. Me, I haven’t got neither, so I stay down here. . . . . And you won’t get a better view in all of England.’ . . . . I glanced up the path which did look steep and rather rough. . . . “ p. 26 “Though I can say it failed to cause me any real difficulty – the path rising in zigzags . . . . I then reached a small clearing . . . and indeed, by a most marvelous view over miles of the surrounding countryside.” (hide spoiler)]
3. (KH) - eggs L'affaire Lerouge, Émile Gaboriau, (view spoiler)[“La pauvre diablesse était en train de faire la cuisine quand on l’a frappe. Voilà sa poêle par terre, du jambon et des œufs. Le brutal n’a pas eu la patience d’attendre le diner.”
[The poor devil was making breakfast when she was hit. Look, her pan on the floor, ham and eggs. The brute didn’t even have the patience to wait for dinner.] (hide spoiler)]
4. (KH) - something purple The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, Barbara Tuchman, (view spoiler)[p 56 “Four hundred such editions [Bible] appeared in the first sixty years of the printing press, and anyone who could read could find in the lore of the Gospels something missing from the hierarchy of his own day gowned in their purple and red.” (hide spoiler)]
5. (Annina) - ice skating Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, (view spoiler)[p. 384 "There were one or two parties almost verging on grown-up affairs; there were sleigh rides and skating frolics galore." (hide spoiler)]
6. (Annina) - champagne L'affaire Lerouge, Émile Gaboriau, (view spoiler)[“après le diner, au dessert, en meme temps que le vin de Champagne”
[after dinner, at dessert, at the same time as the Champagne] (hide spoiler)]
7. (EP) A shattered window Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, (view spoiler)[p. 76 "And then came the mud. In it sloshed, through the broken windows. Thick mud, watery mud, rocky mud, mud with beveled-glass shards . . .” (hide spoiler)]
8. (EP) a day at the beach Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, (view spoiler)[p 64 “’Isn’t the sea wonderful,’ said Anne, rousing from a long, wide-eyed silence. ‘Once, when I lived in Marysville, Mr. Thomas hired and express wagon and took us all down to spend the day at the shore ten miles away.’” (hide spoiler)]
9. (Liân) a stream Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, (view spoiler)[p. 1 “. . . but by the time it reach Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream . . . " (hide spoiler)]
10. (Liân) A sword The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, Barbara Tuchman
(view spoiler)[p 42, “Greeks die too as the Trojans wield their swords . . . “ (hide spoiler)]
11. (Shawn) a baseball A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines, (view spoiler)["They remembered the time he stole two bases in one game, and the first time he stole home. One of the men backed away from the bar to demonstrate how slow the pitcher was in throwing the ball." (hide spoiler)]
12. (Shawn) an airplane Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, Gilbert King, (view spoiler)[p 81 “The CIO, effectively barred from Lake County by the sheriff, hired pilots to buzz the citrus groves in small planes. From out of the sky leaflets fluttered to earth.” (hide spoiler)]
13. (Kat) a riddle Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, (view spoiler)["Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?" . . . Answer: "Because there bain't so many of 'em," said the dairyman." (hide spoiler)]
14. (Kat) a change of heart Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, (view spoiler)[p 17 Initial conviction: “Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den – walk up to a strange girl . . . and demand of her why she wasn’t a boy.” Change: p 19 “He could not tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake.” (hide spoiler)]
15. (Iris) fort The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, Barabra Tuchman, (view spoiler)[p 79 “. . . but his enemy was already too outstanding, and besides, he was careful to stay outside Rome and take up his residence in a fortress.” (hide spoiler)]
•16. (Iris) viaduct
17. (Connie) a dog Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, (view spoiler)[p. 9 “My joy was so infectious that Ice Cream [the dog mentioned throughout the story] woke up and started barking and doing victory laps around the kitchen table.” (hide spoiler)]
18. (Connie) a wedding The Book of Margery Kempe, Margery Kempe, (view spoiler)[p. 239 "Also, when she saw weddings -- men and women being joined together according to the law of Holy Church -- at once she had in meditation how our Lady was joined to Joseph and of the spiritual joining of man's soul to Jesus Christ . . . " (hide spoiler)]
19. (Daisy) a pillow Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, (view spoiler)[p 42 “With a sob she hastily discarded her garments, put on the skimpy nightgown and sprang into bed where she burrowed face downward in to the pillow . . . “ (hide spoiler)]
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, Gilbert King, (view spoiler)[p. 25 “The poet Langston Hughes spoke of ‘two Harlems,’ and he clearly had 409 Edgecombe in mind when he wrote of those who ‘live on that attractive rise of bluff’”. . . . p. 26 “that the building attracted so many . . . the building had its share of society parties . . . their thirteenth –floor apartment was called ‘the White House of Harlem’ . . . “ p. 26-27. “The Marshalls eventually settled on a modest one-bedroom flat on the ninth floor at 409 Edgecombe.” (hide spoiler)]
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare) Five Little Pigs, Agatha Christie, (view spoiler)[p 255-256
“But it was only a cat.”
“How do you know it was a cat?”
“I—I can’t remember. But it was a cat. I’m quite sure it was a cat. The window was open just wide enough for a cat to get through.”
[I'm going to try to find kittens too. :)] (hide spoiler)]
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple, (view spoiler)[p. 139
“Griffin family Christmas letter
‘Twis the week before Christmas
When all through the house
So much mud began flowing,
Our things it did douse.
. . . . “
(hide spoiler)]
23. (Janet) a canary Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain, (view spoiler)[p 265, "Make the most of introverts' strengths -- these are the people who can help you think deeply, strategize, solve complex problems, and spot canaries in your coal mine." (hide spoiler)]
24. (Janet) noodles The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt, (view spoiler)[p 57 "Basically we were content enough doing our own laundry down in the basement, going to matinees instead of full-price movies, eating day-old baked goods and cheap Chinese carry-out (noodles, egg foo yung) and counting out nickels and dimes for bus fare." (hide spoiler)]
25. (Anne) a descriptive plate of food A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines, (view spoiler)["Breakfast was two fried eggs, grits, a piece of salt pork and a biscuit." (hide spoiler)]
26. (Anne) a ghost Knots and Crosses, Ian Rankin, (view spoiler)[p. 37 "There were ghosts in the cobbled alleys and on the twisting stairways of the Old Town tenements." (hide spoiler)]
27. (Mango Bookworm) chocolate Atonement, Ian McEwan (view spoiler)[p. 58 "Jackson interrupted. 'You make chocolates in a factory.'" (hide spoiler)]
28. (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady Sejarah Melayu: The Malay Annals, John Leyden trans.,(view spoiler)[p. 63 "His queen, Dasya Raja, became pregnant, and produced a son . . . " (hide spoiler)]

Here's my list :

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
2. (MK) - mountain hike The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
3. (KH) - eggs Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
4. (KH) - something purple Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
5. (Annina) - Ice skating - An Arsonist's Guide To Writers' Homes In New England by Brock Clarke
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
6. (Annina) - champagne Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
7. (EP) A shattered window - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
8. (EP) A Day at the beach Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
9. (Liân) A stream Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
10. (Liân) A sword - Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak
11. (Shawn) A baseball Now That I Have Cancer, I Am Whole: Reflections on Life and Healing for Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them by John Robert McFarland
12. (Shawn) An airplane Tales of the South Pacific James A. Michener
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
13. (Kat) A riddle 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Lotería by Mario Alberto Zambrano
14. (Kat) A change of heart The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald
15. (Iris) Fort The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
16. (Iris) Viaduct Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
17. (Connie) A dog - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Orenda Joseph Boyden
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
18. (Connie) A wedding - An Arsonist's Guide To Writers' Homes In New England by Brock Clarke
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
19. (Daisy) a pillow Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare) The Beautiful and Damned F. Scott Fitzgerald
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Now That I Have Cancer, I Am Whole: Reflections on Life and Healing for Cancer Patients and Those Who Love Them by John Robert McFarland
23. (Janet) a canary Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
24 (Janet) noodles Annabel by Kathleen Winter
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
25 (Anne) a descriptive plate of food A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
26 (Anne) a ghost Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
27 (Mango Bookworm) chocolate Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
28 (Mango Bookworm) a pregnant lady Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
2. (MK) - mountain hike Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
3. (KH) - eggs Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
4. (KH) - something purple Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
5. (Annina) - Ice skating Kaikki oikein by Anna-Leena Härkönen
6. (Annina) - champagne When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
7. (EP) A shattered window And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
8. (EP) A Day at the beach Kaikki oikein by Anna-Leena Härkönen
9. (Liân) A stream The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
10. (Liân) A sword Outlanderby Diana Gabaldon
11. (Shawn) A baseball Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
12. (Shawn) An airplane This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, And Life Through The Distorted Lens Of Nikki Sixx
13. (Kat) A riddle Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
14. (Kat) A change of heart Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
15. (Iris) Fort Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
16. (Iris) Viaduct Hytti nro 6 by Rosa Liksom
17. (Connie) A dog The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
18. (Connie) A wedding Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
19. (Daisy) a pillow Incendiary by Chris Cleave
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building Incendiary by Chris Cleave (they are in London Eye.. that counts right?? )
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem Iiris Lempivaaran levoton ja painava sydän by Riikka Pulkkinen
23. a canary Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
24. noodles Kaikki oikein by Anna-Leena Härkönen
25. A descriptive plate of food The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
26. A GHOST The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
27. Chocolate Iiris Lempivaaran levoton ja painava sydän by Riikka Pulkkinen
28. a pregnant lady Incendiary by Chris Cleave

One of the books I'm reading has mentioned a ball game. Another book has mentioned baseball along with some of the baseball greats. Neither has mentioned "a baseball." Ugh. lol. It will come up eventually . . .

I had sparkling wine, in a champagne glass, make an appearance in one of my books. I counted it for champagne ... but I wasn't sure if that was technically a 'clean find' or not :-o .... I did tally it up, but I hope I find 'champagne' rather than 'sparkling wine' later in the year ;-).

The great 2014 Scavenger Hunt!

1. (MK) - a motorcycle ride
2. (MK) - mountain hike
3. (KH) - eggs
4. (KH) - something purple
5. (Annina) - Ice skating
6. (Annina) - champagne The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
7. (EP) A shattered window London Bridges by James Patterson
8. (EP) A Day at the beach
9. (Liân) A stream A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
10. (Liân) A sword
11. (Shawn) A baseball
12. (Shawn) An airplane
13. (Kat) A riddle
14. (Kat) A change of heart
15. (Iris) Fort
16. (Iris) Viaduct
17. (Connie) A dog
18. (Connie) A wedding
19. (Daisy) a pillow In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
20. (Daisy) a high-rise building
21. (Tytti) a cat (preferably a kitten :-P but they are too rare)
22. (Tytti) a "self-written" poem (no reciting Shakespeare's verses or like)
... clarification: a poem original to the work, not excerpted from another work

Daisy wrote: "One of the books I'm reading has mentioned a ball game. Another book has mentioned baseball along with some of the baseball greats. Neither has mentioned "a baseball." Ugh. lol. It will come up eve..."

I think that might be the most difficult thing to find. I don't read that much American literature, probably won't at all this year. Of course there is also the Finnish baseball but I think it's rarely mentioned in the type of books I read.

Tytti wrote: "Of course there is also the Finnish baseball."

This is an interesting read:

https://www.creativenonfiction.org/ex...

It is an essay in Anatomy of Baseball. Unfortunately, the library doesn't have this book.

Tytti wrote: "I think that might be the most difficult thing to find."

I have this feeling you may be right.

Thanks Shawn! - kidding

It might be a good idea to read a book specific to baseball: history of . . . ? women in . . . ? I found Ball Four which looks like it might be a good read.

Daisy wrote: "It might be a good idea to read a bok specific to baseball: history of . . . ? women in . . . ? I found Ball Four which looks like it might be a good read."

I am not that interested so my only hope is that in some novel the Civil Guard is practicing it. Originally it was, in part, designed to teach skills needed at the front like diving (for cover) and throwing (grenades).

Hmmm. Baseball and grenades! Never would have thought.
:)

Tytti wrote: "Daisy wrote: "One of the books I'm reading has mentioned a ball game. Another book has mentioned baseball along with some of the baseball greats. Neither has mentioned "a baseball." Ugh. lol. It wi..."

What language do you do most of your reading in, Tytti (also, how many languages can you speak/read, if it's not rude for me to ask, I hope)? It's easy for me to forget that English is not your first language, since your posts are grammatically flawless :-).

Thanks. :-) I read mostly in Finnish (for pleasure), in English if necessary and at the university it often is. I know many people read also for pleasure in English but I haven't felt the need really. Some people, even teenagers, used to read Harry Potters in English before they were translated. I do have the Sherlock Holmes short stories in English because I couldn't find them all in Finnish. The trouble with them is the old vocabulary, of course. Though it was years ago when I tried to read them the last time, my English is probably better now. Maybe this year I finish them.

My second strongest language is Swedish and I probably could manage to read something in that, too, but because it was mandatory and blackmailed into the curriculum (a long story) I don't particularly want to use it. (Swedish is the only mandatory language to every pupil in school, not even Finnish is to everyone and English is not at all. The Swedish speaking minority is about 5% and getting smaller so I won't need it, either.) I've also studied German, French and Russian but I don't know them that well. I'd love to understand French better... and some Latin, too.

Hmmm. Baseball and grenades! Never would have thought.

Well, "pesäpallo" at least. It's a much faster sport, a lot more throwing and stuff...