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Denise - ✔ BASIC list done
Donna ✔ DONE
Ed ✔ DONE
Koren ✔ - DONE
Licha-Olivia ✔ BASIC list done
Tessa ✔ DONE
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Karen Kay
Marillyn
Patty
Rosa
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BASIC word list14/15
apron-From Our House: A Memoir by Lee Martin finished 4/9 p. 10 ...hid my face behind the folds of her apron.
beacon-We Are Still Married: Stories & Letters by Garrison Keillor finished 5/7 p. 76 ...not even for all the Beacon apples in the world.
cardboard-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 145 ...just me and the cardboard boxes.
chignon-At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson finished 9/2 p. 453 Chignon, for a knot at the back of the head....
demands-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 180 ...there are demands for this or that fortune...
fountain-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 95 We write "The Fountain of Salmacis..."
horizon-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 285 ...Jill can be heard booming on the horizon.
ice-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 292 But soon the ice freezes.
laundry-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 169 And what does Andy think about me airing our dirty laundry...
manufacture-From Red Earth: A Rwandan Story of Healing and Forgiveness by Denise Uwimana finished 5/6 p. 5 ...during which all manufacture was prohibited.
patio-Cold Kill: The True Story of a Murderous Love by Jack Olsen finished 5/3 p. 180 ...he asked on the patio behind the house
ransom-My Mantelpiece: A Memoir of Survival and Social Justice by Carolyn Goodman finished 5/21 p. 135 And, in fact, we received a number of detestable phone calls from people demanding ransom in return for my son.
satin-Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton finished 6/6 p. 97 Who wants feet that only know the feel of a satin sheet...
tax--Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3 p. 273 ...Phil Collins skips the country to avoid paying his taxes...
vendors-The Customer Is Not Always Right: Hilarious and Horrific Tales of Customers Gone Wrong by A.J. Adams finished 4/7 p. 212 ...but the bags are overpriced through the vendor.
Optional/BONUS word list
5/5
barber shop-From Our House: A Memoir by Lee Martin finished 4/9 p. 20 ...spend a few hours loafing at the barbershop or the pool hall.
geranium-Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey finished 4/19 p. 57 d...plastic parrots and those stupid little elves and geraniums...
livestock-From Our House: A Memoir by Lee Martin finished 4/9 p. 51 Maybe he was tired of caring for the land, for his livestock...
papaya-I Wish I Could Say I Was Sorry... by Susie Kelly finished 6/17 p. 19 ...pineapples, bananas, sticky mangoes, sickly sweet papaya...
watermark-Death in Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Daughter, Her Mother, and the Beast Called Alzheimer's by Eleanor Cooney finished 6/27 p. 214 ...heavy cardboard, green watermarks...
I'm in, with some carry-overs
20/24
(4/4/20)
cardboard - While I did that, Aunt Nettie cut a large white cardboard box and used a marker to write PRESS CONFERENCE 2 P.M. in big black letters. (p 174)
fountain - Tony came out to the car and we spoke briefly; I wouldn't have known him as the skinny kid who used to flirt with Lindy over a limeade at the Downtown Drugs soda fountain. (p 80)
ice - I looked around for ice and found none. (p 57)
satin - I tried to lift the skirt of the gown up, out of his reach, and it slipped off its fancy satin hanger. (p 237)
(4/5/20)
junction (March) - The intended use of ADMs was to destroy key terrain features (bridges, dams, tunnels, mountain passes, irrigation and hydroelectric systems, industrial plants, factories, oil refineries, canals, railway junctions), preventing them from being used by the enemy—whether through actual physical destruction, or just by blanketing the entire area with radiological contamination. (p 88)
horizon - While this might sound like a bunch of DoD-mumbo-jumbo, it does offer potentially tantalizing hints of what could be on the missile-defense horizon. (p 260)
laundry - After a litany of caveats—the courses of action listed in the document were “only for planning purposes”; the document should be considered a “point of departure”; it would be more desirable to use “legitimate provocation” as the basis for American intervention in Cuba—Northwoods jumps right into its laundry list of ways to pretend the United States had been wronged by Castro and the Cubans. (p 123)
manufacture - Further criticism has been targeted at the program’s research and manufacture of what can only be described as biological and chemical weapons for CIA operational use in assassinations and other “executive actions.” (p 28)
barber shop - The thirty-two buildings that comprised Camp Century included power stations, workshops, offices, a radio station, garages, waste management facilities, living quarters, a modern hospital (with an X ray machine and operating room), a fitness center (unlikely anyone would be jogging outside), a hobby shop, barbershop, bathing facilities, canteens, storerooms, a cinema, a library, and, of course—to make everyone feel welcome—a chapel and a bar. (p 308)
livestock - Just not ones that needed livestock to keep them warm. (p 95)
(4/6/20)
patio - In a small family bar, we shared a delicious mussel soup on an open-air patio, as the rain pounded the clay-tiled roof and the darkened street. (p 15)
(4/8/20)
apron - I reached for my glass, and as I did, Miss Regina removed a white candle from the pocket of her apron. (p 108)
demands - Chaos magick demands that you shape-shift. (p 130)
tax - "The one point of discussion with this house is the tax situation. (p 125)
(4/13/20)
ransom - "I'd sell it to Clevendon down in Texas for a king's ransom. (p 75)
tweed (March) - A few minutes later, a man in his middle thirties, dressed in a vested herringbone tweed suit, with a cheerful face and wire-rimmed glasses, emerged through a door behind the showcases, glanced around located Masuto, shook hands with him, and cheerfully asked what he might do for him. (p 71)
(4/16/20)
vendors - On August 12, 1966 (the same day that Microsoft shipped Internet Explorer version 3.0), Netscape sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that Microsoft was wielding Windows 95 like a cudgel, preventing Netscape from doing deals with vendors and manufacturers that would allow the company to protect its place in the market. (p 293)
(4/21/20)
Taking up a large corner, the holiday departement was a brightly lit beacon. (p 83)
(4/28/20)
geranium - "They're geraniums." (p 24)
Volkswagen (March) - He'd borrowed Jason's car, a beaten-up Volkswagen with dings and scratches all over it and a greasy smell inside. (p 67)
BASIC word list
chignon
Optional/BONUS word list
papaya
watermark
Carry-over February:
Zoloft
20/24
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(4/21/20)Taking up a large corner, the holiday departement was a brightly lit beacon. (p 83)
(4/28/20)BASIC word list
chignon
Optional/BONUS word list
papaya
watermark
Carry-over February:
Zoloft
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
8 books read
BASIC word list
✔Apron ~~ Ordinary Girls ~~ 01Apr20 ~~ Page 255 ~~ “...Black pants, white shirt, black apron…”
✔Beacon ~~ Ordinary Girls ~~ 01Apr20 ~~ Page 43 ~~ “...the water calling, the ocean like a beacon…”
✔cardboard ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ 08Apr20 ~~ Page 71 ~~ “...a cylindrical waxed cardboard box sat on the floor…”
✔chignon ~~ The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender ~~ 12Apr20 ~~ Page 52 ~~ “...hair that she kept wrapped in a thick chignon…”
✔demands ~~ Mostly Dead Things ~~ 07Apr20 ~~ Page 293 ~~ “...felt more like a list of demands…”
✔Fountain ~~ Ordinary Girls ~~ 01Apr20 ~~ Page 120 ~~ “...passed the girl’s bathroom and the water fountain…”
✔horizon ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ 08Apr20 ~~ Page 349 ~~ “...sun edged down to the horizon and the land grew dark…”
✔Ice ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ 08Apr20 ~~ Page 122 ~~ “...like looking at a gorgeously wrought ice castle…”
✔laundry ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ 08Apr20 ~~ Page 382 ~~ “...Plain laundry bleach? Right…”
✔manufacture ~~ Mostly Dead Things ~~ 07Apr20 ~~ Page 325 ~~ “...a mother trying to manufacture a normal life for herself…”
✔patio ~~ Ordinary Girls ~~ 01Apr20 ~~ Page 284 ~~ “...and sit with her out on the patio…”
✔ransom ~~ The Cartel ~~ 07Apr20 ~~ Page 447 ~~ “...deeply resents being held for ransom…”
✔satin ~~ Mostly Dead Things ~~ 07Apr20 ~~ Page 287 ~~ “...the low zipper of her black, satin evening dress…”
✔tax ~~ The Sun Also Rises ~~ 05Apr20 ~~ Loc 4529 ~~ “...he did not have to pay any tax on his car…”
✔vendors ~~ Ordinary Girls ~~ 01Apr20 ~~ Page 74 ~~ “...bought a red kite from a vendor and taught us…”
Optional/BONUS word list
✔barber shop ~~ The Sun Also Rises ~~ 05Apr20 ~~ Page 38 ~~ “...trying to get a shave at the barber shop…”
✔geranium ~~ Speaking of Summer ~~ 13Apr20 ~~ Page 38 ~~ “...and geraniums sprouting every year…”
✔livestock ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ 08Apr20 ~~ Page 79 ~~ “...where her father had raised livestock for food…”
✔papaya ~~ The Cartel ~~ 07Apr20 ~~ Page 307 ~~ “...Miss Guava, Miss Papaya, Miss Methamphetamine…”
✔watermark ~~ Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger's Life ~~ 16Apr20 ~~ Page 89 ~~ “...they had both transparent and opaque watermarks…”
*****COMPLETED 6/16/20*****Last word= "barber shop"
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
BASIC word list
15/15
✔apron-p.60-Syrian Brides-"...where her husband was washing the dishes, wearing her red apron." 4/30/20
✔beacon-p.8- Waverley-"...at once shy, proud, sensitive and indolent, a beacon against exposing himself to similar mortification..." 5/27/20
✔cardboard-p.251- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"He removed a square of cardboard from beneath his desk blotter..." 4/8/20
✔chignon-p.50-An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good-"...and she always wore it in an old-fashioned chignon." 4/17/20
✔demands-loc.34835 of Kindle edition of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"'There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand...'" 4/15/20
✔fountain-p.152-Delta of Venus-"...like a perfume by the fountain of a man..." 4/3/20
✔horizon-p.31-Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth-"The faster we drove, the faster the water receded toward the horizon..." 4/5/20
✔ice-p.154-Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth-"...when you think of refreshment, think of ice cold Coca-Cola." 4/6/20
✔laundry-p.297- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...staring with distast at what appeared to be a week's laundry that he held out to her." 4/9/20
✔manufacture-p.160- The Fixer-"I can't manufacture you a correspondent..." 5/5/20
✔patio-p.64-Our Man in Havana-"...listening to the furtive movements in the patio." 4/19/20
✔ransom-p.226-The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...in the position of being like a recipient of a ransom note..." 4/7/20
✔satin-p.184- Delta of Venus-"He began to lick the satin chemise..." 4/6/20
✔tax-p.153-Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth-"File your personal income tax now." 4/6/20
✔vendors-p.237- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...horns honking, donkeys braying, and vendors shouting." 4/8/20
Optional/BONUS word list
5/5
✔barber shop-p.288- The Guermantes Way-"...that he had a solicitor's practice or a barber shop in Villeparesis." 6/16/20
✔geranium-p.393-The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax-"She's not growing geraniums this season..." 4/24/20
✔livestock-p.46- Close Range-"The smell of livestock was strong." 4/11/20
✔papaya-p.406-A Suitable Boy-"...like papaya pulp, she used to improve her complexion." 4/5/20
✔watermark-p.26- Dresden, Gate-"The thick paper of the ledger books bore a castle watermark." 6/2/20
April 2020 Scavenger HuntBASIC word list
✔apron - Killer Characters - 4/7/20 - p219 - "...reached into his apron pocket..."
✔beacon - War Storm - 4/21/20 - p192 - "A beacon of freedom..."
✔cardboard - Killer Characters - 4/7/20 - p268 - "...a bulk cardboard coffee box..."
chignon
✔demands - A Map of Days - 4/2/20 - p141 - "...turning into demands we give up..."
✔fountain - A Map of Days - 4/2/20 - p146 - "...tapping her fountain pen on her desk..."
✔horizon - How to Train Your Dragon - 4/1/20 - p40 - "...the village appeared on the horizon..."
✔ice - How to Train Your Dragon - 4/1/20 - p30 - "...huge stones covered in ice..."
✔laundry - My Sister, the Serial Killer - 4/3/20 - p9 - "...five sheets in his laundry..."
manufacture
✔patio - Killer Characters - 4/7/20 - p15 - "...an end unit with a large patio..."
✔ransom - War Storm - 4/21/20 - p254 - "...glinting with a ransom..."
✔satin - Killer Characters - 4/7/20 - p32 - "...to a floral satin ribbon hung..."
✔tax - A Map of Days - 4/2/20 - p185 - "Gotta avoid the tax man!"
✔vendors - Killer Characters - 4/7/20 - p96 - "...vendors will shut down..."
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium
✔livestock - A Map of Days - 4/2/20 - p476 - "...were born like livestock animals..."
papaya
watermark
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Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
15 / 15 basic words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
11 books read
BASIC word list
apron - The Snow Leopard ✔ - 06Apr20 - pg 270 - "…the gay striped apron worn by…"
beacon - The Overstory ✔ - 19Apr20 - pg 294 - "…some tremendous signal beacon."
cardboard - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 87 - "Get that cardboard box…"
chignon - French Pressed ✔ - 09June20 - pg 5 - "…into a still neat chignon, and…"
demands - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 256 -"…the demands on my time."
fountain - The Snow Leopard ✔ - 06Apr20 - pg 292 - "…the village fountains and…"
horizon - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 271 - "…was looking for new horizons."
ice - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 165 - "…filled with ice and gives…"
laundry - Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ - 09Apr20 - pg 257 - "…corner of the laundry basket."
manufacture - Odds Against ✔ - 27Apr20 - pg 54 - "…booklet on the manufacture of…"
patio - Two for the Dough ✔ - 10Apr20 - pg 191 - "…later, the patio door clicked…"
ransom - An Echo in the Bone ✔ – 29Apr2020 - pg 5 - "…and dismay. 'Oy, ransom.'"
satin - Two for the Dough ✔ - 10Apr20 - pg 140 - "…dark blue satin liner on…"
tax - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 263 - "…had asked for tax extensions."
vendors - Two for the Dough ✔ - 10Apr20 - pg 108 - "…know the vendor by name."
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop - The Overstory ✔ - 19Apr20 - pg 416 - "I'd keep out of the barbershop."
geranium - The Simplicity of Cider ✔ - 26Apr20 - pg 125 - "…pots of geraniums flanked…"
livestock - It's a Long Story ✔ - 21Apr20 - pg 321 - "…opening act for a livestock show…"
papaya - The Art of Travel ✔ – 01May2020 - pg 22 - "…with a papaya (lunch and…"
watermark - Stories I Only Tell My Friends ✔ – 03Oct2020 - pg 184 - "…the high watermark,/b> was …"
COMPLETE BASIC LIST, I'll carryover some bonus words.
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
BASIC word list
apron .. Aggy wiped her eyes with her apron .. The Streel loc 361
beacon .. a beacon attracting the spirits of Kitchigami .. Windigo Island pg 4
cardboard .. I leaned over a huge cardboard box labeled kitchen .. After the Dash loc 976
chignon .. her hair was swept up in a chignon .. The Streel loc 729
demands .. until the management agreed to their demands .. The Streel loc 1926
fountain .. cast iron drinking fountain in the rose arbour .. Shadowplay loc 555
horizon .. roaring red horizon and the hazy moon above .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 216
ice .. with fake ice caps and water .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 283
laundry .. nobody wants to air the dirty laundry in public .. Windigo Island pg 85
manufacture .. Dad bought a machine to manufacture bullets .. Educated pg 10
patio .. out on the patio and waiting for robins .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 1222
ransom .. Harry spent a ransom on doing it up .. Shadowplay loc 1072
satin .. Kitchigami was black satin smooth .. Windigo Island pg 4
tax .. when the tax was levied, the rent was due .. Educated pg 315
vendors .. the harsh sounds of the street vendors .. Dragonwyck pg 254
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium .. re-planted with roses and geraniums .. Cactus Jack: A Novel loc 1252
livestock .. herds of livestock spread across the mountain .. Educated pg 98
papaya .. liking mangos and papayas is a prayer? .. The House of Broken Angels pg 96
watermark .. twenty feet above the river, but above the highest watermark .. The Daybreakers pg 151
CARRY-OVER
March
astronomy ... a great man of geography and astronomy .. Book of the Little Axe loc 1522
gangly .. their limbs plump and gangly .. Book of the Little Axe loc 563
obstetrics
Volkswagen .. he drove a baby-blue Volkswagen Beetle .. Educated pg 38
Feb.
Zoloft
4/1/20 2.25☆
4/2/20 4☆
4/5/20 3☆
4/4/20 3☆
4/5/20 2.25☆
4/8/20 2.75☆
4/13/20 2.75☆
4/16/20 3.25☆
4/15/20 2.75☆
4/18/20 4☆
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
BASIC word list
apron .. Aggy wiped her eyes with her apron .. The Streel loc 361
beacon .. a beacon attracting the spirits of Kitchigami .. Windigo Island pg 4
cardboard .. I leaned over a huge cardboard box labeled kitchen .. After the Dash loc 976
chignon .. her hair was swept up in a chignon .. The Streel loc 729
demands .. until the management agreed to their demands .. The Streel loc 1926
fountain .. cast iron drinking fountain in the rose arbour .. Shadowplay loc 555
horizon .. roaring red horizon and the hazy moon above .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 216
ice .. with fake ice caps and water .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 283
laundry .. nobody wants to air the dirty laundry in public .. Windigo Island pg 85
manufacture .. Dad bought a machine to manufacture bullets .. Educated pg 10
patio .. out on the patio and waiting for robins .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 1222
ransom .. Harry spent a ransom on doing it up .. Shadowplay loc 1072
satin .. Kitchigami was black satin smooth .. Windigo Island pg 4
tax .. when the tax was levied, the rent was due .. Educated pg 315
vendors .. the harsh sounds of the street vendors .. Dragonwyck pg 254
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium .. re-planted with roses and geraniums .. Cactus Jack: A Novel loc 1252
livestock .. herds of livestock spread across the mountain .. Educated pg 98
papaya .. liking mangos and papayas is a prayer? .. The House of Broken Angels pg 96
watermark .. twenty feet above the river, but above the highest watermark .. The Daybreakers pg 151
CARRY-OVER
March
astronomy ... a great man of geography and astronomy .. Book of the Little Axe loc 1522
gangly .. their limbs plump and gangly .. Book of the Little Axe loc 563
obstetrics
Volkswagen .. he drove a baby-blue Volkswagen Beetle .. Educated pg 38
Feb.
Zoloft
4/1/20 2.25☆
4/2/20 4☆
4/5/20 3☆
4/4/20 3☆
4/5/20 2.25☆
4/8/20 2.75☆
4/13/20 2.75☆
4/16/20 3.25☆
4/15/20 2.75☆
4/18/20 4☆
BASIC word list and OPTIONAL word list DONEapron - “ maid in a gray apron…” p. 375 Sail of Stoneby Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
beacon - “draw him in like a beacon” p. 16 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
cardboard - “My mother read their cardboard sign…” p. 102 The Book of Aron by Jim Sheperd 4.12.20
chignon - “her white hair in a chignon” p. 38 Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black 4.20.20
demands - “when it seemed the demand would only ever grow” p. 217 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
fountain “he saw the blood spurt like a fountain” p. 393 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
horizon “seemed to stretch from horizon to horizon” p. 8 Sail of StoneÅke Edwardson 4.5.20
ice “the ice pop in her hand” p. 127 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
laundry - “a woman carried a bundle of laundry” p. 44 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
manufacture - “they would manufacture another one” p. 129 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
patio - “on a restaurant patio with Tyler” p. 70 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
ransom - “It’s called a ransom demand” p. 207 The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill 5.10.20
satin - “the river Fergus murmuring through town like a satin ribbon” p. 71 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil WarMorgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
tax - “estate law, tax law…” p. 210 Golden in Death by J.D. Robb 4.7.20
vendors - “I stole from street vendors…” p. 153 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop - Barber Shop – Barba Lire 1000 (c’est la guerre)” p. 40 Up Front by [[author:Bill Mauldin|141954] 4.10.20
geranium “red geraniums in window boxes” p. 48 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
livestock - “livestock markets proliferated” p. 93 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
papaya - papaya – “Papaya salsas and the Southwestern chicken salad” p. 118 Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America Gustavo Arellano 5.7.20
watermark “over the watermark of Sevenoaks” p. 94 The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina 6.5.20
April 2020 SHApril 1-30
BASIC word list
DONE
BONUS / OPTIONAL words
barber shop
geranium
papaya
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Sign me upApril 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
(1) Fates and Furies Lauren Groff 4/11/20 2.5*
(2) Eternal Rider Larissa Ione 4/11/20 3.5*
(3) Night Fire Catherine Coulter 4/18/20 4*
(4) Night Shadow Catherine Coulter 4/21/20 4*
(5) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John le Carré (4/28/20) 4*
(6) Seraphina Rachel Hartman (4/30/20) 3.5*
BASIC word list: 15/15 words
(6) apron: Kindle p. 97-…by his leather apron…
(5) beacon: Kindle p. 139-… a beacon everywhere:
(1) cardboard: Kindle p. 58-…a cardboard box…
(4) chignon: Kindle p. 262-…up into a chignon…
(1) demands: Kindle p. 10-…called to demand…
(1) fountain: Kindle p. 196-…the fountains dyed…
(1) horizon: Kindle p. 148-…over the horizon…
(1) ice: Kindle p. 23-…ice out of his bones.
(1) laundry: Kindle p. 82-…and dirty laundry.
(5) manufacture: Kindle p. 28-…his own manufacture…
(1) patio: Kindle p. 43-…meant for a patio.
(3) ransom: Kindle p. 9-…held you for ransom.
(1) satin: Kindle p. 9-…into the satin dress…
(1) tax: Kindle p. 244-…the taxes, the dog…
(6) vendors: Kindle p. 262-…vendors of chestnuts.
Optional/BONUS word list: 2/5 words
barber shop
geranium
(2) livestock: Kindle p. 51-…gifts of livestock…
(1) papaya: Kindle p. 21-…split papayas…
watermark
BASIC word listapron-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 144-"the pantless apron is a pretty obvious symbol"
beacon-The Parasites-4/5/20-page 191- "the view from Beacon Hill"
cardboard-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 151-"a cardboard box full of old 45's"
chignon-Seven Brides for Seven Texans-4/13/20-page 151-"a final pin into the messy chignon at the nape"
demands-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 212-"Simple good manners demands it."
fountain-The Parasites-4/5/20-page 194-"the water gushed like fountains."
horizon-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 117-"no partner on the horizon"
ice-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 221-"with the polar ice caps melting"
laundry-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 49-"owing to a laundry crisis"
manufacture-Ready Player One4/16/20-page 59-"nothing for GSS to manufacture"
patio-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 205-"pacing around the patio"
ransom
satin-The Parasites-4/5/20-page 285-" Black satin and sequins"
tax-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 79-"the man from the tax office."
vendors-Ready Player One4/16/20-page 220-"forwarded to a pizza vendor"
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium-Bridget Jones's Diary-4/2/20-page 62-"some Geranium essential oil"
livestock-The Parasites-4/5/20-page 14-"luggage and livestock to be placed in the passages"
papaya-The Seventh Moon-4/20/20-page 116-"straggling plantation of papaya"
watermark
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Happy hunting!
April 2020 Scavenger HuntBegins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
12 / 15 basic words found
1 / 5 BONUS words found
2 books read:
(1) Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea--4/4/20
(2) In Pieces by Sally Field--4/20/20
BASIC word list
✔apron - (1)--loc. 470--"...Dolores had the coins in her apron pocket now."
✔beacon - (1)--loc. 804--"...Spanish mission gleamed as white as a beacon..."
✔cardboard - (2)--loc. 2838--"seemed to be made of cardboard..."
chignon
✔demands - (1)--loc. 2749--"...Anita made her demands known."
✔fountain - (1)--loc. 2710--"It is my little fountain."
✔horizon - (1)--loc. 5565--"Not with New York on the horizon."
✔ice - (1)--loc. 97--"...heavens black and hard as ice..."
✔laundry - (1)--loc. 5669--"...like some pile of filthy laundry."
manufacture
✔patio - (2)--loc. 768---"...across the patio into the pool--…"
ransom
✔satin - (1)--loc. 4802--"...homburg with a white satin band."
✔tax - (2)--loc. 2183--"...just to help me with taxes and stuff."
✔vendors - (1)--loc. 4192--"Vendors hold hot nuts, …"
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
✔geranium - (1)--loc. 7009--"...and hanging baskets of geraniums..."
livestock
papaya
watermark
Mod
BASIC word list -Finished all but "ransom "- just read a book with two separate kidnappings but the word ransom never came up grrr
apron - “ maid in a gray apron…” p. 375 Sail of Stoneby Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
beacon - “draw him in like a beacon” p. 16 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
cardboard - “My mother read their cardboard sign…” p. 102 The Book of Aron by Jim Sheperd 4.12.20
chignon - “her white hair in a chignon” p. 38 Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black 4.20.20
demands - “when it seemed the demand would only ever grow” p. 217 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
fountain “he saw the blood spurt like a fountain” p. 393 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
horizon “seemed to stretch from horizon to horizon” p. 8 Sail of StoneÅke Edwardson 4.5.20
ice “the ice pop in her hand” p. 127 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
laundry - “a woman carried a bundle of laundry” p. 44 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
manufacture - “they would manufacture another one” p. 129 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
patio - “on a restaurant patio with Tyler” p. 70 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
ransom
satin - “the river Fergus murmuring through town like a satin ribbon” p. 71 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil WarMorgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
tax - “estate law, tax law…” p. 210 Golden in Death by J.D. Robb 4.7.20
vendors - “I stole from street vendors…” p. 153 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop - Barber Shop – Barba Lire 1000 (c’est la guerre)” p. 40 Up Front by [[author:Bill Mauldin|141954] 4.10.20
geranium “red geraniums in window boxes” p. 48 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
livestock - “livestock markets proliferated” p. 93 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
papaya
watermark
Mod
I tell you, I have completely lost track of the days during this "safer at home" period.
Congrats on your progress!
COMPLETE BASIC LIST, I'll carryover some bonus words.
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
BASIC word list
apron .. Aggy wiped her eyes with her apron .. The Streel loc 361
beacon .. a beacon attracting the spirits of Kitchigami .. Windigo Island pg 4
cardboard .. I leaned over a huge cardboard box labeled kitchen .. After the Dash loc 976
chignon .. her hair was swept up in a chignon .. The Streel loc 729
demands .. until the management agreed to their demands .. The Streel loc 1926
fountain .. cast iron drinking fountain in the rose arbour .. Shadowplay loc 555
horizon .. roaring red horizon and the hazy moon above .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 216
ice .. with fake ice caps and water .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 283
laundry .. nobody wants to air the dirty laundry in public .. Windigo Island pg 85
manufacture .. Dad bought a machine to manufacture bullets .. Educated pg 10
patio .. out on the patio and waiting for robins .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 1222
ransom .. Harry spent a ransom on doing it up .. Shadowplay loc 1072
satin .. Kitchigami was black satin smooth .. Windigo Island pg 4
tax .. when the tax was levied, the rent was due .. Educated pg 315
vendors .. the harsh sounds of the street vendors .. Dragonwyck pg 254
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium .. re-planted with roses and geraniums .. Cactus Jack: A Novel loc 1252
livestock .. herds of livestock spread across the mountain .. Educated pg 98
papaya
watermark .. twenty feet above the river, but above the highest watermark .. The Daybreakers pg 151
CARRY-OVER
March
astronomy ... a great man of geography and astronomy .. Book of the Little Axe loc 1522
gangly .. their limbs plump and gangly .. Book of the Little Axe loc 563
obstetrics
Volkswagen .. he drove a baby-blue Volkswagen Beetle .. Educated pg 38
Feb.
Zoloft
4/1/20 2.25☆
4/2/20 4☆
4/5/20 3☆
4/4/20 3☆
4/5/20 2.25☆
4/8/20 2.75☆
4/13/20 2.75☆
4/16/20 3.25☆
4/15/20 2.75☆
4/18/20 4☆
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
BASIC word list
apron .. Aggy wiped her eyes with her apron .. The Streel loc 361
beacon .. a beacon attracting the spirits of Kitchigami .. Windigo Island pg 4
cardboard .. I leaned over a huge cardboard box labeled kitchen .. After the Dash loc 976
chignon .. her hair was swept up in a chignon .. The Streel loc 729
demands .. until the management agreed to their demands .. The Streel loc 1926
fountain .. cast iron drinking fountain in the rose arbour .. Shadowplay loc 555
horizon .. roaring red horizon and the hazy moon above .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 216
ice .. with fake ice caps and water .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 283
laundry .. nobody wants to air the dirty laundry in public .. Windigo Island pg 85
manufacture .. Dad bought a machine to manufacture bullets .. Educated pg 10
patio .. out on the patio and waiting for robins .. The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping loc 1222
ransom .. Harry spent a ransom on doing it up .. Shadowplay loc 1072
satin .. Kitchigami was black satin smooth .. Windigo Island pg 4
tax .. when the tax was levied, the rent was due .. Educated pg 315
vendors .. the harsh sounds of the street vendors .. Dragonwyck pg 254
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium .. re-planted with roses and geraniums .. Cactus Jack: A Novel loc 1252
livestock .. herds of livestock spread across the mountain .. Educated pg 98
papaya
watermark .. twenty feet above the river, but above the highest watermark .. The Daybreakers pg 151
CARRY-OVER
March
astronomy ... a great man of geography and astronomy .. Book of the Little Axe loc 1522
gangly .. their limbs plump and gangly .. Book of the Little Axe loc 563
obstetrics
Volkswagen .. he drove a baby-blue Volkswagen Beetle .. Educated pg 38
Feb.
Zoloft
4/1/20 2.25☆
4/2/20 4☆
4/5/20 3☆
4/4/20 3☆
4/5/20 2.25☆
4/8/20 2.75☆
4/13/20 2.75☆
4/16/20 3.25☆
4/15/20 2.75☆
4/18/20 4☆
Mod
missed some, but I found some carry-overs:
20/24
(4/4/20)
cardboard - While I did that, Aunt Nettie cut a large white cardboard box and used a marker to write PRESS CONFERENCE 2 P.M. in big black letters. (p 174)
fountain - Tony came out to the car and we spoke briefly; I wouldn't have known him as the skinny kid who used to flirt with Lindy over a limeade at the Downtown Drugs soda fountain. (p 80)
ice - I looked around for ice and found none. (p 57)
satin - I tried to lift the skirt of the gown up, out of his reach, and it slipped off its fancy satin hanger. (p 237)
(4/5/20)
junction (March) - The intended use of ADMs was to destroy key terrain features (bridges, dams, tunnels, mountain passes, irrigation and hydroelectric systems, industrial plants, factories, oil refineries, canals, railway junctions), preventing them from being used by the enemy—whether through actual physical destruction, or just by blanketing the entire area with radiological contamination. (p 88)
horizon - While this might sound like a bunch of DoD-mumbo-jumbo, it does offer potentially tantalizing hints of what could be on the missile-defense horizon. (p 260)
laundry - After a litany of caveats—the courses of action listed in the document were “only for planning purposes”; the document should be considered a “point of departure”; it would be more desirable to use “legitimate provocation” as the basis for American intervention in Cuba—Northwoods jumps right into its laundry list of ways to pretend the United States had been wronged by Castro and the Cubans. (p 123)
manufacture - Further criticism has been targeted at the program’s research and manufacture of what can only be described as biological and chemical weapons for CIA operational use in assassinations and other “executive actions.” (p 28)
barber shop - The thirty-two buildings that comprised Camp Century included power stations, workshops, offices, a radio station, garages, waste management facilities, living quarters, a modern hospital (with an X ray machine and operating room), a fitness center (unlikely anyone would be jogging outside), a hobby shop, barbershop, bathing facilities, canteens, storerooms, a cinema, a library, and, of course—to make everyone feel welcome—a chapel and a bar. (p 308)
livestock - Just not ones that needed livestock to keep them warm. (p 95)
(4/6/20)
patio - In a small family bar, we shared a delicious mussel soup on an open-air patio, as the rain pounded the clay-tiled roof and the darkened street. (p 15)
(4/8/20)
apron - I reached for my glass, and as I did, Miss Regina removed a white candle from the pocket of her apron. (p 108)
demands - Chaos magick demands that you shape-shift. (p 130)
tax - "The one point of discussion with this house is the tax situation. (p 125)
(4/13/20)
ransom - "I'd sell it to Clevendon down in Texas for a king's ransom. (p 75)
tweed (March) - A few minutes later, a man in his middle thirties, dressed in a vested herringbone tweed suit, with a cheerful face and wire-rimmed glasses, emerged through a door behind the showcases, glanced around located Masuto, shook hands with him, and cheerfully asked what he might do for him. (p 71)
(4/16/20)
vendors - On August 12, 1966 (the same day that Microsoft shipped Internet Explorer version 3.0), Netscape sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that Microsoft was wielding Windows 95 like a cudgel, preventing Netscape from doing deals with vendors and manufacturers that would allow the company to protect its place in the market. (p 293)
(4/21/20)
Taking up a large corner, the holiday departement was a brightly lit beacon. (p 83)
(4/28/20)
geranium - "They're geraniums." (p 24)
Volkswagen (March) - He'd borrowed Jason's car, a beaten-up Volkswagen with dings and scratches all over it and a greasy smell inside. (p 67)
BASIC word list
chignon
Optional/BONUS word list
papaya
watermark
Carry-over February:
Zoloft
20/24
(4/4/20)
(4/5/20)
(4/6/20)
(4/8/20)
(4/13/20)
(4/16/20)
(4/21/20)Taking up a large corner, the holiday departement was a brightly lit beacon. (p 83)
(4/28/20)BASIC word list
chignon
Optional/BONUS word list
papaya
watermark
Carry-over February:
Zoloft
CompleteBASIC word list and OPTIONAL word list done
apron - “ maid in a gray apron…” p. 375 Sail of Stoneby Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
beacon - “draw him in like a beacon” p. 16 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
cardboard - “My mother read their cardboard sign…” p. 102 The Book of Aron by Jim Sheperd 4.12.20
chignon - “her white hair in a chignon” p. 38 Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black 4.20.20
demands - “when it seemed the demand would only ever grow” p. 217 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
fountain “he saw the blood spurt like a fountain” p. 393 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
horizon “seemed to stretch from horizon to horizon” p. 8 Sail of StoneÅke Edwardson 4.5.20
ice “the ice pop in her hand” p. 127 Sail of Stone by Åke Edwardson 4.5.20
laundry - “a woman carried a bundle of laundry” p. 44 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
manufacture - “they would manufacture another one” p. 129 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
patio - “on a restaurant patio with Tyler” p. 70 Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel 4.4.20
ransom - “It’s called a ransom demand” p. 207 The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill 5.10.20
satin - “the river Fergus murmuring through town like a satin ribbon” p. 71 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil WarMorgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
tax - “estate law, tax law…” p. 210 Golden in Death by J.D. Robb 4.7.20
vendors - “I stole from street vendors…” p. 153 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop - Barber Shop – Barba Lire 1000 (c’est la guerre)” p. 40 Up Front by [[author:Bill Mauldin|141954] 4.10.20
geranium “red geraniums in window boxes” p. 48 The Book of Aron by Jim Shepard 4.12.20
livestock - “livestock markets proliferated” p. 93 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War by Morgan Llywelyn 4.14.20
papaya - papaya – “Papaya salsas and the Southwestern chicken salad” p. 118 Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America Gustavo Arellano 5.7.20
watermark “over the watermark of Sevenoaks” p. 94 The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina 6.5.20
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Still searching for that elusive "watermark".
*****COMPLETED 6/16/20*****Last word= "barber shop"
April 2020 Scavenger Hunt
BASIC word list
15/15
✔apron-p.60-Syrian Brides-"...where her husband was washing the dishes, wearing her red apron." 4/30/20
✔beacon-p.8- Waverley-"...at once shy, proud, sensitive and indolent, a beacon against exposing himself to similar mortification..." 5/27/20
✔cardboard-p.251- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"He removed a square of cardboard from beneath his desk blotter..." 4/8/20
✔chignon-p.50-An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good-"...and she always wore it in an old-fashioned chignon." 4/17/20
✔demands-loc.34835 of Kindle edition of The Holy Bible: English Standard Version-"'There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand...'" 4/15/20
✔fountain-p.152-Delta of Venus-"...like a perfume by the fountain of a man..." 4/3/20
✔horizon-p.31-Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth-"The faster we drove, the faster the water receded toward the horizon..." 4/5/20
✔ice-p.154-Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth-"...when you think of refreshment, think of ice cold Coca-Cola." 4/6/20
✔laundry-p.297- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...staring with distast at what appeared to be a week's laundry that he held out to her." 4/9/20
✔manufacture-p.160- The Fixer-"I can't manufacture you a correspondent..." 5/5/20
✔patio-p.64-Our Man in Havana-"...listening to the furtive movements in the patio." 4/19/20
✔ransom-p.226-The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...in the position of being like a recipient of a ransom note..." 4/7/20
✔satin-p.184- Delta of Venus-"He began to lick the satin chemise..." 4/6/20
✔tax-p.153-Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth-"File your personal income tax now." 4/6/20
✔vendors-p.237- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax-"...horns honking, donkeys braying, and vendors shouting." 4/8/20
Optional/BONUS word list
5/5
✔barber shop-p.288- The Guermantes Way-"...that he had a solicitor's practice or a barber shop in Villeparesis." 6/16/20
✔geranium-p.393-The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax-"She's not growing geraniums this season..." 4/24/20
✔livestock-p.46- Close Range-"The smell of livestock was strong." 4/11/20
✔papaya-p.406-A Suitable Boy-"...like papaya pulp, she used to improve her complexion." 4/5/20
✔watermark-p.26- Dresden, Gate-"The thick paper of the ledger books bore a castle watermark." 6/2/20
Finally done! Wow! That chignon was a tough one!
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Begins: 01April20 / Ends: 30April20
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Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month.
You are NOT restricted to one book / one word; you may find as many of the words/phrases in a single book as you like. If you find all the words in one book you are really lucky!
This month's scavenger list are words that were found in
NOTE - you may NOT use this book for the scavenger hunt!
BASIC word list
apron
beacon
cardboard
chignon
demands
fountain
horizon
ice
laundry
manufacture
patio
ransom
satin
tax
vendors
Optional/BONUS word list
barber shop
geranium
livestock
papaya
watermark
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Unless a variation is specified above, words must match exactly, with the following exceptions: I will accept a plural/singular version, or differences in spelling between British and American English (e.g. honor or honour). But those are the ONLY deviations allowed. So if you are looking for "vivid" - I will NOT allow "vividly."
All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for finding the word/phrase.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
chosen - All the Stars in the Heavens ✔ - 06Oct19 - pg 338 - "…hadn't chosen her path."
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