Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

MAY
brother
cliff
engine
handle
height
laptop
nausea
rely
ridge
yell


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

edging
handful
manic
rev
wireless


and a bonus bonus
samhain


To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

Audiobooks are allowed so long as you can quote the page/%/LOC and the sentence. (Eg Using whispersync or finding that sentence in some other way.)

You must find the actual word or the word's root word must be at the core with the meaning essentially remaining the same ~ just turned into a noun, adjective, adverb etc. No prefixes or hyphenated extensions. An extension is allowed where it is often the accepted spelling eg goodbye or good-bye.

Where a word has more than one meaning, either meaning may be used. Eg coast (beachfront) or coast (moving without effort) etc

Please post all entries, updates, final posts and questions in this thread.

RULING for the BONUS words
If you are one of those super-cray-cray/OCD/overly ambitious/organised or bored readers who wish to find words from PRIOR months that are missing in addition to the current month's words, you may use an additional three (3) words per book. These can only be allocated to prior month words.

So you may allocate three words per book to the current month's words, AND three words per book if those words are from PRIOR months' and have been carried forward.


Examples for 'Reversal'
Reverse - Laser Visions √ 15 May
p50-51 : There were a couple of bands Tam had that this person didn't, but none in the reverse.

Reversing - Sunset √ 10 Jul
p204 : Reversing his grip on his katana, he held it out to Nick.

Example post:(view spoiler)[

Word Hunt - January
1 Jan - 31 Jan 20xx

Word found: 10/10
Book completed: 7

Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
bowl
Undertow √ 4 Jan
bartender, king, mourning
Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
champagne, molasses
Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
diary
Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
blood
Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
grandmother
Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
dreamed


1. BARTENDER - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p113 - (Which was Sunday and Monday - Saturday was a busy night on the bartender/club scene.
2. CHAMPAGNE - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p180-181 - The doorman greeted him inside the foyer and waved his past - no need to check the guest list for his name - and he grabbed a glass of champagne from a tray and looked around.
3. BOWL Merry Gentlemen √ 1 Jan
p11 - "Another hippy bloke selling hand-turned bowls and crap like that."
4. KING - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p48 - Roan was the king of the jungle, and he should have no problem subduing cats; it was shat he did, sometimes without intention.
5. DREAM - Dom Wars: Round One √ 12 Jan
LOC 756: I'd never have dreamed just holding a person's hand could be such a turn on.
6. MOURN - Undertow √ 4 Jan
p262 - Because, come to think about it, you could confuse remorse for mourning, especially in a naturally depressed person.
7. GRANDMOTHER - Starfish and Coffee √ 12 Jan
p98-99 - "... He put your grandmother on a pedestal until the day she died. ..."
8. DIARY - Obernewtyn √ 9 Jan
p231 - Alexi took the diary, opened it, and held it in front of my eyes.
9. MOLASSES - Heart of the Warrior √ 7 Jan
p217 - "You move like molasses, my pet."
10. BLOOD - Inestimable Blessings √ 9 Jan
p46-47: Lee shivered, overwhelmed by the attraction simmering in his blood. (hide spoiler)]

Tips for finding words - courtesy of Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔

Using Google books:
~Go here https://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&...
~Type in the name of your book
~Select your book
~On the left about midway down there will be a search bar, type your word in there.

Couple of things you need to know...
~you need to check every variety of the word you want so, let's say GROUP doesn't show up you would also need to type in GROUPS/ED/ING
~Unfortunately, 99% of the books on Google does not list page numbers (at least in my experience)

Using Amazon:
~You search for your book
~Once on your book page make sure you are on a version that is paperback or hardcover (Kindle editions will not work)
~On the left there will be a picture of your book and it should have "Search Inside" above it
~Click on the book and the search bar will be inside

You will not need to search separately for plurals but you will still need to search separately for -ed and -ing


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You can also search for words in all the books loaded on your Kindle.

On the home page, use the 'search' function.
~ type in the word and select 'search my items'.

Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

0/10 - Found and Read

Main words
brother
cliff
engine
handle
height
laptop
nausea
rely
ridge
yell


Bonus
edging
handful
manic
rev
wireless


Bonus bonus
samhain

9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter! DONE and Orphan words carried over to June!

May: Completed 10/10 words; 4/5 bonus words; 0/1 bonus bonus

February bonus completed 0/1
April bonus bonus completed 0/1

MAY - Read 10/10
brother - Kindle location 75 - The wrong brother.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 5/6/22 4.5 stars

cliff - Paperback page 118 - ... is like waking up from a nightmare where you're falling off a cliff, only to realize your house has been scooped up by a tornado while you slept.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry 5/3/22 4stars

engine - Kindle location 1533 - As he starts the engine, my mind begins racing.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 5/6/22 4.5 stars

handle - Kindle location 2419. I just figured we could handle it.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 5/6/22 4.5 stars

height - Kindle location 1106 - ...plus the coffee table was an awkward height for working on a laptop, but she'd let Beau have this one.
By the Book (Meant to Be #2) by Jasmine Guillory 5/4/22 4.5stars

laptop - Kindle location 3573 - ...so she pulls out her laptop and starts going through spreadsheets.
When Sparks Fly (Spark House #1) by Helena Hunting 5/7/22 4stars

nausea - Paperback page 177 - I shamble through the woods, clutching my stomach, until the nausea eases enough to jog.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry 5/3/22 4stars

rely - Kindle location 1855 - ...so I won't have to rely on him quite as much.
When Sparks Fly (Spark House #1) by Helena Hunting 5/7/22 4stars

ridge(s) - Paperback page 37 - ...,tree covered ridges jutting up at its back and an endless blue sky domed over it.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry 5/3/22 4stars

yell - Kindle location 369 - She'd expected him to yell at her, and now he had.
By the Book (Meant to Be #2) by Jasmine Guillory 5/4/22 4.5stars


Bonus Read 4/5
Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

edging - Kindle location 1289 -,,,I explained with some salt edging my words.
My Millionaire Marine: A Fake Marriage Surprise Twins Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers 5/13/22 4stars

handful -Kindle location 217 - ..., I was one of only a handful of Black people in these rooms.
By the Book (Meant to Be #2) by Jasmine Guillory 5/4/22 4.5stars

manic - Kindle location 4038 - As I called out, my voice sounded manic and strange, even to me.
My Millionaire Marine: A Fake Marriage Surprise Twins Romance (Forbidden Temptations) by Sofia T Summers 5/13/22 4stars

rev - Kindle location 684 - ...the sound of the camper's engine to rev up and tail off, leaving a papable stillness.
Shadow of the Gypsy by Shelly Frome 5/10/22 4stars

wireless - Kindle location


and a bonus bonus
samhain

Orphan Words
April bonus bonus Completed 0/1
Grandiose

February bonus Read 0/1
distort

Saving my spot :)

Main words
10/10

brother ... along with a slip of an envelope from my brother, Santiago Throttled loc 162

cliff ...Miles looked back toward the cliff. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast loc 2139

engine Aiden nods rather than talk over the sound of the engine starting My Lucky #13 loc 1075

handle I'm sure you could handle it, though The Friend Scheme Loc 1739

height As if you have been dropped from a height of several hundred feet,... The Nothing Man

laptop ... Marie grabbed her laptop and headed out to the patio The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast loc 1205

nausea ...until it becomes a tight knot that brings a rush of nausea to my throat The Mistake

rely We can’t rely on the city surveillance.” Breathless Loc 1621

ridge... and run my hands over every hard ridge The Mistake Loc 2672

yell"I didn't mean to yell, I've had a long day"The Friend Scheme Loc 2683


Bonus
3/5

edging

handful “So, we need to take on an army with only a handful of men.” Breathless Loc 1246

manicIt'd been tough there for a while, manic even, but the kids were growing up and... The Nothing Man

rev both engines rev as the accelerators hit their maximum. Throttled loc 75

wireless


Bonus bonus
samhain

Leftover Words

0/2

February
distort

March
Hellfire

Woohoo, my spot for May! :)

2022 May Word Hunt

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

MAY Read 10/10
1. BROTHER - Samhain by nightlight9 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/212...) - √ 5 May 2022
loc 242 - "Hey, little brother. I didn't expect to see you for another few hours."

2. CLIFF - Body at Buccaneer's Bay - √ 19 May 2022
p187 - Rowdy shrugged. "Okay, maybe. I'll give you that. But do they do it in such a complicated way? Wouldn't they hire someone to run his car off a cliff or shoot him in a home invasion gone wrong?"

3. ENGINE - Glen & Tyler's Paris Double-cross - √ 5 May 2022
p51 - "It still amazes me how fast you can rev my engine, without even touching me." Tyler expelled a breath. "I mean, damnnnn."

4. HANDLE - Naked Tails - √ 10 May 2022
loc 347 - With one hand on the handle, he followed his runaway suitcase around a bend, chorusing, "Excuse me, pardon me," to anyone in his way.

5. HEIGHT - We Have Till Monday - √ 3 May 2022
p38 - Boyish looks combined with the average height of a middle schooler made me wanna ask if he wanted a juice box.

6. LAPTOP - We Have Till Monday - √ 3 May 2022
p200 - It was nearing midnight when I decided to move my work upstairs and do some production research in bed on my laptop.

7. NAUSEA - A Fabulously Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch - √ 14 May 2022
p173 - First, she gave Nana Cole a quick shot of something to help with the nausea.

8. RELY - Body at Buccaneer's Bay - √ 19 May 2022
p12 - Even as he tried to remind himself that sharks, even Great White sharks, weren't typically aggressive to humans, did not rely on humans for food, and did not - probably - present a genuine threat, he could feel his pulse speeding up, his lungs gulping in more air.

9. RIDGE - Sunsets & Showdowns - √ 21 May 2022
p86 - The cave connected to a small ridge of rock dripping with moss and stained greenish black and brown.

10. YELL - Sunsets & Showdowns - √ 21 May 2022
p246 - "Jesse!" Cal's yell made West's blood run cold, the panic in his brother's voice terrifying.

BONUS Read 5/5
1. EDGING - Naked Tails - √ 10 May 2022
loc 179 - He didn't need to see the moon edging over the rim of the world - lunar power pulsed deep within him.

2. HANDFUL - Orientation - √ 8 May 2022
p201 - Shaw drew out another handful and blew it toward North.

3. MANIC - Orientation - √ 8 May 2022
p72 - And North had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep a manic laugh from breaking free.

4. REV - Glen & Tyler's Paris Double-cross - √ 5 May 2022
p51 - "It still amazes me how fast you can rev my engine, without even touching me." Tyler expelled a breath. "I mean, damnnnn."

5. WIRELESS - A Fabulously Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch - √ 14 May 2022
p192 - She was highly suspicious of radio waves or whatever kind of wave was used to make them wireless, and completely convinced that the government was attempting to control us through those radio waves.

BONUS BONUS Read 1/1
1. SAMHAIN - Samhain by nightlight9 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/212...) - √ 5 May 2022
loc 66 - He had spent most of that first Halloween scared out of his mind, even as she explained about Samhain and thinning veils and magick.

FINISHED!!!!

🐝🏕🌷🌿🍓🦋🌻🐝🌷🌿🏕🌷🐝🦋🍓 🐝🏕🌷🌿🍓🦋🌻🐝🌷🌿🏕🌷🐝🦋🍓
Word Hunt - May 2022

Main words
🐝 brother- Lick, Go for it, little brother- 20%
🐝 cliff- Call Me Irresistible, a bowl of clam chowder at the Cliff House- 90%
🐝 engine- Fall, The engine is clearly running hard- 60%
🐝 handle- Fall, I could handle this thing with Stella- 30%
🐝 height- Lick, it reached the heights of spectacular, stellar.- 50%
🐝 laptop- Lead, I looked up from the laptop- 80%
🐝 nausea- Call Me Irresistible. Meg fought down her nausea- 80%
🐝 rely- Fall, not have to rely on the train- 6%
🐝 ridge- Lick, A ridge appeared between his brows- 25%
🐝 yell- My Folks and World War II: A Treasury of World War II Stories Shared by Capper's and Grit Readers-Please yell out before you come in here. p.175

Bonus
🐝 edging- Call Me Irresistible, tiny blue lights edging the roof -95%
🐝 handful - Lead, I know he can be a handful- 50%
🐝 manic- Lead, my heart going manic inside my chest- 5%
🐝 rev- The Mind of a Teenager by Dare-to-Scare, Wattpad, The rev of the engine fills your ears as you drive down the road- p.3
🐝 wireless- My Folks and World War II: A Treasury of World War II Stories Shared by Capper's and Grit Readers- Entertainment was the "wireless."- p.171

bonus bonus
🐝 samhain- Spells: New and Selected Poems- Samhain, in the season leaves should love - p.39



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2022 May Word Hunt

Monthly Word Hunt
May 1 - 31, 2022

MAY Read: 0/10
1. BROTHER -
loc/p -

2. CLIFF -
loc/p -

3. ENGINE -
loc/p -

4. HANDLE -
loc/p -

5. HEIGHT -
loc/p -

6. LAPTOP -
loc/p -

7. NAUSEA -
loc/p -

8. RELY -
loc/p -

9. RIDGE -
loc/p -

10. YELL -
loc/p -

BONUS Read: 0/5
1. EDGING -
loc/p -

2. HANDFUL -
loc/p -

3. MANIC -
loc/p -

4. REV -
loc/p -

5. WIRELESS -
loc/p -

BONUS BONUS Read: 0/1
1. SAMHAIN -
loc/p -

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

Words Found - 10 of 10 ! 3 of 5 Bonus ! of 1 Bonus Bonus

9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

brother, Beau 05/13 - ,Ethan's yongest BROTHER declared as he stepped out from the hallway. (pg 12)
cliff, Spark 05/04 - I was on a CLIFF, twenty stories in the air. (loc 23.2%)
engine, Flame 05/08 - What I'm about to tell you isn't on Google or any other search ENGINE. (pg 250)
handle, Club Princess 05/10 - I trust you can HANDLE her. (pg 30)
height, Spark 05/04 -, his HEIGHT didn't detract from his omnipotent power that emanated from him... (loc 44.2%)
laptop, Flame 05/08 - Mason nodded as he pulled out the LAPTOP from earlier and... (pg 58)
nausea, Flame 05/08 - More tears came to my eyes as I fought the rolling NAUSEA. (pg 36)
rely, Beau 05/13 - They would havs to RELY on Travis, (pg 119)
ridge, Club Princess 05/10 - Knowing the cabin should just be over the RIDGE. (pg 141)
yell, Club Princess 05/10 - You can YELL at him later. (pg 124)



edging, Rock Chick Renegade 05/18 - She was EDGING away, (loc 95%)
handful, Vengeance Due 05/11 - ,but the focus is on a HANDFUL of people, (pg 19)
manic, Spark 05/04 - He was MANIC in his play. (loc 53.5%)
rev
wireless

samhain

Word Hunt
May 2022
Main: 5/10
Bonus: 3/5
Bonus Bonus: 0/1

Main words
brother
cliff
engine: pg. 25 Reckless Girls 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/5
handle: pg. 10 Finding Rebecca 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/6
height: pg. 185 Finding Rebecca 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/6
laptop
nausea: pg. 122 Reckless Girls 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/5
rely: pg. 285 Finding Rebecca 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/6
ridge
yell

Bonus
edging
handful Hex pg. 96 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/1
manic Hex pg. 245 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/1
rev
wireless Hex pg. 335 🌸🌸🌸🌸 5/1

Bonus bonus
samhain

Read: 10/10
Bonus: 3/5
Bonus-Bonus: 1/1

5/25 brother | Until Friday Night, p110 I love him like a brother.

5/1 cliff | Morrigan's Cross, p23 What fell from the cliff was not your Cian.

5/25 engine | Until Friday Night, p219 I cut the engine and lights and just sat there.

5/8 handle | Fatal Fraud, p10 "I can handle it."

5/23 height | Lady Be Good, p287 "When you say size, Dex, you're talking about your height, right?

5/1 laptop | Morrigan's Cross, p23 Moira sat cross-legged on Glenna’s bed and watched Glenna work on the magic little machine she called a laptop.

5/23 nausea | Lady Be Good, p139 As she watched those long, languid strokes, nausea propelled her to her feet.

5/18 rely | The Travelling Cat Chronicles, audio Humans are quite flighty, so I don't rely on them a hundred percent.

5/17 ridge | Autumn Lover (Maxwells, #1), p131 A man sitting on the ridge above Wind Gap could look out over all of those vague trails.

5/25 yell | Until Friday Night, p26 No, I wanted to yell!

Bonus
5/26 edging | The One You Fight For, p286 Taryn groaned, guilt edging back in.

5/23 handful | Lady Be Good, p3 ...one of the support columns, pulled a handful of Jelly Bellys from the bag, ...

5/2- manic | Deliver Me, p219 ...she'd run out of her bipolar meds and crashed into a volatile manic episode.

5/26 rev | The One You Fight For, p102 She groaned and bounced on her toes, try to rev herself up like she used to before a race.

wireless

Bonus-Bonus
5/1 samhain | Morrigan's Cross, p23 You must meet this force in battle on the feast of Samhain.

Monthly Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022


This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

0-3 words : better luck next time
3-5 words : warming up
6-8 words : getting hotter
9-10 words : CHAMPION hunter!

MAY
brother (Loc 3) He's your BROTHER. Echoes and Ink: Raven by Emily Rose 5.4
cliff PG 9 base of this sable CLIFF glowed.. Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry 5.6
engine (pg95) the mans a genius on anything ENGINE...Echoes and Ink: Raven by Emily Rose 5.4
handle (Pg42) I'' HANDLE it.Echoes and Ink: Raven by Emily Rose 5.4
height Loc 559 about the right size and HEIGHT For the...Abducted by Evangeline Anderson 5.8
laptop Loc 349 Using my LAPTOP to check…Abducted by Evangeline Anderson 5.8
nausea (Loc 607) help control the NAUSEA a bit.Rages Redemption by Erin Osborne 5.13
rely (pg324) She couldn't RELY on Camden..When He' Sinful by Suzanne Wright 5.5
ridge (pg94) letting her feel eery RIDGE. Box Office Reports His Alone by Alexa Riley 5.13
yell Pg230 That didn't stop him from YELL-talking..Abducted by Evangeline Anderson 5.8


Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

edging (pg50) I saw someone EDGING closer to her. Clearwater's Hope: Wrath MC by Tiffany Casper 5.11
handful (Loc2680) Camden snatched a HANDFUL of her hair..When He' Sinful by Suzanne Wright 5.5
manic Loc 1610 Turned Him almost MANIC…Reasons Why Not To Date Public Enemy CEO by Melanie Munton 5.19
rev (PG197) should not absolutely REV your engines...When He' Sinful by Suzanne Wright 5.5
wireless

Monthly Word Hunt
May 1st to May 31st, 2022
6/10 words, 1/5 bonus words, 0/1 bonus bonus words

Words

brother
The Viscount Who Loved Me
"Your brother is not the first man of questionable character to court my sister, Mr. Bridgerton. And I assure you, I do not take my sister’s happiness lightly.”
loc 588

cliff
engine

handle
The Mathematician
"I was disappointed, not because you handled your problems with alcohol, but by the way you let your problems bring you down to such a degree."
ch. 7, paragraph 34

height
The Mathematician
"The same masculine body I had clung to last night... his somehow perfectly broad, but-not-too-broad shoulders, a perfect fit for his hips and height."
ch. 8, paragraph 9

laptop

nausea
The Viscount Who Loved Me
"Kate fought a spasm of revulsion so strong it nearly brought on a wave of nausea."
loc 2630

rely
The Mathematician
"It's about finding new ways to solve it, instead of relying on other people's logic to understand it."
ch. 5, paragraph 27

ridge

yell
An Offer From a Gentleman
"'God damn it!' he suddenly yelled. 'Kiss me!'"
loc 2043

Bonus Words

edging
The Viscount Who Loved Me
"Anthony said, edging farther back until he was nearly entirely out of the carriage."
loc 4881

handful
manic
rev
wireless

Bonus Bonus Word
samhain

💕In Monthly Word Hunt💕
1 - 31 May 2022

Completed ! : 10/10 words, 5/5 bonus words, 1/1 bonus bonus words

(view spoiler)[
Main words
✔️brother: in Travis by Nicole Edwards. Page 88/431
Didn’t mean Travis liked the idea of his little brother hiding.

✔️cliff: in Nora Roberts Land by Ava Miles. Page 226/267
Jesus, he wanted to rip it open, shake her, and then ravish her on the floor until the images of her car going over a cliff were erased.

✔️engine: in Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright page 335/342
She was pretty sure he’d done something to either the battery or the engine—maybe even both—

✔️handle: in Hit & Run by Freya Barker. Page 30/246
“I’ll make sure. Let me handle Rosie Perkins.”

✔️height: in Dream Man by Linda Howard. Page 59/338
Jim Ewan was average in almost every way: average height, average weight, average features. His eyes, though, were the alert, cynical eyes of a cop, someone used to seeing everything and expecting anything.

✔️laptop in Painted On My Heart. Page 15/382
He waited impatiently as his laptop booted up. Within seconds, he was inside his internal corporate instant messenger, dialing his assistant.

✔️nausea: in Dream Man by Linda Howard’s. Page 67/338
The malevolence slapped at her, growing stronger. Marlie gagged on a sudden rise of nausea.

✔️rely: in Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright. Page 112/342
Yeah, Madisyn had figured everyone would rely on her to heal him. That terrified her.

✔️ridge: in Dream Man by Linda Howard. Page 74/338
An unmistakable ridge had formed, thick and hard, blatant in intent.

✔️yell: in Hit & Run by Freya Barker. Page 23/246
“Fuck. Dimas!” I finally yell, wrapping my arms around him from behind and wrestling him off the guy, who collapses, gasping for air.

Bonus
✔️edging: White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz. Page 337/387
Kimberley was edging toward the door. She was probably going to make a desperate bid to flee into the hall.

✔️handful: in Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright. Page 180/342
Sienna helped herself to a handful of food and then ran off,

✔️manic in Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews.
Page 181/383
His big eyes with brown irises burned with a manic intensity. His hands shook.

✔️rev: in Jude's Lullabye by Lucy Lennox.
Page 234/376
The sensuous curve of his spine topped with the brown tangle of his long hair was a familiar sight that never failed to rev me up.

✔️wireless in Wireless by L.A. Witt
I questioned how much truth there was in their reports of wireless activity.

Bonus bonus
✔️samhain: in Shifters of Samhain: A Bodyguard & Boss Romance Box Set by Lisa Daniels.
Page 6/832
Talia settled herself by the grave marker of Willow and closed her eyes, letting her magical senses stretch out to the Other Side. They had all sorts of names for it. Beyond the veil. Purgatory. The realm of the dead, Samhain ’s beard.
(hide spoiler)]



All my challenges

May Word Hunt

READ: 15/16

brother - The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd 5/8
(loved Daniel like a brother), p144

cliff - Murder in Galway - Carlene O'Connor 5/9
(it was too low to call it a real cliff), p239

engine - Obsidio - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/2
(as the engine roar grows closer to deafening), p18

handle - Obsidio - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/2
(I don't think i have any kind of handle on him), p148

height - One for Sorrow - Sarah A. Denzil 5/12
(his height almost blocking the doorway), p76

laptop - Crimson Lake - Candice Fox 5/6
(spent hours on the back porch with my laptop), p185

nausea - Obsidio - Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 5/2
(a sudden wave of nausea hit her), p23

rely - Sky in the Deep - Adrienne Young 5/13
(it was not so manly to relay on some sweet thing), p306

ridge - Sky in the Deep - Adrienne Young 5/13
(the view of it from upon the ridge), p39

yell - Nursery Crimes - Ayelet Waldman 5/7
(he matcher her yell), p43


Bonus
edging - Crimson Lake - Candice Fox 5/6
(edging on excessive), p113

handful - The Cartographers - Peng Shepherd 5/8
(buried under a handful of much older arrivals), p28

manic - Nursery Crimes - Ayelet Waldman 5/7
(exhibiting the same slightly manic good cheer), p3

rev - Redemption Point - Candice Fox 5/7
(try to rev up her ancient uncle), p246

wireless - Hidden - Karen E. Olson 5/22
(as easy as sitting in a coffee shop with wireless), p35

samhain -
(), p

🌹My masterlist of challenges 🌹
Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

Finished main on 5/31/22 and 2 leftovers on 6/17/22!

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

Main words | 10/10
1. brother | You & Me by Tal Bauer
🔹p. 135 - Maybe I hadn't wanted to think about more kids because, as long as I with Riley, there was never going to be even any hope of Emmet having a brother or a sister.

2. cliff | The Temp by Scarlett Sincaid - 5/6/22
🔹p. 113 - How in the span of a few seconds I flung myself so hard off the Sadie Sutton cliff that I don't think the fall will ever end.

3. engine | Sweet Retribution by Callie Rose - 5/3/22
🔹p. 35 - Theo slides into the back with me again, and Ryland starts the engine and pulls away from the curb.

4. handle | Kulti by Mariana Zapata - 5/7/22
🔹p. 33 - My poor, innocent heart hadn't been able to handle the only love I'd ever known marrying someone else--Reiner Kulti hadn't known he was supposed to fall in love with me one day.

5. height | Broken Trust by R.A. Smyth -
🔹Loc. 2517 - Pressing up onto her toes, closing the height difference between us--not that it does much good, I'm still nearly a foot taller than her--she glares right back at me.

6. laptop | Beach Read by Emily Henry - 5/7/22
🔹p. 94 - If he was nowhere to be seen all day, he'd appear suddenly on the deck at night, writing with only the light of his laptop and the swarm of moths batting around it.

7. nausea | Lukas by Carian Cole - 5/2/22
🔹p. 266 - Nausea overwhelms me as I try to force myself to envision that scenario--Lukas touching her, taking her into his bedroom, kissing her, and touching her.

8. rely | From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata - 5/9/22
🔹p. 119 - At least I could trust him enough to know I could always rely on him to make the best business decision.

9. ridge | The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 5/13/22
🔹p. 185 - This is the closest I've ever come to feeling like this, but I get distracted when I register the hard ridge pressing into my hip.

10. yell | Watch Me Fall by KC Kean -
🔹p. 437 - I yell, still not removing my gaze from hers, watching as her eyes widen with fury, and I grin like a sadistic bitch as I grip harder.

Bonus | 4/5
1. edging | Don't You Dare by C.E. Ricci - 5/16/22
🔹p. 273 - I rue the damn day I decided to mess around with edging him.

2 . handful | Hostile Takeover by Lucy Lennox
🔹Loc. 435 - I grabbed a handful of almonds and threw them in my mouth before glancing down at my phone.

3. manic | When You Come Back to Me by Emma Scott - 5/14/22
🔹p. 52 - Her lips were nearly on mine, but a manic wildness was infiltrating me, fueled by old pain that was waking with a vengeance and greased by guilt for what I'd done to River.

4. rev | Freestyle by Bea Paige - 5/18/22
🔹p. 233 - Behind me, I hear the engine of his motorbike rev and in seconds he's cruising beside me.

5. wireless - Faking with Benefits by Lily Gold | 6/6/22
🔹p. 448 - I point to Katie, who's hovering on the main floor, clutching a wireless microphone.

Bonus bonus | 1/1

1. samhain - The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - 6/17/22
🔹p. 172 - Luckily, magic tends to be at its strongest around Samhain.

Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

0/10 - Found and Read
0/5 - Bonus
0/1 - Bonus Bonus

Main words
🌻brother: Tending Tyler - Jodi Payne, 5/10/22 -- pg.8, I'm not sure my BROTHER knows how to read

🌼cliff: The Rarity of Falling - Leeann M. Shane, 5/7/22 -- pg.337, until we got to the edge of a CLIFF

🌻engine: Tending Tyler - Jodi Payne, 5/10/22 -- pg.76, and started the ENGINE turning the a/c up on high

🌹handle: Edge Of Darkness - Freya Barker, 5/13/22 -- pg.15, I HANDLE taunting better than I handle outrage

🌼height: The Rarity of Falling - Leeann M. Shane, 5/7/22 -- pg.209, The imposing HEIGHT and yet his desire

🌸laptop: Can't Get Enough - Molly McLain, 5/3/22 -- pg.42, coffee table where a LAPTOP sat open

🌸nausea: Can't Get Enough - Molly McLain, 5/3/22 -- pg.183, through the NAUSEA whirling in her stomach

💐rely: Got Me Thinking - Casey Cox, 5/16/22 -- pg.92, I can always RELY on Gabs to take care

🌼ridge: The Rarity of Falling - Leeann M. Shane, 5/7/22 -- pg.346, over the RIDGER in his six pack

🌻yell: Tending Tyler - Jodi Payne, 5/10/22 -- pg.12, YELL if you need help

Bonus
edging

🌹handful: Edge Of Darkness - Freya Barker, 5/13/22 -- pg.24, not be more than a HANDFUL up top

🌸manic: Can't Get Enough - Molly McLain, 5/3/22 -- pg.258, A slow slightly MANIC smile spread across her face

rev

wireless


Bonus bonus
samhain

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APRIL leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
pagan
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MAY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
locust
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JULY leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
Judicious
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AUGUST leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
Detox
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SEPTEMBER leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
crockery
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OCTOBER leftovers - 0/3

Bonus
archive
fragment
hex
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DECEMBER Leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
cobweb
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MARCH Leftovers - 0/1

Bonus
hellfire
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APRIL Leftovers - 0/2

Bonus
🌸hefty: Can't Get Enough - Molly McLain, 5/3/22 -- pg.7, was the HEFTY early termination

grandiose

May Word Hunt
May 2022

My Word Hunt (msg 19)

Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 6


May Words



☑️brother
🔹she was nothing like her brother. [loc: 61.4]
🔹Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon ➺ 05.03 ★★★

☑️cliff
🔹Twas not my intention to fall off a cliff! [loc: 47.9]
🔹The Rogue ➺ 05.24 ★★★★

☑️engine
🔹Addie heard the engine sputter [loc: 249.9]
🔹Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon ➺ 05.03 ★★★

☑️handle
🔹sure she could handle more. [loc: 151.7]
🔹Sweet Surrender ➺ 05.05 ★★★

☑️height
🔹and stood to his full height [loc: 315.2]
🔹Sweet Surrender ➺ 05.05 ★★★

☑️laptop
🔹Take me to my laptop [loc: 175.5]
🔹Against the Wall ➺ 05.25 ★★★★

☑️nausea
🔹willing the nausea to pass. [loc: 49.7]
🔹Sweet Surrender ➺ 05.05 ★★★

☑️rely
🔹She’d come to rely on his presence [loc: 428.8]
🔹Against the Wall ➺ 05.25 ★★★★

☑️ridge
🔹flat and subtly ridged. [loc: 285.7]
🔹Aftershock ➺ 05.06 ★★★★

☑️yell
🔹Mickey continued to yell taunts, [loc: 333.9]
🔹Aftershock ➺ 05.06 ★★★★

Bonus/Bonus Bonus




☑️edging
🔹The shadows shifted, edging closer. [loc: 195.3]
🔹Aftershock ➺ 05.06 ★★★★

☑️handful
🔹showcased only a handful of glamorous dresses, [loc: 45.8]
🔹Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon ➺ 05.03 ★★★

☑️manic
🔹an energy level I’d call manic. [loc: 225.5]
🔹The 5th Horseman ➺ 05.31 ★★★★

☑️rev
🔹felt his pulse rev. [loc: 110.7]
🔹Against the Wall ➺ 05.25 ★★★★

☑️wireless
🔹voice crackling over the wireless transmission. [loc: 46.7]
🔹The 5th Horseman ➺ 05.31 ★★★★


☑️samhain
🔹ye can’t find such a lass by the Samhain solstice. [loc: 3.0]
🔹The Rogue ➺ 05.24 ★★★★

Word Hunt - May 2022

Read: 10/10
Bonus: 5/5
✅️Challenge Completed✅️

Main words
🌺brother-Declan + Coraline
pg. 4 - "Move faster next time, brother." Liam draped his arm around my shoulder. "Too bad though. She was really hot."
🌺cliff- The Missing Wolf
pg. 184 - Until now, I was sure Alex would rather push me off a cliff than stop me from falling.
🌺engine- The Missing Wolf
pg. 45 - The sound of the engine running reaches my ears a moment later.
🌺handle-The Missing Wolf
pg. 5 - I squeeze the handle of my suitcase tighter, hoping that the train will come soon.
🌺height-Heir
pg.14 - Wanting Rylan is the height of foolishness.
I close my eyes, and even without trying, I can feel him down the length of the bond.
🌺laptop- Declan + Coraline
pg. 34 - Reaching for my laptop on the other side of the bed, I Googled him too, and frowned at the very thing I saw.
🌺nausea-Heir
pg.135 - Nausea rolls over me in a wave, and I have to open my eyes. What the hell?
🌺rely- Wired In
pg. 47 - “Yes, I’d like their information, if possible,” Ken said. “Kidnappings rely on a lot of knowledge of the family’s movement patterns, so it’s important to find out who or how that information might have gotten to the kidnappers.”
🌺ridge-The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate
pg.59 - I skirt the commons and follow the ridge, approaching my cabin from behind. Only elders are up this early, and I really don’t want to see them after yesterday’s naked mortification.
🌺yell-Declan + Coraline
pg. 35 - “Coraline, go yell somewhere else this morning,” my aunt mumbled, as she handed a cup of coffee to my uncle before she sat down.

Bonus
🌺edging-Heir
pg.11- I brace my hands on his shoulders as I do, looking down into his pale eyes that are already edging crimson the way they do when he’s feeling strong emotions… Or drawing on his power.
🌺handful- The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate
pg.178 - My mushrooms are brown goo. There are a handful intact, but they glitter with glass shards.
🌺manic-The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate
pg.60 - So now I’m picturing him in oversized shoes and a red nose. All of the stress of the past forty-eight hours is balling up into one self-destructive, manic urge to bust out laughing.
🌺rev-The Stalking Dead
pg. 8 - The lecturers at the community college usually took at least five minutes just to rev up to anything resembling teaching.
🌺wireless-Wired In
pg. 155 - She followed Bateman to the print and trace lab and he took three tiny cameras, each the size of a tack, out of an evidence bag. “Nice stuff, here. Got a remote transmitter, totally wireless, tiny renewable battery."

☕️📚May Word Hunt 2022📚☕️

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

Completed 7/16
Main
☑️Brother - Managing Mary - May 12th
loc.449 (She’d be sure to bequeath her money to his younger brother instead.).
🔲Cliff
🔲Engine
☑️Handle - Managing Mary - May 12th
loc.449 (My fingers curled in a chilled clutch around the handle of the lantern.).
☑️Height - The Viscount Who Loved Me - May 30th
pg.32 (Mary said sharply, stiffening her spine until she'd straightened to her full height...).
🔲Laptop
☑️Nausea - The Duke and I - May 25th
pg.414 (... she would be gripped by nausea for at least two more months).
🔲Rely
☑️Ridge - Flame in the Mist - May 20th
pg.295 (The front ridge of Ōkami's saddle dug into her stomach and chest.).
☑️Yell - Sincerely, Carter - May 11th
pg.128 (“Yep,” one of the guys in the back said as she turned around to yell something over her shoulder.)

Bonus(you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Edging - Managing Mary - May 12th
loc.234 (I tossed it overboard into the tree line edging the road.).
🔲Handful
🔲Manic
🔲Rev
🔲Wireless

Bonus-Bonus
🔲Samhain


April Rollovers: 7/7
Main
☑️Afternoon - Chasing Lightning - May 3rd
pg.35 (Because the weekday afternoon sky threatened rain, everyone kept mostly inside...)
☑️Budget - The Duke and I - May 25th
pg.290 ("The duke always gave me a certain budget for the upkeep of the house.")
☑️Cancel - Sincerely, Carter - May 11th
pg.128 (“Soooo, don’t kill me for this, but I have to cancel on you tonight!”)
☑️Go - Chasing Lightning - May 3rd
pg.7 (I also don't go for the organic-cloth outfits that the other shepherds prefer.)
☑️Native - Chasing Lightning - May 3rd
pg.98 (A Native American woman, she had the wrinkles of a centenarian with the physical movement of someone my age.)
☑️Sing - Flame in the Mist - May 20th
pg.295 (...Haruki the metalsmith had begun to sing.).

Bonus-Bonus
☑️Grandiose - The Duke and I - May 25th
pg.111 (The last poem he had recognized as a rather grandiose rendition of a Shakespearean sonnet...).


March Rollovers: 1/1
Main
☑️Designer - Sincerely, Carter - May 11th
pg.156 (She stuck to her key and pen, and I decided to let the designer have free reign on my right arm.)


February Rollovers: 1/1
Bonus (you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words)
☑️Distort - Flame in the Mist - May 20th
pg.90 (The air around him began to hum. Distort.).

To prove that you have found the word, please quote the page, percentage or LOC (Kindle) and include the sentence in which it appears.

16/16

brother Tricks for Free- loc 127- And Alex, her older brother, was a boy: people generally shrugged off anything less severe than a broken bone as long as he looked stoic about it. 5/8-5/10
cliff Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea- page 84- He walked to the edge of the cliff, glancing over to see the trio climbing among the rocks and tidal pools below. 5/23-5/24
engine Tricks for Free- loc 1062- Sophie didn't say anything, just slid her key into the ignition and started the engine. 5/8-5/10
handle Tricks for Free- loc 830- I could handle a few bruises for the sake of tonight. 5/8-5/10
height Magical Midlife Madness- page 127- On the other side was an alcove with a picture frame at eye height and a little metal orb embedded within it. 5/12
laptop Hell on Earth- page 63- Sol gestured toward the laptop Shaq had propped on the arm of the couch. 5/1-5/2
nausea Truly Devious- loc 2713- A wave of nausea passed over her, and she moved to the trash can in preparation, but it passed. 5/21-5/30
rely Her Night with the Duke- page 103- "If I cannot depend upon you to help me with the most important choice I will make in my lifetime, who can I rely on?" 5/6-5/7
ridge Parties: Girls Weekend Book 2; a Monster Bait Romance- page 59- It was a ridge, she decided, head lolling. 5/13-5/14
yell Hell on Earth- page 231- Walt's yell was the only thing that brought Sol out of his anger-induced stupor. 5/1-5/2


Bonus

edging Her Night with the Duke- page 5- She paid no mind to the leering ruffians edging ever closer. 5/6-5/7
handful Hell on Earth- page 141- He reached for Drew and managed to get a handful of Drew's t-shirt before Drew bonked him over the head with the tray. 5/1-5/2
manic Her Night with the Duke- page 64- It felt like a manic rabbit was bounding around inside her chest. 5/6-5/7
rev The Forever Night Stand- page 106- I blow out a breath and rev the engine. 5/25-5/27
wireless Parties: Girls Weekend Book 2; a Monster Bait Romance- page 262- She watched in silence when he crossed to one of his antique bureaus, the one which housed a glass-shaded lamp and the wireless charger for his phone, retrieving an intricate jewelry box from the back of a drawer. 5/13-5/14


Bonus Bonus

samhain The Ex Hex- loc 2468- "Luckily, magic tends to be at its strongest around Samhain." 5/30-5/31

Im giving it a go this month.
Task completed : 10/10 bonus words 3/5

🔳 1. brother.The Detective's 8 lb, 10 oz Surprise loc: pg 205
Her handsome boyfriend who supposedly knew everything or her older brother who really did know some things about life?

🔳 2. cliff.The Hunting Party loc pg 285
I feel I am clinging to a cliff edge and slowly, slowly, my fingers are loosening their grip. That beneath me is …nothing, the loss of everything …everything important.

🔳 3. engine The Placebo Effect loc pg 165
He was out of the truck himself, and standing at her closed door before she could get her engine into gear,

🔳 4. handle. The Book of Cold Cases loc - 151
Just keep control, Beth. You can handle this. Just keep control.

🔳 5. height. The Detective's 8 lb, 10 oz Surprise loc pg :426
He straightened to his full height and turned to face her.

🔳 6. laptop The Book of Cold Cases Loc : pg 248
I spent most of that evening sorting through online records while lying in bed with my laptop, Winston by my side.

🔳 7. nausea The Hunting Party loc pg 200
I feel a lurch of nausea in the pit of my stomach. What I am about to tell them is going to change their lives for ever.

🔳 8. rely The Hunting Party loc : pg 45
Before the railway, the smugglers around here had to rely on wagons, which were very slow, and very likely to be stopped on the long journey down south by the authorities.

🔳 9. Ridge The Accidental Wedding loc pg 15
The hirseman appeared on the ridge , a dark silhouette against a seething bank of leaden silver clouds.

🔳 10. yell Playing with Fire loc - pg 295
The kind of girl who yells in a crowded blue bar..



Bonus

For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

👌 edging The Virgin Who Humbled Lord Haslemere loc : pg 32
but Lord Haselmere was edging her to the brink with his careless winks and sly firtation >/i>

👌 handful The Shadow of the Wind
Loc pg 65
Another madman. At night Barcelona gathered them in by the handful. And idiots like me, too.

👌manic Playing with Fire
Loc pg 50
She managed to suppress a manic giggle.

rev

wireless


and a bonus bonus
samhain

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2022 May Word Hunt
Duration: 1 - 31 May 2022

Progress: 10 out of 10

This challenge is to see if you can find all the words listed below within your reading for the month. You do not need to preselect a level.

The maximum number of words for each book is THREE. There is no page limit.

MAY
Brother: "He's Luisa Capello's brother.” Page 258
A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle - *** - 5/8/2022 - 311 Pages
Cliff: "...the cliff, but now they're walking toward the steps that lead down to the beach." Page 290
A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle - *** - 5/8/2022 - 311 Pages
Engine: "A few seconds later, he was in the driver's seat, starting the engine." Page 158
A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle - *** - 5/8/2022 - 311 Pages
Handle: "I blocked him on Facebook and unfollowed his Twitter , because the one thing I'm good at is never deluding myself that I can handle the out - of - context social media posts of someone I used to have sex with." Page 24
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages
Height: "Zeffirellihad worked with the Burtons at the height of their film success, and at the height of their love for each other—their true honeymoon—and six years later, the dissolution of their relationship was painful to witness." Page 48
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages
Laptop: "And I live near Loyola University , so the answer was probably definitely “ a term paper for Indigenous and Settler Colonialism , ” but still I'd sit there with my laptop open to a blank page waiting to be filled with at least forty ..." Page 102
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages

nausea

Rely: "He had an important supporting rolein Elizabeth's life as well - one of the gay actors, like Montgomery Clift and Rock Hudson, whom she would rely upon and count among her dearest friends."
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages

ridge

Yell: "The crowd of six thousand extras - Romans playing Romans - were meant to yell in jubliation."
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages

Bonus
For our over-achievers who just need some extra words because the above weren't enough...

Unlike with the 10 words above - you must find the EXACT word to claim these bonus words, and I try to make them hard.

edging

Handful: "A platform number shines blurry from a handful of orange dots."
Assembly by Natasha Brown - **** - 5/8/2022 - 112 Pages

manic
rev

Wireless: "I knew that when we had Serious Grown-up Talks about our goals, and mine didn't include much more than “king-size bed and lightning-fast wireless Internet,” that ..." Page 19
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages

and a bonus bonus

samhain



Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 233 Pages
The Truth About Stacey by Raina Telgemeier - ***** - 5/16/2022 - 144 Pages
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag - ***** - 5/17/2022 - 247 Pages
Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo - **** - 5/18/2022 - 48 Pages
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider - ***** - 5/18/2022 - 128 Pages
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix#03: Mary Anne Saves The Day by Raina Telgemeier - ***** - 5/19/2022 - 160 Pages
Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott - ***** - 5/19/2022 - 240 Pages
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - ***** - 5/20/2022 - 965 Pages
Midlife Curses by Christine Zane Thomas - **** - 5/21/2022 - 234 Pages
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel - ***** - 5/31/2022 - 203 Pages

Word Hunt
1 - 31 May 2022

7/10 - Found and Read

Main words
1. brother - "I took a chance and put myself out there for anyone and their brother to hear..." (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Andi Arndt and Tara Sivec) (Finished on: May 12, 2022)
2. cliff - "--by closing your eyes and jumping right over the cliff," (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Andi Arndt and Tara Sivec) (Finished on: May 12, 2022)
3. engine - "Instead, he listened to the tick of the cooling engine," (Shooting for the Stars by Sarina Bowen)(Finished on: May 13, 2022)
4. handle - ", but I don't know if I can handle this much exhilaration." (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Andi Arndt and Tara Sivec) (Finished on: May 12, 2022)
5. height
6. laptop - "Bear muted the volume on his laptop." (Shooting for the Stars by Sarina Bowen)(Finished on: May 13, 2022)
7. nausea
8. rely
9. ridge
10. yell


Bonus
edging
handful
manic
rev
wireless

Hi everyone - I missed posting in time for the newsletter!

Here is the link to the June Word Hunt 🙂

Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi everyone - I missed posting in time for the newsletter!

Here is the link to the June Word Hunt 🙂"

No problem, Jane! Thank you! :)

Thank you Jane !

Finished, see message 7! :)

Thanks for another fun challenge, Jane!

See you all in June!

1 - 31 May 2022


10/10

Brother- Shadow of Night Pg 85- “Like Matthew's mother and brother, he would have no choice.”


Cliff-Yes, Please Pg 36- “My stomach jumped into my throat, then plummeted as though I had just stepped off of a cliff.”


Engine-Shadow of Night Pg 468- “Modern search engines and library catalogs would be enormously helpful since I knew what I was seeking.”


Handle-Shadow of Night Pg 83- “And I’ll handle the congregation.”

Height-The Love Hypothesis Pg 368- “He’s non-threateningly handsome, medium height, smiling at me like we’re old friends even though he doesn’t look familiar.”

Laptop- Yes, Please Pg 32- “‘I don’t know,’ I whined, closing the laptop.”

Nausea-Rough Pg 164- “Any dizziness, nausea, anything else I should know about?”

Rely- The Best Kind of Magic Pg 69- “I don’t like to rely on the uncertainty of magic.”

Ridge- Maybe Someday Pg 7- “Ridge throws the blankets and the pillow onto the couch.”

Yell- Maybe Someday Pg 7- “I want to yell at him for being so deceitful.”



Bonus

4/5

Edging- Rocker Pg 16- “‘Let me get this straight,’ I said, edging closer to the captain.”


Handful-The Love Hypothesis Pg 18- “it had been only a handful of days since the kissing incident,”


Manic-Yes, Please Pg 151- “His thrusts became manic.”

Rev-

Wireless-The Love Hypothesis Pg 191- "'Jeremy can go into industry and make a ton of money that I'll invest in wireless vacuum cleaners.'"



and a bonus bonus
0/1

Samhain-

Rissa wrote: "Finished, see message 7! :)

Thanks for another fun challenge, Jane!

See you all in June!"

Congrats Rissa!!

Courtney wrote: "1 - 31 May 2022


10/10

Brother- Shadow of Night Pg 85- “Like Matthew's mother and brother, he would have no choice.”


Cliff-Yes, Please Pg 36- “My stomach jumped ..."

Congrats Courtney!!

A good month! I found and read for them all 😁
Updated post: My Word Hunt (msg 19)

Words Found ➺ 10
Bonus Words ➺ 6
Books Read ➺ 6

Please see updated post at msg 20

Done on post #5
Orphan words being carried to June

Congrat LaurLa, Sherece and JoAnne!!!

It's been a few months, but I'm back!

May
brother - Enemies of the State | May 13
Page 96: I love you like you're my brother

cliff - Ruthless Pride | May 3
Page 1 (ch 1) - every stone inch of the modern midcentury building built into a cliff

engine - Enemies of the State | May 13
Page 199: It can start diesel engine

handle - Enemies of the State | May 13
Page 341: his hand on the door handle of the Oval Office

height - Falling Free | May 10
LOC 342: Add in the differences in height

laptop - On a Tuesday | May 5
LOC 491 - he pushed the screen of my laptop forward

nausea - Portrait in Death | May18
Page 352: glossy from shock and nausea

rely - Featherbed | May 9
Page 140: Someone you can rely on

ridge - Falling Free | May 10
LOC 742: I can see the ridge up there

yell - Rogan’s POV #1 | May 12
Ilona Andrews website - Help me, she yelled

Bonus
edging - Featherbed | May 9
Page 171: trying to up the difficulty level for his edging game.

handful - Ruthless Pride | May 3
Page 4 (ch 1) - slightly less-than-a-handful

manic - Cat's Meow | May 25
Page 18: Not that my manic partying isn't work

rev

wireless - Featherbed | May 9
Page 89: broadcast her instructions over a wireless headset

ROLLOVERS
APRIL 2022
cancel - On a Tuesday | May 5
LOC 538 - Did Peter cancel on you

native - Rogan’s POV #3 | May 12
Ilona Andrews website - crowned by the wind, in their native yoruba tongue

sing - Rogan's POV #2 | May 12
Ilona Andrews website - Time to sing, little bird

switch - On a Tuesday | May 5
LOC 2227 - I switched lanes

wash - Falling Free | May 10
LOC 1812 - wash over them in a flood

March Bonus 2022
Consort - Good Boy | May 16
Page 174 - the man who lets his evil, lying ex consort with his poor unsuspecting family

Dec Bonus 2020
quixotic - Cat's Meow | May 25
Page 15: introducting the quixotic cat

July Bonus 2021
judicious - Ruthless Pride | May 3
Page 25 (ch 2) - she'd run the chronicle with a steel hand, judicious eye and political acumen of a seasoned senator for years.

Dec 2021
sleigh - Of Blood and Bone | May 23
Page 1491: her mother called it a sleigh bed.

I’m in

Uh oh. I'm sorry JoAnne...
This one is from two years ago. sorry to confuse you.

JoAnne wrote: "I’m in"

I'm sure Fran will be creating the May 2024 soon though :)

Jane (PS) wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "I’m in"

I'm sure Fran will be creating the May 2024 soon though :)"

That's what I thought this was!

The May 2024 thread will be posted around April 21st 😁