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Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

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This month’s challenge is inspired by Lunar New Year, celebrated across Asia, and in Asian communities around the world.

Your challenge is to find the following words/phrases in the TEXT of the books you are reading this month. All are items that historians believe were likely part of that first thanksgiving feast.

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!

Word list
calendar
celebration
dragon
dumpling
envelope
family
festival
incense
lanterns
luck
moon
worship

BONUS WORDS :
ancestors
culture
fireworks


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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 "gold" - I will NOT allow "golden."

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 "read a sample" 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:
Finger - The Summer Wives ✔ - 15March23 - pg 47 - "...instant before her fingers opened, I saw..."


If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.

Have Fun!

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Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

Basic: 12/12
Bonus: 3/3

BASIC WORDS:
calendar Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy page 172 "You don't keep your calendar on your cell phone?" FINISHED 2/7

celebration Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton page 40 "...which was when all the village celebrations were to take place." FINISHED 2/8

dragon Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman page 157 "...she saw me yesterday, the old dragon." FINISHED 2/12

dumpling Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom page 204 "...hot container of broth and dumplings." FINISHED 2/10

envelope Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton page 95 "...prim, black letters on the outside of the envelope..." FINISHED 2/8

family Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton page 71 "...there was some sort of family rift there." FINISHED 2/8

festival Riptide by Douglas Preston page 150 "...listening to the faint clamor of the festival..." FINISHED 2/3

incense Cursed Marie O'Regan page 226 "...incense rising in clouds..." FINISHED 2/19

lanterns Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman page 240 "He accepted the lantern with ample thanks..." FINISHED 2/12

luck Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton page 151 "...it has ever been my ill luck to come across." FINISHED 2/8

moon Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton page 63 "...almost blue roses, called Blue Moon." FINISHED 2/8

worship Riptide by Douglas Preston page 266 "...that they should not worship idols of gold, and silver. " FINISHED 2/3

BONUS WORDS :
ancestors Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini page 16 "...for their ancestors had come to America..." FINISHED 2/4

culture Jell-O Girls: A Family History by Allie Rowbottom page 96 "......they don't live in a culture that teaches them to." FINISHED 2/10

fireworks Riptide by Douglas Preston page 164 "How long until the fireworks start?" FINISHED 2/3

Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

Word list
calendar - One Italian Summer - 2/6/24 - p23 - "...Sharpie on a printed calendar."
celebration - Murder Most Fowl - 2/10/24 - p298 - "...fetch pizza for the celebration."
dragon - Murder Most Fowl - 2/10/24 - p170 - "...running a Dungeons & Dragons..."
dumpling - The Year of the Dog - 2/10/24 - p7 - "...two dollars for each dumpling!"

envelope - One Italian Summer - 2/6/24 - p10 - "...back to the envelopes..."
family - One Italian Summer - 2/6/24 - p5 - "...about his family back home..."
festival - Murder Most Fowl - 2/10/24 - p88 - "...who was holding a festival..."
incense - The Flatshare - 2/13/24 - p38 - "...spicy incense and flower..."
lanterns
luck - Murder Most Fowl - 2/10/24 - p66 - "...might have better luck..."
moon - One Italian Summer - 2/6/24 - p7 - "...she hung the moon and painted..."
worship

BONUS WORDS :
ancestors - The Year of the Dog - 2/10/24 - p56 - "...paintings of wealthy ancestors..."
culture - The Year of the Dog - 2/10/24 - p179 - "...cities and cars and culture..."
fireworks

Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24


12 / 12 words found
3 / 3 BONUS words found
5 books read


calendar - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 20 - "…her calendar and texted…"

celebration - Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball ✔ – 10Feb24 - pg 248 - "…not even a celebration of…"

dragon - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 38 - "…well, a much bigger dragon."

dumpling - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 138 - "…a dumpling into the fish…"

envelope - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 213 - "…in red envelopes with…"

family - Rebel ✔ – 06Feb24 - pg 81 - "Has your family always lived…"

festival - The Underground Railroad ✔ – 13Feb24 - pg 77 - "…breaking up a slave festival for…"

incense - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 65 - "…incense wafted in and out…"

lanterns - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 139 - "…lanterns hanging low from…"

luck - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 1 - "…wished her luck, though…"

moon - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 158 - "…moon coming in through…"

worship - Unfortunately Yours ✔ – 16Feb24 - pg 186 - "They'd worship the ground …"

BONUS WORDS
ancestors - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 4 - "…invite their ancestors into…"

culture - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 148 - "…Korean drinking culture, thanks…"

fireworks - The Fortunes of Jaded Women ✔ – 05Feb24 - pg 140 - "…when fireworks go off."

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Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT

12 / 12 words found
3 / 3 BONUS words found
6 books read:

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim, 4****s, 2-23-24
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, 3***s, 2-24
Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, 4****s, 2-23-24
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch, 4****s, 2-7-24
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell, 4****s, 2-7-24

✔calendar - Happiness Falls - P. 166 “Looking at the 1 and 3 candles next to the kitchen calendar….”
✔celebration - Misty of Chincoteague - P. 37 “we all get to hankerin’ for a celebration”
✔dragon - Lamb in His Bosom - P. 68 “…and black, horny-tailed dragons are apt to carry down the ships…”
✔dumpling - Lamb in His Bosom - P. 179 “…and what with the chicken-and-dumplings and greens and Fairby’s sugar-cake….”
✔envelope - The Sea, The Sea - P. 290 “….I pushed it into an envelope and ran out of the house.”
✔family - - The Collected Regrets of Clover - P. 27 “I guess I’m here because of my family…”
✔festival - The Sea, The Sea - P. 417 “It was impossible to return to the ordinary feasts and festivals of human life…
✔incense - The Collected Regrets of Clover - P. 46 “…I struck a match and held it against a stick of incense…”
✔lanterns - The Moorland Cottage - P. 135 “The boatmen took them in and examined her by the lantern….”
✔luck - The Moorland Cottage - P. 55 “and I only hope I should bring you good luck.”
✔moon - The Moorland Cottage - P. 29 “…and the moon fell through the casement on the white closed eyelids, who still sighed in her sleep.”
✔worship- Lamb in His Bosom - P. 300 “…but he must not worship another body.”

BONUS WORDS
✔ancestors - The Moorland Cottage - P. 20 “Mr. Buxton’s ancestors had been yeomen…”
✔culture - Lamb in His Bosom - P. 350 “…occasionally intersecting with strands of the larger culture…”
✔fireworks - The Collected Regrets of Clover - P. 152 “…it also wasn’t igniting the internal fireworks I always imagined…”

Feb 2024Mini Challenge – LUNAR NEW YEAR SCAVENGER HUNT
Begins: 01Feb24 / Ends: 29Feb24

calendar-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 8674 ...Scheck's calendar would be too full...

celebration-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 7222 ...to announce our celebration...

dragon-Love, Lies, And Murder by Gary C. King finished 2/29 p. 40 ...the so-called Dragon Park...

dumpling-Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old by Steven Petrow finished 2/4 p. 187 ...egg drop soup, shrimp dumplings...

envelope-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 863 ...working in an envelope factory...

family-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 197 He became family.

festival-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 237 The Mad Max-style festival...

incense-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 266 I smell the incense...

lanterns-Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew finished 3/22 p. 129 ...a tall gas lantern I had to light with a match.

luck-If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos finished 2/3 p. 220 I'm sturdy but pushing my luck.

moon-Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old by Steven Petrow finished 2/4 p. 81 ...unable to find the full moon...

worship-Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story Vol. 1 by Connie Francis finished 2/15 loc. 3651 ...how much I worship my mother.

BONUS WORDS
ancestors-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. 93...the harsh realities of their ancestors...

culture-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. ...a warped meshing of cultures...

fireworks-Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy finished 2/12 p. 127 ...a shower of fireworks would emanate from her head...

I'm in.

Word list

calendar--Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. Smith--finished 2/17/2024--pg. 79--Between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. each weekday, my job included listing school-lunch menus, calendar items, and local birth listings.

celebration--Dog on It by Spencer Quinn--pg. 244--Kosher: I knew that word: it had something to do with chicken, specifically, the best chicken I'd ever tasted, at the celebration dinner after the final stakeout in the Teitelbaum divorce.

dragon--Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury--finished 2/10/2024 --pg 109--They leapt into the air and clutched the brass pole as if it were the last vantage point above a tidal wave passing below, and then the brass pole, to their dismay slid them down into darkness, into the blast and cough and suction of the gaseous dragon roaring to life!

dumpling--The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin Chong--finished 2/27/2024--pg. 145--His stepmother was making dumplings for dinner--buttery flour-fat bombs, not the kind he grew up eating.

envelope--The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie--pg. 253--He looked at the name on the envelope. Sir Eustace was watching him keenly.

family--Surrender by Adara Wolf and R. Phoenix--finished 2/11/2024--pg. 93--Even I have a family--the Cresci family, maybe, but people I can count on to have my back.

festival--A Ghost on Cozy Mountain by Pamela Grandstaff--finished 4/2/2024--pg. 222--"He used to take it to festivals all over the east coast, but then he got his girlfriend pregnant and had to go to work at his dad's bank. It was a steal."

incense--The Double Life of Benson Yu--pg. 24--Inside they ascend the creaky steps until Benny recognizes the altar with incense and a statue of Kwan Kung in the landing outside the door, which Shirley opens with a key she wears around her neck, just like Benny.

lanterns--Moonshadow--Thea Harrison--finished 2/22/2024--pg. 244--"Get food, water, lanterns, and tools."

luck--The Double Life of Benson Yu--pg. 46--"You're in luck today. Do you have a paper and pencil?"

moon--Dog on It--pg. 226--Bernie had all these strange ideas about the moon--like it had no light of its own and had once been part of the earth--but all I knew was that it did things to me; hard to explain, but I felt my sharpest in moonlight.

worship--The Man in the Brown Suit--pg. 177--"And giraffes. They were nomadic, you see. It wasn't till they settled down in communities, and women did one kind of thing and men another, that women got weak. And of course, underneath, one is still the same--one feels the same, I mean--and that is why women worship physical strength in men; it's what they one had and hae lost." "Almost ancester worship, in fact?"

BONUS WORDS :
ancestors--The Man in the Brown Suit--pg. 7--Frankly, I hate Palaeolithic Man, be he Aurignacian, Mousterian, chellian, or anything else, and though I typed and revised most of Papa's Neanderthal Man and his Ancestors, Neanderthal men themselves fill me with loathing, and I always reflect what a fortunate circumstance it was that they became extinct in remote ages.

culture--The Man in the Brown Suit--pg. 10--Our principal reason for settling in Little Hampsley had been the neighbourhood of Hampsley Cavern, a buried cave rich in deposits of the Aurignacian culture. We had a timy museum in the village, and the curator and Papa spent most of their days messing about underground and bringing to light portions of woolly rhinoceros and cave bear.

fireworks--Fahrenheit 451--pg. 59--Behind her the walls of the room were flooded with green and yellow and orange fireworks sizzling and bursting to some music composed almost completely of trap drums, tom-toms, and cymbals.

Updated message #3: Challenge for basic and bonus word search complete

Finished! Woohoo! :)

Finished message #7!

Excellent challenge work, everyone!

I finally found Festival. I am done with February's list. March's, I think I'll be working on for the rest of the year.