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Deb (chiana) | 792 comments Mod
The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIV
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

Welcome to Challenge #55!

Challenge rules*:
• While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items - they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book. Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!

• You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 50 books for this challenge...do not worry!)

• Books that are used must be read during the period of this challenge.

• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, & rate it. Also specify where the item is found within the book and include a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.

*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.

The List
Atrium
Barge
Binoculars
Bleach
Boardwalk
Breaker
Bypass
Cascade
Celebration
Cobbler
Complex
Coupon
Cousin
Dock
Doodle
Emanate
Episode
Ferris wheel
Flatter
Fodder
Foreign
Frog
Goofy
Lighthouse
Lotion
Makeup bag
Naive
Neon
Onion
Overlap
Port
Pouch
Smudge
Stitches
Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)
Tenuous
Trellis
Tuft
Twirl

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox

Good Luck & Happy Hunting!

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message 2: by Mrs W (last edited Aug 31, 2025 11:13AM) (new)

Mrs W Woodruff | 859 comments The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LV
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

Welcome to Challenge #55!

Words 39/40
Bonus 4/10

The List

✅Atrium - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p 19
...a twenty-two-foot-high pipe organ in the ATRIUM, and a sound track of classic rock tunes.
✅Barge - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p72
Then a BARGE with a crane appeared, and two men maneuvered supplies into a hatchway on the starboard side of the Zaandam.
✅Binoculars - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p182
Cooper paused, scanned the waters with his BINOCULARS, and spotted the guide lights high atop poles, one red, closer, and one green...
✅Bleach -Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p41
The cruise ship guests marveled at lagoons with piles of BLEACHed driftwood tossed on the shore.
✅Boardwalk - Hard Landing p99 ebook Hoopla
...situated three blocks from the beach front, south of the congested BOARDWALK, he could smell and hear the ocean, even if he couldn't see it.
✅Breaker - Dreamland p123
"So, you're saying you're a rule BREAKER?"
✅Bypass - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p176
They would board sealed buses, which would BYPASS airport terminals and deliver the passengers straight to the tarmac at the Ft Lauderdale Airport.
✅Cascade - Dreamland P321
She was dressed in jeans, boots, and a white sleeveless blouse, her long dark hair CASADING over her shoulders.
✅Celebration - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p48
He and Sharon skipped the Orange Party. Boisterous, CELEBRATIONS weren't their thing, especially for Sharon, who was a little shy.
✅Cobbler - Icing on the Murder p779
"Well, Maddy don't like COBBLER, so I'm not getting that. Although, the COBBLER is delicious."
✅Complex - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p14
Erin was in charge of coordinating numerous health and safety protocols and assuring a web of COMPLEX systems worked to perfection...
✅Coupon - Reminders of Him p52
She proceeds to tell me all about how baby dragons are sold at Walmart, but you have to have a special COUPON, and only kids can eat them.
✅Cousin - The Friendship Club p105
I come from a large family, lots of aunts and uncles and COUSINS, all in this northern Nevada part of the world.
✅Dock - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p1
...Wiwit was free. He walked along the DOCK, the 781-foot-long ship towering above, the navy blue hull topped by a glimmering white superstructure.

Doodle

✅Emanate - Getting Hot with the Scot p83
...Logan leaned over and pushed the button to retract the car's hood. Theo winced at the series of whines and hisses EMANATING overhead as fabric and metal folded in on itself.
✅Episode - The Wife Stalker p41
...Celeste had warned me that people coming out of a depressive EPISODE can get easily irritated...
✅Ferris wheel - Getting Hot with the Scot p113
...Cassie had completely missed how close the boat had com to the Eye - London's FERRIS WHEEL on steroids.
✅Flatter - Dreamland p210
She'd come in from the beach and was dressed in a FLATTERING yellow sundress; over her shoulder was a Gucci tote...
✅Fodder - Reminders of Him p144
People love a good rumor, and if there's anything I'm good at, it's being FODDER for gossip.
✅Foreign - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p123
...Ambassador Potter as he drafted a letter back to the UK FOREIGN and Commonwealth Office Crisis Team in London.
✅Frog - Dreamland p91
"It's a baby FROG," she said. "Before it gets legs."
✅Goofy - The Wife Stalker p 125
He gave her a GOOFY smile. "Sorry!"
✅Lighthouse - A Quiet Life 248
He and Sal were barely treading water, and she was like a LIGHTHOUSE. But why would she come with them?
✅Lotion - The Wife Stalker p30
"We are putting my magic LOTION on."
✅Makeup bag - The Golden Couple p238 (Large print edition)
My hand gropes inside my purse again, feeling my wallet and MAKEUP BAG and phone --and, finally, the hard metal edge of the can of Mace attached to my key chain.
✅Naive - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p111
Suddenly, the altruism of helping their fellow seafarers gave way to feelings that the decision they made was NAIVE or suicidal.
✅Neon - A Quiet Life p7
Lloyd's always looked like someone dropped it out of a set from a 1950s movie with its steel siding and NEON sign and its row of spotless windows.
✅Onion - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p72
...pallets of Heinekien, Coca-Cola, and Fanta and crate upon crate of carrots, red ONIONS, avocados, and oranges.
✅Overlap - Dreamland p144
Morgan stayed quiet as variations began to sprout and OVERLAP in my head.
✅Port - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p4
Holland America planned to send the Zaandam into dry dock not long after this cruise ended in PORT Everglades, Florida.
✅Pouch - Reminders of Him p3
I look down at my jeans and T-shirt while she walks away from the door for a few seconds. She comes back with a zipper POUCH. "Five fifty a month.
✅Smudge - Dreamland pp212
In the dim yellow light, I noted a SMUDGE of mascara on Morgan's cheek, the slightest hint of imperfection on someone who seemed almost flawless...
✅Stitches - The Wife Stalker p 176
She nodded. "Probably needs STITCHES. By the way, he went down the big slide.
✅Sweet tea - Reminders of Him p285
Ledger takes it out of the cup holder and hands it to me. "It's SWEET TEA. A couple of hours old."
✅Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted) - Hard Landing p1061 ebook Hoopla
...she notice that the swimming pool had been covered by a TARP for the off-season.
✅Tenuous - Danger Close p540 ebook via Hoopla
Their situation was already TENUOUS. Claiming a volunteer army of just seventy, they couldn't hope to drive out the American...
✅Trellis - Dreamland - p67
...she led Tommie to whatever nearby secluded spot she could find-behind bushes or TRELLISes and even an old RV.

✅Tuft - A Quiet Life p231
She thought of Mrs A again, and how once she took a red marker and drew a cardinal freehand that looked so real. Its black eye had such depth, and it had a TUFT on its head, and Mrs A stood there in her flowing skirt with the sleeves rolled up...
✅Twirl - Uprising p93
"It's more beautiful than the original dresses." I TWIRLED around in the dress. For the first time in my life, I felt pretty.

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration

✅Crystal ball - Getting Hot with the Scot p342
"What do you want it to be?" Ana prodded, waving her hands over her waffle as if it was a CRYSTAL BALL. "What do you see in your future?"

Drinking game
Jubilee
✅Karaoke - The Friendship Club p189
...Marnie got a call from Tom, her singular blind date and the cross-dresser of the KARAOKE girls' night out...
Septic tank
✅Smorgasbord - Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic p25
Every night at sea, the crew of the Zaandam presented an entertainment SMORGASSBORD. Dance troupes prepared for energetic performances...
✅Spelling bee - The Au Pair p210
Certificates for swimming, for a SPELLING BEE, for karate. And a bundle of cards and drawings at the bottom.

Xerox

Cabin Fever The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic by Michael Smith 7/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Friendship Club by Robyn Carr 7/10/25 ⭐⭐⭐
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine 7/15/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks 7/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐
Uprising by Jennifer A. Nielsen 7/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐
Getting Hot with the Scot (Sometimes in Love, #1) by Melonie Johnson 7/29/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella 8/2/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Icing on the Murder (Baker Street Mystery, #4) by Valerie Burns 8/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ebook via Hoopla
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover 8/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks 8/12/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Large Print Edition
The Au Pair by Emma Rous 8/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Danger Close (Echo Platoon, #1) by Marliss Melton 8/22/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ebook via Hoopla
Hard Landing (Echo Platoon, #2) by Marliss Melton 8/30/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ebook via Hoopla


message 3: by Richard (last edited Jul 30, 2025 03:44AM) (new)

Richard (richoman25) | 340 comments TCF - Factory Scavenger Hunt LV

✅ Total: 50/50

1. Atrium
8/7 - Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The atrium under its Pyramid" p.108

2. Barge
9/7 - Dear Theo, Vincent van Gogh - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I shall sail by barge" p.244

3. Binoculars
5/7 - Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War, Tim Marshall - ⭐️⭐️
"training their binoculars" p.70

4. Bleach
5/7 - Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, Jean-Robert Cadet - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Now soak them in the bleach." p.17

5. Boardwalk
13/7 - El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord, Noah Hurowitz - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"waterfront boardwalk" p.10

6. Botox
13/7 - Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin - ⭐️⭐️
"like getting a shot of Botox.” p.65

7. Breaker
11/7 - Together, a manifesto against the heartless world, Ece Temelkuran - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the actual deal breaker" p.25

8. Bypass
3/7 - Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries: Strategies for Authentic Business Engagement in an Interconnected World, Muraly Srinarayanathas - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"allowing it to bypass" p.90

9. Cascade
10/7 - Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989, Roberto Curti - ⭐️⭐️
"the cascade of blood" p.105

10. Celebration
1/7 - Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Eliot Stein - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a celebration of human ingenuity" p.9

11. Cobbler
8/7 - Arthur, Prince of Wales: Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Gareth Streeter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the son of a miller or a cobbler" p.88

12. Commemoration
10/7 - Athena by Susan Deacy, Susan Deacy - ⭐️⭐️
"in commemoration of the victory" p.122

13. Complex
1/7 - Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks, Clifford A. Pickover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"We have no need to perform complex arithmetic in our head" p.37

14. Coupon
10/7 - The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality, Mitch Horowitz - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"change and coupon" p.24

15. Cousin
1/7 - A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior, Ian Ford - ⭐️⭐️
"He’s my cousin." p.41

16. Crystal ball
11/7 - The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, Maria Tatar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the hero of the Grimms' "Crystal Ball" " p.123

17. Dock
4/7 - Koume’s World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration, Simon Partner - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"it tried to dock in the bay of Edo" p.81

18. Doodle
16/7 - Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, Tim Harford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Joseph Woodland’s seaside doodle" p.84

19. Drinking game
20/7 - Rebel Rising, Rebel Wilson - ⭐️⭐️
"maybe as a drinking game" p.11

20. Emanate
1/7 - Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine, R. Barker Bausell - ⭐️⭐️
"auras are most likely to emanate" p.241

21. Episode
3/7 - Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now, Vincent Ialenti - ⭐️⭐️
"We are but a momentary episode" p.113

22. Ferris wheel
19/7 - Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis, Alice Bell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the 264ft Ferris wheel" p.118

23. Flatter
2/7 - Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, Catherine Coleman Flowers - ⭐️⭐️
"farther south to flatter land" p.48

24. Fodder
4/7 - A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee, Danny Fingeroth - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"making it into fodder for comics" p.245

25. Foreign
2/7 - Phone Booth, Ariana Kelly - ⭐️⭐️
"something foreign and exotic" p.11

26. Frog
3/7 - The Truth About Things that Suck: and How to Make Them Suck Less, Mindy Henderson - ⭐️⭐️
"you can either kiss the next frog" p.128

27. Goofy
10/7 - Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life, David Mitchell - ⭐️⭐️
"Goofy is Darth Vader" p.57

28. Jubilee
16/7 - Dallas: The Making of a Modern City, Patricia Evridge Hill - ⭐️⭐️
"Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee Edition" p.214

29. Karaoke
12/7 - Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind, Gavin Edwards - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Japanese karaoke club" p.218

30. Lighthouse
12/7 - Walking With Plato: A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles, Gary Hayden - ⭐️⭐️
"With its tiny lighthouse" p.12

31. Lotion
9/7 - Mixed Korean: Our Stories An Anthology, Cerrissa Kim - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a swig from a lotion bottle" p.59

32. Makeup bag
30/7 - Cher: Part One: The Memoir, Cher - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"makeup bag in hand, leaving CBS" p.387

33. Naive
4/7 - Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind, Dasha Kiper - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Naive Realism in Everyday Life" p.162

34. Neon
9/7 - The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists, Tracy Walder - ⭐️⭐️
"Glowing red neon" p.98

35. Onion
2/7 - Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive, Richard Montanez - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"onion and garlic powder" p.16

36. Overlap
3/7 - Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero, Lucy Riall - ⭐️
"and overlap with" p.148

37. Port
3/7 - In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared, Christopher Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the architecture of a port" p.125

38. Pouch
16/7 - Forbidden Knowledge: 101 Things NOT Everyone Should Know How to Do, Michael Powell - ⭐️⭐️
"lead-lined diplomatic pouch" p.32

39. Septic tank
18/7 - The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, Euny Hong - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"bleach tablets kept in the septic tank" p.19

40. Smorgasbord
21/7 - Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan, Joanna Lillis - ⭐️⭐️
"the most confused smorgasbord of arguments" p.295

41. Smudge
10/7 - A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World, Susanne Paola Antonetta - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"an erasable smudge on the genome" p.78

42. Spelling bee
30/7 - ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD, Penn Holderness - ⭐️
"Spelling Bee: One of our Holderness Family Productions team members introduced me to this wordplay game" p.237

43. Stitches
16/7 - Becoming Brigitte, Xavier Poussard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"had to be taken to the emergency room for stitches" p.101

44. Sweet tea
18/7 - Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom, Stassi Schroeder - ⭐️⭐️
"drink some sweet tea" p.163

45. Tarp
8/7 - Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash, Alexander Clapp - ⭐️⭐️
"green canvas tarp" p.114

46. Tenuous
2/7 - A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19, Edna Bonhomme - ⭐️⭐️
"so tenuous as to make their survival" p.42

47. Trellis
30/7 - Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World, Max Lucado - ⭐️
"Farmer Jones sensed trouble on the trellis." p.101

48. Tuft
4/7 - Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World, James Canton - ⭐️⭐️
"tuft of grass" p.61

49. Twirl
16/7 - Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing, Norm Stamper - ⭐️⭐️
"twirl" p.306

50. Xerox
2/7 - Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made, David Gergen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center" p.133


message 4: by Masoodah (last edited Aug 27, 2025 01:53AM) (new)

Masoodah Akooji (masoodahakooji) | 276 comments 🧐The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LV🧐
Welcome to Challenge #55!
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025


Challenge rules*:
• While you are fulfilling the requirements of your other challenges, be on the lookout for the following items - they may be on the cover or mentioned in the book. Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item – just ask!

• You may use a book to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 50 books for this challenge...do not worry!)

• Books that are used must be read during the period of this challenge.

• When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), date it, & rate it. Also specify where the item is found within the book and include a blurb from the sentence. For audiobooks try to put the chapter if possible. If not, then at least let us know you got it from an audiobook.

*Notes:
1. Some items require the word to be used as a specific part of speech (noun, verb, etc).
2. Variations of spelling are always allowed (examples: colour/color, mustached/mustachioed)
3. Creative uses of the items is highly encouraged! Example: if the hunt item is National Park, you can either find "National Park", or I'll take something like "Yellowstone", or "Yosemite" instead.

The List

39/40

Atrium - "I could strip naked in the middle of the atrium and sprint through the..."- Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale- (Ch 15)

Barge- "They barge into your kitchen looking for condiments."- First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison- (pg 366)

Binoculars- "She picks up a pair of binoculars from the desk and ignores the pamphlet about North Atlantic birds."- The Wedding People by Alison Espach-(pg 67)

Bleach - "I'll take you in the back and bleach your innocent young brain."- First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison- (pg 145)

Boardwalk - "Jay and Oliver are standing against the rail of the boardwalk , holding churros."- You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao- (pg 225)

Breaker - “Did you check the breaker ?” I asked."- Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez- (pg 181)

Bypass - "I bypass the rice and beef in a black-bean sauce and take two thick triangles of prawn toast instead." - What Lies Between Us by John Marrs - (pg 343)

Cascade - "...she pulled the ponytail holder from her hair, letting her jet-black tresses cascade down her back." - All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 119)

Celebration - "My mom and dad are doing road-trip thing as a celebration ."- First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 11)

Cobbler

Complex - "The Desert Rose's massive indoor swimming complex was bustling.." - All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 116)

Coupon - "..it doesn't even occur to her to look for a coupon before she sends me off to buy a giant stack.." - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren - (Ch 20)- pg 228

Cousin - "Mika is Sam’s cousin. That’s how she and I met. "-You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao- (pg 24)

Dock - "...coming and going from the ship-to-shore cranes that stand sentry at the docks " - First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 178)

Doodle - "including song lyrics, names, signatures and doodles ."- What Lies Between Us by John Marrs - (pg 67)

Emanate - "and Alizeh marveled at it through the glass, at the jolly wamrth it emanated across the land." - This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi- (pg 178)

Episode - "As I tried to figure out what about the Majesty had triggered this particular episode , our expert statistician.."- All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 42)

Ferris wheel- "The lights from the Ferris wheel can be seen from anywhere in town."- You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao- (pg 196)

Flatter - "Don't flatter yourself." - First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 58)

Fodder - "I didn’t want to cheapen our time together by making it fodder for Doug’s jabs." - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez- (pg 61)

Foreign - "The concierge greeted Michael with all of the formality of a diplomat greeting a foreign head of state."- All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 42)

Frog- "He said that falling in love with Mia was like being a frog sitting in water that was slowly coming to a boil,.."- The Wedding People by Alison Espach-(pg 191)

Goofy- "He gave me one of his goofy looks, his tongue lolled out." - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez- (pg 133)

Lighthouse- "The captain takes them to Fort Adams, to an old lighthouse , and as they circle around it,.. "- The Wedding People by Alison Espach-(pg 139)

Lotion - "Lucie hovers at the edges of my awareness, traces of her body lotion on the cushions I'm starfished across." - First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 387)

Makeup bag- "The only good memory I have was before the dance when Mika showed up with her makeup bag and curling wand..." - You've Reached Sam byDustin Thao-(pg 201)

Naive - "Tory was many things, but naive wasn't one of them." - All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes-(pg 168)

Neon - "Floor-to-ceiling windows lined the far wall, giving us a panoramic view of the Vegas Strip, neon and glowing, even during the day."-All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 45)

Onion - "Our French onion soup is really good."- First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 185)

Overlap - "One of Wyn’s and my few areas of overlap is our complete absence of personal style."- Happy Place-(pg 50)

Port- "“She was the one who came up with the plan to go down to the docks and watch the tribute ships when they came into port ." - A Vow of Embers by Sariah Wilson- (pg 340)

Pouch- "A small plastic pouch dangles at her side,.." - You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao- (pg 139)

Smudge - "A smudge of grease between his thumb and forefinger." - First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison -(pg 51)

Stitches - "You're lucky that doesn't need stitches " - -All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes- (pg 123)

Sweet tea- "We order bourbon and sweet tea from the outdoor bar, briefly poke our heads inside before deciding it’s way too packed." - Funny Story by Emily Henry- (pg 164)

✅Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)- "No dirt on the tarp floor."- Drop Dead Sisters by Amelia Diane Coombs - (pg 43)

✅Tenuous - "Like everything was so . . . tenuous , and it could all crumble at any second.” - Happy Place-(pg 211)

✅Trellis - "There was a trellis dripping with flowers where Amy and Jeremiah would say their vows." - Yours Truly -(pg 365)

Tuft- "Mom turned slowly and dropped onto a tufted chair in the corner.."- Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez- (pg 245)

Twirl- "Instead, I lift Spencer’s arm and make him twirl me around him to the rhythm of the music." - You've Reached Sam byDustin Thao-(pg 191)

Bonus list

6/10

Botox - "Eliana steps around Mom—the smile still locked into place, but that’s probably due to the Botox , not affection—and walks over." - Drop Dead Sisters- (pg 11)

Commemoration

Crystal ball - "..like a fortune teller with her crystal ball ." - Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale- (Ch 24)

Drinking game - "We were playing a drinking game with a deck of cards we found in the nightstand."- Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez- (pg 282)

Jubilee

Karaoke - “Remember that time you and Sam killed it at that karaoke room? Classic.” - You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao- (pg 125)

Septic tank- "Andie had been right here all along, decomposing in the septic tank." - Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson- (pg 199)

Smorgasbord -"My eyes drop to the smorgasbord of paper cartons he’s carrying: Twizzlers, Nerds, Red Hots, Whoppers, and Milk Duds."- Happy Place by Emily Henry - (pg 158)

Spelling bee
Xerox


message 5: by Ed (last edited 14 hours, 54 min ago) (new)

Ed Lehman | 190 comments The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIV
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

Welcome to Challenge #55!

Words 23/40
Bonus 2/10

The List
Atrium
✔ Barge-p.242-Eye of the Storm-"...Denny brought the barge over." 7/5/25
✔ Binoculars-p.17-Mysterious Skin-"...loitered in the street with binoculars." 7/10/25
✔ Bleach-p.196-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...a solution of 1/4 cup nonchlorine bleach and..." 7/1/25
✔ Boardwalk-p.228-Eye of the Storm-"They rolled over the remaining boardwalk..." 7/5/25
Breaker
Bypass
Cascade
Celebration
✔ Cobbler-p.223-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"Blueberry peach cobbler...Ripe fruit in a heavenly combination..." 7/28/25
✔ Complex-p.207-Eye of the Storm-"...his expression cold and complex." 7/4/25
Coupon
✔ Cousin-p.140-Eye of the Storm-"...the San Francisco cousin wrote somewhat..." 7/1/25
✔ Dock-p.325-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...hundreds of years. in addition to busy docks." 8/1/25
Doodle
✔ Emanate-p.276-Zeno's Conscience-...energy that emanated from the entirety of his small frame." 7/17/25
✔ Episode-p.107 of Part 2-Phineas Finn-"...he would have liked to have an episode..." 8/2/25
✔ Ferris wheel-p.323-100 Cities, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do-"...the world's tallest Ferris wheel for much of the 20th-century." 8/1/25
✔ Flatter-p.2-Broken-"I'm not just saying that to flatter you." 7/7/25
Fodder
✔ Foreign-p.86 of Part 2- Phineas Finn-"...that silly affair in foreign parts is not to make any difference..." 8/1/25
✔ Frog-p.207-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...to see blood flowing in a live frog's foot..." 7/12/25
Goofy
✔ Lighthouse-p.60- Laughter Really Is The Best Medicine: America's Funniest Jokes, Stories, and Cartoons-"I'm a lighthouse. Your call." 7/9/25
✔ Lotion-p.40-Mysterious Skin-"We forgot suntan lotion." 8/9/25
Makeup bag
Naive
✔ Neon-p.91-Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages-"Civic Wong, Neon Chan. Jackal Chang." 7/11/25
✔ Onion-p.3-Broken-"...that onion ring that fell on the floor." 7/7/25
Overlap
✔ Port-p.45-Phineas Finn-"...to two glasses of port after dinner..."
Pouch
✔ Smudge-p.17-The Water-Method Man-"...buttons chip, pennants wrinkle and smudge..." 7/9/25
Stitches
Sweet tea
✔ Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)-p.150-Eye of the Storm-"...extra gas cans, bundled-up tarps..." 7/1/25
✔ Tenuous-Kindle loc 274-The Last Harem-"...sword, hung by a tenuous hair, over my head." 7/10/25
✔ Trellis-p.211-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"Purchase an inexpensive garden trellis..." 7/16/25
Tuft
Twirl

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
✔ jubilee-p.172-The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know-"The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee..."
✔ Karaoke-Kindle loc. 339-The Last Harem-"...wriggle away to bad Karaoke, then collect..." 7/25/25
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox


message 6: by Lucy (last edited Jul 01, 2025 12:12PM) (new)

Lucy Luu (lovelucyluu) | 42 comments TCF ~ Scavenger Hunt LIV ~ July-September 2025
0/50

The List
Atrium
Barge
Binoculars
Bleach
Boardwalk
Breaker
Bypass
Cascade
Celebration
Cobbler
Complex
Coupon
Cousin
Dock
Doodle
Emanate
Episode
Ferris wheel
Flatter
Fodder
Foreign
Frog
Goofy
Lighthouse
Lotion
Makeup bag
Naive
Neon
Onion
Overlap
Port
Pouch
Smudge
Stitches
Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)
Tenuous
Trellis
Tuft
Twirl

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox


message 7: by Denise (new)

Denise | 796 comments The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LIV
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2025

Welcome to Challenge #55!

The List
Atrium
Barge
Binoculars
Bleach
Boardwalk
Breaker
Bypass
Cascade
Celebration
Cobbler
Complex
Coupon
Cousin
Dock
Doodle
Emanate
Episode
Ferris wheel
Flatter
Fodder
Foreign
Frog
Goofy
Lighthouse
Lotion
Makeup bag
Naive
Neon
Onion
Overlap
Port
Pouch
Smudge
Stitches
Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)
Tenuous
Trellis
Tuft
Twirl

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox


message 8: by Book Concierge (last edited Aug 17, 2025 10:25AM) (new)

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 2457 comments The Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt LV
Begins: 01July25 / Ends: 30Sept25



30 / 40 words found
3 / 10 BONUS words found
4 books read


Atrium - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 249 - "…the atrium in Hunter's building."

Barge - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 193 - "…lined with large barges."

Binoculars - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 448 - "…Bausch & Lomb binoculars, …"

bleach - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 72 - "…application of bleach."

boardwalk - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 142 - "…the boardwalk along the bay."

breaker - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 1 - "…final deal-breaker in a…"

bypass - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 31 - "…gastric bypass surgery and…"

Cascade - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 235 - "…a cascade of locker…"

Celebration - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 197 - "…in celebration, because…"

Cobbler - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 176 - "…Marnie's apple cobbler, though…"

Complex - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 133 - "You mean the skating complex?"

Coupon - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 26 - "…red-and-white coupon he…"

Cousin - Tooth and Claw ✔ – 17July25 - pg 143 - "…do not know my cousin, so…"

Dock - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 101 - "…gone to the loading dock and…"

Doodle - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 703 - "I doodled instead."

Emanate - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 263 - "…energy she naturally emanates rub…"

Episode - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 258 - "Is this the last episode of…"

Ferris wheel
Flatter - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 544 - "…style that did not flatter her."

Fodder
Foreign - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 169 - "…calling foreign women."

Frog
Goofy
Lighthouse - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 496 - "That lighthouse, flashing it's…"

Lotion
Makeup bag - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 94 - "…and makeup bags with drawstrings,…"

Naive - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 233 - "…feels entirely too naïve."

Neon - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 110 - "…large blue neon sign…"

Onion - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 380 - "…cucumber and onion salad…"

Overlap
Port - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 240 - "…probably Hyannis Port, and…"

Pouch - Tooth and Claw ✔ – 17July25 - pg 88 - "...into a pouch, doubtless for…"

Smudge
Stitches - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 136 - "…kept her classmates in stitches."

Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted) - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg "…pulled the tarp off the…"

Tenuous
Trellis
Tuft - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - 248 - "…yank tufts of material…"

Twirl - A Dog's Perfect Christmas ✔ – 13July25 - pg 255 - "…did a little twirl in front…"


Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 101 - "…they deserve commemoration."

Crystal ball - 11/22/63 ✔ – 16July25 - pg 229 - "…consulting his crystal ball."

Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake ✔ – 03July25 - pg 83 - "…on the karaoke machine,…"

Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox


message 9: by Barbara ★ (new)

Barbara ★ | 2287 comments The Incredible Challenge Factory Scavenger Hunt, Part LV
Duration: July 1 - September 30 2025

READ: 0/50

Atrium
Barge
Binoculars
Bleach
Boardwalk
Breaker
Bypass
Cascade
Celebration
Cobbler
Complex
Coupon
Cousin
Dock
Doodle
Emanate
Episode
Ferris wheel
Flatter
Fodder
Foreign
Frog
Goofy
Lighthouse
Lotion
Makeup bag
Naive
Neon
Onion
Overlap
Port
Pouch
Smudge
Stitches
Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)
Tenuous
Trellis
Tuft
Twirl

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox


message 10: by Brigia (last edited Jul 23, 2025 08:11AM) (new)

Brigia | 141 comments TCF Scavenger Hunt LV

The List
Atrium
✅ Barge: I felt someone trying to barge through my wards Half a Soul p 143
✅ Binoculars: I turn my binoculars to night-vision mode Iris p 236
✅ Bleach: it’s a mixture of bleach and something else Iris p 15
✅ Boardwalk: I … walked back to the boardwalk The Art of Vanishing p 272
✅ Breaker: I'm the rule breaker Iris p 81
✅ Bypass: it may require me to bypass the dragons Half a Soul p 113
✅ Cascade: the cascade of dizzying tingles Half a Soul p 236
✅ Celebration: a celebration of a thing that was not The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy p 343
✅ Cobbler: The cobblers. The bollocks. The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy p 255
✅ Complex: it’s a savior complex Iris p 155
Coupon
✅ Cousin: to learn embroidery with her cousin Vanessa Half a Soul p 1
✅ Dock: she dreamed of angels on the London docks Half a Soul p 18
✅ Doodle: I drew invisible doodles The Art of Vanishing p 103
✅ Emanate: as if something magical emanated from her fingertips The Art of Vanishing p 6
✅ Episode: it’s not an episode Iris p 62
Ferris wheel
✅ Flatter: I’m very flattered, Lady Caroway Half a Soul p 38
✅ Fodder: expectation and pressure make for good therapy fodder Iris p 158
✅ Foreign: she stared at the foreign ceiling Half a Soul p 18
✅ Frog: without being turned into a frog Half a Soul p 23
✅ Goofy: with a goofy grin on my face Iris p 225
✅ Lighthouse: There’s a lighthouse there The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy p 162
Lotion
Makeup bag
✅ Naive: Is it naive of me Half a Soul p 54
✅ Neon: I also don’t want the huge neon sign Iris p 24
✅ Onion: an enormous sack of onions The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy loc 296
✅ Overlap: our jobs haven’t interfered or overlapped with being away Iris p 219
✅ Port: we leave at midday and reach the port at night Rogue p 10
✅ Pouch: and placed it in a pouch The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy p 162
✅ Smudge: I’m going to smudge the paint The Art of Vanishing p 47
✅ Stitches: This will need stitches Half a Soul p 92
Sweet tea
Tarpaulin (Tarp accepted)
✅ Tenuous: there was a connection, however tenuous Half a Soul p 76
Trellis
Tuft
✅ Twirl: twirling his tongue Rogue p 158

Bonus list
Botox
Commemoration
Crystal ball
Drinking game
Jubilee
Karaoke
Septic tank
Smorgasbord
Spelling bee
Xerox

Books read:
Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1) by Olivia Atwater Iris (Mike Bravo Ops, #1) by Eden Finley Rogue (Mike Bravo Ops, #2) by Eden Finley The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed, #1) by Brigitte Knightley

Half a Soul - 7/5
Iris - 7/12
Rogue - 7/14
The Art of Vanishing - 7/16
The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy - 7/23


message 11: by Richard (new)

Richard (richoman25) | 340 comments Finished

✅ Total: 50/50

1. Atrium
8/7 - Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum, Elaine Sciolino - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The atrium under its Pyramid" p.108

2. Barge
9/7 - Dear Theo, Vincent van Gogh - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I shall sail by barge" p.244

3. Binoculars
5/7 - Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War, Tim Marshall - ⭐️⭐️
"training their binoculars" p.70

4. Bleach
5/7 - Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, Jean-Robert Cadet - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Now soak them in the bleach." p.17

5. Boardwalk
13/7 - El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord, Noah Hurowitz - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"waterfront boardwalk" p.10

6. Botox
13/7 - Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin - ⭐️⭐️
"like getting a shot of Botox.” p.65

7. Breaker
11/7 - Together, a manifesto against the heartless world, Ece Temelkuran - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the actual deal breaker" p.25

8. Bypass
3/7 - Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries: Strategies for Authentic Business Engagement in an Interconnected World, Muraly Srinarayanathas - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"allowing it to bypass" p.90

9. Cascade
10/7 - Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989, Roberto Curti - ⭐️⭐️
"the cascade of blood" p.105

10. Celebration
1/7 - Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Eliot Stein - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a celebration of human ingenuity" p.9

11. Cobbler
8/7 - Arthur, Prince of Wales: Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Gareth Streeter - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the son of a miller or a cobbler" p.88

12. Commemoration
10/7 - Athena by Susan Deacy, Susan Deacy - ⭐️⭐️
"in commemoration of the victory" p.122

13. Complex
1/7 - Artificial Intelligence: An Illustrated History: From Medieval Robots to Neural Networks, Clifford A. Pickover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"We have no need to perform complex arithmetic in our head" p.37

14. Coupon
10/7 - The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality, Mitch Horowitz - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"change and coupon" p.24

15. Cousin
1/7 - A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior, Ian Ford - ⭐️⭐️
"He’s my cousin." p.41

16. Crystal ball
11/7 - The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, Maria Tatar - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the hero of the Grimms' "Crystal Ball" " p.123

17. Dock
4/7 - Koume’s World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration, Simon Partner - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"it tried to dock in the bay of Edo" p.81

18. Doodle
16/7 - Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, Tim Harford - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Joseph Woodland’s seaside doodle" p.84

19. Drinking game
20/7 - Rebel Rising, Rebel Wilson - ⭐️⭐️
"maybe as a drinking game" p.11

20. Emanate
1/7 - Snake Oil Science: The Truth about Complementary and Alternative Medicine, R. Barker Bausell - ⭐️⭐️
"auras are most likely to emanate" p.241

21. Episode
3/7 - Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now, Vincent Ialenti - ⭐️⭐️
"We are but a momentary episode" p.113

22. Ferris wheel
19/7 - Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis, Alice Bell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the 264ft Ferris wheel" p.118

23. Flatter
2/7 - Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope, Catherine Coleman Flowers - ⭐️⭐️
"farther south to flatter land" p.48

24. Fodder
4/7 - A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee, Danny Fingeroth - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"making it into fodder for comics" p.245

25. Foreign
2/7 - Phone Booth, Ariana Kelly - ⭐️⭐️
"something foreign and exotic" p.11

26. Frog
3/7 - The Truth About Things that Suck: and How to Make Them Suck Less, Mindy Henderson - ⭐️⭐️
"you can either kiss the next frog" p.128

27. Goofy
10/7 - Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life, David Mitchell - ⭐️⭐️
"Goofy is Darth Vader" p.57

28. Jubilee
16/7 - Dallas: The Making of a Modern City, Patricia Evridge Hill - ⭐️⭐️
"Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee Edition" p.214

29. Karaoke
12/7 - Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind, Gavin Edwards - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Japanese karaoke club" p.218

30. Lighthouse
12/7 - Walking With Plato: A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles, Gary Hayden - ⭐️⭐️
"With its tiny lighthouse" p.12

31. Lotion
9/7 - Mixed Korean: Our Stories An Anthology, Cerrissa Kim - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a swig from a lotion bottle" p.59

32. Makeup bag
30/7 - Cher: Part One: The Memoir, Cher - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"makeup bag in hand, leaving CBS" p.387

33. Naive
4/7 - Travellers to Unimaginable Lands: Dementia, Carers and the Hidden Workings of the Mind, Dasha Kiper - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Naive Realism in Everyday Life" p.162

34. Neon
9/7 - The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists, Tracy Walder - ⭐️⭐️
"Glowing red neon" p.98

35. Onion
2/7 - Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive, Richard Montanez - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"onion and garlic powder" p.16

36. Overlap
3/7 - Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero, Lucy Riall - ⭐️
"and overlap with" p.148

37. Port
3/7 - In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared, Christopher Robbins - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the architecture of a port" p.125

38. Pouch
16/7 - Forbidden Knowledge: 101 Things NOT Everyone Should Know How to Do, Michael Powell - ⭐️⭐️
"lead-lined diplomatic pouch" p.32

39. Septic tank
18/7 - The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, Euny Hong - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"bleach tablets kept in the septic tank" p.19

40. Smorgasbord
21/7 - Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan, Joanna Lillis - ⭐️⭐️
"the most confused smorgasbord of arguments" p.295

41. Smudge
10/7 - A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World, Susanne Paola Antonetta - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"an erasable smudge on the genome" p.78

42. Spelling bee
30/7 - ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD, Penn Holderness - ⭐️
"Spelling Bee: One of our Holderness Family Productions team members introduced me to this wordplay game" p.237

43. Stitches
16/7 - Becoming Brigitte, Xavier Poussard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"had to be taken to the emergency room for stitches" p.101

44. Sweet tea
18/7 - Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom, Stassi Schroeder - ⭐️⭐️
"drink some sweet tea" p.163

45. Tarp
8/7 - Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash, Alexander Clapp - ⭐️⭐️
"green canvas tarp" p.114

46. Tenuous
2/7 - A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19, Edna Bonhomme - ⭐️⭐️
"so tenuous as to make their survival" p.42

47. Trellis
30/7 - Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World, Max Lucado - ⭐️
"Farmer Jones sensed trouble on the trellis." p.101

48. Tuft
4/7 - Renaturing: Small Ways to Wild the World, James Canton - ⭐️⭐️
"tuft of grass" p.61

49. Twirl
16/7 - Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing, Norm Stamper - ⭐️⭐️
"twirl" p.306

50. Xerox
2/7 - Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made, David Gergen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center" p.133


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