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Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt XII!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2023.
The Twist
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch 7.1.23
naive - "when Dallington had still been naive" p. 43
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella 7.5.23
Absolved - "He feels like he is confessing and he wants to be absolved" p. 174
When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong 7.9.23
Flabbergasted - "He was momentarily flabbergasted." p. 217
Bonus Words:
Denigrate "He did not want to denigrate her" p. 222 REPLACING TWO WORDS: Flatulence and
Homecoming by Kate Morton 7.18.23
Effervescent - "Enthusiasm had always made him effervescent" p. 191
Luminous - "The last of the day's sun had turned the western horizon a luminous pink" p. 216
Otter - "observing diminishing numbers of sparrows, counting otters..." p. 171
Resounding - "the room met her question with resounding silence" p. 405
Sublime - "neater, prettier and without the eerily sublime song" p. 77
Veranda - "the house was large and flat with a wide verandah" p. 9
Voracious - "masses of ivy had tangled with other voracious climbers" p. 431
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 7.19.23
Burgeoning - "Genetics was a burgeoning field." p. 183
The Counterfeit Crank by Edward Marston 7.21.23
Judicious - "the play mixed tragedy and comedy in judicious proportions" p. 24
Malign - "we know how to subdue your malign influence" p. 20
Tempest - "what terrors and tempests you must have endured!" p. 130
Shell Game by Sara Paretsky 7.24.23
Finicky - "he was very finicky about it" p. 165
Desert Heat by J.A. Jance 7.29.23
Yonder - "is that your dog out yonder?" p. 34
An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch 8.3.23
Boorish - "peer named Lord Cormorant - haughty, boorish but landed..." p. 18
Resolution by Denise Mina 9.2.23
Bonus Words
Cathechism - "interchangeable nuns who taught them cathechism" p. 52 REPLACING TWO WORDS
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea 9.24.23
Haute - "No haute couture here" p. 274
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson 10.23.23
Fulsome - "it was not the most fulsome endorsement" p. 422
Sycophant - "sounds as if she is a sycophant" p. 121
Bonus Word
Gregarious - "he was neither political nor gregarious" p. 50 REPLACING TWO WORDS - OMNIPOTENT and KLUTZ
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough 10.12.23
Bonus Word
Cupola - "the glassy cupola on top" p. 92 REPLACE TWO WORDS
MNEMONIC and OBOE
Bonus Words
Xylophone
Done. Didn’t find Haute or Mnemonic Welcome to Hard Scavenger Hunt XII!
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2023.
The Twist
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
Good Luck & Happy Reading! �
The List
Absolved .. singing somehow absolved him .. This Is Happiness pg 169
Boorish .. “Don’t be boorish .. October in the Earth loc 2833
Burgeoning .. heard about the burgeoning urban landscape .. Cities of Women loc 1204
Effervescent .. years of effervescent Christmas tree .. A House for Alice: A Novel loc 1235
Finicky .. “Oh, don’t be so finicky about malapropisms! .. Cities of Women loc 3422
Flabbergasted .. couldn’t have been more flabbergasted .. Small Town Sins loc 1798
Flatulence .. “My father used to refer to it as the River of Flatulence.� .. The Longmire Defense og 69
Fulsome .. Mr Antrobus was making fulsome apologies .. The Square of Sevens loc 197
Haute
Judicious .. Randy acted judiciously .. Sea Spray pg 235
Klutz .. being the klutziest man alive .. The Heiress loc 1544
Luminous .. as luminous as I remembered .. Catherine House pg 248
Malign .. the malign influence of John Jory .. The Square of Sevens loc 5878
Mnemonic
Naive .. My husband and I were both naive .. The Apology loc 3815
Oboe .. like oboe players warming up .. Waking Up in Medellin pg 176
Omnipotent .. belief in an omnipotent and omniscient God .. A Son Of The Circus pg 383
Otter .. chin-length, otter-brown hair .. Catherine House pg 73
Resounding .. resounding with a godlike boom .. Catherine House pg 142
Sublime .. for its sublime truth .. Catherine House pg 19
Sycophant .. and “his scary sycophants.� .. Columbine pg 476
Tempest .. be caught in the tempest .. Stalked pg 411
Veranda .. on the second-floor veranda .. Free Fire pg 327
Voracious .. I read voraciously and uncensored .. The Square of Sevens loc 515
Yonder .. yonder, that the plow had turned .. The Lawless West pg 98
Bonus Words
Catechism .. pages of the green Catechism .. This Is Happiness pg 220
Cupola/Kupola .. façade of grey stone topped by a cupola .. The Square of Sevens loc 4275
Denigrate .. The description denigrated him .. Free Fire pg 51
Gregarious .. she was lively and gregarious .. Where You Once Belonged pg 132
Xylophone .. they banged away on xylophones .. After Annie loc 2693
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July 1 through December 31The Twist
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
Good Luck & Happy Reading! �
Words 18
Bonus 2
The List
✅ADZ My Killer Vacation p170 But moving past what happened to that kid...no. No, I won't be ABSOLVED. I won't excuse my actions by letting go.
✅BǴǰChances Arep94 He was invariably BOORISH and unpleasant to be around, but Mickey hated to dismiss out of hand anyone who could be relied on to procure quality weed.
✅BܰDzԾԲMy Killer Vacationp45 That BURGEONING smile disappears when Sal begins his tirade.
Effervescent
Finicky
✅FٱMy Killer Vacation p189 "Married to it. Never get anything else." "I'm FLABBERGASTED. It's so frivolous."
Flatulence
Fulsome
✅HܳٱThe Witnessp835 I fell asleep somewhere along the drive, and when I woke up, I was in Terre HAUTE. I found a motel, paid in cash.
✅Jܻ徱dzܲBest Friends Forever p 128 ...like a version of her mother, who could slide out of any tight spot with a pretty smile and a little JUDICIOUS flirting.
✅KܳٳChances Are p211 " I didn't want to believe my son when he told me how his wife kept getting those bruises? And her always backing him up? Explaining how she'd been born a KLUTZ?"
✅LܳԴdzܲ The Twist of a Knife p28 When I first met her I had been struck by her intense, dark eyes, her self-assurance and, most of all, by her LUMINOUS pink hair...
✅M Beach House Summer p41 She'd been MALIGNing a dead guy, which made her a little uncomfortable. On the other hand she hadn't known he was dead when she was MALIGNed him...
Mnemonic
✅N The Summer Getaway p223 "Yeah, it sucked. I didn't expect her to take off the way she did. I thought we'd talk to more doctors." His smile was self-deprecating. "I was still NAIVE."
✅ODZYours Truly p308 I could hear the missing instruments in my mind. Flutes, OBOES, violins, clarinets.
Omnipotent
✅Oٳٱ Beach House Summerp48 Joanna's father, perhaps with some prescience, had left OTTER's Nest to Joanna and not his second wife
✅RdzܲԻ徱ԲTate p203 She didn't care if she might be breaking rules and breaching walls and turning to shambles any hope of REBOUNDING back to just friends.
✅Sܲ Summer Love p165 "This is SUBLIME, but I don't think anything will ever taste better than this pizza we shared that first night on Easy Street."
✅S⳦DZԳEvery Last Fearp160 Back then she'd come to see if Noah could convince Governor Turner--a toad-faced SYCOPHANT who'd been in office for three decades--to support Danny's petition for a pardon.
✅TChances Are...P268 Returning to the deck, Teddy couldn't help feeling that his personal TEMPEST had somehow broken containment, wreaking its havoc on not just himself but also his friends.
✅VԻ岹The Witnessp621 ...when a rival had shot him with a Henry rifle while the man took a turn on his VERANDA with a Cuban and a glass of moonshine.
Voracious
✅YDzԻ Tate p101 "But soft! What light through YONDER window breaks?" Cher said, almost breathlessly.
Bonus Words
Catechism
Cupola/Kupola
Denigrate
✅GdzܲReckless in Red p 72 In one country dance, he'd even imagined Miss Frost was his partner and balked visibly when the GREGARIOUS Miss Alcorn reached out for his arm
✅XDZDzԱQueen Bee p325 " I was thinking XYLOPHONE and maybe strings?"
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Hard Scavenger Hunt XIIBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31Dec23
The Twist: For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
25 / 25 words found
5 / 5 BONUS words found
22 books read
Absolved - The Perfume Thief � � 09Aug23 - pg 56 - "…I've absolved myself of my�"
Boorish - Royal Flush � � 15July23 - pg 40 - "…for his boorish ǰ�"
Burgeoning - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter � � 24Aug23 - pg 10 - "…in the burgeoning ڰdz�"
Effervescent - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter � � 24Aug23 - pg 113 - "…amidst these effervescent Ի�"
Finicky - Project Hail Mary � � 13July23 - pg 141 - "It's finnicky and delicate�"
Flabbergasted - Project Hail Mary � � 13July23 pg 142 - "…stared at the door, flabbergasted."
Flatulence - The Good Guy � � 31Oct23 - pg 196 - "…with an agri-fuel flatulence."
Fulsome - The Haunting Season � � 31Oct23 - pg 199 - "…more fulsome and fragrant�"
Haute - Royal Flush � � 15July23 - pg 128 - "…can't expect haute cuisine."
Judicious - Candy Cane Murder � � 16July23 - pg 293 - "He looks quite judicous."
Klutz - Midnight Howl � � 02Aug23 - pg 139 - "What a klutz!"
Luminous - The Sandalwood Tree� � 24July23 - pg 104 - "…couple was luminous with the�"
Malign - Everything That Rises Must Converge � � 25Sep23 - pg xxxi - "...the malign is more concentrated..."
Mnemonic - The Lifeboat � � 05Aug23 - pg 53 - "…investigation or mnemonic Dz�"
Naive - Royal Flush � � 15July23 - pg 164 - "I may be Բï, but I believe�"
Oboe - Requiem for a Mezzo � � 29July23 - pg 26 - "The first oboe sounded an�"
Omnipotent - Bombay Time � � 25Aug23 - pg 249 - "…make him feel omnipotent, that�"
Otter - Bulls Island � � 06Sep23 - pg 98 - "... more river otters over here." -
Resounding - The Sandalwood Tree� � 24July23 - pg 150 - "…with a resounding 'Splendid!'"
Sublime - The Perfume Thief � � 09Aug23 - pg 353 - "…the most sublime dzDzԱԳ�"
Sycophant - The Daughters of Yalta � � 13Nov23 - pg 131 - "…from sycophants competing for�"
Tempest - Old Bones � � 17Aug23 - pg 337 - "…into the tempest headfirst."
Veranda - The Case of the Missing Servant � � 02July23 - pg 56 - "…that led to a veranda ɾٳ�"
Voracious - The Viscount Who Loved Me � � 22Aug23 - pg 222 - "…were voracious, taking everything�"
Yonder - Great Expectations � � 01July23 - pg 520 - "…was over yonder 'dzٳ�"
Bonus Words
Catechism - Everything That Rises Must Converge � � 25Sep23 - pg 107 - "…doesn't even know his catechism,�"
Cupola/Kupola - The Last Ride of the Pony Express � � 01July23 - pg 100 - "…and a cupola in the�"
Denigrate - The Queen of Sugar Hill � � 20Apr24 - pg 120 - "…to denigrate my husbԻ�"
Gregarious - Bombay Time � � 25Aug23 - pg 227 - "…was not - gregarious, boisterous�"
Xylophone - Suddenly a Murder � � 06Dec23 - pg 115 - "...fingers down a xylophone."
0/25 words0/5 Bonus words
Absolved
Boorish
Burgeoning
Effervescent
Flabbergasted
Flatulence
Fulsome
Haute
Judicious
Klutz
Luminous
Malign
Mnemonic
Naive
Oboe
Omnipotent
Otter
Sublime
Sycophant
Tempest
Veranda
Voracious
Yonder
Bonus Words
Catechism
Cupola/Kupola
Denigrate
Gregarious
Xylophone
The Challenge FactoryHard Scavenger Hunt XII
Duration: July 1 - December 31, 2023.
Progress: 0 out of 30
Similar to the other Scavenger Hunt Challenges, but this one will be a bit more challenging to find all of the words and is published semi-annually.
� Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item � just ask!
� You may use a single book to fulfill multiple items
� When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), then specify where the item is found within the book and 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.
The Twist
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
Good Luck & Happy Reading! �
The List
Absolved
Boorish
Burgeoning
Effervescent
Finicky
Flabbergasted
Flatulence
Fulsome
Haute
Judicious
Klutz
Luminous
Malign
Mnemonic
Naive
Oboe
Omnipotent
Otter
Resounding
Sublime
Sycophant
Tempest
Veranda
Voracious
Yonder
Bonus Words
Catechism
Cupola/Kupola
Denigrate
Gregarious
Xylophone
Good Luck & Happy Reading!
Starting 10/31/23--- will aim to complete by April 30, 2024The Challenge Factory
Hard Scavenger Hunt XII
Duration: Oct. 31, 2023- April 30, 2024
THE TWIST**
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
23/30
� Absolved-p.197-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II-"But a man may be absolved from a promise..." 11/29/24
Boorish
� Burgeoning-p.220-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"It is also home to a burgeoning tech and creative scene." 3/13/24
� Effervescent-p.258- The Know-It-All-"Instead of the effervescent game show contestant..." 10/5/24
Finicky
� Flabbergasted-p.212-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"I was flabbergasted to find no ticket booth..." 3/13/24
Flatulence
� Fulsome-p.11- Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...speakers were exchanging fulsome praise for..." 1/12/25
� Haute-p.207-The Reader's Companion to Cuba-"...pop culture and mainstream highbrow haute culture." 3/14/24
� Judicious-p.117-Queen of the Flowers-"...tea with a judicious admixture of rum." 12/6/23
� Klutz-p.48-Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle- "The man's obviously a klutz..." 12/30/23
� Luminous-p.187-Queen of the Flowers-"The dragon-green, the luminous, the serpent-haunted sea..." 12/8/23
� Malign-p.104-The Sea, the Sea-"...sparkled at me with malign intensity." 12/24/23
� Mnemonic-p.469-The Sea, the Sea-"And why did my little piece of mnemonic writing contain no reference to the serpent?" 1/3/24
� Naive-p.111-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"Maybe I was naive..."-12/14/23
� Oboe-p.151-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"...Chinese oboe; and tambores cu, Chinese drums..." 12/15/23
� Omnipotent-p.390-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"Pasteis are the omnipotent street snacks of Brazil..." 3/5/24
� Otter-p.79-The Crow Trap-"...miracle worker when it comes to finding otters." 1/12/24
� Resounding-p.104-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"The resounding baritone, his charismatic persona." 4/4/24
� Sublime-p.186-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"...waters of most of the other countries of the world. Sublime." 2/29/24
� Sycophant-p.81-The Penultimate Peril-"...the reporter had become one of Esme's sycophants..." 3/16/24
� Tempest-p.161-King Henry V.; King Henry VI., Part I.; King Henry VI., Part II.; King Henry VI., Part III-"And, this fell tempest shall not cease..." 7/30/24
� Veranda-p.184-Death by Water-"The eating house was open, like a verandah..." (Brit. spelling)-1/9/24
� Voracious-p.89-The Know-It-All-"...he's a voracious reader..." 1/3/24
� Yonder-p.172-Mona of the Manor-"'And over yonder,' said Wilfred..." 6/9/24
Bonus Words
� Catechism-p.20-The Colonel's Mistake-"He mumbled the words from the catechism..." 1/10/24
� Cupola/Kupola-p.223-Burma Sahib-"...the cupola above its keystone dated 1887." 4/5/24
Denigrate
� Gregarious-p.75-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"A cultured and gregarious man..." 12/12/23
� Xylophone-p.71-The Slippery Slope-"Snow Scouts...are wholesome, xylophone, young and zippered..." 11/12/23
Mod
Welcome to this challenge!
Take as much time as you need! I never 'close' these; they just get moved to the archive. :-)
I'm going to continue to search for all the words.... but technically I have finished. I found 4 Bonus Words to substitute for Absolved; Boorish; Finicky; Flatulence; and Fulsome;
Starting 10/31/23--- will aim to complete by April 30, 2024
The Challenge Factory
Hard Scavenger Hunt XII
Duration: Oct. 31, 2023- April 30, 2024
THE TWIST**
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
22/30
Absolved
Boorish
� Burgeoning-p.220-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"It is also home to a burgeoning tech and creative scene." 3/13/24
� Effervescent-p.258- The Know-It-All-"Instead of the effervescent game show contestant..." 10/5/24
Finicky
� Flabbergasted-p.212-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"I was flabbergasted to find no ticket booth..." 3/13/24
Flatulence
Fulsome
� Haute-p.207-The Reader's Companion to Cuba-"...pop culture and mainstream highbrow haute culture." 3/14/24
� Judicious-p.117-Queen of the Flowers-"...tea with a judicious admixture of rum." 12/6/23
� Klutz-p.48-Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle- "The man's obviously a klutz..." 12/30/23
� Luminous-p.187-Queen of the Flowers-"The dragon-green, the luminous, the serpent-haunted sea..." 12/8/23
� Malign-p.104-The Sea, the Sea-"...sparkled at me with malign intensity." 12/24/23
� Mnemonic-p.469-The Sea, the Sea-"And why did my little piece of mnemonic writing contain no reference to the serpent?" 1/3/24
� Naive-p.111-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"Maybe I was naive..."-12/14/23
� Oboe-p.151-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"...Chinese oboe; and tambores cu, Chinese drums..." 12/15/23
� Omnipotent-p.390-Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide-"Pasteis are the omnipotent street snacks of Brazil..." 3/5/24
� Otter-p.79-The Crow Trap-"...miracle worker when it comes to finding otters." 1/12/24
� Resounding-p.104-The White Woman on the Green Bicycle-"The resounding baritone, his charismatic persona." 4/4/24
� Sublime-p.186-The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World-"...waters of most of the other countries of the world. Sublime." 2/29/24
� Sycophant-p.81-The Penultimate Peril-"...the reporter had become one of Esme's sycophants..." 3/16/24
� Tempest-p.161-King Henry V.; King Henry VI., Part I.; King Henry VI., Part II.; King Henry VI., Part III-"And, this fell tempest shall not cease..." 7/30/24
� Veranda-p.184-Death by Water-"The eating house was open, like a verandah..." (Brit. spelling)-1/9/24
� Voracious-p.89-The Know-It-All-"...he's a voracious reader..." 1/3/24
� Yonder-p.172-Mona of the Manor-"'And over yonder,' said Wilfred..." 6/9/24
Bonus Words
� Catechism-p.20-The Colonel's Mistake-"He mumbled the words from the catechism..." 1/10/24
� Cupola/Kupola-p.223-Burma Sahib-"...the cupola above its keystone dated 1887." 4/5/24
Denigrate
� Gregarious-p.75-Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World-"A cultured and gregarious man..." 12/12/23
� Xylophone-p.71-The Slippery Slope-"Snow Scouts...are wholesome, xylophone, young and zippered..." 11/12/23
The Challenge Factory
Books mentioned in this topic
Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year (other topics)Can You Forgive Her? Volume II (other topics)
Queen of the Flowers (other topics)
The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World (other topics)
The Know-It-All (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Luis Alberto Urrea (other topics)Qiu Xiaolong (other topics)
The challenge runs from July 1 - December 31, 2023.
Similar to the other Scavenger Hunt Challenges, but this one will be a bit more challenging to find all of the words and is published semi-annually.
� Most items are specific, but if in doubt about an item � just ask!
� You may use a single book to fulfill multiple items
� When you find one of the items, list the Book Title and Author (or link the cover), then specify where the item is found within the book and 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.
The Twist
For each bonus word you find, you can replace TWO (2) of the regular list words! Be sure to list which 2 words you are choosing to replace.
Good Luck & Happy Reading! �
The List
Absolved
Boorish
Burgeoning
Effervescent
Finicky
Flabbergasted
Flatulence
Fulsome
Haute
Judicious
Klutz
Luminous
Malign
Mnemonic
Naive
Oboe
Omnipotent
Otter
Resounding
Sublime
Sycophant
Tempest
Veranda
Voracious
Yonder
Bonus Words
Catechism
Cupola/Kupola
Denigrate
Gregarious
Xylophone
Good Luck & Happy Reading!
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