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December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
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Mutineers
Polynesian
Book Used:
Actor - Loc 2584 "He used to be an actor"
Adventurous - Loc 1649 "dealing in adventurous verse and unapproved literature"
Black - Loc 129 "Printed in fading black was its title"
Dance - Loc 1475 "The dance floor filled."
Drum(s) - Loc 1472 "Harry vamped along on the drum set."
Farm - Loc 2851 "There began to be farms and smallholdings"
Fragrant - Loc 4096 "smoke a fragrant cigarette"
Hips - Loc 3309 "flapped against her hips"
Hull - Loc 640 "removed an obsolete transponder from the hull"
International - Loc 1107 "said to operate in international waters"
Isolated - Loc 577 "he sat isolated on a plastic ottoman"
Missionary - Loc 3329 "marched our torchlit missionaries"
Nuclear - Loc 68 "Russian nuclear meltdown"
Painter - Loc 422 "I was working as a house painter"
Poisonous - Loc 3992 "a big fan moving poisonous air in weary circles"
Protection - Loc 596 "you are under my protection"
Rain - Loc 868 "A cold light rain was falling"
Refuge - Loc 3707 "fled to the lake for refuge"
Rhythm - Loc 1475 "His head bobbed along to the rhythm."
Tattoo - Loc 2277 "the drummer's beautiful tattoos"
Welcome - Loc 209 "You're a welcome arrival."
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Balsa - "Her shepherd's crook, made of balsa, sat across her lap."
Competition - Loc 7370 "A potential rival, perhaps. The competition for sure."
Honeymoon - Loc 8688 "wanted to go to one of those fancy ocean islands on her honeymoon"
Shark - Loc 6787 "everyone had to start swimming with the sharks sometime"
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Famous - Page 14 "my famous harvest stew"
Fenced - Page 196 "Wyatt['s backyard was fenced in"
Book Used: [bookcover: The Secret Book of Flora Lea|61964751]
Necklace - Loc 4551 "there were enough daisies for three long necklaces"
Pearl - Loc 1904 "women in black dresses with pearls"
Spit of land - Loc 1308 "near seclusion on this small spit of land"
Submarine - Loc 5500 "sunk by a German submarine"
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Florists - Loc 604 "...the perfume. Florists never touch the stuff."
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Banana tree - Loc 1231 "beds planted with bougainvillea, banana tress, and pawpaws.
Territory - Loc 595 "successful missions into occupied territory"
Vanilla - Loc 324 "like a glove full of vanilla pudding"
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Horseback - Loc 416 "until I saw her in her horseback riding gear"
Radioactive - Loc 5133 "the core concept behind radioactivity"
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Fallout - Loc 549 "potential for mental fallout"
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Military base (must be together) - Loc 382 "convey their ransom demand to the nearest military base"
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Tiki - Loc 500 "pulling into a spot by Lucky's Tiki Bar"
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Guesthouse - Loc 4056 "the same fear I experience outside the guesthouse"
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Atoll - Loc 6227 "over this subterranean atoll"
Uninhabited Loc 579 "the parade ground was uninhabited"
FINISHEDFrench Polynesia Word Search
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41/45 words found
Words
Actor "Now he seemed to be the actor" p. 51 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Adventurous (no variations) "Ricky felt adventurous." p. 91 Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh 2.15.25
Atoll - "detonations on. Pacific atolls"" p. 268 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Balsa " including astonishment that the balsa wood and paper construction they were flying around in was still, somehow, in one piece" Loc 4213 The Rags of Time by Peter Grainger 1.24.25
Banana tree
Black "she was wearing a black habit, anyway I remember that" p. 147 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Competition - "Guys like that can't stand competition" p. 199 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Dance - "Dance? What kind of dance?" p. 28 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Drum(s) "drums and squealing bagpipes" p. 93 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2 24
Fallout "does your business follow financial fallouts?" p.53 The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams 12.10.24
Famous "famous Afrika Korps" p. 122 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Farm - "farm for another week"" p. 630 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Fenced (no variations) "in the tiny, fenced yard of a Fifth Avenue mansion" p. 49 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.8.24
Florists "visiting stationers and florists" p. 512 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Fragrant "Evelyn sipped again at the fragrant concoction in her cup" p. 154 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Hips "hips and a ballerina's dainty, bowed legs" p. 68 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Honeymoon "We are on our honeymoon, actually" p. 104 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Horseback " to go to Hofn in Hornafjordur on horseback to report the plane" p. 6 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Hull "senseless as stopping up a hole in the hull of.a ship at the bottom of the sea" p. 129 Held: A Novelby Anne Michaels 12. 14 24
International "international gatherings" p. 257 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Isolated - "isolated for the smallest infraction' P. 285
Military base (must be together) "The military base is a sensitive issue in Iceland" p. 16 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Missionary. "she had been a missionary" p. 264 The Girls with No Names BY Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Mutineers
Necklace "tiny gold dove on her necklace" p. 288 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Nuclear "codename for our nuclear testing program in the 1940s." p. 80 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Painter "loose like a painter's smock" p. 312 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Pearl - "Pearls cascaded from her hair and neck" p. 412 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Poisonous "poisonous creature" p. 237 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Polynesian
Protection "was there for their protection" p. 332 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Radioactive "He is painting it with that radioactive quality" p. 25 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.5.24
Rain "rain was still drifting down" p. 24 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Refuge "a refuge from the sheet metal glare of the desert" p. 234 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Rhythm "rhythm of that big friendly sea creature" p. 356 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Shark "a shark who charmed his way into old people''s homes" p. 629 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Spit of land (must be together) "spit of land that jutted out to the sea" p. 204 The Princess of Denmark by Edward Marston 12.20.24
Submarine "submarines in the North Atlantic" p.. 344 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Territory "heading into the clumsy territory of my mother's funeral" p. 139 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Tiki
Tattoo "Get a tattoo" p. 204 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Uninhabited "which involved travelling in the uninhabited interior" p. 21 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Vanilla "vanilla, a confection' P. 88 The Girls with No Names BY Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Welcome "to her, welcome relief" p. 264 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
French Polynesia Word SearchDecember 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
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Words
✅Actor - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg199
He was an accomplished actor; if I hadn’t had my internal lie detector I would have believed him
Adventurous (no variations) -
Atoll
Balsa
Banana tree
✅Black - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg2
Down the alley and got into my car, a black Ford Focus
✅Competition - The Lies of Vampires and Slayers 12/12 - pg36
Which might not be a distinction, considering the competition was the likes of Vígí and his Dreki Family
✅Dance - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg18
I remained calm even though I was doing a happy dance inside
✅Drum(s) - The Lies of Vampires and Slayers - 12/12 - pg234
Celtic music—fiddles, flutes, and drums mostly—blasted out of the open door into the night air.
Fallout
✅Famous - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg35 Or maybe Rosie’s car park was a famous dogging site
✅Farm - Jingle all the Slay - 7/12 - pg18
She also thinks Rayvonne Melnick sprays the tomatoes he sells at his farm stand with mind-altering drugs.
✅Fenced (no variations) - Tattered Huntress - 15/12 - pg 207
Snakes like Bella, whether they were man-eating or otherwise, were not ring-fenced
Florists
Fragrant
Guesthouse
✅Hips - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg180
His shoulders were broad, his hips narrow, and his muscles had muscles
✅Honeymoon - Jingle all the Slay 7/12 - pg67
Only if there’s a big diamond ring (and I mean Hope Diamond big) and a honeymoon in Bali
Horseback
Hull
✅International - Tattered Huntress - 15/12 - pg190
London home for his international collections
✅Isolated - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg28
It looked like I’d been wrong about Hester being isolated at university
Military base (must be together)
Missionary
Mutineers
✅Necklace - The Lies of Vampires and Slayers - 12/12 - pg148
She was also wearing a necklace of simpler design
Nuclear
Painter
✅Pearl - Jingle all the Slay - 7/12 - pg73
A woman who’d prided herself on her crazy peacock-feather sweaters, statement-necklace pearls
✅Poisonous - The Lies of Vampires and Slayers - 12/12 - pg69
And it’s got a stinger in its abdomen. Poisonous,�
Polynesian
✅Protection - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg65
He was in protection mode
Radioactive
✅Rain - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg5
He’s easy going and friendly, but he despises walks in the rain
✅Refuge - Magic Forged - 26/12 - pg36
Seeking refuge with the vampires was my last choice
✅Rhythm - Tattered Huntress - 15/12 - pg90
The faint, rhythmic rumbling inside suggested that Jamila had been right
✅Shark - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg9
‘The victim said he owed some money to a few different sharks
Spit of land (must be together)
Submarine
✅Territory - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg118
This was Volderiss clan territory
Tiki
✅Tattoo - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg27
She’d even mentioned getting a tattoo.
✅UԾԳٱ- The Lies of Vampires and Slayers - 12/12 - pg294
it reeked with the burnt stench of the uninhabited parts of their realm.
✅Vanilla - Tattered Huntress - 15/12 - pg30
Knowing Kat, they probably involved strawberry-flavoured lubricant and vanilla massage oil.
✅Welcome - Glimmer of the Other - 5/12 - pg54
‘You will always be welcome here in the hall of your introduction.
WC - French Polynesia Word Search� Total: 44/44
1. Actor
3/12 - The MGM Effect: How a Hollywood Studio Changed the World, Steven Bingen - ⭐️⭐️
"producer rather than an actor" p.52
2. Adventurous
4/12 - Your 3 Best Super Powers: Meditation, Imagination & Intuition, Sonia Choquette - ⭐️⭐️
"she describes herself as adventurous" p.64
3. Atoll
15/12 - 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half, Stephen R. Bown - ⭐️⭐️
"the lookout spied an uninhabited atoll" p.157
4. Balsa
16/12 - Endless Highway, David Carradine - ⭐️⭐️
"fighter planes out of balsa wood" p.47
5. Banana tree
14/12 - Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II, Abbott Kahler - ⭐️⭐️
"open path decorated by green banana trees" p.92
6. Black
1/12 - My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open: How to Untangle Our Relationship with Tech, Tanya Goodin - ⭐️⭐️
"thin fellow in a black polo neck" p.8
7. Competition
4/12 - Before We Go Live: Navigating the Abusive World of Online Entertainment, Stephen Flavall - ⭐️⭐️
"worldwide hub for online competition" p.29
8. Dance
4/12 - Everyday MAGIC: The Joy of Not Being Everything and Still Being More Than Enough, Mattie James - ⭐️⭐️
"I will dance to my Beyoncé playlist" p.49
9. Drums
5/12 - The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Rich Cohen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"But who was on drums?" p.49
10. Fallout
8/12 - After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon, Greg Eghigian - ⭐️⭐️
"the scandal and its fallout" p.244
11. Famous
3/12 - The Mother of All Success Manuals: How to Control Your Days, Lose the Guilt, and Find Harmony Between Work and Life, Clara Capano - ⭐️⭐️
"famous anthropologist" p.42
12. Farm
1/12 - The Secret Life of Birds: Who They Are and What They Do, Colin Tudge - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"George Orwell’s Animal Farm" p.27
13. Fenced
13/12 - Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, Paul Corupe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"sneak into the fenced off area" p.299
14. Florists
9/12 - Beneath the Underdog, Charles Mingus - ⭐️
"see his florists or talk to his chef" p.171
15. Fragrant
2/12 - Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, Bettany Hughes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"thyme and fragrant grasses" p.182
16. Guesthouse
3/12 - Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles, Kathleen Turner - ⭐️⭐️
"in the governor’s guesthouse" p.106
17. Hips
2/12 - Karate Science: Dynamic Movement, J.D. Swanson - ⭐️⭐️
"use your hips" p.21
18. Honeymoon
3/12 - Goldeneye: Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica, Matthew Parker - ⭐️⭐️
"Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on their honeymoon" p.80
19. Horseback
6/12 - At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness, Hana Ali - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a police officer on horseback" p.240
20. Hull
6/12 - The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy, Bret W. Davis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"with Monte Hull" p.28
21. International
5/12 - The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World, David Deutsch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the vagaries of international politics" p.90
22. Isolated
2/12 - Subpar Planet: The World's Most Celebrated Landmarks and Their Most Disappointed Visitors, Amber Share - ⭐️
“tall, isolated, and pointy hill.� p.31
23. Military base
1/12 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940�1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
"for a long period our military base" p.128
24. Missionary
2/12 - Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica, Zora Neale Hurston - ⭐️⭐️
"A white Protestant missionary minister" p.142
25. Mutineers
15/12 - Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World, Jack Kelly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The enraged British invented a punishment for mutineers known as the Devil’s Wind." p.202
26. Necklace
10/12 - The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France, Seth Meyerowitz - ⭐️⭐️
"The couple had already seen the necklace" p.56
27. Nuclear
3/12 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"prevent nuclear war" p.165
28. Painter
2/12 - Madrid: A New Biography, Luke Stegemann - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"painter Jeroen van Aken of Hertogenbosch" p.129
29. Pearl
8/12 - The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume, Tilar J. Mazzeo - ⭐️⭐️
"a five-strand pearl necklace" p.113
30. Poisonous
7/12 - Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World, Judika Illes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"assassinate King James VI with poisonous toad juice" p.125
31. Polynesian
13/12 - Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography, Karl Ruhrberg - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Polynesian sculpture" p.59
32. Protection
2/12 - Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria, Max Siollun - ⭐️⭐️
"Protection Against False Accusation" p.59
33. Radioactive
5/12 - Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy, Bill Adair - ⭐️⭐️
"radioactive for members of his party" p.102
34. Rain
5/12 - Beyond the Pale: A Fable about Escaping the Hustle and Finding Yourself, Matthew Turner - ⭐️⭐️
"rain attacking my face" p.28
35. Refuge
6/12 - The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir, John Cook - ⭐️⭐️
"took refuge in sleep" p.158
36. Rhythm
3/12 - Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, Robert George Reisner - ⭐️⭐️
"a hopeless rhythm section" p.22
37. Shark
1/12 - The Queen's Gambit, Walter Tevis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"play the next day like a shark" p.150
38. Submarine
3/12 - The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing, David Kahn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"unrestricted submarine warfare" p.360
39. Territory
1/12 - The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453, Vlada Stanković - ⭐️
"presumably within imperial territory" p.30
40. Tiki
5/12 - The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success, Ross Douthat - ⭐️⭐️
“preppy dudes with tiki torches� p.122
41. Tattoo
9/12 - The Great Peace: A Memoir, Mena Suvari - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"after my tattoo was done we kept in touch" p.231
42. Uninhabited
6/12 - Haunted: Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives, E. Jay Gilbert - ⭐️⭐️
"such a place to be uninhabited" p.122
43. Vanilla
1/12 - Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health, Jo Robinson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"pure vanilla extract" p.297
44. Welcome
3/12 - Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love, Brit Barron - ⭐️⭐️
"Welcome to progressive amnesia." p.40
Welcome to the challenge Denise, Cassie AND Richard!!! Glad you are joining us :)
French Polynesia Word SearchDecember 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
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Words
� Actor-p.415-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II-"...doctors are such bad actors..." 12/21/24
Adventurous (no variations)
Atoll
Balsa
� Banana tree- p.17-Battambang-"...rich with their mango, coconut and banana trees..." 12/30/24
� Black-p.215-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II- "The black wall of another building seemed..." 12/1/24
Competition
� Dance- p.289-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II- "...neither of the two ladies would dance..." 12/7/24
Drum(s)
Fallout
� Famous-p.241-The Sicilian-"...but he was already famous in our little village..." 12/23/24
� Farm-p.335-Keepers of the Wisdom: Reflections from Lives Well Lived-"Alice was too busy working on the farm..." 12/5/24
Fenced (no variations)
Florists
Fragrant
Guesthouse
Hips
� Honeymoon-p.414-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II-"...by post horses, and did their honeymoon." 12/21/24
� Horseback-p.302-The Sicilian-"The third man on horseback was..." 12/28/24
Hull
International
Isolated
Military base (must be together)
Missionary
Mutineers
Necklace
Nuclear
Painter
Pearl
Poisonous
Polynesian
� Protection-p.335-The Sicilian-"...remain under my protection as always." 1/2/25
Radioactive
Rain
Refuge
Rhythm
Shark-p.124-Marshall's Gold-"...held about a hundred small sharks..." 1/23/25
Spit of land (must be together)
� Submarine-p.310-The Know-It-All-"...ventilating tube used by German submarines..." 5/21/25
� Territory-p.296-Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion-"...American territories which had not yet become states..." 6/3/25
Tiki
� Tattoo-p.128-Marshall's Gold-"...as he watched Mr. Tattoo walk around..." 1/23/25
Uninhabited
� Vanilla-p.23- Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract..." 1/19/25
� Welcome-p.253-Can You Forgive Her? Volume II-"...and by no means welcome to those ..." 12/5/24
The Search is on! I'll bet I don't find a lot of these words, they don't like they'll be in what I'm reading these days. But we'll see.French Polynesia Word Search
December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
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Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 12/1
Actor "He was an actor who could hide the instincts of a werewolf under an impeccably civilized exterior." pp 148
Black "Black or white?" pp 41
Dance "The print swam away from me finally then in a wild and drowning dance of words." pp 171
Famous "Called me after my disreputable (and famous) great-grandmother." pp 10
Isolated "But I still felt isolated among them." pp 144
Painted "By the time she was twenty she'd been painted by every painter who mattered." pp 9
Pearl "Filtering heavily through the veil like light through a pearl." pp 169
Protection "His arm tightened, as if in protection." pp 119
Rain "A spot of rain won't hurt us." pp 46
Impact of Evidence by E.C.R. Lorac 12/2
Drums "The gear boxes and all will be smashed to blazes and the brake drums ditto..." pp 96
Farm "where the rough farm road stopped at a clearing in front of the wood." pp 16
Hips "I suppose he'd got arthritis in his knees and hips..." pp 91
The Trial by James Patterson 12/3
Tattoo "Someone saw the tattoo on the back of the hand..." pp 8
Necklace "Yep, and she's wearing a gold necklace and a watch." pp 44
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote 12/7
Hull "At last, when the moon is quite high, we toss the final hull into the fire..." pp 7
Vanilla "Cherries and citron, ginger and vamilla and canned Hasaiian pineapple..." pp 7
Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac 12/9
Fragrant "her fragrant coffee was poured out to the BBC time signal..." location 214
Poisonous "None o' that poisonous stuff," location 708
Refuge "when a man or woman would take refuge in obstinate silence..." location 381
Rhythm "interpolated themselves into the orderly rhythm of life..." location 568
Territory "The places and territory it serves are little known to civilisation..." location 38
Welcome "I'll do it and welcome." location 507
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 12/12
Adventurous "These ranged from the adventurous to the comical..." location 469
Horseback "Yes, willingly, going to Wells, to see the knights on horseback..." location 579
High Rising by Angela Thirkell 12/13
Competition "I hope we shall see you at our Boxing Competition next term..." pg 6
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian 12/15
Shark "the shark the seamen so obligingly fished up." pg 309
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian 12/15
Mutineers "I should certainly have joined the mutineers." pp 212
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews 12/17
International "Alternatively, I can recommend Montgomery International Investigations." location 61
Military Base "turned it into his own private military base." location location 10
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 12/18
Fallout "The fallout from this would be catastrophic." location 90
Fenced "Sixteen are walled in, the rest is deer-fenced." location 22
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews 12/19
Nuclear "A void field requires a high efficiency nuclear reactor." location 452
H.M.S. 'Surprise' by Patrick O'Brian 12/20
Uninhabited "the frigate lay off a remote, uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean..." pp 361
Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews 12/21
Missionary "The missionaries would build schools, hospitals, and temples." location 1287
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs 12/24
Guesthouse "There's likely to be more in the guesthouse," location 996
Radioactive "Each tank contained a unique mix of very bad radioactive soup..." location 38
Mrs. Tim Christie by D.E. Stevenson 12/29
Honeymoon "It was on the occasion of our honeymoon..." pp 123
Mr. Standfast by John Buchan 1/10
Submarine "It is the almost perfect submarine shelter in Britain." pp 323
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18
Florists "She stopped at a florist's and got out." page 129
Word List:
Atoll
Balsa
Banana tree
Polynesian
Spit of land (must be together)
Tiki
French Polynesia Word SearchDecember 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
45 of 45 Complete
Words
The Women - Kristin Hannah - 5 Stars - 12/4/24 - (25)
🔹️Actor - p400 - "Or maybe an actor had died."
🔹️Adventurous (no variations) - p462 - "Thank you for your adventurous spirit."
🔹️Banana tree - p139 "The stand of frayed banana trees rustled beside them."
🔹️Black - p4 - "A lock of curly black hair had fallen across his forehead."
🔹️Competition - p111 - "Frankie loved Ethel's stories about Virginia: the county fairs, the 4H competition, the church socials."
🔹️Dance - p52 - "How could she dance?"
🔹️Drum(s) - p146 - "Barbed wire and oil drums and sandbags protected the government buildings".
🔹️Famous - p40 - "Probably some famous local resident has given birth.
🔹️Farm - p107 - You'd rather be here than on that farm you grew up on.
🔹️Fenced (no variations) - p312 - "There were two small bedrooms, the larger of which overlooked a fenced backyard".
🔹️Fragrant - p224 - "White tablecloths, silver flatwear, bone china plates, and a centerpiece of fragrant flowers."
🔹️Hips - p242 - "She felt his arms around her, felt his hips pressed against hers."
🔹️Honeymoon - p349 - "I guess that means there's a honeymoon in our future."
🔹️Horseback - p91 - "He missed fly- fishing and horseback riding and floating down the Snake River."
🔹️International - p213 - "Frankie stared out the oval window at the busy runways of Los Angeles International Airport."
🔹️Necklace - p71 - "She handed the necklace to the boy."
🔹️Pearl - p240 - "She was dressed in a a lavender silk with pearl buttons.
🔹️Poisonous - p109 - "Were there poisonous snakes and alligators?"
🔹️Rain - p89 - "Rain fell insheets, blown sideways by the wind.
🔹️Rhythm - p77 - "They moved in a familiar rhythm, changing their steps only when the music changed".
🔹️Tiki - p139 - "Tiki torches glowed yellow and sent a thread of black smoke into the night sky."
🔹️Tattoo - p183 - "A Semper Fi tattoo covered the top left quadrant of his chest."
🔹️Submarine - p34 - "And then to the submarine. "
🔹️Vanilla - p339 - "Mom was already seated in the dining room, which smelled of pine and vanilla."
🔹️Welcome - p106 - "Ladies, welcome to Seawolves summer camp".
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War- Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25 - (8)
🔹️Atoll - p149 - "Ruffin felt as if stranded on an atoll of ignorance."
🔹️Hull - p428 - "A third cannonball landed so near that the splash poured more water into the hull."
🔹️Isolated - p52 - "He understood that if he was able to become governor, he could not remain isolated at Silver Bluff."
🔹️Painter - p112 - "He had studiedv under the famed painter, Robert Walter Weir."
🔹️Protection - p138 - "Can we doubt God's protection?"
🔹️Refuge - p378 - "Another tug, the Yankee was blown past Charleston and found refuge in Savannah."
🔹️Territory - p64 - "It also repealed the Missouri Compromise,which had bannd slavery in all new territory north of the 36 30 parallel."
🔹️Uninhabited - p164 - "First to fall was Castle Pinckney, situated on a small, uninhibited island called Shutes Folly."
Inheritance - Nora Roberts - 3/16/25 - (1)
🔹️Florists - p243 - "She completed the proposal for the Doyles, worked up another for the florists."
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - David Grann- 3/14/25 - (1)
🔹️Mutineers - p8 - "They were not heroes - they were mutineers".
Dry River - John Steele - 3 Stars - 1/26/25 - (2)
🔹️Military base (must be together) - p 19 - "He was stationed for a time in Germany, at a NATO military base."
🔹️Missionary - p184 - "She has embraced the religion of the university's founder, the Presbyterian missionary, Sarah Clara Smith."
Zero Day - David Baldacci - 4 Stars - 2/6/25 - (3)
🔹️Nuclear - p12 - "You're a nuclear scientist."
🔹️Radioactive - p308 - "Blowing up a nuke reactor could make all of Trent's coal mines radioactive."
🔹️Fallout - p371 - "Yield equivalent to over 21,000 tons of dynamite plus the radiation fallout kicker."
Thirty-Three Teeth - Colin Cotterill - 4 Stars - 2/3/25 - (1)
🔹️Balsa - p149 - "The balsa is a gentle wood and spirits are plentiful in it."
A Beautiful Place To Die - Malla Nunn - 4.5 Stars - 1/13/25 - (1)
🔹️Guesthouse - p73 - "The Protea Guesthouse is down there to the right."
Out with the Sunset - P.D. Workman - 12/4/24 - (1)
🔹️Polynesian - p20 - "Half the people in her neighborhood seemed to be either Asian or Polynesian."
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 4 Stars - 3/2/25 - (1)
🔹️Shark - p6 - "The detective constable known as Shark lit a cigarette. "
The Auschwitz Escape - Joel C. Rosenberg - 4 Stars - 2/26/25 - (1)
🔹️Spit of land (must be together) - p116 - "He was stuck in southern Poland, on the most godforsaken spit of land he could possibly imagine."
Is there a limit on how many words we can find in a book?
CassieCruel wrote: "Is there a limit on how many words we can find in a book?"Nope!!
Jan wrote: "CassieCruel wrote: "Is there a limit on how many words we can find in a book?"Nope!!"
Awesome!! Thank you
Finished� Total: 44/44
1. Actor
3/12 - The MGM Effect: How a Hollywood Studio Changed the World, Steven Bingen - ⭐️⭐️
"producer rather than an actor" p.52
2. Adventurous
4/12 - Your 3 Best Super Powers: Meditation, Imagination & Intuition, Sonia Choquette - ⭐️⭐️
"she describes herself as adventurous" p.64
3. Atoll
15/12 - 1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half, Stephen R. Bown - ⭐️⭐️
"the lookout spied an uninhabited atoll" p.157
4. Balsa
16/12 - Endless Highway, David Carradine - ⭐️⭐️
"fighter planes out of balsa wood" p.47
5. Banana tree
14/12 - Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II, Abbott Kahler - ⭐️⭐️
"open path decorated by green banana trees" p.92
6. Black
1/12 - My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open: How to Untangle Our Relationship with Tech, Tanya Goodin - ⭐️⭐️
"thin fellow in a black polo neck" p.8
7. Competition
4/12 - Before We Go Live: Navigating the Abusive World of Online Entertainment, Stephen Flavall - ⭐️⭐️
"worldwide hub for online competition" p.29
8. Dance
4/12 - Everyday MAGIC: The Joy of Not Being Everything and Still Being More Than Enough, Mattie James - ⭐️⭐️
"I will dance to my Beyoncé playlist" p.49
9. Drums
5/12 - The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Rich Cohen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"But who was on drums?" p.49
10. Fallout
8/12 - After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon, Greg Eghigian - ⭐️⭐️
"the scandal and its fallout" p.244
11. Famous
3/12 - The Mother of All Success Manuals: How to Control Your Days, Lose the Guilt, and Find Harmony Between Work and Life, Clara Capano - ⭐️⭐️
"famous anthropologist" p.42
12. Farm
1/12 - The Secret Life of Birds: Who They Are and What They Do, Colin Tudge - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"George Orwell’s Animal Farm" p.27
13. Fenced
13/12 - Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, Paul Corupe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"sneak into the fenced off area" p.299
14. Florists
9/12 - Beneath the Underdog, Charles Mingus - ⭐️
"see his florists or talk to his chef" p.171
15. Fragrant
2/12 - Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, Bettany Hughes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"thyme and fragrant grasses" p.182
16. Guesthouse
3/12 - Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles, Kathleen Turner - ⭐️⭐️
"in the governor’s guesthouse" p.106
17. Hips
2/12 - Karate Science: Dynamic Movement, J.D. Swanson - ⭐️⭐️
"use your hips" p.21
18. Honeymoon
3/12 - Goldeneye: Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica, Matthew Parker - ⭐️⭐️
"Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on their honeymoon" p.80
19. Horseback
6/12 - At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness, Hana Ali - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"a police officer on horseback" p.240
20. Hull
6/12 - The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Philosophy, Bret W. Davis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"with Monte Hull" p.28
21. International
5/12 - The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World, David Deutsch - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"the vagaries of international politics" p.90
22. Isolated
2/12 - Subpar Planet: The World's Most Celebrated Landmarks and Their Most Disappointed Visitors, Amber Share - ⭐️
“tall, isolated, and pointy hill.� p.31
23. Military base
1/12 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940�1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
"for a long period our military base" p.128
24. Missionary
2/12 - Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica, Zora Neale Hurston - ⭐️⭐️
"A white Protestant missionary minister" p.142
25. Mutineers
15/12 - Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World, Jack Kelly - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The enraged British invented a punishment for mutineers known as the Devil’s Wind." p.202
26. Necklace
10/12 - The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France, Seth Meyerowitz - ⭐️⭐️
"The couple had already seen the necklace" p.56
27. Nuclear
3/12 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"prevent nuclear war" p.165
28. Painter
2/12 - Madrid: A New Biography, Luke Stegemann - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"painter Jeroen van Aken of Hertogenbosch" p.129
29. Pearl
8/12 - The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume, Tilar J. Mazzeo - ⭐️⭐️
"a five-strand pearl necklace" p.113
30. Poisonous
7/12 - Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World, Judika Illes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"assassinate King James VI with poisonous toad juice" p.125
31. Polynesian
13/12 - Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, New Media, Photography, Karl Ruhrberg - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Polynesian sculpture" p.59
32. Protection
2/12 - Soldiers of Fortune: A History of Nigeria, Max Siollun - ⭐️⭐️
"Protection Against False Accusation" p.59
33. Radioactive
5/12 - Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy, Bill Adair - ⭐️⭐️
"radioactive for members of his party" p.102
34. Rain
5/12 - Beyond the Pale: A Fable about Escaping the Hustle and Finding Yourself, Matthew Turner - ⭐️⭐️
"rain attacking my face" p.28
35. Refuge
6/12 - The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir, John Cook - ⭐️⭐️
"took refuge in sleep" p.158
36. Rhythm
3/12 - Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, Robert George Reisner - ⭐️⭐️
"a hopeless rhythm section" p.22
37. Shark
1/12 - The Queen's Gambit, Walter Tevis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"play the next day like a shark" p.150
38. Submarine
3/12 - The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing, David Kahn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"unrestricted submarine warfare" p.360
39. Territory
1/12 - The Balkans and the Byzantine World before and after the Captures of Constantinople, 1204 and 1453, Vlada Stanković - ⭐️
"presumably within imperial territory" p.30
40. Tiki
5/12 - The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success, Ross Douthat - ⭐️⭐️
“preppy dudes with tiki torches� p.122
41. Tattoo
9/12 - The Great Peace: A Memoir, Mena Suvari - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"after my tattoo was done we kept in touch" p.231
42. Uninhabited
6/12 - Haunted: Ghost Stories and Their Afterlives, E. Jay Gilbert - ⭐️⭐️
"such a place to be uninhabited" p.122
43. Vanilla
1/12 - Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health, Jo Robinson - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"pure vanilla extract" p.297
44. Welcome
3/12 - Do You Still Talk to Grandma?: When the Problematic People in Our Lives Are the Ones We Love, Brit Barron - ⭐️⭐️
"Welcome to progressive amnesia." p.40
45. Spit of Land
17/12 - Lonely Planet Australia, Lonely Planet - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"located on the narrow spit of land that divides" p.297
That was fast Richard! You are missing one: "spit of land". You can come back and update if you'd like when you find it.
Jan wrote: "That was fast Richard! You are missing one: "spit of land". You can come back and update if you'd like when you find it."Updated
Jan, I found the phrase "deer-fenced". Would that work for fenced?
French Polynesia Word SearchBegins: 01Dec24 / Ends: 28Feb25
41 / 45 words found
11 books read
Actor - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 186 - "…Screen Actors Guild member�"
Adventurous - Woman of Light � � 12Dec24 - pg 203 - "She had an adventurous spirit."
Atoll
Balsa
Banana tree - A Year in the World � � 12Feb25 - pg 37 - "…the mimosa and banana plants."
Black - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 9 - "…a clicky black pen and�"
Competition - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 64 - "…giving his competition freely."
Dance - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 57 - "…hair dance along her shoulders."
Drum(s) - Woman of Light � � 12Dec24 - pg 3 - "…roasting in metal drums."
Fallout - On Beauty � � 23Dec24 - pg 114 - "…time for the fallout from this,�"
Famous - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 27 - "..so slightly famous or because he's�"
Farm - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 113 - "The Alston farm just outside of�"
Fenced - Incredible Journey � � 06Jan25 - pg 69 - "…the neatly fenced fields, each�"
Florists - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 135 - "…a local florist, and Officer Jones�"
Fragrant - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 159 - "Fragrant freesia hangs in the�"
Guesthouse - Cup of Friendship � � 18Jan25- pg 57 - "…other guesthouses and compounds�"
Hips - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 116 - "…put my hands on my hips."
Honeymoon - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 159 - "…remember my honeymoon, I think�"
Horseback - Woman of Light � � 12Dec24 - pg 23 - "…rode on horseback, and there�"
Hull - Woman of Light � � 12Dec24 - pg 12 - "…into the hull of the white �"
International - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 220 - "…made the international sign of�"
Isolated - Whiskers of the Lion � � 18Dec24 - pg 204 - "And I want him isolated."
Military base - A Year in the World � � 12Feb25 - pg 296 - "…Greek military base on the harbor and�"
Missionary - Whiskers of the Lion � � 18Dec24 - pg 236 - "…Christian & Missionary Գ�"
Mutineers
Necklace - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 128 - "…stunning necklace, a string of�"
Nuclear - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 208 - "…hunker down for nuclear war."
Painter - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 337 - "…a healer, a painter an amazing�"
Pearl - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 128 - "…glistening pearls separated by�"
Poisonous - On Beauty � � 23Dec24- pg 39 - "…some fluid poisonous to his�"
Polynesian - American Like Me � � 23Dec24 pg 105 - "…being Polynesian, Puerto Rican�."
Protection - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 163 - "I don't need protection!"
Radioactive - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 1 - "…collectible radioactive Fiestaware."
Rain - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 10 - "…while rain patters agains the�"
Refuge - American Like Me � � 23Dec24 - pg 140 - "…became my refuge, where I.."
Rhythm - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 235 - "…mimic his rhythm over his scalp."
Shark - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 315 - "Except this shark has strong�"
Spit of land - The Egg and I � � 18Jan25 - pg 192 - "…long spit of land extending into�"
Submarine - A Merry Little Meet Cute � � 02Jan25- pg 127 - "…on a submarine that had just�"
Territory - Woman of Light � � 12Dec24 - pg 289 - "…in the Lost Territory with her�"
Tiki
Tattoo - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 10 - "…cool mermaid tattoo in case�"
Uninhabited - Incredible Journey � � 06Jan25 - pg 53 - "…this virtually uninhabited Dz�"
Vanilla - The Supreme Macaroni Company � � 04Dec24 - pg 153 - "…scent of vanilla, anisette, and�"
Welcome - Mrs. Nash's Ashes � � 07Dec24 - pg 6 - "…therefore very welcome to enter�"
Jan wrote: "Yes Teri! I'll take that ;)"Thanks, Jan!
Great job Cassie! You do have until the end of February to find more.
Oo nice! What a wally! I’ll keep going
I'm declaring this one finished. Nothing I'm reading now, or in the foreseeable future, will get the rest of these words. But that's fine, I'll just wait for the next word search to come along... French Polynesia Word Search
December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
39/45
Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 12/1
Actor "He was an actor who could hide the instincts of a werewolf under an impeccably civilized exterior." pp 148
Black "Black or white?" pp 41
Dance "The print swam away from me finally then in a wild and drowning dance of words." pp 171
Famous "Called me after my disreputable (and famous) great-grandmother." pp 10
Isolated "But I still felt isolated among them." pp 144
Painted "By the time she was twenty she'd been painted by every painter who mattered." pp 9
Pearl "Filtering heavily through the veil like light through a pearl." pp 169
Protection "His arm tightened, as if in protection." pp 119
Rain "A spot of rain won't hurt us." pp 46
Impact of Evidence by E.C.R. Lorac 12/2
Drums "The gear boxes and all will be smashed to blazes and the brake drums ditto..." pp 96
Farm "where the rough farm road stopped at a clearing in front of the wood." pp 16
Hips "I suppose he'd got arthritis in his knees and hips..." pp 91
The Trial by James Patterson 12/3
Tattoo "Someone saw the tattoo on the back of the hand..." pp 8
Necklace "Yep, and she's wearing a gold necklace and a watch." pp 44
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote 12/7
Hull "At last, when the moon is quite high, we toss the final hull into the fire..." pp 7
Vanilla "Cherries and citron, ginger and vamilla and canned Hasaiian pineapple..." pp 7
Crook o' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac 12/9
Fragrant "her fragrant coffee was poured out to the BBC time signal..." location 214
Poisonous "None o' that poisonous stuff," location 708
Refuge "when a man or woman would take refuge in obstinate silence..." location 381
Rhythm "interpolated themselves into the orderly rhythm of life..." location 568
Territory "The places and territory it serves are little known to civilisation..." location 38
Welcome "I'll do it and welcome." location 507
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer 12/12
Adventurous "These ranged from the adventurous to the comical..." location 469
Horseback "Yes, willingly, going to Wells, to see the knights on horseback..." location 579
High Rising by Angela Thirkell 12/13
Competition "I hope we shall see you at our Boxing Competition next term..." pg 6
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian 12/15
Shark "the shark the seamen so obligingly fished up." pg 309
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian 12/15
Mutineers "I should certainly have joined the mutineers." pp 212
Wildfire by Ilona Andrews 12/17
International "Alternatively, I can recommend Montgomery International Investigations." location 61
Military Base "turned it into his own private military base." location location 10
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 12/18
Fallout "The fallout from this would be catastrophic." location 90
Fenced "Sixteen are walled in, the rest is deer-fenced." location 22
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews 12/19
Nuclear "A void field requires a high efficiency nuclear reactor." location 452
H.M.S. 'Surprise' by Patrick O'Brian 12/20
Uninhabited "the frigate lay off a remote, uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean..." pp 361
Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews 12/21
Missionary "The missionaries would build schools, hospitals, and temples." location 1287
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs 12/24
Guesthouse "There's likely to be more in the guesthouse," location 996
Radioactive "Each tank contained a unique mix of very bad radioactive soup..." location 38
Mrs. Tim Christie by D.E. Stevenson 12/29
Honeymoon "It was on the occasion of our honeymoon..." pp 123
Mr. Standfast by John Buchan 1/10
Submarine "It is the almost perfect submarine shelter in Britain." pp 323
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson 1/18
Florists "She stopped at a florist's and got out." page 129
Word List:
Atoll
Balsa
Banana tree
Polynesian
Spit of land (must be together)
Tiki
You did great Teri! I have 8 words left :(
Jan wrote: "You did great Teri! I have 8 words left :("This was a tricky list. I even read books set in Bermuda and the Philippines and didn't find these words. lol
FINISHEDFrench Polynesia Word Search
December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
41/45 words found
Words
Actor "Now he seemed to be the actor" p. 51 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Adventurous (no variations) "Ricky felt adventurous." p. 91 Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh 2.15.25
Atoll - "detonations on. Pacific atolls"" p. 268 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Balsa " including astonishment that the balsa wood and paper construction they were flying around in was still, somehow, in one piece" Loc 4213 The Rags of Time by Peter Grainger 1.24.25
Banana tree
Black "she was wearing a black habit, anyway I remember that" p. 147 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Competition - "Guys like that can't stand competition" p. 199 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Dance - "Dance? What kind of dance?" p. 28 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Drum(s) "drums and squealing bagpipes" p. 93 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2 24
Fallout "does your business follow financial fallouts?" p.53 The Whispered Word by Ellery Adams 12.10.24
Famous "famous Afrika Korps" p. 122 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Farm - "farm for another week"" p. 630 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Fenced (no variations) "in the tiny, fenced yard of a Fifth Avenue mansion" p. 49 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.8.24
Florists "visiting stationers and florists" p. 512 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Fragrant "Evelyn sipped again at the fragrant concoction in her cup" p. 154 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Hips "hips and a ballerina's dainty, bowed legs" p. 68 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Honeymoon "We are on our honeymoon, actually" p. 104 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Horseback " to go to Hofn in Hornafjordur on horseback to report the plane" p. 6 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Hull "senseless as stopping up a hole in the hull of.a ship at the bottom of the sea" p. 129 Held: A Novelby Anne Michaels 12. 14 24
International "international gatherings" p. 257 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Isolated - "isolated for the smallest infraction' P. 285
Military base (must be together) "The military base is a sensitive issue in Iceland" p. 16 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Missionary. "she had been a missionary" p. 264 The Girls with No Names BY Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Mutineers
Necklace "tiny gold dove on her necklace" p. 288 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Nuclear "codename for our nuclear testing program in the 1940s." p. 80 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Painter "loose like a painter's smock" p. 312 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Pearl - "Pearls cascaded from her hair and neck" p. 412 The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Poisonous "poisonous creature" p. 237 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Polynesian
Protection "was there for their protection" p. 332 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Radioactive "He is painting it with that radioactive quality" p. 25 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.5.24
Rain "rain was still drifting down" p. 24 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Refuge "a refuge from the sheet metal glare of the desert" p. 234 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Rhythm "rhythm of that big friendly sea creature" p. 356 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Shark "a shark who charmed his way into old people''s homes" p. 629 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Spit of land (must be together) "spit of land that jutted out to the sea" p. 204 The Princess of Denmark by Edward Marston 12.20.24
Submarine "submarines in the North Atlantic" p.. 344 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Territory "heading into the clumsy territory of my mother's funeral" p. 139 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Tiki
Tattoo "Get a tattoo" p. 204 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12.9.24
Uninhabited "which involved travelling in the uninhabited interior" p. 21 Operation Napoleon by Arnoldur Indrridason 1.18.25
Vanilla "vanilla, a confection' P. 88 The Girls with No Names BY Serena Burdick 12.8.24
Welcome "to her, welcome relief" p. 264 April in Spain by John Banville 12.2.24
Great job Denise! I'm seeing the same words left on all our lists ... LOL.
Jan, it's not a big deal, but somehow you missed marking me finished. :)
Teri- unfortunately, you only get marked "finished" if you find all the words. Sorry!!
Will you take "banana PLANTS" for banana trees?
~~~ Complete ~~~French Polynesia Word Search
December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
45 of 45 Complete
Words
The Women - Kristin Hannah - 5 Stars - 12/4/24 - (25)
🔹️Actor - p400 - "Or maybe an actor had died."
🔹️Adventurous (no variations) - p462 - "Thank you for your adventurous spirit."
🔹️Banana tree - p139 "The stand of frayed banana trees rustled beside them."
🔹️Black - p4 - "A lock of curly black hair had fallen across his forehead."
🔹️Competition - p111 - "Frankie loved Ethel's stories about Virginia: the county fairs, the 4H competition, the church socials."
🔹️Dance - p52 - "How could she dance?"
🔹️Drum(s) - p146 - "Barbed wire and oil drums and sandbags protected the government buildings".
🔹️Famous - p40 - "Probably some famous local resident has given birth.
🔹️Farm - p107 - You'd rather be here than on that farm you grew up on.
🔹️Fenced (no variations) - p312 - "There were two small bedrooms, the larger of which overlooked a fenced backyard".
🔹️Fragrant - p224 - "White tablecloths, silver flatwear, bone china plates, and a centerpiece of fragrant flowers."
🔹️Hips - p242 - "She felt his arms around her, felt his hips pressed against hers."
🔹️Honeymoon - p349 - "I guess that means there's a honeymoon in our future."
🔹️Horseback - p91 - "He missed fly- fishing and horseback riding and floating down the Snake River."
🔹️International - p213 - "Frankie stared out the oval window at the busy runways of Los Angeles International Airport."
🔹️Necklace - p71 - "She handed the necklace to the boy."
🔹️Pearl - p240 - "She was dressed in a a lavender silk with pearl buttons.
🔹️Poisonous - p109 - "Were there poisonous snakes and alligators?"
🔹️Rain - p89 - "Rain fell insheets, blown sideways by the wind.
🔹️Rhythm - p77 - "They moved in a familiar rhythm, changing their steps only when the music changed".
🔹️Tiki - p139 - "Tiki torches glowed yellow and sent a thread of black smoke into the night sky."
🔹️Tattoo - p183 - "A Semper Fi tattoo covered the top left quadrant of his chest."
🔹️Submarine - p34 - "And then to the submarine. "
🔹️Vanilla - p339 - "Mom was already seated in the dining room, which smelled of pine and vanilla."
🔹️Welcome - p106 - "Ladies, welcome to Seawolves summer camp".
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War- Erik Larson - 4 Stars - 1/5/25 - (8)
🔹️Atoll - p149 - "Ruffin felt as if stranded on an atoll of ignorance."
🔹️Hull - p428 - "A third cannonball landed so near that the splash poured more water into the hull."
🔹️Isolated - p52 - "He understood that if he was able to become governor, he could not remain isolated at Silver Bluff."
🔹️Painter - p112 - "He had studiedv under the famed painter, Robert Walter Weir."
🔹️Protection - p138 - "Can we doubt God's protection?"
🔹️Refuge - p378 - "Another tug, the Yankee was blown past Charleston and found refuge in Savannah."
🔹️Territory - p64 - "It also repealed the Missouri Compromise,which had bannd slavery in all new territory north of the 36 30 parallel."
🔹️Uninhabited - p164 - "First to fall was Castle Pinckney, situated on a small, uninhibited island called Shutes Folly."
Inheritance - Nora Roberts - 3/16/25 - (1)
🔹️Florists - p243 - "She completed the proposal for the Doyles, worked up another for the florists."
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - David Grann- 3/14/25 - (1)
🔹️Mutineers - p8 - "They were not heroes - they were mutineers".
Dry River - John Steele - 3 Stars - 1/26/25 - (2)
🔹️Military base (must be together) - p 19 - "He was stationed for a time in Germany, at a NATO military base."
🔹️Missionary - p184 - "She has embraced the religion of the university's founder, the Presbyterian missionary, Sarah Clara Smith."
Zero Day - David Baldacci - 4 Stars - 2/6/25 - (3)
🔹️Nuclear - p12 - "You're a nuclear scientist."
🔹️Radioactive - p308 - "Blowing up a nuke reactor could make all of Trent's coal mines radioactive."
🔹️Fallout - p371 - "Yield equivalent to over 21,000 tons of dynamite plus the radiation fallout kicker."
Thirty-Three Teeth - Colin Cotterill - 4 Stars - 2/3/25 - (1)
🔹️Balsa - p149 - "The balsa is a gentle wood and spirits are plentiful in it."
A Beautiful Place To Die - Malla Nunn - 4.5 Stars - 1/13/25 - (1)
🔹️Guesthouse - p73 - "The Protea Guesthouse is down there to the right."
Out with the Sunset - P.D. Workman - 12/4/24 - (1)
🔹️Polynesian - p20 - "Half the people in her neighborhood seemed to be either Asian or Polynesian."
Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb - 4 Stars - 3/2/25 - (1)
🔹️Shark - p6 - "The detective constable known as Shark lit a cigarette. "
The Auschwitz Escape - Joel C. Rosenberg - 4 Stars - 2/26/25 - (1)
🔹️Spit of land (must be together) - p116 - "He was stuck in southern Poland, on the most godforsaken spit of land he could possibly imagine."
Congrats on your finish Lynda!! Exciting!!!
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Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion (other topics)The Know-It-All (other topics)
The Women (other topics)
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (other topics)
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (other topics)
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December 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
The words for this search are taken from our Paradise on Earth: French Polynesia Seasonal Challenge. You do not need to participate in both to play.
Below is the list of 45 words for you to find. They can only be found within the text of the book - no covers, titles or authors, please. For each word you find, please provide the book title, page or location, and the sentence or phrase containing the word.
Happy Hunting!!
Words
Actor
Adventurous (no variations)
Atoll
Balsa
Banana tree
Black
Competition
Dance
Drum(s)
Fallout
Famous
Farm
Fenced (no variations)
Florists
Fragrant
Guesthouse
Hips
Honeymoon
Horseback
Hull
International
Isolated
Military base (must be together)
Missionary
Mutineers
Necklace
Nuclear
Painter
Pearl
Poisonous
Polynesian
Protection
Radioactive
Rain
Refuge
Rhythm
Shark
Spit of land (must be together)
Submarine
Territory
Tiki
Tattoo
Uninhabited
Vanilla
Welcome