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CogsOfEncouragement
Tilt a Whirl | Chris Grabenstein
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Day 21 of #scarathlondailyprompts is missing. My kids and I have enjoyed so, so many Chris Grabenstein books. He writes for adults too. This is the first of the John Ceepak Mystery series. I‘ve read the first three and like both the John Ceepak character as well as the rookie Danny Boyle. There is a missing girl in part of the twists and turns of this plot. #TeamSlaughter #scarathlon

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aperfectmjk
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I forgot to post my totals for week two's Scramble game. I found 1,970 words. Not my best, but the combination of letters turned out to be more difficult than I expected.

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

Kimberlone It was hard with out s or n! 2y
Clwojick Awesome! Way to go! 2y
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aperfectmjk
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This week's game is a combination of my love of books and word puzzles. This includes 20 of my fav books and/or authors. Please email me all answers.

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1. Contemporary 2. Classic 3. Science Fiction 4. Author 5. Thriller 6. Historical Fiction 7. Romance 8. Classic 9. Author 10. Thriller 11. Historical Fiction 12. Horror 13. YA 14. YA 15. Historical Fiction 16. Contemporary 17. Children's 18. Historical Fiction 19. Author 20. Contemporary

BookwormAHN This will be fun 😺 3y
aperfectmjk I realize that some of these will probably be tough. I will provide additional clues upon request if you're stuck with a particular number. 😊 3y
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FantasyChick Oooh fun! I love a good word puzzle 😊 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick This looks fun! Hoping to actually play this week! 3y
katy4peas Yay! Thank you! 3y
katy4peas Is this another game where you will post answers next week? 3y
aperfectmjk @katy4peas yes, I will post answers on Sunday. 3y
aperfectmjk Anyone need any hints? 3y
FantasyChick Sent my answers in! I just responded to your last email. 😊 3y
aperfectmjk Thanks @FantasyChick I got it! You're the only one that has sent me any answers. Maybe I should send a reminder out? 🤔 3y
FantasyChick @aperfectmjk Wouldn't hurt! Some of these were tough! I might have forgotten about it if it wasn't driving me insane lol 3y
Kimberlone @aperfectmjk hints for any or all of #2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18-20 would be helpful. I‘m normally pretty good at things like this but these were really hard! 3y
aperfectmjk @Kimberlone I get off work early today, so I'll work on some hints this afternoon. 😉 3y
Read4life @aperfectmjk I just sent mine to you (with A LOT of blanks) and then saw this comment about hints. 🤦🏼‍♀️ These were tough but fun. Thank you. 3y
aperfectmjk @Read4life that's okay, I'm going to get some hints together now, and any you didn't send me already you can send a reply with additional guesses. 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick This has been a fun palate cleanser in between work tasks this week. I just submitted 17/20 of these in case life gets in the way and I can't figure out the last 3. 3y
aperfectmjk @Kimberlone @Read4Life @Traci1 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick here are some hints.
2. Where's the key? 4. Drop everything and read. 5. Puzzle it out. 8. The wind is in the west. 11. Broke readers hearts in 2015. 12. The ground is sour. 15. Diary of drawings. 16. A modern Lolita. 18. Spanish flu pandemic. 19. Wrote number 11. 20. A Saab is all you need.
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aperfectmjk By the way, it was brought to my attention that I made a mistake with number 11. So replace an “N“ with an “I“. 3y
Kimberlone @aperfectmjk thank you! I am going to try to decipher these now :) 3y
Read4life @aperfectmjk Just sent my updated list to you. Thank you for the clues. They really helped. 3y
katy4peas Okay. I need clues for 1, 10, 14, 16. Still working on those and 5, 8. But the other clues helped! Thank you! 3y
aperfectmjk @katy4peas... Since I didn't notice your comment yesterday, I responded to your email with hints for 1,10, & 14. I will give you a little bit of time to try and figure these out. That means if anyone else wants to send me their answers, it's not too late, I will accept them. Once I have posted the correct answers, I will no longer accept yours. 3y
aperfectmjk ANSWERS:
1. Fight Club
2. The Secret Garden
3. Dark Matter
4. Beverly Clearly
5. The Fourth Monkey
6. The Help
7. The Kiss Quotient
8. Mary Poppins
9. Roald Dahl
10. Verity
11. The Nightingale
12. Pet Sematary
13. Wonder
14. The Book Thief
15. Between Shades of Gray
16. My Dark Vanessa
17. Corduroy
18. As Bright As Heaven
19. Kristin Hannah
20. A Man Called Ove
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aperfectmjk @katy4peas I posted the answers a couple weeks ago. I forgot to tag everyone. 🤦‍♀️ 3y
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JoyBlue
Tilt a Whirl | Chris Grabenstein
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Pickpick
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Dogearedcopy
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The John Ceepak series has gotten a little bit darker, grittier, & more cynical— just enough to knock it out of my “Summer Beach Reads” stax. This one was about a family-friendly magician‘s act in Atlantic City that covered a rather sordid lifestyle. The mystery is solid and the audiobook narration (Jeff Woodman) terrific— so it gets a “Pick”; but I‘m liking the protagonists less and less as the series goes on. 🎧

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Dogearedcopy
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🎧 This series started out as great Summer Beach reads, but this was a bit too dark, grisly and, cynical to be that: An Army vet is found dead in the men‘s room in a New Jersey turnpike rest stop. Issues of PTSD, drug abuse and, suicide are touched on in this police procedural set in a seaside resort town. Audiobook narrator, Jeff Woodman nails it (as always) as the young Danny Boyle in this 4th book in the John Ceepak series.

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Dogearedcopy
Whack a Mole | Chris Grabenstein
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🎧 Hey, remember when I posted about the first two titles on this series and mentioned how they were the perfect beach reads? Well, this one is not that! Rather, it‘s a rather grisly mystery about a serial killer and, the story‘s narrator has gone from being a good humored sidekick to being rather cynical and sarcastic. The audiobook narrator, Jeff Woodman was excellent as always but I might need to take a little break B4 diving into the next one.

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JesseConley
Tilt a Whirl | Chris Grabenstein
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What a great start to this mystery series. Highly recommend. Love John Ceepak, the main character. Author draws you in right away to the book and does great character development so that you are invested in their lives as well.

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Dogearedcopy
Mad Mouse | Chris Grabenstein
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🎧 Second in the John Ceepak mystery series, the events of this story take place a few weeks after the first-in-series (Tilt-a-Whirl,) over the Labor Day Weekend. Someone is targeting Danny (Police Officer Ceepak‘s junior partner) and his friends with paintball pellets and real bullets! *Who and Why?!?* This isn‘t a Whodunnit however, but a light mystery well read by audiobook narrator Jeff Woodman.

Definitely a beach read 🏖

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Dogearedcopy
Tilt a Whirl | Chris Grabenstein
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Everything I was reading and listening to was just too tense or heavy, leading me into a semi-depressed state mentally so I decided to “reset!” This is something I read many years ago, so long ago that it‘s new-to-me again!

John Ceepak is a Gulf War veteran who is now a cop at a seaside resort. While he‘s enjoying breakfast, a girl runs down the street, her dress covered in blood...

Jeff Woodman narrates as the part-time cop partnered w/Ceepak

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