2022 Valentine Treasure Hunt

Happy Valentine's Day! It's February 14th, and the Valentine Hunt has returned!

The object of the game is to solve our clues (in verse!) and go to the LibraryThing page each clue is talking about.

Go HERE for the hunt.

You have two weeks—until Monday February 28th at 5.00 pm EST—to find all the arrows hidden around the site and get them into your quiver.

Use this thread to brag, ask for and give hints, etc.

In a change from previous hunts, where only one was required, we'll be awarding profile badges to anyone who finds at least two arrows. As in previous years, anyone who finds all 17 will be entered into a drawing for a LibraryThing coaster set and sticker.

Helpful tips

Please, use the spoiler tag when posting hints or suggestions. Here's how:

To use the spoiler tag, type the following before whatever you'd like to hide:

<spoiler>

And this, at the end of what's hidden:

</spoiler>

Thanks for doing this. It is a lot of fun, although I think I am not going to get very many. I have four now and think I can get a couple more, but certainly will not get all 17!

I got an arrow banner for #2 but it doesn't show on the clue page.

Argh (I know; wrong hunt). After a first pass, I got 10 arrows. I also feel like I know 4, 12, & 13 but I can't figure out what pages they're on. Harrumph! The other 4 are just ???????

I found 2 a bit confusing. From the wording, I thought I was looking for the poet, but I got the arrow from the poem.

Yoyogod, Yeah, I clicked & reclicked on the poet a few times, too.

Thought I knew 12 for sure, but I have tried places and tags, with no luck.

>4 susanbooks: yeah, 4 and 12 are just being finicky I think.
#4 should be romance, but it's not the tag. I've tried the plural as well
#12 I feel like I tried every version of 'Place' for Venice, even tried the tag
Hoping these are glitches so I'll come back to them later

>8 raidergirl3: on #4, the key is "classed as" otherwise you are on the right track.

Stuck on 5, 8, 12, and 16. I know the city for 12, but can't find the correct page.

I'm totally stumped on 5, 8 and 16 too.

>8 raidergirl3: yeah, I figured those have to be the answers, too. I even double-checked a map of the Adriatic.

>4 susanbooks: >7 al.vick: and >8 raidergirl3: Re: Clue #12 I'm seeing the glitch myself. Give us a few, I'll see if @conceptDawg can fix it.

>4 susanbooks: for #4 you want to look for the answer on the genre page

For #16, think about what might leave slime, and then look for a book.

>3 VivienneR: According to the database you have not found that arrow. Can you tell me what page you thought you "got it" on? You can wrap your answer in a <spoiler> tag. </spoiler>

Woohoo, found three arrows already!

>15 al.vick: Got it! Thanks!

>15 al.vick: Woo, thanks for the hint--not the first thing I think of on Valentine's Day, got to admit!

Is #5 supposed to say "carves," or is that a typo for "craves"?

5, 8, 11, 12, & 16 are baffling me

Thanks for the encouragement on 4 >14 yoyogod:. I had been looking there, but not persevering. Your hint determined me to keep keeping on & I got it.

>21 susanbooks: #4 is a genre page.

#11 is a book that was made into a very popular movie in the 80s. The most famous line is probably "As you wish."

>9 al.vick: thanks for the hint. I did not ever click that button before.
LT Hunts - helping members find their way around the site in sneaky fun ways!

>22 amanda4242: Thanks for the help on 11! For some reason I was obsessed by the pirates thing & the idea of "a book that never was" so I had myself convinced it was Pirates of the Caribbean

Can we talk about the feeling of anticipation you feel when you KNOW you've clicked on the right page & you're just waiting for the banner to drop & tell you you've gotten another clue? And then the abyssal sense of failure when no such banner drops?

>13 kristilabrie: Got it! thanks

>20 paradoxosalpha: Nope, "carves" is right!

I wonder if maybe #13 is glitchy? I'm reasonably certain I have the answer, but neither the author or tag seems to be correct--?

Clue for #5: I got it by looking at the tagmash "sculpture, romance"

>28 Marissa_Doyle: No, I got #13. Maybe you are looking at the wrong author? I had that problem with #2. Once I changed authors, I did ok.

>29 rarm: Thanks!

Note: Clue 12 was having some trouble being recognized by the system. That has been fixed. So if you THINK you had the right answer but it wasn't giving you credit you might try again. This was the place

>28 Marissa_Doyle: I had the wrong author & was convinced it was glitchy for a bit, too. Let go of your certainty & google.

Yes! I got the city on the Adriatic! Thanks, >32 conceptDawg:

I'm missing 5, 8, & 16. I think I can live with that until tomorrow.

I'm stuck on #7 and #8.
#7 seems like I'm in the right page, but getting nothing.
#8 I'll guess I'll have to google a bit.

>16 conceptDawg: I got it on the author page - on multiple tries. Still seeing it on the author page although >5 yoyogod: says it is the poem page.

>35 raidergirl3: I am also stuck on #7 and #8.

For #7, am I looking for the name of an award?

>29 rarm: Without your hint, I know I would have never gotten #5. So I guess I didn't honestly get all 17, but the completist in me had to complete!

UPDATE: FOUND!!!! Big thank you to all who helped. Now for freakin' 8.

So I'm certain I know what 4 is AND I see two clues that it is on a genre page BUT, and this may be ridiculous and I can't help but feel I'm overlooking something obvious, I don't know how to locate any genre pages. I've looked under classification but that's really not working out since I keep ending up at the romance languages part of Dewey Decimal and the LC is not giving me an arrow.

What am I missing?

>39 Zoes_Human: I went to a famous work of one of the authors mentioned and clicked on the genre on the right side of the page.

Okay, I've got everything but 8, and I have absolutely no ideas for that one. Does anybody have any clues?

UPDATE: Found! Thanks to all who helped!

Also I can't come up with ANYTHING not Pokemon related for 8, and I'm thinking that's wrong.

>40 VivienneR: OMG Thank you, thank you. That did it. I literally had no idea where to look on the screen to start. You are the best!

>24 susanbooks: It is Inconceivable! that you would think of the wrong movie! (tongue firmly in cheek, if wasn't obvious!)

>44 robertwmartin: Hahahahaha!

>39 Zoes_Human: go to a book in that genre, and genres on are on left. in the side bar.

>35 raidergirl3: #7 wasn't the award I thought it was. Google that kind of award and keep looking.

>46 al.vick: Thank you!

I kept picturing the nuns in The Bells of St. Mary's teaching the boys to fight, but that didn't work for #8.

Thanks to all above for hints on #4 and #5 - I finally got them!

I'm still missing #8 and #16

For #7, "sixty years" clearly lines up with the RoNA of the Romantic Novelists Association but I've tried every tag and CK Award variation of those that I can think of. What am I missing?

50> for 16 you want to look for a book with the plural form of one of the two varieties of slimy molluscs often found in gardens in its title

>51 Foretopman: For #7 I went to the book for the most recent winner and scrolled down to the main page awards listing and clicked on it there.

I'm stuck on #8 and #16.

>54 bluesalamanders: for 16 Think of a common slimy trail leaving animal, pluralize that. Then think of what is being celebrated today, NOT the holiday name. Search those two words.

UPDATE: Found! Thanks to all who helped!
I'm stuck on 8 myself, so I can't help there. Looks like we're in good company though. :)

All done!

How I got the challenging #8:
tagmash of romance, chess and then scanning the mouseover descriptions

>55 Zoes_Human: Thank you! That was super helpful for #16.

>56 paradoxosalpha: Holy crap and thank you! Never, I mean never would I have thought to use chess. I was tagmashing interracial romance and enemies-to-lovers. Thank you!

>57 bluesalamanders: Yay! Happy to help. I think I've only ever gotten through ONE of these without the help of others.

>56 paradoxosalpha: Thanks, now I got them all. and it turns out 8 was a book I've actually read. I'm kind of embarrassed I didn't think of it.

This was my first hunt. What pulled me in was the bird.
Fun. Except for 8. That cost me way too much time. Stopping at 12 would've been fine, but not at 16, of course - thanks to paradoxosalpha for the hint!

>60 yoyogod: I've read the book for #8, too, but apparently long enough ago that I still don't know what the 4th line has to do with it.

Thanks to everyone for the hints and everyone who worked on making it, these are always fun.

>60 yoyogod: 8 was a book I've actually read

Not me, but it sounds like I might enjoy it. Actually, that whole tagmash page had a fair number of appetizing titles, only a few of which I had read.

Need hints for

#5 - I've tried EVERTHING for it (I'm not that creative, lol)
#7 - I know the award, nothing for me there
#12 - I KNOW the city, have clicked EVERYTHING. Nothing "pops" up

Thanks in advance!

>64 medwards429:
#12 Try a bit longer name, not just the country and city
#7 Are you sure? It is not the American one

>56 paradoxosalpha: Thanks for the hint.

>60 yoyogod: >62 bluesalamanders: I also read (or listened) to it, and I still don't remember that being part of the plot.

>66 thornton37814: >62 bluesalamanders: I, too, have read it and couldn't figured out what that part of the clue meant. And then I went to the Wikipedia entry and the tents are black and white, so I guess the show means the tents? Here's what I found in the Wiki entry: "A network of devoted fans styling themselves "rêveurs" ("dreamers") develops around the circus; they identify to each other by adding a splash of red to garb that otherwise matches the characteristic black and white of the circus tents."

>65 AnnieMod: As far as #7 I went to Google and found one founded in 1960 Romantic Novel of the Year Award . That's the one I'm going by since it is 61-62 years old. Awarded for: Excellence in romance novel
Country: United Kingdom .

#12 - I've tried City, Region, Country, Continent :(

And, scratch #7 off for me. Something I clicked did it! No banner, but it got marked off. Down to #5 & #12!

UPDATE: I GOT #12. Just need #5!

working on #2. I KNOW its the author of "Loving with a love MORE than love, him and his Lee" but it won't 'pop' I've been to the author page, but nothing!

>70 capenguin: Try a "poem" with the last name of Lee

>71 medwards429: Thank you :)

#5 the thing carved is the title of the book. historically, one use would be to direct water away from a building.
Love, love, love the book!

I've now got all 17 but a big thank you to >56 paradoxosalpha:! I have also read the book but obviously too long ago to remember the details!

Got all 17! Many thanks to >52 yoyogod: and >56 paradoxosalpha: for the clues I needed!

And thanks to LT for another fun hunt!

>73 Corinne2020: Thank you :) never read it. But, I got the arrow!

>76 medwards429: the clue is exactly correct if you know the book. fun! Glad it's getting some attention.

I've gotten all but #8 (even the tagmash didn't help), and #1. The answer is blindingly obvious, but I can't find how it applies - not CK character, not book, not author, not...help? Also maybe format - title, abbreviated title, nothing, what?

OK, got #8, the hard way - click on every title in the tagmash, darn it. Haven't read it, don't really want to.

And #1. I went to that page, drat it! A couple times, even! Hmmph. Oh well. Got them all, now - I just needed to complain and it worked...

>80 jjmcgaffey: Sometimes, it may seem silly, but if you complain ... that works! I don't know why, lol. Congrats on finding them!

So much fun! I got them all, with a bit of help, especially for number 8! (thanks >56 paradoxosalpha:) I've read that book too, but quite a while ago, and it didn't even occur to me,

>40 VivienneR: Thank you! Like >39 Zoes_Human: I was going nuts...

It’s funny what your brain remembers; I’ve read both #5 and #8 and I recognized #5 right away but not #8.

>56 paradoxosalpha: Thank you! Silly me... I was looking for an old B&W movie or TV show based on a book.

>84 raidergirl3: I've read #8 and still had no clue. #5 I'd never heard of, so I don't feel stupid for that.

For #16, I was so focused on snails, I couldn't think of any other creature that would leave slime. I had to Google it!

Excellent hunt! Tips for #16 and #17 (which were most difficult for me) - #16 don't fixate on one garden mollusk and #17 good reminder that LT is for more than books.

>87 bismarckfairy: Same!

Woo Hoo - all 17 and in record time (for me at least).

I needed help from the hive mind for a few (many thanks) and was finally just stuck on 14. I figured out the clue and followed the instructions - so I don't know which book actually gave me my last arrow. I just clicked and swiped for few minutes then returned to the hunt page to find that I'd found the final arrow.

Cheers

Found six as I sit here getting ready for work. Considering we have two weeks to find them all, that's a pretty good start!

Got 'em all, breezed through most but needed the hints for #4, 5 and 8. I immediately had the correct word for 4 but could not find the right place to use it! Never noticed that data category on the page before :-/ I've never heard of 5, but loved 8, even gave it as a gift to friends, but that clue just did not click for me. Thanks for the help from LTers who are much sharper than I am! Oh, and I *love* the Cardinal! It's fabulous, conceptDawg!

#1 and #9 seem blindingly obvious to me, but I can't get there. What am I looking for? Is it not the character in Common Knowledge?

>56 paradoxosalpha: I never would have got that without your help! Thank you

>93 MissWatson: #1 - look under "tags" for the Saint the day is named after St.Valentine; #9 think cherub

>95 medwards429: Thanks, I was fixated on CK andlost sight of that! #9 still doesn't work for me. I'll be back later for that.

Still got the #12 glitch (I think). Visiting likely pages yielded nothing, so I gave up and hunted down another one instead. When I visit the hunt home page, I am suddenly credited with #12 as well.

Nearly done. Help please with 5 and 8 x

All done x lots of googling x love these hunts x thanks librarything x

Two left. I am stuck on 1 and 6.
I've tried all kinds of spellings and been all over Common Knowledge and Tags for #1 but just can't find that arrow.
#6 I know what the quote is and where it's from and who wrote it but I’ve been all those places and I feel like I’m missing something.
This thread has been very helpful, thanks!

>101 VictoriaPL: think simple and look for a tag. It works for both #1 and #6.

>101 VictoriaPL: what flower is traditionally sent on valentines day

>102 bnielsen: >103 tina1969: yes, I figured that already. I'll keep trying, thanks!

>104 VictoriaPL: try plural

>105 tina1969: got it to pop! I need to remember to wait for the arrow to arrive too. 😊
Thanks.

Despite the tagmash noted above, #8 is still making me nuts. As is #2.

>107 Bookmarque: no 8 popular book with a place where you would find clowns

Thanks @tina1969 - that did it even though I have not read it. I don't think it came up at all on the tagmash page. Funny.

>110 LeonardHughes: You could take a tour: https://www.librarything.com/tour/

Number 8 has me stumped even with all the posted hints.

>114 mjdred: opposite to day and where there would be clowns

Woo Hoo! Found them all!

Loved seeing 16 - it's a book in my (elementary school) library that I read often around Valentine's Day:) Stuck on a few, but still pushing on.

I had most of them, with a bit of googling, except 2, 5, 8 (right down the centre, on my screen) and 16. I've found 8 with help from this thread (thanks!).

Thanks, LT, for the hunt and thanks to @conceptdawg for the artwork. So pretty.

I've set up the dedicated clue threads in the Library Thing Treasure Hunts group, if you're looking for hints to a specific clue.

#8:

Tagmashed romance, competition and clicked on one with a mostly black-and-white cover.

There may have been a better way to do this but I know nothing about the romance genre.

>199 Kathleen828: Glad that worked for you, but the correct title really isn't a romance novel! And thank you for the hint, because that's the only way I got that one, even though I HAVE READ THE BOOK!

>120 laytonwoman3rd: And the clue does not say it needs to be? :) And if a clue in a Valentine hunt has nothing to do with Valentine or love, you kinda check if adding one of them as an extra clue won't help - otherwise why would that clue be in THIS hunt :) Or at least that's how my mind deciphered that one - and people apparently had tagged it for that so it worked out.

It is not always about what we think about a book - sometimes it is about what other people think about them. That's part of the beauty of the hunts - see LT from a different perspective.

Hello.
Where can I see the badges that are earned in these hunts?
I participated in the Halloween hunt, and even though I cracked all the riddles, I never saw the pumpkin I was supposed to have won anywhere.
Thank you very much, greetings.

>121 AnnieMod: No, it doesn't. My reference was to lorax's comment that they "know nothing about the romance genre". I did not think of "romance" as a help for this clue, and I was surprised to see how prominent it was in the tag cloud for this work. So, that's proof that what you say is so true. But I'm pretty sure I was never going to make the necessary connection on No. 8!

>122 Eucalafio: I believe I read that they are manually done by staff so it can take a bit. Here is the Halloween thread if you want to check in on that when you are wondering if you are the only one waiting. https://www.librarything.com/topic/336144

>5 yoyogod: Perhaps you should look for the lover.

>124 Corinne2020: Thank you very much. Greetings.

I've found them all except #9 which completely baffles me. I've clicked on everything I can think of. Can anyone give me a tip?

>127 VivienneR: Try looking for a tag once you do the search.

I do believe #9 is a tag, not a character. It had me for a while, too.

>127 VivienneR: who is sending arrows at people for love?

>128 robertwmartin: & >129 Bookmarque: My first guess was "tag" but I clicked on every tag I could think of, just not the right one. :)

>130 AnnieMod: Thank you! This clicked my brain to "on".

>29 rarm: still having trouble with tagmash. I went to the search box in LT and typed: tagmash: romance, sculpture and got no results. :( what am I doing wrong?

Thank you so much. I love these hunts. #5 took me the longest and was driving me nuts. Finally it hit me. It's a book I read years ago and loved!

>132 capenguin: Don't type tagmash.

Just type the two words with a comma and then click on tags on the left menu. It will ask you if you want to search for a tagmash instead at the top of the result list :)

>29 rarm: Thank you!

can anyone give a clue for #14?

>134 AnnieMod: thank you!

having trouble with 10, 14, and 17. please help! :) By the way, I'm completely gobstopped at how much you guys help people out. THANK YOU!!! :)

>138 capenguin: #10 If you go to Regency Romance tag page, it is dominated by that author

For #14, I'm not sure it's related to the theme at all. The part of the site whose redesign was launched most recently

#17 IIRC, once you got the Goddess name, there is a movie with that title

I just found out about this today. I'm not getting the announcement banners - this is the second one I missed. I'm grateful that someone posted about it. I would have been upset as I thought I had 100% "attendance" before I found out about the previous one. Missing two?!? No way.

(Samsung A51/Android 11)

I have a question that's only tangentially related to the hunt, but I'll put under a spoiler tag because it would be one for #7. Is there a way I'm missing to filter for Genre in the site search? I couldn't find Genre anywhere in the left-side navigation after I did a search for the word that is the answer, not even under Classification where the clue hinted it would be.

>139 SandraArdnas: Thank you so much... got 'em all!

>39 Zoes_Human: Go to Zeitgeist and look in the Overview column to the left.

>52 yoyogod: UGH!

>142 rosalita: I found Genre a bear to find as well. I went through Zeitgeist but you can shortcut with https://www.librarything.com/genre.

>146 quondame: Thanks, Susan! Hopefully it will be added to the left-hand navigation on the site search results page once LT2.0 is fully implemented.

>142 rosalita:, >146 quondame: It took me a long time to find out where the GENRE stuff was hiding too. I did remember it existed, though.

>139 SandraArdnas: I do not have any idea there is a part of the site whose redesign was launched most recently.

I have real trouble about #12 and #14. I've tried everything about the town on the Adriatic, and I don't know which place on this site has been redesigned.

>149 Eucalafio: For #14, There's a link to this newly redesigned part of the site in the footer of each page, which should help you narrow it down. There are four sections of the site listed there. The process of elimination will be your friend!

>151 rosalita: Thank you. I will follow your advisement.

I found it. Thank you lots.

Got them all! #4 was the hardest one for me to track down. Thanks again LT for a fun, fun treasure hunt:)

Got all of them ( with lots of help) except number 7. Looked at all the current hints and googles. Looked at all the awards pages. No luck. Please help.

>150 Eucalafio: The place that has been redesigned is one of those under the More Tab. The town on the Adriatic has a famous opera house (as well as appearing in a Shakespeare play and you want common knowledge as opposed to a tag for that answer.

>153 Eucalafio: Wonderful!

>136 capenguin: There are two birds on the home page. Try one of them.

>144 jasbro: Thank you!

Yay, I got them all! Thank you for all the hints💕 and the LT staffs for the behind-the-scene works!

>160 Yamanekotei: can you give me a hint for number 7? Thanks.

>161 Micheller7:

It’s an award from the “love story” association, and is not American one.

See >47 al.vick:, >51 Foretopman:, >53 Zoes_Human: and >65 AnnieMod: also.

Thank you soo much for your tremendous help, everyone!
Was stuck on 2, 4, 5, 8, 11 & 16 for hours... Now I finally have found them all... 😊
Also, the Northern Cardinal is so beautiful! 🐦

I've got them all now - thanks for the help!

I've updated the hints consolidated by clue number up to this point.

Still struggling on #13
I have tried every mystic poet that I know

>165 paulmdh: #13 refers to one of the "original" mystic poets. Middle ages, Middle East, usually referred to only by the last name

>166 PawsforThought: Thank you! That did help

>39 Zoes_Human: I wound up having to Google it. I never found a link to that page at all.

Had to really work for 8 tagmash of romance, competition, circus was what it took for me.

#2 the author's most famous poem is about a raven, then find the poem about someone named Lee

Have them all now. The dedicated hints threads were very helpful for the last three I needed.

Got them all. Thanks for the hints, especially for 5 and 8.

>162 Yamanekotei: well I finally found number 7. It wasn’t easy even with the hints. Had to find the award with Google. It does not come up on awards search in LT. So found a winner, went to the book and the clicked on award. Not in abbreviated fashion.

>173 Micheller7:
Once I had the correct name of it, the LT search worked fine for me. I got seriously detoured by a newer and more conspicuous award, though.

>173 Micheller7: It is sometimes a part of the idea of the hunts - find new ways to get to places in LT when a simple search does not help/cannot find it due to how it is entered for example. ;)

For #4 I've looked at books and everything but am not seeing any Genre clues anywhere.

>173 Micheller7:

It took me a while to get a correct name of it. After that it was a lot easier. The point we have this hunt is to explore LibraryThing in a fun fashion, not to collect treasures so when I learn something new, it is ok with me. With this, I learned that there is a Genre column for each book. That is what I didn’t even notice before even though it occupies pretty big chunk of the screen. 😳

Love the hunts! Thanks to all for creating them!

I found them all! Thank you, staff & hint-givers!

13 out of 17 not too shabby (over 2-day period)- but stuck on #7 and #16. I thought I knew the answers but my search did not result in an "arrow".

This was my first time doing this and found it amazingly fantastic! It is a great way to start my day while I sip my tea and start up my brain to write the next chapter of my life. I cannot wait to see the answers to the ones I missed.

>176 hredwards: >180 Sativa60: The consolidated hints for each clue are here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23170/LibraryThing-Treasure-Hunts

Just in case you missed something.

I found them all! Thank you for another fun hunt!

Thank you to everyone who made the treasure hunt and provided hints. Finally found that #7 and completed them all.

Got them all. A particular thank you to >181 humouress: for the consolidated hints threads.

>180 Sativa60: If the previous clues for #13 don't help (do read through them if you haven't), a Google search for mystic poet will definitely bring up hits with the correct answer.

#17 is a film, not a book. Google the names in the hint and "movie"- you'll get it.

>184 abbottthomas: You're welcome! I'm glad it's helpful.

Feel free to post hints directly to those threads, too.

I got them all thanks to a little help from my LT friends. Love these hunts and the people who provide them!

>14 yoyogod: Could you tell me how to find the genre page on LT? Thanks.

I just got them all, but this hunt seemed harder than most of the ones in the past. I don't think I could have finished without some great hints from other LTers (e.g., I had never heard of the source for #5). Thanks everyone!

All done!
Thank you for another great hunt

>188 mnleona: Go to any work page. Genres are on the right hand side between quick links and ratings. If you click on the genres listed there, it will take you to the genre page.

>191 yoyogod: Thank you. This was another new thing for me on LT.

When does our new badge show up?

(I finished all of mine, but don't see a new badge?)

>193 wanderlustlover: You won't see it until LT awards it to you - it is a manual process which starts AFTER the hunt finishes (and may take a few days or a few months) and is not tied to when you personally finish it. Patience.

>181 humouress: hredwards - thank you so much for the link - I am going to give it one more try.

>185 PawsforThought: PawsforThought: Thank you! Can't wait to see if I can get the last few with your help!

>187 perennialreader: Perennialreader: - Yes! love it when we all get by with a little help from our friends. LT is my new inspiration and I too love the hunt.

I finished and want to give a big thanks to all who helped and especially to LibraryThing for doing this. I always learn so much. Beautiful drawing of the Northern Cardinal by conceptDawg.

I have the same complaint that I always do. I know many of the answers, but don't know how to connect them with things on Library Thing unless they are works.
I've decided to just content myself with knowing and not to suffer the frustration of not being able to find the answer.
Several people last month gave me much-appreciated hints which I employed, but still no joy.
I would however like to know where the famous quote is. If someone could post a message on my wall, that would be great.
I can recite the whole quote, I know the author and the play, but where the arrow is entirely escapes me.
Thanks

>199 Kathleen828: Part of the idea of the hunts is to learn about LT by exploring while looking for things. Find places you did not know exist on the site, click on links and menus you never checked before. The deciphering is half the game. The other part is getting more familiar with the site.

If you share which clues are still eluding you, we can give you more hints.

>200 AnnieMod: I found 1 and 3. I know the answers to 6, 9, 12 and 15, but where LT might want me to go is a total mystery. It's not fun when you can't find any.

>201 Kathleen828: A lot of answers are tag pages. You can find them by going to a work with that tag and clicking on the tag, or use the search box in the upper right corner and searching for the tag, then selecting "tag" from the left-hand sidebar.

>202 norabelle414: Thank you, Norabelle414. I will try that.

>201 Kathleen828:
In general ... put the answer you think it is in the "search library thing" box in upper right. The page you'll get usually defaults to works ... BUT ... on the left hand side of the page you see other options. Might be a tag or an author. Sometimes you have to click the options on the left to get further options. For example, click on COMMON KNOWLEDGE and you'll get links for Awards, Characters or Places.

>204 BookConcierge:, >201 Kathleen828: That is so perfectly succinct. I have learned all of that over these many years, but about 12 years ago when I joined, I didn’t even know how to search for a book. Keep clicking everyone.

Found them all!! I found #12 the hardest!! Thank you to the creators, I really enjoyed the hunt :)

>201 Kathleen828: So put the answer you think is the correct one in the search field of LT. Then look at the search page - see that left menu? Start exploring. Click on books that seem likely, click on authors, click on tags and common knowledge. When you get to a page you had never seen before, look around it - click on things that look interesting. If you think you got it but it does not seem to register, look again - for example on the tag page - is that the only one that matches? What if you try another one? If something is a name, check Characters, book names, authors, tags. And so on.

So let's take #6: Read the clue very carefully. I am sure you know the answer but... did you take into account all the pieces in there. Look at that list of results (tags if you had not figured out which list - a lot of answers will be there). There is one obvious. And then there is one that fits better. (blossoms, they). Did you find it now?

Then on the next hunt, it will be easier because you know these places. And in the meantime, these places show you new ways to use the site.

If your stance is: "I don't know where to look so I won't even try", noone can help you. But if you are willing to explore, it can be fun. Look at all the clues above for the ones you still cannot find and see if you can string together a solution.

As I said - knowing the answer is half of the game :)

use common knowledge for number 12

Thank you! You all are wonderful. I will give it another go, and let you know.

>186 humouress: Yes, thank you so much for those threads!

Thank you, I have them all now. But I was struggling with #2, #8 & #16.
Particular thanks to >67 callmecayce: & >70 capenguin:.

Hi all! I really love these treasure hunts but I am really, really stumped on #5!!!! I bet when i get it, I will thump my head and have a duh! moment... it's the last one i need and i am just stuck! Help!
Thanks :)

I’ve got All but #7. I’m at a complete loss.

Done! Although I was stuck on #8 until I read some hints because I was looking for a show, not a book.

>213 varielle: #7UK award, grab the name of its last winner (Google is your friend), look for them here in LT and chase down the exact page that way

A bit round about way but the thing seems to be entered weirdly here so I had to workaround it from outside. It may work just with LT search but I got inpatient.

>212 clamato: see >29 rarm:

Then just start eliminating - it is a very popular book. :)

Got them. Needed hints for #2 (DOH moment) and #5 (never heard of it or the author.)

Beautiful cardinal, @@conceptDawg!

I've participated in 16 of the last 16 hunts!

Assuming there have been 16 hunts since (and including) the 2018 Halloween Hunt for which we received the Candy Commendation?

And I can't believe LT has created *16* hunts in a little over 3 years (3 years, 4 months -ish.) Great job, folks! I love doing them!

And getting my little badges!

... eventually.

😄

>212 clamato:

Do a tagmash of sculpture, romance It's one of the top books on the list, click on it. Personally, I also had never heard about the book before and would never have found that one without the help of >29 rarm: , Thank you so much!!...

Got them all! I figured out eight the first day without help, then three with just a little hint, but I'd never have figured out the last six (especially 8, which I have read but did not even think of) without the generous help from this and humoress's (>164 humouress:) threads. Thank you!

ETA I have no idea what the answer to #5 is, even though apparently I got that arrow. How I managed it, I do not know.

Finally got them! Two of them with Google (#2 and #7). For #4, #5 and #8 I needed multiple hints from this friendly crowd. Thank you!

>218 Yuki-Onna: Hi Yuki-Onna, thanks so much! I learned something new today!!! I have heard of that book but would never have got it without your help and learned about tagmashes!!! Yay, got all 17!!! I love doing these things!
Cheers,
Clamato

Yay! I got 11 before checking here for hints. I needed a few, but was still able to go back and figure a few more out without hints. I'm done!

>207 AnnieMod: AnnieMod Thanks! I got 6. I never thought of the flower. I'm very oriented to the written word. This helped a lot. I'll keep trying!

Thank you, everybody! I now have 9 arrows! I know some more answers and will keep on. You all were a great help and very encouraging.

>221 clamato:
You are so welcome, Clamato! 😊 Glad I could be of help here. It's great to get to know LT through these hunts, isn't it?

>25 susanbooks: o yes.. i know that feeling.

>68 medwards429: thanks for the hint. Was in the wrong country

Big thank you for the Valentine treasure hunt! It was a lot of fun, as always, though number 8 needed to be taken out and shot! I thought I would never find it! And Conceptdawg, thanks for the lovely art! You are appreciated!

So, when is the next hunt? :)

>115 tina1969: Government ;)

And got them all.

thanks again for this hunt.

>229 perennialreader: No way to know. However, in the past, after the Valentine's hunt there has been (not always every one in the same year): a spring hunt, an ALA conference-related hunt (June this year), Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th.)

Finally found them all.
At first I thought this is too easy, but soon learned i was mistaken.
Good hunt.

>229 perennialreader: After we get our badges ;0)

Completed -- some on my own, a few with the hints offered in the comments, so thank you, thank you, thank you! You are a wonderful community!

>14 yoyogod: I cannot even find that page!

>236 TheCelticSelkie: See >146 quondame:

>236 TheCelticSelkie: If you go to Zeitgeist (see Menu) in Desktop View (link on bottom of each page), it's a link on the left.

Or use this: https://www.librarything.com/genre

ETA: Or what >237 Storeetllr: said! ☺

For #6, I had gone to the correct page over a dozen times under 'Tags'

But it did not accept it until I hit a book by that title, and then the same tag.

Am stuck hard on #7. Have Googled every romance novel award then searched LT for recent winners - nada.

>241 stringcat3: The British call these romantic novels, not romance novels :)

And how do you collect the arrows. I found one - I think. Tried clicking on arrow hunt - went back to the main page. Only other clickable thing was dismiss and that dropped the banner, but didn't make any change to my arrow collection. So I'm really confused.

>243 sumpter-girls: If you open the correct page, you will get a banner telling you that you found the arrow. You don't need to do anything else special - no clicking and collecting required.

If you did not see that, you are not on the correct page for that clue - it may be the correct answer but there is another page which is similar but fitting the clue better. :)

Never did a LT treasure hunt before. Very fun! Thanks to those who put it together and to all the patient folks in this thread you provided searching tips and hints. In some cases I got the answer right away (once I knew what to look for); in some I knew the answer, but didn't know how to look for it; and in a few I really needed the hints, as I was going in a totally wrong direction. I certainly have a better understanding of searching on LT than I did before.

Thanks again to all!

>85 clamairy: Me too, then I thought of the second book of a famous series/movie/themepark franchise...

I have everything but #12. I know the city has to be Venice. I've tried searching city, country, continent and city, region, country, continent in English and Italian. I've gone through a whole slew of books, tags and genres - nothing. Help!! What am I missing?

This was a lot of fun! Thank you for this fun hunt and the Cardinal is gorgeous!

>70 capenguin: The poet's name is listed as the author and is also in the title.

I just got notice of the hunt tonight. With lots of help, I found all except 5, 6, & 16. Stuck on those.

>248 bibliotecara: I'm new to Library Thing, but I clicked on something that brought up a map and then I zoomed in to the city on the map. Hope that helps!

>248 bibliotecara: You are missing one combination of three elements - city, region, country. Think of how you would look for it if it was not a famous one and there was more than one with the same name.

>252 BettyTaylor56: On #6, blossomS

On #16, there is more than one animal which leave slime trails :) You are probably thinking of the other one.

For #5 - scan the thread - there were a Lot of clues and explanations. It is a bit tricky if you do not get the reference.

Thanks so much for another fun LT Hunt. I got all my arrows, some of them took a while. I needed hints for 4 them, even after trying Google and Wikipedia searches. I learned, again, how to do tagmashes. For some reason I forget how that works every time I try to do it. Eventually it will stick.

>51 Foretopman: Go to Zeitgeist, and on the left side, click "Common Knowledge". Browse everything in the Overview, and you'll see "Book Award" and it will lead you to where you can search for RoNA. It took me forever : )

>252 BettyTaylor56:

The consolidated hints for each clue are here: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23170/LibraryThing-Treasure-Hunts

>255 AnnieMod: Thank you. I thought I had tried both, but apparently, I didn't.

I have the reference to a couple of "flower terms" but don't know where to search with those terms.

>260 BettyTaylor56: Use the main search. Then look on the left side of your screen and start clicking through the different options - books, authors, tags, the common knowledge submenues. And on these screens, click on what looks like the answer. :)

>1 AbigailAdams26: Hello. The Valentine's Day scavenger hunt is my second attempt at managing, somehow, to play this online game, but instead of getting better at it (are there rules somewhere? How do I know this?), I seem hopelessly stuck on the page with the clues. No matter what I do, or where I place my little cursor, I either get nowhere, or I find myself looking at a list of my own books (I think) -- which list is currently blank, because I can't quite figure out what LibraryThing actually is, or what I'm supposed to do next. By the way, I'm not an extraordinarily dense and stupid person (or at least I don't think I am), but I feel like the goofy new kid, on the school playground at recess, who's either mocked by the other kids, or totally ignored. Also, for clarity's sake, I also seem to be the guy whose computer does (usually unhelpful) things no one else has ever seen a computer do before. Guidance, if available, would be appreciated. I love the idea of an on-line community, but not if it just involves me feeling stupid all the time. Thanks.

>262 WalterZ: Hi Walter!

The point of the scavenger hunts is to take you places in LT that aren't your own books. The best starting place for a scavenger hunt is usually the Search Librarything box in the upper right corner of every page. (In your catalog you'll see two searches in that corner, you want the top one.)

When you have search results, there will be a bunch of different options on the left side. Exploring all those options is a great education in how to use LT's sitewide search and what information is available! Usually the answer for the hunt comes up as a result for one of those options. If you click through the search result pages, you know you found the correct page when a bar appears at the top of the screen saying you found an arrow.

You shouldn't feel stupid! Part of the point of the search is to get you trying things you don't know yet and learning them.

(This hunt does have a couple of tough ones that you can't get through site search, and even experienced users asked for help with those up in this thread, but most of them you can find that way.)

Got them all! Thanks everyone for the hints! :)

>262 WalterZ: Welcome to LibraryThing, Walter!

Step 1: Make sure you are signed in to LT (LibraryThing.) You say you are on your computer (vs. mobile) so look at the way top of your screen on the right. You'll see this...



See where it says "Morphidae?" You should see your user name there. If not, you need to sign in.

LibraryThing is a website for people who love books! You say that your list of books is blank. Have you started cataloging the books you own? If not, that is why it shows as blank. If you have, we'll have to do more trouble shooting.

As far as the game is concerned, if you have an idea for one of the clues, put your cursor in the box under the set of words that begin with your user name and ends with the word "Help" as in the graphic above. (It also has the text, "Search LibraryThing," in faint gray.) Then hit Enter or click on the magnifying glass next to it and you'll be on your way!

Let us know how that works and then we can give you more help as needed.

ETA: clarification

>262 WalterZ: Welcome, Walter! I'm glad you found us, but sad to learn that you feel like the awkward new kid. That's normal, I think, when doing something new.

It looks like you've been given some good advice already, by melannen and Morphidae. I would reiterate that the point of the hunt (well, one of them, anyway) is to explore the LibraryThing site, and discover some of the many things we have to offer.

There were so many parts of the site that were unfamiliar to me, before I became a staffer, and even now, there's always more to discover! Good luck with the hunt!

>25 susanbooks: Oh, yes!

>262 WalterZ: I totally understand your frustration. I felt that way last time. I was surprised that this time I found several on my own. Then with hints from others here I actually found all but one or two. The site is definitely not the easiest to navigate.

>262 WalterZ: >268 BettyTaylor56: I've been on the website almost since the beginning and I *still* have issues finding things, especially new stuff like Genres (think I finally have that one down now.)

>262 WalterZ: One more small clarification - the hunt is not for things hidden ON the page of the hunt itself - as some other sites do. Think of it as a puzzle/crossword with clues on the side. The page is just the clue list/working area - there is nothing you need to click on that page itself. Once you think you know an answer, you need to find the answer on the site - it can be a page anywhere on the site.

As >265 Morphidae: said, the easiest way is to start from the search box with a solution you think you have and go from there.

Welcome to LT!

>262 WalterZ: I can't quite figure out what LibraryThing actually is, or what I'm supposed to do next.

Whatever you want to make it :) You can just hang out in Talk and talk about books. Or you can use it to catalog your library and/or part of your library. Had you gone through the introduction tour: https://www.librarything.com/tour/1 and the quickstart: https://www.librarything.com/quickstart.php - it won't necessarily help with the hunt but should give you some ideas of what we are.

Consolidated hints updated to this point.

https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23170/LibraryThing-Treasure-Hunts

.... I'm late, but thankfully not too late to play! I've only just started but I have to smile at #2, that was a poem I memorized for school in grade school and I still remember every word. Wonderful memories there.

>257 kpagan: Thanks so much! I *did* search on that award but evidently didn't hit the right page. Finally: #7! Done!

I found them all with help of the hints. Some I found and I don't even know how I did it. I just found this hunt yesterday and so happy I was able to participate.

>262 WalterZ: I learn something each time I do one of these hunts. I find authors and books that are new to me.
Get 2 of them and you will get a badge. You can read about the badges on LT.
Read about LibraryThing, what is offered, and join some groups.
I use the Talk and during the hunts and there are some great suggestions about where to search.
Welcome.

I only have one more to go! Terribly stuck on #16. I know its not snails, and all else I can think of is maybe frogs?

>276 toast_and_tea: One carries its house, the other does not. In some languages, there is just one word for the two.

>53 Zoes_Human: I am still stuck on #7 even though I am sure I am on the right track and have followed hints! I feel as if I am missing something obvious! I got all the others, though! Really didn't think I would because they seemed a bit harder than in the past.

>278 Shookie: See >242 AnnieMod: ? That may help narrow it down.

>278 Shookie: Did you check the consolidated hints thread for #7?

https://www.librarything.com/topic/339590#n7770079

Wow. A few of these were difficult, but I got all of them. Thanks for the great hints. Thanks, LibraryThing for another great hunt!!

That was fun! Was able to get most of them last week. Today, I still had like 5 left to figure out and got all of them after a while, whew! Now I have 17 arrows! :)

Looking forward to the next one!

I got them all, but I'm not really sure how. Some I was pretty sure what they were looking for but I'm not sure which pages I clicked on to make it stick. I hope at the end they will display all the answers. lol

Is there a link to answers after hunt ends? I managed to get all 17 this timw but in the past haven't always gotten all the clues and would have liked to know what the answers were.

>284 keepfitz: Yep.

Mission accomplished! 17 arrows!
*eagerly awaits new badge* Lol 😜
Some of those were--oooof, if you don't read these genres, like, at all--haha, I had to sleuth outside-the-box!

Late to the party, struggled a bit but got there in the end - thanks to those who shared clues generously!

Thanks also to LT for another fun treasure hunt, and to conceptDawg for the bird illustration - it’s a beauty!

Hello All! Our 2022 Valentine Hunt has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who participated!

This one was an active hunt, with 3,551 people playing, and 1,224 players finding at least five clues. The average number of clues found was six.

Our randomly selected winners this year are:

cemmom
Bicknell
ejmam
Michael.Rimmer
benitastrnad

Winners, please message me with your mailing address so we can send you your prizes!

Congratulations to the winners!

Yay congrats to the winners!!
@abigailadams26 do you know how many managed to find all of the clues? Fun stats! ☺️

>290 avanders: The completion rate was 21%, so about 745 members found all clues. :)

>291 kristilabrie: Is this saying that about 3500 people started the event and that 745 finished it? Sorry if I am being obtuse.

I am brand new to LT (just joined last week!) and thought this Hunt was an interesting introduction to the site! lol I did eventually find all of them (with the help of a couple hints--thank you!!). I'm still trying to figure the website out and I keep stumbling across some cool features. So far, so good! Which leads me to....

A quick question: Where do the profile badges appear? I don't seem to have one, even though I found all the clues... Unless they haven't been awarded yet? Or I'm looking in the wrong place..

>293 RaeCreated: They show up on your profile page. But they’re not awarded automatically - you’ll get it when LT staff send them out. That could be tomorrow and it could be 8 months from now.

>292 robertwmartin: Correct.

>294 PawsforThought: Oh, ok! That makes sense. Thank you!

Hi Abigail, I don't believe I got credit for the 7 arrows that I did find. I could be mistaken, in which case, where do I find them? This is in regards to the Valintine's day contest. Thom

>297 thosgpetri: Hi Thom. When you say that you haven't gotten credit, do you mean that you have not yet received your badge? If so, the badges are assigned manually, and will be awarded to you on your profile page (although I'm not sure exactly when that will be).

>297 thosgpetri: Just to let you know, none of us have gotten our badges for the Treasure Hunt before this one yet. So, yes, it can take a while. :-)

Thank you! Thank you!

The badges, boss! The badges!

Just got my Hallowe’en 2021 and Valentine’s Day 2022 badges!

Yay, thank you for the Cucurbit Cockade 2021 Halloween Hunt and Toxophily Token 2022 Valentine's Treasure Hunt badges!

>301 humouress: Me too!

I swear I click on something and it doesn't show an arrow then later I come back and it does! Thank you to all of you who left clues for the tough ones!

Yay! Of course I had to google all the words for the badges but that's OK...