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I Spy Challenge - 2015
Finished one more11/25 Completed
12. Celestial Body - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3/13/15
I haven't done one like this before!19/25
1. Color -
2. Number - Wizard's First Rule 2/21/15
3. Things That Grow - Nightshade City 9/13/15
4. Seasons -
5. First Name - Clara 3/26/15
6. Places - California 1/11/15
7. Body Part - The Tell-Tale Heart 2/7/15
8. Weapon -
9. Body of Water - Over Sea, Under Stone 2/3/15
10. Form of Water - First Frost 3/10/15
11. Product of Fire - City of Ashes 1/13/15
12. Celestial Body - The Jewel of Seven Stars 1/17/15
13. Architecture - The Bone Church 1/30/15
14. Senses -
15. Royal Title -
16. Family Member - Native Son 1/4/15
17. Elements - The Iron Wyrm Affair 7/31/15
18. Time of Day - Death Before Daylight 1/18/15
19. Metal - The Flight of the Silvers 8/23/15
20. Emotion/Feeling - Brave New World 3/6/15
21. Animal/Insect - Frog 2/28/15
22. Something to Read -
23. Gender Identifier - The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt 2/17/15
24. Paranormal Being - Ghost Shadow 5/21/15
25. Occupation - The Ploughmen 3/4/15
Two more! This is fun!21. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
25.The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
5/25
Thank you, Cassandra! I'm always looking for new and interesting ways to keep track of my reading. :)
Nicole wrote: "I haven't done one like this before!14/25
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2. Number - Wizard's First Rule 2/21/15
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5. First Name -
6. Places - [book:California|18774..."
that looks fun!
I added another book :)1. Color -
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5. First Name - Odinsbarn (Odin is a Norwegian name for boys. It's also one of the Norse gods.)
6. Places - Dream Country*
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10. Form of Water - Season of Mists*
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13. Architecture -
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15. Royal Title -
16. Family Member - Indias datter (Secret Daughter in English)
17. Elements - Leaves on the Wind*
18. Time of Day - I Shall Wear Midnight
19. Metal -
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25. Occupation - The Sheperd's Tale*
*Graphic novel
Updated to here!Erika, if you're interested in participating but don't want to go in for the full 25, you are welcome to try for a smaller number.
Just realised I haven't updated for a while. My recent reads have been:18. Time of Day – A Night to Remember by Walter Lord - 3★ - about the night the Titanic sank
24. Paranormal Being – Away With the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood - 3★ - no. 11 in the Phryne Fisher series
25. Occupation - The Lady's Maid: My Life in Service by Rosina Harrison - 3.5★ - a slice of real-life Downton Abbey-style drama!
I'm now at 6/25, which should mean I'm on track to finish if I keep up the same pace throughout the year... (And I'm the Kathryn from Australia, Cassandra)
I'm in :)10/25 as of March 19th 2015.
1. Color -
✔2. Number - The Basic Eight - 1/28/15
✔3. Things That Grow - Into the Forest - 1/21/15
✔4. Seasons - Second Chance Summer - 3/08/15
✔5. First Name - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer - 3/01/15
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✔11. Product of Fire - Burn for Burn - 1/16/15
✔12. Celestial Body - My Heart and Other Black Holes - 2/14/15
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19. Metal -
✔20. Emotion/Feeling - Love, Rosie - 1/12/15
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✔22. Something to Read - Love Letters to the Dead - 2/19/15
✔23. Gender Identifier - To All the Boys I've Loved Before - 2/20/15
✔24. Paranormal Being - A Monster Calls - 1/22/15
25. Occupation -
I have done 6/25 so far! 1. Color - Fifty Shades of Grey- E.L James
2. Number - Fifty Shades Darker- E.L. James
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Eleanor & Park- Rainbow Rowell
6. Places - country, empire, London
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - The Elite- Kiera Cass
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - Hopeless- Colleen Hoover
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
23. Gender Identifier - One Week Girlfriend
24. Paranormal Being - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective
Task 8-a weapon-Trigger Warnings-Neil Gaiman.Spent the afternoon totally immersed in these fantastic stories-not read any of his longer works yet.........
Just completed my selection for #20 Emotion - Somebody to Love by Kristan Higgins. Good end to the series and I nice return to Higgins' style. There were some funny bits amidst the romance and human drama. Good character development and nice to get updates on the characters from the first book. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars13/26
(06/25)1. Color -
2. Number - Six Months in Montana - Pamela Kelley
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9. Body of Water - The Girls of Mischief Bay - Susan Mallery
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12. Celestial Body - Texas Star - Jean Brashear
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16. Family Member - Bedding the Wrong Brother - Virna DePaul
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18. Time of Day - One Night with her Boss – Noelle Adams
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24. Paranormal Being - Dark Witch - Nora Roberts
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updated message 508Body part: The Skin Collector Jeffery Deaver full of the usual twists and turns and red herrings to keep you guessing until the end
I spied form of water and element.10. Form of Water - The Snow Queen
17. Elements - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4/25 done
UPDATE:Goal: 25 - Progress: 5 complete, 20 to go
2. Number - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle
6. Places - God Bless America: Stories
10. Form of Water - The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor - The Snow Queen Mercedes Lackey
24. Paranormal Being - For a Few Demons More
#16: Family Member- Blood Brother by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell (novella/prequel to The Order of the Sanguines)16/25: please update.
Pat, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances. Neil Gaiman is the author I selected for the complete works yearly challenge, so I actually just finished one of his other short story collections, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders. If you like the manageable format but want to get into his novels, I recommend The Ocean at the End of the Lane because it's short but really strong.Welcome to the challenge, Anna!
Thanks Cassandra-as a bibliophile I was especially "taken" by the stories based on concepts of books and imagination-your namesake story,July Tale and The Man who forgot Ray Bradbury.Certainly different to much of the dark fantasy/horror I usually read....i
Sounds like fun I hope its not to late to join. If its not count me in Please
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15. Royal Title - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride 3/2/2015
25. Occupation - Dead Politician Society read 3/1/2015
18/25 completed