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I Spy Challenge - 2015
17/25 done1. Color - Princess in Pink: with Project Princess
2. Number - Top Secret Twenty-One
4. Seasons – Drums of Autumn
5. First Name - Cinder
6. Places - Eighth Grave After Dark
7. Body Part – Big Boned
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
13. Architecture - Glass Houses
15. Royal Title - The Queen's Army
16. Family Member - The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
18. Time of Day - Viking Ships At Sunrise
20. Emotion/Feeling - Size 12 Is Not Fat
21. Animal/Insect - Buffalo Before Breakfast
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – Book 11: A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter
Good Morning! I've finished 2 more Architecture - Bradstreet Gate and
Place - The Girl in the Park
Updated message 110
Just completed #6 (Place) - The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai: A Novel by Ruiyan Xu. I really appreciated the author's ability to bring the reader into the frustrating world of aphasiacs. She captured perfectly what it is like to lose a language, to be unable to communicate with others, and how isolating that can be. I was not a fan of the ending as it just ended without any resolution. Worth reading. 3.5 stars21/26
I just edited message #50 to add my finish of Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami to fit #17 Elements (Wind).18/25
OK, I might be stretching things a bit here - please let me know if it's stretched too tight :) Senses - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
What do you think??
Finished one more on post 1118Just added Family member with C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant from Chrystine Brouillet
10/25
It took me a while, but I just read another book. My Metal comes from The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper.I updated message 937: I'm now at 20/25!
Updating 29518/25 Read
19. Metal- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
22. Something to Read- Stories of the Steppes: Kazakh Folktales Retold
I want to join! Here's what I have so far:1. Color - Girl in Hyacinth Blue completed 4/12
2. Number - 84, Charing Cross Road completed 2/26
3. Things That Grow - The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East completed 2/13
4. Seasons - Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age completed 9/30
5. First Name - The Rosie Effect completed 4/29
6. Places - Americans in Paris: a Literary Anthology completed 5/20
7. Body Part -
8. Weapon -
9. Body of Water - The Trip to Echo Spring completed 4/26
10. Form of Water - Clouds of Witness completed 1/16
11. Product of Fire - White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson completed 4/20
12. Celestial Body - A Star for Mrs. Blake completed 3/17
13. Architecture - Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies completed 4/15
14. Senses -
15. Royal Title - The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street completed 3/12
16. Family Member - Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana completed 8/3
17. Elements -
18. Time of Day -
19. Metal -
20. Emotion/Feeling - Happy completed 1/6
21. Animal/Insect - Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Did What?: 101 Amazing Stories of Magical Moments, Miracles and... Mischief completed 1/28
22. Something to Read - The Book of Madness and Cures completed 8/6
23. Gender Identifier - A Woman Of Independent Means completed 1/15
24. Paranormal Being -
25. Occupation - Daily Rituals: How Artists Work completed 4/8
Welcome to the challenge, Emily!Carrie, it's really up to you. My motto is that if it's good enough for you to count it, it's good enough for me! :)
Just completed #19 (metal) - The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll. It took me a bit to get interested in this story, and throughout the book, the characters' thoughts were repetitive and unnecessary. However, once I finally got hooked about 1/3 of the way through, the book improved. Worth reading. 3.5 stars22/25
Oops. I already have an edit to my challenge. (Update to Post #1356)I realized I could use Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana for 16. Family Member.
That means I have 16/25
I just edited message #50 with a finish of The Poisoned Pilgrim. I'd read that earlier and just realized that poison was included in weapons. 20/25
18/25 done1. Color - Princess in Pink: with Project Princess
2. Number - Top Secret Twenty-One
4. Seasons – Drums of Autumn
5. First Name - Cinder
6. Places - Eighth Grave After Dark
7. Body Part – Big Boned
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
13. Architecture - Glass Houses
15. Royal Title - The Queen's Army
16. Family Member - The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
18. Time of Day - Viking Ships At Sunrise
19. Metal - Silverlicious
20. Emotion/Feeling - Size 12 Is Not Fat
21. Animal/Insect - Buffalo Before Breakfast
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – Book 11: A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter
I've been debating this for a few days, so I thought I'd throw it out here. Would a cloud count as a form of water? Because I've already read Clouds of Witness this year, but I wasn't sure if I should count it for 10. Form of Water.
That's totally up to you, Emily! Clouds hold water, so I think you could easily argue that it fits. You could also put it down and if you find a better "form of water" substitute later, you could change it then.
OK, that sounds good. I'll count it unless I find something better. That means I have 17/25 on my challenge. I'll update post #1356.
Please update 24/258. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo completed 8-23-15
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) completed 8-24-15
Haven't updated in awhile. Up to 17 now2. Number - one, twice, third
14 7/6/2015
3. Things That Grow
In the Woods 5/2015
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
The Winter People 5/5/2015
5. First Name
Still Alice 2/23/2015
6. Places - country, empire, London
The Passage
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
A Sea of Troubles 7/6/2015
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
WATER: A Vic Bengston Investigation
6/2015
11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
Beneath the Ashes 7/6/2015
12. Celestial Body
The Martian 1/7/2015
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
Station Eleven 3/2/2015
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
All the Light We Cannot See 2/9/2015
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
Half a King 6/8/2015
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 7/2015
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
The Cuckoo's Calling 03/35/2015
22. Something to Read
The Book of Strange New Things 2/11/2015
23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady
The Girl on the Train 6/2015
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective
The Transcriptionist: A Novel
I SPY CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Completed 12/25
1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) By kekla Matula FINISHED 3/20
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins FINISHED 1/3
6. Places - country, empire, London
7. Body Part - Smile by Raina Telgemeier FINISHED 1/18
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire - Cinder by Marissa Meyer FINISHED 8/28
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros FINISHED 2/1
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - The Queen by Kiera Cass FINISHED 1/17
16. Family Member - The Mother Daughter Book Club by Margaret Frederick Vogel FINISHED 4/20
17. Elements - Witch and Wizard: The Fire by James Patterson FINISHED 1/15
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness FINISHED 8/7
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper Please Write in This Book by Mary Amato FINISHED 4/21
23. Gender Identifier - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyle FINISHED 1/17
24. Paranormal Being - Witch and Wizard by James Patterson FINISHED 1/7
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective
August update: Completed 20/25Family Member - Sister by Rosamund Lupton
Full list at page 6 message 284
Please can I join? Thank you! Here's what I have so far:
1. Color - The Color Purple
2. Number - Four: A Divergent Story Collection
3. Things That Grow
4. Seasons
5. First Name - Finding Audrey
6. Places
7. Body Part
8. Weapon
9. Body of Water
10. Form of Water
11. Product of Fire
12. Celestial Body
13. Architecture - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
14. Senses - Unspeakable
15. Royal Title
16. Family Member
17. Elements - The Shadow of the Wind
18. Time of Day - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
19. Metal
20. Emotion/Feeling - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
21. Animal/Insect
22. Something to Read - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
23. Gender Identifier - Dangerous Girls
24. Paranormal Being - Angelfall
25. Occupation
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