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[Winter, Group Reads]

I SPY Challenge 2015


1. Color - White Fang, Jack London
2. Number - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
3. Things That Grow - Forest of Secrets, Erin Hunter
4. Seasons - Summer, Edith Wharton
5. First Name - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
6. Places - Huset i Eldafjord, Margit Sandemo
7. Body Part - Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
8. Weapon - Legend of the Sword, Michael R. Hicks
9. Body of Water - Fruen fra havet, Henrik Ibsen
10. Form of Water - The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley
11. Product of Fire - Forged in Flame, Michael R. Hicks
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - Fire and Ice, Erin Hunter
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - Desperation, Stephen King
21. Animal/Insect - The Cat Who Came In From The Cold, Deric Longden
22. Something to Read - The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly
23. Gender Identifier - The Misremembered Man, Christina McKenna
24. Paranormal Being - Engel med svarte vinger, Margit Sandemo
25. Occupation - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

19/25

[Winter, Group Reads]

Update :) Yay soon finished!

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 160
25/25

On to the next challenge!

[Emily]

I updated message 1356 with Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age for Seasons, so I have 18/25.

[Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫]

Updated my post.

12/25 complete

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

19/25 done

1. 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
10. Form of Water - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
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

[Cassandra]

Congratulations, Tina! What was your favorite book of the challenge?

[Kelly]

Updated message 1391.

Element - The Shadow of the Wind

Now completed 10/25

[Megan BG]

18/25

7. Body Part - Heart of the Matter

[Victoria]

September update 22/25

Completed:

Occupation: Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
Time of Day: Night Train to Lisbon by Paul Mercier

Full list at page 6 msg 284

[Charity]

Updated message 273.

24/25

1 more to go!

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

Would Eighth Grave After Dark work for the Time of Day? I'm working on updating my list, and trying to switch the children's books I have on their with adult books! Thanks!

[Cassandra]

I think so, Susan!

[Anna]

I've read another book

1. Color - Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread*
2. Number -
3. Things That Grow - Appelsinpiken (The Orange Girl) (It's the fruit, not the colour)
4. Seasons -
5. First Name - Odinsbarn (Odin is a Norwegian name for boys. It's also one of the Norse gods.)
6. Places - Dream Country*
7. Body Part - The Bone Season
8. Weapon - A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
9. Body of Water - Deadpool: Dead Presidents*
10. Form of Water - Season of Mists*
11. Product of Fire - City of Ashes
12. Celestial Body - I'll Give You the Sun
13. Architecture - City of Bones
14. Senses - Touch of Power
15. Royal Title - A Clash of Kings
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 - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
20. Emotion/Feeling - Daredevil: The Man Without Fear!*
21. Animal/Insect - A Feast for Crows
22. Something to Read - Memoirs of a Geisha
23. Gender Identifier - Fangirl
24. Paranormal Being - A Monster Calls
25. Occupation - The Sheperd's Tale*

*Graphic novel

[JoJo]

Updated message #603


6: Places - Watership Down by Richard Adams

Completed 18/25

[Kelly]

Update to post 1391.

13. Architecture - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I think this counts as it has 'Home' in the title which refers to the house in which Miss Peregrine and her Peculiar children live.

11/25

[Clare]

Updated message 507: now at 20/25
Stardust - haven't seen the film but loved the book

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

I Spy Book Challenge

"Read a book that contains a word in the title that fits each of the 25 categories below. If you're having trouble with a particular category, ask other members what they are reading for it. You may also use the name of the series for up to three categories.
"
(11/25)

Color - red, crimson, indigo
Number – Six Months in Montana – Pamela Kelley
Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
Seasons – Winter in Sweetwater County – Ciara Knight
First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Ajax
Places - country, empire, London
Body Part – Where the Heart Is -- Darcy Burke
Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
Body of Water – The Girls of Mischief Bay – Susan Mallery
Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames
Celestial Body – Texas Star – Jean Brashear
Architecture – The Christmas Cabin – Emma Cane
Senses - sight, touch, taste
Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
Family Member – Bedding the Wrong Brother – Virna DePaul
Elements – Treading Water – Marie Force
Time of Day - One Night with her Boss – Noelle Adams
Metal – True Love at Silver Creek Ranch – Emma Cane
Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
Animal/Insect
Something to Read - book, story, newspaper
Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady –
Paranormal Being -- Dark Witch – Nora Roberts
Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

[Renee]

I just found this challenge and would like to join in... I looked through my list of books read for this year, and this is what i have so far:

I SPY CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Update on 10/24: Progress: 22 / 25

11/8 update: 24 / 25

11/22 Update: 25 / 25 Challenge Complete!

1. Color - Devil in a Blue Dress
2. Number - Forty Signs of Rain
3. Things That Grow - In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
4. Seasons - Winter's Passage
5. First Name - Rosemary's Baby
6. Places - The Serpent of Venice
7. Body Part - Heart-Shaped Box
8. Weapon - Sharp Objects
9. Body of Water - The Lady of the Rivers
10. Form of Water - The Year of the Flood
11. Product of Fire - Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See i might try to find another book that matches this one better...
12. Celestial Body - The Long Earth
13. Architecture - The Man in the High Castle
14. Senses - All the Light We Cannot See
15. Royal Title - The White Queen
16. Family Member - Native Son
17. Elements - The stone cutter
18. Time of Day - The Night Circus
19. Metal - The Iron King
20. Emotion/Feeling - Act Of Terror
21. Animal/Insect - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
22. Something to Read - The Rabbit Back Literature Society
23. Gender Identifier - The Girl on the Train
24. Paranormal Being - Mort
25. Occupation - Lies My Teacher Told Me

This is such a fun way to look at the books i've been reading! Thanks for organizing it, and hopefully it's not too bad that i want to crash the party this late...

[Sheila]

Sheila wrote: "17/25


✔ 2. Number - Half-Made Girls

I did not indicate the first three books I read (12, 20, & 22) and don't know when I read #24 :(

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

20/25 done

1. 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
10. Form of Water - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
12. Celestial Body - Starfire Angels
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 - Beauty and the Wolf
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter

[Anna]

I read another book

1. Color - Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread*
2. Number - The 100
3. Things That Grow - Appelsinpiken (The Orange Girl) (It's the fruit, not the colour)
4. Seasons -
5. First Name - Odinsbarn (Odin is a Norwegian name for boys. It's also one of the Norse gods.)
6. Places - Dream Country*
7. Body Part - The Bone Season
8. Weapon - A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
9. Body of Water - Deadpool: Dead Presidents*
10. Form of Water - Season of Mists*
11. Product of Fire - City of Ashes
12. Celestial Body - I'll Give You the Sun
13. Architecture - City of Bones
14. Senses - Touch of Power
15. Royal Title - A Clash of Kings
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 - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
20. Emotion/Feeling - Daredevil: The Man Without Fear!*
21. Animal/Insect - A Feast for Crows
22. Something to Read - Memoirs of a Geisha
23. Gender Identifier - Fangirl
24. Paranormal Being - A Monster Calls
25. Occupation - The Sheperd's Tale*

*Graphic novel

[Diana]

Edited comment 301, now 19/25

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Renee! Glad to have you.

Sheila, I'm not sure I'm following your post. Are you still at 17/25?

[[deleted user]]

I'm done, thanks for this challenge!


1.Colour - White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland (3/8)
2.Number - Five Minutes Late by Rich Amooi (3/11)
3. Things That Grow - Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (4/27)
4. Seasons - Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch (3/2)
5. First Name - Poirot: The Complete Ariadne Oliver, Vol. 1 by Agatha Christie (2/16)
6. Places - Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon(3/5)
7. Body Part - Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart (3/2)
8. Weapon - Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep (3/31)
9. Body of Water - The Gray and Guilty Sea by Jack Nolte (5/4)
10. Form of Water - Let It Snow by John Green and two others (3/3)
11. Product of Fire - Heat Wave by Richard Castle (4/9)
12. Celestial Body - Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (4/29)
13. Architecture - Crooked House by Agatha Christie (9/15/15)
14. Senses - God Touched by John Conroe (6/22)
15. Royal Title - König Ottokars Glück und Ende by Franz Grillparzer (König = king) (8/20)
16. Family Member - A Daughter's a Daughter by Mary Westmacott (6/16)
17. Elements - A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter (6/29)
18. Time of Day -  Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2/11)
19. Metal - Three Silver Doves by Deborah Garner (10/16)
20. Emotion/Feeling - The New Hunger by Isaac Marion (2/13)
21. Animal/Insect - Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (3/9)
22. Something to Read - Wicked Words by J.G. Goodhind (2/24)
23. Gender Identifier - Miss Marple Omnibus Vol 1 by Agatha Christie (1/29)
24. Paranormal Being - The Dragon Conspiracy by Lisa Shearin (3/16)
25. Occupation - Doctor Who 12 Doctors 12 Stories (1/5)

[Clare]

updated message 507 with another 2 books taking me to 22.

Royal Title: I'm the King of the Castle - a creepy psychological novel

Weapon: The Bone Knife - a fab short story but will be looking out for more from this author

[Ariel]

Question: is "Evil" considered a paranormal being?

I just finished up Les Fleurs du Mal and I wouldn't have thought to add it. However, it was read/added by someone in a similar challenge (different group) and it made me wonder.

[Ariel]

Update, please: 19 of 25 ; Message 715

[Winter, Group Reads]

Pretty close!

[Winter, Group Reads]

I SPY Challenge 2015


1. Color - White Fang, Jack London
2. Number - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
3. Things That Grow - Forest of Secrets, Erin Hunter
4. Seasons - Summer, Edith Wharton
5. First Name - Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
6. Places - Huset i Eldafjord, Margit Sandemo
7. Body Part - Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
8. Weapon - Legend of the Sword, Michael R. Hicks
9. Body of Water - Fruen fra havet, Henrik Ibsen
10. Form of Water - The Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley
11. Product of Fire - Forged in Flame, Michael R. Hicks
12. Celestial Body - Black Sun Rising, C.S. Friedman
13. Architecture - The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - Fire and Ice, Erin Hunter
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - The Iron Heel, Jack London
20. Emotion/Feeling - Desperation, Stephen King
21. Animal/Insect - The Cat Who Came In From The Cold, Deric Longden
22. Something to Read - The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly
23. Gender Identifier - The Misremembered Man, Christina McKenna
24. Paranormal Being - Engel med svarte vinger, Margit Sandemo
25. Occupation - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

21/25

[Dominique]

No 48 updated: 21/25

[Alisia]

Challenge Complete! 25/25

9. Body of Water - I stretched this task by using the authors name instead of title because I didn't want to read another book just to fulfill a challenge, I have been reading to complete tasks lately and not enough for enjoyment. Diary of a Mad Diva By: Joan Rivers

12. Celestial Body - The Fault in Our Stars

15. Royal Title - The Twelve Dancing Princesses

18. Time of Day - Hot Six

[Carrie]

Updated 110 - Color = The White Giraffe and Family Member - One Dog and His Boy. I suppose that last one is a stretch, but the boy is the dogs family :)

[Elaine]

I'd like to join this challenge. I'm going to do as much as I can this year. This is what I have read so far this year.

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo
2. Number - one, twice, third
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name -
6. Places - Tipperary
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow
9. Body of Water -
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain
11. Product of Fire -
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - The King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements -
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal -
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - Dragonfly in Amber
22. Something to Read -
23. Gender Identifier -
24. Paranormal Being - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Elaine!

Congratulations to Alisia and Rosa for finishing their challenges. Great job, everyone!

[Anna]

I finished my challenge

1. Color - Black Widow: The Finely Woven Thread*
2. Number - The 100
3. Things That Grow - Appelsinpiken (The Orange Girl) (It's the fruit, not the colour)
4. Seasons - The Sword of Summer
5. First Name - Odinsbarn (Odin is a Norwegian name for boys. It's also one of the Norse gods.)
6. Places - Dream Country*
7. Body Part - The Bone Season
8. Weapon - A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold
9. Body of Water - Deadpool: Dead Presidents*
10. Form of Water - Season of Mists*
11. Product of Fire - City of Ashes
12. Celestial Body - I'll Give You the Sun
13. Architecture - City of Bones
14. Senses - Touch of Power
15. Royal Title - A Clash of Kings
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 - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
20. Emotion/Feeling - Daredevil: The Man Without Fear!*
21. Animal/Insect - A Feast for Crows
22. Something to Read - Memoirs of a Geisha
23. Gender Identifier - Fangirl
24. Paranormal Being - A Monster Calls
25. Occupation - The Sheperd's Tale*

*Graphic novel

[Jannene]

I updated my message, 14/25.

[Renee]

I updated message 1461 with my 2 new books:



18. Time of Day - The Night Circus
19. Metal - The Iron King

I have 3 more to go! Thanks for hosting this challenge!

[Merja]

6. Places - "Et muuten tätäkään usko..." - Ville Haapasalon 2000-luku Venäjällä (Venäjällä = in Russia)


9/25

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

21/25 done

1. Color - Princess in Pink: with Project Princess
2. Number - Top Secret Twenty-One
3. Things That Grow – The Shadow and the Rose
4. Seasons – Drums of Autumn
5. First Name - Cinder
6. Places - Eighth Grave After Dark
7. Body Part – Big Boned
10. Form of Water - A Breath of Snow and Ashes
11. Product of Fire - Ashes of Midnight
12. Celestial Body - Starfire Angels
13. Architecture - Glass Houses
15. Royal Title - The Queen's Army
17. Elements -After the Fire
18. Time of Day - Fire at Twilight
19. Metal - Dazzled by Silver
20. Emotion/Feeling - Size 12 Is Not Fat
21. Animal/Insect - Beauty and the Wolf
22. Something to Read - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
23. Gender Identifier - Death, and the Girl He Loves
24. Paranormal Being – A Plague of Zombies
25. Occupation – Lord John and the Private Matter

[Cassandra]

Congratulations on completing your challenge, Anna!

[Helen]

I'm thinking about using a book with the word "Wand" in it for my Weapon category, but I'm not sure about it.

[Cassandra]

Helen, I think that fits perfectly well. Especially in the Harry Potter style of magic, wizards need their wands to fight.

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


16/25 - 9 to go

2. Number - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle

5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Ajax - Searching for Chipeta: The Story of a Ute and Her People

6. Places - God Bless America: Stories

7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind - City of Bones

8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow - Sword-Dancer

9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond - The Fountainhead

10. Form of Water - The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen

12. Celestial Body - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house - Station Eleven

14. Senses - sight, touch, taste - All the Light We Cannot See

15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor - The Snow Queen Mercedes Lackey

17. Elements - fire, wind, air - Like Water for Chocolate

19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel - Crucible of Gold

21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, unicorn - Dragonfly in Amber

23. Gender Identifier - wife, man, lady My Sister's Keeper

24. Paranormal Being - For a Few Demons More

[Reija]

Only two to go! Updated progress message 57

[Victoria]

October update completed 23/25 after finishing The Silversmith's Wife by Sophia Tobin perhaps this is a slight cheat as a silversmith is not technically a metal but it has the word silver in it and I have decided to let it count for my list. Only two to go!

Full list at page 6 message 284

[Eggp]

One more to go!
Goal: 24/25

09. Body of Water - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - 13 Jun 2015, 2/5
10. Form of Water - Cloud Atlas - 27 Jun 2015, 4/5
25. Occupation - The President - 03 Aug 2015, 2/5
18. Family Member - The Son - 10 Sep 2015, 2/5
17. Elements - The Man Who Fell to Earth - 17 Oct 2015, 5/5
19. Metal - The Brass Verdict (Harry Bosch, #14; Mickey Haller, #2) - 20 Oct 2015, 4/5

[Clare]

Updated message 507 now at 23/25
4: Summertime J.M. Coetzee

[Cassandra]

You're all so close! Great job. :)

[Helen]

I've only got 2 left!

23/25 Completed

1. Color - Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte 05/24/15
2. Number - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale 1/11/15
3. Things That Grow - Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce 2/26/15
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn
5. First Name - Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke 1/11/15
6. Places - Looking for Alaska by John Green 3/29/15
7. Body Part - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 1/9/15
8. Weapon - Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand by Gail Carson Levine 11/2/15
9. Body of Water - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper 10/11/15
10. Form of Water - Heat Wave by Richard Castle 09/30/15
11. Product of Fire - The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks 8/20/15
12. Celestial Body - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3/13/15
13. Architecture - The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie 5/26/15
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste
15. Royal Title - King Richard III by William Shakespeare 2/24/15
16. Family Member - The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Volume 1 4/17/15
17. Elements - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 5/17/15
18. Time of Day - Night Film by Marisha Pessl 1/20/15
19. Metal - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams 10/29/15
20. Emotion/Feeling - Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table03/21/15
21. Animal/Insect - Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos ) 2/11/15
22. Something to Read - Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce 1/27/15
23. Gender Identifier - Coffin And The Paper Man Completed 05/10/15
24. Paranormal Being - The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima 1/8/15
25. Occupation - G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton 1/22/15