I Spy - 2022

[Fedra]

Please Update msg #93
progress: 12/16

[Lilili]

Updating msg. 480

7/25

Thanks :-)

[Ashleigh]

Update to #25

10/12

15. Royal Title: Empress

[Ariail]

Update to original message #34

30/30 complete!! Now time to add another annual challenge :)

1. Color - The Wicked Redhead
2. Number - 56 Days
3. Things That Grow - The Bungalow Mystery
4. Seasons - Winter Garden
5. First Name - Take Your Turn, Teddy
6. Places - The Resting Place
7. Body Part - The Paying Guests
8. Weapon - One of Us Is Dead
9. Body of Water - The Girls in the Stilt House
10. Form of Water - Did I Say You Could Go
11. Product of Fire - The Clue in the Diary
12. Celestial Body - The Awakening
13. Architecture - The Night She Disappeared
14. Senses - The Stranger in the Mirror
15. Royal Title - Queenie
16. Family Member - Redeeming Love
17. Elements - The Overnight Guest
18. Time of Day - Nice Girls
19. Metal - American Dirt
20. Emotion/Feeling - Playing Nice
21. Animal/Insect - The Big Book of Exit Strategies
22. Something to Read - Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See
23. Sports - Whirlwind
24. Paranormal Beings - Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan
25. Occupation - The X Ingredient

1. Magical beings - A Letter to Three Witches
2. Inspirational people - Piranesi
3. Mental Health - Love & Other Anxieties
4. Subjects - The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
5. Monthly themes - Weather Girl

[Ursula]

update to message 7: 14/25 books read

[Jannene]

Updated message 83. 14/25

[Jennifer]

Updating message #43

14/30 completes

17. Elements - Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire DONE

[Alison]

update to message #131

25/25 books read! I would like to continue on with the Bonus Prompts ;)

8. Weapon - The Hidden Blade

14. Senses - Blind Sight

19. Metal - Heart of Iron

[Lilili]

Updating msg. 480

8/25

Thanks :-)

[AJ]

Update to #483

10/25

6. Places - country, empire, London: Malibu Rising Malibu, baby!

[Sayonee]

Update to msg. 101

6/25

[Megan BG]

message 67

completed 8

4. Seasons: Summer People

[Michelle]

Message #18 updated! 23/25 completed

[Brittany]

updated post 27

22/25

[Lilili]

Updating msg. 480

9/25

[Emily]

Update to message #51
I read Lord of the Flies by William Golding for #15 - royal title

[Lilili]

Updating msg 480

10/25

[Joy D]

updated msg 68
completed 24/25

[Carmen]

Update to message #13

PROGRESS: 25/25 +5/5

Challenge completed!
Thanks, Trisha!

[Hilary]

12. Celestial Body The Almost Moon Alice Sebold

Update to #484 13/25

[Lilili]

Updating msg 480

11/25

[Sally]

Update msg 127
16/25

[AJ]

Update to #523

11/25

21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, grasshopper: : Tigers in Red Weather Pretty straightforward - I was expecting more tiger mention!

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 35
Read 8/10

[Laureen]

Update to Message # 47:

2. Number - one, twice, third: >The Unofficial Harry Potter Companion: an In-Depth Exploration; Volume 1: Sorcerer’s Stone by Alohomora!

22/25

[Lilili]

Updating msg 480

12/25

[Elaine]

Message #19 Update

25/25 COMPLETE

[Jannene]

Updated message 83

15/25

[Lilili]

Update message 480:

13/25

[Eggp]

June update: message #41
Goal: 16/25, 64.00%

18. Time of Day: If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - 06 Jun 2022, 4/5
25. Occupation: A Manual for Cleaning Women - 18 Jun 2022, 2/5

[Rachael]

Updated message 5: 15/18

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #10 - 22/25 books read!

[Allie]

Update to Message #61
Progress 24/25
15. Royal Title - The Emperor's Tomb

[Joy D]

updated post 68
Finished 25/25

Now starting the bonus 5

[AJ]

Update to #536

12/25

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo: Black Cake I want to try this cake so BADLY.

[Ashley]

update message #48
25/30

[Hina]

I'll try all 25!

19/25

1. Color: She Wore Red Trainers ✔
2. Number: 2am Thoughts ✔
3. Things That Grow: The Sun and Her Flowers ✔
4. Seasons: Summer Blonde ✔
5. First Name: The Song of Achilles ✔
6. Places: Girl Town ✔
7. Body Part: Between You and These Bones ✔
8. Weapon: How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
9. Body of Water: The Girl from the Sea ✔
10. Form of Water: Cold Enough for Snow ✔
11. Product of Fire: The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers
12. Celestial Body: in the absence of the sun ✔
13. Architecture: Beyond the Dragon's Gate ✔
14. Senses: Letting Go Is an Acquired Taste
15. Royal Title: Princess Princess Ever After ✔
16. Family Member: Family of Liars ✔
17. Elements: To Fight Fire with Sun
18. Time of Day: What Sound Is Morning? ✔
19. Metal: Goldenrod: Poems
20. Emotion/Feeling: i love this part ✔
21. Animal/Insect: A Funeral For Our Butterflies ✔
22. Something to Read: Book Lovers ✔
23. Sports: Swimming in Darkness
24. Paranormal Beings: Small Ghost ✔
25. Occupation: The Prince and the Dressmaker ✔

[Hilary]

22. Something to read The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams

14 read update to #533

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #4: 30/30
Complete!

I finished up all the primary and bonus prompts. Yay! Thanks so much for leading this terrific challenge, Trisha! It was a fun throwback to my early days in this group.

Primary Categories
🕵️‍♀️ 1. Color - The Red Lotus
🕵️‍♀️ 2. Number - 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
🕵️‍♀️ 3. Things That Grow - Pushing Up Daisies
🕵️‍♀️ 4. Seasons - Apples Never Fall
🕵️‍♀️ 5. First Name - Forrest Gump
🕵️‍♀️ 6. Places - My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life
🕵️‍♀️ 7. Body Part - Where the Heart Is
🕵️‍♀️ 8. Weapon - The Bronze Bow
🕵️‍♀️ 9. Body of Water -The House in the Cerulean Sea
🕵️‍♀️ 10. Form of Water - Fifty Words for Rain
🕵️‍♀️ 11. Product of Fire - Light from Uncommon Stars
🕵️‍♀️ 12. Celestial Body - The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
🕵️‍♀️ 13. Architecture - Tiny Houses:Beginners Guide
🕵️‍♀️ 14. Senses - The Sweet Taste of Muscadines
🕵️‍♀️ 15. Royal Title - Princess Academy
🕵️‍♀️ 16. Family Member - The Chanel Sisters
🕵️‍♀️ 17. Elements - The Four Winds
🕵️‍♀️ 18. Time of Day - A Night Divided
🕵️‍♀️ 19. Metal - How Much of These Hills Is Gold
🕵️‍♀️ 20. Emotion/Feeling - Every Last Fear
🕵️‍♀️ 21. Animal/Insect - H is for Hawk
🕵️‍♀️ 22. Something to Read - The Lost Book of the Grail
🕵️‍♀️ 23. Sports - The Scorpio Races
🕵️‍♀️ 24. Paranormal Beings - Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories
🕵️‍♀️ 25. Occupation - The Cellist of Sarajevo

Bonus Categories
🕵️‍♀️ 1. Magical beings - The Book of Magic (witches)
🕵️‍♀️ 2. Inspirational people - Higher Is Waiting (Tyler Perry on cover)
🕵️‍♀️ 3. Mental Health - Even If We Break (break)
🕵️‍♀️ 4. Subjects - Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss (history)
🕵️‍♀️ 5. Monthly theme - The Paris Secret (Paris)

[Trisha]

Congratulations to TerryJane, Theresa, Carmen, Elaine, Ariail, Joy D, and Alison for completing their challenges! Kudos to you all!

An additional round of applause for TerryJane, Carmen, and Ariail for finishing off their bonus prompts! Fabulous achievement! :D

Welcome to new members Liza and Hina!

And last but not the least, good going everyone! This challenge has been so much fun with such active participants and moreover, such fantastic books being read.

Updated through message 553

[Lilac]

Message 42

I've reached my goal! I plan to keep adding books if I can tick any more off but won't be updating my goal.

1. Color: Dragonfly In Amber - ★★☆☆☆ - 05/06/22
2. Number: Ready Player One - ★★★☆☆ - 03/03/22
3. Things That Grow: The Secret Garden - ★★★★★ - 29/03/22
4. Seasons: Winter - ★★★☆☆ - 16/05/22
5. First Name: Agnes Grey - ★★★★☆ - 08/01/22
6. Places:
7. Body Part:
8. Weapon:
9. Body of Water:
10. Form of Water:
11. Product of Fire:
12. Celestial Body: Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - ★★★☆☆ - 24/03/22
13. Architecture:
14. Senses:
15. Royal Title:
16. Family Member:
17. Elements: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - ★★★★★ - 18/02/22
18. Time of Day:
19. Metal:
20. Emotion/Feeling:
21. Animal/Insect: The Hound of the Baskervilles - ★★★☆☆ - 18/04/22
22. Something to Read:
23. Sports:
24. Paranormal Beings: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - ★★★★★ - 19/05/22
25. Occupation: The Alchemist - ★★★☆☆ - 12/06/22

Completed 10/10

[Emily]

Update to message #51
Progress 13/25
I read Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas for #3 - things that grow

[Ashleigh]

Update to #25

11/12

Animal/insect - Dragonfly in Amber

[Paula]

Updated to msg 144 : 2 / 25

[Ashleigh]

Update to #25

12/12 COMPLETE

I have completed this challenge, however, I do plan on continuing, though I won't be upping my goal.

Form of Water - Stone of Tears - this may be a bit of a creative interpretation, but tears are a form of water, so... yeah!

[Sally]

Update msg 127
17/25

[Sally]

Update msg 127

18/25

[Sayonee]

Update to message #101

Progess: 09/25

[Chrissie]

Update on message #21: finished 18/25 reads.

[Michelle]

Message #18 updated! Challenge completed. 25/25