I Spy - 2022

[Tania]

Update message 37, 4/25

✓6. Places - country, empire, London: Norfolk Historic Southern Port by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker, 2nd edition edited by Marvin W. Schlegel (finished 2/10)

[Rhonda]

Im in

[Tania]

Update message 37, 5/25

✓5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Tanya: Jack & Jill by James Patterson (finished 2/11)
Jack & Jill

[Karen]

Update Msg 22 - Completed 19/25

√2. Number - one, twice, third - Steal (Instinct, #3) - James Patterson


√5. First Name - Henry - Henry The Farting Heart: A Funny Rhyming Valentine's Day Book For Kids About A Tooting Heart - Joy Tyler


√6. Places - beach - It Takes Two to Mango (Trouble in Paradise, #1) - Carrie Doyle


√8. Weapon - knife - DYING TO GET IN - Peter Interland


√9. Body of Water - pond - The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1) - Dervla McTiernan


√10. Form of Water - snow - Bold Fortune (The Fortunes of Lost Lake, #1) - M. M. Crane


√12. Celestial Body - moon -The Gods We Dreamt of as Children (Calliope, #4) - Scott Mari


√13. Architecture - door - The Interchange - Andrew Orange


√14. Senses - sight, touch, taste - Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) - Toshikazu Kawaguchi


√15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor - Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness, #1) - Rhys Bowen


√16. Family Member - sister - The Girls on the Shore (Two Rivers, #2.5) - Ann Cleeves


√17. Elements - fire, wind, air - The Bothy (Highlands & Islands Detective, #2) - G.R. Jordan


√18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening, CLOCKS - Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2) - Toshikazu Kawaguchi


√19. Metal - gold - The Vanished Collection - Pauline Baer de Perignon


√20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear - A Deadly Affair : Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery - Agatha Christie


√21. Animal/Insect - tiger - Something's Guava Give (Trouble in Paradise, #2) - Carrie Doyle


√22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper - The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections - Eva Jurczyk


√24. Paranormal Beings - gargoyle - The Foe in the Forest (Stonehaven Mysteries, #3) - Linn Chapel


√25. Occupation - P.I. - Viking Private Investigation: Season One (Viking P.I., #1) - Tommy Ueland (private eye)

[Fedra]

Please update msg 93
5/16

[Kelly]

update mess. 72
4/25
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind Extraordinary Canadians: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation

[Ashley]

Update message 48
8/30

[Erika]

Update for Msg#82 Progress 4/25

7. A Body Part The Sweetest Oblivion
8. Weapon The Hawthorne Legacy
15. Royal Title-The Heiress Gets a Duke
21. Animal Reminders of Him

[Greg]

Update to message 65:

20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride, honor Mission of Honor

7/20

[Kelly]

my apologies! I may have messed up my count on you. Mess 71 (Kelly) is at 4/25 Feb 12/22

[Laureen]

Update to Message #47:
#12: Celestial Body (sun, star, planet): The Martian by Andy Weir
This may be a stretch but the cover shows the character in his space suit and I'm assuming he is on or floating above Mars, so I decided to count it

8/25

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message number 6. Progress: 3/12

[Paula]

Update Msg #144
5/25

[Sara]

Updated message #188

I Spy Challenge:

7/25

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 - Jacqueline, Robert, Tanya
6. Places - The Refrigerator Monologues 1/31/22
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind
8. Weapon - Poison for Breakfast 1/21/22
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond
10. Form of Water - Us Against You 2/2/22
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 - king, duke, emperor
16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent
17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - Our Souls at Night 1/30/22
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel
20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, grasshopper
22. Something to Read - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 2/13/22
23. Sports - Beartown 1/29/22
24. Paranormal Beings - vampire, angel, ghost
25. Occupation - The Housekeeper and the Professor 1/22/22

[Ashleigh]

Update to #25

4/12

12 - Celestial Body - The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

[Elena]

Update message 130 -3/25

2. Number - Knight of a Trillion Stars
12. Celestial body - The Moonstone
13. Architecture - The Dead Mountaineer's InnThe Dead Mountaineer's Inn

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #4: 8/25

[Paula]

Update to Message #144: 6/25

[Rosemary]

Message #26 updated- 3/15 books read
#20 Metal ✅- The Golden Couple by Greer Hendrick and Sarah Pekkanen

[Echo]

Message 66 updated: 8 of 30 read

[Laureen]

Update toe Message #47
#18. Time of Day: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

9/25

[Allie]

Update to Message #61
Progress 11/25
0/5
2. Number - one, twice, third The Man Who Died Twice

11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames

20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride Crying in H Mart

[Emily]

Update to message #51
Progress 4/25
I read To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han for #20 - emotion/feeling

[Trisha]

Rhonda wrote: "Im in"

Welcome Rhonda! Please specify the number of books you plan to read towards this challenge. Note that this number can be updated any time through the year.

[Trisha]

Kelly wrote: "my apologies! I may have messed up my count on you. Mess 71 (Kelly) is at 4/25 Feb 12/22"

Hi Kelly, that's not your mistake. Someone has deleted their message which has changed the original message numbers of all the participants. Alas! :(

However, I already had 4/25 updated in my tracking sheet based on your last update. I can go back and check if I made a typo, but I'll just rely on you (and save some effort) and go with your latest update. :)

[Trisha]

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's day and is now back on to sherlocking the mysteries of the bookish world.

Updated through msg#284.

[Jannene]

Updated message 83

8/25

[Allie]

Update to Message #61
Progress 12/30
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house

[Echo]

Message 66 updated: 9 of 30 completed!

[Tania]

Update message 37, 6/25

✓10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain: Spiked Snowballs & Flaming Cats by John C. Daly (finished 2/20)

[Greg]

Update to message 65:

22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper The Book Thief

8/20

[Kelly]

update mess 71
5/25

6. Places - country, empire, London
Murder on the Orient Express

[Laureen]

Update to Message #47:

22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

10/25

[Paula]

Update to message #144
Read 7/25

[Suzanne]

2022 Reading Challenge
I Spy - 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Progress: 21 out of 30

As we celebrate the 10th year anniversary of our 2022 Reading Challenge group, we bring back a favourite yearly challenge from 2012 - the year our group was founded. We really hope that you’d enjoy this throwback challenge! :)

Read a book that contains a word in the title or the cover that fits one of the 25 categories mentioned below. This is a pretty open challenge, so you can interpret the categories in ways that work best for you. You can use the title or the cover to fulfil each category. If you're having trouble with a particular category, ask other members what they are reading for it. To sign up for the challenge, please let the challenge leader know the number of categories you plan to finish, you can choose and change your categories throughout the duration of the challenge.

We have listed some ideas/examples of what we are looking for but you DO NOT have to use them; these are just to get you started - any word that fits the category is fair game.

Have fun with this challenge! :)

Primary 25 categories with examples:

1. Color - red, crimson, indigo: Gimme Some Sugar by Molly Harper - ***** - 3/10/2022 - 304 Pages - Red Cake on Cover
2. Number - one, twice, third: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages
3. Things That Grow - tree, rose, garden: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel - ***** - 5/31/2022 - 203 Pages
4. Seasons - spring, fall, autumn: All Summer Long by Hope Larson - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 176 Pages
5. First Name - Jacqueline, Robert, Tanya: Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages
6. Places - country, empire, London A View Across the Rooftops by Suzanne Kelman - ***** - 4/25/2022 - 396 Pages - Amsterdam
7. Body Part - hand, bone, mind The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz - ***** - 2/23/2022 - 347 Pages
8. Weapon - knife, poison, arrow: Bull's-Eye: The Power of Focus by Brian Tracy - **** - 4/18/2022 - 112 Pages

9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond:
10. Form of Water - ice, mist, rain

11. Product of Fire - heat, ash, flames: Firelight by Kristen Callihan - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages
12. Celestial Body - sun, star, planet Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann - ***** - 3/2/2022 - 338 Pages
13. Architecture - castle, bridge, house The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - ***** - 3/1/2022 - 320 Pages - Houseboats
14. Senses - sight, touch, taste Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - ***** - 3/16/2022 - 440 Pages - Two Hands Touching

15. Royal Title - king, duke, emperor

16. Family Member - brother, aunt, parent Lucifer's Daughter by Eve Langlais - **** - 2/24/2022 - 312 Pages

17. Elements - fire, wind, air
18. Time of Day - morning, dusk, evening
19. Metal - gold, bronze, steel

20. Emotion/Feeling - love, fear, pride: Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages
21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, grasshopper: Stick Dog by Tom Watson - **** - 2/13/2022 - 189 Pages
22. Something to Read - book, story, newspaper The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman - *** - 2/24/2022 - 200 Pages
23. Sports - baseball, basketball, football Coffee And Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux - **** - 2/28/2022 - 243 Pages
24. Paranormal Beings - vampire, angel, ghost Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn - ***** - 3/7/2022 - 354 Pages

25. Occupation - doctor, assassin, detective

Bonus 5 categories with examples (only open for members who have finished reading for all the primary categories):

1. Magical beings - witches, wizards, elves The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - **** - 3/17/2022 - 308 Pages - Witches on Cover
2. Inspirational people - Mandela, Gandhi, Obama: Here We Go Again: My Life in Television by Betty White - **** - 3/30/2022 - 320 Pages

3. Mental Health - depression, therapy, anxiety
4. Subjects - Biology, Psychology, Chemistry
5. Monthly themes of the 2022 Reading Challenge - The list of our monthly themes can be found here.

[Allie]

Update to Message #61
Progress 13/30
9. Body of Water - sea, river, pond

[Kelly]

update message 71
6/25
#16- Family Member
Five Wives

[Ursula]

update to message 7: 6/25 books read!

[Paula]

Update to Msg #144
8/25

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 6. Progress: 5/12

[Brittany]

Updated post 27
12/25

[TEE]

Update to Msg 199
6/25

Body of Water
Form of Water

Thank you!

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message 10 - 6/25 read!

[Stephanie]

Updated message #40: 12/25

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #4: 12/25
Thanks, Trisha!

[Rachael]

Message 5 updated 6/18 completed

[Greg]

Update to message 65:

21. Animal/Insect - dog, tiger, grasshopper
The Cat Who Went into the Closet

9/20

[Eggp]

February update: message #41
Goal: 7/25, 28.00%

20. Emotion/Feeling: Nausea - 08 Feb 2022, 4/5
05. First Name: Cyrano de Bergerac - 12 Feb 2022, 4/5
16. Family Member: The Echo Wife - 12 Feb 2022, 4/5
03. Things That Grow: Juniper Time - 15 Feb 2022, 2/5
04. Seasons: Summer - 23 Feb 2022, 3/5
13. Architecture: The House of Dolls - 25 Feb 2022, 4/5

[Karen]

Update to msg 22 - 23/25 books read

[Carmen]

Update to message #13

PRGRESS: 6/25 +1/5