I Spy - 2023

[Ashleigh]

Updated to #220!

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 7/25

[Paula]

Update to message #159 5 / 30

[TEE]

Please update Msg 52

6 / 25

Source of light - Little Fires Everywhere
Shade of purple - Spell Bound
Something you write - Book Scavenger

[Jennifer]

Updating message #15

8/30 completed

7. Cat family (tiger, tabby, cheetah) The Travelling Cat Chronicles DONE

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 8. Progress: 5/10

[Paula]

Update to Message 159: 7/25

[Lindey]

12/25
13: A source of light MOONGLOW BY MICHAEL CHABON

[Sally]

Update msg 20
10/30

Prompt 20. The Mothers of Quality Street, Penny Thorpe

[Brittany]

updated post 7

10/25

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 2/5

[sweet orange books]

I would like to join and my goal is to do 30 books! Thank you!

Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2023 (extended to 2024 to complete it)

24/30 in 2023
27/30 in 2024

🔍 1. Transportation (car, train, skateboard): Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
🔍 2. Days of the week (Monday, Saturday, Wednesday) The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
🔍 3. A food or drink (carrot, chips, coffee) Almond
🔍 4. Type of crime (thievery, murder, robbery) Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
🔍 5. Olympic sport (skiing, basketball, gymnastics) Eight-Lane Runaways
🔍 6. Musical instruments (saxophone, piano, drums) The Ballad of Black Tom
🔍 7. Cat family (tiger, tabby, cheetah) The Diva Serves High Tea by Krista Davis
🔍 8. School subject (mathematics, English, chemistry) Eight-Lane Runaways
🔍 9. Type of weather (stormy, rainy, sunny) Milk & Mocha: Our Little Happiness
🔍 10. City in Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Athens) (they are standing on the Alexandre III bridge in Paris) Keeper of the Lost Cities
🔍 11. Celebration (birthday, wedding, Eid) Her Holiday Hero
🔍 12. Something you sit on (sofa, chair, bed): My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir
🔍13. A source of light (sun, lamp, torch): The Whale, the Sea and the Stars
🔍 14. Art or craft (painting, sewing, scrapbooking) (woodcraft): Build Yourself a Boat
15. A measurement (metres, feet, pounds)
🔍16. Something you hang on the wall (clock, picture, frame): Evil Flowers: Stories
🔍17. Something you find at a circus (clown, ringmaster, popcorn): A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal
🔍 18. A direction (North, West, East) Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
🔍19. An accessory (bag, necklace, scarf): With This Collar
20. Name for a road (avenue, street, circuit)
🔍 21. Shade of purple (plum, violet, magenta) Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities
🔍 22. Something you write (poem, book, essay) Les lettres de mon moulin
🔍 23. Something you walk through (tunnel, arch, door): A Room of One's Own
🔍 24. Something you find in a house (picture, kitchen, couch): (a puzzle) The Second Time Around
🔍 25. A bird (raven, crow, pigeon) I Want to Build a Seahouse

🔍 26. Something you find on a farm (chicken, tractor, hay) Kindred
27. A term of endearment (sweetheart, honey, love)
🔍 28. A chess piece (pawn, bishop, knight) The Pawn
🔍 29. Something yellow (corn, daffodil, amber) A Christmas Carol
🔍 30. Technology (phone, computer, television) All Systems Red

[sweet orange books]

update to message #313 7/30

[Sally]

Update msg 20

11/30

[AJ]

Update to #258

5/25

< 25. A bird (raven, crow, pigeon): Birdies!

[Hilary]

24. Something in a house The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell

5/25 read update to #54

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 8/25

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 3/5

[Megan]

Updated msg 19

Just completed #12 (sit on - tree branch) - Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart. This book is amazing! I loved the writing, the dual perspectives intermingled, the characters, everything! “Sometimes our hearts see things our eyes can’t.” So many truths contained in this book. I particularly liked the nugget that each main character thought the other had it all together - good reminder that we rarely know what is really going on with others. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

16/30

[Laurie]

COMPLETED - I Spy Challenge 2023

30/30 completed

✔ 1. Transportation (bicycle)

✔ 2. Days of the week (Wednesday)

✔ 3. A food or drink (gingerbread)

✔ 4. Type of crime (murder)

✔ 5. Olympic sport (tennis)

✔ 6. Musical instruments (trumpet)

✔ 7. Cat family (stray)

✔ 8. School subject (reading)

✔ 9. Type of weather (cloudy)

✔ 10. City in Europe (Paris)

✔ 11. Celebration (birthday party)

✔ 12. Something you sit on (bench)

✔ 13. A source of light (stars)

✔ 14. Art or craft (floral arrangement)

✔ 15. A measurement (time)

✔ 16. Something you hang on the wall (portrait)

✔ 17. Something you find at a circus (elephant)

18. A direction (left)

✔ 19. An accessory (bracelet)

✔ 20. Name for a road (lane)

✔ 21. Shade of purple (orchid)

✔ 22. Something you write (diary)

✔ 23. Something you walk through (arch)

✔ 24. Something you find in a house (potted plant)

✔ 25. A bird (raven)


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

✔ 26. Something you find on a farm (orchard)

✔ 27. A term of endearment (honey)

✔ 28. A chess piece (queen)

✔ 29. Something yellow (yellow house)

✔ 30. Technology (light bulb)

[Chrissie]

Update to message #27 - 9/25

[Lindey]

13/25
14. A craft THE GIRL WHO SMILED BEADS BY CLEMANTINE WAMARIYA

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 4/5

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 5/5

I would like to extend my goal to 10, so now its 5/10

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 6/10

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #287: 7/10

[Megan]

Updated msg 19

Just completed #14 (art) - Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francine LaTour, illustrations by Ken Daley. Love this book! And I would have loved it as a kid - the colors are so vibrant and the pictures contain lovely detail! The story is so sweet, and I love the descriptions of colors and origins in the book! And I appreciate the author’s note and glossary with pronunciations at the end. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

17/30

[Sally]

Update msg 20
12/30

[TEE]

Please update Msg 52

10 / 25

Something you sit on: From the Desk of Zoe Washington
An accessory: Kingdom of the Feared
Name for a road: Long Way Home
Something you find in a house: Murder in the Mystery Suite

[sweet orange books]

update to #313

9/30

🔍 25. A bird (raven, crow, pigeon)

[AJ]

Update to #258

6/25

19. An accessory (bag, necklace, scarf) The cover features a Nigerian gene and earrings (it's gorgeous)!

[Greg]

Update to message 37:

23. Something you walk through (tunnel, arch, door) Walking through shadows like in the song. The Shadow Hunter

3/25

[Jannene]

Updated message 49

8/25

[Greg]

Update to message 37:

22. Something you write (poem, book, essay) Hidden Order.

4/25

[Sally]

Update msg 20
13/30
Prompt 15 a measurement. 61 hours, Lee Childs

[Echo]

Message 55 updated: 9 of 25 completed!

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 8/10

[Amy]

Updated message 71-- 16/30
Something you walk through:

[Laureen]

Update Message # 25

#10: City in Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Athens): The Paris Photo by Jane S Gabin

12/30

[Shelley]

Update to Message 28: 8/25 categories.

[Lindey]

14/25
15. A measurement FIVE FEET APART BY RACHAEL LIPPINCOTT

[Hilary]

15. A measurement 500 Miles from You Jenny Colgan
Update to #54 6/25 read

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 9/10

[Chrissie]

Update message #27 - 10/25

[Lucy-Bookworm]

Updated #165
Currently Completed: 10/25 (30)

[Echo]

Message 55 updated: 10 of 25 down!

[Roevardotter]

Update to message #288: 10/10

I want to extend my goal to 15 books, so now it is 10/15

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #9 - 14/30 books read!

[Megan BG]

message 33

4/14

25. A bird: Swan Light

[Karin]

Update Message 131

I've read 20/20 so am done with my initial goal. I may get more since it's only April 29, but I have finished my initial goal.