I Spy - 2023

[Eggp]

April update: message #32
Goal: 12/25, 48.00%

22. Something you write: A Canticle for Leibowitz - 08 Apr 2023, 5/5
25. A bird: The Penguin Book of Sick Verse - 14 Apr 2023, 3/5
11. Celebration: Cakes and Ale - 25 Apr 2023, 4/5

[Karen]

Msg #42 updated - 20/30 books read.

[Kristina]

Update to message 22 - 13/30 books read.

[Magdalena]

I’d like to try for 25.

PROGRESS 16/25

1. Transportation SHIP Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
2. Days of the week (Monday, Saturday, Wednesday)
3. A food or drink APPLE Comfort Me with Apples
4. Type of crime (thievery, murder, robbery)
5. Olympic sport (skiing, basketball, gymnastics)
6. Musical instruments (saxophone, piano, drums)
7. Cat family CAT Kattjakten
8. School subject (mathematics, English, chemistry)
9. Type of weather THUNDER STORM Black Mouth
10. City in Europe BERLIN Berlinerpopplarna
11. Celebration (birthday, wedding, Eid)
12. Something you sit on CHAIR In the Lives of Puppets
13. A source of light LANTERN Eremitkräftorna
14. Art or craft (painting, sewing, scrapbooking)
15. A measurement (metres, feet, pounds)
16. Something you hang on the wall (clock, picture, frame)
17. Something you find at a circus WHITE HORSE White Horse
18. A direction SOUTH Gone South
19. An accessory HAT Gwendy's Final Task
20. Name for a road STREET The Last House on Needless Street
21. Shade of purple DARK PURPLE ON COVER The Deep
22. Something you write SCROLL The Devourers
23. Something you walk through DOOR The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
24. Something you find in a house APARTMENT The Graveyard Apartment
25. A bird HEN Animal Farm

[AJ]

Update to #332

7/25

7. Cat family (tiger, tabby, cheetah): A beautiful kitty.

[Carmen]

Update to message #10

PROGRESS: 15/30

[Magdalena]

Update to message 356
6/25

[Lindey]

15/25
16. Something hang on a wall CLOCKWORK ANGEL BY CASSANDRA CLARE

[Sally]

Update msg 20
14/30

[Sarah]

Message 35 Updated

Primary: 21/25
Bonus: To be unlocked 0/5

Overall Total: 21/30

[Shelley]

Update to Message 28: 10/25 categories.

[Laurie]

update message #322

Completed 13/30

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 11/15

[squeakers]

update to msg#153:

24. Something you find in a house (picture, kitchen, couch)


25. A bird (raven, crow, pigeon)


12/25

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 12/15

[Paula]

Update to message #159: 10/30

[Carol]

update #6:

25/25 primary category books completed

0/5 books to be completed last

I've just finished the 25 books of the primary prompts and will now begin reading the bonus books!

[Dima]

Hello all,
I have a question: Would this book cover count for the school subject item?


Thanks!

[Amy]

Updated message 71-- 17/30

[Jannene]

Updated message 49. 9/25

[Magdalena]

Update to #356

8/25

[Ashleigh]

Updated to #248!

[Amy]

Updated message 71-- 18/30

[Beth]

I thought I'd checked in for this challenge, but I guess not. Checking in now; going for all 30.

30/30 - Completed

1. Transportation (car, train, skateboard) - Birdmen
2. Days of the week (Monday, Saturday, Wednesday) - Blue Monday
3. A food or drink (carrot, chips, coffee) - 1999: A Novella
4. Type of crime (thievery, murder, robbery) - The Book Thief
5. Olympic sport (skiing, basketball, gymnastics) - The Crossover
6. Musical instruments (saxophone, piano, drums) - Folsom Untold
7. Cat family (tiger, tabby, cheetah) - It's Like This, Cat
8. School subject (mathematics, English, chemistry) - Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
9. Type of weather (stormy, rainy, sunny) - Aunt Bessie Assumes
10. City in Europe (Paris, Istanbul, Athens) - A Gentleman in Moscow
11. Celebration (birthday, wedding, Eid) - Hercule Poirot's Christmas
12. Something you sit on (sofa, chair, bed) - The Magician's Nephew
13. A source of light (sun, lamp, torch) - A Brew Most Bitter
14. Art or craft (painting, sewing, scrapbooking) - Sewing Suspicion
15. A measurement (metres, feet, pounds) - Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
16. Something you hang on the wall (clock, picture, frame) - Under the Egg
17. Something you find at a circus (clown, ringmaster, popcorn) - Circus Mirandus
18. A direction (North, West, East) - Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
19. An accessory (bag, necklace, scarf) - The Second Mrs Astor
20. Name for a road (avenue, street, circuit) - Clark and Division
21. Shade of purple (plum, violet, magenta) - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
22. Something you write (poem, book, essay) - Parable of the Sower
23. Something you walk through (tunnel, arch, door) - Dead or Alive
24. Something you find in a house (picture, kitchen, couch - Whose Body?
25. A bird (raven, crow, pigeon) - The Joy Luck Club

Bonus
26. Something you find on a farm (chicken, tractor, hay) - Hatchet
27. A term of endearment (sweetheart, honey, love) - Hello Beautiful
28. A chess piece (pawn, bishop, knight) - His Majesty's Dragon
29. Something yellow (corn, daffodil, amber) - I Remember You: A Ghost Story
30. Technology (phone, computer, television) - No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 13/15

[Sally]

Update msg 20
15/30

[Roevardotter]

Update to message #288: 14/15

[Ashleigh]

Update to #26

5/10

A type of weather - A ​Sky Beyond the Storm

[Shelley]

Update to Message 28: 11/25 categories.

[Megan]

Updated msg 19

Just completed #10 (city in Europe - London) - Rivals in the City by Y. S. Lee. A nice conclusion to the series! I wish there had been more development with the series overall regarding the Agency and the MCs’ relationship. Entertaining and glad I finished it! 3.5 stars

18/30

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 15/15

I want to extend my goal to 25 books please, so now it is 15/25

[Jennifer]

Updating message #15

11/30 completed

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

9. Type of weather (stormy, rainy, sunny) The Name of the Wind DONE

18. A direction (North, West, East) West with Giraffes DONE

20. Name for a road (avenue, street, circuit) The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane DONE

[Julie]

updated message 21
3/10

[Echo]

Message 55 updated: 11 of 25 completed

[Laureen]

Update Message #25:

24. Something you find in a house (picture, kitchen, couch): Still Life by Louise Penny (5/14/23)

13/30

[Sally]

Update msg 20
16/30

Prompt 12…..The Little Bed and Breakfast by the Sea, Jenifer Joyce.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 73: 16/30

1. Transportation
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd

4. Type of crime
City of Thieves by David Benioff

5. Olympic sport
Tennis: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

8. School subject
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

10. City in Europe
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

13. A source of light
The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker

16. Something you hang on the wall
The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby

17. Something you find at a circus
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony

25. A bird
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik

27. A term of endearment
Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd

[Megan]

Updated msg 19

Just completed #8 (school subject) - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. This book lived up to the hype! Loved the writing, the quirky characters, and the history unflinchingly portrayed. If we’re not careful, we could so easily slide back there. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

19/30

[Ashleigh]

Update to #26

6/10

A food or drink - Legends & Lattes

[Patty]

Update message 61

16/25

Fireworks as a celebration

[Kendra]

Update to msg #14:

Progress so far: 20 /25

[Alyana]

update to msg 47: 30/30

📚COMPLETED📚

[Megan]

Updated msg 19

Just completed #19 (accessory) - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson. Delightful and stressful and messy - everything that being a teen is made of with added bonuses of complexity. Topics of race, lgbtqia+, and economics are artfully represented throughout. I loved the author’s descriptive writing and her characters were wonderful! I went to college in Indiana, and I felt the push for conformity and silence in its absence. I was fortunate, like this MC, to have a strong group of friends to stand with me. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

20/30

[Lindey]

16/25
17. Something you find at a circus - THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD BY DOUGLAS PRESTON

[Ashleigh]

Update to #26

7/10

Something you find in a house - Book Lovers

[Lindey]

17/25
18. Direction - EXIT WEST BY MOHSIN HAMID

[Shelley]

Update to Message 28: 12/25 categories.

[Paula]

Update to message #159: 12/30

[Roevardotter]

Update to comment #288: 16/25

[Jannene]

Updated message 49

11/25