TEAM Undercover Bibliophiles: I Spy

[Blagica , Challenges]

2024 I Spy Readathon
Team: 1

This thread is for members of Team 1 to use however you wish in relation to the readathon. Your teammates are: Lisa Marie, bailey, Lulo, Rachael, Desiré, Laura, Emily, Sunny❄️

Here is the link to your team’s spreadsheet, where you’ll be tracking your progress as you go. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

While awaiting the start of our reading please discuss a team name amongst yourselves and let the mods know of your choice so your thread can be re-titled accordingly.

If you have any questions about the readathon, how to interpret the prompts, how to use the spreadsheet, and so on, ask your Captain or Assistant first. If they don’t know, they can post the question(s) on the Readathon Central thread for a moderator to answer.

Happy reading! Let’s have a blast during this 10-day readathon!

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Singles:

Units of time (hour, minute)
Planet (Mars, Jupiter)
Season (Fall, Spring)
Article of clothing (shirt, hat, sock)
Biome (desert, rainforest)
Children’s toys (dolls, trucks)
Rooms/Parts of a House (attic, hallway, basement)
Elements (iron, carbon, oxygen)
Deities/Gods (Hecate, Buddha, Aphrodite)
Fruits and veggies (carrot, lemon)

Doubles:

Vehicles (tractor, limousine)
Family member (sister , mother)
Mythical creature (dragon, unicorn)
Something you find in the garden (dirt, shovel, grass)
Occupation (lawyer, nurse)
Body part (arm, foot)
Accessory (ring, purse)
Bugs (beetle, grasshopper)
Things in the sky (cloud, airplane)

Triples:

Flowers (Lily, sunflower)
Buildings (church, bank, barn)
Animals (cat, horse)
A proper title (prince, viscount)
Type of crime (arson, theft, murder)
The color blue (any shade)
Number
Weapon (scythe, poison, gun)

Bonus Prompts:
*unlocked after completing all of the above prompts*

[Rachael]

Hello, Team One Undercover Bibliophiles. I'm Rachael from the UK. I have taken part in all of this group's readathons and I'm looking forward to playing I Spy as I read some books. I will check in each day around this time (it's 16:45BST as I write this) but I'll probably be around more often.

Planned Reads
- The Name of the Rose [NOTR] something found in the garden (in title) or flowers (in title)
- One for My Enemy [OFME] something found in the garden (flowers on cover) or flowers (on cover) or number (in title) or weapon (dagger on cover)
- Ariadne [A] deity? (in title) or fruits/veggies (grapes on cover) or something found in a garden (leaves on cover) or the colour blue (on cover) or vehicles (ship on cover)
? The Last Hour Between Worlds [LHBW] unit of time (in title)
? Poison Study [PS] article of clothing (cloak on cover) or biome (forest on cover) or rooms/part of a house (in title) or something you find in a garden (trees on cover) or body part (various on cover) or type of crime (in title) or weapon (in title)
- The Ship of Doom [SOD] vehicles (in title and on cover) or bugs (butterfly on cover) or things in the sky (clouds or moon on cover) or animals (bird on cover) or the colour blue (on cover)

Personal Tracking (will also be updating on the spreadsheet)
* 2 August: 103 pages read (103 pages (20%) of NOTR)
* 3 August: 241 pages read (241 pages (47%) of NOTR)
* 4 August: 271 pages read (170 pages (33%) of NOTR and 101 pages (22%) of OFME). Books completed: The Name of the Rose (flowers)
* 5 August: 216 pages read (216 pages (47%) of OFME)
* 6 August: 287 pages read (143 pages (31%) of OFME and 144 pages (36%) of A). Books completed: One for My Enemy (numbers)
* 7 August: 256 pages read (256 pages (64%) of A). Books completed: Ariadne (the colour blue)
* 8 August: 174 pages read (174 pages (40%) of PS)
* 9 August: 115 pages read (115 pages (27%) of PS)
* 10 August: 291 pages read (142 pages (33%) of PS and 149 pages (49%) of SOD). Books completed: Poison Study (type of crime)
* 11 August: 155 pages (155 pages (51%) of SOD. Books completed: The Ship of Doom (animals)
* Books completed= 5. Total pages read = 2,109

[Emily]

Hi everyone, I'm Emily! I'm hoping to read at least 3 books during this Readathon.

A couple books that I have in mind to use:
For One More Day - works for unit of time or the color blue
The Summer I Turned Pretty - works for season, things you find in the garden, flowers, or the color blue
The Mars Room - works for planets or body parts (or maybe rooms/parts of the house although that's kind of a stretch since it's just the word room in the title)

Those are the ones I plan to start with and hopefully I'll be able to finish all three and even get in a fourth?

8/2 - For One More Day pages 53-197
Completed (145 pages)
8/3 - The Summer I Turned Pretty pages 1-62 (62 pages)
8/4 - The Summer I Turned Pretty pages 63-166 (104 pages)
8/5 - The Summer I Turned Pretty pages 167-276
Completed (110 pages)
8/6 - The Mars Room pages 3-86 (84 pages)
8/7 - The Mars Room pages 87-167 (81 pages)
8/8 - The Mars Room pages 168-192 (25 pages)
8/9 - The Mars Room pages 193-258 (66 pages)
8/10 - The Mars Room pages 259-314 (56 pages)
8/11 - The Mars Room pages 315-336
Completed (22 pages)
Push pages 3-97 (95 pages)

[Lisa Marie]

Hello Team One, I'm Lisa Marie from Michigan, US and this the first time I will be participating in a Readathon and I am very excited to be a part of it. My goal is to read 5 books but I coSeasuld be more :)

Here are some of the books I am planning to read and the prompts that they may fit:

Apples Never Fall ~ Seasons, Fruit and Veggies

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation ~ Animals/COMPLETED

Hornet's Nest ~ Bugs/COMPLETED

The Kitchen House ~ Rooms/Parts of a House, Buildings

Maid of the King’s Court ~ Occupation, A proper title

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~ Elements ("GOLD" in the title)

These may change as the prompts fill up :)

Happy Reading!!

TRACKING:

DAY 1: 8/2 - 110 pages ~ Hornet's Nest (95 pages) and The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation (15 pages)

DAY 2: 8/3 - 83 pages ~ The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

DAY 3: 8/4 - 224 pages ~ The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation COMPLETED!!

DAY 4: 8/5 - 114 pages ~ Hornet's Nest (55 % read)

DAY 5: 8/6 - 187 pages ~ Hornet's Nest (145 pages) COMPLETED; Apples Never Fall (42 pages)

DAY 6: 8/7 -

DAY 7: 8/8 -

DAY 8: 8/9 -

DAY 9: 8/10 -

DAY 10: 8/11 -

[bailey, Challenges]

Hello Team 1!

I’m excited to be reading with you all this time around! I’ll add my TBR to our spreadsheet sometime this weekend. I’m with family now so it might not be until late tomorrow or Monday morning though.

Lisa Marie, until the readathon starts our main use for the spreadsheet is for all of our members to add their planned books to the ‘Planning’ tab and mark off which prompts they would fit. That way we can all see which prompts we still need books for and which we have covered. There should be some instructions in the spreadsheet to help guide us and once some of our seasoned readathoners start adding things to it it’ll make more sense. Happy to have you as our fearless leader! Let us know if there’s anything we can do to help you out. ☺️

TBR:

🖤 1. The Fellowship of the Ring
🖤 2. Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick
🖤3. The Meanest Doll in the World
🖤4. War of the Unborn
🖤5. Cherry Cheesecake Murder
🖤6. The Eyes are the Best Part
🖤7. Daisy Jones and the Six
🖤8. This Winter
🖤9. Blockade Billy
🖤10. Timber Hollow
🖤11. How I Live Now
🖤12. The Twisted Ones
🖤13. The Colorado Kid
🖤14. The Doll in the Garden
🖤15. Potions, Poisons, & Peril

Tracking:

8/2:
Books Completed: 2
Books Read: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick, War of the Unborn
Pages Read: 202.4

8/3:
Books Completed: 0
Books Read: War of the Unborn, Daisy Jones & the Six
Pages Read: 250.62

8/4:
Books Completed: 3
Books Read: War of the Unborn, Daisy Jone & The Six, The Meanest Doll in the World, Blockade Billy, The Eyes are the Best Part
Pages Read: 659.22

8/5:
Books Completed: 1
Books Read: War of the Unborn, The Eyes are the Best Part, Timber Hollow
Pages Read: 281.46

8/6:
Books Completed: 1
Books Read: The Eyes are the Best Part, Timber Hollow, How I Live Now
Pages Read: 191.78

8/7:
Books Completed: 1
Books Read: Timber Hollow, How I Live Now
Pages Read:

8/8:
Books Completed:1
Books Read: How I Live Now, Cherry Cheesecake Murder
Pages Read: 199.21

8/9:
Books Completed: 2
Books Read: Cherry Cheesecake Murder, This Winter
Pages Read: 331.33

8/10:
Books Completed: 1
Books Read: The Twisted Ones, Potions Poisons & Peril
Pages Read: 408.38

8/11:
Books Completed: 3
Books Read: The Colorado Kid, Potions Poisons & Peril, The Doll in the Garden, Pretty Little Lies
Pages Read: 445.62

[Lisa Marie]

Hello bailey :)

Thank you so much for your help with the spreadsheet. I appreciate your input very much!! Hopefully I will understand more as some of the veterans start to fill out the spreadsheet.
I do have one more question and that is about the comment below that you made.....I don't think I am the leader for our Team. I haven't been asked about it....unless you know something that i don't :) LOL!! I will reach out and try to find out who is our Team Leader

"Happy to have you as our fearless leader! Let us know if there’s anything we can do to help you out. ☺️"

[Lisa]

Hey Lisa Marie,

You are Team Leader since you volunteered when you signed up 😊 No need to worry though, you have a team full of capable, experienced members who have tried it before, and can most likely do the spreadsheet filling on their own. You're main responsibility is simply making sure that everything runs smoothly, and even then it's for the most part a team effort.

I lead my first readathon last year, and I promise it's not that difficult.
You can always ask here, or (like you did) on the Readathon Central 😊

[bailey, Challenges]

Exactly what Lisa G. said! Five of our teammates, including myself, have participated in at least one readathon before and will be able to assist in any way you need. Another role of the team leader is to cheerlead our team in this thread and post our team’s progress at the halfway mark and end of the readathon in a separate thread that will be posted in a few days.

Everything will be okay and we will figure it all out as a team. 😊

[bailey, Challenges]

One of our first orders of business should be figuring out a team name while we wait for the start of the readathon on 8/2. Anyone have any suggestions? We could do something spy/sleuth related or literature related?

[Rachael]

I have started adding a few books to the planning tab which might be useful to others to see how the spreadsheet works. I hope to read more during the readathons but will add them later on when I can see what prompts we need to fill.

Team names: I like something spy/sleuth related. I also thought about Little Eyes because of "I spy with my little eye..."

[Lisa Marie]

Lisa wrote: "Hey Lisa Marie,

You are Team Leader since you volunteered when you signed up 😊 No need to worry though, you have a team full of capable, experienced members who have tried it before, and can most..."

Hello Lisa,

I am so sorry I had completely forgotten that I did say "YES" I would be a Team Leader. I appreciate your willingness to help me out and for being there if I have any questions!! You all rock!! Thank you again!!

HAPPY READING!!

[Lisa Marie]

bailey wrote: "Exactly what Lisa G. said! Five of our teammates, including myself, have participated in at least one readathon before and will be able to assist in any way you need. Another role of the team leade..."

Thank you bailey very much!! I appreciate your willingness to be there for me and help me out also!! I feel so much better now about being Team Leader!! I can and will do this!!

HAPPY READING and Lets have fun with this Readathon!!

[Lisa Marie]

HELLO TEAM 1 :)

So, I agree with bailey and Rachael that we need to come up with a team name. I like bailey's idea of it being "spy/sleuth" related or Rachael's idea of something with "I spy with my little eye".....
Does anyone have any other ideas so we can have a few and then we can take a vote as a team??
I will check back in a hour or so....I need to think about this for a few :)

[bailey, Challenges]

I found a random team name generator that helped me find a few options below. These combine both sleuthing and reading:

1) Sleuthing Bibliophiles
2) Undercover Readers
3) Classified Chapter Chasers
4) Literature Operatives

[Lisa Marie]

bailey wrote: "I found a random team name generator that helped me find a few options below. These combine both sleuthing and reading:

1) Sleuthing Bibliophiles
2) Undercover Readers
3) Classified Chapter Chaser..."

bailey, these are awesome ideas for a Team Name :) My pick would be for "Undercover Readers".....this is my favorite!!

Which one would be your pick?
I will try to get in touch with the other members of our team and see what their thoughts are on the Team Name.
Thank you so much for helping out with the Team Name!! You ROCK!!

[bailey, Challenges]

My favorites from that list are Sleuthing Bibliophiles and Classified Chapter Chases! I’m definitely open to hear what ideas other team members have, too!

[Desiré]

Hey everyone, excited to be a part of this team! This will be my second readathon. I will be on vacation for the majority of the readathon and my service will be a bit spotty at times but will still check in most likely every other day. Will start planning my books at some point today, am going for 4 but planning on relaxing as much as possible so could be more. Oh and I like Sleuthing Bibliophiles for a team name!

[Rachael]

I like Sleuthing Bibliophiles too

[Desiré]

Just added 4 books to the spreadsheet that I will be for sure bringing with me on my trip. Will bring a few others just in case but wanted to make sure I had some that covered some needed prompts.

Going to use the space below to plan some of my books in case I end up reading more. :

For Sure:
The Quiet Room - Rooms/Parts of a House (single), Something you find in the garden (double), Animals (triple)
Walden: Life in the Woods - Biome (single), Buildings (double), The color blue (triple)
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie - Body part (double), A proper title (triple)
Artemis - Planet (single), Deities/Gods (single)

Maybe:
When Cicadas Cry - Something you find in the garden (double), Bugs (double), Things in the sky (double)
Trial of the Sun Queen
No Easy Prey

[Emily]

bailey wrote: "I found a random team name generator that helped me find a few options below. These combine both sleuthing and reading:

1) Sleuthing Bibliophiles
2) Undercover Readers
3) Classified Chapter Chaser..."

I like Undercover Readers! They're all fun suggestions though!

[bailey, Challenges]

I just sent messages to the folks on our team that haven't checked in yet to let them know they're on our team. Hopefully they'll be joining us in here soon :)

[Laura]

Thanks for the message! It’s my first time doing a read-a-thon - not too sure what to expect. 😁

I like the team name suggestion of Undercover Readers!

I’ll look over the prompts tonight and see what books fit.

[Lisa Marie]

bailey wrote: "I just sent messages to the folks on our team that haven't checked in yet to let them know they're on our team. Hopefully they'll be joining us in here soon :)"

Bailey...thank you so much for reaching out to the members of our team that hadn't checking in yet. I truly appreciate ALL your help!!

[green]

Hi, my name is Sunny! I'm glad to be part of this team. I'm still trying to figure out what singles, doubles, and triples means so I'll add my list of expected books once I figure out the rules. Thank you

[green]

So does "doubles" mean that two people need to fulfill the prompt for it to count? Sorry, I'm a bit confused

[Rachael]

Sunny ❄️ wrote: "So does "doubles" mean that two people need to fulfill the prompt for it to count? Sorry, I'm a bit confused"

Doubles mean that you need to read two books for the points, triples three books. It is across the team so an individual doesn't have to read both/all for that prompt.
For example: I might have one book that fits a triple prompt, bailey has two

[bailey, Challenges]

Exactly right! Double and triple prompts can be completed by one person reading 2 or 3 books but any combination of us working together to complete them is a-okay, too.

[green]

thank you @Rachael and @bailey, that helps a lot!

[green]

I have another question. Can books that are currently being read count for this challenge, as long as they're finished after August 2 (the beginning of the competition)? Or are all books required to be started after the challenge start date? Thank you

[Emily]

Sunny ❄️ wrote: "I have another question. Can books that are currently being read count for this challenge, as long as they're finished after August 2 (the beginning of the competition)? Or are all books required t..."

They can be started prior to August 2 but you have to have at least 100 pages left for it to count towards the prompts. Otherwise you would just get points for the pages that are read!

[bailey, Challenges]

Emily is correct! I’ve been working on getting the books I’m currently reading down to the last 100 pages so I can finish them right after the readathon starts. There’s no need to do it this way, though, just an option (especially for people like me who are a bit slower 😉).

@everyone, did we decide on a team name? Based on my count we are 3:3 for Undercover Readers vs. Sleuthing Bibliophiles.

[Rachael]

bailey wrote: @everyone, did we decide on a team name? Based on my count we are 3:3 for Undercover Readers vs. Sleuthing Bibliophiles.

If there's a draw we could combine the names into one e.g. Undercover Bibliophiles ;)

[Desiré]

Oh I like that!

[Laura]

I’m fine with that name.

[green]

I’m good with that team name too

[Lisa Marie]

Hello Team!! I am so sorry about being MIA for the past two days!! I had a family issue and had to go out of town. But, I am back home and things are much better. I am so very excited about being a part of this Readathon and for being able to lead this team. This is the first Readathon team I had lead so I very much appreciate all the help I have been getting from everyone!!

So, are we calling ourselves...."Undercover Readers"?

I will be checking in daily as much as I can and I am here to help you all with whatever you need. If I don't know I will find out!!

So, here is to an awesome Readathon!!

Happy Reading!!

[Lisa Marie]

Hello again!!

I just actually went back up and caught up on the posts....

I actually really like "Undercover Bibliophiles" :)

However, I am not sure how to go about getting our team name changed from Team 1 to Undercover Bibliophiles??

[Lisa Marie]

Good Morning Team!! Happy First Day of the Readathon!!
Good Luck to everyone!!!

It is now 1;31 am here in Michigan and I am just getting started reading....the two books I have picked are:

BUGS:

Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell

ANIMALS:

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts

*I wasn't able to add my books to the spreadsheet for some reason (at least I am unable to figure it out...LOL) so I am posting here :)

Happy Reading!!

[Desiré]

Happy first day everyone! I have started today, thinking it will work to fulfill the "Biome" single prompt, or could help fulfill the "Building" triple prompt. Oh I also added everyone's names to the tracking tab of the spreadsheet, hope that is okay.

[Lisa Marie]

Desiré wrote: "Happy first day everyone! I have started today, thinking it will work to fulfill the "Biome" single prompt, or could help fulfill the "Building" tripl..."

Happy First Day of the Readathon to you as well!!

Thank you so much for adding everyone's name to the tracking tab of the spreadsheet!! That is very helpful!! I very much appreciate any help I can get as this is the first time I am team leader for a Readathon!!

Happy Reading!!

[bailey, Challenges]

Happy first day of readathon-ing, Team!

I’ve started my day by finishing up The Fellowship of the Ring and will now work on finishing Bloody Fingers and Red Lipstick. I’m excited to see what the rest of you are reading!


Sending this photo to any friends or family that try and contact me while I’m trying to read.. heheh

@Desiré, thank you for adding our names to the spreadsheet!

@Lisa Marie, I got our team name updated so we should be good to go on all fronts now! Let me know if you (or anyone else) has an issues with the spreadsheet. It should be a bit more user friendly this year but I’ll never put all my faith into technology 😂

[Rachael]

Evening all (well it's evening for me!). For my first day of the readathon, I've read 103 pages of The Name of the Rose. Hope it's going well for everyone so far

[green]

Question: would "sea" in a title count for biome (singles)?

[Lisa Marie]

Hello Team and I hope you all had a awesome first day of the Readathon!!

I was hoping to get more read today but life got in the way...so hopefully I will be able to read more tomorrow without interruptions....LOL!!

Happy Reading!!

[Rachael]

Day 2: read a lot today, hoping to finish my first book tomorrow!

[bailey, Challenges]

Sunny ❄️ wrote: "Question: would "sea" in a title count for biome (singles)?"

I think it could. Ocean is an example that comes up on google and sea is a synonym for ocean.

[green]

@bailey thank you!

[bailey, Challenges]

@Sunny, no worries!!

Happy Day 2, everyone !

I spent some time reading outside the library today and it was the perfect place to get focused. I'm hoping to continue making progress on War of the Unborn and Daisy Jones & the Six today. Looks like everyone is doing fantastic so far! I'm around all weekend if anyone needs anything. 😁

[Lisa Marie]

Happy Day 2 of the Readathon :)

I was able to get a few hours of reading done in Hornet's Nest this morning while my husband was at work. We had to go to my parent's home (hour and half away) so I got started on The Eighty-Dollar Champion. And, unfortunately that was all the reading I was able to get in today as I had a retirement/going away party for my cousin and didn't get back to my parents until after midnight.

My goal on Sunday is READING!!! Hoping to be able to finsih Hornet's Nest and maybe The Eighty Dollar Champion :)

You are all doing amazing and you all ROCK!! Talk to you all tomorrow!!

Happy Reading!!

[Rachael]

Hiya, just finished my first book and updated the spreadsheet. I haven't finished reading for the day yet though...