I Spy - 2025

[Shelley]

Update to Message 53: 29/36.

[Chalmation]

Updated message #7

20/30

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #25 - 26/36 books read!

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

JennH wrote: "Looks like my message # was changed, too.

Update to message #43 (was #44)

26/36"

Yeah, they all change when someone deletes a comment!

[Amy]

Updated post #61 (was #62)

25/36

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 23: 23/36

1. In your heart - happy, love, shame
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
2. In the color wheel - crimson, green, sunshine
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
3. In the living room - sofa, television, laptop
4. In autumn - leaf, pumpkin, Halloween
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
5. In a cave - crystal, bat, spider
6. Of the body - arm, heart, eye
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout
7. At the amusement park - rollercoaster, balloons, clown
The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers
8. On the table - napkin, hamburger, lamp
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey
9. On the farm - hay, tractor, sheep
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
10. In the church - angel, pew, candle
11. In communication - phone, typewriter, letter
12. In the toy box - jacks, blocks, stuffed animal
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip G. Zimbardo (puzzle pieces)
13. On the beach - sea, umbrella, towel
On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu
14. In the library - book, video game, record
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
15. In celebration - balloons, fireworks, cake
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
16. At the zoo - bear, snake, elephant
An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
17. In the garden - vine, rose, tree
Carrots by Colleen Helme
18. In a glass - wine, milk, water
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
19. At the ballpark - ball, hot dog, hat
The Stranger by Albert Camus
20. In the castle - throne, princess, crown
21. In the hospital - doctor, needle, patient
22. In fiction - dragon, satyr, fairy
23. In your free time - puzzle, sewing machine, stamps
24. In school - book, locker, pencil
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
25. At the museum - art, statue, dinosaur
26. In the closet - jacket, scarf, vacuum
27. At the police station - detective, case, cell
The Suspect by Fiona Barton
28. In the family - brother, dad, aunt
Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg
29. In the city - people, street light, school
30. In time - hour, year, later
When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer
31. Under the sea - fish, seaweed, coral
A Girl Called Eel by Ali Zamir
32. In the sky - bird, kite, cloud
Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan
33. In the armory - gun, sword, helmet
34. In space - star, asteroid, alien
Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer
35. In the world - Canada, Asia, Atlanta
36. In music - cello, notes, melody
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

[Laureen]

Update Message #38:

27. At the police station - detective, case, cell: The Murder of Roger Akroyd by Agatha Christie

29/36

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

Finished my second goal of 24 books, so trying for all 36!

Progress 25/36

[Charlotte]

Update to message #481

Progress: 37/60

[Jessica]

Updated message 84:

16/20

[Amy]

Updated message 42-- 18/36

[Charlotte]

Update to message #481

Progress: 38/60

[Ann]

Update #89

8/20

This is much harder than I thought it would be!

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #51 please! Progress: 12/15

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update message 533

Progress: 3/30

[Ursula]

update to message 13: 24/36 books read

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update message #533

Progress: 4/30

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

Progress: 39/60

[Greg]

Update to message 288:

6. Of the body - arm, heart, eye
The Rowan

5/10

[Greg]

Update to message 288:

13. On the beach - sea, umbrella, towel
The Deep Blue Good-By

6/10

[Lynette]

I'm at 13 (message 51)

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update to message #533

Progress: 5/30

[Debra]

UPDATE MSG 79: 21/25 + I Spy "in the living room" (The Wife)= 22/25

[Sophia]

Update message 32: 18/30

[Charlotte]

Update to message #481

Progress: 40/60

[Shelley]

Update to Message 53: 32/36.

[Charlotte]

Update to message #481

Progress: 41/60

[Debra]

UPDATE MSG 79: 21/25 + I Spy "under the sea" (We Were Liars)= 22/25

[Ursula]

update to message 13: 25/36 books read

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

Progress: 42/60

[Ursula]

update to message 13: 26/36 books read

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update to message #533

Progress: 6/30

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update to message #533

Progress: 7/30

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #50 please! Progress: 13/15

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update message #533

Progress: 8/30

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

44/60 books (I think I forgot to post an update last time, hehe, sorry about that)

[Blakie]

Please add me to this challenge.
I commit to 36, one for each category
Thank you so much!
~Blākie

[Ursula]

update to message 13: 27/36 books read

[Blakie]

#542, 21/36
~Blākie

I Spy Yearly Challenge

✅done
🤔 to do

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🤔In Your Heart:
✅In the color wheel: “The Madness of Crowds” by Louise Penny (color wheel sky behind a blacked out pine tree silouette)
✅In the living room: “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (TV on cover)
✅In autumn: Shelved Under Murder” by Victoria Gilbert (cover features a library window looking out onto an fall scene with a tree and colorful falling leaves
🤔In a cave
✅Of the body: “ The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong (beautiful silhouette of human from shoulders up with sun in background)
🤔At the Amusement Park
✅On the table: “Nora Goes off Script” by Annabel Monaghan (cup)
✅On the farm: “So Big” by Edna Ferber (cover includes farm scene of horses in a field)
🤔In the church:
✅In communication: “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” by Agatha Christie (old fashioned telephone on cover)
🤔In the toy box
✅On the Beach “ A Vineyard Season” by Jean Stone (beach, ocean, lighthouse on cover)
✅In the Library: “Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry (main characters holding books on the cover)
🤔In celebration
✅At the zoo “ “How Much of These Hills is Gold” by C Pam Zhang (tiger on the cover)
✅In the garden: “Moloka’i” by Alan Brennert (flowers on cover)
🤔In a glass
🤔At the ball park
🤔In the castle
🤔In the hospital:
🤔In fiction:
✅In your free time: “Vol State 500K: A Journey through Madness, Blurring the Lines of American Division (long distance racer on cover)
🤔In school
🤔At the Museum
✅In the closet: “Past Perfect” by Susan Isaacs (main character wearing a trench coat on cover)
🤔At the police station:
✅In the family: “The Swiss Family Robinson” by Johann David Wyss (family on cover)
✅In the city : “The Redhead by the Side of the Road” by Anne Tyler (runner with the city in the background)
✅In time “A World of Curiosities” by Louise Penny (pocket watch featured on cover)
✅Under the sea: “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt (octopus in ocean on cover)
✅In the sky: “Keeper of Enchanted Rooms” by Charlie Holmberg (the cover features fantasy themed sky)
✅In the armory “An Ametican Mother” by Colum and Fol McCann (features a combat jounalist, James Foley, on cover)
🤔In space
✅In the world: “All the Devils are Here” by Louise Penny (cover is the Eifel Tower, Paris, at night)
✅In music: “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (includez a microphone on s mic stand on cover)

[Shirley]

Update Message #284
15/20

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

Progress: 45/60

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

Progress: 46/60

[Darinda]

updated message 60

completed 34/36

[Charlotte]

Update to message 481

Progress: 47/60

[Laureen]

Update Message #38:

11. In communication - phone, typewriter, letter: Attack from Within: How Misinformation is Sabotaging America by Barbara McQuade

30/36

[Susan, Games & Events]

Update message #533

Progress: 9/30

[Whitney]

Update to message #525: 28/36 completed

[Denise]

Update to msg. #15:

25/36

[Echo]

Message 55 updated: 17 of 36 completed

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 23: 26/36

3. In the living room - sofa, television, laptop
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

10. In the church - angel, pew, candle
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

35. In the world - Canada, Asia, Atlanta
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue