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2019 I SPY BOOK HUNT

1- Winter cover

2- Christmas

3- Travel

4- Translated

5- Non fiction

6- Purple cover

7- Evergreens on cover

8- New to you author

9- 1st of series

10- Destination

11- Fav genre

12- Buddy read

13- Found

14- Valentine read

15- Thrift store find

16- Book club read

17- St Patrick's Day

18- Fav author

19- Colouring options

20- Pinned to the I SPY board

21- Library book sale

22- Little Free Library find

23- Coffee shop find

24- Freebie

25- Bouquet on cover

26- Letter on cover

27- New release

28- New to you country

29- Bicycle on cover

30- Palm tree on cover

31- Seashore on cover

32- Snow on cover

33- Name of month

34- Number in title

35- One word title

36- Pumpkin on cover

37- Bookshop topic

38- Library topic

39- Mittens on cover

40- Recipes in book

41- Stars on cover

42- Tea mentioned

43- Read with a child

44- Atypical genre

45- Where you'd love to live

46- Author's initials match yours

47- Mystery

48- Romance

49- War

50- Free choice . . .

*INSTRUCTIONS: UPDATED Dec 15:

Copy and paste the I Spy Book Hunt list posted above as your own comment under the Discussion Heading "2019 SPIES List". {see my example as posted}
This will allow us to edit and add our books "Spied" as a running collection using the "add book/author" link.

NEXT:
Go over to the "Challenges" topic [box on Right at top ] To "Create Challenge" for your own I SPY book finds. Name your I SPY goodreads shelf as prompted. It will automatically tally when you mark your book finds as an I SPY read. Hit "Save" .

Using this CHALLENGE page automatically tabulates a running total of your Spied book completions according to your designated goodreads I SPY shelf. As you mark your I SPY books "read" they are added to your year's total - making life easier for each of us!

Shelf Opens as of the Challenge start date - December 1st . Ready set go...?

Begin the FuN ! Start your I SPY Hunting !

And THANK YOU for joining the SPY Ring

I will start next year's challenge. I may only get a few read but fun to look for themes and cover categories you listed. Thanks for the invite! 💕

Lucy wrote: "I will start next year's challenge. I may only get a few read but fun to look for themes and cover categories you listed. Thanks for the invite! 💕"

Delighted, Lucy! Happy to have you join us and make it an opp for book FuN :)

Not sure if I did it right, or overwrote someone else's challenge. *sigh*

This looks like a fun challenge so I have signed up to read 50 books. I have gone to the challenge tab but not sure how I am suppose to add a list of the challenges. It has just set me up with the number of books I have challenged myself to read and a challenge book shelf. Please tell me how I am able to add the list to record my books read as I read them.

LuAnn wrote: "Not sure if I did it right, or overwrote someone else's challenge. *sigh*"

Welcome LuAnn!

nothing seems amiss, LuAnn, so no worries - and they don't provide us with instructions even when a new system is introduced, so if you just want to follow my updated instructions, copy and paste the I SPY book list into a comment and fill it in from there is OK Great exactly what WILL work!
I also copied the list and blog posted so it's always easily at hand to add another find spied ;)

Hoping this now works for you ? Should work well - I've ironed out the kinks and written new instructions to simplify as I went along .

I'll help however I can to make it fun and an easy challenge - none of us need further life complications !!

Glad you've joined us!
HapPy Book Spying

Shaz wrote: "This looks like a fun challenge so I have signed up to read 50 books. I have gone to the challenge tab but not sure how I am suppose to add a list of the challenges. It has just set me up with the ..."

Welcome Shaz!
HapPy to find your interest and participation. I've updated the instructions and information under the 2019 Discussion folders so it should all be simplified for your participation.

Let me know how you get on once you've tried what's updated.

Glad you've joined us !
HapPy Book Spying

Hi, I am new, just joined today. Since the challenge started in December is it okay to back date with the books I have already read earlier this month?

Also is there a chat thread, or do we just talk here?

Great topics. I'm in!!

Good luck everyone!

Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "Hi, I am new, just joined today. Since the challenge started in December is it okay to back date with the books I have already read earlier this month?"

Welcome Abbie! Yes def ok to add books from earlier in Dec. As to chat thread i can start a new folder . If you have topics or want to just keep it open, either is doable.
Happy Spying!

Carol wrote: "Great topics. I'm in!!"

Welcome, Carol!
Thanks for jumping in for the topics .. have fun spying , reading and posting your finds!

Happy New Year reading ...

Melissa wrote: "My 2019 I SPY BOOK .."

Hello Melissa ..Welcome to I Spy !
You're well on your way and pleased to find your spying is productive. Enjoy your 2019 reading ;)

Some questions, as this is the first time participating- what is “coloring options��? And is “pinned to eye spy board�� just what you see posted as others have read for the challenge options? I will be adding my shelf as soon as I remember to do it while I’m on a computer. It’s easier than the app.

Ashli wrote: "Some questions, as this is the first time participating- what is “coloring options��? And is “pinned to eye spy board�� just what you see posted as others have read for the challenge options? I will ..."

Hi Ashli.. colouring options can be an outright colouring book, a journal with space for art illustration, any creative book instructing in art or lettering, etc...
Yes to the books pinned here by fellow I Spy participants..
Hoping this inspires and removes any concerns.
Glad to have you joining the book Spying FuN ;)