Hooked on Books discussion

I Spy! Reading Challenge
A Create-Your-Own, Individual Game
Grab Your Spy Glass on June 1, 2025


Come play HOB's version of I Spy! You will have two years to complete the challenge. The best part? You'll be creating your own tasks to go along with the items in the images! There are SO MANY ways to make your books fit. You are only limited by your own creativity.


Here is just a small sampling of tasks that could work for the image above. {Please note: images are much larger and clearer on the spreadsheet.}


SOME EXAMPLES
I SPY = all letters of I SPY in title
telephone = someone talks on the phone
glove = set in a cold climate
ants = multiples of something on cover
word red = red cover
school bus = MC is a student or a teacher
cat = character has a cat
chicken = set on a farm
tennis racket = tagged SPORTS
rocket = set in space
books = MPG Books About Books
letter T = title or author starts with T
boombox = character listens to music
cheeseburger = character eats a meal
umbrella = rains in the story
coffee mug = character has a drink
firetruck = some type of fire in story
ship = character travels
hot air balloon = character flies; physically or in an airplane
beach pail = character goes to a beach or set at the beach
horse = character rides a horse
chair = furniture on cover
shopping cart = character buys something
SpongeBob = contains author's first & last initials
Shoe = word SHOE(S) found in text
*IF there were numbers = part of page count or publication date
AND ON AND ON!!!


I will create a thread for you to use in any way that makes sense to you, and it will have a link to your spreadsheet. HOWEVER, all official tracking and checking in will be done via the simple, individual spreadsheet and the Check-In Thread. Please don't be intimidated by the use of the spreadsheet. I will be glad to help you figure it out in the beginning.


There will be 20 images to work with and you will create three tasks/read three books for each image. You can jump around and go in any order you wish. You can complete them all, or just get to as many as possible over the course of the two years. It's all pretty laid back!


Once you have completed all three books per image, post a link to that specific tab on the spreadsheet in the I Found It! Completion Thread.


If you have any questions, please post them in the What am I Looking For? Q&A Thread.


Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘 I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘 You may begin reading your books and creating your tasks on June 1, 2025.

SPREADSHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Book/Author Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince / J.K. Rowling
Date Read 7/9
Item/Object 6 die
Create-You-Own Taskbook 6 in a series
How it Fits book 6 in Harry Potter series

#2
Book/Author The Man in the Brown Suit / Agatha Christie
Date Read 6/7/25
Item/Object 2&4 pool balls
Create-You-Own Task published date has 24
How it Fits published in 1924

#3
Book/Author The Housemaid's Secret/ Freida McFadden
Date Read 6/10
Item/Object key hole
Create-You-Own Task keyhole on cover
How it Fits

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Book/Author Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac / Gabrielle Zevin
Date Read 7/20
Item/Object tennis ball
Create-You-Own Task character plays tennis
How it Fits naomi plays tennis
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Book/Author It Happened on the Lake / Lisa Jackson
Date Read 6/18
Item/Object binoculars
Create-You-Own Task character uses binoculars
How it Fits using a small set of binoculars she found in the drawer

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Book/Author Assaulted CaramelAmanda Flower
Date Read 6/7/25
Item/Object horse head
Create-You-Own Task horse on cover
How it Fits horse on the cover

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#7 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Book/Author A Charming Crime a charming crime book 1 / tanya kappes
Date Read 6/2/25
Item/Object cat
Create-You-Own Task cat on cover
How it Fits white cat on the cover

BOOK 2

Book/Author Poirot InvestigatesAgatha Christie
Date Read 6/3/25
Item/Object ship
Create-You-Own Task ship on the cover
How it Fits cruise ship

BOOK 3
Book/Author Snowcaps, Skiing, & SabotageTonya Kappes
Date Read 6/3/25
Item/Object mug
Create-You-Own Task someone has a hot beverage
How it Fits Gert's spicked hot chocolate

#8
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Book/Author First Wife's Shadow / Adele Parks
Date Read 6/8/25
Item/Object butterfly
Create-You-Own Task butterfly in text
How it Fits ... had a similar pair that housed bright blue butterflies

#2
Book/Author The Betrayed Wife / Kevin O'Brien
Date Read 7/17
Item/Object hamburger
Create-You-Own Task eats a hamburger
How it Fits dylan reheated his hamburger

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Book/Author The Devil You Know / Freida McFadden
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Item/Object fries
Create-You-Own Task Fries in text
How it Fits i order my salmon burger with fries

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#16

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Book/Author A Charming Magic (#5) /Tonya Kappes
Date Read 6/4/25
Item/Object green
Create-You-Own Task green on cover
How it Fits cover is green

Book 2
Book/AuthorYou're Not Supposed to Die Tonight / Kalynn Bayron
Date Read 6/4/25
Item/Object trees
Create-You-Own Task trees on cover
How it Fits trees on cover

Book 3
Book/Author Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix / J.K. Rowling
Date Read 6/4/25
Item/Object orange colour
Create-You-Own Task orange on cover
How it Fits title is orange

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#19 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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Book/Author Still Beating / Jennifer Hartmann
Date Read 6/9/25
Item/Object handcuffs
Create-You-Own Task handcuffs in text
How it Fits cora and dean are hand cuffed to a wall

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Book/Author Lethal Licorice / Amanda Flower
Date Read 6/11/25
Item/Object pig
Create-You-Own Task character owns a pig
How it Fits Juliette has a pig Jethro

#3 / Gregg Olsen
Book/Author A Cold Dark Place
Date Read 7/21/25
Item/Object baby bib
Create-You-Own Task char pregnant
How it Fits Dani pregnant

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