Litsy

I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

Repost for @TheAromaofBooks

Here are July‘s prompts and the #ISpyBingo board. Anyone can play. These items can be found on the front cover, back cover or spine of the book. You can try to get them all in a month, or keep this board in play for longer, whatever works for you. See @TheAromaofBooks ‘s original post for links to all the 2025 boards and the Storygraph challenge.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for reposting!! 7h

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Lauredhel

Fake Dates and Mooncakes | Sher Lee

so-so

Gorgeous cover, cute title, liked the mooncake contest storyline idea. The rest was just meh. Theo was a dick, and there was no chemistry between them. Took me ages to read because I kept falling asleep a few pages after picking it up.

I did get the #Autumn prompt for #LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero - one to go! As well as Cake, finishing March for #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2d

ravenlee Wow! If you need a book with asexual rep, the FMC in this one is on the ace spectrum and one of the secondary characters is also ace:

Love Theoretically: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

Lauredhel @ravenlee thanks, I found six in my TBR already! Have you read Role Playing? Also ace spec (but a M-F romance) and one of my faves

Role Playing

ravenlee Ooh, that looks good! And…apparently it‘s already on my TBR! 🤣 Someday I will whittle it down… 2d

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TheAromaofBooks

I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

Bwahaha here I am actually remembering to post the new #ISpyBingo board in a timely manner! Miracle!!

Anyway, here are July's prompts. As a reminder, anyone can play. These items can be found on the front cover, back cover, or spine of the book. You can try to get them all in a month, or keep this board in play for longer, whatever works for you!! I personally have been adding a new board every month but plan to give myself a year to clear each ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) one, so I'll be playing this one from July 2025 to the end of June 2026 (theoretically haha)

If you want to see all the 2025 boards they can be found here - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

⬇ 4d

TheAromaofBooks And if you want to track the prompts on Storygraph, they can be found here - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75... (I have the challenge set to run through December 31, 2026)

Feel free to let me know if you have questions, or if you'd like to be added to the list of people I tag with each month's board!! 4d

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @Lkempf @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 4d

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LiseWorks It's July already? Love the #ISpyBingos 4d

julieclair I downloaded all 12 boards in January, and have been working on them all at the same time. I‘m wondering which one will be my first coverall! 3d

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - That's what I did last year, but then it was a little crazy at the beginning of the year checking off a jillion prompts, and then by the end of the year I was just looking for a handful of weird ones. So it's been kind of fun starting a new one each month. I still haven't cleared any of them, although I only have one prompt left in January. (Handcuffs?? What was I thinking?! 😂) 2d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I must admit I loved checking off a jillion prompts at the beginning of the year! 😆 January is my best month so far, too, but even so, I still have 7 empty spaces. One of which is handcuffs (yep… what were you thinking🤣 I have visions of myself in December, having no time for holiday festivities because I‘m running around looking for a book with handcuffs on the cover! 😂😂😂 2d

TheAromaofBooks @julieclair - Your Christmas wishlist is composed of one item: ANY book with handcuffs on the cover 😂 1d

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Lauredhel

Don't Cause Trouble | Arree Chung

Cute MG graphic novel with a bit more going on below the surface.

And with scissors on the cover, that's February done! #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Four grids are fully completed; 15 prompts to go.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous progress!! 1w

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mom2bugnbee

I, Spy: a Bletchley Park mystery | Rhian Tracey

Also didn't share my May #ISpy.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looking great!! 3w

mom2bugnbee @TheAromaofBooks I'm thinking about going back through the boards & using books from subsequent months like you explained on Storygraph. ☺️ 3w

TheAromaofBooks Yes!! I know there is a 0% chance of me clearing an entire board in one month 😂 3w

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Lauredhel

Rainbow Boy and the Pride Parade | Taylor Rouanzion

And I just realised that with the rainbow on the cover, this book also gives me a finished grid for June!

I now have nineteen unfilled prompts for the year.

#ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Wow, you're doing amazing!!! 3w

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TheAromaofBooks

I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo

Sorry, gang, totally spaced on posting June's #ISpyBingo board!!

As always, if you want to track on Storygraph, the challenge is here - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

And if you would like to see ALL the 2025 boards in once place (especially since I can't seem to remember to post them in a timely manner 😂) the link to the Canva document is in the comment below!!

All are welcome to play!!

TheAromaofBooks Canva document with all the 2025 boards: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content... 4w

TheAromaofBooks If you want to be added/removed from the tag list, just let me know!!

@BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 4w

Lkempf This looks like a great game. Please add me to the tag. 4w

BarbaraBB Still loving this! 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Lkempf - Absolutely!! You are welcome to do one month at a time, or do all of the 2025 boards at the same time, or whatever combo of those methods work for you! 😁 4w

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ElizaMarie

SpyBoy Volume 5: Spy-School Confidential | Various

My May #ISpy - I really enjoy playing these. I am gonna keep the same 1 card a month for another month longer, but I might make changes on how I tackle these in July - because they are SOOO hard!

@TheAromaOfBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I definitely can't clear one of these in a month 😂 I've been adding the new month's card each month, but I'm giving myself a full year to try and check off all the prompts. Annnnnd this reminds me that I totally spaced on posting June's board WHOOPS 4w

ElizaMarie Been thinking that in July Ill do 3 months at a time or a second half of the year. And do all 6 left at once 4w

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TheAromaofBooks

Miss Carter and the Ifrit | Susan Alice Kerby

so-so

This book had all the ingredients that I should enjoy, but somehow they just didn't work here. Miss Carter is a middle-aged woman, never married, who lives by herself in a small flat in London and works for the censor's office during WWII. Through a series of events, she finds herself in possession of an ifrit (i.e. genie). Part of the reason this book didn't quite work for me was that the ifrit's magic never really made sense to me. Apparently ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) he can't actually make things, just conjure them from other places? But he has to actually go in person and fetch them? Or something? And he physically flies to these places and consequently can be shot down by bullets? Or something? I was very distracted by the lack of sensible magic (you know what I mean haha) There is also a strange romance (ish) that I guess is supposed to be an acceptance of practicalities, but instead I just felt ⬇ 1mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) bad that Miss Carter was giving up her peacefully independent life to go live with someone who more or less takes her for granted/doesn't seem to appreciate her. It was a strange vibe.

All in all, it was okay for a one-time read, but it's not a book I'm planning to keep. Right ingredients, wrong mixture.

But look at all those #ISpy prompts! 😂 - Cleaning Utensil, Cursive Font, Cat, Title/Author in Different Font, Book, Circle 1mo