Litsy

I Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles | Walter Wick, Jean Marzollo

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See @TheAromaofBooks post link above⬆️
Okay friends!! I have completed the 2026 #ISpyBingo boards!! Here is the link to view them. Like last year, I'll also (TRY) to post them before each month!! I'll be working on adding this challenge to Storygraph and will let you know when that goes live as well!!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Thank you for the repost!! 1w

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TheAromaofBooks

I Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles | Walter Wick, Jean Marzollo

Okay friends!! I have completed the 2026 #ISpyBingo boards!! Here is the link to view them. Like last year, I'll also (TRY) to post them before each month!! I'll be working on adding this challenge to Storygraph and will let you know when that goes live as well!!

I am going to tag everyone who was on last year's tag list. Please let me know if you'd like to be removed (no hard feelings!!) or added!!

TheAromaofBooks https://www.canva.com/design/DAG5PPdNjC4/oXfDf-ejCvqVBEhAdE8kgg/edit?utm_content... 1w

LiseWorks Love it. ❤️ 1w

TheAromaofBooks Please let me know if the link doesn't work!!

@BarbaraBB @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @Lkempf @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 1w

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TheAromaofBooks I tried to mix in some new prompts, shuffle some prompts into different months, and move them all around 😂 But there will definitely be lots of repeats from last year because I do NOT have the creativity to come up with 300 new prompts every year haha 1w

TheAromaofBooks Also, does anyone have any interest in some “bonus“ boards that would be themed? Like an animal board, a crime board, a romance board, etc? 1w

LiseWorks I never realized there were 300 yikes! You're doing a great job 1w

LiseWorks Bonus boards would be really 😎 🆒️ cool 1w

Lauredhel Thanks! And yes, I love a bonus card! 1w

OriginalCyn620 Yay for new boards! I‘m all for bonus boards, but you‘re already doing so much, so I hate to ask. Bu4 if they‘re made I‘ll definitely participate 😊 1w

peanutnine I agree with @OriginalCyn620 - themed boards sound fun, but not at the expense of your sanity 😜 Thanks for organizing this massive fun challenge!! 1w

julieclair Yay! I love working on all the boards all year long. Bonus boards sound great, too! My goodness gracious, this is a lot of work for you. Many thanks for continuing to host this challenge that we all love. 💙📚💙 1w

TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks @Lauredhel @OriginalCyn620 @peanutnine @julieclair - I honestly love this challenge and find it super fun to make the cards, so it's a good time 😂 What are your ideas for themed cards? And/or prompts for them? I thought about categories or doing them by genre and you can only use a book from that genre to check the prompt? So the crime board can only be cleared with mystery/thrillers. But is that too limiting? 1w

Lauredhel @TheAromaofBooks just here to vote against specific-genre cards! One thing I love about this challenge is that you are free to use books from any genre. (Mainly just don't make me read a whole card of crime books, or worse, Literary) 1w

BarbaraBB Very happy with this! Can‘t wait for the Storygraph version! Thank you so much for all the work you put into this! 1w

OriginalCyn620 I do like the idea of genre cards. For example, I read mostly mystery/thriller and romance, so I‘d concentrate on those two mostly. But all genres are possible boards - fantasy, horror, science fiction, nonfiction, etc., so there can be a potential genre specific board for everyone, no matter they like to read! And they‘re bonus boards so it should be low pressure anyway! Also, you can make those smaller - 3x3 or 4x4 1w

OriginalCyn620 Other ideas: 1) animal theme with domestic, wild, and exotic animals 2) Around the World - settings or authors from various countries (maybe represent all 7 continents) 3) foodie board - certain foods on the cover, cooking plays a central part of the plot, or an MC is a chef, etc 4) an I Spy about the actual books themselves - Deckled edges, signed editions, painted edges, special editions, book that was gifted to you, built in bookmark, etc 1w

LiseWorks I love the Genra idea, even if it takes a year to clear the board. What about a series board. I read a lot of series books. A prompt, and it belongs to a series. 1w

willaful I like all the ideas. I can ignore the genres I don't read much. (I feel you about literary @Lauredhel ! 😆 )

I enjoyed the smaller bonus boards we had last year. 1w

TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620 - Oh my gosh, you have so many fun ideas!!! I was thinking of Down on the Farm with things like farm animals, tractors, vegetables, etc. Birthday Bash with things like cake, balloons, confetti, etc. On the Road with things like different kinds of vehicles and landmarks. More ideas than I probably can wrestle into usability 😂 1w

TheAromaofBooks Friends, I would like to open this up!!! If you have an idea for a board, please make it!!! Or, if you don't want to mess around with Canva or whatever, you can tell me your title and prompts and I can fit them into a board for you. Just comment here what subject/idea you are going to do so we don't double up too much. Boards can be 3x3, 4x4, or 5x5. If you want to email me a set of prompts or a board, itsthegoodlife15 at gmail These will be ⬇ 1w

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) optional bonus boards, not included in the “official“ monthly challenge/Storygraph. Just for those of us who are a little crazy 😂 1w

TheAromaofBooks Please check the above comment, everyone!!!

@BarbaraBB @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @Lkempf @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 1w

LiseWorks Ha! I'm a little crazy and will work on a board for book series and email you it, I don't understand canvas or whatever but I will send you something soon. 😉 1w

LiseWorks @OriginalCyn620 I I love your ideas, please make some boards 😃 1w

willaful @LiseWorks awesome! 1w

OriginalCyn620 @TheAromaofBooks I love those ideas of yours too! I can try my hand at making the boards that I mentioned in Canva…I‘m not too proficient but if I play around with it I think I can do it! 😂 1w

OriginalCyn620 @LiseWorks Thanks…I will certainly try! 1w

LiseWorks I sent you a bingo board series. Hope you like it and let me know if you got it 1w

rockpools Please could I be added to the tag list for next year? Thank you ☺️ 6d

TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks - Thank you!! I got it and will type it up - I am going to create a second Canva doc with our bonus boards!! 6d

TheAromaofBooks @rockpools - Absolutely!! 6d

LiseWorks Oh goof! I can't wait to see it all typed. @TheAromaofBooks 6d

LiseWorks I meant good! 😆 @TheAromaofBooks 6d

BarkingMadRead Looking forward to another year! 5d

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BookmarkTavern

The Puzzle Box: A Novel | Danielle Trussoni

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Hey, did you know that Mike Brink is really, really smart? His traumatic brain injury makes him a puzzle savant and really, really smart.

Don‘t worry. If you haven‘t picked up that Mike is brilliant by the first chapter, the next hour and a half makes sure to inform you at least 15 more times.

When we got to the point of repeating almost an entire conversation is when I decided to bail.

AlaMich Repetition can sometimes be a deal-breaker for me. 😠 1mo

Hooked_on_books 😂 1mo

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TheAromaofBooks

I Spy Spectacular: A Book of Picture Riddles | Walter Wick, Jean Marzollo

Somehow, it's already time for October's #ISpyBingo board!!! Anyone is welcome to join!! Find these items anywhere on a book's front/back cover or spine!! One book can check multiple prompts.

All of the 2025 boards can be found here - https://www.canva.com/design/DAGVO4NctsY/-lGsmflP3sUW9FsAung8hg/view?utm_content...

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) All the 2025 prompts are also in a Storygraph challenge here - https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/85a6eb78-a914-4e84-a200-9073f75...

I am hoping to carry this challenge into 2026!!! If you have some prompts you'd like to send to me, please feel free to comment here or to email me - itsthegoodlife15 at gmail. Obviously I am going to be repeating most of the prompts from this year just in a different order, but if you have⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) a prompt that has driven you absolutely crazy/feels impossible, please let me know. For instance, HANDCUFFS are NOT getting mixed in again 😂

Thank you to everyone who plays these boards with me - I don't know why, but I just absolutely love treasure hunting my covers!! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraBB @Faranae @julieclair @lauredhel @LiseWorks @LitsyEvents @Lkempf @MatchlessMarie @Read4life @peanutnine @PuddleJumper @willaful @Sarahreadstoomuch @OriginalCyn620 @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @cewilf @mom2bugnbee 2mo

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LiseWorks It's an addiction for me lol 2mo

PuddleJumper Flip flops! I don't read many summery books 🤣 2mo

Faranae I barely read contemporary, so things like flip flops have been absolute nightmares 😂 Also, I mostly read e-books these days for access reasons (no money for books and no English library near me, so it's all digital library stuff) so it's hard to do anything with “spine“ prompts unless I happen to spot a suitable book I want to read in someone's book shelf or haul photos. ☠ 2mo

willaful The ones that apply only to physical books are a bit annoying for me, but that's okay.

I know there was one I found so impossible recently, now what was it... oh right, power line! 2mo

willaful Lol, I didn't see your comment when I made mine, @Faranae. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper @Faranae @willaful - Thank you for the thoughts!! It helps me know how to keep it fun for everyone!! 😁 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @LiseWorks - RIGHT?! Why?? 😂 2mo

LiseWorks I think it's because some are hard to get, and when I have a book with no prompts, I'm so surprised 😅 like the book Well Met, absolutely no bingo spots. So, I guess my book choices are bingoless 😆 2mo

Kiwidragonnerd I have to ask, what does the initials one mean? My initials? 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Kiwidragonnerd - I'm pretty flexible on interpretations 😂 In my mind, it's an author who uses their initials instead of their name, so a book cover that says L.M. Montgomery instead of Lucy Maud Montgomery. 2mo

Kiwidragonnerd @TheAromaofBooks Ohhhhh thanks :) (edited) 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Kiwidragonnerd - No problem!! Also, if you'd like to be added to the tag list for each month when I post a new board, just let me know!! 😁 2mo

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AllDebooks

Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls: 64 Wildly Wicked Logic Puzzles | G. T. Karber

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) #Bookhaul includes the new Murdle book. #Addicted 💀
2) Ankhway mushroom gummies 😀
3) International 🐈 day. Ronnie, our thief of seats.
4) Celebrating Mischief and Mayhem turning 16. ❤️🌏❤️
5) Girls' day out. ❤️🌏❤️

dabbe 🩵💙🩵 4mo

Aims42 Love your joys and pictures! I love the Mischief & Mayhem nicknames 😆 And give Ronnie a nose boop for me 😻 4mo

AlaMich Wait, mushroom gummies?? 4mo

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mcctrish I hope Mischief and Mayhem have a great 16th birthday, your book haul looks ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo

TheBookHippie Awe!!!! Lovely Joys!!! M&M is a riot! 4mo

AllDebooks @AlaMich 😅 Not THOSE kinda shrooms. Nutritional supplements 4mo

AllDebooks @Aims42 ❤️ 4mo

AllDebooks @mcctrish ❤️ 4mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie ❤️ 4mo

AlaMich @AllDebooks Ah, ok. 🤭 (edited) 4mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie I named them M & M when they turned two. It could easily have been Chaos & Carnage. 😅 4mo

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag

The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery | Graeme Base

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I was reminded of this book recently and couldn‘t remember if I‘d ever actually read it? Graeme Base feels very familiar to me as a 90s Aussie kid but I‘ve never been particularly patient (even though Where‘s Wally had me in a chokehold) so carefully searching for visual clues wouldn‘t have appealed - so it‘s very possible that I didn‘t… anyway, it‘s pretty cool (I read the answer page and made no attempt at decoding. I know who I am)

Rissreadswithcats 🤣 4mo

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Kboltz

Puzzle Box | Danielle Trussoni

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Second in the series. This time Mike Brink gets called to Japan to solve the Dragon Box. Like these books. Adventure, puzzles, good characters. Nothing too deep, just a fun read. 🧩🧩🧩🧩

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Robotswithpersonality

Lemonade: and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word | Bob Raczka, Nancy Doniger

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A marvelous time, loved as much as the other poetry collection I read by this author. I love the design decision to show the word, the letters falling down I to the other words constructed, on a page with the artist's embellishments, and the poem in standardized formatting on the next page, along with the colour differential, white for the art pages and red for the constructed poem pages. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 An enjoyable compilation of creativity with a very summery cover. If you want something poolside that's as refreshing as your drink of choice, pick this up. 🍋 5mo

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