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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/...

Completion Post - Image 1

Item/Object 1: Key
My task 1: Read a book with the word “key” in the text
Book read: Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman
Date completed: 01/06/25
How it fits: page 173 “…Clyde lifted the rock and retrieved the front door key…”

Item/Object 2: Green plastic sword shape
My task: Read a book with a weapon on the cover
Book read:Alien With Benefits by Cara Bristol
Date completed: 03/06/25
How it fits: Alien on cover is holding a sword

Item/Object 3: Yellow marble
My task: Read a book with something that is round like the yellow marble on the cover
Book read:Future Tense by Kristen Painter
Date completed: 04/06/25
How it fits: Two yellow planets at the top of the cover are round like the yellow marble

Completion Post - Image 2

Item/Object 1: Pink Dinosaur
My task 1: Read a book with the word “Dinosaur” in the text
Book read: Betrayal at the Old Hall by H.L. Marsay
Date completed: 06/06/25
How it fits: page 8 “…He looked so peaceful, snuggled under his dinosaur duvet clutching his favourite triceratops…”

Item/Object 2: Dice with 5 dots
My task: Read a book that has a 5 in it’s page count
Book read: Secrets in Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn
Date completed: 14/06/25
How it fits: Has 254 pages

Item/Object 3: Shell
My task: All the letters of SHELL found in the title
Book read: A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by J. Penner
Date completed: 13/06/25
How it fits: a fELLowSHip of bakers and magic

Completion Post - Image 3

Item/Object 1: Green dental floss picks
My task 1: Read a book where the cover model has a beautiful smile with white freshly flossed teeth
Book read: Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren
Date completed: 17/06/25
How it fits: Lovely toothy smile on the cover

Item/Object 2: Domino with a total of 11 dots on it
My task: Read a book with an 11 intact in the page number
Book read: Invitation by Elle Thorne
Date completed: 15/06/25
How it fits: Has 119 pages

Item/Object 3: Brown cat keyring
My task: Read a book with a cat on the cover
Book read: Luck of the Iris by Nancy Warren
Date completed: 17/06/25
How it fits: Cat on the cover

Completion Post - Image 4

Object 1: sunglasses
My task: Read a book with the word “sunglasses” in the text
Book read: Just what the Doctor Hired by Amanda Nelson
Date completed: 21/06/25
How it fits: Location 35 “…shifting his unbrushed hair over his sunglasses…”

Object 2: Blue Skateboard
My task: Read a book with something on the cover that doesn't have an engine that you can ride on
Book read: A Fellowship of Games & Fables by J. Penner
Date completed: 27/06/25
How it fits: Wooden Sled on cover - doesn’t have an engine and you can ride on it

Object 3: Green number 3
My task: Read a book with a 3 in the page count
Book read: Breathe by Sarah Crossan
Date completed: 22/06/25
How it fits: 373 pages

Completion Post - Image 5

Object 1: Key on hotel room tag
My task: Read a book with the word key in the text
Book read: Undead sublet by Molly Harper
Date completed: 28/06/25
How it fits: page 132 “…I couldn’t get to my car key…”

Object 2: Room tag for the Sands Hotel - room number 731
My task: Read a book that has two of the room numbers in it’s page count
Book read: The Sixth Form at St. Clare's by Pamela Cox
Date completed: 30/06/25
How it fits: numbers 7 & 1 in page number (177)

Object 3: Orange Bow
My task: Read a book with an Orange cover
Book read: The Puzzle in the Pumpkin Patch by L.L. Gray
Date completed: 04/07/25
How it fits: Orange cover

Completion Post - Image 6

Object 1: Dragon
My task: Read a book with a mythical creature as an MC
Book read: The Gargoyle beguiles the Beauty by Kristen Painter
Date completed: 05/07/25
How it fits: MC, Adam, is a Gargoyle

Object 2: Planet
My task: Read a book not set on earth
Book read: Escape Clause by Cara Bristol
Date completed: 06/07/25
How it fits: Book is set on the planet of Caradonia

Object 3: Knights on horses
My task: Read a book were characters ride horses - quote and page
Book read: Sparks Fly in Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn
Date completed: 14/07/25
How it fits: Page 173 “…they saddled the horses. After checking both horse’s girths, Claire held Splash while Ashleigh mounted, then vaulted onto Akela and led the way to the next paddock. As they rode toward the back of the farm…”

Completion Post - Image 7

Object 1: Red car
My task: Read a book with a vehicle on the cover
Book read: Eva Reddy's Trip of a Lifetime by Fiona McKenzie Kekic
Date completed: 16/07/25
How it fits: Orange Indian tuktuk vehicle on the cover

Object 2: Blue Butterfly
My task: Read a book with a character who has wings
Book read: Fire & Flood by Demitria Lunetta
Date completed: 15/07/25
How it fits: The MC, Edie, suddenly has wings and sometimes breathes fire

Object 3: scissors
My task: Read a book with a pair of scissors on the cover
Book read: Scared Witchless by Amy Boyle
Date completed: 19/07/25
How it fits: The cover model is holding scissors

Completion Post - Image 8

Object 1: Flowers
My task: Read a book with flowers on the cover
Book read: Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen
Date completed: 21/07/25
How it fits: Flowers on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Object 2: Bird
My task: Read a book with a bird on the cover
Book read: Ruffled Feathers by Zoe Chant
Date completed: 22/07/25
How it fits: Bird on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Object 3: Books
My task: Read a book with a pile of books on the cover
Book read: Ghost of a Chance by Cate Dean
Date completed: 23/07/25
How it fits: Pile of books on the bookshelf
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Completion Post - Image 9

Object 1: Yellow Tape-measure
My task: Read a book with the numbers 5 or 9 in the page number
Book read: The Dragon of New Orleans by Genevieve Jack
Date completed: 24/07/25
How it fits: 329 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Object 2: Red plastic aeroplane
My task: Read a book where the author’s initials are found in AEROPLANE
Book read: Me and My Ghoulfriends by Rose Pressey
Date completed: 26/07/25
How it fits: Author’s initials are R & P
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Object 3: Thimble
My task: Read a book where the MC sews something
Book read: Trail of Hope by Merry Farmer
Date completed: 25/07/25
How it fits: Page 59 “…“I’m going to take our clothes down to the stream for a wash,” she told him after the new batch of tea had been brewed and stored and she had finished sewing up a tear in a pair of John’s trousers...”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Completion Post - Image 10

Object 1: The word SKY
My task: Read a book where you can clearly see the sky
Book read: The Widow’s Mail Order Husband by Amelia Rose - 244
Date completed: 27/07/25
How it fits: Sky on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Object 2: Yellow Fan
My task: Read a book where a character fans themself
Book read: Gone With The Ghost by Erin McCarthy
Date completed: 28/07/25
How it fits: Page 162 “…I sat down on the couch, lifting my hair off my neck and fanning myself...”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Object 3: Dog
My task: Read a book with a dog on the cover
Book read: That Old Witch Magic by J.D. Winters
Date completed: 29/07/25
How it fits: Dog on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

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Object 1: Yellow Bird
My task: Read a book with a bird on the cover
Book read: Heart of the Country by Tricia Stringer
Date completed: 02/08/25
How it fits: Birds on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Object 2: Books
My task: Read a book with a book on the cover
Book read: The Mystery in the Margins by L.L. Gray
Date completed: 04/08/25
How it fits: Book on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Object 3: Horse
My task: Read a book with the word HORSE in the text
Book read: The Palace of Lost Memories by C.J. Archer
Date completed: 30/07/25
How it fits: Page 4 “…Max grunted and lost his balance, half falling, half staggering off his horse...”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Completion Post - Image 12

Object 1: Brown Dog
My task: Read a book with a dog on the cover
Book read: The Rescue Team by Billi Tiner
Date completed: 05/08/25
How it fits: Dog on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Object 2: Alarm Clock
My task: Read a book with the words “ALARM CLOCK” intact in the text
Book read: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Date completed: 06/08/25
How it fits: Page 2 “…all this happened without the aid of an alarm clock…”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Object 3: Tractor
My task: Read a book with the words “TRACTOR” in the text
Book read: Clouds over Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn
Date completed: 09/08/25
How it fits: Page 67 “…Zoe leaned out of the window to study them before the bright lights of the tractor and baler turned the corner and shone toward her...”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Completion Post - Image 13

Object 1: Red Bucket
My task: Read a book with something red on the cover
Book read: Reunion and Revenge by Karen Musser Nortman
Date completed: 10/08/25
How it fits: Red car (and a red barn) on cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Object 2: Ball
My task: Read a books with the word BALL in the text
Book read: The Tell All by Libby Howard
Date completed: 11/08/25
How it fits: Page 27 “…including a Learn To Knit kit which had knitting needles and a giant ball of colourful yarn...”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Object 3: Purple Towel
My task: Read a book with all the letters of TOWEL in the title
Book read: Nice werewolves don’t bite vampires by Molly Harper
Date completed: 13/08/25
How it fits: nicE WerewOLves don’T bite vampires
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Completion Post - Image 14

Object 1: Bird
My task: Read a book with a bird on the cover
Book read: The Death of Dora Black by Lainie Anderson
Date completed: 14/08/25
How it fits:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Object 2: Dice with 4 spots
My task: Read a book that is 4th in a series
Book read: The Sleeping Mother by Torsten Weitze
Date completed: 15/08/25
How it fits: Is book number 4 in the 'The 13th Paladin' series
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Object 3: Cats
My task: Read a book with more than one cat on the cover
Book read: A Fellowship of Cats and Curses by J. Penner
Date completed: 16/08/25
How it fits: Lots of cats on the cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Completion Post - Image 15

Object 1: Yellow plastic star
My task: Read a book with stars on the cover
Book read: Grandma got run over by a demon by Olivia Jaymes
Date completed: 18/08/25
How it fits: Stars on cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Object 2: Blue Ball
My task: Read a book with a circle on the cover
Book read: Shifting and Shenanigans by Elizabeth Pantley
Date completed: 25/08/25
How it fits: Circular globe on cover
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Object 3: Numbers - 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 8
My task: Read a book that had two of the numbers in it’s page count
Book read: Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress by Traci Wilton
Date completed: 23/08/25
How it fits: 304 pages - 3 & 4
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Completion Post - Image 16

Object 1: Eyes
My task: Read a book where eyes clearly seen on cover
Book read: The Falcon Finds His Mate by Candace Colt
Date completed: 26/08/25
How it fits: Eyes on both cover models clearly seen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Object 2: Various people wearing a hat
My task: Read a book with the word HAT in text
Book read: The Fox and the Viscount by Laura Greenwood
Date completed: 27/08/25
How it fits: Page 33 “…I suppose it's a chance to wear my new hat, I've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to show it off…"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Object 3: Clouds
My task: Read a book with clouds seen on the cover
Book read: Coming Home to Featherwood Falls by Heather Reyburn
Date completed: 01/09/25
How it fits: Clouds on the cover above the hotel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...