LibraryThing is turning twenty, and we’re hosting a special 20th Birthday Treasure Hunt! We’ve got twenty clues, one for each year we’ve been around. The answers can highlight developments on the site during that year, or events in the wider bookish world.

We’ve scattered a collection of birthday banners around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

• Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a banner. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
• If there’s a birthday banner on a page, you’ll see a hunt banner at the top of the page.
• You have three weeks to find all the banners (until 11:59pm EDT, Friday September 19th).
• Come brag about your collection of birthday banners (and get hints) on Talk.

Win prizes:

• Any member who finds at least two birthday banners will be awarded a birthday banner badge. Badge ().
• Members who find all 20 birthday banners will be entered into a drawing for one of five sets of LibraryThing (or TinyCat) swag. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the magpie illustration. Magpies collect treasure, and so do LibraryThing members!

It’s June, and that means that our annual Pride Month Treasure Hunt is back!

We’ve scattered a shower of rainbows around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

• Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find a rainbow. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
• If there’s a rainbow on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
• You have just under two weeks to find all the rainbows (until 11:59pm EDT, Monday June 30th).
• Come brag about your shower of rainbows (and get hints) on Talk.

Win prizes:

• Any member who finds at least two rainbows will be awarded a rainbow badge. Badge ().
• Members who find all 12 rainbows will be entered into a drawing for one of five sets of LibraryThing (or TinyCat) swag. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the scarlet ibis illustration.

ConceptDawg has made all of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple of years. We like them, and hope you do, too!

Spring has sprung, and we’re hosting a vernal treasure hunt in celebration! Come join our Spring Treasure Hunt!

We’ve scattered a patch of seedlings around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

• Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find an seedling. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
• If there’s a seedling on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
• You have a little less than two weeks to find all the seedlings (until 11:59pm EST, Wednesday April 30th).
• Come brag about your patch of seedlings (and get hints) on Talk.

Win prizes:

• Any member who finds at least two seedlings will be awarded a seedling Badge ().
• Members who find all 12 seedlings will be entered into a drawing for some LibraryThing (or TinyCat) swag. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the spring chicken illustration!

It’s February 14th, and that means the return of our annual Valentine Hunt!

We’ve scattered a quiver of Cupid’s arrows around the site, and it’s up to you to try and find them all.

• Decipher the clues and visit the corresponding LibraryThing pages to find an arrow. Each clue points to a specific page right here on LibraryThing. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
• If there’s an arrow on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
• You have two weeks to find all the arrows (until 11:59pm EST, Friday February 28th).
• Come brag about your quiver of arrows (and get hints) on Talk.

Win prizes:

• Any member who finds at least two arrows will be
  awarded an arrow Badge ().
• Members who find all 14 arrows will be entered into a drawing for some LibraryThing (or TinyCat) swag. We’ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.

P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the swan illustration!