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September 2020 Stand Alone

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September Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read: 7
My List:
1. The Far End of Happy Kathryn Craft 9/3/20
2. 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 9/6/20
3. The Dream Daughter Diane Chamberlain 9/10/20
4. Sushi for Beginners Marian Keyes 9/13/20
5. A Week at the Shore Barbara Delinsky 9/14/20
6. The Fifth Avenue Story Society Rachel Hauck 9/16/20
7. Hello, Summer Mary Kay Andrews 9/18/20
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read: 7
My List:
1. The Far End of Happy Kathryn Craft 9/3/20
2. 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand 9/6/20
3. The Dream Daughter Diane Chamberlain 9/10/20
4. Sushi for Beginners Marian Keyes 9/13/20
5. A Week at the Shore Barbara Delinsky 9/14/20
6. The Fifth Avenue Story Society Rachel Hauck 9/16/20
7. Hello, Summer Mary Kay Andrews 9/18/20
September Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeSolo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
+++++Solitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
1) Airframe Michael Crichton 9-1-20
2) Africville Shauntay Grant 9-1-20
3) Con tango son tres Justin Richardson 9-2-20
4) The Train Jodie Callaghan 9-2-20
5) Maggie's Second Chance Nancy Furstinger 9-2-20
6) How to Walk Away Katherine Center 9-2-20
September Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeCOMPLETED
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
1.) Belgravia by Julian Fellowes 9/8/2020
2.) Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster 9/9/2020
3.) Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman 9/15/2020
4.) The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis 9/18/2020
5.) The Runaway by Hollie Overton 9/23/2020
6.) Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger 9/24/2020
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge COMPLETION POST
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Who are you? Barbara Taylor Bradford 05.09.20
Dancing the Charleston Jacqueline Wilson 06.09.20
A Skinful of Shadows Frances Hardinge 15.09.20
A thousand ships Natalie Haynes 26.09.20
Gingerbread Helen oyeyemi 26.09.20
Vesper flights Helen macdonald 26.09.20
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Who are you? Barbara Taylor Bradford 05.09.20
Dancing the Charleston Jacqueline Wilson 06.09.20
A Skinful of Shadows Frances Hardinge 15.09.20
A thousand ships Natalie Haynes 26.09.20
Gingerbread Helen oyeyemi 26.09.20
Vesper flights Helen macdonald 26.09.20
I'M IN!Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1 Here's to Falling - Christine Zolendz - 1 SEPT
2 Absolute Power - David Baldacci - 6 SEPT
3 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy - 28 SEPT
4 Only Fools and Stories: From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost - David Jason - 3 SEPT
5 I Am Ozzy - Ozzy Osbourne - 5 SEPT
6 The Infinite Onion - Alice Archer - 2 SEPT
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: Sept. 1st, 2020 - Sept. 30th, 2020
10/6
1. The Sound of Music Story: How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time by Tom Santopietro - Sept. 11th
2. One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul- Sept. 12th
3. The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine - Sept. 13th
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - Sept. 13th
5. Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman - Sept. 14th
6. The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies by Dawn Raffel - Sept. 15th
7. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe by Deborah Cadbury - Sept. 18th
8. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - Sept. 20th
9. What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved by John Mullan - Sept. 30th
10. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - Sept. 30th
September Stand Alone ChallengeSolitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me | Mariana Zapata - Sep 13
2. The Grand Sophy | Georgette Heyer - Sep 17
3. Jackalope Wives and Other Stories | T. Kingfisher - Sep 19
4. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London | Garth Nix - Sep 26
5. Snow, Glass, Apples | Colleen Doran - Sep 29
September Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Date Started: September 1, 2020
Date Completed: September 23, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. Murder Comes South by Lila Beckham - 9/11/20
2. Illusive Storm: A Murder Mystery Suspense Thriller by Lily Campbell - 9/23/20
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley 09/16/2020
2. Written by Seline Atwood by Zai Mades 09/21/2020
3. Legeia by Edgar Allan Poe 9/20/2020
4. The Flight: A Short Story by CHARLES N SLAYTON 09/20/2020
5. Trapped In Paradise by Lizzy Grey 09/20/2020
6. That Summer by Sarah Dessen 9/17/2020
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley 09/16/2020
2. Written by Seline Atwood by Zai Mades 09/21/2020
3. Legeia by Edgar Allan Poe 9/20/2020
4. The Flight: A Short Story by CHARLES N SLAYTON 09/20/2020
5. Trapped In Paradise by Lizzy Grey 09/20/2020
6. That Summer by Sarah Dessen 9/17/2020
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge FINISHEDDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Single: Read 3-4 books
4/3-4
✔1. Tall, Dark and Cowboy - Joanne Kennedy 9/3/20
✔2. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It - Gary Taubes 9/9/20
✔3. The Little French Bistro - Nina George 9/19/20
✔4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple 9/16/20
September Stand Alone ChallengeSolo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Piecing Me Together - Renée Watson (9/3/20)
2. Black Brother, Black Brother - Jewell Parker Rhodes (9/4/20)
3. Look Both Ways - Jason Reynolds (9/7/20)
4. Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto (9/7/20)
5. Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (9/9/20)
6. From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks (9/13/20)
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
1) Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen 9/29/20
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard 9/3/20
2. William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher 9/12/20
3. Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 9/14/20
4. Blame It on Bianca Del Rio: The Expert on Nothing with an Opinion on Everything by Bianca Del Rio 9/15/20
5. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty 9/26/20
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge: September
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison - 9/1
2. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren - 9/1
3. Worth It by S.M. Shade - 9/5
4. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 9/13
5. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo - 9/22
6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9/17
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison - 9/1
2. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren - 9/1
3. Worth It by S.M. Shade - 9/5
4. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 9/13
5. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo - 9/22
6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9/17
FINISHED September 21, 2020September Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Yan, Mo - Die Knoblauchrevolte (The Garlic Ballads) (September 06, 2020)
2. Greene, Graham - Der dritte Mann (The Third Man) (September 12, 2020)
3. Demian. Königs Erläuterungen: Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben mit Lösungen (Demian - Explanation Report by König) (September 13, 2020)
4. Timmermans, Felix - Die sehr schönen Stunden von Jungfer Symforosa, dem Beginchen (The very beautiful hours of virgin Symforosa, the little beguine) (September 17, 2020)
5. Gala, Marcial - The Black Cathedral (September 17, 2020)
6. Van Gogh, Vincent - Briefe (Letters) (September 18, 2020)
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Messages from an Unknown Chinese Mother
2. The Complete Book of Clean
September Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeSolitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
1. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance-Bethany C. Morrow 9/12
2. The Pearl-John Steinbeck 9/14
3. The Dogs I Have Kissed-Trista Mateer 9/14
4. Fool Me Once-Harlan Coben 9/16
5. I Have Lost My Way-Gayle Forman 9/22
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Level: Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Completed: 5/5
1. 5 Steps to Lasting Love: An Evidence- based Guide to Protecting & Repairing Your Relationship by Ann Marie Taylor - 1/9/20
2. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - 3/9/20
3. Beauty and the Beast Novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick - 10/9/20
4. Virtually Yours by Jeremy Holt - 11/9/20
5. The Garage by J. Dispenza - 15/9/20
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Goal:
Done: 3 - Single: Read 3-4 books
1. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu – 02/09/2020
2. Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby – 09/06/2020
3. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf – 09/24/2020
Finished!September Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
+++++Solitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
1) Airframe Michael Crichton 9-1-20
2) Africville Shauntay Grant 9-1-20
3) Con tango son tres Justin Richardson 9-2-20
4) The Train Jodie Callaghan 9-2-20
5) Maggie's Second Chance Nancy Furstinger 9-2-20
6) How to Walk Away Katherine Center 9-2-20
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeSeptember 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. First Impressions by Elizabeth Johns (9/30/20)
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Finished
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Cactus League by Emily Nemens- 9/8/2020
2. Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You by Jen Hatmaker- 9/18/2020
3. Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence by Chris Mamula- 9/19/2020
4. Letters to the Church by Francis Chan- 9/28/2020
5. Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John Warner- 9/30/2020
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
All Done: Completed SolitarySolitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Piecing Me Together - Renée Watson (9/3/20)
2. Black Brother, Black Brother - Jewell Parker Rhodes (9/4/20)
3. Look Both Ways - Jason Reynolds (9/7/20)
4. Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto (9/7/20)
5. Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo (9/9/20)
6. From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Janae Marks (9/13/20)
All done!Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Level: Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Completed: 5/5
1. 5 Steps to Lasting Love: An Evidence- based Guide to Protecting & Repairing Your Relationship by Ann Marie Taylor - 1/9/20
2. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - 3/9/20
3. Beauty and the Beast Novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick - 10/9/20
4. Virtually Yours by Jeremy Holt - 11/9/20
5. The Garage by J. Dispenza - 15/9/20
FINISHED September 21, 2020September Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Yan, Mo - Die Knoblauchrevolte (The Garlic Ballads) (September 06, 2020)
2. Greene, Graham - Der dritte Mann (The Third Man) (September 12, 2020)
3. Demian. Königs Erläuterungen: Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben mit Lösungen (Demian - Explanation Report by König) (September 13, 2020)
4. Timmermans, Felix - Die sehr schönen Stunden von Jungfer Symforosa, dem Beginchen (The very beautiful hours of virgin Symforosa, the little beguine) (September 17, 2020)
5. Gala, Marcial - The Black Cathedral (September 17, 2020)
6. Van Gogh, Vincent - Briefe (Letters) (September 18, 2020)
FINISHED
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley 09/16/2020
2. Written by Seline Atwood by Zai Mades 09/21/2020
3. Legeia by Edgar Allan Poe 9/20/2020
4. The Flight: A Short Story by CHARLES N SLAYTON 09/20/2020
5. Trapped In Paradise by Lizzy Grey 09/20/2020
6. That Summer by Sarah Dessen 9/17/2020
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley 09/16/2020
2. Written by Seline Atwood by Zai Mades 09/21/2020
3. Legeia by Edgar Allan Poe 9/20/2020
4. The Flight: A Short Story by CHARLES N SLAYTON 09/20/2020
5. Trapped In Paradise by Lizzy Grey 09/20/2020
6. That Summer by Sarah Dessen 9/17/2020
Challenge Completed - 9/23/20Final Post! Goal Reached!
September Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Date Started: September 1, 2020
Date Completed: September 23, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. Murder Comes South by Lila Beckham - 9/11/20
2. Illusive Storm: A Murder Mystery Suspense Thriller by Lily Campbell - 9/23/20
September Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeCOMPLETED
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
1.) Belgravia by Julian Fellowes 9/8/2020
2.) Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster 9/9/2020
3.) Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman 9/15/2020
4.) The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis 9/18/2020
5.) The Runaway by Hollie Overton 9/23/2020
6.) Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger 9/24/2020
Finished!Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Goal:
Done: 3 - Single: Read 3-4 books
1. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu – 02/09/2020
2. Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby – 09/06/2020
3. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf – 09/24/2020
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge COMPLETION POST
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Who are you? Barbara Taylor Bradford 05.09.20
Dancing the Charleston Jacqueline Wilson 06.09.20
A Skinful of Shadows Frances Hardinge 15.09.20
A thousand ships Natalie Haynes 26.09.20
Gingerbread Helen oyeyemi 26.09.20
Vesper flights Helen macdonald 26.09.20
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Who are you? Barbara Taylor Bradford 05.09.20
Dancing the Charleston Jacqueline Wilson 06.09.20
A Skinful of Shadows Frances Hardinge 15.09.20
A thousand ships Natalie Haynes 26.09.20
Gingerbread Helen oyeyemi 26.09.20
Vesper flights Helen macdonald 26.09.20
FINISHED!!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge: September
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison - 9/1
2. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren - 9/1
3. Worth It by S.M. Shade - 9/5
4. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 9/13
5. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo - 9/22
6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9/17
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge: September
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Lie to Me by J.T. Ellison - 9/1
2. Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren - 9/1
3. Worth It by S.M. Shade - 9/5
4. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith - 9/13
5. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo - 9/22
6. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9/17
Books mentioned in this topic
Winter of the Wolf (other topics)The Cactus League (other topics)
Letters to the Church (other topics)
Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You (other topics)
Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Martha Hunt Handler (other topics)Emily Nemens (other topics)
Chris Mamula (other topics)
John Warner (other topics)
Francis Chan (other topics)
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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