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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

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


Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

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Ferenc FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
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Jan FINISHED
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Julia

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Kimberly

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Pinar FINISHED

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Suzanne

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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023
Read: 2

Solo: Read 1-2 books

My List:
1. The Wedding Ranch Nancy Naigle 2/7/23
2. The Devine Doughnut Shop Carolyn Brown 2/22/23

February 2023
Single: Read 3-4 books 4/4

1. The Getaway - Lamar Giles 💗💗💗💗 2/4/23
2. The Night Shift - Alex Finlay 💗💗💗💗 2/12/23
3. The Island - Adrian McKinty 💗💗💗💗💗 2/25/23
4. Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 💗💗💗💗 2/25/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

1. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe 2/25/2023
2, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry 2/27/2023
3. Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold 2/27/2023

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

5 of 5-6 Complete

1. The Deep, Deep Snow - Brian Freeman - 2/9/23
2. Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter - 2/10/23
3. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn - 2/11/23
4. The 6:20 Man - David Baldacci - 2/14/23
5. Fives and Twenty-Fives - Michael Pitre - 2/16/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. A Taste for Poison | Neil Bradbury - Feb 6
2. I Capture the Castle | Dodie Smith - Feb 14

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

6 of 6 Complete

1. Bilinmeyen Ülkede Yolculuk (Travelling in a Strange Land) by David Park 2/5/23
2. Vatansiz Adam (The Man Without a Country) by Edward Everett Hale 2/12/23
3. Cevizin Şarkısı (Turkish literature) by Aslı Tohumcu 2/13/23
4. Taştan ve Kemikten (De pierre et d'os) by Bérengère Cournut 2/18/23
5. Vahşetin Çağrısı (The Call of the Wild) by Jack London 2/18/23
6. Can (Soul) by Andrei Platonov 2/23/23

Welcome Bobbi, Genevieve, Lynda, Elle and Pinar!

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023
Goals: Solo: 1-2 books | Single: 3-4 books | Solitary: 5-6 books
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Plague Stones by James Brogden
Feb. 7, 2023

2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Feb. 16, 2023

3. Tell Me A Secret by Samantha Hayes
Feb. 18, 2023

4. Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Feb. 18, 2023

5. The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas
Feb. 23, 2023

6. Surviving Amber Springs by Siobhan Davis
Feb. 26, 2023

Elizabeth Sofia
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1/2023-February 28, 2023
Goal: Solitary: Read 5-6 books

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Poet X | Elizabeth Acevedo (2/5/2023)

Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023 >FINISHED
Goals: Solo: 1-2 books
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1.) Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith 2/8/23
2.)The Best Defense by Robert Kirkman 2/24/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. A Game of Hearts by Joanna Barker (2/11/23)
2. The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews (2/25/23)
3. We'll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark (2/28/23)

Welcome Mandy, Sabrina, Elizabeth, Kimberly, Zenobia and Shash!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Goal: 3/6
Single: Read 3-4 books


1. Férjhez adjuk a mamát - Gerald Durrell - 02/03/23
2. Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes - 02/07/23
3. My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite - 02/26/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

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. Just a Tease 2/24/23

Finished

February 2023 Stand Alone

Goal: Solo - 2/2

1. Once We Were Starlight by Mia Sheridan (02/10/23)
2. Midnight Lily by Mia Sheridan (02/28/23)

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 2/1/23
2. The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World... via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes by Carl Hoffman 2/1/23
3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 2/3/23
4. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa 2/3/23
5. Five Stories High by Jonathan Oliver 2/4/23
6. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca 2/7/23

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb. 1st, 2023 - Feb. 28th, 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

7/6

1. The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy by Paul Myers - Feb. 1st
2. Siren Queen by Nghi Vo - Feb. 5th
3. The Mother of All Degrassi: A Memoir by Linda Schuyler - Feb. 6th
4. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon - Feb. 12th
5. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington - Feb. 18th
6. Is There Bacon in Heaven?: A Memoir by Ali Hassan - Feb. 24th
7. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe - Feb. 27th

Welcome Ferenc, Trina, Laila Jane, Stephanie and Kendra!

6/6. COMPLETED

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. . Journey to the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran Roya Hakakizn. 2/5/23

2. The First Circle Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. 2/8/23

3. A Year with Jane Austen: Modern Austen Short Stories Jennifer Becton. 2/13/23

4. The Heart Keeper Alex Dahl. 2/9/23

5. Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith The Voice of the Martyrs 2/14/23

6. We Are the Light Matthew Quick. 2/17/23

The Lost Challenges
February 2023 Stand Alone
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Progress: 6 out of 6

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

Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over. (hide spoiler)]

1. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
2. The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
3. The Deep by Rivers Solomon - **** - 2/20/2023 - 166 Pages
4. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages
5. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty - **** - 2/7/2023 - 453 Pages
6. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 476 Pages

Welcome Jan and Suzanne!

The Lost Challenges
February 2023 Stand Alone
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Read : 3

Single: Read 3-4 books


1.) All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M Morris 2/5/2023
2.) The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary 2/21/2023
3.) The It Girl by Ruth Ware 2/26/2023

Welcome Anne!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Read: 0

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Dictionary of Lost Words
2. The Lincoln Highway
3. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
4. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
5. The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
6. How High We Go in the Dark

Welcome Julia!

Finished!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 2/1/23
2. The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World... via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes by Carl Hoffman 2/1/23
3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 2/3/23
4. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa 2/3/23
5. Five Stories High by Jonathan Oliver 2/4/23
6. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca 2/7/23

Fantastic Stephanie!

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023
Solitary: 5-6 books

Completed: 6/6

1. Finding Me - Viola Davis 2/9/23
2. Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner 2/11/23
3. Stern Men - Elizabeth Gilbert 2/15/23
4. A Change in Altitude - Anita Shreve 2/18/23
5. Nick - Michael Farris Smith 2/19/23
6. Outside Beauty - Cynthia Kadohata 2/19/23

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023

Solitary: 5-6 books

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
2. Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1/2
3. What the Other Three Don't Know by Spencer Hyde 7/2
4. The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 1/2
5. 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 7/2
6. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby 9/2

Welcome Caraina and Hina!

FINISHED

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023

Solitary: 5-6 books

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
2. Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde 1/2
3. What the Other Three Don't Know by Spencer Hyde 7/2
4. The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 1/2
5. 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 7/2
6. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby 9/2

Well done Hina!

Completed

6/6

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. . Journey to the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran Roya Hakakizn. 2/5/23

2. The First Circle Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. 2/8/23

3. A Year with Jane Austen: Modern Austen Short Stories Jennifer Becton. 2/13/23

4. The Heart Keeper Alex Dahl. 2/9/23

5. Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith The Voice of the Martyrs 2/14/23

6. We Are the Light Matthew Quick. 2/17/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023
Read:

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Age of Magic-Ben Okri 2/12
2. Dandelion-Gabbie Hanna 2/16
3. Gallant-V.E. Schwab 2/19
4. Astonishing the Gods-Ben Okri 2/24
5. Fangs-Sarah Andersen 2/25

Amazing Jan!


Welcome Grace!

FINISHED

February Stand Alone
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023
Solitary: 5-6 books

Completed: 6/6

1. Finding Me - Viola Davis 2/9/23
2. Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner 2/11/23
3. Stern Men - Elizabeth Gilbert 2/15/23
4. A Change in Altitude - Anita Shreve 2/18/23
5. Nick - Michael Farris Smith 2/19/23
6. Outside Beauty - Cynthia Kadohata 2/19/23

WOOHOO Caraina!

February Standalone - FINISHED!
Duration: Feb 1 - Feb 28, 2023
Solitary: 5-6 books

22/6+

1. Out of the Clear Blue Sky Kristan Higgins 02/01/23
2. Autoboyography Christina Lauren 02/02/23
3. All Good People Here Ashley Flowers 02/03/23
4. One Day I Shall Astonish the World Nina Stibbe 02/04/23
5. Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits Reese Witherspoon 02/05/23
6. Kobe Bryant: The Mamba Mentality Of One Of The Great Basketball Player Ever Robert Jones 02/06/23
7. Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman 02/06/23
8. A Taste for Love Jennifer Yen 02/10/23
9. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead Emily R. Austin 02/10/23
10. Someday, Maybe Onyi Nwabineli 02/11/23
11. Jar of Hearts Jennifer Hillier 02/12/23
12. See You Yesterday Rachel Lynn Solomon 02/13/23
13. The Marriage Portrait Maggie O'Farrell 02/14/23
14. Love Radio Ebony LaDelle 02/14/23
15. The Hunting Wives May Cobb 02/14/23
16. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law Mary Roach 02/17/23
17. Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson 02/19/23
18. Gravity Is the Thing Jaclyn Moriarty 02/19/23
19. Twice in a Lifetime Melissa Baron 02/20/23
20. Thank You for Listening Julia Whelan 02/23/23
21. I Kissed Shara Wheeler Casey McQuiston 02/25/25
22. Blue Thirst: Tales of Life Abroad Lawrence Durrell 02/28/23

~~~ Complete ~~~

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

5 of 5-6 Complete

1. The Deep, Deep Snow - Brian Freeman - 2/9/23
2. Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter - 2/10/23
3. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn - 2/11/23
4. The 6:20 Man - David Baldacci - 2/14/23
5. Fives and Twenty-Fives - Michael Pitre - 2/16/23

Welcome Melissa!

Congrats Lynda!

COMPLETED :)

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

6 of 6 Complete

1. Bilinmeyen Ülkede Yolculuk (Travelling in a Strange Land) by David Park 2/5/23
2. Vatansiz Adam (The Man Without a Country) by Edward Everett Hale 2/12/23
3. Cevizin Şarkısı (Turkish literature) by Aslı Tohumcu 2/13/23
4. Taştan ve Kemikten (De pierre et d'os) by Bérengère Cournut 2/18/23
5. Vahşetin Çağrısı (The Call of the Wild) by Jack London 2/18/23
6. Can (Soul) by Andrei Platonov 2/23/23

Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. Just a Tease 2/24/23

Finished

Great job Pinar and Trina!

The Lost Challenges
February 2023 Stand Alone
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Read : 3

Single: Read 3-4 books


1.) All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M Morris 2/5/2023
2.) The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary 2/21/2023
3.) The It Girl by Ruth Ware 2/26/2023

FINISHED

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Plague Stones by James Brogden
Feb. 7, 2023

2. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Feb. 16, 2023

3. Tell Me A Secret by Samantha Hayes
Feb. 18, 2023

4. Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Feb. 18, 2023

5. The Last Goodbye by Fiona Lucas
Feb. 23, 2023

6. Surviving Amber Springs by Siobhan Davis
Feb. 26, 2023

FINISHED
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023

1. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe 2/25/2023
2, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O. Henry 2/27/2023
3. Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold 2/27/2023