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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 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.

Anne FINISHED

Bobbi

Caraina

Elaine
Elle FINISHED

Ferenc FINISHED
Frankie FINISHED

Genevieve FINISHED
Grace FINISHED

Jan FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED

Katrina FINISHED
Kendra FINISHED

Mandy
Melissa A FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Pinar FINISHED

Shannon FINISHED
Shash FINISHED
Stephanie FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read: 6

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. Local Woman Missing Mary Kubica 4/2/23
2. Bookshop by the Sea Denise Hunter 4/4/23
3. The Heirloom Garden Viola Shipman 4/5/23
4. Weyward Emilia Hart 4/10/23
5. Dancing with the Devil Alison Post 4/20/23
6. The Seaside Library Brenda Novak 4/30/23

FINISHED
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read: 14

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

14/6+

1. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See 04/01/23
2. Where the Heart Is Billie Letts 04/02/23
3. The Return Rachel Harrison 04/03/23
4. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Elif Shafak(Libby ebook) 04/08/23
5. Z is for Zachariah Robert C. O'Brien 04/12/23
6. Little Secrets Jennifer Hillier 04/16/23
7. Behind Her Eyes Sarah Pinborough 04/16/23
8. Romantic Comedy Curtis Sittenfeld 04/18/23
9. Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver 04/22/23
10. The Tobacco Wives Adele Myers 04/22/23
11. Rise to the Sun Leah Johnson 04/23/23
12. The Unexpected Guest Charles Osborne 04/24/23
13. The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix 04/27/23
14. The 158-Pound Marriage John Irving 04/30/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

1. The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield 4/17/23
2. The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White 4/19/23
3. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen 4/21/23
4. Letters to Karen: On Keeping Love in Marriage by Charlie W. Shedd 4/23/23
5. Escape by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer 4/27/28
6. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson 4/28/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Aveke | Tijan - Apr 1
2. Other Birds | Sarah Addison Allen - Apr 13
3. Everybody Knows | Jordan Harper - Apr 16
4. Practice Makes Perfect | Julie James - Apr 19
5. Minor Mage | T. Kingfisher - Apr 26

April 2023
Solitary: 4/5

1. I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy 💧💧💧💧💧 4/2/23
2. Sour Candy - Kealan Patrick Burke 💧💧💧💧 4/3/23
3. How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 💧💧💧💧 4/6/23
4. The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 💧💧💧 4/7/23

April Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: Apr. 1st, 2023 - Apr. 30th, 2023

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

7/6

1. Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel - Apr. 7th
2. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa - Apr. 9th
3. The Road Home by Jill Shalvis - Apr. 9th
4. Angel & Hannah: A Novel in Verse by Ishle Park - Apr. 10th
5. Mirror to Mirror by Rajani LaRocca - Apr. 11th
6. Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai by Jim Colucci - Apr. 20th
7. The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts by Silvia Ferrara - Apr. 30th

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

6 of 6 Complete

1. Not All Bastards Are from Vienna - Andrea Molesini - 4/2/23
2. Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor - 4/3/23
3. A Girl Called Samson - Amy Harmon - 4/4/23
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin - 4/7/23
5. The Librarian of Burned Books - Brianna Labuskes - 4/12/23
6. The Maid - Nita Prose - 4/16/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read:3
Single: Read 3-4 books

COMPLETED

1.) All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani 4/20/2023
2.) The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont 4/26/2023
3.) 214 Palmer Street by Karen McQuestion 4/28/2023

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Goal: 2/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. King Of Spies - Mark Millar - 04/26/23
2. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe - Mark Dawidziak - 04/28/23

Welcome Melissa, Shannon, Elle, Bobbi, Kendra, Lynda, Anne and Ferenc!

Stand Alone Challenge

1. You & Me 4-10-23
2. The Lost Ship of the Tucker Rebellion
3. I’m His First, He’s My Forever

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 2023

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

1. Twilight at Moorington Cross by Abigail Wilson (4/1/23)
2. Midnight on the River Grey by Abigail Wilson (4/13/23)
3. Abby's Hero by Tina Radcliffe (4/13/23)
4. High as the Heavens by Kate Breslin (4/29/23)

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Nocturne by Alyssa Wees 4/2/23
2. Smoke Signals by Meredith Katz 4/3/23
3. A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher 4/4/23
4. Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Brian Switek 4/7/23
5. Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke 4/13/23
6. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain 14/4/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read:

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

1. Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? by Gare Thompson 4/23/2023
2. Requiem for Mr. Busybody by Josh Lanyon 4/23/2023

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Single: Read 3-4 books


1) The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco 02/04/23
2) Caravaggio - Leonardo Castellucci 04/04/23
3) The Colorado Kid - Stephen King 13/04/23
4) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender 27/04/23

Welcome Elaine, Shash, Stephanie, Genevieve and Katrina!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read:

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

1. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine-Maika Moulite 4/6
2. Me: Moth-Amber McBride 4/23
3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things-Iain Reid 4/27

Welcome Grace!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

5/5-6 Completed. Finished

1.Bad Mother-Mia Sheridan 4/03/23
2.Perfect Strangers-J.T. Geissinger 4/07/23
3.In a Jam-Kate Canterbary 4/16/23
4.Mothered-Zoje Stage 4/23/23
5.Quiet Angel-Prescott Lane 4/26/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

6/6 completed

1. Dişlerimin Hikâyesi (The Story of My Teeth) by Valeria Luiselli 4/2/23
2. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 4/4/23
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 4/5/23
4. Plaj (The Beach) by Cesare Pavese 4/6/23
5. Berlin'in Nar Çiçeği (Garnet of Berlin) by Füruzan 4/9/23
6. Bende Ölen Sensin (Turkish literature) by Irmak Zileli 4/14/23

Welcome Frankie and Pinar!

6/6

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

1. The Torrents of Spring, First Love, and Mumu Ivan Turgenev 4/7/23
2. Quicksilver Dean Koontz 4/7/23
3. Letters to the Church Francis Chan 4/12/23
4. The Night Agent Matthew Quirk 4/14/23
5. Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 4/15/23
6. Phoenix Rising John J. Nance 4/21/23

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Completed: 0/6

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April Stand Alone
Duration: Apr 1 - Apr 30, 2023
Goals: Solo: 1-2 books | Single: 3-4 books | Solitary: 5-6 books
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Welcome Jan, Caraina and Mandy!

The Lost Challenges
April 2023 Stand Alone
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 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. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
2. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
3. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - ***** - 4/9/2023 - 352 Pages
4. No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
5. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - **** - 4/14/2023 - 336 Pages
6. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

FINISHED

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

6/6 completed

1. Dişlerimin Hikâyesi (The Story of My Teeth) by Valeria Luiselli 4/2/23
2. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 4/4/23
3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 4/5/23
4. Plaj (The Beach) by Cesare Pavese 4/6/23
5. Berlin'in Nar Çiçeği (Garnet of Berlin) by Füruzan 4/9/23
6. Bende Ölen Sensin (Turkish literature) by Irmak Zileli 4/14/23

WOOHOO Pinar!

Finished!

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Nocturne by Alyssa Wees 4/2/23
2. Smoke Signals by Meredith Katz 4/3/23
3. A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher 4/4/23
4. Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Brian Switek 4/7/23
5. Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke 4/13/23
6. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain 4/14/23

Awesome Stephanie!

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
April 2023 Stand Alone
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 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. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
2. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
3. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - ***** - 4/9/2023 - 352 Pages
4. No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
5. Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - **** - 4/14/2023 - 336 Pages
6. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages

Well done Suzanne!

~~~ Complete ~~~

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

6 of 6 Complete

1. Not All Bastards Are from Vienna - Andrea Molesini - 4/2/23
2. Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor - 4/3/23
3. A Girl Called Samson - Amy Harmon - 4/4/23
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin - 4/7/23
5. The Librarian of Burned Books - Brianna Labuskes - 4/12/23
6. The Maid - Nita Prose - 4/16/23

Awesome Lynda!

Completed

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

1. The Torrents of Spring, First Love, and Mumu Ivan Turgenev 4/7/23
2. Quicksilver Dean Koontz 4/7/23
3. Letters to the Church Francis Chan 4/12/23
4. The Night Agent Matthew Quirk 4/14/23
5. Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson 4/15/23
6. Phoenix Rising John J. Nance 4/21/23

Fantastic Jan!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

5/5-6 Completed. Finished

1.Bad Mother-Mia Sheridan 4/03/23
2.Perfect Strangers-J.T. Geissinger 4/07/23
3.In a Jam-Kate Canterbary 4/16/23
4.Mothered-Zoje Stage 4/23/23
5.Quiet Angel-Prescott Lane 4/26/23

Great job Frankie!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge Finished
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Single: Read 3-4 books


1) The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco 02/04/23
2) Caravaggio - Leonardo Castellucci 04/04/23
3) The Colorado Kid - Stephen King 13/04/23
4) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender 27/04/23

Wonderful Katrina!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read:3
Single: Read 3-4 books

COMPLETED

1.) All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani 4/20/2023
2.) The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont 4/26/2023
3.) 214 Palmer Street by Karen McQuestion 4/28/2023

FINISHED!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

1. The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield 4/17/23
2. The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White 4/19/23
3. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen 4/21/23
4. Letters to Karen: On Keeping Love in Marriage by Charlie W. Shedd 4/23/23
5. Escape by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer 4/27/28
6. They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson 4/28/23

Great job Anne and Shannon!

FINISHED

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Read: 2

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? by Gare Thompson 4/23/2023
2. Requiem for Mr. Busybody by Josh Lanyon 4/23/2023

Finished!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 2023

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Aveke | Tijan - Apr 1
2. Other Birds | Sarah Addison Allen - Apr 13
3. Everybody Knows | Jordan Harper - Apr 16
4. Practice Makes Perfect | Julie James - Apr 19
5. Minor Mage | T. Kingfisher - Apr 26

Finished!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

Goal: 2/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books

1. King Of Spies - Mark Millar - 04/26/23
2. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe - Mark Dawidziak - 04/28/23

WOOHOO Genevieve, Elle and Ferenc!