2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

If you can't change it, change your attitude.
--Maya Angelou

As we go through the seasons of our lives, change is absolutely inevitable. This open challenge encourages members to read about people experiencing major life changes. You are not limited to the examples below, so feel free to read about other major changes.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our challenges, you can learn more about how they work in this thread.

Examples
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce
* Going through puberty or menopause
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.)
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.)
* Starting a new job or career
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
* Surviving or committing a criminal act
* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

Many thanks to Diane, for the lovely masthead and logo, the June theme, this challenge idea, and for offering to lead the challenge!

Hello everyone!
Welcome to all who will be joining us for this Change Challenge. I am excited to explore the theme of life changes this month, and share your reading journey with you.

How To Participate

1. Post here telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read.
You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time during the month and may also change your goal whenever needed.

2. When you finish a book for the challenge, post it here to let the challenge leader know.
Please be sure to post the total number of books you have completed and the number of your original message every time you post an update. We use the number of the original message to identify you, as there can be many members with the same name.

Example:
Update to message 32: 2/25 books read!

If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, check the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread for more information on how our challenges are run or ask your challenge leader.

P.S. Please do not delete posts! It makes updating very confusing for the Moderators! If you decide to leave the challenge, please just let us know. You can edit your original post to say {deleted}. Thank you!

Earn a season badge!
🌸 Spring - Finish one book
☀️ Summer - Finish three books
🍁 Fall - Finish five books
❄️ Winter - Finish six or more books

Participants
Amy (# 25) - 7/10 🌸☀️🍁❄️
ashinyruby (# 31) - 0/10
Beth (# 13) - 10/10 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Brianna Raquel (# 19) - 15/15 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Caraina (# 7) - 10/10 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Chrissie (# 6) - 8/3 🌸☀️🍁v Completed!
Ciara (# 17) - 17/17 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Debra Diggs (# 4) - 5/3 🌸☀️🍁 Completed!
Diane (# 3) - 6/5 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Dubhease (# 22) - 4/4 🌸☀️ Completed!
Frankie (# 10) - 6/6 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
JennH (# 9) - 5/6 🌸☀️🍁
Kalyn (# 21) - 1/3 🌸
Lina (# 18) - 7/3 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Sarah (# 16) - 12/12 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
SarahKat (# 12) - 5/5 🌸☀️🍁 Completed!
Saravzee (# 14) - 3/3 🌸☀️ Completed!
Shari (# 15) - 5/6 🌸☀️🍁
Sheila (# 11) - 11/5 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Suzanne (# 23) - 6/6 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
TerryJane (# 8) - 12/12 🌸☀️🍁❄️ Completed!
Theresa (# 5) - 3/3 🌸☀️ Completed!

Stats
Participants: 22
Books Read: 158
Book Goal: 157
Completed: 17

Updated on July 10, 2024.

I'm in for 5!

Progress: 6/5

1. So Lucky, Nicola Griffith (divorce, major illness diagnosis, becoming disabled)
2. Day, Michael Cunningham (surviving a natural disaster)
3. Gone to Soldiers, Marge Piercy (grieving death, surviving a criminal act, emigrating, coming out, joining [and leaving] the military)
4. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives, Dashka Slater (both committing and surviving a crime, coming out as gender queer)
5. A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood (grieving death)
6. Memorial, Bryan Washington (separation, major illness, death of a loved one, emigration)

June - Life Changes

Sign me up for 3, please.

5/3

✔ 1. Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger (religion, spiritual)
✔ 2. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (going away to college)
✔ 3. Soundings by A. Hamilton Gibbs (falling in love, coming-of-age)
✔ 4. Tales of the Great Beasts by Brandon Mull (war, surviving, joining military/resistance group)
✔ 5. Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson (secret identity, new job)

..

Joining with a goal of 3. Progress: 3/3

✔The Girl Who Was Taken missing person (Jun. 30)
✔The Good Son character released from prison (Jun. 24)
✔Life's Too Short: A Memoir music career struggles & successes (Jun. 10)

Finished: 2024/06/27

I'm in for 3.

Progress: 8/3

finished:
Hard Skin (deflowering, coming out) ✓
El Taubinio (disability) ✓
Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End (imprisonment, exile) ✓
Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime) (arrested after 42 years) ✓
Das Alpha-Omega-Dilemma 01 (parenthood) ✓
Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand (getting a dog) ✓
Autoboyography (coming out among mormon community) ✓
Die Bibel nach Biff (resurrection) ✓

LIFE CHANGES - COMPLETED
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

Completed: 10/10

Examples
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce: Cookies and Clairvoyance - Bailey Cates 6/10/24
* Going through puberty or menopause: Seven Perfect Things - Catherine Ryan Hyde 6/7/24
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.): Lilli de Jong - Janet Benton 6/1/24
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college: The New Normal - Tracy Brogan 6/27/24
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.): The Girls with No Names - Serena Burdick 6/9/24
* Starting a new job or career: Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus 6/24/24
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative: The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand 6/3/24
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
* Surviving or committing a criminal act: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/11/24
* Emigrating from one's birth country: Sing, Wild Bird, Sing - Jacqueline O'Mahony 6/6/24
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy:
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life: The Golden Hour - Beatriz Williams 6/27/24
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

➰ LIFE CHANGES - Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024
Progress: 12/12

➰ Summer Knight - MC suffers separation from GF, diminished income
➰ New Kid - black child moves to new, mostly white school
➰ Eat a Peach - immigrants' son experiences mental health struggles while building his business
➰ How Lucky - disabled MC witnesses a crime
➰ Before and After - adoptees' reunions with birth families
➰ They Called Us Enemy - Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII
➰ The Catcher in the Rye - expulsion from school, mental break
➰ Death Masks - reunion with estranged GF
➰ White Ivy - immigration, criminal behavior, engagement
➰ The Anteater of Death - death in workplace, divorce
➰ Detransition, Baby - gender transition/detransition, infidelity, pregnancy
➰ The Comfort of Ghosts - everyday citizens, resistance unit, and a returning POW dealing with the aftermath of WWII in the UK

I'd like to sign up for 6.

LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

5/6

Examples
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
* Going through puberty or menopause 6/23/24
Finally Heard by Kelly Yang 6/4/24
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.)
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.)
* Starting a new job or career
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
Kernel of Truth by Kristi Abbott 6/23/24
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
* Surviving or committing a criminal act
A Call for Kelp by Bree Baker 6/14/24
* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson 6/30/24
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

6/6 Completed

Examples
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce
(Marriage)
F-Bomb-Lani Lynn Vale 6/02/24
* Going through puberty or menopause
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.)
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.)
(Relocating)
Infatuation-River Savage 6/07/24
* Starting a new job or career
Meant for Stone-Natasha Madison 6/06/24
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
Fragile Sanctuary-Catherine Cowles 6/01/24
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
Stolen Course-Aly Martinez 6/15/24
* Surviving or committing a criminal act
Fallen-Linda Castillo 6/05/24
* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

Sheila from NC and I’ll sign up for 5. Thanks

5/5

🦋Growing up, Instant fame, Eating disorder
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up
🔴Status change
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
🚁Going to war (and many other spoilery things)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
🐶From puppy to "breaking" to sled-dog to wild dog
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
👧War (and many other spoilery things)
Girl at War by Sara Nović

Going for 10.

Complete Jun 10

✅ 1. Reuniting with friend after long separation - Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5) by Naomi Novik
✅ 2. Grieving loss of friends and family - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
✅ 3. Committing a criminal act - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
✅ 4. Learning of a previously unknown child - The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters
✅ 5. Falling in love - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
✅ 6. Reuniting with old love - The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman
✅ 7. Witnessing and solving a crime - Murder on Crete by M Juan-Stanley
✅ 8. Discovering new elements and systems for cataloging them- The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
✅ 9. Surviving near-fatal beating - Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) by John le Carré
✅ 10. Learning to live in a new country - Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1 Part #1) by James Clavell

I'll join in for three books
3/3

Possible Prompts
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce
* Going through puberty or menopause
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.)
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.) Carnival Creeps
* Starting a new job or career
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
* Surviving or committing a criminal act Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic
* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy Circus Creeps
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

I'm going to try for 6

LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

Progress: 5 / 6

Examples
* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce
* Going through puberty or menopause
🎉 * Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.) His Amish Sweetheart
* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college
🎉 * Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.) Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
* Starting a new job or career
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one
🎉 * Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative The Heirs
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
🎉 * Surviving or committing a criminal act: Outfox
* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
🎉 * Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money The Boy with the Star Tattoo
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

Sign me up for 12 books

12/12-COMPLETED

✅Marriage: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (26/6/24)
✅Divorce: The Christmas Blanket (27/6/24)
✅Pregnancy: A Home for Lily (17/6/24)
✅Graduation: Disney High School Musical 3 Senior Year: The Junior Novel (29/6/24)
✅Relocating: Truly (15/6/24)
✅Death of a Loved One: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (27/6/24)
✅Surviving a tragic accident: The Only Survivors (18/6/24)
✅Prison: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (28/6/24)
✅Coming Out: The Year of Ice (22/6/24)
✅Winning the Lottery: An Embarrassment of Riches (23/6/24)
✅Becoming Famous: Braless in Wonderland (23/6/24)
✅Military: The Soldier's K-9 Mission (16/6/24)

I am down for a minimum of 17. Possibly more, specifics to be decided.

Signing up for 3 please, thanks!

🧬 Life Changes - Monthly Challenge 🧬
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

🧬 Progress 7/3 🧬 - COMPLETED!

If you can't change it, change your attitude.
--Maya Angelou

As we go through the seasons of our lives, change is absolutely inevitable. This open challenge encourages members to read about people experiencing major life changes.

Tracking the books I read for this challenge in my corner

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LIFE CHANGES
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

15/15

1.The Duchess Effect – Breakup
2. You Truly Assumed – Tragic Event
3. At the Edge of the Universe – Breakup
4. Wrong Place Wrong Time – Crime
5. Hot for Teacher – Cohabitating
6. The Duke and I – Marriage
7. The Viscount Who Loved Me – Marriage
8. An Offer From a Gentleman – Marriage
9. Romancing Mr Bridgerton - Marriage
10. Malachi – Coma
11. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez – (view spoiler)[Death (hide spoiler)]
12. Love Radio – Chronic Illness
13. Nobody to Love You Better – Birth
14. The Kiss Countdown – Engagement
15. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 – Superpowers

Hello everyone, and welcome! I am excited about this month's Life Changes challenge and am looking forward to seeing what y'all read. Enjoy!

Sign me up for 3 please!

Progress: 1/3

* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.)
--Ghosts of the Shadow Market ✔️

* Graduating from high school or college
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.)
* Starting a new job or career
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster
* Surviving or committing a criminal act

I will do 4

4/4

1. The Murder on the Links - grief and death
2. Legends & Lattes - starting a business
3. Brisingr - growing up
4. A Death at the Party - a character turns 60 - also explores going from poverty to wealth

2024 Reading Challenge
June - Life Changes
Duration: June 1 - June 30, 2024

Progress: 6 out of 6

If you can't change it, change your attitude.
--Maya Angelou

As we go through the seasons of our lives, change is absolutely inevitable. This open challenge encourages members to read about people experiencing major life changes. You are not limited to the examples below, so feel free to read about other major changes.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our challenges, you can learn more about how they work in this thread.

Examples

* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation or divorce:
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake - ***** - 6/7/2024 - 375 Pages

* Going through puberty or menopause

* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.):
Bossypants by Tina Fey - ***** - 6/23/2024 - 277 Pages

* Becoming an empty-nester
* Graduating from high school or college

* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.):
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - ***** - 6/30/2024 - 483 Pages
* Starting a new job or career
Codex by Lev Grossman - *** - 6/5/2024 - 348 Pages

* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one

* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages

* Surviving a tragic accident or natural disaster

* Surviving or committing a criminal act:
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - **** - 6/16/2024 - 505 Pages

* Emigrating from one's birth country
* Departing or joining a religion, faith or belief system
* Coming out as, or realizing one is, LGBTQIA+
* Undergoing a gender transition or de-transition
* Experiencing sudden wealth or a sudden loss of money
* Experiencing sudden fame or infamy
* Joining the military, or leaving the military for civilian life
* Becoming disabled, or overcoming a disability
* Moving to assisted living, or needing in-home healthcare (oneself or a loved one)

Post 14 is updated
1/3 books completed

I will go for 10!
7/1000 Challenge Incomplete

* Experiencing engagement, marriage, cohabitation, separation, or divorce:
1. The Covenant of Water
* Becoming a parent (birth, adoption, foster, etc.):
1. A Different Blue
* Moving (out of parents' home, relocating, etc.):
1. Love Unlocked
* Having a major illness in oneself or a loved one:
1. The Better Liar
* Grieving the death of a pet, friend or relative:
1. The Nightingale
* Surviving or committing a criminal act:
1. The Crêpes of Wrath
* Emigrating from one's birth country:
1. A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home

Updated message 25-- 1/10

Update to message #4: 2/3

Updated message 25-- 2/10

Update to #13 - 10/10 complete

Thanks for this great challenge!

Beth wrote: "Update to #13 - 10/10 complete

Thanks for this great challenge!"

Wow, that was fast Beth! Thanks for joining and congratulations for finishing the challenge.

Update message #6 - so far down with 4/3 and might add more along the way

Update to message #7: 6/10 books read!

Update to message #4: 5/3
Challenge completed.
Thanks for the fun challenge.

Update to Message #8 : 12/12

Thank you, Diane!

Update to Message 12: 5/5 complete!

🦋Growing up, Instant fame, Eating disorder
The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and The Glory of Growing Up

🔴Status change
Red Rising by Pierce Brown

🚁Going to war (and many other spoilery things)
The Women by Kristin Hannah

🐶From puppy to "breaking" to sled-dog to wild dog
The Call of the Wild by Jack London

👧War (and many other spoilery things)
Girl at War by Sara Nović

post 14 is updated
3/3 done-challenge completed :)

Congrats Chrissie, Debra Diggs, SarahKat, Saravzee, and TerryJane for finishing the challenge. Thanks for joining!

Updated message 25-- 3/10

updated msg 19, 15/15

Updated message 25-- 4/10

Brianna Raquel, Congrats on finishing the challenge and exceeding your original goal!

Update to 22

4/4 - I'm finished.

Updated message 25-- 5/10

Update to msg #21 please! Progress: 1/3

Sheila from NC,#11, completed with 11/05.lots of reading about changes,

1. Butterfly Yellow-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4..., refugee and life in new country
2. Death by Chocolate Lab- grieving death of friends and surviving criminal act,
3. Emigrating- Butterfly-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
4. Death of family member, fostering child, Meet the Austins, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
5. Moving, The Long Game, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
6. Death and birth- The Unicorn in the Barn, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
7. Lily’s Crossing- relocating and war refugees , https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
8. The Moon by Night- growing up-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
9. Yinka, Where is Your Husband, changing careers- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...-
10. The Galaxy and the Ground Within, galaxy tragedy, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
11. Dragonflight, from kitchen drudge to leader, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
June- change by any other name

Message #10 Update

6/6 Completed

Update to message #17: challenge completed! Read 17 of 17 books! I will probably read more before the month's end, but 17 is what I said I'd do. details under the spoiler tag. I tried to note the changes involved in each book without giving away actual spoilers.

(view spoiler)[1. Headshot - Rita Bullwinkel (competing in what is, for several of the characters, the final boxing tournament of their lives)
2. Sociopath - Patric Gagne (memoir about growing up a sociopath)
3. Green Dot - Madeleine Gray (MC starts a new job, falls in love, moves to a new country, & has her heart broken)
4. The Reformatory - Tananarive Due (MC is unjustly sent to a hellish reform school)
5. The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff (MC flees her home & must survive alone in the wilderness)
6. The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley (time travel & falling in love)
7. James - Percival Everett (MC escapes slavery)
8. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna (MC moves, falls in love, finds new family, starts a business)
9. You Dreamed of Empires - Álvaro Enrigue (alternate history)
10. One of Our Kind - Nicola Yoon (MC moves, gives birth, & changes in other ways)
11. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook - Hampton Sides (exploration, first contact, death)
12. 11/22/63 - Stephen King (time travel & the butterfly effect)
13. The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller (a group of friends must survive a zombie apocalypse)
14. youthjuice - E.K. Sathue (MC quits a bad habit & ascends the corporate ladder)
15. Stone Cold Fox - Rachel Koller Croft (MC get engaged/married, changes jobs, has a baby, & re-connects with long-lost family)
16. Kittentits - Holly Wilson (a key character is released from prison, the MC makes new friends, runs away from home, & learns necromancy)
17. The Glow - Jessie Gaynor (MC takes a new job) (hide spoiler)]

Update message #6 - finishing lastly with 8/3

Congrats for finishing the challenge Dubhease, Sheila, Frankie, Ciara, and Chrissie!

Updated message 25-- 6/10