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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

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
Ariel FINISHED

Caraina FINISHED
Crystal FINISHED

Ferenc FINISHED

Genevieve

Jan
JoAnne FINISHED
Julesy FINISHED

Katrina FINISHED
Kendra FINISHED

Lali & Michelle FINISHED

Meghana FINISHED
Melissa A FINISHED
Michele FINISHED

Olivermagnus FINISHED

Shash FINISHED
Suzanne FINISHED

Tammie FINISHED

July Stand Alone
Read: 3

Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Cliffs J. Courtney Sullivan 7/9/24
2. A Happier Life Kristy Woodson Harvey 7/21/24
3. In the Middle of Hickory Lane Heather Webber 7/23/24

July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Fish Girl by David Wiesner - July 2
2. Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa - July 3
3. Just Pretend by Tori Sharp - July 4
4. Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir - July 6
5. Vincent: A Graphic Biography: A Graphic Biography by Simon Elliott - July 7
6. We Are Big Time by Hena Khan - July 9

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

01. How to End a Love Story, Yulin Kuang - 7/8
02. The Client: A Lawyer Fights for Love, Alex Gilove - 7/10
03. The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas - 7/12
04. Group Therapy, B. B. Easton - 7/22
05. The Lore of Prometheus, Graham Austin-King - 7/23
06. The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope – 7/27

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1) Uprooted - Naomi Novik 06/07/24
2) Mansfield Park - Jane Austen 18/07/24

July Stand Alone
Read:

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

1. A Travel Guide to Heaven: 10th Anniversary Edition by Anthony DeStefano. Read 7/1/24
2. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Read 7/8/24
3. Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Read 7/9/24
4. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. Read 7/10/24
5.Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Read 7/14/24
6.Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Read 7/22/24

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Goal: 6/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

• Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24
• The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24
• An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine - 07/13/24
• It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo - 07/14/24
• The Birdwoman's Palate - Laksmi Pamuntjak - 07/21/24
• Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History - William Alexander - 07/21/24

Welcome Julesy, Ariel, Katrina, Michele and Ferenc!

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

1. The Blooding by Joseph Wambaugh Joseph Wambaugh 7/4
2. Prayers for Sale Sandra Dallas 7/6
3. The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies Stephen Kendrick 7/7
4. The Forest of Vanishing Stars Kristin Harmel 7/9
5. Escape Carolyn Jessop 7/11
6. The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to AntarcticaLaurie Gwen Shapiro 7/21
7. Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 7/23
8. The Love Languages Of God Gary Chapman 7/28

FINISHED!!! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(07/16/24)

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solitary: 6/5-6 books

1. Summers at the Saint Mary Kay Andrews 07/05/24
2. The Magician's Assistant Ann Patchett 07/07/24
3. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown 07/08/24
4. Flight of Dreams Ariel Lawhon 07/09/24
5. The Husbands Chandler Baker 07/15/24
6. A Winter in New York Josie Silver 07/16/24

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

COMPLETED!

1.) Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub 7/3/2024
2.) Prom Mom by Laura Lippmann 7/4/2024
3.) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 7/12/2024
4.) Digging In by Loretta Nyhan 7/15/2024
5.) Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noessner 7/19/2024

Goal - Solitary: Read 5-6 books


1. The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo | 7/8
2. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover | 7/9
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride | 7/10
4. Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile, Michael Katakis | 7/12
5. The Love of my Life, Rosie Walsh | 7/19
6. The View from Alameda Island, Robyn Carr | 7/21

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024


👣 Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 7/1/24
👣 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 7/2/24
👣 Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan 7/7/24
👣 You, with a View by Jessica Joyce 7/17/24
👣 Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood 7/25/24
👣 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 7/26/24

July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

6 of 5-6 Complete

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Unsinkable - Jenni L. Walsh - 7/3/24
2. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn - 7/4/24
3. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 7/5/24
4. The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict - 7/6/24
5. Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng - 7/9/24
6. Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson - 7/10/24

Welcome everyone!

Tammie wrote: "Goal - Solitary: Read 5-6 books
"...


FYI - Moloka'i is a series book.

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

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

1. Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff - 7/3
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 7/15
3. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - 7/16
4. The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein - 7/18
5. S.o.s. Titanic by Eve Bunting - 7/23
6. Shopgirl by Steve Martin - 7/29

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge - FINISHED
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

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

1. All Good People Here - Ashley Flowers 7/7/24
2. Kiss Her Once for Me - Alison Cochrun 7/9/24
3. Z for Zachariah - Robert C. O'Brien 7/10/24
4. Light Through the Vines - Fiona Valpy 7/15/24
5. Sister Friends Forever - Kimberla Lawson Roby 7/20/24
6. The Best Is Yet to Come - Debbie Macomber 7/27/24

July Stand Alone
Duration: July 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024

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

6/6

1. Medea by Blandine Le Callet - July 4th
2. The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha - July 8th
3. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 14th
4. Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs & Shawnelle Gibbs- July 22nd
5. Twilight Territory by Andrew X. Pham - July 29th
6. Regina's Secret Spaces: Love and Lore of Local Geography edited by Jeannie Mah - July 31st

Welcome Crystal, Caraina and Kendra!

The Lost Challenges
July 2024 Stand Alone
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

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. Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages
2. Meaty by Samantha Irby - **** - 7/7/2024 - 272 Pages
3. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr Deluxe Edition by Ram V. - ***** - 7/8/2024 - 144 Pages
4. Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby - **** - 7/9/2024 - 112 Pages
5. Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024 - 329 Pages
6. Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo - ***** - 7/15/2024 - 80 Pages

Welcome Suzanne!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
July 2024

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

1. The Orchids of Ashthorne Hall by Rebecca Anderson (7/5/24)

Welcome Shash!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
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Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Level: Solitary (5-6 books)

5/5

✔ 1. Small Things Like These 7/8/24
✔ 2. Lovers at the Museum 7/11/24
✔ 3. Crying in H Mart 7/12/24
✔ 4. Bob 7/30/24
✔ 5. White is for Witching 7/22/24

Welcome Meghana!

FINISHED!

July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Fish Girl by David Wiesner - July 2
2. Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa - July 3
3. Just Pretend by Tori Sharp - July 4
4. Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir - July 6
5. Vincent: A Graphic Biography: A Graphic Biography by Simon Elliott - July 7
6. We Are Big Time by Hena Khan - July 9

~~~ Complete ~~~

July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

6 of 5-6 Complete

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Unsinkable - Jenni L. Walsh - 7/3/24
2. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn - 7/4/24
3. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant - 7/5/24
4. The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict - 7/6/24
5. Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng - 7/9/24
6. Before I Go to Sleep - S.J. Watson - 7/10/24

WOOHOO Julesy and Lynda!

Finished!

The Lost Challenges
July 2024 Stand Alone
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

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. Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within by Chade-Meng Tan - **** - 7/5/2024 - 272 Pages
2. Meaty by Samantha Irby - **** - 7/7/2024 - 272 Pages
3. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr Deluxe Edition by Ram V. - ***** - 7/8/2024 - 144 Pages
4. Marry Me a Little: A Graphic Memoir by Robert Kirby - **** - 7/9/2024 - 112 Pages
5. Road Queens by MaryJanice Davidson - *** - 7/13/2024 - 329 Pages
6. Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo - ***** - 7/15/2024 - 80 Pages

WOOHOO Suzanne!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

COMPLETED!

1.) Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures by Emma Straub 7/3/2024
2.) Prom Mom by Laura Lippmann 7/4/2024
3.) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 7/12/2024
4.) Digging In by Loretta Nyhan 7/15/2024
5.) Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator by Gary Noessner 7/19/2024

WOOHOO Anne!

Just realized I never signed up.

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

1.

Completed

Goal - Solitary: Read 5-6 books


1. The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo | 7/8
2. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover | 7/9
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride | 7/10
4. Traveller: Observations from an American in Exile, Michael Katakis | 7/12
5. The Love of my Life, Rosie Walsh | 7/19
6. The View from Alameda Island, Robyn Carr | 7/21

FINISHED!!! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
(07/16/24)

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

Solitary: 6/5-6 books

1. Summers at the Saint Mary Kay Andrews 07/05/24
2. The Magician's Assistant Ann Patchett 07/07/24
3. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown 07/08/24
4. Flight of Dreams Ariel Lawhon 07/09/24
5. The Husbands Chandler Baker 07/15/24
6. A Winter in New York Josie Silver 07/16/24

Welcome Genevieve!


WOOHOO Tammie and Mel!

Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024 - Finished

Solo: Read 1-2 books

1) Uprooted - Naomi Novik 06/07/24
2) Mansfield Park - Jane Austen 18/07/24

Completion post
July Stand Alone
Read:

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

1. A Travel Guide to Heaven: 10th Anniversary Edition by Anthony DeStefano. Read 7/1/24
2. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Read 7/8/24
3. Angel Fire by Andrew M. Greeley Read 7/9/24
4. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. Read 7/10/24
5.Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Read 7/14/24
6.Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Read 7/22/24

WOOHOO Katrina and Michele!

FINISHED

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

👣 Much Ado About You by Samantha Young 7/1/24
👣 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon 7/2/24
👣 Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan 7/7/24
👣 You, with a View by Jessica Joyce 7/17/24
👣 Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood 7/25/24
👣 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 7/26/24

WOOHOO Michelle!

FINISHED!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

01. How to End a Love Story, Yulin Kuang - 7/8
02. The Client: A Lawyer Fights for Love, Alex Gilove - 7/10
03. The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas - 7/12
04. Group Therapy, B. B. Easton - 7/22
05. The Lore of Prometheus, Graham Austin-King - 7/23
06. The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope – 7/27

WOOHOO Ariel!

Finished!!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff - 7/3
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 7/15
3. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay - 7/16
4. The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein - 7/18
5. S.o.s. Titanic by Eve Bunting - 7/23
6. Shopgirl by Steve Martin - 7/29

Completed!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Goal: 6/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

• Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa - 07/03/24
• The Book Thief - Markus Zusak - 07/05/24
• An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine - 07/13/24
• It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo - 07/14/24
• The Birdwoman's Palate - Laksmi Pamuntjak - 07/21/24
• Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History - William Alexander - 07/21/24

WOOHOO Crystal and Ferenc!

FINISHED
July Stand Alone
Read: 3

Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Cliffs J. Courtney Sullivan 7/9/24
2. A Happier Life Kristy Woodson Harvey 7/21/24
3. In the Middle of Hickory Lane Heather Webber 7/23/24

Finished

July Stand Alone
Duration: July 1st, 2024 - July 31st, 2024

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

6/6

1. Medea by Blandine Le Callet - July 4th
2. The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha - July 8th
3. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 14th
4. Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs & Shawnelle Gibbs- July 22nd
5. Twilight Territory by Andrew X. Pham - July 29th
6. Regina's Secret Spaces: Love and Lore of Local Geography edited by Jeannie Mah - July 31st