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June 2025 Stand Alone
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Read: 5
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. The River Runs South Audrey Ingram 6/7/25
2. Other People’s Summers Sarah Morgan 6/15/25
3. The Lost Book of First Loves RaeAnne Thayne 6/17/25
4. Look on the Bright Side Kristan Higgins 6/18/25
5. I Think I Was Murdered Colleen Coble 6/20/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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 Completed. Finish
1.Birthday Girl-Matthew Iden 6/01/25
2.Only Love Can Hurt Like This-Paige Toon 6/21/25
3.Too Soon for Adiós-Annette Chavez Macias 6/22/25
4.Stolen Baby-L.G. Davis 6/23/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Completed: 6/6
1. Opioid, Indiana - Brian Allen Carr 6/4/25
2. No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy 6/4/25
3. When Mimi Went Missing - Suja Sukumar 6/9/25
4. Sister, Sister - Eric Jerome Dickey 6/11/25
5. The Fury - Alex Michaelides 6/13/25
6. Someone Like Us - Dinaw Mengestu 6/25/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeJune 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
6 of 6 Complete
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Stories from Suffragette City - M.J. Rose - 4 Stars - 6/1/25
2. The White Darkness - David Grann - 4.5 Stars - 6/7/25
3. The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25
4. The Boyfriend - Freida McFadden - 3.5 Stars - 6/11/25
5. When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka - 3 Stars - 6/17/25
6. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly - 4 Stars - 6/19/25
FINISHED! June Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
(06/05/25)
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
6/5-6
1. The Radleys Matt Haig 06/02/25
2. Landlines Raynor Winn 06/03/25
3. The Artist and the Feast Lucy Steeds 06/04/25
4. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey 06/05/25
5. What Happens in Amsterdam Rachel Lynn Solomon 06/05/25
6. The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 06/05/25
June Stand AloneDuration: June 1st, 2025 - June 30th, 2025
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
11/6
1. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - June 2nd
2. She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa - June 5th
3. Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum - June 8th
4. Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang - June 9th
5. 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins by Dave Karger - June 10th
6. It's All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango - June 14th
7. Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood - June 15th
8. Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn by Estelle Paranque - June 18th
9. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - June 20th
10. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - June 21st
11. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism by John U. Bacon - June 23rd
Finished: 2025/06/25Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Progress: 6/3
Stand Alone:
The emperor of gladness by Ocean Vuong (25/06/04)
Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama (25/06/05)
Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion (25/06/13)
Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (25/06/16)
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson (25/06/17)
Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr (25/06/25)
other:
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
FINISHED
6/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Get Ahead in…CHEMISTRY|Tom Whipple|03/06/25
Poisoned|Jennifer Donnelly|06/06/25
Much Ado About Nothing|William Shakespeare|12/06/25
Love Is for Losers|Wibke Brueggemann|18/06/25
That Time I Got Kidnapped|Tom Mitchell|20/06/25|
Splinters of Scarlet|Emily Bain Murphy|24/06/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Progress: /2
Stand AloneJune 2025
6/6
1. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley 6/2/25
2. Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 6/3/25
3. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 6/11/25
4. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 6/12/25
5. The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton 6/16/25
6. The Last Word by Taylor Adams 6/19/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Chickenpox by Remy Lai - June 1
2. The Red Badge of Courage: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Classic by Steve Cuzor - June 2
3. On Guard!: A Marshall Middle School Graphic Novel by Cassidy Wasserman - June 4
4. Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-Sik Hong - June 8
5. Be That Way by Hope Larson - June 9
6. Button Pusher by Tyler Page - June 13
Solo: Read 1-2 booksSingle: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Wright Brothers David McCullough
2. Living on the Edge: Dare to Experience True Spirituality by Chip Ingram
3. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Ed Gein: Psycho Paul Anthony Woods
5. Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Stasi Eldredge
6. Wrestling with God: Prayer That Never Gives Up Greg Laurie
7. French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France by Richard Goodman
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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
1. Son: A Psychopath and his Victims by Jack Olsen. Read 6/5/25
2. Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris Read 6/6/25
3. Something Like Happy by Eva Woods Read 6/7/25.
4. The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson Read 6/13/25
5. The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin. Read 6/13/25
6.For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Read 6/14/25.
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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) The Truth About Bebe Donge - Georges Simenon 21/06/25
2) The Scent of Lemon Leaves - Clara Sánchez
Mod
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
1. Strings Attached by Riley Hart 6/4/2025
2. Up for the Challenge by Riley Hart 6/8/2025
3. 10 Ways to Accidentally Fall in Love by Emmy Sanders 6/14/2025
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: 7/6
1. Sister, Butcher, Sister | K.D. Aldyn | 06.05
2. Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason | 06.06
3. The Identicals | Elin Hilderbrand | 06.07
4. Beneath a Scarlet Sky | Mark T. Sullivan | 06.08
5. Prep | Curtis Sittenfeld | 06.08
6. Will | Veronique Kodjo | 06.08
7. Making Faces | Amy Harmon | 06.08
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Goal: 5/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
• There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak - 06/09/25
• The Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong - 06/14/25
• Charlotte's Web - E.B. White - 06/17/25
• A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson - Camille Peri - 06/26/25
• Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art - Lauren Elkin - 06/27/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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. If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura 13 June 2025 ★★★★
une Stand Alone Monthly Challenge - COMPLETED================================
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Level: Single
4/4
✔ 1.Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 06/14/25
✔ 2.A Haunting in the Arctic by C.J. Cooke 06/09/25
✔ 3. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 06/02/25
✔ 4. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 06/30/25
June | Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeRead:
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
COMPLETED!
1.) The Family Recipe by Caroline Hunyh 6/4/2025
2.) Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James 6/10/2025
3.) I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell 6/29/2025
June | Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeRead:
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - 6/9/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 Books
1. The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner 06.07.25
2. Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson 06.09.25
3. Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister 06.11.25
4. Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth 06.15.25
5. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 06.23.25
CompletedStand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: 7/6
1. Sister, Butcher, Sister | K.D. Aldyn | 06.05
2. Sorrow and Bliss | Meg Mason | 06.06
3. The Identicals | Elin Hilderbrand | 06.07
4. Beneath a Scarlet Sky | Mark T. Sullivan | 06.08
5. Prep | Curtis Sittenfeld | 06.08
6. Will | Veronique Kodjo | 06.08
7. Making Faces | Amy Harmon | 06.08
COMPLETED 06.10.25Stand Alone Monthly Challenge: 6/6
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
✅1. One Death at a Time | Abbi Waxman | 06.03.25
✅2. 32 Days in May | Betty Corrello | 06.04.25
✅3. Queenie Candice Carty-Williams | 06.05.25
✅4. Human Acts | Han Kang | 06.06.25
✅5. Do Me a Favor | Cathy Yardley | 06.09.25
✅6. We Are Watching | Alison Gaylin | 06.10.25
FINISHED! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Chickenpox by Remy Lai - June 1
2. The Red Badge of Courage: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Classic by Steve Cuzor - June 2
3. On Guard!: A Marshall Middle School Graphic Novel by Cassidy Wasserman - June 4
4. Uncomfortably Happily by Yeon-Sik Hong - June 8
5. Be That Way by Hope Larson - June 9
6. Button Pusher by Tyler Page - June 13
COMPLETION POSTStand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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
1. Son: A Psychopath and his Victims by Jack Olsen. Read 6/5/25
2. Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris Read 6/6/25
3. Something Like Happy by Eva Woods Read 6/7/25.
4. The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson Read 6/13/25
5. The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin. Read 6/13/25
6.For One More Day by Mitch Albom. Read 6/14/25.
FINISHED! June Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
(06/05/25)
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
6/5-6
1. The Radleys Matt Haig 06/02/25
2. Landlines Raynor Winn 06/03/25
3. The Artist and the Feast Lucy Steeds 06/04/25
4. The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey 06/05/25
5. What Happens in Amsterdam Rachel Lynn Solomon 06/05/25
6. The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson 06/05/25
~~~ Complete ~~~Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
6 of 6 Complete
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Stories from Suffragette City - M.J. Rose - 4 Stars - 6/1/25
2. The White Darkness - David Grann - 4.5 Stars - 6/7/25
3. The Road to Tender Hearts - Annie Hartnett - 5 Stars - 6/8/25
4. The Boyfriend - Freida McFadden - 3.5 Stars - 6/11/25
5. When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka - 3 Stars - 6/17/25
6. Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly - 4 Stars - 6/19/25
FINISHEDStand Alone
June 2025
6/6
1. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley 6/2/25
2. Indigo by Beverly Jenkins 6/3/25
3. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 6/11/25
4. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams 6/12/25
5. The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton 6/16/25
6. The Last Word by Taylor Adams 6/19/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
FINISHED
6/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Get Ahead in…CHEMISTRY|Tom Whipple|03/06/25
Poisoned|Jennifer Donnelly|06/06/25
Much Ado About Nothing|William Shakespeare|12/06/25
Love Is for Losers|Wibke Brueggemann|18/06/25
That Time I Got Kidnapped|Tom Mitchell|20/06/25|
Splinters of Scarlet|Emily Bain Murphy|24/06/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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 Completed. Finish
1.Birthday Girl-Matthew Iden 6/01/25
2.Only Love Can Hurt Like This-Paige Toon 6/21/25
3.Too Soon for Adiós-Annette Chavez Macias 6/22/25
4.Stolen Baby-L.G. Davis 6/23/25
Update message #9 - finished with 6Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Progress: 6/3
Stand Alone:
The emperor of gladness by Ocean Vuong (25/06/04)
Total in dich verschossen by Sukeyama (25/06/05)
Licht zwischen den Bäumen by Una Mannion (25/06/13)
Ruhm und Verbrechen des Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum (25/06/16)
Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson (25/06/17)
Alles Licht, das wir nicht sehen by Anthony Doerr (25/06/25)
other:
DoneSolo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Wright Brothers David McCullough
2. Living on the Edge: Dare to Experience True Spirituality by Chip Ingram
3. What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Ed Gein: Psycho Paul Anthony Woods
5. Becoming Myself: Embracing God's Dream of You by Stasi Eldredge
6. Wrestling with God: Prayer That Never Gives Up Greg Laurie
7. French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France by Richard Goodman
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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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