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Angel **Book Junkie** FINISHED
Caraina
Chrissie
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Crystal
Denise
Ferenc
Frankie
Genevieve
Jan
JoAnne
Julesy FINISHED
Katrina
Kendra
Lali & Michelle
Laura Z FINISHED
Maritza
Mary
Melissa A
Michele FINISHED
Nick
Olivermagnus
Prisha
Susan FINISHED
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Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read: 1
1. Hidden Nature Nora Roberts 10/2/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Completed
I'm in for ... Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Haunting of Hill House - 10/1/25
2. Behind Closed Doors - 10/4/25
3. The Corrections - 10/6/25
4. Things You Won't Say - 10/8/25
5. The German Wife - 10/9/25
6. The Giver - 10/10/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 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
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1/4 Completed
1.All the Sinners Bleed-S.A. Cosby 10/06/25
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read:
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Duel by Jessixa Bagley - Oct. 1
2. Cassi and the House of Memories by Dean Stuart - Oct. 2
3. She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena - Oct. 4
4. My Trip with Drip: A Graphic Novel by Josephine Mark - Oct. 4
5. How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger - Oct. 5
6. Bake Sale by Sara Varon - Oct. 6
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 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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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 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
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 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
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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October | Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeSolo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
✳️Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read:
1. The Measure by Nikki Erlick Read 10/4/25
2.The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler Read 10/4/25
3.Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind... by Louie Giglio. Read 10/6/25
4.The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom 10/6/25
5.Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick. Read 10/9/25
6. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1) The Murders at Fleat House - Lucinda Riley 06/10/25
2) Desperation - Stephen King 13/10/25
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeOctober 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng - 4.5 Stars - 10/6/25
Bel Canto - Ann Patchett - 4 Stars - 10/8/25
Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry - 4 Stars - 10/11/25
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney | 10.01
2. Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season | Norman Partridge | 10.02
3. Sour Apples: A Novel for Those Who Hate to Read | Paul Jantzen | 10.03
4. None Left to Tell | Noelle W. Ihli | 10.04
5. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land | 10.05
6. Intercepts | T.J. Payne | 10.06
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Goal: 0/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
October | Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeSolo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read:
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 Books
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Goal: 0/6
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Plan (Solitary):
All Philosophy
1. Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
2. Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart by Radmila Moacanin
3. The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder
4. This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
5. Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan Sontag
6. Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions by Martha C. Nussbaum [This is the big one -- it will take all month!]
October Stand Alone Duration: Oct. 1st, 2025 - Oct. 31st, 2025
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1/6
1. Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell by Gabe Henry - Oct. 9th
Solo: Read 1-2 booksSingle: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell
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FINISHED! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Duel by Jessixa Bagley - Oct. 1
2. Cassi and the House of Memories by Dean Stuart - Oct. 2
3. She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena - Oct. 4
4. My Trip with Drip: A Graphic Novel by Josephine Mark - Oct. 4
5. How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger - Oct. 5
6. Bake Sale by Sara Varon - Oct. 6
Completed Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Beautiful Ugly | Alice Feeney | 10.01
2. Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season | Norman Partridge | 10.02
3. Sour Apples: A Novel for Those Who Hate to Read | Paul Jantzen | 10.03
4. None Left to Tell | Noelle W. Ihli | 10.04
5. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive | Stephanie Land | 10.05
6. Intercepts | T.J. Payne | 10.06
COMPLETED 10.09.25Stand Alone Monthly Challenge: 6/5+
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
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 Academy | Elin Hilderbrand | 10.03.25
🐦⬛ 2. The People We Keep | Allison Larkin | 10.03.25
🐦⬛ 3. Midnight at the Blackbird Café | Heather Webber | 10.07.25
🐦⬛ 4. Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano | 10.08.25
🐦⬛ 5. The Girls Who Grew Big | Leila Mottley | 10.08.25
🐦⬛ 6. This Spells Love | Kate Robb | 10.09.25
CompletedStand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 2025
I'm in for ... Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Haunting of Hill House - 10/1/25
2. Behind Closed Doors - 10/4/25
3. The Corrections - 10/6/25
4. Things You Won't Say - 10/8/25
5. The German Wife - 10/9/25
6. The Giver - 10/10/25
COMPLETION POSTOctober | Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
✳️Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read:
1. The Measure by Nikki Erlick Read 10/4/25
2.The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler Read 10/4/25
3.Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind... by Louie Giglio. Read 10/6/25
4.The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom 10/6/25
5.Rise & Shine, Benedict Stone by Phaedra Patrick. Read 10/9/25
6. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict Read 10/11/25
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: October 1, 2025 - October 31, 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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*All genres and formats are fine.
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