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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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
August Stand AloneDuration: 1/8/26 - 31/8/26
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#1. The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary
#2. Just Like the Night by Michael Caleb Tasker
#3. I Pittie the Yule by Kathryn Mykel
#4. Beyond the Horizon by Ella Carey
#5. The Sweet Tea Odyssey by Catherine Mann
#6. The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen
Stand-Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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) Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport - 8/4/26
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. My Tokyo Summer by Abby Denson - Aug. 2
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Level: Single: Read 3-4 books
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
01. Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke - 8/3
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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1. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 5/8 3★
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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Solo: Read 1-2 books
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Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. One Italian Summer Rebecca Serle 3 Aug
🐫August | Stand Alone🐫Read:
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Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1.Memorial DaysbyGeraldine Brooks
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2.That Eye, the SkybyTim Winton
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3.Don't Stop Believin': The bestselling memoir of Australia's sweetheartbyOlivia Newton-John
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Summerand SummerbyEdith Wharton
Stand-Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury - 8/1/26
2 The Life Impossible by Matt Haig - 8/3/26
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026Solo: Read 1-2 books
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Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 08.04.26
August Stand Alone Duration: Aug. 1st, 2026 - Aug. 31st, 2026
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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1. Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train by Stephen Rebello - Aug. 2nd
2. In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage by Michael J. Tougias - Aug. 4th
Books mentioned in this topic
Yesteryear (other topics)Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train (other topics)
In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage (other topics)
Persuasion (other topics)
One Italian Summer (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Caro Claire Burke (other topics)Michael J. Tougias (other topics)
Stephen Rebello (other topics)
Jane Austen (other topics)
Rebecca Serle (other topics)
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: August 1, 2026 - August 31, 2026
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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*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
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