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July 2020 Stand Alone

Allison FINISHED
Amanda A
Anne FINISHED
Banshee
Bonita FINISHED
Celia FINISHED
Chelsea FINISHED
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Cyndee FINISHED
D.L.
Daniel FINISHED
DenXXX FINISHED
Ebb
Elaine
Elle FINISHED
Ferenc FINISHED
Genevieve FINISHED
Grace FINISHED
Joanna FINISHED
JoAnne FINISHED
Kay (PhoenixArisen) FINISHED
Kendra FINISHED
Poongothai FINISHED
Rina FINISHED
Sandra FINISHED
Sandy FINISHED
SANDYE FINISHED
Shash FINISHED
Suzanne
July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read: 6
My List:
Secrets from a Happy Marriage: A Novel Maisey Yates 7/4/20
Twice in a Blue Moon Christina Lauren 7/9/20
The Woman in the Mirror Rebecca James 7/16/20
Ponytails and Promises Annette Bower 7/18/20
Lies T.M. Logan 7/28/20
The Identicals Elin Hilderbrand 7/29/20
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Read: 6
My List:
Secrets from a Happy Marriage: A Novel Maisey Yates 7/4/20
Twice in a Blue Moon Christina Lauren 7/9/20
The Woman in the Mirror Rebecca James 7/16/20
Ponytails and Promises Annette Bower 7/18/20
Lies T.M. Logan 7/28/20
The Identicals Elin Hilderbrand 7/29/20

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1) The Amber Room by Steve Berry 7/12
2) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 7/12
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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by Edgar Allan Poe 07/01/2020
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by Edgar Allan Poe 7/01/2020
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by Edgar Allan Poe 07/01/2020
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by O. Henry 07/02/2020
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by O. Henry 7/02/2020
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by John Steinbeck 07/02/2020
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
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Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Letters From An Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson 7/4/20


Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. The Ax Murders of Saxtown: The Unsolved Crime That Terrorized a Town and Shocked the Nation by Nicholas Pistor 7/1
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Duration: July 1, 2020 - July 21, 2020
1.) The Summer House by James Patterson 7/3/2020
2.) In the Blood by Lisa Unger 7/9/2020
3.) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson 7/11/2020
4.) Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord's Prayer in Everyday Life by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby 7/14/2020
5.) The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris by Thomas Sancton 7/16/2020
6.) The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene 7/21/2020

Duration: July 1st, 2020 - July 31st, 2020
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July 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. The Darkest Summer by Rebecca J. Greenwood (7/11/20)

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
6/6
1 Ark - Veronica Roth 7/6/20
2. You Have Arrived at Your Destination - Amor Towles 7/6/20
3. The Last Conversation - Paul Tremblay 7/7/20
4. Emergency Skin - N.K. Jemisin 7/7/20
5. Randomize - Andy Weir 7/7/20
6. Summer Frost - Blake Crouch 7/7/20

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1 Blood Orange - Harriet Tyce - 23 JULY
2 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden - 7 JULY
3 If You Ask Me - Betty White - 26 JULY
4 Liar - K.L. Slater - 13 JULY
5 The Night Mark - Tiffany Reisz - 10 JULY
6 Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote - 5 JULY







Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1st, 2020 - July 31st, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Petrushevskaya, Ludmilla - There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales (July 05, 2020)
2. Bray, Libba - Beauty Queens (July 06, 2020)
3. Hye-Young, Pyun - Der Riss (The Hole) (July 06, 2020)
4. Gailey, Sarah - Magic for Liars (July 17, 2020)
5. Feynman, Richard P. - Vom Wesen physikalischer Gesetze: Vorwort zur deutschen Ausgabe von Rudolf Mößbauer (The Character of Physical Law) (July 17, 2020)
6. Welty, Eudora - Ein Vorhang aus Grün (A Curtain of Green) (July 19, 2020)
Welcome Bonita, Banshee, Genevieve, Daniel, D.L., Anne, Kendra, Shash, Chelsea, Sandra and Joanna!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge COMPLETION POST
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1 - lies lies lies Adele parks 21.07.20
2 - Arctic zoo Robert muchamore 21.07.20
3 The unexpected return of Josephine fox - Clare gradidge 22.07.20
4 Ash mountain Helen fitzgerald 01.07.20
5 The crowd and the cosmos: adventures in the zooniverse Chris Lintott 01.07.20
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1 - lies lies lies Adele parks 21.07.20
2 - Arctic zoo Robert muchamore 21.07.20
3 The unexpected return of Josephine fox - Clare gradidge 22.07.20
4 Ash mountain Helen fitzgerald 01.07.20
5 The crowd and the cosmos: adventures in the zooniverse Chris Lintott 01.07.20






Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
1. The Jetsetters, Amanda Eyre Ward, 02.07.2020
2. Five Feet Apart, Rachael Lippincott, 04.07.2020
3. White Fang, Jack London, 05.07.2020
4. The Sun Down Motel, 08.07.2020
5. Deep Water, Patricia Highsmith, 10.07.2020
6. Das Dorf der toten Seelen, Camilla Sten, 14.07.2020

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Done: 3/6 - Single: Read 3-4 books
1. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson – 07/02/2020
2. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins – 07/10/2020
3. Blossoms in Autumn by Zidrou – 07/30/2020

July 2020 Stand Alone
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Progress: 1 out of 6
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
Challenge Rules
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1. Becoming by Michelle Obama - ***** - 7/13/2020 - 426 Pages
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Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
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
Crashing the A-List | July 7
Wynn in Doubt | July 11

Single: Read 3-4 books
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid - July 4
2. His Bride for the Taking | Tessa Dare - July 5
3. Rich Prick | Tijan - July 13
4. Men Explain Things to Me | Rebecca Solnit - July 26

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Date Started: July 1, 2020
Date Completed: July 20, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. Table for One by Leah Atwood - 7/15/20
2. No Rest for the Wicked by Adam Croft - 7/16/20
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Challenge Rules
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick - 7/5
2. Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/6
3. It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
4. Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/8
5. The Tutor by Bonnie Dee - 7/11
6. In Another Time by Jillian Cantor - 7/13
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick - 7/5

2. Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/6

3. It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

4. Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/8

5. The Tutor by Bonnie Dee - 7/11

6. In Another Time by Jillian Cantor - 7/13


Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!
5/5
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Confessions of a Domestic Failure by Bunmi Laditan - 7/3/2020
2. God for the Rest of Us: Experience Unbelievable Love, Unlimited Hope, and Uncommon Grace by Vince Antonucci- 7/9/2020
3. The Penny Pinchers Club by Sarah Strohmeyer- 7/24/2020
4. The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us by Paul Tough- 7/30/2020
5.American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country by Jack Jenkins- 7/30/2020

Challenge Accepted: July 1, 2020
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
3/5 Complete
Updated through: 7-18-20
1. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly 7-8-20
2. Love's Cabers Tossed by Ari McKay 7-9-20
3. Stand in Place by Mary Calmes 7-10-20
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Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. You Should See Me in a Crown-Leah Johnson 7/6
2. Bad Island-Doug TenNapel 7/7

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
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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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.
FINISHED
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1.
by Edgar Allan Poe 07/01/2020
2.
by Edgar Allan Poe 7/01/2020
3.
by Edgar Allan Poe 07/01/2020
4.
by O. Henry 07/02/2020
5.
by O. Henry 7/02/2020
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by John Steinbeck 07/02/2020
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge FINISHED
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
6/6
1 Ark - Veronica Roth 7/6/20
2. You Have Arrived at Your Destination - Amor Towles 7/6/20
3. The Last Conversation - Paul Tremblay 7/7/20
4. Emergency Skin - N.K. Jemisin 7/7/20
5. Randomize - Andy Weir 7/7/20
6. Summer Frost - Blake Crouch 7/7/20

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Level: Single: Read 3-4 books
Completed: 4/4
1. Mrs Hinch: The Activity Journal by Sophie Hinchliffe - 8/7/20
2. The Art of Mass Effect by Dan Birlew - 10/7/20
3. The Story of Babushka by Catherine Flores - 23/7/20
4. Time Out by Emma Murray - 23/7/20

July Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
My List:
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon 7/14/20
FINISHED!!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick - 7/5
2. Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/6
3. It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
4. Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/8
5. The Tutor by Bonnie Dee - 7/11
6. In Another Time by Jillian Cantor - 7/13
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick - 7/5

2. Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich - 7/6

3. It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood

4. Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark - 7/8

5. The Tutor by Bonnie Dee - 7/11

6. In Another Time by Jillian Cantor - 7/13


Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1st, 2020 - July 31st, 2020
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Petrushevskaya, Ludmilla - There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales (July 05, 2020)
2. Bray, Libba - Beauty Queens (July 06, 2020)
3. Hye-Young, Pyun - Der Riss (The Hole) (July 06, 2020)
4. Gailey, Sarah - Magic for Liars (July 17, 2020)
5. Feynman, Richard P. - Vom Wesen physikalischer Gesetze: Vorwort zur deutschen Ausgabe von Rudolf Mößbauer (The Character of Physical Law) (July 17, 2020)
6. Welty, Eudora - Ein Vorhang aus Grün (A Curtain of Green) (July 19, 2020)

Final Post! Goal Reached!
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Date Started: July 1, 2020
Date Completed: July 20, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. Table for One by Leah Atwood - 7/15/20
2. No Rest for the Wicked by Adam Croft - 7/16/20

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
1. The Jetsetters, Amanda Eyre Ward, 02.07.2020
2. Five Feet Apart, Rachael Lippincott, 04.07.2020
3. White Fang, Jack London, 05.07.2020
4. The Sun Down Motel, 08.07.2020
5. Deep Water, Patricia Highsmith, 10.07.2020
6. Das Dorf der toten Seelen, Camilla Sten, 14.07.2020

Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
Solo: Read 1-2 books
FINISHED
1. You Should See Me in a Crown-Leah Johnson 7/6
2. Bad Island-Doug TenNapel 7/7

Duration: July 1, 2020 - July 21, 2020
COMPLETED
1.) The Summer House by James Patterson 7/3/2020
2.) In the Blood by Lisa Unger 7/9/2020
3.) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson 7/11/2020
4.) Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord's Prayer in Everyday Life by Fr. Jeffrey Kirby 7/14/2020
5.) The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris by Thomas Sancton 7/16/2020
6.) The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene 7/21/2020
Books mentioned in this topic
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His Bride for the Taking (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Neil deGrasse Tyson (other topics)Sarah Strohmeyer (other topics)
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2020 -July 31, 2020
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.)
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