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July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCEBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
Most of us are in North America and well aware of both Canada Day and the USA's Fourth of July celebrations. But many other countries also have their national celebrations this month: Algeria, Argentina, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Cape Verde, Columbia, Comoros, France, Liberia, Malawi, Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Slovakia, Somalia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Vanuatu, Venezuela
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
* Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell 7/8/23 - USA
* The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich 7/20/23 - Peru
* The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle 7/22/23 - Canada
* The Fall by Albert Camus 7/27/23 - Netherlands
* The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 7/30/23 - France
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Begins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
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To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
* The Last Ride of the Pony Express ✔ – 01July23
* Great Expectations ✔ – 01July23
* Project Hail Mary ✔ – 13July23
* The Queen of the Tambourine ✔ – 14July23
* The Stolen Lady ✔ – 23July23
July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCEBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
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To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
1. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer FINISHED 7/3
2. The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges FINISHED 7/4
3. Lost Days by R.W. Ridley FINISHED 7/4
4. Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood FINISHED 7/6
5. Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper FINISHED 7/12
July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCEBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
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To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
1. All That Is Mine I Carry with Me by William Landay, 4****s, 7-2-23
2. Lark Ascending by Silas House, 4****s, 7-8-23
3. The Far Country by Nevil Shute, 4****s, 7-20-23
4. Fair Weather by Richard Peck, 5*****s, 7-21-23
5. Washington Square by Henry James, 3***s, 7-23
I'm in!5/5
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
* The Sentence by Louise Erhrich--finished 7/10/2023
* In Five Years by Rebecca Serle--finished 7/15/2023
* I Do Not by Anni Lee--finished 7/16/2023
*Cuddle Bug: A Sugary Sweet MM Daddy Romance by Aster Rae--finished 7/23/2023
*Sign Hereby Claudia Lux--finished 7/28/2023
July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCEBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
1. Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams 7/2
2. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds Jennifer Ackerman 7/14
3. Frederica by Georgette Heyer 7/16
4. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter 7/20
5. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 7/23
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July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCEBegins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
*Sing To Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next by LA Reid finished 7/4
*-Merle Haggard's My House of Memories: For the Record by Merle Haggard finished 7/6
*A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan finished 7/7
*The Importance of Being Ernie:: From My Three Sons to Mad Men, a Hollywood Survivor Tells All by Barry Livingston finished 7/10
*Mortal Evidence: The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases by Cyril Wecht finished 7/11
Updated message #5: challenge completed.
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Finished, message 8.July 2023 Mini Challenge - INDEPENDENCE
Begins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
1. Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams 7/2
2. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds Jennifer Ackerman 7/14
3. Frederica by Georgette Heyer 7/16
4. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter 7/20
5. A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer 7/23
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Updated message #6: challenge completed!
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Begins: 01July23 / Ends: 31July23
Most of us are in North America and well aware of both Canada Day and the USA's Fourth of July celebrations. But many other countries also have their national celebrations this month: Algeria, Argentina, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Burundi, Cape Verde, Columbia, Comoros, France, Liberia, Malawi, Netherlands, Peru, Rwanda, Slovakia, Somalia, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Vanuatu, Venezuela
To help everyone celebrate independence read FIVE standalone books (i.e. NOT part of a series):
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All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
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