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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

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.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over.

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January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read: 4

Single: Read 3-4 books

My List:
1. It's Better This Way Debbie Macomber 1/8/22
2. The Midwife's Confession Diane Chamberlain 1/15/22
3. Things We Never Got Over Lucy Score 1/17/22
4. A Beach Wish Shelley Noble 1/31/22

January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

COMPLETED

My List:
1.) Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir by Joe Exotic 1/4/2022
2.) The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans 1/4/2022
3.) The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson 1/7/2022
4.) Cara's Kindness by Kristi Yamaguchi 1/11/2022
5.) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow 1/11/2022
6.) The Alibi by Sandra Brown 1/16/2022

January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

Completed

My List:
Apples Never Fall. Liane Moriarty 1-Jan
The Peach Keeper. Sarah Addison Allen 1-Jan
A River Runs Through It. Norman Maclean 2-Jan
Merry and Bright. Debbie Macomber 4-Jan
The Last Thing He Told Me. Laura Dave 4-Jan
Firekeeper's Daughter. Angeline Boulley 9-Jan

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
January 1 - 31, 2022

6 of 6 Complete

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult - 1/3/22
2. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - 1/6/22
3. A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - 1/16/22
4. The Cartographer of No Man's Land - P.S. Duffy - 1/17/22
5. The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz - 1/20/22
6. Miss Benson's Beetle - Rachel Joyce - 1/21/22

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom 1/5/22
2. Tenth of December by George Saunders 1/29/22

January Stand Alone Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. 84, Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff - Jan 2
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill - Jan 8
3. Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward - Jan 10
4. Cotillion | Georgette Heyer - Jan 13
5. The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin - Jan 18
6. The Summer Proposal | Vi Keeland - Jan 25

January Stand Alone
Duration: Jan. 1st, 2022 - Jan. 31st, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

10/6

1. Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith - Jan. 8th
2. Obit by Victoria Chang - Jan. 10th
3. Mãn by Kim Thúy - Jan. 12th
4. Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson - Jan. 17th
5. Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light by Nikita Gill - Jan. 19th
6. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe - Jan. 21st
7. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - Jan. 22nd
8. Cackle by Rachel Harrison - Jan. 23rd
9. The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England by Julie Kavanagh - Jan. 29th
10. You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn - Jan. 30th

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

1. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 1/10/2022
2. King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza 1/18/2022
3. Take Me Out To The Love Game by Carol Costa 1/20/2022

Welcome Anne, Kim, Lynda, Daniel, Elle, Kendra, and Genevieve!!

I’m FINISHED!!! January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge

Read: 26/6+

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:

1. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl 01/01/22
2. The Humans Matt Haig 01/02/22
3. You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld 01/03/22
4. The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak 01/03/22
5. The Last Family in England Matt Haig 01/03/22
6. Falling T.J. Newman 01/03/22
7. Within These Wicked Walls Lauren Blackwood 01/07/22
8. They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 01/08/22
9. Friends and Strangers J. Courtney Sullivan 01/12/22
10. The Last Romantics Tara Conklin 01/13/22
11. Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 01/13/22
12. The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 01/15/22
13. Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 01/16/22
14. Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover 01/19/22
15. Honey Girl Morgan Rogers 01/19/22
16. Untamed Glennon Doyle 01/19/22
17. Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult01/22/22
18. With the Fire on High Elizabeth Acevedo 01/22/25
19. Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty 01/24/22
20. Instructions for Dancing Nicola Yoon 02/25/22
21. Everyone is Beautiful Katherine Center 01/26/22
22. One by One Ruth Ware 01/26/22
23. The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley 01/27/22
24. The Book of Tea Kakuzō Okakura 01/27/22
25. X Sue Grafton 01/31/22
26. Maybe in Another Life Taylor Jenkins Reid 01/31/22

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Crooked House by Agatha Christie 1/1/22
2. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 1/2/22
3. Verity by Colleen Hoover 1/5/22
4. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom 1/10/22
5. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 1/11/22
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/13/22

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Goal: 8/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Mycophoria - Tom G.H. Adams - 01/02/22
2. The Girl in Red - Christina Henry - 01/03/22
3. Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - 01/05/22
4. Éjszakai ​cirkusz - Erin Morgenstern - 01/14/22
5. Légy jó mindhalálig - Zsigmond Móricz - 01/18/22
6. Eventide - Sarah Goodman - 01/22/22
7. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake - Amy E. Reichert - 01/23/22
8. Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf - 01/25/22

January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. It Came From the Sky-Chelsea Sedoti 1/3
2. Gloves Off-Louisa Reid 1/4
3. September Love-Lang Leav 1/4
4. Nova: Resurrection-Jeff Loveness 1/5
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life-Mark Manson 1/14
6. The Baby is Mine-Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/14

FINISHED
January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read: 5

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. The Chalet by Catherine Cooper 1/2/22
2. Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton 1/5/22
3. Quick Curtain by Alan Melville 1/8/22
4. A Trip of One's Own: Hope, heartbreak and why travelling solo could change your life by Kate Wills 1/13/22
5. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny 1/29/22

COMPLETED

Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Frindle by Andrew Clements 1/5/22
2. The Beauty of the Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb. 1/6/22
3. The Stoning of Soraya M. by Freidoune Sahebjam. 1/7/22
4. Nothing Like It in The World by Stephen E. Ambrose 1/9/22
5. Miss Chopsticks by Xinran. 1/10/22
6. Miracles by Tim Stafford 6/10/14 [222 pages] 1/11/22

Welcome Melissa, Stephanie, Ferenc, Grace, Sheila and Jan!!

In

Solitary:

1. Shipped, Angie Hockman - 1/1
2. How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days, K. M. Jackson - 1/6
3. The Guest List, Lucy Foley - 1/6
4. The Charm Offensive, Alison Cochrun - 1/12
5. Not So Neighbourly, Moira Scott - 1/12
6. Rare Danger, Beverly Jenkins - 1/14

***FINISHED!***

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Orgy at the STD Clinic by Johnny Townsend (2nd January)
2. The Shutout by Dianna Roman (4th January)
3. Sound Beginnings by Richard Frostick (5th January)
4. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (8th January)
5. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton (12th January)

***FINISHED!***
January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 1/1/22
2. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress 1/8/22
3. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe 1/14/22
4. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 1/2/22
5. That Was Then, This Is Now by S. E. Hinton 1/25/22
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 1/28/22

Welcome Ariel, Flying Snow and Zenobia!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022
Single: Read 3-4 books
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
January 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Miss Leslie's Secret by Jennifer Moore (1/20/22)

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. The Silent Patient- finished 1/3

Thanks as always for facilitating!!!!

Welcome Mave, Shash and Tara!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens 1/1
2. The Collective by Alison Gaylin 1/3
3. The Sea in Winter by Christine Day 1/7
4. Lucky by Marissa Stapley 1/8
5. Bluebird by Sharon Cameron 1/10
6. Christmas at Silver Falls by Jenny Hale 1/15

Welcome Amanda!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

FINISHED

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

Books Read: 4
Total Pages: 1,440 pages

1) The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
2) A Christmas Carol 196 pages
3) The Bright Unknown 368
4) Heartless

Welcome Mary!

***FINISHED!***

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Orgy at the STD Clinic by Johnny Townsend (2nd January)
2. The Shutout by Dianna Roman (4th January)
3. Sound Beginnings by Richard Frostick (5th January)
4. Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (8th January)
5. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton (12th January)

The Lost Challenges
January 2022 Stand Alone
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Progress: 4 out of 4
Single: Read 3-4 books

Do you like standalone books? Want to read more? Tired of cliffhangers or series books? Take a break and read a standalone!

1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages
2. X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story by Eve Epstein - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages
3. Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages


Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*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.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over. (hide spoiler)]

WOOHOO Flying Snow!

Welcome Suzanne!

FINISHED

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Crooked House by Agatha Christie 1/1/22
2. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 1/2/22
3. Verity by Colleen Hoover 1/5/22
4. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom 1/10/22
5. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 1/11/22
6. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/13/22

WOOHOO Stephanie!

COMPLETED

Solitary:

1. Shipped, Angie Hockman - 1/1
2. How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days, K. M. Jackson - 1/6
3. The Guest List, Lucy Foley - 1/6
4. The Charm Offensive, Alison Cochrun - 1/12
5. Not So Neighbourly, Moira Scott - 1/12
6. Rare Danger, Beverly Jenkins - 1/14

January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read: 6
FINISHED

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. It Came From the Sky-Chelsea Sedoti 1/3
2. Gloves Off-Louisa Reid 1/4
3. September Love-Lang Leav 1/4
4. Nova: Resurrection-Jeff Loveness 1/5
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life-Mark Manson 1/14
6. The Baby is Mine-Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/14

WOOHOO Ariel and Grace!

January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Read:

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

COMPLETED

My List:
1.) Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir by Joe Exotic 1/4/2022
2.) The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans 1/4/2022
3.) The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson 1/7/2022
4.) Cara's Kindness by Kristi Yamaguchi 1/11/2022
5.) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow 1/11/2022
6.) The Alibi by Sandra Brown 1/16/2022

WOOHOO Anne!

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Welcome Reed.

Please use a standard font!

FINISHED
Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

1. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 1/10/2022
2. King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza 1/18/2022
3. Take Me Out To The Love Game by Carol Costa 1/20/2022

~~~ Complete ~~~

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
January 1 - 31, 2022

6 of 6 Complete

Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. The Book of Two Ways - Jodi Picoult - 1/3/22
2. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - 1/6/22
3. A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - 1/16/22
4. The Cartographer of No Man's Land - P.S. Duffy - 1/17/22
5. The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz - 1/20/22
6. Miss Benson's Beetle - Rachel Joyce - 1/21/22

WOOHOO Genevieve and Lynda!

Completed!

Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Goal: 8/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. Mycophoria - Tom G.H. Adams - 01/02/22
2. The Girl in Red - Christina Henry - 01/03/22
3. Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - 01/05/22
4. Éjszakai ​cirkusz - Erin Morgenstern - 01/14/22
5. Légy jó mindhalálig - Zsigmond Móricz - 01/18/22
6. Eventide - Sarah Goodman - 01/22/22
7. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake - Amy E. Reichert - 01/23/22
8. Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf - 01/25/22

WOOHOO Ferenc!

Finished!

January Stand Alone Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

1. 84, Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff - Jan 2
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill - Jan 8
3. Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward - Jan 10
4. Cotillion | Georgette Heyer - Jan 13
5. The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin - Jan 18
6. The Summer Proposal | Vi Keeland - Jan 25

***FINISHED!***
January's Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022

Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books

My List:
1. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 1/1/22
2. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress 1/8/22
3. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe 1/14/22
4. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis 1/2/22
5. That Was Then, This Is Now by S. E. Hinton 1/25/22
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 1/28/22

WOOHOO Elle and Zenobia!