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Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Read: 7
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover 4/1/22
2. Summer People Elin Hilderbrand 4/2/22
3. Barefoot Elin Hilderbrand 4/3/22
4. Summerland Elin Hilderbrand 4/10/22
5. A Stranger's Game Colleen Coble 4/12/22
6. A Family Affair Robyn Carr 4/13/22
7. Crabbypants Colleen Charles 4/26/22
FINISHED!! Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Read:
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. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (4/18)
✔2. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles (4/4)
I'll use these for May, since I finished (or will finish) these in May 😄 (view spoiler)
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 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
1. Beautiful One by Kerry Adrienne 4/8/22
2. Circuit Theory by Kirby Crow & Reya Starck 4/8/22
3. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates 4/9/22
4. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day 4/19/22
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Goal: 6/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside - Nick Offerman - 04/14/22
2. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World - Shelley Puhak - 04/21/22
3. Tűz és víz - János Pilinszky - 04/21/22
4. Djibouti - Elmore Leonard - 04/23/22
5. Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon - 04/25/22
6. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love - Jonathan Van Ness - 04/27/22
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 29, 2022
Read: 5
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
COMPLETED
1.) The One That Got Away by Leigh Himes 4/4/2022
2.) The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim 4/7/2022
3.) A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel 4/20/2022
4.) The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan 4/22/2022
5.) In the Frame by Dick Francis 4/29/2022
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees (2nd April)
2. Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (5th April)
3. Oktober 43: Oplevelser og tilstande under jødeforfølgelsen i Danmark by Aage Bertelsen (14th April)
4. Idol by Louise O'Neill (15th April)
5. Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh (16th April)
6. The Manager by A. K. Wilson (18th April)
7. The Island Home by Libby Page (18th April)
8.The Girl with the Louding Voiceby Abi Daré (20th April)
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I’m Finished!!! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 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
17/6+
1. The Golden Girls' Getaway Judy Leigh 04/03/22
2. Bright Burning Things Lisa Harding 04/03/22
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 04/04/22
4. Happiness: A Memoir: How to Build a Family Out of True Love and Spare Parts Heather Harpham 04/08/22
5. Just Haven't Met You Yet Sophie Cousens 04/09/22
6. The Road Trip Beth O'Leary 04/10/22
7. Groundskeeping Lee Cole 04/10/22
8. The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley 04/10/22
9. Last Stop on the 6 Patricia Dunn 04/13/22
10. The Sentence Louise Erdrich 04/15/22
11. One-Hit Wonder Lisa Jewell 04/16/22
12. One Italian Summer Rebecca Serle 04/18/22
13. This Time Next Year Sophie Cousens 04/19/22
14. Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 04/21/22
15. Honey in the Horn H.L. Davis 04/25/22
16. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 04/28/22
17. A Girl from Yamhill Beverly Cleary 04/28/22
Solitary: Read 5-6 books1. Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente 4/2/22
2. The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa 4/5/22
3. Roxy by Neal Shusterman 4/6/22
4. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi 4/13/22
5. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel 4/13/22
6. A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson 4/16/22
April Stand Alone ChallengeSolitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Canary | Tijan - Apr 14
2. The Maid | Nita Prose - Apr 18
3. The Ogress and the Orphans | Kelly Barnhill - Apr 23
4. Dr. Rick Will See You Now | Dr. Rick - Apr 24
5. The Wedding Crasher | Mia Sosa - Apr 28
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: Apr. 1st, 2022 - Apr. 30th, 2022
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
11/6
1. Blackbird by Sam Humphries - Apr. 3rd
2. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson - Apr. 9th
3. D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber - Apr. 11th
4. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin - Apr. 14th
5. Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood by Gavin Edwards - Apr. 15th
6. If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane - Apr. 16th
7. Someday by Drew Hayden Taylor - Apr. 16th
8. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter - Apr. 17th
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy - Apr. 18th
10. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn - Apr. 19th
11. Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language edited by Ayelet Tsabari, Leonarda Carranza & Eufemia Fantetti - Apr. 24th
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. The Crossing-Manjeet Mann 4/19
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Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
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!
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Talking with serial killers by Christopher Berry-Dee 24/March - 09/April
2. The Thursday MurderClub by Richard Osman 16/April -19/April
3. An Unquiet Minda by Kay Redfield Jamison 01/April - 22/ April
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeApril 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. If You Want To Kiss A Billionaire by Emma St. Clair (4/11/22)
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Midnight at the Blackbird Café-Heather Webber-4/17-🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧
2. Gunslinger Girl-Lyndsay Ely-4/5-🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵
3. Ex-Libris-Ross King-4/16-📗📙📘📕📗
4. The Coral Island-R.M. Ballantyne-4/23-⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler-E.L. Konigsburg-4/23-🎨🖼🎨🖼🎨
6. Adaline Falling Star-Mary Pope Osborne-4/20-✨✨✨✨✨
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeApril 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
6 of 5-6 Complete
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Night Over Water - Ken Follett - 4/6/22
2. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - 4/10/22
3. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 4/11/22
4. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah - 4/16/22
5. The Women of the Castle - Jessica Shattuck - 4/20/22
6. Suddenly - Barbara Delinsky - 4/22/22
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Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
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
1. You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus 4/4/2022
2. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton 4/19/2022
3. Diana's Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved 4/24/2022
4. The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad 4/27/2022
6/6Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Moonlight In Vermont: Based on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie Kacy Cross
2. Things Fall Apart
3. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi
4. Hope Was Here Joan Bauer
5. And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly SeducerAnn Rule
6. To Everything a Season
Finished!Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente 4/2/22
2. The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa 4/5/22
3. Roxy by Neal Shusterman 4/6/22
4. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi 4/13/22
5. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel 4/13/22
6. A Forgery of Roses by Jessica S. Olson 4/16/22
***FINISHED***Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. What It Feels Like for a Girl by Paris Lees (2nd April)
2. Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (5th April)
3. Oktober 43: Oplevelser og tilstande under jødeforfølgelsen i Danmark by Aage Bertelsen (14th April)
4. Idol by Louise O'Neill (15th April)
5. Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh (16th April)
6. The Manager by A. K. Wilson (18th April)
7. The Island Home by Libby Page (18th April)
8.The Girl with the Louding Voiceby Abi Daré (20th April)
Challenge FinishedStand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Midnight at the Blackbird Café-Heather Webber-4/17-🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧
2. Gunslinger Girl-Lyndsay Ely-4/5-🌵🌵🌵🌵🌵
3. Ex-Libris-Ross King-4/16-📗📙📘📕📗
4. The Coral Island-R.M. Ballantyne-4/23-⚓⚓⚓⚓⚓
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler-E.L. Konigsburg-4/23-🎨🖼🎨🖼🎨
6. Adaline Falling Star-Mary Pope Osborne-4/20-✨✨✨✨✨
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Read: 7
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover 4/1/22
2. Summer People Elin Hilderbrand 4/2/22
3. Barefoot Elin Hilderbrand 4/3/22
4. Summerland Elin Hilderbrand 4/10/22
5. A Stranger's Game Colleen Coble 4/12/22
6. A Family Affair Robyn Carr 4/13/22
7. Crabbypants Colleen Charles 4/26/22
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
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
1. You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus 4/4/2022
2. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton 4/19/2022
3. Diana's Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved 4/24/2022
4. The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad 4/27/2022
~~~ Complete ~~~Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
6 of 5-6 Complete
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Night Over Water - Ken Follett - 4/6/22
2. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - 4/10/22
3. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty - 4/11/22
4. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah - 4/16/22
5. The Women of the Castle - Jessica Shattuck - 4/20/22
6. Suddenly - Barbara Delinsky - 4/22/22
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 29, 2022
Read: 5
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
COMPLETED
1.) The One That Got Away by Leigh Himes 4/4/2022
2.) The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim 4/7/2022
3.) A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel 4/20/2022
4.) The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan 4/22/2022
5.) In the Frame by Dick Francis 4/29/2022
Completion Post:Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: Apr. 1st, 2022 - Apr. 30th, 2022
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
11/6
1. Blackbird by Sam Humphries - Apr. 3rd
2. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson - Apr. 9th
3. D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber - Apr. 11th
4. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin - Apr. 14th
5. Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood by Gavin Edwards - Apr. 15th
6. If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane - Apr. 16th
7. Someday by Drew Hayden Taylor - Apr. 16th
8. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter - Apr. 17th
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy - Apr. 18th
10. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn - Apr. 19th
11. Tongues: On Longing and Belonging through Language edited by Ayelet Tsabari, Leonarda Carranza & Eufemia Fantetti - Apr. 24th
Finished! :)Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
April 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
1. If You Want To Kiss A Billionaire by Emma St. Clair (4/11/22)
CHALLENGE COMPLETED!Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 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
1. Beautiful One by Kerry Adrienne 4/8/22
2. Circuit Theory by Kirby Crow & Reya Starck 4/8/22
3. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates 4/9/22
4. You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day 4/19/22
I’m Finished!!! Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 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
17/6+
1. The Golden Girls' Getaway Judy Leigh 04/03/22
2. Bright Burning Things Lisa Harding 04/03/22
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green 04/04/22
4. Happiness: A Memoir: How to Build a Family Out of True Love and Spare Parts Heather Harpham 04/08/22
5. Just Haven't Met You Yet Sophie Cousens 04/09/22
6. The Road Trip Beth O'Leary 04/10/22
7. Groundskeeping Lee Cole 04/10/22
8. The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley 04/10/22
9. Last Stop on the 6 Patricia Dunn 04/13/22
10. The Sentence Louise Erdrich 04/15/22
11. One-Hit Wonder Lisa Jewell 04/16/22
12. One Italian Summer Rebecca Serle 04/18/22
13. This Time Next Year Sophie Cousens 04/19/22
14. Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 04/21/22
15. Honey in the Horn H.L. Davis 04/25/22
16. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Aimee Bender 04/28/22
17. A Girl from Yamhill Beverly Cleary 04/28/22
Completed!Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Goal: 6/6
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside - Nick Offerman - 04/14/22
2. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World - Shelley Puhak - 04/21/22
3. Tűz és víz - János Pilinszky - 04/21/22
4. Djibouti - Elmore Leonard - 04/23/22
5. Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon - 04/25/22
6. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love - Jonathan Van Ness - 04/27/22
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Finished!April Stand Alone Challenge
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Canary | Tijan - Apr 14
2. The Maid | Nita Prose - Apr 18
3. The Ogress and the Orphans | Kelly Barnhill - Apr 23
4. Dr. Rick Will See You Now | Dr. Rick - Apr 24
5. The Wedding Crasher | Mia Sosa - Apr 28
FINISHED!! Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Read:
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. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (4/18)
✔2. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles (4/4)
I'll use these for May, since I finished (or will finish) these in May 😄 (view spoiler)
DELAYED COMPLETION POST Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
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!
Solo: Read 1-2 books
Single: Read 3-4 books
Solitary: Read 5-6 books
1. Talking with serial killers by Christopher Berry-Dee 24/March - 09/April
2. The Thursday MurderClub by Richard Osman 16/April -19/April
3. An Unquiet Minda by Kay Redfield Jamison 01/April - 22/ April
Stand Alone Monthly ChallengeDuration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022
Solo: Read 1-2 books
FINISHED
1. The Crossing-Manjeet Mann 4/19
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Stand Alone Monthly Challenge
Duration: April 1, 2022 - April 30, 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
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