This annual challenge is run by my namesake Cathy at 746 Books. I saw this reading challenge mentioned on a number of blogs last year but never got organised enough to participate. In the past few days I’ve been seeing some of my favourite bloggers signing up for it once again so I simply had to get my act together to take part.
The rules are simple. Take the Books of Summer image, pick your own 10, 15 or 20 books you’d like to read between 1st June and 3rd September. Link back to Cathy’s master post at 746 Books from 1st June onwards to let her know you’re taking part. The rules are accommodating as well. Want to swap a book? Go for it. Fancy changing your list half way through? No problem. Decide to drop your goal from 20 to 15. She’s fine with that.
In putting together my list, I decided to concentrate on four categories:
- My Classics Club list which has been rather starved of attention lately
- My other reading challenges all of which could do with a little help
- My pile of review copies sent to me by lovely authors who, in addition to their writing talents, also possess seemingly limitless patience waiting for my reviews
- Blog tour commitments I have in the next month or so
You can find my list below with links to the book description on Goodreads.
Classics Club:
The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
The Watcher by the Threshold by John Buchan
The Dark Tide by Vera Brittain
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Reading Challenges:
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (TBR Pile Challenge)
The Assassin of Verona (William Shakespeare Thriller #2) by Benet Brandreth (When Are You Reading? Challenge)
Diamond Cut Diamond by Jane Jakeman (What’s In A Name Reading Challenge)
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee (TBR Pile Challenge)
Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski (When Are You Reading? Challenge)
Spirit of Lost Angels (The Bone Angel #1) by Liza Perrat Read and Reviewed
The King’s Daughter by Stephanie Churchill
A Queen’s Spy (The Tudor Mystery Trials #1) by Samantha Burnell
Choose to Rise: The Victory Within by M. N. Mekaelian
Money Power Love by Joss Sheldon
Blog Tours:
A Woman’s Lot (Meonbridge Chronicles #2) by Carolyn Hughes Read and Reviewed
Forsaking All Others by Catherine Meyrick Read and Reviewed
Summer of Love by Caro Fraser Read and Reviewed
Call of the Curlew by Elizabeth Brooks
The Emperor of Shoes by Spencer Wise
I’ll be updating this post with links to my reviews once I’ve read the books and you can follow my progress and that of all the other book bloggers taking part by looking out for the hashtag #20booksofsummer on Twitter.
Why not join in?
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☀️That sounds really interesting, I’ll have to check it out. I like the idea of mapping out my summer reads. I’ve never done that before…👍🏻
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I hope you do! It’s so interesting to see what other people choose. Bit of a hazard for the TBR pile though spotting enticing sounding books…
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So glad you’re joining in, Cathy! And doing the sensible thing, unlike some other people we know, by including your blog tours. 😄 This will be fun! We’ve got this!
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I can’t think why I didn’t do it last year, really looking forward to it and browsing other people’s lists. A hazard for the TBR pile, I know….
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Just got to decide what to add to my list.
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That was me! So many to choose from…. Enjoy
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ooh liking the variety of books you have chosen and great idea to spread the list amongst all your challenges! look forward to your thoughts on all of them – i’m sure i’ll be adding some of them to my tbr pile lol
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Love your choices Cathy, thanks so much for taking part!
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Really excited to be joining in. Seeing lots of bloggers sharing their lists today and, let’s be honest, one of the most enjoyable bits of a reading challenge is putting together your list!
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Yeah, check back in with us all in a month and we’ll all be fed up 😉
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And saying to ourselves, why did I decide to put this one on my list…
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Great idea and Good Luck, I might pencil this in for next year, its sounds like fun
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Still time to join for this year 😀
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Too many tours booked, but it would be such a good way to reduce the list of authors who are patiently waiting.
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Well I cheated (a bit) and included some books I need to read and review for blog tours in June in my list. By the way, June was supposed to be the month I took part in NO blog tours, lol.
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I said that about July! Too many good books around, so I moved it to August lol
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Great choices, Cathy! Happy Reading!
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Thanks, nothing more fun that putting together this sort of list…
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I like that you’re focusing on your Classics Club and TBR Pile Challenges this year too, Cathy. I loved Their Eyes Were Watching God, and am very interested in hearing your thoughts about The Edible Woman and The Dark Tide. I have to admit that I did not enjoy The Man in the High Castle, but that might’ve been because I was comparing it to the TV show. Happy summer reading!!
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I know it seems strange to try to inject some progress into reading challenges with another reading challenge but I’m hoping it will work! I didn’t see the TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle so I know nothing about it other than the blurb.
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Ooh I have Their Eyes Were Watching God on my list for this too. 😀 Interested to see what you’ll think of Go Set a Watchman – I know a lot of people are torn on that one.
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It is great that you’ve been able to work this summer long challenge alongside other ongoing challenges. Good luck & happy reading!
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Thanks, find it hard to resist joining in with a reading challenge!
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