20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge 2019

This annual challenge is run by my namesake Cathy at 746 Books.  This year it takes place between 3^rd June and 3^rd September.  I participated for the first time last year but didn’t manage to organise/discipline my reading enough to complete my list. I’m determined to do better this year.

As Cathy explains, the rules are simple.  Take the Books of Summer image, pick your own 10, 15 or 20 books you’d like to read and link back Cathy’s master post at 746 Books on 3 June 2019 so she knows that you are 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.  Deciding 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:

• Blog tour commitments I have from June onwards
• Review copies sent to me by lovely publishers or won in giveaways run by Readers First
• Books from my TBR pile
• Unread books received in my monthly Reading In Heels subscription box

You can find my list below with links to the book description on Goodreads. I’ll update the list with links to my reviews when (note, not if) I’ve read them.

1. The Playground Murders by Lesley Thomson Read and reviewed 
2. The Serpent’s Mark by S.W. Perry Read and reviewed
3. Birdie & Jude by Phyllis H. Moore Read and reviewed
4. A Modern Family by Helga Flatland Read and reviewed
5. Motive X by Stefan Ahnhem Read and reviewed
6. The Mathematical Bridge by Jim Kelly
7. Fled by Meg Keneally  Read and reviewed
8. Improvement by Joan Silber
9. The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle Read and reviewed
10. The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey
11. Transcription by Kate Atkinson
12. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
13. In My Life by Alan Johnson Read and reviewed
14. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
15. Munich by Robert Harris
16. Ponti by Sharlene Teo
17. Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
18. House of Beauty by Melba Escobar
19. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
20. Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton