Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy states, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever).
As I’ve done in previous years, I’m using this challenge to read from my to-be-read stack (with a particular focus this year on ARCs). The challenge is straightforward – read twenty books between June 1st and September 1st.
Of course, it’s winter in Melbourne. So while Cathy et al. is enjoying the Irish sunshine, I’ll be rugging up. The last few years, I’ve compared the Irish summer with the Melbourne winter on the day I finished each book. I’ll do it again this year.
Here is my Summer (Winter) reading list (with a couple of spots free for my book group picks and new releases that call my name):
01. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
02. The Hiding Game by Naomi Wood
03. The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez
04. Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
05. The Reading Cure by Laura Freeman
06. See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
07. Ma’am Darling by Craig Brown
08. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
09. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
10. Long Bright River by Liz Moore
11. Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
12. The Details by Tegan Bennett Daylight
13. Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
14. Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
15. Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
16. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
17. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
18. Kokomo by Victoria Hannan
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Audiobooks listened to during the challenge (which I’ll only count if time gets tight):
01. Wham! George & Me by Andrew Ridgeley
02. Know My Name by Chanel Miller
03. The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
04. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
05. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
06. How to Unf#$k Your Anger by Faith Harper