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20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge 2020: Final Update #20BooksOfSummer20

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20 Books of Summer 2019

This annual challenge is run by my namesake Cathy at 746 Books.  This year it takes place between 1st June and 1st September 2020.  I’ve participated for the past two years but never quite managed to organise/discipline my reading enough to complete my list. Last year I managed seven of my twenty.  I’m determined to do better this year.

As (the other) 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 1st June 2020 so she knows 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.  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
  • Books on my NetGalley To Read shelf publishing in the next couple of months
  • Books from my TBR pile
  • Books included in personal reading projects, i.e. Buchan of the Month and The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2020 shortlist

You can find my list below with links to my reviews.

  1. The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson
  2. Patrol by Fred Majdalany
  3. Warriors for the Working Day by Peter Elstob
  4. One Day in Summer by Shari Low
  5. The Coloursby Juliet Bates
  6. The English Wife by Adrienne Chinn
  7. A Quiet Death in Italy by Tom Benjamin
  8. The Storm by Amanda Jennings
  9. Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson
  10. The Night of the Floodby Zoe Somerville
  11. The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan
  12. A Prince of the Captivity by John Buchan
  13. The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey
  14. Fortress of Fury by Matthew Harffy
  15. The Girl from Vichy by Andie Newton
  16. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
  17. Munich by Robert Harris
  18. The Bitch by Pilar Quintana
  19. The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor
  20. The Museum Makers by Rachel Morris

 

 

Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Summer 2019 TBR

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl.

The rules are simple:

  • Each Tuesday, Jana assigns a new topic. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want.
  • Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.
  • Add your name to the Linky widget on that day’s post so that everyone can check out other bloggers’ lists. Or if you don’t have a blog, just post your answers as a comment.

20 Books of Summer 2019This week’s topic is Books On My Summer 2019 TBR. This is an easy one for me because I’m taking part in the 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge hosted by Cathy at 746 Books so it was just a case of picking ten books from my list that I haven’t yet read.

Click on the book title to view the full description on Goodreads.

  1. A Modern Family by Helga Flatland – ‘a beautiful, bittersweet novel of rich insights and extraordinary perception as a family drama creates a quiet earthquake’
  2. The Mathematical Bridge by Jim Kelly – historical crime mystery set in 1940s Cambridge, the follow-up to The Great Darkness
  3. Improvement by Joan Silber – ‘a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them’
  4. The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle – ‘Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter’
  5. The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey – ‘A novel of loneliness and regret, the legacy of World War II and the ever-changing concept of the American Dream’
  6. Transcription by Kate Atkinson – ‘a bravura novel of extraordinary power and substance’
  7. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce – ‘A disturbing, toxic and compelling novel that explores the power of fear and desire, jealousy and betrayal, love and hate’
  8. In My Life by Alan Johnson – ‘this isn’t just a book about music. In My Life adds a fourth dimension to the story of Alan Johnson the man’
  9. Munich by Robert Harris – September 1938. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?
  10. Ponti by Sharlene Teo – ‘A radiant, achingly beautiful novel about relationships between women’ (Megan Hunter, author of The End We Start From)