20 Books of Summer is an annual reading challenge created by Cathy at 746 Books.
The challenge takes place between June 1st and September 3rd, during which time the reader pledges to read 20 books from his or her TBR in three months.
I’m proud to say that for the second year in a row, I fulfilled my pledge. I actually exceeded my pledge in that I read and reviewed 21 titles within the time frame.
My original plan was to read the following 20 titles:
- Pieces like pottery by Dan Buri (318 p.) MY REVIEW
- Beyond the wild river by Sarah Maine (336 p.) MY REVIEW
- Entry Island by Peter May (544 p.) MY REVIEW
- The widow’s house by Carol Goodman (368 p.) MY REVIEW
- The long drop by Denise Mina (320 p.) *still on my TBR
- The girl who was taken by Charlie Donlea (340 p.) MY REVIEW
- Lost for words by Stephanie Butland (368 p.) MY REVIEW
- Magpie murders by Anthony Horowitz (464 p.) MY REVIEW
- The missing ones by Patricia Gibney (424 p.) MY REVIEW
- Seas of snow by Kerensa Jennings (352 p.) MY REVIEW
- The story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg (240 p.) *still on my TBR
- Two days gone by Randall Silvis (400 p.) MY REVIEW
- Local girl missing by Claire Douglas (368 p.) MY REVIEW
- The birdwatcher by William Shaw (336 p.) MY REVIEW
- I found you by Lisa Jewell (352 p.) MY REVIEW
- A place called Winter by Patrick Gale (354 p.) *still on my TBR
- Call of the undertow by Linda Cracknell (256 p.) MY REVIEW
- Malagash by Joey Comeau (182 p.) MY REVIEW
- Evensong by Kate Southwood (240 p.) MY REVIEW
- What she knew by Gilly Macmillan (496 p.) MY REVIEW
20 subtract the three I didn’t get to = 17 books
PLUS, these four books:
Beneath the ashes by Jane Isaac (280 p.) MY REVIEW
Grief cottage by Gail Godwin (288 p.) MY REVIEW
Dare to remember by Susanna Beard (288 p.) MY REVIEW
Strange things done by Elle Wild (304 p.) MY REVIEW
Twenty-one titles and 7,300 pages.
A small dent in my TBR was created, and I mean small.
Fictionophile 
That’s an awesome accomplishment. I didn’t stick to my original list, because I started Anna Karenina on a whim. I am counting that as 3 regular-sized books, so I made my goal as well. 🙂
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I read more in the summer. Sitting outside, I feel I can take time off to read. When I read inside I always spot something else I should be doing!
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Congrats! Lots of great reads for you this summer. I also have The Long Drop on my tbr, in fact, I just grabbed it at the library last week so I need to get to it:)
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Nice! You managed to knock out quite a bit of reading. I was hoping to join, but alas, real life had other plans 😉
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There’s always next summer Danielle.
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That is the plan 😉
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I finished my 20th book last night. Just made it under the wire. I read many others during the three month period, but only counted the summer reads for the challenge. My books and links to my reviews can be found here: https://carlalovestoread.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/20-books-of-summer-2017/. I really enjoyed this challenge as it made me stick to a list of books. I have such a hard time doing that. If I had not seen your post on your blog about this, I would not have participated, so thanks for that. You had some good choices for your 20, some I have read, some are on my TBR, some are not and are staying off until I get it down to a manageable size.
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As is evident Carla, I didn’t do as well as you as far as sticking to my list goes. I exchanged three of the titles for three others – mood reading I guess. Congrats on completing your challenge. I didn’t read any other books other than the 21 I read for the challenge. Life at the cottage is too hectic what with summer visitors, swimming, etc. I hope to read more in the coming months. Fall is such a cozy reading time.
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Way to go!!! 🙂 I didn’t participate in the challenge, but I did read more books than I usually read. I broke my wrist. That will make more time for reading! 🙂
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Oh Kathy… I’m sure you could have found a less painful way to increase your reading time. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
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Thank-you. 🙂
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I saw some great titles! Going back to read some of your reviews so I can topple my own TBR!
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My aim in life is to make everyone else’s TBR as big as my own. LOL
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Congratulations! I joined in for the first time and read 6 which I really enjoyed reading.
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Congratulations what a fantastic set of books although I highly recommend you don’t leave The Long Drop or A Place in Winter on your TBR for too long 🙂
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