My List
This years #20BooksOfSummer23 is hosted by Cathy at 746books. Cathy from 746Books is the mastermind as well as host behind this annual event. It’s optional to pick 10, 15 or 20 books. It runs from 1 June to 1 September and it’s a very easy going challenge which is why I like it so much.
My challenge
I’m initially going for ten books but have added a supplementary list of another 20 and have plenty more for swapping out if needed or if I am able to read more books.
I am a member of a book club and as titles are voted on monthly I don’t know what they are at the moment and so I will swop in those that I do. Any blog tour books that I undertake will be added or swapped in.
Ten books means 3 or 4 books a month but if I read a book a week it is possible I might manage 12 books over the period so 15 may be the final count if I get into a reading stride. I would have to read seven books a month to manage twenty which I think may be too much this time but that’s ok there’s never any pressure and that’s why I always like to join this challenge.
So to the list! I’ve listed many more than I anticipate reading but being tied down to a specific book, unless it’s a blog tour (book 3 and book 9) is not something I would do. So, in no particular order, here’s the not so definitive list.
The List
The Anticipated Ten
1. Twin Truths by Jacqueline Sutherland
2. A Change of Circumstance by Susan Hill
3. The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams by Victoria Williamson (BlogTour)
4. When The Guilty Cry by M J Lee
5. False Witness by Karin Slaughter
6. Red as Blood by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
7. Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs
8. Sudden Death by Rachel Lynch
9. Deadly Autumn Harvest by Tony Mott translated by Marina Sofia (Blog Tour) My post: 27 July.
10. Murders at the Montgomery Hall Hotel by Gina Kirkham
Swaps or further reading
11. Girl, Forgotten or False Witness by Karin Slaughter (They are standalone reads and I have both on my TBR)
12. Autopsy by Patricia Cornwell
13. River of Souls by Kate Rhodes
14. The Institution by Helen Fields
15. The Hermit by Louise Walters
16. A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
17. Where We Belong by Anstey Harris
18. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
19. An Unfamiliar Murder by Jane Isaac
20. The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson
More swaps/further reading
21. Midnight Library by Matt Haigh
22. Assembly by Natasha Brown
23. When the Night Ends by M J Lee
24. Everyday Kindness by Various Writers
25. What The Shadows Hide by M J Lee
26. Hamnet by Maggie Farrell
27. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
28. 29. 30. – Book Club reads to be swapped in or added if I read them.
Or, indeed, any book loitering on my TBR if I just feel like reading something other than the books listed above.
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I love how you’ve given yourself a lot of options. Good strategy! Good luck and happy reading.
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Thanks, Cathy, looking forward to it. Enjoy it yourself as well – sometimes difficult with the role of host too I dare say. 😊
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I love your caution and potential swaps – very wise indeed!
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Thank you, MarinaSofia, somehow I can commit to reading for a specific date on blog tours but otherwise I like to keep my choices open and sit down with what takes me at that time. I’ve listed lots of Crime Fiction from my (ever increasing!) TBR which is my go to genre so I’m hoping that will help me hit at least 10 but several other non-CF books to mix it up if needed.
Your own list is an amazing one which I’m sure will be interesting to read about through the summer.
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