Call me a glutton for punishment but after my complete failure to get anywhere near completing Cathy’s #20BooksofSummer challenge (check out her BRILLIANT blog at 746 Books) last year I’m going to take the plunge and try again this Summer. But, having realised that compared to many bloggers I am a slow reader, and having realised that for 6 of the 13 weeks I have two small people running about the house screaming for my undivided attention, maybe 20 books in 13 weeks was a bit of a big ask. Fifteen books, however, feels a little more manageable. So this year I will be aiming to read 15 glorious books over the Summer months.
If you have a superbly good memory then you may recognise some of the following titles from my 2018 challenge (still not read a year on *book blogger guilt!*). It was a joy to choose my 15 books and I could have easily picked more but rules is rules! I’ve chosen 5 physical books and the rest have been sitting on my NetGalley for aeons gathering dust. I have a plan though. Read the physical copies first as they will be easier when the kids aren’t at home all the time and then move onto the ebook copies for the Summer Holidays. I have put some thought into this despite how it looks, lol!
Halcyon by Rio Youners
Cut to the Bone by Alex Caan
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Yesterday by Felicia Yap
Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear
Halfway by B.E. Jones
The Proposal by S.E. Lynes
The Mayfly by James Hazel
The Dark Room by Jonathan Moore
So there we have it! My fifteen beautiful books in all of their shimmery, shining glory. Have you read any of them? Which ones did you love? Are you taking part in the challenge this year? I’d love to see your books so please feel free to leave a link to your challenge post in the comments!
I think they’re a good mix of dark, dark and a bit more dark which should suit me down to the ground, lol! At the time of writing this post, I have absolutely no reading commitments whatsoever for the remainder of the year so I ‘should’ in theory be able to do this (in theory…..).
If you would like to join in with the challenge too then there’s still plenty of time as we don’t kick off until 3rd June. Go on, give it a try. How hard can it be, right…? 😉
Wish me luck and I’ll see you on the other side!
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The Proposal was flipping amazing! You have so many good ones on your list!
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I’m taking the new SE Lynes on my holiday. Love her writing so much but was struggling with reading when The Proposal was released.
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Good luck Emma! I’m joining in as well and have books from last year’s list too! 😀
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Glad you’re joining in and good luck with it!
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Thanks for joining in Emma – great choices too. I loved See What I Have Done x
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Thanks for doing the challenge again this year, Cathy. Hoping to make more of a dent in my list this year! Your list looks great x
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The Five is absolutely excellent – I hope you really enjoy it. The only other one of these I’ve read is See What I Have Done, which is intensely creepy and highly enjoyable (if also a bit nauseating in some of its descriptions).
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I think you’ve just moved See What I Have Fine up the list with your description! Can’t wait to read The Five, the Ripper case really intrigues me.
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It’s a brilliant approach – writing about the women and reframing them as human beings with lives, not merely faceless victims – and a long-overdue one.
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If it makes you feel better I see you have books on your list that I was going to read last summer as well 😀
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Haha, it does a little – yes! 😂
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Good luck Emma x
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Thank you. I may need it x
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You and me both! I have yet to read 20 in any year I’ve participated. But I will be signing up again just have to pick my titles. 😊
Good luck and have a lovely summer! xx
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Good luck, Zoe. This could be our year! Looking forward to seeing what you choose Xx
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Looks like you have a great line-up of titles to read Emma. Good luck with your challenge. ♥️📚
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Good luck! I’m still trying to pick my books for this challenge (I have about eleventy billion on my short list at the moment… ha!) but will definitely be taking part. I’m glad it’s not just me that has books that may make my list that were also on last year too. I hope you get to read all of the books. I recommend See What I Have Done, it’s so good!
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I have read the Proposal, some of your list is on my bookshelf but I didn’t include them in my list – eek – can’t wait to hear what you think!! x
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Good luck, you can do this!! I really want to read Yesterday 🙂
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I’ve failed this challenge at least twice, but I’m not going to let that stop me from trying again this summer! Good luck to you. The only one on your list that I’ve read is Bluebird, Bluebird and it’s so good…really looking forward to the second one coming out this fall.
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GREAT List Emma! Happy reading.
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