#20booksofsummer21
#20booksofsummer
Once again, 746books.com organizes a special challenge:
20 Books of Summer
June 1-August 31
I loved it last year, so this will be my 2nd participation.
To be honest, this is not really a challenge, as I have already read 70 books this year, that is, an average of 14 books per month. So I shouldn’t have any problem reading 20 books. Anyway, this is a great opportunity to challenge myself to read from my TBRs (mostly physical shelf).
And it is a nice way of connecting with other book bloggers, and possibly hearing about great books I have not heard about.
So here is the file with my 20 books.
Feel free to copy the format if it’s of any help for you.
I will update it as I go along:
How many of these have you read?
Which one is your favorite?
Words And Peace 
Thanks for joining in again! This will be a breeze for you 😊 I loved The Illusion of Separateness – hope you enjoy!
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Ooh, I don’t often run into people who have read Simon Van Booy! I really enjoyed Everything Beautiful Began After, so I bought this one, and never read it!! Have you read any of his latest books?
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No, this is the only one. I reveiwed it on the blog a lot of years ago. But I remember it being beautifully written.
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so you should really try Everything Beautiful Began After, also great writing: https://wordsandpeace.com/2011/08/12/review-62-everything-beautiful-began-after/
I just revisited my 10 year old review, and I see I wrote there this was my very first Netgalley book!!
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I will join you in reading “History in English Words” and Valéry’s “Alphabet”. Thanks for the recommendations!
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Oh nice! It will be good sharing thoughts. I had never heard of that one by Valéry, and saw it by chance on a friend’s bookshelf!
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A friend’s bookshelf-The best way to find the next read! N’est ce pas!
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Absolutely!
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I just finished “History in English Words” which you recommended. I was enraptured throughout the whole book. I want to write my reflections in a blog but will wait for your review first, if you would like, as you introduced it. Just started Paul Verlaine’s Alphabet.
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OMG, this is fun: I recommend a book and you finish before me, I haven’t even started it yet, I need to finish Salman Rushdie’s essays first. So glad you enjoyed it so much.
So you like you are following my #20booksofsummer21 list, s the next print title is Alphabet by Paul… Not Paul Verlaine, Paul Valéry. Unless Verlaine did write something called Alphabet? My Paul Valéry’s book is in print, so I should be able to finish it soon.
Maybe one day we should read a book together
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Oh yay, Emma! Glad to see that you’re joining too. I’m very interested in History in English Words. You’ll have to let me know how it goes. Have a happy summer filled with lots of reading!
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You too! History in English Words was my classic spin, I was supposed to read it before the end of May, oops, so I’ll do this asap in June
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Thomas Jefferson’s Creme Brûlée sounds so interesting!!
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Yes, I keep bumping into this one, so now is the time
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What a fascinating and eclectic list! But that’s very true to form for you. I look forward to hearing about them all.
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Eclectic is the word!! Thanks, now the biggest challenge will be to talk about these books after i read them…
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I have faith in you!
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Thanks!
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Nice list! I am hoping I will manage OK with my own list, which doesn’t include my Anne Tyler challenge, review books or ebooks! But I’ve been reading quite a few extra a month so fingers crossed. Enjoy your 20 Books!
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Good luck then! That’s a few challenges
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I didn’t know about Rushdie’s collection of essays! He’s written mostly fiction (including the controversial Satanic Verses) and I loved his Haroun & the Sea of Stories for kids… This looks to be an interesting challenge, and like Google Sheets plugin you’ve used!
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Definitely looking forward to his essays. And this is not even a plugin (I’m not self-hosting). In a google sheet, you click on File <Publish to the Web < Embed, and you just copy the embed code in your blog post, et voilà. And your edits will automatically be displayed as well in your imbedded sheet/chart or file on your post
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I really need to try out that! 🤩
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yes, super easy and convenient
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Very varied list – good luck! 😀
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As always, a bit of everything, lol
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The only one I’ve read is History in English Words (I think I mentioned before how I wish I had not let my copy go in a book purge). Really hope you enjoy it. A book about “America’s abdication” sounds interesting. The future is quite an open question at the moment.
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Yes, and this holds true for several other countries as well, alas
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20 books over 3 months isn’t really a challenge for me either but I’m committing myself to reviewing them all, which is more of a challenge for me these days! Hope you enjoy your summer reading.
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Ah ah, now THAT would be the challenge… that I’m not ready to face, lol
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Lots of variety, Emma. I’m getting through my books but I didn’t think I’d get around to reviewing them. Fortunately my writing block seems to have shifted a little and I’ve actually wrote about three this week .
I noticed you commented above that you don’t self host. I was thinking of moving to W/Press but the self hosting sounds a bit painful. Are you with w/press.com or org??
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I think only .org does self-hosting. anyway, I am using .com. will answer your email later on
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I posted a comment yesterday but it looks like it disappeared! Varied list. I’m doing the challenge too but although I’ve been reading heaps I’ve been slow on the reviews. Fortunately I think I’ve turned the corner…3 reviews written this week.
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Your comment went to spam, plus I was away, so had not approved it yet
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I posted a comment yesterday but it looks like it disappeared! Varied list. I’m doing the challenge too but although I’ve been reading heaps I’ve been slow on the reviews. Fortunately I think I’ve turned the corner…3 reviews written this week.
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I just approved your comment, I think. Yes, taking time to write reviews is always a challenge. What’s your blog?
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Hi Emma, the comment above was from Carol – journeydestination.org
Sorry, I just saw your reply. I’m still getting used to W/Press & seem to be spending all my time fiddling around and getting behind with everyone’s blogs.
I subscribed to some of your comments and just saw your post about the Summer Challenge that ends tomorrow (my time) – I needed a reminder about that, so thanks!
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Glad it helped. Hoping to finish 2 more books before end of the Summer Challenge!
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