The 20 Books of Summer challenge runs from June 1 - August 31, so at this point it is nearly 1/3 over. However, even though I wasn't going to sign up this year I have decided to jump in with a modified approach. AnnaBookBel is once again hosting this lovely event and she says there aren't really rules, so I can't be breaking them.
This is my plan -- I am making a list of 20 kinds of books I am going to read this summer and will fill in what I read for each type as I go. Every year I make a list of 20 specific books and almost never read any of them -- I am too busy reading 20 books I didn't put on my list. Perhaps this will be more successful.
1- One book from my Classics Club list -- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (August)
2-Two books One book from my Readers' Advisory Reading List -- The Body in the Bellfry by Katherine Hall Page (June)
Two books published within the last 12 months
3- Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein (June)
4- Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg (July)
Five works of non-fiction -- maybe from my Nonfiction November TBR list
5- Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein (June)
6- Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction by Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd (June)
7- Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum (June)
8- Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned while Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
9- Artists in Residence: Seventeen Artists and Their Living Spaces, from Giverny to Casa Azul by Melissa Wyse and Kate Lewis
Six Seven books from the series I am trying to make progress on in 2026
10- Breaking the Mould by Victoria Hamilton (June)
11- State Fair by Earlene Fowler (June)
12- Buried in Books by Kate Carlisle (June)
13- A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (June)
14- Cast Iron Alibi by Victoria Hamilton (June)
15- Bloodroot by Susan Wittig Albert (June)
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Two books published within the last 12 months
3- Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein (June)
4- Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg (July)
Five works of non-fiction -- maybe from my Nonfiction November TBR list
5- Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein (June)
6- Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction by Tracy Kidder & Richard Todd (June)
7- Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum (June)
8- Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned while Staying Put by Annie B. Jones
9- Artists in Residence: Seventeen Artists and Their Living Spaces, from Giverny to Casa Azul by Melissa Wyse and Kate Lewis
10- Breaking the Mould by Victoria Hamilton (June)
11- State Fair by Earlene Fowler (June)
12- Buried in Books by Kate Carlisle (June)
13- A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (June)
14- Cast Iron Alibi by Victoria Hamilton (June)
15- Bloodroot by Susan Wittig Albert (June)
16- A Dilly of a Death by Susan Wittig Albert (August)
Four wildcards -- can be anything from my TBR lists --bonus points if it is a book I already own
17- The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (June)
18- The Lamorna Wink by Martha Grimes (June)
19- Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn (July)
20- Spider Web by Earlene Fowler (July -- completes the series!)
Four wildcards -- can be anything from my TBR lists --bonus points if it is a book I already own
17- The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (June)
18- The Lamorna Wink by Martha Grimes (June)
19- Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn (July)
20- Spider Web by Earlene Fowler (July -- completes the series!)
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