Cathy from 746 Books announced her 20 Books of Summer event!
I know with all the moving that my kids will be doing between Southern California, Kansas and Missouri, I will not get to 20 books. I know this for a fact! But, I was reminded that there is a 10 or 15 book option. With my brain the way it has been even 10 sounds like a stretch but I love a good list and I love planning.
Here are the details (loosely). Visit Cathy’s page for more info.
- Choose your list and share it with her when she kicks off the event.
- When you post about it, use the hashtag #20booksofsummer21. I plan to use this hashtag for my 10 book goal as well.
- Runs from Tuesday, June 1 and finishes on Wednesday, September 1.
- In the past she has read the books and posted the reviews by the time the event ends but I won’t be doing that. Especially as August will be really busy for me between the move and also my own campus starting back up.
Here is what I hope to read and I’ve included publication dates to keep me on track.
- Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster (05/20/20)
- Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner (01/19/21)
- What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins (04/21/21)
- Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy (07/01/21)
- Falling by T.J. Newman (07/06/21)
- Fox & I by Catherine Raven (07/06/21)
- Count The Ways by Joyce Maynard (07/13/21)
- Billy Summers by Stephen King (08/03/21)
- The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding (08/10/21)
- Bloodless by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (08/17/21)
Will you be joining us?
Book Chatter 
Thanks so much for taking part – Happy Reading!
I’ll add a link to my post when you post the sign-up at kick-off. So exciting!
How fun! If poetry books count, I could do it! 10 books would be a stretch for me also. Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner would be a good pick for my mom I think, and do I spy a Stephen King book!
This looks like a great list. I’ll be reading the Joyce Maynard book and Stephen King’s newest at some point and I loved Lthe Lisa Gardner one. I’ll be joining in and hope to post my list for the weekend. Have fun.
Maybe this list will help me stay on track. I am fighting a slump already. Vaccine #2 threw me.
Great titles here! I think a list helps a lot during busy seasons and sounds like you’ll need it for the next few months. I’ve been eyeing Falling a lot so I hope to read that one.
Glad you decided to join, love your list!
Falling looks fun. I’ll have to look it up. Covers with planes on them always appeal to me. I haven’t heard of any of the others. My summer goal is to finally read Gone With the Wind. I’ll either start in June or July.
Reading GWTW is an admirable goal. I did enjoy the film but I bet the book is so much better.
I will be joining in. I will focus on reading books from my 1001 Children’s list. I will post about it next week.
I’m eager to read Fox & I, so I will be curious to see what you think, Ti.
There is a blogger on Instagram who has a fox family living on her porch. She captures images every day. they are lovely. Makes me want to read this book even more.
You’ve got this! 🙂
I’m eager to read Count the Ways, but probably won’t get to it this year. I feel like my plans for 2021 include a lot of backlist titles that have been lurking far too long. With that said, I have almost 10 “new” books to read this summer. Have fun with the challenge, Ti.
I am just starting to see all these lists on the blogs I read and I like the idea. I think I’ll get my act together and choose 20 books (or maybe 15).
Oh I’m interested to hear what Falling is like. Good luck with your summer reading.
Summer lists are fun! Glad you posted this. I think 10 is all I can handle lately. Does Joyce Maynard have a new book coming?! Robyn Harding’s books are fast reads. I think I noted the Tompkins novel in a Preview Post but now I’m not sure I want to go there … so it’s good if someone I trust will. Go for the Harding & Maynard !!
Yes. Maynard’s new book is now coming out July 13th. The date has changed a few times.