20 Books of Summer is one of the longest-running events in the book blogosphere and is so low-pressure, a perfect reading challenge for summer months. Here are the details.
- The #20BOS26 challenge runs from Monday June 1st to Monday August 31st
- It is hosted byAnnabel at AnnaBookBel
- The first rule of 20 Books is that there are no real rules, other than signing up for 10, 15 or 20 books and trying to read from your TBR. (If you think you’ll only manage 5, that’s fine too.)
- Pick your list in advance, or nominate a bookcase to read from, or pick just at whim from your TBR.
- If you do pick a list, you can change it at any time – swap books in/out.
- Don’t get panicked at not reaching your target, it’s not really a challenge as such.
- Just enjoy a summer of great reading and make a bit of space on your shelves!
- Don’t forget to add your posts to the monthly linkys. The final one will stay open till for a week into September to catch the last reviews.
Here are some books I am hoping to conquer by summer's end, but since the past is prologue, my summer reading won't go completely to plan...
1. The Stranger / Camus.
2. Angel Down / Kraus
3. The Astral Library / Quinn
4. Animal Farm / Orwell
5. A Far-Flung Life / Stedman
6. Kin / Jones
7. Parable of the Sower / Butler
8. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter / Fawcett
9. Call Me Ishmaelle / Guo *448 pages
10. This Land is Your Land / Gage
11. Madame Bovary / Flaubert
12. Dungeon Crawler Carl / Dinniman *450 pages
13. The Warmth of Other Suns / Wilkerson *640 pages
14. The Man Who Could Move Clouds / Contreras
15. The Seven Sisters / Riley *460 pages
16. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay / Ferrante *418 pages
17. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Spark
18. Book Club #1 August Choice TBA
19. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny / Desai *670 pages
20. Goodreads June Challenge Choice TBA
Sue Jackson of Book by Book hosts a Big Book Summer Reading Challenge.
Here's a little about the challenge.
The idea behind this reading challenge is simple: Use the ease of summer to tackle a Big Book (400+ pages) or two or ... however many you want! You set your own goals. And if it is the start of winter where you live, then it's your Big Book Winter Challenge. Everyone is welcome to participate.
The Details:
Hey, it's summer, so we'll keep this low-key and easy!
Anything 400 pages or more qualifies as a big book.
The challenge runs from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend (May 22 this year) through Labor Day (September 7 this year).
Choose one or two or however many big books you want as your goal. Wait, did you get that? You only need to read 1 book with 400+ pages this summer to participate! (though you are welcome to read more, if you want).
No sign-ups are necessary! All readers are welcome to participate.
Books I think I might tackle this summer which are longer than 400 pages are marked with * on the above list.
-Anne
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