20 Books of Summer ’20 – how was it for you?
Well, that’s it for another year – 20 Books of Summer ends tomorrow and what a blast it’s been.
Over 150 of you wonderful people took part and for the first year ever, I managed to read and review every book without having to do any wrap up posts! I call that a major win, but I do have to acknowledge that lockdown really helped me with the challenge this year as I had more free time to read and write reviews.
So here they are, my 20 books – most good, some excellent and none disappointing! Not a bad summer of reading.
So, how did you all do? No matter what the outcome, I hope you all enjoyed taking part. It’s a really important part of my reading year and helps me focus and knock some books off the 746, so, all being well, I’ll see you all again next year!
In the world of book blogging though, the challenges never stop and I am currently planning for the RIP (R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril) which always puts me in a wonderfully autumnal mood.
I’ll be posting my options next week!You can follow along with the challenge on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #ripxv
Do let me know how you all got on with your summer reading and what bookish plans you have lined up for the autumn!
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Congratulations Cathy! The RIP challenge is perfect for autumn – where has the summer gone?!
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Oh I know! I can’t believe it’s been almost 6 months since lockdown started!
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Congratulations Cathy brilliant news! I managed to finish as well with the help of some short cosy mystery audiobooks! Just need to review the final books and post my wrap up! Thanks for hosting again and hopefully see you next year! xx
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Yay! Thanks for taking part xx
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Congratulations and thanks for another wonderful summer of reading! I completed my challenge too and enjoyed the mix of fiction and non fiction books that I picked! Roll on Summer 2021!! 😉
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Sounds like we’ve all done great. Thanks for taking part 😘
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I made it to 16 although I’ve just read the new Marilynne Robinson but haven’t written the review yet. How did you do that clever thing with all the boxes? Well done on finishing your challenge.
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Thank you! And congrats to you too. I did the images using the Gallery feature in the new Block Editor (which I’m trying to get to grips with)
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Well done! You picked such an interesting variety of books, and it seems like there were no duds in the bunch.
I have my reviews of my final two scheduled for tomorrow.
I can’t believe it’s time for another challenge already! I usually wait until closer to Halloween to choose a few spooky reads.
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Well done, Cathy! Quite a range of reading .
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Thanks Susan!
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Well done! So glad you enjoyed the reading experience!
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Congratulations on your success. I didn’t do so great but I still got some books read so I am happy with what I did read. I’m going to be hopefully sharing my wrap up post in the next day or so.
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As long as you enjoyed what you read, that’s the main thing!
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I think I enjoyed everything I read.
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I’ve enjoyed taking part. Thank you and well done on hitting your target. I read 18 of my original 20 choices but read a few others too so did read 20 books. It was good to focus and reduce the TBR marginally!
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Perfect! Thanks for taking part!
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I managed twenty instead of ten, Cathy, but only one completed was on my list — as I think I previously mentioned to you. Anyway, here’s my summary of my summery reading: https://wp.me/s2oNj1-summary
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That’s definitely a win Chris!
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Congratulations!! I read 20 books, but only wrote 9 reviews. I think that’s a personal best, though, so I choose to feel good about it. 🙂 Thanks as always for hosting!
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Reading them is the important thing 😊
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Congratulations! I managed to read and review 20 books as well for the first summer ever (though I had to do a bit of chopping and changing because I was over-optimistic about the delivery of books ordered online).
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Thanks for taking part Lou x
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I made it past the goal of 22 and ended up with 33 for the summer.
Reviewing them…well, let’s just say I’ve got a bit of work to do. 🙂
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Given that you read 33, that’s fair enough 🤣
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Congratulations, Cathy! I didn’t realize you read What the Dead Know. I recently read that too! I’m going to pop over to read your review. I didn’t read 20 books – but I read some good ones!
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That’s the main thing – reading good ones!
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Yup! Hope you’re having a good evening, Cathy!
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You smashed it, Cathy – by reaching your target and hosting #20BooksofSummer20 which was really enjoyable. I did the 20, with a bit of jiggery pokery! Looking forward to next years challenge. Janet
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Thanks Janet – you’ve been so supportive. Glad you enjoyed taking part!
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Well done you! My pile of 20 was very ambitious, and my summer didn’t go quite like I hoped, but I *almost* made it. I’m about halfway through the last book, except for the giant tome project, which is going to take longer to finish — but I read over 500 pages (of 800+) this summer so I’m counting it. I haven’t written the last few blog posts, either. I’m pretty happy!
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That sounds like a win to me Jean! Thanks for taking part x
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Thank you, you turned me towards a few new books and authors.
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Aw that’s lovely to head Tracey x
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What an interesting selection! Hotel! Those books were all the rage when I was in Middle School and High School. Nice to see one again. I’ll be posting later this week.
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It was a fun read!
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I managed 17 although I still have two reviews to write. A few of mine were very chunky and I went off piste from time to time. Thanks for organising it, I really enjoyed it.
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So glad you enjoyed it. 17 is great!
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My worst year in the history of my participation in 20 Books, but I enjoyed most of the books I did read.
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-end.html
Thanks for hosting once again Cathy. I do enjoy having a reading goal (even if I don’t achieve it) and I love the fine company that joins in every year 🙂
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Thanks for taking part Brona – it’s been an odd year all round.
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Well done, and thanks as always for hosting! I scraped in with the final review on the last day, so I’m feeling quite smug. Phew, it was a race to the finish line though… 😉
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See? I knew you could do it! Thanks for taking part c
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Congrats! It’s great there were so many good reads among your picks as well! 📚
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Thank you!
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I hit my target of 10 books this year, and 7 were on my original list. I actually read 13 books over the summer, but the other 3 I’ve counted as Women in Translation Month reads. I’m ploughing on with my original list of 10 Books of Summer, and will read the ones that got pushed off by substitute reads this month. Unless more library reservations come in, that is!
This was my second year of taking part and I’m thinking about next year already!
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Thanks for hosting. I didn’t manage all 20 books – reading just 13 books. But I enjoyed most of the books I did read.
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I managed 20 books and I am delighted about that – I’d never have done it without this challenge. Thank you so much for hosting it.
I did do a bit of swapping towards the end, and I have by no means reviewed everything yet, but I enjoyed this so much and will definitely plan to take part again next year. I was lucky enough to be able to do a lot of my reading on a seat beside the River Dee, which made it all so much more pleasurable – even if I have had to take a flask of coffee this last week to warm myself up (autumn has definitely arrived in NE Scotland.)
Here is my wrap-up post: http://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2020/09/reader-i-made-it.html
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That sounds like the perfect place to read Rosemary! So glad you enjoyed taking part x
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I loved reading everyone’s reviews so much I’ve started making a collection for next years challenge!
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That’s the drawback Jane – all the temptation 🤣
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Great work, well done! I enjoyed doing it and completed it this year – my round-up is here https://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/book-review-joan-aiken-the-serial-garden/
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I think I did okay! I didn’t finish my list but I did read a lot of great books. 🙂 Thanks again for hosting this!
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Reading great books is the main thing! 😊📚
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I read sixteen which was the minimum I wanted to read and two more than last year.
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Aw, well done on completing and reviewing all your books, Cathy, and not a disappointing one among them is amazing, too! I only finished 6 of my 10 books, but I enjoyed them all and one of them was Wolf Hall, so must count for at least two books really, right?! 😉 Looking forward to taking part next year and now I am planning my RIP reading as well. 😃
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Wolf Hall definitely counts as two books Jessica!
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Thank you! 😁
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Very impressive that you even reviewed them all! That’s hard work! (As I have been finding lately…)
Do you have a couple of favourites out of the bunch?
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The Carol Shields, without a doubt. She’s a wonderful writer.
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🙂
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