To recap, the 20 Books of Summer challenge is created and hosted by Cathy from 746 Books. The rules are simple – pick 20 books (or 10 or 15) to read over the Summer (June 3rd-September 3rd) in order to reduce our TBR piles.
I thought since we’re one month down I’d do an check in post to see where I’m at with this challenge. Instead of doing 20 books, I decided to try for 25 because, like always, I am overly ambitious, but also I do happen to read a lot so I feel like it’s not that much in three month’s time and should be able to get through these. That’s the dream, anyway! So, how am I doing so far?
PHYSICAL BOOKS IN THE TBR MOUNTAIN
- Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto
- Dreams of the Dark Sky by Tina LeCount Myers
- Riverland by Fran Wilde
Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder BilanThe Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross- An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass
- Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Myths & Mortals by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Book of Flora by Meg Elison
EARC’S IN THE TBR MOUNTAIN
The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang- The Girl With No Face by M. H. Boroson
- A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
OTHER EBOOKS IN THE TBR MOUNTAIN
- The Blood Prince by Josie Jaffrey
- Lace and Lies by Nancy Warren
- The Hidden Face by S. C. Flynn
- Clock’s Watch II: Daughters of the Black Moon by Michael Reyes
- The Spec Set by Taya Okerlund
- Under Ordshaw by Phil Williams
- Wagers of Fate by Noureddine Hifad
- Sunkissed Feathers & Severed Ties by Kellie Doherty
AUDIOBOOKS IN THE TBR MOUNTAIN
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Last Bastion by Rachel Aaron and Travis Bach
Beautiful by Juliet Marillier- Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
- Touch by Claire North – Currently Reading
Looks like so far I’ve been doing great with my physical TBR pile! I’ve read 3/9 books from that section so far. To be honest, I’m a little surprised because I’m terrible at reading physical copies of books lately (ebooks and audiobooks are so convenient, I never thought I’d be a convert, but here we are).
I’ve read 1/3 eARCs I need to get through this summer, so I’m feeling pretty good about that progress as well. I *did* happen to get approved, unexpectedly, for another eARC I had requested which I’m super excited about! But that also means I have an additional request to get through now which wasn’t on my original reading plan. No worries though, I built in a bit of room for other books so all should be well, hopefully. 😀
I haven’t read any of the other ebooks on my list yet, but there’s a lot of summer left so I’m sure I’ll get to them soon. I think I’ve put the priority on physical books because then it looks like I’m making more progress, haha.
I’ve only gotten through 1/5 audiobooks, which is also a little surprising for me because I usually tear right through them. I think it’s because I was waiting for Touch to check out from the library for a while and so I was listening to a bunch of shorter books that aren’t on this list, not wanting to get involved in a longer book (Priory, Bastion, and Dreamer are all fairly long listens). Now that I have Touch checked out, I’ll be able to listen to that and then start working on the others.
So, altogether so far I’ve gotten through 5/25 books on my list. That’s not too bad considering I started this challenge about halfway into June. With only two months to go I’ll have to get through about 10 of these each month in order to finish them all. I think that’s doable but we’ll see how things go!
Are you participating in this challenge? How are you doing with your reading challenges so far this year? Leave me a note in the comments, I’d love to chat!
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I think you’re doing great! And I’m excited to see a lot of these reviews. There are some books on your list I will probably never read because of time restraints, so I’ll have to live vicariously 😊
Thanks, Tammy! I really hope I can buckle down and stay focused with this challenge. I need to get through this TBR pile, lol. Time restraints are the worst! I wish we call all read ALL of the books! 🙂
I would say it is going well! I hope you pick up crown of feathers soon, I recently read it and it is now a new favourite of mine!
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Thanks, Evelyn! I hope to get to it soon too. I also got a copy in audio so that I could work it in sooner rather than later. 🙂
I listened to the audiobook! Definitely recommend!
That’s good to know, thanks! 🙂
I just got Priory… I’m scared to start, it’s so darn long! But I’ve heard good things.
Same! That’s the only reason I’ve been putting it off, lol. It’s a TOME. 🙂
Awesome! You’re making good progress. 🙂
Thank you!
Ooh fun challenge! You’re doing great so far! I think Priory of the Orange Tree looks fun- I want to get it.
Thanks! I want to get to that one too, I’ve just been putting it off a bit because it’s such a huge book lol. 🙂
You can do this! I have a few of these I should really tackle this summer too, including Crown of Feathers, before I fall even more behind. And there’s nothing wrong with being over ambitious 😀
Thanks for the encouragement! I’m hoping to squeeze in a lot of reading later this month, my husband will be away for a week on a trip with his mother to visit family, so theoretically, I’ll have some extra reading time. It will feel good to get through some of these and clear out my TBR a bit!
Very good to see The Hidden Face on there – thanks!
Hope to get to it soon!
I just finished An Illusion of Thieves this weekend and absolutely adored it. I hope you like it too. This seems like good progress for this challenge!
Thanks! I hope I love it too! It seems like a great book. 🙂
GOOD LUCK!! I’m sure you’ll get to most, if not all of them! I want to try to read Storm of Locusts by the end of the summer, too, before I forget any more of what happened in book 1 lol. And interestingly enough, making a set TBR list and crossing them off one by one makes me inclined to read more, as opposed to just winging it.
Thanks! i’m really hoping so. Normally I sort of ignore my TBR pile but I think making it into a list for that I can check off is helping because it looks like progress with you put a line through one. 😀 Hope you get to Storm of Locusts soon! I think I’m doing a couple of ‘obligated’ books before going back to my ‘mood’ pile. 🙂
Yeah, checking them off is just so satisfying! And my goal is to get to some sequels by the end of the summer. Like, before I started blogging I thought I was pretty good about keeping up with series (serieses?), but turns out NOPE. 😛
I haven’t been good at keeping up with series for a looooong time haha. And doing r/Fantasy book bingo hasn’t helped since you can’t reuse authors. Oh well. LOL
I am really looking forward to your thoughts on The Priory of the Orange Tree! I really enjoyed the audiobook for this, even if it took me a while to get properly situated in the world.
I probably won’t get to that one til next month but I hope to get to it soon. 🙂 I hope I love it!
You are doing really well with this challenge, way to go! I can’t wait for you to read Storm of Locusts, that book was so much fun!
Thanks, Kal! I’m very much looking forward to that one, just need to get through a couple of ‘obligated’ reads first. 🙂
I can’t make one of these posts. I think it would make me miserable – lol. But reading other people’s post has the opposite effect which is good.
Good luck with this – fingers and toes crossed for you.
Lynn 😀
I always find it hard to stick to a TBR list but I’m determined this time. I’m feeling motivated. 🙂
Thanks, Lynn!