Cathy at 746 Books is hosting 20 Books of Summer again, or if you’re a slow reader like me,
10 15 Books of Summer. Looking back at last year, I’m pretty happy with how well I did. I finished 7/10 from my list! Picking from my other reading lists really kept things fresh. Instead of giving myself “switch-out” ability this year, I’m picking a dozen books. Against my better judgment, I’m going to shoot for 15 books (from a list of 22).
Updated 8/12/16
Finished
- The Nazi Séance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle by Arthur J. Magida – REVIEWED
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (I signed up for a class…) – REVIEWED
- The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters – REVIEWED
- Smoke and Mirrors by Mike Costa, Jon Armstrong & Ryan Browne – REVIEWED
- Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin – REVIEWED
- I Lie for Money: Candid, Outrageous Stories from a Magician’s Misadventures by Steve Spill – REVIEWED
- Presto: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales by Penn Jillette (added 6/9) – REVIEWED
- The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt – REVIEWED
- The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen – REVIEWED
- Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle – READ
- The Unknown Poe, edited by Raymond Foye – READ
- Decent into the Depth of the Earth by Paul Kidd – READ
In Progress
- Affinity by Sarah Waters (pg. 10/352)
Left on the List
- The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
- Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser
- Greylock by Paula Cappa
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
- “The Business Man” by Edgar Allan Poe (just a short story, not counted in the list)
- Thug Notes by Sparky Sweets
DNF
- Magic Words: The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter, the World’s Most Estimable Magician, a Murderous Harlot, and America’s Greatest Indian Chief by Gerald Kolpan
- Hank Mossberg, Private Ogre: Murder in the Boughs by Jamie Sedgewick
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie
Great list! So glad you’re joining in again. Affinity is great and please, please read The Sisters Brothers because I LOVED it and would like to hear what you think!
Great list! Northanger Abbey’s one of my all-time favourites, and I’ve had The Sisters Brothers sitting unread on my Kindle for way, way too long. Looking forward to hearing what you think of it and the others. 😀
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You have some cool sounding books I’ve never heard of! I’m going through the list of people doing the #20booksofsummer and following them. I hope to see you around!
What I love about this meme is the chance to see such a wide variety of books and authors.
Austen in August might help you with your JA book 🙂
Oh! I might have to keep Jane until then. I’ll keep an eye out. 🙂
Your list sounds really heavy. I hope that you’ve included a few fun, beach-type reads on it, too.
My 20+Summer2016Challenge
The Great God Pan isn’t a beach read?! 😉
What a great list. I liked the Sisters Brothers. It’s quirky but good.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about The Sister Brothers. I’m looking forward to it!
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Last night I vowed that ROW80 was the only challenge I would participate in. One is all I can handle at a time. And less than twenty-four hours later, I’m breaking that vow. But summer reading is a good thing. Right? So I can’t pass it up.
Oh, no! I’m a bad influence!
Actually, I’m a recovering joiner too. Everything always seems like so much fun and I don’t want to miss out, but then too much completely wears me out and becomes a burden. So, for the last year and a half, I’ve tried to be very aware of how much might be too much.
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I will not join this challenge, I will not join this challenge, I will….
You have an incredible list there.
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I think it’s great you’re being so ambitious! Good luck fitting in all your planned reads 🙂
I don’t think I’m going to hit fifteen, but I might come close!
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