I enjoyed participating in the #20BooksOfSummer22 challenge hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books this summer. I managed to read 12 out of 20 books, which isn’t too bad since I chose all backlist books and no ARCs. My goal was to at least read 10. Participating in the Trope-ical Readathon last month helped me to read an additional 5 books for this challenge, as well. I was also able to cross off 8 books from my Popsugar Reading Challenge, too. Yay for doubling (or tripling) up! You’ll probably see several of the books I didn’t get to appearing in my upcoming fall TBRs.
Let’s see what I managed to read!
(Link to the synopsis on Goodreads through the book title.)
- ✅ Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu – 3.25/5 stars
- ❌ Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
- ✅ Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry – 4.5/5 stars
- ❌ The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
- ❌ Dune by Frank Herbert
- ✅ Tweet Cute by Emma Lord – 4.25/5 stars
- ✅ Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward – 5/5 stars
- ❌ Circe by Madeline Miller
- ✅ The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera – 5/5 stars
- ❌ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- ✅ Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid – 3.5/5 stars
- ❌ A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2) by Sabaa Tahir
- ❌ Namesake (Fable, #2) by Adrienne Young
- ❌ Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
- ✅ From Thailand With Love by Camilla Isley – 3.25/5 stars
- ✅ Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center – 5/5 stars
- ✅ The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata (Kindle Unlimited) 4.5/5 stars
- ✅ The Reunion by Meghan Quinn (Kindle Unlimited) 4/5 stars
- ✅ Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers, #1) by Chloe Liese – 4.25/5 stars
- ✅ The No-Show by Beth O’Leary – 4/5 stars
Did you participate in this challenge? Did I read any of your favorites?
Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
You definitely reached (and surpassed) your goal of reading at least 10. Go you! I read The Wall of Winnipeg a couple months ago and it was a huge hit for me, too.
Thank you! I’m glad to know I’m not the only one late to discover The Wall of Winnipeg. 🙂
Thanks so much for taking part – definitely a win I’d say!
Yes! Thank you for hosting. <3
You did a really great job!
Thank you! <3
You’re welcome!
Wonderful job! Awesome that you’ve found some 5 star books along the way!
Thank you! I was happy about those five star books, too. 🙂
12 out of 20 is not bad at all!
I agree! 🙂
I would have struggled if I didn’t add some ARC’s to my list. So well done!
I need to remember that for next time. Half and half makes more sense. 🙂
You knocked out more than half plus your ARCs – that’ some good work there.
I think so, too! 🙂
12 out of 20 books is not bad at all. My result is the same (but I still need to post my recap).
Yay! Great job! It’s a win anytime we can cross of some of those backlist books.
Wow! Great job!
Thank you Deanna!
12 out of 20 books. Way to go.
Thank you! <3