I’ll be joining in the #20BooksOfSummer24 challenge again this year, hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books. It’s actually the 10th Anniversary of the challenge, which is so cool! You can check out the announcement here if you’d like to join, as well! 🎉
What I like most about this challenge is the flexibility. You can choose to read 10, 15, or 20 books from June 1 until September 1. Since I’ve been reading less this year, I’ve decided to choose 15 books, with a mix of reads from my ARCs to my backlist. I may not get to all of these, but I’m increasing my odds by including the ARCs I know I’ll be reading, as well as books from my Popsugar Reading Challenge. If by some miracle I get to all of these and have time left, I’ll add more books because Cathy is awesome and allows it! 🥰
Let’s see what I’ve chosen (in no particular order)!
(Link to the synopsis on Goodreads through the book title.)
- Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie (paperback release – 6/13/24)
- Right Where We Left Us by Jen Devon (6/18/24)
- Devil Is Fine by John Vercher (6/18/24)
- The Calculation of You and Me by Serena Kaylor (6/18/24)
- Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North (6/25/24)
- Humor Me by Cat Shook (7/9/24)
- Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (7/23/24)
- The Wedding People by Alison Espach (7/30/24)
- The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (9/17/24)
- The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (I’ve ordered a copy and I’m waiting on it to arrive!)
- Heartstopper: Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
- Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2) by Adrienne Young
- Now a Major Motion Picture by Cory McCarthy
- Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
- Circe by Madeline Miller
Are you joining in this challenge? Do you see any books that are must-reads?
Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
This looks like a fun list of books. I hope you enjoy them! I know very little about most of them, though Circe is on my (eventual) TBR too.
Wellll, I’ve gotten off to a terrible start, finishing nothing in June, but I’m hoping to at least get 10 of these read before September. 😃
Best of luck!
Circe is one of my alltime favs! This is a fun challenge and I love how varied your selection is! I’ll be starting Heartstopper Vol 5 soon so I encourage you to read Vol 4 as soon as you can too! 😛
I’ve had a slow start, but I’m slowly crossing books off. 😂
Fantastic! I feel like I’ve had a slow start too but glad you’re crossing books off! 🙂
Flexibility in a reading challenge is key! I loved Kinsella’s Can You Keep a Secret? and the cover of Rules for Second Chances looks so fun. Happy reading all of these this summer. 😀
I’m discovering how important flexibility is this summer. I finished absolutely nothing in June. 🤦♀️ I’m trying to play catch-up now. Rules for Second Chances is next on my list, and I REALLY want to get to Can You Keep a Secret!
I am reading the CLo right now, good as expected. I read a few from the bottom row. I always love Kinsella and Motion Picture was great. Can’t wait to read Devon, North, Rowell, Dave, and Kaylor. Hope these are all amazing for you.
I finished no books in June thanks to life, but I’m trying to make up for it this month. Once I get through my ARCs I’m behind on, CLo’s is high on the list. I’m reading Kaylor’s right now and I’m enjoying it!
I’ve only read one of these, Devon’s, and I thought it was okay but it didn’t work in all areas for me. I think that was because it was slower and a second chance romance. I have a feeling you will enjoy it more than I did.
I just finished Devon’s and I did enjoy it, but not *quite* as much as the previous one. I just love the Brady family, though.
I doubt I will have time to read 10 books in that time, but I do really like the sound of the challenge! Looks like you have some great books lined up 🙂
I’ll be lucky if I make it to ten. I didn’t finish a single book in June. 😂
Good luck! I’m thinking of participating as well ahhh. Also seeing a bunch of adorable-looking romcom covers here, so I’ll be eagerly awaiting your reviews for those. 😉
I hope you decided to jump in! I may only make it to ten books, but the challenge is helping me to be more committed. 😉
Great list of books! I’m so tempted to give this challenge another go since I haven’t come back to it since the first time I attempted it a couple of years ago and failed kinda miserably, lol. 😂 I’ve got Nightbloom on my TBR as well and I absolutely *cannot* wait for Right Were We Left Us! I read Devon’s debut last month and it quickly became a new romance fave! 😍 I hope you enjoy all of these books, Dedra!
It’s not too late to joinnnnn…. 🙂 I do mine in categories and not specific titles which helps, maybe you could try that. Plus if you “fail” you’ve still probably made some progress with reading and posting reviews even if not all of them which is better than nothing! 👏
I didn’t finish a single book in June thanks to life, so I’ll be lucky if I make it to ten books. Ha! Nightbloom was great! And I’m so happy you enjoyed Bend Toward the Sun! It’s still one of my faves, too. I just finished Right Where We Left Us and I loved being back in the Brady family universe. <3
Looking through your covers, all I can see is what a rainbow of colors there are! So many pretty ones in the mix, hopefully with stories to match. 🥰 Enjoy and good luck!!
I do love a bright cover! 😉 Thank you!