I’ve really enjoyed hosting this year’s 20 Books of Summer. It’s been lovely going round all your links. I did click through to all of them, although i didn’t always have time to leave a comment. I’ve also had a good summer of reading!
- Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea by Tracey Williams – (9/10) Review
- The Expansion Project by Ben Pester – (9/10) Review
- The Cauliflower by Nicola Barker – (7/10) Review
- The Portrait Artist by Dani Heywood-Lonsdale – (9.5/10) Review
- Fair Play by Louise Hegarty – (8.5/10) Review
- The End of the Vodka by Oscar de Muriel – 9/10) Review
- The Future of Bananas by John Dale – Shiny Review
- Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke – (8/10) Review
- On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle –(9/10) Review
- The Garden Square by Marguerite Duras – O FTr (6/10) Review
- Gratitude by Delphine de Vigan – (10/10) Review
- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist – (8.5/10) Review
- Reversed Forecast by Nicola Barker – (8.5/10) Review
- The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett – (9/10) Review
- Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite – (9/10) Review
- On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle – (9.5/10) Review
- A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot – Review
- Pamphlets – Queenhood & The Cryosphere by Simon Armitage – (9.5/10) Review
- All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro – (9/10) Review
- On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle – (8.5/10) Review
- Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent – (9.5/10) Review
- I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again by Caroline Darian – Review
- The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee – (7.5/10) Review
- The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks – (9/10) Review
- H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker – (8/10) Review.
I read 25 in total that qualified by my criteria (all acquired before the challenge started, plus Book Group titles). They included:
- My planned 3 by Solvej Balle – On the Calculation of Volume series
- and a planned 3 by Nicola Barker
- 4 for #WITMonth
- 9 in translation in total
- 2 (3 if you include the Balle 1 Paris setting) in French/France for Paris in July
- 5 Non-fiction
- 1 Graphic memoir
- 1 (2 actually) poetry pamphlets)
Phew! Here’s to next year – see you for 20BOS27?
well done, and thanks for hosting!
Thank you for hosting! I’ll definitely be participating next year 🙂
Congratulations and thanks for hosting and being so active with those of us participating.
Thank you! The school summer holidays gave me the time to get around everyone – the ideal time to host a challenge for me.
I hope the link’s still up. My wrap up post is 75% done. I might have to post it as is and refine it this evening or on Sunday.
It’ll be sticky until next Friday. Thanks for joining in.
Congratulations Annabel and thanks for another great year of hosting!
I want to read more by Nicola Barker – so far I’ve only read H(A)PPY, which I loved. I’ve got my eye on Tony Interruptor, but will check out your reviews of The Cauliflower and Reversed Forecast as well.
25 is a very good summer of reading, well done!
Tony Interruptor was gloriously funny. I adored I am Sovereign too – which all happens in 20 minutes. See my Barker Reads page (under projects) for all the links.
I will! I’ve got a library wishlist of Barker books, I should start borrowing some.
Looks like a great summer’s reading, Annabel, and thanks for hosting!!