20 Books of Summer 2021

#20booksofsummer21 

No rules, just right isn’t QUITE the deal here, but it’s very close to that. Sign up, think of the books you’ll read, do a post (or not) and on June 1 start reading! It ends on September 1. Easy-peasy. Our host, as always, is Cathy of 746 Books. (Click the linked text to go to her blog and read all about it). In a week or so she’ll have the link-up page up on her blog and you post the link to your announcement post there–got it? Easy. I’m terrible at planning my reading. I usually lose interest after I announce them, but I’ll be nice and give some possibilities in case anyone else wants ideas.

Fiction

Most anxious to read? The top three in the  top row (below).

Nonfiction

Most anxious to read? Again, the top three in the  top row (below).

It would be a miracle if these turn out to be the exact 20 I read! I have to get most books from the library and since Covid getting audios takes forever. I buy some–the Churchill and royal books for example, but the rest come from the library.

I am also sticking to my idea of trying to read seasonally for part of my books. I have a few “summery” titles here and others in mind for that cause. Then there is my backlist reading–authors I’ve discovered I truly enjoy and go back and read ALL of their books. Barbara Pym, Anne Tyler, Daphne Du Maurier, and a host of other–you can read more about that here. I imagine there will be a new Classics Club spin this summer, so I will want to read that book. There may be a readathon I chose to join in with too. And then there is just grabbing an audio for my commute when I need one and nothing has come in! I also planned this year to try to read a few books I already own. I really liked Book Club Mom’s video this week about her efforts on that–maybe she’ll inspire me by example and I’ll pick something up I’ve been ignoring and love it!

I’d like to do my library’s adult summer reading program but, unless the rules have changed this year, you must get the books from the library. We’ll see–if they come in fast enough and I’m motivated that could work. [Translation: Don’t hold your breath on this]. I  am also doing more professional reading at the moment as we pivot, transition, re-invent, imagine, create, etc., in the university in the wake of COVID. Those books may take some of the spots I’ve mentally allotted to lighter fiction.

Will you try to read 20 books this summer? Leave me a comment or a link to your own 20 Books of Summer post.