20 Books of Summer Report Card

Way back in the mists of time, before the heatwave we had here in London, I signed up for #20BooksofSummer because:

[…] as my reading is going pretty well this year I decided it was time that I took part in a challenge, and thought that this one (hosted by Cathy over at 746Books) was ideal. The twist is that I’ll be reading only books on my Kindle app; this doesn’t mean that I’m giving up on #ReadingMuriel2018 – I (foolishly) believe I can do both!

I’m very late reporting back (here’s Cathy’s closing post from 4 September) but in case you need a bit of a hint – not only couldn’t I do both, I didn’t complete either 😞

I’ve repeated my original list below – the items in bold are the ones that I read, though with the move to the new blog I decided not to go back and complete any outstanding reviews. All of the books I finished are really enjoyable. So here we go:

• You Were Never Really Here by Jonathan Ames (I also watched the film version which was excellent)
• Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steven Amsterdam
• All That Remains by Sue Black
• The Boy on the Bridge by MR Carey
• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Who Killed Sherlock Holmes by Paul Cornell
• The Cathedral of Known Things by Edward Cox
• Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell
• Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
• The Keeper by Alastair Gunn
• Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
• Slow Horses by Mick Herron
• The Summer Children by Dot Hutchinson
• Head On by John Scalzi
• I Still Dream by James Smythe
• The Hunger by Alma Katsu
• The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• Gilded Cage by Vic James
• Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

In summary I read 18 books over the summer; 10 from my list, 3 Muriels and 5 others. I’m pretty happy with the outcome, so will definitely take part again next year.