Hello, folks,
It’s time for 20 Books of Summer! The event is hosted by Cathy over at the 746 Books blog. She has set herself a challenge to read 20 books between June, 3rd and September, 3rd this year. Anyone can join in, and you are free to choose your reading goal to 10 / 15 / 20 books, as fits your summer reading plans. 🙂
This year, I decided to go for a goal of 10 books. Here is my list:
- Middlemarch, by George Eliot
- Nada, by Carmen Laforet
- Fidelity, by Susan Glaspell
- The King of a Rainy Country, by Brigid Brophy
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
- The Doll’s Alphabet, by Camilla Grudova
- Someone at a Distance, by Dorothy Whipple
- La Bâtarde, by Violette Leduc
- Speedboat, by Renata Adler
- Letty Fox: Her Luck, by Christina Stead
That’s all for now, folks! What are your reading projects for Summer? Do tell me about them.
Yours truly,
J.
Middlemarch is always a good choice. 🙂 Lots of interesting things on your list, including Whipple and Brophy, two writers I am keen to read myself. I don’t tend to do well when I make explicit reading plans, but your post made me think fondly back on the summer reading challenges my daughter and I used to do, sponsored by our public library.
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Thank you, Rohan! I am ambivalent when it comes to making a TBR, but I enjoy so much taking part in 20 Books of Summer, that 10 books seem like a good compromise. 🙂
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Ooo Nada is so good! And well, wuthering heights is my favorite book of all time, so. I approve of this list and look forward to your reviews.
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Thank you, Laura! Happy Summer reading for you, too. I loved the random way you decided on your TBR 🙂
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What a terrific selection of books! The Whipple, Laforet, Adler and Brophy are all excellent – I really hope you enjoy them too.
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Thank you, Jacqui! Your most recent review on Brophy made me curious to try her books 🙂
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Lovely. I’m also very keen to see what you think of the Leduc (which is new to me). You’ve got some great summer reading ahead of you there!
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An interesting list – look forward to your thoughts on them! 😀
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Thank you, Karen! Happy Summer reading to you 🙂
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Oh my goodness – enjoy Middlemarch! That and Wuthering Heights are the only things from your list I’ve read…
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Thank you, Elle! I wanted to drown myself in hefty classics this time…
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A very intriguing list! I’ve only read three of them, and I am most interested in the Brophy. Read one of hers, and keen to try more.
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Thank you, Simon! I am curious about the Brophy, too, ever since I read Jacqui’s review… 🙂
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Middlemarch, hooray!! I am doing 20 books of summer, plus I have four review books to read and review, plus an Iris Murdoch each month …
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Thank you, Liz! Happy Summer reading to you 🙂
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This is an amazing list. I would like to read “Nada” so bad. I have wanted to for a long time since I found out that it is Carmen Laforet’s existentialist debut and it is set in Barcelona.
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Thank you, Diana! I am currently reading it – and loving it so far! 🙂
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