#20 Books of Summer 2021
- Now the hard part:
- Make a list for… #20BooksOfSummer
- hosted yearly by Cathy
- @Cathy746 Books
- Monthly reading plan
- #20BooksOfSummer21
- STATUS: in progress
- Reaching Tin River – Thea Astley REVIEW (1990)
- Mrs. McGinty’s Dead – Agatha Christie REVIEW (1952)
- The Betrayal – W. R. Corson (1968) REVIEW
- A Baker’s Dozen – Dorothy Hewett (2001) REVIEW
- Ghostspeaking – Peter Boyle (2016) REVIEW
- Fire Front – edited by Alison Whittaker (2020) REVIEW
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love – R. Carver (1981) REVIEW
- Stories from the Warm Zone – Jessica Anderson (1987) – REVIEW
- The Lost Arabs – Omar Sakr REVIEW
- The New Ships – Kate Duignan REVIEW
- The Sense of an Ending – J. Barnes REVIEW
- A Killing Spring – G. Bowen REVIEW (CF)
- The Collected Stories (30) of Jean Stafford – J. Stafford 1970 Pulitzer Prize REVIEW
- The Blue Clerk – Dionne Brand (2018) REVIEW
- La maison du chat qui pelote – H. Balzac (1830) REVIEW
- La cagnotte – E. Labiche (1864) REVIEW
- Growth of the Soil – Knut Hamsun (1917) – REVIEW
- The Wall – John Hersey (1950) – REVIEW
- Entangled Life – M. Sheldrake REVIEW (NF)
- John – Annie Baker (play) REVIEW
- The Prophets – R. Jones Jr. (2021) REVIEW
- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Molière REVIEW
- Foundation (1951) – Isaac Asimov (SF)
- Fer-de-Lance (1934) – Rex Stout (CF) REVIEW
- The Birdwatcher (2016) – W. Shaw – REVIEW
- Mrs. McGinty’s Dead – Agatha Christie REVIEW (1952)
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963) by Ian Fleming
- Darktown (2016) – T. Mullen (CF) REVIEW
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Thanks for taking part Nancy – I love Carver, hope you enjoy! Best of luck 😊
Your reading challenges are always on the top of my list! Thanks for hosting….
Nice list! I’ve read Dionne Brand, but only earlier things. I’ll be curious to see what you think.
Curious about “The Blue Clerk” as well. The layout of the book is quirky to say the least. I choose all 18 books in paperback or hardcover….so long to have a book in my hands again instead of digital. I plan to have a look at your list this afternoon.
Other than Letters of Vincent Van Gogh and Growth of the Soil, I know none of these. Happy summer reading, Nancy!
Cleo, thanks for stopping by! I finally have my reading mojo back…and will probably read more than 20 books this summer. Have you posted your list yet?
Yes, I’ve posted my list. I do hope you get lots of reading accomplished. I’m fitting it in between work and responsibilities. But at least I’m reading. Glad to hear you’re healthy and happy!
I think you may have more Aussies on your list than I have on mine!
I hope your Thea Astley love affair continues :-)
I love Aussie Authors….I hope I can link my short reviews to #AusReadingMonth21 ….if that is permitted, along with any new books in November.
Beachmasters…by Ms Astley, I can’t buy it anywhere. If you know somebody who has a copy on the bookshelf..I’d pay postage to have it sent to me!
Reviews of any shape or size are welcome for AusReadingMonth.
I’ll keep an eye out for beachmasters!
Good luck with your summer reading plan!
Thanks so much!
A good and varied collection. Have fun! My list is grandiose and over-reaching …!
I just selected books I had on the shelf…with the exception of the new book about Philip Roth. I’ll go to your blog and have a look at your list! happy reading.
You managed to get that Roth biography before it got pulled, eh?
I did…as soon as I saw the controversy started!
The Raymond Carver book will be an excellent summer read. Good luck!
I’m hoping to read twenty of my 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
Reading Carver…as we speak!
Nancy, very intriguing and ambitious list, as usual. The Philip Roth biography should be good. I will be interested in what you think of the John Hersey book. I was just reading an essay about a book by Knut Hamsun last night (Pan). I had not known about that author before.
I am happy that you plan to read those books from my list also. You are doing really well already on your list of 20 books.