20 Books of Summer – 2022

It’s that time of year again. The ’20 Books of Summer Challenge’ hosted by Cathy is back! And after giving it some thought, so am I. I have no doubt it’s going to be a struggle to read and review 20 books before the end of August but really, it’s a much-loved tradition by now. I haven’t failed yet and I do not intend to do so in my fifth year of joining either.

The aim of the challenge is to read and review 10, 15 or 20 books between June 1st and September 1st. The best thing about this challenge is the lack of rules. Want to swap a book? Go for it! Want to change half your list? By all means! Want to change your challenge goal halfway through the summer? Have at it! I take full advantage of these non-rules, believe me. Watch my list be entirely unrecognisable by the end of the challenge 😉.

The plan is to read some review copies, some backlog books from my own shelves (including those you lovely lot voted for in the weekly polls I did*) and a few new releases I’m very (im)patiently waiting for. Hurry up, Karin Slaughter!

These are the chosen ones. For now. Honestly, don’t get too attached to this list. It has already undergone an infinite number of changes the last few days. Just call me Fickle Frieda.

Anyway! In no particular order, with links to Goodreads for your convenience. Links to reviews will be added as and when they are written. Hopefully. Since that seems to be the point of the challenge. 😳

Hayley Scrivener – Dirt Town [review]
Lesley Kara – The Apartment Upstairs [review]
Victoria Selman – Truly Darkly Deeply [review]
Frances Quinn – That Bonesetter Woman [review]

Louisa Treger – Madwoman [review]
Holly Seddon – The Woman on the Bridge [review]
Jenny Blackhurst – The Girl Who Left [review]
Jack Jordan – Do No Harm [review]

David Jackson – No Secrets [review]
J.P. Pomare – The Wrong Woman [review]
Mike Gayle – The Museum of Ordinary People [review]
John Brownlow – Seventeen [review]

Megan Goldin – Stay Awake [review]
Jennifer Hillier – Things We Do In The Dark [review]
Sarah Gailey – Just Like Home [review]
Imran Mahmood – I Know What I Saw [review]

Fiona Cummins – Into The Dark [review]
Karin Slaughter – Girl, Forgotten [review]
Helen Fields – The Last Girl to Die [review]
M.W. Craven – The Botanist [review]

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There you have it. As lists go, it looks pretty fine, I think. Any thoughts? Have you read any of these? Which one would you start with?

If you are joining the challenge, good luck and have fun! Wishing you all a wonderful Summer and lots of happy reading xx.

(* weekly poll shall return after Summer or when I finish this challenge. Whichever comes first.)