20 Books of Summer 2017

Welcome to the 20 Books of Summer reading event, hosted by Cathy of 746 Books. This event involves reading 20 books over the course of the summer. It runs from June 1st to September 3rd. Learn more about the event here.

I realize I am a few days late on starting this challenge, but I suppose that better be a little late is better than discovering this on September 4.

I have more than enough books to get me through the summer.

Here is my list:
1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
3. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4. Voyager by Diana Gabldon
5. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
6. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
7. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
8. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
9. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thein
10. Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
11. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
12. Alexander Hamilton  by Ron Chernow
13. Neurotribes  by Steve Silberman
14. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
15.  Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
16. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
17. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
18. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
19. An Uncomplicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
20. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry

Of course there will be other books that I will read during the summer, but these are the main books that I want to tackle.  Happy reading.

Sunday Salon - 20 Books of Summer wrap up and other things #20booksofsummer

Finally it seems that the summer storm of 2015 in Southwestern BC (which also affected the Seattle area) is being left behind and moving on to more typical late summer weather and I intend on taking advantage of it and going to a local park and parking my chair and reading for a bit outside.

For those that don't know, there was a major wind storm that came through last weekend that downed power lines and trees (and some pretty big trees were uprooted, one I heard was about 200 years old, due to the dry summer we had in the Pacific Northwest; had no significant rain until this week since about late April/early May) and left over 500,000 BC Hydro customers in the dark at some point during the storm and some didn't have power for several days.  Fortunately, I only had my power out for about 5 hours, but still I was worried that my power would go out again during Saturday (wind gusts were over 90km/hr in Abbotsford; that's over 56 miles/hr) as there are several large trees near where I live and could have potentially come down on power lines or apartment buildings.

As for my reading this week, it was pretty good.  Got Letters to the Lost completed and have made a lot of progress with The Odyssey, especially last night.  I am hoping to finish it by tomorrow, as I am hoping to use it for a square for BOTNS Bingo.

But 20 Books of Summer was a bit of a bust for me.  I had scheduled these books and only read three of the books.  I thought I had put TKAM and Go Set, but unfortunately I didn't.  Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.

This week I also signed up for R.I.P X, hoping to get at least one book done for the challenge.

Am hoping to blog a little more this coming week.  Happy reading and have a good week.

20 Books of Summer

Welcome to the 20 Books of Summer reading event, hosted by Cathy of 746 Books. This event involves reading 20 books over the course of the summer. It starts on June 1st and runs through September 4th. My list includes both e-books and physical books and some re-reads and some that I am currently reading.  Learn more about the event here.

The List

1. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (e-book)
2. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (physical)
3. War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy (e-book & physical)
4. Montcalm & Wolfe: The Duel Biography of Two Men who forever changed the course of Canadian History by Roch Carrier (e-book)
5. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (physical)
6. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque (physical)
7. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (physical)
8. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (physical)
9. The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (physical)
10. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (physical)
11. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (e-book)
12. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (e-book)
13. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (e-book or phyiscal; don't know what I'll get first)
14. Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (physical)
15. Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
16. Emma: a modern retelling by Alexander McCall Smith (physical)
17. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  (e-book)
18. The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philipa Gregory (physical)
19. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (physical)
20. The White Princess by Philippa Gregory (physical)