20 Books of Summer
- thecontentreader
- Jun 2
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
June is here and the 20 Books of Summer challenge has started. The challenge has been taken on by AnnaBookBel and Emma of Words and Peace. Head over to the their websites for more info.
My list of books
Aurelius, Marcus - Meditations (NF)
Austen, Jane - Lady Susan
Brook, Timothy - Vermeer's Hat (NF)
Brooks, Geraldine - Nine Parts of Desire
Byatt, A. S. - The Children's Book
Craike, W.A. - The Brontë Novels (NF)
Desmond/Moore, Adrian/James - Darwin's Sacred Cause, Race, Slavery and the quest for Human Origins (NF)
Edwards, Amelia - A Thousand Miles Up the Nile (NF) changed to: Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Fitzgerald, Penelope - Edward Burne-Jones - A Life (NF)
Franzen, Jonathan - Freedom
Gabaldon, Diana - The Scottish Prisoner
Geras, Adèle - Ljus och skugga (Facing the Light)
Johannesson, Jan - Tychonium, Experimentet
Koen, Karleen - Och nu ansikte mot ansikte (Now Face to Face)
Laoutaris, Chris - Shakespeare and the Countess
Lucas Correa, Armando - De som färdas om natten (La viajera nocturna/The Night Travellers)
Merriman, Helena - Tunnel 29 (NF)
Oates, Joyce Carol - Blondie
Roy, Arundhat - The God of Small Things
Talbot Rice, Tamara - Tamara - Memoirs of St Petersburg, Paris, Oxford and Byzantium (NF)
I started yesterday with Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. Interesting private thoughts of this wise Roman Emperor, who learned and lived a Stoic life style.
It is nothing you read in one go, so I share the reading with Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman. It was recommended by Rennie @ What's Nonfiction and I finally found it this year. Based on a BBC podcast it was made into a book. It is very well written and so exciting. It also describes very well the troubled times of when the wall was built and the devastating effects it had on people. I hope to finish it today.
What will I go for next? I will probably continue with dual reading as that is my usual way of reading (can even be five books at the time). I will do a random spin to see which two books I will continue with. Just a second ...
... and the winners are:
No. 13 - Johannesson, Jan - Tychonium, Experimentet. A Swedish historical fiction on a secret invention by Tycho Brahe. I have read the first installement and this is the second of a trilogy. Will be an exciting and interesting read.
No. 4 - Brooks, Geraldine - Nine Parts of Desire. I have had this book for a very long time, and wanted to read something by her for a while, so I am looking forward to this novel.
I am quite pleased with these two novels. Furthermore, all of the books come from my TBR shelves, which is so satisfying. I seem never to come under around 200 books, even if I read about 50 a year. Something is wrong here.
I am eager to hear what you think about Meditations. Marcus Aurelius is a new hero for me.
Out of those I've read The Children's Book and The God of Small Things and recommend both. That's a great pile and almost as big as my one!
Quite the list and stack you have there! I hope you're enjoying Meditations. It's on my own TBR for someday.
Fun way to choose your 2 books at a time. Enjoy!