A refreshed 20 Books of Summer challenge is upon us! Unlike last year, I do have 20 books to choose from, but it’s more realistic for me to commit to ten. My most successful 20 Books of Summer was my first, in 2019, when I read and reviewed 14 books, but I’ve never come close to that again. I join this challenge as an intention: to read these books (eventually) and to spend time writing reviews during the summer.

This year, new hosts have taken over for Cathy. I for one welcome our new overlords, AnnaBookBel and Words and Peace.

My list is another random assortment of books in my house or that could be in my house soon:

1. Less by Andrew Sean Greer (cheating because I’m halfway through it now)
2. The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen (carry over from last year)
3. Athena by John Banville (the last in the Book of Evidence series)
4. Small Boat by Vincent Delacroix tr. Helen Stevenson (an IBP shortlister)
5. There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem tr. Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert (an IBP longlister)
6. Playing Hard by Peter Unwin (a review copy, a collection of essays about games and sports)
7. Don Quixote by Cervantes tr. Edith Grossman (I thought about doing a read along but I’m too lazy)
8. Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba tr. Ginny Tapley Takemori (cover buy!)
9. Yoga by Emmanuel Carrère tr. John Lambert (been on my TBR since I read this review)
10. On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle tr. Barbara Haveland (next in the septology)

Join in and let’s review some books! I promise to comment on yours if you promise to comment on mine.