Books I Want to Read This Summer

I’m a little late getting signed up for 20 Books of Summer, hosted by Cathy of 746 Books. For the rest of the year I try not to make TBR lists or count what I read, but summer is my favorite reading time and I like the feeling of accomplishment of finishing books I’ve been meaning to read. 

I decided to pair my sign-up with today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, which is “books I was excited to get but still haven’t read”, since that’s a good description of my list, which is made up of ARCs, book purchases I need to read, and library loans.

The 20 Books of Summer challenge is flexible, so I had to decide whether I should list 20 books and strive for 15, or go for 20 but list 5 alternates (Cathy says it’s perfectly fine to change our lists midway through the challenge though I try not to).  And do I count books I’ve read and reviewed?

Being realistic, I’d like to read and review 15 books from this list.  I know I’ll read more than that, but it’s always a challenge for me to review more of what I read. Plus I’m participating in the Ozathon so I want to make sure I count those. So I’m listing 25 books and will aim to read and review 15 of them by September 1. 

Here’s what I want to read this summer:

1. Congratulations, the Best is Over by R. Eric Thomas (print book on my shelf)
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (print on my shelf)
3. Passing by Nella Larsen (print on my shelf)
4. Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro (print)
5. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (print)
6. The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande (print)
7. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (print/reread)
8. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum (print book)
9. Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum (print book)
10. The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum (print book)
11. All I Know by Holly LaBerbera (ARC)
12. Repacking for Greece by Sally Jane Smith (ARC)
13. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide by Sarah Brooks (ARC)
14. In this Ravishing World by Nina Schuyler (ARC)
15. Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi (ARC)
16. Gravity Lost by L.M. Sagas (ARC)
17. There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (ARC)
18. Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (ebook)
19. Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan (audio)
20. Sisters of Belfast by Melanie Maure (audio)
21. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (audio)
22. Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring-Blake (audio)
23. The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (audio)
24. Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (audio)
25. Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyan Woo (audio)

I’m looking forward to a summer of great reading. What are you planning to read this summer?