20 Books of Summer – #20BOS26 – My wrap-up – AnnaBookBel

I’ve really enjoyed hosting this year’s 20 Books of Summer. It’s been lovely going round all your links. I did click through to all of them, although i didn’t always have time to leave a comment. I’ve also had a good summer of reading!

1. Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea by Tracey Williams – (9/10) Review 
2. The Expansion Project by Ben Pester – (9/10) Review 
3. The Cauliflower by Nicola Barker – (7/10) Review 
4. The Portrait Artist by Dani Heywood-Lonsdale – (9.5/10) Review 
5. Fair Play by Louise Hegarty – (8.5/10) Review 
6. The End of the Vodka by Oscar de Muriel – 9/10) Review 
7. The Future of Bananas by John Dale –  Shiny Review 
8. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke – (8/10) Review 
9. On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle –(9/10) Review 
10. The Garden Square by Marguerite Duras – O FTr (6/10) Review 
11. Gratitude by Delphine de Vigan – (10/10) Review 
12. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist – (8.5/10) Review 
13. Reversed Forecast by Nicola Barker – (8.5/10) Review 
14. The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett – (9/10) Review 
15. Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite – (9/10) Review
16. On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle – (9.5/10) Review 
17. A Hymn to Life by Gisèle Pelicot –  Review
18. Pamphlets – Queenhood & The Cryosphere by Simon Armitage – (9.5/10) Review 
19. All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro – (9/10) Review 
20. On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle – (8.5/10) Review 
21. Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent – (9.5/10) Review
22. I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again by Caroline Darian –  Review
23. The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee – (7.5/10) Review 
24. The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks – (9/10) Review
25. H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker – (8/10) Review.

I read 25 in total that qualified by my criteria (all acquired before the challenge started, plus Book Group titles). They included:

• My planned 3 by Solvej Balle – On the Calculation of Volume series
• and a planned 3 by Nicola Barker
• 4 for #WITMonth
• 9 in translation in total
• 2 (3 if you include the Balle 1 Paris setting) in French/France for Paris in July
• 5 Non-fiction
• 1 Graphic memoir
• 1 (2 actually) poetry pamphlets)

Phew! Here’s to next year – see you for 20BOS27?