When Cathy of 746 books announced last year that she would not host 20 Books of Summer this year after ten successful years, Emma of Words and Peace and I both volunteered to take it on. Summer reading IS the 20, 15 or 10 Books challenge to us! We couldn’t let Cathy’s wonderful challenge fall by the wayside.
So this is your first call to start planning…
- The #20BooksofSummer2025 challenge runs from Sunday June 1st to Sunday August 31st
- The first rule of 20 Books is that there are no real rules, other than signing up for 10, 15 or 20 books and trying to read from your TBR.
- Pick your list in advance, or nominate a bookcase to read from, or pick at whim from your TBR.
- If you do pick a list, you can change it at any time – swap books in/out.
- Don’t get panicked at not reaching your target.
- Just enjoy a summer of great reading and make a bit of space on your shelves!
We’ll have monthly summary posts where you can add progress reports and recommendations. The final one at the at the beginning of September will stay open for a while to catch all the last reviews.
Emma has designed some super new logos, and for the first time we’ve done one specially for our Antipodean friends for whom it is winter rather than summer! Resize them to fit your needs. Emma has also made a book bingo card to match your reads for more fun too.
If you’re planning to join in please do add your blog / planning post link to the Mr Linky below the logos and bingo card now, which’ll help us keep track, and you can use the hashtag #20BooksofSummer2025 on your socials.
