This summer I participated in the Summer Reading Challenge hosted by Emma at Words and Peace and Annabel @ AnnaBookBel. 

In the beginning I decided I would read 15 and then I decided on my own that I’d just read 10. I knew I had a lot going on this summer with health and stuff (not like I actually had a life and traveled. Har. Har.) and was also trying to finish the fourth book in my mystery series (which, sadly, is not finished) so I figured I might not even read that many.

In the end, though, I did manage to read 15 books.

First, my original list of planned reads:

Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh

Between Sound and Sea by Amanda Cox

The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

The Inimitable Jeeves by PG Woodhouse

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

Spill the Jackpot by Erle Stanley Gardner

‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara

Death In A Budapest Butterfly by Julia Buckley

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonassen

But First Murder by Bee Littlefield

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman

A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano

The Unlikely Yarn of The Dragon Lady by Sharon J. Mondragon

Now my final list of books read this summer:

A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano

The Unlikely Yarn of The Dragon Lady by Sharon J. Mondragon

But First Murder by Bee Littlefield

The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

The Inimitable Jeeves by PG Woodhouse

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

Spill the Jackpot by Erle Stanley Gardner

The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene

All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot

The Wishing Well by Mildred Wirt

Killer in the Kitchen (A Murder, She Wrote book) by Donald Bain

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Dave Barry is Not Taking This Sitting Down by Dave Barry

Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

The Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene

Here are a few follow up questions suggested by Emma:

Did you manage to finish all 10/15/20 books? If not, what kept you from completing the challenge? I finished 15 books when I actually thought I’d only get 10 done!

Of all the books you read this summer, which one(s) was/were your favorite and why? The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Inimitable Jeeves were my favorites. The Scarlet Pimpernel kept me turning the pages with its adventure and The Inimitable Jeeves was hilarous and fun.

Did you DNF any? Why? I did not finish the Courtney Walsh books. I just couldn’t get into them.

Which book surprised you the most, either by being better or worse than you expected? I expected Spill the Jackpot to be so much better than it was. I read another book in the series and really enjoyed it but this one was just not good at all.

Did you notice any patterns in the genres you chose or enjoyed this summer? As usual I read more mysteries than anything else.

Which one had the best cover? Some of my books had different covers than what I showed above. If the photo I used for The Scarlet Pimpernel on my graphic had been the cover I had had on my book, I would say that one, but, alas, I did not have that cover. So for me I think A Midnight Dance had the best cover but the Dave Barry book had the funniest.

Which one was the longest? And the shortest? All Things Wise and Wonderful was the longest and Prince Caspian was the shortest (I think)..

Did you read them mostly in print? ebook? audio? I mostly read my books via ebooks.

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