20 (10) Books of Summer (Winter) check-in

The challenge has just begun and the weather is getting decidedly more snuggly and bookish. I’m a little bit behind in all of my challenges this year, something I’m hoping to fix over the colder months of winter using this challenge as the push I need to read some of the books that have been lingering on my TBR.

This year I decided to challenge myself to reading 10 books – 5 that are pre-decided and 5 that I will just mood read my way through. I don’t have a very big TBR to choose books from and the majority of my TBR are romance reads. The few books that are not romances are the ones I plan on focusing on, taking this opportunity to read outside my comfort zone. The rest… let’s face it…will be romance. I am who I am.

So far I have read one of my pre-decided books – Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke – and OMG it was a wild ride. I’m still coming to terms with what I read and so there’s no book review yet. Maybe soon….

I have also read my first romance – No Matter What by Cara Bastone – writing the book review as soon as the last words were narrated.

My 5 pre-decided books:

• Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
• The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
• Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke – ★★★★
• Little One by Olivia Muenter
• The Maid by Nita Prose

The other 5:

• No Matter What by Cara Bastone – ★★★★★

I’m not sure what I will read next but I am determined to try and stick to this list….there’s only 5 books on it after all. And then who knows….I have some book mail on it’s way and quite a cue in my Kindle library.

Are you doing the 20 Books of Summer challenge? Do you have a plan or are you winging it? I’d love to chat in the comments.

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