Sue's Big Book Summer Challenge - My Shorter List

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When I recently published my original "shortlist" of books for this year's big book summer challenge hosted by Sue at BookByBook, I hadn't expected so many responses.  Thank you all so much for your thoughts and feedback on Blogger, Twitter and Instagram! 

I've compiled a shorter list for this year's Big Book Summer challenge: 






❶ The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
❷ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
❸ The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
❹ The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
❺ Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
❻ The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
❼ The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
❽ Scythe by Neal Shusterman

This is going to be really tough with only 13 weeks of challenge ahead.  I’ve crunched the numbers, and I need to increase my reading by about 20% - so wish me luck, and I'll be keeping you posted on my progress!

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  1. Sue Jackson6 June 2021 at 16:39

    Wow, what a great list, Elinor! You did a great job narrowing down your list to the best of the best! I've read the first 4 and loved them all and have heard great things about the last four and WANT to read them!

    Looks like an outstanding reading summer for you - enjoy!

    Sue

    2021 Big Book Summer Challenge

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    1. Elinor6 June 2021 at 20:38

      Thank you Sue! I’m so grateful for all your responses here and on social media. I doubt I’d have been able to prune my list without them! I have started The Pillars of the Earth and it *is* promising! Looking forward to finding out what everyone else is reading this summer too.

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  2. Max @ Completely Full Bookshelf7 June 2021 at 19:11

    I'm glad you got so many responses that you could narrow your list down to what you were really interested in reading! This looks like a wonderful selection of books for the challenge, and I look forward to hearing about your progress. Good luck keeping with the challenge, and thanks so much for sharing!

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    1. Elinor8 June 2021 at 18:03

      I was glad for the help to be honest. Like yours my bookshelf is completely full. Heading off to visit yours right now!

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