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20 Books of Summer: 2023!

This is a challenge kindly hosted by Cathy@746books. You pick 20 (or fewer, it's entirely up to you) books from your sagging shelves and endeavour to read and review them all between 1st June and 31st August.  Once you have your list of books, you sign up via Cathy's website here:  https://746books.com/2023/05/02/announcing-20-books-of-summer-23-add-your-links-here/ . You can also tweet about your books using the hashtag #20booksofsummer23 .  I've taken part in #20booksofsummer for the last few years. I don't think I've ever completed it in full, but I've always enjoyed it. This year, however, I will be back reviewing in the Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival for the first time since 2019, so I have no idea how I'll get on with my 20 books!  But it's always such fun to choose them, and to find things languishing on the shelves that I'd forgotten about and often feel new enthusiasm for.  These are the bo

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