#20booksofsummer2025
June 1 – August 31
Final recap
Like last year, I got close to my original list, and managed to read 15/19 (why 19? well, I discovered I could not find anywhere my 20th title!)
And of course, I read many more books, that were not on that list!
With a total of 36 books, I thought I had read a lot. Looking closer at my stats, it ends up begin way less than last year! I had a total of 45 books.
You can see my file with titles here.
Statistics wise, that’s:
36 books (13 on paper, 11 ebooks, and 12 audiobooks)
That’s a total of 3,978 pages (average of 43 pages/day)
And 64H40 of audio time (average of 42 minutes/day).
If I convert these audiobooks into pages, that’s 2,543 pages .
So the total in pages is 6,521 (average of 71 pages/day).
Plus finishing 3 books that I had started before June.
Plus reading 11 Japanese short stories in August for #WITMonth.
During the summer,
– I traveled to: Belgium, Canada, China, England, France, Japan, Kuwait, Scotland, US, and space
– 10 books I read were published between 1925-1963
– I read 5 books in translation (from the Chinese and Japanese)
– I read 15 books in French
– 14 books came from my public library
And now, I’ll answer the questions I sent you for the final questionnaire:
SOME BASIC QUESTIONS:
- Did you manage to finish all 10/15/20 books? If not, what kept you from completing the challenge?
I did
- Of all the books you read this summer, which one(s) was/were your favorite and why?
Did you DNF any? Why?
I didn’t DNF any.
My favorites were:
Une Rose seule, by Muriel Barbery – exquisite writing
Artificial Wisdom, by Thomas R. Weaver – brilliant scifi take on AI and global warming issues
Proust, roman familial, by Laure Murat – wow, Proust made even more alive!
The Girl and the Robot, by Oz Rodriguez – neat MG scifi, with immigration issues
3. Which book surprised you the most, either by being better or worse than you expected?
My first Christian romance, so much better than expected. Brilliant in fact:
4. Did you notice any patterns in the genres you chose or enjoyed this summer?
17 mysteries = that’s 47% of my titles
5. Which one had the best cover?
6. Which one was the longest? And the shortest?
The longest: Artificial Wisdom = 432 pages
The shortest: Cent mille milliards de poèmes, by Raymond Queneau = 10 pages
7. Did you read them mostly in print? ebook? audio?
No, quite balanced in fact: 13 on paper, 11 ebooks, and 12 audiobooks
I had added three more creative questions, but I don’t feel inspired, so I’ll leave it to that.
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This was my first year cohosting #20BooksofSummer with Annabel @ AnnaBookBel, and it has been a wonderful experience.
It was really neat to see so many of you participating, reading, reviewing, and having fun with my questionnaires!
So looks like you will have to bear with both of us next Summer!
Now, talking about next year, I noticed this time that several of you chose a 10 titles list, then the 10 other titles were more spontaneous.
I think that’s a neat strategy, and am planning to do this next time, to help me cover my initial list.
How did you do with your own summer list?
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Besides 
Words And Peace