20 Books of Summer 2023 Wrap Up & British Classics Crime Challenge 2023 Update

I have pessimistically started this challenge with the lowest expectation of finishing 10 books in three months, but ended up reading no less than 21 books! The last two months are pretty crazy, and that's how I managed to read that many books. Reading is purely escapism for me at this stage of my life.

Books read for 20 Books of Summer 2023 (21/20):

🔹️ Summer by Edith Wharton
🔹️ The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens
🔹️ Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
🔹️ Art Heists and Hairballs by Bailey Booth
🔹️ One by One They Disappeared by Moray Dalton
🔹️ The Bookshop Murder by Merryn Allingham
🔹️ Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
🔹️ The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
🔹️ The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain
🔹️ Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand
🔹️ Fifty-Four Pigs by Phillip Schott
🔹️ Letters from My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
🔹️ Dear Paris by Janice MacLeod
🔹️ Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
🔹️ The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
🔹️ The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer
🔹️ The Girl, the Dog, and the Writer in Lucerne by Katrina Nannestad
🔹️ The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
🔹️ The Pleasure Cruise Mystery by Robin Forsythe
🔹️ The 12.30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Croft
🔹️ Murder in the Mill-Race by E.C.R Lorac


2023 Statistics

📊 Total books read so far: 40
📊 Total short stories read so far: 5
📊 Challenge progress:
* 2023 TBR Pile Challenge: 8
* 2023 Victorian Reading Challenge: 3
* 2023 Audiobook Challenge: 11

British Classics Crime Challenge 2023 Update

After two months, I have managed to read five books for this challenge, crossing five categories from the Bingo Card.

Bingo Card (5x5): 5/17

❌ Set On An Island: Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
❌ Closed Circle of Suspects: Heads You Lose (Christianna Brand)
❌ Mystery Set on Boat/Ship: The Pleasure Cruise Mystery (Robin Forsythe)
❌ Death on Board: Aircraft: The 12.30 from Croydon (Freeman Wills Croft)
❌ Death by Drowning: Murder in the Mill-Race (E.C.R. Lorac)

#BCCC2023 Monthly Theme:

July - Favorite Detective(s):

- Hercule Poirot (Evil Under the Sun)

August - Author(s) New to Me:

- Robin Forsythe (The Pleasure Cruise Mystery)

- Freeman Wills Croft (The 12.30 from Croydon)

- E.R.C. Lorac (Murder in the Mill-Race)