My 20 Books of Summer 2025

I'm joining this scary challenge 😬

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In other news…

Isabella Ann at The Painted Caravan recently posted “20 Books of Summer 2025”. I thought it would be fun to join this challenge! I highly suggest hopping over to see what Isabella Ann said about this challenge, how she’s going about it, and who’s hosting this year. Here’s an excerpt from her post:

20 Books of Summer is a lovely way to encourage and help you read some of those books that have been sitting on your shelf for to long, or help you get through some titles on your TBR list.

• All you have to do is create a list of 10, 15 or 20 books you would like to read over the Summer and get ready to read your chosen few for the next three months.

• You can swap or add any books you want throughout the challenge, there are no rules!

• And if you don’t finish your list at the end of it, no problem! 😊

20 Books of Summer 2025 begins June 1st and ends on August 31st. That’s three months of reading time! I generally average seven books a month in a school year so I think I can read 20 in three months. 🫣 Problem is…the books I chose for myself are not the fast-paced, exciting adventure or romance books I’ve been reading for the past year. Instead, they are books on growing closer to God, classics that I’ve been putting off, and self-helps and how-tos that guide me to become a better young person. For me, this challenge is part challenge, part “exciting” book fast. Yeah, I’m fasting from books by reading other books. 😅 With this challenge, I hope I can slow myself down, get reaccustomed to books that stretch me, and ultimately, grow closer to God and obey Him better. The amount of books may not be very scary but I’m a little intimidated by the books I chose for myself…

• The Screwtape Letters

• Andersen’s Fairy Tales

• Jane Eyre

• God At Work

• Voices of the Future: Stories of Whimsy & Wonder

• Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings, and Benefits of Meditating on God’s Word

• The Garden You’re Growing

• Ten Words to Live By: Delighting in and Doing What God Commands

• Answers to Tough Questions Skeptics Ask About the Christian Faith

• Because of You

• God Owns My Business

• Mere Christianity

• Scythe

• The Count of Monte Cristo

• Let Me Be a Woman

• And Then There Were None

• Daddy-Long-Legs

• The Ultimate Gift

• Decision Making and the Will of God

• Ben Hur: A Tale of Christ

I assigned a number to each book and numbered slips of paper and put them in a mason jar so that I can randomly pick a number and that’s the book I have to start reading. By the the time I finish or am close to finishing that book, I’ll blindly pick out the next and read it. This continues throughout the summer until (hopefully!) I read all 20 books before August 31st.

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I would love to know, what are you hoping to achieve this summer? Are you going to join the 20 (or 10 or 15) Books of Summer 2025 challenge? If so, what are some of the books you want to read?

Not only am I trying this reading challenge, I’m also challenging myself to exercise a lot more than I have been (aka zilch). Anybody else wish reading not only stretched the mind but also the body? 😂 That would be so convenient…

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Warm (get it?) wishes for your summer,

Nicole