A month of chunksters! #July #20BOS2026

For some reason, July ended up being a month in which I read a number of chunky books (which I hadn’t necessarily planned…) and so although the total of books read was less than usual, I think the number of pages compensates for that! And here they are: As usual, here’s a list in case the photo is not clear. The numbers are for 20 Books of Summer, in the order I read them! Music Lessons by Stephen Johnson (22) The Defendant by G.K. Chesterton (21) Prague Triptych by Johannes Urzidil (18) Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin (19) Why Did She Die? by Joan Coggin (20) The Magic-Lantern Murders by Carter Dickson (16) Puzzles of the Parish by Various (15) Guilty Secrets by Various (14) From the Front Line by Vasily Grossman (17) Vampire Tales by Various (23) You can probably see certain themes in this month’s reads in that there’s a lot of GA crime – it was a bit manic before work ended for the summer, and so they were the perfect distraction as well as the necessary balance for the…