QuestingA's 2024 Root Challenge

I fell short of 50 books last year but am going to give it another go.

Books read: 65
Fiction: 60
Non-fiction: 5
Date updated: 28 December

New books: 73
Books from sister: 15
Other: 3
Total new books: 91

1. The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson
2. Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner

Good luck this year getting closer to your goal! (I didn't meet my 2023 goal either)

Welcome back and good luck with your 2024 goal!

Welcome back and better luck this year!

Thanks Jackie_K, rabbitprincess and Miss Watson !!

3. The Deep by Rivers Solomon

I bought this last year.

4. Murder by the Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles edited by Martin Edwards

This has been on the pile since 2021.

5. The Owl Service by Alan Garner

I bought this last year.

Welcome back!

>10 cyderry: thanks cyderry Good luck with your challenge this year. I look forward to reading your thread!

6. Treacle Walker by Alan Garner

My sister's book group read this in 2022, then I inherited it. This is quite different to The Owl Service!

7. The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales by Kate Mosse

I don't know how long this has been on the pile. More than five years I'd guess.

8. The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware

I picked this up last year.

>14 QuestingA: What did you think about that one, QA? Just curious if I should buy it.

>15 connie53: hi Connie, it was good and I recommend it. This is the second of her books I've read.

Thanks for that. On the wish-list it goes.

9. Ghost Stories of Henry James introduction and notes by Martin Scofield

The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories by Henry James

I've had both these books for several years and in reading one I also read the other.

10. The IPCRESS File by Len Deighton

This came from my sister who read it with her book group in 2022.

11. Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham

I bought this last year.

12. The Infernal Device by Michael Kurland

I picked this up second hand last year. It's the second of the Professor Moriarty series I've read (completely out of order).

13. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

This was on the pile for many years.

14. Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne

This came from my sister, who gave it to me last year.

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilmore

I bought this Penguin Little Black Classic last year.

15. Memory of Water by Emmi Itaranta

This was on the shelf for several years, not sure how many. Pleased I finally got around to reading it

16. Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection through Time and Space edited by Mike Ashley

This has been on the pile since 2021.

17. The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

This has been on the pile since 2022.

>27 QuestingA: did u enjoy it? or is it just average? I, too, own a copy and haven't gotten to it.

>28 EGBERTINA: hi egbertina. It was OK, but not great. I like Albert Campion, and he isn't in it much.

18. Who Thinks Evil by Michael Kurland

This has been on the pile since 2022.

Hi QA. just popping in to see what you have been reading. You are really on your way reading those old ones.

>31 connie53: hi Connie, thanks for your continued encouragement!!

19. Big Ben Strikes Eleven by David Magarshack

I bought this last year. Not great.

>34 Ann_R: Hi Ann, and thanks! Good luck with your own reading challenge.

20. The Last Crusaders: East, West and the Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson

According to the docket still inside it, I bought this in July 2011.

21. The Lost Luggage Porter by Andrew Martin

This has been on the pile for many years.

22. House of the Hanged by Mark Mills

This was on the pile for many years.

23. A Death in the Hospital by Caroline Dunford

This was put on the pile last year.

24. Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers

This was added to the pile in 2022.

25. Scravir: While Whitby Sleeps by C.M. Lassie

I bought this last year.

26. Dead on Time by Clifford Witting

I bought this last year.

27. Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz

Not sure how long I've had this, maybe only a year or so.

28. The Theft of the Iron Dogs by E.C.R. Lorac

I bought this last year.

29. He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr

I bought this last year.

Hi QA. How are you doing since I was here last time? I hope you are still reading those ROOTs.

>45 connie53: hi Connie, thanks for checking in. I always have a slow patch in August. Hope you're doing well.

30. Someone from the Past by Margot Bennett

I bought this last year.

31. Come Closer by Sara Gran

This was great. It came from my sister and was added to the pile last year.

32. Outline by Rachel Cusk

This came from my sister. It's been on the pile since 2021.

>46 QuestingA: Hi QA, I'm doing fine. I have been reading a lot in the last few weeks of summer. It had been raining a lot in July and August and than the sun came back once again.

>48 QuestingA: I've read that one in 2005 and I only recognized the cover but I don't remember what is was about, not even when I read the description. Strange how the mind (or my mind) works.

33. A Witch Hunt in Whitby by Helen Cox

I bought this last year.

34. Red Shirts by John Scalzi

My sister read this for one of her book groups. I acquired it last year.

Good luck with your challenge! Do you think you'll reach it this year?

35. Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin

Think I've owned this for at least five years.

>53 formativeage: hi formativeage! I think it's unlikely I'll hit the target this year. I hope your challenge is going better.

36. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

This has been on the pile since 2023.

37. Darktown by Thomas Mullen

This has been on the pile for a number of years.

38. Dead Simple by Peter James

This was on the pile for several years. Who knows how many.

39. The String of Pearls by Thomas Preskett Prest

This has been on the pile since 2014.