QuestingA's 2023 ROOT Challenge

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QuestingA's 2023 ROOT Challenge

1QuestingA
Editado: Dez 30, 2023, 6:01 am

2022 again saw more books added to the pile than were read. This year I will try and read 50 books I already owned before 01 January.



Books Read: 81
Fiction: 74
Non-Fiction: 7
Date updated: 30 December

New books: 101
Books from sister: 15
Total new books: 116

2QuestingA
Editado: Jan 4, 2023, 11:42 am

1. Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley

I started reading this last year and finished it this year.

2. The Crossing Places by Elly Griffith's

I've owned this for a number of years, I've forgotten how many.

3rocketjk
Jan 4, 2023, 12:46 pm

Happy Reading in 2023. Cheers!

4Jackie_K
Jan 4, 2023, 1:19 pm

Good luck for this year's goal! Hope you enjoy your chosen books.

5QuestingA
Jan 4, 2023, 2:53 pm

Thanks rocketjk and Jackie_K!

6QuestingA
Editado: Jan 4, 2023, 2:58 pm

I don't normally count books I can read in less than 1/2 a day, but I already added this to the tally of books acquired so now it's been read....

3. Spiralling: A Slow Descent into Madness Stories by writers from Sir John Colfax School, Dorset

7rabbitprincess
Editado: Jan 4, 2023, 6:09 pm

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

8MissWatson
Jan 5, 2023, 5:34 am

Three ROOTs already! You're on a roll!

9connie53
Jan 5, 2023, 7:55 am

Happy New Year, QA and welcome to a new year of ROOTing

10QuestingA
Jan 7, 2023, 7:49 am

Thanks rabbitprincess, MissWatson and Connie! I'm looking forward to reading your threads and enjoying another year of reading with you all.

11QuestingA
Jan 7, 2023, 7:53 am

4. Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake

I think this has been on the pile since 2017.

12QuestingA
Editado: Jan 23, 2023, 5:06 pm

5. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler

No idea how long I've had this. Possibly since 2017, considering it's place in the pile.

13QuestingA
Editado: Jan 23, 2023, 5:07 pm

6. Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

This has also been on the pile since 2017, according to the docket inside.

14QuestingA
Jan 30, 2023, 4:30 am

7. The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde

This was given to me last year. We're reading it for my bookgroup.

15rocketjk
Jan 30, 2023, 11:56 am

>14 QuestingA: I hope you like it. I enjoyed it a lot. Of course, I'm just generally a sucker for Fforde's world view and sense of humor.

16QuestingA
Editado: Fev 7, 2023, 3:51 am

>15 rocketjk: Hi rocketjk, I'm alo a Jasper Fforde fan. I've read everything except Early Riser. With The Constant Rabbit I enjoyed the puns and was upset by the terrible world they lived in. The mix of unsettling dystopia, social commentary and clever puns is unusual. The book group in general agreed that it's a difficult mix.

17QuestingA
Editado: Fev 7, 2023, 3:50 am

8. If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino and translated by William Weaver

This also had a receipt in it from 2017.

18rocketjk
Fev 7, 2023, 11:56 am

>16 QuestingA: " The book group in general agreed that it's a difficult mix."

Certainly a fair assessment in my view, as well. Shades of Grey also had some of the elements you're speaking of. It seems to me fairly clear that Fforde is a bit tired of only being humorous and clever and is purposefully pushing into more weighted social commentary.

19QuestingA
Editado: Fev 11, 2023, 5:23 pm

9. The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns

I bought this last year.

20QuestingA
Fev 15, 2023, 4:48 am

10. The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime edited by Martin Edwards

This came into the house last year. Short stories I've been reading at night.

21QuestingA
Fev 17, 2023, 12:33 pm

11. Death of a Bookseller by Bernard J. Farmer

I bought this last year.

22connie53
Fev 19, 2023, 7:50 am

Hi QA, Just popping in to see what you've been reading.

23QuestingA
Editado: Fev 25, 2023, 9:00 am

>22 connie53: Hi Connie. Hope you're well. I started the year attacking one of the floor-piles, but book group now dictates what I read. As usual. That and trying to keep on top of the British Library's crime classics, which I'm collecting.

24QuestingA
Fev 25, 2023, 8:57 am

12. Post After Post-Mortem by E.C.R Lorac

This became part of the pile last year.

25QuestingA
Fev 25, 2023, 7:23 pm

13. The Seat of the Scornful by John Dickson Carr

Added to the pile last year.

26QuestingA
Editado: Mar 17, 2023, 6:56 pm

14. The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes

This was added to the pile in 2021.

27QuestingA
Editado: Mar 17, 2023, 6:54 pm

15. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

This has been on the pile since 2017.

28QuestingA
Editado: Mar 23, 2023, 6:47 pm

16. Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic illustrated by Kotaro Chiba

I bought this in 2021.

29QuestingA
Mar 24, 2023, 7:30 pm

17. London Falling by Paul Cornell

Going on which pile this was in I'd say I bought it in 2017.

30QuestingA
Editado: Abr 6, 2023, 1:24 pm

18. Crook O' Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

I bought this last year

31QuestingA
Editado: Abr 8, 2023, 10:26 am

19. Death on the Down Beat by Sebastian Farr

This was added to the pile last year.

32QuestingA
Editado: Abr 11, 2023, 5:52 pm

20. Russian Tales: Traditional Tales of Quests and Enchantment illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova

This was added to the pile last year.

33QuestingA
Editado: Abr 22, 2023, 4:10 pm

21. Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov and translated by George Bird

This came from my sister last year. She read it with her book group.

34QuestingA
Editado: Maio 13, 2023, 7:17 am

22. Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

I bought this in 2021.

35QuestingA
Editado: Maio 20, 2023, 4:36 pm

23. The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W.F. Harvey

I bought this last year.

36QuestingA
Jun 6, 2023, 4:51 pm

24. Dracula by Bram Stoker

I bought this copy last year, although it is also technically a re-read.

37QuestingA
Editado: Jun 10, 2023, 11:46 am

25. Dangerous Women: Fifty Reflections on Women, Power and Identity edited by Jo Shaw, Ben Fletcher-Watson and Abrisham Ahmadzadeh

I bought this last year.

38QuestingA
Editado: Jun 11, 2023, 12:49 pm

26. Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand

I bought this last year.

39QuestingA
Jul 14, 2023, 2:55 pm

27. Fault Lines by Emily Itami

My sister passed this onto me last year. I think she read it with one of her book groups. It was good.

40QuestingA
Jul 18, 2023, 3:24 am

28. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

This has been on the pile since 2021.

41connie53
Ago 19, 2023, 8:41 am

Hi QA, I hope you are doing fine. The reading is steadily going strong I see. I loved the book in >40 QuestingA:.
I hope you did that too.

42QuestingA
Editado: Ago 30, 2023, 1:19 pm

29. I am Stone: The Weird Gothic Tales of R. Murray Gilchrist edited by Daniel Petersen

This has been on the pile since 2021.

43QuestingA
Editado: Set 4, 2023, 4:07 am

>41 connie53: Hi Connie, as usual at this point in the year my "books acquired" are way outpacing my reading!

I mostly liked The Devil and the Dark Water, but thought the ending almost ruined it. With Evelyn Hardcastle I found it easier to separate the ending in my head and appreciate the novel despite the terrible ending.

Hope you're well.

44QuestingA
Set 4, 2023, 4:08 am

30. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Not sure how long this has been on the pile. Several years.

45QuestingA
Editado: Set 8, 2023, 6:13 pm

31. Black Day at the Bosphorus Café by M. H. Baylis

Again, not sure how long this has been on the pile, possibly since 2015.

46QuestingA
Set 26, 2023, 5:07 am

32. The Island Walkers by John Bemrose

Not sure how long this has been on the pile. At least four years.

47QuestingA
Editado: Out 13, 2023, 8:03 am

33. Political Death by Antonia Fraser

This has been on the pile for only a year or two.

48QuestingA
Editado: Out 18, 2023, 3:34 am

34. Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin

This has been on the pile for several years.

49QuestingA
Editado: Out 22, 2023, 7:08 pm

35. The Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch

This has been on the pile several years.

50QuestingA
Editado: Out 26, 2023, 8:37 am

36. Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards

I bought this last year.

51QuestingA
Out 29, 2023, 7:55 am

37. The Haunted Book by Jeremy Dyson

This may have been on the pile since 2014.

52QuestingA
Editado: Nov 3, 2023, 10:17 am

38. Supernatural Sherlocks: Stories from the Golden Age of the Occult Detective edited by Nick Rennison

This has been on the pile for many years

53QuestingA
Editado: Nov 15, 2023, 4:45 am

39. The Mayfair Mystery by Frank Richardson

This has been on the pile for more than four years.

54QuestingA
Nov 17, 2023, 3:56 pm

40. Trans by Helen Joyce

This has been on the pile since last year. It was surreal to read it just after The Mayfair Mystery which covered a similar topic and published in 1907.

55QuestingA
Editado: Nov 26, 2023, 5:46 am

41. Holly Trinity and the Ghosts of York by Ben Sawyer

I bought this last year when we visited York.

56QuestingA
Editado: Dez 2, 2023, 8:29 am

42. Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper by Donald Henderson

I bought this in 2018.

57QuestingA
Editado: Dez 7, 2023, 4:58 pm

43. Lancashire Folk Tales by Jennie Bailey and David England

I bought this in 2015.

58QuestingA
Dez 25, 2023, 3:34 am

44. The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse

Again I'm not sure how long this has been on the pile. More than four years anyway.

59QuestingA
Dez 27, 2023, 10:42 am

45. Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn

This has been on the pile a long time.