Coach of Alva's 2024 Roots

My goal is 25 books.

Hi, David. Good to see you're back with the ROOTers.

1)
TITLE | The Big Book of Ghost Stories
EDITOR | Otto Penzler
READERS | Joel Richards, Amy Landon
PUB DATE | 2020
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 53 hours, 43 minutes
GENRE | Ghost Stories
COMPLETED | January 03, 2024
RATING | 7

>2 connie53: Thank you, Connie. I am raring to go!

welcome back!

Good luck with this year's reading!

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

>5 cyderry: Tnank you.

Good luck with your ROOTing!

>9 MissWatson: Thank you, Miss Watson. I hope you have a productive year.

>6 Jackie_K: Thanks! Same to you!

>7 rabbitprincess: You, too!

>5 cyderry: Thank you. Have a great year.

2)
TITLE | Of Ghostes and Spirites, Walking by Night, and of Straunge Noyses, Crackes, and Sundrie Forewarnings, Which Commonly Happen Before the Death of Men: Great Slaughters, and Alterations of Kingdoms
AUTHOR | Ludwig Lavater
TRANSLATOR | Richard Harrison
PUB DATE | 2022
ORIGINAL DATE | 1572
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 308 pages
GENRE | Occultism
COMPLETED | January 9, 2024
RATING | 8
SUMMARY | A Calvinist reformer in the 16th century presents a compendium of ghost lore, an examination of previous explanations for them, an exposition of the new Protestant doctrine concerning them, and advice on how a true Christian should confront them.

3)
TITLE | Delphi Complete Works of John Everett Millais
AUTHOR | John Everett Millais
PUB DATE | 2020
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 866 pages
SERIES | Delphi Masters of Art Book 55
GENRE | Art
COMPLETED | January 12, 2024
RATING | 7
SUMMARY | Reproductions of the paintings of the artist who began as an innovator but ended as the most popular painter of the Victorian age.
NOTE | The Delphi Masters of Arts series have the complete paintings, commentaries, and biographies of famous artists. I do not read the biographies.

4)
TITLE | Child 44
AUTHOR | Tom Rob Smith
PUB DATE | 2008
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 471 pages
GENRE | Historical Mystery
COMPLETED | January 15, 2024
RATING | 6
SUMMARY | In 1953 Soviet Russia, a disgraced Security officer investigates the serial murders of children along a railroad line.

5)
TITLE | Norse Mythology
AUTHOR | Neil Gaiman
READER | Neil Gaiman
PUB DATE | 2017
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 6 hours, 29 minutes
GENRE | Mythology
COMPLETED | January 18, 2024
RATING | 10
SUMMARY | Neil Gaiman retells the basic myths of the Norse.

6)
TITLE | Death: The High Cost of Living
WRITER | Neil Gaiman
ARTISTS | Chris Bachalo, Dave McKean, Mark Buckingham
INTRODUCTION | Tori Amos
PUBLISHER | Vertigo
PUB DATE | 1994
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 104 pages
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | January 26, 2024
RATING | 8

7)
TITLE | Delphi Complete Paintings of Berthe Morisot
ARTIST | Berthe Morisot
AUTHOR | Paul Russell
PUB DATE | 2018
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 829 pages
SERIES | Delphi Masters of Art
GENRE | Art
COMPLETED | January 30, 2024
RATING | 6

8)
TITLE | Monstress. Volume Eight, Inferno
WRITER | Marjorie Liu
ARTIST | Sana Takea
PUBLISHER |Image Comics
PUB DATE | 2023
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 200 pages
GENRE | Dark Fantasy
COMPLETED | January 31, 2024
RATING | 8

9)
TITLE | The Lives of the Twelve Caesars
AUTHOR | Suetonius
TRANSLATOR | Philemon Holland
EDITOR, INTRODUCTION | Moses Hadas
ILLUSTRATOR | Salvatore Fiume
PUB DATE | 1965
ORIGINAL DATES | A.D. 121
TRANSLATION DATE | 1606
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 483 pages
SERIES | Heritage Club
GENRE | Ancient History
COMPLETED | February 03, 2024
RATING | 8

10)
TITLE | Batman: Prey
WRITER | Doug Moench
PENCILLER | Paul Gulacy
INKER | Terry Austin
PUBLISHER | DC Comics
PUB DATE | 1992
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 125 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | February 07, 2024
RATING | 6

11)
TITLE | Batwoman. Volume 4, This Blood Is Thick
WRITERS | J. H. Williams III, W. H. Blackman
ARTISTS | Trevor McCarthy, Francesco Francavilla
PUBLISHER | DC Comics
PUB DATE | 2014
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 160 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | February 10, 2024
RATING | 7

12)
TITLE | Batwoman. Volume 5, Webs
WRITER | Marc Andreyko
ARTISTS | Jeremy Haun, Trevor McCarthy, Guy Major
PUBLISHER | DC Comics
PUB DATE | 2014
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 268 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | February 28, 2024
RATING | 7

13)
TITLE | Abraham Lincoln A Life Volume One
AUTHOR | Michael Burlingame
READER | Sean Pratt
PUB DATE | 2016
FORMAT | Digital Audiobook
DURATION | 49 hours, 19 minutes
GENRE | Civil War
COMPLETED | March 04, 2024
RATING | 9

14)
TITLE | Complete Works of Diego Velázquez
AUTHOR | Diego Velázquez
PUB DATE | 2018
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 412 pages
SERIES | Delphi Masters of Art
GENRE | Art
COMPLETED | March 04, 2024
RATING | 8

15)
TITLE |Black Widow. Vol. 1, The Finely Woven Thread
WRITER | Nathan Edmondson
ARTIST | Phil Noto
PUBLISHER | Marvel Comics
PUB DATE | 2014
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 144 pages
GENRE | Superhero
COMPLETED | March 11, 2024
RATING | 7

16)
TITLE | Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
AUTHOR | Paul Theroux
PUB DATE | 2020
ORIGINAL DATE | 2015
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH |485 pages
GENRE | Travel Writing
COMPLETED | March 13, 2024
RATING | 9

17)
TITLE | Maigret Gets Angry
AUTHOR | Georges Simenon
TRANSLATOR | Ros Schwartz
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATE | 1944
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 160 pages
SERIES | Maigret, 26
GENRE | Mystery
COMPLETED | March 14, 2024
RATING | 7

>28 Coach_of_Alva: I enjoyed Deep South when I read it, and didn't think that he was as grumpy as I was expecting from his reputation!

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>30 Jackie_K: He was the same age that I almost am now. I may become grumpier, but I have always been a little grumpy. I am glad he went easy on these poor people.

18)
TITLE | Black Widow. Homecoming
WRITER | Richard K. Morgan
ARTISTS | Bill Siekiewicz, Goran Parlov
PUBLISHER | Marvel
PUB DATE | 2005
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 144 pages
GENRE | Spy
COMPLETED | March 23, 2024
RATING | 8

19)
TITLE | Genesis : Translation and Commentary
TRANSATOR, COMMENTATOR | Robert Alter
PUB DATE | 1997
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 482 pages
GENRE | Religion
COMPLETED | March 31, 2024
RATING | 8

You are doing so good, David. You are really reading al kinds of genres. I love that.

Thank you. I appreciate that. I have wondered if I would be wiser if I had been interested in only one thing, but I am not.

20)
TITLE | Available Dark
AUTHOR | Elizabeth Hand
PUB DATE | 2012
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 256 pages
SERIES | Cass Neary ; book 2
SOURCE | Amazon
GENRE | Thriller
COMPLETED | May 12, 2024
RATING | 8

Your topic is very organized. Nice stats!

Thank you!

>38 Ann_R: I am a cataloger at a public library. I like to organize knowledge.

21)
TITLE | Generation Loss
AUTHOR | Elizabeth Hand
PUB DATE | 2007
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 265 pages
SERIES | Cass Neary, book 1
GENRE | Thriller
COMPLETED | May 18, 2024
RATING | 8

22)
TITLE | Doom Patrol. Book One
WRITER | Grant Morrison
ARTISTS | Doug Braithwaite, Richard Case, Scott Hanna, John Nyberg, Carlos Garzón
PUBLISHER | DC
PUB DATE | 2016
ORIGINAL DATES | 1989-1990
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 424 pages
GENRE | Superhero, Dark Fantasy, Black Humor
COMPLETED | May 20, 2024
RATING | 10

ULTIMATE ELEKTRA. DEVIL’S DUE

23)
TITLE | Ultimate Elektra. Devil’s Due
WRITER | Mike Carey
ARTIST | Salvador Larroca
PUBLISHER | Marvel
PUB DATE | 2005
FORMAT | Print
LENGTH | 120 pages
GENRE | Crime, Neo-Noir, Superhero
COMPLETED | May 21, 2024
RATING | 6

24)
TITLE | American Vampire. Volume Two
WRITER | Scott Snyder
ARTIST | Rafael Albuquerque, Mateus Santolouco
PUBLISHER | Vertigo
PUB DATE | 2011
ORIGINAL DATE | 2010-2011
FORMAT | Ebook
LENGTH | 158 pages
GENRE | Horror
COMPLETED | May 22, 2024
RATING | 8