Ameise1's first ROOT challenge

I'm new to this group and I'll give this challenge a try because I've got a lot of books on my shelf they are already dusty from not being read. So it's a good opportunity to dig some of them out.
Because I'm also busy reading books from my local library I intend to read ten books from my shelf.




# 1 Black Wind by Clive Cussler on the shelf since 2005 (4 stars)
# 2 Sacred Stone by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo on the shelf since 2005 (4 stars)
# 3 The Dark Room by Minette Walters on the shelf since 2006 (4 stars)
# 4 Death on Dartmoor by Dara England on the shelf since Dec. 2012 (3 1/2 stars)
# 5 Hornet Flight by Ken Follett on the shelf since 2006 (4 stars)
# 6 Predator by Patricia Cornwell on the shelf since 2007 (4 stars)
# 7 ALONG CAME A SPIDER. by James Patterson on the shelf since 2008 (4 1/2 stars)
# 8 Jack & Jill (Alex Cross) by James Patterson on the shelf since 2008 (4 stars)
# 9 Rhinoceros by Colin Forbes on the shelf since 2008 (4 1/2 stars)
#10 First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer on the shelf since 2008 (4 stars)
#11 Judas Silver by J.R. Rain on the shelf since 2012 (3 1/2 stars)

Good luck, Ameise! I'm also a newbie with some very dusty volumes.

welcome Ameise. Good luck! I do good on reading the tomes, not so good on resisting the urge to add fantastic books I hear about on LT to the library. sigh.

welcome Ameise and good luck!
Hope you have fun with the challenge.

Thanks to all of you for the nice welcome. I'm looking forward to seeing eberybody's posts :-)

Nice of you to join us!

Thanks Conny. It's already a pleasure to watch all the threads before it's really started. :-)

Yes, that's right. I love to read all the ideas our Fellow ROOTers have come up with.

A hearty welcome to this challenge and good luck!

# 1 on the shelf since 2005



It's ten years ago since I've read the last Dirk Pitt adventure and now I can't belief that I've waited so long to read this one. It's as always a fast-paced enthralling adventure starting out in the last year of WWII and everything that happened later is related to this event from WWII. The whole NUMA family is involved to eliminate the acute jeopardy, luckily the heroes are always on time at the right spots. Minor damages like the loss of some high tech vessels have been included but nevertheless the good ones have been the winners and the bad boys are removed from this planet.

Cheers on the first book. What do the colored stars in post #10 mean?

>11 pcktlnt: Ameise has given it a 4-star rating.

That's correct :-) and thanks.

Congrats on your first book for 2012. And a good one is was, too.

Thanks Tallulah_Rose. I hope you are enjoying your reading too. :-)

Oh yes, the two ones I finished where really good and the one I am working on now is gradually evolving (after the half) ito a good one as well.

# 2 on the shelf since 2005



What a fast-paced page-turner. It's starting out in Greenland in a earlier time. Back in our time the plot is taking the reader from Greenland to Scotland further down to England and finally to the Arabian Peninsula. The corporation team needs all twist and angle to solve the requested problems but it wouldn't be a real Cussler when his protagonists wouldn't be able to rescue the world.

# 3 on the shelf since 2006



It's an enthralling story from the first page until the very last one. Jane is suffering from an amnesia after an assumed suicide attempt. She is staying at a privat clinic whereas outside the incidents are in a turmoil. The police is believing that Jane is responsible for all murders which have taken place in the long and short past and they are trying hard to find enough evidences to convict Jane for all those dark doings. While Jane's doctor is trying to protect her from everybody she runs into mischief because she is trusting in her own kinship and those of her friends and can't see the danger.
It also kept me guessing until the very end if Jane would find her new love in her doctor.

# 4 on the shelf since Dec 2012



It was an enjoyable easy reading and I would call it a lovely cosy mystery. As in other Dara England's book also in this one the main character and hobby detective is a young lady. She is as nosy as Miss Marple and has also the ability to take everybody in so that they share their knowledge confidently. On the other hand her doing isn't always thought through properly and therefore she is lucky that the real detective is on her side.

# 5 on the shelf since 2006



It's an enthralling fiction which is set in the beginning of WWll in Denmark. A young fellow was stumbling across a German military secret. During the plot he is trying to bring this secret to England. Until he could reach his target he, his family and his friends had to suffer mistrust and death. With the help of his love and his knowledge how to mend machines, he was able to reach his goal. The story is very fast-paced and in some parts I was holding my breath because I couldn't bear the twists and turns.

I'm half way through my ROOT challenge and here my summary what I've read so far:

- 5 of 10 ROOT
- 2 Early Reviews
- 6 Member Giveaways
- 5 from my local library
- 1 audiobook

It's a total of 19 done and only 1 bought.

Wow, good job, Ameise!

Thanks a lot Connie. I hope that I'll get some more reading time during next couple of weeks.

# 6



In the beginning I was a little bit disappointed because it wasn't so fast-paced like the other Scarpetta's. It took me a little while to make all the links, probably because it looked like their were a lot of different cases, which weren't related so obviously. Nevertheless after the first third the pace took up and it was getting enthralling. Due to the fact that the main characters have got major problems with their relationships and faith in each other it kept me guessing until the very end how the outcome will be.

- 6 of 10 ROOT
- 3 Early Reviews
- 6 Member Giveaways
- 13 from my local library
- 1 audiobook

It's a total of 29 done and only 1 bought.

That is a really great achievement!

Thanks Tallullah Rose. I've just seen that your 50th challenge's timetable is on a fantastic way. So you'll have no problem to reach your target. Happy reading :-D

# 7



This is the first of the Alex Cross series. After I've already read several others from this series, I'm really happy that I could read the first one and now being able to understand how everything started. It was a very fast-paced reading and it was gripping until the very last page. I couldn't put it aside. I love the psychological inside in Patterson's books and this one isn't standing behind.

- 7 of 10 ROOT
- 4 Early Reviews
- 7 Member Giveaways
- 22 from my local library
- 2 audiobook

It's a total of 42 done and 8 bought.

# 8



That was a very gripping reading. As always, Alex wasn't only involved into one major crime, he had also to solve another disturbing mystery in his neighbourhood. There he met a lovely woman who is the headmaster of his son's school. When his heart was closer to his quarter, he was called to the top of national security. Soon he found out that the President was at risk but there were to many barriers, time was rare and the assassins were always one step ahead. In the end all mysteries are solved but not really to Alex's utter satisfaction.

# 9



That was a thrilling reading. I love Tweed and Co and also this time I wasn't disappointed. It was very fast paced and gripping. Tweed and his friends had a difficult task to solve and they never were sure whom they could trust. 'That no one was what they seemed to be' - was Tweed's slogan and more than once, everybody was suspecting an enemy at his counterpart. It kept me guessing until the very last page how the mystery could be solved.

Congratulations, Ameise.

I read in Robert's thread it's your birthday today!

Thanks a lot Connie. I'm just on the way to a concert from my younger daughter. That's a fabulous birthday present for me :-D

10



It's a very interesting insight into the British politic and parliament, especially for a non British citizen like me. It describes the political career of four men which are from different parts of Great Britain and also from different political parties. They are more or less equal in age but not in their social background. Everyone of them is following other ambitions to become one day Prime Minister or to be called for an important job within its party. There are few friendships and it looks like cheating is very common.
I enjoyed the reading very much and Jeffrey Archer's spelling style is as always fabulous.

I reached my target!!!

- 10 of 10 ROOT 2013
- 11 Member Giveaways
- 7 Early Reviews
- 2 Audiobooks
- 25 from my local library

Total: 55 books

Well done, Ameise! Super job. Congrats!!!

Thanks a lot Connie. It was a great idea to join this group and now I've got some space on my shelf for new books ;-D

Woo hoo! Congratulations!!

Thanks a lot Rabbitprincess :-D

Congrats!

Thanks a lot majkia. I enjoyed this challenge very much. :-D

Congratulations. What a shining example!

Thanks a lot MissWatson, I enjoyed every minute of this task :-D

11



It's a very fast-paced story about the collecting of Judas 30 silver coins. It's written as a screenplay and the author mentioned in the beginning that the reading could be a little displeasing but it was an easy reading for me. The story is something like a treasure hunting with lots of hidden tunnels, hallways and caves but also a touch of fantasy with dragons and ghosts.