Books Read So Far This Year January 1 through February 23, 2024

The books read so far for my reading challenges for 2024.

Reading by the Numbers Challenge--Goal 12 books 

GoodReads Reading Challenge--Goal 12 books

2024 Mt. TBR Challenge--Goal 24 books

 1.  Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen by Simon Brett

 2.  Archie Goes Home by Robert Goldsborough

 3.  Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delaney

 4.  Christmas Corpse at Caribou Cabin by Laura Hern

 5. Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart

 6. The Plot & the Pendulum by Jenn McKinley

 7.Quilting Calamity by Katherine Mykel

 8. Pressing Matters by Katherine Mykel

 9. On Borrowed Time by Kate Young

10 Banbury Bog by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

 

2024 Alphabet Soup Challenge

A  Archie Goes Home by Robert Goldsborough

B  Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen by Simon Brett

C  Christmas Corpse at Caribou Cabin by Laura Hern

D  Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart

O On Borrowed Time by Kate Young

P Pressing Matters by Katherine Mykel

Q Quilting Calamity by Katherine Mykel

T  Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delaney

 

2024 Literary Escapes Challenge

California--Blotto, Twinks and the Stars of the Silver Screen by Simon Brett
Connecticut--The Plot & the Pendulum by Jenn McKinley
Georgia--On Borrowed Time by Kate Young
Massachusetts--Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delaney
Minnesota--Christmas Corpse at Caribou Cabin by Laura Hern
Ohio--Archie Goes Home by Robert Goldsborough
South Carolina--Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart

 

 

 

 

Review--Banbury Bog by Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Phoebe Atwood Taylor was an American mystery author in the 1930s through the early 1950s, who wrote several different mystery series under various pen names.  In this series, Asey (nickname of Asa) is an old down-to-earth inhabitant of Cape Cod (the small town of Weesit, Massachusetts) with a bright mind, a good sense of humor and a big dash of common sense. 

Phineas Banbury, the owner of a chain of bakeries, visits Weesit, the original home of his great uncle Phineas Knowles, for whom he is named.  He also received a bequest from his grand uncle, which he used to start his first bakery, and the beginning of his fortune.  Phineas decides to stay in Weesit, and fulfill his grand uncle's desire to help his hometown.  

He does a lot of good in the town, but when he and his wife make a huge batch of their famous tarts for a fundraiser, someone puts arsenic in them, sickening a number of townspeople.  

Several people feel that someone is trying to frame Phineas for causing the sickness, then a body is found, and Asey is called on to help clear Phineas's name, and find the person setting him up.

I enjoyed this book, with the characters being interesting and well developed.  It takes place in the 1930s, when it was written, and allows you to experience what it was like during that time-frame.