AUGUST ROOT - Progress Thread

Below is the current list of members that have identified a ROOT goal for 2018 and how many books they read by the end of July.
Any members who have yet to record a ROOT, have been removed to a separate list until they start. The ticker totals have been adjusted accordingly.
The percentage is calculated and a star awarded for those on target to reach their goals. More stars for farther toward their goal.

If anyone's number is incorrect, please let me know and I will make the necessary adjustments.
So go out there and dig those ROOTs.

4chin8 13 / 75 17.3%
Amberfly 30 / 65 46.2%
Ameise1★ 15 / 10 150.0%
avanders 17 / 24 ★★ 70.8%
avidmom 8 / 10 ★★★ 80.0%
Benita? 46 / 50 ★★★★★ 92.0%
benuathanasia 145 / 200 ★★ 72.5%
bragan 58 / 100 58.0%
brakketh 16 / 40 40.0%
brewergirl 19 / 30 ★ 63.3%
Britt84 39 / 60 ★ 65.0%
Caramellunacy 4 / 12 33.3%
clue 25 / 30 ★★★★ 83.3%
Coach_of_Alva 12 / 50 24.0%
connie53 31 / 36 ★★★★ 86.1%
crazy4reading 6 / 30 20.0%
CurrerBell 47 / 75 ★ 62.7%
cyderry 61 / 72 ★★★★ 84.7%
DeborahJade 6 / 50 12.0%
deep220 44 / 75 ★ 58.7%
deern 8 / 24 33.3%
detailmuse 31 / 40 ★★★ 77.5%
DisassemblyOfReason 44 / 75 ★ 58.7%
eicuthbertson 2 / 25 8.0%
elliepotten 17 / 30 56.7%
enemyanniemae★ 38 / 36 105.6%
Erratic_Charmer 28 / 30 ★★★★★ 93.3%
FAMeulstee 175 / 200 ★★★★ 87.5%
Familyhistorian 47 / 55 ★★★★ 85.5%
floremolla 37 / 60 ★ 61.7%
funky_george 2 / 30 6.7%
fuzzi 39 / 100 39.0%
HelenBaker 36 / 48 ★★★ 75%
Helenoel 1 / 25 4.0%
Henrik_Madsen 27 / 40 ★★ 67.5%
h-mb 18 / 40 45.0%
Jackie_K 46 / 48 ★★★★★ 95.8%
janoorani24 8 / 25 32.0%
johanna414 19 / 25 ★★★ 76.0%
kac522 20 / 40 50.0%
karenmarie 25 / 42 ★ 59.5%
kkunker 13 / 40 32.5%
kootibkiteer 2 / 10 20.0%
Kristelh★ 38 / 35 108.6%
LadyBookworth 16 / 24 ★★ 66.7%
LadyoftheLodge 50 / 75 ★★ 66.7%
lahochstetler 1 / 50 2.0%
LauraBrook 51 / 100 51.0%
leslie98 83 / 100 ★★★ 83.0%
LibraryLover23 23 / 40 57.5%
lilisin 24 / 50 48.0%
lindapanzo 52 / 72 ★★ 72.2%
lkernagh 43 / 60 ★★ 71.7%
Lisa805 10 / 12 ★★★★ 83.3%
LoraShouse 15 / 20 ★★★ 75.0%
luvamystery65 12 / 40 30.0%
mabith 5 / 20 25.0%
madhatter22 17 / 60 28.3%
majkia★ 65 / 50 130.0%
mandymarie20 7 / 25 28.0%
martencat 17 / 30 56.7%
Miss_Moneypenny 20 / 60 33.3%
MissSos 13 / 20 ★ 65.0%
MissWatson 49 / 75 ★ 65.3%
Montarville 7 / 12 ★ 58.3%
nancynova 18 / 75 24.0%
nebula21 31 / 35 ★★★★ 88.6%
Nickelini 14 / 20 ★★ 70.0%
novawalsh 4 / 30 13.3%
Quaisior★ 63 / 50 126.0%
quigui 4 / 12 33.3%
rabbitprincess★ 55 / 50 110.0%
rainpebble★ 31 / 24 129.2%
RavenHill 21 / 91 23.1%
readingtangent★ 47 / 46 102.2%
Rebeki 14 / 18 ★★★ 77.8%
Robertgreaves 64 / 78 ★★★ 82.1%
sallylou61 27 / 36 ★★★ 75.0%
si 15 / 24 ★ 62.5%
sibyx 13 / 24 54.2%
Tanya-dogearedcopy 36 / 50 ★★ 72.0%
torontoc 18 / 30 ★ 60.0%
vestafan 27 / 50 54.0%




Ameise1, rainpebble, majkia and readiingtangent were joined by enemyanniemae, Quaisior, rabbitprincess, and Kristelh having reached their goals!


Next in line to join them are:

Jackie_K 95.8%
Erratic_Charmer 93.3%
Benita 92.0%



The goal for August is 2,637 We're back on track so let's keep it going!!!

I'll be the first to add one, finished in the wee hours of August 1, Mary Ellen Chase, Victoria: A Pig in a Pram, a quick children's read.

1st for August, 48/75

Well, happily I finished 2 ROOTs today, my first two for August, so that means I've reached my goal of 48! I'll donate any extras to the group total for the rest of the year, and maybe rethink my goal for next year.

I added them to all tickers including the group one.

I had my first August finish yesterday. A Dinner to Die For which was a book suggestion from another LT-er.

Just added my first for August: The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. This was a Serial Reader read that I enjoyed very much. All tickers updated.

>4 Jackie_K: Well done, Jackie. Congratulations.

Congrats on reaching your goal >4 Jackie_K:!

Jackie_K -congratulations! Way to go!!!!

Congratulations, Jackie! And congrats to everyone else who has reached their ROOT reading goal.

>4 Jackie_K: Congratulations Jackie - well done and so early in the year!

Good to know we're back on track! Thanks for the numbers, Chèli, and kudos to all who have reached their goal already!

First ROOT finished for the month. Here's to catching up in the 2nd half of the year.

I finished my first ROOT for August The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot which is number 48 out of 55. I may be able to reach my goal this month as that leaves me 7 more to do.

>4 Jackie_K: Congrats!

Edna St Vincent Millay, Conversation at Midnight. A closet drama in verse dealing with interwar intellectual and political issues. While it might have been of interest in its own day, it doesn't hold up well.

2nd for August, 49/75

Just finished Silent in the Sanctuary for ColourCAT August. Tickers updated. This is the second in a series about Lady Julia and her smouldering sidekick Brisbane, as they attempt to unravel another mystery. I read several of the others in the series, and now am going back to the beginning. This one took place at Yuletide in the family home (a decaying abbey), with several mysteries and a murder to solve. 5 stars
Second finish for August, 51/75

I have finished my first 2 ROOTs for the month - another Nero Wolfe paperback & a historical fiction cozy mystery on my Kindle. I have updated my thread and all the tickers.

Finally have found time to update my tickers. I did actually complete 36/48 last month and have finished another this week, The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee and #37. The Moment by Douglas Kennedy. They are both lengthy reads which slowed me down, but very good.

Reporting ROOT # 32 for the year, # 1 for August

Drakentocht door Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

Finished two ROOTs this weekend, Nebula Award Stories 2 and Record of the Lodoss War, numbers #5 and #6 of the year.

Tickers updated.

Yay for reaching goals! Yay to everyone reading! And I'll throw in an extra Yay for good measure.

August 9th is Book Lover's Day, so go spend the day reading or otherwise enjoying books.

I've just added my 3rd for August (#49 for the year, one over my goal so donated to the group from now on) to all tickers.

>23 LadyoftheLodge: LOL! Just what I need, a good excuse to curl up with a book ;)

>23 LadyoftheLodge: >25 leslie.98: Who needs an excuse?!?!?

Number 3 for August: Older But Wilder which is number three in the series Notes from the Pasture, about senior citizens at a retirement community. This one was not as funny as the first two, and some of it read like a series of jokes. The author stated that the book was compiled from notes and vignettes sent to her by readers of her first two books, as well as her own experiences. I thought it ended rather abruptly. Two more in the series to go! 4.5 stars

Congratulations to everyone who has met their goal!

I know, I'm behind, at 42% currently, but I am determined to concentrate on getting my average up closer to where it needs to be.

July was vacation month, we were out of town for almost two weeks, and I just didn't read like I usually do, so my ROOT total suffered. I just removed three ROOTs this week (off the shelves, books unread for over a year) and have more waiting to be read.

Third ROOT for August finished, Mascaras do Destino by Florbela Espanca.

All tickers updated.

1st ROOT for August and #19 for the year- review on my thread and no tickers updated

Reporting ROOT # 33 for the year, # 2 for August

De witte draak - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

4th ROOT for August, Exile (graphic novel) by R.A. Salvatore, and finally back on track! All tickers updated.

My second ROOT of August was a re-read: Speak Ill of the Dead, by Mary Jane Maffini. I've updated all tickers.

2nd ROOT in August and #20 of the year-no tickers updated and review is on my thread,

Number 4 for August: Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout, a mystery set in the 1930's featuring the eccentric Nero Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin. I had a hard time keeping the names of the chefs all straight. Look past the racial comments to enjoy the eccentricities of the detective himself, reading the book in its context and the time in which it was written. 4 stars. Tickers updated.

I have finished 2, The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry and Dragonwell Dead by Laura Childs. My next two books aren't ROOTS and one of them is over 600 pages!

I've finished another one this morning, making it 4 for August so far, and 50 for the year. All tickers have been updated.

Reporting ROOT # 34 for the year, # 3 for August

De afvalligen van Pern - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

ROOT #3 for August and #21 for the year. Review is on my thread and no tickers updated.

And I've just sneaked in #5 for August (#51 for the year), a very short one! All tickers updated.

Updated all tickers with my third ROOT of August: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead.

Finished By the Shores of Silver Lake and tickers are up to date.

I have been very bad - I have read 1 ROOT so far this month but added 10!
I have to stop this!

I made a mistake when I posted that I had read 2 this month...one of them was counted in last month. I finished it late the night of 7/31 and totally confused myself! I'll let the ticker ride and won't add the next one when I finish it in a few days.

Reporting ROOT # 35 for the year, # 4 for August

De redding van Pern - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

>43 cyderry: Bad, bad Chèli! ;-))

>43 cyderry: Come on now, Cheli, don't take on like that. It could be worse. I mean, you could have, say, something like 35,000 books to contend with, couldn't you?

>43 cyderry:. We all have those moments Cheli! Don't beat yourself up, still another 20 days to remedy the situation...

>43 cyderry: And by the way, a couple weeks go I picked up 11 volumes in the 1899 Centenary Edition of Balzac for just $15 at a used book store in Doylestown PA – and then, just yesterday, I found the remaining 6 volumes for $30 at the more expensive used book store that shares building space with the other one.

Well, I did manage to get another ROOT done.....

>50 cyderry: Good job, Chèli.

>43 cyderry: Be kinder to yourself. But I love the pic! I do understand the feeling. . .My sister texted me from a library book sale yesterday to ask if I wanted some mysteries. Of course, you know my answer.

>43 cyderry: hahaha!

I'm rereading The Moor, then will get back to upROOTing.

Reporting ROOT # 36 for the year, # 5 for August

Dageraad van de draken - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

I was beginning to think that I wasn’t going to get any of my ROOTS done for this month and then I did. I finished Sicilian Odyssey by Francine Prose. This is my 13th book in the National Geographic DIrections series that has a total of 24 titles in it. All of them are long essays about different places or regions of the world, written by well known authors, and they are usually very interesting. This particular title was not the best in the series, but it was good enough that I finished it and ticked another one off of that list.

The day after I finished the travel book on Sicily I finished listening to the YA dystopian novel Warcross by Marie Lu. I have had this book on my shelves since last fall and decided that I needed to get it off ASAP, so I went to the public library and got the recorded versions and listened to it while I did my various commutes. Now that book can go to another happy home or somebody else to read.

Just finished Death of a Witch a Hamish Macbeth mystery. He solves four murders in this book, in his usual slow and methodical manner. Hamish also contends with several ladies vying for his affection. The last few chapters after solving the murder are hilarious vignettes of their own, well worth the read. 4.5 stars

Added another ROOT to all tickers: Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie. And now Ancillary Mercy is on the on-deck pile.

2# root for this month - Nora Webster by Colm Toibin. I really enjoyed this book but my next one could take a while as it is over 500 pages and small print. I can do it!

>47 CurrerBell: Thanks for that link. A man after my own heart.

#58
I loved the Ancillary Justice series. I haven't gotten around to Provenance yet, but have plans to get there soon. It is connected to the Ancillary series, but doesn't have the same characters in it. Leckie writes some great Sci/Fi.

ROOT #1 for August (11 ROOTS total for the year): Finding Gobi: The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey by Dion Leonard. Personal ticker updated only. Thanks Chèli!

#6 for August (#52 for the year) has been added to all tickers.

>61 benitastrnad: She sure does! I was really in the right frame of mind to appreciate this one, more so than when I read the first book.

I finished Crust No One and I really enjoyed this cozy because the body wasn't found until ¾ way through the book, until then he was a missing person so it was so interesting trying to "find" Hank while not knowing what happened to him.

ROOT #4 for August- #22 for the year- review of A Brief History of Seven Killings is on my thread and no tickers updated

I have finished the short story suspense horror collection ZOO1 and also have read a few manga this week. I would like to maintain the manga pace while also still reading novels but I find it difficult reading both Japanese and English or French at the same time as it takes me longer and more concentration to maintain the Japanese mindset.

Reporting ROOT # 37 for the year, # 6 for August

Drakenvrouwe - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

Rolled through another ROOT: The Getaway, by Jim Thompson. All tickers have been updated.

Reporting ROOT # 38 for the year, # 7 for August

Drakenoog - Anne McCaffrey

Tickers updated.

Just a read a short little novella En beaute by Hoon Kim. A little taste of something but nothing to fawn over.

>70 connie53: I love those books by Anne McCaffrey! And I see you are flying through them ;)

>72 leslie.98: Yes I am! This was the last one that is translated. So I have to find some English books tomorrow when we are visiting Secondhand bookstores

Had a road trip this weekend and was able to finish a long-standing audiobook ROOT: Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, by Alan Alda (read by Alan Alda, as is proper). All tickers are updated.

Read Friendship Cake while on a trip, easy read, nothing very cerebral. Classify this as "chick lit," which I usually do not read. It was a fun read though. Tickers up to date.

So far this month, 3 roots have been read.
Personal ticker updated only.

I've finished Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear, 10th in the Maisie Dobbs series.

I have finally finished another ROOT - my thread and all tickers updated.

Finished another ROOT yesterday via public-domain ebook: The Book of Dragons, by E. Nesbit. All tickers have been updated.

I finished another short one, Aki Shimazaki's Azami, but not before beef sauce spilled in my bag on the way home from the grocery store and drenched my book. I'm quite upset since now I have to throw the book away due to damage.

I finished reading Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio. This one was for the Two Guido's challenge and it was very well done. It was more of an investigative mystery than the previous titles in this series.

>80 lilisin: Ohh my!

>80 lilisin: Oh no! How awful!

>80 lilisin: Oh dear! That makes me rethink putting my Kindle in the bag with my groceries, which I do occasionally!

I have finished a Kindle ROOT - my thread and all tickers are updated.

>84 leslie.98: take a gallon-sized Ziploc type bag with you when you go shopping, and put the Kindle in it.

>85 fuzzi: Good idea! I used to carry such a ziplock for my Kindle in my shoulder bag in case of heavy rain. :)

#5 ROOT for August and #23 for the year- review is on my thread- no tickers updated

Reporting ROOT # 39 for the year, # 8 for August

Meer dan liefde by Nora Roberts

Tickers updated.

I'm building up a little cushion of ROOTs by tackling the Big Finish audio drama "Cyberman", which came as four separate episodes rather than a box set ;) First episode down: Cyberman 1.1: Scorpius, by Nicholas Briggs. All tickers updated.

I've added #53 for the year (#7 for August) to all tickers. Unfortunately this was an abandoned one, but in my rules that still counts!

I have finished a couple of ROOTs. My thread and all tickers have been updated.

I unexpectedly finished #8 for August (#54 for the year) today - all tickers updated.

I finished a series. I am counting War Storm by Victoria Aveyard as a ROOT because it is the end of a series that I started reading years ago. This was a bang-up ending instead of killing a series with a whimper. Series authors should take lessons from Aveyard.

Finished my 5th ROOT for August (and 9th overall) - City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. All tickers updated.

I have finished seven ROOTs so far, one of them a collection of stories by Maupassant, who was born under the sign of Leo. Currently reading number eight. Looks like a succesful month!

Finished One More Time, Just for the Fun of It by Effiel Leland Wilder. Ticker up to date.

I have finished two more books taking me to 40/48. Trying for one more for the month.

One more finish The End of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher. That makes 10 ROOTs for August! Tickers up to date.

#6 ROOT for August and #24 for the year- review is on my thread and no tickers updated

Rachel Ferguson, A Harp in Lowndes Square.

4th for August, 51/75. I'll be keeping my star but haven't done that well at ROOTing (or reading generally) this month because of my very uncomfortable recovery from surgery for prostate cancer. I'll be getting the Foley catheter removed September 7 and should pick up on things after that. Right now I most of the time feel more like sleeping that anything else.

>100 CurrerBell: Best wishes for a speedy revovery and that you feel comfortable again!

I have read 32 ROOTs in August, making a total of 207 ROOTs this year, passing my goal of 200 :-D
I hope to get to 300 ROOTs this year.

All tickers updated.

>100 CurrerBell: I hope that your recovery becomes more comfortable very soon, and that the surgery has been fully successful.

I don't think I'm going to fit in any more ROOTs so here is my report for August 2018:

UpROOTED books: 6
ROOTless books: 5
Added to the TBR shelves: 3

The ROOTs were:

Protector by Larry Niven
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives edited by Mike Ashley
Dream Boat by Marilyn Todd
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Struggle for Mastery by David Carpenter
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt

ROOTs in YTD: 70

Tickers have been updated but hopefully not harmed in the making of this report.

>100 CurrerBell: Sorry to hear that your recovery from the surgery has been uncomfortable so far. If you are feeling sleepy a lot, then take your body's hint & rest; time & rest are great healers. I hope that you feel better soon & that the surgery turns out to have been completely successful in removing your cancer. And don't worry about your reading - your ROOTs will still be there when you recover! That is one good thing about them :)

>100 CurrerBell: As an 8 year cancer survivor, I know about that sleeping a lot scenario. Your body is talking to you and at this point you need to listen. Sleep, rest, the books will wait. Wishing you a complete recovery and a long future.

>100 CurrerBell: Hope you feel better soon!

My final tally for August is 10 ROOTs, most of them in the 200-300 pages range, so I think I can lean back and tackle a big one next.

I had a good month (not an extraordinary month) ROOTing and won't finish another one tonight. I got 6 books off my shelves. No tickers updated.

I read, or listened to, the following books in August.

Fiction - Read
Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio
Warcross by Marie Lu

Fiction - Sound Recording
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard

Nonfiction - Read
Seeing in the Dark by Timothy Ferris
Sicilian Odyssey by Francine Prose
Road to Santiago by Kathryn Harrison

I read 6 roots in August, my ticker updated as of today. I am real sure that is the last for August.

I read 7 books this month, taking my total for the year to 45. Personal ticker updated.

I completed 3 this month for a total of 28 against a goal of 30. I should finish he challenge next month.

I read 4 ROOTs in August, but removed an additional 7 from my shelves, for a total of 11!

I'm up to 85 books ROOTed so far this year. Only my personal ticker is updated, not any group tickers. Getting close to my goal!

Sneaking in one last ROOT for August: Pilote de guerre, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. All tickers updated.

Apologies for going AWOL during July and August, and late posting of ROOTs for the month, but I've completed three more since last posting, bringing me to 40/60 for 2018.

All tickers updated.

September thread is done. I hope I got all the corrections from my hacking experience in place.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/295699#

I meant to post on this thread before the end of August but I was working on my blog post until the bitter end last night. (I post every Saturday on my history/genealogy blog.) I did update my thread with my last ROOT for August and updated my ticker. Didn't reach my goal in August, I am now at 53/55.