My first attempt to ROOT - Dejah_Thoris

I was thinking today of all the books I have around the house (and on my Kindle) that I really should read, it occurred to me that there was a Challenge for that on LT. So here I am!

I've looked at several threads and I think I'll keep it simple and count any book in my possession by 12/31/2014 as a ROOT. I cut way back on my book spending toward the end of the year, so most of my books I will have had for far, far longer.

I have no idea how many ROOTs I'll read this year, but I'm going to aim for 50. I really need to do this - I'm excited to give it a shot!

ROOTs for January - February - March

1. The Death of Nnanji by Dave Duncan (at least 6 months)
2. If It Bleeds by Linda L. Richards (about 6 months)
3. I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats by Francesco Marciuliano (no idea, but at least two years)
4. Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart (reread, but it's probably been more than 20 years, lol)
5. Tribe of the Tiger: Cats and Their Culture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (a decade?)
6. The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden (no idea - seriously)
7. Sixth Column (aka The Day After Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein (ages, reread)
8. Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs (no idea, reread)
9. Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden (no idea, long ago reread)
10. Waldo & Magic, Inc. by Robert A. Heinlein (5 or 6 years owned, at least a decade reread)
11. The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini (ages)
12. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang (at least a year)
13. One Day of Life by Manilo Argueta (at least a decade)

ROOTs for April - May - June

14. Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
15. The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
16. Assignment in Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
17. Brain Rules by John Medina
18. The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
19. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
20. The Line: A Witching Savannah Novel by J. D. Horn
21. Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky
22. An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod
23. Water Witch by Cynthia Felice and Connie Willis
24. Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka
25. Guatemalan Women Speak by Margaret Hooks
26. The Merry Month of May by Joan Smith
27. Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
28. Two's Company by Betty Cavanna
29. Cyteen: The Betrayal by C.J. Cherryh
30. Cyteen: The Rebirth by C.J. Cherryh
31. Cyteen: The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh
32. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
33. Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh
34. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
35. The Nightingale by Kara Dalkey
36. Magdalena and Balthasar by Steven Ozment
37. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
38. Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

July

39. World's End by Joan D. Vinge
40. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
41. The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein
42. Swell Party (unpublished play) by Topher Payne
43. Agent of Change by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
44. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
45. Snow in April by Rosamunde Pilcher
46. Goa by Kara Dalkey
47. Ruined by Lynn Nottage
48. The Luck Runs Out by Charlotte MacLeod
49. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

August

50. The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge
51. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
52. Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds by Brian Daley
53. Silver Wings for Vicki by Helen Wells
54. Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley
55. The Menace From Earth by Robert A. Heinlein

September

56. Venetia by Georgette Heyer
57. The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner
58. Fall of the White Ship Avatar by Brian Daley
59. A Town Like Alice by Nevile Shute
60. The Office Wife by Faith Baldwin
61. Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
62. Lanterns and Lances by James Thurber
63. The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman
64. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
65. The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
66. Arts & Crafts of South America by Lucy Davies and Mo Fini

October

67. Golden Urchin by Madeleine Brent
68. Miss Melville Returns by Evelyn E. Smith
69. Miss Melville's Revenge by Evelyn E. Smith
70. Miss Melville Rides a Tiger by Evelyn E. Smith
71. For Those in Peril on the Sea by Colin M. Drysdale
72. Murder Your Darlings by J. J. Murphy
73. Precarious Dependencies: Gender, Class and Domestic Service in Bolivia by Lesley Gill
74. A Lack of Temperance by Anna Loan-Wilsey

November
75. A Wicked Slice by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
76. Rotten Lies by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
77. The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears
78. Nasty Breaks by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins
79. Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
80. Cherry Ames, Student Nurse by Helen Wells
81. Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
82. The Titian Committee by Iain Pears
83. Artists in Crime by Ngaio Marsh
84. A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller

December
85. Have Space Suit -- Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
86. 6 x H by Robert A Heinlein
87. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
88. Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod
89. Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
90. Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner

Welcome and good luck on your rooting!

Hi! Nice to see you here! Good luck with your challenge. :)

Glad you are joining us!

Could be so kind as to copy your ticker to the ticker thread so that it is easier to gather the totals at the end of the month?
https://www.librarything.com/topic/184737

Hi Dejah, good luck in ROOTing out those books. Glad to see you here.

Hi Dejah! Welcome to the ROOTers! Happy ROOTing.

>3 Tess_W: Thank you, Tess - the same to you!

>4 rabbitprincess: I'm excited to try to refocus on some books I already own. Thanks for the encouragement!

>5 cyderry: I'm so glad I'm giving this a try! Thank you for all the work you're doing, Cheli. My ticker in on the thread.

>6 lindapanzo: Hi Linda - it's nice to know that you ROOT, too!

>7 connie53: Thank you, Connie, for the welcome! Happy ROOTing to you!

The lure of new books from the library is so seductive....I see all the great books people are reading or I check out the best of the year lists and I end up madly putting holds on books. I really should probably set my goal higher than 50 to force me to consciously choose my own tomes, but we'll see how the first month goes.

Welcome! Two books finished in the first week of the year looks like a good start!

Great Start!

>9 MissWatson: Thanks, Birgit! I certainly do not lack eligible books, lol.

>10 cyderry: Thank you, Cheli!

I enjoyed one of my ROOTs - Dave Duncan's The Death of Nnanji, with is the fourth book add on to his The Seventh Sword trilogy. I really dislike the second, which was If It Bleeds a Rapid Reads ER book for whom I was NOT the target audience.

I'm not planning on counting rereads which is a shame, because it would definitely improve my numbers.

Take a look at what showed up at my house today:



I walked out onto the back deck this morning and spoke to one of the kitties who had walked out with me. Suddenly, there was this tragic crying from the woods. I rushed for the trees and saw a small orange cat (kitten - maybe 12 weeks?) waaaay up a tree. He really, really wanted to be rescued and was very vocal about it. Eventually I was able to talk him down. His tree climbing up skills are apparently excellent - the whole climbing down thing, not so good, poor baby.

Awwww! Precious! He looks so pretty with the bright blue blanket, too!

He is adorable! At first I thought you meant the book in the picture was what showed up at your house. Silly me!

>13 lkernagh: LOL! That's really funny, Lori, and entirely appropriate to the Challenge. I'm now envisioning books sneaking into the house to qualify as Our Tomes......

>14 Dejah_Thoris: Beware of those sneaky books! Last week I found a bunch of unread, uncatalogued ones hiding in my nightstand. I have no idea how they got there or how I missed adding them when they arrived. But hey, they're in the house, so they qualify =)

>13 lkernagh: >14 Dejah_Thoris: I've also considered the possibility that people might stealthily drop off boxes of homeless books....

Hello, welcome, and good luck w/ your ROOTing! Also, congrats on already finishing 2! Great progress!

>11 Dejah_Thoris: SO cute. Glad you rescued him!

>17 avanders: Thanks for the welcome! I suspect my ROOTing will come in fits and starts, but at least I'm conscious of needing to pick up works I already own. And the little guy is cute - and an excellent sleeper!

I've finished my third ROOT: I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats by Fancesco Marciuliano.

Here are two questions I also posted on the main thread:

1. Do people count rereads or is that contrary to the intent?

2. I've updated my ticker on this thread and on the ticker thread. Do I also update the two tickers on the main discussion thread or leave that for our fearless leader? I don't want to double count.....

>18 Dejah_Thoris: I certainly count re-reads!

Ahhh. Well maybe I will count them, then. I try to discourage myself from too much rereading, by favorites are favorites after all!

>18 Dejah_Thoris: it happens to all of us! Fits and starts work great, as long as we keep plugging along ;)
Excellent sleeper is always nice :)

Re your questions... I think that each person does it differently. Some count re-reads, some count re-reads if it's x years old, etc. Do what works for you! These are your rules :) (and, for the record, though I don't re-read often, I do count them when I do!)

And as for the group tickers -- you can choose to update them or not... if you do update the group tickers though, make sure you do both! Some people update just personal tickers, some update both, Cheli figures it all out at the end :) It doesn't confuse her... I think she adds up the personal tickers and updates and then just makes sure the group ticker numbers are updated as well.

>21 avanders: Thank you for the advice! And as for the tickers, I think I'll stick to updating only my own. I feel as though I'm less likely to mess something up that way, lol.

I think I'll consider rereads on a case by case basis. Since it's been a good twenty years since I read Airs Above the Ground, I'll count it. I've also finished Tribe of the Tiger: Cats and Their Culture so my total is up to five! Woohoo!

My tickers are updated, but not the group ticker.

>22 Dejah_Thoris: lol that's exactly what I did last year (my first year ROOTing)! This year, I'm planning on trying to update the group ticker and seeing if it really is as easy as everyone says it is ;) But I'm planning on updating the group ticker only at the end of the month, otherwise I"ll probably forget whether I've updated it or not and... well, it might get messy :)

Woo hoo!! Congrats!

>23 avanders: Thank you for the congratulations! 5 ROOTs thus far makes me very happy, but I've got to say that I'm not sure how many more are in my immediate future. I have scads of library books I've got to get to, so my numbers may climb a bit more slowly the rest of the month.

Ooh, I know that feeling.. I go through spurts, as I think we all do :)
No (added) pressure from me! ;)

Lol - no pressure assumed or felt! Library books come attached with deadlines which seem to give them priority...although other than new books where I know there are others waiting for them, it's really just a false sense of urgency. I need to think more about what I already have.....

Five down! Very good.

And what a cute little kitten. Are you keeping it? Have you given him a name?

And on the ticker thing: You have to update your own ticker only in one place. the same ticker will update every where you use it.

>26 Dejah_Thoris: I also have to remind myself that it's OK to return something unread and borrow it another time if there's no time for me to read it now.

>27 connie53: Thank you, Connie! It does appear that the little guy will remain. I started calling him Pumpkin when I was luring him out of his tree, so lame though that may be, it's a possibility. We're also trying out Baz, for director Baz Luhrmann. We'll see - he's beginning to show his true personality!

>28 rabbitprincess: I do return books unread - but then I often forget to get them again. I just need to read faster, lol.

I like Pumpkin! He has the colour to go with that name.

>30 connie53: He is definitely gloriously orange!

I hadn't planned on pick up The Greengage Summer any time soon, but then I've never been much for planning my reading. It's a great book - I'm glad I finally got around to reading it.

I've been stalled for a while at ROOT #6. Library books have been calling me, lol. As it stands, I probably won't get to any more ROOTS in January, but I should hit a few more in February.

I hope everyone is enjoying their ROOTS!

What a beautiful kitten! Hello Pumpkin/Baz! :)

Why thank you! He is a handsome little fellow. I should post more pictures, which would require that I actually take more pictures. I keep telling myself I'll get better about that.....

Please do! We want to see him grow up!

>36 connie53: Still no photos - but I promise Baz is a cutie!

I'm not making great progress this month but Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein is a ROOT for me - #7 on the year.

#8 was Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs, a reread. It's been a stressful month so far, and the Mercyverse is calling me....

>38 Dejah_Thoris: sorry it's been a stressful month so far! :( But you're making fine progress on your ROOT'ing!

>39 avanders: Thank you - some stretches in life just go that way. I'm happy with my ROOTing so far, but I know I can do better!

>40 Dejah_Thoris: SO true! I think you're doing great w/ your ROOT'ing! And, as a bonus, you're completely on pace for your goal for the year :)

Just keep reading, Dejah! Maybe reading can be a distraction from the RL stuff!

>42 connie53: That's the truth! Reading is a great comfort.

Another one, #9 on the year: Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden. I think this may have been the first of Rumer Godden's books that I read as a kid, probably after I saw the 1947 movie. Until now I hadn't read it again, lumping it in with what I call her 'dark' novels, but truthfully I appreciate it much more now.

Things have been busy and I've been ignoring all my threads, but I'm still reading! Not many ROOTS, though, I have to confess. I have finished my first for March (10th overall): Waldo & Magic, Inc. by Robert A. Heinlein, part of my Heinlein read through project.

I'm off to update the tickers!

10 done already is 20%! You're doing great! Plus, reading is great, even if it's not a ROOT ;)

>46 avanders: Why thank you - and I agree! I have os many books on my shelves I should be reading, but I keep placing those library holds. SO many books!

Only my second for March (11th overall) - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. It looks as though I'm not going to make it to 5 this month......

Actually, I skipped one. #11 was The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is #12. It's a slight improvement, lol.

Another - #13. One Day of Life by Manilo Argueta. I've had this one a loooong time.....

Yeah for ROOTing!!

>51 connie53: I'm on a book buying moratorium, so you'd think I'd do better with the ROOTing, but those library books keep distracting me, lol.

>52 Dejah_Thoris: tee hee, it happens to all of us ;)
Congrats on your ROOTing!

>53 avanders: Thank you! Here's to riotous ROOTing in April!

Go get them ROOTs!

>55 connie53: Thanks, Connie! April has actually gone a little better than I expected in terms of ROOTs.

14. Space Cadet by Robert A. Heinlein
15. The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
16. Assignment in Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein
17. Brain Rules by John Medina
18. The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein
19. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

Much to my surprise, I'm on track! Those library books keep getting to me, though.

My personal ticker is updated and I'm off to add to the Group Tickers.

>56 Dejah_Thoris: woot! Congrats on being on track!
Looks like you've read some fun ROOTs!

>57 avanders: Thanks! I've been enjoying my ROOTS, but I must admit I'm not certain how many I'll get to this month. I keep reminding myself I don't need to read a huge number of them, I just need to stay on track.

My first ROOT of May:

20. The Line: A Witching Savannah Novel by J. D. Horn

All tickers are updated.

>58 Dejah_Thoris: Yeah, that's ok! I had huge ROOT months in Jan & Feb, then I read 0 in March and only 1 in April.... but I'm still on track, so it's all good ;)

>59 avanders: I'm definitely going to have to focus a little more on ROOTs to stay on track, since I haven't had any big months to provide me with a cushion! I'm certainly glad I didn't set my goals any higher!

For some wacky reason I decided to read volcano books this month - fiction and nonfiction. The end result is that most of what I'm reading is from the library. I need to slip a few others in.....

ETA: Well what do you know! I have read another ROOT: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky has been on my Kindle since some time last year and I read it last week! Hooray - that's #2 on the month and #21 overall.

Ooh - Baseball romance! That sounds quite fun. Did you enjoy it?

>60 Dejah_Thoris: But, most importantly (really really), read books you will enjoy! As someone who thrives on being graded (heh), sometimes I forget that what I want to read next is actually more important ;)

Volcano books... interesting?

& Congrats on another ROOT down!

>60 Dejah_Thoris: What kind of volcano books? I just borrowed one about the economic, i.e. agricultural, consequences of the Tambora eruption in 1815...

>61 Caramellunacy: Thanks for dropping by! I received the 4th of Mindy Klasky's Diamond Romances, Second Thoughts as an ER book. I'm a baseball fan and while I don't read as much romance as I used to, I still enjoy it occasionally, and I thought Second Thoughts wasn't bad. I saw that Perfect Pitch was available for free so I grabbed it. Truth be told, I preferred Second Thoughts. It''s entertaining in the summer / beach / vacation read way, which is nice sometimes, even when you're stuck at home!

>62 avanders: I'm a pretty self indulgent reader, so generally I don't push too hard to read something I don't want to - no worries there! Even so, I do sometimes pick up a book because I think I 'should.' Sometimes that's not such a bad thing. And yes, volcano books! See below for more info.

>63 MissWatson: All sorts of volcano books! Fiction, nonfiction, adult, children's - a little of everything. I can think of three Tambora books you might be reading: Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World, The Year Without Summer and Volcano Weather. I've read Tambora already this month and The Year Without Summer is on the agenda. Are you reading one of these?

My other books for the month include Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park, Rain of Fire and The Violins of Saint-Jacques. Both Super Volcano (nonfiction) and Rain of Fire (fiction) both focus on the huge Yellowstone volcano so that made a nice combination, but I absolutely loved Patrick Leigh Fremor's The Violins of Saint-Jacques. It's the first of his works I've read and, I believe, the only piece of fiction he published, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a great surprise! There are a few more I may get to - we'll see. And not a one of them is a ROOT.

>64 Dejah_Thoris: oh good :)

Re volcano books... man, that's another area where I just didn't know there'd be so much material! Sounds interesting!

>64 Dejah_Thoris: None of these, although I'm waiting for the paperback edition of Tambora: The eruption that changed the world to be published. An article in the Economist pointed me towards The last great subsistence crisis in the Western world, it will be interesting to see how much vulcanology (is that a real word?) has advanced since it was published.

>65 avanders: I actually have surprisingly large list of both fiction and nonfiction works focusing on volcanoes and volcanic eruptions. I've already read a number of them over the years, but this is the first time I've read several of them together in short order. What's truly funny is that two of my non volcano books this month have had volcano references - one major, one minor. Who knew, lol?

>66 MissWatson: Woods specifically mentions The Last Great Subsistence Crisis in the Western World in Tambora - it should be interesting reading! Wood's twist on the Tambora eruption is that he's a meteorologist and he's looking for effects all over the world - not just in Europe and North America. He's only partially successful, but it's still interesting reading. I'm interested in seeing how The Year Without Summer differs. And vulcanology is a word! There's an interesting book called Volcano Cowboys which takes you through the changes in the field up until 2000.

>67 Dejah_Thoris: wow! Do you study volcanoes or is it just ... a random area of interest? I'm not sure I've *ever* read a volcano book....??

>68 avanders: I suppose you could say that volcanoes are simply a random area of interest. I've always been interested in history and archaeology, so Pompeii and Herculaneum fascinated me as a kid. The Mount Saint Helen's eruption (35 years ago on the 18th of May) definitely had an impact on me as well. And 'volcano book' is just what I've been calling any work (fiction or non) in which a volcano has a significant role for purposes of my reading this month, lol.

Back in the beginning of April I read Island on Fire about several volcanic eruptions in Iceland, both historic and recent. It, in part, motivated me to do some concentrated reading in May.

The list so far includes:

Tambora: The Eruption That Changed The World
Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park
Rain of Fire (fiction)
The Violins of Saint-Jacques by Patrick Leigh Fermor (fiction)
The Burning Mountain (children's fiction)
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History

I'm currently reading No Apparent Danger: The True Story of Volcanic Disaster at Galeras and Nevado Del Ruiz, which is quite good.

Actually, it feels as though I've read more volcano books than these - and I still have several more kicking around, at least a few of which I'll get to. The sad thing is that NONE of them are ROOTS!

I think the most surprising book for me(so far) was The Violins of Saint-Jacques - I ended up loving this short novel.

I have, however, managed to fit in two more ROOTS: An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod and Water Witch by Cynthia Felice and Connie Willis.

They are numbers 22 and 23 on the year and 3 and 4 on the month.

>69 Dejah_Thoris: very cool! And yeah, your definition of volcano book makes sense to me! ;)
Wow, concentrated, indeed!

lol, bummer re them not being ROOTs though ;) But it's okay... the ROOTs always hold, don't they... ;p
& you read ROOTs anyway - congrats!

>70 avanders: I've been enjoying it - it makes me wonder why I haven't bought more volcano books, though.

#24 Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka

It's quite a play.

Woohoo! Number 25 on the year and #6 on the month: Guatemalan Women Speak by Margaret Hooks. Really excellent.

Another - #26/year, #7/month: The Merry Month of May by Joan Smith

I don't read much Regency romance any more - now I remember why.

This will be the last of the month: Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama back in 2003. 27th for the year - 8th for the month - woohoo!

You are really doing great!

>74 Dejah_Thoris: Woo hoo indeed! Congrats!

What a month for rooting!

>76 avanders: >77 Tess_W: Thank you both! I hope I can do as well in June.

28. Two's Company by Betty Cavanna

This was a mildly entertaining teen girl's novel published in 1951. The most interesting thing about it was the setting, Williamsburg, VA, during the restoration process.

I don't seem to be updating very often! Actually, I've been adding to my list up at the top and my ticker, but apparently not posting down here. Six more, bringing me to a whopping 7 on the month!

29. Cyteen: The Betrayal by C.J. Cherryh
30. Cyteen: The Rebirth by C.J. Cherryh
31. Cyteen: The Vindication by C.J. Cherryh
32. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
33. Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh
34. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

>80 Dejah_Thoris: I do that occasionally too ;)
Congrats on your great progress!!

>81 avanders: Thank you very much!

And I have another to add: The Nightingale by Kara Dalkey. I am having a great ROOTing month!

>82 Dejah_Thoris: Great ROOTing indeed!

>82 Dejah_Thoris: Yay! Excellent work!

Great rooting! I have To Say Nothing of the Dog in my TBR pile!

>83 MissWatson: >84 rabbitprincess: >85 Tess_W: Thank you all! I decided I needed to focus a little more on the ROOTs - even if it means digging through boxes, lol. Happily, it's working.

>85 Tess_W: To Say Nothing of the Dog is wonderful! Get ot it soon!

Two more:
The Nightingale by Kara Dalkey
Magdalena and Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in 16th Century Europe Revealed in the Letters of a Nuremberg Husband and Wife by Steven Ozment

I really enjoyed To Say Nothing of the Dog. I do have to say, Connie Willis is a firm believer in throwing the reader straight in and making them work to figure out what's going on!

>87 Caramellunacy: Agreed - but it's worth it!

And two more to finish out the month:
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

Those two are numbers 37 and 38 on the year - woohoo!

38 ROOTs already, wow!

Woo Hoo almost there!

>89 MissWatson: As the year progresses I'm doing a much better job of ROOTing. Now I'm beginning to wonder if I should raise my goal.....

>90 avanders: I'm shocked I'm so close to my original goal of 50. I'm really enjoying ROOTing! But should I change my goal or just keep adding on the help the overall group goal? A puzzlement.....

I'm already at 3 ROOTs for the month of July:

World's End by Joan D. Vinge
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein

Woohoo!

Doing great, Dejah! When I asked that question before, they told me to just "donate" the root, meaning it's ok to go over because others won't make their goal so to keep the group on track, just "donate" it (means do nothing!). But of course, do what you want!

I always donate extras to the group total. It makes me feel helpful :)

>92 Tess_W: >93 rabbitprincess: Then that's what I'll do! Thank you both so much!

>91 Dejah_Thoris: >92 Tess_W: >83 MissWatson: >94 Dejah_Thoris: I agree! :) I like "donating" the roots too ;)

I'm almost to my goal! July turned out to be a pretty good month for ROOTs. In addition to the 3 I previously posted, I also finished:

42. Swell Party (unpublished play) by Topher Payne
43. Agent of Change by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
44. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning, Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
45. Snow in April by Rosamunde Pilcher
46. Goa by Kara Dalkey
47. Ruined by Lynn Nottage
48. The Luck Runs Out by Charlotte MacLeod
49. Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

Woo hoo! What did you think of Goodnight Desdemona?

One more to go! Very good job.

>97 rabbitprincess: It was interesting - clever. I read most plays (at least in part) with an eye toward its suitability for community theater and I don't think anyone in our area will be doing it any time soon The manipulation of Shakespeare in the work relies on the audience to know the plays well to be truly successful - and in community theater you have to be careful how much you ask of your audience. I can see a college or university theater producing it and I think it would be very entertaining to be in as an actor. I enjoyed it. I confess I liked Swell Party more, which is a good thing since I start rehearsals for it on August 10th.

>98 connie53: Thanks!

I've reached my goal! ROOT #50 is The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge. Woohoo!

Congrats on reaching your goal, Dejah!! Way to go!!

Thank you very much, Linda!

Excellent stuff, well done on reaching your goal! Very impressive! :)

>99 Dejah_Thoris: Agreed, it seems like it would be a lot of fun to perform.

Have fun with rehearsals! :)

Woo hoo, congrats!

Yeah! Congrats!!

Congratulations, yeah!

Yeah Congrats!

Thank you all for the congratulations! I hit my goal of 50, got busy, and promptly stopped posting, lol. did not stop reading, however. I read a few more in August and a few so far in September:

51. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
52. Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds by Brian Daley
53. Silver Wings for Vicki by Helen Wells
54. Emily and the Dark Angel by Jo Beverley
55. The Menace From Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
56. Venetia by Georgette Heyer
57. The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner
58. Fall of the White Ship Avatar by Brian Daley
59. A Town Like Alice by Nevile Shute
60. The Office Wife by Faith Baldwin
61. Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

I will now go update the tickers......

>108 Dejah_Thoris: wow that's a lot of reading! Thanks from the group ;D

>108 Dejah_Thoris: I'm really impressed! You're doing great!

I started A Town Called Alice a few years back (it was a book group read), but I didn't get very far with it, so it's back on the TBR list. I think I just wasn't in that sort of mood that month!

Very good for being "busy"!

Congratulations on meeting your goal and going far beyond!

>109 avanders: Thank you! I suppose I'll have to rethink my goal for next year, but I'm glad to be helping the group totals now.

>110 Jackie_K: I really liked A Town Like Alice, but I agree that my mood makes a huge difference in how I receive a book. That's one reason I rarely plan my reading very far in advance.

>111 Tess_W: The busier and more frantic life is, the more likely I am to crave out time to read - it's my escape! LT, on the other hand, often gets short shrift.....

>112 Familyhistorian: Thank you very much! It's gone much better than I though it would. It's mostly been a matter of making myself think about the possibilities that are already in in the house, instead of looking for the new books or those from the library. It's going to be a while before I get everything read, lol.

Three more:

Lances and Lanterns by James Thurber
The Orphanmaster by Jean Zimmerman
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

That brings me to 64 - and I'm hoping to get one more in for September.

Two more to close out September:

The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
Arts & Crafts of South America by Lucy Davies and Mo Fini

I definitely have some ROOTS planned for October - to the extent I plan!

Wow! You are going far beyond your challenge!

I have been VERY quiet these last few months, but I've still been reading! It looks like I'm going to end the year at 90 ROOTS, which is well above my original expectation - but then I read much, much more this year than I expected. I'm off to update the group thread and ticker and then I'll need to set up my thread for 2016!

>117 Dejah_Thoris: quiet is ok! Reading is even better! ;)
Congrats on pulling so many ROOTs this year!