FEBRUARY ROOT - Progress Thread

password = ROOTS

We 've started out great! There are so many new members in the ROOT group, and I welcome them all. Together we surpassed the needed number of ROOTs for January and are off to a great start!

But we need to keep the momentum rolling, so look over those shelves and take some ROOTs for February.

Below is a list of the members that have identified a ROOT goal for 2016 and how many books they read in January.
The percentage is calculated and a star awarded for those on target to reach their goals. More stars for farther toward their goal.

If there is © next to your name, I see a ticker on your thread that is not in the ticker thread. If you could copy the code to the Ticker thread it would be a huge help each month.
If anyone's number is incorrect, please let me know and I will make the necessary adjustments.
The group goal for February is 667

So go out there and dig those ROOTs.

50worth 1 / 24 4.2%
amberfly 10 / 50 ★★ 20.0%
Ameise1 0 / 10 0.0%
auntmarge64 2 / 30 6.7%
avanders 1 / 12 ★ 8.3%
avidmom 2 / 20 ★ 10.0%
BBleil 0 / 11 ★ 0.0%
Bellettres 0 / 12 0.0%
benitastrnad 8 / 45 ★★ 17.8%
benuathanasia 13 / 100 ★ 13.0%
billiejean 6 / 20 ★ 30.0%
BookDoc16 3 / 50 6.0%
bragan 13 / 100 ★ 13.0%
brewergirl 2 / 30 6.7%
Caramellunacy 1 / 52 1.9%
Carmenere 3 / 25 ★ 12.0%
carriehh 5 / 25 0.0%
clue 4 / 30 ★ 13.3%
coachsully 0 / 25 0.0%
connie53 4 / 36 ★ 11.1%
craso 1 / 12 ★ 8.3%
crazy4reading 1 / 40 2.5%
Crotchetymama 4 / 30 ★ 13.3%
CurrerBell 3 / 75 4.0%
cyderry 10 / 84 ★ 11.9%
deep220 9 / 50 ★★ 18.0%
Dejah_Thoris 4 / 50 8.0%
detailmuse 8 / 30 ★★★ 26.7%
dustydigger 6 / 80 7.5%
enemyanniemae 5 / 52 5.0%
Familyhistorian 8 / 50 ★ 16.0%
FiLoMa 1 / 15 6.7%
fuzzi 6 / 66 ★ 9.1%
getrus 8 / 75 ★ 10.7%
GreyhoundGal 2 / 25 10.4%
hairballsrus 0 / 50 0.0%
HelenBaker 6 / 48 ★ 12.5%
Helenoel 2 / 25 8.0%
Henrik_Madsen 3 / 25 ★ 12.0%
ILuvBookplates 0 / 20 8.0%
InfoQuest 29 / 85 ★★★★ 34.1%
ipsoivan 4 / 30 13.3%
Jackie_K 3 / 12 ★★★ 25.0%
JacobsBeloved 3 / 15 ★★ 20.0%
JaneAustenNut 0 / 26 0.0%
jen.e.moore 6 / 52 ★ 11.5%
johanna414 1 / 12 ★ 8.3%
JSTOR_CDU 2 / 22 ★★ 11.1%
kac522 3 / 30 ★ 10.0%
karenmarie 1 / 9 ★ 11.1%
kaylaraeintheway 2 / 25 8.0%
kkunker 4 / 40 ★ 10.0%
klarusu 0 / 24 0.0%
LadyBookworth 2 / 12 ★★ 16.7%
LauraBrook 8 / 75 ★ 10.7%
leBleuCheese 1 / 24 4.2%
leslie.98 13 / 50 ★★★ 26.0%
lilisin 4 / 50 8.0%
lindapanzo 2 / 24 ★ 8.3%
LittleTaiko 7 / 55 ★ 12.7%
lkernagh 2 / 40 5.0%
LoraShouse 0 / 25 0.0%
loreleiunicorn© 0 / 25 0.0%
luvamystery65 6 / 30 ★★ 20.0%
madhatter22 11 / 40 ★★★ 27.5%
majkia 7 / 50 ★ 14.0%
mandymarie 3 / 50 6.0%
MelissaHozey 3 / 25 0.0%
Miss Watson 7 / 52 ★ 13.5%
MissSos 0 / 25 4.0%
moonshineandrosefire 3 / 86 3.5%
MrGilpatric 4 / 100 4.0%
mrhr 0 / 24 0.0%
nancyjune 0 / 10 0.0%
nancynova 4 / 50 6.7%
NanjingEmpress 0 / 12 10.0%
nebula21 2 / 30 6.7%
nerwende 3 / 30 ★ 10.0%
Nickelini 4 / 50 8.0%
okrysmastree 17 / 33 ★★★★★ 51.5%
pigletto 17 / 80 ★★ 21.3%
QuiteTheHuman 0 / 24 0.0%
rabbitprincess 7 / 50 ★ 14.0%
read2relax 2 / 24 ★ 8.3%
readingtangent 5 / 45 ★ 11.1%
RjRBukSlavZM99 1 / 25 ★ 14.6%
Robertgreaves 5 / 66 7.6%
rubyandthetwins 2 / 40 5%
sallylou61 7 / 48 ★ 14.6%
SoschaF© 0 / 12 0.0%
Soupdragon 6 / 40 ★ 15.0%
SqueakyChu 2 / 9 ★★ 22.2%
storygenie 5 / 40 ★ 8.3%
streamsong 2 / 50 4.0%
Tallulah_Rose 1 / 12 ★ 8.3%
tames 4 / 13 ★★★ 30.8%
tess_schoolmarm 14 / 36 ★★★★ 38.9%
torontoc 6 / 30 ★★ 20.0%
trav 0 / 30 0.0%
valcas 0 / 20 0.0%
verkakte 2 / 20 ★ 10.0%
VertOlive 6 / 24 ★★★ 25.0%
vestafan 3 / 30 ★ 10.0%
weird_o 8 / 40 ★★ 20.0%
WordMaven 1 / 20 5.0%

Wow, wonderful. If there is any way we can help, Cheli, with all the new members or with stats or anything else, please let us know!

Can I just ask a dim question? (not about anything particularly important!). You say that the group goal for February is 644, do you mean by that that between us we need to have read 644 books in the month of February, or do you mean that the ticker has to reach 644 by the end of Feb (ie including the 431 that is already there) and so we need actually to read 213 between us this month?

We are doing well so far. Well done everyone!

Finished ROOT #3. All tickers updated.

I think it's the last option, Jackie. Otherwise we would read more than a 1000 books in the first two months and that would be almost 1/4 of the group total for the whole year.

I just finished Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (5*****), a gift from my Virago Elf from Christmas. Sort of reminds me a bit of Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede, except that it's got a lot of comedy and humor that's lacking to Godden.

It's my fourth of the year, but it really is a holdover from January. I only have about 35 pages to finish.

>7 CurrerBell: I always let them count in the month I finish the book.

>8 connie53: That's how I'm doing it too. It gets too complicated trying to apportion one month to another. (Actually, though, I have occasionally given myself credit on a Reading Through Time theme-read if I finish a relevant book just a day or two after the month's end.)

>9 CurrerBell: I would do that too. So I won't tell anyone

>3 Jackie_K: Connie is correct, we need the ticker to reach 644 by the end of February. So 212 still need to be read in February - we even get an extra day! That equals a little more than 2 books per person for those that have indicated a goal.

Thanks for doing the numbers, Chèli! Looks like we're on a roll!

Another ROOT. Tickers updated.

I woke at 4:00 AM this morning so I read, dozed, read, dozed and by 9:00 had finished a ROOT, House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday.

Slightly under what I need for January but since I only started the challenge on the 9th I'm probably on track.

Finished my second ROOT Martin Dressler. I have updated my ticker.

Finished my first ROOT of the month. My thread and all tickers updated.

We're doing awesome! Yeah!
& Welcome to all new members! :)

I can't believe someone is already over 50% just from January! Way to go Okrysmastree!

Thanks always for all your hard work, Chèli!

(And my personal update - I'm still working on Chunky ROOT #2, which is "only" just under 800 pages, but the font is small & close together... a bit of a dense read, in the physical sense. BUT it's awesome and totally worth it!)

>18 avanders: Thank you! I'll admit only 11 of those 17 from January were reads - 6 books left my TBR pile as "you know what, I don't actually want to read this" giveaways.

>19 KLmesoftly: well, at least the ROOTs were pulled!

Finished my first ROOT for February, #5 for the year. All tickers updated.

Finished my 4th ROOT of the year! All tickers updated

I read Life and Death by Andrea Dworkin and The Basque Hotel by Robert Laxalt.

I read them in January but I updated the tickers today, my personal ticker and the February group ticker.

Wonder if I should have updated the January group ticker instead, at this late date?

Also, please remind me how to do the blue touchstones for member's names. I tried both kinds of brackets but neither produced results.

Sorry to be such a pest!

Mel

Hi Mel,

First of all: questions about how things go, are never a pest. ;-))

Here is the ticker solution: They move from the January thread to the February so they change where ever you update them.

About the touchstones you use > with the number of the post you are referring too

Like this: >23 mhmr:

Or do you mean something else?

>23 mhmr: if you just want a member's name to be a link, use the "@" sign, and add the name immediately after, no space, no quotes: @mhmr

Thanks Connie53 and fuzzi, for clarifying things for me.

>25 fuzzi: I did not know that! Thanks @fuzzi

Just around midnight I finished ROOT # 1 for February and # 5 for the year! Updating all my own ticker and BOTH group tickers.

Here's the BEST thread on LT, if you like doing stuff like html, touchstones, etcetera:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/177029

Finished my first ROOT for February. And what a fantastic read it was! Abaddon's Gate.

Updating group tickers.

I've finished my first ROOT and have updated my personal ticker. I'm not able to update the group tickers.

>30 Ameise1: That's strange, Barb. The password is ROOTS. But I see that's not mentioned in the first post.

I tried it with ROOTS but wasn't successful, Connie.

>32 Ameise1: ROOTS is all caps and you need the S at the end. I just tried it and it worked ok for me.

>33 lindapanzo: Thanks Linda, will try it tomorrow when working on the computer. Can't do it on the tablet.

Hooray, I was able to upddate the group tickers. Thanks for your help, Connie and Linda.

Oh I like seeing the % of my progress, neat! I assume the number of stars grows accordingly, or do they have some other purpose?

First book of February done and dusted and I've updated all tickers accordingly.

>36 nerwende: The stars are explained in the first post, Nerwende.

Starting ROOT # 6 for the year. Stad van gouden schaduw by Tad Williams

finished #7, updated the tickers and my review is on my thread.

Finished ROOT #4 and I'm off to update tickers.

#3 of the year and the first ROOT of Feb finished! All tickers updated

First ROOT down, 23 to go.

All tickers updated!

Second ROOT for the month, updating all tickers.

Just joined; updated ticker thread; reviewed both my OTs.

If you'd like to check out my reviews, I supplied the link in my personal ROOT thread.

>43 Limelite: thanks! I will check it out.

I read my first root of February, and fifth for the year!! Now I'm trying to decide what to read next.

Finished a short audiobook ROOT -- my thread and all tickers updated.

Finished 2nd chunky ROOT for the year!
All tickers updated.
City of Golden Shadow was wonderful! Will probably be adding the 2nd heavy tome to my shortlist sooner than originally anticipated (fortunately it is also a chunky root ;))

>47 avanders: Yeah for finishing a chunkster!

>47 avanders: I love Tad Williams fantasy series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, but I never got through the first Otherland, City of Golden Shadow...maybe it's time to try it again!

>49 fuzzi: Yes, Fuz. Do try again! I've made a thread for Otherland

http://www.librarything.com/topic/218982

>50 connie53: thanks!

February already has several chunksters on deck.

Maybe in March...

>51 fuzzi: Take your time, fuz!

>48 connie53:

>49 fuzzi: I've heard good things about that other series -- quite as epic, yes? Well if you give it another go, let us know how you like it!

>50 connie53: oh, awesome! :D

>37 connie53: I worded that badly, sorry. Also having tried to re-word my question 4 times now, I believe I'm just trying to make something simple too complicated :P - so instead I'm just going to ask one thing which I think will clear this up for me: is the maximum available number of stars 10?

>54 nerwende: The maximum stars is 5. If you are on target to finish your challenge in December you get 1 star, if you are 1 month ahead you get 2 stars, 2 months ahead 3 stars, 3 months ahead you get 4 stars and 4 months or more ahead of target, you get 5 stars.

I started to award the stars last year, so that people could see if they were on target to reach their goal or ahead of the target, or behind.
It wasn't meant as a bad thing but to encourage everyone to stay on course so that we could our goal together.

>55 cyderry: @getrus has read 8 books, but is at 0%...

I just couldn't finish up & missed January. But I finished ROOT #1 (my first ROOT ever!) and ROOT #2 today.
All tickers are updated.

Hope you all have a well ROOTed February!

>56 fuzzi: Good catch, thanks!

>58 cyderry: you're welcome. I was looking to see how many stars I had, and noticed a discrepancy for @getrus. :)

I just finished ROOT#5, and updated group and personal tickers. By the way, chelli, I lowered my goal from 50 to 30, and updated tickers accordingly. 50 just felt too out of reach for this year.

>55 cyderry: So the stars are always only for the previous month alone, they don't accumulate? I'm not very good at understanding maths-y things. :P

(Also I'm not seeing them as a bad thing, I hope my messages haven't given that impression!)

>60 ipsoivan: Thank you.

>61 nerwende: No, the stars don't accumulate - they just show how you stand at the end of the month when the tallies are done. You could have a star one month and no star the next and then get a star again the next month.

>60 ipsoivan: and not just any old root.... Otherland Book 1! :D

#8 read-the review is on my thread and tickers here updated

Finished an audiobook ROOT today. I have updated my thread & all tickers.

Happy Valentine's day!

I've added another ROOT - both my and the group tickers are updated.

I've finished my second ROOT and have updated all tickers.

I finished an audiobook of a play -- nice & short :P My thread and all tickers updated.

Another ROOT for me. Updating all tickers.

I'm in the middle of a in Japanese book and at the beginning of a longer book so to make sure I manage to post some ROOTs this month, I read a manga last night. All tickers updated.

>70 lilisin: I'm including some YA and middle-reader this month to get my total boosted. Last month I only had three, but two of them were doorstoppers and the third was a heavy, tedious read. I've also got some leftovers from last month that I'm partway through, so getting them finished should give me a nice overall job for February.

ROOT #6 for the year is done. William Shakespeare: Henry VI is not one of his best plays, but the lines are laid out for Richard III

Tickers will be updated shortly.

>72 Henrik_Madsen: Actually, there are three "Henry VI" plays – Henry VI, Part 1, Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3 – so if you read all three you should be able to claim three ROOTs.

I got in a non-reading rut the last week or so, but I'm back, and reading two ROOTs at the same time. I expect to finish them tomorrow or Thursday.

>73 CurrerBell: I know, and I read all three of them. They are contained in one volume (with three other plays) so it's a question of how you define a ROOT. I settled for one now, but might revise it later if my goal becomes unattainable... ;-)

Finished ROOT # 6 for the year and # 2 for February. Updating the tickers!

Finished Casey, ROOT #7 for 2016 and my first for February. Personal ticker updated.

We are getting close to our Feb. goal - only 44 more to go and almost 2 weeks left :)

I can add 6 ROOTs read so far in February, all tickers updated.

How are our newest members doing? Are you all finding any gems in the books that have been waiting so long?

Not a new member but read another manga last night and tonight making for 2 more ROOTs this month.

I've just finished my second ROOT for the month, My Brilliant Friend. I will get at least one more, maybe 2. Now have 6 out of 30 completed.

Finished my second ROOT for February today, that puts me at 6/40 for the year. All tickers updated.

Finished my third ROOT Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier. Updated my ticker. 3 of 12 for the year.

Finished my second ROOT for the year and first for February. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. All tickers updated.

Finished my third ROOT and have updated all tickers.

I have EIGHT so far for February and I'm expecting to finish at least a couple more. With my THREE from January, that will put me on course for my goal of 75 for the year. Note that January's three included two doorstoppers and a third that was a rather tedious read. I've compensated for this in February with some shorter books, and I'll also be finishing up some that I started in January.

My own ticker is updated but I leave messing with the group ticker for the groupmeister.

>85 klarusu: How was The Line of Beauty? It's been sitting on my virtual TBR shelf for a while now.

>88 Robertgreaves: It took me by surprise. I also had it on my shelves for a long time and shied away from picking it up because I thought it might not be my 'thing' but Hollighurst really won me over. I think it's his characterisation and the subtle social interaction that he conveys so well. I'd definitely recommend picking it up! It took me a little while to get into it but once I did, I flew.

I have slowed down a bit in my ROOTs reading this month but I am reading even if I haven't updated my thread yet. I have this coming week off work and hope to get caught up with things and maybe finish some more of the pile of ROOTs that I have on the go.

>90 Familyhistorian: same here: my February ROOT progress is much slower than January, but I finished my second book this morning, Two's Company by Joyce Stranger. Nice read, personal ticker updated.

My ticker was updating (I cross use it on another site), but I wasn't logging what made up that jump! +6 ROOTs so far this month, but I expect that to dive down in March as there's 3 ARCs patiently waiting their turn.

#9 added- tickers updated and review on my thread- This book is one that a lot of people liked but I didn't.

I've read 3 ROOTs in February, so I'm up to 4 so far. One of the three is from the list of 9 I proposed for myself, but as I inventory my shelves and just look around, I'm discovering wonderful books I forgot I had, so have read two additional ROOTs.

I'm slogging away at the ultimate ROOT by having joined The War and Peace group read. My numbers are taking a hit, but I figure it's better to do this in the first part of the year when I have lots of time to make up lost ground.

>96 streamsong: Good luck with that mammoth book! Maybe it should count as more than a single ROOT it is so long :)

I have finished another ROOT and updated my thread and all tickers. I noticed that the % group ticker seems to be one less than the other group ticker... I didn't make them match in fear that I would mess something up.

>98 leslie.98: You can always match them, Leslie, I think Chèli will correct them when they are not in sinc with her counting.

I'll be lucky if I make it to 4 ROOTs this month - in my defense though, book #4 is a bit of a long one! The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco is 512 pages and I'm at page 78 right now; I think I can do it if I push. :)

>96 streamsong: good idea.

>100 KLmesoftly: Are you reading it in memoriam or were you reading it anyway?

>100 KLmesoftly: Hope you enjoy it, its one of my favorites.

Finished another ROOT today, that puts me at 7 for the year. All tickers updated.

>62 cyderry: Thank you, I think I've got it now. :)

Finished my second ROOT for February & updated all the tickers.

I'm splitting my time between a new book (Leviathan Wakes) and a ROOT, Three's a Pack, the latter by one of my favorite authors, Joyce Stranger. I should finish my ROOT in the next day or two, although Leviathan Wakes is gripping, and probably will demand most of my reading time this week.

ROOT#7 finished, Otherland 2: River of Blue Fire. All tickers updated.

GA State Age-Group Swim Championships took up all Fri-Sun. but due to lots of driving, I was able to start a CD book and make progress. Our Kind of Traitor is another fine example of John le Carre's unchallenged mastery of the espionage novel. Robin Sachs' voice performance (not just narration) is exactly right. This will be a pleasure to "read."

>108 Limelite: Your state age group championships are quite a bit earlier than ours in Illinois. Is this club or high school?

My 15-year old niece has regional championships this weekend and, if she can somehow manage a state-qualifying time, her state senior championships would be March 3 to 6 (age group champs, which no longer apply to her now that she's 15, are March 10 to 13.

I do get quite a bit of reading in at swim meets during the lulls but this past Sunday, I didn't read much in my mystery short stories book. There were only 2 or 3 heats per event so it was pretty quick.

>102 Robertgreaves: It was on my TBR pile anyway, but I did decide to start it this week as a memorial. :)

>103 clue: I'm loving it so far! I wish I'd known sooner that it features a labyrinth, throw anybody in a giant maze and I want to read about it - I blame all the Nickelodeon TV competitions I watched as a kid. It's also pinging my childhood love of the Redwall novels, what with all the loving descriptions of foods and architectural details of abbeys.

(Oh, and I'm liking the plot, too!)

I finished Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo last night so am trying to read a shorter book by the end of the month. Updating tickers.
>89 klarusu:. I have this waiting on my shelf also so thanks for the positive encouragement.

>107 ipsoivan: Another chunkster! You're a reading machine!

I've sat at my current desk at work for over 10 years and, during that time, I finish books at lunch and tend to drop them wherever. During the next month or so, we've been asked to do a thorough cleaning/pruning of everything, in advance of a relocation within the building.

Long story short, I'll be getting rid of a lot of old books that have accumulated over the years, which will greatly add to my ROOT totals.

>113 lindapanzo: whatcha going to do with those books?....

>114 fuzzi: I'll probably donate to the library friends for fundraising.

Unless it's a mystery. I'll give those to an LTer (she knows who she is, ahem--we need to get together soon).

Some are actually unread and I'll want to take those home. Every summer, our company charitable committee holds a used book sale fundraiser. One year, I bought a bunch of Donna Leon mysteries. I've been reading this series lately and I thought I had numbers 4, 5, and 6 in the series at home. I suspect they're around here somewhere...

>115 lindapanzo: okay...I was just wondering what you might have...

...like I need more books??????

>116 fuzzi:"...like I need more books??????"

Isn't that a question we all ask ourselves every time we are in the area of books?

I keep telling myself "There are starving children in Africa, you know". It mainly keeps me from handing over money but has no effect on ebooks because they already know my credit card number.

I thought I'd be able to ban myself from buying more books until I got my TBR pile under 10, and yet here I am in February with 6 books in my possession that I didn't own 2 months ago :| They creep in, even picked up one at a time!

>119 KLmesoftly: Well, but of course there's the new Library of America volume of Henry James: Autobiographies that just came out a few weeks ago. And there's Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist that just came out this week. And B&N sends me those discount coupons, and I mustn't waste them....

ETA: But I really am trying to get it under control. Just buying B&N when I get a coupon. Well, but of course, there are those used book stores. But really, I read more ROOTs than I bring in noobs, so that's something, isn't it?

>120 CurrerBell: Justifications like these are how we ended up here in the first place! I can relate though, especially passing a used book store with a 50 cent cart sitting right out front that I pass every day...after all, I am only human.

>119 KLmesoftly: Under ten! I'm so jealous...

>122 jen.e.moore: I'm trying! I've moved a lot in the past couple of years and have had to cull a lot of things so my owned-but-not-read pile has naturally been in the 30-50 range for the most part. It helps that I don't like to buy ebooks, too. ;)

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

Just finished ROOT #4 for February, total of 10 so far in 2016. My personal ticker is updated, too. :)

I finished another at 1a.m. this morning. Couldn't sleep so at least I achieved something in the wee hours. Updating tickers.

There is a big discrepancy in the tickers. I decided not to touch the percentage one in case there is a mistake. We seem to be well ahead of our goal which looks great.

Woo! I spent the day reading, and added two more ROOTs for February, total of 6 for this month!

I can add two more, my own ticker is updated, didn't touch the group ones this time..

>128 fuzzi: 2 in one day?? Wow!

Have just updated my personal ticker. Left the group one alone. Not tech enough...:+}
This month read a total of 4 books.

Next month need to read a "door stopper"!!

7 in February, bringing me to a total of 11. Off to update the tickers.....

I've finished ROOT 4 and have updated all tickers.

>130 ipsoivan: well, they weren't chunksters, and I was inspired to get a couple more done.

Here is my report for February 2016:

UpROOTED books: 9
ROOTless books: 4
Added to the TBR shelves: 2

The ROOTs were:

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
A Day of Fire by various authors
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction by Julia Annas
Reflections for Lent 2016 by various authors
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction by C. C. W. Taylor
The Symposium by Plato
Mouse or Rat? by Umberto Eco
Dangerous Admissions by Jane O'Connor
The Last Tobacco Shop in the World by Bjorn Turmann

ROOTs in YTD: 14

Personal and group tickers have been adjusted, but hopefully not harmed.

Feel ashamed to not have even one ROOT to report as uprooted for February. Must find a way to read more. I used to be so good at just reading and letting the chips fall where they may! But seems I have less and less time to myself these days as I spend more and more of it with an ailing mate who is at home most of the day these days. And with his upcoming knee surgery will it get easier or harder to find time for my self.

Will try harder in March to finish some books.

Final total for the month: 4 ROOTs, 8 non-ROOTs!

My ROOTs:

Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
On Such a Full Sea - Chang-Rae Lee
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco

Hopefully I can match that in March and keep whittling down my to-read pile faster than I'm buying new books!

>136 mhmr: one at a time, just try to read one at a time.

>136 mhmr: Yup. What fuzzi said. :) No Feb. ROOTs for me either! In fact I only read 3 books all month - one borrowed and two that I just bought this year. There's always next month! :)

Okay, finished one more!
Personal thread and ticker updated .
Group ones not touched.

Happy reading all!

I finished 6 ROOTS this month with a cumulative total of 13 for the year. I have updated my personal ticker but not the group tickers.

I finished one more for the month at 11.55p.m last night. Just in the nick of time. Updating tickers.

Finished a total of 14 for February, which gives me a total of 17 for the year. (Two in January were doorstoppers and the third was a tedious read.)

I just finished one more around 1:15am this morning, but that one's credited toward March.

My own ticker's updated, but as always I leave the group ticker for the groupmeister.

One more for February, added to my personal ticker, only.

Just updated one more (read in Feb) to my personal thread only, bringing my total to 12. I need to get my butt in gear this month!

I've got one more February ROOT to add. I updated my own ticker, and the first of the group tickers. However, the numbers in the two tickers don't tally (if it helps, the first ticker (number of books) now reads 707 which includes mine, but the second one (%) reads 705 (which doesn't include mine)). I hope I explained that clearly enough that it's not mucked things up! :/

I finished a total of 5 ROOTs for February. I hope to do better in March but it is hard to find books on my shelves to fit all the challenges.

>146 Jackie_K:

A lot of people forget to update the second ticker when they update the first. If that happens, just have the second ticker match what the first says. It doesn't matter in the end since cyderry reworks the tally again at the end of the month.

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Really, we need an FAQ thread.

I hope that everyone has updated their tickers or personal threads. I'm calculating numbers!

>137 KLmesoftly: Do you have a personal thread? personal goal?
I can't find anything. I'd like to include it in the numbers for February.

>149 cyderry: Reporting in for February!

I finished 4 more books, for a grand total of 9 (and counting)

6. Trust No One by Greg Hurwitz (audio) FINISHED 2/8/16
7. Mint Julep Murder by Carolyn G. Hart FINISHED 2/9/16
8. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean FINISHED 2/15/16
9. The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman (audio) FINISHED 2/28/16

This group is so keeping me on track and focused to read what I already have. Thank you much for that!

I always update my personal ticker but am a bit confused regarding whether I should be updating the group one? Some people seem to and some don't. Doesn't that get confusing for cyderry?

>152 Soupdragon:

It doesn't matter whether people update the group ticker in the end since cyderry reworks the tally again at the end of the month. So it does not affect her.

The only reason to update the group ticker during the month is so that we can visually see our progress. You don't have to update it if you don't want to.

>152 Soupdragon: I don't think so, Dee. Chèli is probably using excel to keep track of the numbers. And the total of the personal tickers should be the same as in both the group tickers. But not everybody uses a ticker (or updates them regularly). So in the first post of every monthly thread there is a list of all ROOTers with the numbers. If you think your number is wrong just tell Chèli and everything gets adjusted.

>153 lilisin: >154 connie53: Thank you, that makes sense.

The March thread is up!

I didn't have time to report yesterday , but I have four (4) ROOTS for February. No tickers updated.

Hello everyone! My February was pretty good - I only read one less ROOT than last year, but I suppose that's not too bad! In keeping with the group theme, here are my totals for February:

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 2
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 4
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 1
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 4
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 11

For February, I read 4 books. I updated the tickers.