JANUARY ROOT - Progress Thread

We can count our lucky stars that in 2017 we met our goal so I thought maybe we should continue to strive to overcome the tasks to clear our shelves. The theme this year will be the 12 signs of the Zodiac! Everyone seems to have embraced the star system, so I thought shooting for the stars would be a fun theme! Ticker password is ROOTS.
The ticker thread https://www.librarything.com/topic/278507) will hopefully fill up with pledges of books to be read in 2018! Remember please no discussion, just tickers!!

This month's goal is 351

PLEDGES

Amberfly 40
Ameise1 10
anoplph0ra 20
avanders 24
avidmom 10
Benita? 50
bragan 100
brakketh 40
brewergirl 30
Britt84 60
Caramellunacy 12
clue 30
connie53 36
crazy4reading 30
CurrerBell 75
cyderry 72
DeborahJade 50
deep220 75
deern 24
detailmuse 40
DisassemblyOfReason 75
EEasyReaderII 60
elliepotten 30
enemyanniemae 36
Erratic_Charmer 30
FAMeulstee 200
Familyhistorian 55
floremolla 60
funky_george 30
fuzzi 100
Guanhumara 12
Heather19 50
HelenBaker 48
Helenoel 25
Henrik_Madsen 40
h-mb 40
Jackie_K 48
janoorani24 25
JBarringer 365
johanna414 25
kac522 40
karenmarie 42
katayseb 15
kkunker 40
Kristelh 35
KWharton 10
LadyBookworth 24
lahochstetler 50
LauraBrook 100
leslie98 100
LibraryLover23 40
lilisin 50
linda.newman 25
lindapanzo 72
lkernagh 60
LoraShouse 20
luvamystery65 40
mabith 20
madhatter22 50
majkia 50
mandymarie20 25
martencat 30
MissSos 20
MissWatson 75
Montarville 12
nancynova 75
Nickelini 20
novawalsh 30
okeres 25
pageturner3 50
Quasifesto 36
quigui 12
rabbitprincess 50
rainpebble 24
RavenHill 91
readingtangent 46
Rebeki 18
Robertgreaves 78
sallylou61 36
si 24
sibyx 24
slategreyskies 50
Tanya-dogearedcopy 50
tess_schoolmarm 75
torontoc 30
vestafan 50

Love the theme, Chèli, and many thanks forsetting this up again!

Oh Cheli, you have done such a great job!

Thanks for setting up the group, Cheli! I'll sort out my tickers and thread later (if not tonight then at the weekend).

A perfect theme, thanks Cheli! Good luck everyone, I'll bet we have another great year in 2018!

Whee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So happy I checked new groups!

I'm in for 50, Chèli! Thanks for setting up the group! :D

I'm a Capricorn so January should be "my" month!

I was very happy to see the 2018 group was up and booming. Thanks Chèli!

>2 cyderry: I upped mine, Cheli. As I'm so over 2017; what I read between Christmas and Jan 1 I want to count on here....

I am pledging 35, low I know, but scary too. Never made a commitment to read my own tomes before.

>12 Kristelh: Not to worry! You can always adjust your pledged total if you are having problems with it.

You are just one book below me, Kristel. Nice to see you here. Welcome to the ROOters.

Pssst: Don't forget to become a member of the group and start your own thread so we can see what you are reading.

That's my thread up here now, I'm pledging 48 for the year again.

I rather fell off most of the talk in 2017- hope for more communication in 2018. Will be moderate and hope for 25 ROOTs -

I'm in for another year of reading ROOTs. I will join the group as soon as LT lets me. My computer keeps telling me there is a "fatal error" when I click the "join the group" button. I will set up a thread and ticker soon. I hope to keep up with the threads and my fellow ROOTers better than I did in 2017.

Hooray, LT is back online.

The last two years I have been reading a lot. In November 2016 I started to read through my childrens/YA books alphabeticly, to decide what I would keep and what to cull. Now there are 352 books to go and I hope to read them in the next two years.

In 2017 I have read 238 ROOTS, of those 172 were from my childrens/YA collection and I culled 61 of them.
I have set my goal for 2018 at 200 ROOTS.

Thanks so much Chèli for setting up the new ROOT year. I'm looking forward to the reading.

To go along with the Zodiac theme, I'm toying with the idea of reading a book from my shelves by an author who was born under the Zodiac sign for the month.

There's a great website that lists many authors by month/birthdate here:

http://librarybooklists.org/literarybirths/index.htm

Just looking at these lists and what's on my shelves, I know I've got books on the TBR written by these Capricorns:

Rebecca West
Wilkie Collins
Haruki Murakami
Ernest Gaines
Anne Bronte
Anton Chekhov

Now if only I can keep it up for a whole year....

>21 kac522: great idea! Good luck with your plan.

>21 kac522: Great idea!

>21 kac522: I like this idea!

I'm excited about 2018 ROOTing and so grateful, Chèli, for all your work here!

Noted that my pledge of 25 did not get into the list. So more definitely - Will go for 25.

Thanks for hosting again Chèli am in the process of setting up my 2018 goals etc.

Nice theme - good work, Chèli!

I'll be back again with a goal of 40. Good luck to everyone ROOTing in 2018!

I'm back with a goal of 50 but won't be able to set up my thread or ticker until mid January.

>21 kac522: Nice idea.

Good luck everyone! This is my first year ever ROOT-ling around (so many puns, so little time), but I'm pledging my 30 books and very much looking forward to getting started. I've been sneaking loving glances at my bookshelves all day. :)

Happy New Year all! Less than two hours until Big Ben chimes here in England!

>32 elliepotten: so glad you joined us! Have fun.

I've finished my first ROOT The Emperor's Tomb and have updated the tickers.

Happy New Year.

I've also finished my first ROOT Politics as Leadership by Robert C. Tucker. Read for studies but a quick and thoughtprovoking read. I enjoyed it.

Finished first ROOT for January - 1/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

>34 Ameise1: I have that one on my list this year too!

I'm back with another goal of 46. The last two years I've managed to finish my goal in October and I like that, so I'm sticking with it! :)

I'm back. Please count me in for 72 ROOTS for 2018.

Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi / B Is for Burglar / C Is for Corpse (reread)
I read the early "Kinsey Milhone Alphabet Mysteries" ages ago but I only ever completed the first half-dozen or so. I've had five omnibus editions, each of three mysteries – all told, A through O – around the house for ages and I've gotten or am in the process of getting the later volumes (P through Y along with Kinsey and Me) and doing a complete "Kinsey Milhone" marathon in honor of Sue Grafton's death on December 28.



Anyway, 1st for January, 1/75

>40 CurrerBell: Rather sad she died at y, she'd almost finished the alphabet!

>37 cyderry: I hope you'll like it as much as I did.

>21 kac522: Great idea, there's that one unread Murakami on my shelf...

Finished my first ROOT for 2018: The Arthur Avenue Cookbook: Recipes and Memories From the Real Little Italy
A walk down a three block section of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx meeting the shop owners, hearing each shop's history and reading recipes.

A good book that has been on my shelf more than 2 years!

4/5

I have finished my first ROOT of the year. My thread and all tickers updated.

I am terrible at visiting people's threads so I will just say here thanks to all those who posted on my thread! And I wish everyone a great year ROOTing in 2018.

>45 leslie.98: I'm also not good at visiting other people's threads, especially when they average 90 or so posts a day.

Keep ROOTing, all!

I will pledge to read 50 ROOTS this year. I surprised myself last year in reaching my goal of 47, so I am going to up my number this year.

With that in mind, I finished my first ROOT on the trip back from my Christmas break with family. Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. There was a reason why I had been putting this one off. It was 20 CD's and it could have been edited to half that with little loss from the novel. The last 5 CD's were the most interesting. I kept listening to it, because back, when it was published it has such favorable reviews and so many people just loved it that I wanted to find out what it was. Unfortunately, for me, it just never kicked into high gear. But it is now off my shelves.

I set up my ROOT thread for this year. Here is the link. https://www.librarything.com/topic/280191

It is also on the Group Thread listing.

Yay! Finished my first ROOT for the year, Black Dog. Enjoyed it!

I'm back after a year of absence wherein I read very few of my print books.

Pledging 20 books.

>49 mabith: Welcome back!

Hi Chèli, my ROOT goal for 2018 is 75. I had a little trouble setting up two different tickers, but they should be okay now.

Hello Chèli. I have doubled my goal this year to a whopping 24 and am really looking forward to getting that first ROOT of 2018 under my belt.

>32 elliepotten:;
It is so good to see you here Miss Ellie. It's been so long. I look forward to your thread.

>53 rainpebble: And so good to see YOU, Belva. Hope you're feeling better soon! ~Mike

>54 CurrerBell:
Thanks Mike & you too. Happy New Year & what say no more trips to the ER yourself? :-)

Another ROOT finished as I watched the snow fall today. My thread and all tickers updated.

Okay everyone, I've updated the pledges through tonight.
I'm headed off to a Caribbean cruise tomorrow and I will have limit access for the next 10 days.

Stay warm and safe everybody, and read those ROOTS!!!

>57 cyderry: have a great time!

>57 cyderry: Lucky you! Have fun :)

Have fun, Chèli. The Caribbean sounds nice!

Enjoy your cruise, Chèli!

Reporting ROOT #1 for the year and for Januari.

54 minuten by Marieke Nijkamp

Updating all tickers.

I have two ROOTs to report: The Diary of River Song, Series 1, a Big Finish audio drama; and Revolution in the Head, by Ian MacDonald, a book about the Beatles. I've updated my personal ticker but not the group ones.

Sue Grafton, D Is for Deadbeat / E Is for Evidence / F Is for Fugitive

2d for January, 2/75

Second ROOT for January - If On A Winter's Night A Traveller - 2/60 for 2018

ETA - tickers now updated

Finished my first. Snow Country.

Another mystery finished -- my thread and all tickers updated.

I've finished my first ROOT of 2018 and have updated both my ticker and the group ticker (eek!).

Thank you, Chèli, for making this group happen. It's made me so much more determined to get my TBR total down to a manageable number. I hope you're enjoying your cruise!

I finished a second ROOT. Warleggan by Winston Graham. No tickers updated. I will report the total at the end of the month.

I have been trying to read through the Poldark novels sine the new version is on PBS. This is the fourth novel in the series. I have seven more to go to complete the series.

Finished off my first ROOT of the year last night. All tickers are updated.

Wonderful to see the gang rally around our Fearless Leader and Inspirer for another year of good reading and reducing. I never was a dieter, and I'm beginning to see that ROOTing is a lot like dieting! This will require much self-discipline of which not a bone in my body is inclined toward.

Yet, in a spirit of unlimited optimism (it's easy to be optimistic, just not disciplined) I have started my thread.

**sigh**
Haven't picked my first ROOT. So many good books on my shelves that I waver in indecision. Must persist!

I've added my first two ROOTs for the year to my own and to the group tickers. Two 4.5 star reads to start the year, so that's a good start!

No ROOTs completed yet. Why did all those holds come in at the library at the same time?

>73 Familyhistorian: lol -- isn't that always the way?

I finished another Wodehouse book --- my thread and all tickers updated.

Jack London: Novels and Stories

3d for January, 3/75

I've added my 3rd ROOT to my and the group tickers. It was The Eyre Affair and I really enjoyed it.

>77 Jackie_K: Loved it! It's the only "Tuesday Next" book I've read, it was years ago, and I'm not sure I want to be bothered with the entire series, but obviously I loved the take on Jane Eyre.

>78 CurrerBell: Yes, it was very silly but gave it some (in my view much-needed) levity! I've got a couple of the other books in the series, and will look up the others, although I suspect by book 7 it might be wearing a bit thin!

I will try to read 30 books from my book piles this year - and the first is done and the review is on my thread- no tickers updated

oh the Eyre Affair what great fun. I read it before I had read Jane Eyre and so I am sure that I missed at least half of the literary puns in the novel.

I have read three of the books in this series and read the two Nursery Crimes books as well and laughed my way through all of them. Good stuff for people who read.

Third ROOT for January completed today - A God in Ruins - 3/60. all tickers updated

I've added another one to both my and the group tickers - this is #4 for me in January (an abandoned one, sadly, although not a bad book, just not doing it for me).

Sue Grafton, G Is for Gumshoe / H Is for Homicide / I Is for Innocent

4th for January, 4/75

Another couple finished - my thread & all tickers updated.

I was planning to keep to the same target as 2017 until I realised that my pile of ROOTS had expanded and is now larger than when I started. So I'll be increasing my target to 30 and hope to beat it. I am happy to say I've ticked the first ROOT of the year off, I'm off to set my thread and ticker up

Happy reading in 2018

I posted my first ROOT for 2018 but didn't update my tickers yet because I have a few more to post.

I'm back for 2018, with an increased target of 78 ROOTs for this year.

Reporting ROOT #2 for the year and for Januari.

Mijn naam is vrijheid by Jax Miller

Updating all tickers.

>69 benitastrnad: ooh! How does the new Poldark series compare to the books so far?

No ROOTs read in 2018, been in a reading rut. I'm rereading CJ Cherryh's excellent Chanur series to help get me "un-rutted", and it appears to be working...I'm planning to read Circus as soon as Chanur's Homecoming is finished.

Reporting two more ROOTs: Quick Curtain, by Alan Melville; and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson, bringing me to 4 for January and the year so far. I've updated both my personal ticker and the group ticker (I hadn't added any ROOTs to the group ticker before now).

If I bought an audio last year and meant to read it last year but put it off and read it now, does that count as a ROOT or does a ROOT need to have a certain age?

I'm hoping to read 25 books from my unread shelves. So far I've read two for 2018.

#90
The series follows the books quite well. However, like all dramas it emphasizes some events and people more than the book does because authors can describe some things while theatrical production can't do that. Somebody has to either act the thing or say the thing. I have no complaints about the novels and the show meshing and think the producers, director, and writers are doing a good job.

I finished another ROOT today. I listened to the sound recording of the YA fantasy novel Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor and loved it! This is a great fantasy novel and one I will be recommending.

Even though the novel was released last year, I had been waiting to read it and had entered it into LT as soon as I learned its publication date. That was a year ago, so it has been on my TBR shelf for a year. That makes it a ROOT!

>92 Kristelh: counts as a ROOT in my rules - anything acquired before 1 January 2018 - your thread, your rules ;) hope it’s a good one.

>92 Kristelh: As she says >96 floremolla:

You are perfectly free to make your own rules.

Finished ROOT #2- review is on my thread- I was disappointed by this book of short stories and what I am calling " pieces" No tickers updated

I've also finished my second ROOT of the year, although I've yet to review it. Both tickers updated.

I've added my 5th for January to all tickers. Doing well so far, all my ROOTs so far (apart from the one I abandoned) have been 4+ star reads.

With Cheli's zodiac theme and >21 kac522:'s idea to read an author under each sign, I filled the Capricorn slot with Stephen Hawking's Black Holes and Baby Universes (personal and cosmology essays). And the Capricorn attributes listed in >1 cyderry: fit him so well!

ROOT 5 of January / the year: Heart and Brain: Body Language. Added to my personal ticker and the group tickers.

Second ROOT added for January. Ticker still not updated because I have one more ROOT to review.

Sue Grafton, J Is for Judgment / K Is for Killer / L Is for Lawless

5th for January, 5/75

First ROOT this year. The Bartender’s Tale which was acSantaThing book from 2016. Very good and I would not have chosen it for myself. I’m travelling with just my phone so will update the ticker later.

Fourth ROOT for January completed When We Were Orphans - 4/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

I finished off two fantasy ROOTs over the weekend, which puts me at 3/40 for the year. All tickers updated.

Just joining this group - though I have a high goal for the year: 100. First book, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Will finish today and add my counter when I'm done.

>108 sumpter-girls: Welcome and good luck!

>21 kac522:. I really like this idea. When I initially looked at the January list I was struggling to find a match and then I found 5: Nevil Shute, Julian Barnes, Edith Wharton, William Somerset Maugham and Shirley Hazzard. I wonder if I can manage to include this with my other challenges...

Please let me know if I have any of the pledges wrong.

I have only just realised I hadn't starred this page and haven't been updating. Happy to report that I have completed #4 for the month today.

I have read some roots, but will update the thread ticker at the end of each month.

>110 HelenBaker: I'll probably read a short Willie Collins (January 8) I've had on the shelf : The Guilty River.

>111 cyderry: My goal is still shown as 12, it's 75.

Finished another pair of ROOTs today! My thread & all tickers updated.

ROOT #5 for January - Cold Comfort Farm - 5/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

>115 MissWatson: fixed!

Little past halfway for the month and we are a little past halfway fr the monthly goal.
Isn't anybody snowed in with a good book?

>118 cyderry: we've been having heavy snow here in west central Scotland since Monday night - I'm enjoying Days Without End but our hot soup lunches have a soporific effect - afternoons are basically a snoozefest.

>118 cyderry: We aren't snowed in here in Florida but everything was closed today because of icy roads and bridges. Not your average January in Florida, not even for us in the panhandle!

>120 majkia: just came home from Florida/cruise to Caribbean. It definitely was chillier than I expected.

>118 cyderry: Thanks. We are told to expect snow today, but so far I've seen only a few flakes. Not enough to stay at home for the day. But I am currently reading my fourth ROOT.

Here a storm is raging. People are advised to stay home or look for a place of shelter for the next three hours.

>123 connie53: We're catching only an outlier of that storm here, Connie, but the areas further west have got similar warnings. I hope you're safe and sound at home!

Reporting ROOT #3 for the year and for Januari.

Wolken boven Montana by Nora Roberts

Updating all tickers.

>124 MissWatson: I'm not going anywhere with this flue, Birgit.

ROOT #6 for January - Days Without End - 6/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

I've completed 5 ROOTS this year. Good start on this goal. I might have to amend the goal if I reach it too soon. Is that okay?

>127 Kristelh: You can change your goal at any time.

Or you can add your extra's to the group total.

Thanks >128 cyderry: and >129 connie53:.

Sue Grafton, M Is for Malice / N Is for Noose / O Is for Outlaw

6th for January, 6/75

Finished a pre-Golden Age mystery by R. Austin Freeman. My thread and all tickers updated.

Added my 6th ROOT for January: Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917, by Laura M. MacDonald. My personal ticker and the group ticker have been updated.

#7 for January, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - 7/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

Am I suppose to update the group ticker too?

>135 Kristelh: I you feel safe to do so, but you can also indicate you did not touch them.

I updated the group ticker. Thanks for telling me. I did not realize I needed to do that.

I finished my 4th ROOT last night - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. Of course I forgot to write down my ticker password, and have already forgotten it... so it looks like I'll be making a new one. I'm going to blame it on pregnancy brain... but really I just have a terrible memory!

>138 johanna414: If you make a new Ticker, please just replace the one on the ticker thread, not a new message. All you need to do is edit that message and paste the new ticker in the message and erase the old one, PLEASE!

#8 for January - What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt - 8/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

Knocked out another one: Nemesis, by Agatha Christie. Personal and group tickers updated.

Finished my fifth ROOT for the month for 5/55. I hope to keep on track and maybe get in a few more ROOTs before the end of the month.

>140 floremolla:, I recently read What I Loved. What did you think of it?

>143 Kristelh: it was a 5* read for me - I liked the setting, and the characters, and the way it slowly transformed from love story to a sort of psychological thriller - there were so many references on art and philosophy and books, I'd like to read it again!

I looked at your review - your point about Leo and loss is particularly well observed. The book covered such a lot of ground I found it difficult to capture in my review* in a few paragraphs.

*on my thread - I've never got round to proper LT reviews!

I've finally gotten my first ROOT of 2018 finished, Circus by Alistair MacLean.

Just got to 20 ROOTs read and updated my personal ticker, but not any of the group ones.

>146 LauraBrook: Wow! You are doing great!

Well, everybody, I think that I've welcomed you all to this year's challenge and gotten the tally list ready for the end of the month. I did notice that a few people have not officially joined the group and that some have not added a ticker to the ticker thread.

LibraryThing shows that we have 101 members in the group but I only have 83 tickers. For the new members of the group, the ticker thread helps me to calculate our progress so that we can reach our goals by the end of the year. If I need to visit each individual thread to gather the numbers, time is flying by before you all know where we stand. I would appreciate it if anyone who has not added a ticker to the ticker thread would consider doing so. If you need help, just ask but there is a thread which gives instructions (thanks connie53!) If you already have a ticker in your personal thread, you only need to copy the html to the ticker thread. Updating one spot, updates them both.

I will not include anyone's goals and totals if they are not officially a member of the group. It's too confusing to keep track.

Lastly, there are members who have not set a goal. Is intentional or just an oversight?

Please check the updated list of pledges to see if your name is there. If it isn't, you either have no goal that I have seen or are not an official member.

Let's start the new year off with as few problems as possible so that we can concentrate on ROOTs!!

I signed up for 47 ROOTS for this year. I don't have a ticker but will gladly post the total monthly number for you. Looking forward to a successful year of ROOTing.

I finished my two planned ROOTs for January, though I had to substitute one which I will hopefully finish in February. Ticker on the ticker thread is updated.

That's what I did, thanks!

Juliet Barker, Wordsworth: A Life

7th for January, 7/75

Woo-Hoo! I've got my star, and all seven so far are also Big Fat Books (600 pages or more).

Another old, old ROOT completed! This was a Kindle book I got almost exactly 7 years ago when I was just discovering public domain free ebooks. My thread and all tickers updated.

#5 for the month, The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - Author Birthday Challenge.

I may appear late to this party but I've been reading and i'm now starting my fifth ROOT Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith. All tickers updated.

#148
I am sorry, but I made a mistake. I actually signed up for 50 ROOTs this year. I had 47 last year and I looked at my thread for last year - 2017 - instead of 2018. It is 50 for 2018.

I did so well last year that I went over my goal. I hope that I can do that well this year - otherwise I will contribute to a deficit instead of being on the asset side of the column.

I finished reading Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon earlier this week. I thought this was a re-read, but as I got about 50 pages into the novel I realized that I confused it with another novel I had read years ago. Since I had it entered into my LT database back when I first joined LT I figured that qualified that title as a ROOT.

This novel is the first in the Guido Brunetti series and in order to read it I had to do an Inter-Library Loan request for it. It turns out that not many libraries have copies of this first novel so this one came all the way from a library in Massachusetts.

I've added ROOT #6 for January to all tickers.

I reached my quota of 4 ROOTs for January. Go me!

Working on #2, A Civil Contract, and hope to finish it by Tuesday.

Reporting ROOT # 4 for the year and for Januari

Karin Slaughter - Goede dochter

All tickers updated.

>160 fuzzi: I love Heyer's books!

I have finished another paperback and hope to finish one more Kindle book before the end of the month. I have done well reading my own tomes but I also succumbed to the lure of my Christmas gift card to Amazon and got lots of new books this month (twice as many as I read!).

>162 leslie.98: this is only my third Heyer book, first being Frederica after a recommendation from MDGentleReader. I've enjoyed them all.

Reporting my first and only ROOT for January: The Pond by Carl Ewald - 3 stars
Personal and Group tickers updated.

A belated Happy New Year to everyone. Thank you to Chèli for keeping everything on track here!

Although posted elsewhere, my ROOTing goal is (only) 12 books this year, but maybe I will exceed it.

I’m starting off strong this year and just finished my 6th ROOT with The Fifth Season. I updated my own ticker, but I left the group one alone

I have finished 6 ROOTs so far, don't know yet if I can finish one more Wilkie Collins. My own ticker is updated, didn't touch the group ticker.

Reporting ROOT # 5 for the year and for Januari

Kate Mosse - De bruidskist

All tickers updated.

I listened to another ROOT and so can remove that title off of my TBR list. Physik by Angie Sage is book three in the Septimus Heap series for children. The narrator for this series is wonderful and it makes listening to these novels a real experience. This one had to come to me through ILL and it was quite a thing to find a library that would loan out a recorded book to ILL. But they did, so now I have knocked it off my TBR pile.

>168 benitastrnad: Long live Stanley the Message Rat!

Read my 7th for the year, added to group ticker, Homeland by R. A. Salvatore.

I added one more ROOT for the month so now sit at 6/55. I wonder if that will get me more than one star?

#3 ROOT- review is on my thread- no tickers updated!

I don't think I'll fit in any more ROOTS in this month so here is my report for January 2018:

UpROOTED books: 5
ROOTless books: 0
Added to the TBR shelves: 3

The ROOTs were:

Three Stones Make a Wall by Eric Cline
From Solon to Socrates by Victor Ehrenberg
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber

ROOTs in YTD: 5

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

ROOT #9 for January pulled today - 9/60 for 2018.
Hoping to start another - a page-turner apparently! - so might sneak another one in. 10 has a nice round feel to it ;)

ETA I've updated the ticker, and to say thanks >175 connie53:!

>174 floremolla: You can do it, Donna.

I've added #7 for January to all tickers. Another abandoned book this time, so it feels like a bit of a cheat, but it's off the TBR list so there we are, it's included!

Reporting 2 ROOTs for the month, just a bit under the 2.5 books that I need to read each month to reach my target. Personal ticker updated.

Read 15 ROOTs in January, updated the ticker.

Another tome for January, A Hundred Lifetimes by David C. A. Zink

Have read 3/24 this month.Both personal and group tickers updated.We need 343 and have done 312. We can do this!

Thanks cyderry for setting this up!

I updated my personal ticker and the group ticker yesterday, but am just checking in to say, I managed a third ROOT (of 18) this month. I'm really pleased with my start to the year!

Total tomes read in January 8 and both tickers updated.

#10 The Dry by Jane Harper - Final ROOT for January and 10/60 for 2018. All tickers updated.

I read 3 ROOTS in Jan for 3/30.

I've finished my second ROOT (Breve historia dos tractores em ucraniano by Marina Lewycka), just in time to be counted for January. Updated both mine and group ticker.

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That post made me laugh. Stanley has to be a survivor.

I finished one last ROOT for January and it was a humdinger wonderful book. For the first time in months I sat down yesterday and read because I couldn't put the book down. An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle was an amazing eye-opener and simply un-put-downable. This book is going on my personal Best-Reads list of 2018. It is a five star read.

American Insurrection was published back in 2001 and I don't know why I waited so long to read it. It is an excellent example of narrative non-fiction. The book is about the desegregation of the University of Mississippi by James Merideth in the fall semester of 1962. It is also about the total ineptitude of the Kennedy Administration in handling this affair. It points out that the American North had no idea of the Southern mindset and opposition to the concept of desegregation and what form of civil disobedience that opposition would take. As a result they were totally unprepared for what happened the night of September 30, 1962 and federalized the National Guard much to late to do anything very effective and ended up sending a 30,000 man force of the U. S. Army to restore order to the university and the town. The author goes so far as to call this event an invasion and the last battle of the American Civil War. He provides evidence that this is not just hyperbole.

I was shocked by what I read in the book, coming as it did on the heels of the racist events at the University of Alabama two weeks ago. (I work at UA) I admit that I was doubtful of the credentials of the author of this book, so I enlisted the help of another librarian in researching the author. He is legit and so is this book. It is no wonder that 50 years after the integration of the big Southern Universities that there is still racism rampant on these campuses.

I had a very good month of ROOTing in January. I signed up to read 50 books off of my shelves in 2018 and this month I knocked off 6. That makes my totals 6/50 and I have 44 to read in 2018. No tickers updated.

I read one book in January finished right around midnight. Have finally read The Grapes of Wrath and really enjoyed it.

I got 5 done this month. Hoping to continue the trend next month and every month thereafter.

I finished 3 out of my 30 ROOTs this month and have updated both personal and group ticker. Hoping to pick up the pace a little next month!

5th ROOT completed. All tickers updated.

I completed my 7th ROOT before midnight. My own ticker is up-to-date.

I finished my second ROOT of January last night, A Civil Contract, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Personal ticker will be adjusted shortly, but no changes made to the main one.

The February thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/286035