Janoorani's 2018 ROOTS

I read 11 books from my unread shelves in 2017. This only includes physical books, not e-books or audio books.

I would like to read 25 physical books from my personal library this year.

As of today, I've completed two. Kissed a Sad Goodbye, by Deborah Crombie (I've had it since 2005), and Dies the Fire, by S. M. Stirling (in my TBR since 2007).

Welcome and have a great reading year! Great progress so far!

Hi Janiece, welcome and happy ROOTing!

Good luck with your 2018 rooting!

Welcome to the ROOTers, Janiece. Happy ROOTing.

Good luck with tackling those unread books this year! And welcome to the group!

Welcome and congrats on having finished 2 ROOTs already!

Happy ROOTing in 2018!

Glad you're with us!

Well, I've made a little progress. I finished Valentino Rossi: Life of a Legend by Michael Scott yesterday. This was a quick read -- one day. I received it from Amazon on 31 Jan 18 - so this was a brand new book.

good work, you're on track! :)

Have a bit of catching up to do:
- Completed H.M.S Ulysses by Alistair MacLean on Feb 2 (Had it since 2010)
- Completed The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd on Feb 28 (Had it since 2013)
- Completed The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing by Melissa Holbrook Pierson on Jun 4 (had it since 2011)
- Completed Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover on Jun 5 (bought it three days before I read it)
- Completed The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling on Jun 9 (Gift from my daughter on my birthday in Mar 2018)

Good job! I loved The Secret Life of Bees, and I have Educated: A Memoir on my TBR, I'm very much looking forward to reading it.

Hurray, HMS Ulysses!

I thought HMS Ulysses was fantastic.

Have a couple more books to add:

Completed: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear on 24 Jun 18 (acquired in 2014)
Completed: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer on 11 Nov 18 (Had it since 2009 - read it for first time in 2014 - re-read in 2018)

Completed: Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer on 22 Nov 18 (I've had it since 2009)
Completed: Moon Palace by Paul Auster on 25 Nov 18 (It's been on my bookshelf since 1991)

Good to see you back, Janiece.

I didn't make it to 25, but I did finish more of books I already own in 2018 than I usually do. Here are the last couple:

Completed: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein on 2 Dec 18.
Completed: Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic on 28 Dec 18.

Altogether, I completed 47 books in 2018 -- including the 14 books off my shelves.

Well done! Progress is still progress, even if you didn't make your goal!

>20 janoorani24: Great progress!