humouress tries setting ROOTs for 2019

Hi, I'm Nina. I've been doing the 75 book challenge for about 10 years - and have never reached the goal yet. Since I usually read my own books, I'm going to give ROOTs a go.

As of the end of August I've read 26 books for the year, the majority of which (will come back with the number; 23) are my own books. At that rate, I should finish 30 of my own books this year. I'm hoping my reading rate will pick up (I've had 3 barren months this year so far) but I foresee that life in November and December will be busy, what with exams, my kids' birthdays and parties and holiday travelling.

I'm going to count any book I read from my own shelves/ Kindle as a ROOT although I'm not planning on moving any on. I did do a cull a few months ago and managed less than 10; I will need another decade or so to recover from that trauma.

75 Book Challenge 2019 thread 3

2020 ROOTs

Tickers:

total for the year



of which ROOTS



physical



e-books




(own) re-reads:

review posted/ rated/ written/ read

✔ / / (#) / Title

October

✔   32) Magic Casement by Dave Duncan
31) The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
✔       30) A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
✔   29) The Gossamer Mage by Julie Czernada

Happy birthday to me!

September

✔   28) The Hundredth House Had No Walls by Laurie Penny
27) Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George

August
review posted/ rated/ written/ read

✔ / / (#) / Title

✔           26) Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
25) Tashi Lost in the City by Anna & Barbara Fienberg
24) To Ride a Rathorn by P.C. Hodgell
23) Tintin Land of Black Gold by Hergé
22) Emil and the Detectives by Eric Kästner
21) The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Thingaversary!

July
✔       20) Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George
✔   19) The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
✔   18) The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
✔       17) Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George
✔       16) Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
✔       15) Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

June
✔           14) Any Way the Wind Blows by Seanan McGuire
      13) The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
✔   12) The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
  11) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
10) Tashi and the Royal Tomb by Anne and Barbara Fienberg

May

April

Nada :0(

March

✔       9) Dr. Eleventh originated by Roger Hargreaves
✔       8) Dr. Tenth originated by Roger Hargreaves
7) The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
✔       6) Dr. Ninth originated by Roger Hargreaves

February

nothing to report :0(

January
✔       5) The Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby
✔       4) Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
✔   3) The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2) Tashi and the Haunted House by Anna and Barbara Fienberg
✔   1) All Systems Red by Martha Wells

ROOTS read (to July)

Total: 17 books
Physical: 11 books (6 of mine and 5 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 6 books

July
- Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George
The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley {re-read}
- Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George
- Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
- Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Total: 6 books
Physical: 2 books
Kindle: 4 books

June

The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan {re-read}
Tashi and the Royal Tomb by Anne and Barbara Fienberg

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)

May

April

Nada :0(

March

Dr. Eleventh originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Tenth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Ninth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (3 from my kids' shelves)

February

nothing to report :0(

January
- The Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen {re-read}
Tashi and the Haunted House by Anna and Barbara Fienberg
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Total: 5 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 2 books

I'm guessing that should be enough. Carry on

Wow, Nice! Welcome to the ROOTers, Nina.

The only thing you have to do now is copy your ticker to the ticker thread and become a member or the group!

Cool - hope you enjoy the group! :)

Welcome and good luck with your ROOTing. Those stats are impressively detailed!

Welcome aboard and good luck with your challenge!

Welcome to ROOTing!!

>1 humouress: I found you, and starred the thread!

>6 connie53: Thank you Connie! I'm still sorting out my tickers; I usually find that after I update them, it takes a while for the update to kick in on LT. Once they do, I'll put them on the main thread. Thanks for the heads up.

>7 Jackie_K: Thank you Jackie! I'm sure I will; I've certainly received a warm welcome here.

>8 MissWatson: Thank you Birgit! It was just a case of transferring my 75 info over and teasing out the ROOTs. I mean, thank you, it was such hard work.

>9 rabbitprincess: Thank you!

>10 curioussquared: Thanks Natalie!

>11 fuzzi: Thanks fuzzi! Welcome over.

>12 humouress: You have to refresh of push F5 to get the ticker to update.

>13 connie53: I've been using Ticker Factory for years and (though I've never tried F5) I've always found it takes a few hours for changes to kick in onto LT even if I refresh or go out of the thread and come back in a few minutes.

I've managed to sort out my tickers; I thought I was creating new ones but it seems I was just overwriting existing ones and ended up posting the same on three times. I've now created new ones and the changes have started filtering through onto LT, so I'll take them over to the main ticker thread.

>14 humouress: same issues with overwriting and updating here. If there isn't a quick "how to" for tickers, there should be one created and posted here on LT.

>15 fuzzi: Well, I can't write it; I just muck around until it looks okay.

So I've added my ticker to the ticker thread, but do I add my numbers to the September tickers? And just September numbers (I still haven't fully updated my stats for August)?

I update my ticker as I read, but I also will edit the ticker as needed. At this time I can't figure out one of the books I'd recorded as a completed ROOT...apparently I neglected to post it in a thread...so my ROOT total might be off by one.

The tickers in the September thread represent all the books read by the group in the months before September. IF you joined the group and are a member, Chèli will add your goal to the group goal. All you have to do is keep your own ticker up to date. Adding your read books for the year to the group tickers is optional. Some ROOTers don't and some do. I always add my read ROOTs to the group tickers as well just to save Chèli some work.

>17 fuzzi: >18 connie53: Thanks.

I'm being a bit quiet on the posting front, though I'm managing to get a bit of reading done. I think Life is about to step it up a gear so I maybe AWOL for a while.

>19 humouress: Sorry to hear that, Nina. Just keep breathing and reading.

October

Magic Casement by Dave Duncan
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Happy birthday to me!

Total: 2 books
Physical: 2 books (2 of mine)

September

- Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George

Total: 1 book
Kindle: 1 book

August

Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Tashi Lost in the City by Anna & Barbara Fienberg
To Ride a Rathorn by P.C. Hodgell
Tintin Land of Black Gold by Hergé
Emil and the Detectives by Eric Kästner
The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Thingaversary!

Total: 6 books
Physical: 6 books (3 of mine and 3 from my kids' shelves)

July
- Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George
The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley {re-read}
- Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George
- Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
- Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Total: 6 books
Physical: 2 books (2 of mine)
Kindle: 4 books

June

The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan {re-read}
Tashi and the Royal Tomb by Anne and Barbara Fienberg

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)

May

April

Nada :0(

March

Dr. Eleventh originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Tenth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Ninth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (3 from my kids' shelves)

February

nothing to report :0(

January
- The Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen {re-read}
Tashi and the Haunted House by Anna and Barbara Fienberg
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Total: 5 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 2 books

ROOTS read (to end October)

Total: 26 books
Physical: 19 books (11 of mine and 8 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 7 books

Happy belated Birthday to you!!!

>22 connie53: Thank you!

December
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
The Magic Flute by Barbara and Anna Fienberg
Faery Lands Forlorn by Dave Duncan

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (1 of mine, 2 from the kids’ shelves)

November
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

Total: 2 books
Physical: 2 books (2 of mine)

October

Magic Casement by Dave Duncan
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Happy birthday to me!

Total: 2 books
Physical: 2 books (2 of mine)

September

- Saturdays at Sea by Jessica Day George

Total: 1 book
Kindle: 1 book

August

Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
Tashi Lost in the City by Anna & Barbara Fienberg
To Ride a Rathorn by P.C. Hodgell
Tintin Land of Black Gold by Hergé
Emil and the Detectives by Eric Kästner
The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Thingaversary!

Total: 6 books
Physical: 6 books (3 of mine and 3 from my kids' shelves)

July
- Fridays with the Wizards by Jessica Day George
The Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley {re-read}
- Thursdays with the Crown by Jessica Day George
- Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
- Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Total: 6 books
Physical: 2 books (2 of mine)
Kindle: 4 books

June

The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan {re-read}
Tashi and the Royal Tomb by Anne and Barbara Fienberg

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)

May

April

Nada :0(

March

Dr. Eleventh originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Tenth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}
Dr. Ninth originated by Roger Hargreaves {re-read}

Total: 3 books
Physical: 3 books (3 from my kids' shelves)

February

nothing to report :0(

January
- The Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen {re-read}
Tashi and the Haunted House by Anna and Barbara Fienberg
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Total: 5 books
Physical: 3 books (2 of mine and 1 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 2 books

ROOTS read (to end October)

Total: 31 books
Physical: 24 books (14 of mine and 10 from my kids' shelves)
Kindle: 7 books

Phew; made my total though the balance of physical books versus e-books was off.

Nice job.

How did you like Emil and the Detectives?

I have The Blue Sword on my tbr shelves.