DisassemblyOfReason's 2020 ROOT Challenge

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DisassemblyOfReason's 2020 ROOT Challenge

1DisassemblyOfReason
Jan 1, 2020, 9:17 am

Back again...


2DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Jan 22, 2020, 7:37 am

ROOTS read in January
1. Mrs. Bradshaw's Handbook to travelling upon the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygenic Railway by Terry Pratchett, read by Penelope Keith and Michael Fenton Stevens
First complete reading.
2. West Winds' Fool and other stories of the Devil's West by Laura Anne Gilman
First complete reading.
3. Star Healer by James White
I've read at least part of this book before, but I don't remember when.
4. Perilous Dreams by Andre Norton
I've read this before, but I don't remember when (and didn't remember it as well as I thought) so it's been on my to-read list for a while.
5. The quite nice and fairly accurate Good Omens script book by Neil Gaiman
First complete reading.
6. The Girl from the Emeraline Island by Robert Steven Blum
First complete reading.

3Jackie_K
Jan 1, 2020, 9:34 am

Welcome back - that's a good start to the year!

4rabbitprincess
Jan 1, 2020, 10:58 am

Welcome back! Off to a running start :)

5MissWatson
Jan 2, 2020, 12:30 pm

Off to a flying start! Good work!

6floremolla
Jan 4, 2020, 7:53 pm

Great start! Welcome back and good luck with reaching your goal.

7connie53
Jan 5, 2020, 6:57 am

Welcome back, DoR. Happy ROOTing.

8DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Feb 15, 2020, 10:52 pm

ROOTS read in February
7. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Re-read, but I don't recall when I last read it, so it's been on my to-read list for some time.

9DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Jun 25, 2020, 3:23 am

ROOTS read in April (didn't get any in March)
8. The Body Politic by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
I've read the book before as a library copy, but this is the first time I've been through the audiobook I now own.
9. White Trash Zombie Gone Wild by Diana Rowland, read by Alison McLemore
First complete reading.
10. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, read by David Tennant
Re-read, technically, but the first time through the audio edition read by David Tennant.
11. Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey, read by Daniel Thomas May
Re-read, technically, but the first time through the audio edition read by Daniel Thomas May.

10DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Jun 27, 2020, 5:39 pm

ROOTS read in June (didn't get any in May)
12. How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell, read by David Tennant
First reading.
13. Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen, read by Marc Thompson
First complete reading. (Actually it was an accident that I read this so soon after reading books in the How to Train Your Dragon series...)

11connie53
Jul 8, 2020, 3:47 am

Good job, DoR. Go get those ROOTs.

12DisassemblyOfReason
Aug 2, 2020, 10:20 am

ROOTS read in July
14. The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh, read by Edward Petherbridge
Re-read, although I remembered less of it than I would've thought. I enjoyed his performance as Lord Peter very much in the BBC adaptations years ago, and I still enjoy him as a reader when he's available.
15. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
Re-read.

13DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Sep 1, 2020, 12:36 am

August
16. A Most Contagious Game by Catherine Aird, read by Derek Perkins
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before.
17. Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey, read by Nick Podehl
First time through the audiobook, although I've read the book itself before.
18. How to Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell, read by David Tennant
First time through the book.

14connie53
Sep 5, 2020, 4:08 am

Hi, DoR. Just popping by to see how you are doing with your ROOTs. I hope you have the time to reach your goal. ROOTing for you.

15DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Sep 25, 2020, 1:04 pm

September
19. To Visit the Queen by Diane Duane, read by Angele Masters
Re-read. (I hadn't had the audiobook entered correctly in LibraryThing, but that's now fixed.)
20. Regenesis by C.J. Cherryh, read by Jonathan Davis and Gabra Zackman
Reread but first time through audiobook.
21. Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic, read by Phyllida Nash
Reread but first time through audiobook.
22. Miss Seeton Draws the Line by Heron Carvic, read by Phyllida Nash
Reread but first time through audiobook.

16DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Nov 1, 2020, 6:11 pm

October
23. Miss Seeton Sings by Heron Carvic, read by Phyllida Nash
Reread but first time through audiobook. (Yes, I finished this and the next entry out of order.)
24. Witch Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic, read by Phyllida Nash
Reread but first time through audiobook.
25. Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors by Andre Norton and Dorothy Madlee
Don't remember if I really read this previously or not, but I have read it now.
26. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson, read by Elaine Stritch
Re-read.

17DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Nov 18, 2020, 2:52 am

November
27. Judgment on Janus by Andre Norton
Re-read for the first time in a very long time; I don't recall when I last read it and it's been on my to-read list for ages.
28. "Day of the Moron" by H. Beam Piper
Re-read.
29. "Omnilingual" by H. Beam Piper, read by Mark Nelson
Re-read of the audiobook.
30. "The Return" by H. Beam Piper, read by Reynard
Re-read of the audiobook.
31. "Naudsonce" by H. Beam Piper, read by Phil Chenevert
Re-read of the audiobook.

18DisassemblyOfReason
Edited: Dec 31, 2020, 8:50 pm

December
32. Odds on Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic
Re-read.
33. Victory on Janus by Andre Norton
Re-read for the first time in a very long time; this is the second half of the omnibus Janus (Judgement on Janus was the first half).
34. Code Blue - Emergency! by James White
First complete reading. This also completes the omnibus General Practice.

19connie53
Dec 25, 2020, 6:58 am



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