aspirit ROOTing for the Cold Season

Hello!

I was a member of this group years ago. Because of safety concerns early in the COVID-19 pandemic, before ebook loans were available to me, I looked to my home bookshelves (or folders) for reading material that's not public health / political news.

Now I'm piling up new books from libraries and giveaways while ignoring my existing shelves. My home library has been neglected!

I'm wary of giving up privacy because of the hostility in discussions that involve reading books, but I'm also concerned I'm becoming increasingly anti-social. So rejoining this group is additionally an attempt to rebuild social skills, safely. Reading my own tomes will probably be the easy part.

Anyway, I'm aiming relatively low with my reading goal, as we have little more than two months left in 2022.

Regarding the flowery vine and butterfly in my tracker: I live in a semi-tropical area of the USA. Even as we preparing for sudden freezes, pollinators really are flitting between blooms. I sometimes catch the flash of color from butterflies while I'm reading.

Good to see you back and looking forward to seeing what you grab off your shelves!

Welcome back! Actually what I like about this group is the lack of hostility in discussions! We just all love reading, and sharing that love with people who 'get' us!

Welcome back and enjoy digging through your shelves!

Welcome back and enjoy the butterflies!

Welcome back, aspirit. Good to see you here in this very friendly group. I never felt any hostility at all. Happy ROOTing!

Don't forget to kopie your ticker to the ticker thread!

Wow, thank you, everyone!

Local library controversy, municipal elections, dramatic weather, a variety of technical problems, and health limitations have been together interrupting plans nearly as soon as they're made.

My goal this week is to read Microsoft's Future Visions: Original Science Fiction from a digital shelf. That's assuming I can access my ebook copy and concentrate on the anthology's content.

Good luck on your readings in 2023 and the rest of 2022.

I hope you did read some of those ROOTs, aspirit.

I've picked up and reread parts of a few books. Trouble with my reading devices has made my older ebooks inaccessible for most of this time, and I've been too busy during the day to make much headway through books I can't read in the dark.

I was certainly too optimistic before.

After resolving the rest of my technological problems, seeing the end of the Senate runoff election (and its campaign distruptions), and sorting out healthcare insurance problems, perhaps I can focus better on what's on my shelves.

I think then I'll also skim-read my books to determine what to give away. Starting 2023 with an empty shelf seems like a nice concept.

See you in 2023 and Happy Holidays!