1cyderry
Let's start 2025 with a bang!
This year's theme is FOUNTAINS
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The Trevi Fountain is considered one of the most beautiful and famous fountains in the world. It is located in the Trevi neighborhood of Rome. The origin of the fountain name is not certain, but the most common belief is that it comes from the Latin word: trivium, which indicates the confluence of three streets in the Piazzetta dei Crociferi, located on the side of the modern Piazza di Trevi. The fountain is located right in the center of De ‘Crocicchi Street, Poli Street, and Delle Muratte Street.
The fountain was built during the Baroque period and completed in 1762. It was designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and others.
The central figure in the Trevi Fountain is a statue of the Titan god of the river Oceanus, but he is also known, incorrectly, by the Roman god of freshwater and the sea, Neptune, riding in a shell-shaped chariot.
The best known and most persistent tradition consists of throwing a coin into the fountain before leaving "the eternal city", a superstition associated with the fountain being that whoever makes this gesture would favor a future return to the city. Coins are purportedly meant to be thrown while turning one's back to the fountain, using the right hand over the left shoulder. According to legend, throwing one coin into the Trevi Fountain guarantees a traveler’s return to Rome. Throwing two coins with the right hand over the left shoulder are said to guarantee a return trip and a wish, while three coins guarantee a return trip, a wish, and a new romance. The coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain are collected every day and given to Caritas, a Catholic charity organization, to help the needy. The Rome division of the worldwide Catholic charity Caritas counts the bucketfuls of change and uses them to fund a food bank, soup kitchen and welfare projects.
An estimated 3,000 euros are thrown into the fountain each day. In 2016, an estimated €1.4 million (US$1.5 million) was thrown into the fountain. The money thrown into the fountain is donated to the Caritas association, which uses it for charity work; however, there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain, although it is illegal to do so.
The Trevi Fountain was featured in the famous 1953 movie “Roman Holiday”, the 1954 movie “Three Coins in the Fountain“, the 1960 classic “La Dolce Vita” and also “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” in 2003.
Trevi Fountain was originally built to provide drinking water to the residents of Rome and to commemorate the reconstruction of the Aqua Virgo (Acqua Vergine), an ancient aqueduct.
The Trevi Fountain was restored in the 1990s and took several years to complete. The restoration involved cleaning and reinforcing the statue, as well as replacing missing elements and fixing damage. The fountain is illuminated at night by more than 100 LED lights, creating a beautiful and romantic atmosphere.
The Trevi Fountain is said to be cursed, with legends claiming that anyone who removes even a small stone from the fountain will suffer misfortune.
During World War II, the fountain was used as a source of drinking water for soldiers, and it was also used to hide refugees from the Nazis.
The Trevi Fountain has been the subject of several artworks and depictions, including paintings, photographs, and even music compositions. It remains a popular tourist destination and continues to be a symbol of Rome and its rich history.
This year's theme is FOUNTAINS
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The Trevi Fountain is considered one of the most beautiful and famous fountains in the world. It is located in the Trevi neighborhood of Rome. The origin of the fountain name is not certain, but the most common belief is that it comes from the Latin word: trivium, which indicates the confluence of three streets in the Piazzetta dei Crociferi, located on the side of the modern Piazza di Trevi. The fountain is located right in the center of De ‘Crocicchi Street, Poli Street, and Delle Muratte Street.
The fountain was built during the Baroque period and completed in 1762. It was designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and others.
The central figure in the Trevi Fountain is a statue of the Titan god of the river Oceanus, but he is also known, incorrectly, by the Roman god of freshwater and the sea, Neptune, riding in a shell-shaped chariot.
The best known and most persistent tradition consists of throwing a coin into the fountain before leaving "the eternal city", a superstition associated with the fountain being that whoever makes this gesture would favor a future return to the city. Coins are purportedly meant to be thrown while turning one's back to the fountain, using the right hand over the left shoulder. According to legend, throwing one coin into the Trevi Fountain guarantees a traveler’s return to Rome. Throwing two coins with the right hand over the left shoulder are said to guarantee a return trip and a wish, while three coins guarantee a return trip, a wish, and a new romance. The coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain are collected every day and given to Caritas, a Catholic charity organization, to help the needy. The Rome division of the worldwide Catholic charity Caritas counts the bucketfuls of change and uses them to fund a food bank, soup kitchen and welfare projects.
An estimated 3,000 euros are thrown into the fountain each day. In 2016, an estimated €1.4 million (US$1.5 million) was thrown into the fountain. The money thrown into the fountain is donated to the Caritas association, which uses it for charity work; however, there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain, although it is illegal to do so.
The Trevi Fountain was featured in the famous 1953 movie “Roman Holiday”, the 1954 movie “Three Coins in the Fountain“, the 1960 classic “La Dolce Vita” and also “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” in 2003.
Trevi Fountain was originally built to provide drinking water to the residents of Rome and to commemorate the reconstruction of the Aqua Virgo (Acqua Vergine), an ancient aqueduct.
The Trevi Fountain was restored in the 1990s and took several years to complete. The restoration involved cleaning and reinforcing the statue, as well as replacing missing elements and fixing damage. The fountain is illuminated at night by more than 100 LED lights, creating a beautiful and romantic atmosphere.
The Trevi Fountain is said to be cursed, with legends claiming that anyone who removes even a small stone from the fountain will suffer misfortune.
During World War II, the fountain was used as a source of drinking water for soldiers, and it was also used to hide refugees from the Nazis.
The Trevi Fountain has been the subject of several artworks and depictions, including paintings, photographs, and even music compositions. It remains a popular tourist destination and continues to be a symbol of Rome and its rich history.
2cyderry
Here are the members and their goals so far.
Remember if your name doesn't appear, check to make sure you are a member.
cyderry 72
majkia 69
DisassemblyOfReason 75
kac522 75
Kyler_Marie 60
CurrerBell 48
Robertgreaves 72
Ameise1 10
connie53 36
detailmuse 40
Carmenere 25
Cecilturtle 75
clue 35
rabbitprincess 50
benitastarnd 75
wandaly 25
si 35
Rebeki 30
Bookbrained 60
atozgrl 25
sallylou61 36
Coach_of_Alva 25
Henrik_Madsen 50
AnishaInkspill 55
deep220 25
lindapanzo 84
karenmarie 10
curioussquared 58
Jackie_K 48
MissWatson 100
nvblue 50
brakketh 29
madhatter22 40
QuestingA 50
3Robertgreaves
Happy New Year and good ROOTing in 2025 everybody.
My thread for 2025 is here.
Tossing in a virtual coin to book early for a return in 2026.
My thread for 2025 is here.
Tossing in a virtual coin to book early for a return in 2026.
4connie53
To all my fellow ROOTers and their families. Happy New Year and a peaceful and healthy 2025.
6Cecilturtle
Happy New Year!
Wowee - what a fountain! I have yet to visit Rome. Apparently it now costs 2 euros to visit - I wonder if anyone has strong opinions about that? I suppose if it helps the flow of traffic, it's a good thing.
Setting my ambitious goal at 75 this year!
Wowee - what a fountain! I have yet to visit Rome. Apparently it now costs 2 euros to visit - I wonder if anyone has strong opinions about that? I suppose if it helps the flow of traffic, it's a good thing.
Setting my ambitious goal at 75 this year!
8benitastrnad
I will be ROOTing again this year. My goal is 75 titles from my shelves. This is up 3 titles from last year and I consider it to be a bit ambitious.
I know that I exceeded my goal last year, but that was largely due to the numbers of recorded book titles. I spent a good portion of the year driving back and forth and that allowed me to achieve a larger number of books this year than in the past. I will not be driving as much this year, and hope to stay at home to move into the house. I also am going to start a part-time job in January so I will not have as much time for reading. It is going to prove to be an interesting reading year.
I know that I exceeded my goal last year, but that was largely due to the numbers of recorded book titles. I spent a good portion of the year driving back and forth and that allowed me to achieve a larger number of books this year than in the past. I will not be driving as much this year, and hope to stay at home to move into the house. I also am going to start a part-time job in January so I will not have as much time for reading. It is going to prove to be an interesting reading year.
9CurrerBell
Well, I've already gotten my first ROOT for the year and in fact it's also a Big Fat Book! Chuck Wendig's The Book of Accidents 4**** clocking in at 529pp. And better yet, it's one that I started in the New Year and not one that I carried over uncompleted from 2024.
10majkia
>9 CurrerBell: Good job!
11atozgrl
I also have my first ROOT for this year, but it is one I carried over from last year. It was one of those day-at-a-time format books, The Universe: 365 Days. Since I was out of town visiting relatives over the holidays, I was not able to finish it until we got back after New Year's Day. So it goes on this year's total, even though I read most of it last year.
12detailmuse
>1 cyderry: Beautiful, Chéli! Thank you for setting up the group again and offering wow-moments every month.
13torontoc
I am a member but have just set up my thread. I do hope to read 30 books that I have owned for at least 6 months.
14AnishaInkspill
hi all, #24 here, I am going for 55 and first two done A Doll's House and Moon Over Minneapolis
15Jackie_K
I've finally set up my thread, and added my first ROOT (an audiobook which was mostly listened to in 2024, but I finished it on 1st Jan).
16MissWatson
I have set up my thread now and added my ticker to the ticker thread. Thanks for getting us set up, Chèli, and I love the theme! I actually tossed a real coin into the fountain when we visited Rome...hope it still works for me!
18MissWatson
Reporting my first ROOT of the year: Stoner which was absolutely wonderful.
19Familyhistorian
I joined yesterday and my goal again this year is 65. I hope it's easier to get to than it was last year.
21clue
>18 MissWatson: I'm glad you liked this, it's one of my favorites!
22MissWatson
>21 clue: It has everything I like about a book.
24Henrik_Madsen
>18 MissWatson: >21 clue: I loved that one, and I really liked Butcher's Crossing as well even though / because it was a very different and rather depressing story.
25AnishaInkspill
#24 Jane Austen at Home 4⭐, enjoyable entertaining read
26connie53
Reporting ROOT # 2 for the year, # 2 for January
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
Own ticker updated
Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
Own ticker updated
29EGBERTINA
I guess I got lost and didn't know this thread was here.
I dont recall how to start my own root thread. I remember how to do the tickers but how/where do i start my eg root postings?
I dont recall how to start my own root thread. I remember how to do the tickers but how/where do i start my eg root postings?
30Robertgreaves
>29 EGBERTINA: Go to the group page: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24632/2025-ROOT-Challenge
Click on "post a new topic". Give your thread, preferably involving your name, and you're open for business. You can post in your own thread and updates on this page, either monthly or as and when you finish books.
Click on "post a new topic". Give your thread, preferably involving your name, and you're open for business. You can post in your own thread and updates on this page, either monthly or as and when you finish books.
31EGBERTINA
>30 Robertgreaves: Thank you. We crossed posting
32EGBERTINA
Let me just say happy reading to everyone - here- all at once. I will probably keep up reading your postings, but not sure I can keep up responding in large quantities.
33Jackie_K
I've added ROOTs #3 and #4 to my own ticker (they included my first 5* book of the year, Richard Mabey's The Accidental Garden). I'll update the reviews on my thread later - dinner's nearly here :D
34benitastrnad
I have finished my first ROOT of the year. Protected By Shadows by Helene Tursten. This is the last book in the Irene Huss series. I read it for one of my LT groups: Mystery Series. I should have had it read in December 2024 but it came in late from an ILL request at the local library, so I didn't get it read until 2025. Thus, it is my first ROOT of 2025.
35Cecilturtle
>32 EGBERTINA: I like to read and lurk :) I look forward to following your readings!
36EGBERTINA
>35 Cecilturtle: thank you; how kind. lurking has its diversions.
38AnishaInkspill
>32 EGBERTINA: thank you and hi, and not a problem and enjoy your reads
39AnishaInkspill
#24 just updating, 9 roots in total, ones not mentioned here are
Chinese Poems: Translated by Charles Budd (1912 )
A Dream Play
The Martian Chronicles
Hecuba
Chinese Poems: Translated by Charles Budd (1912 )
A Dream Play
The Martian Chronicles
Hecuba
40torontoc
I just finished my first ROOT of the year. My review is on my thread and no tickers updated.
41benitastrnad
2nd ROOT done. Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
I read this book for the Nonfiction Challenge. The January prompt was Prize Winners. This book won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Nonfiction Prize in 1999. I had purchased it a couple of years ago and it was in an easy to reach box, so it was my selection for the challenge.
An Pham was born in Vietnam and came to the US as a boatpeople refugee after the end of the Vietnam war. His father served several months in reeducation camps because he had been in the South Vietnamese army. The family made its escape and was sponsored as immigrants to the US by a Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana. After 2 years the family moved to San Jose, California when Pham was 12 years old. When Pham was in his 20's his transgender sister committed suicide and this triggered Pham's pilgrimage to Vietnam. He first traveled by bicycle to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. From there he biked to the Pacific Northwest. He flew from Seattle, WA to Japan and biked around Japan because Vietnamese people spoke so reverently of the Japanese. Then it was on to Saigon by plane and then up and down the country by bicycle.
I love travelogue's and this book, as a travelogue was very good. The descriptions of the trips were full of interesting people, places, and details about riding a bike. It was also full of intimate bodily details, especially about vomiting and excrement. I am not sure why and was left wondering if the author was trying to prepare tourists for the primitive conditions he found on the trip, or if he was just trying to shock readers. Maybe he was just telling it like it is?
The writing style was a bit odd. It flips back and forth through time giving family background history. None of it is surprising, but Pham takes it all personally and holds this against his family. The problem with this is that he doesn't connect the flashbacks with what he is thinking, doing, or experiencing. Why is he so ashamed of his parents? The answer to that is never made clear. There is an oblique reference to an incident where either his mother, or another relative receives money for sex with an American solider, and equally oblique sentence that leads the reader to believe that Pham's mother might have been a madam running a brothel. This might be the reason why his mother had the money that enabled them to pay to escape from Vietnam in the first place, but it is not clear that this is what happened.
What is clear is that Pham comes from a dysfunctional family where the father is clearly not the person in charge, but in order to save face must conduct himself as if he is the head of the family. There are beatings and psychological abuse on all the children from both parents. The parents can't stand their reduced status in the US and they transfer this to their children. Pham writes about the continued racial injustices the family endured, and wants the reader to believe that they were at the bottom of the social and racial scale. However, the family lived in San Jose, and even in 1980 this was not a cheap place to live. The father eventually became a computer programmer and all the children except the oldest one went to college. They simply were middle class and couldn't stand it that they weren't upper class such as they were in Vietnam. Pham does admit that he was the spoiled eldest son, and longed to be treated in that privileged way even in the US.
This is one of those books that appears to be something simple, but the ideas it contains are very complex. A travelogue to make a reader think.
I read this book for the Nonfiction Challenge. The January prompt was Prize Winners. This book won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Nonfiction Prize in 1999. I had purchased it a couple of years ago and it was in an easy to reach box, so it was my selection for the challenge.
An Pham was born in Vietnam and came to the US as a boatpeople refugee after the end of the Vietnam war. His father served several months in reeducation camps because he had been in the South Vietnamese army. The family made its escape and was sponsored as immigrants to the US by a Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana. After 2 years the family moved to San Jose, California when Pham was 12 years old. When Pham was in his 20's his transgender sister committed suicide and this triggered Pham's pilgrimage to Vietnam. He first traveled by bicycle to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. From there he biked to the Pacific Northwest. He flew from Seattle, WA to Japan and biked around Japan because Vietnamese people spoke so reverently of the Japanese. Then it was on to Saigon by plane and then up and down the country by bicycle.
I love travelogue's and this book, as a travelogue was very good. The descriptions of the trips were full of interesting people, places, and details about riding a bike. It was also full of intimate bodily details, especially about vomiting and excrement. I am not sure why and was left wondering if the author was trying to prepare tourists for the primitive conditions he found on the trip, or if he was just trying to shock readers. Maybe he was just telling it like it is?
The writing style was a bit odd. It flips back and forth through time giving family background history. None of it is surprising, but Pham takes it all personally and holds this against his family. The problem with this is that he doesn't connect the flashbacks with what he is thinking, doing, or experiencing. Why is he so ashamed of his parents? The answer to that is never made clear. There is an oblique reference to an incident where either his mother, or another relative receives money for sex with an American solider, and equally oblique sentence that leads the reader to believe that Pham's mother might have been a madam running a brothel. This might be the reason why his mother had the money that enabled them to pay to escape from Vietnam in the first place, but it is not clear that this is what happened.
What is clear is that Pham comes from a dysfunctional family where the father is clearly not the person in charge, but in order to save face must conduct himself as if he is the head of the family. There are beatings and psychological abuse on all the children from both parents. The parents can't stand their reduced status in the US and they transfer this to their children. Pham writes about the continued racial injustices the family endured, and wants the reader to believe that they were at the bottom of the social and racial scale. However, the family lived in San Jose, and even in 1980 this was not a cheap place to live. The father eventually became a computer programmer and all the children except the oldest one went to college. They simply were middle class and couldn't stand it that they weren't upper class such as they were in Vietnam. Pham does admit that he was the spoiled eldest son, and longed to be treated in that privileged way even in the US.
This is one of those books that appears to be something simple, but the ideas it contains are very complex. A travelogue to make a reader think.
42HelenBaker
I am finally reporting in as some kind of normality is returning to my days. I can report 5 roots so far this month, although my first book for the year got me off to a very slow start as it took me two weeks to read, albeit in between daily visits to my husband in hospital. My books so far - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Delirious by Damien Wilkins, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout and A Man you Can Bank On by Derek Hansen.
43cyderry
Here are the members that have set goals so far.
Please verify that you are on here and that I have the right number ongoing. Remember if you are not a member of the group, you won't appear here.
I'm hopping on a cruise ship Sunday the 2nd so I won't be able to make changes while I'm gone.
Ameise1 10
AnishaInkspill 55
AstroKnight 12
atozgrl 25
benitastarnd 75
Bookbrained 60
Caramellunacy 25
Carmenere 25
Cecilturtle 75
clue 35
Coach_of_Alva 25
connie53 36
curioussquared 58
CurrerBell 48
cyderry 72
deep220 25
detailmuse 40
DisassemblyOfReason 75
EGBERTINA 25
Familyhistorian 65
HelenBaker 48
Henrik_Madsen 50
Jackie_K 48
jlaforte 52
kac522 75
karenmarie 10
Kyler_Marie 60
lindapanzo 84
madhatter22 40
majkia 69
MissWatson 100
Nonconformisto 15
nvblue 50
QuestingA 50
rabbitprincess 50
Rebeki 30
ritacate 15
Robertgreaves 72
sallylou61 36
si 35
torontoc 30
wandaly 25
weemanda 20
Please verify that you are on here and that I have the right number ongoing. Remember if you are not a member of the group, you won't appear here.
I'm hopping on a cruise ship Sunday the 2nd so I won't be able to make changes while I'm gone.
Ameise1 10
AnishaInkspill 55
AstroKnight 12
atozgrl 25
benitastarnd 75
Bookbrained 60
Caramellunacy 25
Carmenere 25
Cecilturtle 75
clue 35
Coach_of_Alva 25
connie53 36
curioussquared 58
CurrerBell 48
cyderry 72
deep220 25
detailmuse 40
DisassemblyOfReason 75
EGBERTINA 25
Familyhistorian 65
HelenBaker 48
Henrik_Madsen 50
Jackie_K 48
jlaforte 52
kac522 75
karenmarie 10
Kyler_Marie 60
lindapanzo 84
madhatter22 40
majkia 69
MissWatson 100
Nonconformisto 15
nvblue 50
QuestingA 50
rabbitprincess 50
Rebeki 30
ritacate 15
Robertgreaves 72
sallylou61 36
si 35
torontoc 30
wandaly 25
weemanda 20
46detailmuse
Bon voyage Chèli!
47Bookbrained
👍 from me Chèli
48atozgrl
>43 cyderry: Looks good, Chèli. I hope you have a wonderful time!
49rabbitprincess
My goal is correct. Bon voyage!
50MissWatson
Have a wonderful time, Chèli!
51CurrerBell
Enjoy yourself, Cheli. (And my goal is correct.)
I've gotten off to a decent start with 5/48, two of them Big Fat Books. Total for the month, including both ROOTs and non-ROOTS, of eight and I don't think I'll get anything more racked up before the weekend and the new month.
I've gotten off to a decent start with 5/48, two of them Big Fat Books. Total for the month, including both ROOTs and non-ROOTS, of eight and I don't think I'll get anything more racked up before the weekend and the new month.
52AnishaInkspill
>43 cyderry: for me, yes, it's good. Have a great trip.
54Cecilturtle
>43 cyderry: Enjoy your cruise! How exciting! My goal of 75 is correct
55benitastrnad
My total is correct. I plan on trying to hit 75 this year.
I won't get another book finished by the end of the month so I will go ahead and report my January 2025 total. I thought it was going to be a slow month because I had read a couple of Big Fat Books, but I surprised myself. I had 7 ROOT's for the month. No tickers updated.
1 Recorded book - Lake House by Kate Morton
4 Fiction books - Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis
Dying Light in Corduba by Lindsey Davis
Pilgrims Way by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Protected by Shadows by Helene Tursten
2 Nonfiction books Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman RushdieCatfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
I won't get another book finished by the end of the month so I will go ahead and report my January 2025 total. I thought it was going to be a slow month because I had read a couple of Big Fat Books, but I surprised myself. I had 7 ROOT's for the month. No tickers updated.
1 Recorded book - Lake House by Kate Morton
4 Fiction books - Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis
Dying Light in Corduba by Lindsey Davis
Pilgrims Way by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Protected by Shadows by Helene Tursten
2 Nonfiction books Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman RushdieCatfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
56Cecilturtle
Off to a strong start this January with 7 ROOTs, 2 of which were old, mature ROOTs. It's always fun to go digging!
57rabbitprincess
Finishing up the month with 6 ROOTS read. On to February!
59floremolla
Hi Chèli, I’ve belatedly (sorry!) added my goal for 2025, which is 40. I haven’t completed any ROOTs during January.
60Familyhistorian
My goal of 65 is correct. For January I've recorded 3 ROOTs but I've actually read more but haven't gotten around to writing about them.
Enjoy your cruise, Chèli!
Enjoy your cruise, Chèli!
61MissWatson
I have finished 10 ROOTs in January, and most of them have been great reads.
62Bookbrained
I finished 6 roots and enjoyed them all.
64Robertgreaves
Here is my report for January 2025:
UpROOTED books: 13
ROOTless books: 8
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 0
The ROOTs were:
The Secret of Bow Lane and Speculations in Sin both by Jennifer Ashley
A Snapshot of Murder by Frances Brody
Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour the Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (DNF)
Heartstopper: Volume 1
Heartstopper: Volume 2
Heartstopper: Volume 3
Heartstopper: Volume 4
Heartstopper: Volume 5
This Winter
Solitaire
All by Alice Oseman
In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
ROOTs in YTD: 13 (62%)
Personal ticker updated
UpROOTED books: 13
ROOTless books: 8
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 0
The ROOTs were:
The Secret of Bow Lane and Speculations in Sin both by Jennifer Ashley
A Snapshot of Murder by Frances Brody
Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour the Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (DNF)
Heartstopper: Volume 1
Heartstopper: Volume 2
Heartstopper: Volume 3
Heartstopper: Volume 4
Heartstopper: Volume 5
This Winter
Solitaire
All by Alice Oseman
In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
ROOTs in YTD: 13 (62%)
Personal ticker updated
65HelenBaker
I have made a concerted effort to get a head start and managed to complete 2 more books before the end of January. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and All the Broken Places by John Boyne, so 7/48.
