Quaisior's 2025 ROOTs

Hello everyone! I'm back to read more of my physical books and ebooks this year. My goal is once again to read 25 paper books and 25 electronic books. Edit: I'm adding a new category: library books. I don't have a definite goal for this, but these are books I've been meaning to borrow for a while now.

Dead tree books:
1. A Man and His Cat Vol. 2- Umi Sakurai
2. The Storyteller's Daughter- Cameron Dokey
3. A Man and His Cat Vol. 3- Umi Sakurai
4. Over the Sea- Sherwood Smith
5. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 6- Naoko Takeuchi
6. Dancer of the Sixth- Michelle Shirey Crean
7. A Man and His Cat Vol. 4- Umi Sakurai
8. Pico's Crush- Carol Van Natta
9. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 7- Naoko Takeuchi
10. A Man and His Cat Vol. 5- Umi Sakurai
11. Alibi- Sharon Shinn
12. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8- Naoko Takeuchi
13. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 9- Naoko Takeuchi
14. A Man and His Cat Vol. 7- Umi Sakurai
15. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea- Rebecca Thorne (plus the bonus story Meet and Greet)
16. Shadow Magic- Patricia C. Wrede
17. Typhon's Children- Toni Anzetti
18. Daughter of Witches- Patricia C. Wrede
19. The Harp of Imach Thyssel- Patricia C. Wrede
20. Caught in Crystal- Patricia C. Wrede

Ebooks:
1. Rules of Redemption- T. A. White
2. A Stranger to Command- Sherwood Smith
3. End Game- Lindsay Buroker (and the bonus epilogue)
4. Overload Flux- Carol Van Natta
5. Calamity- Constance Fay
6. Age of Deception- T. A. White
7. Cyborg Legacy- Lindsay Buroker
8. Minder Rising- Carol Van Natta
9. Fiasco- Constance Fay
10. Threshold of Annihilation- T. A. White
11. Smuggler Ship- Lindsay Buroker
12. Zero Flux- Carol Van Natta
13. Perfect World, Vol. 6- Rie Aruga
14. Chaos- Constance Fay
15. Facets of Revolution- T. A. White
16. The Rogue Prince- Lindsay Buroker
17. Perfect World, Vol. 7- Rie Aruga
18. Dark Horse- Michelle Diener
19. Trials of Conviction- T. A. White
20. Pet Trade- Carol Van Natta
21. Dark Deeds- Michelle Diener
22. Perfect World, Vol. 8- Rie Aruga
23. Angle of Truth- Lindsay Buroker
24. A Man and His Cat Vol. 6- Umi Sakurai
25. Only Bad Options- Jennifer Estep
26. Jumper's Hope- Carol Van Natta
27. Dark Minds- Michelle Diener
28. Perfect World, Vol. 9- Rie Aruga
29. Last Ship Off Polaris-G- Carol Van Natta
30. Stolen Legacy- Lindsay Buroker
31. Dark Matters- Michelle Diener
32. Full Speed to a Crash Landing- Beth Revis
33. Perfect World, Vol. 10- Rie Aruga
34. Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy- Martha Wells
35. A Man and His Cat Vol. 8- Umi Sakurai
36. Perfect World, Vol. 11- Rie Aruga
37. Cats of War- Carol Van Natta
38. The Adventure of the Demonic Ox- Lois McMaster Bujold
39. Dark Ambitions- Michelle Diener
40. A Man and His Cat Vol. 9- Umi Sakurai
41. How to Steal a Galaxy- Beth Revis
42. Galactic Search and Rescue- Carol Van Natta
43. Perfect World, Vol. 12- Rie Aruga
44. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 12- Naoko Takeuchi
45. Dark Class- Michelle Diener (and the bonus epilogue)
46. Last Chance to Save the World- Beth Revis
47. A Man and His Cat Vol. 10- Umi Sakurai
48. Escape from Nova Nine- Carol Van Natta
49. Gold Dust- Catherine Asaro
50. Collision Course- Michelle Diener (and the bonus epilogue)
51. Jump Tribe- Clive Barker
52. A Man and His Cat Vol. 11- Umi Sakurai
53. Testimony of Mute Things- Lois McMaster Bujold
54. An Entanglement of Griffins- Carol Van Natta
55. The Shorter Parts of Valor- Tanya Huff
56. Stellar Drift- Carol Van Natta
57. A Man and His Cat Vol. 12- Umi Sakurai

Library Books:
1. Perfect World, Vol. 3- Rie Aruga
2. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 5- Naoko Takeuchi
3. Perfect World, Vol. 4- Rie Aruga
4. Perfect World, Vol. 5- Rie Aruga
5. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 10- Naoko Takeuchi
6. A Pirate's Life for Tea- Rebecca Thorne (and the bonus story The Game)
7. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 11- Naoko Takeuchi
8. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Short Stories Vol. 1- Naoko Takeuchi
9. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Short Stories Vol. 2- Naoko Takeuchi
10. Tea You at the Altar- Rebecca Thorne (and the bonus story The Coralcrest)

I won't list them, but I've also DNFed and/or unhauled 100 print books!

Currently reading: Riders of Leviathan- Toni Anzetti

Glad you are back with us!

Welcome back and good luck with your goal!

>2 cyderry: and >3 MissWatson: Thank you!

I read a lot in January and I don't know what was different. ;-)

Welcome back. Glad you are with us again.

>5 connie53: Thank you, good to see you here too.

I've continued to read a lot in February. Several things I've read are volumes of manga, but I'm way behind on my manga reading too, so I'm glad to read them.

Just checking in. We've had a busy few weeks here. We got a new roof so we could put solar panels on the roof. We just started making our own electricity last week and it's so cool!

I've also been getting my garden ready, but I haven't planted anything yet. Maybe I'll get some beans, peas, and carrots started tomorrow. I also had chamomile go to seed last year and ended up with 5 free chamomile plants this year and there are already flower buds on a few.

As for my challenge, I've almost met my goal for ebooks already. I bought a Kobo recently because my Sony Reader was starting to have some problems. The Kobo has a built-in light, which is really nice since my favorite time to read is at bedtime.

Wow, you have been busy, Q. Nice to generate your own electricity and own vegetables.

I love my Kobo too.

>8 connie53: Thanks. We haven't had an electricity bill since April. It was nice during the summer with three air conditioners running and it will be nice in the winter when we need a few space heaters for the rooms that the furnace doesn't heat properly.

As for my garden, it was semi-successful. We grew a few cucumbers, some basil, we have two free cherry tomato plants that have been doing well, my lavender plant did better than any other one I've ever grown (and I even harvested some seeds from it), and we tried growing strawberries for the first time and my daughter loves them. We also have two winter squash that we haven't harvested yet and so many potatoes!

My Kobo is so great! I don't know why I didn't buy one sooner. I got a clear shock-proof case for mine and sandwiched a few stickers between the Kobo and the case to customize it.

I have read so much this year. Also, my daughter is obsessed with the Warriors books by Erin Hunter. We just went to a used book sale today and she picked up three more of the books. She just finished the first book in the series last week and it's her first read without pictures. She's also reading the Warriors graphic novels.

Hi, Q. Lovely to read what you did with your garden. Growing your own fruit and vegetables sounds great and successful.
And your daughter having the same thing with books is very nice too. I love seeing Fiene, my eldest granddaughter, engrossed in her books. She spend some days with me during the summer and she and I spend an afternoon reading in the garden. She said to me "This is so chill, Nan."
I loved hearing that.

>10 connie53: Thanks, it was fun, aside from having to chase cats and squirrels out of my raised beds. LOL

That is so awesome! My daughter takes a book everywhere with her and she can read in the car, so she will shush us while she's reading. I'd like to do more quiet time reading together. Maybe when my spouse has a vacation at the end of the month, we can all do some reading together.

If you visit my thread you will see Fiene in action (or rather standing still in front of the library) starting in a book she just borrowed.