HelenNZ Back for 2026

Having made good progress at reducing my TBR last year, I am keen to continue.
I have 332 unread books so I will set my goal again at 48, this allows for slow months and also a library book or two.

Glad you are back with us!

Hi Helen, good to see you back again! Happy ROOTing.

Welcome back and Happy ROOTing!

January.
01. The Seven by Chris Hammer
02. The Valley by Chris Hammer
03. The Point by Marion Halligan*
04. The Lonely Margins of the Sea by Shonagh Koea*
05. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro*
06. Summer by Ali Smith
07. The Heart's Wild Surf by Stephanie Johnson*
08. Lake Shore Limited by Sue Miller*
09. Dusk by Robbie Arnott

Now I'm curious, Helen. What do those asterisks mean behind book 3 and 4?

Ah Connie, they are the books off my own shelf and count towards my roots. The others are usually library books. The asterisk helps me track my roots.

February.
10. On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee*

>7 HelenBaker: Clever action, Helen.

February.
10. On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee*
11. Love & Ruin by Paula McLain*
12. The American Boys by Olivia Spooner
13. This must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
14. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
15. The Novel in the Viola by Natasha Solomons*

March.
16. Love is Blind by William Boyd*
17. The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce
18. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne*
19. Ancient Light by John Banville*
20. The Undertaking by Audrey Magee*
21. Wild Abandon by Emily Bitto
22. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan
23. The Names by Florence Knapp

Hi Helen, just popping in to see what you have been reading. You'r are really doing well with your ROOTs.

April.
24. Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann*
25. The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
26. The Guts by Roddy Doyle*
27. Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby
28. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann*
29. Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford*
30. The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey
31. Kataraina by Becky Manawatu

May.
32. After Z-Hour by Elizabeth Knox*
33. Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
34. Talking About o'Dwyer by C.K. Stead*
35. The Last White Rose by Alison Weir
36. Franz Josef : a New zealand mystery set on a Glacier by Alan Carter
37. Hoods Landing by Laura Vincent
38. Mischance Creek by Garry Disher
39. The Vintage & the Gleaning by Jeremy Chambers*
40. Fair Exchange by Michele Roberts*

June.
41. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
42. The Trap by Melanie Raabe
43. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym*
44. A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan
45. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian*
46. Outside by Ragnar Jonasson
47. Love Objects by Emily Maguire
48. The Rush by Michelle Prak
49. In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende*
50. All Her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks
51. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
52. A Way Back to Happy by Olivia Spooner

Hi Helen. You are doing great with your ROOTs. How are you doing? I hope everything is fine.