MAY/JUNE Progress Thread

Now that Spring has sprung, many thoughts turn to a trip to the beach.so we will look at WATER FOWL


There are so many types of water fowl that are classified as Ducks, swans, geese, loons, herons, and others, it will be hard to narrow the selection down. I might have to do Water Fowl twice, there are so many to choose from.

Hopefully, my selections will bring a smile to your face.

Ducks

WOOD DUCK BLUE SWEDISH

AYLESBURY DOMESTIC HARLEQUIN

MANDARIN EIDER

SWANS
I was unaware until I was looking at swans that the reason why the 12 Days of Christmas has Seven Swans a-swimming on the 7th day was because there are 7 types of swans.


TRUMPETER MUTE

BLACK TUNDRA
FYI - Tundra swans are also Whistling Swans

BLACK NECKED COSCOROBA

WHOOPER SWAN

GEESE


MAGELLAN GOOSE African Pygmy Goose

CANADA GOOSE EGYPTIAN GOOSE

EMPEROR GOOSE HAWAIIAN GOOSE

We will have to visit Water Fowl again to see the Herons, loons, screamers, Mergansers, teals, and scaups.

Here are the members and their progress so far.
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AbigailAdams26 8 / 100 8.0%
Ameise1 2 / 10 20.0%
AnishaInkspill 28 / 65 ★★ 43.1%
AnnabelleCrump13 4 / 24 16.7%
atozgrl 13 / 30 ★★ 43.3%
benitastarnd 26 / 75 ★ 34.7%
Bookbrained 19 / 60 31.7%
bookworm3091 12 / 18 ★★★★★ 66.7%
Caramellunacy 0 / 24 0.0%
Carmenere 9 / 30 30.0%
Cecilturtle 26 / 70 ★ 37.1%
clue 0 / 30 0.0%
Coach_of_Alva 12 / 25 ★★ 48.0%
connie53 26 / 50 ★★★ 52.0%
Cotswoldreader 4 / 12 ★ 33.3%
crazy4reading 5 / 30 16.7%
CurrerBell 14 / 60 23.3%
cyderry 26 / 72 ★ 36.1%
deep220 15 / 50 30.0%
detailmuse 11 / 40 27.5%
DisassemblyOfReason 48 / 75 ★★★★ 64.0%
EGBERTINA 24 / 29 ★★★★★ 82.8%
enemyanniemae 1 / 25 4.0%
Familyhistorian 17 / 65 26.2%
floremolla 0 / 30 0.0%
HelenBaker 16 / 48 ★ 33.3%
Henrik_Madsen 9 / 50 18.0%
Jackie_K 23 / 48 ★★ 47.9%
jbizz79 4 / 10 40.0%
kac522 25 / 75 ★ 33.3%
KWharton 1 / 12 8.3%
Kyler_Marie 9 / 40 22.5%
LadyBookworth 2 / 24 8.3%
LisaMorr 15 / 52 28.8%
madhatter22 5 / 45 11.1%
martencat 7 / 18 ★ 38.9%
missizicks 25 / 60 ★★ 41.7%
MissWatson 43 / 75 ★★★ 57.3%
msliz 1 / 20 5.0%
Nonconformisto 16 / 20 ★★★★★ 80.0%
Peoney25 6 / 30 20.0%
QuestingA 15 / 50 30.0%
rabbitprincess 16 / 60 26.7%
rhondak101book 22 / 40 ★★★ 55.0%
ritacate 6 / 20 30.0%
Robertgreaves 35 / 72 ★★ 48.6%
rocketjk 6 / 25 24.0%
sallylou61 2 / 24 8.3%
si 9 / 25 ★ 36.0%
TonjaE 1 / 24 4.2%
torontoc 9 / 30 30.0%
trav 1 / 20 5.0%
wandaly 12 / 26 ★★ 46.2%
zuzaer 3 / 6 ★★★ 50.0%

The goal for the end of June is 1,074

>1 cyderry: I love that swan fact - I didn't know there was such a link between the varieties of swan and their position in the 12 days of Christmas, either!

>1 cyderry: Nice to see the different water fowl but in the ending pictures where you show the geese it should be Canada Goose not Canadian Goose.

I love all the things you tell and show about birds. Lovely pictures as well.

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Reporting ROOT # 27 for the year, # 03 for May

De Zilveren Rivier by S.A. Chakraborty

Own ticker updated

I had 5 ROOTs read as of April 19th. However, for a while I was unable to update my ticker; it is working okay now.

Somehow got duplicate post. Sorry.

I have finished my first ROOT for May.

Reporting ROOT # 28 for the year, # 04 for May

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

Own ticker updated

I've added my first ROOT for May (#24 for the year) to my own ticker.

Reporting ROOT # 29 for the year, # 05 for May

Krekel by Annet Schaap

Own ticker updated

Reporting #31 updated, another 3 added, total for Jan - May = 31

ROOT #2 for May (#25 for the year to date) added to my own ticker only.

Reporting ROOT # 30 for the year, # 06 for May

Zonder Afscheid by Harlan Coben & Reese Witherspoon

Own ticker updated

I've added ROOT #3 for May (#26 for the year to date) to my own ticker.

Reporting ROOT # 31 for the year, # 07 for May

De Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

Own ticker updated

ROOT #10 for the year and the first for May- the review is on my thread and no tickers updated

ROOT #4 (#27 for the year) added to my own ticker. Hopefully another couple before the month is out!

Reporting ROOT # 32 and 33 for the year, # 08 and 09 for May

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan Mcguire

and

De stilte voor de storm by Clare Leslie Hall

Own ticker updated

I have clocked up 7 ROOTs, so far, and am now at 50/75. My own ticker is updated.

Five ROOTS for May for me so far - 21 for the year. My ticker is updated.

Reporting ROOT # 34 for the year, # 10 for May

Het boekwinkeltje in Venetië by Rebecca Raisin

Own tickers updated

I'm unlikely to finish more books this month but I'm at a happy 7 ROOTs (34 overall) for May, including a couple of old ones.

Reporting ROOT # 35 for the year, # 11 for May

De laatste sterren aan de hemel by Kate Hewitt

Own tickers updated

My ticker is working for me. I was at 29 last month- and 30 this month. but it does not seem to change on your end.

Reporting 10 ROOTs this month, that is now 53/75.

Reporting ROOT #5 for May (#28 for the year) added to my own ticker. I'm cutting it fine, but still hoping I can finish another by the end of tomorrow!

Just finished ROOT #8 for May. 30/40 for the year.

root #31 updated, another 4 added, total for Jan - May = 35

>27 Jackie_K: Just managed it! ROOT #6 for May (#29 for the year) is now added to my ticker only.

Here is my report for May 2026:

UpROOTED books: 13 ROOTs
ROOTless books: 4
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 8

The ROOTs were:
One For Sorrow by E. M. Mayer
A Bullet in the Ballet by Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon
Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Archaeology from Space by Sarah Parcak
How To Have A Killer Time in DC by Sam Lumley
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Maurice by E. M. Forster
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith

The Lonely Man
The Killing Stones
Offshore
All 3 by Ann Cleeves

ROOTs in YTD: 48 (56% of books this year have been ROOTs)

Personal ticker NOT updated.

>1 cyderry: Chèli All tickers have disappeared, leaving the little icon to show that the image is not available. When I tried to visit the ticker site, my computer warned me that it was not safe to proceed.

Only two books read in May for me - the second one was a dense history of anticolonial resistance and British dissent to empire and took almost the full month to read. At least it was a ROOT!

27 books completed so far. Ticker updated.

I am not going to finish a book before midnight so here is my ROOT report for May. I had 5 ROOTS for the month. No tickers updated. Including these 5, I have a total of 36 ROOTS for the year.

Fiction ROOTS: Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis
Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Translation State by Ann Leckie

Nonfiction ROOTS: Dispatches From Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant

Sound Recordings: The Rocks by Peter Nichols

>31 Robertgreaves: Right now on the Ticker Thread, I see your ticker as well as my own:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/377207#9058144

I had no problem updating my ticker earlier today.

However, there are some that don't seem to be coming up.

The ticker thread is working but there are a lot of broken threads. Mine is still there with the amount I just updated. I'm only at 20 out of a goal of 65. Looks like I'll have to concentrate on reading more of my own books going forward!

I finished 3 ROOTs for May, making 16 total for the year so far. My personal ticker has been updated.

>26 MissWatson: I added one more last night, finished before the stroke of midnight, which means 54/75

>31 Robertgreaves: I had no problems with the site.

I still can't reach the thread, maybe because the internet connection where I'm staying is very weak.

Reporting ROOT # 36 for the year, # 1 for June

De dochter van de ambassadeur by Pam Jenoff

Own tickers updated

I've got a stronger connection now and have managed to update my ticker.

Reporting ROOT # 37 for the year, # 2 for June

Door de ogen van de gynaecoloog by Koen Deurloo

Own tickers updated

I've added my first ROOT for June (#30 for the year to date) to my own ticker.