NOVEMBER ROOT - Progress thread

Well, the falling leaves tell us that the end of the year is approaching, so it's time for our last big pushes to get those ROOTs read!






So, let's keep these tickers (password ROOT) moving with everyone adding their progress to the comprehensive goal for all of us. We need to have a total of 4,960 (92%) by the end of NOVEMBER to stay on track. This is going to be tough!!

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The ticker thread (http://www.librarything.com/topic/148710) is a
huge help in crunching the end of month numbers so if you haven't already posted your ticker there, please do! if there is a * by your name, it indicates there is a ticker on your thread but not on the ticker thread and a & indicates no ticker. This just tells me where I need to go to get the numbers that are not on the ticker thread. I try to keep up on the personal threads during the month, so having to revisit to gather numbers can be a bit time consuming if the system is slow. Any help is appreciated. So if you have a ticker made already , please think about copying the HTML to the ticker thread.

Thanks for your help!
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So, now, Ladies and Gentlemen, BOOKLOVERS - get back out there and read those BOOKS!

Here are the individual numbers so far. Several members reached their goals this month - them we applaud. We're cheering for everyone but especially those who are almost there! Please let me know if I need to update anyone. I had a few personal threads I couldn't locate for those not on the ticker thread, so I think I need to find them.

ABVR 22 / 50 44%
alphaorder 6 / 30 20%
ALWINN 13 / 40 33%
Ameise1 11 / 10 110% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
amz310783 75 / 80 94% almost there!
AnneHudson 10 &/ 50 20%
Anoplophora 21 / 40 53%
antqueen 8 */ 60 13%
auntmarge64 39 / 60 65%
bahzah 23 */ 30 77%
BBleil 2 &/ 24 8%
benitasrnad 33 &/ 30 110%
billiejean 16 */ 30 53%
blondierocket 19 / 50 38%
booksloth 13 / 50 26%
Bowerbirds-Library 4 / 50 8%
bragan 93 / 100 93% almost there!
brewergirl 33 / 35 94% almost there!
Caramellunacy 5 / 25 20%
carmenere 30 / 26 115% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
chexmix 5 &/ 75 7%
christina_reads 18 / 20 90% almost there!
cindysprocket 37 &/ 50 74%
clue 25 / 30 83%
Conachair 38 / 50 76%
connie53 24 / 20 120%
craso 11 / 12 92% almost there!
CrazyMamie 43 / 40 108%
cyderry 77 / 105 73%
deep220 19 / 20 95% almost there!
DeltaQueen50 99 / 100 99% almost there!
DetailMuse 20 / 30 67%
doglover58 23 / 14 164%
dudes22 71 / 70 101% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
edgewood 37 / 50 74%
Erratic_Charmer 31 */ 83 37%
FAMeulstee 10 / 12 83%
footnotefever 7 / 30 23%
fuzzi 29 / 30 97%
gennyt 13 / 70 19%
hairballsrus 8 / 35 23%
Heduanna 3 / 13 23%
HelenBaker 43 / 50 86%
hemlokgang 19 / 35 54%
Henrik_Madsen 22 / 33 67%
HRHTish 3 / 5 60%
lkernagh 24 / 30 80%
ipsoivan 45 / 50 90% almost there!
jebronse 5 / 10 50%
jennyes2011 5 */ 10 50%
johanna414 19 / 20 95% almost there!
JoLynnsbooks 2 / 50 4%
jonesli 117 / 175 67%
kac522 16 / 29 55%
karen_o 51 / 40 128%
karspeak 24 / 30 80%
kaulsu 7 / 100 7%
kelsiface 18 / 25 72%
kirconnell 6 &/ 30 20%
kiwiflowa 4 / 25 16%
kkunker 20 / 24 83%
klarusu 4 / 37 11%
konallis 16 / 30 53%
lahochstetler 10 / 50 20%
laura_88 16 / 25 64%
LauraBrook 39 / 100 39%
laytonwoman3rd 30 / 35 86%
librariansteffen2, 23 / 48 48%
lilisin 3 / 5 60%
lindapanzo 102 / 75 136%
LittleTaiko 32 / 30 107%
lizamichelle1 36 / 50 72%
LucindaLibri 20 / 50 40%
luisali 40 / 50 80%
mabith 17 / 12 142%
majkia 63 / 40 158%
mandymarie 51 / 250 20%
mareofthesea 60 / 60 100%
melonbrawl 19 / 25 76%
midnightlouie 2 / 20 10%
misswatson 19 / 20 95% almost there!
mmignano11 22 / 75 29%
moonshineandrosefire 101 / 111 91% almost there!
Nicholette 21 */ 100 21%
Nickelini 48 / 50 96% almost there!
NielsenGW 43 / 75 57%
paeonia 23 / 24 96% almost there!
pcktlnt 2 &/ 30 7%
Pigletto 48 / 60 80%
PolymathicMonkey 30 / 50 60%
psutto 36 / 80 45%
qebo 7 */ 24 29%
Quaisior 51 / 50 102%
rabbitprincess 58 / 50 116%
raidergirl3 23 / 25 92% almost there!
rainpebble 39 / 48 81%
ramblingivy 16 / 20 80%
riverwillow 71 / 100 71%
Robertgreaves 42 &/ 35 120%
ronincats 35 / 40 88%
Samantha_kathy 23 / 50 46%
sandykaypax 2 / 12 17%
sarahbradshaw 14 / 30 47%
schatzi 10 / 75 13%
shearon 17 / 25 68%
shinyone 41 / 35 117%
si 4 / 10 40%
sjmccreary 7 / 15 47%
SqueakyChu 5 / 20 25%
staffordcastle 16 / 30 53%
streamsong 27 / 50 54%
susanj67 22 */ 30 73%
Tallulah_rose 13 */ 20 65%
Tanglewood 16 / 20 80%
thomasandmary 8 / 13 62%
thorold 34 / 60 57%
tloeffler 49 / 50 98% almost there!
torontoc 31 / 30 103%
tututhefirst 16 */ 15 107%
tymfos 58 / 60 97% almost there!
vancouverdeb 6 / 12 50%
Vivanofthe Lake 2 / 15 13%
VivienneR 35 / 50 70%
wildbill 17 / 25 68%

Am I first to finish a ROOT for November? Just after midnight, I finished the last few pages of my devotional read, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker by Diane Moody, #59 toward my goal of 60 for the year!

I've started another book that is just plain awful. I'm tempted to count it as done, as I think I'm going to be banishing it from my sight, but I don't want to complete my challenge that way!

I will update the tickers.

Hello everyone! Well, according to Goodreads, I'm now 10 books (8%) ahead of my goal. :) I hope that we all read some really good books this month! :)



Here are my monthly totals again:

January 2013
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 7 (4 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 17

February 2013
Total books read: 8
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 41 (6 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 12

March 2013
Total books read: 7
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 7 (1 ebook)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 9

April 2013
Total books read: 11
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 61 (9 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 14

May 2013
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 2
Total acquisitions: 19 (1 ebook)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 13

June 2013
Total books read: 13
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 31
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 10

July 2013
Total books read: 15
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 6
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 16

August 2013
Total books read: 11
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 57 (22 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 13

September 2013
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 15 (4 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 15

October 2013
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 32 (19 ebooks) (I received a subscription of a 24 pack of puzzle books on October 3, 2013 so I added 1 book for that subscription)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 20

November 2013
Total books read: 10 (as of November 29, 2013)
Total rereads: 0
Total acquisitions: 86 (20 ebooks) (as of November 30, 2013)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 14 (as of November 30, 2013)

December 2013
Total books read: 0
Total rereads: 0
Total acquisitions: 0
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 0

Average time between acquisition and reading: approximately three years (gasp!)
Average number of rereads of acquisitions: 1
TBR books still waiting for new homes: 190

Here is the link to my personal thread as well: http://www.librarything.com/topic/147792

3 I don't understand -- if you're ahead of your goal, why does the ticker at the top of your post say you've read 101 of 111?

#4 - My total goal for books read in 2013 is 111, and as of the end of October I had read 101. In 2012, I had read a total of 110 books, and I think that Goodreads compares my 2012 and 2013 totals, and then calculates the amount of time that it takes me to read a book - in other words, I'm 9 books ahead of my 2012 goal (end of October 2013 = 101 books read vs end of October 2012 = 92 books read!) :)

Oh! I see! So it's a measure of your pace being ahead of where you need to be to meet your goal. Very good.

Sixteen for me, Cheli, not fifteen :-)

Finished number 25: Een echte vrouw by Michael Berg

Updated all tickers.

I reached my goal today, my ticker is updated.

Yeah for MissWatson

Congrats MissWatson!

#45 The Way By Swann's. I really like this new translation. I had read the first 3 books in the series before, but like many, had found them heavy-going. Lydia Davis's translation took off some of the load.

Long weekend away at a wedding gave me lots of time to read in the car and I've got my first 2 for Nov done - Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais and A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick.

I started this month off with Patricia D. Cornwell: Hvepsereden (Hornet's Nest). A nice, fast read, and I need some fast reads to reach my goal!

Tickers updated.

number 32- the review is on my thread!

I've finished another ROOT, No. 31. My ticker is updated.

finished number 33- see my thread

wOW, those books are just moving along!

Last night I finished no. 24. Marina Cecilie Roné: N.I.M.B.Y.

I'm on a roll!

I've reached my goal! Root #60 was Jerusalem Gap, which I loved. I'm updating all tickers.

I will keep reading ROOTs to add to the group totals.

Cheli, I added my ticker to the ticker thread on October 5, so you can take the * away from my name above. I was clueless up to that point. ;-)

I still have 5 to go, and I have new acquisitions and library books in the near future--this will be close!

I have met my challenge goal of 30 ROOT books, but will continue to attempt to extricate those pesky ROOTS from my TBR shelves!

Personal ticker has been updated. :)

Good job, Terri and Fuzzi! Keep it up for the group total.

#46 Gilgamesh translated by Stephen Mitchell. 4 to go. Tickers updated.

#47 Father and Son by Edmund Gosse. Tickers updated.

Sorry, I was doing this more as incentive to myself and not reading a lot of the threads. It's the first time I've read the monthly thread. I hope I updated the ticker thread correctly. Let me know if I didn't.

I've finished a couple more - Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison and Never Change by Elizabeth Berg

ETA: Oh - and A Violet March by Evan Katy

number 34 is finished- see my thread for the review

Just finished my ROOT Challenge with One for the Road by Tony Horwitz. I plan to keep reading past my goal to help with the group goal.

I've polished off two more ROOTs. Tickers updated.

>Congratulations, craso! I am soon to follow you, with 2.5 books left to read. I'm already thinking forward to how I will change things for 2014's challenge. Are you planning to participate again?

Congrats to craso from me, too. I see you finished with a Tony Horwitz book. I've enjoyed the ones I've read by him.

Speaking of next year, is the group created yet?

#31 This group really worked for me. It helped me to stay focused on reading the books I've had on my iPad for 1 or 2 years. I will be back next year and this time I'll be adding some paperbacks and hardbacks to the list. :-)

#32 This was the third book I've ready by Horwitz. My favorite is Confederates in the Attic.

> 33. I was wondering about that too, PM.

I completed my challenge with my 100th root yesterday. I will be staying on and posting more roots to help with the group total.

Just finished A thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury.

34 Confederates in the Attic was my favorite Horwitz, too!

This group has really helped me keep on track to read my own books, too. I hope we keep going next year!

Unless, someone else wants to manage the group in 2014, the new group will be created at the beginning of December. I wanted to leave time for everyone to concentrate on those last few ROOTs of the year.

#39 I think that's fine - I'm definitely one of those more concerned with this year's challenge. One month should be enough to get the new group going.

I'm certainly still working on this year's, I just like planning ahead. I've already made all my 2014 tickers! :P

Finished No. 32, Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and No. 33, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs. My ticker is updated.

#41 So do I - I'm working on some tweaks!

> 39. That's a good plan, Chèli. I feel very good in your capable hands.

#48 The Year 1000: What Life was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger.

>41 .Monkey.: Polymathic Monkey, do you have any good links to share for different tickers? Mine is not really 'me', so I'm looking for alternates.

Cheli--no, please don't feel rushed. I'm happy planning my new reading in January; I certainly don't intend to start on it yet. When I finish, I'll be adding to the group total.

>45 ipsoivan: I just use tickerfactory.com like most of us here, lol. This year I used all grass background with different insects as the markers, this coming year I used one of the backgrounds that has several variations and used the same marker on them all. :P

Thanks, PM. I saw that some had books for the background. I think I'll try to find it. It's funny--most of the last 11 months I couldn't have cared less what my ticker looked like, so this must be a measure of how excited to start a new challenge I am. I have really enjoyed this one.

Made it to my goal of 35 today! :)

35 just finished!

Yeah! Congrats!

I just finished my 20th ROOT, which means I've reached my goal! But if I read any more ROOTs before the end of the year, I'll definitely post them here as well.

Go, Team, GO!

Yeah! YEah!

Hooray! Rah, rah!

One more down. Number 26 (6 past target)

Het huis in het woud by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Going to update all tickers

#49 Chess Story by Stefan Zweig. One more to go. Many congratulations to those who have reached their goal. I hope to join you soon.

I have begun my 3rd ROOT for November, Plagued by the Nightingale by Kay Boyle, my 42nd ROOT. I have already completed Seducers in Ecuador by Vita Sackville-West and The Easter Party by Vita Sackville-West. Will update tickers at month's end per usual. When I finish this one I will be just 6 off my goal. :-)

First root for the month taking me to 44/50. I am starting to swap some pre-selected titles for this challenge to some shorter ones as worrying about achieving my goal. The ploy has produced a pleasant surprise for my current read The Legend of Colton H. Bryantby Alexandra Fuller. I like finishing each chapter with a chuckle. Anyone else here read this? Tickers updated.

Just noted an exact 2000 to go on this challenge! Hmm... my 6 won't make much of a dent in that but I will force on.

Another one off the pile - A Body in the Belfry by Katherine Hall Page

My first ROOT for November (64th over the year) was Ratkiing by Michael Dibdin.

Updating tickers.

I've just now completed my challenge, reaching my goal of 50 ROOTs. This challenge has been wonderful! I will continue to add my reading to the group ticker, especially as I also joined the 75 Books group, and have quite a few left to read there--about 11 or so, as iI was counting library books and new books that I had read.

Congrats on completing your challenge!

#62 by ipsoivan> yay! congrats.

Thank you! I'm very excited to do it all again.

Yeah, Yeah! Well done, Ipsoivan!

Not doing well with my ROOTs this month. Too many library books checked out.

Yeah, I've gotten too much from the library this month, too.

Chunksters are slowing me down - 1 more done.

I am nearly finished with my 5th ROOT of November, Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories by Virginia Woolf. I think I have loved nearly everything I have ever read of hers.

Congratulations, Ipsovian!!!

I've just completed my goal of 20 books, too, with Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope. Any more tbrs I read this year can go towards the group goal.

Rainpebble, congratulations to you, too, on finishing five tbrs this month. That's a huge accomplishment, considering that the month is only a little more than half over.

Yeah for you Ramblingivy.

This night I finished number 27 Woud van de dood by Sallie Bissell
Updated all tickers.

Congrats to all who are finishing up. I just finished another Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B Ross.

Thanks to connie and ramblingivy. Ramblingivy, I'm thinking of reading a lot of Trollope next year, as he has always been a favourite, but I haven't read him for so long, it will be like him for the first time. I don't think I ever read Framley Parsonage.

I just finished The Missing Bureaucrat. The tickers are updated.

I just finished book 20! (my goal for roots) - Blue Horizon by Wilbur Smith. I will continue to try and focus my reading for some additional roots to add to the group total.

Hats off to you ipsoivan! Congrats on meeting your goal. Well done.

And thank you ramblingivy.

I have begun my 6th & 7th ROOTs of the month: The Marble Faun and A Green Bough by William Faulkner. I just felt the urge to read something by 'the man' and am in the mood for some poetry. The 2nd book is The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling to cheer me up.

Many congratulations, deep220! I must say, it's exciting to see so many of our group achieve their goals--marathon readers. December will be littered with exhausted readers--insulation blankets all around!

Slowly but surely 45/50. Tickers updated.

I have met my goal!!! Or at least, I've met my goal for total number of ROOT books read for the year. I've also got a points system going, with older books being worth more points, and I'm still four points shy on meeting my goal for that, but I fully expect to get there soon. Yaaaay!

Yaaay for you! Those four points will be easy!

Congratlations to all who've finished their goal this month! I also finished two ROOTs this month and intend to finish at least one more.

No. 34, Death of a River Guide, is finished. I'm reading No. 35, Blue Highways, which I'm really loving. That will complete my goal, but I'll keep track of further ROOTs finished 'til year's end, for group totals. I've updated my own ticker.

Double Yaaay!

I've finished another - Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs

Yaaay for those meeting goals!

Congratulations to all who have met their goals & with over a month left no less. YEA!~!

And here's to the remainder of us who are steadily reading through our own ROOTs toward our goals.

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86 Hooray for the steady reading!

(Nice graphic, too!)

Hello everyone! :) Well, Mareena and I went to the library yesterday and raided the Library Book Sale - (hanging my head in shame) between us we bought 101 books (whoo boy!) Oh well! In good news, I finished my 7th book of the month - I'm three away from my goal! :)

101! Wow! How did you ever get them all back home?!

And where did you put them?

If you can find 100 books , I need to go to your library sale!

Updated with the 2 ROOTs I've read this month and, sadly, I doubt there will be any more for November.

#89 - we just managed to get them all back home! :) It took one metal dolly piled up with three cardboard boxes to get them out to the car, plus a plastic bag on top of that with four jigsaw puzzles (another weakness of mine!) Anyway, the two librarians who were assisting us were practically doing Snoopy's happy dance they were so ecstatic! :)

#90 - connie, I have absolutely no idea where we're going to put them all! :) At the moment, the three boxes are stacked in our elevator, and we're just trying to figure out where to put them.

#91 - I'm currently putting my 61 books into my Librarything account, and Mareena will be doing the same with her 40 books later on at some point! Mareena is planning on taking part in next year's challenge. So far, she's read 45 books in 2013, and is just waiting to join next year's challenge along with me! :)

101 books! That's even more than one of my book binges, and that's saying a lot! Good luck finding space to put them -- and happy reading!

In the elavator! That's a strange place to put boxes. ;-)) If boxes fit in there, can't you place a bookcase in that spot?

Another one finished - Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

My second ROOT for November, 65th for the year: The Yard by Alex Grecian. This was right up my alley. Gritty and thought provoking.

Updating tickers.

#95 - Mareena is in a wheelchair, so that's why we have the elevator, Connie. :) The boxes are cardboard boxes - I think that they're called 'banker's boxes' (the boxes are deep, and have lids) Anyway, right now all three are stacked one on top of another in the back corner of the elevator.

The elevator is only large enough to fit two people comfortably (Mareena in the wheelchair, and myself) - I'm not sure if it may become crowded if I put a bookcase in there as well, but I'll think about it! :)

Anyway, I recounted our 'haul' this morning and came up with a total of 97 books! :) Alright, so the total is less by four, and I still have to find space for all these books, but triple digits have been reduced to double digits! :) So...um...Yay?! :)

Sorry, I did not know about Mareena being in a wheelchair. I have to learn lots of things about all my fellow ROOTers.

But I think it's really funny to have a bookcase (as small as it may be) in your elevator.

#99 - connie, absolutely no need for you to apologize. :) Do they have miniature bookcases? I've never even thought about it.

Yes, I have one!

Cute!

Just be careful -- books are heavy, and elevators have weight limits. A little case like that might be OK - and it does sound cool to have a bookcase, however small, in an elevator!

I think it'd be a riot to have a mini-bookcase in an elevator! hahaha. And if the elevator can hold the boxes of 100 books, I'm sure a mini-case that'd hold just a fraction of them wouldn't be any more weight than the boxes are.

Maybe one of those Little Free Libraries in an elevator?

No. 25 done: Inger Christensen: Alfabet

Now the challenge has made me read poetry as well. Where will it take me next? 8-)

104 - I was thinking the same thing as I was catching up on this thread.

98 - That's still an awesome haul!

This thread has turned into a laugh riot. What a wonderful way to begin my morning with a great giggle or two. Storing books in the elevator, who'd a thunk it?
And moonshineandrosefire, I would love to hit a library sale like that one. I'm sure you've got some wonderful finds in those boxes.

On the homefront I have begun my 8th ROOT of the month: Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim and it is quite a lovely (500 page) Tome. I began it on my Kindle on the road and then went to the hard copy when we got home yesterday & I had no idea it was such a chunkster. Hope I can complete it this month what with Thanksgiving & family in, State Football Playoffs and everything that comes along with those busy days.

Will update tickers at month's end per usual.

I love the idea of a Little Free Library in an elevator...I wonder if our landlord at the office building where I work would go for that? Nah...it's the only elevator, so furniture, file cabinets, shredding bins, etc., all get hauled in it; a permanent fixture isn't feasible, I suppose.

Still reading Blue Highways, but finished my ROOT challenge by Pearl-ruling two books today. By my rules, that means they are off my shelf, and therefore count here, though not for my 75 Book Challenge. I have updated my ticker.

1. All Aunt Hagar's Children, a collection of short fiction by Edward P. Jones; this is a disappointment, as I enjoyed his novel, The Known World. I just found the stories I sampled, including the title selection, to be lacking in Story, rambling and uninspired. I suppose I don't "get" what Jones was up to.

2. A World of Ideas II by Bill Moyers; I used to enjoy Bill Moyers's on PBS, but this collection of transcripts of interviews (or those that I sampled) left me cold. Watching them live would probably have been a better experience, like the difference between reading a play and seeing it performed.

I just finished Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant. So appropriate for Movember, as his moustache is what draws the ladies. Total cad, lots of fun.

>108 laytonwoman3rd: Congratulations, laytonwoman. By any rules!

Finished Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans.

Congratulations Linda upon the completion of your ROOT challenge! You rock!

I finished Christopher and Columbus and am just beginning my 9th ROOT for November: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. It looks good, hope it is.

Congrats to all the finishing ROOT-ers.

I just finished my fifth ROOT of the month, the excellent crime novel Forty Words for Sorrow. Updating tickers.

Hello again, everyone! :) I just wanted to wish all of you American-based ROOT-ers a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with family, friends, fun and food. By the way, I've almost reached my personal goal, but I'll certainly be staying in the challenge! :)

Congratulations Mary. Sounds like you will be meeting goal soon.

I don't think I can fit in more books in November. My report for this month is:

ROOTS 7
Non ROOTS 3
Added 12 (mainly ebooks -- virtual sales are as tempting as real ones)

Making the total ROOTS for 2013 so far: 49

ROOTS for November:
Barry Strauss's Masters of Command
Barbara Pym's An Academic Question
Robert L. O'Connell's The Ghosts of Cannae
Neil Plakcy's The Russian Boy
Agatha Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit
Gary Corby's Sacred Games
Yann Martel's Life of Pi

No tickers were harmed in the compilation of this report.

I won't finish another ROOT this month either, I currently have 2 library books going. I read 5 ROOTS in November which brings me to a total of 30, my goal for the year. Ya hoo!

Same here, I read 6 this month, also bringing me to my goal of 30!

Congratulations clue and karspeak.

I finished 3 roots this month, so now I just need 1 more to meet my goal.

One final root, Messy: God Likes it That Way by A.J. Swoboda. That makes a total of six for the month, and I think that will be it for November. Updating tickers.

ETA to add I love it when one of my books nudges the group percentage ticker up to the next tenth of a percent! :)

Hello again, everyone, and a very Happy Hannukkah to those of you who are celebrating! :)

Well, as of Friday, November 29th, I have officially reached my personal goal of 111 books read in 2013! :) Although, I will certainly be staying on in this challenge to help boost my fellow ROOT-ers along to greatness! - not to worry! :)

I'm currently reading Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, and despite being over 255 pages into the story, I thought I'd better give my end-of-the-month totals now, just to be on the safe side.

In keeping with the group theme, here are my November Totals:

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 7
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 3
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 0 (yes!)
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 86 (20 ebooks)
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 14 (13 books were mine, 1 book was Mareena's)

So far, Cyderry, all my personal tickers are up to date! :)

My personal ticker is up to date with 65.

Mine is too.

My total is 3 for the month taking me to 46/50. Off to update tickers.

Congratulations, moonshine. Well done.

Sorry, everyone, I'm running a bit behind because of personal issues.

My mom decided that she didn't have enough attention so she fell and fractured her pelvis and L4 vertebrae so she landed in the hospital and rehab facility. Then with the holiday, we had to relocate because of an ice storm, tree down, and power outages, - my life has been a bit hectic the last few days. I truly will try to post the December thread ASAP.

Cheli, I'm so sorry about your mom and your power outage! It certainly sounds like you have a lot to deal with right now. This group is low priority compared to such issues!

Oh, my goodness, cyderry! It certainly seems like you have a full plate - I hope that your mom feels better soon, and then to have an ice storm on top of it all with all that that entailed as well - take your time, my friend! :)

I have finished 5 ROOT's this month. 3 of them were recorded books but I have had them on my shelves for long enough that they counted as ROOTs. 1 of the books has been on my TBR shelves since I joined LT five years ago so I am happy with my November totals.

I did not update any tickers.

Chèli, wishing your mom a speedy recovery!

I finished 11 old books in November, bringing my stats to:

edgewood 48 / 50 96%

(Light at the end of the tunnel...)

November Statistics
Books Read - 15
Books Towards Goal - 66/250
Percentage - 26%

Yikes! Only 1/4 of the way to my goal. All the reading for my job has definitely interrupted my ROOT reading.

I've updated the tickers.

Cheli; I am so sorry to hear of your mother. That is rough. Praying a speedy recover for her and a calmness upon you. Please take care of yourself & your family. We will still be here when you have the time so not to worry there.
blessings dear girl.

I completed 7 ROOTs in November which puts me at 46 on my goal of 48 for the year. Just 2 to go!

And I have updated both my personal & the group tickers.

Congrats to everyone. We are all doing great!

OMG Cheli: Please take care of your Mom and I hope the power outage didn't last too long.

My ticker is updated only 9 books for me this month. I hope I can make a substantial dent in my TBR in December.

Take all the time you and your mum need, Cheli. Hope she gets better soon.

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, December thread is up.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/161655#

Thanks for your support regarding my Mom. She's doing well, spirits are high but PT twice a day, and OT once a day has her pooped by dinnertime. It also raises pain levels so she gets pretty druggy by the end of the day.

WISHING EVERYONE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON!

very glad to hear your mom is doing better. hopefully she'll continue to improve.

I got one final ROOT finished in November, a collection of short fiction I'd been dipping into, In the Bedroom by Andres Dubus. I updated my own ticker.