SEPTEMBER ROOT - Progress Thread

2/3 of the year is gone and we are just barely passed the halfway mark, so we have some work to do.
So lets think of September as a "back to school/work" directive and try to get some of our ROOTs read this month.





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 4,062 (75%) by the end of SEPTEMBER to stay on track. We can do it!
Any members who signed up with a personal goal and have yet to read one ROOT, have been removed from the general totals to a separate list. The group tickers have been adjusted to reflect this change.
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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. 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 7 / 10 70%
amz310783 69 / 80 86%
AnneHudson 10 &/ 50 20%
Anoplophora 21 &/ 40 53%
antqueen 8 */ 60 13%
auntmarge64 34 / 60 57%
bahzah 16 */ 30 53%
BBleil 2 &/ 24 8%
benitasrnad 28 &/ 30 93%
billiejean 16 */ 30 53%
blondierocket 19 / 50 38%
booksloth 13 / 50 26%
Bowerbirds-Library 4 / 50 8%
bragan 72 / 100 72%
brewergirl 28 / 35 80%
Caramellunacy 5 / 25 20%
carmenere 26 / 26 100% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
chexmix 5 &/ 75 7%
christina_reads 16 / 20 80%
cindysprocket 37 &/ 50 74%
clue 20 / 30 67%
Conachair 31 / 50 62%
connie53 21 / 20 105% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
craso 9 / 12 75%
CrazyMamie 43 / 40 108%
cyderry 61 / 105 58%
deep220 16 / 20 80%
DeltaQueen50 78 / 100 78%
DetailMuse 14 / 40 35%
doglover58 21 / 14 150%
dudes22 58 / 70 83%
edgewood 21 / 50 42%
Erratic_Charmer 31 */ 83 37%
FAMeulstee 10 / 12 83%
footnotefever 7 / 30 23%
fuzzi 20 / 30 67%
gennyt 13 / 70 19%
hairballsrus 8 / 35 23%
Heduanna 3 / 13 23%
HelenBaker 33 / 50 66%
hemlokgang 18 / 35 51%
Henrik_Madsen 14 / 33 42%
lkernagh 14 / 30 47%
ipsoivan 37 / 50 74%
jebronse 5 / 10 50%
jennyes2011 5 */ 10 50%
johanna414 17 / 20 85%
JoLynnsbooks 2 / 50 4%
jonesli 90 / 175 51%
kac522 13 / 29 45%
karen_o 35 / 40 88%
karspeak 18 / 30 60%
kaulsu 7 / 100 7%
kelsiface 18 / 25 72%
kirconnell 6 &/ 30 20%
kiwiflowa 4 / 25 16%
kkunker 14 / 24 58%
klarusu 4 / 37 11%
konallis 15 / 30 50%
lahochstetler 10 / 50 20%
laura_88 13 / 25 52%
LauraBrook 34 / 100 34%
laytonwoman3rd 20 / 35 57%
librariansteffen2, 23 / 48 48%
lilisin 3 / 5 60%
lindapanzo 83 / 75 111%
LittleTaiko 26 / 30 87%
lizamichelle1 31 / 50 62%
LucindaLibri 15 / 50 30%
luisali 40 / 50 80%
mabith 15 / 12 125% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
majkia 56 / 40 140%
mandymarie 41 / 250 16%
mareofthesea 60 / 60 100%
melonbrawl 14 / 25 56%
midnightlouie 2 / 20 10%
misswatson 10 / 20 50%
mmignano11 22 / 75 29%
moonshineandrosefire 83 / 111 75%
Nicholette 15 */ 100 15%
Nickelini 40 / 50 80%
NielsenGW 32 / 75 43%
paeonia 23 / 24 96%
pcktlnt 2 &/ 30 7%
Pigletto 26 / 60 43%
PolymathicMonkey 20 / 50 40%
psutto 35 / 80 44%
qebo 7 */ 24 29%
Quaisior 43 / 50 86%
rabbitprincess 45 / 50 90%
raidergirl3 21 / 25 84%
rainpebble 31 / 48 65%
ramblingivy 6 / 20 30%
riverwillow 58 / 100 58%
Robertgreaves 32 &/ 35 94%
ronincats 29 */ 40 73%
Samantha_kathy 23 / 50 46%
sandykaypax 2 / 12 17%
sarahbradshaw 11 / 30 37%
schatzi 10 / 75 13%
shearon 15 / 25 60%
shinyone 36 / 35 103% GOAL REACHED - CONGRATULATIONS!
si 3 / 10 30%
sjmccreary 7 / 15 47%
SqueakyChu 5 / 20 25%
staffordcastle 14 / 30 47%
streamsong 20 / 50 40%
susanj67 22 */ 30 73%
Tallulah_rose 11 */ 20 55%
Tanglewood 16 / 20 80%
thomasandmary 8 / 13 62%
thorold 32 / 60 53%
tloeffler 42 / 50 84%
torontoc 29 / 30 97%
tututhefirst 16 */ 15 107%
tymfos 43 / 60 72%
vancouverdeb 6 / 12 50%
Vivanofthe Lake 2 / 15 13%
VivienneR 32 / 50 64%
wildbill 15 / 25 60%

Sorry, Cheli. I've only reached 32 ROOTS so far this year. I need another 3. September might just be the month I do it.

I added one this month, Cheli, but it won't be in your list yet, as I only just put it on my own thread.

I've reached my goal to, Cheli. I even read an extra ROOT.

sorry for the boo boos... adjustments made.

Hihihihi! Thanks.

Another added today for me, just missing the August thread by a few pages that I finished just now. I've now read 38 out of my goal of 50. With 12 to go, I know I can do it. Maybe I'll even pass my goal! I've updated the tickers.

I've been reading a new book that is a huge tome (2700 pages) so maybe after I can finally get to some ROOTs!

Oh, and cyderry, "congratulations" has a "T" in it. Although I think "congraulations" is pretty cute.

2700 pages!

It's actually been really easy to read. It'll only take me a month and a half to finish it as I'm already on the third tome (each tome is 900 pages so it doesn't feel long). Plus it's the third book of the d'Artagnan series (The Three Musqueteers characters) so it's an easy read. A real page-turner! I easily read 100 pages at once every time.

FYI - the T on my keyboard sometimes sticks and if I get to typing too fast, I don't notice that the T is missing. :-)

Hello cyderry! I do appreciate the boost up to 88 ROOTS, but I'm sorry to disappoint slightly - I only read 83 ROOTS in August. :) Thanks for the vote of confidence, though! :)

Hello everyone! Well, according to Goodreads, I'm now 10 books (9%) ahead of my goal. :) Happy September to you all - I hope that we all read some 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: 56 (21 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 13

September 2013
Total books read: 9 (as of September 28, 2013)
Total rereads: 1 (as of September 25, 2013)
Total acquisitions: 15 (4 ebooks) (as of September 30, 2013)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 15 (as of September 30, 2013)

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

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

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: 173

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

Cyderry I have the same problem with the t sticking, sometimes, if my fingers are too firm with the keystrokes it flies off, the ast time it landed in my coffee.

My total should read 71 for the end of August, sorry I am always out as I don't post everyday

Just posted my 30th book on my thread- Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King

That was a great book - how did you wait so long?

I read 4 ROOTS in August, so now I have reached my goal of 24, plus 3. The tickers have been updated, and I am happy to continue contributing to the group total for the rest of the year.

I culled my stacks this morning (Labor Day holiday, no work), and added another to my ROOT list, total of 22 so far. I'm right on track for the 30 I'm aiming for in 2013. :)

Hey torontoc, Locked Rooms is a favorite of mine!

> 18: Well done, Congrats on meeting your goal!

Just read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins taking my total to fifteen.

First Root of the month - Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

I finished Through a Glass Darkly knocking another audio off the stockpile.

One more ROOT has bit the dust...Ash Road.

#22 I loved the first nine or so Scarpetta-novels! After that they got a lot weaker IMO, but if you liked the first one you will not be disappointed for quite some time.

>25 Henrik_Madsen: - I'm wondering if that's why I stopped reading them. Oh well - not rushing out to read them, but maybe once in a while.

> 22 and 25: I've had the same feeling about her books. I've bought them all but never read them all. I think I've 6 books on the TBR.

I'm up to 23 now, and my ticker is correct.

First book of the month done and dusted. Ticker updated.

Congratulations on reaching your goal, connie53.

Thanks, ramblingivy.

I finished a ROOT -- The Pure in Heart by Susan Hill. Updating tickers.

I Pearl-ruled The Fall of the House of Zeus, so it's out the door, and earns Spot No. 24 on my ROOT ticker. Dull, dull, dull.

Finished An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson.

No. 25, Fallen Angel by Don J. Snyder, is out the door. My ticker is updated.

#39 A Star Called Henry, all tickers updated.

Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan was my ROOT #45, the second for this month. Updating tickers.

I finished another off my (virtual, this time) shelf -- the e-book A Reason to Live by Matthew Iden. It's the third this month, 46th of the year. I'm updating the tickers.

Finished another ROOT and I've updated all tickers.

Another one bites the dust: Ian McEwan: Black dogs

(Actually: I was the one biting the dust due to its long stay on the shelves...)

Oh, and all tickers updated.

Just completed my 15th book - half-way there!

I have updated the group ticker.

Just finished a really long (2700 pages) non-ROOT so perhaps I'll be able to get back to reading ROOTs now.

Finished To Sleep with the Angels, about the 1958 Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago. Sad, sad, very well written. #47 of the year. Tickers updated.

I have been absent for a while due to family worries but am at last back and can add 3 to my tally taking me to 36/50. I have updated tickers.

Welcome back, Helen! So sorry you've had family worries.

Ok, so I know we are behind schedule - myself included - but I still think it's great to see the progress we are making. All those poor, overlooked books finally getting their due!

I have reached my goal of 35 books with Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

Other ROOTs from this month:

Mahu Vice by Neil Plakcy
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood.

I will continue to contribute further ROOTs to the group total but with a wider focus. I've only been counting ROOTs from my TBR pile, but from now on I will count all tomes that I own, whether they come from the TBR pile or not.

Yeah,Robert!

I reached my goal last month but I'm not stopping. Two more for September so far: When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells and Caravans by James A. Michener. 38/35

Finished another ROOT and have updated all tickers.

Just finished my #16, and updated the ticker.

I couldn't sleep last night , so another book finished. :-) 37/50

I've just finished my #13, hoping it's a lucky number. Tickers are updated.

OK, finished #5 for the month, #48 of 60 for the year. (I believe that's 80% of my goal, so I'm on a pace to finish!) Updating tickers.

Book #2 for the month is done. Ticker is updated. I should get a move on, I'm way behind.

#6 for the month is Maine Ghosts & Legends by Thomas Verde. It's just a very short little book, but I liked it and it counts! ;)

Updating tickers.

Book #3 for the month is finished. Ticker updated.

I just finished my 7th ROOT of the month, 50th of the year. (It was barely a root, not on shelf very long, but it counts under my rules). Updating tickers.

Make sure you're up-to-date, I'll be working on the totals ASAP!

I don't think I'll add any more ROOTS this month so I'll just report that my 36th ROOT for 2013 is The Mill on the Floss. As today is my birthday, I'm afraid 6 books got added to the TBR pile.

I am starting a new thread TBR@56

Having finished Against the Tide of Years I'm now up to 59 ROOTS. Updating all tickers.

My ticker is up to date, and I've reached my target! I'll continue adding to the group goal :)

Same here. Reading ROOT # 22. That is almost 2 books past my target. Ticker is up to date.

I'm now up to 20, but never can remember when/if I've updated any tickers other than my own . . . sorry, but my three tickers are all I can keep up with right now . . . Here's the one for this group:




Apologies if this group has a separate ticker thread, I can never remember that either . . .

I've been doing more cataloging than reading lately . . . so may not hit my goal of 50 . . . but am happy to report that 99% of my cataloging is DONE! ( I'm not saying 100% because everytime I think I'm done, I find some more books . . . in the basement, or a closet, or . . . :) My home shelves contain nearly 2000 books, with about 300 more in my catalog (read from library, read and gave away, wishlist, etc.) . . . Now that the books are cataloged, I'm going to try to start getting rid of as many as possible . . . (hoping to be moving sometime in the next year or so).

#65
I did the same thing a year ago. (moved) I moved a total of 864 books from one place to another. Then I purchased new book shelves. Seven of them. They had some bare shelves and so I got to go out and purchase books. I now have a little more than 1,100 books in the house. I also bought a new recliner and reading lamp.

65 & 66>> you need shelves recliners and reading lamps so that you can work diligently at those ROOTs! :-))

I read 4 ROOTS this month. I am ticker-less, thanks for your help cyderry!!

I'm afraid my recent reading has been some new things, but I have 2 ROOTS on the go. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll have either finished tonight. I am updated so far, and will add another if I finish it tonight.

I have 2 new books going so I don't think I can get another Root in. My total read for September is 4 and that makes a total of 24 read against my goal of 30.

I won't finish any more books for September, so my total for the month is 15. I am off to update my ticker.

I spoke too soon. Today (September 30th) is International Translation Day. In honour of the occasion, I am reading David Bellos's translation of Fred Vargas's L'Homme à l'envers (English title: Seeking Whom He May Devour). This is my 37th ROOT for 2013.

I'm currently reading The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon, which I started reading on Saturday, September 28th. I don't think that I'll be able to finish this book by Monday, so...

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

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 4
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 5
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 1
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 6 (4 ebooks)
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 14

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

I have a couple of ROOTs in progress, but I think they are going to be finished in October -- which should be a good month, as I have a bunch of ROOTs in my planned reading. Consider me done for September with 7 this month, 50 (towards a goal of 60) for the year. I think I've updated all the tickers for all of them.

Not such a good month for me, only 6 ROOTS completed, I've updated my ticker. Hopefully October will be an easier month.

Chalked up two more this month: Dissolution and The Passion of Artemesia, my V read. TPoA has been on my book shelf for ages! off to update.

Just posed number #31 on my thread! Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser.

I read 1 ROOT in September for a total of 17 out of 20. My ticker has been updated, but I haven't touched any group tickers.

I read 7 this month for a total of 51 for the year! That is 11 over my initial goal of 40!

I amended/extended my goal when I hit 40 in August but, for the sake of the overall group progress, I'm changing it back to the original number. Hope that doesn't create problems!

I finished 3 old roots out of my collection this month. I am ticker-less as well so you will have to change the group ticker for me. I hope to do better next month.

cyderry, can you please update my line in the opening post? Thanks!

edgewood 32 / 50 64%

October is up!

http://www.librarything.com/topic/159631

I was unable to complete my nearly 800 page Tome that I was reading for September so no need for me to update any tickers as I have moved The Invisible Bridge from September to October & I will attempt no library books but read from my shelves for this coming month. I want to get my numbers up.