AUGUST ROOT - Progress Thread

The summer is almost gone and we still have ROOTs to go! So as the lazy days of summer wind down, let's read at the beach or sitting in a hammock or lounging by the pool!
I have placed a ★ for anyone who reached 7/12 of their goal. If anyone is 8/12 of their goal they got ★★, and two months ahead got ★★★ . This just signifies that you are on target to reach your personal goal if you keep up the same pace. Those without a ★ need to pickup the pace if we want to reach their goals.
Let's see the new Tickers sparkle with enormous proportions so that we dig deep and weed out those UNREAD BOOKS!




These tickers show the progress toward the group goal.

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I would like to ask for your assistance keeping the totals in 2014.
Anyone with the ° symbol next to their name still need to add their tickers to the thread or need to remember to put their total at the end of the month in the progress thread.
Please post your personal tickers in the ticker thread or post your monthly progress here at the end of the month so that I can gather the numbers in one thread as much as possible.
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.
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Here are the totals for July. If anybody's number needs adjustment, please let me know.
If your name is not on the list, I couldn't find your ticker or personal thread.
So, now, Ladies and Gentlemen, BOOK LOVERS, BIBLIOPHILES, BOOK HOARDERS - get out there and read those BOOKS!

Our goal for August is 3,059.
Seven members - Squeakychu, daughterofheaven, Ameise1, tess_i_am48, christina_reads, Caramellunacy, and jen.e.moore had already reached their goals and earned a star by their name!

In July they were joined by:

majkia
VivienneR
ipsoivan
benitastrnad

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to all those who have reached their goal!




OUR LEADER THIS MONTH STRIVING TO REACH THEIR GOAL IS --- rainpebble at 98%
But we have several other readers who are nipping at her heels

leslie.98 95.6%
pigletto 95.6%
merryann 94.0%
avanders 91.7%
Familyhistorian 91.4%
auntmarge64 90.0%

Players
amberfly 34 / 50 ★★ 68.0%
Ameise1★ 14 / 10 140.0%
amobogio 9 / 50 18.0%
ananislaw 30 / 50 ★ 60.0%
Anoplophora 9 / 41 22.0%
arrianarose 11 / 25 44.0%
AuntieClio 34 / 50 ★★ 68.0%
auntmarge64 27 / 30 ★★★★ 90.0%
avanders 22 / 24 ★★★★★ 91.7%
Avery_dItkarya 3 / 20 15.0%
avidmom 10 / 15 ★★ 66.7%
bayleaf 3 / 12 25.0%
benitastrnad★° 31 / 30 103.3%
bohemima 27 / 36 ★★★ 75.0%
bookishmaters 2 / 75 2.7%
bragan 69 / 100 ★★ 69.0%
brewergirl 13 / 35 37.1%
Caramellunacy★ 63 / 50 126.0%
christina_reads★ 28 / 21 133.3%
Claire.Powers 65 / 150 43.3%
clue 23 / 30 ★★★ 76.7%
Conachair 28 / 50 56.0%
connie53 18 / 24 ★★★ 75.0%
craso 5 / 8 ★ 62.5%
crazy4reading 23 / 35 ★ 65.7%
cyderry 50 / 84 ★ 59.5%
damarisT 3 / 14 21.4%
daughterofheaven★ 13 / 13 100.0%
deep220 30 / 50 ★ 60.0%
detailmuse 20 / 30 ★★ 66.7%
dudes22 44 / 60 ★★ 73.3%
edgewood 10 / 50 20.0%
eesti23 6 / 25 24.0%
emperatrix 3 / 30 10.0%
EricPatterson 1 / 25 4.0%
Familyhistorian 32 / 35 ★★★★ 91.4%
fuzzi 21 / 40 52.5%
HelenBaker 22 / 35 ★ 62.9%
hemlokgang 11 / 25 44.0%
Henrik_Madsen 28 / 50 56.0%
Infoquest 47 / 75 ★ 62.7%
inge_87 17 / 36 47.2%
ipsoivan★ 30 / 30 100.0%
JackieKirkham 13 / 18 ★★ 72.2%
JacobsBeloved 7 / 20 35.0%
janflora 5 / 50 10.0%
jen.e.moore★ 77 / 50 154.0%
jennyifer24 5 / 12 41.7%
jessibud2 12 / 20 ★ 60.0%
johanna414 17 / 20 ★★★★ 85.0%
jonesli 48 / 75 ★ 64.0%
kac522 14 / 30 46.7%
karen_o 28 / 45 ★ 62.2%
karspeak 18 / 20 ★★★★ 90.0%
Kaydeanne 14 / 50 28.0%
kaylaraeintheway 6 / 15 40.0%
kittym° 6 / 12 50.0%
kkunker 22 / 36 ★ 61.1%
LadyBookworth 15 / 25 ★ 60.0%
lahochstetler 6 / 50 12.0%
laura_88 6 / 20 30.0%
laurabrook 36 / 50 ★★ 72.0%
lauranav 16 / 30 53.3%
laytonwoman3rd 23 / 35 ★ 65.7%
leslie.98 43 / 45 ★★★★★ 95.6%
lilywren 4 / 25 16.0%
lindapanzo 17 / 36 47.2%
Little Taiko 33 / 50 ★ 66.0%
lizamichelle° 30 / 100 30.0%
lkernagh 17 / 25 ★★ 68.0%
LongDogMom° 4 / 35 11.4%
LorLe 12 / 50 24.0%
lulaa 4 / 50 8.0%
Maaike15274 46 / 56 ★★★ 82.1%
mabith 17 / 24 ★★ 70.8%
majkia ★ 62 / 60 103.3%
mandymarie20° 21 / 100 21.0%
melonbrawl 12 / 50 24.0%
Merryann 79 / 84 ★★★★★ 94.0%
Michael.Rimmer 8 / 12 ★★ 66.7%
MissWatson 22 / 36 ★ 61.1%
moonshineandrosefire 69 / 120 57.5%
Nickelini° 30 / 50 ★ 60.0%
paulstalder 7 / 50 14.0%
Pigletto 58 / 60 ★★★★★ 96.7%
PolymathicMonkey 22 / 50 44.0%
punky° 3 / 50 6.0%
Quaisior° 23 / 50 46.0%
rabbitprincess 41 / 50 ★★★ 82.0%
raidergirl3 12 / 25 48.0%
rainpebble 49 / 50 ★★★★★ 98.0%
ramblingivy° 2 / 8 25.0%
riverwillow 14 / 24 ★ 58.3%
RobertGreaves° 43 / 75 57.3%
rubyandthetwins 41 / 48 ★★★★ 85.4%
sallylou61 11 / 20 55.0%
sarahbradshaw 11 / 30 36.7%
scenik1 25 / 45 55.6%
shearon° 5 / 25 20.0%
shinyone 18 / 25 ★★ 72.0%
Shutzie 19 / 50 38.0%
skyrad43 12 / 20 ★ 60.0%
SqueakyChu★ 8 / 6 133.3%
streamsong 33 / 50 ★ 66.0%
SuziQoregon 7 / 18 38.9%
Tallulah_Rose 9 / 20 45.0%
Tanya-dogearedcopy 11 / 50 22.0%
tess_i_am48★ 29 / 16 181.3%
tloeffler 33 / 50 ★ 66.0%
torontoc° 13 / 30 43.3%
tymos 28 / 48 ★ 58.3%
vestafan° 26 / 50 52.0%
VivienneR★ 52 / 50 104.0%
westham89° 10 / 26 38.5%

I have moved the challengers who have yet to record a ROOT read to a separate list and their goals have been removed from the group goal.
When and if they record a ROOT, they will be moved back to the main tickers.

ArmyAngel1986° 0 / 50
Ashuri 0 / 75
Barefoot 0 / 12
becbart 0 / 10
billiejean° 0 / 15
BurntUmberDust 0 / 25
elcee 0 / 8
EllsieFind 0 / 14
h-mb 0 / 12
JustBreathe13° 0 / 12
Kwidhalm° 0 / 25
LissaJ 0 / 75
lmw44039° 0 / 10
mgnm 0 / 12
MissBrangwen 0 / 115
ReneeLaVonne° 0 / 70
Seljordroos° 0 / 40
tanager 0 / 25
Threeatlast 0 / 25
tottman 0 / 25
twiga92 0 / 50
zephyr4 0 / 30



So now is the time to sit back and READ, READ, READ!!!

As always, if I screwed up anybody's total, please let me know.

Hello there, cyderry! :) I finished one more ROOT on July 30th and just got a chance to update my totals today. So, my total to date is actually 69 ROOTs read out of 120. Thanks so much!

Thank you thank you Chèli!
And Congratulations to all the successful ROOTers!

Congratulations to everyone who finished their challenge this month! Also thanks to cyderry, as always, for keeping the totals!

Thank you Chèli for all of your efforts. And congrats to all of you who are digging into your ROOTs!

I have just begun my 1st ROOT for August: In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. {acquired prior to L.T.}

>5 rainpebble: Oh, that is such a great book! I read it last year.

I've finished my first book for this month - An Irish Country Village the second book in a series by Patrick Taylor about a young man apprenticing to be a GP in a small Irish Village.

I just finished collecting my totals together, and discovered that I've read 42 ROOTs out of 48! :) I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, Cheli, but thanks so much for everything :)

Note: I put this on the July thread, but am putting it here, too.

Cheli, I had forgotten to update my ticker on my last July book. My year-to-date ROOTs total as of 7/31 was actually 28. Sorry! My bad!

Finished my first ROOT for August, There Came Both Mist and Snow, which is#6 in the Inspector Appleby series.

My total is correct for July. Just finished off my first ROOT for August, Wind in the Willows. Updated all tickers.

Thank you for doing the numbers, Chèli. After a rather dry spell with a very long book in July I can already report success for August: Red Shift.

Thanks cyderry for all the effort and congratulations to everyone who reached their goals!
My totals are correct.
Could anyone tell me if we reached our goal in July? I may have overseen it in the opening post.

>>13 Tallulah_Rose: We fell about 80 books short last month so we need to read an extra 1 each to make up for that.

Me, personally, I'm hoping to be a really good girl and get back into the reading mode (no travels scheduled though some of my grandchildren will be visiting one weekend) and I have 13 ROOTs on the August reading list.

Finished my 2nd book for this month Village School by Miss Read

I actually just managed one last ROOT for July, finishing Phineas Finn on July 31, but I didn't update my ticker until today. That brings my total up to 19/25.

I immediately started another doorstop, Reamde by the always verbose Neal Stephenson.

Hello everyone! :) Well, I finished back-to-back ROOTs yesterday, August 4th - Guilt by Association by Susan R. Sloan and The Diary by Eileen Goudge.

I didn't manage to read any more ROOTS in July, but finished one yesterday for my first August ROOT (and 14th overall). "Mumu" by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev - a short story which I'd downloaded to help me work my way up to tackling some of the mammoth Russian classics, but which was so depressing I was glad it was only short and which hasn't inspired me to go for anything longer!

I've updated my ticker, but not the group one. Amazingly I'm only 4 short of my goal of 18 books for the year, I will keep my goal at 18 and donate any extras to the group total. I'll be interested to see how close I get to my original goal of 25 (I reduced the goal earlier in the year when I was making heavy weather of reading. Very grateful for the short books which have helped me creep back!).

I wasn't able to check that my ticker was up to date for the end of July as my internet was down. I missed one book so I was actually at 33/35. I just added another ROOT for August so I am now at 34/35 - almost there!

I pulled If I Stay from my TBR when I saw a trailer on TV for the movie which is coming out later this month(?). A YA book about a girl who's in a car accident and must decide if she wants to stay alive or die. An out-of-body kind of thing. I'm no judge of YA books, but I thought this was well written.

The movie looks interesting.. didn't realize it was based on a YA book. I see from your notes elsewhere that there is a sequel... hope the movie doesn't leave us (those of us not reading the books :)) hanging!

I finished reading my third ROOT for August - Kiss and Kill by Karen Young, on Wednesday, August 6th! :)

>21 avanders: - I think, Ava, that once you know there's a sequel, you kind of know what her decision was.

Today I completed my 50th ROOT of the year & 1st for August. With In This House of Brede I met my goal for the year. But I am not stopping here. Onward and upward. Next up my second Virago ROOT for the month: My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather for ALL VIRAGO/ALL AUGUST over on the Virago group site. (also acquired prior to L.T.)

I finished my 11th ROOT, Pride and Prejudice and updated my ticker. That makes 11/15.

>24 rainpebble: - WOOHOO! Way to go.

>24 rainpebble: Congratulations! Did you like In this House of Brede?

>24 rainpebble: Sorry, you can ignore the above. I just found your review on your own thread. Glad you liked it--I loved it too.

>24 rainpebble: I have that one on the shelf.

I finished The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman as first root of August. I have a couple other Roots in progress.

I finished The Martian which was a terrific read! Updating all tickers.

Congratulations >24 rainpebble:!

>30 majkia: I was just reading good things about that one! Glad you enjoyed it! :)

Another ROOT -- Darkside by Belinda Bauer, #2 for the month.

Thanks kiddeos.

I am about half way through my 3rd ROOT for August, This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart. I am enjoying this old romantic suspense novel.

My 2nd ROOT, My Mortal Enemy, was good but not great whereas my 1st for the month, In This House of Brede, was so GREAT that I rated it a 5+ star read and while I have read a great many really good books this year this one is by far the best!

>33 rainpebble: that (This Rough Magic) was on the list of books recommended by people who are sad that there hasn't been a new Susanna Clarke book... Excited to hear what you think about it!

Yeah, Belva - good job!

Anyone else having trouble with the tickers today? I finished my first ROOT of the month but can't add it to these tickers, or to any of my own. The only option seems to be to edit the style, which I don't want.

All three of my tickers are down, too. Hope they fix it soon!

>37 streamsong: Good to know that I'm not the only one. I hope they fix it soon, too.

I tried repeatedly to update a ticker last night but it didn't have any numbers in it - there is not much point in a ticker without numbers.

Oh, that isn't good. I hadn't noticed because I usually update mine at the month's end. How frustrating for you all.

Last night I began my 4th ROOT of the month: Not So Quiet: Step-Daughters of War by Helen Zenna Smith and am finding it very good so far.

Tickers are not working for me either at this time. :(

I sent an email to Ticker Factory tonight to see if we can get any help with this issue. My tickers have not worked at all since yesterday.

I just tried to update my ticker -- no go for me, either.

I did finish another ROOT -- a "virtual" one this time, but an e-book I've owned long enough to count. That's my third ROOT of the month, #31 of 48 for the year.

So far this month:

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
Darkside by Belinda Bauer
Free Fall by Chris Grabenstein

All good reading!

I've been searching for someone else with the same problem. I'm glad it's not just my tickers that are not working. I submitted an email report and will let you all know if they send a reply.

I just tried to update my ticker and encountered the same problem. Thanks to Vivienne for looking into it!

Glad the ticker problem isn't just me. I thought I'd be able to add additional items onto my original completed ticker but it didn't look possible, but perhaps that's because the ticker page isn't working?

Since the tickers are down, I shall use this thread to express my relief at finally finishing Foucault's Pendulum. I have been trying to read this book since at least 2008, and just this morning I turned the last page! My first ROOT for August, hurrah.

(It was worth it, in the end; it's just a terribly dense book that requires a really unusual amount of concentration.)

oo oo oo! :)
Everyone tells me to read that one.. and it's one of the older ROOTs on my shelf...
Glad you say it was "worth it, in the end" :)

The mystery I finished yesterday has been on my shelves for about 20 years so it felt good to finally read the darn thing. I'll be donating it to a fellow LTer when I meet up with her for lunch in a few weeks.

#31 Ok, I just finished Women in Love. VERY mixed feelings about this; it's a bit of a bodice ripper at points, mostly homoerotic, but in the end I actually did care what happened to the characters. It's just so overwritten. I'll try to update this on the tickers. If it doesn't work I'll wait until they are fixed.

I've finished two more ROOTs for August - Sandcastles by Luanne Rice was my fourth ROOT; which I finished reading on Saturday, August 9th! :) My fifth ROOT was Sleeping Tiger by Rosamunde Pilcher; which I finished reading on Monday, August 11th! :)

I'll be offline for a few days, visiting family. Happy reading all!

I finished my fourth ROOT of the month, The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey. I'm having a good month for ROOTs!

It looks like the tickers are fixed now, if anyone's wondering!

Mine's not working now. :(

I was able to update a ticker today finally, just in time to meet my goal!

added #14 Baldwin Street -review on my thread

OK, was able to update my ticker just now. I've already finished five ROOTs this month! This may be my best month for ROOTs in a long, long while.

I've added another ROOT, from 2013, Mr Churchill's Secretary. Attempting to update tickers. (Fingers crossed).

I finished my 35th ROOT and updated my ticker so I have reached my goal. I will keep reading ROOTs (I have 3 on the go right now so I might as well finish them) and will keep adding to the group total.

I've updated the group ticker as far as my own reading is concerned, and I'll now update my own.

Huzzah, Meg!

>59 Familyhistorian: Congratulations! Since some of us are still slacking it is great, that you will keep helping us out with the group goal.

I finished ROOT 29 & 30 this week. My ticker is updated, and I have also updated the group tickers.

added #15 to my completed books- review is on my thread and I have updated the numbers ticker.

added #16

I have reached my goal of 25 with The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov, the third in the Robot series. Updated my ticker but not the group ones...

>65 leslie.98: Congratulations!

Finished a root that's been on my shelf since (head hides in shame) the 1990s. Tickers updated.

>67 kac522: No reason for shame at all - some of us consider the oldest ROOTS the most prestigious of all ;-)

Great leslie!

#67 Good Rooting!!! I agree with Henrik, that is one to be proud of.

>55 Familyhistorian: (and >59 Familyhistorian:) and >65 leslie.98: Congratulations on meeting your ROOT goal!

As for me, I've finished ROOT #23... just 1 more until I reach my own goal! :)
(personal ticker updated; I always leave group tickers alone :))

Congrats to all at, near, or ROOTing for their goals with books of whatever age!

I seem to forget about this thread on a regular basis!

I am currently reading ROOT # 23 and 24 and then I will have reached my goal! **Does little happy dance**.

I will be reading ROOTs to be added to the group total for the remainder of the year.

I've been concentrating on library books but finally finished another ROOT for this month - Mr Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal.

ROOT #2 for August (#15 overall) is Alex McCall's "Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens". As silly as it sounds, but a great read from a young first time author (I know his mum!). 4/5

I've updated my ticker but left the group one alone.

Sixth root done for the month, The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth. I'm on a roll!

>76 tymfos: That's high on my TBR list -- how was it?!

Been busy reading my own ROOTs and see that you all have been busy reading yours.

>>59 Familyhistorian: and >>65 leslie.98: CONGRATULATIONS on reaching yours goals and thanks from everyone for continuing to work toward the group goal!

>78 cyderry: Thanks, Cheli. I'm taking a bit of a break from ROOTs right now, trying to clear up the backlog of library books. I will get back to ROOTing really soon.

>77 avanders: I found it really odd. Very well done, I think, but not my cup of tea.

>80 tymfos: Hmm, have you read other Philip Roth books?

Hi there, everyone! :) I've been keeping up with my reading of my ROOTs, but sort of slid off the 'acquisition wagon' this past Saturday, August 16th - between us, Mareena and I bought 74 new-to-us books from our local library book sale. Mareena bought herself 22 books and I bought 52! :) It's my birthday today, so I'm sticking with my story: "Library Birthday Visit'! :)

I've updated my thread with what I'm reading: https://www.librarything.com/topic/163437, but wanted to mention what I've been reading here, as well! :) On Thursday, August 14th, I finished my sixth ROOT Prized Possessions by Avery Corman. I finished my seventh ROOT on Friday, August 15th - Behind Closed Doors by Susan R. Sloan. My eighth ROOT read in August was A Nice Place to Live by Robert C. Sloane, which I finished on Monday, August 18th. I finished my ninth ROOT for August on Wednesday, August 20th, The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine.

My last two ROOTs were actually acquired from the library book sale that we went to on Saturday, so I guess that I'm down to 50 new ROOTs! :) I've updated all my personal tickers, which seem to be working just fine for me - no problems.

>82 moonshineandrosefire: Happy birthday to you! That sounds like a pretty impressive haul!

>82 moonshineandrosefire: wow! sounds like fun! :) Congrats on all your ROOTing!

I'm behind schedule on my ROOTS for the year, having finished 19 out of my planned 36. However, it is a nice feeling to pass the halfway point. Reading 36 ROOTS seems like a lot. Reading 17 seems much more doable.

I just updated my ticker to include my latest ROOTS - and I have not only met my goal but surpassed it! I'm going to try to read a few more ROOTS before the end of the year though and maybe help the group numbers a bit.

Well done! Congratulations on trouncing your goal.

#34 Ok, that's it. The Man Without Qualities got a good effort from me, but... just no. It reminds me of the people who recommended it to me 25 years ago, a couple of Philosophy grad students who were as arid as this book. It's dry, intellectual, and completely lacking soul.

I hate to give up on books, but life is just too short, so out it goes.

>86 johanna414: Congratulations!!

>88 ipsoivan: blech, sounds like a good one to pass on!

GOAL!


24th ROOT pulled!
Valley of the Dolls,
I liked the iconic references and the gritty world, but I felt that the "trashy" part was a little too gratuitous for my preferences..

Looking forward to finally reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane (library book) next!

Huzzah!

I've finished my third ROOT of the month and 20th of the year. Then I started, but tossed aside into the donation bin, a creepy mystery. I expected a nice cozy but this one was weird. I'm counting that as my 21st ROOT since (thankfully), it's no longer on my shelves.

So far my month of ROOTing has gone like this:
50. In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden; {acquired prior to L.T.}; (5+*); ROOT goal met with this one.
51. My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather; {acquired prior to L.T.}; (3*)
52. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart; {acquired prior to L.T.}; (4*)
53. Not So Quiet: Step-Daughters of War by Helen Zenna Smith; {acquired 11/04/2009}; (5*)
54. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day by Winifred Watson; {acquired 07/03/2009}; (4 1/2*)
55. The Dud Avacado by Elaine Dundy; {acquired 8/08/2011}; (1 1/2*)
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It appears that I continue to dig out books I have owned for eons. I guess that is a good thing for out of my ROOTs for the month, so far I have culled 2.
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>93 rainpebble: That's fantastic. I'm determined to follow your lead and root out some older ones--and cull if need be.

Finished my fourth ROOT for August, #25 overall. All tickers updated

Congratulations, Ava, Connie, Johanna, and everyone else who reached their goal this month. I'm in some great company, having just reached mine, too. :)

We had a bit of an accident today in my Library, though. If anyone is interested in viewing the pictures, they're in my Member Gallery. All is well now, I'm happy to say.

>96 Merryann::
Merryann, (and indeed you are merry) I have just come from the accident scene where I saw not CSI agent. What is that all about? I visited at the hospital for a bit and am so happy that as you said, "All is well now."

Love your library & you gave me my first much needed giggle of the day. Many thanks for that. :-)

>96 Merryann: thanks and congratulations to you too!
I'll check out those pics .. Glad to hear things are well now!

I have read three books from my TBR file this month: Growing Up with Dick and Jane, Quakers and Nazis, and Angels in My Heart, and updated the ticker. I have described the books in more detail on my thread.

>97 rainpebble: Oh no! I shall probably have them in tomorrow investigating!
>98 avanders: Thank you for the congratulations. :)
>99 sallylou61: What an interesting combination of books: Dick, Jane, Quakers, Nazis, and angels. Awesome balance!

Edited to say, I thought Dick and Jane was going to be a light, fluffy book in stark contrast with the other two, and that seemed funny to me (even though I read like that all the time to keep the serious from getting me down). Then I went to sallylou61's page and read the descriptions of the books. Seriously, now, I say, "Awesome reading!" All three of those books sound interesting to me.

Re 99 and 100. I should have mentioned in my write-up that the Angels in the title refer to the miscarriages the author had. She found comfort in naming her lost babies, and has a place in her heart for each of them. She also dedicated the book to them.

So far, I've ROOTed out 7 books in August, and have two more that I'm reading which I may or may not finish by the end of the month. (I'll probably finish one.) This brings me to 35 finished out of a goal of 48, so I'm a bit ahead of schedule. This is by far my best month for ROOTs this year.

Two ROOTs completed in August: Reamde by Neal Stephenson and Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit by Carol J. Singley. I have a couple of library books to read now so I'm done ROOTing for the month.

21/25 Only 4 to go!!

In the past couple of days I have added 2 more ROOTs to my August list:
56. The Loving Spirit by Daphne du Maurier; {acquired 05/22/2009}; (5*) &
57. When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant; {acquired 9/07/2011}; (3 1/2*).
This puts me at 7 over goal but the most important thing to me is that I just keep reading some darned good ROOTs. This is a good year. Less depression equals more reading. Yea, me!

>104 rainpebble: Yay!

Finished one more for this month Needles and Pearls by Gil McNeil

Is anyone going to Dragoncon in Atlanta this weekend? Want to meet up? I meant to join the Green Dragon group or the Science Fiction Fans group in time to get to know people and hopefully have some friends to hang out with there this year, but I never got around to doing it. Good grief, time goes by fast.

My goal is to find a nice, gentle, role-playing group that will let me play, too. It's my new thing to learn this year. :)

Another ROOT for me, this one The World at Night by Alan Furst. Wonderful, as always. Updating all tickers.

No ROOTs for me this month, alas, although I did start and then discard several ROOTS. But nothing for the tickers.

I managed four (admittedly short) ROOTs this month, tickers are updated. Haven't quite made up my mind about the next one, yet...

>107 Merryann: sounds fun! Hope you find some people to meet up w/!

As for my end-of-month ROOT stats, I've met my goal but haven't done anything to surpass it yet.. so 24/24 :)
The book I'm reading is a library book so wouldn't count...
Personal tickers updated; group ticker left in peace.

Sorry that I have not been around. I had password problems. So I have read 8 of my 15 books from Jan-Aug. I did not add them to the ticker since I am sidelined due to lack of posting. Would you please add these to the ticker if it has been adjusted to include me? I hope to have at least one for September. Thanks!

Four added; tickers updated. On to September.

I won't be reading another ROOT this month so I'll go ahead and report 2 for a total of 25 against my goal of 30.

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I thought about going to DragonCon. I think it has been about 15 years since I went to the last one. However, I don't think I will go because the traffic getting there will be a nightmare. Alabama plays West Virginia in the Georgia Dome on Saturday afternoon. It 's bad enough to have to suffer through football season in Tuscaloosa. I don't want to have to drive to Atlanta with them there fans.

>115 benitastrnad: Oh my! I was thinking about taking Marta in tomorrow (our public transportation system for those not local to Atlanta) but it may be even busier than the roads. Thanks for the heads-up; I didn't know there was a game scheduled.

Tonight was a lovely night and I had a great time so I'm looking forward to tomorrow, however I get there. :)

I manged to read 100 pages of a book, thinking it sounded somewhat familiar, before I looked to see that I had already read this book back in 2008. Somehow I manged to add a different book version, so it wasn't caught as a duplicate when I added this one. I'm thinking the difference was hardcover/paperback, but annoyed that it took me 100 pages before I checked.

>117 dudes22: Lol been there! ;)

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Tomorrow should be fine in downtown Atlanta. I hope you have a good time. Maybe I will go next year. And wear a costume.

I finally made a dent in my bursting-at-the-seams books shelves by reading 7 books this month from off my shelves. I did not update any tickers and since I am not likely to finish any more books today, that will be my total for the month.

I've got to get crackin'....I'm reading at a good pace this year, but have only logged 26 of my goal of 35 from off my own shelves. The push is ON!

Finished one more ROOT for the month, my 67th total. A Spy in the House is a very fun Victorian mystery.

Updating all tickers.

Here is my report for August 2014:

UpROOTED books: 5
ROOTless books: 1
Added to the TBR pile: 5

My ROOTS were:

The Saint Zita Society by Ruth Rendell
Britain After Rome by Robin Fleming
The Last King of Lydia by Tim Leach
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts by John Mitchell

ROOTS in YTD: 48

No tickers were harmed in the compilation of this report.

Only 5 ROOTS for me this month, too many library books!

This brings my year to date total to 53, and I've updated my ticker accordingly.

I just finished #17- the review is on my thread and I updated the numbers ticker.

I've finished ROOT # 23! So one more to go and four months left to read that one!
My ticker is updated.

I've fallen off the ticker wagon, but here are my stats as of now:

edgewood 26 / 50 52.0%

8 ROOTs this month. Vacation rocks for reading! My ticker is up to date but didn't do the group one.

one last ROOT for me for the month, from 2013, The Mermaids Singing. Updating all tickers.

Updated my ticker with my year-to-date total: 43 of 50 ROOTS.

I read 4 more this month, for a grand total of 32! I've updated my own ticker but have not touched group tickers.

I managed to add 5 more books to my ROOTs total for this month. I updated my own ticker but not the group one.

>132 Familyhistorian: me too. I added my 5th ROOT for August last night. I am up to 68% of my goal. Woo!

As usual, I updated my own ticker, but NOT the group ticker. :)

Addendum: not a nag, but I am waiting anxiously for the SEPTEMBER ROOT thread...

Hello again, everyone! :) I'm just gathering together my totals for August, and I think I caught up during this month...I know I fell a bit behind last month. :)

In keeping with the group theme, here are my August totals:

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 6
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 7
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 1
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 61 (gulp!)
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 20

My personal tickers and thread are all up to date, here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/163437

Hi there, everyone! ;) Sorry for the delay in posting my totals. Anyway, my August was pretty good - I read two more ROOTs than last August so I suppose that is certainly nothing to sneeze at! ;) lol! So, in keeping with the group theme, here are my totals for the month of August:

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 1
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 5
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 0 (yes!)
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 29 (not as bad as it could have been, I suppose! :))
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 2
Leaves Swept Up: stands for books that were purged: 5

Here is the link to my thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/163513

All of my personal tickers are updated :) Thanks so much, Cheli!

I'm still going to be reading ROOTs for the challenge and to increase the group's totals - not to worry! :)

I have added more roots to my mental list as I am taking part in the Read-a-Thing which ends at 5:00 P.M. for me this evening. But did not take the time to add them to my root ticker. I will add them to September's list.

But I did have a WOOPsie! I neglected to add the last two to my ticker. It has now been done and puts me at 57 for the year.

Thank you Cheli. This is such a great challenge.

I'm running a bit behind today, hoping to finish tallies this evening.

September thread is up and running!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/179956