SEPTEMBER ROOT - Progress Thread

Okay, summer is over (at least for the Northern Hemisphere) and we still have ROOTs to read! So as the kids go back to school and have their reading to do, let's read at the same time!
I have placed a ★ for anyone who reached 8/12 of their goal. If anyone is 9/12 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.

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.

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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 August. 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 group goal for September is 3,452. We were only 102 short last month.

amberfly 35 / 50 ★ 70.0%
Ameise1★ 14 / 10 140.0%
amobogio 9 / 50 18.0%
ananislaw 32 / 50 64.0%
Anoplophora 9 / 41 22.0%
arrianarose 11 / 25 44.0%
AuntieClio 39 / 50 ★★ 78.0%
auntmarge64★ 34 / 30 113.3%
avanders★ 24 / 24 100.0%
Avery_dItkarya 3 / 20 15.0%
avidmom 11 / 15 ★ 73.3%
bayleaf 3 / 12 25.0%
benitastrnad★° 38 / 30 126.7%
billiejean° 8 / 15 53.3%
bohemima 28 / 36 ★★ 77.8%
bookishmaters 2 / 75 2.7%
bragan 74 / 100 ★ 74.0%
brewergirl 13 / 35 37.1%
Caramellunacy★ 65 / 50 130.0%
christina_reads★ 32 / 21 152.4%
Claire.Powers 65 / 150 43.3%
clue 25 / 30 ★★★ 83.3%
Conachair 28 / 50 56.0%
connie53 23 / 24 ★★★★ 95.8%
craso 5 / 8 62.5%
crazy4reading 29 / 35 ★★ 82.9%
cyderry 57 / 84 ★ 67.9%
damarisT 3 / 14 21.4%
daughterofheaven★ 13 / 13 100.0%
deep220 35 / 50 ★ 70.0%
detailmuse 23 / 30 ★★ 76.7%
dudes22 51 / 60 ★★★ 85.0%
edgewood 26 / 50 52.0%
eesti23 11 / 25 44.0%
emperatrix 3 / 30 10.0%
EricPatterson 1 / 25 4.0%
Familyhistorian★ 38 / 35 108.6%
fuzzi 27 / 40 ★ 67.5%
HelenBaker 23 / 35 65.7%
hemlokgang 14 / 25 56.0%
Henrik_Madsen 30 / 50 60.0%
Infoquest 51 / 75 ★ 68.0%
inge_87 17 / 36 47.2%
ipsoivan★ 35 / 30 116.7%
JackieKirkham 15 / 18 ★★★ 83.3%
JacobsBeloved 7 / 20 35.0%
janflora 5 / 50 10.0%
jen.e.moore★ 78 / 50 156.0%
jennyifer24 5 / 12 41.7%
jessibud2 12 / 20 60.0%
johanna414★ 22 / 20 110.0%
jonesli 53 / 75 ★ 70.7%
kac522 16 / 30 53.3%
karen_o 35 / 45 ★★ 77.8%
karspeak 18 / 20 ★★★ 90.0%
Kaydeanne 15 / 50 30.0%
kaylaraeintheway 6 / 15 40.0%
kittym° 9 / 12 ★★ 75.0%
kkunker 25 / 36 ★ 69.4%
LadyBookworth 17 / 25 ★ 68.0%
lahochstetler 6 / 50 12.0%
laura_88 7 / 20 35.0%
laurabrook 45 / 50 ★★★ 90.0%
lauranav 16 / 30 53.3%
laytonwoman3rd 27 / 35 ★★ 77.1%
leslie.98★ 45 / 45 100.0%
lilywren 4 / 25 16.0%
lindapanzo 21 / 36 58.3%
Little Taiko 36 / 50 ★ 72.0%
lizamichelle° 33 / 100 33.0%
lkernagh 20 / 25 ★★ 80.0%
LongDogMom° 4 / 35 11.4%
LorLe 19 / 50 38.0%
lulaa 4 / 50 8.0%
Maaike15274 46 / 56 ★★ 82.1%
mabith 19 / 24 ★★ 79.2%
majkia ★ 67 / 60 111.7%
mandymarie20° 21 / 100 21.0%
melonbrawl 12 / 50 24.0%
Merryann★ 88 / 84 104.8%
Michael.Rimmer 8 / 12 ★ 66.7%
MissWatson 27 / 36 ★★ 75.0%
moonshineandrosefire 82 / 120 ★ 68.3%
Nickelini° 32 / 50 64.0%
paulstalder 19 / 50 38.0%
Pigletto★ 64 / 60 106.7%
PolymathicMonkey 40 / 50 ★★ 80.0%
punky° 3 / 50 6.0%
Quaisior° 29 / 50 58.0%
rabbitprincess 43 / 50 ★★★ 86.0%
raidergirl3 14 / 25 56.0%
rainpebble★ 57 / 50 114.0%
ramblingivy° 2 / 8 25.0%
riverwillow 16 / 24 ★ 66.7%
RobertGreaves° 48 / 75 64.0%
rubyandthetwins★ 48 / 48 100.0%
sallylou61 14 / 20 ★ 70.0%
sarahbradshaw 13 / 30 43.3%
scenik1★ 46 / 45 102.2%
shearon° 5 / 25 20.0%
shinyone 21 / 25 ★★★ 84.0%
Shutzie 22 / 50 44.0%
skyrad43★ 21 / 20 105.0%
SqueakyChu★ 8 / 6 133.3%
streamsong 38 / 50 ★★ 76.0%
SuziQoregon 7 / 18 38.9%
Tallulah_Rose 10 / 20 50.0%
Tanya-dogearedcopy 12 / 50 24.0%
tess_i_am48★ 34 / 16 212.5%
tloeffler 38 / 50 ★★ 76.0%
torontoc° 17 / 30 56.7%
tymos 36 / 48 ★★ 75.0%
vestafan° 30 / 50 60.0%
VivienneR★ 57 / 50 114.0%
westham89° 10 / 26 38.5%

Eleven members - Squeakychu, daughterofheaven, Ameise1, tess_i_am48, christina_reads, Caramellunacy, jen.e.moore majkia, VivienneR, and benitastrnad have already reached their goals and earned a star by their name! In August their numbers nearly doubled when they were were joined by:

auntmarge64★
avanders★
Familyhistorian★
ipsoivan★
johanna414★
leslie.98★
Merryann★
Pigletto★
rainpebble★
rubyandthetwins★
scenik1★
skyrad43★




OUR LEADER THIS MONTH STRIVING TO REACH THEIR GOAL IS --- connie53 at 95.3%
But we have several other readers who are nipping at her heels

karspeak 90.0%
laurabrook 90.0%
ipsoivan 86.7%
rabbitprincess 86.0%
dudes22 85.0%


The following have been removed from the group total since they have not started their ROOT challenge as yet.
When their threads/tickers indicate that they are ROOTing I will move them back into the main challenge.
AA1986 ArmyAngel1986° 0 / 50
Ashuri 0 / 75
Barefoot 0 / 12
becbart 0 / 10
BJ 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
Ellen Seljordroos° 0 / 40
tanager 0 / 25
Threeatlast 0 / 25
tottman 0 / 25
twiga92 0 / 50
zephyr4 0 / 30

Thanks for keeping tabs on us all, Cheli. I see I'm still a couple of books behind. I may have to rethink my goal at the end of September.

Thank you again!! Congrats to us for only being 102 short of our August goal!

Disappointed I missed making a star this month but have just finished Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie so I am back on track. Off to update tickers.

>4 HelenBaker: I liked your review... Good points!

Just added #18 to the numbers ticker and my review is on my thread

Yippee! I earned a star for my 67%! :)

Harder, must read harder...

I upped the tickers by one ROOT (finished that book this morning). I'm now 9/6. :)

I just finished my first ROOT of September and my 37th of the year, Kay Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind. Powerful book!

Finished two ROOTs for September already, which puts me at 27 total. All tickers have been updated.

I finished #19- review on my thread-and I updated the numbers ticker.

I finished #20 today, updated the numbers ticker and my review is on my thread.

Finished my 69th ROOT, The Marco Effect which I received as a reviewer. It was wonderful as is the rest of the Department Q series.

Updating all tickers.

Just sharing a fun quiz thing... Sadly, I only got 36... but many more are on my shelves waiting to be read!
http://www.listchallenges.com/kaunismina-bbc-6-books-challenge?ref=share

I think I counted 29 (didn't bother "calculating" it), and over 20 more on my shelves still.

>14 avanders: 36 here, thanks for the quiz!

Cheli,

You got my book count correct, but I still have a little circle next to my name! My ticker is number 121 in the ticker thread.

I do see that I have two stars, and that makes me happy!

I am off to post another TOOM read.

Kittytm

You bet!

58, but that includes some I read a very long time ago but have little if any memory of.

Hi Cheli,
I've actually met my target and read 5 more books, so I'm at 35. The most recent still has not been accounted for in the Sept. group thread, so I will do that right away and update my own thread.

I finished Between the Woods and the Water a few days ago, but have been too busy to add it here. Lovely book!

Thanks so much for this, Cheli. I am loving this challenge. Next year I plan to ramp it up; I don't think I challenged myself enough this year.

I'm currently reading book # 24 and 25. So I almost reached my target and reading 1 more!

Another book read. Tickers updated.

>19 Robertgreaves: wow Robert! That's the highest I've heard yet!

They seemed to have a lot of Charles Dickens and Jane Austen I did read through all of Dickens's novels once and I have long been a Jane Austen fan.

I finally managed to update my ROOTs, I got distracted by a trip to Denmark at the end of August and din't get to it until now. I was actually at 30/50 at the end of August, lagging behind my goal somewhat.

>26 Robertgreaves: indeed they did :)

I finished #39. This puts me one ahead of my reading for last year as I finished 2013 with 38 ROOTs read.

I've read 50 books on the quiz, but like >19 Robertgreaves: said, some of them were a long time ago - high school - and I remember studying them, but not much else.

And as other have mentioned, Planet TBR has several more.

I've finally finished my first ROOT for this month - My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.

I completed my challenge!! Yeah. 24 ROOTS read!!

hurrah, Connie!

Yay, Connie!

Thanks, girls!!

I have read 52 books listed on the quiz and have another 32 awaiting me on my shelves along with 2 books that I have begun several times but never completed.

>29 streamsong: and >35 rainpebble: wow! 50+ is awesome! :)

>31 connie53: Congratulations!! woooot!

I am currently sitting at 62 ROOTs on the year, 12 over goal. Congrats to everyone. I think we are all doing great. Let's keep moving those numbers up guys! :-)

That's a fun book, dudes22. Have you read the sequels?

>30 dudes22: that book is on mt TBR shelf..

>31 connie53: yippee!

>37 rainpebble: nice job!

>31 connie53: Congratulations Connie!

>31 connie53: Yaaaay!!!!

I finished Alice In Wonderland today - my 12th ROOT.
I updated my ticker.

>38 Robertgreaves: - not yet. I'm going to be looking for them at library sales right now. I know Judy (DeltaQueen) has read and posted about some of the others and they definitely sound interesting.

Yeah, Connie!

Wow, what a lot of cheering! Thanks.

And I will keep on reading ROOTs for the group!

>31 connie53: Congrats on reaching your goal, Connie.

just finished #53 for the year - A Killer Plot by Ellery Adams. Only 7 more to go.

So nice to see people reaching their goals!

I just recorded my ROOT #31 for the year, and various tickers are updated.

Yeah for all ROOTers!

Just finished Hide Me Among the Graves and added it to my ticker. Only 2 more to go! I will post a review shortly.

I have now added ROOT #32 of the year: Speedy Ortiz dør by Jaime Hernandez. Tickers will be updated shortly!

I've just finished The Red Thread by Ann Hood.

I finished Little Fuzzy today, which was #2 for September and 23/25 for the year. Two to go!

>52 shinyone: did you like it? :)

I read one more ROOT.

I only updated the first ticker because the second ticker had one more unit on it! ???

The tickers matched when I just added my two ROOTS.

>55 Conachair:

That's because I made them match by only updating one ticker! :)

First of all, congratulations to Connie for reaching her goal - that's great! :) Me, on the other hand?: I've managed to acquire 239 books up to this point in the year, 62 in September so far! (gasp!)

I just finished my 6th ROOT on Tuesday, September 16th and have managed to keep my personal thread and tickers updated, even if I haven't mentioned it here. :) Here is my link: https://www.librarything.com/topic/163437

Connie -congratulations on reaching you goal!! Way to go girl!

moonshineandrosefire- 62 just this month?! Way to go!!the most I have ever done was when borders was closing I went in every day to check what was on sale.And every day walked out with _ahem- a few-ahem-..

Well done everyone on keeping up with their reading 'schedules!"

>57 moonshineandrosefire: oh good... now I feel a little bit better.... ;) I stopped counting because it felt counter-productive ;)
I'm not up to your level though... The most in a month was probably just over 30 (library book sales :))

I finished Mrs. Dalloway this morning; my 13th out of 15th ROOT!
Woo hoo. Two more to go!!!!!

All this talk of library sales made me check the dates of my favourite university library sale of the year... AND IT IS TODAY! I haven't bought a book in ages, but I guess I know what I'll be doing this afternoon.

just added book number 21 to the numbers ticker - see my thread for the review.

>61 ipsoivan: Happy hunting! I'm going to a book sale today as well.

I'm up to 74 ROOTs. 14 beyond my planned 60

>64 majkia: That's wonderful.

>63 rabbitprincess: Oh, it was great. And now that my books are listed on LibraryThing, I was able to take a print-out of what I have so that I wouldn't buy duplicates. I also printed up some of the books I am looking for, and got some good scores. One of the things I especially like about this sale is that the books are donated by alumni of the university and tend to be really interesting.

>66 ipsoivan: Hurray! That's very useful.

I've finished Heart of My Sister by Chitra Divankaruni which was one of the first books I added when I started adding my TBR books back in 2009! So that's an old one off the TBR. And enjoyable too.

We're away on vacation now so I downloaded some library books which means not any Roots I don't think. Well, there may be one which is also on my TBR.but not getting a lot of reading done anyway.

I am not doing as well as I'd hoped. I'm just not very interested in the ROOT books lately, and have hit a slump.

I brought home four more books from our mini-vacation, and perhaps reading one will "jumpstart" my slump...

>63 rabbitprincess: and >66 ipsoivan: woo hoo, book sales! :)
(I'm still refraining... made it several weeks so far! ;))

>fuzzi
I know what you mean. I have a hard time sticking to a restricted list, which is why I didn't make a title list when I set my goal. (I just looked around the room, and said, OK- books, you know who you are... )
About a week ago, I kind of hit a mental wall, too. None of my ROOTs looked good to me, so I went to the library and picked up the next volume in my current favorite escapist series- and it did indeed 'jumpstart' my ROOT reading. I figure we are not supposed to make ourselves miserable with this!

I am on a roll! I just finished The Long War. Just one more ROOT read and I am done! Updated my ticker. I will post a review soon.

>71 kittytm: Yes, I have also had a bit of trouble this year with my ROOT goal. My own books still appeal, but sometimes I just have to look at the library's online catalogue to feel the excitement of something different than what I see daily on my shelves.
My alternative is to actually dust my shelves--radical move-- which makes me pick my ROOTs up. I feel then like I'm in the library or a bookstore. Clearly that's why things are so dusty around here: I need to save the job for emergencies.

I've been away from here for a few days and see that there are people going to buy books - oooh..oooh! Temptation - new roots!
Have fun!

>74 cyderry: I bought eight! :)

>74 cyderry: I bought 25. Mind you, I hadn't bought much this year, so I felt ok about it. Total cost was $54--also good.

I've arranged a couple of shelves in one of the living room bookshelves with the next 50 books I'll read (following dovegreyreader), and a bunch of those new ones are there, making me happy. I love to gloat over my books.

>76 ipsoivan: wow, 25? I think I've bought close to 20 at a time, but not quite as many as you did.

I did read one of my "new" books, and am back with my current ROOT, Fanny Crosby: the Hymn Writer. The subject is interesting, but the author kind of plods along. It's about a woman, blind from infancy, who winds up writing thousands of poems, many of them which became popular hymns that even non-Christians recognize. Amazing woman.

>76 ipsoivan: lol I feel the same way about gloating over new books.. Tho I've never assigned that word to it before ;)

Finished ROOT #28 last night, I only need 8 more to reach my yearly goal. Updated all tickers.

I have finished my second ROOT for the month, and added the count to my ticker. I read Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup. The edition I read was a reprint of the edition published in 1854 with a foreword by Steve McQueen, a discussion of African American classics by Henry Louis Gates, and an introduction by Ira Berlin. A summary of the incidents discussed in the chapter was given at the beginning of each chapter. I was amazed that Solomon Northup, a freeman who was kidnapped and sold into slavery, was able to live through such brutality as he describes in his account of his experiences. I have not seen the movie based on this book.

There will be no ROOTS from me for September, so if my ticker looks unchanged when you come to tot up the totals, Cheli, then that is actually correct. I have good intentions for October though! (probably helped by the fact that I'm starting the month with a holiday!).

I finished A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, an interesting story of him walking the Appalachian Trail. This leaves me with 4 books to complete my goal, which i will hopefully reach next month.

I just updated my ticker to reflect my 67 ROOTs of the year.

I read 3 ROOTs for Sept, bringing my total to 21. No tickers updated.

Four ROOTs completed for September (so far), only my own ticker updated. :)

Just finished ROOT #25 out of 25!! I updated my own ticker only, as usual.

I completed my ROOT challenge! I just finished reading Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton and I updated my ticker.

I have fallen woefully behind, I'm currently in the middle of a nonROOT that's taking longer than expected. Sigh. Next month will be better, I hope.

Congratulations shinyone and craso!! And misswatson.. You'll get there! We've got faith :)

It looks like I am going to be behind this month (and maybe next month too), the builders are coming and I'm in the process of putting most of my 'to reads' into storage, plus I'm really not getting the time to read at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up in November and December when, fingers crossed, everything should be done.

I'm finished for the month, YTD total is 61, with 8 ROOTS read in September. I'm getting there!

I doubt I'll get to any more ROOTs this month, but I read 3 in September for a grand total of 35. My own ticker is updated, but I haven't touched group tickers.

Reading an extra ROOT. I think it will be number #25 and reading number # 26 is an ongoing thing.

Not done anything to any tickers!

Here is my report for September2014:

UpROOTED books: 8
ROOTless books: 3
Added to the TBR pile: 7

My ROOTS were:
Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by John Monaghan and Peter Just
A Man of Misconceptions by John Glassie
The Philosopher Prince by Paul Waters
History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold
God's Philosophers by James Hannam
Akar Pule by Oka Rusmini
The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing
The Crossroads Brotherhood by Robert Fabbri

ROOTS in YTD: 56

No tickers were harmed in the compilation of this report.

Last day, and I'm not currently reading a ROOT book, so my final count for September is 4 ROOTs, not too bad (for me!).

My ticker is updated, the main one I do not touch! :)

Addendum: I forgot I'd culled two ROOT books without reading (much), so technically I did 6 ROOTs for September. My ticker is updated.

I'm working on two more ROOTS both of which I should easily finish before midnight.

>97 majkia: go, go, GO!!! You can do it. :)

Completed The Partner by John Grisham for my last ROOT of the month. That gives me 27 completed against a goal of 30.

#98 by fuzzi> One down!

I'm now finishing De vertelsels van Baker de Bard by J. K. Rowling which will bring me up to 25 ROOTS (one past my goal). I have updated all tickers (the groups and my own)

OKAY! Both ROOTs finished putting me at 78 for the year, 18 over target. I have not updated group tickers because I wasn't sure when I'd stopped doing that. Will attempt to do better in October!

GREAT JOB EVERYONE! Sorry, I've been busy reading and haven't managed to stop by until now.
Staring to work on the end of the month.

I had an abysmal ROOT month in September. I finished only one. I really need to take aim at those ROOTs in October.

I joined this group over the summer, so set a small (compared to everyone else here!) goal for myself of 15 ROOTS. This morning I finished my own copy of Black Beauty, a book that haa been on my bookshelf for 22 years. He makes my 14th ROOT. One more to go!!!! :)

I read 8 ROOTS this month, for a total of 51. Surpassed my goal of 50. I've updated my personal ticker but not the group one.

#106 by rabbitprincess> Huzzah! Congrats!

>105 avidmom: nice job! And welcome...but be advised, this group can be habit-forming!

I only finished one ROOT in this relatively poor reading month, but I'm still on pace to reach my goal by the end of the year.

Nothing to add this month, but hoping to have 2+ more roots to add (over goal) next month :)

Yay October!!

October thread is posted.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/181145#

It didn't feel like I read that many ROOTs in September but I managed to read 5. I always try to add a ROOT to my current reading pile once I finish one; seems to be working, at least for now. My ticker is updated.

I only read one ROOT this month, but read a ton of library books. I'm back to ROOTs now, though, so Oct may be better.

Hello again, everyone! :) I'm just gathering together my totals for September, and I think that despite reading two less ROOTs, I don't think it was too bad. :)

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

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 3
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 8
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 1
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 69 (gulp!)
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 39

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

I read 6 books from the giant mountain this last month. Quite an accomplishment for me. I did not update any tickers.

Hi there, everyone! ;) Sorry for the delay in posting my totals. Anyway, my September was just alright - I read only one ROOT this September, but I certainly hope to do much better next month. Anyway, in keeping with the group theme, here are my September totals!:

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 0
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 1
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 0 (yes!)
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 25 (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: 0

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! :)