Carmenere's getting back to her ROOTS!

Whoo Hoo! After a year away, I am soooo excited to be getting back to my ROOTS in 2015! My goal of 50 will put a nice little dent in my library of approx 300 books. There's a lot of work to do and no time to doddle so just wishing good luck to fellow ROOTers!

* Idea stolen from Rabbitprincess. Thank you!

2015 Reading List

BOLD = Favorite book of the month.

JANUARY
Shadow of the Wind
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
When we were Orphans



February
The Europeans
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
The Little Stranger

March
Brideshead Revisited By default as none of these really stuck out
Rock Springs
The City & The City

April
The Painted Veil

May
Clash of Kings
Glitz
The Round House
Just Kids
Secret Smile
Year of the Flood Pearl ruled

June
To Have and Have Not
Main Street
Dance Hall of the Dead
Time's Arrow

July
Fall on your Knees

August

September

October

November

December

Welcome back!

>3 MissWatson: Thanks Birgit! It's nice to be back!

Welcome!! Glad you are back.

Welcome back! Love the rolling hills in the first photo.

What a great picture at the top of your thread!

Good luck, Lynda!!

Good luck with your rooting!

>5 crazy4reading: I'm sooo excited to be back, Monica and can't wait to start!

>6 rabbitprincess: Aren't those hills beautiful?! Sledding anyone?!

>7 Familyhistorian: Yes it is! How nice of that unknown family to get my thread off to a rousing start!

>8 connie53: Thanks Connie and back at cha!

>9 Tess_W: Thanks! Good luck with yours as well!

love your enthusiasm! hope all your ROOTs turn out to be fragrant flowers!

Love you header photo Carmen!
Good luck with your 2015 challenge. Happy New Year!

>11 cyderry: So far, Cheli, everything's coming up roses. It will be a few more days till I'm able to record anything as completed.

>12 rainpebble: Thanks Belva! I've been itching to get back to the ROOTS challenge all of 2014. So, I'm excited to pull those darn roots out!

#1 Completed! Shadow of the Wind Excellent story. 5/5

#2 Completed! The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Excellent debut from a very perceptive young woman 4.25/5

Well done! Two down.....

Thanks, Dejah! I hope I can keep up the pace.

Keep it up! You can, Lynda. I'm sure you can.

>18 connie53: Thanks Connie! I'm hoping with all crossables crossed.

Three! When we were Orphans for Paul's BAC. That's a ROOT planted in 2013.

Hi! Good luck with your challenge this year! Looks like you're doing well so far!
Also, >14 Carmenere: loved that one!!

Also makes me think of the last one here: http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/19-things-only-book-lovers-will-understa...

That's really good (the link thing). And they are all so true!

>21 avanders: Thanks! So true!

>22 connie53: Yup, although I hate to admit it in mixed (non reader) company.

I hate that I'm reading a non root book at the moment but I'm obligated for my neighborhood book swap, ugh! At least I'm enjoying it and it's moving fairly quickly, The Invention of Wings

>23 Carmenere:. Why would you hate reading a non root? There is plenty of time for those and a neighbourhood book swap is a kind of a challenge too, I guess.

>24 connie53: Perhaps "hate" was too strong a word, Connie. That non root The Invention of Wings turned out to be an excellent book. It's just seeing those shelves make room for more books is what's so appealing to me :0}

Finished The Europeans a relatively new ROOT purchased at a library booksale on 12-6-14 specifically for Mark's AACII challenge. It wiggled me out of Portrait of a Lady which is wayyyy to humungous to read at the time.

Keep ROOTing!

Yes! ROOTing away, Dejah! I chalked up #5 Tolstoy and the Purple Chair purchased online at a B & N sale in 12-2013.

>25 Carmenere:. I understand about the shelves making room! That makes me happy too.

I'm up to my 11th booked pluck this year. Since #5 Tolstoy, I've finished, A Clash of Kings, The Painted Veil, The Little Stranger,
Brideshead Revisited, Rock Springs and The City & The City.


The chipping away of Mount TBR continues.

Great progress so far. And what a great picture!

>31 MissWatson: Thanks Birgit! I'm creating large gaps between books on my shelf and that makes me very, very happy :0)

>29 connie53: Hi Connie! I neglected to respond to your post, sorry I missed ya.

Doing a great job!

>30 Carmenere: great progress & great books! And ALSO great pic! :)

>32 Carmenere: I love those gaps between books.... Room for more!!! ;)

>33 Tess_W: Hi Tess! Thanks for stopping in, I'd do better if library books would stop calling out to me.

>34 avanders: Greetings avanders! Thanks for your kind words.

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Here's a great book I took off my bookshelf for Mark's AACII Challenge, The Round House. What a fabulous book! And the young protagonist, Joe, is so likeable you'll want to find out how he works through is situation. I highly recommend it.

>35 Carmenere: oh I've heard really good things about that one! May have to move it up on the ol' list...

Hi avanders, thanks for stopping in. Sorry, it took me so long to respond. I sort of forgot about this thread. I thought The Round House was a really good story. I hope you think so too when you get around to it.

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I was disheartened to learn that my ROOTS thus far totaled 32% so I adjusted my goal from 50 books to 40.
Completely do-able.

>37 Carmenere: no worries! I go in spurts myself, and we're all on and off and focusing on reading ;)

Good plan to simply re-adjust! RL (real life) often takes us by surprise... :)

Well, I can not believe it took me most of July to read my 21st root! Fall On Your Knees was a good book that could have been a great book had an editor did what editors do best, edit!

>39 Carmenere: blech, so frustrating! But Congrats on finishing your 21st ROOT!

>39 Carmenere: >40 avanders: You are both so right, Lynda and Ava. I sometimes want to get a pen and correct the mistakes. But.....I will not write in books! I will not!

Oh my goodness! Where has the time gone?! Spent reading library books by the look of my ROOTS numbers.

Oh well, I've just finished two of my own The Martian and The Girl on the Train. Both were excellent reads but I believe I just won't reach my ROOTS goal this year.

I suppose, it's a good reason to plan on ROOTS 2016!

Yes, you do that! We love to have a big group for 2016.

>42 Carmenere: Glad you liked The Martian! :)

And I'll be right there with you in the 2016 group! Funny how all those books keep following me home...

>43 connie53: Great, I'll look forward to seeing you in the new year, Connie!

>44 rabbitprincess: Yeah! I just can't wait to get started and set a more reasonable goal for myself. It does seem like more books take up residence at my house than leave. I guess they're happy here.

>42 Carmenere: I loved The Martian! :) And The Girl on the Train is on the shelves and eagerly awaiting my read... ;)
Re the ROOTs, it happens!

>45 Carmenere: I also try to set "more reasonable goals" for myself ;) RL seems to get in the way of our best laid plans.... :)

>46 avanders: LOL as I was pulling out my planned reads for next year, I decided to focus on 12 of my favorite authors which amounts to 67 books of which I own. Then I said, oh, I want to read that one too and that one, etc, etc. Now, I've put aside 89 books!!!! Oh my!

>47 Carmenere:
oh my indeed! 89 books is a lot!

>47 Carmenere: lol yes, it's almost impossible if I allow myself to really look at the books when deciding.... ;)

Update! I'm now up to 90 books on my 2016 ROOTS list! Help! Oh, I'm clearing off my nicely organized bookshelf to put my 2016 reads. Right now they're all over the basement floor and I know the hubsters will go nuts :0}

>50 Carmenere: Let him go nuts! It is so much fun reorganizing your books ;-))

Yeah it is... ;)