HelenNZ strikes again!

Forum2016 ROOT Challenge - (Read Our Own Tomes)

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1HelenBaker
Dez. 31, 2015, 11:30 pm

I was pleased to each my goal plus 2 last year so will stay at 48, as it is doable and leaves room for the new and shiny. No strategies, just plugging away at those shelves.

2rabbitprincess
Jan. 1, 2016, 12:10 am

Welcome back and good luck!

3HelenBaker
Bearbeitet: Jan. 1, 2016, 2:00 am

My current TBR shelves contain 348 books, so that means I am to read about a seventh of them.
Going by past years, despite my best efforts, I purchase more than I remove. A true addict, but it's fun and there are always plenty of surprise reads.

My new ticker is ready to go


4connie53
Jan. 1, 2016, 3:32 am

Welcome back, Helen. Happy ROOTing!

5Tess_W
Jan. 1, 2016, 5:17 am

Happy Rooting!

6lkernagh
Jan. 1, 2016, 4:39 pm

Good luck with your ROOT reading!

7avanders
Jan. 3, 2016, 4:41 pm

Welcome back & good luck ROOTing in 2016!

8MissWatson
Jan. 4, 2016, 6:16 am

Welcome back and happy ROOTing!

9HelenBaker
Bearbeitet: Feb. 3, 2016, 2:58 am

At last I have an opportunity to record my progress. I have got off to a slow start due to family staying but I hope to pick up the pace.

January.
1. Chappy by Patricia Grace
2. Three Cheers for the Paraclete by Thomas Keneally
3. A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler
4. The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth
5. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
6. The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

10connie53
Jan. 17, 2016, 3:02 am

>9 HelenBaker: You have finished three more ROOTs then I did, Helen.

11nerwende
Jan. 17, 2016, 4:46 am

That reminds me I need to get around to reading Patricia Grace.

14avanders
Mrz. 7, 2016, 2:16 pm

Nice progress! Looks like you're reading some interesting ROOTs :)

16connie53
Mai 3, 2016, 2:43 am

> Nice progress, Helen!

19avanders
Jun. 6, 2016, 12:30 pm

You're almost to your halfway mark! Way to go!

20connie53
Jun. 12, 2016, 7:37 am

Good job, Helen. Just one more to reach your halfway point!

21HelenBaker
Bearbeitet: Jul. 30, 2016, 6:24 pm

23connie53
Aug. 28, 2016, 1:39 am

Past the halfway point! Excellent.

24avanders
Aug. 30, 2016, 1:26 pm

Yeah only 13 more books to go - you can definitely do that!

25HelenBaker
Bearbeitet: Sept. 29, 2016, 3:05 am

27avanders
Nov. 3, 2016, 1:49 pm

7 to go! Great progress!

30HelenBaker
Dez. 5, 2016, 3:02 am

I have just noticed that my TBR shelves currently stand at 352, so if I read 4 or 5 or more books this month I will have made progress in that I started the year with 348. I am also going to stick with some lighter reads for the month, as life is far too busy at present.

31MissWatson
Dez. 5, 2016, 4:40 am

Congratulations on reaching your goal!

32rabbitprincess
Dez. 5, 2016, 5:30 pm

Hurray, congratulations on reaching your goal! Enjoy your lighter reads. December is an excellent time for them. :)

33avanders
Dez. 7, 2016, 11:08 am

>29 HelenBaker: oh what did you think of it?? I have that on my shelves :)

>30 HelenBaker: woo hoo! That's better than I can say... ;)

And yes, Congrats on reaching your goal!

34HelenBaker
Dez. 8, 2016, 2:16 am

Thanks. I loved the beginning of The History of Love. Leo Gursky really is the star of the book. However, I wasn't so taken with the other narrators and indeed found the changing voices and timeline confusing. I am not alone in saying it would warrant a reread to sort things out in my mind.

35Tess_W
Dez. 17, 2016, 7:13 pm

Congrats on reaching your goal!

36avanders
Dez. 19, 2016, 3:51 pm

>34 HelenBaker: interesting -- & good to know going into a book!

37Tess_W
Dez. 23, 2016, 10:37 pm

38HelenBaker
Dez. 27, 2016, 3:09 am

Thank you. That's beautiful.

39HelenBaker
Dez. 31, 2016, 3:45 am

I have just noticed that my TBR shelves are now at 348 which means I am finishing the year with the same number to be read as when I started the year. Oh well it could be worse. Maybe this year I will be more restrained with my purchases but I think this is the first year that it hasn't increased. That is progress of a kind.

40rabbitprincess
Dez. 31, 2016, 9:45 am

Breaking even is very good! :)

41Jackie_K
Jan. 3, 2017, 6:39 am

Yes, I'm hoping that breaking even will be my 2018 goal! (for 2017 it is 1.5 books bought for every 1 read, down from 2:1 last year!).