JUNE ROOT - Progress Thread

We're falling behind! We were 41 books short of our goal in May so now that summer is upon is, let 's take a few of those lazy summer days and read a ROOT!

Below is the current list of members that have identified a ROOT goal for 2017 and how many books they read by the end of January.
The percentage is calculated and a star awarded for those on target to reach their goals. More stars for farther toward their goal.

If anyone's number is incorrect, please let me know and I will make the necessary adjustments.
So go out there and dig those ROOTs.

abinitio 21 / 50 ★ 42.0%
Amberfly 15 / 35 ★ 42.9%
Ameise1 8 / 10 ★★★★★ 80.0%
auntieknickers 0 / 40 0.0%
avanders 13 / 18 ★★★★ 72.2%
avidmom 6 / 15 40.0%
benitastrnad 29 / 47 ★★★ 61.7%
billiejean 9 / 25 36.0%
bragan 46 / 100 ★ 46.0%
brewergirl 11 / 30 36.7%
Britt84 21 / 75 28.0%
Caramellunacy 1 / 20 5.0%
clue 20 / 40 ★★ 50.0%
Coach_of_Alva 7 / 25 28.0%
Conachair 2 / 10 20.0%
connie53 16 / 36 ★ 44.4%
crazy4reading 18 / 30 ★★★ 60.0%
CurrerBell 34 / 75 ★ 45.3%
cyderry 41 / 72 ★★ 56.9%
detailmuse 21 / 40 ★★ 52.5%
DisassemblyOfReason 31 / 100 31.0%
enemyanniemae 14 / 52 26.9%
Erratic_Charmer 34 / 75 ★ 45.3%
Familyhistorian 19 / 50 38.0%
floremolla 34 / 40 ★★★★★ 85.0%
fuzzi 46 / 150 30.7%
getrus 7 / 52 13.5%
HelenBaker 31 / 48 ★★★ 64.6%
Henrik_Madsen 22 / 40 ★★ 55.0%
HenriMoreaux 6 / 55 10.9%
InfoQuest 64 / 100 ★★★ 64.0%
Jackie_K 23 / 48 ★ 47.9%
JBenedict 0 / 52 0.0%
jen.e.moore 17 / 50 34.0%
johanna414 8 / 25 32.0%
JPGilpatric 4 / 100 4.0%
kac522 11 / 35 31.4%
kale.dyer 17 / 40 ★ 42.5%
karenmarie 19 / 40 ★ 47.5%
kkunker 17 / 40 ★ 42.5%
klarusu 13 / 50 26.0%
knotbox 3 / 10 30.0%
LadyBookworth 19 / 48 39.6%
LauraBrook 43 / 75 ★★ 57.3%
leslie.98 51 / 100 ★★ 51.0%
liberian 2 / 50 4.0%
lilisin 7 / 50 14.0%
Limelite 5 / 12 ★ 41.7%
lindapanzo 30 / 60 ★★ 50.0%
Lisa805 3 / 14 21.4%
lkernagh 27 / 40 ★★★★ 67.5%
LoraShouse 9 / 20 ★ 45.0%
luvamystery65 24 / 50 ★ 48.0%
madhatter22 19 / 40 ★ 47.5%
majkia 39 / 50 ★★★★★ 78.0%
martencat 14 / 25 ★★ 56.0%
MissWatson 32 / 40 ★★★★★ 80.0%
Montarville 7 / 15 ★ 46.7%
moonshineandrosefire 13 / 59 22.0%
nancynova 31 / 75 41.3%
nebula21 17 / 30 ★★ 56.7%
nerwende 1 / 15 6.7%
Nickelini 7 / 20 35.0%
Pigletto 13 / 80 16.3%
Queezle 2 / 20 10.0%
rabbitprincess 24 / 50 ★ 48.0%
rainpebble 12 / 12 100.0%
randomarbitrary 6 / 75 8.0%
readingtangent 27 / 46 ★★★ 58.7%
Rebeki 9 / 16 ★★ 56.3%
Robertgreaves 41 / 72 ★★ 56.9%
rubyandthetwins 19 / 23 ★★★★★ 82.6%
sace 16 / 36 ★ 44.4%
sallylou61 11 / 25 ★ 44.0%
si 10 / 20 ★★ 50.0%
streamsong 16 / 50 32.0%
Tallulah_Rose 7 / 12 ★★★★ 58.3%
tames 2 / 13 15.4%
tess_schoolmarm 46 / 65 ★★★★ 70.8%
torontoc 12 / 30 40.0%



Rainpebble reached her goal!

Those trying to join the success are lead by:

floremolla 85.0%
rubyandthetwins 82.6%
Ameise1 80.0%
MissWatson 80.0%
majkia 78.0%

The goal for June is 1783 Get out there and read those ROOTs!!!
At the end of June, anyone who hasn't read at least one ROOT will be removed to another list until they start.

Sorry about short and sweet. Hurts to type.

Please add Talulah__ Rose to the list when you are feeling better. She put in a request last month to be added to the Stats list.

Funny how much of our lives is reduced to a keyboard these days.

Best wishes for a speedy full recovery, Chèli!

>1 cyderry: thanks, and don't overdo!

TY for June, Cheli and hope your wrist gets better quickly!

WTG Belva!

Thanks Chèli, hope you're on the mend soon.

Well done on reading your goal, Belva!

I feel like a fraud - started off in this group thinking I'd be lucky to read 25 books in a year, never mind 25 ROOTS. Didn't reckon on the encouragement of other members - and all the BBs. ;)

Thanks, Chèli! Hope you're back to 100% soon :)

I just added my first ROOT for June (The Dragon at Noonday, by Edith Pargeter) to my personal ticker and to the group tickers. Now at the halfway point for my goal (25/50).

Well done, Belva. Please look after yourself Chèli and take all the time you need to recover. Don't worry about us.

>7 floremolla: Don't feel that way, Donna! I was certainly that way my first couple of years, really underestimated what I would read. I think I did it again this year, too, because I had planned for 5-6 chunksters and so far only one of them has been read!

Slow May for my ROOTing but plan on rectifying this in June. Good luck all and lets clear some shelf space.

Congrats, Belva!

Reporting my 17 ROOT for the year, # 1 for June.

All tickers updated.

Hello! I forgot to update my thread and am doing so now: I read TWO roots in May. :)

First ROOT of June to report: A fine Danish novel by Iben Mondrup called Godhavn #23 out of 40 for the year.

I've finished book 9 of 10 and have updated all tickers.

I've actually read about what I thought I would as to actual print books. What I haven't done is "purged" my shelves. Usually, that's a cold weather project but maybe I'll do some this weekend.

I am in the process of purging and rearranging books I have had in stacks on the floor. Not as much "fun" as I thought it would be.

I've read two ROOTS for June so far: Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear and The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell. Both winners.

>1 cyderry: To hopefully not complicate things too much, my total at the end of May was actually 22, not the 23 marked here. I had put my 1st June ROOT on my own ticker (hence the 23), but hadn't changed the group ticker as the group thread wasn't up yet.

I've just added 2 more to the group ticker (my #23 and #24 for the year, and #1 and #2 for June). My ticker is updated too.

I just finished Willa Cather: Later Novels (Library of America), which tied in with the VMC Group's May Read. In addition to keeping me well along on my ROOTing, this gives me my tenth doorstopper (7 of them LoAs) so far this year.

2d for June, 35/75

My second ROOT for June was The Ghosts of Belfast, by Stuart Neville. I've updated my personal ticker and the group tickers.

#21
I have that title in my collection. How did you like it?

Two ROOTs pulled for June so far - Saturday by Ian McEwan and A Lost Lady by Willa Cather - 36/40 for 2017. All tickers updated.

I've added my 3rd for June (25th overall) and updated all tickers.

Finally a root for June after reading a newbie and a library book.
Back to the bookshelves, especially after my first major blowout for the year buying 15 books at a 2nd hand book fair. But at $2 a book what is a girl supposed to do when she finds treasures? Give them a home of course.

>22 benitastrnad: I quite liked it. Violent, yes, given that the main character is a former IRA "hard man", but the story went along very quickly. I've added the next book, Collusion, to my to-read list.

Third root for June - Spies by Michael Frayn. 37/40 for 2017. All tickers updated.

Chèli, if it's not too much trouble could I increase my goal to 60?

>27 floremolla: Done!

I'm a little behind the game here, but Congrats Belva on reaching your goal!

Also, Chèli, I hope things are going smoothly for you!
Thanks for updating us!

I've read 2 ROOTs so far this month:
Beatrix Potter, 1866-1943: the Artist and Her World by Judy Taylor and others.
Unheard Voices: the First Historians of Southern Women by Anne Firor Scott.

I got one off my shelf. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux, the sequel to Great Railway Bazaar has been on my shelf for a long long time. I started it several times and always put it down. Once I got a good start on it, it has read fast. This is a better book than is GRB. The author has mellowed out with age, and that makes GTTTES a much better book to read.

Reporting my 18 and 19 ROOT for the year, # 3 for June.

All tickers updated.

John Milton, Paradise Lost (Norton Critical 2d ed), reread of PL and first-read of Norton's supplementary materials. I also have the third edition, whose supplementary materials differ substantially from the second edition's, and I plan to read it this month; but it's a newer buy and won't qualify as a ROOT.

3d for June, 36/75

I am trying to make up for my dismal May ROOT numbers this month. As of this morning I am up to 5 ROOTs (some read, some not) and am currently reading another.

Personal ticker updated, never touch the group one!

Penelope Fitzgerald, At Freddie's. I should be able to finish at least one more ROOT this month and keep my star.

4th for June, 37/75.

#2 root for the month, so 33/48 and another soon I hope.

Reporting my 20th ROOT for the year, # 4 for June.

All tickers updated.

I've finished another ROOT and have updated all tickers.

finished #13 and first for June- the review is on my thread.
Tickers not updated

Finished my third ROOT for June: The Four Swans, by Winston Graham. Updated my personal ticker and the group tickers.

>40 rabbitprincess: is The Angry Tide also a ROOT for you? :)

Eleven days...

>41 fuzzi: Sadly no; I'm borrowing the rest of the series from my parents. They own all the books, and I have my own copies of books 2, 3, 5 and 6 because they are 1970s TV tie-in editions.

>42 rabbitprincess: too bad. I'm glad you are enjoying the Poldark series. I think I've read the rest of the books only once before, many years ago, so it'll be somewhat new (again) to me.

#42
I am also working my way through the Poldark series. I am on book 4. Warleggan

I'm just looking at the math, 1783 books, there are only 80 of us on the list; that 22 books each! I don't think I can do that even at my swiftest pace!

No, we've already read 1260 books so we only have to read 1783-1260 = 523/80 = 6 1/2 books each, just a touch over my target of 6 ROOTS a month.

> 45 Tess, the 1783 is the total for the 6 months. The year's goal is 3566/12=297 a month. 297 X 6 = 1782 by the end of June. So, we need to read a total of 523 for the month to get to the 1782, which is 6.5 each if 80 are reading...I think.

>47 clue: snap, GMTA, or whatever they say in your neck of the woods

>46 Robertgreaves:
>47 clue:

Ah....well, you see why I teach history and not math!;)

I'm on target for at least 6 this month, reading my 6th ROOT, and hoping to get another 1 or 2 done in the next 11 days...

>33 CurrerBell: Read Paradise Lost last year. So good to see others reading classics.

I've read 8 ROOTS so far this month and am hoping to finish 6 more. I am finally out of my reading funk and on a roll!

I added another one to the finished list for this challenge. I finished Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall. I have only had this title on my shelf for little over a year, so it doesn't hardly seem like it qualifies as a book off my shelf, but since I had the sequel, I figured I better get them both off the shelves. I got a good start on the second in the series over the weekend.

I'm doing a lot of Sudoku Puzzles, but also reading an awful lot as well - so far, finished my second ROOT for June on the 18th!

Six done for June, still reading another (#7).

I'm having some physical issues - I took a fall several weeks ago and all I basically can do is sit and read - I hurt the knee that I've had surgery on 3 times and whacked out my primary shoulder so even holding a regular book is painful. But I've read 10 ROOTS thanks to my e-reader and audio books. So at least I've gotten something accomplished.

:( :(

And yay on reading ROOTs!

I've managed 3 ROOTS this month, so I'm up to 11/25! I've updated my personal ticker, but left the group ones alone.

Looking forward to summer vacation (starts tomorrow!!!) and focusing on lots of ROOTS!

>56 cyderry: listen to your body, let it heal.

Reporting my 21th ROOT for the year, # 5 for June.

All tickers updated.

Get well soon, Chèli. Take care

Lauren Owen's vampire novel The Quick

5th for June, 38/75

Added my fourth ROOT for June: Mixed Blessings, by William and Barbara Christopher. My personal ticker and the group tickers are all updated.

I'm on a roll. Added a fifth ROOT for June: Billy Boyle, by James R. Benn. All tickers updated.

Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (Norton Critical Edition). Particularly interesting for Norton's supplementary materials. This NCE was a fiftieth anniversary edition, and Norton interestingly was Friedan's 1963 publisher.

ETA: 6th for June, 39/75

I've just added my #4 for June (#26 for the year) to all tickers.

I've finished my third ROOT for the month, Twice Told Tail by Ali Brandon. I need one more to meet my goal of 4 ROOTS a month so I have to work another one in over the next few days.

Fourth ROOT for June, Her Privates We by Frederic Manning - 38/60 for 2017. Hope to get another couple of quick reads in before the end of the month.

All tickers updated.

>56 cyderry: Ouch! Hope you feel better soon!

I've been offline for a bit so I hadn't updated my ticker last month, but will get it in order by the end of June...

Slightly behind on schedule, will try to catch up again

Time to report my second ROOT of June and 25th for the year: What I loved by Siri Hustvedt which is a wonderful novel about life and loss.

I finished reading/listening to Colony: the Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman. This was a good example of narrative non-fiction that I have had on my shelves for at least 5 years. It is good to get it off the shelf.

2 more roots for the month. Working on one more 35/48

I am way behind all my plans and schedules and had to remake my personal ticker because it was broken, but I've finished my second root of the year and have updated all the tickers.

hey, everyone - just wanted to let you know I will be away from my computer until the 3rd so I'll be late again with next month's thread.

I'm going to visit my grandchildren for a long weekend!

>73 cyderry: Woo hoo! Have fun!! :D

Hi all!
Update for June.
10 books read.
Only my personal ticker updated.
Happy reading to all!

cyderry- Wishing you a wonderful time!!

I'm surprised to find I managed 5 ROOTs this month. My own ticker is up-to-date.

>73 cyderry: Have a great time with the grandkids!

I got one comic in!

I wanted to say hi to everyone as the end of June is approaching. My apologies, as I have no ROOTs to report this month. I hope to fit in at least one during July. Happy reading to all!

I've just sneaked in one final one (my 5th) for June - all tickers updated.

>79 This-n-That: No need to apologize, I think we all have bad ROOT-months every once in a while...
Good luck next month!

Managed to sneak in another ROOT before the end of June and - more importantly - before it will finally be vacation time tomorrow.

Titus Andronicus is one of Shakespeare's most violent plays. It is probably also one of his weakest plays and it never really got to me.

I finished two more books this month. I have Conspiracy of Us and Writer's House in Wales. Will get my total to the list tomorrow morning.

Milton's Sonnets: The Texts with an Introduction and Commentary.

7 for June, 40/75

Here is my report for June 2017:

UpROOTED books: 10
ROOTless books: 4
Added to the TBR shelves: 4

The ROOTs were:

A Year of Ravens by E Knight et al.
Pane and Suffering by Cheryl Hollon
One for Sorrow by M. E. Mayer
Two for Joy by M. E. Mayer
Three for a Letter by M. E. Mayer
Four for a Boy by M. E. Mayer
Children of Noah by Neil Plakcy
INCI by Mike Resnick and Tina Gower
No Roads Lead to Rome by R. S. Gompertz
Nod by Adrian Barnes

ROOTs in YTD: 51

Personal and group tickers have been adjusted, but hopefully not harmed.

#14 read- that makes two ROOTS this month- no tickers updated

Have fun with the grandkids, Cheli. I hope you have recovered enough to keep up with them!

I have been lagging behind on my ROOTs reading. The good intentions are there but all those pesky library books get in the way. Drat those borrowing deadlines anyway. I squeaked my last ROOT for the month in today to make a total of 6 roots for the month. So I am at 25/50 right on target - way behind for me. I will try to do better in July.

Finished five ROOTs in June for a year-to-date total of 29. I won't add any more ROOTs to the tickers until the July thread is up.

Completed another four ROOTs - Journey to the Centre of The Earth by Jules Verne, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) by Alain-Fournier and one non-fiction, Jane Austen, a biography by Carol Shields. That's eight ROOTs total for June and 42/60 for 2017.

Only got 2 done in June. Sorry to drag down the numbers. July hopes to be better.

>73 cyderry: have fun with the kids! I love my little "bug", can't wait to see her again.

Can't recall if I already mentioned it, but I managed to unROOT 6 books this month, will keep on plugging. As always, only my personal ticker is updated.

JUNE ROOTS: 5 added to my total and my personal ticker (only) has been updated

44. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly; (4*); acquired 10/19/2015
45. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski; (4*); acquired prior to L/T
46. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky; (4*); acquired 1/30/2013
47. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie; (4*); acquired prior to L/T
48. The White Lioness by Henning Mankell; (4 1/2*); acquired 3/24/2014

If desired, you can find my reviews such as they are here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/251185

on my Reading Log.

>92 rainpebble: I've not read Strawberry Girl, though I've enjoyed other books by Lois Lenski.

#92 & 93

Strawberry Girl was a Newbery prize winning book back in the day. I wish more of today's children would read it, and that more teachers would use it in classrooms. But, as they say, so many books and so little time.

I had a great month in June. I finished 7 ROOTS. No tickers updated.

The July thread is up!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/261068

I finished two more titles at the end of the month. June 27th I finished Bone Man and Golem and the Jinni while I was back from Chicago. Golem and the Jinni was a fanstastic read and I highly recommend it. Bone Man is for those who love mysteries and those who like international crime mysteries. Both of these are included in my total above.

Catching up, I have read an additional 27 books, for a total of 36 with a goal of 25.

I'm sorry, but I was unable to update the ticker. I guess I have the wrong pin.

>98 billiejean: excellent! Way to go!

Some of us don't update the main ticker, just our personal ones. No biggie, just let Chèli know.

Hello everyone! Actually, I have been having a little trouble updating my reading ticker lately, although I seem to have gotten it worked out.

Due to everything that has happened with me just in the first few months of the year, I can already tell that my reading total will be significantly lower than it was last year. Although, I'm not too worried about that just yet! June's reading total was still slightly low - but I only read two less ROOTs than last June - so I suppose that it could have been worse. Anyway, in keeping with the group theme, here are my totals for this month:

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: 2
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 0
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 5
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 2

I have only dealt with my own personal tickers, never touched the group ones.