2019 Roots

I have 2080 books to read and 140 audiobooks to hear. I have made another resolution not to buy any more of either this year. I have made this resolution before. My goal is 75 books and/or audiobooks. I will include graphic novels, comics series, and magazine issues in this list.

Welcome Back, David! Happy ROOTing.

Thank you, Connie.

I've read several comments about not reading e-books. Most of what I read these days are e-books. My eyes are no good anymore. Especially with my Library of America volumes, I find myself buying a cheap e-book copy so I can read the material without tiring my eyes.

Welcome back, and good luck with all your resolutions! I read (and certainly buy) more ebooks these days, though in my case the issue is my dodgy wrist (RSI), which means that holding heavy books gets uncomfortable really quickly.

Last year I counted any audio program that I acquired from Audible. I thus counted one radio series, "Lights Out, Everybody," and one dramatic audio adaptation, "Carmilla." I reached my goal without the help of either of them. Does anyone think that I am violating come rule?

I do apologize for not coming up with a better title for my thread.

I read one chunkster last year and I could not have done it lying on a sofa, which how I read e-books. I am glad that you and I have a solution to our reading troubles.

>7 Coach_of_Alva: I think those would count!

I count them.

>7 Coach_of_Alva: You make your own rules, David. So no violation of any rules but your own.

The rules orf how to determine a ROOT is of your own making. If you think it's a ROOT, it is!

Hi David.

I count whatever I consider a book - an audiobook, a Great Courses Lecture series, a physical book, an e-book.

You have given me a good idea.

I will consider print books, e-books, magazine issues, anything I purchase on Audible as books. I will count graphic novels, of course, but I will count individual comics in series, i.e. issues 1-6, as one book.

01 Nightmare Magazine, Issue 72 (September 2018) John Joseph Adams, editor
02 Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs Stefan Rudnicki, reader, (Ecclesiastes); Samantha Eggar, reader, (Song of Songs)
03 Van Helsing vs. the Werewolf Chuck Dixon, author; Allan Otero, artist; Robby Bevard, colorist
04 Complete Stories, 1898-1910 Henry James, author; Denis Donoghue, editor
05 Isaiah Scott Brick, reader

>16 Coach_of_Alva: Good job, David!

I will have to do better.

06 Nightmare Magazine Issue 75 December 2018 John Joseph Adams, editor;
07 Jeremiah and Lamentations Kristoffer Tabori, reader;
08 Les Miserables Victor Hugo, author; Isabel F. Hapgood, translator
09 The Saint Fiacre Affair Georges Simenon, author; Shaun Whiteside, translator

>19 Coach_of_Alva: Excellent work on reading Les Misérables!

I am pleased with myself, I will confess. Thanks for the support.

10 The Flemish House author, Georges Simenon translator, Shaun Whiteside
11 The Madman of Bergerac author, Georges Simenon translator, Roz Schwartz
12 The Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales author, Arthur Machen reader, Peter Wickham
13 The Misty Harbour author, Georges Simenon translator, Linda Coverdale
14 Liberty Bar author, Georges Simenon translator, David Watson
15 Lock No. 1 author, Georges Simenon translator, David Coward
16 Maigret author, Georges Simenon translator, Roz Schwartz
17 Nightmare Magazine, Issue 74 (November 2018) editor, John Joseph Adams contributors, Usman Malik, Carole Johnstone, Lucy Taylor, A.C. Wise, Terence Taylor
18 The Time Machine author, H.G. Wells reader, Scott Brick

Great, David.

Thank you

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Note: I am reading an unabridged edition of Burton's translation of the Thousand and One Nights. It is split into sixteen books. Since this is a huge book, I am going to count it one for each book I finish.

I overlooked two titles in April Here is a corrected list:

19 Ezekiel Pure Voice Audio Bible Reader, Maxwell Caulfield
20 The Great Gatsby Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald
21 The Great Gatsby Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald Reader, Jake Gyllenhaal
22 Wonder Woman. Volume 4, War Writer, Brian Azzarello Artists, Cliff Chiang, Goran Sudzuka
23 Wonder Woman. Volume 5, Flesh Writer, Brian Azzarello
24 Wonder Woman. Volume 6, Bones Writer, Brian Azzarello
25 Daniel Pure Voice Audio Bible Reader, Juliet Mills
26 The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Author, Algernon Blackwood Reader, Hugh Ross
27 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 Translator, Richard F. Burton
28 Midnight Riot Author, Ben Aaronovitch

29 The Iliad Author Homer Translator, Richmond Lattimore Reader, Charlton Griffin
30 The Satires Author Juvenal Translator, Rolfe Humphries Reader, Charlton Griffin
31 Mark Pure Voice Audio Bible Reader, Kristoffer Tabori
32 In the Dark: A Horror Anthology Editor, Designer, Publisher, Rachel Deering
33 Romans Pure Voice Audio Bible Reader, David Birney

You are doing great, David.

34 Deep Dark Fears Author, Illustrator Fran Krause
35 The X-Files Season 11 Volume 1 Writer, Joe Harris Artist, Matthew Dow Smith
36 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 Translator, Richard F. Burton
37 The New Testament: The Revelation of John Narrator, John Gieguld

38 Jessica Jones Alias Vol. 2 Writer, Brian Michael Bendis Artist, Michael Gaydos
39 The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea Editor, Ellen Datlow
40 Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War Author, Karen Abbott
41 What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre Editors, {John Joseph Adams, {Douglas Cohen
42 100 Best-Loved Poems Editor, Philip Smith
43 Robinson Crusoe Author, Daniel DeFoe Reader, Simon Vance

44 Tomb of Dracula. The Complete Collection. Vol. 2 Writers, Marv Wolfman and others Illustrators, Gene Colan and others.
45 Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 3 Writer, Brian Michael Bendis Artist, Michael Gaydos
46 Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 4 Writer, Brian Michael Bendis Artist, Michael Gaydos
47 The Black Dahlia Writer, Illustrator Rick Geary

48 30 Days of Night Writer, Steve Niles} Artist, Ben Templesmith
49 The Power of Darkness: Tales of Terror Author, Edith Nesbit Editor, David Stuart Davies
50 The Turn of the Screw Author, Henry James Reader Emma Thompson
51 The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1 Translator, Malcolm C. Lyons
52 30 Days of Night : Dark Days Writer, Steve Niles} Artist, Ben Templesmith

Some good reading, David.

Thank you, but I doubt that I will meet my goal.

A question. Do you a place where I can learn to post covers and other graphics to my thread? I only know how to type text and to handle the counter.

You can copy the cover by right-click on it and choosing 'copy image location' (I translated this from the Dutch site, so it might not be the exact words). Paste that in your post and add
in front img src"=
at the back "

And put this whole sentence in pointy brackets; the 'smaller than sign' and 'the bigger than sign'
No space between the brackets and the sentence.

Then it looks like this but with the pointy brackets

img src ="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/Egwene1/hartelijk%20gefeliciteerd4_zpsbdaivmva.jpg"

I hope you understand my clumsy explanation.

Over in the Green Dragon group they have a thread that explains a lot of these things: http://www.librarything.com/topic/35356#

{H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classic tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Editor, Stephen Jones Readers, Steven Crossley, Davina Porter, Branson Pinchot
{H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classic tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Editor, Stephen Jones
The Epigrams Author, {Martial Translator, {James Michie Reader, Charlton Griffin

It works!

Thank you. I have figured it out.

Thank you. That is where I found the solution.

Good job, David!

A lot of your covers are showing blank boxes. Now that LT is a secure site (has https instead of http in the address), if you copy an image from an unsecure site it doesn't show.

Also, if you use the pointy brackets with a post number when you reply to a post, LT will give you the poster's name and convert it to a link back to that post. Like this:

>42 Coach_of_Alva:

>45 humouress: Coach_of_Alva:
I'm not sure that I understood your last point. I have redone my first cover, with https addresses, and believe that I may have solved the problem, thanks to you!

>46 Coach_of_Alva: The one about the post numbers? You seem to have worked that out.

And you're welcome.

You can also standardise the size of your images by using either height=x or width=y (they change in proportion by themselves) in the code. Using the example in >38 connie53:

img src ="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/Egwene1/hartelijk%20gefeliciteerd4_zpsbdaivmva.jpg"



img height=100 src ="https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/Egwene1/hartelijk%20gefeliciteerd4_zpsbdaivmva.jpg"



For more help, have a look at

https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Basic_HTML_/_How_to_do_Fancy_Things_in_Y...

53 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classic tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Editor, Stephen Jones Readers, Steven Crossley, Davina Porter, Branson Pinchot
54 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classic tales of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself Editor, Stephen Jones
55 The Epigrams Author, Martial Translator, {James Michie Reader, Charlton Griffin

Yes! You got it!

56 The Odes Author, Horace Translator, {James Michie Reader, Charlton Griffin
57 Work and Days; The Theogony; The Shield of Hercules Author, Hesiod Translator, Richmond Lattimore Reader, Charlton Griffin
58 Being There Author, {Jerzy Kosinski Reader, Dustin Hoffman
59 The Comedy of Errors Author, William Shakespeare Series {Arkangel Shakespeare
60 Can Such Things Be? Author, Ambrose Bierce Reader, Anthony Heald
61 Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency Authors Dan Abrams, David Fisher
62 Breakfast at Tiffany's Author, {Truman Capote Reader, Michael C. Hall