OCTOBER ROOT - Progress Thread

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Fall is here and we have only three months left to the challenge. We just squeaked by making the monthly goal, so that means we have to work harder to keep up. The cooler temperatures may keep us inside, and that's a perfect reason to cuddle up with a good book.
Throw a log on the fire, sit down in your reading chair, grab your warm blanket and book and READ!

Below is the current list of members that have identified a ROOT goal for 2016 and how many books they read by the end of July.
The percentage is calculated and a star awarded for those on target to reach their goals. More stars for farther toward their goal.

I have removed twelve members to a separate list because tthey have yet to read one ROOT. They may have forgotten that they set a goal, or real life may have gotten in the way, but until they start up, we will not let their numbers affect the group goal.

If there is © next to your name, I see a ticker on your thread that is not in the ticker thread. If you could copy the code to the Ticker thread it would be a huge help each month.
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.

051616 44 / 70 62.9%
50worth 13 / 24 54.8%
amberfly 42 / 50 ★★ 84.0%
Ameise1 8 / 10 ★ 80.0%
auntmarge64 19 / 30 63.3%
avanders 23 / 30 ★ 76.7%
avidmom 15 / 20 ★ 75.0%
benitastrnad★ 52 / 45 115.6%
benuathanasia 21 / 100 21.0%
billiejean★ 39 / 20 195.0%
BookDoc16 24 / 50 48.0%
bragan 82 / 100 ★ 82.0%
brewergirl 26 / 30 ★★ 86.7%
britt84★ 62 / 52 119.2%
Caramellunacy 1 / 52 1.9%
Carmenere★ 26 / 25 104.0%
carriehh 5 / 21 23.8%
clue 27 / 30 ★★ 90.0%
connie53★ 43 / 36 119.4%
craso 10 / 12 ★★ 83.3%
crazy4reading 16 / 40 40.0%
Crotchetymama 23 / 30 ★ 76.7%
CurrerBell 62 / 75 ★ 82.7%
cyderry 61 / 84 72.6%
deep220 41 / 50 ★ 82.0%
Dejah_Thoris 11 / 50 22.0%
detailmuse 26 / 30 ★★ 86.7%
DrApple 24 / 65 36.9%
dustydigger 6 / 80 7.5%
EmilyD1037 2 / 50 4.0%
enemyanniemae 42 / 52 ★ 80.8%
Familyhistorian 43 / 50 ★★ 86.0%
FiLoMa★ 17 / 15 113.3%
fuzzi★ 66 / 66 100.0%
getrus 38 / 75 50.7%
GreyhoundGal 5 / 25 20.0%
HelenBaker 39 / 48 ★ 81.3%
Helenoel 13 / 20 65.0%
Henrik_Madsen★ 34 / 25 136.0%
ILuvBookplates 2 / 20 10.0%
InfoQuest★ 109 / 85 128.2%
ipsoivan★ 51 / 30 170.0%
Jackie_K★ 35 / 12 291.7%
JacobsBeloved 10 / 15 66.7%
jen.e.moore 51 / 52 ★★★ 98.1%
johanna414 10 / 12 ★★ 83.3%
JSTOR_CDU 2 / 22 9.1%
kac522 18 / 30 60.0%
kaledyer★ 31 / 12 258.3%
karenmarie★ 31 / 9 344.4%
kaylaraeintheway★ 34 / 25 136.0%
kkunker 28 / 40 70.0%
klarusu 15 / 24 62.5%
Klmesoftly 53 / 56 ★★★ 94.6%
LadyBookworth★ 15 / 12 125.0%
LauraBrook 69 / 75 ★★★ 92.0%
leBleuCheese 22 / 24 ★★★ 91.7%
leslie.98★ 100 / 50 200.0%
liberian 36 / 50 72.0%
lilisin 38 / 50 ★ 76.0%
limelite 3 / 12 25.0%
lindapanzo★ 66 / 24 275.0%
LisaAnn805 3 / 8 37.5%
LittleTaiko 52 / 55 ★★★ 94.5%
lkernagh★ 44 / 40 110.0%
LoraShouse 11 / 25 44.0%
luvamystery65★ 33 / 30 110.0%
madhatter22 38 / 40 ★★★ 95.0%
mmignano11 8 / 50 16.0%
majkia 55 / 50 110.0%
mandymarie 30 / 50 60.0%
MelissaHozey 8 / 25 32.0%
Miss Watson★ 60 / 52 115.4%
MissSos 4 / 25 16.0%
moonshineandrosefire 46 / 86 53.5%
MrGilpatric 40 / 100 40.0%
mrhr 2 / 24 8.3%
nancynova★ 52 / 50 104.0%
nebula21 19 / 30 63.3%
nerwende 19 / 30 63.3%
Nickelini 41 / 50 ★ 82.0%
pigletto 77 / 80 ★★★ 96.3%
Quaisior 2 / 40 5.0%
QuestingforaQuest 2 / 15 13.3%
QuiteTheHuman 1 / 24 4.2%
rabbitprincess★ 60 / 50 120.0%
rainpebble★ 75 / 10 750.0%
read2relax 2 / 24 8.3%
readingtangent 43 / 45 ★★★ 95.6%
RjRBukSlavZM99 5 / 25 20.0%
Robertgreaves 51 / 66 ★ 77.3%
rubyandthetwins 16 / 40 40.0%
Sace 6 / 20 30.0%
sallylou61 30 / 36 ★★ 83.3%
saraslibrary 29 / 50 58.0%
Soupdragon 34 / 40 ★★ 85.0%
SqueakyChu 7 / 9 ★ 77.8%
storygenie 7 / 40 17.5%
streamsong 26 / 50 52.0%
Tallulah_Rose 3 / 12 25.0%
tames 9 / 13 69.2%
tess_schoolmarm★ 90 / 50 180.0%
torontoc 28 / 30 ★★★ 93.3%
trav 2 / 30 6.7%
verkakte 9 / 20 45.0%
VertOlive 6 / 24 25.0%
vestafan 6 / 30 20.0%
weird_o 30 / 40 ★ 75.0%
WordMaven 5 / 20 25.0%



LadyBookworth, lindapanzo, Jackie_K, leslie.98, ipsoivan, kaledyer, karenmarie, rainpebble, tess_schoolmarm, ipsoivan, InfoQuest Carmenere, Henrik_Madsen, kaylaraeintheway, MissWatson, connie53, rabbitprincess, luvamsytery65, FiloMa, nancynova, and benitastrnad were joined this month by britt84, fuzzi, and lkernagh - at reaching their goals.
Big round of applause!!!
Our leaders to be next are:

jen.e.moore 98.1%
pigletto 96.3%
readingtangent 95.6%
madhatter22 95.0%


So, now, Ladies and Gentlemen, BOOK LOVERS, BIBLIOPHILES, BOOK HOARDERS - get out there and read those BOOKS!
Cooler weather is approaching so grab a nice warm book and cuddle up!

The goal for October is 3,526 Just one more big push in the last 3 months!

Woo! Thanks.

Yessss! Thanks for starting up the thread! I will soldier on and contribute more extras to the group total :)

Thanks for posting the updates!! :)

Finished first ROOT for October and #35 overall: Enduring Love by Ian McEwan. Not one of his best works in my opinion.

Thank you for all your hard work keeping us focussed, Chéli. And now back to your own reading!

In case you didn't get it over on the September thread I had 6 ROOTS in the month. No tickers updated'

OCTOBER

1. A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins FINISHED 10/1/16

Had to laugh - a few great photos

>9 cyderry: Great photos that I am sure many will identify with.

Finished my first ROOT for October, 32 for the year. Group tickers updated.

>9 cyderry: The ones coming out the window don't worry me so much as the ones in the bedrooms crashing through the ceiling to the living room and dining room and kitchen floors . . . following which they crash through the the living room and dining room and kitchen floors down into the basement. At least the basement's on solid (I hope) bedrock!

ETA: And if it isn't bedrock, then I guess I just wind up here.

I am so sorry to be checking in so late for September, Cheli.

I read 8 ROOTs in September which brings my total to 75.
I have updated my personal ticker but not touched the group one.

>9 cyderry: Ha!! Thankfully I haven't reached that point. Thank goodness for ebooks, lol!! :)

Love all the pictures, They are so true. Thanks for the work Chèli.

>14 CurrerBell: I do worry a little about how my not-in-great-shape concrete slab foundation is doing under the weight of all my books. The things we book people have to think about! :)

>14 CurrerBell: I had an asthma attack laughing at the title of that book.

>9 cyderry: WONDERFUL pictures! I've always thought that book ends were just for decoration. You mean people DON'T have enough books to fill a shelf?! Poor things.

I have decided that October calls for horror. I've been combing the stacks looking for appropriate reading material. I love fall and I love October best of all months. Punkins and black cats! Attire with chic and fashionable pointy hats! Skeletons and bats and graveyards! YAY OCTOBER!

Great pics! I particularly like the one in post 11.

I have finished my first ROOT of the month -- my thread and all tickers updated.

>9 cyderry: I once asked my mother what bookends were for...even then i had books. All I ever wanted as gifts for any occasion. It was so lovely at 8 having my very own bookcase that Dad made for me. Thanks for the pictures and for the revived memories!

>18 bragan: I used to say that whenever I got a house, I'd have a library. But now I think I'll adopt the "books in every room" approach, as much for weight distribution as anything else.

Those pictures are funny; I especially like #11.

I had trouble with my ticker when I went to update it last week. I've actually finished 15, not 14 ROOTS. Why it's correct on my personal thread and not on the Ticker Thread is a mystery to me.

>23 avidmom: Same here. Oddly, the ticker page never updated but when I reloaded my thread on LT, lo and behold! Updated to 24. I think it just doesn't work very well. Sometimes it doesn't update, but it does. o.O I also had to reload the ticker thread to get it to update. Strange.

>24 0wllight: Good to know! I thought maybe I had done something wrong. I usually don't have any trouble with the ticker.

>25 avidmom: It's not you, it's them! lol A lot of people are experiencing the same thing.

I had the same issue with the tickers, but a hard refresh (ctrl and f5) seems to have fixed it for now.

>19 enemyanniemae: Same! October is my favorite month, and I'm enjoying sorting through my TBR stack for spooky reads. :D

I had a slow month in September because of my vacation, but I'm ready to read now. Thanks for the stats, Chèli!

Added my first ROOT of October (South by Java Head, by Alistair MacLean) to my personal ticker and the group tickers.

Somehow my totals are incorrect again. In September, this was what was listed, which was correct:
86 50worth 13 / 24 54.2%.

Looking at the October tally, I'm reduced again to 7/24 books. Thanks for working on this. I'm sure it's not easy to keep up with all of us!

Okay, I think I got my boo boos fixed.
Let me know if I missed somebody.

>23 avidmom: >31 50worth: can you check your ticker in the ticker thread - that's where I got your number

> Thanks! It's right now. And I have my star back! YAY :)

>30 rabbitprincess: I love Alistair MacLean! I've a few of his sitting on my shelves, unread, but I don't think any of them are ROOTs. :(

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (Norton Critical Edition), a doorstopper at 726 pages when supplementary materials are included.

First for October, 63/75 overall. I had a momentary problem with my ticker but got it fixed by deleting a day's history from my browser. I think the problem may have been with the browser cache.

Finished Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature by Ira FlatowThis is a book of popular science style essays. All the essays come from guests on the author's radio talk show, NPR's Science Friday. It was amazing how prescient a ten year-old book could be. When it was written some of the essays bordered on prophecy and now some of those things are real. These are light and easy-to-read essays meant for a general audience or an introduction to a topic. They are not in-depth and make no attempt to be. They are enjoyable reading that give the reader a good background and will allow the reader to explore more on their own if they wish to do so.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (New Oxford Illustrated Dickens) (3½***), 2nd for month and 64/75

First ROOT for October down, and I've reached my goal! I still have plenty to read, though, so I'll keep adding to the group total. :)

>38 jen.e.moore: Congratulations in reaching your goal for this year!! :)

I finally managed to complete one ROOT this month!! All tickers updated.

My second ROOT for the month (The Tower, by Richard Martin Stern) will be pitched, but at least it counts toward the group total! I have updated all tickers.

Another ROOT pulled...So Be It or the Chips are Down found a long while ago in a used book shop. I liked his journals a lot, and this one is like an epilogue in some ways. The older he got the more I liked him. ****

Not sure about the ticker update...reloading has probably solved the problem. I wonder if another ticker site might work better. Anyway, the Gide book was #25.

jen.e.moore, congratulations on reaching your goal of 52 books!! Way to go!!

Congrats, Jen!

Reporting ROOT number 44 for the year, first for October.

Updating all tickers.

Rock on, Jen!

Reporting my second ROOT for October, Lady Susan. All tickers updated. :)
(Please note my profile name changed from LisaAnn805 to Lisa805. Sorry for any confusion.)

My third ROOT for October has been added to all tickers (personal and group). I enjoyed The Game of Kings, by Dorothy Dunnett, and am looking forward to continuing the series... after a bit of a breather!

Just finished another ROOT - and updated both group and personal tickers. Only one more to go before I reach my personal goal! Then hopefully I can fit in a few more towards the group goal.

Still laboring under pain meds from surgery but did finish an audio book. Not sure if it was a ROOT or not.

Chèli- So sorry. I wish you a full recovery soon. Take care. :)

>50 cyderry: Ouch, surgery! Hope you're feeling better soon!

>50 cyderry: I hope you heal quickly and completely. My sis in law is recovering from knee surgery, and she says every day is a bit better. : )

I've added one more to both my and the group tickers. It's likely to be my only ROOT this month due to a writing commitment with imminent deadline!

I've finished a ROOT. Even though a added it to my ticker, I can't see it on my thread. Therefore I won't touch the group tickers.

I finished a ROOT as well. Hallowe'en Party.

I added to my personal ticker, but it didn't seem to change anything. I may try later. I didn't touch the group tickers, either.

I added my book to the ticker, but it didn't advance on either one.

#29 finished -tickers updated and review is on my thread
um -may messed up the ticker- it didn't advance when I added my 1 book? the percentage ticker worked

Just finished book 11 out of 12 for the year. The book was The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier. Updated my ticker.

26/30 was The Dain Curse which was weird because I cleaned behind a bookcase a few days ago...dust hippos...and there it was. Looked dusty, abandoned, and a bit tattered...so I read it. (After I dusted it and repaired a small tear) It was good. I like Hammett. My niece named her second boy Dashiell. Dash is a pistol.
Update went well, both threads should be up to date.

Completed A Noble Radiance by Donna Leon, number 7 in the Guido Brunetti series. 28/30.

>60 clue: I love that series!

I just finished ROOT #36 for the year. Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende was a bit disappointing but now it's off the list!

Various tickers updated.

>61 0wllight: I love it too but she's writing a lot faster than I get them read. I can't believe there are now 24 or 25 in the series! I read the first one right after it came out. I need to put this series high on my "to read" list for next year.

Dan Simmons, Drood (3½***), also qualifying for the Big Fat Book Challenge, 3rd for October, 65/75

>63 clue: Agreed! I have only just begun the series (5 books in). The other series I love is the Aurelio Zen mysteries also set in Venice by Michael Dibden.

New total for 50worth. Group ticker updated.

Another ROOT down. The Crucible Tickers updated.

Reporting ROOT number 45 for the year, 2 for October.

De laatste jacht by Harman Nielsen

Updating all tickers.

Finally I completed my first root for the month last week. I have been looking after my daughter post surgery and her two pre-schoolers, so limited reading time.

Finished A Discovery of Witches last night - can't believe I waited so long to read this, but nice that it helps our ROOT stats! Updated personal and group tickers.

I made my target for this year- 30 books read from my book piles. . For some reason the ticker won't update for me -ahh! so Tickers not updated

27/30 is Aickman's Heirs...and it was a bunch of pretty good short stories. I was not as impressed as I hoped to be, but some were really good, others not so much. Solid 3* read. maybe 3.5

>71 torontoc: Congrats on reaching your target!

Sorry, I haven't been around much the last 10 days but I have a good excuse.

Last Monday I had surgery on my knee again to repair some cartilage and scar tissue issues so i've been a bit incapacitated. Then Tim had chest pains Saturday night and I had to call 911 to have him taken to the hospital. Finally got home 4AM minus one husband who was still in ICU and then Tim's brother called 7AM to find out what was going on. Happily, the doctors say there was no heart attack but he's got Doctor appts. this week to try to figure out what's going on. You'd think that waiting rooms would be a great place to catch up on your reading, wish I could say I did.

Hopefully things are settling down.

>74 cyderry:
Wow. I hope the rest of October is better for you and yours.

>74 cyderry: Yikes - best wishes to you and your family

>71 torontoc: Congratulations! Well done 8-)

>74 cyderry: That's a load to bear! I'm sorry and saddened, and I do hope things get better soon.

>69 HelenBaker: Sounds challenging and worrying. Hope all resolves and your daughter heals perfectly.

>74 cyderry: Sounds like a difficult few days -- I hope that everything works out OK.

>74 cyderry: Wishing you a quieter week, healing and good outcomes for your husband's appointments.

>69 HelenBaker: Hoping your daughter has a full recovery and you have a less stressful November with more reading time.

well I tried to update this ticker and could not add my number 31- really I tried!

Cheli; my thoughts & prayers go out & up for you, your hubby & all of your family at what must be a very stressful, worrying time for you all. Please do not concern yourself with us. We will still be here when things settle at home for you.
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So far I have read 10 ROOTs for October and will be continuing forth:

THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE; (5*); acquired prior to L/T; gothic;
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill; (3 1/2*); acquired 08/13/2014; gothic;
Empire Falls by Richard Russo; (4 1/2*); acquired 08/05/2009; American lit; Pulitzer Prize winner
UNCLE SILAS: A TALE OF BARTRAM-HAUGH by JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU; (5*); gothic; acquired prior to L/T;
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe; (with criticism); (4*); acquired prior to L/T; poetry; gothic/horror;
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by LIONEL SHRIVER; (5*); acquired 01/05/2012; MAR;
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy; (4 1/2*); acquired prior to L/T; classics; BFB
THE DOUBLE BIND by CHRIS BOHJALIAN; (5*); acquired 03/22/2009; MAR;
JANE EYRE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE; (5*); acquired prior to L/T; classics; MAR;
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie; (4*); acquired 09/24/2007; MAR; mystery;

Just finished Fray by Joss Whedon which put me over my goal of 12 by 1 book. Now I want to go rewatch all seven series of Buffy ASAP. Updated personal and group tickers. Go me!

I hope everything turns out well for you and your husband, Cheli! Wishing you both a speedy recovery :)

johanna414 Congratulations on making your target!! Way to go!! Woohoo!!

Cheli -sending warm vibes to both you and your husband for good outcomes.{Prayers sent too!}

>84 johanna414: Good job reaching your goal for the year!

Added my fourth ROOT for October: Festival of Death, by Jonathan Morris. All tickers have been updated. The percentage ticker is three books behind the numbers ticker.

>84 johanna414: Woohoo! Yay, you!

>89 rabbitprincess: I am a Doctor Who fan, too. Although the way it is changing these days I am not quite as enchanted by it as I used to be. :(

The percentage for me is four books behind the ticker.

>91 0wllight: I love Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, but I could not stand Clara and had to watch around her for most of the past couple of seasons :-/ Looking forward to next season and a new companion.

>91 0wllight: Definitely agree about Clara...and Capaldi is good in almost everything! I'm glad we are going to have a new companion...she is too...something...conscious? I don't know.

I finished my BAC book for last month last night. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee was a very good book. I intend to start Spirit of Steamboat tonight.

Well... I did it! I finished my 12th book for the year and completed my challenge. My last book is Darker Than You Think a very entertaining Halloween read. My ticker has been updated.

>96 craso: Congratulations! :)

>96 craso: Way to go!

>96 craso: Well done, Craso.

Thank you, Robertgreaves, cyderry, and Lisa! I was bogged down in a long book during the Summer and feared I wouldn't make it. I appreciate everyone's support and will continue to read and add to our collective total. Good luck to everyone still plugging along!

Added my fifth ROOT for October: Is There Life Outside the Box?: An Actor Despairs, a memoir by former Fifth Doctor Peter Davison. Personal and group tickers have been updated.

craso- well done on reaching your goal! Way to go!!!!

>96 craso: Congratulations!

Just squeezed a ROOT into October with I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that by Ben Goldacre. Can I manage 8 ROOTs between now and December? I'm looking for some shorter ones ... there's always hope!

All tickers updated.

>104 klarusu: I too am struggling to reach my goal. I've have too many real life events that have taken away reading time. But there's always hope.

just finished #32 -the review is on my thread -but I didn't update the tickers

Added my sixth ROOT for October: Poor Caroline, by Winifred Holtby. All tickers have been updated.

I'm targeting my shorter ROOTs so one more down:

The Fall by Garth Nix.

All tickers updated.

>105 cyderry: We can do it!

Just finished #33- review on my thread- I won't finish any more this month and for some reason I can't update the tickers- so
final total for Oct -5 books read I reached my goal of 30 books and added three more so far.

I have been having trouble updating my tickers as well, torontoc. So I just made a new one.

I am sitting on 12 ROOTs for the month and 87 for the year. I don't know that I will try for more in these next few days or not. I have been letting a lot of 'good reads' slide this year to kick my ROOTs!

I have redone my personal ticker so that is accurate but won't touch the group ticker.

Great job everyone. It's a good year for ROOTing.

I finished Spirit of Steamboat so I am slowly adding two or three books a month to my completed list.

Finished The Return of the Soldier - one more for October!

A tickers updated.

Two more short ones down! \o/ Negotiating with the Dead and Art and Fear bring me to 29/30 but I am baffled by the ticker. I have tried all the tricks and it doesn't update. Dang. Anyway, the percentage is wrong, but no worries. The important thing is I have one more to read! I have been neglecting the news ones sadly...they weep on their shelves...yes, plural. Oh my.

Updating the ticker:

Folks who are having trouble with their tickers, I think the problem may be with your browser cache. In order to make pages load faster, most modern browsers "cache" images, that is, they store the images on a page for the next time you come back to the page. You should be able to get the ticker to advance if you clear your cache.

How to do that? I've tried it in both Firefox and Chrome.

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Firefox:

In Firefox (version 49.0.2 on Win 8.1) it seems to be sufficient just to refresh the browser page. You do that by going to the address bar for the LibraryThing page on which your ticker appears – then clicking on the circular-loop-arrow icon. That's working for me. Also, you should be able to refresh the page by hitting the F5 function key.

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Chrome:

In Chrome (version 54.0.2840.71) it seems that you have to clear the history, which is a little more complicated. In the far upper right corner of the browser window (right below the x for closing) you'll see an icon of three vertically aligned dots. Click that icon, then mouse over History, then click again on History when it appears in the drop-down menu. (Alternatively, using the keyboard, you can just hit Control-H.) This will open a "History" page in a new browser tab.

On that "History" page, click the button that says Clear browsing data... and you'll get a pop-up. Check all of the boxes and then set the drop-down for Obliterate the following items from: to read the past hour. Don't erase anything beyond the past hour or you might lose browsing history (passwords, that kind of thing) that you want to keep.

You'll probably have to refresh the browser window for the LibraryThing thread to which your ticker is posted. It might also help if you close that window altogether before you clear the browsing data.

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As you can see, Chrome's a little trickier than Firefox. (I haven't bothered trying IE, which I never use.) The whole idea, though, is to clear the browser cache for the LibraryThing page to which you've got the ticker posted. This should do the trick – at least it works for me.

Folks, can someone of a techie bent play around like I have and verify that I haven't said something stoopid? It's a tricky set of directions, and I may have some typo that confuses everything, but I think my directions are correct as written.

The problem isn't with the ticker itself. The problem is with the browser, that's caching images such as the ticker. You need to get that image cleared out of your browser cache.

Good luck
Mike

>114 CurrerBell: I've also found a bit of patience works wonders - seems to be taking about 5 mins to update but eventually it does. Thanks for the cache info, going to try that next time.

I've read 3 ROOTs so far this month, all tickers updated (although the group tickers haven't changed yet...)
I'm still a bit behind but believe I can reach my goal.

Re: the tickers - I only have problems with the group tickers, my personal ticker always updates instantly. Also, for anyone looking how to clear the cache in Safari (without deleting cookies and other useful stuff stored in "history"), here's a good guide: http://osxdaily.com/2016/01/17/empty-cache-safari-mac-os-x/

I've just finished my 3rd for the month and have completed the challenge. 30/30

>117 clue: Congrats!

Just added my seventh ROOT for the month: Poles Apart, by Terry Fallis. Updated all tickers.

>117 clue: Yay! Good going!

I finished reading Dry Bones by Craig Johnson. It was another good entry in the Longmire series.

I forgot, I finished listening to America America by Ethan Canin. I think this is one of the oldest recorded books I have in my small collection of recorded books. It was narrated by Robertson Davies and he did an excellent job. It was a pleasure to listen to him.

>114 CurrerBell: Mostly you don't have to check all the boxes, just the one that says "cached images and files" on Chrome. But lots of times if I wait an hour or two and then recheck things have updated. I think you
re right that it's a browser issue. I clear history and cache about once a week just to keep my browser ticking happily. I use a mac, so if you are pc...that is to say, if you USE a pc it may be different.

I think it's a bit easier to use the menu bar for Chrome: drop down history, then way at the bottom choose "full history" then "Clear browsing data" then check what you want to clear...you don't have to clear all the things, usually just cache and maybe "hosted app data"...not sure about that one.

>117 clue: Well done!

Seems like everyone is chugging along. Will Halloween plans stop you from reading one more?

Clue-well done on reaching your goal of reading 30 books! Way to go!!

>117 clue: Way to go!!

>117 clue: yay, clue! I have one more to go on my 30...piece of cake, right?

>124 cyderry: Nope! no parties this weekend, no special plans...all set to read, and it looks like the weather will be good for the couch. My last book is over 500 pages, so we'll see how it goes for October. Hope things are getting better for you and yours.

>124 cyderry: Well, it won't stop me from reading but right now I am engrossed in a few library books. Good luck to everyone else who is trying to finish up one more ROOT! :)

>117 clue: Congrats!

Just a bit earlier this evening I finished John Gardner's Life and Times of Chaucer, 4th for October and 66/75.

Squeezed in one more book this month, managed to update all tickers. Yay!

Reporting ROOT number 46 for the year, 3 for October.

De Hoge stad by Harman Nielsen

Updating all tickers.

I know that there has been some issues with the tickers so if you think your total so far is not showing correctly, please post a message here with your total.

read #33- five books read in Oct-reached goal of 30 books this year

>133 cyderry: my tickers are correct but the totals you show on the list are wrong. I've read 29/30.

Nearly forgot to list my third ROOT for October, The Snow Child. Off to update all tickers. Will see if it works.

Edited: Seems that they both updated.

My tally is 41/50. A very slow reading month for me. I will have to pick up the pace.

My current read is a non-ROOT and I won't finish it today, so I can report 5 ROOTs read in October. The tally stands at 67/52. My own ticker is up-to-date, haven't touched the group tickers.

I won't finish another ROOT, my total is 3 for the month, total 30.

I managed to finish 2 ROOTs for October, which means I'm a bit behind schedule. Hope to catch up once my online class wraps up in mid-November.

Here is my report for October 2016

UpROOTED books: 9
ROOTless books: 9
Added to the TBR shelves: 3

The ROOTs were:

On the Spartacus Road by Peter Stothard
Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom by Brian Olsen
Men Are Pigs But We Love Bacon by Michael Alvear
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Inspector Singh Investigates A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint
From London far by Michael Innes
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Classical Literary Criticism
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

ROOTs in YTD: 60

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

I'll say that I read 4 ROOTs for October because that is what I had time to update on my thread. I just spent the last 2 and a half hours going to the door to dole out candy so didn't have time to update any more. Happy Halloween, everyone!

I got 4 ROOTs read as well in October. I positively cannot believe that it is already NOVEMBER!!

>143 enemyanniemae: Yep, November, and I'm 66/75, which should keep me my star, but I've got 9 yet to go for the year. Only read four ROOTs for October (because of some of my other buying) so I need to pick up the pace just slightly to make my goal by New Year's Eve.

I read zero ROOTs this month which means I will lose my last star and I will have to read 6 manga in November and December to make my goal. I never would have imagined spending about 6 months of this year not reading. I just can't seem to read in my room anymore and my room is the only room I have as I live in a share house. In my room I can only sit in a chair or lie in bed. Lately I've been dreaming about lounging around on a couch. Haven't lounged on a couch in two years! Strange the things we miss!

I managed to get my total up to 18 this month - didn't quite squeeze number 19 in but it will make a good start to November. That means I need 6 before year end - only 3 each month! I might just be able to do this! My ticker's fine and I updated as I went along on the group tickers.

>145 lilisin: It is strange what we miss...I had a similar disruption in patterns after my last move. It just seemed as if I couldn't settle anywhere to read. I hope it changes for you.

I'll try to get the numbers done by this afternoon.

I only managed to get 3 books read in October. No tickers updated.

Oops! I forgot to list the titles.

Present at the Future by Ira Flatow - ( I think this was one of the earliest books entered into my LT lists.)
America America by Ethan Canin
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee - (I started reading this for Paul's BAC. Took me a very long time to finish it.)

>74 cyderry: just saw this, hoping and praying things improve for you and yours. Surgery is no fun. When I had my THR I didn't read much, just mainly listened to the radio.

My tickers (with some nudges) are up to date. I read 3 ROOTs in October (I noticed that I wasn't the only one with that number!), for a total of 69 so far in 2016.

Technically, It's November, but I today removed 13 unread ROOTs from my shelves, soon to be out the door, woo!

1. Casino Royale
2. Live and Let Die
3. Moonraker
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. From Russia With Love
6. Dr. No
7. Goldfinger
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Thunderball
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11. You Only Live Twice
12. The Man With the Golden Gun
13. Octopussy and The Living Daylights

BIG NEWS!!! Check out the new November Thread.

Hello everyone! Alright, so October was slightly better than I thought it would be. I knew that I would probably do much better than September's dismal reading total and I have to admit that I certainly did. I only read two less ROOTs this month than last October, which actually wasn't that bad!

Anyway, in keeping with the group theme, here are my totals for October:

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: 3
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 1
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 3
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 2

I'm always keeping my personal ticker updated, but I never touch the group one!

I only read one book in October. I updated the ticker.

>154 billiejean: that's one more book off the shelves, yes!