DECEMBER ROOT - Progress Thread

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We have reached our goal!!!

I apologize for the delay in posting the December thread. I've had several Senior Moments and kept forgetting that I needed to update this. The other Senior Moment I had was that I forgot that last month I took out those readers that hadn't posted anything for over six months so that this month they looked like they just posted something. I feel really stupid.

We should all congratulate ourselves for reaching the group goal and thank those that reached their personal goal and kept going to help those of us that are lagging behind.

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 November.

Stars are for those that are still set to finish their personal goal this month.

051616 44 / 70 62.9%
50worth 7 / 24 20.8%
amberfly 44 / 50 88.0%
Ameise1 9 / 10 90.0%
auntmarge64 23 / 30 76.7%
avanders 26 / 30 86.7%
avidmom 17 / 20 85.0%
benitastrnad★ 63 / 45 140.0%
benuathanasia★ 187 / 100 187.0%
billiejean★ 45 / 20 225.0%
BookDoc16 30 / 50 60.0%
bragan 98 / 100 ★ 98.0%
brewergirl★ 31 / 30 103.3%
britt84★ 62 / 52 119.2%
Carmenere★ 26 / 25 104.0%
carriehh 5 / 21 23.8%
clue★ 33 / 30 110.0%
connie53★ 48 / 36 133.3%
craso★ 13 / 12 108.3%
crazy4reading 16 / 40 40.0%
Crotchetymama 30 / 30 100.0%
CurrerBell★ 75 / 75 100.0%
cyderry 71 / 84 84.5%
deep220 46 / 50 ★ 92.0%
Dejah_Thoris 0 / 50 0.0%
detailmuse★ 31 / 30 103.3%
DrApple 27 / 65 41.5%
enemyanniemae 49 / 52 ★ 94.2%
Familyhistorian★ 52 / 50 104.0%
FiLoMa★ 20 / 15 133.3%
fuzzi★ 96 / 66 145.5%
getrus 45 / 52 86.5%
GreyhoundGal 5 / 25 20.0%
HelenBaker 47 / 48 ★ 97.9%
Helenoel 13 / 20 65.0%
Henrik_Madsen★ 40 / 25 160.0%
ILuvBookplates 2 / 20 10.0%
InfoQuest★ 128 / 85 150.6%
ipsoivan★ 52 / 30 173.3%
Jackie_K★ 41 / 12 341.7%
JacobsBeloved 11 / 15 73.3%
jen.e.moore★ 58 / 52 111.5%
johanna414★ 14 / 12 116.7%
kac522 27 / 30 90.0%
kaledyer★ 35 / 12 291.7%
karenmarie★ 34 / 9 377.8%
kaylaraeintheway★ 36 / 25 144.0%
kkunker 33 / 40 82.5%
klarusu 19 / 24 79.2%
Klmesoftly 53 / 56 ★ 94.6%
LadyBookworth★ 19 / 12 158.3%
LauraBrook★ 98 / 75 130.7%
leBleuCheese 23 / 24 ★ 95.8%
leslie.98★ 111 / 50 222.0%
liberian 36 / 50 72.0%
lilisin 42 / 50 84.0%
limelite 8 / 12 66.7%
lindapanzo★ 90 / 24 375.0%
Lisa805★ 8 / 8 100.0%
LittleTaiko★ 59 / 55 107.3%
lkernagh★ 53 / 40 132.5%
LoraShouse 14 / 25 56.0%
luvamystery65★ 43 / 30 143.3%
madhatter22★ 44 / 40 110.0%
mmignano11 8 / 50 16.0%
majkia★ 70 / 50 140.0%
mandymarie 39 / 50 78.0%
MelissaHozey 8 / 25 32.0%
Miss Watson★ 75 / 52 144.2%
MissSos 4 / 25 16.0%
moonshineandrosefire 53 / 86 61.6%
MrGilpatric 40 / 100 40.0%
nancynova★ 54 / 50 108.0%
nebula21 23 / 30 76.7%
nerwende 27 / 30 90.0%
Nickelini★ 51 / 50 102.0%
pigletto★ 84 / 80 105.0%
QuestingforaQuest 2 / 15 13.3%
rabbitprincess★ 73 / 50 146.0%
rainpebble★ 90 / 10 900.0%
readingtangent★ 47 / 45 104.4%
RjRBukSlavZM99 5 / 25 20.0%
Robertgreaves★ 69 / 66 104.5%
rubyandthetwins 20 / 40 50.0%
Sace★ 32 / 20 160.0%
sallylou61★ 37 / 36 102.8%
saraslibrary 29 / 50 58.0%
Soupdragon 37 / 40 ★ 92.5%
SqueakyChu 7 / 9 77.8%
storygenie 7 / 40 17.5%
streamsong 28 / 50 56.0%
Tallulah_Rose 8 / 12 66.7%
tames 12 / 13 ★ 92.3%
tess_schoolmarm★ 97 / 50 194.0%
torontoc★ 39 / 30 130.0%
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, benitastrnad, britt84, fuzzi, craso, jen.e.moore, johanna414, LittleTaiko, madhatter22, readingtangent, pigletto, clue, torontoc and lkernagh were joined this month by brewergirl, CurrerBell, detailmuse, Familyhistorian, LauraBrook, Lisa805, Nickelini, Robertgreaves, Sace, and sallylou61 - at reaching their goals.
42% of the particpants have reached their goal so far.
Big round of applause!!!
Our leaders to be next are:
bragan 98.0%
HeleBaker 97.9%
leBleuCheese 95.8%
Klmesoftly 94.6%
enemyanniemae 94.2%

So, now, Ladies and Gentlemen, BOOK LOVERS, BIBLIOPHILES, BOOK HOARDERS - get out there and read those BOOKS!
The end of challenge is approaching so finish strong!

Congrats to us!!!

Wow--isn't this a first--to reach the goal BEFORE December? And even with slackers like me :(

Congrats to everyone!

and thank you Cheli for keeping it all together!

Congratulations to everyone.

Our leaders to be next are:
bragan 98.0%

Yay, I am first runner up! :)

And congrats to all on a very nice year of ROOTING.

Oo, eight more manga to go for the year. Doable as long as I reach a nice reading stride that I can ride into January. Will try my hardest.

Last year a lot of people lowered their goal to make it easier so maybe next year we can try to push ourselves again since it was so "easy" to complete our goal early this year! (Says one of the few leftover people who hasn't finished.)

Woo hoo! We're awesome!

And Chèli is awesome for keeping us all up to date!

From the November thread:
Thanks so much Robert. I'm glad that I've reached my target.

I have just reached my goal finishing my 48th book last night. This group goes from strength to strength and I look forward to being a participant again next year. I am happy with my goal of 48 as it is doable.
Congratulations to all that have reached their goals and thanks for all the positive and reaffirming comments on this thread. Thanks also to Cheli who pulls it all together despite personal demands and stresses.
I am aiming for some lighter reads to finish the year to see how close I can get to my 75 challenge.

Thanks for the stats, Chèli! And thanks to all fellow ROOTers for the great reading year!

Marion Garthwaite, The Twelfth Night Santons, a charming little illustrated Christmas story (62 pp). 3½*** I still have a couple more Garthwaites to finish my entire Garthwaite library (ten in all, plus a few miscellaneous anthologized pieces). She was a children's librarian turned children's writer who flourished in the 50s and 60s, and she specialized in historical fiction of early California. The Twelfth Night Santons, though, is set in Provence.

2nd for December and 76/75, so far one past my goal.

I don't know that I'm going to set a goal of 75 for next year though. I think I may make an effort to get through more of my Library of America collection, and they're all doorstoppers. Oh well, got a few weeks yet to make up my mind, maybe just 50.

I do have a couple Early Reviews to get read and reviewed. By the time I get to them, they may have been around long enough to qualify as ROOTs. {sigh}

How wonderful! And thank you, Cheli! I'm sure it was a challenge keeping it all straight in the midst of chaos.

Woo hoo!!!

As a new ROOTer I am so grateful for everything you do cyderry! I've really enjoyed participating, but I know it's a lot of work for you, too. I appreciate all the things you're doing to make this so fun!

wow I can't believe we're already at our group goal! YAY EVERYONE!
I will still try to reach mine anyway... frankly, if I'm not as close as I want to be nearing the end of the month, I'll pull a few easy ones to make sure I get there ;D

Thank you as always Chèli!

Finished #40- review on my thread and did not update the tickers

Unfortunately, for me, I know that I won't make my goal this year since real life seem to just explode with so many things to do and people to see.

I wouldn't change a thing since, IMHO, time with family and friends is far more important than reading a book. I know that there are also real life things scheduled for next year so rather than trying the same total in 2017 (84, be happy if I make it to 75) I think I'm really going to reduce and go for 60 instead.

I'm so happy that everyone is pleased with the news of our success and that many are planning to return next year. Working together and supporting each other makes the goal achieved much more enjoyable.

I'll try to setup the new group in a few weeks.

Wow, we have reached our combined goal with a month still to go! Well done everyone :-)

And I want to add my thanks to Chèli for all the work she puts in, managing the stats and the threads! I look forward to joining again next year.

Nice job, all!

Keep ROOTing!

I had an original goal of 66, but kept culling rehoming books that I knew I'd never read, and so upped my total. I'm within striking distance of 100 ROOTs for 2016.

Wow! Nearly 4,000 books read.

Congratulations everyone!

Thank you cyderry for all your hard work keeping the group together. I have really enjoyed your monthly birthstone thread toppers this year. Such a cool and beautiful touch. :)

Thanks to Chèli for everything!

And let's keep ROOTing. As >19 avidmom: notes, we're nearly 4000. In fact, scarcely a hundred to go.

Just finished another ROOT. Confessions of a Crap Artist by P.K. Dick. Quite good as all of his books have been. I liked it mostly for the humor and a bit because of the 1950s satirical bent.

I did not update the group ticker, but both of mine on the ticker thread and my personal page are updated. 31/30 so far this year. Another small step towards 4000?

I finished one ROOT already in December. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes. It wasn't the best YA fantasy I have read. Merely passable, but it is so hard for me to put a book aside once I start.

Wow! Just dropped by to see how we were doing and was surprised to see we had made it, and went over by a few books. We are awesome!!!

Reached my personal goal!! Ticker updated
A memory of Vermont; our life in the Johnny Appleseed Bookshop by Margaret Hard, acq 12/2010

Finished two ROOTs so far this month.

Dear Leader, by Damian Rogers
Happy Alchemy, by Robertson Davies

Group and personal tickers have been updated.

Congrats group!

One more ROOT out... A Glass of Shadow was a bunch of good stories, odd stories, not scary but vaguely unsettling. I liked it. So 32/30 so far, tickers updated, but not the group one.

>24 bumblesby: Congratulations! Reaching your goal feels great!

I added ROOT #42 for the year and the first for december: Johan Nørgaard Pedersen Sabotage i Viborg. A not quite satisfying graphic novel about WWII.

Finished my first ROOT of December. Updating all the tickers now.

I've finished my first ROOT for December - all tickers (group and personal) updated.

>24 bumblesby: Happy days...congratulations on your fine finish!

Another ROOT down, Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann. On the shelf for years, but not worth the wait.

Finished my third ROOT of December: The Santa Klaus Murder, by Mavis Doriel Hay. My personal ticker and the group tickers have been updated.

One more here: 33/30 but tickers aren't updating. I'll wait a bit. This one was: The Swan Thieves, and I quite enjoyed it. I think it was well written and well constructed and a good story with good characters. Oh, and I updated only the personal ticker...hopefully it will show soon.
Just checked and both the ticker thread and my personal ticker have updated. \o/

I finished reading My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. This is the first book in her Neapolitan series. It was good but it is going to take me some time to get to the others in that series. I will send my monthly update at the end of the month.

Me in January, before giving birth to my first child: "A lot of the time, you're just sitting there with the baby, right? Twenty-five books is two per month - I can do that!"

Me in December with my ten-month-old: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

I'm impressed I got through six (plus a decent amount of reading for work, admittedly). Although if I could count my son's books, I've read lots and lots this year. Dino Bites! is a particular favorite for both of us. Maybe I should start a ticker for him next year . . . .

>36 MissSos: That would be a great idea to do a ticker with your son's books! :) And as someone whose friends are in their prime baby-having years, I would love to hear about books that are a hit with the very young crowd -- I'm always looking for gift ideas.

Amazing that we made our goal already - that must be a first. Congrats everybody!

UPDATE: I have made my goal! Rather than wait until the new year and purge the old books that I know I won't ever read, I decided to do it now and start the new year off clean - so 53 ROOTS WERE ABOLISHED THIS MORNING!

>39 cyderry: woo hoo congrats! & awesome re the purging of old books that you know you wont read -- that can be a challenge in and of itself! :)

>39 cyderry: Congrats! Isn't it a great feeling to get rid of some of the cruft you know you aren't ever going to get to? (I should do that myself soon...)

I still have more to go through so maybe by the end of the year I'll be under 500 TBRs!

This is a terribly difficult time of year for me. Barnes & Noble keeps sending all those 20%-off coupons to club members for the holidays, and a couple of them have even been 25% or 30%. I mean, I can't let good B&N discount coupons like that just go to waste, can I?

>39 cyderry: WOOOOOOOOO! Way to go!!!!!

I'm two books away from 100 ROOTs for the year. I did rehome a lot of ROOTs unread, but I figured I wasn't going to get to them any time soon, so...

>39 cyderry: Way to go!! I find it is hard to 'rehome' those books but better than having them sit accusingly on the shelf!

I have been focusing on trying to read as many ROOTs as possible recently so have managed to knock off 4 paperbacks & 3 Kindle books so far this month.

So glad y'all have been doing so good! This way I don't feel quite so bad to be reading three non-ROOTs this month. :)

>39 cyderry: I badly need to do that, too. There are books I will never read...started, but they just weren't my cup of tea. Thanks for the kickstart!

>39 cyderry: Awesome! :D

>39 cyderry: Good for you--just the incentive I need--a good project to do between Christmas and New Year's to start off 2017!

That's two more roots for me this month and two passed my goal. The challenge continues with another underway.

I am so very pleased with us all - that was quite a collective trek up Mount TBR! Actually, I've just finished reading my third ROOT for December yesterday evening - The Crooked Branch: A Novel by Jeanine Cummins.

>39 cyderry: Woo hoo! Congrats!

Gregory Maguire, After Alice (2½**), 4th for December and 78/75

Congratulations everyone on achieving our ROOT Group goal. I have slowed up my reading as a new job has me more busy than the old one.

First ROOT for December for me, A Pale View of the Hills, love it!

After some delay from NaNoWriMo in November, I have reached my ROOT goal of twenty-four with Objective Troy, an absolutely fascinating read. Kudos to the whole group on achieving (and surpassing!) the group goal!

>56 leBleuCheese: YIPPEE! Way to go! :)

And CONGRATULATIONS to anyone who has met their goal, and I've missed.

>56 leBleuCheese: Congratulations! :D

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Fourth ROOT of December is finished: Declarations of War, a short story collection by Len Deighton. My personal ticker and the group tickers have been updated.

I won't reach my goal this year probably, landing just short of 50 but I'll keep pushing till the end. So far, two more added to bring me to 44/50.

However, I just bought 6 huge tomes due to an amazing book sale (English language books on sale for 4 dollars in Japan! - cheaper than the US!) that I couldn't resist. I don't know why I keep buying books, though, as I haven't read a book in over 6 months, and haven't read a book in English in over a year. But it's that fear of missing out on such a good deal while in Japan.

>54 CurrerBell: Deleting After Alice as a ROOT. My rule was, I'm only counting books which I owned before January 1, 2016. I thought this was a ROOT, but I've seen a sales slip that indicates I bought it in the very first few days of January of this year.

Puts me back to 3 for December and 77/75.

Hmm...

::looking under the mat for the 2017 ROOT thread::

>56 leBleuCheese: Yaay! Congratulations! We are all doing really well, I think.

>56 leBleuCheese: Congratulations!

I've just added my 2nd ROOT for December to all tickers. It was a good one too - Michael Brantley's Memory Cards, a lovely gentle memoir of life in the last 40-50 years in rural North Carolina.

3 more ROOTs pulled -- all tickers updated.
Almost there! (personal goal ;))

Avanders_you can do it!!! We all have faith in you and there is still 16 days to go! 2016 isn't finished yet! :+)

When my son was 4 months old, his grandparents showed him Dino Bites! for the first time, and they swear that he stared at the pages for 45 minutes as they turned them back and forth. YMMV, but it was a serious visual hit with at least one tiny reader. :-) I'm also a fan of The Whale in My Swimming Pool. He loves it, and it's entertaining enough for me to read three times a day without going nuts. The Crayons' Book of Colors is a lot of fun for the adult reading it as well. Since my son won't care about the stories themselves for a while, my criterion for choosing his books is "Can I stand to read it over and over and over without wanting to throw it in the fireplace?" :-)

Another root for me taking my tally to 51/48. Another book close to finishing. I am still trying to pull closer to my 75 challenge.

I have read 7 ROOTs this month, and I don't think I can add any more, Christmas is looming large. My own ticker is up-to-date.

I've completed The Maiden of the Blue Willow and Other Japanese Folktales by Hema Pande. I'll have one more TBR and expect to end the year with 35/30.

>66 LadyBookworth: thanks Lady Bookworth! :)
You're right.. it ain't over yet! ;)

Finished listening to Wrath and the Dawn on the road trip back to Kansas. It was a good YA fantasy novel. It was not the best I have ever read, but it was good enough that I want to read the second in the series. For a first time author it was a good beginning.

I'm reading a CHUNKSTER ROOT, Here Be Dragons, hope to have it done by 12/31!

Just wishing everyone happy holidays! Thanks for being such great people and readers. : ) I might get one more read between Christmas and New Year's...hope so! I am presently working on From Here to Eternity and it is long. Loved the movie and have seen it about 4 times now. Prewitt will always look like Sinatra...lol...oh, and it is really a better book than movie so far, although they are both terrific.

I just finished Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford, but it was very much a reread – I'm quite familiar with the book, but I wanted to refresh myself a bit while working through Jenny Uglow's Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories – and so I'm not going to include it as a ROOT. I'm just starting a first reading of Ruth, though, and I may very possibly get it finished before year's end.

I'd been hoping to include A Habit of Stories in my ROOTing for this year, but I don't think I'll complete it since I'm doing a read/reread of most of her major work as I come to each one in the text.

Finished my second ROOT for December, putting me at 35/40 for the year. I have a couple short ones to work on, so I'm hoping I can make my goal. All tickers updated.

Wow. Congratulations to everybody for making the goal. I got to 15, but pretty sure I won't make the 25 this year. Guess I'd better go for a slightly lower goal next year.

And thanks cyderry for keeping up with everybody and running the group!

I am cruising through Here Be Dragons, an EXCELLENT (as usual) chunkster by Sharon Kay Penman. She makes King John seem like a sympathetic character, sort of, sometimes... ;)

Finished another ROOT: Kruso by Lutz Seiler - an intriguing and rather surreal novel about the end of the GDR.

I've added one more to both my and the group tickers. I'm hopeful I'll have at least one more by the end of the year, although that might not get added until a couple of days into 2017 as I'll be away for a few days.

I finished off one more last night, that puts me at 36/40. All tickers updated.

#78
I love Sharon Kay Penman's books. I was slowly working my way through her Plantagenet series, but I got sidetracked by Poldark. She does such a good job of telling multiple sides of a story.

>82 benitastrnad: aaaarrggh, Poldark! The book(s) or television series?

I love both!

Very good job!!

I posted two ROOTs for December and am working my way through a few more.

Got one more in under the wire. Exceeded my goal :) Updated tickers

A Christmas Homecoming by Anne Perry, acq. 11/2011

I have completed 2 ROOTs thus far into the month:
Coromandel Sea Change by Rumer Godden; (4*) and
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; (5*); a traditional annual read beginning with my siblings & I reading it aloud to one another on Christmas Eve, then me to my children, to my grandchildren and now to our three great grandchildren.
This brings my total to 92 for the year and I probably won't get any more in this year.

Great work everyone. Keep it up!

Two more ROOTs removed, unread:

Enquiry by Dick Francis

B Is For Burglar by Sue Grafton

I finished my 30th ROOT!
All tickers updated :D

>89 avanders: Huzzah!

>89 avanders: Best victory dance ever! Congrats!!

I've finished Outlander, 35/30. Probably the last of this year.

Avanders- way to go!!! Great work on reaching your goal!!

>89 avanders: love that pic, too!

>89 avanders: Congrats on reaching your goal, Ava.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I have finished another 2 ROOTs for December for a total of 4.

DNF'ing another ROOT: Russka, by Edward Rutherfurd. My personal ticker and the group tickers have been updated.

Yaaay! Congratulations!

Another ROOT completed, the doesn't-read-like-a-chunkster Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman. It's one of the few that got more than 4 stars from me this year.

Finished off another ROOT, all tickers updated. I'm down to 3 left to reach my goal.

Well, I just finished my fifth ROOT for December - Point Hollow: A Novel by Rio Youers, last night. I'm hoping to maybe squeeze one or perhaps even two more ROOTs in before the end of the year. It may be wishful thinking, but we'll see what happens.

I've squeezed one more in, Jane Eyre. I expect it will be my last for December. I've updated all tickers including the group ones.

>102 Jackie_K: I LOVE THAT BOOK...

Congratulations on finishing!

I finished off one ROOT last night, all tickers updated. I only need 2 more to meet my goal.

>89 avanders: Congratulations!

>105 kkunker: Go, go, go!

Here is my report for December 2016

UpROOTED books:11
ROOTless books: 0
Added to the TBR shelves: 3

The ROOTs were:

Rome to Alexandria by Robert Colton
Pompeii: A Conspiracy Among Friends by Robert Colton
Pompeii: Hazard At Bay by Robert Colton
I, Claudia by Marilyn Todd
Virgin Territory by Marilyn Todd
Man Eater by Marilyn Todd
Wolf Whistle by Marilyn Todd
Jail Bait by Marilyn Todd
Black Salamander by Marilyn Todd
Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough

ROOTs in 2016: 80

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

Managed to slip in one more ROOT under the wire: Sad Cypress, by Agatha Christie, audiobook narrated by David Suchet.

Total ROOTs for December: 6
Total ROOTs for the year: 79

I've updated my personal ticker and the group tickers.

Thank you, Chèli, for all your hard work! And go us for reading so many of our own tomes! :)

I don't want to add to any pressure, but is the 2017 ROOT group anywhere to be found yet? I don't know about anyone else but I will be bereft if this group doesn't carry on!

I unexpectedly sneaked in another ROOT under the wire (thanks to it being 99% photos!), Tim Peake's Hello, is this Planet Earth? My View from the International Space Station which was a very beautiful way to end the year's reading. All tickers have been updated.

Finished off one more last night, all tickers updated. Which means I'm just one shy of hitting my goal.

Although I'll try to finish two more ROOTS before tomorrow at midnight, I'm falling way short of my goal this year. :-(

Hooray for everyone else that is making their goal and beyond!

Looking forward to 2017 reading!

I am also patiently awaiting the 2017 group. I reached my goal of 50 Roots yesterday, and I'm looking forward to starting the next challenge!

I finished one last ROOT for the year, nearly quadrupling my expected goal for the year.

For 2017 (is there a new group, did I miss it?), I'll increase my ROOT goal. In 2016, I did a lot of rooting around and cleaning out and donating old, unwanted books, in addition to reading some and then removing them from my shelves. I expect to do more of this in 2017. I can see the difference this is making in the piles of books around the house.

I'm calling it for the year - I have friends coming for the holiday starting tonight, so I won't get any more done. But I really wanted to be under 300 ROOTs to start the year, and I know I'll be getting some more books this weekend, so I did some weeding and I've now removed a total of 83 ROOTs from my shelves!

>115 jen.e.moore: excellent.

>114 lindapanzo: it really does help, and this group has helped ME to get more of those unreads either read or removed.

>109 Jackie_K: >113 Amberfly: me too...two days left...waiting...

>112 streamsong: you did make a difference in your TBR stack, even if not as many as you wished. :)

>107 Robertgreaves: >108 rabbitprincess: >110 Jackie_K: >111 kkunker: good job!

Well done everyone! I haven't had much time to be around here for the past month so I'm only reading through this thread now.

Also... I've just finished my third ROOT for December, which means I've read 30 books out of my 30 books goal. :) All tickers updated.

>117 nerwende: yes! Way to GO! :)

>117 nerwende: Hurray! Congratulations!!

I read one ROOT this month- and didn't update the tickers-

I managed another root taking me to 53/48. I'm happy with that. Happy New Year everyone and hope to see you all again next year in the new challenge.

Apparently, I will finish with 33/30...not a chance I can get anything else in this year. Happy New Year to you all!

I finished my sixth ROOT for the month for a total ROOT count of 75 for the year. See everyone next year!

Finished my last ROOT this morning and met my goal for the year of 20/20!
Updated tickers on my thread & the ticker thread.
See you all Next Year!

The 2017 ROOT Challenge Group is ready to start!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/244994

Sorry for the delay but I was traveling and didn't have my PC with me.

I will be tallying up the final numbers for 2016 on Monday so be sure that all your 2016 ROOTs are noted either on your ticker or here on this thread.

Just finished my last ROOT for the year, which puts me at my goal of 40 total! All tickers updated.
Happy New Year everyone, see you in 2017.

I've added my last 3 for the year which takes me to 22 ROOTS for 2016 - only 2 short of my goal which is much better than last year.

All tickers updated.

Have a wonderful New Year everyone. May it bring you all good things! See you in 2017.

Congratulations to all of us who made our goals or made great head way in getting to them. >113 Amberfly: Congrats!

I added 2 more ROOTs to my total for the year to make it 58/50.

Listen, I could pretend I finished 50 adult books, but I only read 42. I could add all the picture books I read to my nieces and nephews, but I truly want to know what I finished. I thought since I was unemployed, this would not be a problem reaching my goal. I always do. But instead of reading, I spend all my time job searching. Sorry I let you all down.

Books Read - 3
Towards Goal - 42/50
Percentage - 84 %

I added my totals to the tickers

>125 cyderry: >126 cyderry: Thanks so much for everything Cheli!

I didn't read any ROOTS for December, but overall it was a good year.

Thanks, Cheli, and Happy New Year!

Congratulations to all who reached their target.

Thanks to Cheli as always for oganising this.

Happy New Year to everyone!

GOT IT!! With 55 minutes to spare, I finished #52 and reached my goal for 2016.

Happy New Year to all of you and I'll ROOT with you for 2017 in about 50 minutes.

>130 mandymarie20: don't be hard on yourself, you did fine...read 42 books!

Thank you, Cheli, for all you do for us! Looking forward to the new year. The ticker thread and my personal thread are up to date: 33/30

I reached my goal of 50 + 4 owing from the previous year = 54.

Thanks for the love fuzzi. I needed that.

>130 mandymarie20: I think 42 is admirable in the face of life dealing out bad cards. I hope 2017 is better than 2016, personally.

>138 mandymarie20: you deserved some "love". :)

Life is too short and uncertain to dwell on small stuff. Onwards!

Hello everyone! Alright, so December was slightly better than I thought it would be. I actually did read four less ROOTs this month than last December. Onwards to the New Year!

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

Ancient Oaks Pruned: stands for older books read from my TBR pile: 1
Young Saplings Pruned: stands for newer books read from my TBR pile: 4
Trees Replanted: stands for rereads from my TBR pile: 0 (yes!)
New Seeds Planted: stands for additions to my TBR pile: 8
Trees Transplanted: stands for books that were donated: 4

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

The numbers are all in and we definitely reached our goal!

051616 44 / 70
50worth 7 / 24
amberfly★ 50 / 50
Ameise1★ 10 / 10
auntmarge64 24 / 30
avanders★ 30 / 30
avidmom★ 20 / 20
benitastrnad★ 66 / 45
benuathanasia★ 197 / 100
billiejean★ 45 / 20
BookDoc16 31 / 50
bragan★ 104 / 100
brewergirl★ 32 / 30
britt84★ 62 / 52
Carmenere★ 26 / 25
carriehh 5 / 21
clue★ 35 / 30
connie53★ 48 / 36
craso★ 13 / 12
crazy4reading 16 / 40
Crotchetymama★ 33 / 30
CurrerBell★ 77 / 75
cyderry★ 128 / 84
deep220 47 / 50
Dejah_Thoris 11 / 50
detailmuse★ 31 / 30
DrApple 31 / 65
enemyanniemae★ 52 / 52
Familyhistorian★ 58 / 50
FiLoMa★ 20 / 15
fuzzi★ 103 / 66
getrus 50 / 52
GreyhoundGal 5 / 25
HelenBaker★ 53 / 48
Helenoel 14 / 20
Henrik_Madsen★ 43 / 25
ILuvBookplates 2 / 20
InfoQuest★ 134 / 85
ipsoivan★ 54 / 30
Jackie_K★ 46 / 12
JacobsBeloved 15 / 15
jen.e.moore★ 83 / 52
johanna414★ 14 / 12
kac522 29 / 30
kaledyer★ 38 / 12
karenmarie★ 35 / 9
kaylaraeintheway★ 37 / 25
kkunker★ 40 / 40
klarusu 22 / 24
Klmesoftly 53 / 56
LadyBookworth★ 21 / 12
LauraBrook★ 98 / 75
leBleuCheese★ 24 / 24
leslie.98★ 121 / 50
liberian★ 51 / 50
lilisin 44 / 50
limelite 8 / 12
lindapanzo★ 95 / 24
Lisa805★ 8 / 8
LittleTaiko★ 60 / 55
lkernagh★ 55 / 40
LoraShouse 15 / 25
luvamystery65★ 47 / 30
madhatter22★ 44 / 40
mmignano11 8 / 50
majkia★ 76 / 50
mandymarie 42 / 50
MelissaHozey 8 / 25
Miss Watson★ 81 / 52
MissSos 6 / 25
moonshineandrosefire 58 / 86
MrGilpatric 40 / 100
nancynova★ 54 / 50
nebula21★ 30 / 30
nerwende★ 30 / 30
Nickelini★ 54 / 50
pigletto★ 93 / 80
QuestingforaQuest 2 / 15
rabbitprincess★ 79 / 50
rainpebble★ 92 / 10
readingtangent★ 47 / 45
RjRBukSlavZM99 5 / 25
Robertgreaves★ 80 / 66
rubyandthetwins 22 / 40
Sace★ 32 / 20
sallylou61★ 39 / 36
saraslibrary 29 / 50
Soupdragon★ 40 / 40
SqueakyChu 7 / 9
storygenie 7 / 40
streamsong 32 / 50
Tallulah_Rose 8 / 12
tames★ 14 / 13
tess_schoolmarm★ 100 / 50
torontoc★ 40 / 30
verkakte 9 / 20
VertOlive 6 / 24
vestafan 6 / 30
weird_o 30 / 40
WordMaven 5 / 20

62% of the participants reached their goals.
Our latest finishers just in time for the year end are:
amberfly, avanders, avidmom, bragan, cyderry, enemyanniemae,
HelenBaker, leBleuCheese, liberian, nerwende, Soupdragon, and
tames




to everyone!

Great news. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to this group in 2016, Chèli. Here's to an equally well-ROOTED 2017.

Thanks for totting it all up again Chèli! Happy New Year!

How wonderful! Yay!

Ditto on what Robert said!
And congrats to us on reaching our goal!

AND I'm particularly impressed that, although only 62% of us made our goals (which is still a great number!), we still surpassed our group goal thanks to the diligent reading of some! :) :) :)

Woo! Great job, everyone!

And a big THANKS to Chèli for all her hard work!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLKpgW8aL9k

I had 4 ROOTS in December. No tickers updated. No numbers updated either.

I will have a final count later today when I get to my book diary. I will hunt down and find the 2017 thread as well.

I need to amend my December total. I had 7 ROOTS in December. I did not update any ticker or group numbers.