PensiveCat gets back to her ROOTs

Hi!

Last year I read a total of 34 books (the lowest in decades, but at least one of them was a doorstopper!), and only 9 of these were my own tomes. I'm going to be as modest as possible and try for 25 in the ROOT category!

Good luck and Happy ROOTing!

Wishing you lots of wonderful reading, whatever you read.

Thanks!

Good luck rooting in 2018!

Welcome and good luck!

Welcome, I hope you find being in the group as helpful as I have for rooting out those TBRs!

Best of luck with your ROOTing in 2018!

Glad you're with us!

Would you please copy your ticker to the ticker thread?

Welcome, Catherine - look forward to seeing what you'll be reading. Good luck with your goal!

Thanks!

Happy New Year, Catherine and Welcome to the ROOTers.

Welcome, and happy ROOTing!

And again happy reading in 2018, Catherine!

1. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

I love it when my book club chooses a book I already have at home!
A solid story about Hemingway's first wife as told from her perspective, and a look at 1920s Paris from someone who didn't quite fit in.

Congrats on your first ROOT and the serendipity!

Thanks! :)

2. Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Actually a re-read, but I wanted to have it clear in my head when the film adaptation comes out.

>18 PensiveCat:, I am very much looking forward to the film adaptation of that one (but probably won't reread the book beforehand as I find I get a bit cranky if the book - which is almost always better - is TOO fresh in my head...).

>18 PensiveCat: I would love to see that movie. I'm must ask my brother to keep an eye out for it.

3. Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge

Reminds me of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, but for writing poems.

4. The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah

Man from Britain moves family to a real fixer-upper in Casablanca. He endures a year of renovations, and has inevitable culture clashes. The story was okay, but I don't know how he seems like a glutton for punishment. Also, I don't know if there's a real understanding of the people of Morocco based on his experiences.

5. The Trials of the King of Hampshire by Elizabeth Foyster
An older ER book I finally got around to finishing!

>23 PensiveCat: Excellent! :)

6. Kensington Gardens by Rodrigo Fresan
A gloomy, trippy book centered around JM Barrie and the Swinging Sixties. I've had this book over a decade, but its story didn't grow old....I'll show myself out.

7. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
There's more than one freak in this story...
but I also feel like I need to visit Chicago now!

>26 PensiveCat: That was an interesting read, wasn't it. I read Devil in the White City recently and had the itch to explore Chicago after. I would imagine the city has changed a lot since then!

So it looks like my ROOTs weren't as well dug up as I'd intended this year. Will try again next year!

>28 PensiveCat: There is always a next year to try again.