CurrerBell's 2021 ROOTing

I've been having bad luck with my ROOTing these past couple of years, Real Life having intervened with numerous medical problems, stuff like CHF and COPD and prostate cancer, so I'm just going to post my ROOTs this year without setting a goal. (Well, I've actually set a goal of 1 for Ticker Factory purposes.) I'm hoping I have a good ROOTing record, but my ROOTs can just be assigned gratis to help the Group reach its goal.

What I'm going to do is list all of my reading by a monthly post, and identify which of the books constitute ROOTs, which will be the number that I will enter for my monthly ticker.

Maybe in a couple of months or so, if I find I'm getting more into the spirit of things, I'll change my mind and set an actual goal. For now, though, I'm just going to wait and see so that I don't mess up the Group's success by setting a goal that I find I'm not going to meet.

==========

Legend:

ROOT = 2021 ROOT CHALLENGE
RTT-M = READING THROUGH TIME – Monthly Read
RTT-Q = READING THROUGH TIME – Quarterly Read
BFB = 2021-BIG-FAT-BOOK-CHALLENGE
GC = Great Courses (video)

==========

January (9 Total, 5 ROOT), February (10 Total, 5 ROOT), March (7 Total, 4 ROOT)

==========

January

1 ... ROOT Catherine Jinks, The Last Bogler
9 ... ROOT Shannon Messenger, Keeper of the Lost Cities Collection Books 1-5
19 ... Shannon Messenger, Nightfall
21 ... ROOT RTT-M Jo Nesbo, Macbeth
24 ... ROOT Albert Wendt, The Banyan

26 ... Shannon Messenger, Flashback
29 ... Shannon Messenger, Legacy
31 ... ROOT RTT-M Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed
31 ... Shannon Messenger, Unlocked

Hi Mike, Welcome back to the ROOTers.

I hope your health is getting better and you can contribute to the total goal. Stay Safe and Happy reading and ROOTing.

You now only need to join the group as a member.

Good to see you again, Mike, and all the best wishes for a healthy new year!

Welcome back - I hope this year sees better health for you, and some great reading!

Good to see you back! Wishing you good health in 2021.

Wishing you a better year and enjoy your ROOTing.

February

3 ... Cherie Priest, The Toll
6 ... TJ Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
11 ... ROOT Emily St John Mandel, The Glass Hotel
16 ... ROOT Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time

16 ... ROOT BFB Augustine of Hippo, City of God (Penguin Classics), lxxi 1097 pp

along with GC Charles Mathewes, Books That Matter: The City of God, 24 ~half-hour lectures

17 ... ROOT Margaret Peterson Haddix, Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers
19 ... Margaret Peterson Haddix, The Deceivers
20 ... Julia Nobel, The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
20 ... ROOT RTT-M RTT-Q William Shakespeare, As You Like It (Norton Critical)
26 ... Julia Nobel, The Secret of White Stone Gate

Hi Mike. 5 ROOTs read. Good job.

>9 connie53: Thanks! I think it's easier for me to just do it – not set a goal but just give the ROOTs to the group. Not feeling under pressure makes it easier.

March

2 ... BFB Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders
4 ... RTT-M Brian Kilmeade,Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
6 ... RTT-M Frank Lambert, The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World
6 ... ROOT Jonathan Strahan (editor), The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 13
13 ... ROOT RTT-M RTT-Q Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!

14 ... ROOT-Reread Katherine Applegate, Endling (1): The Last
15 ... ROOT Katherine Applegate, Endling #2: The First

>10 CurrerBell: I understand how that makes it easier for reading with no pressure!

>10 CurrerBell: FYI without a goal they don't get counted in the group. Sorry, that's how it works.

Just popping in to wish you and yours a Happy Easter, Mike.