JULY ROOT - Progress Thread

This month let's take a vacation and read by the water!





In the Northern Hemisphere, summer is upon us but are we relaxing by the ocean, cruising the waterways or lounging by the pool? Everyone has their own preferences, but water seems to add the enjoyment of reading a good book.

Apparently there are even waterproof books! Who knew?
What's your preference?



















How do you waterproof your books for summer reading?

THE PASSWORD IS ROOTS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON NEW TICKER AFTER YOU HAVE UPDATED

Here are our June totals for 2022. Remember, if you are not a member of the group, or have not set a goal, your name will not appear in the list.

benitastarnd 44 / 62 ★★★ 71.0%
bragan 39 / 75 ★ 52.0%
brakketh 19 / 50 38.0%
ca_dmv 7 / 12 ★★ 58.3%
Caramellunacy 17 / 25 ★★★ 68.0%
Cecilturtle 33 / 50 ★★ 66.0%
clue 22 / 40 ★ 55.0%
Coach_of_Alva 22 / 25 ★★★★★ 88.0%
connie53 28 / 36 ★★★★ 77.8%
Cora-R 20 / 100 20.0%
crazy4reading 2 / 20 10.0%
curioussquared 43 / 55 ★★★★ 78.2%
cyderry★ 140 / 84 166.7%
detailmuse 21 / 40 ★ 52.5%
DisassemblyOfReason 21 / 100 21.0%
enemyanniemae 37 / 70 ★ 52.9%
FAMeulstee 34 / 48 ★★★ 70.8%
Familyhistorian 42 / 65 ★★ 64.6%
floremolla 17 / 40 42.5%
fuzzi★ 106 / 100 106.0%
HelenBaker 26 / 48 54.2%
Henrik_Madsen 23 / 50 46.0%
Jackie_K 35 / 60 ★★ 58.3%
janoorani24 7 / 20 35.0%
justchris 20 / 50 40.0%
kac522 38 / 75 ★ 50.7%
karenmarie 16 / 30 ★ 53.3%
Kristelh 35 / 50 ★★★ 70.0%
Kwharton 5 / 12 41.7%
LadyBookworth 26 / 30 ★★★★★ 86.7%
lilisin 52 / 80 ★★ 65.0%
lindapanzo 51 / 84 ★★ 60.7%
LoraShouse 9 / 15 ★★ 60.0%
madhatter22 16 / 50 32.0%
majkia 54 / 65 ★★★★ 83.1%
martencat 7 / 25 28.0%
Miss_Moneypenny 31 / 80 38.8%
MissWatson 41 / 75 ★ 54.7%
Nickelini 22 / 40 ★ 55.0%
Quaisior 9 / 50 18.0%
QuestingA 25 / 35 ★★★ 71.4%
rabbitprincess 33 / 50 ★★ 66.0%
readergirliz 16 / 30 ★ 53.3%
readingtangent 24 / 40 ★★ 60.0%
Rebeki 14 / 24 ★★ 58.3%
ritacate 6 / 30 20.0%
Robertgreaves 60 / 90 ★★★ 66.7%
rocketjk 10 / 25 40.0%
rosalita 21 / 48 43.8%
sallylou61 21 / 24 ★★★★★ 87.5%
si 16 / 20 ★★★★ 80.0%
Tara1Reads 6 / 52 11.5%
torontoc 16 / 30 ★ 53.3%
vestafan 42 / 60 ★★★ 70.0%
wandaly 12 / 18 ★★★ 66.7%



We have 2 readers who have reached their goals - cyderry and fuzzi!

Our top star readers closest to reaching their goals, are:

Coach_of_Alva 88%
sallylou61 87.5%
LadyBookworth 86.7%

The goal for July was 1,552. We've already reached it!

KEEP READING!

>2 cyderry: congratulations to cyderry and fuzzi for meeting their goals already! Impressive.

Woo hoo, congrats cyderry and fuzzi! We're doing great :)

#17 for the year and first ROOT for July- no tickers updated and the review is on my thread.

I've finished my first ROOT for July (#36 for the year; I actually finished it on 30th June but too late to add to the June totals). Added to my ticker only.

Congratulations to cyderry and fuzzi for meeting their _targets, and to us all for doing so well 1/2 way through the year.

Hope you are on the mend Cheli.
I have completed my first root for this month, An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope, taking me to 28/48. Unfortunately I cannot update my ticker thread, after it being fine last month, it is flashing again this month. So frustrating!

>1 cyderry: I don't waterproof my books for summer reading. If I am in close proximity to water I leave the books in a safe, DRY place.

I do like reading on a balcony facing the ocean, coffee within easy reach!

>2 cyderry: Thanks, Chèli, all this water makes me feel much cooler already! I love the terrace of our usual holiday apartment on Föhr wich looks out on the North Sea. No need for water-proofing books there.
And I have finished my first ROOT for July: A mind to murder.

#17 for the year and #1 for July: The Thorn Birds by Collen McCullough. I began reading it in mid-June and finally finished it- my copy had 673 pages!

>8 HelenBaker: I finally made it up the stairs this morning and after resting in my own bed for a few hours I maneuvered myself, with Tim's help, into the shower and luxuriated under the hot water for at least 20 minutes, washed my hair and body thoroughly. I fell almost human again!

I couldn't have managed these 2 weeks without my wonderful husband.

Congrats for you, Chèli and for Fuzzi too. Great job!

>12 cyderry: sorry you've been suffering. Hope you continue to feel better.

I finished Dog Days: A Year with Olive & Mabel by Andrew Cotter. Lovely gentle nonfiction about social media's favorite Labrador retrievers.

>12 cyderry: That first shower is the best feeling...and kudos to your husband for all his help.

I have recently read two books:

Shusaku Endo : Silence
Jon Krakauer : Under the Banner of Heaven

Both excellent and I will need to sit down properly and right my thoughts on them. I actually even noted quite a few passages in the Krakauer which I haven't done in a while. My theory that I needed a proper nonfiction to revamp my reading motivation seems to have proven correct as I have already chosen my next book to read, another nonfiction.

I'm two stars ahead of my ROOTS reading goal and yet this has definitely been a less than stellar reading year. Hoping to start having more memorable reads here on out.

Congratulations to cyderry and fuzzi! And another round to cyderry for navigating a hot shower, which after two weeks sounds even more fabulous than these beautiful swimming waters!

After a distressingly long reading slump, I have now finished my third ROOT for July — Greetings from Asbury Park by Daniel Turtel.

I was amused by the pictures of people reading in the water. I have seen almost all of those examples at my local swimming pool! I read my books while sitting in the shade far away from the pool. I ruined a paperback book once because I was sitting too close to the pool and got splashed. It soaked the book. Even though that happened - I love reading at the pool.

I've just added my second ROOT for July (#37 for the year) to my own ticker.

Hope the healing is going well Cheli!

Editing because my log was wrong. I've actually completed 4 ROOTS for this month so far.

First ROOT of July added to my personal ticker: Sunny Side Up, by Susan Calman.

I stopped counting my ROOTs early in June because at the end of the month I travelled to Scotland. I've finally returned and can now count three more ROOTs bringing my total up to 45 out of 65. My goal is getting closer!

And that's my 3rd ROOT for July (#38 for the year) added to my own ticker.

I've also just added #39 to my own ticker (I actually read it in June, but for some reason completely forgot to add it to my thread). Rather than muck up all my figures, I'll just count it as my 4th ROOT for July.

I've finished two more ROOTs for July: Amongst Our Weapons, the latest in the Rivers of London series, and The Lone Pilgrim, a collection of short stories by the marvelous (and sadly no longer with us) Laurie Colwin.

That makes 5 ROOTs and 6 books total so far in July, so perhaps my prolonged reading drought is well and truly over. *fingers crossed*

I finished Mold In Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax. Alexander Fleming might have discovered penicillin but he never did anything with it. It was Howard Florey and his team who turned the penicillin mold into the miracle drug it became and then gave it to the world. This was an amazing story and I am so glad I read it.

Reporting ROOT # 29 for the year, # 1 for July

Own tickers updated.

Reporting ROOT # 30 for the year # 2 for July

De meisjes van Ravensbrück by Anna Ellory

Own tickers updated.

Second ROOT for July and #18 for the year. The review is on my thread and no tickers updated.

I finished reading Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. This was a very depressing book. It was full information and was well written, but it was depressing.

>33 benitastrnad: That was one of my ROOTs earlier this year, too. Agreed -- very well done, but overall just sad.

Two further roots completed, Mexican Hooker #1 by Carmen Aguirre* and Brother-love Sister-love by Elizabeth Smither*. My ticker should read 30/48. I managed to update it last week but this week it is flashing again!

I feel I'm on a roll with 8 ROOTs so far.

8 for me so far this month, resting from surgery has given me time to sit back and read.

Here are my first two for July:
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
for a total of 35 ROOTS this year.

Group tickers are updated.

I've just added ROOT #5 for July (#40 for the year) to my own ticker. That's me 2/3 of the way to my _target. I'm off on holiday on Tuesday, but confident I'll have at least one more ROOT to report before I go.

And that's #6 added for July (#41 for the year). Will I get another done before tomorrow morning? We'll see!

I did it! ROOT #7 for July (#42 for the year) added to my own ticker. That'll be my last update of the month, I'll be back at the end of next week so I'll add all of the books I finish between now and then to my August total.

#18 for me was The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, and it would have been a 4 star book for me, but the ending was (unpopular opinion alert!) awful and contrived. It felt like I had put in all this work and was ultimately disappointed! It may be enough for me to swear off Kristin Hannah, as I have previously read The Great Alone and didn't like that one, either.

I finished Templar’s Last Secret by Martin Walker. I have been trying to read this whole series and this is book 10 in the series.

I also finished one of the recorded books I have been listening to. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. This is the first book in a series and I have started listening to book 2 in the series.

I interrupted my ROOTing with a few library books the past couple of weeks, but I've still managed to add four more ROOTs:
* The Lone Pilgrim, a story collection from the late, lamented Laurie Colwin
* The Rubber Band by Rex Stout
* The Mystery of the Screaming Clock by Robert Arthur
* The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The ticker on my thread and the ticker thread is up to date.

I have finished my tenth ROOT of the month and will be reading A place of greater safety next. I think it's safe to say I won't finish this before the month is out.
My own ticker is up-to-date.

Reporting ROOT # 31 for the year and # 3 for July

De wezens by Matt Haig

Own tickers updated

I'm finishing up July with a new and an old book:
Less by Andrew Sean Greer for my book club and
Poèmes choisis Émile Nelligan by Émile Nelligan which I got in 2021
That's 4 for July and 37 overall.

All tickers are updated.

Here is my report for July 2022:

UpROOTED books: 7
ROOTless books: 7
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 4

The ROOTs were:
In Exile by Alexandra Turney
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Never Say Goodbye by Hilary Green
The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
Your Voice Speaks Volumes by Jane Setter
Honest to Dog by Neil Plakcy
The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett

ROOTs in YTD: 67

(Group tickers not touched)

Hi all, so for July read 2 books.
Only my personal ticker updated.
Happy reading!

7 ROOTs read in July, making a total of 41/48
My own ticker is up to date.

>46 MissWatson: Ahem, added another one because I couldn't face my doorstopper this weekend.

I've added 5 books for Juy; 38 overall with the beautiful Regardez-nous danser by Leïla Slimani.

Group tickers are updated.

I knocked out 10 (ten) ROOT's this month. No ticker updated. This is more than usual because I traveled and that lets me listen to more books than I would get done in a month.

Sound Recorded books
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Nonfiction - hardcopy
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker
Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax

Fiction
Rosebud by Paul Cornell
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Templar's Last Secret by Martin Walker
Havana Requiem by Paul Goldstein

My personal ticker is up to date with 35/50 ROOTS read.

I updated my ticker. 40 of 50.

I have completely lost track of what day it is so I may be a bit late posting August's thread. I've been so wrapped up in Physical therapy, exercises and doctor appointments I never looked at the calendar!

>57 cyderry: Perfectly understandable, Cheli. We're content to wait until you are ready.

I posted 5 ROOTs for July and have read 48 out of 65.

Indeed!

>59 cyderry: So true!

7 for July- total of 44. Updating personal ticker.

>59 cyderry: I have the couch, I have the books, I am sooooo ready

Three ROOTs for July: The Go-Between by LP Hartley, The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl and The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens by Linda Chisholm. 20 out of 40 for 2022.

All tickers updated

August thread is up!

>65 cyderry: https://www.librarything.com/topic/343279