EAM Back for Another Round of ROOTing

Hihi to all-

Pleased to be back with you all again for 2021. I love reading about everyone's goals and accomplishments. May we all reach and then exceed our goals.

*big wave*

Happy ROOTing! Hope 2021 is a success for you!

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

Happy and healthy ROOTing in 2021, EAM

Hi EAM, welcome back to the group. Happy ROOTing in 2021.

Glad you're back!

Wouldn't miss it for the world!

JANUARY
1. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker FINISHED 1/2/21

Happy ROOTing!

JANUARY
1. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker FINISHED 1/2/21
2. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey FINISHED 1/5/20

1/5/20 ??????

I don't think that's right.

Oh dear. I think you are right, Connie. I definitely would not want to wish 2020 on anyone again. (not that 2021 is behaving itself either- after all the chaos this week in Washington DC, you'd think that life might let up on us for a bit. You would be wrong. I got a contact tracing letter Thursday morning- I may have been exposed to COVID and am now in self-quarantine. I will be tested on Monday, and if negative, will return to work on Thursday. Thankfully, I have books to read!)

JANUARY
1. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker FINISHED 1/2/21
2. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey FINISHED 1/5/21
3. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie FINISHED 1/8/21

>11 enemyanniemae: That's so scary EAM. I hope you test negative.

>11 enemyanniemae: Hope it all goes well, EAM

>11 enemyanniemae: good luck, and hope you get some good reading in meantime. Feel well!

>11 enemyanniemae: How scary! I hope everything turns out well for you and the waiting isn't too hard.

Fingers crossed that you test negative!

NEGATIVE!!!! I am thankful for that, believe me.

JANUARY
1. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker FINISHED 1/2/21
2. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey FINISHED 1/5/21
3. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie FINISHED 1/8/21
4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig FINISHED 1/15/21
5. The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff FINISHED 1/20/21

>17 enemyanniemae: Hurrah! I'm so glad for you. It must be an enormous relief when you heard to good news.

>17 enemyanniemae: Phew!

>17 enemyanniemae: That IS good news

>17 enemyanniemae: That must be such a relief.

>18 connie53: >19 Jackie_K: >20 Robertgreaves: >21 MissWatson:

You have no idea. One of the people who work for the library system died from the virus and another is very ill. Finding out that my co-worker had it and might have infected the rest of us was very frightening. My doctors were really helpful with setting up testing and providing me with a statement excusing my absence from work.

>22 enemyanniemae: Oh my goodness, that will have been so frightening. It's good to hear how helpful your doctors were.

JANUARY
1. The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker FINISHED 1/2/21
2. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey FINISHED 1/5/21
3. The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe by Ally Condie FINISHED 1/8/21
4. How to Stop Time by Matt Haig FINISHED 1/15/21
5. The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff FINISHED 1/20/21
6. Missionaries by Phil Klay FINISHED 1/26/21
7. The Fifth Avenue Artists Society by Joy Callaway FINISHED 1/27/21
8. Ready Player Two by Ernest Kline FINISHED 1/30/21

8 for January. Updating personal ticker.

Great numbers for January! I've occasionally thought of putting How to Stop Time on my to-read list. Should I?

Yes. Can I borrow it when you've finished it?

FEBRUARY

9. Full Throttle: Stories by Joe Hill FINISHED 2/2/21
10. Baby of the Family by Maura Roosevelt FINISHED 2/7/21
11. The Lantern's Ember by Colleen Houck FINISHED 2/9/21
12. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill FINISHED 2/11/21
13. Mothers of Ireland: Poems by Julie Kane FINISHED 2/12/21
14. Oblivion: Book 5 of the Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz FINISHED 2/18/21
15. Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown FINISHED 2/21/21
16. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune FINISHED 2/25/21

8 for the month for me- total of 16 for the year. Updating personal ticker.

MARCH

17. Difficult Women by Roxane Gay FINISHED 3/1/21
18. The Spectators by Jennifer duBois FINISHED 3/2/21
19. The Apprentice Witch by James Nicol FINISHED 3/4/21
20. Four Just Men (Vol 1) by Edgar Wallace FINISHED 3/8/21
21. A Promised Land by Barack Obama FINISHED 3/15/21
22. Evicted by Matthew Desmond FINISHED 3/19/21
23. You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen FINISHED 3/23/21
24. The Library of the Unwritten by A. J. Hackwith FINISHED 3/25/21
25. The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly FINISHED 3/27/21

Hi EAM, You have read a lot of ROOTs! Good job.

9 this month, for a to-date total of 25. Updating personal ticker.

APRIL

26. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah FINISHED 4/1/21
27. The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H. G. Parry FINISHED 4/7/21
28. The Secret Lives of Hoarders by Matt Paxton FINISHED 4/9/21
29. The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis FINISHED 4/13/21
30. Later by Stephen King FINISHED 4/15/21
31. Our House by Louise Candlish FINISHED 4/15/21
32. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah FINISHED 4/17/21
33. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah FINISHED 4/21/21
34. A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry FINISHED 4/27/21

Just popping in to wish you Happy Easter!

I got 9 books read for April- 34 for the year to date. Updating personal ticker.

MAY

35. Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge FINISHED 5/1/21
36. Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff FINISHED 5/6/21
37. Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins FINISHED 5/13/21
38. The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey FINISHED 5/20/21
39. Flight or Fright edited by Stephen King FINISHED 5/22/21
40. A Good Marriage by Stephen King FINISHED 5/27/21
41. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir FINISHED 5/31/21

7 for me for May, bringing my total to 41. Updating personal ticker only.

GO US!!

JUNE

42. Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney FINISHED 6/6/21
43. Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger FINISHED 6/12/21
44. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor FINISHED 6/21/21
45. Wendy, Darling by A. C. Wise FINISHED 6/25/21
46. Night Came with Many Stars by Simon Van Booy FINISHED 6/29/21

5 for the month
46 for the year

Updating personal ticker

GO US!!

JULY

47. Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver FINISHED 7/2/21
The End of Alice by AM Homes ABANDONED 7/3/21 (not counted towards goal)

Hi EAM, visiting threads on a rainy day and hoping to catch up with all ROOTers.

Your are doing fine with your ROOTs, well on your way to your goal!

GO YOU!!

JULY

47. Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver FINISHED 7/2/21
The End of Alice by AM Homes ABANDONED 7/3/21 (not counted towards goal)
48. Dream Girl by Laura Lippman FINISHED 7/7/21

>41 connie53: Thank you so much! I keep plugging along. I hope that everyone on your side of the world is healthy and happy (and stays that way)!

JULY

47. Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver FINISHED 7/2/21
The End of Alice by AM Homes ABANDONED 7/3/21 (not counted towards goal)
48. Dream Girl by Laura Lippman FINISHED 7/7/21
49. Goblin by Josh Malerman FINISHED 7/12/21
50. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior FINISHED 7/12/21
51. The Library of the Dead by TJ Huchu FINISHED 7/17/21
52. In the Quick by Kate Hope Day FINISHED 7/25/21
53. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall FINISHED 7/25/21

7 for the month- 53 total for the year to date. Updating personal ticker.

>44 enemyanniemae: I think you are almost there, EAM. Your goal is 60 ROOT's isn't it?

>45 connie53: It is, Connie. So close and yet so far...

AUGUST

54. The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom FINISHED 8/10/21
55. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris FINISHED 8/11/21
56. Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda FINISHED 8/14/21
57. Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling FINISHED 8/21/21
58. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia FINISHED 8/24/21
59. Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters FINISHED 8/25/21

6 in August but unfortunately the area was hit by a powerful hurricane and I just got internet access on my phone. So I guess I can wait to add them to September.

SEPTEMBER

60. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan FINISHED 9/3/21
61. Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri FINISHED 9/4/21
62. American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffery Toobin FINISHED 9/15/21
63. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead FINISHED 9/2/21

O wow, Are you all right? I hope the power gone is the only thing that happened.

>48 connie53: I have a downed fence and some tree damage but those things are nothing compared to what some of my neighbors are having to deal with. The storm was a monster. I was without electricity for 10 days and it was brutal in the heat but there are areas that are not expecting power to be restored until the end of the month. I fared much better than most. But I do NOT want to experience another storm like that again. EVER.

>49 enemyanniemae: I hope you will have no new storms to cope with, EAM. But the weather is off in so many places in the whole wide world, so we have to be prepared for anything in the coming years.

>50 connie53: You are so right, Connie. The earth is not pleased with us humans and she is letting us know. I can only hope that people will listen to her and make changes before we are all annihilated.

On a more pleasant note, I finished 5 books this month. Would have liked to do more but life intrudes on my reading time fairly frequently. But I did reach my goal and that is nice.

SEPTEMBER

60. Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan FINISHED 9/3/21
61. Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri FINISHED 9/4/21
62. American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffery Toobin FINISHED 9/15/21
63. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead FINISHED 9/2/21
64. Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Blythell FINISHED 9/30/21

updating personal ticker

Well done on hitting your goal!

Congrats on reaching your goal!

Woo hoo for reaching your goal!!

Thank you all for the good wishes- I am glad to have finally reached my goal. I felt like I was so close for so long. October doesn't look like it'll be very good for reading (at least so far) but I plan to read on.

OCTOBER

65. Billy Summers by Stephen King FINISHED 10/13/21
66. Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood FINISHED 10/17/21
67. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig FINISHED 10/22/21
68. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward FINISHED 10/22/21

Seriously? I only read 4 books?

Oh well. Total is 68. Updating personal ticker.

NOVEMBER

69. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune FINISHED 11/1/21
70. Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir by Jennifer McGaha FINISHED 11/3/21
71. Poison Flower by Thomas Perry FINISHED 11/15/21
72. The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson FINISHED 11/25/21

>57 enemyanniemae: I don't understand how it's November already! Ack!

And moving to December tomorrow. I decided to pay some ROOTers a visit today. I hope all is well.

Sorry I forgot to update- I found out recently that I have colon cancer and will be undergoing surgery on Dec 15. I hope to be able to continue reading, depending on how I feel post surgery. If I don't make it back before then (which I highly doubt), everyone have a wonderful holiday and happy reading!!

November was not the greatest month for reading but I did get 4 books in, for a total of 72. I'll add these to my ticker and see if it's possible to add them to our November totals. If not, then December will look better.

DECEMBER

73. The Left-Handed Twin by Thomas Perry FINISHED 12/2/21
74. We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz FINISHED 12/7/21
75. Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman FINISHED 12/18/21
76. Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix FINISHED 12/27/21

>61 enemyanniemae: Best of luck with your surgery, enemyanniemae. I hope it all goes well.

>61 enemyanniemae: Best wishes that the surgery goes well and for a full recovery!

>61 enemyanniemae: Every best wish for the surgery and beyond, EAM - I hope it is successful and you are feeling much better soon.

>61 enemyanniemae: Good luck with the surgery, and I hope you'll be on reading form quickly afterward!

I hope you are recovering from your surgery and the outcome was good. I hope to see you next year in the ROOTers!

Thank you all for the good wishes. I am home- surgeon told me he got it all but I will have to wait until the results of the lymph node biopsies come in to know for sure. I have 3 days left to the year so I am going to make a valiant attempt to read just one more before Jan 1.

I will be back for more of the challenge!!

>67 enemyanniemae: Good to hear the surgeon had good hope all things will be good. I will keep my fingers crossed for the results of the biopsies. (and everything else crossable)

I see the doctor on Monday and will find out the verdict. I am optimistic.

So for December, I read 4 books, for a yearly total of 76.