Elizabeth (readingtangent)'s 2023 ROOTs
Keskustelu2023 ROOT CHALLENGE
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1readingtangent
Hello, Elizabeth M. here, back for more ROOTing. I live in Texas, USA, with my husband of nearly 19 years, and aside from reading, I also like to run, go to concerts, cook, bake, and do jigsaw puzzles.
My favorite genres are historical romance, YA, horror, sci-fi, and comics/graphic novels, but I will try just about anything that sounds interesting.
2021 was a relatively restrained book-buying year for me, but 2022 was decidedly NOT. So I have a lot of new ROOTs to choose from now. Yay? :)
My ROOT goal this year is 50, and as usual I will count anything that I acquired prior to January 1st, 2023 as a ROOT.
Happy New Year, and good luck with your goals, everybody!!
My favorite genres are historical romance, YA, horror, sci-fi, and comics/graphic novels, but I will try just about anything that sounds interesting.
2021 was a relatively restrained book-buying year for me, but 2022 was decidedly NOT. So I have a lot of new ROOTs to choose from now. Yay? :)
My ROOT goal this year is 50, and as usual I will count anything that I acquired prior to January 1st, 2023 as a ROOT.
Happy New Year, and good luck with your goals, everybody!!
2readingtangent
Here are my stats as of January 1st, 2023. The first number is how many books I acquired that year (beginning in 2014, which is when I started my spreadsheet) and the second is how many are still waiting TBR. The goal is to "zero out" 2015 and 2017 and make big dents in all the other years, especially 2018.
2014: 54 --> 0
2015: 69 --> 4
2016: 53 --> 0
2017: 54 --> 6
2018: 101 --> 40
2019: 111 --> 66
2020: 151 --> 89
2021: 91 --> 54
2022: 143 -- > 111
2014: 54 --> 0
2015: 69 --> 4
2016: 53 --> 0
2017: 54 --> 6
2018: 101 --> 40
2019: 111 --> 66
2020: 151 --> 89
2021: 91 --> 54
2022: 143 -- > 111
3readingtangent
ROOTs read in 2023
JANUARY
1) The Princess and the Scoundrel - Beth Revis (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
2) Smuggler's Moon - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2018)
3) The Secret of Love - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2020)
4) You'll Never Know, Dear - Hallie Ephron (acquired in 2018)
5) Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion (acquired in 2020)
6) The White Album - Joan Didion (acquired in 2020)
FEBRUARY
7) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
8) A Pretty Deceit - Anna Lee Huber (acquired in 2022)
9) The Distance Between Us - Kasie West (acquired in 2015)
10) No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (acquired in 2021)
11) In the Valley of the Sun - Andy Davidson (acquired in 2019)
12) No One Knows Us Here - Rebecca Kelley (acquired in 2022)
13) Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
14) The Bride - Julie Garwood (acquired in 2020)
15) Beauty and the Duke - Nadine Millard (acquired in 2018)
16) Supernatural: Mythmaker - Tim Waggoner (acquired in 2021)
MARCH
17) A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami (acquired in 2022)
18) In the Pleasure Groove – John Taylor (acquired in 2021)
19) The World Jones Made – Philip K. Dick (acquired in 2022)
20) Galapagos – Kurt Vonnegut (acquired in 2022)
21) The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (acquired in 2021)
22) Cumulus – Eliot Peper (acquired in 2019)
23) Unnatural Acts – Kevin J. Anderson (acquired in 2022)
24) The Fold – Peter Clines (acquired in 2020)
25) From Russia with Love – Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
26) Star Wars: Thrawn – Timothy Zahn (acquired in 2017)
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
JANUARY
1) The Princess and the Scoundrel - Beth Revis (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
2) Smuggler's Moon - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2018)
3) The Secret of Love - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2020)
4) You'll Never Know, Dear - Hallie Ephron (acquired in 2018)
5) Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion (acquired in 2020)
6) The White Album - Joan Didion (acquired in 2020)
FEBRUARY
7) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
8) A Pretty Deceit - Anna Lee Huber (acquired in 2022)
9) The Distance Between Us - Kasie West (acquired in 2015)
10) No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (acquired in 2021)
11) In the Valley of the Sun - Andy Davidson (acquired in 2019)
12) No One Knows Us Here - Rebecca Kelley (acquired in 2022)
13) Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
14) The Bride - Julie Garwood (acquired in 2020)
15) Beauty and the Duke - Nadine Millard (acquired in 2018)
16) Supernatural: Mythmaker - Tim Waggoner (acquired in 2021)
MARCH
17) A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami (acquired in 2022)
18) In the Pleasure Groove – John Taylor (acquired in 2021)
19) The World Jones Made – Philip K. Dick (acquired in 2022)
20) Galapagos – Kurt Vonnegut (acquired in 2022)
21) The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (acquired in 2021)
22) Cumulus – Eliot Peper (acquired in 2019)
23) Unnatural Acts – Kevin J. Anderson (acquired in 2022)
24) The Fold – Peter Clines (acquired in 2020)
25) From Russia with Love – Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
26) Star Wars: Thrawn – Timothy Zahn (acquired in 2017)
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
4readingtangent
First 2 ROOTs of the year:
1) The Princess and the Scoundrel - Beth Revis (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
2) Smuggler's Moon - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2018)
1) The Princess and the Scoundrel - Beth Revis (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present)
2) Smuggler's Moon - Cynthia Wright (acquired in 2018)
5rabbitprincess
Welcome back and have a great year! Glad you have lots of new ROOTs to choose from :D
6enemyanniemae
Happy New Year and Happy Reading!
7MissWatson
Welcome back and good luck with your goals!
8connie53
Happy New Year to you and your family, Elizabeth. Glad you joined the ROOT-ers for another year.
9Jackie_K
Welcome back and happy new year! I love your year-based goals, what a great way of prioritising the older ROOTs!
10readingtangent
>5 rabbitprincess:,>6 enemyanniemae:>,>7 MissWatson:,>8 connie53:,>9 Jackie_K: Thanks! :) I'm glad to be ROOTing again.
I've challenged myself not to add anything to the TBR list for at least 90 days, and so far, 59 days in, I'm managing. This accounts for my having read so many ROOTs already. It's all I have to choose from.
February's ROOTs:
7) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present) (started this one in January)
8) A Pretty Deceit - Anna Lee Huber (acquired in 2022)
9) The Distance Between Us - Kasie West (acquired in 2015)
10) No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (acquired in 2021)
11) In the Valley of the Sun - Andy Davidson (acquired in 2019)
12) No One Knows Us Here - Rebecca Kelley (acquired in 2022)
13) Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
14) The Bride - Julie Garwood (acquired in 2020)
15) Beauty and the Duke - Nadine Millard (acquired in 2018)
16) Supernatural: Mythmaker - Tim Waggoner (acquired in 2021) (not quite done with it yet, but very close, so I'm counting it for the month :))
I've challenged myself not to add anything to the TBR list for at least 90 days, and so far, 59 days in, I'm managing. This accounts for my having read so many ROOTs already. It's all I have to choose from.
February's ROOTs:
7) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino (acquired in 2022) (Christmas present) (started this one in January)
8) A Pretty Deceit - Anna Lee Huber (acquired in 2022)
9) The Distance Between Us - Kasie West (acquired in 2015)
10) No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy (acquired in 2021)
11) In the Valley of the Sun - Andy Davidson (acquired in 2019)
12) No One Knows Us Here - Rebecca Kelley (acquired in 2022)
13) Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (acquired in 2022)
14) The Bride - Julie Garwood (acquired in 2020)
15) Beauty and the Duke - Nadine Millard (acquired in 2018)
16) Supernatural: Mythmaker - Tim Waggoner (acquired in 2021) (not quite done with it yet, but very close, so I'm counting it for the month :))
11rabbitprincess
Great progress!
12MissWatson
You're doing well! And congrats on sticking with the "no new books" resolution!
14readingtangent
>11 rabbitprincess:,>12 MissWatson:,>13 connie53: Thanks! I made it through all 90 days. Now I'm going to see how much longer I can keep it going :).
These were my ROOTs for March:
17) A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami (acquired in 2022)
18) In the Pleasure Groove – John Taylor (acquired in 2021)
19) The World Jones Made – Philip K. Dick (acquired in 2022)
20) Galapagos – Kurt Vonnegut (acquired in 2022)
21) The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (acquired in 2021)
These were my ROOTs for March:
17) A Wild Sheep Chase – Haruki Murakami (acquired in 2022)
18) In the Pleasure Groove – John Taylor (acquired in 2021)
19) The World Jones Made – Philip K. Dick (acquired in 2022)
20) Galapagos – Kurt Vonnegut (acquired in 2022)
21) The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway (acquired in 2021)
19readingtangent
My cover pix weren't showing up correctly anymore unless I posted each one seperately, for some reason...
Anyway, I didn't read this. My husband let me know there's a comic/graphic novel version of the book (same story--he's read both), so I read that instead. I'm going to count it as a ROOT, though, because I'm removing it from the 2017 list, and this way my stats will still make sense to me at the end of the year :).
26) Star Wars: Thrawn – Timothy Zahn (acquired in 2017)
Anyway, I didn't read this. My husband let me know there's a comic/graphic novel version of the book (same story--he's read both), so I read that instead. I'm going to count it as a ROOT, though, because I'm removing it from the 2017 list, and this way my stats will still make sense to me at the end of the year :).
26) Star Wars: Thrawn – Timothy Zahn (acquired in 2017)
