atozgrl (Irene) Tries ROOTs in 2023
Keskustelu2023 ROOT CHALLENGE
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1atozgrl
My name is Irene. I'm a recently retired librarian, and am coming back to LT after a long period of inactivity. I found and joined the 75 Books Challenge in January. You'll find most of my commentary over there (https://www.librarything.com/topic/347822#n8067889). I'm also taking part in the 2023 Nonfiction Challenge: Favorite Pastimes in February (https://www.librarything.com/topic/348217#n8063499). A couple of the folks over on that thread told me about the ROOT Challenge and invited me to join, so here I am!
I have collected a lot of books over the years, and I haven't had the time to read them all while I was working, so I'm hoping to start putting a dent in that this year. That's my main reading goal this year, and it fits right in with the ROOT Challenge, so here I am.
Since this is my first year doing this, I have no idea really how many to set as my goal, so I just picked 40. We'll see how I do this year, and adjust next year accordingly.
I have collected a lot of books over the years, and I haven't had the time to read them all while I was working, so I'm hoping to start putting a dent in that this year. That's my main reading goal this year, and it fits right in with the ROOT Challenge, so here I am.
Since this is my first year doing this, I have no idea really how many to set as my goal, so I just picked 40. We'll see how I do this year, and adjust next year accordingly.
2atozgrl
ROOTs Books Read in 2023
January
1. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett.
February
2. Dewey's Nine Lives, by Vicki Myron.
3. The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse by Rich Cohen.
4. Fly the W: 2016 World Champions.
5. Seabiscuit: an American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand.
March
6. Sergeant York and His People by Sam K. Cowan.
7. Cleopatra: a Life by Stacy Schiff.
May
8. Raising the Hunley : the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf. (started in April but finished in May)
9. Historic Raleigh by Jennifer A. Kulikowski and Kenneth E. Peters.
June
10. Ancient pioneers : the first Americans by George E. Stuart.
July
11. George Washington's First War: His Early Military Adventures by David A. Clary.
12. Revolutionary Summer: the Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis.
August
13. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
14. Ribbon of Sand: the amazing convergence of the ocean & the Outer Banks by John Alexander and James Lazell.
September
15. Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand.
January
1. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett.
February
2. Dewey's Nine Lives, by Vicki Myron.
3. The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse by Rich Cohen.
4. Fly the W: 2016 World Champions.
5. Seabiscuit: an American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand.
March
6. Sergeant York and His People by Sam K. Cowan.
7. Cleopatra: a Life by Stacy Schiff.
May
8. Raising the Hunley : the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf. (started in April but finished in May)
9. Historic Raleigh by Jennifer A. Kulikowski and Kenneth E. Peters.
June
10. Ancient pioneers : the first Americans by George E. Stuart.
July
11. George Washington's First War: His Early Military Adventures by David A. Clary.
12. Revolutionary Summer: the Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis.
August
13. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
14. Ribbon of Sand: the amazing convergence of the ocean & the Outer Banks by John Alexander and James Lazell.
September
15. Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand.
3MissWatson
Welcome and good luck with your goal!
4connie53
Welcome to the ROOTers, Irene. Enjoy your retirement and your books.
40 is a nice goal and leaves room for new books you might buy and you want to read too. Any ROOT you read above your goal counts for the grand total. Also a good thing since some members won't reach their goal.
40 is a nice goal and leaves room for new books you might buy and you want to read too. Any ROOT you read above your goal counts for the grand total. Also a good thing since some members won't reach their goal.
6benitastrnad
That makes two of us - librarians who are retiring. I am retiring effective March 1. To that end I am stocking up on books and reading, reading, reading. And of course, there is coffee and tea. While reading. But first, I have to clean my office out. :-)
7rabbitprincess
Welcome aboard and have fun! A goal of 40 books sounds reasonable. You can also reduce your goal later on if you need to :)
8atozgrl
>3 MissWatson: >4 connie53: >5 Jackie_K: Thank you all for your encouragement! I'm looking forward to tackling my unread books.
9atozgrl
>6 benitastrnad: Your retirement date is coming soon! Congratulations! You will enjoy having more free time.
I had to rush cleaning out my office. We had been working from home for an extended period during the COVID lockdown, and I was still in the office only three days a week as I was preparing to retire. I thought I had cleared out everything, but my boss found some pictures in my filing cabinet a few months later and mailed them to me. Hopefully you'll have better success at cleaning your office out than I did! :-p
I had to rush cleaning out my office. We had been working from home for an extended period during the COVID lockdown, and I was still in the office only three days a week as I was preparing to retire. I thought I had cleared out everything, but my boss found some pictures in my filing cabinet a few months later and mailed them to me. Hopefully you'll have better success at cleaning your office out than I did! :-p
10atozgrl
>7 rabbitprincess: Thank you! I guess we'll see what kind of progress I make. It's good to know that I can reduce my goal if I need to.
11Robertgreaves
Hello, Irene. Welcome to the group. Happy ROOTing.
12fuzzi
>1 atozgrl: Found and starred!
13atozgrl
>12 fuzzi: Welcome!
