1VioletCrown
Hello friends! I hope it's okay to have jumped in mid-year. At the moment, I have shelves of unread books, a notebook with a list of my books read this year, a vague goal, and a guilty conscience from the imbalance of Incoming vs. Read books. As I've read 26 books so far this year, I'll make my yearly goal a convenient 52.
2Jackie_K
Hello Violet! Welcome to the group! I hope you enjoy the accountability, although beware, all the book reviews flying around mean that my wishlist/TBR pile has increased exponentially since I've been here!
Don't worry about the group ticker - it sits at the top of the monthly thread, and you can update it if you want to but I find as long as I mention my numbers in the thread, and keep my own ticker up to date, it's fine to leave it alone (and I'm less likely to mess it up!).
Don't worry about the group ticker - it sits at the top of the monthly thread, and you can update it if you want to but I find as long as I mention my numbers in the thread, and keep my own ticker up to date, it's fine to leave it alone (and I'm less likely to mess it up!).
3VioletCrown
>2 Jackie_K: Thank you Jackie! I will leave the group ticker alone then.
The weakness of my TBR pile is the proximity of our public library's re-sale store, where donations go for $1-$2 each. It is time however to start working hard on making textual outflow equal (at the least) inflow.
The weakness of my TBR pile is the proximity of our public library's re-sale store, where donations go for $1-$2 each. It is time however to start working hard on making textual outflow equal (at the least) inflow.
4VioletCrown
ROOTs from May 30, 2024
27. Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom: The Story of the Militant American Suffragist Movement
ROOTs for June 2024
28. Goethe, Faust Part Two
27. Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom: The Story of the Militant American Suffragist Movement
ROOTs for June 2024
28. Goethe, Faust Part Two
5VioletCrown
Gains from May 30, 2024 (books acquired)
1. Robin Jenkins, Just Duffy
2. Angela Carter, ed., Wayward Girls & Wicked Women
3. Ernest Rhys, ed., The Growth of Political Liberty
4. Hugo von Hofmannsthal, The Lord Chandos Letter and other writings
5. Granta 27: Death
6. Granta 29: New World
1. Robin Jenkins, Just Duffy
2. Angela Carter, ed., Wayward Girls & Wicked Women
3. Ernest Rhys, ed., The Growth of Political Liberty
4. Hugo von Hofmannsthal, The Lord Chandos Letter and other writings
5. Granta 27: Death
6. Granta 29: New World
6VioletCrown
Losses from May 30, 2024 (books expunged)
1. Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom
2. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics volume 1: Microeconomics
3. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics volume 2: Macroeconomics
4. The Oxford Book of English Verse
5. J. W. von Goethe, Selected Works
1. Doris Stevens, Jailed for Freedom
2. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics volume 1: Microeconomics
3. The Cartoon Introduction to Economics volume 2: Macroeconomics
4. The Oxford Book of English Verse
5. J. W. von Goethe, Selected Works
7connie53
Good morning, Violet. (it's 10.am in the Netherlands) Welcome to the ROOTers. Feel free to ask for help. We are all willing to do so.
If you want to you can kopie your ticker to the thicker-thread. Cyderry keeps score of all our ROOTs to figure out the group total. It helps her to have all tickers from members in one thread.
You could also visit some threads by other members to see what they are doing, reading and things like that.
If you want to you can kopie your ticker to the thicker-thread. Cyderry keeps score of all our ROOTs to figure out the group total. It helps her to have all tickers from members in one thread.
You could also visit some threads by other members to see what they are doing, reading and things like that.
8MissWatson
Welcome to the ROOTers. Having a library sale nearby must be a constant temptation. Happy reading!
9VioletCrown
>7 connie53: Thank you Connie! On your advice I have copied my ticker to the pinned ticker thread.
10VioletCrown
>8 MissWatson: Thank you for your welcome. :)
11VioletCrown
28. Goethe, Faust Part Two
The very strange allegorical sequel to Faust Part 1, written more than twenty years later. We learn that a philosophy of deeds is superior to a philosophy of ideas; that if Helen of Troy (classical) and Dr. Faustus (medieval) were transported to the 19th century and had a baby, it would be Lord Byron; and that printing endless supplies of paper money will make you popular for a while but inflation will come back to bite you. Five stars.
The very strange allegorical sequel to Faust Part 1, written more than twenty years later. We learn that a philosophy of deeds is superior to a philosophy of ideas; that if Helen of Troy (classical) and Dr. Faustus (medieval) were transported to the 19th century and had a baby, it would be Lord Byron; and that printing endless supplies of paper money will make you popular for a while but inflation will come back to bite you. Five stars.
12VioletCrown
30. Georges Simenon, Maigret in Society
31. Georges Simenon, The Engagement
Two very different novels from Simenon: the first, a standard Maigret mystery; the second, a psychological thriller from the point of view of the only suspect of a Parisian murder, who happens to be innocent. It took an awfully long time to read because I am foolishly reading two other slowish books at the same time.
31. Georges Simenon, The Engagement
Two very different novels from Simenon: the first, a standard Maigret mystery; the second, a psychological thriller from the point of view of the only suspect of a Parisian murder, who happens to be innocent. It took an awfully long time to read because I am foolishly reading two other slowish books at the same time.
