JULY ROOT - Progress Thread

With record heat enveloping many areas, what better way to cool off than in a garden, especially a WATER GARDEN.


Water gardening is gardening that is concerned with growing plants adapted to lakes, rivers and ponds, often specifically to their shallow margins. Although water gardens can be almost any size or depth, they are often small and relatively shallow, perhaps less than twenty inches (50 cm) in depth. This is because most aquatic plants are depth sensitive and require a specific water depth in order to thrive; this can be helped by planting them in baskets raised off the bottom. A water garden may include a bog garden for plants that enjoy a waterlogged soil. Sometimes their primary purpose is to grow a particular species or group of aquatic plants, for example water lilies. Water gardens bring soothing sounds and distinctive plants to the garden.

Here are the members and their goals so far.
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Ameise1 6 / 10 ★★ 60.0%
Ann_R 6 / 25 24.0%
atozgrl 13 / 25 ★ 52.0%
awwarma 4 / 10 40.0%
benitastarnd 58 / 72 ★★★★ 80.6%
Bookbrained 30 / 70 42.9%
brakketh 9 / 34 26.5%
bumblesby 7 / 20 35.0%
ca_dmv 5 / 12 41.7%
Caramellunacy 15 / 24 ★★ 62.5%
Cecilturtle 35 / 50 ★★★ 70.0%
clue 24 / 40 ★★ 60.0%
Coach_of_Alva 25 / 50 ★ 50.0%
connie53 25 / 36 ★★★ 69.4%
crazy4reading 9 / 30 30.0%
curioussquared 54 / 65 ★★★★ 83.1%
CurrerBell 26 / 50 ★ 52.0%
cyderry 49 / 72 ★★★ 68.1%
deep220 14 / 50 28.0%
detailmuse 32 / 40 ★★★★ 80.0%
DisassemblyOfReason 19 / 100 19.0%
EGBERTINA★ 433 / 25 1732.0%
ell-in-or BLANK/ 10 #VALUE!
emmanuelfakunle BLANK / 7 #VALUE!
enemyanniemae 21 / 50 42.0%
Familyhistorian 27 / 65 41.5%
floremolla BLANK / 40 #VALUE!
fuzzi★ 66 / 50 132.0%
handshakes 9 / 32 28.1%
HelenBaker 20 / 48 41.7%
Henrik_Madsen 11 / 50 22.0%
highlandcow BLANK/ 40 #VALUE!
humouress 9 / 25 36.0%
Jackie_K 29 / 40 ★★★ 72.5%
JaxlynLeigh 2 / 25 8.0%
jhbaker BLANK/ 12 #VALUE!
kac522 40 / 75 ★ 53.3%
karenmarie BLANK/ 10 #VALUE!
karns5306 BLANK / 75 #VALUE!
kayla.whitaker BLANK/ 40 #VALUE!
KWharton BLANK / 12 #VALUE!
Kyler_Marie 26 / 60 43.3%
LadyBookworth 10 / 30 33.3%
lindapanzo 61 / 84 ★★★ 72.6%
LisaMorr 20 / 40 ★ 50.0%
madhatter22 15 / 50 30.0%
majkia 58 / 65 ★★★★★ 89.2%
martencat 6 / 18 33.3%
MissSos 4 / 25 16.0%
MissWatson 67 / 75 ★★★★★ 89.3%
murphyse BLANK / 10 #VALUE!
nebula21 3 / 12 25.0%
nenasfilla BLANK/ 64 #VALUE!
postsbygina 18 / 55 32.7%
QuestingA 27 / 50 ★ 54.0%
rabbitprincess★ 48 / 40 120.0%
readingtangent 19 / 55 34.5%
Rebeki 18 / 30 ★★ 60.0%
ritacate BLANK/ 24 #VALUE!
Robertgreaves 44 / 72 ★★ 61.1%
rocketjk 9 / 30 30.0%
rosalita memorial★ 54 / 50 108.0%
sallylou61 12 / 24 ★ 50.0%
smc1sara 3 / 20 15.0%
si 18 / 25 ★★★ 72.0%
starkittyn BLANK / 25 #VALUE!
torontoc 8 / 30 26.7%
twogreys 11 / 24 45.8%
VioletCrown 31 / 52 ★★ 59.6%
wandaly 13 / 24 ★ 54.2%
wood0360 BLANK / 25 #VALUE!
zombiecat 3 / 10 30.0%



We actually have some fast starters - fuzzi, rabittprincess and EGBERTINA - have already reached their goals!
Those leading the pack toward their goals are:

MissWatson 89.3%
majkia 89.2%
curioussquared 83.1%
benitastarnd 80.6%
detailmuse 80%

The goal for month is 1,641, we're ahead, let's stay there, get reading!!

Charming gardens; so refreshing! Congratulations to those who have finished or are well on their way! Thank you, Chèli, for setting up the thread.

Lovely garden pics! Thanks for taking such good care of us.

Beautiful, Chèli, and so relaxing! Thank you for so much here.

Those water gardens look especially attractive given the current heat wave. Thanks so much, Chèli, for setting up the new thread.

I just want to jump into those gardens--and the water!

Love the garden with the little waterfall (picture 4)!

Thank you for all your hard work compiling our figures and for the beautiful pictures.

Thank you, Chèli, just looking at the water is soothing and cooling!

Thank you for the new thread!

I've finished my first ROOT for July (#30 for the year). Added to my own ticker only.

My first root for the month recorded. Ned & Katina by Patricia Grace 21/48. Still some catching up to do.

First ROOT of July and #10 for the year. The review is on my thread and not tickers updated.
I had 9 books read by the end of June 8 in the stats.

Nice theme, Chèli. I would love to sit there, feet in the water and some shade

Reporting ROOT # 26 for the year, # 2 for July

A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vande Velde

Own tickers updated

I've added my second ROOT for July (#31 for the year) to my own ticker.

I never realized that we were counting everyone's goal towards a group goal. That definitely motivates me to get my butt moving!

ROOT #11 for the year and the second for July. The review is on my thread and no tickers updated.

>1 cyderry: Beautiful gardens. If only I had the space ...

I have finished 2 ROOTs so far this month: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and a reread of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. My ticker has been updated.

I hope to finish my 75th book today before my guests arrive...but if not, it must wait until after our concerts.

Reporting ROOT # 27 for the year, # 3 for July

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Own tickers updated

I'm currently working on #14 for July/#153 for the year: Yamile Méndez – Furia.

My goal for the month is 18, and for the year it's 260.

Reporting ROOT # 28 for the year, # 4 for July

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett

Own tickers updated.

I finished reading Time to Depart by Lindsey Davis. As usual I enjoyed reading this entry in the Marcus Didius Falco series. I also managed to learn something about the ancient city of Rome and ended up with questions about what the author means when telling us that the policemen of Rome wore stout boots. What exactly were Roman boots like? This is something that I will have to ask Lindsey Davis about it when she does her next read aloud in August.

I have reached my goal with a re-read of Das doppelte Lottchen, to mark the 50th anniversary of Erich Kästner's death. And I also finished another book yesterday, adding my first to the group's total.

I read a total of 3 ROOTs this month, which makes 16 for the year. I'm not going to be able to finish any more before the end of the month. My personal ticker has been updated.

Reporting ROOT # 29 for the year, # 5 for July

De avonturen van Amina al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty

Own tickers updated.

Here is my report for July 2024:

UpROOTED books: 6
ROOTless books: 16
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 1

The ROOTs were:
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Russell: A Very Short Introduction by A. C. Grayling
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
Memorial by Bryan Washington

ROOTs in YTD: 50

(Only my ticker updated)

2 for July
23 total ytd

I had 8 ROOTS for July. No tickers updated.

Here is the individual title count for July
Fiction: Time to Depart by Lindsey Davis
Mystery Guest by Nita Prose - book 2 in the Molly the Maid series
Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Nonfiction: Real Life of the Parthenon by Patricia Vigderman
Recorded books Fiction: Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Nonfiction: Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War: 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright

I have finished 10 ROOTs in July, and my count is now 77/75. My own ticker is updated.

I've added two more ROOTs to my own ticker (#3 and #4 for July, taking me up to a total of 33 for the year to date), although I haven't yet got round to reviewing them on my thread. Life (in the form of holiday and family stuff) has got in the way a bit, but at least my ticker is up to date!

AUGUST THREAD IS UP!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/362384#n8589553

Adding my only ROOT for July to take my total to 12 for the year. My personal ticker has been updated, but not the group one.

Only 3 ROOTs for July for a total of 38 this year - that's what happens when you do to the library!
My personal ticker is updated.