SEPTEMBER ROOT - Progress Thread

It is getting harder and harder to gather the numbers because more and more tickers are not working in the ticker thread.

Please, please check out your ticker to see if it is still functioning. If it isn't please create a new one and then go to the ticker thread and REPLACE the coding with the new code in the same message.

As summer in Northern Hemisphere is ending, the last trips to the beach are also and the time to reflect on SEASIDE GARDENS.









The key to success with a coastal garden is to create protected pockets and a gentler microclimate within a tough macroclimate.

Like a trifle, a coastal garden comes together layer by layer.

Our coastlines differ from east to south and south to west, from subtropical to Mediterranean to arid. There are also different rainfall seasons and different endemic species. All, however, are buffeted by strong salty winds, have sandy, poor soil, and experience periods of drought and heat.

Among the hardy plants recommended for coastal areas are: Fireweed, Balsam, Bindweed, Lupins, Blue Flag, Beach Pea, Gaillardia, and ferns. A bonus to coastal gardeners is seaweed which, after it has been rained on and dried, is useful as both mulch and “miracle compost.”

I know, now that I live near the seaside, I will need to be changing the flowers that used to be in my garden to different more seaside friendly ones.

Remember if your name doesn't appear, check to make sure you are a member.
Those members whose tickers are not working are marked BLANK. Please repair your tickers. 30% OF THE TICKERS AREN'T WORKING! If you need help, just ask.

THE TICKER PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. PLEASE, PLEASE CHECK YOUR TICKER IN THE TICKER THREAD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WORKING! More than 1/4 of the tickers are not functioning! If the tickers continue to malfunction I will not be able to give accurate numbers as to our position at reaching our goal.

Ameise1 7 / 10 ★ 70.0%
Ann_R 9 / 25 36.0%
atozgrl 19 / 25 ★★ 76.0%
awwarma 4 / 10 40.0%
benitastarnd 75 / 72 104.2%
Bookbrained 43 / 70 61.4%
brakketh 14 / 34 41.2%
bumblesby 12 / 20 60.0%
ca_dmv 7 / 12 58.3%
Caramellunacy 19 / 24 ★★ 79.2%
Cecilturtle 44 / 50 ★★★ 88.0%
clue 33 / 40 ★★ 82.5%
Coach_of_Alva 34 / 50 ★ 68.0%
connie53 35 / 36 ★★★ 97.2%
crazy4reading BLANK / 30 #VALUE!
curioussquared 67 / 65 103.1%
CurrerBell 30 / 50 60.0%
cyderry 65 / 72 ★★★ 90.3%
deep220 BLANK / 50 #VALUE!
detailmuse 40 / 40 100.0%
DisassemblyOfReason 24 / 100 24.0%
EGBERTINA 554 / 25 2216.0%
ell-in-or BLANK / 10 #VALUE!
emmanuelfakunle BLANK / 7 #VALUE!
enemyanniemae 23 / 50 46.0%
Familyhistorian 45 / 65 ★ 69.2%
floremolla BLANK / 40 #VALUE!
formativeage 1 / 10 10.0%
fuzziBLANK/ 50 #VALUE!
handshakes 12 / 32 37.5%
HelenBaker 26 / 48 54.2%
Henrik_Madsen 19 / 50 38.0%
highlandcow BLANK / 40 #VALUE!
humouress 14 / 25 56.0%
Jackie_K 36 / 40 ★★★ 90.0%
JaxlynLeigh BLANK / 25 #VALUE!
jhbaker BLANK / 12 #VALUE!
kac522 52 / 75 ★ 69.3%
karenmarie BLANK / 10 #VALUE!
karns5306 BLANK / 75 #VALUE!
kayla.whitaker BLANK / 40 #VALUE!
KWharton BLANK/ 12 #VALUE!
Kyler_Marie 33 / 60 55.0%
LadyBookworth 10 / 30 33.3%
lindapanzo 74 / 84 ★★★ 88.1%
LisaMorr 20 / 40 50.0%
madhatter22 16 / 50 32.0%
majkia 80 / 65 123.1%
martencat 8 / 18 44.4%
MissSos 7 / 25 28.0%
MissWatson 90 / 75 120.0%
murphyse BLANK/ 10 #VALUE!
nebula21 5 / 12 41.7%
nenasfilla BLANK/ 64 #VALUE!
postsbygina 24 / 55 43.6%
QuestingA 30 / 50 60.0%
rabbitprincess 62 / 40 155.0%
readingtangent 30 / 55 54.5%
Rebeki 23 / 30 ★★ 76.7%
ritacate BLANK/ 24 #VALUE!
Robertgreaves 60 / 72 ★★★ 83.3%
rocketjk 12 / 30 40.0%
rosalita memorial 50 / 50 100.0%
sallylou61 19 / 24 ★★ 79.2%
smc1sara BLANK/ 20 #VALUE!
si 22 / 25 ★★★ 88.0%
starkittyn BLANK/ 25 #VALUE!
torontoc 14 / 30 46.7%
twogreys 15 / 24 62.5%
VioletCrown 31 / 52 59.6%
wandaly 18 / 24 ★★ 75.0%
wood0360 BLANK/ 25 #VALUE!
zombiecat BLANK/ 10 #VALUE!



We actually have members - fuzzi, rabittprincess, MissWatson, majkia, curioussquared, and EGBERTINA - who have reached their goals! This month they were joined by benitastarnd and detailmuse!
Those leading the pack toward their goals are:

connie53 97.2%
cyderry 90.3%
Jackie_K 90.0%
lindapanzo 88.1%
si 88.0%
Robertgreaves 83.3%

The goal for month is 2,118, we may already be there but with the missing tickers, it is questionable.

Hi Chéli, really sorry that people don't check their tickers. That leaves you with so much work. And you deserve all the cooperation you need.

Reporting ROOT # 36 for the year, # 1 for September

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente

own ticker updated

What beautiful gardens you've chosen for us this month, Cheli. Not a garden as such, but I'd love to visit the west coast of Scotland and/or the Hebrides and see the machair, the wild flowers thriving on the coast on the edge of the land. There are a couple of lovely pictures here: https://www.nature.scot/landscapes-and-habitats/habitat-types/coast-and-seas/coa...

I've just added ROOT #1 for September (#37 for the year) to my own ticker only.

Reporting ROOT # 37 for the year # 2 for September

Kleine brandjes overal by Celeste Ng

A man we can all identify with: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_JptpHgUW1/?igsh=amE0dXhjaHAzY2kw

Reporting ROOT # 38 for the year, # 3 for September

Honderd namen - Cecelia Ahern

own ticker updated.

>2 cyderry: Beautiful! My eyes relax with those long view over water :)

>7 Robertgreaves: Yes!

Love the Sea Gardens. The first time I ever heard of a sea garden was when I listened to Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce earlier this year. That book was a sequel to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Both were lovely books. The main character started and maintained a sea garden in the book. I was curious to know if there was such as thing as sea gardens and was surprised at what I found. They are lovely to look at.

Beautiful gardens, Chèli!

Reporting ROOT # 39 for the year, # 4 for September

Kon je me maar zien! by Cecelia Ahern

Finished my first ROOT for the month. This one was a book of essays about weather and it has been on my TBR list forever. Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow. It was for the LT Nonfiction Challenge for September's topic of essays.

I've added my second and third ROOTs for September (#38 and #39 for the year, so only 1 short of my target) to my own ticker.

First ROOT for Sept and #15 for the year. No tickers updated and the review is on my thread.

Got my 2nd ROOT of the month. American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis. I don't read many short story books and so I listened to this collection. There were four really good stories in this collection and the others were blah, but I didn't skip any so they were readable. Anyway, this was a good effort and I am not sorry I read them, so if you like short stories give this collection a try.

>2 cyderry: We went to Cornwall a couple of years ago though unfortunately we didn't have time to visit any seaside gardens except the smaller one on St Michael's Mount - but that was spectacular, especially as it grew up the cliffside and retaining walls.

>1 cyderry: I'm sorry you're having trouble with the tickers. Mine is okay but I noticed that a couple of my subsidiary ones have disappeared. I like to have different themes to differentiate them (for my own personal convenience) but if I update them too close together, they end up with the theme from the last one I updated, so I like to leave at least a day between updating the next ticker. Of course, this means that some tickers don't get updated for a while as I focus on the main ones and now they're disappearing.

ETA: has anyone tried Storygraph or any other book tracking apps that we might switch to?

>17 humouress: if you update a ticker and when you press SHARE then press NEW TICKER it will not change the theme of the next ticker you use.

>18 cyderry: Thanks. I'll try that next time.

I've added ROOT #4 for September, which means I've reached my goal of 40 books for the year. Obviously I'm going to keep going to add to the group total. It's added to my own ticker only.

Congratulations, Jackie. Well done

>20 Jackie_K: Yay!!

Reporting ROOT # 40 for the year, # 5 for September

Anna O by Matthew Blake

Own ticker updated.

>1 cyderry: I think not many people will read this. There are only 9 participants to this thread. Or doesn't it work that way?

I have just finished my tenth ROOT for this month, that's my 100th this year. And a very good book it was, too, if sad: The Wars by Timothy Findley.

Reached my goal. Still many to read.

I knocked out another ROOT for the Nonfiction Challenge essay category for September. This time it was For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds. This one was part literary criticism and part essay, but all very well done. It was enjoyable reading.

>25 MissWatson: Impressive! The Wars is an excellent book; I love Timothy Findley!

>26 cyderry: Congratulations, Chèli!

>26 cyderry: Congratulations!

>26 cyderry: Well done, Chèli. Congratulations.

>28 Cecilturtle: Thank you! I have surprised myself with my ROOTing this year.
>26 cyderry: Congrats, Chèli!

>26 cyderry: Congratulations on reaching your goal this early!

Congrats, Chèli and Jackie.

ROOT #5 for September (#41 for the year to date) is added to my own ticker.

I took another ROOT off my TBR list. This one was a recorded book. The Martian by Andy Weir. I was late to this party - really late, but I finally listened to this book and it was very well done. I had seen the movie and liked it but the book really provided much more of the science involved in his survival. This was a good techno-thriller.

I have read two ROOTs so far this month: The Once and Future King and Run Silent, Run Deep, bringing me to 21 ROOTs read this year. I've got a couple more underway, and hope I can finish at least one more this month. So I'm on target to complete my goal this year, and I hope to go beyond it.

Reporting ROOT # 41 and 42 for the year # 6 and 7 for September

De familie Aubrey - Rebecca West
Al het blauw van de hemel by Mélissa De Costa

I've read 3 ROOTS this month and have 4 to go to meet goal. I have another in process and hope to have the four read by the end of next month.

Here is my report for September 2024:

UpROOTED books: 3
ROOTless books: 13
Added to the treebook TBR shelves: 3

The ROOTs were:

The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean by Raoul McLaughlin
Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction by Fred Piper and Sean Murphy
City of Vengeance by D. V. Bishop

ROOTs in YTD: 63

I have finished 15 ROOTs this month, my tally is now 105/75.

Only 1 ROOT for September: I've been busy with day trips and focusing on library books. Not too far off from my goal at 45 out of 50.

I had 7 ROOTS for September. No tickers updated.

The books I ROOT'ed were as follows:
Nonfiction: Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler
Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture by Daniel Mendelsohn

Fiction: American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis
Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten
Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel

Recorded Books: The Martian by Andy Weir
Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

I've updated my own ticker to 15 ROOTs.

October thread is up.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/364673#n8637290

I can't wait to see what garden Cindy has posted for October!