Hemlokgang ROOTs Around 2014

2013 fizzled fir me.....new year.....new determination! My goal is 30! Bring it on! I count books which have been in my TBR piles prior to 2013.

Welcome back, Hemlokgang. Good for you to try again.

Welcome back and good luck!

#1 - The Fish Can Sing by Halldor Laxness -TBR since 2008

Glad to see you back for 2014. Good luck with your challenge & this first one sounds really good.

Edited to say that I love your ticker!

#2 - Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis - TBR since August 2011

You are moving along, Hemlokgang! Good job.

That is a smart pace you are setting!

#3 - The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo - TBR since November 2011

That dragonfly is buzzing right along toward the flower!

Hi, How are the ROOTs doing?

#4 - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - TBR since October 2012

You're on track! Keep it going.

#5 - The Canvas by Benjamin Stein - TBR since September 2012

#6 - The Racketeer by John Grisham - TBR since October 2012

What did you think about the last 2 Hemlokgang? Did you give stars?

I enter them when I start them on this thread.....so far The Canvas is amazing, and Racketeer is good.

O, I understand! I did not know that.

Just finished The Canvas....*****

#7 - Maidenhair by Mikhail Sjiskin - TBR since November 2012

Great start!

#8 - Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman - TBR since Februsry 2012

#9 - Tom Jones by Henry Fielding - TBR since March 2009

Keep it up!!

#10 - Sister by Rosamund Lupton - TBR since October 2012

Ohh, I'm very curious about what you think of this book! Please let me know.

#11- The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers - TBR since February 2012

connie53...............re: Sister...............An excellent book! A murder mystery embedded in a novel. A tale of sisterhood, love, determination, and genetic enhancement vs. genetic therapy. I loved the phrase: "She panned life for gold every day....and found it!"

>28 hemlokgang: that's good to know, Thanks HG!

#12 - The Phantom by Jo Nesbo - TBR since November 2012

Go go go!!

#13 - Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy - TBR since February 2011 (owned it but hadn't put it in my LibraryThing Library until today)

#14 - The Prime Minister by Anthony Trolope - TBR since February 2012

Great progress!

#15 - Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow - TBR since April 2008

Lost focus on this particular goal during the year. High hopes for 2015 though!

That's a pity! But better luck next year.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

15 books is nothing to sneeze at!