cyderry (Cheli) is ROOTing again!

Now that my library is all cataloged (I hope I won't be discovering anymore long lost books) I can really settle down to read those that have been lingering too long.



So after much reflection. I've decided to set my goal in 2017 to 72 - 20 audios, 42 e-books, and 10 ARDs.
Goal:
E-Books/Net Galley 42 Books off my e-readers or NetGalleys downloaded to my Tablet, or Books on my PC Kindle App.
Audio books 20 - Books downloaded to my PC/MP3
ARDs 10 - Books that are already sitting on my shelves or ARCs/ERs awarded to me in 2017.



For every ROOT successfully cleared in 2017 I put $1 in my book bank so that at the end of the year I have money for new books! I already have my wishlist created so before the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, I will place my order with Barnes & Noble for my e-book acquisitions and will have additional books to count. The book bank total may be added to if I receive any gift cards for Christmas.

Starting Tallies:

Tsundoku (My Unread) = 189
PC Downloads = 125
NOOK = 199
Tablet/Kindle = 59
Borrowed = 10
STARTING ROOT TOTAL = 581

NetGalley/ER Awards in 2017 - 82

Total ROOTS = 663

ETA - books I had before 2017 but failed to catalog.

I wish you much success in 2017! Thanks for all you do. I had so much fun ROOTing in 2016. I'm looking forward to it again in 2017.

"These numbers will change with my annual New Year's Eve purchases."

I might need to start this tradition :-)

Thanks so much for setting the new group up Chèli.

I wish you from my heart health, happiness, satisfaction and much exciting read in 2017. May all your wishes come true.


from my hometown Zürich, Switzerland

Thank you for all you do, Cheli. Happy rooting and Happy New Year!

Happy new year and may the book bank be nice and full at the end of the year :)

A book bank - sounds like great idea. Good luck this year 8-)

The book bank idea sounds good but do you only buy books once a year? Best of luck with your ROOTing in 2017.

>7 Familyhistorian: I buy books at other times in the year but these I think of as my reward for reading the ones I already own. This year I got 16 books with my book bank from 2016 and a $25 gift card. I still have some money to spend.

Happy New Year! Thank you for the new group stuff. Book bank would not work for me. I'd be in the red the first day...

>8 cyderry: That sounds like incentive! Maybe I should follow your lead and reward myself as well.

>10 Familyhistorian: I'm thinking the same thing...

Thank you for getting us organised again this year, Chèli! Happy ROOTing!

Happy 2017 ROOTing!
& Thanks for setting everything up for another year!!

Happy Reading in 2017 and thank you so much for setting up the group!

Here's to a great 2017 with lots of ROOTing.

I love the book bank idea, but like EAM I'm pretty sure I'd be 'borrowing' from the bank a long time before the end of the year!

>16 Jackie_K: I don't want you all to get the idea that the only time I buy books is at the end of the year - no, no, no, no, no.

These are the "guilt free" purchases.

>17 cyderry: It's a great idea. My Thingaversary is in mid January and it'd be a nice way to buy all those books.

Books off my e-readers - goal - 42

1. Shades of Wrath
2. Murder on Cue
3. Forget Me Knot
4. Miss Seeton Draws the Line
5. Time Out (A Dodie O'Dell Mystery)
6. Crepes of Wrath
7. For Whom the Bread Rolls
8. Grilling the Subject
9. A High-End Finish
10. Murder Wears White
11. Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor
12. Secret Garden
13. Chapter and Hearse
14. You Better Knot Die
15. Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table
16. Mary Russell's War
17. Kneaded to Death
18. A treacherous Trader
19. Bittersweet: a novel
20. The Shadow Land
21. Earthly Remains
22. Bearly Departed
23. Death in Advertising
24. Depraved Indifference
25. Watching the Detectives
26. Death Among the Doilies
27. Fatality by Firelight (A Cat Latimer Mystery)
28. Tightening the Threads
29. Christmas Caramel Murder
30. Treble at the Jam Fest
31. Banana Cream Pie Murder
32. Hospitality and Homicide
33. Herbert Hoover in the White House

★= top of the list

1936--ON THE CONTINENT
Alexander Cipher
Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee
✔★And Then She Fell
Around the World in 80 Days
Armed and Fabulous (Lexi Graves Mysteries)
★Berried to the Hilt (The Gray Whale Inn Mysteries)
★Blood Spangled Banner: A First Ladies Mystery
Barchester Towers
✔Bearly Departed
✔ Bittersweet
Blood Ties (Julie Collins Series #1)
Blue
★Blueberry Blues
Boleyn Deceit: A Novel
✔★Book Club Murders: The Oakwood Mystery Series
Brothers Grimm Household Tales.
★Brush with Death
★Buried Leads
★Catching fire
✔★Chapter & Hearse
★Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses
✔★Christmas Caramel Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)
Complete Father Brown Stories (Centaurus Classics)
★Condemn to Death
✔★Crêpes of Wrath: A Pancake House Mystery
A Crabby Killer (Mooseamuck Island Cozy Mystery Series) (Volume 2)
The Cracked Pot (Clay and Crime Mysteries, No. 2)
★Crushed
A Cutthroat Business (Savannah Martin Mysteries) (Volume 1)
Dare to Die (Death on Demand Mysteries)
David Copperfield
✔Dead in the Water
★Deadly Blessings
✔★Deadly Dog Days
Dead Wrong (Blackmore Sisters Mystery Book 1)
✔Deadly Notions (A Southern Sewing Circle Mystery)
Deadly Sanctuary (Kendall O'Dell Mystery series)
Dear Cary: My Life with Cary Grant
✔★Death Among the Doilies (A Cora Crafts Mystery)
Death By Drowning 2 (Mystery & Women Sleuths)
✔Death in Advertising
✔★Depraved Indifference (Signet)
Devil's Cradle (Kendall O'Dell Mystery series)
Divine
Do Not Disturb (A Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery)
Doctor of Thessaly: A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery
A Dyeing Shame: Death at the Beauty Box
Dying to Get Published (The Jennifer Marsh Mysteries)
Earthly Delights: A Corinna Chapman Mystery
✔Earthly Remains
Easy Innocence (Georgia Davis Mysteries)
Entitled
Fairy Tale Bride (Once upon a Wedding)
★Fatal Fundraiser
Fatal Judgment
✔★Fate of the Fallen
Fools Rush In (Weddings by Bella, Book 1)
Footsteps in the Dark
For Love of Livvy
✔For Whom the Bread Rolls
Forecast of Evil
Foreclosed: A Mitzy Neuhaus Mystery
✔Forget Me Knot
Fourth Rule of Ten
★Garden Plot (Potting Shed Mystery series Book 1)
Georgiana Darcy's Diary: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice continued
Ghost a la Mode
✔★Graves of the Guilty (Hope Street Church Mysteries Book 3)
✔★Grilling the Subject (A Cookbook Nook Mystery)
✔★Gulliver's Travels
The Hanover Square Affair
Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures
Hazardous Duty
Heiress (Daughters of Fortune)
✔★A High-End Finish: A Fixer-Upper Mystery
His Lady Mistress (Harlequin Historical Series)
Hostile Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller (Volume 1)
Hot Property (Savannah Martin Mysteries ) (Volume 2)
Hour of the Hunter
✔Herbert Hoover in the White House
The Inside Ring: A Joe DeMarco Thriller
Intentions of the Earl: Scandalous Sisters, Book 1 (Volume 1)
Invisible (Ivy Malone Mystery Series #1)
Irresistible Forces (Kimani Romance)
It Happens Every Spring (The Four Seasons of a Marriage Series #1)
The Jungle Books
Jury of One
The King's Curse
Kiss Me Deadly (Silhouette Nocturne)
✔Kneaded to Death
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady of Hay: Two Women, Eight Hundred Years, and the Destiny They Share
★Lady Risks All
Laid to Rest (Theatre Mysteries)
Leaving Before It's Over: A Novel
★Lethal Letters: Books by the Bay Mystery Series #6
★Love and Murder on the Queen Anne
✔★Lucianna: The Silk Merchant's Daughters
The Magnificent 12: The Call
The Maine Event (Josh & Dana)
Marked By Fate (Jenkins & Burns Mystery)
Married By Mistake
✔★Mary Russell's War: And other stories of suspense
Messenger of Athens: A Novel
✔Miss Seeton Draws the Line
★Murder a la Carte
✔Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table
Murder and Marinara: An Italian Kitchen Mystery
★Murder at the Breakers (A Gilded Newport Mystery)
Murder at the Lighthouse: An Exham on Sea Mystery
★Murder Most Maine (Gray Whale Inn Mysteries, No. 3)
✔★Murder on Cue
Murder on the Cote d'Azure
Murder, Money & Marzipan: A Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mystery
✔Murder Wears White
Napoleon's Pyramids
Natural Causes (The Inspector McLean Mysteries)
Never Buried: A Leigh Koslow Mystery (Volume 1)
✔Night of the Living Thread (A Threadville Mystery Book 4)
✔Nightmares Can Be Murder: A Dream Club Mystery
One Season of Sunshine
Order of the White Feather: The Sword of Dalamar
Perfect Pitch: A Hot Baseball Romance
★Peril in Paperback: A Bibliophile Mystery
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
★Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery
✔★Poisoned Prose (A Books by the Bay Mystery)
The Poisonous Pageant
Pretense for Murder
Pretty, Hip & Dead
Primitive Secrets: A Storm Kayama Mystery #1
The Prince and the Pauper
The Princess and the Horse (The Princess and the Hound)
Provencal Mystery
Pygmalion
★Read and Buried
Robinson Crusoe (Collector's Library)
✔The Root of All Evil (Hope Street Church Mysteries Book 4)
Sarah's Diary
Savor
Scarlet Letter
Secret Dreams of Sarah-Jane Quinn: A Harper & Lyttle novel
✔★Secret Garden
★Secret Place
Seven Wonders Journals: The Select
Sex and Salmonella (A Tory Bauer Mystery)
✔Shades of Wrath
✔The Shadow Land
Sheltering Hearts
Sherlock Holmes: The Montana Chronicles
Silent Kills
★Silhouette in Scarlet
The Sinister Seminar
Sleeping with Anemone (Flower Shop Mystery Series #9)
Snowed Inn
A Spoonful of Murder (A Soup Lover's Mystery)
✔★Stepping to a New Day: A Blessings Novel
Stiffs and Swine
Still Life with Murder
The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
★Street of the Five Moons (Vicky Bliss Mysteries)
Stress Fracture: Book One in the Dub Walker Series
Stuck in the Middle (Sister-to-Sister, Book 1)
Suede to Rest
Summerset Abbey
Sunny Side Up
Sweet Masterpiece: The First Samantha Sweet Mystery
Sweet Revenge: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery
The Taint of Midas
★The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh (Cynster Sisters Duo, Book 2)
★Tapas, Carrot Cake and a Corpse
Tastes Like Murder (Cookies & Chance Mysteries) (Volume 1)
The Three Skirts
Through a Glass Darkly
The Time Machine :Classic book
✔Time Out
Too Close to Home (Women of Justice Series #1)
✔A Treacherous Trader
✔Treble at the Jam Fest
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes
Unleashed (A Sydney Rye Novel, # 1)
Until Again: Prequel Novella to BLUE
Until Proven Guilty (J. P. Beaumont Mysteries)
Untouchable
✔★The Velveteen Rabbit
Wedded to War (Heroines Behind the Lines)
★The Wedding Dress
Welcome To Last Chance: Number 1 in series
✔★Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor
Whodunnit? Murder on Mystery Island: 2
The Widow of Larkspur Inn (The Gresham Chronicles, Book 1)
Wine Astray: Spirit of the Soul Wine Shop Mystery (A Rysen Morris Mystery Book 1)
Yorkshire (Richard and Rose)
✔★You Better Knot Die (A Crochet Mystery)
A Zen For Murder (Mooseamuck Island Cozy Mystery Series)

Audiobook ROOTs read in 2017:

1. Today will be Different
2. The Lake House
3. The Emperor's Code (The 39 Clues, Book 8)

"A" is for alibi
All Over Creation
Benediction
Betrayal of Trust
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Book Thief
Bridesmaids Revisited (An Ellie Haskell Mystery)
★Broken Harbor
Bulls Island,
By a Spider's Thread
★Casual Vacancy
★Cloud Atlas
Columbus Affair: A Novel
Cuckoo's Calling
★Dressmaker
✔★The Emperor's Code (The 39 Clues, Book 8) - Audio
★FDR
★Fellowship of the Ring: Book One of The Lord of the Rings
Firefly Lane: A Novel
★Golden Compass,
★Goldfinch: A Novel
Guests on Earth
Handle With Care
Hardly Knew Her
Heartstopper
Heavenly Pleasures
Honor Thyself
House I Loved
I Shall Not Want
In Big Trouble
★Inferno: A Novel
★Into the Gauntlet (The 39 Clues, Book 10)
Jefferson Key: A Novel
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
King's Deception: A Novel
Lady of the Rivers
✔Lake House
Last Lessons of Summer
The last place
★Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters
Life Sentences
Lily and the Octopus
Lincoln Myth: A Novel
★Lion in the Valley
The Magicians: A Novel
★The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency
Medicus: A Novel (Roman Empire)
Mr. Mercedes: A Novel
Mummy Case
No Good Deeds
On the Run
One Good Turn: A Novel
One Was a Soldier (A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery)
Over Sea, Under Stone
Packing for Mars
★The Passion of the Purple Plumeria
Pawleys Island: A Lowcountry Tale
Persona Non Grata: A Novel of the Roman Empire
★Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
★Peter and the Shadow Thieves
★Peter and the Sword of Mercy
★Pillars of the Earth
Plainsong
Porch Lights
Queen of the Flowers
Return to Sullivans Island
Rituals of the Season
Sarah's Key
Save the Date
A Secret Kept
★Silkworm (A Cormoran Strike Novel)
Size 12 Is Not Fat
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
Started Early, Took My Dog: A Novel
★Storm Warning (The 39 Clues, Book 9)
Summer Rental
To the Power of Three
★Vespers Rising (The 39 Clues, Book 11) - Audio
The Warden
What Came Before He Shot Her
What the Dead Know

ARD - Antique Reading Devices read in 2017

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
2. No Mallets Intended
3. Secret Mistress

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
44 Charles Street: A Novel
All Sales Fatal (Mall Cop)
The Athenian Murders
Beauty to Die For: A Spa Mystery
Believe (Heartspell)
A Bride in the Bargain
Bridge Cardplay Pb
Calypso Magic (Onyx)
Candle in the Window
Chesapeake Crimes
Chocolate Snowman Murders: A Chocoholic Mystery
Christmas Wishes
Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Dancing at Midnight
Darcy's Temptation
Death at Bishop's Keep
Death on Demand/Design for Murder
Deerslayer or the First War-Path
Delphi Deception: Book II of the Delphi Trilogy
Devil's Daughter
Devil's Embrace
★Distant Hours
★Diva Frosts a Cupcake
The Duke
A Duke's Temptation: The Bridal Pleasures Series
Earth Song (Signet)
Everlasting
Face at the Window: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
Fascinated
A Fatal Chapter
Fed Up
Fire Song
Four Friends
French Pressed
Gilt By Association
★Going Through the Notions
★Going, Going, Ganache
The Golden Door
Gone
A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, No. 2)
Great Detectives
The Greatest Lover in All England
The Guardian
Happy Are the Meek
Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
Hearse and Buggy
His Every Kiss
His Favorite Mistress: A Novel
A Husband's Wicked Ways
An Indecent Proposition
Irresistible
It Happened One Season
Keeper of the Heart
A Killer Stitch
Kissed by Shadows
Knight of Pleasure
★Knit Fast, Die Young
Larceny and Old Lace
Lethal Outlook
London Blitz Murders
Lord of Falcon Ridge
Lord of Hawkfell Island
Lord of Raven's Peak
Lovesong
Lusitania Murders
Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries)
Marriage Bed
★Middlemarch
Midnight Angel
Midnight Star
Midsummer Magic
★Mind Over Murder
✔★Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Moonspun magic
Murder on Washington Square
Nail Biter (Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries)
A Necessary Husband
Never Less Than a Lady
Never Seduce a Scoundrel
A Night Like This
Night Shadow
Night Storm
Nightsong
✔★No Mallets Intended
Off Season
The Offer
Once a Knight
Once Upon A Scandal
Only a Promise: A Survivors' Club Novel
The Outcast
The Perfect Mistress
Pillow Talk
Plain Truth
A Plateful of Murder
A Precious Jewel
Priceless
★Queen's Bastard
★Red Dragon & The West Wind
A Reliable Wife
Repair to Her Grave
A Roux of Revenge
Second Mrs. Darcy: A Novel
★Secret Affair
✔★Secret Mistress
★Setting Trick: Practical Problems in Bridge Defense
Shameless (Banning Sisters Trilogy)
Ship of Destiny (The Liveship Traders, Book 3)
Star of the Morning (The Nine Kingdoms, Book 1)
Stitching Hour: An Embroidery Mystery
Summer Affair: A Novel
★Sup with the Devil
Sweet Savage Love
Talk of the Ton (Berkley Sensation)
Tempest in a Teapot (A Teapot Collector Mystery)
★Ten Things I Love About You
Third Secret
To Taste the Wine
Tool & Die: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
Triple Witch: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
True Darcy Spirit: A Novel
Unhinged: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
An Unlikely Countess: A Novel of the Malloren World
Unmasked
Until Forever
Virgin's Secret
War of the Worlds Murder (Disaster Series)
Warrior's Woman (Ly-san-ter Book 1)
Wedding of the Season: Abandoned at the Altar
Wedding Soup Murder: An Italian Kitchen Mystery
Wedding Story
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Wicked Fix: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
A Wicked Lord At the Wedding
★Winning American Mah Jongg Strategies
Wreck the Halls
Yesterday & Forever

>19 cyderry: >20 cyderry: >21 cyderry: wow, those are some great (long!) lists!

>22 avanders: hopefully I'll whittle them down a bit this year.

New Books acquired in 2017

1. Treble at the Jam Fest NetGalley 1/9/17 read
2. For Whom the Bread Rolls NetGalley 1/10/17 read
3. Death in Advertising NetGalley 1/10/17 read
4. The Shadow Land NetGalley 1/11/17 read
5. The Inheritance NetGalley 1/20/17 read
6. Banana Cream Pie Murder NetGalley 1/23/17 read
7. Fatality by Firelight NetGalley 1/23/17 read
8. Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table NetGalley 1/24/17 read
9. Kneaded to Death NetGalley 2/13/17 read
10. Tightening the Threads NetGalley 2/17/17 read
11. Single Malt Murder NetGalley 3/7/17
12. Of Books and Bagpipes NetGalley 3/8/17 read
13. Ice Blue B&N 3/11/17 $0.00
14. The Lake House Summary & Analysis 3/11/17 $2.99 read
15. Hospitality and Homicide NetGalley 3/14/17 read
16. Love and Death in Burgundy NetGalley 3/14/17
17. No Charm Intended NetGalley 3/14/17 read
18. Murder in Mayfair NetGalley 3/15/17 read
19. Death in the Water NetGalley 3/20/17 read
20. Double Whammy: A Davis Way Crime Caper 3/21/17 $.99
21. A Vintage Murder 3/21/17 $3.99
22. A Study in Amber 3/21/17 $0.00
23. Triple in Paradise 3/22/17 $2.99 read
24. Murder Is No Accident NetGalley 3/23/17 read
25. The Antique House Murders NetGalley 3/28/17 read
26. Murder between the Lines NetGalley 3/29/17 read
27. Bearly Departed NetGalley 4/3/17 read
28. Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries NetGalley 4/5/17 read
29. The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist & the Psychic Thief NetGalley 4/5/17 read
30. A Killer Keepsake NetGalley 4/7/17 read
31. Ultimate Teddy Bear Book Gift Whisper1 4/11/17
32. Asking for Truffle NetGalley 4/11/17 read
33. Lockdown NetGalley 4/11/17 read
34. Watching the Detectives NetGalley 4/17/17 read
35. A Paris Spy NetGalley 4/19/17 read
36. This Old Homicide 4/23/17 $1.99 read
37. A Front Page Affair 4/26/17 $2.99 read
38. A Devious Lot 5/2/17 $3.99
39. Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession NetGalley 5/9/17
40. Southern Spirits 5/12/17 Book Bub Freebie on Nook
41. Doom with a View NetGalley 5/17/17
42. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books NetGalley 5/20/17
43. Killer Party NetGalley 5/17/17 read
44. 30 Second Death NetGalley 5/22/17 read
45. Apollo 8 - LTER 4/15/17 read
46. Courting Murder - BookBub 5/26/17
47. An Echo of Murder - NetGalley 6/12/17 read
48. Permanently Booked - B&N 6/16/17 $3.99
49. A Fatal Collection NetGalley 6/18/17 read
50. Knot What You Think NetGalley 6/19/17
51. Murder at Chateau sur Mer NetGalley 6/19/17
52. Death Plays a Part NetGalley 6/20/17 read
53. Shadow Girl 6/21/17 ARC from author
54. Chasing Down a Dream 6/22/17 LTER
55. Leave it to Cleaver NetGalley 6/26/17 read
56. Deadfall NetGalley 6/26/17 read
57. Assaulted Caramel NetGalley 7/16/17 read
58. Death Distilled NetGalley 7/17/17
59. Breakfast in Bed NetGalley 7/21/17 read
60. A Deadly Eclair NetGalley 7/21/17 read
61. This Side of Murder NetGalley 7/21/17 read
62. Macramé Murder NetGalley 7/21/17
63. Death on Tap NetGalley 7/21/17 read
64. The Vineyard Victims NetGalley 7/21/17 read
65. The Body in the Woods NetGalley 7/25/17
66. Cold as Ice NetGalley 7/27/17 read
67. Death Overdue NetGalley 8/2/17 read
68. Christmas Return NetGalley 8/8/17 read
69. Murderous Mistrial NetGalley 8/10/17
70. Of Spice and Men NetGalley 8/29/17 read
71. The Lost Letter NetGalley 8/30/17
72. A Case of Syrah, Syrah NetGalley 8/30/17
73. A Murder for the Books NetGalley 8/30/17 read
74. Accidental President NetGalley 8/30/17
75. A Hive of Homicides NetGalley 9/25/17
76. Slay Bells Ring NetGalley 9/25/17 read
77. The Quiche and the Dead NetGalley 9/25/17
78. A Proposal to Die For NetGalley 9/25/17
79. The Secret, Book & Scone Society NetGalley 9/25/17 read
80. Michelangelo : the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel 10/3/17 21.32
81. Fatal Masquerade NetGalley 10/10/17
82. Thread the Halls NetGalley 10/17/17 read
83. Playing with Bonbon Fire NetGalley 10/27/17 read
84. Prose and Cons B&N settlement 10/29/17
85. A Christmas Tartan: A Scottish Bookshop Mini-Mystery B&N settlement 10/29/17 read
86. 50 Classic Children's Books B&N settlement 10/29/17
87. The Plot is Murder NetGalley 10/30/17
88. And Death Goes To... NetGalley 10/30/17 read
89. The Shadow of Death NetGalley 10/30/17
90. Etched in Tears NetGalley 11/1/17
91. Murder in Blomsbury NetGalley 11/9/17
92. Of Murder and Men NetGalley 11/9/17
93. Mayhem and Mass NetGalley 11/9/17
94. Full Bodied Murder NetGalley 11/9/17
95. Murder in the Manuscript Room NetGalley 11/11/17
96. Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes NetGalley 11/17/17
97. Crust No One NetGalley 11/17/17
98. Scone Cold Killer NetGalley 11/28/17
99. The Bishop's Pawn NetGalley 12/5/17
100. Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake NetGalley 12/22/17
101. First Hit of the Season 12/27/17 B&N $9.49
102. Into the Lion's Den 12/27/17 B&N $8.99
103. Knot in My Backyard 12/27/17 B&N $5.99
104. Decanting a Murder 12/27/17 B&N $4.99
105. Dead In Red 12/27/17 B&N $4.99
106. Seven Threadly Sins 12/27/17 B&N $7.99
107. Rubies in the Roses 12/27/17 B&N $2.99
108. Dead, Bath and Beyond 12/27/17 B&N $7.99
109. Pairing a Deception NetGalley 12/27/17

Total purchase costs = $98.66




NetGalley - 81 books LTER - 2 BookBub = 2 B&N settlement = 3 B&N - 20 Gifts = 1

Good luck with your ROOTing this year, Cheli, and thank you again for all you do for this group!

I am awed by these lists. Happy reading, Chèli!

Happy ROOting, Chèli and thanks for making another ROOT group!

I'm a list person, I admit it.
Keeping a list of the books that I am considering for this year, works fr me because I love to see little check marks showing that I've done it. A sense of accomplishment, I guess. As the year goes by, I'll insert the checkmarks and hope tthat there are more of them than not.

>23 cyderry: I'm sure you will ;)

>28 cyderry: oh yes, those little checkmarks are so motivating, aren't they!
(I use double-x's)

Wow, I love how organized you are not only with the group but also with your personal reading. My hat is off to you! You do so much work for us, I'm really impressed and thankful.

Happy ROOTing!

January and February ROOTS

1. Shades of Wrath
2. Murder on Cue
3. Forget Me Knot
4. Miss Seeton Draws the Line
5. Time Out (A Dodie O'Dell Mystery)
6. Crepes of Wrath
7. For Whom the Bread Rolls
8. Grilling the Subject
9. A High-End Finish
10. Murder Wears White
11. Whodunnit? Murder in Mystery Manor
12. Secret Garden
13. Chapter and Hearse
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel

Just dropping by to say Hi! & looks like you're doing great ROOT work still :)

Hi Chèli, just dropping by to say that to you. How are you doing?

>33 connie53: Well, to be honest, between trying to make sure that my 92 yr old Mom has the care she needs and making sure that my volunteer work is running smoothly, I'm surprised I still have hair on my head.

My Mom insists on living at home but she can't be left alone so my sisters and I are trying to find competent caregivers for her that won't break the bank because she won't go to assisted living.

Then this week I had to scramble to adjust the date for our big fundraiser because the facility where it was to be held had double booked.

But things are calming down and I'm hoping the coming week will be a bit better.

Thank you for asking. How about you, how are things going?

Looks like you have your hands full with RL. Crossing my thumbs for a calm week!

>34 cyderry: yes, it sounds like you have every right to feel overwhelmed!
That's a rough situation with your mom - good luck finding the right caregiver(s)! Hope your week continues in a more calm direction!

>34 cyderry: Wow Chèli, that is a lot of organizing. I hope you will find the right caregivers and a new date for the fundraiser.

Here there is no real news. Peet is still struggling with his depression. He has bad days and some not so bad days, but the days are never good. He has some sleep disorder. He stops breathing for more then 40 times an hour so he will get a denture to fix that. Hopefully that will help. I'm doing good, getting my strength from reading and Fiene, our granddaughter. My colleagues, friends and work are helping too.

Hi Chèli, just stopping in to see how you're doing on your ROOTs so far this year! Fingers crossed RL is being kinder to you.

Just stopping by to say hi, Chèli. Continued best of luck with all your reading lists and RL. I love lists too, although this year I have lost track of the books I own. Darn Kindle daily deals!

Thanks for continuing to organize this group. Much appreciated!!

March and April Roots

15. Chapter and Hearse
16. You Better Knot Die
17. Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table
18. Mary Russell's War
19. Kneaded to Death
20. A treacherous Trader
21. Bittersweet
22. The Shadow Land
23. Lake House
24. Earthly Remains
25. Bearly Departed
26. Death in Advertising
27. Depraved Indifference
28. Watching the Detectives
29. Death Among the Doilies

Great March and April, Cheli!

>41 Tess_W: echo!

May ROOTS:

30.Fatality by Firelight (A Cat Latimer Mystery)
31.Tightening the Threads
32.Christmas Caramel Murder
33.Treble at the Jam Fest
34.Small Great Things
35.Banana Cream Pie Murder
36.Hospitality and Homicide
37.Herbert Hoover in the White House
38.Dead in the Water
39.The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist & the Psychic Thief
40.Killer Party
41.The Inheritance

>43 cyderry: Great May, Cheli! I've got Hoover to read, also!

Great month!
I hope RL is going well for you these days as well!

>45 avanders: Actually RL is a bit tricky right now. Several weeks ago I took a tumble and really messed up my shoulder and knee, so I can't really do much other than sit and read. Even holding a real book is painful so thank the Lord for e-readers and audiobooks!

Oh no :( I'm so sorry to hear that!
I knew you had some RL trouble -- just hoped it had resolved :(
eesh, shoulder & knee - that's a rough double whammy! Glad you're still able to get some reading done!

Oh dear. Look after yourself, Chèli

Take good care of yourself, Chèli!

June ROOTS

42. No Charm Intended
43. Book Club Murders
44. Antique House Murders
45. Deadly Notions
46. Night of the Living Thread
47. Uncorking a Lie
48. Apollo 8
49. A Killer Keepsake
50. Stepping to a New Day
51. No Mallets Intended
52. Nightmares Can Be Murder: A Dream Club Mystery
53. Wednesday Daughters
54. Deadly Dog Days

Great ROOTing, Chèli! are you single-handedly trying to make up the ROOTs deficit? ;)

Wow, Cheli, what a great June for rooting!

>51 floremolla: No, I'm not trying to make up the deficit, but since my fall a month ago, I haven't been able to do much except read. Darn!

Just dropping by to say Hello!

& >51 floremolla: lol ;)
But agreed! Great job! Though sorry it has come at the expense of your mobility!

Hi Chèli, just stopping by to say Hi. I've been away from LT for some time due to RL things. But now I'm back trying to keep up with threads.

How are you doing since your fall. Are you getting better?

for all and >55 connie53:

I guess I better post a medical update.

I saw the doctor today and we have agreed that surgery is the next step. I had been making some improvement (3 steps forward but 2 steps back) but since the pain persists in my shoulder, he feels that the time has come to take a look. Now I need to get it scheduled (probably sometime next month) and make sure that my husband Tim will be around to take care of me because with my left arm out of commission, I will be totally helpless. (I had a stroke at a very young age and it resulted in a major loss of function on my right side.) The main issue is that I can't have MRIs so x-rays and ultrasounds only show so much. Doctor says he will prepare for worse case scenario so that he will be able to fix whatever he finds. Recovery 4-6 weeks before I am pretty much back to normal unless of course he finds something really bad in there.

Tim is not excited about being my caregiver - more because of lost time on the golf course than having to be at my beck and call. I think he might be hiring a daytime nurse.

I should be able to get the August thread up and I'll try to prep the September thread so that there won't be too much to do except gather the numbers and post the status.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

>56 cyderry: you've been so unlucky with this shoulder injury and surgery is such a major step, but it sounds like you've got a good doctor on your side - so please focus on getting better and don't worry about LT, the numbers can wait awhile.

Tell Tim 4-6 weeks is nothing on the scale of spousal duty, bearing in mind you never know who's turn it will be to need care next! All the best to you both.

>56 cyderry: Oh Cheli I'm sorry that you will have to have surgery, but I'm sure the doctor knows best. Please be at peace and know that this group can wait on its figures, we're really all about the reading and chatting anyway! I will add you to my prayer list. Hope your recovery is painless and quick.

>56 cyderry: I'm so sorry it's come to surgery but I know you must be worn out with pain and ready for relief. Best wishes for a great recovery...and for some great audio books!

Best of luck with the surgery, Chèli. Don't worry about us, just focus on getting better. You know you've got people all over the world rooting for you in all senses.

I agree with all of the people above. We won't go anywhere and will wait until you are better and able to post the numbers. Good luck with the surgery and recovery. I'm sure you will feel much better after it.

Like the others said, Chèli: take care of yourself and don't fret about the numbers. We'll be reading and chatting and crossing our thumbs for you.

I wish you all the very best for a speedy recovery, cheli - take care, and look after #1!

Well, I have a date for my surgery, and I am not happy. September 18th is the earliest date on my surgeon's schedule. There must be an awful lot of hurting people out there. This means that I have another 55 DAYS that I have to suffer through before there will be any possible start of the relief from this pain. Please send Tim your sympathies because I am going to be one grumpy person.

So sorry for your long wait, but I had the same thing with my knee replacement--the first one was scheduled 90 days in advance. Just take it easy and read or listen to books on audio!

>64 cyderry: I'm so sorry you have to wait that long, Chèli. Lots of sympathies for Tim! And lots of careful hugs for you.

What an awfully long wait! That's way too much time to be in pain and imagining things that can go wrong. Wishing you and your husband easy days and lots of patience.

I hope you've got good pain relief because that's way too long to wait in pain and discomfort, wishing your days away - while being pretty limited in what you can do to make the time pass more quickly. Is there any chance of being called earlier if there's a cancellation in the surgeon's schedule? Might be worth asking?

I'm sorry to hear that, and I'm certainly wishing Tim patience and forbearance, as well as sympathy and good wishes for pain relief for you.

Is there anything that we as ROOTers can do to help, as spending ages on the computer is probably not going to do you much good.

>69 Jackie_K: nice to ask, if anyone can just check the ticker thread and make sure they're all working and if any aren't let me know what their total is, I won't have to scroll so much.

Ouch! I hope a cancellation comes up so that you can be fixed up more quickly! :(

>57 floremolla: I should have mentioned that Tim caring for me is just payback for the 5 MONTHS I had to care for him in 1994 after he had a very bad car accident and 6 weeks of caring in 1996 after he had elbow reconstruction. I've told him it's time to do his part.

>72 cyderry: Good for you!

>72 cyderry: quite right! and you've got time to train him up to a high standard ;)

Ow, ow, ow. Hope your surgery goes well, and sympathies for you and your husband.

I am so sorry to hear about the delay in your surgery and all your pain!
I echo those above who've said to not worry about us -- no pressure!
Also, if there's any way I can help, let me know! (Send a message, which will alert me by email...) If it is helpful, I can do the numbers and a not-as-good-as-Chèli's intro post for whatever month during which you're otherwise disposed... just let me know!

August ROOTS

61. Deadfall
62. Of Books and Bagpipes
63. Assaulted Caramel
64. ROOT of all evil
65. Cold as Ice
66. Fate of the Fallen
67. Death Overdue
68. Death on Tap
69. A Fatal Collection
70. Of Spice and Men

Just finished my 2nd ROOT for September and have reached my goal!!!

Congrats!

Hooray, good job!

Well done, Chèli! Hope you enjoy spending your ROOTing fund :)

>79 Tess_W: Woo hoo! Congratulations!

>79 Tess_W: I'm being left in the dust...congratulations!

Good Job, Chèli.

Well done, Chèli

Congratulations, Chèli!

Cool - congratulations!

I honestly believe that acquiring books is an addiction. Is it one I really want to be cured of? I don't know.
even though I have so many waiting, I still couldn't stop myself from getting a few more!

>89 rabbitprincess: Preach! I just bought three books online today. Was feeling a bit down about work stuff, so I bought some books I knew would cheer me up.

>90 connie53: Excellent reason.

SEPTEMBER ROOTS

71.Witch Miss Seeton
72. Death Plays a Part
73. Malice Prepense: For the Defense
74. A Paris Spy

OCTOBER ROOTS

75. Vineyard Victims
76. A Murder for the Books
77. Breakfast in Bed
78. Velveteen Rabbit
79. Murder is no Accident
80. Asking for Truffle
81. A Deadly Éclair
82. The Secret, Book & Scone Society
83. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
84. An Echo of Murder

>92 Familyhistorian: I love the Miss Seaton books. Maybe they are due for a reread? I hope you are doing well, Cheli.

NOVEMBER ROOTS

85. Leave it to Cleaver
86. 30 Second Death
87. Miraculous Mysteries: Locked Room Mysteries
88. And Death Goes To...
89. Lockdown
90. This side of Murder
91. Murder in Mayfair
92. Lucianna
93. And Then She Fell
94. Poisoned Prose
95. This Old Homicide
96. The Emperor's Code
97. The Body in the Library

Great work, Chèli!

>94 floremolla: Wow. lots of books read, Chèli!

Great November!

You are a ROOT hero!

(Hello... sorry for such a long absence! I kept seeing that "unread" number get higher and higher and was completely intimidated... Finally, I figured it's better to just stop by and say HI. :)
I wish I had time to go through these threads and read all about what you've all been doing and reading! But, alas, I very much do not. But I think of you often!! And my "hello" is heartfelt and repeated often in my own head ;)

I'm not sure how I will remain involved next year, but I will be around in some fashion!
xo)

Hoping to finish two more but so far these are done.

98. Playing With Bonbon Fire
99. Storm Warning
100. Around the World in Eighty Days
101. Slay Bells Ring
102. Christmas Return

I've purchased my books using my book bank money and I didn't even spend it all!

Hi Chèli!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas & Happy New Year!

>100 avanders: Oh, that's great! I'm thinking of paying the "book bank" too since it seems to work so well for you.

In the seconds since I posted the above I've decided I'll definitely start banking money based on how many books I've read. My Thingaversary is in Feb, 11th year in 2018, so this would be a great way to save money for that auspicious day!

I've finished for the year - I know that Ican't finish another book this year so 105 ROOTS is my total!

That's pretty impressive. Well done!

Well, my final count is:

106 ROOTS completed
51% of new books read
120 total books read