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1connie53
Editado: Maio 6, 2014, 4:07 am

This is Thread number 3 for 2014.

TBR 588 + 16 = 604 - 9 = 595
Read ROOTs: 7
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 4
------- p-books: 2
------- e-books: 2

Totally Read 2014: 11
Books into the house: 16

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My goal is 24 Books of the shelves. That will leave room for new books (just bought) or books that have not been on my shelves long enough.

I decided on a different approach. ROOTs that will count are books that have been on my shelves for more then 12 months. Books bought in december 2012 will count if I read them in januari 2014 or later in 2014. Re-reads will count too.










This is my points ticker. I will give points to books I've read and the longer my book has been on the shelves, the more points it gets.

2013 - 2 points
2012 - 3 points
2011 - 4 points
2010 - 5 points
2009 and older - 6 points










My thread from ROOT 2013: http://www.librarything.nl/topic/154394

2connie53
Editado: Jan 1, 2015, 9:24 am

List of ROOTs I have read in 2014

01). Lucretia Grindle - Villa Triste - 471 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
02). Raymond E. Feist - Reis door de nacht - 349 pages - 2010 = 5 points -
03). Ransom Riggs - De bijzondere kinderen van Mevrouw Peregrine - 378 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
04). Naomi Novik - Tong van de draak - 300 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
05). Raymond E. Feist - De toorn van een waanzinnige god - 477 pages - 2010 = 5 points -
06). Jan Siegel - De kinderen van Prospero - 314 pages - 2009 or before = 6 points -
07). Jan Siegel - Drakendwinger - 320 pages - 2009 or before = 6 points -
08). Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana - 594 pages - 2010 = 5 points -
09). Guy Gavriel Kay - Een lofzang voor Arbonne - 490 pages - 2010 = 5 points -
10). Jan Siegel - Heksenkoningin - 317 pages - 2009 or before = 6 points -
11). Kate Morton - De vertrouweling - 429 pages- april 2013 = 2 points -
12). Lucretia Grindle - De verloren dochter - 420 pages - april 2013 = 2 points -
13). Roger Zelazny - Omnibus 1- parts 1,2 and 3 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01. De negen prinsen - 176 pages -
02. Het vuur van Avalon - 199 pages -
03. Het woud van de Eenhoorn - 170 pages -
14). Roger Zelazny - Omnibus 2 - parts 4, 5 and 6 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01. De hand van Oberon - 170 pages -
02. Hoven van Chaos - 143 pages -
03. Het spel van Merlijn - 167 pages -
15). Roger Zelazny Omnibus 3 - parts 7 and 8 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01) Bloed van Amber - 199 pages -
02) Een teken uit Chaos - 187 pages -
16). Roger Zelazny - omnibus 4 - parts 9 and 10 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01) Ridder van Schaduw - 194 pages -
02) Prins van Chaos - 182 pages -
17). Ursula Leguin - omnibus 1 - parts 1 and 2 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01) Machten van Aardzee - 161 pages -
02) De tomben van Atuan - 127 pages -
18). Ursula LeGuin - omnibus 2 - parts 3 and 4 - 2009 or before = 6 points
01) Koning van Aardzee - 184 pages -
02) Tehanu - 186 pages -
19). Megan Lindholm - De Windzangers - 303 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
20). Megan Lindholm - Het domein van de Limbreth - 288 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
21). Megan Lindholm - Gelukszoekers - 303 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
22). Veronica Roth - Inwijding - 348 pages - 2012 = 3 points -
23). Veronica Roth - Opstand - 365 pages - 2013 = 2 points -
24). Nicci French - Wachten op woensdag - 492 pages - 2013 = 2 points -
25). J. K. Rowling - De vertelsels van Baker de Bard - 119 pages - 2010 = 5 points -
26). Simone van der Vlugt - In mijn dromen - 268 pages - 2011 = 4 points -

Other paper books read in 2014
01). Peter James - Schijndood - 396 pages -
02). Anthony Ryan - De schaduw van de raaf - 671 pages -
03). Emma Donoghue - Een kus voor de heks - 191 pages -
04). Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore - 288 pages -
05). Michael J. Sullivan - Wintertij - 339 pages -
06). Fiona Higgins - Het zwarte geheimenboek - 339 pages -
07). Juliet Marillier - Ravenvlucht - 318 pages -
08). Ransom Riggs - Omhulde stad - 435 pages -
09). Harlan Coben - Ik mis je - 363 pages -
10). Stella Gemmell - De Stad - 606 pages -
11). Isa Hoes - Toen ik je zag - 278 pages -
12). Simon Beckett - Klem - 334 pages -
13). Veronica Roth - Samensmelting - 380 pages -
14). Linwood Barclay - Een tik op het raam - 383 pages -
15). Patrick Ness - De kraanvogelvrouw - 313 pages -
16). Nicci French - Donderdagskinderen - 379p. -
17). Robin Hobb - De Moordenaar van de Nar - 624p. -
18). Erik Vlaminck - Suikerspin - 286p. -
19). Jason Mott - De teruggekeerden - 377p. -
20). Robert Galbraith - Koekoeksjong - 519p. -
21). Robert Galbraith - Zijderups - 541p.-
22). Erik Vlaminck - Miranda van frituur Miranda - 88. -
23). Michael J. Sullivan - Percepliquis - 518p. -

Ebooks read in 2014

01). Ruth Newman - Schaduwkant - 302 pages -
02). Ruth Newman - Oogcontact - 304 pages -
03). Susan Hill - De vrouw in het zwart - 99 pages -
04). Kate Atkinson - Oude zaken - 289 pages -
05). Kate Atkinson - Een goede daad - 404 pages -
06). Neil Gaiman - De oceaan aan het einde van het pad - 256 pages -
07). Kate Atkinson - Wachten op goed nieuws - 340 pages -
08). Kate Atkinson - Vanochtend vroeg vertrokken - 337 pages -
09). Robert Louis Stevenson - Schateiland - 193 pages -
10). Carlos Ruiz Zafón - Marina - 206p. -
11). Susan Hill - De kleine hand - 109p. -

* = currently reading

List of books bought in 2014

01). Vijf kwarten van de sinaasappel - Joanne Harris
02). De hemel van Heivisj - Benny Lindelauf
03). In de Schaduw van de Raaf - Anthony Ryan
04). Negen open armen - Benny Lindelauf
05). De held van weleer - Brandon Sanderson
06). Schijndood - Peter James
07). De droomtuin - Rachel Hore
08). De dode kamer - Bronja Hoffschlag
09). Al wat schittert - Eleanor Catton
10). Een kus voor de heks - Emma Donoghue
11). Verloren Onschuld - Elizabeth George
12). Een mooie jonge vrouw - Tommy Wieringa
13). Stralende meisjes - Lauren Beukes
14). Toen ik je zag - Isa Hoes
15). Omhulde stad - Ransom Riggs
16). Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore - Robin Sloan
17). Samensmelting - Veronica Roth
18). Donderdagskinderen - Nicci French
19). Wintertij - Michael J. Sullivan
20). Experiment - Connie Willis
21). Het zwarte geheimenboek - Fiona Higgins
22). De bruidskist en andere verhalen - Kate Mosse
23). De erfenis - Henriette Lazaridis Power
24). Incendio - Tess Gerritsen
25). De lessen van Loki - Joanne Harris
26). Ik mis je - Harlan Coben
27). Klem - Simon Beckett
28). De kraanvogelvrouw - Patrick Ness
29). Een inktzwart hart - R.J. Ellory
30). Wie wind zaait - Nele Neuhaus
31). Een tik op het raam - Linwood Barclay
32). Veroordeeld - Karin Slaughter
33). De labyrintrenner - James Dashner
34). De eerste vijftien levens van Harry August - Claire North
35). De duivel van Florence - Lucretia Grindle
36). Suikerdood - Unni Lindell
37). Het boek des levens - Deborah Harkness
38). De Darkest Powers trilogie - Kelly Armstrong
39). Overspel - Tatiana de Rosnay
40). De snijkamer - Jilliane Hoffman
41). Leven na leven - Kate Atkinson
42). Percepliquis - Michael J. Sullivan
43). Met het bloed van mijn hart deel 1 - Diana Gabaldon
44). Met het bloed van mijn hart deel 2 - Diana Gabaldon
45). De torenheer - Anthony Ryan
46). De wet van staal -Brandon Sanderson
47). Het cassandra verbond - Robert Ludlum
48). De Hades Factor - Robert Ludlum
49). Adam - Ted Dekker
50). Verhalen voor na het donker - Charlaine Harris, Maggie Shayne, Gena Showalter
51). Sterf twee keer - Tess Gerritsen
52). Onderhuids - Michel Faber

3MissWatson
Abr 9, 2014, 6:52 am

Shiny new thread, yeay. Happy reading, Connie!

4connie53
Abr 9, 2014, 12:04 pm

Thanks, missW!

5dudes22
Abr 9, 2014, 3:13 pm

Happy New thread!

6VivienneR
Abr 9, 2014, 6:48 pm

Nice new thread! Thanks for posting photos of your trip to London on the old thread. Looks like you had a wonderful time. And like everyone else it makes me want to go back to that wonderful city too.

7Robertgreaves
Abr 9, 2014, 7:45 pm

Marking the new thread. ;-)

8Merryann
Abr 10, 2014, 7:34 am

I loved your London pictures, especially the one of the park, which I sat and stared at for a while and let the soothing peacefulness of it sink in. So lovely!

9Tallulah_Rose
Abr 10, 2014, 11:49 am

3rd thread connie, that's an avhievement! You are bringing together our group!

10connie53
Abr 10, 2014, 12:11 pm

Thanks, guys!

11tymfos
Abr 11, 2014, 4:11 pm

Congrats on a third thread, Connie! Very nice. You're making good progress toward your goal.

12Henrik_Madsen
Abr 14, 2014, 4:10 am

New thread again - great to see all the acitivity here!

13Matke
Abr 14, 2014, 8:04 am

Hi, Connie. Very nice new thread. Looking forward to seeing your reading!

14Familyhistorian
Abr 14, 2014, 9:30 pm

Congrats on your new thread, Connie.

15avanders
Abr 15, 2014, 10:53 am

I'll add my congrats too!
... (thought I already had... ;))

16connie53
Abr 15, 2014, 11:00 am

Thanks Meg and Ava!

17tloeffler
Abr 17, 2014, 6:42 pm

Just stopping by to see what you've been reading! I may have to skim your other threads, but I'm still around!

18connie53
Abr 18, 2014, 3:44 pm

Glad you stopped by Terri!

19connie53
Abr 19, 2014, 3:10 pm

I finally got some serious reading done on my ROOT book # 8: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. I'm now on page 490/594. And I hope I will get some more reading tomorrow!.

Happy Easter, everybody!!

20Tess_W
Abr 19, 2014, 6:55 pm

Happy Easter, Connie!

21Merryann
Abr 19, 2014, 10:24 pm

Happy Easter! :)

22Robertgreaves
Abr 20, 2014, 6:53 am

Happy Easter.

23connie53
Abr 20, 2014, 10:25 am

Thanks to all!

24ipsoivan
Abr 20, 2014, 1:39 pm

Happy Easter, Connie. I look forward to your reaction to Tigana. I intend to read more by him this year.

25connie53
Editado: Abr 20, 2014, 2:07 pm

TBR 588 + 16 = 604 - 10 = 594
Read ROOTs: 8
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 4
------- p-books: 2
------- e-books: 2

Totally Read 2014: 12
Books into the house: 16

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I just finished ROOT # 8 Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay and I'm well on track for April ROOTreading. I liked this book a lot. In the beginning it took some getting used to to the way Kay alternates descriptive parts with parts that take place in reality (not our reality but the reality of Tigana). But in the end the book swept me away into tears. So .

I started in another book and another ROOT by Guy Gavriel Kay - Een lofzang voor Arbonne



490 pages - 5 points

For the Northern mercenary called Blaise, it began with the death of a king and betrayal in the form of a peace treaty. Wandering in self-imposed exile, he would journey to the Kingdom of Arbonne, where the Court of Love made warriors bow to troubadours, and a well-sung ballad was valued as highly as a skillfully swung sword. But Arbonne was a troubled realm, torn by an ancient feud between its two most powerful dukes and coveted as a prize by the land in which Blaise himself had grown to manhood. And no one—except perhaps Arbonne’s goddess—could forsee that one Northern mercenary might become the key to Arbonne’s destiny....

26avanders
Abr 21, 2014, 12:39 am

Happy Easter and congrats on finishing ROOT 8!
And I love that description -- swept me away into tears - lovely image!

27tymfos
Abr 24, 2014, 3:54 pm

Great progress on the challenge, Connie, and great reviews!

28LauraBrook
Abr 25, 2014, 9:59 am

Agreed, you've done great progress this year! I loved seeing all of your pictures, it's been a wonderful way for me to virtually travel. I'm sorry to hear about your health woes, but I know that you'll take care of yourself and get the help that you need. Please be kind to yourself and buy yourself a book or two!

29connie53
Editado: Abr 25, 2014, 1:16 pm

TBR 588 + 18 = 606 - 10 = 596
Read ROOTs: 8
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 4
------- p-books: 2
------- e-books: 2

Totally Read 2014: 12
Books into the house: 18

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>27 tymfos: Thanks Terri, but the descriptions you read beneath the books I'm reading or I've bought are the blurbs I find on the booksites like BOL or LT.

I don't think my reviews are that great, they are mostly quite short and just show what I thought about the book. (loved it, it was nice, did not like it that much, etc.)

>28 LauraBrook: Well Laura, I did just that! I bought two books!

Veronica Roth - Samensmelting (Divergent 3)



The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. But will she be prepared to face impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?

Nicci French - Donderdagskinderen (Frieda Klein 4)



When psychotherapist Frieda Klein left the sleepy Suffolk coastal town in which she grew up she never intended to return. Left behind were friends, family, lives and loves but alongside them, painful memories; a past she wouldn't allow to destroy her. Then, years later, an old classmate appears in London asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter and long buried memories resurface. Death soon follows, leaving Frieda no choice but to return home to confront her past. And the monsters no one else believed were real...Through a fog of conflicting accounts, hidden agendas and questionable alibis, Frieda can trust no one as she tries to piece together the shocking truth, past and present. Before another innocent dies.

30avanders
Abr 25, 2014, 3:05 pm

Ooh, looks like you picked out a good "coupla" books! :)

31tloeffler
Abr 27, 2014, 12:32 pm

You're moving right along, Connie! Looks like some great reading!

32connie53
Editado: Abr 27, 2014, 12:55 pm

TBR 588 + 18 = 606 - 11 = 595
Read ROOTs: 9
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 4
------- p-books: 2
------- e-books: 2

Totally Read 2014: 12
Books into the house: 18

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Thanks Terri. I just finished another one! ROOT # 9

Een lofzang voor Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay

The story is kind of a knightstory with knights (duh), damsels, kingdoms at war and battles fought. Every storyline is neatly finished at the end. Which led me to shed a few tears.

33avanders
Abr 27, 2014, 7:25 pm

Sounds like a great book, and Congrats on ROOT 9!

34Tess_W
Abr 27, 2014, 9:27 pm

If tears are shed, the author has done their job well!

35Merryann
Abr 28, 2014, 2:19 am

>29 connie53:, Lol! I must admit it: I thought you were writing the descriptions, too.

Anyway, the new books look pretty good. :)

36connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 3:32 am

>35 Merryann: It is, Mary Ann. I loved it a lot. I'm a bit in between books now. I tried to get into Mr. Penumbra yesterday evening. But that did not work. I could not concentrate. I will try again today. We are now waiting for a man to come around to test the burglar alarm. I don't like waiting. They will come between 9 and 12 am.

37MissWatson
Abr 28, 2014, 3:56 am

That always feels like wasted time, waiting for some repairman to turn up. You can't concentrate on anything else and the minutes just slip by. They always seem to arrive at the last possible moment...

38connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 4:59 am

Still Waiting! I've done some vacuuming but I always am afraid I miss the doorbell. I got a package though. But it was for Peet, he won two cookbooks.

39Ameise1
Abr 28, 2014, 5:29 am

Hi Connie, here it's pouring terribly. I hope you have better weather than we have. Indeed, waiting can be boring.

40connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 6:09 am

The man came. And it took him about half an hour to change 6 batteries. He talked a lot about things concerning the change of the batteries. I thought he might have Asperger or something like that. but everything is okay now.

And the sun is shining over here, a bit blocked by a veil of clouds.

41avanders
Abr 28, 2014, 9:48 am

That was a lot of waiting! And a long time to change some batteries ;)

Hope you found something engaging to read!

42connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 9:57 am

>41 avanders: Hi Ava. I've read nothing yet. Just came home from a visit to the dental hygienist and doing some grocerie shopping. I'm going to make myself a cup of tea and read for a while.

43Carmenere
Abr 28, 2014, 10:03 am

Hi Connie! Your afternoon sounds divine! Enjoy !

44connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 11:24 am

>43 Carmenere: Well the last part of the afternoon was great.

45Merryann
Abr 28, 2014, 11:53 am

I'm glad the afternoon did get better. Sometimes a book is a useful tool to draw oneself back together after a fragmented day. :)

46connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 12:43 pm

I did get half an hour or so with my book. But Peet had some important things to do for his school and needed some help and advise. So every few minutes he came to tell or ask me something. That doesn't help with concentrating while reading (English: Mr. Penumbra!!!!) And the weather was not helping any. Grey and cold so I could not go outside.

47Merryann
Abr 28, 2014, 1:53 pm

Hey, we're sharing weather today, Connie. Gray and chilly here, too. :)

48connie53
Abr 28, 2014, 2:52 pm

I'm so happy I am not alone! ;-))

49avanders
Abr 29, 2014, 10:31 am

>42 connie53: mmm tea and reading.. sounds lovely! How is Penumbra treating you? I still haven't read it yet, but having heard so much good about it... I'm always eager to hear more opinions on the matter!

50connie53
Abr 29, 2014, 10:44 am

>49 avanders: I love Penumbra! In fact I was going to do some reading in it now!

51avanders
Abr 30, 2014, 10:00 am

oh I'm SO happy to hear that! I was worried when you said you couldn't get into it.... but it sounds like that was a mental-block not a book-block ;)

Hmm, maybe after my current JK Rowling kick I'll turn to Penumbra...

52connie53
Editado: Abr 30, 2014, 10:43 am

TBR 588 + 19 = 607 - 11 = 596
Read ROOTs: 9
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 4
------- p-books: 2
------- e-books: 2

Totally Read 2014: 12
Books into the house: 19

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It was just a concentration problem, Ava. I'm almost finished with Mr Penumbra!

And I picked up a new and shiny one

Wintertij by Michael J. Sullivan

The translation of Wintertide (The Riyria Revelations #5)



Blurb:
The New Empire intends to celebrate its victory over the Nationalists with a day that will never be forgotten. On the high holiday of Wintertide the empress will be married. Degan Gaunt and the Witch of Melengar will be publically executed. Then the empress will suffer a fatal accident leaving the empire in the hands of the new emperor. It will be a perfect day. There is only one problem-Royce and Hadrian have finally found the lost heir.

53MissWatson
Abr 30, 2014, 10:55 am

I've only read the first instalment in this series so far, but I liked it. I'm looking forward to your comments!

54connie53
Abr 30, 2014, 11:55 am

I've read the four previous ones and loved them!

55avanders
Maio 1, 2014, 10:36 am

re Penumbra: Glad to hear it!
That series sounds interesting... I've never heard if it! hmm... perhaps more tbr'ing...

56connie53
Editado: Maio 1, 2014, 11:38 am

TBR 588 + 19 = 607 - 12 = 595
Read ROOTs: 9
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 6
------- p-books: 3
------- e-books: 3

Totally Read 2014: 15
Books into the house: 19

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I've started ROOT #10 today.

The challenge on my bookclub for May is a book where the people jump from one world to another one. And that's what happens in Heksenkoningin by Jan Siegel aka Amanda Hemingway
This is the translation of Witch's Honour and part 3 in the trilogy about Prosperos Children



317 pages.

BLURB:

It is a fearsome world of witches, dragons, and goblins, where a gnarled tree bears fruit of human heads. Fern Capel believes she has left it all behind. But now that world is seeping into modern day England: The witch-queen Morgus, who had imprisoned Fern in the ghostly Otherworld, has returned from countless years of exile beneath the gruesome Eternal Tree. Stalking the twenty-first century in her Prada stilettos, Morgus has the mind-set of the Dark Ages and vows to rule the ancient kingdom of Logrez, now modern Britain.

Most of all, Morgus wants revenge on Fern Capel. Rejuvenated through sorcery, neither charm nor weapon can harm the witch-queen. She has planted a cutting from the Eternal Tree in the real world and awaits with impatience the ripening of its terrifying bounty. When Fern learns that her enemy cannot be defeated through conventional means, she turns for help to her best friend, Gaynor, her brother Will, her old mentor, Ragginbone, and Maldo, the goblin-queen. Together, they track Morgus through London’s high-society parties and seedy, sinister contacts, until they finally draw a magic circle in a Soho basement. Fern Capel knows that survival is not enough: This time she must win. But she does not yet understand how high a price she will have to pay.

57Henrik_Madsen
Maio 1, 2014, 3:04 pm

I see you're reading Divergent. My daughter absolutely loves them, so I just bought volume three for her, even though the price was ridiculous. (Basically only libraries and fathers trying to please their daughters would pay the price asked right after publication.)

Is it good? I haven't read any of it my self.

58connie53
Maio 1, 2014, 3:30 pm

Hi Henrik, well I got all the books in the house, but did not start in the series yet. I think you saw it in my post were I mentoined the books I'v bought.

59avanders
Maio 2, 2014, 9:10 am

>56 connie53: sounds interesting also... I take you've read the first two books in the trilogy? And enjoyed them...? :)

>57 Henrik_Madsen: my 2 cents, for what they're worth: Divergent is good.. better than Twilight for sure, not as good as Hunger Games. A little more romance'y stuff, but not over-the-top like Twilight or Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Good action, definitely looking forward to the movie! Have only read the 1st book -- I've heard #2 is not great, but #3 is better again.. :)

60connie53
Maio 2, 2014, 10:32 am

>59 avanders:. Yes, I've read them recently (as in this year) and gave them both

I've heard the same things about Divergent and not only on this forum.

61majkia
Maio 2, 2014, 10:43 am

You are far too well organized. Don't you know that isn't good for you??? ;)

62connie53
Maio 2, 2014, 11:21 am

Hi Jean. How do you mean? I'm too organized? In what way. And, yes I noticed the wink at the end of the sentence, but I'm just curious.

63majkia
Maio 2, 2014, 11:28 am

I was looking at your first few posts and thinking how lazy I am. I keep telling myself I need to keep better track of paperbacks, vs ebooks (even maybe by format) but I never do. Also, I'm far too embarrassed to admit how many books I've bought already this year and there you are listing the ones you've bought. Good on you, though!

I confess I'd rather be reading than organizing my library or keeping track. I even tend to resent having to stop and do even a mini-review and posting. But you do it beautifully.

64connie53
Maio 2, 2014, 12:24 pm

>63 majkia: Well Thanks, Jean, it's easier when you post everything from the beginning you just have to adjust the lists with every change you made. But I'm a lover of lists, that helps a lot. I understand that some people just don't like that at all.

65connie53
Maio 4, 2014, 2:19 pm

TBR 588 + 19 = 607 - 13 = 594
Read ROOTs: 10
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 6
------- p-books: 3
------- e-books: 3

Totally Read 2014: 12
Books into the house: 19

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It was gorgeous outside today, so after the usual morning things I found my place in the garden and finished my book Heksenkoningin by Jan Siegel aka Amanda Hemingway. ROOT #10! Yeah!!
I liked this third book in the series a lot. The end had a nice unexpected turn and the last sentence left my behind rather bewildered. I did not know what to think of it. So I asked a friend what she thought about the last 2 sentences (to keep it in perspective) and although she never read the books she tought it meant the same thing as I thought. So we were both flabbergasted.

The afternoon was still warm and I took a book that I had started earlier and now I will finish that one first. Although I have to find a ebook to read for the night. So I'm going to search for an ebook to fit in the May: Murder and Mayhem challenge.

66Henrik_Madsen
Maio 4, 2014, 3:45 pm

ROOT number 10 - you are really moving ahead!

67connie53
Maio 4, 2014, 3:46 pm

Thanks, Henrik.

I will take a pause in ROOT reading for a couple of days, though.

68Merryann
Maio 5, 2014, 1:54 am

Tell me just a little more about the end of the book, Connie. I'm wildly curious! I looked at the description and saw it's the last book in a trilogy. Did the final sentence make you feel the story wasn't over?

Was it a happy last sentence? Or just bad writing that didn't make sense?

Do I want to read this series? (I don't like to read violent books or scary ones. That's probably why so much of my fiction reading is children or young adult books.)

69connie53
Maio 5, 2014, 5:39 am

No it's not a really scary or violent book. But it's fantasy, so some weird things will happen.

I will put the last two sentences and some explanation in a spoilerthingy .So you can see for yourself.

Fern is a witch. She has decided that she no longer wants to have that gift. From one of her magic friends she has got a potion that will take her wichting crafts away.

She put the flask to her lips and drank the potion. And then there was only the music in the empty room.

That led me to believe that Fern has disappeared too.
Which was not a happy ending for me.

70avanders
Editado: Maio 5, 2014, 9:24 am

>60 connie53: Ah, I didn't relate them :)
>63 majkia: lol I was never embarrassed about how many books I bought.... until I started tracking on this ROOTs group! Now that I see the discrepancy between my reading rate and my purchasing rate... I think I may need to re-think things. AFTER the library clearance sale this month, of course... ;)
>64 connie53: as a lover of lists myself, I find it hard to understand list-haters ;) Though I'm still not as book-organized as you are, Connie!
>65 connie53: and Congrats on ROOT 10! Now I'm even more intrigued! (Agree w/ Mary Ann: "wildly curious!") ... and thanks for putting that in spoiler (>69 connie53:).. don't know if I could not read it, but I can not click on it ;)

71connie53
Maio 5, 2014, 9:42 am

Why is that, Ava. Why can't you click on it? Something wrong with your LT settings?

72Merryann
Editado: Maio 5, 2014, 9:54 am

I was able to read the spoiler, and I thank you for putting it in, Connie. I agree with you; that's what it sounds like to me, and I think I'd feel really let down if I spent three books reading about this person only to get to that ending.

Unless! Maybe prior to drinking, she could hear or sense other things? And maybe it's just those things that are now gone, and the writer did a bad job of conveying? I offer you that as a thread of slim hope anyway.

73connie53
Maio 5, 2014, 1:23 pm

>72 Merryann: I thought this over and came up with another twist to it, Mary Ann.

If you are a witch that is something you can't seperate from the total person you are. So if you want to get rid of the one, you lose the other also.

How profound is that!

74connie53
Editado: Maio 6, 2014, 4:07 am

TBR 588 + 19 = 607 - 14 = 593
Read ROOTs: 10
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 7
------- p-books: 4
------- e-books: 3

Totally Read 2014: 17
Books into the house: 19

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Finished book # 17 of the year, but not a ROOT.

In de schaduw van de raaf by Anthony Ryan. This was a real good fantasy book with lots of interesting characters (lots and lots), but I was able to put it aside for a few weeks and that is a bit strange. But yesterday I picked it up again and finished it this morning. I would give it but for the putting it away thing. So for me it's a 7,5.

Now, I've started two May: Murder & Mayhem books.

A digital one: Oude zaken by Kate Atkinson and that's no ROOT



289 digital pages.

Blurb no review!
Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again.
Case Two: Theo delights in his daughter Laura's wit, beauty, and selfless love. But her first day as an associate in his law firm is also the day when Theo's world turns upside down.
Case Three: Michelle looks around one day and finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making, with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband-until a fit of rage creates a grisly escape route...

As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates all three cases, startling connections emerge. Inextricably caught up in his clients' emotions, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own.


and another ROOT: number 11 De vertrouweling by Kate Morton



429 pages
bought in april 2013 = 2 points

Blurb no review!
During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds--Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy--who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined.

75avanders
Maio 6, 2014, 11:42 am

>71 connie53: no :) I just meant, my will power is stronger if I have to actually click on a spoiler link rather than to just "keep reading", so by not clicking on the link, I don't spoil it for me ;) I meant, "I am able to not click on it"; not "I cannot click on it" ;)

>74 connie53: two good Kates! I particularly want to read The Secret Keeper!

76connie53
Maio 6, 2014, 12:31 pm

>75 avanders:. Okay, that's mine 'not being a native English speaker thing' getting in the way ;-D.

And if you get the change to read De vertrouweling you should do that. I'm totally engrossed in it. It's very complex with different storylines and different times. Sometimes it's 1941, 1961, or 2011 and all of a sudden there is 1929 in Australië. But I'm loving it!

77dudes22
Maio 6, 2014, 5:44 pm

I've read a couple of Kate Morton's books, Connie, and they took place in multiple times too. I love her writing and I don't have this one yet, but am looking forward to reading it sometime in the future.

78connie53
Maio 7, 2014, 5:34 am

I know Betty, that is what I like about her books too. And it's so much fun to try to find out what the relation of the main characters to each other is.

79avanders
Maio 7, 2014, 1:28 pm

>76 connie53: well maybe, but it was also a confusing sentence ;)
I will definitely read the Secret Keeper! I think it's even on my list of ROOTs for this year....

80connie53
Maio 7, 2014, 6:08 pm

You go, Ava!!!

81Familyhistorian
Maio 9, 2014, 9:50 pm

>74 connie53: The Secret Keeper sounds very interesting. I have put it on my ever-growing list of books to track down.

82connie53
Editado: Maio 10, 2014, 8:32 am

TBR 588 + 19 = 607 - 15 = 592
Read ROOTs: 11
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 7
------- p-books: 4
------- e-books: 3

Totally Read 2014: 18
Books into the house: 19

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Yesterday evening just before midnight I finished De vertrouweling by Kate Morton. ROOT #11


I really loved this book.There are three main characters (Or four if you count Laurel); Jimmy, Dorothy and Vivien. This three stories are intertwined beautifully. This three people come together in WWII in1941 in London.

Laurel's story is mostly situated in 2011. She is called home because her mother is dying and in the weeks she is at home with her sisters, brother and mother, she tries to learn more about why her mother killed a gentleman. Laurel witnessed this murder.

The storie moves back and forth in time and this is very well written by Mrs. Morton.


I'm now starting in a non-ROOT.

Wintertij by Michael J. Sullivan

83Henrik_Madsen
Maio 10, 2014, 10:20 am

Good work on the ROOT! This Kate Morten books sounds pretty interesting; I think I will try to find it at the local library.

84connie53
Maio 10, 2014, 10:30 am

You can check out all of her books, Henrik. They are all good reads!

85avanders
Editado: Maio 12, 2014, 10:24 am

>82 connie53: soooo excited... It's hard to know where to go after my Rowling books (and ER)...
The Secret Keeper? Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store? The Twelve (which I started a while ago and really need to finish!!)? or one of the gazillion other books that I just want-to-read-now! ;)

A-hem... :)

But seriously, of those 2, Secret Keeper and Penumbra, which would you recommend more?

86connie53
Maio 12, 2014, 12:22 pm

If you like a bit of suspense and a story with a bit more body I would choose De vertrouweling, if you are in the mood for funny and about books and a bit lighter (and a thinner book) I would go for Penumbra!

87avanders
Maio 12, 2014, 2:30 pm

hmmmm tough call! We'll see what my mood is after my next few to-reads...

88connie53
Maio 12, 2014, 2:31 pm

That seems to be the right thing to do, Ava.

89connie53
Maio 14, 2014, 11:16 am

TBR 588 + 20 = 608 - 15 = 593
Read ROOTs: 11
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 7
------- p-books: 4
------- e-books: 3

Totally Read 2014: 18
Books into the house: 20

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I got another one in!



Experiment by Connie Willis

The translation of Bellwether.

Blurb, not a review

A romantic comedy on two scientists using the chaos theory to predict fads in our society. They are Sandra and Bennet, working on the premise that a tiny action like the flap of a butterfly's wings in Arizona has an impact on the whole world, perhaps resulting in a hurricane in China. The couple's work on fad-diffusion produces comic as well as tragic results.

90avanders
Maio 15, 2014, 10:48 am

Sounds fun and light!

91connie53
Maio 15, 2014, 4:10 pm

TBR 588 + 21 = 609 - 15 = 594
Read ROOTs: 11
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 8
------- p-books: 4
------- e-books: 4

Totally Read 2014: 19
Books into the house: 21

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Thanks Ava! I thought so too!

And one more book to add to the ever growing TBR.

Het zwarte geheimenboek by Fiona Higgins

This is the translation of The Black Book of Secrets
Black = Zwart
Secrets = Geheimen
Book = Boek

A Book Bullet thanks to Merryann!



This is a Blurb not a review!
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people’s deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlow’s job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets.

Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice


And I finished one ebook

Oude zaken by Kate Atkinson

I read this book as an ebook and the lay-out was not good. You could not see by a white space or a chapter-number where the book went from one person to another, very annoying. I liked the story lines so it could be an **** but for the layout I deducted 1/5 point. This was not a ROOT.

92Robertgreaves
Maio 15, 2014, 9:49 pm

That's the reason I've decided not to buy any more poetry ebooks. The ebook versions don't preserve the layout which makes poetry very difficult to read.

93connie53
Maio 16, 2014, 6:35 am

I don't read much poetry, in fact non! But I can see how the wrong lay-out would spoil the poem.

94connie53
Maio 18, 2014, 3:30 pm

Today I finished Het zwarte geheimenboek by Fiona Higgins. I liked it a lot and it reads real fast. It's not an average YA book, but one that has some kind of lesson in it: have more patience. And almost everybody has some kind of secret s/he carries along.

I started reading De verloren dochter by Lucretia Grindle. This book will count as a ROOT since it was bought in april 2014.

95avanders
Maio 19, 2014, 10:01 am

Looking forward to reading Higgins' book myself! :)
How's The Lost Daughter so far? Sounds interesting..

96connie53
Maio 19, 2014, 3:19 pm

It's a good story! I liked Villa Triste by Lucretia Grindle a lot. And this book in the same category. It's about the Red Brigade in Italy in the 70's and it hops in time from the 70's and the story of Angela and Antonio to 2010 when a girl is abducted. And the connection between the both. Villa Triste has the same structure but between WO II to the present. I like that kind of stories. I learn something about the history of Europe and it is a good read. I'm on page 174 now, thanks to an afternoon in the sun.

97avanders
Maio 20, 2014, 9:26 am

Nice - Those stories that flip between past and present can be really fun :)
Glad you're enjoying it!

98Tess_W
Maio 22, 2014, 12:52 pm

Connie, Could you let me know the procedure for "donating" books read over my ROOT to the group? Thanks!

99connie53
Maio 22, 2014, 3:29 pm

I would if I knew anything about that! I really don't know what you mean Tess. I have to check that out!

100connie53
Editado: Maio 22, 2014, 3:37 pm

TBR 588 + 21 = 609 - 18 = 591
Read ROOTs: 12
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 10
------- p-books: 6
------- e-books: 4

Totally Read 2014: 22
Books into the house: 21

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I finished De verloren dochter by Lucretia Grindle and I loved it. If you like to get into the history of Italy and read about the Red Brigade and love a good romance on the side, this highly recommended. A

I started in another ROOT book De negen prinsen by Roger Zelazny and I plan to read the whole series this year!

101ipsoivan
Maio 22, 2014, 8:01 pm

>98 Tess_W: As far as I know, you just keep updating the group ticker with each book that you read past your personal goal. I had a goal of 50 last year, and contributed about 10 to the group goal after I reached my target.

Can anyone else help with this question?

102Robertgreaves
Maio 22, 2014, 10:01 pm

That's the way I understood it as well. You keep notifying the group of ROOTs read so that they count towards the group goal even if they are not part of your personal goal.

103connie53
Maio 23, 2014, 3:34 am

>101 ipsoivan: >102 Robertgreaves: Aha, that's what you meant, Tess, by donating ?

I think you can also update your personal ticker beyond your goal, if you want to keep track for personal use. And Cyderri can count them that way.

104dudes22
Maio 23, 2014, 4:59 pm

That's what I do. I just update my personal ticker and, if I go over my goal, it counts toward the big group ticker to which helps if someone else doesn't reach theirs.

105Tess_W
Maio 23, 2014, 6:17 pm

Ok..thanks...did not know the ticker could go over 100%! Thanks!

106connie53
Editado: Maio 24, 2014, 3:06 pm

Yesterday instead of ironing (as was my plan) I went outside in the garden with my ROOT book

De negen prinsen by Roger Zelazny.
This is part 1 in the Amber series of 10 books, that have been in my bookcases for ever.
176 pages and the translation of 'Nine Princes in Amber'.



This is an omnibus, containing the first 3 books and the omnibus will count as one ROOT.

Today I finished the first book and started in the second book of the Amber series. Het vuur van Avalon by Roger Zelazny. And also the second book in this omnibus (the first three books). I liked book 1 a lot and gave it

This is the translation of The Guns of Avalon and is 199p. long

107dudes22
Maio 24, 2014, 3:41 pm

Outside with a book is MUCH better than ironing (and I like ironing).

108connie53
Maio 24, 2014, 3:45 pm

>107 dudes22: I don't mind ironing. I do it watching sports on tv.

109Tess_W
Maio 25, 2014, 5:12 pm

Outside in garden with book is very very good!

110connie53
Maio 25, 2014, 5:13 pm

I know. I wish I was home today because the weather was really gorgeous. But family obligations were preventing me from any reading!

111Familyhistorian
Maio 25, 2014, 11:10 pm

>110 connie53: Not being able to read outside today will make you appreciate it even more the next time you are able to go outside on a gorgeous day to read.

112connie53
Maio 26, 2014, 1:37 pm

>111 Familyhistorian: I know. I've done some reading outside today, but spend an hour and a half in the hospital getting a pre-op check-up.

113Familyhistorian
Maio 26, 2014, 4:33 pm

>112 connie53: Hi Connie, sounds like RL is getting in the way of pleasurable reading. Hope the op goes ok.

114avanders
Maio 28, 2014, 9:50 am

oof... an hour and a half in the hospital for a check up! Hoping the op goes (went?) perfectly!

115Tess_W
Maio 28, 2014, 2:33 pm

Hope surgery goes well! Hope recovery is quick.

116connie53
Maio 28, 2014, 2:42 pm

I will have to wait for the surgery until the end of June. Or maybe, maybe, maybe next week (if someone cancels).

I had to see a pharmacy assistant, a nurse and the anaesthetist. And in between I spend time in a day room with old, old magazines ;-))

117Robertgreaves
Maio 28, 2014, 7:05 pm

I know there is going to be a lot of hanging about for anything medical so I always take a book or my reader with me.

118connie53
Maio 29, 2014, 5:26 am

My reader is always in my handbag, so I've been reading while waiting.

119ipsoivan
Maio 29, 2014, 7:45 am

I am off to the US consulate today to renew my passport--no electronic devices allowed. I'll be waiting old style, with a large book.

120connie53
Maio 30, 2014, 2:48 pm

TBR 588 + 21 = 609 - 19 = 590
Read ROOTs: 13
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 10
------- p-books: 6
------- e-books: 4

Totally Read 2014: 23
Books into the house: 21

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I'm in a Roger Zelazny mood. I am currently reading part 4 of this series. They are only short books (between 170 and 200 pages each) divided over 4 omnibuses (3-3-2-2). I'm reading them so fast I can't even keep up in my own thread.
I decided to count the omnibuses for one ROOT. But I will count the individual books for my total for 2014.

I've read
De negen prinsen - Nine princes in Amber - 176p.
Het vuur van Avalon - The guns of Avalon - 199p.
Het woud van de eenhoorn - Sign of the Unicorn - 170p.
And I'm reading
De hand van Oberon - The Hand of Oberon - 170p.

I had to think hard about how to let them count in my library stats. But I figured it out. My edition of the omnibus counts for my ROOT list and I added each of the individual books to count for my READ in 2014 list.

And now I have to update all my lists and all my tickers!

121connie53
Jun 1, 2014, 4:24 pm

Uhhhmmmm. I finished 3 more Zelazny's the past two days

De hand van Oberon - Sign of the unicorn - 170p.
Hoven van Chaos - The Courts of Chaos - 143p.
Het spel van Merlijn - Trumps of Doom - 167p.

That is ROOT number 14 for this year and number 1 for June

And started in ROOT number 15/2 by Roger Zelazny
Omnibus 3:
Bloed van Amber - Blood of Amber - 199p.

122MissWatson
Jun 2, 2014, 3:14 am

Going nicely, Connie!

123Robertgreaves
Jun 2, 2014, 3:33 am

OK, how did they get from "Trumps of Doom" to "Het spel van Merlijn"? I assume the Dutch means something more like "Merlin's Spell" or "Merlin's Game".

124connie53
Jun 2, 2014, 3:40 am

The Game of Merlin, Robert. And I've no idea how they got to that translation.

125Robertgreaves
Jun 2, 2014, 5:50 am

It's ages since I read the Amber books, and I don't think I managed to get all of them. I'll put them on my wishlist.

126connie53
Jun 2, 2014, 6:09 am

Very good idea, Robert. I liked them all, book 2 was not as nice as the other ones. so you're warned beforehand ;-))

127avanders
Jun 3, 2014, 10:43 am

Woot congrats! Were those 3 books (Root 1 for June) in 1 physical book? Or 3?

128connie53
Jun 3, 2014, 2:51 pm

3 physical Omnibuses (containing 3 - 3 - 2 books) The omnibuses count for ROOT.

129connie53
Jun 3, 2014, 3:17 pm

TBR 588 + 24 = 612 - 20 = 592
Read ROOTs: 14
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 10
------- p-books: 6
------- e-books: 4

Totally Read 2014: 23
Books into the house: 24

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Reading ROOT number 15, another Omnibus by Roger Zalazny
containing 2 books
Amber 7 - Bloed van Amber (Blood of Amber) finished
Amber 8 - Een teken uit Chaos (Sign of Chaos) currently reading

But 3 books found their way into my house:

De erfenis by Henriette Lazaridis Power



The translation of The Clover House
De Erfenis = The inheritance
Het Klaver Huis = The Clover house

Boston, 2000. Calliope Notaris Brown receives a shocking phone call. Her beloved uncle Nestor has passed away, and now Callie must fly to Patras, Greece, to claim her inheritance. Callie's mother, Clio --with whom Callie has always had a difficult relationship--tries to convince her not to make the trip. Unsettled by her mother's strange behavior, and uneasy about her own recent engagement, Callie decides to escape Boston for the city of her childhood summers. After arriving at the heady peak of Carnival and via flashbacks to the Greece of 1940, Callie begins to piece together what her mother has been trying to hide.

De Bruidskist en andere verhalen by Kate Mosse



The translation of The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Stories
De Bruidskist en andere verhalen = The Wedding Chest and other stories
The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Stories = De Mistletoe / Maretak Bruid en andere verhalen die je achtervolgen.

A wonderfully atmospheric collection of stories from one of our most captivating writers, inspired by ghost stories, traditional folk tales and country legends from England and France. These tales are richly populated by spirits and ghosts seeking revenge; by grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny - all rooted deep in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc. The collection will include The Mistletoe Bride, La Fille de Melisande, Red Letter Day, The Lending Library, The House on the Hill...

And a free little book by Tess Gerritsen because June is the month of tensive, exciting books.

Incendio, the translation of Incendio



130avanders
Jun 4, 2014, 8:47 am

>128 connie53: got it :)

>129 connie53: oh no! There must've been a crack in the wall for them to sneak through.... ;)

131connie53
Jun 5, 2014, 11:27 am

>130 avanders: They came to me by school post! All of a sudden there was a package for me.

And now I've got a mail message that another one is waiting for me at my local supermarket! I seem to have pre-ordered a book and I completely forgot! Tomorrow I will go to collect it.

132rabbitprincess
Jun 5, 2014, 7:38 pm

>131 connie53: Nice! It's like a surprise present for yourself! Enjoy your new books.

133MissWatson
Jun 6, 2014, 4:53 am

>131 connie53: What a pleasant surprise! What's the book?

134avanders
Jun 6, 2014, 10:10 am

>131 connie53: that's fun! Love those surprises :)

135connie53
Jun 6, 2014, 4:44 pm

And I am now the proud owner of:

De lessen van Loki by Joanne Harris



This is the translation of The Gospel of Loki
Gospel = Evangelie
Lessen = Lessons

With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge. But while Loki is planning the downfall of Asgard and the humiliation of his tormentors, greater powers are conspiring against the gods and a battle is brewing that will change the fate of the Worlds. From his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world's ultimate trickster.

136Kleson
Jun 6, 2014, 6:42 pm

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137connie53
Jun 8, 2014, 5:20 am

TBR 588 + 25 = 613 - 20 = 592
Read ROOTs: 15
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 10
------- p-books: 6
------- e-books: 4

Totally Read 2014: 25
Books into the house: 25

NB: (3 omnibuses (3-3-2))
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Lots of reading done and very little of LT-ing.
My counting is a bit off balance because of the omnibuses I'm reading. Now it's raining and thundering outside. So I'm going to try to sort things out. But that may take a while.

I'm currently reading part 10 of the Amber series. It's almost finished. So if the weather clears up I may read the rest of this book today before my son and his girl are coming over for dinner and a evening of playing games.

138dudes22
Jun 8, 2014, 6:36 am

My counting goes off frequently - I think there re reading elves that come when I'm not looking and borrow books ;)

139connie53
Jun 8, 2014, 5:48 pm

That could be possible, of course, Betty.

140Robertgreaves
Jun 8, 2014, 10:12 pm

Yes, and then they put them on my shelves. It's the only explanation for where these books keep coming from.

141connie53
Jun 9, 2014, 3:54 am

That's a thought, Robert! I think I get my share of them too!

142MissWatson
Jun 9, 2014, 2:41 pm

>135 connie53: I've read good things about this book. What did you think of it?

143connie53
Jun 10, 2014, 8:49 am

>142 MissWatson: Nothing yet, MW, I still have to read it.

144MissWatson
Jun 10, 2014, 9:08 am

I will bide my time then.

145connie53
Jun 10, 2014, 5:01 pm

TBR 588 + 25 = 613 - 21 = 592
Read ROOTs: 16 (4 omnibuses (3-3-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 10
------- p-books: 5
------- e-books: 5

Totally Read 2014: 33
Books into the house: 25

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I read an e-book by Neil Gaiman - De oceaan aan het einde van het pad which I liked very much.

And I'm now reading a book by Juliet Marillier - Ravenvlucht.
I'm almost finished because of the wonderful but very hot weather we are having. I spend a lot of time in the garden, sitting in the shade of the trees and all I do is read. So I'm not following threads that much.

146ipsoivan
Jun 10, 2014, 5:21 pm

>145 connie53: I just checked the Gaiman out of the library--I've read a few by him and always enjoyed them. I'm not sure I'll get to it before I have to return it, but if you think it's 4-stars good, I'm moving it up in the pile!

147connie53
Jun 11, 2014, 5:30 am

If you liked his other books, you will like this one too.

148avanders
Jun 11, 2014, 9:45 am

>145 connie53: Ooh, I can't *wait* to read that one! 'course, first I have to buy it..... ;)

149crazy4reading
Jun 15, 2014, 6:31 pm

You are making progress. Some great books purchased. Hope you enjoy the Gaiman book. I have never read that one.

150ipsoivan
Editado: Jun 16, 2014, 7:33 am

>145 connie53: 146 147 148 149 Yes, the Gaiman was wonderful!

151Merryann
Jun 22, 2014, 3:03 pm

>89 connie53: Experiment sounds like a book for me! What a fun concept.

I'm glad you liked Het zwarte geheimenboek, Connie. :)

It certainly is nice to be back.

152Jackie_K
Jun 23, 2014, 1:11 pm

>145 connie53: we've even been having hot(tish) weather in Scotland! Generally though when I'm outside it's taking the baby for a walk to help her sleep, so not so great for reading!

153LauraBrook
Jun 24, 2014, 8:03 pm

There's nothing wrong with skipping a little LT every now and then in favor of reading in the garden! There could certainly be much worse things to be doing! :)

Hope you're enjoying the end of June!

154connie53
Jun 28, 2014, 11:42 am

I'm still reading ROOTs. I will post a total in the next few days. I have to do some counting!

155avanders
Jun 30, 2014, 10:12 am

>153 LauraBrook: and >154 connie53:
tee hee.... you've actually been ROOT'ing in the garden...... ;)

156connie53
Jul 2, 2014, 5:08 am

TBR 588 + 26 = 614 - 25 = 589
Read ROOTs: 18 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 12
------- p-books: 7
------- e-books: 5

Totally Read 2014: 38
Books into the house: 26

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It took some time to get the numbers right. But now it makes sense.

Going to update tickers now.

157avanders
Jul 2, 2014, 10:24 am

6 omnibuses! That's heavy reading...

158connie53
Jul 2, 2014, 5:04 pm

Yes it is, but I loved them.
1 omnibus counts for 1 ROOT
But every book in it counts for the read-books total!

159avanders
Jul 3, 2014, 8:23 am

That's so great... to enjoy heavy books is a very satisfying feeling!
That all makes sense to me! :)

160Tess_W
Jul 3, 2014, 10:08 am

New word for me--omnibus. I used it in American history as a new form of transportation in the early 1900's. However, never have heard it used in book speak. Had to look it up!

161connie53
Jul 3, 2014, 5:21 pm

Is that so? Google translates gave me the exact same word in Dutch and in English.
What do you call it when 2 books (or more) are published in one book?

162Robertgreaves
Jul 3, 2014, 7:00 pm

It's the standard word in British English for several novels previously published separately now being issued in a single volume.

163Tess_W
Jul 3, 2014, 9:36 pm

That is a good question, Connie! Robert is familiar with it in British English, but here in the USA I have never heard of it before and I asked my professor friend who teaches both British Lit and American Lit at the college level and she says she has never heard of it before either. I don't know what the USA English word would be....compendium? No idea! I think it is neat that not only do we get to see and read about what others are reading but also add some vocab, also!

164Robertgreaves
Jul 4, 2014, 12:40 am

I just checked, and LT calls them omnibuses for collections in a series, e.g. the Falco series

165connie53
Jul 4, 2014, 10:44 am

Thanks, Robert. The meaning of Compendium in the Dutch language is, as far as I can find, a kind of shortened manual about something.

And it really is interesting how much we can learn on LT, Tess.

166Tanya-dogearedcopy
Jul 4, 2014, 10:56 am

FWIW, I first heard of "omnibus" in context of legislation; and later as a collection of three or more novels by the same author in one volume. In looking at my bookshelf, it looks like comic book issues bound together are "volumes;" short stories, plays, and poetry are "collections;" and curated materials from different authors are "anthologies" (e.g. Norton's anthologies.)

Interestingly, the two tomes of Shakespeare that I have contain his complete works are labeled "The Riverside Shakespeare" and "The Penguin Shakespeare"; and even though I have read individual Folger Shakespeare plays, I don't recall ever having seen a complete works of the Bard labeled "The Folger Shakespeare!"

167avanders
Editado: Jul 5, 2014, 7:50 pm

>163 Tess_W: et al., just letting y'all know, I've heard and used "omnibus" many times... and I'm USA English ;) Maybe it just depends on how it might have come up in conversation? Maybe I've just ... been around a lot of omnibus-friendly folks? ;)

168Tess_W
Jul 5, 2014, 10:14 pm

#167..well I would think my literary and professor friends would be omnibus friendly, but not a one had ever heard of this word used in conjunction with books! I just love this group!

169avanders
Jul 6, 2014, 1:26 am

Agreed! It's great getting all the different words, vocab, and vernacular :). Actually, upon further reflection, I wonder if I know "omnibus" bc my mom was educated in a British school system..... That seems likely!

170LauraBrook
Jul 6, 2014, 10:38 am

I don't know, I've used the word omnibus for...well, as far back as I can remember, and I'm an American. It's nearly always been used regarding books, not anything else. Am I an oddball? I mean, more than I thought I was? ;)

171Tess_W
Jul 6, 2014, 11:33 am

Well, after doing more research, and going to Webster's and the Oxford Dictionaries, it does say in both "chiefly British", so I think that unless one was introduced to it, it's not the common vernacular in the U.S. That being said, it is in U.S. history textbooks in the section under transportation history, as a type of "new" vehicle (1877) that was pulled on a track, by horses, that carried 10-12 people. That is where I came across it.

172connie53
Jul 6, 2014, 3:49 pm

Such a vivid conversation about my ROOTs! Fun.

173dudes22
Jul 6, 2014, 6:16 pm

>170 LauraBrook: - I've always used it for books too and I'm an American too. Never for anything else. There are probably a few of us.

174Robertgreaves
Jul 23, 2014, 7:53 pm

I have succumbed and ordered The Great Book of Amber, an omnibus edition of all 10 Amber books.

175Merryann
Jul 27, 2014, 4:49 pm

How are you doing, Connie? Did you have the knee surgery? I hope all is well. :)

176avanders
Jul 28, 2014, 9:44 am

Yes! Long time, hope you're doing well Connie!

177Jackie_K
Jul 28, 2014, 12:40 pm

Your absence is definitely noted Connie! Hope all is well with you :)

178tymfos
Ago 2, 2014, 4:12 pm

Hope all is well, Connie!

179connie53
Ago 2, 2014, 5:21 pm

Sorry to everybody. I was away from LT too long. Live and all kind of other things were in the way. Getting away for weekends, having friends over for a few days and nice weather. And then I got a bit scared for all the updating I needed to do.

Updating will happen on another time, now I'm off to bed.

180Tess_W
Ago 2, 2014, 7:13 pm

Life is a great reason to be away. I hope you enjoyed, but good to have you back!

181Merryann
Ago 3, 2014, 2:31 am

You are back! Hurray! I'm glad you've been off having fun!

We wrote you something. It's on my thread. Start reading at Message 204, and keep going through 220.

182VivienneR
Editado: Ago 3, 2014, 2:34 am

Welcome back Connie! Glad you are well and enjoying summer.

We've been discussing your absence on Merryann's thread.

ETA: Obviously Merryann can type faster than me :)

183connie53
Ago 3, 2014, 3:37 am

So lovely this welcome back thing.
You all have Paul C. to thank for that. He talked to me on Facebook.

184rabbitprincess
Ago 3, 2014, 7:56 am

Welcome back, Connie! :)

185majkia
Ago 3, 2014, 8:45 am

Good to see you back :)

186MissWatson
Ago 4, 2014, 5:20 am

Hello Connie, it's nice to hear you spent time with your friends and enjoyed yourself.

187Tallulah_Rose
Ago 4, 2014, 7:57 am

Hello Connie, welcome back! Good to know that you had some great time and don't worry about the updating. It's just great to see you back!
Did you already have your surgery?

188avanders
Ago 4, 2014, 8:35 am

Welcome back! Life and friends are the best excuse for an online absence. :). Hope you enjoyed our .. Thoughts, so expertly crafted by Mary Ann :)

189connie53
Ago 4, 2014, 5:43 pm

>188 avanders: Yes I did, Ava!

>187 Tallulah_Rose: Yes I did! I had my surgery. They found a lot wrong in my knee. Both menisci had problems and there was a lot of loose cartilage that was moving around in my knee. It was all removed (the cartilage) and shaved (the menisci).
In some places all of the cartilage is gone. So you can hear and I can feel my kneecaps colliding. Not nice! Eventually I will need a new knee.

My second medical thing came to a good end today. I have no skin-cancer (I googled a lot and thought that was what it was) but a severe case of skin rash (ecseem with an allergic origin). So I now have all kinds of ointments to tackle that. And some tests to undergo in the next few days.

190Tallulah_Rose
Ago 5, 2014, 12:36 am

Not sure exactly, but first of all good that your surgery went well. Not so good hat happened to your knee caps. Doesn't that hurt? Wäre you fully able to move around? After my mum had her knee surgeries it took several weeks before she could walk again by herself.
And glad you have no skin cancer! The various ointments may be time intensive to take on, but probably better than cancer procedure.

191MissWatson
Ago 5, 2014, 3:05 am

Best wishes for the next round of tests!

192Jackie_K
Ago 5, 2014, 5:20 am

Best wishes for the next lot of tests!

Many years ago when I was nursing I was working on an orthopaedic ward, so we saw lots of people having new knees and hips. For most of them it made a huge difference and many said they wished they'd had it done years ago. Hopefully when the time comes it will give you a whole new lease of life!

193avanders
Ago 5, 2014, 8:32 am

Great news on the medical front! Sorry about the knee though :(
Best wishes on your upcoming tests!

194VivienneR
Ago 5, 2014, 11:53 am

Glad to hear you got treatment for your knee and good news about the skin condition. All the best for the tests to come.

195LittleTaiko
Ago 5, 2014, 5:17 pm

Adding my hopes that your knee gets better.

196connie53
Ago 5, 2014, 5:35 pm

Thanks everybody! It is good to be back.

197connie53
Editado: Ago 9, 2014, 4:32 pm

TBR 588 + 26 = 614 - 30 = 584
Read ROOTs: 19 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 12
------- p-books: 11
------- e-books: 8

Totally Read 2014: 46
Books into the house: 26

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New ROOTs I've read or are reading.

ROOT # 19



Windzangers

This is part 2 in the series by Megan Lindholm and a translation of The Windsingers.

This is the blurb not my review:

The Windsingers is Megan's second novel, following Harpy's Flight which introduced her popular gypsy characters, Ki and Vandien. When Ki first encountered Vandien she very nearly slit his throat. Yet later it was Vandien who suffered a terrible wound to protect her when terror fell from the skies and who gave her a reason to lay to rest the bitter memories of a once idllyic past.

This book was a " book for me.

The next two ROOTs I'm reading just now.



Het domein van de Limbreth by Megan Lindholm
This is the translation of The Limbreth Gate.
Not translated to the letter
Het domein = The Domain
Gate = poort

The third part in the Windsingers series

The blurb not a review

Ki’s enemies entice her to the domain of the Limbreth, a bored and arrogant local god. He reveals to Ki the secrets of her past, and forces her to view her brief life from his own timeless perspective, thereby manipulating her to do his will. From this spell, Ki’s lover Vandien, assisted by a savage Brurjan, attempt to rescue her. But what is the difference between “rescue” and “kidnapping” – snatching her away from her chance for enlightenment and creative fulfillment? And who is to say what one’s purpose in life should be?

And



Een feestmaal voor kraaien by George R.R.Martin

This is the translation of A Feast for Crows>
Book 4 in the serie The Game of Thrones.

I don't want to give too much away so I will place no blurb.

198connie53
Editado: Ago 9, 2014, 4:50 pm

I bought A new book today and could not keep myself from starting in it. I.m halfway now.



Klem by Simon Beckett
This is the translation of Stone Bruises
Klem - Stuck or Trapped
Stone Bruises - Stenen blauwe plekken

A blurb not a review!!

Sean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of an isolated, lonely part of rural France at the height of a sweltering summer. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the hedgerows and country lanes only to be caught in the vicious jaws of a trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women - daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start.

199MissWatson
Ago 10, 2014, 4:19 am

Hi Connie, it's good to see you're whizzing through the books again!

200connie53
Ago 10, 2014, 6:28 am

I was whizzing all the time, MissW ;-))

The book is finished. This morning it was still nice outside and I woke early so I went into the garden with my book and my coffee. I really loved this book.

201avanders
Editado: Ago 10, 2014, 9:45 pm

>198 connie53: wow that's quite a response! and >200 connie53: all done! Mmm, love finding books like that... :)
(added to wish list)

202connie53
Ago 11, 2014, 3:47 am

Just try his other books too, Ava. They are really good reading stuff.

203avanders
Ago 11, 2014, 11:18 am

204connie53
Ago 11, 2014, 3:13 pm

I just finished ROOT # 21 Gelukszoekers by Megan Lindholm aka Robin Hobb.

I really loved this series and I'm very sorry I'm finished.

Now I'm 'just' reading Een feestmaal voor kraaien by George R.R. Martin A ROOT also so I'm ahead of my challenge, only 3 books to go!

205Tess_W
Ago 11, 2014, 10:42 pm

Congrats on being down to 3!

206VivienneR
Ago 11, 2014, 11:58 pm

>198 connie53: The Simon Beckett book sounds like one I would enjoy. I've added it to my wishlist. Thanks for the tip.

I hope you are still healthy and well.

207avanders
Ago 12, 2014, 9:52 am

Woo hoo! So close to your goal!

208connie53
Editado: Ago 12, 2014, 3:51 pm

TBR 588 + 27 = 615 - 33 = 582
Read ROOTs: 21 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 20
------- p-books: 12
------- e-books: 8

Totally Read 2014: 49
Books into the house: 27

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All of a sudden I find myself reading another ROOT, this will be #23
That has a reason of course. Yesterday afternoon we got a surprise visit from our daughter Eveline and her partner Cyrille. They did some shopping in an outlet shopping centre in our town and decided to visit us for a cup of tea. So we were talking and having tea. They had recently been to the cinema and saw Divergent. Eveline knows that I'm a huge fan of fantasy books and asked if the movie was based on a book. I reached behind me in the bookcase and took the book out of it. That was what made me want to read it today, so I did.



The book is called Inwijding in Dutch. It's a book by Veronica Roth
Inwijding = inauguration/initiation
Divergent = afwijkend

These are both words used in the book but they don't mean the same thing.

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all

I like it so far. It reads very easy.

209avanders
Ago 13, 2014, 10:02 am

Oh you're reading Divergent! I enjoyed it... the movie was also good! Still need to read #s 2 and 3, but my friend and I are sharing copies and she's got 'em right now ;)

Interesting that the title is different.... that one, of course, also works.. :)

210tymfos
Ago 13, 2014, 10:46 pm

Hi, Connie! So glad to see you posting. Sorry about the knee problems, but very glad that you don't have skin cancer.

You're so close to your goal!

211tloeffler
Ago 16, 2014, 8:05 pm

I may have already said this to you, but having my knee replaced was the smartest thing I ever did. They had me walking the very next day, and doing stairs the day after that. The physical therapy for the next few months was torture, but it did what it was supposed to, and my knee is like new! I wish I could get them to do my other knee, but it's not bad enough yet...

Hope you're doing well!

212connie53
Editado: Ago 17, 2014, 2:42 pm

I'm doing all right, slowly but steadily I'm improving. The orthopaedic surgeon wants to try injections with stuff first, before replacing my knee. But I heard many good things about this replacement so eventually we will consider that. Thanks for the encouragement, girls.

I bought another book, I could not help myself. It is a book by Patrick Ness and I can't walk past a book by his hand.



De kraanvogelvrouw

This is the translation to the letter of The Crane Wife

One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story.

213dudes22
Ago 17, 2014, 5:07 pm

You haven't even read this yet or said whether it's good or not, but I'm going to add this to my wishlist anyway, Connie.

214avanders
Ago 18, 2014, 9:46 am

I've heard really good things about that book! Fun new purchase :)

215connie53
Ago 18, 2014, 11:06 am

>213 dudes22: I just bought it, Betty. So I don't know anything about it yet. But I love the books by Patrick Ness, so I had to have it.

216connie53
Editado: Ago 18, 2014, 11:25 am

Yesterday evening I finished ROOT # 22 Veronica Roth - Inwijding.

Still two more books to go. So I started another one by Veronica Roth - Opstand part 2 in the Divergent series



This is the translation of Insurgent
Insurgent = Opstandige
Opstand = Insurgence

In spoiler because it may give away to much about book number 1

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

217raidergirl3
Ago 18, 2014, 6:10 pm

Hi Connie, I've been meaning to read the Divergent series, but I often have such a list of 'oh, I'll read that in the summer' that I get nowhere. I've read lots of good books, but not nearly as many as I would have liked which often happens in the summer. Oh, well. I did get through a lot of levels on Candy Crush!

218connie53
Ago 19, 2014, 5:05 am

I play Candy Crush too! A lot.

219connie53
Ago 20, 2014, 2:28 pm

I just finished Opstand by Veronica Roth.

Just one more ROOT to go.

But I first want to read part 3 in the Divergent series and I bought that one in the beginning of this year. Time enough left in this year for ROOT 24.

220connie53
Ago 20, 2014, 2:58 pm

I bought a few books also **Sigh, sigh, sigh**

Wie wind zaait by Nele Neuhaus



Een inktzwart hart by R.J. Ellory



The translation of A Dark and Broken Heart
Inktzwart = black like ink
Hart = Heart
Broken is not translated

It should have all been so easy for Vincent Madigan. Take four hundred grand from the thieves who stole it in the first place and who could they turn to for help? Madigan is charming, resourceful, and knows how to look after himself. The only problem is that he's up to his neck in debt to Sandia - the drug king of East Harlem. This one heist will free Madigan from Sandia's control and give him the chance he needs to get his life back on track. But things go wrong when Madigan is forced to kill his co-conspirators and a child is shot in the crossfire. Now both Sandia and the collected might of the NYPD are hunting him down, and the one cop assigned to lead the case is the very last person he could have expected. Employing every deception and ruse he can think of, Madigan must stay one step ahead in a battle of wits that will test him to his limits. Can he evade justice for his crimes, or will his own conscience be his final undoing??

And

Een tik op het raam by Linwood Barclay



The translation to the letter of A Tap on the Window

It’s been two months since private investigator Cal Weaver’s teenage son Scott died in a tragic accident. Ever since, he and his wife have drifted apart, fracturing a once normal life. Cal is mired in grief, a grief he can’t move past. And maybe his grief has clouded his judgment. Because driving home one night, he makes his first big mistake.
A girl drenched in rain taps on his car window and asks for a ride as he sits at a stoplight. Even though he knows a fortysomething man picking up a teenage hitchhiker is a fool, he lets her in. She’s the same age as Scott, and maybe she can help Cal find the dealer who sold his son the drugs that killed him. After a brief stop at a roadside diner, Cal senses that something’s not right with the girl or the situation. But it’s too late. He’s already involved.
Now Cal is drawn into a nightmare of pain and suspicion. Something is horribly wrong in the small town of Griffon in upstate New York. There are too many secrets there, too many lies and cover-ups. And Cal has decided to expose those secrets one by one. That’s his second big mistake.

221Jackie_K
Ago 20, 2014, 3:14 pm

I had an excerpt of Divergent on my eReader (there were a couple of excerpts on it, presumably as a sweetener to encourage me to buy the full thing). I really liked what I read, but I must admit with so many other TBRs still to tackle, I've decided I'm only going to buy Divergent if I see it really cheap!

Glad to see you back reading and posting Connie!

222connie53
Ago 20, 2014, 3:17 pm

Thanks Jackie! If you see Divergent really cheap, just go for it.

223rabbitprincess
Ago 20, 2014, 4:13 pm

Yay, A Tap on the Window! It was really good. I hope you enjoy it!

224connie53
Ago 21, 2014, 3:12 am

I always enjoy Barclay's books, so I don't expect anything less from this one.

225avanders
Ago 21, 2014, 9:17 am

>219 connie53: agreed! Glad you're enjoying the series! My friend and I "shared" the series, and she's got books 2 and 3, so I'm a little behind there.... :)
and >220 connie53: new books! fun and they look so engaging!

226Tess_W
Ago 23, 2014, 3:47 pm

I had purchased the Divergent trio pack on my grandsons Kindle for his birthday (that's what he wanted). He's done with it now, so I'll be digging into it as soon as I can.

227dudes22
Ago 23, 2014, 4:17 pm

I keep think I should try Divergent before the hoopla is over. I think Harry Potter was on book 3 or 4 before I started, all the Twilight books had been written before I read them, and all the Hunger Games were done. I always think that they aren't my type of book and then I love them when I finally decide to take the plunge. You'd think I'd learn. I haven't started A Game of Thrones yet either.

228connie53
Ago 23, 2014, 5:04 pm

If you liked all the above, you will like divergent too, Betty.

Go Tess! Get those kindle versions from your grandson!

229karen_o
Ago 29, 2014, 7:35 pm

Hi Connie! You're just a reading machine, aren't you?

I have The Crane Wife on the list for purchase just as soon as the paperback comes out here at the end of December. It will be my after Christmas present to myself!

230connie53
Ago 30, 2014, 10:14 am

De kraanvogelvrouw is a very strange book. I really don't know if I like it. There are parts of it that are very confusing and then there are parts that are really nice. I'm on page 222 of 313 now.

231avanders
Ago 30, 2014, 9:58 pm

Hopefully it all comes together for you in the end! I find that book very intriguing and I'm looking forward to your thoughts on it!

232connie53
Editado: Ago 31, 2014, 12:58 pm

I just finished this book about an hour ago, Ava. And I'm still trying to find out how much I liked it. I will give it . For me it's not really an 8, due to the confusing first part of the book. It's really beautifully written with some bonus parts about Books (for me) that I really loved and were my thoughts about books exactly.

233avanders
Ago 31, 2014, 6:28 pm

Hmm, still intrigued! I'm sure I'll check it out of the library one of these days.. or if i see it at the library book sale, I'll pick it up ;)

And congrats on finishing #23!

234connie53
Set 1, 2014, 2:45 pm

If you can get it out of the library of for at a sale: Go for it!!

235connie53
Set 6, 2014, 3:29 pm

TBR 588 + 31 = 619 - 38 = 581
Read ROOTs: 23 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 24
------- p-books: 15
------- e-books: 9

Totally Read 2014: 55
Books into the house: 31

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Re-counting my TBR!

236dudes22
Set 6, 2014, 5:08 pm

I tried to recount mine back in July when I decided to purge a bunch of books, but couldn't get the math to work. I think I'll wait to the week between Christmas and New Years and try it again before next year starts.

237avanders
Set 7, 2014, 8:53 am

Hmm maybe I should count mine.. Have avoided since 2005.. But perhaps that'll serve as another motivation!

238connie53
Set 7, 2014, 2:46 pm

I think it's rather encouraging to see that my TBR is down by the grand total of 7 !!!

I just need 83 years of living to finish the whole pile! ;-)))

239Robertgreaves
Set 7, 2014, 7:07 pm

Here's to 2097!

240Tess_W
Set 7, 2014, 10:51 pm

LOL, I think we are all alike! My unread books will survive me.

241dudes22
Set 8, 2014, 6:34 am

Me too!

242avanders
Set 8, 2014, 10:26 am

>238 connie53: lol! I imagine mine will have a similar problem ;)

243connie53
Editado: Set 9, 2014, 3:25 am

Yes! I finished my ROOT challenge. # 24 is done! This afternoon I read the last few pages of Wachten op woensdag by Nicci French. Yesterday evening I was almost finished, just 35 pages to go and I was thinking about reading in bed just to know how it ended. But it was 20 min. past midnight and it takes me more than half an hour to read that number of pages. So I went to sleep and finished it this afternoon while stirring in a pan with potato-soup. A big for me!

Now reading Donderdagskinderen by Nicci French the fourth part in the Frieda Klein series.



The translation to the letter of Thursday's Children

This is the blurb not a review!

When psychotherapist Frieda Klein left the sleepy Suffolk coastal town she grew up in she never intended to return. Left behind were friends, family, life and loves but, alongside them, painful memories; a past she couldn't allow to destroy her. So when an old classmate appears in London asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter, long buried memories resurface. But when tragedy strikes, Frieda has no choice but to return home and confront her past. And monsters no one else believes are real. Through a fog of alibis, conflicting accounts, hidden agendas and questionable alibis, Frieda can trust no one in trying to piece together the shocking truth, past and present.

I have to say that I'm very surprised that only 41 members of LT have this book and only 128 have Wachten op woensdag. They are so exciting!!

244Ameise1
Set 8, 2014, 3:41 pm

Connie, congrats on reaching your target. :-)

245connie53
Set 8, 2014, 4:03 pm

Thanks, Barb!!

246avanders
Set 8, 2014, 5:26 pm

Wooo hooo Congratulations! And such a great book to finish on... 4 1/2 stars! :)
And Thursday's Children sounds very interesting!

247connie53
Set 8, 2014, 5:35 pm

Thanks, Ava!

248dudes22
Set 8, 2014, 7:07 pm

You'll have those extra stars at the end of the month when Cheli does the stats - Hope I join you soon. Only 8 more for me.

249streamsong
Set 8, 2014, 8:52 pm

Congratulations on finishing, Connie! and post #238 made me laugh right out loud. I'll be right here with you.... perched on my Planet TBR.
Especially if you go on posting reviews like the one in 243. I soooo do not need to start another series. That one certainly is tempting though .....

250VivienneR
Set 9, 2014, 3:11 am

Congratulations Connie! The Nicci French book has been added to my wishlist!

251connie53
Set 9, 2014, 3:24 am

Please try to read all Frieda Klein books in order!

Blauwe Maandag
Dinsdag is voorbij
Wachten op woensdag
Donderdagskinderen

The 'Friday' book is not published yet!

252MissWatson
Set 9, 2014, 4:47 am

You have finished early, well done!

253dudes22
Set 9, 2014, 7:17 am

>251 connie53: - those are on my radar, although none of them is in my TBR pile yet. I too do not reallllly need any more series, but.....

254bragan
Set 9, 2014, 10:55 am

Congrats, Connie!

255connie53
Set 9, 2014, 2:36 pm

>253 dudes22: Who Does, Betty??!!!

Thanks Bragan

I bought another book today!

Veroordeeld by Karin Slaughter



The transalation of Cop Town and that as freely translated as can be.
Cop = politieagent /smeris
Town = Stad
Convicted = Veroordeeld

This is the blurb not my review!!

Atlanta, 1974. It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out for the job as a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, he'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her own ax to grind (and a brother and uncle already on the force)--a strategy meant to isolate Kate and Maggie from the action. But the move will backfire, putting them right at the heart of it

One has to work on a new ROOT pile for the years to come!

256connie53
Set 9, 2014, 2:44 pm

TBR 588 + 32 = 620 - 38 = 582
Read ROOTs: 23 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 24
------- p-books: 15
------- e-books: 9

Totally Read 2014: 55
Books into the house: 32

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****Sigh****

257avanders
Set 9, 2014, 11:08 pm

Hey at least your read is greater than your in-the-house! :)

258connie53
Set 10, 2014, 3:14 am

I know, That's what keeps me ROOTing.

259connie53
Set 13, 2014, 2:15 pm

TBR 588 + 32 = 620 - 40 = 580
Read ROOTs: 24 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 25
------- p-books: 16
------- e-books: 9

Totally Read 2014: 57
Books into the house: 32

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I had to recalculate a bit but now I think the total is right.

And another book read Donderdagskinderen by Nicci French. Not as exciting as Wachten op woensdag but a book for sure.

260tymfos
Set 14, 2014, 4:12 pm

Congrats on reaching your goal, Connie!

261Tess_W
Set 14, 2014, 7:55 pm

Congrats on making the first of your goals!

262Robertgreaves
Set 14, 2014, 10:36 pm

Belated congratulations, Connie. Well done.

263Jackie_K
Set 15, 2014, 6:06 am

Hooray for reaching your target Connie!

264dudes22
Set 15, 2014, 6:08 am

Yeah for you!

265Pigletto
Out 2, 2014, 8:32 pm

Congrats, Connie!

266Tallulah_Rose
Out 3, 2014, 3:39 am

Belated congratulations from me as well! May the rest of the year be just as good!

267LauraBrook
Out 3, 2014, 2:07 pm

Congratulations!!!

268rabbitprincess
Out 3, 2014, 5:24 pm

Hurray, congrats!

269Jackie_K
Out 4, 2014, 1:15 pm

Well done for meeting your goal!

270connie53
Editado: Out 14, 2014, 3:54 pm

Thanks! I'm donating all my next ROOTs to the group total!

271connie53
Out 5, 2014, 2:32 pm

TBR 588 + 32 = 620 - 42 = 578
Read ROOTs: 26 (6 omnibuses (3-3-2-2-2-2))
Books leaving the house unread: 0
Read others: 27
------- p-books: 16
------- e-books: 11

Totally Read 2014: 61
Books into the house: 32

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Updating the calculation!

272avanders
Out 14, 2014, 12:33 pm

>270 connie53: I think that's a noble mission ;)

273connie53
Out 14, 2014, 3:55 pm

Thanks, Ava!

274Jackie_K
Out 21, 2014, 11:39 am

Hope things are still going well for you Connie! October seems to be a really good month for people meeting their goals!

275connie53
Out 22, 2014, 9:36 am

Things are all right, Jackie, thanks for asking.

Still reading Een feestmaal voor kraaien by George R. R. Martin. That is a very big book, 738 pages for the real story and about a 100 for all kinds of lists. This will be ROOT 27 once I finished it, so 27/24. And I'm reading De moordenaar van de nar by Robin Hobb and that is a big one too.

276avanders
Out 22, 2014, 9:46 am

Ooh, big, hefty books, just in time for fall & winter!
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the Martin book...
100 pages for "all kinds of lists"? Interesting..

277connie53
Out 22, 2014, 11:06 am

Yes, you know. All the houses and how they are intertwined through marriage. And a chapter out of the next book.

278avanders
Out 22, 2014, 4:11 pm

Wow... that's a lot of information of that type!

279MissWatson
Out 23, 2014, 3:36 am

But necessary. I have to check those lists again and again to remind myself of who is related to whom.

280avanders
Out 23, 2014, 9:40 am

Wow... I have a friend reading the books right now... she said they're not particularly fast-paced? I had always gotten the opposite impression...

281connie53
Out 23, 2014, 10:08 am

No, they are not extremely fast-paced. There are battles, of course, but it's mostly political and about what people do and think. And sometimes a bit cruel. Martin is in the habit of killing people you like the most. I think the series on tv is faster than the books are.

282avanders
Out 23, 2014, 11:42 am

ha, that sounds terrible! ("Martin is in the habit of killing people you like the most.")
Maybe I'll get around to the series some day... in the meantime, there are so many other selections from which to choose!

283connie53
Out 24, 2014, 8:44 am

Tell me about it ;-)) The series you can choose from are endless.

284avanders
Out 29, 2014, 10:54 am

Just dropping by to say hi & Happy Halloween!

285Quaisior
Out 29, 2014, 9:13 pm

Congratulations on making- and surpassing- your goal, Connie!

286connie53
Nov 3, 2014, 2:01 pm

Thanks, Ava and Quaisior.

I've been busy for a couple of days. School was taking up most of my time but we did some fun things with the family too. So I'm happy! And happy to be back.

287Tess_W
Nov 3, 2014, 8:09 pm

Congrats on meeting your goal!

288MissWatson
Nov 9, 2014, 10:47 am

Happy thingaversary, Connie!

289connie53
Nov 9, 2014, 3:02 pm

Thanks MissW. I just discovered that! I never look at those kind of things, but Justjoey and Ameise told me I did.

290tymfos
Nov 12, 2014, 11:48 pm

Oh, it was your Thingaversary! Now you need to get more books to celebrate . . . they'll be ROOTs next year . . .

291connie53
Dez 12, 2014, 2:13 pm

TBR 588 + 50 = 638 - 51 = 587
Read ROOTs: 26 (6 omnibuses (+ 8))
Books leaving the house: 4
Read others: 32
------- p-books: 21
------- e-books: 11

Totally Read 2014: 66 (26 + 8 + 32)
Books into the house: 50

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I hope I have it right now! And it would mean I have 1 ONE book less on the TBR then when I started this ROOT!

I'm going to do better on ROOT 2015!

292ipsoivan
Dez 12, 2014, 5:29 pm

>291 connie53: One book less is progress. Maybe not PROGRESS, but progress.

293avanders
Dez 12, 2014, 7:17 pm

Congrats!

Lol. Yes. 1 book less is progress! (And better than my own ;)). I also hope to do better in 2015 :)

294connie53
Dez 13, 2014, 3:34 am

I think I made a mistake some where! I read four books that I do not own but I borrowed them, so now I have to try to get my mind around that equation.

295dudes22
Editado: Dez 13, 2014, 6:14 am

If I borrow and read them in the same year, I don't count them as a ROOT ( although I do count them for my total reading for the year). But if I add them to the TBR and don't get to them by the end of the year, I add them to the TBR total and then take them off when I read them. Or you could add them and then subtract them in the same year if you wanted too.

ETA: OH! I meant to say cangratulations too!

296connie53
Dez 13, 2014, 7:41 am

They are certainly no ROOTs. I read them in the first few weeks I had them.
And they count for the total reading for this year.

297avanders
Dez 13, 2014, 10:53 am

Oops! Well, it's bound to happen with so many figures to keep track of!

298connie53
Dez 15, 2014, 11:33 am

It's undo able! I will try to use only tickers next year ;-))

299avanders
Dez 15, 2014, 2:13 pm

The tickers do make things quite manageable! Though I never figured out what to do with the group ticker. I imagine it's ridiculously easy .... ;)

300connie53
Dez 15, 2014, 4:08 pm

Yes it is! But perhaps it's better to start using them next year!

301majkia
Dez 17, 2014, 7:00 pm

Yeah, wait til next year for the whole ticker thing. It's only a matter of days!

302connie53
Dez 21, 2014, 6:06 am

I will do just that!

303avanders
Dez 22, 2014, 10:30 am

304dudes22
Dez 23, 2014, 3:11 pm

Merry Christmas Connie! And Happy Roots Next Year!

305connie53
Dez 23, 2014, 3:14 pm

Thanks Betty. I was just starring all the threads in the 2015 group!
Happy ROOTing in 2015 for you too.

306Familyhistorian
Dez 24, 2014, 11:38 pm

Best wishes for the holiday season, Connie.

307Robertgreaves
Dez 25, 2014, 2:51 am

Happy Christmas, Connie.

308majkia
Dez 25, 2014, 6:54 am

Have a wonderful end to the year, Connie!

309LauraBrook
Dez 27, 2014, 11:09 am

A belated Merry Christmas, Connie, and a wish for a ROOT-iful 2015!

310connie53
Dez 27, 2014, 3:00 pm

Thanks! It's so lovely to have you all as ROOT friends! See you in 2015!