EAM's Gonna Try It Again in 2023

I fell short of last year's goal so I am back to redeem myself. I'm going to set my goal at 65 and adjust upwards if I am on fire. I look forward to reading about how each and every one of you is doing and taking a peek at your book shelves. Glad to be back. Hi!

Welcome back!

Good to see you back again!

Happy New Year, EAM and welcome to a new year of ROOTing

Welcome back and have a great reading year!

JANUARY

1. Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller FINISHED 1/10/23
2. Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice and Christopher Rice TOSSED 1/11/23
3. Someone Like Me by M. R. Carey FINISHED 1/25/23
4. Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi FINISHED 1/28/23
5. Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah FINISHED 1/31/23

FEBRUARY

6. Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn FINISHED 2/8/23
7. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult FINISHED 2/8/23
8. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff FINISHED 2/16/23
9. Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn FINISHED 2/17/23
10. Maame by Jessica George FINSHED 2/25/23

5 for February, for a total of 10 this year. Updating personal ticker.

MARCH

11. When We Were Vikings by Andrew David McDonald FINISHED 3/4/23
12. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro FINISHED 3/15/23
13. The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar FINISHED 3/23/23
14. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt FINISHED 3/30/23
15. The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson FINISHED 3/31/23

5 for March-15 for the year. Updating personal ticker.

APRIL

16. Bachelor Girl by Kim Van Alkemade FINISHED 4/11/23
17. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain FINISHED 4/25/23
18. She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore FINISHED 4/28/23

3 for the month- 18 total

MAY
19. Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot FINISHED 5/2/23
20. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy FINISHED 5/10/23
21. Case of the Green-Eyed Sister by Erle Stanley Gardner FINISHED 5/28/23
22. The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry FINISHED 5/28/23

Hi EAM. I'm trying to catch up on threads again. LT had been a bit neglected by me. I've kept my own thread and lists up to date, but not other stuff. My bad.

Glad you have been reading a lot of ROOTs already. Good job.

Only did 4 for May. 22 total. Adding to personal ticker.

JUNE

23. A Well Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler FINISHED 6/4/23
24. The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani FINISHED 6/9/23
25. Crudo: A Novel by Olivia Laing abandoned 6/11/23
26. Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy FINISHED 6/15/23
27. The Big House by George Howe Colt abandoned 6/15/23
28. The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones FINISHED 6/17/23
29. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea FINISHED 6/30/23

7 for June; 29 for the year

7 for June, 29 total for the year. Updating personal ticker.

JULY

30. White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link FINISHED 7/16/23
31. The White Devil's Daughters by Julia Flynn Siler FINISHED 7/19/23

I only did 2 this month. Ugh.

31 for the year.

AUGUST

32. The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All by Josh Ritter FINISHED 8/2/23
33. Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur FINISHED 8/12/23
34. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate FINISHED 8/23/23
35. The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers FINISHED 8/28/23

Hi EAM, just catching up on threads again. I hope you are doing fine and ROOTing is moving nicely along.

4 for the month- 35 for the year. I am SO behind...

>21 enemyanniemae: My target is 52 (1 book a week) so I should be on 35 for the year. So I suppose 32 isn't *too* bad, but I seem to find it impossible to catch up! I think I've read most of my super-short books already, normally I use one or two of those to catch up!

36. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett FINISHED 9/9/23
37. The Girl Who Was Too Much and Not Enough by Lelina Durrette FINISHED 9/13/23
38. Look For Me There by Luke Russert FINISHED 9/20/23
39. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano FINISHED 9/29/23
40. Vinegar Girl by Ann Tyler FINISHED 9/30/23

5 for the month- 40 total.

OCTOBER

41. A Broken People's Playlist by Chimera Garricks FINISHED 10/6/23
42. A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E. Grant FINISHED 10/16/23
43. A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan FINISHED 10/19/23
44. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman FINISHED 10/26/23
45. The Measure by Nikki Erlick (reread) FINISHED 10/30/23

Not going to be able to do any more this month-
5 for the month and 45 for the year. Updating personal ticker.

46. The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian FINISHED 11/6/23
47. The Candy House by Jennifer Egan abandoned 11/7/23
48. Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi FINISHED 11/10/23
49. The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith (audiobook) FINISHED 11/19/23
50. The Second Chance Club by Jason Hardy FINISHED 11/30/23

5 for the month; 50 for the year

DECEMBER

51. Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent FINISHED 12/3/23
52. Liar's Club by Mary Karr FINISHED 12/16/23
53. Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan FINISHED 12/21/23

didn't make my goal. Maybe next year...

>27 enemyanniemae: I didn't make it either. But there is always next year!