Every year for the past few I’ve intended to track what I read. I actually have yet to successfully do this! But I am motivated this year and I’ve finally decided how I’m going to track what book I’ve read as I read them. I’ll be using my Librarything account. Now truthfully this irritates me just a little because up until this point I have only put books I actually have on my shelves into Librarything. But! I really, really want to track my books. And I just don’t want to have another site to remember to visit. So I’m tagging my reads for the year then I’ll print a list and delete my phantom books from my shelves.
Why is this important to me?
I read a lot and I mean A LOT of series books. A few years back I read a great book with a fun storyline that I really enjoyed then I promptly forgot the author and the title. Just a year or so back I read a darker but equally good fantasy novel set in a world I liked and wanted to visit again…same problem: no author, no title = no chance. I found myself this last week with the exact same scenario: I have the first book in a trilogy on my bedside table. I’m hoping by tracking my books I’ll not lose out on returning to the series! I’m a nerd. I know.
Click the Crystal Ball if you want to see the impressive 3 (insert sarcasm here) books I’ve read already this year. The crystal ball has nothing to do with my books I just don’t have a book graphic I like at the moment.
Do you track your books?
What is on your list to read?
Orange or Purple? heh
I tracked my daughter’s books the first time I homeschooled- and was thinking I would do it again, but haven’t strated yet, so I’ve missed quite a few- which bugs me enought to not want to start one now.
We’ll see.
i have tried to use goodreads to track my reading but it doesn’t really work .. i forget to go on and add my books, or i log on and see things in my “currently reading” that i checked out from the library but didn’t like, so didn’t finish.
i tried tracking the boys’ books but forget it — they read too much! i couldn’t keep up. now i’m happy if i remember to mention something they’re reading in my journal. :^P
i have one journal from many years ago (pre-kids) where i kept track of everything i read for six months — i love looking at that list! i wish i’d kept it up. oh well.