Does anybody keep note of what they read? I constantly get books that i think hang on ive read this before? Should really keep a tally on what i read
Does anybody keep note of what they read? I constantly get books that i think hang on ive read this before? Should really keep a tally on what i read
I do this too, it’s a pain lol
Yes I take photos of the covers now and keep them on my phone and I only buy in hardback
Happens all the time!
Goodreads is good to keep on track x
I have a list of books I have read since 2009 with ratings out of 10. Very geeky I know.
omg I started a log this year and have been giving ratings out of 10. glad it’s not just me ?? xx
I always try and read more than the previous year but will struggle this year due to a baby and moving house.
I use Goodreads and put everything in an Excel file
For the first time I am keeping a journal. I write down what I’ve read and a few words describing how I felt about the book. I simply use a notebook and pen. I started keeping records on Jan 1st.
Sounds like a good idea. Might just start something like that myself.
Might need to do this
I also put a£1 in a tin every time I finish a book. I’ll spend what I’ve got at the end of December
I use Goodreads to track mine
I list mine on http://goodreads.com/ I also keep a list of books I want to read. It is a great site for readers.
Yes, I use goodreads.
I have just started putting photos on Instagram so I can keep track.
I use goodreads and still at times have duplicates
I’m exactly the same, Sean! I need a spreadsheet!!
All ways keep a list
Yes I’ve started a reading log x
Yes a they keep changing the covers!
I find that with older authors like agatha christie!
I’m terrible with goodreads! I started a book journal..
Yes. I log what I read. And have a log for my tbr!
Always happens to me as well
We use an excel spreadsheet to track both what we have to read and have read – and still I end up buying duplicates as don’t print often enough lol x
I use Goodreads. It’s free, it’s easy and you can keep track of everything. You can even get free apps for your ipad or phone.
I LOVE Goodreads, and I wouldn’t be without the app!
I use Goodreads. I also recently discovered they have a private notes section for each book I have added to my shelves. It’s handy to have the ability to write the odd note as a personal reminder.
I use goodreads and making an excel spreadsheet taking a long time 😛
When I was a teenager I had a diary where I wrote the name of an author and the title of the book that I read, now I use goodreads but this new list is rather empty ??
Yes i do x
Yes my list are in the notebook section of my phone. I’d buy 3 or 4 of the same . Lol
I do I also have an app called Home Library that’s you scan the bar code on the book and can tag it as read when you’ve read it and it means you can scan a book in the shop and know of you’ve already got it on your shelves at home
Goodreads
yes i keep a note of mine x
UsuallywhenI see a book I like the look of and go on amazon to download it to my kindle they tell me I already have it and the date it was ordered, otherwise I forget.
I did that with Jojo Moyes Me Before You, but i read it again and its amazing how much i’d forgotten
I have a Goodreads account and also keep a list in a notebook
I used to mark them with pencil on the front fly page
kindle brilliant for that but my list goes way back before i had kindle!
I have been saved many, many times from re-ordering books by Amazon itself. It tells you if you have already bought a particular book. God bless them!
I normally organize what I have read by shelf organization. If I finish a book, it goes on the top whereas if I am still reading something it goes on the bottom.
Me too!
pass all my read books on – if not to friends then usually to St Johns Hospice book shop in liscard
I used to…and I used to review everything I read. Not anymore, and I’ve started 2 books this year I realized I’d already read!
I do. I list what i read. I also list what i still have to get (to complete a series or whatever)
I should also say that my little book goes everywhere with me
Yes, always write down the name, short description what the book is about and how I liked it. Part of my notebook that is always with me. Also, list of books to read.
About the only thing I can remember, must be because I am a retired librarian, I used to be able to remember what some of my friends and patrons had read as well?
I use my local library and they tell me if i’ve had a book before. Last time my hubby went for me with a list one of the librarians who cudnt find anything ön the list suggested a book i’d already read (bought from a supermarket) she said i adnt read it. What she meant was i adnt borrowed it from the library. Frustrating but on reflection she was trying to help
I luckily have a very good memory which very rarely lets me down
I am on a library to keep all the books you read. I wish I had started It sooner. But If I think or see a book I read I add it. It really helps. We are a family of readers. We have a house full of books. I have started giving a lot away. Others should get to read them.
I kept buying same books at Charity shops so I created a spreadsheet – it shows books ? read, books ? to read and books ? to buy! How bad am I?
Try the app called Home Library you can scan the barcode and it’ll tell you if you have it
@Brent ooh ? another modern techie ?? thing I can master! Cheers
You’re welcome, I had to find something after buying the same book for the third time
i use good reads for that 🙂
Make a note of all books that have got then tick when read,little blue book goes with me at all times ?
I do the same as you Diane and, I have a Blue Book also. x
Great minds think alike x
You can buy special book journals to write your finished book in x
Have a look at CLZ books app this has been brilliant for recording my crime novels
I use this for my DVD collection. It does make life a lot easier.
I write mine down but it hasn’t stopped me ordering the same book twice and even three times once!
I’m really sad and have a spreadsheet, I keep track of authors and release dates through fantastic fiction, then order my books online from the library, works out at 60p a book. I used to buy books but ended up with hundreds of them
I keep note of mines on Goodreads. Let’s you say what you’ve read, are currently reading and what you want to read. Good way of learning about new books too xx
Yep keep a notebook of them in the order of publishing date. Also, write when I started and finished it.
Yes, I follow series on http://fictfact.com/ and everything on goodreads.
I leave a bookmark in every book Ive read…
Ive also got an A-Z book where I write everything down by Author…I tick them off as I go if its a series, which most of what I read are…
I have had a notebook since the beginning of 2005. Besides the writer and the title of the book I write some comments (not more than a few lines). A couple of years ago I started also an Excel. There are no comments, but the following information: writer, title, language (besides Finnish I read in Swedish and English, starting to read in Spanish and Icelandic, hoping to read in Italian one day) and category (novel, collection of short stories, play, poetry, crime book, non-fiction etc.). I still have also the notebook..
I’m impressed by your breadth of languages
Thank you. Swedish (as it is an official language in Finland) and English I studied at school. The first courses in Spanish I took over 20 years ago (I don’t actively study it now), Icelandic I started a couple of years ago and Italian this summer.
@Helena I lived in France for 2 years and spoke reasonably well. Reading in French was a challenge!
I do. I write down the author, title and date and often a couple of comments about the book. It has become such a habit that I don’t feel I have really finished the book unless I have made my comments?
I Have a notebook and use Goodreads
Yes, and I put my reviews on goodreads, Amazon & bookreviewstoday.info
I really wish I had done that!! Kindle now makes it easier as I can see my library
I’m so sad – I’ve been keeping a yearly list since 1978 – if I look back I’ve noticed how my reading tastes have changed over the years
I do – twice over! I have a journal I bought in the British Library called “Books I Have Read & Books I Want to Read” which is in alphabetical order of author. I also have a catalogue on my phone of books I own, which has saved me many times from repurchasing books!
Yes, I was given a specific book for this purpose as a gift. I wish I had started on years ago. It’s also useful for recommendations to friends.
Yes I do
My library account keeps a record of all the books I have borrowed over the years,detailing when they were borrowed and returned. They do the same with DVD’s and Cd’s. It also keeps a record of the many reservations I have placed. Since 2009, when I joined my present library, I’ve had over 700 reservations and have read over 900 books. My wife often asks me if I get fed up reading. I think these figures tell the tale!
Fed up of reading? Is that possible, I’ve been all over this world and others hunted monsters, serial killers, fell in love, fought in wars and never left my chair and not once have I been fed up lol I’ve had hand cramp a fair bit though lol
Yes. I have an Excel spreadsheet. When we find an author we like, I go to http://fantasticfiction.com/ and get a list of all their books in order of publication and then note when either of us reads what. Even then I occasionally buy or check out a duplicate!
Thanks will check it out.
I usually write down at the back of my diary, the date I’ve started the book, when I’ve finished it, how many stars I give it and a short summary !!
Yup, I’m a total nerd. I keep a list of books bought and those I’ve read. ?
i do , on scraps of paper, not a goods way but suits me
i do delete from my kindle, i have so many to be read
I keep track on Goodreads
Oh yes
Yes I do.Got a notebook & just write the year at top of pg,write the books down when read,then tally up at end of year.Always try to beat the previous year’s total!!! Usually manage it,last year I read 70 books,maybe not a lot by some people’s standards but I well & truly beat the previous year.Started my notebook in 2006.