Do you keep a record of books you have read?

i dont like the vampire books apart from anne rice

Oh yes - the one Scottishmummy mentioned and Cuckoo by Julia Crouch - I've heard good things about both of those.

passage thats got the sepia picture and red graphics see folk reading it

Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follett is a big fat read and has a mystery element (it's historical - don't know if that's your thing)

Again historical setting (tudor) are the Matthew Shardlake novels by C J Sansom - they are really good detective stories IMO

I quite like Jo Nesbo's thrillers - e.g.The Snowman

have you read any Stephen King? - I hadn't before, but have just finished The Green Mile and really liked it, (not sure how gruesome or scary the others are though)

I've heard a lot of people on here recommend The Passage by Justin Cronin - people say its unputdownable, its on my 'to read' list (yes, I know ).

What type of thing have you enjoyed before?

into the darkest corner elizabeth haynes.
gripping,couldnt put down

Kurri or SM: can you recommend me a really thumping good possibly thrilling novel? I hardly read fiction these days - would like to get back into it.

I do record places I've visited in the form of photos - I like looking back and remembering something I've enjoyed - I guess the book thing is the same principle.

I keep a few favourites, the rest I give away. Most of my books are borrowed from the library, or I buy from charity shops.I rarely buy new books except as gifts.

No I don't. But I keep most of them I like the comfort of a well known book sometimes, and when I do, I don't know which I will want...

DH is much more ruthless than I.

keep same faves,like maggie o'farrell
but give most away.otherwise id have too many
and i love pleasure of giving a good book,hoping recipient likes it

once read,i give books away
i only keep work related reference and specialist books

Gosh no and I don't keep a lot of the books I buy/read either - I give loads away or sell them. I don't feel like spending a lot of money accommodating books!

i am avid reader just dont feel compelled to record it
in same way i wouldn't record exhibitions or cities visited
but hey ho evidently some do

Significance varies from person to person though, doesn't it? I've loved reading since I was a little kid and have also been doing creative writing since I was about 8 (not successfully, ahem). So for me it's worth spending energy on because it's just a wider part of the hobby. Not something for everyone though, obviously.

I haven't got my CD's arranged in alphabetical order - that would be anal

But I am an unashamed 'books read' recorder.

i dont write down books read as its not significant enough to expend energy on
i read i may or may not enjoy but don't need to record the experience
its a bit like alphabetically arranged books, CDs.contrived and not worth the effort

but i suppose if i were dead worthy in my reading i mighr want to maintain a list

hoot at 'wanky' - I'm sure I do lots of wanky things - doesn't bother me, each to their own and all that.

I do it cos my memory is shit and it also acts like a semi-diary as reminds me of my mood etc according to what I read when and how I felt about it. It's a nice personal record (like photos).

I'm older than everyone bibbity

I do it so I can remember what I read, and whether it was any good. I often get asked for recommendations for books from friends.

I hadn't thought about the posthumous publishing angle - but good idea,- who wouldn't want to read my literary opinions?

*reading not readership, doh!

I use goodreads.com to track my readership but haven't been doing it very long - the last 10 months or so maybe.

It may seem a bit tragic to some but I like having a convenient place to track what I'm reading and it has a reading challenge for 2011 if you want to set yourself a reading goal - I went for a slightly pathetic 26 books but that's me trying to make an effort to read instead of go on the internet.

It's just a website and don't want to sound like I'm selling it to much - but for those of us freaks who like tracking what we're reading it's quite good (or librarything is another one!). There's also community stuff on there and book recs etc.

I've done so siince 1997 following from a discussion with a friend about her mum doing it. I used to just write the authour and title, the dates i read it between but i've added about a 50 word commentary on each of the books. I rarely re-read books but i've just finished Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - first time I thought it was fabulous and this time was much less impressed by it.

Kurri - and I know for a blimmin fact you are even older than me .

What is the list for, though? Will it be published after your death? Will anyone be interested?

read too many too record
its a bitty wanky imo