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Do you keep a record of books you have read?

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posey · 03/06/2011 19:25

I have been doing this for approx 20 years.
Anyway I was having a good look through it earlier on and found it quite fascinating how my reading tastes have changed, how I had prolific years (when dd was born I had to stop work for 10 weeks before she was born, then read while feeding her which was approx 23 hours per dayGrin, so read loads that year.) and years where I read very little ( when dh was very ill and I couldn't concentrate on much)
I had a Ruth Rendall/ Barbara Vine year, a couple of chick lit years...
Nowadays I seem to read fewer books but they are a bit more challenging.
So who else does this? Oh and what it is written in? I have a very nice notebook, bought in a craft Market!

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paulapantsdown · 03/06/2011 20:55

So what do you write exactly?
date, author, title, genre, marks out of 10?
Have never done it, but it seems a nice (if pointless!) thing to do.

electricslide · 03/06/2011 20:54

I use the goodreads website to keep my list. I have the iPhone app so it's really easy.

KurriKurri · 03/06/2011 20:54

Oooh bit harsh bibbity, I'll just go and sit in the immature corner Grin

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posey · 03/06/2011 20:54

What's juvenile about recording books you've read?

Montmartre, just list as I have read.

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bibbitybobbityhat · 03/06/2011 20:49

I did when I was in my late teens/early twenties. Then I grew up a bit.

ipredicttrouble · 03/06/2011 20:47

I haven't until the start of this year when I wrote a kind of 'wish list' of books that I want to read this year. It is quite interesting. I've done my list electronically and highlight them as I finish them.

montmartre · 03/06/2011 20:40

Do you order it by date, or by author?
Do you give star ratings?

WowOoo · 03/06/2011 20:31

I used to do this.
I also had Ruth Rendell run - I noted that some of her sentences do not make sense, are far too long - nearly a whole page- and she tries to be too clever at times...?!
I've written very sporadically in it since having children.

I also used to refer to it after having bought the same thriller twice.

KurriKurri · 03/06/2011 20:27

I started doing it beginning of this year - apart from anything, I'm bad at remembering titles, and I can use it to recommend books to friends (or unrecommend them Grin)

I just use a notebook, but you can get a special book record notebook from Paperchase (I got my DS one for Christmas)

moonshine · 03/06/2011 20:12

I've done this for a few years and use a bog-standard Smiths A5 notebook (although I keep meaning to upgrade to a proper 'posh' version). I always rate the book out of 10 and try to beat my record of how many I read year-on-year (not so difficult as I am a slow reader but am finding I am reading far more this year thanks to my kindle).

It also helps me check if I've read the book before as I have been known to buy the same book (usually quick-read thrillers) twice Blush

Ungratefulchild · 03/06/2011 20:10

I came to this thread thinking 'No' why on earth would I do that? but actually it seems like it would be a really interesting thing to do.

tillyfernackerpants · 03/06/2011 20:07

I started doing this last year, just in a nice little notebook, like you can pick up in Waterstones or something.

It is interesting to see what books I've gone back to repeatedly, and being able to tell what moods I was in when reading them, which are the comfort reads. I'm currently on a crime/thriller streak but am trying now to read different things.

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