Do you keep a record/journal of every book you read?

[waltzingparrot]

Anyone else record all their reading? Or maybe you just have better memories than me.

I joined a book club in 2011 and bought a journal to record every book we've read, score it out of 10 and give it a review.

Just skipped through it.

Weirdest novelsl I've ever read: "Hello Kitty Must Die"
"The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse" Review just said 'Weirdly mesmerising but WTF was that about?'

Only 3 books scored 10 points :
The Painted Veil - W Somerset Maugham
Lottery - Patricia Wood
Elephant Moon - John Sweeney

Worst and best books anyone?

I need to up my game!

Mine's just handwritten in chronological order - no stats, no search criteria etc although I have written some entries in my expensive fountain pen.

@AnnotherReader Yours is very impressive. I like your colour palette 😁

@Honnomushi Thanks, I'm going to check out storygraph. I may go digital.

I noticed a couple of years ago, I started adding a couple of sentences about the plot to remind me - along with my review of how I felt about it/writing style etc - must be the start of a failing memory (late 50s). Some of my early entries, I can't even remember reading it, let alone what the book was about.

I keep a handwritten list and number it, nothing fancy.
I like looking back on it now and again.
I would probably forget what I read if I didn't!

I use GoodReads to track what I read.
Great app, can link with friends, and links to your kindle so you don't have to update it with things you've read on there.
Pretty sure you can straight import your Amazon purchases to your 'to be read' list tops

Very cool, Another reader.

Very nice indeed. I particularly like the first picture you posted!

That’s my favourite page as well, I love finishing a book so I can add it to my bookshelf.

Since 2019 I've kept a record on a fairly boring excel spreadsheet, started it to see how many books I was reading. I read a lot more in 2020 than other years.
I give a rating to every book as well. It helps me remember the stand out really good books.

Never occured to me to do that.

If you read on Kindle though you can filter by 'Read'.

I also use Goodreads. There’s no way I could keep track of the 430 books I want to read without it!

Some great ideas here! I am a big record-keeper and like stats but I’ve never kept this amount of detail about reading, and I think I might start…

I have kept lists each year since 2013 of what I’ve read; like a PP I was conscious of not reading as much as I’d like and this has really helped because I also line up my “read next” list. I like a mix of genres and am also trying not to buy too many books so this helps me read the ones I already have.

I notice the first one on my list for 2013 was The Casual Vacancy, which I loved. Currently reading Slipstream by Elizabeth Jane Howard which I’m also enjoying

I use Good Reads.

Also love to read other peoples' reviews on it, you can nearly always find someone who agrees exactly with you! And love to read the reviews who loved a book and those that hated it.

I started using goodreads a couple of years ago. I find it satisfying to keep a log. Although I don't write many reviews, I value the vast amount of reviews on there and use it to pick my next reads.

I've tried various things over the years - spreadsheets, goodreads, list in diary - but about 4 years ago i bought a blank book and started listing and jotting down my thoughts on each book. It's messy looking but effective. I try to write within a couple of days of finishing a book and do a brief summary at the end of the year of best and worst reads. I have read a lot of crap over the last couple of years as this was all I could cope with but have moved into 'harder' reads more recently.