Question of the Week: Reading Log
It’s time for Question of the Week, designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics.
This week’s question: do you keep a record of the books you have read? Obviously, Goodreads is a giant website designed to do just that, but there are other methods.
The question was inspired by one of the other methods – I was at a Barnes & Noble recently and bemused by the giant wall of “reading journals” that you can use to keep track of the books you have read.
For myself, I’ve kept a spreadsheet of every book I’ve read since 2010, since it felt like I was reading less than I used to, and I wanted to keep track of it quantifiably. So I think in the last 14 years the most books I’ve read in a single year is 110, and the lowest would be around 40, though I think this year I will end up somewhere around 75.
-JM
NO. No time. At least not for physical books. Even an app supporting barcode was not successful and was later discontinued 🙁
For eBooks its different, because all your books are available in a list on Kindle/Digital Editions/Calibre (depending on their type)
No, it would look like bragging. I’m a speedreader and don’t watch tv, reading is my primary mode of leisure.
I have never even considered making a reading log, surely that time would be better used for reading.
I think Goodreads tracks my reading activities well enough. I used to keep a physical reading log, but it was pretty tedious and I gave up.