I really like the premise, but I hate the writing! I’m reading the Atlas Paradox now and it’s not getting better, but I’m too invested at this point to give up.

Tried listening to it as well but the one doing Parisas part is so annoying!

My approach is similar. Every year I get a moleskine planner. In the blank notes pages I write book and author. I’ve been doing it since 2012. And of course save all my planners.

Listening to Shostakovich symphonies while reading 1984 is the best deal.

My friend keeps a hand written journal of everything she's read. She gets most of her books from the library and more than once accidentally bought something on Kindle and got partway in and realized she'd already read it. She's someone who's really a fan of fancy stationary and pens, so everything is color coded etc and she uses it as a reference to keep track of authors she does or does not like. I'm lazy and buy everything on Kindle so I can just look at my library.

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I’m referencing The Butcher and The Wren by Alaina Urquhart, the co-host of Morbid.

I leave the books I have read in my bookshelves for reference. I am forgetful, and like to recheck my facts. But also it helps me to realize when I need a break. I read alot of textbooks as well, sometimes I have to remind myself that I need to go outside.

Edit: "you've read 51 books this year. Maybe go on a date or something."

Maybe it's an age thing? I'm 42 so the internet didn't start being a real thing until I was in my teens. I was reading Stephen King when I was 6 so I didn't grow up with the mindset of reading being a thing to keep track of, other than having books on a shelf. That's my tracking, I think haha

You're my kind of person

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Consider realistic fiction or memoirs about topics that interest you. This will help the books feel valuable while being more of a page Turner than nonfiction.

I just write it down with a pencil on paper by year, month, title, and author. Occasionally I add a 🙂if I especially liked it, something like this 😬 if it scared me or creeped me out, or ☹️ if I was disappointed. I started keeping track in June of 2017. Since then I’ve read 390 different books. I’ve read a few series of books more than once.

Yep i track my reading. I use Storygraph

I mean... it seems self-evident.

Kerouac, like Bukowski, is a perennial favorite author among a certain type of man...

I track my reading activity for 2 reasons.

1. I love statistics and numbers

2. It motivates me to read more. I love seeing my numbers go up and I hate downward trends so if I see one starting I read more.

I use Story graph it gives you some awesome graphs and it's easy to use. And I also use timejot and habits apps on Android.

I have an Excel spreadsheet. The columns include the book title, author, country of origin, genre, date first published, and the dates I’ve read it. I also colour code the row in green for the books I finished and yellow for the ones I did not complete.

Ghostwritten is amazing equal to cloud atlas imo

Could never get into number9dream

Cloud atlas is obviously exceptional. Black swan green I really like but is very much of his time and place

Never read the autumns of Jacob Zoet, but didn't finish utopia avenue.... dreadful

I would suggest trying to develop a desire to read that isn't almost entirely image based.

Utopia Avenue seemed like Mitchell just wanted to shove in as many references to musicians and characters in his other books as he could

What do you think of 'Black Swan Green'? I have it on my shelf and hope to get to it soon as my first Mitchell book :)

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I’m still stuck in limbo between goodreads and Storygraph. I use my reviews and notes there for reference bc I have a Booktube/booktok focused on horror/thriller and I like to make reviews and recs as well rounded as possible.

I’m also someone who forgets a LOT about a book as soon as I finish it so notes are helpful! I also annotate my books for this purpose as well.

That sounds really nice! I've mostly been thinking about digital ways of storing data, but after reading some of the ideas in this thread I'll seriously consider some nice analogue options too.

Nope. I have enough trouble finding time to read the books let alone keeping a spreadsheet for posterity.

I use StoryGraph for tracking and then post reviews on IG. I will also take notes on my phone for quotes that resonate with me or topics I want to read more about later.