I always track the books I’m reading. It’s just how I operate. Not through any particular system, though. As much as I love LibraryThing and GoodReads, I’m not really up to using their system of record. It takes a lot of effort that I don’t necessarily want to put in for the results.
Instead, I use my own system. Which really just amounts to a word document for each year laid out like this:
Book Name/Author Date Completed Book#
Anyway, the point is that there are books that I have on a “must read” list. Not necessarily because they’re amazing but because I’m looking for fun. On occasion (re: frequently/all the time) these books come from a catalogue of novels that I’ve been meaning to get to forever. Continue reading