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Originally Posted by issybird
I add books to my list at Goodreads as I think of them, but I generally keep it to significant titles and not all of them and I have little if any sense of dates.
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I do the same - there are still hundreds, if not thousands, that I read in my late teens and early adulthood (when I had time to read a two or three books a day, sometimes more) that I can't remember, and when I stumble across them now I'll add them to the list, but it will never be complete. I have also resisted adding any children's books (Enid Blyton's mysteries, the Hardy Boys etc. etc.) as that's going too far, IMO
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Congratulations on your challenge achievements, btw, very impressive, and you definitely shouldn't beat yourself up over the sub-challenges. Wish I could even approach your total.
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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
I went on a mass scanning spree when I joined GR in 2011, and I started logging my progress there as soon as I found the feature. I also started religiously adding my new purchases as I made them, just because it's easier that way.
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I joined in 2011 too, and have been doing exactly the same. Just wish I had kept a record of my reading before then. I have reached the age where I forget the titles of books I have read previously, and being able to check if I have already read a book is invaluable.
I topped out the year with 76 books read (against a target of 75) so I was pleased with that, and also beat my average page-count target. Not as many books as I would like to read (I managed 110 in 2011) but given where I am in life and the distractions I have, I'm happy with where I am
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