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I track!
My main record is Goodreads, where when I finish a book, it gets tagged with what year I read it in, and also if it was an audio book. I also track books read at paperbackswap.com and Fictfact.com (if it's in a series). In addition, I fill out a Google Drive spread sheet, a new one for each year. One spread sheet for Books read by Month and another for Books Read by Genre. At the end of the year I total up to see how many I've read in each of my genres.
In my By Month spread sheets I list Author, Title, Genre, Series, Rating, Comments (such as audio, DNF, Short), Notes. In my By Genre spread sheet, just title and author.
I set myself a yearly goal and a monthly goal, and my spread sheet is an easy way to see how many I've read each month.
I don't actively try to diversify my reading. I read what I want, when I want. Although my goal for the last few years has been to finish series. So I do mark under comments if the series is finished, or "to date."
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