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9 Days in and the poll is closed!!! In 2008, I read 140 books. So far in 2009, I have completed 58 books. Of these, 31 were paper books and 27 were electronic.

Originally Posted by doreenjoy

I don't keep track of how many books I read per year. I often wonder how folks keep such an accurate count.

I keep a text file on my laptop and update it each time I finish a book. For example, here's the entry for the last book I read in May:

53. Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Jennifer Rardin (26-31 May, Kindle) (Fa) 368 pages : 17,503

So this tells me I started reading the book on the 26th of May and completed it on the 31st and I read it on my Kindle. It's a Fantasy book and the paper version had 368 pages. That took me to a total of 17,503 pages read year-to-date. For electronic books, I also have another entry documenting the source of the book:

53. Once Bitten, Twice Shy -- purchased 1 May 2009 @ Amazon (free)

Quarterly, I post a summary of what I've read to a blog I keep, including paper/electronic ratio and totals by genre. I like being able to look back and see what I read when.