Tracking of which books have been read. - Page 2

busy91 · 03-25-2009, 09:01 AM

No trouble remembering either, as I am also a spreadsheeter. All my reads in the past 4 years are documented. Title, Author, Genre, Pages, Where I got it from, Audio/Kindle/Paper.

No I'm not ANAL! LOL!

klrodrigues · 03-27-2009, 06:19 PM

Wow... busy91, you are very organized

I have a list on my PC of all the books w/ authors that I have downloaded & when I finished it. But nowhere near as organized as you. Great job!!

pking36330 · 03-27-2009, 10:53 PM

Doh! The dreaded double post.
I hope you still take a peek at GoodReads and this doesn't harm my Karma!

pking36330 · 03-27-2009, 11:02 PM

Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read.

It has a great link to Amazon's catalog of books, so if you type in 'Anne Rice' it returns 133 books that you can check off as read (quick rate 1 to 5 stars or enter a lengthy couple of paragraphs if you so desire).

When I found this website a few weeks ago it was actually FUN going through my library and cataloging what I own. Along the way I would remember other books I've read but don't own now and I'd enter them also. You can find books you might have read by looking through the lists on the site ('Best Books of 2008', 'Worst Books of All Time', etc). I discovered that I have 23 books IN MY HOUSE that I've been meaning to read and just haven't done so. I only read 3-4 books a month, so GoodReads just saved me some serious money over the next six months (maybe I can squirrel it away and buy a Kindle).

I enjoy the features and ease of cataloging my reading list on GoodReads and sharing my list with my kids. I even convinced one of my kids to read one of my all-time favorites because he saw it on my list. I know he'll enjoy The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart as much as I did.

I hope by the time I purchase my Kindle 2, GoodReads will have become the 'Official Kindle User Catalog' and be somehow integrated in the system.

kevindorsey · 03-29-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by pking36330

Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read.

It has a great link to Amazon's catalog of books, so if you type in 'Anne Rice' it returns 133 books that you can check off as read (quick rate 1 to 5 stars or enter a lengthy couple of paragraphs if you so desire).

When I found this website a few weeks ago it was actually FUN going through my library and cataloging what I own. Along the way I would remember other books I've read but don't own now and I'd enter them also. You can find books you might have read by looking through the lists on the site ('Best Books of 2008', 'Worst Books of All Time', etc). I discovered that I have 23 books IN MY HOUSE that I've been meaning to read and just haven't done so. I only read 3-4 books a month, so GoodReads just saved me some serious money over the next six months (maybe I can squirrel it away and buy a Kindle).

I enjoy the features and ease of cataloging my reading list on GoodReads and sharing my list with my kids. I even convinced one of my kids to read one of my all-time favorites because he saw it on my list. I know he'll enjoy The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart as much as I did.

I hope by the time I purchase my Kindle 2, GoodReads will have become the 'Official Kindle User Catalog' and be somehow integrated in the system.

That seems like a lot of work

rlparker · 03-30-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pking36330

Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read. ...

While you're there, join the MobileRead group (http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/15019.MobileRead)

JMikeD · 03-30-2009, 10:52 AM

One of the first things I did when I got my first computer (1981) was get a database program and enter all the books I had. It got transferred to various database formats over the years and now is in Filemaker Pro and gets synced with my Palm Tungsten, which I used to carry with me when I went to book stores, pre-Kindle. I still use the database when I purchase books for the Kindle. It now has around 4,000 listings.

busy91 · 03-30-2009, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pking36330

Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read.

I did that months ago, thanks.

and my spreadsheet help me populate goodreads. I didn't have to remember.

girlzilla · 03-30-2009, 03:54 PM

I use Goodreads.com to keep track of everything, since I use both "real" books and the Kindle 2. It's a great website for finding the next book to read since people who like the same books as I usually have good recommendations.

srmalloy · 03-30-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pking36330

Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read.

That would take quite a while, in my case. Just the paperbacks in the shelves in the living room... say, an inch thick average, nine feet, two deep, six shelves... almost 1300 books, plus the books stacked vertically on the ends, plus the books in the shelves upstairs... then the hardbacks. And that's just the fiction. I could probably break 3000 without working hard once I threw in what I read from the library at college and in the city and school libraries when I was a kid, even discounting overlaps like Wylie & Balmer's When Worlds Collide and After Worlds Collide, which I first read in a single rebound volume from the school library in, IIRC, 1973, and bought as two paperback volumes about a year ago.

koland · 03-31-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by srmalloy

That would take quite a while, in my case. Just the paperbacks in the shelves in the living room... say, an inch thick average, nine feet, two deep, six shelves... almost 1300 books, plus the books stacked vertically on the ends, plus the books in the shelves upstairs... then the hardbacks. And that's just the fiction. I could probably break 3000 without working hard once I threw in what I read from the library at college and in the city and school libraries when I was a kid, even discounting overlaps like Wylie & Balmer's When Worlds Collide and After Worlds Collide, which I first read in a single rebound volume from the school library in, IIRC, 1973, and bought as two paperback volumes about a year ago.

LibraryThing, Life membership (unlimited bookshelf) and $15 cuecat. You can scan in anything with the ISBN# in no time flat, maybe 5-10 seconds per book, tops. Add more if you want to to the ones where you type in the title, of course, or for organizing (or picking pretty covers), as well. Since yours are probably already grouped in some manner, you can enter some common Tags before you start scanning and it assigns them all as you do the entry (Hardcover, Fiction, Read ... for example).

Once done, you can export the list to play with or view it from anywhere web connected (no more duplicate books, since I can access it via the web on my phone or even the Kindle). The only thing I don't like about LibraryThing is that it doesn't know ASIN's.

chilady1 · 03-31-2009, 10:25 PM

Great ideas on how to keep books organized. Question: is Goodreads something that is shared? Can others view my catalog?

MoboHobo · 04-01-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JMikeD

One of the first things I did when I got my first computer (1981) was get a database program and enter all the books I had. It got transferred to various database formats over the years and now is in Filemaker Pro and gets synced with my Palm Tungsten, which I used to carry with me when I went to book stores, pre-Kindle. I still use the database when I purchase books for the Kindle. It now has around 4,000 listings.

Wow, that's pretty cool.

GraceKrispy · 04-01-2009, 03:15 AM

Interesting... I'm going to look into goodreads.

I have noticed that most of the books I read again (on accident) are ones that didn't strike me as being fantastic the first time around. Some books sort of blend into one another. I don't mind it so much when it's a book I did enjoy (although not super memorable), but it really irks me when it's a book I barely finished the first time around because I didn't like it that much. Luckily, I rarely buy books, so it's just a matter of returning it to the library again

or, more recently, clicking "return book" on my computer!

ruskie · 04-01-2009, 03:52 AM

I'm still looking around for something myself. I more or less still have an idea of what I've read but I'm not that big a fan of the "cloud" "web2.0" etc... phenomena. I'll probably dig up something eventually.

But I guess something that ties in with ISBN would be one of the better solutions.

03-27-2009, 06:19 PM	#17
klrodrigues Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: VA Device: Kindle 2	Wow... busy91, you are very organized I have a list on my PC of all the books w/ authors that I have downloaded & when I finished it. But nowhere near as organized as you. Great job!! Last edited by klrodrigues; 03-27-2009 at 06:23 PM.

03-27-2009, 10:53 PM	#18
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	Doh! The dreaded double post. I hope you still take a peek at GoodReads and this doesn't harm my Karma! Last edited by pking36330; 03-27-2009 at 11:14 PM.

03-27-2009, 11:02 PM	#19
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	GoodReads.com Everyone that took time to contribute this thread needs to go NOW to GoodReads.com and create a free account and populate it with all the books you've ever read. It has a great link to Amazon's catalog of books, so if you type in 'Anne Rice' it returns 133 books that you can check off as read (quick rate 1 to 5 stars or enter a lengthy couple of paragraphs if you so desire). When I found this website a few weeks ago it was actually FUN going through my library and cataloging what I own. Along the way I would remember other books I've read but don't own now and I'd enter them also. You can find books you might have read by looking through the lists on the site ('Best Books of 2008', 'Worst Books of All Time', etc). I discovered that I have 23 books IN MY HOUSE that I've been meaning to read and just haven't done so. I only read 3-4 books a month, so GoodReads just saved me some serious money over the next six months (maybe I can squirrel it away and buy a Kindle). I enjoy the features and ease of cataloging my reading list on GoodReads and sharing my list with my kids. I even convinced one of my kids to read one of my all-time favorites because he saw it on my list. I know he'll enjoy The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart as much as I did. I hope by the time I purchase my Kindle 2, GoodReads will have become the 'Official Kindle User Catalog' and be somehow integrated in the system.

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03-25-2009, 09:01 AM	#16
busy91 Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 264 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NYC Device: Kindle 2, Nook Color	No trouble remembering either, as I am also a spreadsheeter. All my reads in the past 4 years are documented. Title, Author, Genre, Pages, Where I got it from, Audio/Kindle/Paper. No I'm not ANAL! LOL!

03-30-2009, 10:52 AM	#22
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	One of the first things I did when I got my first computer (1981) was get a database program and enter all the books I had. It got transferred to various database formats over the years and now is in Filemaker Pro and gets synced with my Palm Tungsten, which I used to carry with me when I went to book stores, pre-Kindle. I still use the database when I purchase books for the Kindle. It now has around 4,000 listings.

03-30-2009, 03:54 PM	#24
girlzilla Lizard in a Tutu Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle 2, MSI Wind	I use Goodreads.com to keep track of everything, since I use both "real" books and the Kindle 2. It's a great website for finding the next book to read since people who like the same books as I usually have good recommendations.

03-31-2009, 10:25 PM	#27
chilady1 I devour books! Posts: 789 Karma: 1285226 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad Air, Kindle 3/Kobo Aura HD, iPhone 6	Great ideas on how to keep books organized. Question: is Goodreads something that is shared? Can others view my catalog?

04-01-2009, 03:15 AM	#29
GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Interesting... I'm going to look into goodreads. I have noticed that most of the books I read again (on accident) are ones that didn't strike me as being fantastic the first time around. Some books sort of blend into one another. I don't mind it so much when it's a book I did enjoy (although not super memorable), but it really irks me when it's a book I barely finished the first time around because I didn't like it that much. Luckily, I rarely buy books, so it's just a matter of returning it to the library again or, more recently, clicking "return book" on my computer!

04-01-2009, 03:52 AM	#30
ruskie Shade Posts: 100 Karma: 546 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: U.LC.MW.Sol.Earth.EE.SI.LJ Device: Hanlin Jinke V3ext running OpenInkPot	I'm still looking around for something myself. I more or less still have an idea of what I've read but I'm not that big a fan of the "cloud" "web2.0" etc... phenomena. I'll probably dig up something eventually. But I guess something that ties in with ISBN would be one of the better solutions.

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