Comments on: For the forgetful

By: franklycreative

franklycreative — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:56 +0000

I've joined Shelfari for the same reason. Perhaps I should look at GoodReads or BookLover instead. Does one of these methods to track your reading have an advantage over the other?

By: Clix

Clix — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:59:21 +0000

Yeah, that's why I joined GoodReads. But I created two additional shelves in addition to "read" and "currently reading" – "maybe-later" and "put-back". The former is for books that I had to return to the library unread but am still interested in; the latter for ones I started and am not really interested in trying again.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:05:05 +0000

Actually, when hearing of my mom's troubles with memory (specifically of the books she finishes in a day or two), I decided to create an Excel file listing all the books I've completed. I started this list in highschool and have maintained it, and even added books I suddenly remembered having read waaay back when. For someone without an iPhone or other app-ish device, it's quite useful.

By: Sara Z.

Sara Z. — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:48:15 +0000

I use Library Thing for this because it makes it easy and I like seeing whose libraries are similar to mine. However, YES, everyone can see how few books I actually read in a year, and my "now reading" has a lot of dangling titles from eons ago…

By: Mary Witzl

Mary Witzl — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:18:29 +0000

I tend to remember arcane details about characters and basic plot lines, but forget the titles and authors' names. I've taken to writing them all down, along with my 'to read' and 'would definitely read this again' lists.

By: L. Diane Wolfe

L. Diane Wolfe — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:52:51 +0000

I'm not sure my brain can go back over forty years…

By: Kristin Laughtin

Kristin Laughtin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:42:26 +0000

I have a hard time tracking just the books I own using Google Books, let alone the books I've read. I can't count the times someone has asked me if I've read a book, and I say, "Yeah, but it's been so long that I've forgotten everything about it." And these days, my to-be-read list is so long that I rarely have time to go back and reread books I loved!

By: Angie Ledbetter

Angie Ledbetter — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:30:08 +0000

I'm fifty, so the brains getting fuzzy about more than just books I've read. Cool app though!

By: Holly Dodson

Holly Dodson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:10:53 +0000

GoodReads is the only way I can remember everything that I've read AND want to read. I love it. At first, I wasn't sure if I'd really use it. Let me tell you, though, I actually DO! All the time. Every time I hear of a book I want to read I'm clicking over to add it to my to-read list.

By: Max Munro

Max Munro — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:34:00 +0000

Weirdly, I just blogged about this site called Shelfari.

http://maxmunro.blogspot.com/2010/06/shelfari.html

You can add a list to your blog too, like they have here:
http://blog.shelfari.com/my_weblog/2009/09/index.html