I just remember what books I have read. I suppose most books also get notes taken about them to some extent but to find those notes requires remembering that I have read it since it would be a fools errand to dig through two decades worth of notebooks just to find out if I read a book or not. The general filing system for my notebooks is largely remembering which notebook I was using when I read a certain book and I am not completely sure how I manage that since many of the notebooks are more or less identical; there are a few big clues like the notebooks from that few year period when I had a leather messenger bag have a slight scent of leather and mink oil (as do the book I read during that period) but at best that only narrows them down to an era and somehow I almost always get the right notebook on the first try.
I remember them mostly. This summer I started stacking my finished book on my bedside table, which I'll probably put back on my shelf after it gets too tall.
I solely use Goodreads to keep track of titles that catch my eye. I don't keep an organized list of read titles unless it's strictly for the pursuit of knowledge, because if it has information that's valuable to me I'll remember it without the aid of a log.
Spreadsheet. I started this project about a week ago, trying to work off of a 20-year backlog and was disappointed to see that it was almost exclusively stuff I had to read for school ("AR" is school, not part of an assignment directly).
>I remember them. If I forget them, they might not have been worth remembering.
My criteria is I have to remember the title or the plot, if I can't do either it gets dropped. Basically my criteria: >no reference guides >no picture books >nothing before 2001 >have to remember the title OR the plot >nothing of exceedingly poor taste
I have a book journal where I write down the books I've finished (title, author, edition, publisher) and some short thoughts about them.
I keep losing them though because I'm bad at keeping up with journals so it just gets reset over and over.
Started using goodreads though just to have a backup archive.
If you're going to read, read philosophy. If not philosophy, read poetry and literary fiction. If not those, read the best most erudite and celebrated genre fiction. If not those, don't bother reading unless it's to learn some skill only a textbook is optimized to teach you, or some information that a monograph is devoted to teaching you. I don't know how anyone can read anything that's not philosophy, other monographs, other textbooks, poetry, literary fiction, or really erudite and celebrated genre fiction. Why the FRICK would you read anything else. Are you people really consoomers of that level? Just go watch movies or watch shows or play videogames at that point. They're objectively a better use of your time than reading some shitty genre fiction from the bookstore, because they do all the worldbuilding you like but also stimulate your senses and can even do so in ways that are creatively more interesting than genre fiction schlock can do with only text. NOTE that I said: the exception with genre fiction (that rises above movies/shows/games) is when it's very erudite and respectable stuff. Like you can read Verne, Wells, Tolkien, Lovecraft, Eco, etc. But if you're reading some no-name shitty author that spams the bookstore with 50 books set in their fantasy or sci-fi conworld who doesn't expand your brain or soul, you need to re-examine your priorities in life. Seriously. Just because it's text doesn't mean you are entitled to camouflaging with the REAL IQfyerati. Music is also a better use of your time than fricking bottom of the barrel genre fic.
I only read half of this but I agree. Id like to comment specifically about popsci. Just read a textbook or science fiction. Pop sci is dreadful. I read some Sagan sometime before, it was boring as dirt, much rather a textbook. I basically had a hard on reading my statistical mechanics text
I do agree with most of your takes, if you're reading shitty genre fiction, i.e anything after 1980, then it's objectively better to just watch movies, at least the good ones. Video games are not worth it.
I had a running joke with a friend that all the books I read seemed to feature cats being horrifically murdered (I actually love cats so this isn't desirable), so I decided to start quantifying it by tracking it on my spreadsheet, and then as I had the data I decided to see if men or women were more prone to killing cats. As we can see, women are over twice as likely to murder cats in their books.
I rarely finish books, if ever. I read primarily for research, and to be exposed to different writers' styles to add them to my stylistic repertoire. To that end, I don't keep track of anything I've read. Why bother? Nobody gives a shit except you what you've read, and you don't need to care about it either.
>shitreads
kys
Reading is reading friendo
Nice handwriting, Anon. And i don't really keep a list like this. Maybe i should THOUGH.
>THOUGH
Stop ending your posts in an all-caps though. I've seen this multiple times.
I put them into the "Read" (Simple Past) folder on my ereader and write a short review and synopsis on paper
I just remember what books I have read. I suppose most books also get notes taken about them to some extent but to find those notes requires remembering that I have read it since it would be a fools errand to dig through two decades worth of notebooks just to find out if I read a book or not. The general filing system for my notebooks is largely remembering which notebook I was using when I read a certain book and I am not completely sure how I manage that since many of the notebooks are more or less identical; there are a few big clues like the notebooks from that few year period when I had a leather messenger bag have a slight scent of leather and mink oil (as do the book I read during that period) but at best that only narrows them down to an era and somehow I almost always get the right notebook on the first try.
I remember them mostly. This summer I started stacking my finished book on my bedside table, which I'll probably put back on my shelf after it gets too tall.
.txt although if I was less lazy id go through the effort of encryption
yeah, you better encrypt that. you wouldn't want "them" to find out you read a boring munitions manual or declassified govt docs.
by lowering my expectations and reading children's books in a foreign language
Only keep track of what I want to read next.
But do like the idea of writing down something at the end of a read, and will pick that habit up now.
I solely use Goodreads to keep track of titles that catch my eye. I don't keep an organized list of read titles unless it's strictly for the pursuit of knowledge, because if it has information that's valuable to me I'll remember it without the aid of a log.
digital is the way
yes I read about 1000 pages a minute
librarything
my book list starts at Brave New World
Ok. I read that in high school
Yet, you’re still a moronic Epsilon. Curious.
I mean, at least I derive pleasure from my reading
Spreadsheet. I started this project about a week ago, trying to work off of a 20-year backlog and was disappointed to see that it was almost exclusively stuff I had to read for school ("AR" is school, not part of an assignment directly).
I don't, thought i started a little notebook of movies i watched when i was a tryhard nerd in my late teens.
I remember them. If I forget them, they might not have been worth remembering.
>I remember them. If I forget them, they might not have been worth remembering.
My criteria is I have to remember the title or the plot, if I can't do either it gets dropped. Basically my criteria:
>no reference guides
>no picture books
>nothing before 2001
>have to remember the title OR the plot
>nothing of exceedingly poor taste
Bookshelf app to track library reads, and read vs tbr pile
I just forget most of them
I have a book journal where I write down the books I've finished (title, author, edition, publisher) and some short thoughts about them.
I keep losing them though because I'm bad at keeping up with journals so it just gets reset over and over.
Started using goodreads though just to have a backup archive.
I tattoo it to my asscheek for good measure
I started doing it only this year as I'm planning to get rid of most of my library. I just use Excel.
If you're going to read, read philosophy. If not philosophy, read poetry and literary fiction. If not those, read the best most erudite and celebrated genre fiction. If not those, don't bother reading unless it's to learn some skill only a textbook is optimized to teach you, or some information that a monograph is devoted to teaching you. I don't know how anyone can read anything that's not philosophy, other monographs, other textbooks, poetry, literary fiction, or really erudite and celebrated genre fiction. Why the FRICK would you read anything else. Are you people really consoomers of that level? Just go watch movies or watch shows or play videogames at that point. They're objectively a better use of your time than reading some shitty genre fiction from the bookstore, because they do all the worldbuilding you like but also stimulate your senses and can even do so in ways that are creatively more interesting than genre fiction schlock can do with only text. NOTE that I said: the exception with genre fiction (that rises above movies/shows/games) is when it's very erudite and respectable stuff. Like you can read Verne, Wells, Tolkien, Lovecraft, Eco, etc. But if you're reading some no-name shitty author that spams the bookstore with 50 books set in their fantasy or sci-fi conworld who doesn't expand your brain or soul, you need to re-examine your priorities in life. Seriously. Just because it's text doesn't mean you are entitled to camouflaging with the REAL IQfyerati. Music is also a better use of your time than fricking bottom of the barrel genre fic.
I only read half of this but I agree. Id like to comment specifically about popsci. Just read a textbook or science fiction. Pop sci is dreadful. I read some Sagan sometime before, it was boring as dirt, much rather a textbook. I basically had a hard on reading my statistical mechanics text
I do agree with most of your takes, if you're reading shitty genre fiction, i.e anything after 1980, then it's objectively better to just watch movies, at least the good ones. Video games are not worth it.
i keep a spreadsheet that has a bunch of pivot tables that link to a little dashboard i'm working on with various stats
>cat death dashboard
wat
I had a running joke with a friend that all the books I read seemed to feature cats being horrifically murdered (I actually love cats so this isn't desirable), so I decided to start quantifying it by tracking it on my spreadsheet, and then as I had the data I decided to see if men or women were more prone to killing cats. As we can see, women are over twice as likely to murder cats in their books.
I remember them or look in my library
A word doc of the books I want, which I bold when I own. Then I keep track of what I've read in the apps Turn and StoryGraph.
I rarely finish books, if ever. I read primarily for research, and to be exposed to different writers' styles to add them to my stylistic repertoire. To that end, I don't keep track of anything I've read. Why bother? Nobody gives a shit except you what you've read, and you don't need to care about it either.
You should probably develop a better taste in literature, or contemplate killing yourself because I don’t have much hope for you.