Ask HN: How do you track the books you’re reading?

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by hkc • 5 years ago

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Do you use any app/software or just old school physical bookmark?

thuccess129• 5 years ago

GNU Emacs Org Mode has a TUI for spreadsheet and more.

jjjbokma• 5 years ago

I blog [0] when I start a book and when I have finished it.

[0] https://plurrrr.com/tags/2021/book.html

swah• 5 years ago

Obsidian, Joplin, Logseq, all mixed

skydhash• 5 years ago

Goodreads

kleer001• 5 years ago

I don't. Should I?

I go through at least 3-4 books a month. It sounds exhausting to keep track of all that. And for what?

pauljonas• 5 years ago

To remember book titles years later, or even months later, to revisit, or just to share with an interested friend or family member.

As a repository to clip highlighted text or notes and/or annotations.

I have been using `goodreads` over the past decade, but the app / website has largely languished, and is frustrating, especially the slow load times.

TechBro8615• 5 years ago

I use a kindle and have never legitimately read more than 2 books at once (even that’s rare).

ffwacom• 5 years ago

Normally in a stack next to the bed, or strewn about in eyeshot, with dog eared pages.

gidorah2• 5 years ago

I use a bookmark that my kids frequently remove, so just kind of remember where I am up to in any given book.

randomluck040• 5 years ago

So I’ve started doing that as well and I’ve noticed that it had a beneficial side effect. Now when I open the book I never manage to exactly find where I left it because I don’t exactly memorise where I’ve stopped. So I open up the book where I thought that I’ve stopped and start reading. Sometimes I overshoot and have to go back a few and start reading somewhere one or two pages before the actual page I’ve stopped reading the last time. This helps me to find my way into the story in a better way since I’m already in the zone when I get to the new part.

gidorah2• 5 years ago

Yes, you certainly have to have much more thought about where you are and what's been going on.

ozzythecat• 5 years ago

I don't really "track" the books I'm reading, although I'm not sure what your precise definition of tracking is.

I know some folks use Goodreads. For me personally, I prefer reading physical books over ebooks. I read one book at a time, and no matter what all is on my plate, whether I'm traveling, extremely busy with work, tired, etc. – I always read before going to bed. It actually helps me fall asleep better, and my time laying in bed awake is much more productive getting through my books.

Ask HN: How do you track the books you’re reading?

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