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Comments for 675 Books in a Year
675 Books in a Year: 06/09/10
Twenty three years ago on this day I started a book diary. My first book diary was a Holly Hobbie diary, too small for the long entries I liked to write. Rather than toss out the book I decided to keep a list of everything I had read.
The original book had eighteen lines. I had no idea how long it would take me to fill up my first page and the book seemed to me infinite in the number of lines it had for recording what I had read. On January 23, 2006 I finished my first book diary and started my current one. This book has nineteen lines.
The book diary now is mostly a tradition than my primary method of keeping track of what I read. I use it in conjunction with BookCrossing, GoodReads and this book blog. Even though I publicly keep track of my reading, June 9th is still an exciting day for me. It's the end of a year of reading and a chance to look forward to and plan another year's of reading.
Since June 2009 I've read 675 books, a personal record. I think some of that extra reading comes from being unemployed. I also have been watching less television and reading more to my children. Some of the extra comes too from just having lots of practice. Looking at the books I've reading since January 9th (the halfway point), I'm on track to read 540 books in my 24th year of keeping a book diary.
I started this year with R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton and I ended it with Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink by Victoria Kann.
Comment #1: Thursday, June, 10, 2010 at 18:41:56
Wow, that is so cool that you have kept your journals that details the books you read. I used to keep track of the books I read and the date. I did it for about 3 years and then gave up. I sure wish I had those lists from those 3 years though!
Comment #2: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 13:18:48
Pussreboots
My two journals are just title, author, genre and an approximate date for when I finished the book.
Comment #3: Friday, June, 11, 2010 at 10:41:35
I like the idea of writing the list in a book. I had started a spreadsheet, but I'm always forgetting to add books to it! :)
Comment #4: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 13:21:04
Pussreboots
Writing it down in a book is quick and painless. I can carry it with me when I'm traveling and not worry about having my computer with me.
Comment #5: Friday, June, 11, 2010 at 14:52:05
Wow! 675 books? That's amazing! My goal this year is to get to 100! I'm glad you were able to make a personal record, and it looks like you read some great titles!
Found you through the blog hop! :)
Comment #6: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 13:21:04
Pussreboots
The amount amazes me too. Some of the that number comes from short stories and picture books but the full length books still number around 500 or so.