2017 Reading Challenge discussion

Hi!
I am wondering what is the easiest way for us to be logging our books? I was hoping to be able to see how people are doing in each category?
Thank you,
Elizabeth

I made a google sheet spreadsheet to track my reading; I have a blank version for sharing; I'd be happy to host one where people could fill in their names and the book they've read for each category.

Elizabeth wrote:
I am wondering what is the easiest way for us to be logging our books?

Oh, but of course the category discussions are how this group is designed to work for tracking and discussing progress :)

Victoria started a thread for people who would like to keep their checklist here.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

For anyone who is not very tech-savvy like me, I decided to keep track by creating a 2015 reading challenge bookshelf on my Good Reads profile. When I start a book, I put it on my currently reading and 2015 R C shelves.

Amanda wrote: "For anyone who is not very tech-savvy like me, I decided to keep track by creating a 2015 reading challenge bookshelf on my Good Reads profile. When I start a book, I put it on my currently readin..."

That's a great idea! I use a separate shelf for my Evil Book Club books, too. :)

thank you everyone =)

Cheryl wrote: "I made a google sheet spreadsheet to track my reading; I have a blank version for sharing; I'd be happy to host one where people could fill in their names and the book they've read for each category."

Can you start a new thread to share the Google doc for those that want to use it? Thanks!

Amanda, thank you for pointing out about being able to make other folders. I took your advice, and made one. It is very helpful for keeping track on Goodreads the books I have done specifically for this challenge.

Valerie wrote: "Amanda, thank you for pointing out about being able to make other folders. I took your advice, and made one. It is very helpful for keeping track on Goodreads the books I have done specifically for..."

Wow! You're welcome. It is definitely the easiest way for me to keep track.

Yeah I just created a new shelf on my profile here to add books to.

I am using Pinterest. I pin the book that I want to read from each category and then after I've read it I edit the pin with a "✓"

https://www.pinterest.com/thechristin...

It also makes it easy to change my mind if I find a "better" book. :)

I have a spreadsheet that I've gone a bit nuts with the amount of detail. I've also made a shelf for the 2015 reading challenge here on goodreads. I write reviews about the books on my blog and I also post in the checklist template thread.

So... yeah, I have a problem. ;)

You guys are so rad. I have a printout I've been carrying around with me for 4 months and it's getting quite frayed. I should do something electronic before I lose it.

I saved the spreadsheet on my flash drive, have the goodreads shelf and I started a pinterest board where I pin from my library's catalog when I finish a book. So I am right there with you Thomas.

Amanda wrote: "For anyone who is not very tech-savvy like me, I decided to keep track by creating a 2015 reading challenge bookshelf on my Good Reads profile. When I start a book, I put it on my currently readin..."

This sounds like a good idea to me! I might have to try that!

I have a page for it on my blog link: here.

I have a Goodreads shelf for my challenges, and an Excel workbook with pages for my challenges. I'm tracking 3 challenges; categories are in one column, titles in the second, date read in the 3rd. I have my planned books listed, can easily change them, and I just "highlight" the cells when I finish a book so I can see them at a glance. Since I've stored it on my Kindle Fire, it's always with me :)

I just made a document and highlight what I've done. And then edit my entry in the discussions checklist.