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[tigriswolf]

So, I took a break from reading books in order to gorge myself on fanfiction (mainly Supernatural and Flash) but now I’m going back to books. I’ve been maintaining my book log, though it’s been slowly added to.

However, I’m taking a class that requires a finished manuscript at the end of the semester, and in order to do that, I have a shit-ton of research to do, which means… book reading. Lots of it. (And articles, and papers, and and and.)

I am thinking about posting a month-by-month breakdown of books read, but what about the books that were started in one month and finished in the next?

Comments

[jedibuttercup]

I've been tracking books read since 2007, though by year, not month:

https://jedibuttercup.dreamwidth.org/576362.html

What works for me is adding a book to the list as I first crack it open, so I don't forget to do it; and if I don't finish it by the end of the recording period (there's always one or two in December), move it to the start of the next list. Depending on how many you have going at one time, that might be worth trying? Otherwise, just leave them in first-opened order?

[tigriswolf]

I think I'll count for the month they're finished in. That seems easiest, especially for the schoolbooks that'll span an entire semester.

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

I'd put the books under the month started. I have a tendency to start a book, read it obsessively and then drop it for new! shiny! and forget about it for 6 months then pick it back up :) I'd still say it was a January book even if I finished it in June :)

[tigriswolf]

I'm gonna do the opposite, I think. But also, if I drop a book, I'm probably never going to return to it.

(And the ones I like, I reread eventually.)

[classics-lover.livejournal.com]

I started so many books this year that I want to get back and just don't have the energy for. I barely have the energy for magazines these days *sigh*

But yeah, that also makes sense.

[mahmfic.livejournal.com]

God I have been sucking at reading books for a good while. I read one and then my reaction is *grabby hands* fanfiction *drools* a lot of fanfiction is better than published books too. Maybe cause there is more freedom?

[tigriswolf]

Also, in fanfiction, you're already invested in the characters; that's half the work done.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I used to do book logs ( well, I supposed you could call them book logs ) when I was in school. I'd write the title, the author and the names of the characters. I still have them, the logs I mean. I miss those days of lots and lots of book-reading.

Good luck on your manuscript!

[tigriswolf]

Thank you!

I need to have a completed draft by October 21. Here's hoping I will.