2019 Reading Log

Before we get into it all— yes, my students told me the hat made me look like Joe Goldberg from You... now let’s continue...⁣⁣ 🧢⁣

I've been asked by a number of people how I keep track of my books, my book ratings, and my statistics for the year. I've heard of a lot of people who use applications like AirTable and Bookly (stay tuned for a post on that).

I used to log all my books in my bullet journal. It satisfied my urge to doodle and gave me the freedom to organize the chart the way I wanted. The problem, however, was that the pen is permanent! Once I had written something down, I couldn't make changes or add pages in if I happened to run over the number of pages I had reserved for my book log. I've found that my favorite method of keeping track of my books has been a simple Google Doc. I can make my own categories, edit the doc as needed, and color code on my own time.

I save categories for: book title, author name, genre, number of pages, date started, date finished, and my star rating.

If I get a 5 star read, I highlight the entire row in green. The color yellow is reserved for 4.5 star ratings - they're really good but not quite there. And I highlight my lowest rated books in red, reminding me not to recommend these to people I know.

Books I did not finish DO NOT COUNT!

Do I take great pleasure in updating my chart? Of course. Is this method very type A? Probably. But does it keep all of my book-related statistics organized and in one place? DUH!

Take a look at my chart from 2019. Maybe this will help you to organize a book log of your own. If you have a bullet journal, I'd love to take a look at how you set your pages up! How do you organize your book list?