Esse Quam Videri Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I was thinking it might be cool to keep track of all the books my kids read. What do you all do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 My dc's are a bit older but we all do Goodreads. It is a great way to keep track and sort by shelves. It gives recommendations which can be perfect and sometimes they are old books. We friend each other which makes it easy for me to see what they are interested in reading next for library holds etc. It is a great free service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esse Quam Videri Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 My dc's are a bit older but we all do Goodreads. It is a great way to keep track and sort by shelves. It gives recommendations which can be perfect and sometimes they are old books. We friend each other which makes it easy for me to see what they are interested in reading next for library holds etc. It is a great free service. Do you just rate the books that you've read then? Just signed up but not quite sure how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 We also do Goodreads. It is a great way to keep track of what they have read for the year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 We rate them but I don't think you have too. It may help to generate the recommendations accuracy wise. Dd and I read several of the same books independently and it is fun to compare. We also have shelves labeled different ways. Abandoned, good for dd, read 2013 are some of mine. Dd has a " books I will never read again" shelf which makes me laugh, books that she disliked but had to finish for her lit class have a prominent position on it. Hope you enjoy it. You might want to look a "52 books" thread to see how some people use Goodreads. Robin has things linked. It is a great thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 When my son started reading chapter books he started recording them in a notebook. It is fun to look back through it as his penmanship changes along with the books he reads. This year he has started writing a little something about each book when he finishes it. I also have a notebook where I record the books we read aloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 We use Library Thing. www.librarything.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyrobynne Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I signed up for HomeschoolTrackerOnline this year at least partially because of how easy it makes it to keep track of books used, both textbooks and fun books. We started school a month ago and my boys are already up to 84 books used as part of their school day or fun reading. Last year, I printed out a template from donnayoung.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy M Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I have an app for my iPad called Book Crawler. It's AWESOME! It's the only app I've paid for since getting my iPad in May. It was $1.99. I got it because we have so many books, and I didn't want to buy doubles because I couldn't remember what we had. You can enter in all of your books in your house using an ISBN scanner, entering in several a minute. Or you can enter them in by googling the book or manually. You can sort them by collections or tags (so I'll sort by ancients, modern times, Christian fiction, etc.), and there are places to put comments, link to goodreads, enter dates for when you read them, a category for wish lists vs. own vs. loaned the book out. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggiemomof3 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 We use a form from Donna Young's site to track books DS reads and then I also use the form to track our read alouds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer67 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I just use a Word document to keep a running list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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