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zoexbelle t1_ja2za64 wrote

I was given a spreadsheet that tracked a bunch of data about each book, manually submitting when I’ve finished is like a little treat at the end and it helps me track what I’m subconsciously not reading too.

For example, it made me realise I very rarely read African authors so I made an active decision to buy some fiction from prominent authors from that continent.

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Illustrious_Drop_605 OP t1_ja30ijp wrote

Yeah I think that act of submitting some notes or a summary as you describe is a nice opportunity to sort of reflect on a book and mentally put it back on the shelf.

It's funny you mention that particular insight you had, it's great to challenge your reading habits that way. I am toying with the idea of also tracking things like an author's gender/home country to see what type of literature I'm consuming in that sense too.

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zoexbelle t1_ja4at4i wrote

I’d definitely advise it, also seeing when books were written, helped me realise I wasn’t covering as many classics as I’d have liked.

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