If you know me, you know I have a memory like a sieve. A sieve with millions of holes. The sieviest sieve that ever sieved. Nothing gets retained in my noggin, and I'm notoriously terrible at recalling movies I've seen or books I've read. We'll be settling down with Netflix and Simon will say "Have you seen X movie?" and I'll say "No, it looks good, let's watch it!" then 5 minutes in, I realize that I have indeed seen the movie and am not interested in a repeat performance. I've gotten chapters into "new" books before realizing that I'd previously finished them.
All this to say, memory ain't my thing, so I use some tools to assist. For books, it's Goodreads. Goodreads is the ultimate social media platform for readers. For starters, you can track all the books you've read and want to read, enormously helpful for Kelly-the-Sieve. Like other forms of social media, you follow "friends" and receive updates on what they're reading. You can rate books and view reviews, enormously useful when searching for new books. Speaking of, Goodreads scans your shelves and makes recommendations, helpful if you are obsessed with specific genres like some people we know. I recently discovered that you can add private notes to each book on your shelf, a handy way to notate whether books are at the local library, available for purchase, or downloadable as audiobooks.
As someone who reads A LOT of books (141 in 2016) it is immensely helpful for keeping it all straight and sourcing new titles. Even if you're not quite as bookish, Goodreads is a handy resource for finding your next great read. Check it out!
