Back in 2001, for reasons I no longer recall (something that is happening with increasing frequency as I continue to advance in age) I decided to start tracking the books I read each year. I've actually followed through with it, dutifully recording what I read year after year. I started keeping track in a paper notebook, then started an Excel spreadsheet, and then added the website Goodreads to keep track of what I read (I use librarything to track what I own). I keep track in all 3 places. I like to keep the notebook going. Maybe I'll have it filled when I finally depart from this existence. About two years ago I did a memory dump and tried to recall all the books I read pre-2001 so that I would have a complete list of a lifetime's worth of reading. As of the end of 2014, by my best guess, I have read 1,199 books. My 2014 total was 119, which is the second most for a year (the most being 122 in 2010).
For 2015, I'm setting a goal of 80 books. I'd like to read 20 from the "1001 books you should read in a lifetime" (2006 version). I have read read 121 from that list thus far. I also want to read at least 20 books that I already own.
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