All the ways I track my reading with spreadsheets and forms

[@ohhmelodyy]

spreadsheet videos are my favorite! 📊 i use goodreads/storygraph, two spreadsheets to track reading and series, and bookly to track reading time!

[@HappyforNow]

I love them too 😂 they fill me with joy and I think it’s really interesting to see how people use and adapt them to fit their needs 💖

[@vanessan2270]

I can’t tell you how much I love these type of videos😂

[@HappyforNow]

Same so no judgement 😂💖

[@dancedneway]

I’m definitely a spreadsheet girly! 📊 I do track my reading on goodreads and StoryGraph as well, but my spreadsheets are my comfort zone and a go to activity for when I’m stressed!

[@HappyforNow]

Omg yes I also find it so relaxing to update my spreadsheets etc 💖

[@NovelteaCorner]

I love a book spreadsheet. 😍 Thanks for sharing all the ways you track your books!

[@HappyforNow]

I know I’m such a dork for them but they make it so much easier to track stuff 💖

[@NovelteaCorner]

@@HappyforNow I think it's awesome. And I always find it interesting what people like to keep track of, because while some of the basics are the same, there's always something someone else prioritises. (She says after spending an hour updating her own spreadsheet tonight. 😂)

[@AmrutaRanade]

Oooh the google form is such a good idea!!

[@HappyforNow]

It saves me sooo much hassle when I am away from my laptop since I find google sheets obnoxious on mobile 😂

[@jess.janisse]

Love a good reading tracker video! I use Goodreads to track the books that I’m interested in picking up. I use Googles sheets for my tracker which has 4 tabs: books read, series tracker, a more specific Discworld series tracker, and a tab for graphs/charts. Also, I place my owned TBR (which is very small) at the end of my Books Read tab with just the title and date/cost acquired. I can easily fill in missing info once they’ve been completed and those books are always in the front of my mind.

[@HappyforNow]

It’s so fun to see and hear how others track! I love the way you’ve got it spaced out for tracking stuff that makes sense to me 💖

[@issanofromme1900]

I loveeee this video 🫶🏾 I swear booktracking makes me want to read even more for some reason!? I use a airtable, goodreads, storygraph and bookmory to track me reading!

[@HappyforNow]

Noo i feel the same way? Like tracking my reading this way always makes me want to pick up more things 😂 I always feel weird saying it out loud but it's so true 💖

[@amotleyartwkatherine]

Thanks for sharing. Those are some impressive spreadsheets. I use Goodreads as a record keeper, especially for when I start and finish a book...love how kindle works with it for that type of records. I have a reading journal and a spreadsheet. I needed the spreadsheet to see certain percentages and see trends and such. I like the look of that my library spreadsheet because I do lose track of my Kindle purchased books.

[@HappyforNow]

I love using GR for that as well! I ended up having to unlink it from my account because it keeps marking stuff read I haven’t finished but I love having it for a quick reference 💖

[@shelfofmanygenres]

I use a spreadsheet that is heavily customized to needs from a variety of free and paid for spread sheets, thought at it's core it's from a book blogger who showed up in my twitter feed three or four years ago. It contains my reading, books acquired and my full (ish) library. I try to update my spreadsheets, goodreads, and storygraph weekly. For checking what books I own while on the go I have a searchable spreadsheet I set up using my library tab of my main spreadsheet, that just displays the books I own that match the title or author.

[@HappyforNow]

I love this! Mashing together a bunch that work for you is always the best feeling. I really do ned to get my books owned one completed this year 💖

[@Claudia-jv3be]

I started using notion a couple of years ago to track my reading. Originally, I had planned on tracking all my reading, but I only entered my physical books. I wish I had started earlier, because I inputting all of the information from my kindle, shounen jump and nook apps would take forever. I plan on completing that over the summer

[@HappyforNow]

Notion is such a solid option too! I always wish I had started sooner but same it’s my summer project to get everything imported 💖

[@StudioLindsay]

I use the Notes app on my phone to keep track of my TBR, books read, and thoughts on each book. 🙂

[@HappyforNow]

Oo that’s interesting! I feel like I lose stuff in my notes app 😂 I’m always making myself random lists

[@fttoma]

I think it's time for me to start using spreadsheets because I enjoy seeing the data in detail because I only use goodread 📊📊

[@HappyforNow]

It’s really nice getting the specific data you want with them. I know storygraph has some of the graphs which is nice but I always want specific ones 💖

[@tanjagardner285]

Fellow ADHD-er and spreadsheet lover here! I use a combo of GoodReads (mostly for reviews) and the CAWPILE spreadsheet (mostly for stats), but you've got me thinking about other options. I'm particularly interested in seeing if I can retrofit some kind of form input to the CAWPILE spreadsheet, and also in checking out that library spreadsheet for my Kindle library.

[@HappyforNow]

You 100% can make a form input for cawpile! I would recommend making sure the input form info is in as close of an order as the spreadsheet as possible. Just make sure you use the import range function from a separate spreadsheet that houses the info from that form. It really makes the adding the last bits of info super easy for me to do every week or so depending on how much I'm reading using the form.

[@tanjagardner285]

@@HappyforNow - I spent some time last night figuring out how to retrofit the form (surprisingly easy!) and then setting it up, so I'm looking forward to getting to use that on my phone! GSheets looks like it's automatically set up a separate tab for the form results to feed into, so I can copy/paste the key info between the tabs fairly easily. Thanks for the idea!

[@Cynthias_library]

I have a spreadsheet that i no longer update, i just use a notebook for my manga reading lists and my bookshelf app for tracking books and manga i have

[@HappyforNow]

Love that! I’m awful at keeping up with anything physical I wish I wasn’t 😭

[@charmedvenuss]

I love spreadsheets but i find that none of the ones i end up using track things the way i want to lol I'm thinking i might have to watch a ton of tutorials on how to use google sheets to make spreadsheets because im so particular lmao

[@HappyforNow]

Honestly there are sooo many tutorials it’s semi easy to set up or modify one that almost does it all. Usually what’s what I end up doing cause same it’s never everything I want 💖

[@LiteraryStoner]

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[@HappyforNow]

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[@brandim1230]

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[@HappyforNow]

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[@DoriesPaperbackReads]

This video makes my little ADHD heart so happy.❤

[@HappyforNow]

Yes! I have to work with the ADHD brain to make systems like this cause otherwise I’ll never remember that one book I wanted to read and why 💖

[@currant7_recommends]

Love all this! I just track my reads from the GR from the start and continue on with this. Blogging about it or IG can be too tedious and time-consuming for me. I read and checked it off easily via GR, and their tracking via page and percentage with notes to add is quite ahead (back in the day), so that is what I still use. I enjoyed checking your book tracking style! 📉📊✂️📐📌📋

[@HappyforNow]

I love using GR but my tbr stuff is a disaster from being on the site forever so I feel like I lose books 😂 so now I keep evolving for my brains sake to track. 💖💖💖💖💖

[@yolispinner6653]

So far I only use Goodreads but these spreadsheets might be great for tracking more data📈📉📊

[@HappyforNow]

It's SOO helpful if you want nitty gritty details that you don't get on other platforms. That part helps me a lot especially when I'm pulling data for different videos 💖

[@cg317]

I use spreadsheets to track my ebooks and audiobooks in my library. I’ve been working on one for my tbr, I just haven’t been able to come up with something that works for me quite yet 😊 📊📈📉

[@HappyforNow]

I really need to buckle down and actually get my library one finished so I can do some random #s to pick up things. I get that too on the TBR it took me a while to see one that worked for me and copy/improve it for my own needs 💖

[@beckacheck]

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[@HappyforNow]

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