Footnotes #3

A Conversation Digest

First things first! The winner of October’s book bundle is Debbie Fraker. Congratulations, Debbie! Your books will go into the mail next week.

I’ve enjoyed everyone’s comments about the why and how of keeping track of our reading. Our full conversation is here. And here’s a brief digest, with some ideas we can all use.

Sue and Pamela keep their reading lists on Goodreads, and both mention the Goodreads annual challenge as a way to broaden reading choices. Sandra uses LibraryThing and recently posted her 1000th book there! Melissa says she started her book journal with Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust. (Pearl, a favorite of many readers, calls herself a “readaholic,” which certainly fits me!) Karen uses a system of bookmarks and recommends Jillian Hess’s Substack, NOTED, especially a post about Virginia Woolf’s reading notes.

Years ago, Nina found a beautiful leather book in Laos and filled it with favorite she loved. She still follows that practice, remarking that when she comes across one of he…