Keeping Lists of Books

I've got thirty pages of a notebook filled with titles, authors, and page numbers for every book I've read since the summer of 1988, corresponding with my graduation from high school. Now I've digitized the list on GoodReads, though I continue to add to this paper record as well.

As I read through this list, I'm realizing it's almost better than a journal for remembering the thoughts, feelings, and events that occurred throughout my life. For example, I remember very clearly the summer I visited my grandmother for a week or so and spent much of my time there in a backyard lounge chair (the type that leaves stripes from the vinyl all over your summer bare legs), reading Anna Karenina for the first time. And in 2000, when I was pregnant with my daughter and very ill with all-day morning sickness, I read and reread mostly children's and young-adult books because I didn't have the energy to read anything else.

Does anyone else keep a list like this?

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  1. I started my list in August, 2000 as a spreadsheet to teach myself how to use Excel. Still going strong. It's the most precious file on my computer.

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