I have been subscribed to Goodreads.com for about a year. I presently have 68 books listed, and these are arranged on 14 different bookshelves. I have a few friends who share their favorite reads with me, and vice-versa.
My latest addition was the book the Enchanted Wanderer by N.S. Leskov, a rather obscure Russian 19th Century short story writer. His obscurity may have ended due to this recent translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky, who have managed to decipher the interior puns, and colloquial Russian phrases & slang of the era, and translate these magical stories into delightful modern English. The stories are fantastic, magical, full of folklore and legend, eccentric characters and interesting situations.
I will soon be adding The Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp, by Ann Kirschner, and The War of 1812: Writings from America's Second War of Independence [Library of America, 2013].
Before subscribing to Goodreads, I kept a LENGTHY paper record in several small notebooks listing every title have read since 1982. The electronic list is less cumbersome, and is easier to recall in many cases, when my memory will not suffice. I strongly recommend that dedicated readers try Goodreads for this purpose.
-Monty Phair
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