Am I weird? Or is this sort of normal???

lol....your weird!!! :)

I don't think this is weird at all! I think it's kind of cool and it probably just makes you feel complete for doing it, too, huh! I don't exactly do the exact things that you do but every time I start a new book I write in the inside cover the date I started reading the book then the ending date I finished the book. Doing this helps me to go back and look later (because I often read books over in case I feel like I've missed something) and if I read the book really fast that means that I really liked this book and I couldn't put it down! If it took me a while to read the book that means that it was ok because I finished it but I probably had to push my self to read the rest of it because I wasn't that interested...am I weird?? LOL

Actually -- that's a really good idea. I'm always seeing books on ebay or other sites and wondering "did I read that one yet?". If they don't describe at least a bit of the plot, I often have no idea! If I had a database like yours, I could just search there for the title and find out.

You're not weird at all..and if you are it's the good kind of weird! I'd actually do that myself (I read and have read a LOT of books) but I just don't seem to have the time. A friend of mine actually just discovered an online site that you can catalogue all the books you own (or have read) up to 200 (after that there's a fee). I was thinking about doing it but I'm cheap and I know I've read far more than 200! Maybe some day I'll get around to putting down all the books I've read (although sadly I don't have access or excel). Welcome to the weird club! Isn't it nice here?!

I think it's a good idea to keep track of what you've read. I read a lot of books and I sure wished I'd thought of keeping a record of what I've read. Keep it up. It's not weird. It's unique.

I don't think it's weird. My mom used to keep a notebook of all the trashy romance novels she read. She said it was becuase all the covers looked the same, and all the titles were also so similar that she could never keep track of what she had already read. I think it's a good idea.

I don't think you are weird. You just like to read a lot,keep track, and very detailed oriented. It seems that you have a lot of free time.

Wow you have a tendency to become and obssessive compulsive but i guess your not. Its a little bit weird but hey its just okay to have that recorded maybe someday you get something useful for it in the future. Maybe you get the title with the most pages read for the past soemthing. LOL

To paraphrase Forrest Gump: Weird is as weird does. I don't think you're weird at all. a little strange maybe (LOL). you may have had a valid reason for creating this database. i wonder what kind of database you'll come up with next?

Hi. I do not think it is weird. I don't keep a database like you but I do keep track of the books I read. Notto mention the movie collection me and my hubby started awhile back. I label all of them so when we have our own house we'll set up this family room where all the books we have read and collected will be there. Perhaps it just shows how an organized person you are. In my opinion, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. :)

It's not that your weird... maybe your not just into normal things at all... lol! have a nice day!

somewhat, yes. : but hey, some people always consider others weird or somewhat like it. seriously, i can say, that's just one of the things you do to keep yourself busy. you might as well do something better than merely doing nothing. i say doing totally nothing most of the time is much wierd than doing something like what you are doing. and as far as i know, you are even lucky that you have a computer for i have a colleague before that somewhat does the same thing that you do, keeping track of what you have read, but on something like a slambook or soemthing like that, whatever you call it. in other words, she has volumes of them already, can you believe that? so if you think you are weird, think about the patience and commitment to what that colleague of mine is doing for nothing but merely a plain hobby she loves.

somewhat, yes. : but hey, some people always consider others weird or somewhat like it. seriously, i can say, that's just one of the things you do to keep yourself busy. you might as well do something better than merely doing nothing. i say doing totally nothing most of the time is much wierd than doing something like what you are doing. and as far as i know, you are even lucky that you have a computer for i have a colleague before that somewhat does the same thing that you do, keeping track of what you have read, but on something like a slambook or soemthing like that, whatever you call it. in other words, she has volumes of them already, can you believe that? so if you think you are weird, think about the patience and commitment to what that colleague of mine is doing for nothing but merely a plain hobby she loves.

Nope, it doesnt make you wierd:)

I started keeping a record of the books I read, only because I found myself buying the ones I had already read. No you aren't wierd, people keep track of different things they do in many different ways, you just keep track of your reading stats...Nothing wierd about that.

its a good way of keeping record of all the books you have read and also you can recall the books easily in the future.and if they are your books you can also keep a tab on their whereabouts.

No, I don't think that's weird. It just proves how much you love your books and how much you enjoy reading. One time while I was in high school, I ended up making card catalogs for all my books so that it would be easier to find them. It was kind of like library catalogs. I realized later that it was hard work and ended the idea abruptly. But then, I did manage to assign numbers to all my books, so that they did look as if they were library books.

I don't think you are weird. I keep a note book with every book I have read. I make notes about the ones I really liked and would read again. I also note about the author. I think this is just what readers do. But I will say one thing it is interesting that you know how many pages you have read.

I used to keep a journal of the books I had read, and if I liked them or if they were just "meh". I think it's a great idea to keep a database though, much easier to access .I also find myself part way through a book thinking...I think I've read this before. Also I used to belong to a group of friends who did this round robin thing where we would each write down 3 books we liked , what genre they were and why we recommended them, then send the list of books on to the next person on the reading list. Eventually the list ended back at the beginning and that person photocopied it and sent the fill list to each participant. Learn about a lot of good books that way... but a data base would have been easier.

well its a case of each to thier own and if you are happy to do this and it makes you feel happy/secure then no it not weird do what makes you happy!!