And don’t forget to make a note of where the recommendation came from-you wouldn’t want to let your best friend’s favorite book fall to the bottom of the list!Ī simple bulleted list can do the job, or make a table if you want to kick it up a notch. You can refer to it in the library, at the bookstore, or when it’s time to decide which book to start reading next. Jot down a recommendation on the fly and your list is automatically synced between your devices. Before you know it, your TBR (“to be read”) list can become an unmanageable pile of Post-its and other scraps of paper. Here are some more ways to manage your bookish tendencies:īook recommendations come from everywhere: friends and family, librarians and store clerks, Oprah and Obama. Chapter 1: Evernote for ReadersĮvernote is handy for recording thoughts about things you’ve read, but that’s only scratching the surface. And if you’re writing a book yourself, Evernote is a great place to organize your ideas so you can focus on the joy of writing. Whether you’re into epic fantasy series or practical business books, the musty smell of vintage hardcovers or the sleek feel of a brand-new Kindle, Evernote can help you keep track of your reading. Fortunately, there’s an app that can help with that. And if you become too lonely while lost within their pages, you join a book club to talk about them.īut as the books pile up, so do the challenges of remembering what you’ve read… and figuring out what to read next. You use them to learn about reality, to reimagine it, and to escape from it. And once they’ve caught you in their silent embrace, they may just take over your life.īefore you know it, you’re carrying them out of libraries and bookstores two, three, or five at a time, to fill your shelves and devices with words. Their pages hold earth-shaking ideas, unexplored worlds, entire universes of thought. They’re bigger on the inside than they are on the outside.
“They are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.” And why not? “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends,” wrote educator Charles William Eliot. Ever since the first scholars and scribes put stylus to scroll and codex, humanity has had a love affair with books.
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