SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Glad you're enjoying it, Nina. It's perfect for the series obsessed. :) Thanks for sharing your profile. I've added everyone's profile (those that were shared here) to the first post for easy reference.

oooh me too:
http://www.fictfact.com/user/Anomander

;) You too, Midu!

I have one too:
http://www.fictfact.com/user/precious

yours says private,Valerie

How cool is FictFact?!! I saw your message about it and just had to check it out.

http://www.fictfact.com/user/chuckles...

It is wonderful for series lovers like us, that's for sure! :)

I use FictFact also
http://www.fictfact.com/user/nrh1231

I love Fictfact. It always sends me reminders of upcoming books in my series.

I create a pdf form for every three months for my books. I use to have a notebook with everything but that got to be too much. I love using websites but I like my list better.

Here's an example of what it looks like
http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b...

That's a nice way to do it, Tammi. Internet or no, you've always got your list with you.

If any wants a pdf I can send it.

Green - 2013 color scheme
Tango (orange/red) - 2012 color scheme
Peacock Blue - 2011 color scheme

Cute Tammi ;)

Here's mine. Please add! Just started doing this today and it is no way complete. I used to write my series in little notebooks but I lose it everytime I move. So glad that I found Fictfact through GR..

http://www.fictfact.com/user/annebibl...

Gotcha on the list, Anne. Good luck w/all the data entry. It'll be worth it in the end!

I have a little 2 ring binder that stores index cards. I write down (by author's last name) what books I want and check them off when I get them and cross over that check once I've read them.

Thank you Sandra. :)

I too am on FictFact. I found it through one of my online friends and I love it. It is the one way I can keep track of every book that I have read that is part of a series.

Here is my profile: http://www.fictfact.com/user/Nutz4harryp

Add me. I have added a few of you guys.

Okay I need to go read some.

I added ya, Monica. :)

Added you too Monica

I use fictfact too but not as often as I should.
I really keep track of my reading on Goodreads. Fastest and easiest for me.

My links for both are below.

http://www.fictfact.com/list/readerph...

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

Thanks Steph and Anne! I have added you guys too.

You're welcome :)

Anyone taken a gander at the preview of the new-look FictFact?

http://beta.fictfact.com/

Amy or "Ames" wrote: "Anyone taken a gander at the preview of the new-look FictFact?

http://beta.fictfact.com/"

I did but very quickly. Will look into it more in depth at another time.

Thanks Ames! Just had a browse, everything is still there, just a matter of getting used to the format change. In fact I just added some books & it seemed to go as smoothly as usual ;)

Amy or "Ames" wrote: "Anyone taken a gander at the preview of the new-look FictFact?

http://beta.fictfact.com/"

Here's a blog post with an overview of the changes we've been working on over at FictFact - http://blog.fictfact.com/post/6131868...

Thanks Brian, that looks very, very interesting ;)

Thanks Brian. I love the new look.

I'm liking the new look. :D

<3 Fictfact. I especially like the book release calendar (okay, so it's not actually new but I thought I'd mention it).

I love the book release calendar. I always go to it when I forget which books are out. Really liking the new look too. ;)

Just joined FictFact bc I'm super OCD as well. Ummm this is going to be just as addicting as GR, I'm afraid. ;) http://www.fictfact.com/user/G8rdebzz

Nina wrote: "I love the book release calendar. I always go to it when I forget which books are out. Really liking the new look too. ;)"

Where is the calander Nina? I don't think I have ever seen it.

Tracy, on your profile page, on the right hand side under Browse - Book Release Calendar.

Sandra wrote: "Tracy, on your profile page, on the right hand side under Browse - Book Release Calendar."

Thank you, Thank you! I didn't know about this either. Great resource. Thanks for sharing!

Sandra wrote: "Tracy, on your profile page, on the right hand side under Browse - Book Release Calendar."

Thanks Sandra, I found it. That is really cool.

JoAnne wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Tracy, on your profile page, on the right hand side under Browse - Book Release Calendar."

Thank you, Thank you! I didn't know about this either. Great resource. Thanks for sharing!"

I have used fictfact for about three years and it is wonderful JoAnne. I get an email every time one of my books is released. I can't ever forget! Love it.

Glad to be of help to you both :D

Does anyone keep a word document list or an excel sheet of there series/books? I'm trying to get my list together but am having issues figuring out which program I want to use. Just curious if any of you still use either method and why you prefer it?

Thank you for the little gem that is fictfact! I use a little notebook and cross off as I go but this is great!
I just joined now http://www.fictfact.com/user/mishka84
at least I think that's how you find it :D

Yay! Glad you've found it. It's a great way to keep track of series reads. :)

Melissa-The Book Addict wrote: "Does anyone keep a word document list or an excel sheet of there series/books? I'm trying to get my list together but am having issues figuring out which program I want to use. Just curious if any ..."


Sorry Melissa, it just became too much work. Time I'd rather spend reading. I just use GR & FictFact now.

Michelle aka Mishka84 wrote: "Thank you for the little gem that is fictfact! I use a little notebook and cross off as I go but this is great!
I just joined now http://www.fictfact.com/user/mishka84
at least I think that's how ..."

I just followed you Michelle. I like seeing what other people are following so I know what I might want to read.

Cheers Steph, I made shelves for all my series on GR as well but it was really time consuming finding them and adding them separately, so much quicker using fictfact!

Thanks Tracy, I've added so many series It'll take me forever to get through them! :)

Melissa-The Book Addict wrote: "Does anyone keep a word document list or an excel sheet of there series/books?..."

I keep an excel sheet that is a modified version of the export of my lists here. After modifying it to be displayed correctly I divided the TBR from the Read books in different tabs and added a few more tabs that help my current goal (go through the books I added in 2010 (the oldest on my list) before the year is over). Now I only have to add the new books I add in my TBR here and move the books I read from the TBR tab to the Read one. What I like most about the excel sheet is that I can organize them however I want - sort them by page number or date added etc.

That's not to say that I don't have a fictfact account and word document list as well - the fictfact one is for series I currently follow or plan to continue (or just didn't get around to removing from there, hoping for a "not following anymore" option to be added to the site) and the word documents are either for various challenges lists or leftover lists I'd made of books I wanted to check out (and now have been replaced by dozens of folders inside folders of bookmarks about books-to-check or various BSB categories) and I'll need to go through and delete (both word documents and bookmarks...) - mostly the word documents help with challenges lists.

Bottom line, various programs have different pros and cons so I use a combination of them for different things. Does that help? (Sorry for the long post!)

I tend to only buy actual books so I just go to a bookstore once a week and do the 'search'

S.K. how do you stop yourself doubling up? I've had that problem myself.

Oh I have an insane memory. Seriously off the charts, ha ha. I'm that person who knows driver's licenses, 20 different passwords, tax file numbers you name it. Nothing slips by me.
Drives my husband nuts! Especially his own TBR which is insane-I haven't read any of his books but I know where he's up to just by looking at the spines.

Lucky you SK, I've got a good memory too, hubby's driver's licence, passwords, account numbers etc etc, but with 2500 on my tbr, sometimes I just slip up. LOL.