Alana Woods   AUTHOR        

When I first bought an e-reader - it's a Kindle but that's a by-the-way - I went overboard creating collections.

They included My books, Classics, Thrillers, SciFi, Non-fiction, Manuals, Romance ... and for the books of my all-time favorite authors I created folders just for them.

It didn't take long for me to realise they didn't work.

My intention is to review all the books I read and I found that as the number of books I reviewed started to pile up I began to have trouble remembering which I'd done and which I hadn't. I keep a diary but I didn't want to have to resort to repeatedly looking at that. I wanted a one-stop system.

I needed better categories.

I now have the simplest of systems. I've found that three categories do the trick. I have To review and Reviewed. The third is Too bad to review.

So far the system is working a treat.

I'd be interested in hearing what systems others reviewers use.