In the early days of this blog, I attempted to set up a 1001 Book Challenge, inviting others to join me as I tried to read through as many of the books on the list as possible. There was a spreadsheet with embedded formulae that made it possible to keep track of what percentage I had read and various other book-geekish pieces of information.

Of course, the whole thing was simply way to complicated and time consuming and, as such, I rarely returned to update any information. It’s a pattern of behavior that I fall victim to frequently.

I recently noticed that Karen Andrews at Miscellaneous Mum was tracking her progress with a 1001 Books Challenge. She simply has a list of books from the original 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die as well as additions from the one or two updates of that book with the list (accurate up to 2012) and she crosses books off the list as she reads them.