In honor of all the BIP task lists going up, I thought I would share some of my OCD organizational skills 
I kept coming across book reviews that made me need to read the book. How was I going to keep track of all of these? Google Docs of course! You may or may not have known how big of a Google Doc Form fan I am. I LOVE them! So I created a form that I could add to my dashboard and easily track what I want to read and where I found it. I can also easily access the resulting spreadsheet on my phone while at the bookstore or library. So how did I do it? (click on images to enlarge)
1. Go to http://docs.google.com and create a new form.
2. Mine includes the following questions:
- book title & author
- source name
- source link
3. Go to live form (link at bottom of page). Here is what mine looks like:
4. Add it to you dashboard. Mine is above the tabs in Mozilla. From here I can easily right-click and open the form in a new tab.
5. Check out your spreadsheet when book shopping or writing up your reviews.
Hope this helps you keep organized!!
Please let me know if you have any questions!
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Okay, I could not figure out for the life of me how to make a form that looks as nice as yours, so I created a boring spreadsheet. But I’m amazed that I never thought of using Google Docs to organize my TBR list before! (Although it’s more of a “to be bought/borrowed” since the books I want to read that I own sit in stacks as reminders, lol.)
I’d be more than happy to walk you through it via google chat or make you a form when I get home
I use a google docs spreadsheet for the TBR list, but I never thought of using a form to add books! That’s such a great idea, I’m going to try it
Agreed. This is an excellent idea. I am going to try it for TBR pile and for wishlist. Thanks!
@Alita : Thanks! Let me know how you like it
@Monica : Thank you! Hope it works out for you
I think Google owes you some cash for this!
I do love Google Docs though, it’s a life saver with giveaways too.
@Stacey : lol I love me some free organizational tools
It really, really does help with giveaways. I’m really glad I can embed them now that I’m self-hosting!
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I love this idea Tara! I have no idea why I didn’t think of it before to tell you the truth. I have spreadsheets for just about everything, but I’ve never thought of using a form to fill it out. Great idea!
Thank you, thank you, thank you…I just created my form and am so excited to start using it!!! I have spreadsheets in Excel but it is so cumbersome to switch back and forth between the internet and Excel…never thought about using Google Docs and Forms!!!
@ Trisha : Thanks! I use it ALL the time. I like to be able to link to who “introduced” me to the book in my reviews so it’s nice to be able to easily not just copy and paste the book info but the site url as well
@ Kara : Glad I could help!! I’ve found that I’m much more likely to use the sheet when I can quickly just open a new internet window
What a brilliant idea! I have been adding them to my goodreads and amazon wishlist but I am having a hard time keeping up with why I wanted to read them. This way I can link to the review that made me go “Oh that one has to go on my list”!
@ Felicia : Thanks!! I use it ALL the time
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