Logging reading

Does any of you log what you read?

I have read a bunch of books that I can't remember the title or author of. And the story is a mess of scenes seen through cataracted eyes. I think it would have been useful to have a journal with the title,author, and summary of all the books that I read.

I can pretty much recall the authors or the titles. If you can't, you either have a really bad memory or the book wasn't worth reading. Books should leave some sort of dropping in your mind that stays with you forever, if they can't do that then they're no good in my opinion (i.e. stop reading them) I created a list just now with pretty much every "good" author I've ever touched a book of. Keeping a log may motivate you to finish the book, which a lot of people have trouble with. Here's my list suckas!

sylvia plath
johann wolfgang von goethe
vladamir nabokov
jean-paul sartre
soren kierkegaard
albert camus
jd salinger
franz kafka
samuel beckett
oscar wilde
friedrich nietzsche
george orwell
kurt vonnegut
aldous huxley
dante alighieri
wandering russian pilgrim

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someone actually writes under "wandering russian pilgrim"?

Actually.. it was Anonymous(lol!), but that's basically how he was described on the back cover and the introduction.

He wrote "The Way of a Pilgrim," which is about a pilgrim's quest to find out what 1-Thessalonians 5:17 meant: "pray without ceasing." In my opinion, though, it's much more about his adventures and his way of life than about that and it's quite an interesting adventure. He's a lovable guy and the whole thing reminds me of some sort of SNES RPG except instead of a sword he has stale bread. What else might entice you is this very common man philosophy the book is written with. This guy isn't a bishop working in conjunction with the King to crush the people, he's a homeless wanderer that begs for a little salt- he's Jesus' best friend. I recommend it to those looking for a taste of the original Christianity of overwhelming kindness and charity that is driven only by a desire for spiritual enlightenment and to spread love. Definitely one of the best books I've ever read.

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Wait, christianity isn't about religious fanaticism? News to me!

How's the aesthetics of those various novels?

I don't know what that means man but I'd say they're very aesthetic. I don't read books that don't make me drool when I think of the rug in them if you know what I mean.

The author is not really an author in the traditional sense. He's telling a story, not describing a story. Most of the words are dialogue, his philosophy, his thoughts, or his speculation. I can't read Russian, but I found the language in the translation beautifully simplistic and pure, maybe poetic in the way which he didn't waste words, every word has its place.

"By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner, and by calling a homeless wanderer of the humblest birth who roams from place to place. My worldly goods are a knapsack with some dried bread in it on my back, and in my breast-pocket a Bible. And that is all."