📚 Organize Your Reading List: Book Tracking Made Easy!

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📚 Hey fellow book lovers—be honest… how many times have you heard about a great book, made a mental note to read it, and then completely forgotten about it?

I used to keep my “Books to Read” list in scattered Notes, screenshots, emails, and random reminders across my iPhone and Mac. It was chaos. And honestly? I missed out on a lot of amazing reads because I couldn’t keep track.

So I created a better system—and in this video, I’m going to teach it to you.

Whether you’re trying to track what you’ve read, organize your reading goals, keep a smart book recommendations list, or just remember what stood out in your favorite stories, this video will show you how to create the ultimate reading tracker using tools you already have—like Apple Notes, Reminders, Freeform, and the Journal App.

This isn’t just a how-to. It’s a system I personally use—on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac—to stay inspired, read more, and always have a great book ready to go.

🧠 In This Video You’ll Learn:
✅ How to organize your books to read list in Apple Notes
✅ How to use Reminders smart lists and columns to track reading progress
✅ Why tags and hashtags help you organize books across iOS and macOS
✅ How to use Siri and voice commands to add books hands-free
✅ How to visually track your reading with Freeform
✅ How to use the Apple Journal app to highlight key quotes and remember what you read
✅ How to create a “Books to Recommend” list with emojis and smart filtering

📖 Whether you’re looking for an easy way to track reading habits or a beautiful visual bookshelf, this video will show you how to organize your reading life—with zero extra apps.

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Here is the ChatGPT prompt I used:
You are a highly accurate text extraction assistant. Your task is to extract the titles and authors of all books from the following PDF. The final output must be in plain text format with:
• No numbers or bullet points.
• No added or imagined books — only those explicitly listed.
• No missing entries — ensure every single listed book is included.
• No summaries, annotations, or formatting.
• Just a pure list of book titles and authors, each on a new line.

Accuracy is essential — this list is for archival and professional referencing purposes. Do not interpret or reformat any content beyond converting it into a clean text list. The user is building a reference archive that must be 100% faithful to the original source.

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⏱️ Chapters
[00:00] 📘 Intro: Stop Losing Your Book List
[01:21] 📩 Gathering Book Recs (Email, Notes, Safari & Amazon)
[06:56] ✅ Creating a Reading List in Reminders
[11:16] 🏷️ Tags, Smart Lists & Siri Tricks
[16:51] 📊 Visual Book Tracking in Freeform
[20:08] ✍️ Capturing Highlights with the Apple Journal App
[22:08] 🎯 Final Thoughts & Bonus Tips

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