I have recently started a reading log spreadsheet in addition to my Goodreads account, and I’m loving it so far. My only problem is trying to fit three categories: media, type and class.
Media: type of media (books, manga, article, etc)
Type: either fiction or nonfiction (aka literary genres)
Class: series or standalone or other [collection/anthology/adaptation]
Here is the full list in each:
Media | Type | Class
:–|:–|:–
book | nonfiction | standalone
comics | fiction | series
manga | novel | collection
manhua | novella | anthology
manhwa | genre | adaptation
short story | |
play | |
poetry | |
fan fiction | |
picture book | |
essay | |
article | |
webnovel | |
multimedia | |
other | |
Here are my main issues:
* poetry and plays (dramas) are lit genres, so they should be in type, but then what should I put in their media entries?
* collection/anthology/adaptation being in class feels out of place. But I also don’t want them in a new category, because it will be mostly empty.
* genre in type is for poetry and plays
* If I move novel and novella to media, it would leave type clean with fiction and nonfiction, but I still can’t remove book because of the nonfiction entries.
* I have short story in media for both the collections and the solos (standalone) because I didn’t like having two entries for the same “subgenre”.
* I’ve recently added novel and novella to type, as I want to see stats concerning those, but it feels wrong to have them in the same category as fiction.
Examples in reading log (* where it feels out of place):
Title | Media | Type | Class
:–|:–|:–|:–
The Hobbit | book | novel | series
The Time Machine | book | novella | standalone
Stories of Your life | short story | fiction | collection*
Passing of the Dragon | short story | fiction | standalone
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird | short story | fiction | anthology*
How to Hide an Empire | book | nonfiction | standalone
Gitanjali | poetry | genre* | collection
Pygmalion | play | genre* | standalone
Fullmetal Alchemist | manga | fiction | series
The Chronicles of Narnia | book | fiction | collection*
Do you guys have any tips on how to alleviate or fix any of my mildly infuriating issues?
My main focus is to fix poetry and plays in media and novel and novella in type.
by Lord_Adalberth