I had a conversation last week where someone asked me about the connection between sleep and memory consolidation. I knew I'd read something useful on this — across at least two books. I couldn't remember which ones.
Old approach: scroll through highlights on my Kindle, open three different books, give up.
New approach: open TrackMyBooks, type the question. Done in thirty seconds.
That's what the AI feature does.
What It Actually Does
The AI in TrackMyBooks works across your notes — all of them. Every takeaway, quote, and observation you've entered across every book in your library. You ask a question in plain language and it searches for relevant answers.
It's not a chatbot. It's not summarising books from the internet. It only knows what you've told it — your notes, your words, your reading. Which means two things:
First: the more you put in, the more useful it becomes. A library of 50 books with solid notes will return better answers than a library of 5.
Second: it reflects your reading, not someone else's summary. If you highlighted something that stood out to you personally, that's what comes back. Your lens, not a generic one.
What It Doesn't Do Yet
It won't read books for you. It won't generate content that isn't already in your notes. This is deliberate — the point of TrackMyBooks is to capture what you actually took from a book, not to outsource that to an AI.
Think of it as a smart index to your own thinking, not a replacement for it.
How to Use It
Open the app. Find the AI section. Type a question — something you half-remember reading about, a topic you want to revisit, a question you'd want your past reading to answer. See what comes back.
I'll be making a demo video shortly so you can see it in action. In the meantime, the best way to understand it is to try it.
If you haven't added your books yet, start with five. Add your key takeaways for each. Then ask the AI something. That's when it gets interesting.
