Tracking your reading journey your way
I’ve been admiring all the reading journals on Bookstagram recently, from beautifully decorated bullet journals to hand-decorated papercraft notebooks. As much as I love getting creative, I was pretty sure I'd mess it up as soon as I started writing in it, so decided to buy one from amazon. Luckily a friend from Instagram had done some research and sent me the link to the perfect journal.
A Keepsake or tool of the trade?
As a voracious reader, last year I read over 80 books and reviewed many of them, but struggled to recall details about them later when friends were reading books (on my recommendation) and wanted to talk about them with me.
This year, I was hoping to keep a record of my reading journey, keep track of what I’ve read and record my immediate responses. I also think it will be interesting to track the changes in my reading tastes and moods. The journal will act as a wonderful reminder of the books I’ve read and how I received them at the time in addition to helping me write reviews more efficiently.
It arrived friday and I’m in love. There are sections for notes and favourite quotes. It has a contents page with space for 100 books. It asks why you read the book, what it inspired you to read/learn or visit and to whom you would recommend it. I particularly like that the ratings are divided up into plot, character and ease of reading. I tend to have trouble with the generic 5-star rating system.
There is also a reading list of the top 100 voted fiction books of all time, inspiring further reading and a log for lending out books. I rarely lend out books these days, but if I did, this would be very handy.
Do you keep track of your reading?
If so, please tell me how?
What would be the winning features of a reading log for you?
Laura x
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