Yes, a new one. Sorta. Actually, I decided to put my Book Journal online. I've just started typing in my reading, so bear with me; this will take a while. I started my hardcopy journal back in 1965!
Yes, a new one. Sorta. Actually, I decided to put my Book Journal online. I've just started typing in my reading, so bear with me; this will take a while. I started my hardcopy journal back in 1965!
What a great idea - I've never kept a Book Journal and with the amount I read I probably should! Have already seen a couple that I keep meaning to pick up on your list! I think my wishlist will grow by the time you finish adding!
ReplyDeleteThat's great. Care to share the titles?
ReplyDeleteI started keeping the journal because my 6th grade teacher had us do it (that's where the start date of 1965 came from) and I liked it so kept doing it.
I started my book journal October 11, 1987. It has gone from being a collection of 3X5 cards to an excel spreadsheet that I have backed up on three different types of media. I LOVE BOOKS!
ReplyDeleteI've thought about doing an Excel chart so I could search by title or author, but the blog seemed more fun. Maybe I'll do it after I finish the blog and copy and paste from there.
ReplyDeleteSomebody gave me a reading journal when I was a kid. Each page had a space for the title, and author of each book and the date I read it, as well as space for a review. When I finished that one, I just started buying blank journals and filling in the info myself. I read 95 books last year. How do I know? The book journal of course!
ReplyDeleteWow, 95 books. I haven't come close to that since 6th grade, when I started keeping track for school and read 110 (most of which I apparently didn't write into the blank book years later).
ReplyDeleteYeah, well, big numbers are great except that I didn't read lots of great books because I knew they would take too long and lower my "score". My rate this year, is much slower. And I'm reading some awesome books (i.e. Middlemarch and Dr. Zhivago). I plan to squeeze in The Crimson Petal and the White and maybe an Edward Rutherfurd? There's a lot less pressure this way.
ReplyDeleteI have The Crimson Petal and the White. I think that will be one of the books I read after I retire in 7 years. Otherwise, it'll probably take me half a year to read it. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea. I'm enjoying going through your list. I kept a book journal for 5 or 6 years and moved to an excel spreadsheet. It's just easier for me to keep track that way.
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