This gifty book journal offers the perfect place to indulge your passion for reading and to record your literary explorations. This beautifully refreshed edition of our popular My Book Journal provides space to record reviews and thoughts on 100 books, as well as track star ratings for quality of writing, strength of characters, and plot. It also includes 24 enlightening book challenges, book-club questions, and a classics section with must-read titles. Plus, you can fill out 24 thought-provoking lists--from your top 10 favorite characters to your favorite childhood books--and you'll find complete lists of Pulitzer Prize and Booker Prize winners.
"For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, as for many readers, books reflect her inner life--her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. My Life with Bob isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers"--
Keep track of your book club selections and record your latest literary adventures with this reading journal to stay organized for your next meeting! Book clubs are a great way to read new books and discover different genres and new topics that you may not be too familiar with. You can share your thoughts in a social setting and enjoy interesting conversations that might open your eyes to other opinions about the book. But all too often we forget the best details once the book is finished and put back on the shelf. With The Book Club Journal, you can collect and remember all your important thoughts and feelings so that you can reflect on them for future meetings or rereadings. Made specifically for book club members, this journal has prompts for all the basic book stats, such as the title, author, and who suggested the book, along with book club specific questions like “How does this book compare with the titles we have read previously?” This fun and useful journal also includes reference pages with lists of classic book club must-reads, and room for you to create your very own to-read list.
How to Read a Diary is an expansive and accessible guidebook that introduces readers to the past, present, and future of diary writing. Grounded in examples from around the globe and from across history, this book explores the provocative questions diaries pose to readers: Are they private? Are they truthful? Why do some diarists employ codes? Do more women than men write diaries? How has the format changed in the digital age? In answering questions like these, How to Read a Diary offers a new critical vocabulary for interpreting diaries. Readers learn how to analyze diary manuscripts, identify the conventions of diary writing, examine the impact of technology on the genre, and appreciate the myriad personal and political motives that drive diary writing. Henderson also presents the diary’s extensive influence upon literary history, ranging from masterpieces of world literature to young adult novels, graphic novels, and comics. How to Read a Diary invites readers to discover the rich and compelling stories that individuals tell about themselves within the pages of their diaries.
While traveling, Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. He decided to keep a diary of these moments, reading a book a month and recording his observations, which provides an enthralling adventure in literature and life.
Easily keep a record of the books you've read, their summaries, your reviews and other notes all in one convenient place with this nifty reading journal! Providing ample spaces for you to record everything you'd like about the books you've read, this journal serves as a truly handy companion as you make the most out of your literary encounters. Enjoy documenting your reading journey with the smartly designed layout featuring relevant prompts and large dot grid area that enables you to go into detail with your reviews, comments, reflections, as well as notable experiences. Also, with this logbook, you'll be able to keep track of the reading challenges you take part in and keep the memories of all your wonderful book adventures! What's Inside: * Book Index * Book Entry Pages (2 pages for each entry) - Book Title, Author - Format, Genre - Recommended by/Why I picked up this book - Date Started/Finished, My Ratings - This Book in 3 Words - Brief Summary/Key Takeaways - Values/Themes/Ideologies Portrayed - Fave Part/s, New Words Learned - Review, Notes and Thoughts (1 whole dot grid page to freely write in personal opinions, suggestions, reflections, feelings, memorable lines or quotes, etc.) * Reading Wishlist Makes for a delightful gift for book lovers, book club members, those who'd like to enjoy a reading memory keepsake book in the future, or anyone looking to develop or get back into a good reading habit!
This stylish journal created exclusively for book lovers includes custom reading lists, charming literary quotes, and plenty of room to record what you've read and what you'd love to read. "Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind."--Toni Morrison Designed by a book lover for book lovers, My Reading Life is the ideal companion for all your literary adventures. Anne Bogel, better known online as The Modern Mrs. Darcy, provides you with insightful reading lists for every popular genre and each season. She even helps you determine the kinds of books you'd most like to read based on your interests. You'll also appreciate the sleek, compact design, perfect for taking on the go to the library, bookstore, or your next book club gathering. So much more than just a journal, this book is a joyful celebration of the written word, one that will significantly enrich every day of your reading life.
Large 8" x 10" Softback Reading Journal with printed images of wood & antique books and an inspirational quote on the back [ US$5.99 / £4.99 / e5.50 ]. IF LOOK INSIDE ISN''T LOADING, the blue smART bookx link by the title will help you out. BOOK INTERIOR: One hundred attractive and spacious record pages. As well as the main review space, there''s space to log: - title, author, publishing details & page count, - start & finish dates, - book format, source & genre/subject, - thoughts & inspirations in an Inspiration Tree, - ratings on plot, character development and ease of reading, as well as an overall review score, and - memorable quotes. At the back you''ll find: - a loan record sheet, - a tick list of the top 100 voted fiction books, and - a Notes page for jotting down new authors, books to read, book suppliers and other useful reading resources. At the front, a blank personalized Contents Table gives space for you to add your own categories alongside some of the more commons ones. Whether it''s short stories, poetry, satire or a few specific authors that float your boat, you''ll always be able to quickly find any of your reviews by allocating each to one or more categories as you go along. All pages are of thick white paper (55lb) to minimize ink bleed-through. EXTERIOR: Cover: Tough matte paperback. Binding: Secure professional trade paperback binding, i.e. it''s built to last; pages won''t fall out after a few months of use. Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10"). (Almost the same width as A4 but a few cm shorter in height - so no more cramming into tiny boxes!) MATCHING PRODUCTS: smART bookx publish a variety of specialist journals (Blank Recipe Books, Password Journals, Trip Planners etc. ) To find products matching this one, search ''antique bookshelf'' & ''bookx'' (don''t forget the ''x''). SIMILAR PRODUCTS: We publish several Reading Logs. Each has the same interior but there are cover designs to suit all tastes. To view them all, search ''reading'' & ''bookx'' on Amazon. Thanks for looking, The smART bookx design team Buy With Confidence Because Our Customers Love Our Stationery: ***** Affordable, But Still Good Quality! ... Very satisfied ... an affordable option that is also very thorough. Many other planners just didn''t have all of the sections I needed, or they did & cost too much ... cover is super cute & kind of soft. (Jun 1, 2016) ***** Beautiful. My daughter loved them!!! (August 17, 2014) ***** Love the Van Gogh Notebook ... Loved it, keep it in my purse incase of creative impulses. (November 8, 2013) ***** Love This! ... super cute, & I absolutely love the cover. Lots of room to include all kinds of information. (June 13, 2016) ***** Great for taking theory notes or writing music! ... I''m a music major, & I needed staff paper ... cute product & the staff paper is great. (Feb 1, 2016) ***** Amazing Recipe Book ... 3rd smART bookx recipe book I''ve purchased. I have it with the Carnival cover & purchased the Polka dots cover to copy recipes for my daughter... Love the index pages ... Easy to find the exact recipe you are looking for since the index shows all the recipe pages numbered. Highly recommended. (Dec 28, 2015) ALL BOOKS ARE MADE IN THE COUNTRY PURCHASED
The must-have literary book of the season! Over the course of a year, the bestselling author of A History of Reading spends a month with each of his 12 favourite books, allowing us to observe both the heart of the reading experience and how life around us can be illuminated by what we read. From June 2002 to may 2003, Alberto Manguel set out to reread twelve of the books he likes best, and to share with us, his “gentle readers,” his impressions and experiences in doing so. We travel with him as he leaves Canada to set up house in a medieval presbytery in France, visits his childhood home in Argentina and embarks on trips to various other places, always carrying a book in his hand. The result is an immensely enjoyable collection for every lover of reading — something between an intimate diary, a collection of literary thoughts, and the best travel memoir. A Reading Diary ranges from reflections on much-loved writers — Margaret Atwood, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, Cervantes — to seductive introductions to others about whom you will want to know more, such as Sei Shonagon and Adolfo Bioy Casares, simultaneously providing insights into the world of today, its changing seasons and pleasures, its shifting politics and wars — all illuminated by the great novel he is reading at the time. A Reading Diary is a walk through a year’s worth of best beloved books in the company of an eclectically learned friend. Touching on themes of home and wandering, memory and loss, Alberto Manguel perfectly traces the threads between our reading and our lived experience. Excerpt from A Reading Diary: June Saturday We have been in our house in France for just over a year, and already I have to leave, to visit my family in Buenos Aires. I don’t want to go. I want to enjoy the village in summer, the garden, the house kept cool by the thick ancient walls. I want to start setting up the books on the shelves we have just had built. I want to sit in my room and work. On the plane, I pull out a copy of Adolfo Bioy Casares’s The Invention of Morel, the tale of a man stranded on an island that is apparently inhabited by ghosts, a book I read for the first time thirty, thirty-five years ago. . . .
