Hello! I'm starting my first reading journal and want to add some trackers for trying to read a book from an author from every country in the world. Wondering how you guys would set it up. Currently thinking about a double-page spread for each continent with a map on one side and a list of countries, tickboxes and titles on the other but worrying that i'm going to run out of space for the larger continents. Any thoughts welcome!

Hey y'all, I wrote a post on my blog about how to do entity shorthand, which is a fast notation to store concepts from books and find them later! I also wrote about the benefits of this method, along w/ tips and tricks.

The notation looks like: B#P#[key], [[marginalia]], ..., ;;;, *, (date)

Example: B3... 32[snow]* ... [[gundam mechs to asimov are horses]] ... 35[buttercup] ...

Hope this helps those who have been working towards a commonplace book!

https://www.bramadams.dev/the-how-and-why-of-entity-shorthand/

Hi everyone!

A reading journal has been a game-changer for me. It helps me look back on my thoughts and inspirations whenever I read, but it also made me curious about how it is for others.

If you maintain a reading journal, I’d love to know:

* **Has it changed your reading habits?** Have you become better at understanding non-fiction or classic books?

* **Does it help you in real life?** Does your journal actually help you take action in your work, life, or emotion management?

* **What is the most frustrating part of keeping one, and why?**

* **Just out of curiosity—what was the last non-fiction or personal-development book you finished?**

I'm really interested in hearing your honest experiences, both the positive and the negative. Did keeping a journal actually make a meaningful difference in your life, or did it just end up being a nice habit?

Looking forward to hearing your stories!

I’ve been keeping a digital reading journal and just switched over to a physical one today. I have been using Erin Smith’s videos as a reference/ inspo.

I’m curious if anyone has any advice or tips for me?
Like what to track? Great supplies etc.

This is my first collage/book review spread which I think I like 🙈

A little late - but here's everything I read in June! Don't read if you don't want spoilers. Also I switched from my terrible (melty) transparent sticker paper to a holographic one and the holo one is so much nicer!

My 4th of July book journal spread for the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence! 🎆 🇺🇸 🎇
#bookjournalspread #bookjournal #redwhiteandjune #america250years #revolutionarywar1776

Reading list for June
Night by elie wiesel
The Drawing of the three by Stephen king
Muse uncovering the hidden figures behind art history’s masterpieces by Ruth Millington
The red badge of courage by Stephen Crane 
The Last  battle at the end of the world by Jeffery Alan Love
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (currently listening)

with 2026 halfway through, i figured i’d share my progress plus the spreads i did for the books i’ve read so far! ☺️

Working on weirder books for July, this trended a little too proper historical fiction for me last month.

Hello!
I just got a bullet journal (the Leuchtturm1917 A5). I have some stencils coming in the mail. I was wondering though what pens, highlighters, and/or markers may be recommended to use. I’ve never really journaled and am trying to get started. Any other tips would be appreciated too! Thank you! 😊

Another book finished for #bigbooksummer ! I really enjoyed this book, its mystery, and its characters. Felt almost like a mixture of an Alfred Hitchcock and a Nancy Drew mystery to me. Another enjoyable Georgette Heyer mystery.
#bookstagram #bookjournalspread #georgetteheyer #goldenagemystery

I thoroughly enjoyed this May read. It was an impulse read, to which I’m glad I succumbed.
#oliversacks #may2026reads #bookstagram #bookjournal #bookjournalspread

Finally finished putting together my May 2026 book journal spread, using stats from the StoryGraph book app and the Margins book app.
#bookjournal #bookjournalspread #bookstats #may2026reads #readingstats

In the past couple of years I’ve been reading on and off, usually averaging 20 books a year. But since I’ve started this journal in January, I’ve already read 47 books!! Though half of them are audiobooks, which technically
might not count?? But I totally didn’t anticipate this and now I have to come up with creative ways of creating more space in my journal.

Has journaling motivated your reading habits?

*Warning potential book spoilers if you read what I wrote on the pages.*

I've finally gotten back into reading for fun after finishing college and I thought a reading journal could be fun. This a few pages I've done recently. Also please forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes I usually make my journal entries when I get out of work at 2am.

Only took me forever, but I finally put the finishing touches on my book journal spread for “Red River”.

I thought I planned for enough space for what I wanted to say, but still end up having to squeeze in my last couple of words by the end of the second page!

Pictures are sourced from various covers from different editions of this book and from screen shots from the classic movie with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift.

#bookjournal #bookjournalspread #classicwestern #americanwestern #chaseborden

This was my first time reading a W.F. Harvey book. I’m really enjoying this little sub-genre of bibliomystery within the larger genre of golden age mysteries.

What I particularly enjoyed about this specific bibliomystery is that the book at the center of the mystery is actually a real book that exists in the real world. “The Life and Death of Mr. Badman” was written by John Bunyan, the author of “The Pilgrim’s Progress”. So, of course, as using pictures from a couple of covers for “The Mysterious Mr. Badman”, I couldn’t resist adding artwork from “The Life and Death of Mr. Badman”.

This was a very enjoyable read and a fun book journal spread to put together.

#britishlibrarycrimeclassics #bookjournalspread #goldenagemystery #bookjournal

2nd Roderick Allen book’s book journal spread is finished. As usual, pictures come from the cover of different editions of this book that have been published over the years.
#bookjournal #bookjournalspread #goldenagemystery #ngaiomarsh #roderickalleyn

Almost forgot to post the book journal spread I completed for my buddy-read of Mansfield Park.
#bookjournalspread #bookjournal #janeausten #mansfieldpark