Reading Journal: a cosy home for every book you read this year. Colour in a spine for each one, rate it with stars (and a little spice, if you like), and keep the lines you never want to forget.
Undated and hyperlinked, for GoodNotes, Notability and any PDF app. Start in any month and reuse it every year.
WHAT'S INSIDE (95 pages, 1,200+ links)
- My Reading Year: a loose goal, genres to try, authors, classics, habits and rereads
- My Bookshelf: 100 spines to colour in, one for every finished book. Tap spines 1 to 60 to jump straight to that book's review
- Reading Bingo: 25 prompts (a debut, translated fiction, a book with a map, "made you cry") with a line to note which book, and a free centre star
- 12 monthly trackers: books finished with ratings and pages, a 31-day reading streak and your book of the month
- 60 review pages: title, author, genre, pages and dates, format (print, ebook or audio), a 5-star rating, an optional 5-flame spice rating, eight mood tags, your thoughts, favourite lines with page numbers, characters, and who you'd recommend it to
- To Be Read lists, a Wishlist, Library Loans with due dates, Borrowed & Lent, and a Series Tracker with ten books per series
- Favourites of the Year and three Book Club pages
- A filled example (a review and a whole month) so you can see how the pages work. All the books and authors are invented
Four files in your download
- Main: US Letter, fillable, so you can type into the boxes or write by hand
- Handwriting: the same pages and links with no text boxes, so your pen never opens a text box
- A4: for Australia, the UK and Europe
- Start Here guide: two pages on which file to use, importing, and quick fixes
Works in your app
One standard, hyperlinked PDF with bookmarks — made for GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf, Xodo, Flexcil and PDF Expert on iPad and Android tablets. Tap links with your finger (if a tap draws a line, switch to read mode or "draw with pencil only"). No app lock-in, no subscriptions.
How to start
- After you pay, we email the files to the Google account you signed in with.
- Import the edition you want into your notes app.
- Look through the filled example, then make it yours.
Please note
- Digital download: nothing will be posted.
- Undated, so you can start in any month.
- Looking for a printable version? It's in our Printable Planners section.
- For personal use by one purchaser. Please don't share or resell the files.
Questions? Email hello@fayandform.com — we're happy to help.
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