Book Journal

Here’s one of those simple ideas with absolutely no barrier to entry, and is more of a craft project.

Problem: I have always loved beautiful notebooks and journals leather and wood inlays. I have no excuse to have more. Also, I forget which books I read over time, for I read so many.

Solution: Create an heirloom quality journal to record which books are read over time. It should preprinted pages for remembering what books you have read, much like the preprinting in a blank address book. For each book, you could record the a third of page with the name, author, publication year, genre, notes, and your rating. Over time, this could be a source of nostalgia and to jog ones memory. For young readers, it would also give a sense of accomplishment.

This probably exists in some form already; it’s a simple idea with no new technology. At a mininum, one could make an ink stamp to stamp and existing blank journal.