Reading journal: [Book title]
Author | Genre | ||
Edition | Format | ||
Started | Finished | ||
Source | Reading for |
Before you start · what you expect, and why now
While reading
Reading log · a line after each sitting
Date | Pages | Note |
Passages worth keeping · copied exactly, with the page
p.
p.
Characters or key ideas
Name or idea | Who they are, or what it claims |
When you finish
Summary · with the book closed, in your own words
Reflection
What stayed with me:
Where it lost me:
Questions I still have:
How it connects:
Optional: Craft notes, for writers
Point of view and tense:
Structure:
Opening and ending:
One technique to borrow:
Verdict
Rating, 1–5:
In one sentence:
Recommend to:
Read next: