Because this is a journal, and not a regular book it is hard to review. Therefore, I am going to post the description and then my thoughts.
Book Description:
The ultimate organizing resource for book-lovers and a self-published hit, Read, Remember, Recommend gives readers a one-stop shop to keep track of their reading. Featuring 60 cross-referenced lists of literary awards and notable picks (Pulitzer, National Book Award, 100 Best Books of the Century), this journal offers more than 2500 suggestions to help readers discover great literature and new authors. The journal also provides room to record books read, jot down thoughts and ideas, and keep track of recommendations, books borrowed and loaned, and book club history.
Unlike anything on the market, Read, Remember Recommend keeps readers coming back to bookstores to purchase recommended books, creates opportunities for add-on and return sales, and celebrates the readers’ love of books.
My Thoughts:
This journal is divided into 6 parts:
1. Awards and Notable Lists: It includes all of the big ones like the Pulitzer and some smaller ones. It is a check list in which you can check off if you Own, Recommend, To Read, or Want.
2. To Read: This is where you can keep track of what books you want to read.
3. Journal Pages: To keep track of everything you have read.
4. Recommendations: To list books that you would like to recommend to others.
5. Loaner Lists: To keep track of books that you have loaned out or borrowed yourself.
6. Resources: Online book-related information and a section of literary terms.
Though I don’t usually read books based on what awards they have won, I do enjoy reading the lists. There were books that I have read or heard of and there were quite a few that I hadn’t heard of. I found myself needing to go through the lists next to my computer so I could look up books I hadn’t heard of. I added quite a few book on to my TBR (to be read), doing this.
Before I started book blogging, I use to keep a spiral note book to keep track of the books that I read and the books I wanted to read. I found it difficult to look up anything in it because it was not very organized. I think that this journal would help readers who don’t read a lot a bit with that. However, for the average book blogger like me, who averages at least 3-4 books per month there is not enough room. To record the details of all of the books I read. In theTo Read section, There is only room for 50 books. I could easily fill that up in a couple weeks.
I really enjoyed the resource section. There were website addresses for a bunch of book awards, book blogs, Social Networking sites, book exchange site, and more. She also included some fun sites which she call’s Read-Alike, in which you can put in the name of an author or a book and it will list authors and books that are similar.
I won’t be using some of the sections such as To Read or Journal for the reasons stated above. For keeping track of books I want to read and books I have read, I will continue to use GoodReads and of course, my blog. I have all of my own lists on GoodReads already, with way more books than this journal can hold. However, I will use this book as a reference book, and will refer back to the Awards Lists and Resources. Just for these two sections alone, this book is worth having.
4/5
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