One reason I started BOOKGASM was to keep a record of everything I read, because when you consume more than 100 books a year, one can no longer rely on memory alone. But if I didn’t have BOOKGASM, I would utilize something like READ, REMEMBER, RECOMMEND, created by Rachelle Rogers Knight.
This spiral-bound reading journal would make a perfect gift for any hardcore bibliophile on your list, with nearly 250 pages of section to help keep reading material straight, separated with handy, full-color, recipe-tabbed section breaks.
There’s a section to write down books you’ve read, with space for passages to remember and other comments/thoughts. What to read next? Consult your “to read” list or “author pages.” Loaning out a book? Don’t forget to record it in the “loaner lists” so you’ll know who has it and for how long.
The thing that makes READ, REMEMBER, RECOMMEND stand out from the dime-a-dozen reading journals at Barnes & Noble is its enormous amount of checklist up front of award winners and best-ofs; the Pulitzers, National Book Awards, Oprah’s Book Club selections, Time magazine’s most influential novels – they’re all there, and that’s just scratching the surface. (As you look year by year, it’s amazing how many times Joyce Carol Oates as placed as a Pulitzer runner-up … and sad that she’s never won.) –Rod Lott
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