@Angel Crawford - IIRC the
Calibre Companion (CC) app can update custom column Date (e.g. #date_read/Date Read) in a calibre database.
What I don't know is whether CC will run on a Tolino Shine. If the Tolino Shine runs Android there's a good chance it will. I suggest you ask in the CC forum.
FWIW - if you press F2 on a date cell in the book list and press '=' the cell will be set to the current date.
BR