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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
For a little while last year I kept a book journal. Not just a list of books read, but thoughts and observations of all books I read. I stopped after a while because I didn't like the Moleskine notebook I used. I loved the dotted grid interior, but it was too narrow for my liking.
I wanted to get a new notebook, but never did. Yesterday I came across the Leuchtturm 1917 bullet journal online somewhere and realized that I could use it as a book journal. It's got index pages and a future log at the beginning. The latter I will use to write down books, authors and series I want to check out. After that I keep a list for my active series. And then I have over 200 pages for my notes. I like the A5 size and hardback cover, whilst i can fold the cover back like with my Moleskine notebook it is more sturdy and thus more easily to write in when not having a surface to put the notebook on.
To treat myself I also got a Lamy Safari fountain pen, which is pure nostalgia for me; all Dutch children of my age got a Lamy ABC pen in primary school. I also got a converter cartridge and two different colours of bottled ink, because regular black, blue or red is just boring. Online I ordered an extra fine nib, since my scrapbook store, where I got all my new goodies, only stocks calligraphy nibs.
I've just set the bullet journal up, and I like it. What better book to start the journal with than my favourite: Stephen King's It.
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I started out bullet journaling 6 years ago when the notion was first kicked off. I kickstarted the little system (came with some PDFs of suggested set-ups, symbols, etc). My style has evolved to fully fit me now. My wife mentioned in passing that my books look more like a
traditional commonplace book with a bullet journal's minimalism. I start my day reviewing my tasks and I end my day creating tomorrow's tasks. In between, I write about every book I read, paste things that catch my fancy, take meeting notes, and just generally use it to keep whatever I need to hand.
Were I a writer, I would be called to mind of Joan Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook." As it is, I would not know what to do without my book. And I use Lamy Safari's to write in it
I started using Lamy's for grading papers when I was a professor because I used so much ink. Then pens were so comfortable that it stuck for me. Good, inexpensive, tons of ink options.