I love that idea! As for the ruler getting in the way when you get close to finishing, don’t forget it’s a wirebound: you can just fold the cover over to the other side and tuck it under the left side :)

Nice! I’m a wirebind fan - I love being able to turn the pages back over on themselves so I’m only looking at one single page, instead of a spread. Plus I have access to binders at work so I can take the bind off and print my preferred layout straight onto the pages and rebind, since I have trouble finding the kind of book I like.

Hope you enjoy the new format :)

Not temporary is good though, surely? I like the idea of a dispenser, that sounds a lot less messy than a liquid glue.

I used to use glue sticks but they were a cheap brand and only lasted a year. I don’t remember seeing Uhu her about Pritt sound familiar.

Thanks for the tip, I’ll see if I can find a local supplier to give them a go.

Do they add much bulk to the pages? I tend to stick my photos in the same spot on every page and if the dots add a bump, I start getting frustrated by the lack of a flat surface.

I tend to use my page more or less consecutively so haven’t run into this problem very often but now I’m doing whole spreads for the books I’m reading and having to jump around them. When that happens I’ve been doing a fancy arrow with the page number to jump to doodled inside it. It’s probably not very elegant but my journal is kind of a mishmash so it fits the (lack of a) theme.

I was going to rewrite my handwritten journal into a journal app but gave up pretty quickly - my early journal was written during a pretty stressful time and reliving it was fairly unpleasant so I quit after getting the first month or two (re)written. Knowing that I had a major burnout coming up in the following journal made me realise that I don’t actually want to go back to those times, so I think if I decide to have another go at backing things up, I’ll just be scanning the pages to create digital copies, without having to read them.

I have to admit, uploading to my own cloud space is a must-have for me because I journal on both laptop and phone, when I’m in the mood to type. I use Diarium which I think is Windows-only. Before I started using my phone, I used a program called iDailyDiary which is local to your own machine and doesn’t back up anywhere. It doesn’t have touchscreen capability (I don’t think) but I used it more for than a decade and loved it.

Cheers, I just checked on seeing your message on desktop and it’s all up and running.

This would be hugely helpful as I’m currently reading every post here to see if anyone else is having issues with their inbox (as in, it’s completely empty).

This is a montage of a bunch of digital pages that I did a few years ago. I love that I can fill the pages with relevant images - when I journal with a pen I’m restricted to more generic stickers that don’t really match the content. Plus there’s an undo button just in case ;)

The actual content is just general musings about books and movies, and what’s been going on in everyday life, but I like that it’s so colourful and stuffed with things to look at.

Cheers!

Have just installed it and so far I really like it. I set a screen name on my account but in Connect the account name is still showing instead. It’s not a huge priority but it would be good to see screen names implemented at some point.

Hi, can you share how you solved this? Thanks

I’ve been using the SuggestMeABook sub on reddit. I just search for a title I’ve read and liked and then trawled all the comments that touched on it.

I’ve started to use the recommendations on StoryGraph the last few months and have been pleasantly surprised. The biggest issue I’m having is that my local library doesn’t carry a lot of the more independent authors but I’ve managed to add a bunch of series to my TBR.

You’ve reminded me that I have a master list on my computer of all the books I’ve read since 2004. I should probably get around to updating it, it’s probably a year or so behind by now.

I have a Kobo Libra 2 and I think the only extra features are that it’s waterproof and you can do audiobooks on it via Bluetooth (you might be able to do that on Kindle too, I’m not sure).

I went with Kobo because I’m not a fan of Amazon and because I wanted to access a subscription service through it. With the optional sleep cover I never turn it off so it’s always ready to go.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel by Susanna Clarke

I want to reread that one but I have it in trade paperback size and the thought of lugging it to and from work (I only get to read on my lunchbreak) is enough to keep it anchored firmly on the shelf.

I prefer nonfiction to be printed books as well. For some reason I don’t seem to take it as seriously as an ebook, maybe it feels too insubstantial for my brain to take it seriously.