Digital + printable crime & mystery reading journal
The Crime & Mystery Reading Journal
Every case you crack, culprit who fooled you and detective you love
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 36-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links
- Two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design
- Printable US Letter versions of both designs
- Recommended Resources for Authors PDF
A hyperlinked PDF for Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf and other PDF note apps on iPad or Android tablets. Tap the tabs and contents to jump between pages.
About this journal
Every case you crack, culprit who fooled you and detective you love. The Crime & Mystery Reading Journal has 5 sections: plan, log, reviews, extras and year.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template and E-ink edition, or as a printed, spiral-bound planner, so you can plan in the app you already use.
Sample pages
Take a look inside
Real pages from the Crime & Mystery Reading Journal, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
5 sections, 36 pages in the PDF
Plan5 pages
- Reading goals for the year
- 24 crime & mystery prompts
- To-be-read list to tick off
Log3 pages
- Books read log
- Date & rating for every book
- Series tracker
Reviews12 pages
- Review space for 24 books
- The detective & who you suspected
- Twist rating out of five
Extras5 pages
- Whodunit tracker
- Detective rankings
- Favourite quotes
Year2 pages
- Top ten of the year
- Year in review
- Your ten favourites, in order
Section and page counts are for the Goodnotes & PDF edition; the other formats hold the same planning pages, arranged to suit each app.
Highlights
Inside the Crime & Mystery Reading Journal
Can you crack the case?
- Whodunit Tracker: name your suspect before the reveal
- Record the culprit, the clue you missed and if it fooled you
- Detective Rankings: rank your favourite fictional detectives
- Favourite quotes, with the book and page number
Line up your next case
- Set your reading goals for the year
- 24 prompts, from a police procedural to a cosy mystery
- Tick each prompt off and note the book you read for it
- A to-be-read list to tick off as you go
Review every case
- Log every book you finish, with the date and your rating
- Series tracker: books read, next up and whether it's out yet
- Review space for 24 books, two to a page
- Note the detective, who you suspected and a twist rating
Your year in crime
- Rank your ten favourite books of the year, in order
- Year in review: books read, your favourite book and why
- Book club notes: your questions and what others said
- Bookshops and libraries you visited, and what you found there
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