Digital + printable historical fiction reading journal
The Historical Fiction Reading Journal
Travel through time: log every era, place and story you visit
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 35-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
Travel through time: log every era, place and story you visit. The Historical Fiction 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 Historical Fiction Reading Journal, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
5 sections, 35 pages in the PDF
Plan5 pages
- Reading goals for the year
- 24 historical fiction 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
- Era, place & what you learned
- Immersion rating out of five
Extras4 pages
- Eras & places visited
- What you learned from each book
- 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 Historical Fiction Reading Journal
Every era you visited
- Eras & Places Visited: every time and place you travelled to
- Note the era, the place, the book and what you learned
- Favourite quotes, with the book and page number
- Book club notes: your questions and what others said
Pick your next era
- Set your reading goals for the year
- 24 prompts, from a Tudor novel to a family saga
- 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 journey
- 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 era, the place and an immersion rating out of five
Your year in history
- Rank your ten favourite books of the year, in order
- Say why each one earned its place
- Year in review: books read, your favourite book and why
- Bookshops and libraries you visited, and what you found there
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