Great American Read List discussion

This topic was inspired by Tasha as she made me aware that book journaling is currently a popular activity of readers (through our discussion in Lavan's bookshelf).

At first, I was planning to purchase a journal and keep a handwritten record but after further thought I've decided to type and print what's important to me instead. It'll be easier to make changes that way, and I like distinguishing parts with bold, italics and underline features. One section will include favorite quotations of books I've read. The other will be a yearly log like this:

2018

1. Feb. 9-15: Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë—421 pp.
2. Feb. 16-March 21: Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress Fanny Burney—2450 pp.
3. Feb. 16-28: The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells—253 pp.
4. March 2-8: The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner—249 pp.
5. March 9-14: The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov—472 pp.
6. March 16-22: Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse—173 pp.
7. March 22-30: The Book of Negroes/Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill—398 pp.
8. March 23-29: The Professor's House Willa Cather—212 pp.
9. March 30-April 25: Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson—276 pp.
10. April 21-June 6: A Game of Thrones—A Song of Ice and Fire #1 George R.R. Martin—831 pp.
11. April 23-May 1: In the Heart of the Country/From the Heart of the Country J.M. Coetzee—135 pp.
12. May 2-June 16: Cancer Ward Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn—548 pp.
13. June 1-16: The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut—203 pp.
14. June 4-13: Cinder—The Lunar Chronicles #1 Marissa Meyer—312 pp.
15. June 7-☐: A Clash of Kings—A Song of Ice and Fire #2 George R.R. Martin—916 pp.
16. June 14-23: The Siren—The Original Sinners #1 Tiffany Reisz—348 pp.
17. June 18-☐: Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn as Told by a Friend Thomas Mann—523 pp.
18. July 1-11: Siddhartha Hermann Hesse—156 pp.
19. July 2-6: Ghost—Track #1 Jason Reynolds—111 pp.
20. July 22-26: Patina—Track #2 Jason Reynolds—144 pp.
21. Aug. 1-☐: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Díaz—296 pp.

first-time reads: 17
rereads: 1
page count: 7692

by Nobel laureates: 5
The Sound and the Fury
Steppenwolf
In the Heart of the Country
Cancer Ward
Siddhartha

Barnes & Noble Classics: 4
Wuthering Heights
The War of the Worlds
Treasure Island
Siddhartha

Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: 11
Wuthering Heights
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
The War of the Worlds
The Sound and the Fury
The Master and Margarita
Steppenwolf
The Professor's House
Treasure Island
In the Heart of the Country
Cancer Ward
Siddhartha

PBS's The Great American Read: 6
Wuthering Heights
A Game of Thrones—A Song of Ice and Fire #1
The Sirens of Titan
Ghost—Track #1
Siddhartha
Patina—Track #2

★★★★★
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
A Game of Thrones—A Song of Ice and Fire #1
Cancer Ward
Siddhartha

I think it's a fun, useful way to track reading history and future goals!
Do you currently keep a book journal? If so, why did you start one? What does it include? Please share!

No book journal, but am so excited to log my reads on GoodReads site. It allows me to look back at what I read and enter books friends have read on to an active to-do list!