Digital + printable reading journal for horror fans
The Horror Reading Journal
Track every scare, monster and book you read with the lights on
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
Track every scare, monster and book you read with the lights on. The Horror 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 Horror 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 horror reading 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 monster & the setting
- Scare rating out of five
Extras4 pages
- Scare-o-Meter
- Scariest moments & sleep lost
- 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 Horror Reading Journal
How scared were you?
- Scare-o-Meter: rank the books that scared you most
- Note the scariest moment (no spoilers) and the sleep you lost
- Favourite quotes, with the book and page number
- Book club notes: your questions and what others said
Plan a year of scares
- Set your reading goals for the year
- 24 prompts, from a haunted-house story to a gothic novel
- 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 nightmare
- 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 monster, a scare rating and if the lights stayed on
Your year in fear
- 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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