Books to Check Out: A Journal [Spiral-bound]

Imagineering Company (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2001

Inspired by the hand-stamped due date cards from public libraries, this clever journal has sections for keeping track of books to read, favorite passages, and books lent and borrowed. Includes a handy pocket for review clippings.

Editorial Reviews

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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. And inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx; "Read in order to live." -Gustave Flaubert, 1867; "There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it." -Bertrand Russell

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811829863
• ISBN-13: 978-0811829861
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, and fairly useful..., November 8, 2001

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"bookboarder" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Books to Check Out: A Journal (Spiral-bound)

If your To Be Read list would frighten most people, then this little Journal would be of use to you. It is really well done, with sections for Books to Read, Favorite Books/Passages, and Books Borrowed/Lent. You can write lots and lots of books in here, the only problem is, you often have to use more than the allotted space for books. There isn't much room, but it is definitely a great idea, and a useful tool. I have listed lots of books in it, and it's really helped me realize how many books I have yet to read, in comparison with those I have read.

A great gift for book lovers, because it will actually help you figure out what books are still sitting on your shelves, or in your TBR pile that is threatening to topple over and squash you, even if you can't see them!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Idea in Theory, November 4, 2001

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Jodi "languagejunkie" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Books to Check Out: A Journal (Spiral-bound)

This little journal is a really good idea for people who have an extensive list of "must read" books and not quite as much time as they'd like to get them all read. The pages are blank, save for the lines that are intended for the book lover to list all of the titles that he/she would like to read one day. The only complaint I have about this journal is that the space alotted for each entry is somewhat short, forcing the longer titled books (i.e. books with more than one word in the title) to be either abbreviated or assigned more than one line. The journal itself is a good idea, but it should have been made bigger.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Books to Check Out" is the Book to Buy, June 9, 2003

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Diana (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Books to Check Out: A Journal (Spiral-bound)

I always seem to find books I want to read before I find the money to buy them. This little book is great because I can write down the title and author to remember it later. I don't have any problem with the amount of space in it. I think the makers of the book intended users to use as many lines as they need to write down titles. In addition to being useful, this journal is also pretty cute. I keep it with me in my purse all the time.