As someone who tends to prefer physical mediums in the realms of reading + writing (and inspired by all the recent conversations on here re book ecosystems), I’ve decided to start my first physical book journal in 10+ years!

I wanted to ask those in the community that keep physical book journals, how do you organize your thoughts on the page? Are there any specific methods you utilize or structures you tend to follow for each book as you’re reading it? Do you do things differently depending on the book/genre? How do you tackle analysis when written? Is it something you work on as you go or save for the end (à la pagebound reviews)?

I like to annotate books but usually in a very bare bones way, mostly just underlining passages that stick with me and small thoughts about them. The only recent analysis I’ve down outside of pagebound is for law school (and no, I’m not gonna IRAC fiction 🥴) so any advice or suggestions would be much appreciated!