
Member Reviews

Once again the Team at NetGalley have put together a wonderful reading journal for 2025! This is a super easy way to track your reading goals and books/authors you enjoy.

A lovely digital journal to keep track of my reading habit! It's got all the pages and resources to make journaling fun and accessible. Thanks Netgalley for this awesome resource!

If you’re looking for a tool to keep your reading life organized, a well-designed reading journal can be a game-changer. A great journal should include sections to track books you’ve read, to-be-read lists, favorite quotes, ratings, and personal reflections. Bonus features like reading challenges, themed prompts, or space for reviews can make it even more engaging. The best ones are customizable and easy to use, helping you not only stay organized but also deepen your connection with the books you love. It’s the perfect companion for bookworms who want to bring structure and creativity to their reading habits!

I love this reading journal! I could never make my own; my graphic design skills are down the drain, but this was so simple to use and fit for all of my needs. Would totally recommend to any reader, even those who don't use NetGalley.

I could not load the journal on my mobile device, which was really disappointing. I rarely use my desktop, so having the journal inaccessible on mobile makes it inconvenient and impractical for my needs. Mobile compatibility is essential for tools like this, and not having it limits its usability. I hope this issue gets resolved soon, as I would love to fully utilize the journal in a more accessible way.

Beautiful colour palette and easy to navigate and use in Goodnotes, my favourite note taking app! Thank you to NetGalley for aiding in my ability to take notes and write good reviews of my favourite books with this monthly organizational tool, including general goals, a space to track your approval rating, and even an about the user section! They really think of everything.

Love it, excited to have another year to track my books
This is such a helper when trying to keep track because I don't always remember to put my reviews or ratings on goodreads or fable

Really love the colors in this new version of the reading journal! I wish there was maybe a way to separate Netgalley and other reading goals. But it’s easy enough to combine reading types. The challenges are fun and are great templates to use rather than creating your own but there’s still room for creativity.

love the new colour update!
kind of wish there were more updated activities but im excited for the Challenges available through Social Medias
excellent for review writing beginners, experienced book worms and netgalley long time members
keep track of your score, books read, monthly and yearly goals and so much more!

This was such a super helpful intro into journaling and how to use NetGalley! I love how this app gives you tips and tricks on how to use it! Thanks again for being helpful as always!

So cute and easy to use! I love all the options for pages and it seemlessly integrated with my favorite notepad app! I had to choose the bright colored option of course

I cannot believe that there was one last year too but I somehow missed it! This is exactly what I was looking for to track my reading throughout the year. There are little bits that I'd change but that's not too hard to do.

Very good useful reading journal. It has lots of pages for different things to include. I will be using this to track my reading throughout the year

Good tracker, easy to use, will give it a try for 2025. Thanks to Netgalley for providing for reviewers to use in 2025, and to We Are Bookish for creating this planner.

Lovely set up, simple enough to use! Super grateful to NetGalley for providing this 😊 look forward to attempting to keep on top of managing it!

A Beautiful and well organized tracker. I'm looking forward to seeing how it helps me keep track of my reading this year.

Very cute and looking forward to using it this year. Love the colors and the set up. Was looking for a digital tracker this year and this really fits the bill.

Great format to track my reading journey this year. I just need to choose a program to use it with and learn to use it!

Best for reviewers just getting started with NetGalley, or just getting started with reviewing, period. I can't edit it to my satisfaction in the free version of the one software I can access, and I'm not going to go through the trouble of recreating it again in Publisher or Canva.
Ideal reading journal for me:
1) In Canva, or the Google version of Publisher; able to save a local copy and edit at will.
2) able to delete pages, or create duplicate pages. ex: I would read but the delete most of the text and instructions and keep the review summaries; if I kept the pages for all the cover images, I would have to duplicate more pages, or I would not do this part of the journal and delete these pages.
3) Bonus if some fields auto-fill. ex: "start" numbers for a month auto-fill from the "end" numbers from the previous month; totals or percents automatically caluculate based on start and end inputs; monthly goals can be indicated as "every month" and auto-fill to each month's list of check boxes.

Loving the new sunset color palette! I have the thing decked out and ready to roll for the 2025 year. We Are Bookish always does a bang-up job providing information on how to use the journal and showcasing the many ways to customize it from their own people.