Rant: I wasted $22 on a fancy reading journal for book club and it made things worse
I got suckered into buying a $22 reading journal at a little book shop in Ann Arbor because the cover was nice, and I figured it would help me keep my thoughts straight for our monthly pick. Turns out writing in the thing during discussions pulled me right out of the conversation, and I missed half of what people said because I was busy filling in boxes. Does anyone actually use a journal like this for book club, or did I just toss my money at nice paper?