I'm trying to stimulate more book reading on my part. Other than the daily 3-4 hour journey to work (the morning of which is usually spent snoozing), the Internet has sucked up most of my brain and my actual hard copy reading at home has dropped off massively. I figure a book log/journal is a good way to prompt me to read more non-porn. ;-D

Yes, I agree! And the secondary characters are fully fleshed out which helps.