The Abandoned Book Problem
Reading is a habit, but without data, it's just an intention. This progress log isn't just about recording what you finished; it's about identifying the friction in your reading life. If you're managing your "to-read" pile through memory alone, you're likely ignoring half your library. Do you know exactly which Ongoing book you haven't touched in three weeks? Can you recall the Pages read during your last focused session? Without a high-fidelity digital record of your daily progress, your reading goals are just optimistic guesses that often end in abandoned chapters.
This template is a digital технічний log for the serious reader. It unifies your physical Book Library with a granular timeline of activity, ensuring that every session contributes to a verifiable reading history.
The Progress Engine
The strength of this system is its mathematical integration. It doesn't just ask "did you read?"; it calculates your momentum. By linking to your master library, the log pulls the Title and Number of pages, then tracks your current Pages read against the Old pages read. The system automatically derives the Amount read per session and updates the Pages read (%) in your library. This immediate feedback loop turns the daunting task of an 800-page biography into a series of manageable, documented milestones.
The Longitudinal Archive
The ultimate value of this system is the historical context. You aren't just logging pages; you are building a database of your intellectual consumption over years. You can see the Read Date for every book in your collection and filter by Categories like Fiction, History, or Literary Criticism. The integrated My rating system (on a 10-point scale) helps you identify the authors and genres that actually provide the highest ROI for your time. You move from "reading a lot" to mastering the data-driven science of your own education, ensuring that every Date and every Pages read entry is a documented step toward your intellectual growth.