I have yet again waited too long to post about more notebooks, and they seem to have grown exponentially in the time since my last post. I know I keep saying that this has become a sickness, but it’s really starting to feel out of control now. The longer I went without posting more of the notebooks, the more of a weight it became (though of course I don’t have to make these posts, but I really do enjoy it). I’m going to start sharing batches of notebooks that are related in some way to make the posts a little easier to write. For example, this post (and the one that will follow it) are all notebooks that have been gifted to me by someone.

Past posts about the collection I have so far: Post #1  |  Post #2  |  Post #3  |  Post #4  |  Post #5  |  Post #6  |  Post #7  |  Post #8  |  Post #9 | Post #10 | Post #11 | Post #12 | Post #13 |  Post #14 |  Post #15 |  Post #16

I’ve actually had both of this mini notebooks for several years. They were a gift from my in-laws for Christmas one year, a set of 3 Doctor Who notebooks, one of which I later gave to my daughter. Last year, when I was sort of inventorying my notebook collection to compare it to my husband’s board game collection to use both as a “fun fact” to share during our 25th anniversary party, I realized that there were several notebooks that I hadn’t previously considered part of my official collection for one reason or another (for these, it was probably because they’re so small), but since they’re notebooks, they really do count. So here they are.

This notebook is also very small and was given out to children’s workers at our church as part of a thank-you dinner a few years ago. I suppose it was again the size that made me dismiss it (at least subconsciously) as part of my collection.

This is one of the most unique entries in my collection. It’s actually an accounting ledger (see pic below) that my dad and step-mom found when they were cleaning out the things that belonged to her brother who passed some years back. Because they know I collect notebooks, they thought I might like it, and besides that, I also do bookkeeping work for various people in my family. I know I will never get to using all of the notebooks in my collection, but oddball ones like this tend to be ones I really hope to use eventually in some way.

These both also came from my dad and step-mother. The one on the left they picked up at a bookstore in Nashville, IN, and boy does that title suit me. The one on the right was somehow procured due to a son that works at Wal-mart. I sadly don’t remember how it came about; I just know that they didn’t simply go to the store and buy it…it’s already been at least a year since they gave it to me. But I do remember it was the first notebook they gave me—my step-mother really enjoys giving things to people in her family as she gets to know what they like, so it’s special for that reason alone.

No more messing around—another batch of these will be forthcoming. And then hopefully the momentum will propel me into posting about the rest of the [redacted] notebooks that I haven’t gotten to yet before the number doubles!

Do you collect anything related to reading or writing? Feel free to share!