What is Notes and Thoughts?
In Reading Forest, you can freely write notes and thoughts about books. You can record everything about your reading experience including memorable quotes, impressive scenes, and your own reflections.
Main Features
- Free-form Writing For each reading day, you can freely record not only book quotes but also your thoughts and analyses.
- Multi-line Support Use line breaks to organize text into paragraphs for easy reading. Long thoughts are displayed beautifully.
- Searchable Note contents are also searchable, so you can find past thoughts using keywords.
- Image URL Support Enter an image URL to display images within your notes. You can also record illustrations of impressive scenes.
Comments for the Entire Book
In addition to notes for each reading day, you can also record comments about the book as a whole.
- Overall Impressions Record your overall review and general impressions after finishing the book.
- Ratings and Reviews Rate with 5 stars, recommendation level, etc., using your own evaluation criteria.
- Tagging Include genres, themes, keywords in your comments to make them easier to categorize and search later.
Use Cases
For notes while reading:
Record impressive quotes and important points on the spot.
For book club preparation:
Summarize your thoughts and discussion points in advance.
As a draft for book review blogs:
Take notes of what you thought while reading, then compile them into a blog post later.
As a reading diary:
Record your mood that day and your reading environment as well.
Tips for Using Notes
- Record impressive quotes Writing down memorable lines or passages as they are brings back the emotions when you read them later.
- Write down questions and analyses Recording questions you felt while reading and your own analyses will be helpful for book clubs or re-reading.
- Record your reading environment Recording details like "read at a cafe" or "on a rainy day" makes memories more vivid when you look back.
- Note related books Making notes of other works by the same author or related book titles can be helpful when choosing what to read next.
Supported Formatting
Line breaks: Press Enter to create a new line
Images: Display images using  format
Links: URLs are displayed as clickable links
Math formulas: Display math formulas beautifully using LaTeX notation (free for all plans) → Math Formula Guide
📷 How to Insert Images in Notes (Paid Plan)
You can insert images stored on your device or take photos with your camera directly into notes. Inserted images are automatically uploaded to Google Drive and synced with your reading logs.
Steps to Insert Images
- Select the note field: Place your cursor in the note field where you want to insert an image
- Open the image insertion menu:
- Select [Edit]→[Insert]→[Image] from the menu
- Or click the [🖼️] button in full-screen edit mode
- Choose how to get the image:
- Choose from files: Select an image saved on your device
- Take a photo: Open the camera and take a photo on the spot
- Automatic upload: The selected or captured image is automatically uploaded to Google Drive and inserted into your note
About Camera Capture
- Smartphone: Switch between front and back cameras
- Retake: Preview the photo after capture and retake if needed
- Perfect for book pages: Quickly capture impressive pages or diagrams
Note: Image insertion is limited to paid plans (Personal Plan / Group Plan). Google Drive connection is required to use this feature.
What is Google Drive?
Google Drive is a free cloud storage service provided by Google. You can save files on the internet and access them from multiple devices like smartphones and computers.
What you need:
- A Google Account (if you have a Gmail address, you already have one)
- If you don't have a Google Account, you can create one for free
How to connect Google Drive in Reading Forest:
Go to [Settings]→[Cloud Sync]→[Connect to Google Drive] and sign in with your Google Account.
📖 Related Pages
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How to Create Reading Logs
5 steps to effective reading logs, note-taking tips, and review methods explained in detail. -
Record Feature
Track reading progress with dates and page ranges. Combine with notes to manage when and what you read. -
Search Feature
Instantly search your past notes by keyword.