So, I decided since I am a little at a loss of what exactly to write on for this to just go to the Barnes & Noble website and type in 'Journals' and see what I got. Naturally, I had to sift out the blank journals that they sell, but I did actually get a few hits which also lead me to something else, but we'll get to that later.
The first thing that popped up that was actually a written journal was called Beth's Journal.
It's a Nook book, bad ratings, the book, not the Nook though we're not going to get into how I fell about the Nook and Kindle type tech, nor the obvious dangers that could come about should they do away with paper media.
Anyway! Beth's Journal is about Beth, who is released from a mental institution and gets a job, and it is a journal chronicling her fears that she will have to go back to the institution and that the visions that put her there in the first place will return.
This led me to think about Girl, Interrupted. Which is both a book and a movie. The book, from the small excerpt I read isn't exactly a journal, but more of a memoir. The voice is almost a journal one though, just as it is in the movie.
There was another that popped up called Jay's Journal. And Excerpt can be found here. Which is pretty much what it seems to be, a fourteen to sixteen year old's journal. This kid has an IQ of 149, but he is still just a kid, and it follows his life as he grows up. There's mention of Charlie's Angels, and judging from some of the language used I am guessing the original movie, so I'll put the date in the mid to late 1970's.
The Burn Journals was really quite interesting as well, the excerpt I read showed it to be a fictional journal, though it was almost a stream of consciousness journal as it seemed to be 'written' as it was happening. It reminded me almost of The Catcher in the Rye.
That's all for now.
Stay tuned... or... something.
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