If you're reading good books, consider taking notes by starting your own commonplace book. Enjoy!

A commonplace book is a journal of ideas, but in a way, it’s the opposite of a journal. Journals are for taking notes on our personal experiences, our longings, and frustrations.

Good Gray: A Commonplace Shop, in Penngrove, was conceived by owner Laural Reid to be a repository for housewares, art supplies and a bit of literature – with sprinkles of bath and beauty ...

Swift is a symptom, not a cause, of the weakening bonds between celebrities and publishing houses.

THE manuscript generally, but inaptly, called "Berkeley's Commonplace Book" is a document of unique interest in philosophical literature. Berkeley took his B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1704 ...

Garner, whose book reviews are a highlight of the Times culture pages, serves up a commonplace book composed of literary quotations, advice for living, recipes, and a heaping side order of memoir.

The book appears to have belonged to a young woman named Mary Vautin, who arrived in Tasmania aged 10 and died at 19-years-old.