Shelfmark

Shelfmark is a warm, private diary designed for reading clubs and anyone who wants to keep a tactile log of finished books. The app presents your collection as a rotating wooden book carousel, where each entry stands upright as a hardcover spine with a dangling ribbon bookmark. Adding a new read is simple: just tap the pencil cup on the Home screen and fill out a journal-style notepage with the title, author, and how you felt. You choose from four moods—loved, liked, meh, or disliked—and the ribbon instantly takes on the corresponding colour, from deep coral for a beloved book to charcoal for one that missed the mark. A short personal note or club discussion snippet can be jotted in iron‑gall ink styling, preserving the quick reactions that bring a reading group to life. The Home tab greets you with a softly glowing centre where two brass compass‑rose medallions keep count of your Total Reads and Loved Reads at a glance. From there, the My Reads shelf lets you scroll through every club read you have logged, with each spine clearly showing the title, author, and its mood ribbon dangling outward. Tap any spine to open a detail page where you can re-read your note, edit the entry, or neatly tear it away with a torn‑paper confirmation. The Loved tab filters the carousel to only those reads you rated as loved, and each of those ribbons gets a tiny brass heart charm instead of a checkmark, creating a cherished shelf of favourites. When you are looking for a specific title or author, the Search tab offers an engraved brass search bar that returns matching book spines instantly, reusing the same elegant spine design you already recognise. Everything you record stays safely on your device, stored in a local offline database that never requires an account or cloud connection. The empty carousel is an invitation in itself, with a glowing desk lamp, a single placeholder spine that reads “Your next great read awaits,” and a few loose ribbon bookmarks scattered on the shelf, ready for your first entry. Whether you are a book club member wanting a shared‑taste offline log, a casual reader building a tactile journal, or part of a small reading group that values a simple private record, Shelfmark turns logging books into a quiet, personal ritual.