Reading Accessories Worth the Desk Space — still i read
The three products featured in this desk.log column all come from a Korean stationery brand called ‘still i read’. This writer stumbled across them while hunting for reading accessories and came away genuinely impressed — not just by the aesthetic, which leans minimal and warm, but by how thoughtfully each piece is designed around the actual experience of reading. The lineup for today: a bookmark, a book tracker, and an index sticker set.
A Bookmark That Pulls Double Duty — 'Log-it Bookmark'
A bookmark is the one reading accessory nobody questions. Most serious readers are in the middle of more than one book at any given time, and keeping track of where you left off across multiple volumes is not a small logistical matter. For this writer, who reads in parallel almost by default at this point, a bookmark is less a nicety than a necessity.
The ‘Log-it Bookmark’ from still i read handles the basics well — it's a clip-style design, which means it stays put without adding bulk to the spine. What sets it apart is that both sides function as a reading record card. The front gives you space to jot down a line or passage that stopped you mid-chapter; the back holds the book's title, author, and the dates you read it. While you're in the book, it marks your place. Once you're done, it becomes a compact record of the reading itself — a small archive of where you've been.
The design takes its shape from a miniature book, which is either charming or too on-the-nose depending on your taste. This writer finds it works. It comes in three colorways — Morning Sky, Dreamy Haze, and Pale Mint — which gives you enough range to match the book's mood, or your own.
A Reading Log That Fits in Your Pocket — 'Underline Book Tracker'
The second product is a book tracker, and the pitch that still i read uses for it — "a personal library completed not just by reading, but by recording" — turns out to be accurate. There are plenty of apps built for exactly this kind of tracking, and many of them are excellent. But this writer keeps the phone out of reach while reading, and reaching for a device to log progress mid-session has a way of unraveling the whole point of sitting down with a book in the first place. A physical tracker sidesteps that friction entirely.
The ‘Underline Book Tracker’ comes in two formats: weekly and monthly. After spending time with both, this writer's read is this — the monthly tracker suits readers who want to log daily reading as a habit-building exercise, while the weekly tracker is better suited to those already reading consistently and planning their next book before finishing the current one. For parallel readers, running both simultaneously is worth trying: the monthly tracker for leisure reading, the weekly for books tied to work or study. The form factor is business-card size, which means it slides into a book or a pencil case without a second thought.
The Finishing Touch for Your Reading Notes — 'Category Tabs Index Sticker'
The last item is an index sticker set, designed to let you tag your reading records by genre. It's the kind of accessory that finds its full usefulness alongside a reading journal or the book tracker described above — and the more genres you move between, the more it earns its place.
This writer used it in combination with the Underline Book Tracker. Since parallel reading here tends to mean one book per genre at a time, attaching genre stickers to the tracker made it immediately clear what was in rotation at a glance. It also pays forward: books tagged by genre can be grouped and reviewed later, which turns a casual sticker into something closer to a personal cataloguing system over time.
Small Objects, Considered Carefully
Beyond the three products covered here, still i read makes a wider range of reading accessories worth exploring. The common thread across the line is that each piece is compact, quietly designed, and built around reading as a sustained, analog practice — which is increasingly countercultural in its own way. For anyone trying to keep their reading life off-screen and on the page, this brand is a good place to start.
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