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Monthly calendar - One line per in progress book
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jaina8851Feb 21, 2025
I read a lot of books at the same time, and unless I'm absolutely fastidious about making sure that I read all of the books every day, I end up with books sharing lines on the calendar. I find this a lot harder to read and understand (particularly when the colors for the bars are quite similar, which tends to happen a lot on my calendars). I'd really prefer it if each book had its own row until it was completed, or at the very least, if different books maintained at least one space between them so that they don't butt up against each other in a way that makes it look confusingly continuous.
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The first version was done like that but then most people end up with end up with very tall day cells and a lot of un-used space. So many different reading styles to cater to and optimise for!
Nadia That makes sense!! I thought about that for my own use case, that it might make the stack really tall. I wonder if just adding a little white padding if there are two colors sharing a row would help? It's just the continuous-looking line that really is visually confusing for me. I sometimes find myself repeatedly generating the calendar as I'm reading over the course of a day to make sure this doesn't happen 🙈 which isn't really how I want to be thinking about what books I want to read haha!!
jaina8851 Yes, I know what you mean about the continuous line thing. I'll figure something out at some point!
Nadia It just occurred to me in looking at my calendar that I wanted to clarify what I mean by "one line per book" in case it was unclear. I actually mean "one line per in progress book." If a book is done or DNFed and its cover is on the graphic, then I have no visual issue with a new book taking up its slot to save space. Because indeed, if it was truly one line per book with no repeats, then the columns would get WAY too tall! The confusion for me is only when multiple in progress books take up the same line. (Apologies if this is already what you thought I meant, I just wanted to make sure I was being clear 😄)
jaina8851 Yes, I knew this is what you meant but thank you for clarifying.