Hand-drawn digital reading journals

Halt, little reader.

This hoard is guarded by Duchess Gilda. She'd like to know your business before she lets you in.

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Duchess Gilda lounging smugly on a tall pile of books and coins

Wine or tea, darling?

Same journal, two rituals. Pick yours.

Duchess Gilda tasting a glass of red wine beside her books

Kept by Duchess Gilda

The Wine Edition

For readers who end the day with a good book and a glass of something red. Gilda guides you through every page.

Pour log and wine pairings for every genre
Pairing Passport: 12 glasses to colour in
Free tap and type bonus file

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Can't choose? Hoard both. Two rituals, one story. Bundle opens in December.The Duchess and her butler, one story. Bundle opens in December.

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Inside the hoard

170 linked pages. Tap a tab, never scroll. One book page is all you need; the rest is optional mischief.

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The Home page of the Hoard Notes journal with its tabs and buttons — **170 linked pages**Every tab and button is a link. Home takes you anywhere.

A filled-in book page with coin, flame and tear ratings — **100 book pages**Coins, flames, tears, tropes and your favourite moments.

The Realm of the Hoard map with 20 numbered regions — **A map of quests, 24 sealed dares**Optional mischief: a hand-drawn map (each edition has its own) and dares behind wax seals.

The Pairing Passport with glasses to colour in — **12-glass Pairing Passport**Colour a glass, or a cup, for every new pairing.

Free tap and type bonus file · A share card for your reading year · Undated, reuse it every year

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The household is growing

Someone new has the keys…

The Duchess has hired help for the library. He arrives with the Coffee & Tea Edition in December. Gilda refuses to say more.

He alphabetises. I'm told this is a virtue.

Earl the dwarf butler, half-moon spectacles and a ring of keys, presenting his library cart with a cup of tea on top

Meet the household

Meet Earl

Earl is the Duchess's butler and keeper of the library. He looks about forty and has kept books for centuries. Gilda piles them; Earl puts them back in order. Neither will ever win.

Half-moon spectaclesA ring of library keysPencil behind the earNever sits on a book

Earl, darling, the tea. And don't be so grey about it.

The kettle is on, Your Grace. I've also returned your books to their shelves.

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The third door

Something sweet is rising in the kitchen…

The library smells of cinnamon lately. The Duchess denies everything.

If there's icing on my books, someone is leaving.

I've counted the biscuits, Your Grace. Twice.

The Duchess's privacy policy, in brief

Join the hoard

Duchess Gilda hoards books, not email addresses. She keeps no personal data and wants none. What she does collect is your taste in books, and your opinions about them, the stronger the better. If you'd like to join the hoard, find her here:

Instagram · @hoardnotesGilda's daily remarks, new pages, your #MyHoardNotes spreads Pinterest · @hoardnotesSpreads, pairings and cosy reading corners Write to her · hoardnotes@gmail.comRecommendations welcome. Complaints, less so.Recommendations welcome. Complaints about Earl, less so.

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Guard your hoard well. — G.