Two of the reasons I took up this strange profession....

1. Never again to have to wear a tie
2. Never again to have to look at a spreadsheet

Yep - it's a book diary for me. The other thing I'm rigid about is copying over the exact text about characters from earlier books - not what I think is their description. Readers only know them by the words, not what we know. Seems to be a way to remind myself of that.