Macro: Log book to daily journal

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Includes 1 choice and 1 script.Needs QuickAdd 2.27.0 or later and either the Daily notes core plugin turned on or a custom Daily note path (see below).

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How to install

Click Copy package above.
In Obsidian, open Settings → QuickAdd, scroll to Packages, and click Import package…
Paste the package and review the choices and files it adds. Under Files, open View contents on the file marked Executable to read it. If you trust it, tick the acknowledgement, then click Import package.

After importing

Create today's daily note if you have not yet; the macro does not create one.
Run Log book from the command palette and enter a title. It sets the Book property of today's note, replacing any earlier value.
Daily notes somewhere else, or another property? Click the cog next to Log book in Settings → QuickAdd, then the cog on the logBook step, and set Daily note path (for example bins/daily/{{DATE:YYYY-MM-DD - ddd MMM D}}.md) or Property name. Leave the path empty to use the Daily notes plugin's folder and date format.

What's inside

MacroLog book · also in the command palette
Filescripts/logBook.js

The import screen lists everything before it writes anything, and you can change where files go. Importing again later offers Overwrite for the choices you already have; choose Skip to keep settings you changed. Full installation guide.

This macro asks which book you are reading and writes your answer to the Book property of today’s daily journal note, so you can log your current read without leaving the command palette.

Before you start

Today’s daily journal note must exist; the macro does not create one. The property is created if the note does not have it yet.
The Daily notes core plugin turned on, or a custom Daily note path in the script settings (step 4).

Setup

Imported the package above? The script and the Log book macro are already in place; skip to step 4 to check its settings, then run it.

Download logBook.js and save it somewhere in your vault (not inside the .obsidian folder). See the user scripts guide for how QuickAdd loads scripts.
In Settings → QuickAdd, click New choice → Macro. The Macro Builder opens; click its name at the top to rename it (for example, Log Book). See the Macro choice docs for a full walkthrough.
In the Macro Builder, add your script as a User Script command.
Click the cog on the script step. Leave Daily note path empty to use the Daily notes plugin’s folder and date format, or set it to where your daily notes live, with their date format, for example bins/daily/{{DATE:YYYY-MM-DD - ddd MMM D}}.md. Change Property name if you want to log to something other than Book.

Run the macro and enter a book title at the prompt. QuickAdd updates the Book property in today’s journal note to that title.

The Macro builder for the Log Book macro, with the logBook user script as its only command