You know, I really need an Alanna icon. I loved it, too. I enjoyed the first person narration, but yeah, like you, journal formats never really are convincing for me. I mean, Bridget Jones' Diary was a fun read, but who keeps a journal with sixteen entries per day? Just the opposite of Beka's two or three LONG entries, but still. Then again, I have decided that this year I will once and for all get through Sarah Morgan's Civil War diary, and after I have done that, I'll tell you how long her actual journal entries are. ^_^