I think it just becomes a habit once you start. It does help to keep the journal near where you have your books though. I need to get a new journal this year, my old one has just one page left. I remember checking the Swedish translations and wasn't very impressed by them. I love the Finnish ones though, they're excellent and I think they are part of the reason why almost everyone here has read Harry Potter. I think reading on the original language is amazing, you get the exact feel of everything but to me it can be so time consuming (not to mention money consuming since the libraries don't have that much works in original languages.) Ido admire you for doing that.

I wish I could remember the first book I read in whole, but cannot. I haven't read Anne of Green Gables though, ever. Haha, familiar feeling, I totally get you. :D