Originally Posted by Thrasher 
It really needs a better journal. A 5 word title is NOT enough to describe a quest.
This is annoying me too, it forces you to just blindly follow the quest marker instead of being able to read the quest description and work out where to go from there.
The books on the other hand are surprisingly well written; I've read quite a few of them now which is rare for me, I'm usually more interested in kicking monster bottoms.