diff --git a/bookwyrm/forms.py b/bookwyrm/forms.py
index 37cb2e87..83f0d053 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/forms.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/forms.py
@@ -480,6 +480,16 @@ class SortListForm(forms.Form):
     )
 
 class ReadThroughForm(CustomForm):
+    def clean(self):
+        """make sure the email isn't in use by a registered user"""
+        cleaned_data = super().clean()
+        start_date = cleaned_data.get("start_date")
+        finish_date = cleaned_data.get("finish_date")
+        if start_date > finish_date:
+            self.add_error(
+                "finish_date", _("Reading finish date cannot be before start date.")
+            )
+
     class Meta:
         model = models.ReadThrough
         fields = ["user", "book", "start_date", "finish_date"]
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/add_readthrough_modal.html b/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/add_readthrough_modal.html
index 55d2198c..e177850e 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/add_readthrough_modal.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/add_readthrough_modal.html
@@ -13,7 +13,51 @@ Add read dates for "<em>{{ title }}</em>"
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block modal-body %}
-{% include 'readthrough/readthrough_form.html' with readthrough=None %}
+{% csrf_token %}
+
+<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ readthrough.id }}">
+<input type="hidden" name="book" value="{{ book.id }}">
+<input type="hidden" name="user" value="{{ request.user.id }}">
+<div class="field">
+    <label class="label" tabindex="0" id="add_readthrough_focus_{{ readthrough.id }}" for="id_start_date_{{ readthrough.id }}">
+        {% trans "Started reading" %}
+    </label>
+    {% firstof form.start_date.value readthrough.start_date|date:"Y-m-d" as value %}
+    <input
+        type="date"
+        name="start_date"
+        class="input"
+        id="id_start_date_{{ readthrough.id }}"
+        value="{{ value }}"
+        aria-describedby="desc_start_date"
+    >
+    {% include 'snippets/form_errors.html' with errors_list=form.start_date.errors id="desc_start_date" %}
+</div>
+
+{# Only show progress for editing existing readthroughs #}
+{% if readthrough.id and not readthrough.finish_date %}
+{% join "id_progress" readthrough.id as field_id %}
+<label class="label" for="{{ field_id }}">
+    {% trans "Progress" %}
+</label>
+{% include "snippets/progress_field.html" with id=field_id %}
+{% endif %}
+
+<div class="field">
+    <label class="label" for="id_finish_date_{{ readthrough.id }}">
+        {% trans "Finished reading" %}
+    </label>
+    {% firstof form.finish_date.value readthrough.finish_date|date:"Y-m-d" as value %}
+    <input
+        type="date"
+        name="finish_date"
+        class="input"
+        id="id_finish_date_{{ readthrough.id }}"
+        value="{{ value }}"
+        aria-describedby="desc_finish_date"
+    >
+    {% include 'snippets/form_errors.html' with errors_list=form.finish_date.errors id="desc_finish_date" %}
+</div>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block modal-footer %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/readthrough.html b/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/readthrough.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efd77683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/readthrough/readthrough.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% extends 'layout.html' %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load utilities %}
+
+{% block title %}
+{% blocktrans trimmed with title=book|book_title %}
+Add read dates for "<em>{{ title }}</em>"
+{% endblocktrans %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+{% include "readthrough/add_readthrough_modal.html" with book=book active=True static=True %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/reading.py b/bookwyrm/views/reading.py
index 7c10c7fc..7c2b6d0b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/reading.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/reading.py
@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ class CreateReadThrough(View):
 
     def post(self, request):
         """can't use the form normally because the dates are too finnicky"""
-        print("hi")
+        book_id = request.POST.get("book")
         normalized_post = request.POST.copy()
-        print(normalized_post)
 
         normalized_post["start_date"] = load_date_in_user_tz_as_utc(
             request.POST.get("start_date"), request.user
@@ -134,13 +133,15 @@ class CreateReadThrough(View):
         normalized_post["finish_date"] = load_date_in_user_tz_as_utc(
             request.POST.get("finish_date"), request.user
         )
-        form = forms.ReadThroughForm(normalized_post)
+        form = forms.ReadThroughForm(request.POST)
         if not form.is_valid():
-            print(form.errors)
-            # TODO error handling
-            return ""
+            book = get_object_or_404(models.Edition, id=book_id)
+            data = {"form": form, "book": book}
+            return TemplateResponse(
+                request, "readthrough/readthrough.html", data
+            )
         form.save()
-        return redirect("book", request.POST.get("book"))
+        return redirect("book", book_id)