2022 and 2023 Reading Journal

I somehow managed to complete my 2022 reading journal within the first couple days of 2023, which is frankly surprising. Usually, I'm way behind and have to catch up throughout the month of January, which only makes me get further behind in the new journal. I also did most of my 2023 set-up throughout December, …

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2022 Reading Journal Update #3

I almost can't believe that I'm planning my 2023 reading journal. I've started gathering ideas for what pages to include at the beginning and how I want to track what I read. I've experimented a lot with previous journals, figuring out what I like and don't like, which has given me ideas for how to …

2022 Reading Journal Update #2

Over the summer, I hit a lull in my reading journal. I kept it updated for the monthly pages and some of the stats related stuff I'm keeping track of this year, but I had a hard time finding motivation or inspiration for some of the individual pages and spreads. Part of this is probably …

Painted Book Edges #1

Sprayed book edges has become a trend lately in the bookish world. Lots of book boxes included sprayed edges as an exclusive and there are tons of Etsy shops and other artists that offer to spray edges or sell books with sprayed/painted edges. It's cool to have a book with a colorful edge or maybe …

2022 Reading Journal Update #1

Earlier this year, I posted my initial page spreads for my 2022 reading journal with the intention to track different things and also make my reading journal more artsy. I've enjoyed experimenting with different mediums to capture the "aesthetics" of the books I feature in my journal. I am not doing a page for each …

2021 and 2022 Reading Journal

I finished up my 2021 reading journal a couple of weeks ago so I thought I'd share a few pages from the past couple of months as well as what I set up for my 2022 reading journal. My goal for 2022 journal is to make it more "artsy" and to keep track of some …

2021 Reading Journal: Update #2

I've been enjoying the time I spend working on my reading journal. There's something different about sitting down with a pencil pouch full of colorful pens and the printed-out sheet of book covers than simply hopping on Goodreads to update my reading status or adding book stats to a spreadsheet. While I like keeping track …

2021 Reading Journal: Update #1

Because I enjoyed creating a reading journal in 2020, I decided to continue with a reading journal this year. I've kept a lot of what I do the same, like including the book cover and adding additional fun "art" things to pages of books I loved. One thing that's new is I'm including a page …

2020 Reading Journal Update #2

I'm not sure how I've managed to keep up with this reading journal because I got super behind on it during August and September and had to do an entire month worth of pages to catch up. But through the process, I learned that I actually liked waiting until the end of the month to …

2020 Reading Journal: Update #1

This year I decided to track my reading using a "creative" journal instead of just on Goodreads or a Google Doc. I wanted to experiment with some of the pages, giving notable books I read something more than just a few sentences on what I thought. I got a little behind, especially with being able …