🌊 2025 READING JOURNAL 🏴☠️
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Ahoy ye book besties! Thanks for washing up to my channel. I am so proud of this years Pirate theme for my reading journal set up. I hope you found some treasure buried within these pages that inspire you for your own journals. I would love to see what you create, so please let me know if you share a journal of your own this year. XoXo Manda
📚 Books Mentioned 💗
Fable by Adrienne Young
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
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This is probably the most cohesively themed reading journal I've ever seen! Absolutely stunning!
OMG, that is so sweet. Thank you! I went a little "overboard" if you'll forgive the Pirate pun. 😂🏴☠️
Your journal is absolutely stunning! I love the theme and how creative you are with the titles. And the torn edges?! Fabulous!
I can't decide if I should continue the edges throughout the journal or stop here 😂 help me decide!
@@manda_made BOTH! 😂
It's truly impossible to decide 😆But... I think I have to go with aesthetic over functionality and choose the fancy edges 😅
This is one of the coolest setups I've ever seen for a reading journal! I look forward to seeing it after it's been filled up!
YAY! I am so glad you loved it. I'm excited to use it throughout the year, and thrilled to have you here for the ride. 🏴☠️🖤
This is absolutely the most stunning and creative book journal I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing your creativity with me.
Thanks so much! It is my most favorite journal I've made. 😊 Check back soon to see me break it in with my January spreads.
My year set ups are usually chaos. I really love how these all work together. I live pirate vibes 🥰🏴☠️
Haha! I've been there too. I work a little harder at the set up spreads since I refer back to them so often. Pirate vibes are so fun! I love a great adventure story. Happy journalling! 🏴☠️🖤
Love the theme you went with and how you incorporated it into the layouts 😄 Great work!
Thank you! I'm so happy with how it turned out. Thanks for sharing so many ideas over the years for me to pull inspiration from! 🌊
This is my absolute favorite reading journal I have EVER seen 😍
That is too generous! Thank you. I am so happy you loved it 🏴☠️🖤
What a super fun reading journal! I wish I could have watched this before doing mine so I would have been able to include things like what you did last year, 24 must reads in 2024. And I love the tiny little details in your reading journal, how you cut the wave PET tapes behind the books 😍 I like how you gave standard book spreads your own unique twist 🫶🏻 cant wait to see more! 🎉
Thanks Icy! The inspiration is mutual.🌟 I saved your reading journal under my "inspo for next year" playlist. hahaha
That's my favorite part of the journal community. There are endless ideas to share and make our own. Excited to have another journal pal 🍓
Manda this is BREATHTAKING! Ive kept saying “wowww” every time you show a new spread, the amount of brain power to make this all so cohesive is amazing. I think I’m going to take inspiration from this and make every new reading journal set up based on my favourite book of the previous year. Genuinely, you have outdone yourself!!
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That is not a reading journal - that is a work of art! So beautiful ❤
Thank you friend! 🥰 I’m so proud of it.
One of the most enchanting reading journals I've seen.
Absolutely gorgeous!🔥🧭🛞📜🏴☠️
Awe! I am so pleased you enjoyed it. It's my favorite journal I've ever made and it was so much fun to do. 🖤
@manda_made absolutely! And it looks incredibly intricate and stylish. Hope you read the best books this year - worthy of this wonderful journal!🥂🌊
@@naastyaaaaaaaaa oh my gosh, thank you. I hope the same is true for you as well!
This is incredible! I love how you fully committed to the theme and gave everything such cute nicknames 😭 I’ll definitely be using this for inspiration in my own journal
The nicknames were the most fun part of the whole setup!
this is literally one of the best reading journals I've ever seen
Thank you! I had so much fun making it. 🏴☠️
i love the pirate vibe it’s so aesthetic!!! ❤
🥰🫶🏼 thank you bestie!
This is absolutely... in-freaking-credible girl! Your book journal is literally a work of art! Love love love!!!
I am so glad you're enjoying it! 🖤 thanks for taking a moment to encourage me. 🏴☠️
I am OBSESSED with pirates and this journal is everything to me!!!! 🏴☠🖤
ME TOO! The adventurous stories always get me (and the morally grey characters too). 🏴☠️🖤
This is absolutely stunning! I can only imagine how long each spread took - the theme throughout and the composition of each page are gorgeous. I also love your way of playing bingo to keep it a 'surprise' for yourself!
Thank you friend! It's true--- took me a few weeks to put together 😂 but it was so much fun to create. And where is the fun of getting a bingo if it's not a surprise? lol. Thank you for watching and taking a moment to encourage my art. It means the 🌎
this needs more views! this is amazing!
Awe! Thank you for saying so. I am so proud of how it turned out. 🏴☠️🫶🏻
Absolutely STUNNING!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! I am so glad you loved it. 🏴☠️🖤
This is such a gorgeous piece of art - you can see how much thought time and effort you've poured into it and it turned out beautifully! I kept pausing the video to show my partner different spreads. Also, this video was so nice and calming to watch. The aesthetic of it and your soft voice were perfect.
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and that it inspired you in some way. Definately spent a lot of time, but I'm so in love with it, so it was worth it! Also, I hate hearing my own voice, so knowing it doesn't annoy everyone is really encouraging 🥰 Thanks for lifting me up friend!
This is STUNNING! I love the battle Kraken and earning new books idea!
Haha! It’s good and bad…. I already need to “earn” 2 books that I pre-ordered for January 😅.
This is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING 🥹🤩 I feel so inspired to hopefully start my first physical reading journal! Those waves give me joy 😂❤
Inspiring you is the best compliment ever. 🥰 PLEASE start a reading journal! They are so much fun, and you will have even more fun reading. You can do so much with just washi tape alone. I highly recommend the Wave PET tape. The quality is perfect and it's so easy to work with. 🌊
Gorgeous journal. I love how you did your bingo board! So much more fun
I agree, the bingo board really makes the challenge more exciting! 🏴☠️🖤
This journal is everything!!😍 so stunning! I really love the vibes, can’t wait to watch more of your videos💕
Yay! Glad to have you here 🖤🌊
Stunning. And those page names and quotes are brilliantly found.
That was the most fun part. Thinking up the names. 🏴☠️
Your journal is truly a work of art! So beautiful
I'm so glad you like it! Happy journaling! 🖤
Absolutely beautiful! Very creative I love it! 😍
Thank you so much for watching! 🫶🏼🏴☠️
It’s absolutely stunning and you’re so inspiring 🥹🤍✨
Thank you so much!!
I hope you get this published one day, it's incredible and so inspiring!!
Wow! Such a compliment. I would love to publish a journal one day.
I love this. So much detail and creativity with the theme. I have so many ideas floating in my head now. This will be my first year doing a book journal and I am so excited. This is just stunning.
YAY! You're going to have so much fun creating a reading journal. I'm glad I could inspire some ideas. 🖤🌊
This journal is so impressive! Your layouts are so clever as well as beautiful!!
Thank you for taking a moment to encourage me! 🏴☠️🖤 I had so much fun creating this one. It's my favorite journal I've made.
The "Once upon a time" page and the way you track your series look so fun that I might incorporate them into my 2025 journal :)
I read so many series, so that is the only layout that has worked for me that doesn't feel cluttered. The "Once upon a time" - first line page is new for me too so we can experience it together. 🌊
@@manda_made I read a lot of series as well, and the way I set up the page now I just do not have enough space to write down all of them. I will definitely incorporate this one. The once upon a time spread is already making me excited!
Such gorgeous journal! Love it!
Thanks so much! 🥰🏴☠️
You definitely get more detailed than I do. I am lucky if I keep a TBR, Read & Future book list. Love the layouts and I look forward to seeing how it looks closer to the end of 25. Have a wonderful, adventurous year, matey!
Thanks, matey! 🏴☠️ you’ve just got to do what works for you. I feel more engaged when I have lots of spreads, but I know others can feel overwhelmed. What I love most about seeing others custom journals is the idiosyncrasies each person brings to their own space.
Love the theme idea! Look forward to seeing the updates thru out the year.
I'm so glad you like it, and grateful to have you along for the ride 🌊
OMG I Love this journal!!! 😍😍😍
YAY! I am so glad. Thank you for being here! 🌊🏴☠️
Stunning!! The ocean wave PET tape really adds so much to this. So witty and creative too.
It’s one of my favorite details too! 🌊 🏴☠️
Looks nice! I'm also keeping a journal. Debating whether to do one reading journal or two- I kinda like the idea of having my manga and history seperate. Decorating my bookmark and making the layouts are the next steps. I really like using a ribbon/cord clamp to protect the ribbon from fraying, then hanging beads off it.
I think the more journals the merrier! I don't read Manga, but I have thought of having a separate journal for books in a series, since I don't always read a series back to back. I also want to start a separate journal for films and TV. I like the beaded ribbon idea! 🤩
Wow! This is sooo creative and stunning! 😍
Thanks! I had so much fun creating this one. 🏴☠️🖤
this is so stunning, omg!! wow!! and you are so creative!! love the read the seven seas spread and your guide to help determine what books go with each area!! ❤❤❤ps i am so stealing your book bingo idea!!
DO IT! Bingo is only fun if there is some risk to it. Pirates are great thieves, so steal away! 😂 I am so glad you enjoyed the video and that it inspired you. Id love to see your journal if you share it anywhere! 🖤🏴☠️
Amanda, this is STUNNING! I love the theme and how creative you got with all the titles ❤ I'm looking forward to following along with some of these spreads in my journal too. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Taylor!!! 🥰 I would love to see how they turn out if you care to share them anywhere. Happy Journaling!
@manda_made oh my goodness! I will tag you when I post 📫 Thank you for always being so kind!!
This is so beautiful, I definitely don’t have the imagination to make spreads this stunning. I personally chose to use a TN size journal from notebook therapy for my reading journal because I was intimidated by the size of my A5 journal.
The travelers notebook is one I have yet to try. I like the thin dimensions of it though. I think it will make a great option for a reading journal! 🏴☠️🖤
This is one of the most beautiful journals I have ever seen!!!!
That makes my creator heart so happy! Thank you for being here. I'm so glad you loved it! 🖤🏴☠️
I love your reading journal, the theme is wonderful and each page is amazing. I can't wait to see it growing!
Excited to have you here for the journey! 🏴☠️
gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS!!!!
AHHH thank you! Glad you loved it.
Oh my GOSH! This theme is amazing! I LOVE PIRATES! I may need to copy every single page. . . . Thank you so much for the inspiration and sharing ❤ 🏴☠️
Pirates are the best thieves! So copy away. I'm so glad you were inspired by my journal. Hope you have fun in creating yours. 🏴☠️🖤
This theme is so my style. This video made me so happy.
Yay! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 🥰🏴☠️
Just BEAUTIFUL! ❤
Thank you so much! 🖤
Absolutely stunning, what a lot of work you've put into that journal, my goodness it's beautiful!
haha! It was a labor of love, but also so much fun to make. 🏴☠️
Love your new journal! It looks amazing 😍
Thank you so much! Love having you here. 🌊
Insanely beautiful!! ♥ Thank you for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed! I hope you have a fabulous reading year ahead. 🏴☠️🖤
Gorgeous! Your style is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! I have so much fun with it. Starting to journal monthly has really helped me discover my style 🌊
I love distress inks and dabbers. I have quite a collection of the inks and I use them with stencils in my journals.
I can't believe I've only just discovered them. This is my favorite new tool!
My kit came with a couple shades of brown ink, but I saw they also sell all the colors. Have you used other colors before? Im trying to picture something with a blue edge looking vintage, but I just haven't tried it.
OK I am obsessed with that 7 seas idea !
Steal it like a Pirate would! 🏴☠️
This is GORGEOUS!! You are so talented!
That's so kind of you to say! 🥰 It's so much fun planning a new journal. It's been years of practice, but I am so happy with how it turned out.
This theme is so fun! I loved daughter of the pirate king and you’ve inspired me to read fable as soon as possible
You are going to love Fable! It’s such a fantastic series. I love how all the story’s intertwine. 🏴☠️🖤
I have been looking forward to seeing your 2025 set up! This was so gorgeous!!!
That means so much! I had a lot of fun setting it up. 🫶🏼 🌊
Phenomenal ❤❤❤
Omg this is STUNNING, the Captains log is inspired!
Battle of the Kraken!! I am in awe
She really is a beast… and I did not do well to withhold new purchases this year 😂
Wow this is stunning and so creative. Love this concept!
Thank you! 🏴☠️
Your journal is soooo incredible 🙌👏🤩
Thank you Kelsi! 🖤 🏴☠️
This is Amazing!!! I love it! 😍
Thank you! I had so much fun creating this one!
This looks absolutely stunning! And I got a lot of good ideas for my journal! ❤
YAY! I am so glad. Biggest compliment ever is to inspire you. Steal away, you Pirate! 🏴☠️
Your journal is gorgeous, and just like you I am planning Pirates as my next theme to complement the fairytale retelling I'm writing about Captain Hook. This inspires me so much. ❤
I love that! Good luck with your book! 🏴☠️🖤
@manda_made thank you.
You’re a genius! I solved some problems with my up coming journal with this video. THANK YOU!
Yay! So happy I could help! 🌊
Love your journal set up! You gave wonderful ideas; some I think I will use. Thanks
So glad you liked it! Happy journaling! 🌊
Well, that’s an instant follow. This looks incredible.
YAY! Thanks for being here. Excited to have you for all the fun future journals too. 🫶🏻 🌊
Oh I looove the Fable theme!! I loved that book so much, it deserves way way more attention.
I agree! Even if you’re not a YA reader, this book is solid.
Sooooo beautiful!! I ironically picked the same journal you did for my own reading journal this year!!! I too was drawn to the whimsical pirate ship!! 🤗
Exactly! I saw it and knew I needed it 😂🏴☠️
@ I’m obsessed with the names of each of your pages like: The Crew or Pirate Booty 🤣💙
@ that was the most fun part 😂 I went a little “overboard” you could say. 🏴☠️
This is an incredible journal set up!! It’s making me want to pick up Fable which is on my physical bookshelf!
I also grabbed an Archer & Olive 8x8 this year. I got the Olive green journal with the owl & stack of books so I am doing a Harry Potter theme!
So cute!!! I love a HP theme. You could take that so many directions. I’d love to see it if you post it anywhere 🥰 Fable is an incredible read, and the world of the narrows is just so good.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you! Glad you're here. 🌊
I loved this!! Loved the theme and how well thought out this was.
YAY! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It was certainly fun thinking of all the names of the pages. 🏴☠️🖤
Stunning!!! ❤
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it! 😊
I happened upon your channel, and I am so happy I did! I absolutely love your Reading Journal for 2025!!! I have decided to try my hand this year at doing a Reading Journal myself. I wish I was as creative as you are. I would love to have a reading journal like your 2025 one. Though I do not always subscribe to those I see for the first time, I always give them a thumbs up. But today I am subscribing to your channel also. 😀
YAY! I am SO EXCITED for you to start your own reading journal! You're going to have a blast. 🏴☠️
I'm so glad that you fell in love with my 2025 reading journal, but also know that it's taken me years to find "my style." When I first started, I also thought I was not creative or artistic enough to make beautiful journals, but with practice I got better and better. I found my strength lies more in a layouts and scrapbook style journaling, whereas others will paint gorgeous spreads, or use fabulous stickers. Every person brings their own unique beauty to their journals. I look back at my older journals now, and while they may not be as exciting, I am so proud of the girl who made them because she had so much fun doing so. SO... don't discount your creative ability. Just have fun with it and don't be afraid to experiment. 🫶🏻
I am honored that you've chosen to subscribe to my channel, and I hope that my videos continue to inspire you. So glad you're here! Happy journaling. 🖤
I do love how you have this cohesive theme throughout the journal. I'm doing a new book journal this year I truly regret getting an A5 instead of a square but that's what I have always done but for 2026 I'll be switching to square. I'm going with a Library theme, I lucked out and got a ton of those old library cards that they used to put in books and I am using those as the "theme" along with all the normal book stickers. I really love the pirate theme though I'm so going to keep this video and maybe do something like this in a future year. :) Thanks for the great video and all the ideas!
A library theme sounds so cozy and nostalgic! I'm sure you'll do amazing with it! If you share it anywhere I’d love to see 🫶🏼
Your reading journal is a work of art. You obviously put a lot of thought and effort into it. It's stunning!!
Thank you! It was a labor of love, but I feel so proud of it and am excited to use it. 🫶🏼
What a beautiful journal setup! 😮 love the quotes and the distressed edges!
Both series are so quotable. It feels special incorporating them into my journal. Thanks for watching! 🖤🏴☠️
Oh, my goodness! This is beautiful! I love the way you've used the theme throughout! I can't wait to see what else you do!
If you haven't read them yet, the Seafire trilogy by Natalie C Parker is an excellent pirate series. It's a bit more serious than the Daughter of the Pirate King and I haven't read Fable yet to give it a comparison. I don't hear a lot about it, but it has great stories about sisterhood and each book was at least a four star for me.
Ooh! I just read the synopsis and that sounds so good! A female-only crew is a fun spin. Thanks for the recommendation 🖤
So glad you enjoyed the video too 🏴☠️🫶🏼
New subscriber! this is absolutely beautiful and inspirational. The most stunning reading journal I’ve ever seen. So much hard work and creativity.
So glad to have you! 🥰 It was so fun to make. And the pirate theme creates itself really. There are so many directions to take it. 🏴☠️🖤 Thanks for being here!
This is art! WOW
Thank you friend! Glad you enjoyed. 🖤
Absolutely fantastic and gorgeous 😍 I really liked the evolution of your reading journal! The theme, the style - perfect! Very thoughful and well made 💙
Thank you! My style has definitely changed over the years of keeping a reading journal. I started doing my monthly recaps this year, and that really helped me discover my style. Still, it's so much fun to look back at some of the spreads I did in my first journals, remembering what I was so proud of, and what I wasn't 😂. Thank you for watching and taking a moment to encourage me!
WOW - I love the piratetheme and how you use the titles for your spreads.
That part was the most fun! 🏴☠️
This is gorgeous! You did such a great job of picking a theme and sticking with it! Love the pirate theme and both the Fable and DOTPK worlds!
Thank you! I think of both of those worlds often, so it was a given to incorporate them into my journal. I do regret not having many gems or mermaids in my set up, and I plan to add them in later. I had ordered stickers but I wasn't happy with them when they finally arrived. I feel like Fable needs her gems though 😂 💎
This was stunning and inspiring.❤
Thanks so much! I’m glad it gave you some inspiration! 😊
I always love your reading journals! Very beautiful and harmonious. I have that washi tape as well :)
️🌊The wave one? Its my favorite. Thanks for being here friend!
@@manda_made Yes, that one! you clearly made the most out of it in this theme. Gorgeous
This is so creative. I loved it!
Thanks, I'm excited to use it! 🏴☠️
What a GORGEOUS journal! I'm still planning out my Bullet & Reading journal, but hoping to post them soon! Happy reading!
Thank you! The planning is so important. I probably spent as much time planning out my journal as actually laying glue to paper. It will be worth the wait and I would love to see it when its complete! ️🌊
@@manda_made it sure is. I might not upload it until the last week of December, but it will be done!!
This is amazingggg! I loved it!
Thank you! 🖤
this is stunning omg
Awe! Thanks Cassidy! Excited to fill it with more Realmathon spreads this year. 🤩
I love the Book Bingo idea! I’m going to use it for my reading journal! Thanks!
I’m so glad you liked it. Hope you have fun using it! 🏴☠️
Your reading journal set up is beautiful and smart. I hope you have fun using it in 2025. 😊
Thank you so much! I already can't wait to fill it up! 🏴☠️🖤
@peaceoftheplans - just clicked on your channel! Gorgeous! Cannot wait to watch all these.
@@manda_made Awww! You're sweet. Thank you...
I watch a ton of reading journal videos and yours is definitely my favorite so far for this coming year! I love your NEW unique takes on ideas I’ve seen a million times. I’m so inspired to make my own journal actually themed this year now. ❤
I am so glad you like it! It was fun re-imagining the spreads I've used for years now. Good luck with your theme! Thanks for watching! 🏴☠️🌊
Fable and Daughter are on my wishlist been wanting to read those for awhile now
I read Fable and not only fell in love with the whole Narrows world (There are 4 books in the fable world), but everything that Adrienne Young writes. I just read DOTPK series this year and it was so cute. Both are examples of what a YA adventure story should be. I cannot wait for you to fall in love with my favorite characters! 🏴☠️🫶🏻
I absolutely adore your theme! I thought the cover was beautiful, but then you showed the inside and I'm smitten!
Awe! So glad you enjoyed it. It was so fun to create. 🏴☠️
Ohh, I love this so much! ❤
🫶🏻 Thank you for watching!
Absolutely FABULOUS! I love your theme and the way you incorporated it into everything!
I had so much fun creating it! 🏴☠️🖤
IMPRESSIVE ❤❤❤😊
🫶🏻 Glad you enjoyed it
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OMG, I set up my reading journal in the exact same notebook, LOL!
I've never actually used a square journal before, but I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to try it out since there were just a couple fun spreads that I wanted the extra space for. It's going to last me at least 2 years, though (because my physical journal is a fun supplement to my digital trackers), so I matched my theme to annual pages in my main journal. My plan is to stick with the same color palette all year, and then switch to a new one for the following year to create contract.
That’s a great idea! My first reading journal lasted me three years, but I wasn’t doing monthly spreads yet. I also shifted the colors around for some visual contrast. 🏴☠️👍🏻
You are so creative!! Oh my gosh. I'm kind of jealous I am not able to plan an entire journal set up theme that slaps. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏼
It’s fun to experiment until you find something you love 🏴☠️