I started my 2024 goal with 12 books and ended up reading over double that amount lol I was going to try for 25 this time, but since I'm working on changing careers by the end of the year I won't have as much time to read, so I'm sticking with 12 for now. We will see if I go over that or not 😄
This year I want to repeat my "Year of Women" challenge and read only female writers. I will probably take male authors too, but no more than 1 per month, and the Bible will traditionally go without competition. I want to read 10 non-fiction books and 10 books about my religion (I am an Orthodox Christian). I also signed up for two book games - one of which gives assignments with topics for reading, and the second chooses from a list of already purchased or postponed books, to motivate you to read what you have, and not buy or choose new ones. Almost forgot! My goal is not as ambitious as yours, I plan to read about 85 books. After a bad covid, my brain does not work as well as I would like, plus I work a lot.
I always add a DNF graveyard, because it's painful to me to DNF a book, but at 52, I just don't have enough life yet to be stubborn. So I'm giving every book at least 50 pages, and that's it. Some may be soft-DNFs, but still. If I make it a cool zombie graveyard, all decorated with Gothy goodness, maybe I'll be more willing to use it. :p
I swear our elders are treasures because....this is such a genius idea. I have transitioned over to ebooks and journaling, and I will definitely create a DNF graveyard.
I think doing more reading vlogs would be a really nice thing to keep yourself accountable and also help us find new things as well. They’re always so cozy that I think it could be a good thing to sprinkle in more ❤
I’ll definitely be making more! I need to find a balance of shorter/more casual reading vlogs and the long monster ones, because those take so many hours to edit 😂
@ WeirdoBookClub on here has a small series called “dark romance diaries” and the format she does might be a good one! Definitely a more casual reading while also still being interesting (and giving a tease for a longer review to come) It’s something to check out to get some ideas percolating and there’s never any shame in trying something and then changing it!
I was on the treadmill when the Patreon notification popped up and the way I immediately flipped over to watch your set up 😂😂😂 love the way your voids so perfectly block the whole frame on occasion. I’m still working on some of my reading journal setups. I decided to leave my “overdue reads that I own” at 24 since that balances very nicely 😊 I’m changing up my “read bigger” spread (helps me get through big books) to a “reading projects” page to cover that plus maybe some smaller paired reading ideas, etc
Haha, I love that! Yeah, they were drawn to my desk like magnets this time 😂 I think if I’d let them, they would have just laid down on my reading journal and called it a day, lol Oo, I’d love to see your reading projects spread! That sounds great to track some of my larger/ongoing reading goals ❤️
@@PlantBasedBride I've had to put out a "decoy" journal for mine to lay one LOL I'll probably drop some pictures in the Patreon when I get my setups done ;)
A Finnish viewer here - I’ll be reading some Finnish literature translated into English this year. Not only because I’m intrigued (it could be very interesting to see whether, regardless of the language, the books still feel like home), but also because I’m determined to give you recommendations to fill in that blank spot!
Same here! I think I commented on her video back almost a year ago because I was patiently waiting for her to read something by a Finnish author 😁 Hopefully it happens this year! ❤ Oh and actually I realised I have a recommendation for her, "Fishing for the Little Pike" by Juhani Karila was a solid 4 star for me and really enjoyed it! I'd recommend to read that for Finlands pick 😻
Possible spread suggestions: re-reads vs new reads, or medium (audiobook vs ebook vs physical book). I re-read A LOT, so the first may not make sense to most people, but I just did my tally for 2024 and it was 113 re-reads vs 142 new books. I find the trends interesting, especially since I'm a mood reader like you so seeing what months I'm picking up a comfort read over something new is interesting. I keep track of them per month and then add it up at the end of the year!
These are fun ideas! My rereads are usually under 10 a year, so not a large percentage of my reading, but it would definitely be interesting to look at which months lend themselves to nostalgia and which are all about novelty!
hearing your goal of 125 books made me pale a little when my own goal is six 😅 i'm just trying to get back into reading again this year so wanted to ease myself in with the rough goal of one book every two months, so it sounds kinda crazy to me in the moment for someone to be able to read that much/that many books while also still doing everything else that life demands XD
My reading journal has never been this aesthetically pleasing lol. Great job! I also need to tackle my physical TBR this year. I keep reading books from the library because they have a deadline, and then I forget about the rest of them…
My physical tbr is so out of hand 😭 I was making progress and then I was a chaos goblin for the last few months of 2024 and it all went out the window haha
I love watching you set up journal spreads while I catch up on knitting projects 🥰 I intentionally chose my "25 books to read in 2025" to be made up of 5 classics, 5 nonfiction, 5 read around the world, 5 cozy fiction/mysteries, and 5 new releases - and I'm really excited about all of the books I chose. It's going to be a great reading year!
Amazing reading journal, gave me some great ideas as I set mine up (late) 💕 FYI from a little Australian: Tasmania, the island south of the mainland of Australia, is an Australian state, so you can mark that off on your read around the world page! I’m also planning to do a page like this and I can’t wait for my countries to be as filled out as yours!
I noticed that ‘In the Dream House’ is on your 25 in 2025 list; that book was my number 1 favorite of 2024! The narrative style is so unique and the observations are so poignant, I think you’ll love it
That journal is so gorgeous. I love your reading journal videos. They’re so inspiring. This year was my first year using a reading journal and I focused on reading mostly Gothic lit (I’m hoping to write a Gothic novel someday soon). One of my favorite spreads in the whole journal is the one where I listed the elements of Gothic lit as a reference guide for when I’m studying the genre. It looks really cool and it’s functional. If you ever decide to have a theme for the year or read more books in a certain genre I suggest that type of spread for a quick guide to studying the genre while analyzing and annotating as you read books in said genre. Good luck with your reading goals for 2025! I’m very excited to see what your favorite book of 2024 is 😊
Actually, just had an idea about your reading goals/trying to complete goals - maybe that could be a little video series for when you don’t have other themes reading videos. Not a video to complete a goal, but all the books for the video check off either a bingo prompt or check a box in your goals
❄🌟I see you haven't read a book from Finland and I'm from Finland so I have a recommendation for you!! One of my all time favourite books is 'Moominland Midwinter' and even though I like other Moomin books too, this one is just something different. The Finnish title 'Taikatalvi' (Magic winter) fits the book better in my opinion, though the original title is 'Trollvinter' (Troll winter) because Tove Jansson's mother tongue was Swedish. I don't really even remember if the book has magic in it but I just love the 'Taikatalvi' title as a word. Tove Jansson was such an interesting and inspiring artist, so I really recommend finding out about her life and works. The book follows Moomintroll who usually sleeps in the wintertime, but suddenly wakes up and discovers this whole new world. The author dedicated the book to her own mother and I personally see a lot of that in the story, but it is also about loneliness and the scariness of unfamiliarity and finding hope and comfort when everything feels weird. And the character Too-ticky is based on the woman who was her (Tove Jansson's) life partner, Tuulikki Pietilä, which is interesting to know when reading this book. And the book has Tove Jansson's own beautiful illustrations.
Another beautiful setup! I'll admit I was sad to hear that you'll no longer be doing BuJo content (and I totally understand why!). I started to go back through your old BuJo videos and rewatched quite a few of them! I then sought out to find other BuJo content creators and I just didn't find the right vibe. Your videos - no matter the type - are always so cozy, beautiful, and warm. Your personality and art are why I keep coming back to your videos. :) I wish you the happiest of New Years and I'll always be looking forward to a new video from you! I also got some clear sticky notes and tabs so I can try annotating my books! I don't read much, but my life is finally settled enough that I have time to sit and read! My reading goal is to read six books this year! Haha that may not seem like a lot, but that'll be six more books than last year! The first one my list is the Lord of Flies. Anyway, I love your content PPB! ☺️📚🐈⬛️🍂
Yay! I was so worried you meant reading journaling too when you said you were taking a break from BuJo. I love your art and reviews of books. As far as spread ideas, I do a two page (12 book) book club spread for each book club I’m in. It’s nice to look at when we’re picking our next read. You can easily see if you need to have more of a variety of genres.
your name plate shape looks like Australia! You add a tiny little bit of matching paper on the right hand bottom side to represent Tasmania then you'd have an odd little nod to a different country 🤣
Would you believe they restocked them yesterday and I had one in my cart and they sold out again before I could buy it? It was a sad moment thinking I had it and then not. 😅
@@ClaireGreen-wd2gmbecause of you I just checked and got an amazing embroidery one and a square Raven that weren’t there before. And I pressed purchase so fast because of your warning.
@Mamadrawk Oh Im glad you got some things you liked. Excited for you 😁 I did too even tho I missed the bees. I got the pink storybook 8x8 and green rose 8x8.
@@naginoriette7857 A&O has been killing it lately! They’ve been doing smaller batches so they eventually sell out, but I’m loving the more detailed/gilded notebooks ❤️
Wow, thisis so gorgeous and impressive! Seems a bit stressful though to have to chose one favorite every month 😅 I just underline the ones i loved the most that month, abd then make s list at the end of the year. Then i try to to decide 12-15 favorites out of those. It became 18 of 107 books 2024. At the end of the year its also easier to decide, because the ones that stood out I obviously remember the best. This year ive decided ti make my bookdiary more artful, make some drawings for every book, if I feel like it. Write something about every book. The names of people and what kind of feeling the book gave me. I hope I can stick to it!
I deeply relate to feeling frazzled in 2024 but having a hopeful sense of upcoming stability for 2025. I hope our optimism comes true and that we manage to check off all our goals! Love you and your videos so much, you have been a rock, a comfort for me in this past year. Happy New Years to you and yours - I can't wait to see what you have in stock for us! And I'm expecting to hear you, once more rant about tHe CaPtAiN oF tHe DeStRiErS in your worst books of 2024 video! 🤣😂
I hope it comes true for you, too! Aw thank you ❤️ It truly means so much to me that I can be a comforting/stable element of people’s lives even as I feel stressed and chaotic and overwhelmed 😅 it’s a great reminder that we can have a positive impact on others even when we’re struggling! Happy New Year ✨ There may or may not be a mention of the famous Captain of the Destriers in my next video 👀😂
I'm always so impressed by the amount of time and dedication to employ in creating these beautiful journals. I would love a journal like this but I know I don't have the patience for it - so I'm glad I can live vicariously through yours!
Happy New Year from tiny-town Austria! 🥳 What a lovely video, thank you! And the „kitten air jail move“ at 5:00 minutes was just sooo relatable! 😂 Though I never got around to do a physical reading journal last year (only wrote some notes, plot summaries, reviews etc. for each book read in a word document spreading over jan-dec) because LIFE was li“f“ing something fierce… I‘ve set apart a day next week to start a new physical reading journal for 2025. Am still hopeful this‘ll happen. 🤞🏻 In my digital book journal I have a section called „what I learned“: this can be words new to me (not a native English speaker); professional jargon; scientific/science related concepts; artworks I‘ve come across; historical events I‘m hazy on etc. etc. I set up a table with 2 or 3 columns: the word/concept; explanation or more info I find interesting about it; page found in book. I’d like to keep this spread for my physical book journal, maybe as a section towards back. Not sure yet. It is something I really like though. That, and for fiction I do a „best first/last sentence“ page. Also fun to look through, I find. Give the cats a cuddle for me, please! ❤ Happy reading, Monica
My plan is to make reading vlogs as I work my way through! I actually planned one for the end of 2024 but two of the books were delayed when our national postal service went on strike. Hopefully they arrive soon and I can make that video!
Yay! A new PBB video! What a great way to start the new year! Perfect timing too --I am doing a reading journal this year for the first time. Maybe influenced???? Yes, happily so!
Always so inspiring. Thank you for sharing. I am planning on setting up my 2025 spreads today. But, in the same journal as 2024 because a) I picked a really big journal, b) I only started my reading journal journey in maj 2024 so I have more than 2 thirds of the journal left to fill out.
The new journal is so beautiful! 🐝✨ I see you haven't read any books from Finland yet 😁 If I may, I'll suggest any of the Moomin books by Tove Jansson or any book by Johanna Sinisalo (not sure which ones are available in english). I think I only read 7 or 8 books last year 😶 this year I'll try reading at least 10-12 😊
My favourite spread is based on "eff-a-thon" readathon run by "chronicles of noria". The prompts are among the lines of "eff patriarchy", "eff homophobia", "eff war" etc, and it helps me to choose the books with themes important to me.
I don't know what kind of feedback this is but I always grab my fiber arts when I sit down to catch up on videos. Your videos in particular are the perfect company because you are descriptive in your audio, I find I can continue my craft and watch your videos, as I can glance up to see what you are doing and continue what I am doing. Anywhooooo, I just wanted to convey how appreciative I am of the audio as well as the visual.
Oh I love this! I’m so glad the audio is descriptive enough that you can work away on your art while listening, since I love putting videos on in the background while I create, too! ❤️
I love your set up. It's so pretty❤ Love to hear someone else also has the goal to read more French. I ended up reading 6 in 2024 and hopefully I will reach my goal of 4 this year.
I love how gorgeous this reading journal is but mine is just… keeping everything in the same place. I had notes everywhere of recs and stuff I see online or on audible that I want to read. So keeping everything in a single notebook and not on sticky notes all over the house is my biggest goal this year.
This is really inspiring! I think I want to start intentionally doing journaling like this this year but for my art like I used to do in highschool for art class. I really miss it! Plus I think actually decorating my sketchbooks and general notebooks/idea books might help me actually pin point my ideas a bit better lol. It does feel like I’m constantly rambling in my head with so many ideas that I just never end up actually experimenting with them or really expand on them like I’m highschool.
I actually set up my very first reading journal before the holidays, and I'm so excited to get back into physical journalling instead of relying on storygraph as my book log. I'm also a mood reader so my 25 in 25 is far more vague- 25 horror books. Because I know that having specific books to read will make me not want to do so 😂
I first discovered your videos a few years back when I was creating my first reading journal and have been bingeing a bunch while creating this years journal using one from your collab with Archer & Olive. :)))))) I too have a cat who interrupts my work and demands a livestream of bird videos to watch.
I'm a long time fan from Brazil and I've been happy that you're expressing your love of books more in the channel instead of sticking to a strict schedule like that from a bullet journal creator. I wish you lots of success this year!
Finally getting into my writing bag this year and so maybe by next year (or more likely 2027) you'll fill in my country (Kenya) for your around the world spread. 🇰🇪
That journal is stunning!!! I am going to set up a tracker for the # of books: i think i am going to be conservative on the number of them this year. Some of them are going to be knitting and crochet books, so i may also logg how many projects i completed from them. Or skill i learned and used. (I also have a knitting/crochet journal to track projects and notes). Going to use the sticker cover idea. Also track mood vs tbr. Type of book: physical, audio, eReader. Thanks to you and Willow Reads the TBR is chonky not quite "oh lord he coming!" But close. And series. May i recommend for cozy syfy Nathan Lowell Golden Age of the solar clipper: Quarter Share (1st book) 3rd in series has triggers for SA and physical violence and abuse. They come in audio formats of podcasts anywhere you get your podcasts. They are really good.
@PlantBasedBride I think I will make a little box for mood aka this looks yummy (this often happens when looking at books in the library/bookstore or opening my libby and Hoopla aps. tbr list or physical books I have that haven't been read yet. Less of those than I thought.
I also have a square journal for this year! A new spread I added this year is a spent vs. saved. I will list all newly acquired books and write down where I got it and how much I spent or saved (my library puts on the receipt how much you saved by checking out a book from the library).
I'm looking forward to reading lots on 2025. The last two years I've killed it with my reading, and so I want to push and see if I can do more this year. Going to pull out the reading journal I've used the last 3 years and "retire" it, and start a new one for this year. Lots of inspo here!
@@PlantBasedBride Also Elizabeth! If you're looking for a fun middle grade/YA (prot is 14) that has 2slgtqia+ rep and is Canadian... Check out Urchin by Kate Story! A friend lent it to me and I tore through it. Loved it.
Gorgeous journal and beautiful spreads! I don't have a specific reading journal but I'm doing reading reflections and copying down favorite quotes and keeping track of goals in my commonplace journal.
@@PlantBasedBrideI want to figure out a good way of doing this too. To start, I've made a two columned lined page in canva, with one column have more and more narrowly spaced lines than the other column, so I can put longer quotes on that side, and the shorter, punchier quotes on the larger spaced side. Like, "And hope? That @$*% is harder to kill than a dragon."
If you are looking for some idea for french books, I recommend looking into Olivier Norek, especially Entre Deux Mondes and Impact. Both are thriller based on realistic settings and fully documented (with the bibliography at the end). The first one is set in Calais "jungle", the refugee camp. The second is based on the climat crisis.
Beautiful video and spreads! I always await for your new reading bujo every year! In my own reading journal I like to add a page for the webtoons and fanfics that i'm reading :)
I missed the pretty bee journal but snagged the new green and gold rose one and the pink storybook one from A&O. My first order from them. Excited to get them to set up my own.
I can see your cat was particularly inspired this time 😂. I love when I see people's cats on the videos. I really consider it a bonus, since I love them ❤. I loved your reading journal. I started one this year for the first time. Let's see how it goes.. 😅
I've never been able to keep up with/stick to a bullet journal, but every time i see one of your journalling videos I'm itching to try it again. It looks so fun and peaceful!! But i just know that my audhd brain is going to abandon it whenever i start again :(
If you're looking for french books to add to your TBR, i very strongly suggest "Du thé pour les fantômes", from Chris Vuklisevic. It's the story of two twin sisters who haven't talked to each other since 30, 35 years. The first one, Félicité, sees the spirits of people who passed away mid-sentence and is a "passeuse d'âme". The second one, Agonie, is hated by everyone and lives as a witch in the wild. The day their mom dies, they have to find out what happened and need to reconnect to do so. It's beautiful, very poetic. Mon coup de coeur absolu de 2024 ❤
Hi! Love the video, your reading journal always looks so beautiful. I still need to get round to setting my own one up! I noticed that Finland wasn't filled in on your map and had a book recommendation - "Summer Fishing in Lapland (is more dangerous than you think)" by Juhani Karila. It's an idiosyncratic low fantasy with mythical creatures, a curse, a murder and lots of flies! It's also translated fiction.
Hi, I saw that Ecuador is still empty on your RATW map. I highly recommend „We will be Jaguars“ from Nemonte Nenquimo to fill it. It is an incredible book, I cannot stop thinking about it. It is my first 2025 book, but might end up being the best! I am sure you will like it! Love all your content! Daniela
Might I suggest few finnish books I liked for your reding list. Sofi Oksanen - Purge, Mika Waltari - The Egyptian, Väinö Linna - the Unknown Soldier, Katja Kettu - The midwife
Happy 25 to you and family. French is my 3th language. I’ve quite fluent in reading. Famous classics and authors are “done” 😊 but I’d love some modern lit. It would be great a video where you expand on your passion pour français et le culture. And suggest or guide someone, like me, who feels the same. If you think isn’t your “target subscribers” maybe you could point to “where” you find suggestions, reviews, launches. Thank you so much for your reviews. I edit my Wish list based on your comments ❤
I don’t feel like I’ve read enough modern French literature to recommend anything, but I’ll definitely consider making a video in the future as I read more! I still have many classics to work my way through 😅
@ I started reading children’s books in 2000. But I’ve lived in Paris several periods of time. I’m able to read Victor Hugo without much trouble. Even saw a psychologist in “French” 🤓 when I was there for months. I hope you get to produce a video about French literature , culture, cuisine (I imagine you’re exposed often living in Canada). Merci bien.
The journal looks amazing and I'm really excited to witness it getting filled. Do you already have a list of possible books from the countrys you are still missing for your reading around the world challenge?
I don’t have books for every country but I have quite a few! There’s a blog post on my website where I’ve compiled a list of subscriber’s suggestions and my own reads/research ❤️ I think I forgot to add the link to the description box of this video but I’ll add it now!
I have too many hobbies and too little time, so I set my goal to finish 32 books in 2025. I saw that Iceland is still blank on the map, Not sure of the specifics of the world challenge, but here is a thriller by an icelandic author and also set in Iceland: „I remember you“ by Yrsa Sigurdadottir I really liked it, but I love all things Iceland, so maybe I‘m not a good judge ;-))
I love the vintage dark academia scrapbook style! You always choose such pretty art as well for your journal! Do you get them online or do you source them from somewhere else?
I absolutely adore your aesthetic ! I blame you for my addiction to tea-stained paper, it's a staple and I put it everywhere in my journal. May I ask what pen you are using to trace lines ? All the pens I've tried bleed and smear into the tea-stained paper.
I love your reading journal 🥰 If you want a recommendation in french, try Emblèmes by Ina Siel, it's a young adult fantasy but it's really original and one of the main characters (the man) has severe anxiety ! Highly recommend ! Plus, the author is BIPOC
For your book bingo, any books by Robin Wall Kimmerer would work for indigenous author and for nonfiction about nature! Highly recommend if you haven’t read anything of hers before.
If you need a book from North Korea (I can't believe there is one), but I read a book called "Friend" by Paek Nam-Nyong. It is a translated literature from North Korea, so you can give it a go and have another country checked off on your map haha.
Comme toujours, j'adore tes bujo Elizabeth 🥰🥰🥰 Si je peux te suggérer : "Milles soleils splendides" de Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan) "Ève de ses décombres" d'Ananda Devi (Ile Maurice) "La mer chantera ton nom" Laura Nfasou (France) Bonne lecture ❤
Oh, Elizabeth, it's gorgeous! How did I not get this design!! Noooooo. I need to get started on my own reading journal for this year. BTW, will your set of the acrylograph pens ever come back?
I jumped on it so quickly when it was released! They sometimes bring back old designs if they’re popular so you never know 🤔 there are no current plans to bring them back, no! I don’t want to use mine too much because I’ll be sad when they run out 😂
@PlantBasedBride I need to keep an eye out. Green is my fav color, and I saw a new one on there that's equally gorgeous. As for your pen set, they are exactly my color tone, so I wanted them back so 😢 ♡♡♡♡♡
I’m an autistic woman. I’ve found it so hard to find books with good neurodiversity rep. There are lots of books with clearly neurodiverse characters, but nowhere are they called neurodiverse…which I find a bit icky. There are lots of books with poor or really stereotypical representation. I would love to hear if you (or anyone here in the comments) knows of any books with good representation of neurodiverse characters (particularly autistic and adhd). Love your set up!!
I’ve found it difficult as well. The representation is usually not overt and often relies mostly on stereotypes, which is frustrating to say the least.
I am autistic too and find the same problems. I do remember liking Happy Doomsday, though it's been long enough I can't remember if it was a mixed bag on that or mostly better than the usual. I have a positive feeling for it, though.
I give lots of details in my Canva video! If you search “Plant Based Bride Canva” it should be the first result, and I get exact dimensions and how I prep everything in Canva to print 🥰
Haha I love this 😂 I haven’t done it since moving into my current home since I have a home library, but I think it would work to shame me into it for sure 😅
What’s your reading goal for 2025? 📚
12 books (1 book every 4/5 weeks)
I started my 2024 goal with 12 books and ended up reading over double that amount lol I was going to try for 25 this time, but since I'm working on changing careers by the end of the year I won't have as much time to read, so I'm sticking with 12 for now. We will see if I go over that or not 😄
Read at least one non fiction book every month!
30 books
This year I want to repeat my "Year of Women" challenge and read only female writers. I will probably take male authors too, but no more than 1 per month, and the Bible will traditionally go without competition. I want to read 10 non-fiction books and 10 books about my religion (I am an Orthodox Christian). I also signed up for two book games - one of which gives assignments with topics for reading, and the second chooses from a list of already purchased or postponed books, to motivate you to read what you have, and not buy or choose new ones.
Almost forgot! My goal is not as ambitious as yours, I plan to read about 85 books. After a bad covid, my brain does not work as well as I would like, plus I work a lot.
I always add a DNF graveyard, because it's painful to me to DNF a book, but at 52, I just don't have enough life yet to be stubborn. So I'm giving every book at least 50 pages, and that's it. Some may be soft-DNFs, but still. If I make it a cool zombie graveyard, all decorated with Gothy goodness, maybe I'll be more willing to use it. :p
OMG this idea is genius and amazing! I might need to yoink it 😂❤️
Great idea! I might do one as a swamp, since zombies aren't for me.
What a great idea 😂
I swear our elders are treasures because....this is such a genius idea. I have transitioned over to ebooks and journaling, and I will definitely create a DNF graveyard.
The cat snatch at 5:05 was so funny and relatable!
😂 he would sit nicely on my lap for 20 seconds and then try to climb onto the table again haha
I think doing more reading vlogs would be a really nice thing to keep yourself accountable and also help us find new things as well.
They’re always so cozy that I think it could be a good thing to sprinkle in more ❤
I’ll definitely be making more! I need to find a balance of shorter/more casual reading vlogs and the long monster ones, because those take so many hours to edit 😂
@ WeirdoBookClub on here has a small series called “dark romance diaries” and the format she does might be a good one! Definitely a more casual reading while also still being interesting (and giving a tease for a longer review to come)
It’s something to check out to get some ideas percolating and there’s never any shame in trying something and then changing it!
I was on the treadmill when the Patreon notification popped up and the way I immediately flipped over to watch your set up 😂😂😂 love the way your voids so perfectly block the whole frame on occasion. I’m still working on some of my reading journal setups. I decided to leave my “overdue reads that I own” at 24 since that balances very nicely 😊 I’m changing up my “read bigger” spread (helps me get through big books) to a “reading projects” page to cover that plus maybe some smaller paired reading ideas, etc
Haha, I love that! Yeah, they were drawn to my desk like magnets this time 😂 I think if I’d let them, they would have just laid down on my reading journal and called it a day, lol
Oo, I’d love to see your reading projects spread! That sounds great to track some of my larger/ongoing reading goals ❤️
@@PlantBasedBride I've had to put out a "decoy" journal for mine to lay one LOL I'll probably drop some pictures in the Patreon when I get my setups done ;)
The cats stole all the attention. They were the stars of the show 😊. Loved this video, made me wanna set up my own reading spreads ❤
Haha they always do 😂❤️
A Finnish viewer here - I’ll be reading some Finnish literature translated into English this year. Not only because I’m intrigued (it could be very interesting to see whether, regardless of the language, the books still feel like home), but also because I’m determined to give you recommendations to fill in that blank spot!
Same here! I think I commented on her video back almost a year ago because I was patiently waiting for her to read something by a Finnish author 😁 Hopefully it happens this year! ❤ Oh and actually I realised I have a recommendation for her, "Fishing for the Little Pike" by Juhani Karila was a solid 4 star for me and really enjoyed it! I'd recommend to read that for Finlands pick 😻
Oh hi!! I didn't even realize other finnish people could have found this channel!!! It's such a gem@@olipakerranvanamo
Oh wow, I appreciate that! I hope I can fill it in this year, too 🥰
Keep us updated if it felt the same.
Possible spread suggestions: re-reads vs new reads, or medium (audiobook vs ebook vs physical book). I re-read A LOT, so the first may not make sense to most people, but I just did my tally for 2024 and it was 113 re-reads vs 142 new books. I find the trends interesting, especially since I'm a mood reader like you so seeing what months I'm picking up a comfort read over something new is interesting. I keep track of them per month and then add it up at the end of the year!
These are fun ideas! My rereads are usually under 10 a year, so not a large percentage of my reading, but it would definitely be interesting to look at which months lend themselves to nostalgia and which are all about novelty!
I love this spread idea! I also like to re-read. Especially if I can tell I’m slumping, I like to pick up a favorite and that helps!
hearing your goal of 125 books made me pale a little when my own goal is six 😅 i'm just trying to get back into reading again this year so wanted to ease myself in with the rough goal of one book every two months, so it sounds kinda crazy to me in the moment for someone to be able to read that much/that many books while also still doing everything else that life demands XD
you got this!!!
So excited! I am thinking about making a reading journal for the next year so this came at the perfect time. I read 120 books this year!
I highly recommend! I love filling up my reading journals 🥰
My reading journal has never been this aesthetically pleasing lol. Great job! I also need to tackle my physical TBR this year. I keep reading books from the library because they have a deadline, and then I forget about the rest of them…
My physical tbr is so out of hand 😭 I was making progress and then I was a chaos goblin for the last few months of 2024 and it all went out the window haha
Was stalking your channel when I see a video posted 71 seconds ago❤❤❤❤ I love this type of content. Wishing everyone a good vibes for the new year!
I’m glad you enjoy these! Happy New Year ✨
I love that you’re committed to using up the stuff you already have! ❤
It’s easy to get excited by the shiny new thing (it happens to me regularly 😅) so I have to actively remind myself to use what I already have! ❤️
@@PlantBasedBride same here! It's tough sometimes hahaha
Glad to see kitty helped you out. Fittingly perfect.
They love helping me 😂❤️
i have never once dedicated a whole bujo to reading but look forward to your setups and brackets every year! this cover is insane 😍
Isn’t it gorgeous?? I love it!
I love watching you set up journal spreads while I catch up on knitting projects 🥰 I intentionally chose my "25 books to read in 2025" to be made up of 5 classics, 5 nonfiction, 5 read around the world, 5 cozy fiction/mysteries, and 5 new releases - and I'm really excited about all of the books I chose. It's going to be a great reading year!
Amazing reading journal, gave me some great ideas as I set mine up (late) 💕
FYI from a little Australian: Tasmania, the island south of the mainland of Australia, is an Australian state, so you can mark that off on your read around the world page! I’m also planning to do a page like this and I can’t wait for my countries to be as filled out as yours!
Thank you! My worst subject in school was geography and I am reminded every day how bad I am at it 😅
@ honestly same! Doing this page myself is going to involve a lot of googling and accidental incorrect colouring I am sure
I’m really excited to see what books you end up reading/enjoying in the mental illness/neurodiversity rep category! I need more recs haha
I noticed that ‘In the Dream House’ is on your 25 in 2025 list; that book was my number 1 favorite of 2024! The narrative style is so unique and the observations are so poignant, I think you’ll love it
I’ve been meaning to read it forever! I really love Machado’s short story collection.
That journal is so gorgeous. I love your reading journal videos. They’re so inspiring. This year was my first year using a reading journal and I focused on reading mostly Gothic lit (I’m hoping to write a Gothic novel someday soon). One of my favorite spreads in the whole journal is the one where I listed the elements of Gothic lit as a reference guide for when I’m studying the genre. It looks really cool and it’s functional. If you ever decide to have a theme for the year or read more books in a certain genre I suggest that type of spread for a quick guide to studying the genre while analyzing and annotating as you read books in said genre. Good luck with your reading goals for 2025! I’m very excited to see what your favorite book of 2024 is 😊
Oo I love that! It sounds super useful, too ❤️
Actually, just had an idea about your reading goals/trying to complete goals - maybe that could be a little video series for when you don’t have other themes reading videos. Not a video to complete a goal, but all the books for the video check off either a bingo prompt or check a box in your goals
Oo I like this idea! I think I’ll have to give it a try ❤️
❄🌟I see you haven't read a book from Finland and I'm from Finland so I have a recommendation for you!!
One of my all time favourite books is 'Moominland Midwinter' and even though I like other Moomin books too, this one is just something different. The Finnish title 'Taikatalvi' (Magic winter) fits the book better in my opinion, though the original title is 'Trollvinter' (Troll winter) because Tove Jansson's mother tongue was Swedish. I don't really even remember if the book has magic in it but I just love the 'Taikatalvi' title as a word. Tove Jansson was such an interesting and inspiring artist, so I really recommend finding out about her life and works.
The book follows Moomintroll who usually sleeps in the wintertime, but suddenly wakes up and discovers this whole new world. The author dedicated the book to her own mother and I personally see a lot of that in the story, but it is also about loneliness and the scariness of unfamiliarity and finding hope and comfort when everything feels weird. And the character Too-ticky is based on the woman who was her (Tove Jansson's) life partner, Tuulikki Pietilä, which is interesting to know when reading this book. And the book has Tove Jansson's own beautiful illustrations.
Another beautiful setup! I'll admit I was sad to hear that you'll no longer be doing BuJo content (and I totally understand why!). I started to go back through your old BuJo videos and rewatched quite a few of them! I then sought out to find other BuJo content creators and I just didn't find the right vibe. Your videos - no matter the type - are always so cozy, beautiful, and warm. Your personality and art are why I keep coming back to your videos. :) I wish you the happiest of New Years and I'll always be looking forward to a new video from you! I also got some clear sticky notes and tabs so I can try annotating my books! I don't read much, but my life is finally settled enough that I have time to sit and read! My reading goal is to read six books this year! Haha that may not seem like a lot, but that'll be six more books than last year! The first one my list is the Lord of Flies. Anyway, I love your content PPB! ☺️📚🐈⬛️🍂
Yay! I was so worried you meant reading journaling too when you said you were taking a break from BuJo. I love your art and reviews of books.
As far as spread ideas, I do a two page (12 book) book club spread for each book club I’m in. It’s nice to look at when we’re picking our next read. You can easily see if you need to have more of a variety of genres.
My husband got me a ton of vinyl bookish stickers from Kingdom of Threads. I am decorating all my Simple Modern water cups today.
YES The Tree Doctor! 😃💖✨️ I was genuinely surprised by how much I loved that one 🌳
It looks so good! I’m excited to dive in 🥰
your name plate shape looks like Australia! You add a tiny little bit of matching paper on the right hand bottom side to represent Tasmania then you'd have an odd little nod to a different country 🤣
I love this so much 😂 might have to add that extra little bit now haha
Ohhhhhh Elizabeth you managed to get the journal I wanted so bad!!!! I’m so happy for you, and square too. What a boon
Would you believe they restocked them yesterday and I had one in my cart and they sold out again before I could buy it? It was a sad moment thinking I had it and then not. 😅
@ OMG! I want to puke for you. That’s terrible
@@ClaireGreen-wd2gmbecause of you I just checked and got an amazing embroidery one and a square Raven that weren’t there before. And I pressed purchase so fast because of your warning.
@Mamadrawk Oh Im glad you got some things you liked. Excited for you 😁 I did too even tho I missed the bees. I got the pink storybook 8x8 and green rose 8x8.
This journal is absolutely STUNNING, I love it! It's so hard to find good square journals like this
@@naginoriette7857 A&O has been killing it lately! They’ve been doing smaller batches so they eventually sell out, but I’m loving the more detailed/gilded notebooks ❤️
Oh yay! I was wondering if you were going to continue your reading journal, this makes me so happy!
That’s the plan! I really love filling in my reading journal 🥰
Wow, thisis so gorgeous and impressive! Seems a bit stressful though to have to chose one favorite every month 😅 I just underline the ones i loved the most that month, abd then make s list at the end of the year. Then i try to to decide 12-15 favorites out of those. It became 18 of 107 books 2024. At the end of the year its also easier to decide, because the ones that stood out I obviously remember the best. This year ive decided ti make my bookdiary more artful, make some drawings for every book, if I feel like it. Write something about every book. The names of people and what kind of feeling the book gave me. I hope I can stick to it!
I deeply relate to feeling frazzled in 2024 but having a hopeful sense of upcoming stability for 2025. I hope our optimism comes true and that we manage to check off all our goals! Love you and your videos so much, you have been a rock, a comfort for me in this past year. Happy New Years to you and yours - I can't wait to see what you have in stock for us! And I'm expecting to hear you, once more rant about tHe CaPtAiN oF tHe DeStRiErS in your worst books of 2024 video! 🤣😂
I hope it comes true for you, too! Aw thank you ❤️ It truly means so much to me that I can be a comforting/stable element of people’s lives even as I feel stressed and chaotic and overwhelmed 😅 it’s a great reminder that we can have a positive impact on others even when we’re struggling! Happy New Year ✨
There may or may not be a mention of the famous Captain of the Destriers in my next video 👀😂
Pretty setups 🥰 and cute, fluffy cats 💖
Haha the kitties were really adamant about being involved this time 😂❤️
I'm always so impressed by the amount of time and dedication to employ in creating these beautiful journals. I would love a journal like this but I know I don't have the patience for it - so I'm glad I can live vicariously through yours!
Happy New Year from tiny-town Austria! 🥳
What a lovely video, thank you! And the „kitten air jail move“ at 5:00 minutes was just sooo relatable! 😂
Though I never got around to do a physical reading journal last year (only wrote some notes, plot summaries, reviews etc. for each book read in a word document spreading over jan-dec) because LIFE was li“f“ing something fierce… I‘ve set apart a day next week to start a new physical reading journal for 2025. Am still hopeful this‘ll happen. 🤞🏻
In my digital book journal I have a section called „what I learned“: this can be words new to me (not a native English speaker); professional jargon; scientific/science related concepts; artworks I‘ve come across; historical events I‘m hazy on etc. etc.
I set up a table with 2 or 3 columns: the word/concept; explanation or more info I find interesting about it; page found in book. I’d like to keep this spread for my physical book journal, maybe as a section towards back. Not sure yet.
It is something I really like though. That, and for fiction I do a „best first/last sentence“ page. Also fun to look through, I find.
Give the cats a cuddle for me, please! ❤ Happy reading, Monica
More reading around the world content please!!!! I need motivation 😄
My plan is to make reading vlogs as I work my way through! I actually planned one for the end of 2024 but two of the books were delayed when our national postal service went on strike. Hopefully they arrive soon and I can make that video!
Such a cozy, beautiful spread!
I always put a coming up spread, which is just a calendar for upcoming releases I’m excited for!
I’m using this same journal for my reading journal in the square as well 💜
Yay! A new PBB video! What a great way to start the new year! Perfect timing too --I am doing a reading journal this year for the first time. Maybe influenced???? Yes, happily so!
Aw I love this, I hope you enjoy filling in your reading journal! Happy new year ✨
i've never seen a reading journal like this but now i'm very intrigued!
I’ve been making these for a few years now and really love them! They’re amazing to flip through and be reminded of everything I read in a year ❤️
Always so inspiring. Thank you for sharing. I am planning on setting up my 2025 spreads today. But, in the same journal as 2024 because a) I picked a really big journal, b) I only started my reading journal journey in maj 2024 so I have more than 2 thirds of the journal left to fill out.
The new journal is so beautiful! 🐝✨ I see you haven't read any books from Finland yet 😁 If I may, I'll suggest any of the Moomin books by Tove Jansson or any book by Johanna Sinisalo (not sure which ones are available in english). I think I only read 7 or 8 books last year 😶 this year I'll try reading at least 10-12 😊
My favourite spread is based on "eff-a-thon" readathon run by "chronicles of noria". The prompts are among the lines of "eff patriarchy", "eff homophobia", "eff war" etc, and it helps me to choose the books with themes important to me.
Oh this is amazing! I love that idea so much ❤
Love seeing the cats. I usually include a xx in xx spread, but this year I've turned it into a reading bingo as it fits perfectly.
They did NOT want to leave me alone haha
I don't know what kind of feedback this is but I always grab my fiber arts when I sit down to catch up on videos. Your videos in particular are the perfect company because you are descriptive in your audio, I find I can continue my craft and watch your videos, as I can glance up to see what you are doing and continue what I am doing. Anywhooooo, I just wanted to convey how appreciative I am of the audio as well as the visual.
Oh I love this! I’m so glad the audio is descriptive enough that you can work away on your art while listening, since I love putting videos on in the background while I create, too! ❤️
I love your set up. It's so pretty❤ Love to hear someone else also has the goal to read more French. I ended up reading 6 in 2024 and hopefully I will reach my goal of 4 this year.
ooh its so pretty, I love the square format.
I love it, too ❤
This is the loveliness little cosiest video ever
Aw thank you 🥰
I love how gorgeous this reading journal is but mine is just… keeping everything in the same place. I had notes everywhere of recs and stuff I see online or on audible that I want to read. So keeping everything in a single notebook and not on sticky notes all over the house is my biggest goal this year.
I love the idea of printing the pictures on sticker paper! What printer do you use and what sticker paper do you print on?
Absolutely beautiful every year❤
This is really inspiring! I think I want to start intentionally doing journaling like this this year but for my art like I used to do in highschool for art class. I really miss it! Plus I think actually decorating my sketchbooks and general notebooks/idea books might help me actually pin point my ideas a bit better lol. It does feel like I’m constantly rambling in my head with so many ideas that I just never end up actually experimenting with them or really expand on them like I’m highschool.
That's a great idea! I love that you're finding inspiration to return to that creative practice ❤️
Looking forward to the book bracket video! I bet so many of us look forward to them.
That warms my heart! I look forward to making my book bracket video every year even though it also stresses me out 😂❤️
That notebook is so pretty!!
Isn’t it? I love it!
I actually set up my very first reading journal before the holidays, and I'm so excited to get back into physical journalling instead of relying on storygraph as my book log. I'm also a mood reader so my 25 in 25 is far more vague- 25 horror books. Because I know that having specific books to read will make me not want to do so 😂
Love your channel and love to watch how you are setting up your reading journal❤
Gorgeous spread 😍💛
I first discovered your videos a few years back when I was creating my first reading journal and have been bingeing a bunch while creating this years journal using one from your collab with Archer & Olive. :)))))) I too have a cat who interrupts my work and demands a livestream of bird videos to watch.
I'm a long time fan from Brazil and I've been happy that you're expressing your love of books more in the channel instead of sticking to a strict schedule like that from a bullet journal creator. I wish you lots of success this year!
Thank you so much! Happy new year ✨
love this! i have a "year in pixels" to encourage me to read a little bit every day :)
Love that! I’ve been considering one that’s colour coded by number of pages/time spent listening 🤔
i love using tea/coffee stained paper in journaling, i've been using one berry tea that makes the paper get a purple tint
I’ve been meaning to try different types of tea to get different colours! Maybe this is the time to do it 🤔
you should definitely try it out 😊
Finally getting into my writing bag this year and so maybe by next year (or more likely 2027) you'll fill in my country (Kenya) for your around the world spread. 🇰🇪
If you have any recommendations please let me know! ❤️
thank God u linked the tea stained paper tutorial bc i have been stressing abt where i can buy it for so long
That journal is stunning!!! I am going to set up a tracker for the # of books: i think i am going to be conservative on the number of them this year. Some of them are going to be knitting and crochet books, so i may also logg how many projects i completed from them. Or skill i learned and used. (I also have a knitting/crochet journal to track projects and notes). Going to use the sticker cover idea. Also track mood vs tbr. Type of book: physical, audio, eReader. Thanks to you and Willow Reads the TBR is chonky not quite "oh lord he coming!" But close. And series. May i recommend for cozy syfy Nathan Lowell Golden Age of the solar clipper: Quarter Share (1st book) 3rd in series has triggers for SA and physical violence and abuse. They come in audio formats of podcasts anywhere you get your podcasts. They are really good.
Ok I’m curious how you track mood vs tbr, that sounds so interesting! The lawd he comin reference made me chortle 😂
@PlantBasedBride I think I will make a little box for mood aka this looks yummy (this often happens when looking at books in the library/bookstore or opening my libby and Hoopla aps. tbr list or physical books I have that haven't been read yet. Less of those than I thought.
I also have a square journal for this year! A new spread I added this year is a spent vs. saved. I will list all newly acquired books and write down where I got it and how much I spent or saved (my library puts on the receipt how much you saved by checking out a book from the library).
I'm looking forward to reading lots on 2025. The last two years I've killed it with my reading, and so I want to push and see if I can do more this year. Going to pull out the reading journal I've used the last 3 years and "retire" it, and start a new one for this year. Lots of inspo here!
I love this! So exciting to start fresh with so many blank pages full of possibilities 🥰
@@PlantBasedBride Also Elizabeth! If you're looking for a fun middle grade/YA (prot is 14) that has 2slgtqia+ rep and is Canadian... Check out Urchin by Kate Story! A friend lent it to me and I tore through it. Loved it.
Lily Bailey has some good books with mental health representation. My personal favourite is when I see blue.
Thank you for the recommendation! I’ll check them out ❤️
Gorgeous journal and beautiful spreads! I don't have a specific reading journal but I'm doing reading reflections and copying down favorite quotes and keeping track of goals in my commonplace journal.
That sounds lovely! Makes me want to create a spread for favourite quotes, but I’ll have to think about a nice way to format it 🤔
@@PlantBasedBride I'd love to see a favorite quotes spread! I find the practice soothing and inspiring, plus it helps remember them.
@@PlantBasedBrideI want to figure out a good way of doing this too. To start, I've made a two columned lined page in canva, with one column have more and more narrowly spaced lines than the other column, so I can put longer quotes on that side, and the shorter, punchier quotes on the larger spaced side. Like, "And hope? That @$*% is harder to kill than a dragon."
If you are looking for some idea for french books, I recommend looking into Olivier Norek, especially Entre Deux Mondes and Impact. Both are thriller based on realistic settings and fully documented (with the bibliography at the end). The first one is set in Calais "jungle", the refugee camp. The second is based on the climat crisis.
Beautiful video and spreads! I always await for your new reading bujo every year! In my own reading journal I like to add a page for the webtoons and fanfics that i'm reading :)
Oh that’s so fun! I don’t read web toons or fanfic but I enjoy visual novel apps so maybe I could include something for that 🤔
I missed the pretty bee journal but snagged the new green and gold rose one and the pink storybook one from A&O. My first order from them. Excited to get them to set up my own.
Oo excited for you! A&O journals are so gorgeous and great quality ❤️ I hope you love them! I got the green and gold rose one, too, I couldn’t resist!
I can see your cat was particularly inspired this time 😂. I love when I see people's cats on the videos. I really consider it a bonus, since I love them ❤. I loved your reading journal. I started one this year for the first time. Let's see how it goes.. 😅
They were both getting a little overzealous 😂 I hope your reading journalling goes well! ❤️
I've never been able to keep up with/stick to a bullet journal, but every time i see one of your journalling videos I'm itching to try it again. It looks so fun and peaceful!! But i just know that my audhd brain is going to abandon it whenever i start again :(
I’m very excited for you to read Walking Practice. I’ve recommended it to so many people since reading it
It looks right up my alley!
If you're looking for french books to add to your TBR, i very strongly suggest "Du thé pour les fantômes", from Chris Vuklisevic. It's the story of two twin sisters who haven't talked to each other since 30, 35 years. The first one, Félicité, sees the spirits of people who passed away mid-sentence and is a "passeuse d'âme". The second one, Agonie, is hated by everyone and lives as a witch in the wild. The day their mom dies, they have to find out what happened and need to reconnect to do so. It's beautiful, very poetic. Mon coup de coeur absolu de 2024 ❤
Hi! Love the video, your reading journal always looks so beautiful. I still need to get round to setting my own one up!
I noticed that Finland wasn't filled in on your map and had a book recommendation - "Summer Fishing in Lapland (is more dangerous than you think)" by Juhani Karila. It's an idiosyncratic low fantasy with mythical creatures, a curse, a murder and lots of flies! It's also translated fiction.
Hi, I saw that Ecuador is still empty on your RATW map. I highly recommend „We will be Jaguars“ from Nemonte Nenquimo to fill it. It is an incredible book, I cannot stop thinking about it. It is my first 2025 book, but might end up being the best! I am sure you will like it! Love all your content! Daniela
Thank you for the recommendation! ❤️
Might I suggest few finnish books I liked for your reding list. Sofi Oksanen - Purge, Mika Waltari - The Egyptian, Väinö Linna - the Unknown Soldier, Katja Kettu - The midwife
so pretty! 😍
Thank you!
Happy 25 to you and family. French is my 3th language. I’ve quite fluent in reading. Famous classics and authors are “done” 😊 but I’d love some modern lit. It would be great a video where you expand on your passion pour français et le culture. And suggest or guide someone, like me, who feels the same. If you think isn’t your “target subscribers” maybe you could point to “where” you find suggestions, reviews, launches. Thank you so much for your reviews. I edit my Wish list based on your comments ❤
I don’t feel like I’ve read enough modern French literature to recommend anything, but I’ll definitely consider making a video in the future as I read more! I still have many classics to work my way through 😅
@ I started reading children’s books in 2000. But I’ve lived in Paris several periods of time. I’m able to read Victor Hugo without much trouble. Even saw a psychologist in “French” 🤓 when I was there for months. I hope you get to produce a video about French literature , culture, cuisine (I imagine you’re exposed often living in Canada). Merci bien.
The journal looks amazing and I'm really excited to witness it getting filled.
Do you already have a list of possible books from the countrys you are still missing for your reading around the world challenge?
I don’t have books for every country but I have quite a few! There’s a blog post on my website where I’ve compiled a list of subscriber’s suggestions and my own reads/research ❤️ I think I forgot to add the link to the description box of this video but I’ll add it now!
I have too many hobbies and too little time, so I set my goal to finish 32 books in 2025.
I saw that Iceland is still blank on the map,
Not sure of the specifics of the world challenge, but here is a thriller by an icelandic author and also set in Iceland:
„I remember you“ by Yrsa Sigurdadottir
I really liked it, but I love all things Iceland, so maybe I‘m not a good judge ;-))
I love the vintage dark academia scrapbook style! You always choose such pretty art as well for your journal! Do you get them online or do you source them from somewhere else?
I usually find them on Pinterest! Often they’re pictures of old paintings ❤️
I absolutely adore your aesthetic ! I blame you for my addiction to tea-stained paper, it's a staple and I put it everywhere in my journal. May I ask what pen you are using to trace lines ? All the pens I've tried bleed and smear into the tea-stained paper.
5:05 Aww the kitty. 🥹🐈⬛
I love your reading journal 🥰 If you want a recommendation in french, try Emblèmes by Ina Siel, it's a young adult fantasy but it's really original and one of the main characters (the man) has severe anxiety ! Highly recommend ! Plus, the author is BIPOC
So pretty.
For your book bingo, any books by Robin Wall Kimmerer would work for indigenous author and for nonfiction about nature! Highly recommend if you haven’t read anything of hers before.
Braiding Sweetgrass won my book bracket a few years back!
If you need a book from North Korea (I can't believe there is one), but I read a book called "Friend" by Paek Nam-Nyong. It is a translated literature from North Korea, so you can give it a go and have another country checked off on your map haha.
Comme toujours, j'adore tes bujo Elizabeth 🥰🥰🥰
Si je peux te suggérer :
"Milles soleils splendides" de Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)
"Ève de ses décombres" d'Ananda Devi (Ile Maurice)
"La mer chantera ton nom" Laura Nfasou (France)
Bonne lecture ❤
i love your nails, they're really pretty :)
Thank you! 😊
Oh, Elizabeth, it's gorgeous! How did I not get this design!! Noooooo. I need to get started on my own reading journal for this year. BTW, will your set of the acrylograph pens ever come back?
I jumped on it so quickly when it was released! They sometimes bring back old designs if they’re popular so you never know 🤔 there are no current plans to bring them back, no! I don’t want to use mine too much because I’ll be sad when they run out 😂
@PlantBasedBride I need to keep an eye out. Green is my fav color, and I saw a new one on there that's equally gorgeous. As for your pen set, they are exactly my color tone, so I wanted them back so 😢 ♡♡♡♡♡
Happy new year🎉. Where did you get the sticker organizer?
Thank you for your amazing videos. ❤
It’s from Archer & Olive! I’ve added a link to the black version to the description box ❤
I’m an autistic woman. I’ve found it so hard to find books with good neurodiversity rep. There are lots of books with clearly neurodiverse characters, but nowhere are they called neurodiverse…which I find a bit icky. There are lots of books with poor or really stereotypical representation. I would love to hear if you (or anyone here in the comments) knows of any books with good representation of neurodiverse characters (particularly autistic and adhd).
Love your set up!!
I’ve found it difficult as well. The representation is usually not overt and often relies mostly on stereotypes, which is frustrating to say the least.
my thoughts exactly!
I am autistic too and find the same problems. I do remember liking Happy Doomsday, though it's been long enough I can't remember if it was a mixed bag on that or mostly better than the usual. I have a positive feeling for it, though.
@@sarebear62 thanks, I’ll check it out.
I really want to do sticky paper too! What printer do you use for that? Looking to get one and it looks like your prints are great 🤩
I don’t like my printer so I wouldn’t recommend it overall, but it’s an HP Officejet!
@ lol that is the last printer I had and I almost threw it through a window 😂 so I get it hahaha
LOL glad it’s not just me 😂
Lovely journal set up! random question... how do you get the jagged ends on your tapes?
Thank you! I have little washi tape dispensers for holding my most used tapes and it has a blade with either big or small teeth to cut the tape on.
@ thank you! Will have a little Google for one of them 💚
@@TheBookHermie I got mine from Stationery Pal, but I think I added them to my “shop my supplies” link in the description ❤️
@ ah perfect will check it out!
What size are your books covers? How do you print them
I give lots of details in my Canva video! If you search “Plant Based Bride Canva” it should be the first result, and I get exact dimensions and how I prep everything in Canva to print 🥰
If you are looking for a warped and twisted novel, you need to read HOUSE OF LEAVES!! There is no other novel like it.
I’ve read it and loved it! I’ll probably reread it soon ❤️
My physical TBR is on my night stand precisely to shame me into reading the books I already own 😅
Haha I love this 😂 I haven’t done it since moving into my current home since I have a home library, but I think it would work to shame me into it for sure 😅