I love creating a "book Bingo" spread. Basically in a way to get me to read more outside my comfort zone or for just for diversity or even if I'm in reading slump. I create a 5x5 chart and fill it in with promps like a book from our birth year, historical fiction, memoir, book with two authors, POC main character, POC Author, translated book, multiple POV, non-fiction, non human main character, LGBTQ+ main character... and so on.
Oh dear, you’re making me want to make my own reading journal this is gorgeous. In another vein, this “scrapbook” style is a lot more similar to how I journal, and I’ve never thought of it as an art journal, but maybe I will.
"Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And most of all, don't blink. Good luck."
@@annatierney6608 It's one of my favourites to show to people who are new to Doctor Who. It's great, it's scary, and you don't need to have seen the show before in order to enjoy it. :)
How does a square notebook seem so fun? This is gorgeous and I feel quite inspired to make my own! 2021 will be my second year doing what I've called the "Read Your Bookshelf" challenge, I made prompts for each month of the year and then will be picking a book that fills the prompt from off my shelf. I love that with art journaling you can always cover up any kind of mistakes, it works with my slightly OCD personality. Okay, thank you so much for the inspiration! I feel like I really need to go buy a notebook now and get going on this!!!!
I remember many years ago when I was still in my early twenties and blogs were all the rage a girl I followed kept mentioning how many books she had read or planned on reading that year. I was mystified because I didn't understand why you would keep track. I keep track now (30 books this year) but I also feel that I don't enjoy reading as much. Reading challenges keep me reading, which is good, but I didn't use to need an excuse to read. Reading was a pleasure in itself (or maybe a compulsion) and I couldn't care less what other people read or what they thought about my books. I'm not sure I'm happier now, and I don't know how to go back. Sorry for the downer, I've just been thinking about this a lot lately.
The first time I saw a reading BuJo, I thought- why do that? Two years into my BuJo addiction, and realizing I’m putting reading notes in my long term journal, and wanting to read more (watch tv less)...... oh, that’s a great idea!
I've been doing bullet journaling for a couple of years now, and it's been the most creative thing I've been able to do. In terms of what I'd use a second one for... I'd use it as a daily journal. With a family member having stage 4 cancer, I feel like using a daily journal to write down my feelings and emotions would be a good thing to do. Something to help me cope with the inevitable, as I don't have many people to talk to. I started a daily journal this year, when the family found out about the cancer, as well as when my dog died, and it's helped me quite a bit so far. Because even on days where I just "didn't care", I was able to jot down what I was feeling, throughout quarantine, and it's helped me quite a bit.
I'm not usually a fan of scrapbooking in a BuJo, but yours looks so lovely! I don't think I'd try it for myself (I need something more minimal or I'll get distracted), but I love how you connected your love for reading with the aesthethic and feel of your journal. I love reading, but with 2 young children and cooped up during the pandemic, I've found I have very little time for it, unfortunately... So I wouldn't make a reading journal, but my husband and I do have personal BuJos and we also have a shared one for our finances and family goals. It's been working great for our little family! Hope you're having a wonderful day and enjoy a lovely Christmas with your hubby!
One of my recent fave spreads is monthly ones where I track number of books read, number of pages read, average rating, and number of books DNFd. I also put in sections for favorite quotes and a spot to put which book was my favorite that month.
It's not even half an hour, yay I m early !!! And, I would make another journal probably for how much I've learned art so far, cuz art and calligraphy is my thing :)
Hi, I'm so in love with your aesthetic of this book journal, which gives me gorgeous ideas for mine! I wonder if you could show how you print the picture elements ???
I would like to set up a separate journal to track my baby and my toddler's milestones, family meal planning, upcoming school dates etc. A parenting journal, if you will. I love my little ones so much that filling a book with memories of them would be so easy to do and a treasure to look back on. Thanks for sharing your reading journal set up. I want to pour a cuppa now and curl up with a book. So I will ;-) @christina_moxon
I've been keeping reading journals for a few years. Prior to 2020 I was reading a lot, and I found that I would forget things, so I started a reading journal with an entry for each book I read. I don't do ratings, but I do a synopsis and any details or thoughts about the book I might want to refer back to. It helps when putting down a series to come back to later on when the next book is available. I'm onto my second journal, unfortunately I fell off the reading wagon at the beginning of 2020 and haven't gotten back on. Maybe I will soon. I do miss it, I just got way too busy ironically at the time when everyone else had lots of free time due to covid lockdown.
I love the idea of reading spreads! I also did a reading goal spread this year. It was a bunch of big books and I colored them in as the tracker, but just wrote multitudinous names on the spine of the large books. It wasn’t the cleanest. I really love the idea of doing one similar to your TBR somehow. Maybe an abstract and simple art cover thing instead, so I don’t need to print things. Thank you for the ideas! If I had a second book (sometimes I use two books for yearly/monthly and a weekly journal) that wasn’t a weekly journal, I would love to make a version of a common place notebook, where I could track my favorite quotes and keep notes from the miscellaneous things I am learning at the time, but in an artistic/doodled/scrapbooking sort of way. That way my main journal could be more functional and efficient for daily use, and interesting things that make me happy can be collected in the other. IG: @Aesthewen
Fun fact, I spent this morning with setting up with my reading journal. I started this years ago (2018, I think) and it lasted til now. I mainly note there which book I read, some basic facts about the book (author, format, publish date, if it's a translation and so on) and if there are quotes that I really like because then I have many on hand if I need them which I do suprisingly often. I love reading through it again years later, especially the selected quotes. Most of them I still love but some are more meh now. By the way I did not manage the 100 books. By the end of the year it will probably 93 books. Insta is tulleandpens .
I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess I have several bonus journals- reading, knitting, budgeting/finance and a five-year diary (you just add a few sentences and can see your entries from that day on previous years on the same page). I’m adding yet another this year, which will be a separate bujo dedicated to work. It used to work for me to include work with my personal, but working from home this year has made me want to redraw some boundaries and separate them. I’ve never done any spreads in my reading journal so thanks for the inspiration!
I am SO amazed that you read ≥ 100 books in a year. I do good to get through one book/month. And I hate I didn't get the morning sun journal before they sold out. Kicking myself right now. Love your set up
I'd probably make a reading journal because I forget what books I've read without seeing the cover. Like I can tell you where that specific book is located in a specific library but for the life of me I can never remember names. So I think a reading journal would be a load of fun to go down memory lane, reread old books and just create fun spreads! Twitter: @Hedgehogscan
As an illustrator, I'm always drawing, but I feel the need to experiment more with my art and I think an art journal with that square notebook would be just wonderful❤️
i love the collage style you did for this set up - very reminiscent of an actual old library or collection. and more utilitarian, but having a journal for my job would be why i’d start another journal. working at home means it’s harder to separate work and my personal life. i’ve always kept everything in a single journal, but a work journal would be a physical barrier between the two. i’m on instagram at clairemiller.png
This year I'm planning to make a separate journal on the things I want to learn and my progress on what I'm learning. Such a languages and skills at work.
I absolutely love A&O! And I love what you did for your reading journal! It's so pretty! For my journal, if I made another one, I think it would be a writing journal, because I absolutely love writing and I feel like I spend less time than I'd like to on that "hobby" of mine, so it could push me to get back into it and do it more consistently! My IG : @silvana.vne
I read constantly and keeping track of an author and series isn't easy this would be a wonderful place to track my reading and future books to read. Love it!!!
I figured it out... Im obsessed with the colors & the esthetic, the placement of everything, how you used pages of a book to accent and the cut outs of “book of the month”.... you have beautiful taste
I'm very late and it's September but I highly recommend storygraph. You can even import your Goodreads information so you don't lose all of that. It also gives you nice graphs for each month/year!
I would use a second journal for scrap booking all my favourite memories! After 2020 I want to take more photos, collect more momentums for special trips, moments and times with friends and family, and start scrap booking them all in one special place for me to look back on in years to come! Loved this set up and the spreads are beautiful! Rosie x
I love the mix of scrapbooking in a bullet journal they both blend together beautifully. I’ve been wanting to try turning a bullet journal into a smash book since the paper would hold up to glues and watercolor but also great for journaling too.
Good luck on you Bookish Bullet Journal. I loved mine. I love the square size. I am moving from an A5 to an A6 so I had to reconfigure all of my trackers. New sizes are always fun to set up. 😊 Also good luck on the 125 books! I had to move my goal up this year as well but next year I’m downsizing the amount of challenges I participate in as well. I can’t wait to see both of your Bujos evolve. They are gorgeous as always.
How gorgeous! I feel like the square notebook suits this usage so well. I might make a separate bullet journal for reading as well! But also, I think I need to try to make a practice bullet journal again. I'm a pianist, and having a place to sort out my practice goals/gigs etc. is something I desperately need.
Very pretty! Makes me want to create a separate reading journal. I’ve never tried doing the scrapbook style and this makes me feel like I should. I usually have some kind of TBR bingo, those are fun to do.
I track genres since I wanna make sure I won't just read my favourites. I also track dates like how long it takes me to read each book. I also rate all my books at least with some stars.
I never really journalled (don’t know if you can write it like this), but lately I feel like I want to read more in 2021 and then mostly non fiction. I wanted to start annotating books, although I don’t feel at ease with the idea of writing in my books. A journal would be perfect for this, and you just giving this video to us feels like a conformation for me.
I love the bracket rating system!! I want to add that and try it in my bujo! I use my regular bujo for tracking everything including reading but I love the idea of having a second notebook for that!
Lovely reading journal Elizabeth!🥰 I hope that you enjoy it. I loved using my reading journal in 2020, and I’m excited to keep using it in 2021. I made plan with me videos for both, and I’ve gotten sooo many great book recommendations through those videos!🤩 The bracket spread seemed very interesting!
What a great idea ! ❤ I'm so sad plantmas is almost over ! For my part, I've been doing pole fitness for a few years but in the past year I haven't made any progress, I think I've lost some of my strength and flexibility. Your plantmas gave me a lot of ideas to create a bujo to track my progress, to write workout routine and some new pole combo (I ALWAYS forget them) as well as pole move goals I want to be able to do !
I would use the new journal as a reading bullet journal as well! I recently got back into reading after being too busy and forgetting just how much I love it ❤️
I love this set up!! I currently have a reading journal, a normal bujo and a life journal but I love the idea of a square journal and now I am obsessed hahahaha. I think I would use a separate journal to keep track of long term collections as a way to separate them from my planning. Or maybe I would make a review journal, as my reading journal just contains my rating and reading stats. so many possibilities!
I started a reading journal this year too! :D Tbh there are a lot of fluffy reading spreads people do that I don't really like. However, I'm a big fantasy reader and so I've got a spread to track the series I'm reading. Like, you list all the books in each series, and color in a corresponding square for every book you've finished. Super helpful. :)
I'm always so impressed with your set ups, they are always so beautiful! And that yellow notebook is so pretty! I just started bullet journaling in June of this year and it has really helped my mental health and anxiety, its helped be more organized and stay on track ( which can be very difficult with depression) but also given me a outlet to help me when I'm feeling anxious. I've actually been thinking about a goal type of bujo, somewhere I can keep track of my goals, timelines for those goals, steps I need to take etc so far I just keep them in a random notebook but would love to migrate them and have more room for plans. I think i might also look into setting up a reading journal as well as I tend to have a hard time remembering the names of books I've read, if someone tells me the plot of any book i can tell you if I've read it but not just by the name so I look forward to seeing more of your reading bujo for inspo! I dont have twitter or insta so here is my email tessa.grignon@gmail.com :)
I love the aesthetic for this one :) I would make a separate bujo for medieval German literature... it’s my field of study and I love it. The language is captivating and old handwritten books (codices) are so visually appealing and beautiful. I would keep track of the Stories ive read, cross references and research literature on all the topics, as well as highlights of my lectures, notes on special things and so on. :) I’m kind of a nerd about medieval books as you can tell 😅 love from Germany :)
I’ve been thinking about making a master archive journal for the recipes I try. I’ve been a little more adventurous in my cooking this year, but my recipes are scattered everywhere (my head, my photos folder on my phone, a Pinterest board) and I’m not the best at remembering how I’ve modified the recipe and how much I liked it 😬 I think I also want to track the recipes that I want to try 🤔 Now that I’ve written that out, I’m definitely making that journal! 😂
These spreads are gorgeous! I wish I read more. And actually kept track of what I do read. I forgot I read Mexican Gothic this year until you mentioned it. I liked it. I for sure would love to start a reading journal. My socials are prettiestpigeon, I use Insta the most.
I am envious of you. I read only read five books this year, a far cry from fifty I read in 2018.. I am trying to get back into reading. I bought so many good books but I haven't read them yet.. hopefully 2021 would be a good reading year
If I could recommend one book bujo tip it would be to make both a “tbr” and a “books read” page each month. Just because I find this makes me not feel so pressured to read my planned tbr, if I end up reading something else, I still have a place to write it in and track it 😊
I'm watching videos for inspiration while I wait for my supplies to show up from amazon now I've decided to start a reading bujo. I love what you've done with yours so thanks for the video, also can I just say your voice is amazing, you should really do audiobooks, such a calm and comforting vibe, thanks again 😊
I just watched you're video and I think it is a wonderful idea to have a reading journal. I think I will start one of my own. Before I started journaling and colouring I read a lot and I kept a list of books I read from 2017 on, I also use Goodreads but I also want to write more down on the book which I don't do at Goodreads to know later on what I really loved or hated in a book without spoiler to much for people who haven't read the book. A reading journal would be perfect for this. Thanks a lot for the tip.
I was just telling my husband I want to do a separate journal for my families favorite meals and do my own recipe book! I think it would be super fun and so many different ideas running through my head! I love this square journal! I also love your reading journal setup!!
this video inspired me to start a reading journal! it's nowhere near this complex but I read a lot and for some reason was afraid to dedicate an entire notebook to reading. no longer. and I'm loving it!!
How does everything you get your hands on turn out so beautiful? You're amazing. I do have an extra gratitude journal in a drawer next to my bed in case that counts. Besides that I struggle enough to keep my regular bullet journaling up, lol.
I really enjoyed this video. All of your spreads are incredibly beautiful! The all look very complete. Your voice is very calming and I like how you describe each spread! I hope you have a wonderful day
This is so lovely. It has such a nice cozy vibe. Hmmm I would use a separate journal to track my botanical art. I would list plants I’ve drawn and painted, what medium, what I learned about the plant, etc. I would include little diagrams to help understand the plants’ anatomy. I am going to do this anyway, but I haven’t decided on a journal to use. I’m doing this because I eventually want a career in botanical or floral illustration.
I was thinking about bujo for historical sewing. It is definetly a lot to track, no only productivty, but pattern and fabric stash, events that nedds specific items finished, fabric and inspiration swatches... But last few years I made big plans and finished almost nothing. Seeing my plans on paper and compering them with I accualy achieved made me sad. This year I give up totally, I just focused on learning new totally diferent skills and not pushng myself anywhere. And it was way mere satisfaying! So may be I made instead small notebook with tips and ideas about being just happy and spend some nice time - ideas for trips and walks, what I wih to paint or craft, some new recipes to cook. And even challenges to myself - use sticker you bought six months ago, paint something and hang it on the wall, use some stationery stuff you bought... I´m still waiting for being skilled enaught, for perfect bujo spread tu use nice stickers fot it, it is weird and I´m happy I finally live more freely.
I started a reading bujo at the beginning of quarantine this year... I liked it a lot, but it kind of just fell off after awhile... I'm hoping that I can make one for this year and that I'll stick with it!
I've been wanting to set up a reading journal. Currently I have my bujo, one for cooking and one for quotes and random things I find but I have been really wanting one for books.
I will be using my second bullet journal for art journaling and personal journal entries (ie not bullet journaling in any way!). Loved this video. So calming
i love this sooo much. The theme around the entire set up is so cozy and warm. Also love all the spreads. I am thinking of remaking the book bracket spread for my reading journal. I always wondered how am i supposed to pick my favourite book from the bunch that i will be reading but you were just in time. Thanks alot for the inspiration.❤🎈
I love having a reading journal, I kinda use the system Liz from Wonderpens posted on the blog. I already have a second bujo for Grad school, but if I were to have a third it would be a crafting one to keep track of knitting/crochet/cross stitch/whatever project notes
Wow I never thought this type of bujo😍 Now I have in my bujo tbr styled spread, because I have "bad" habit of reading too many books at the same time... And my boyfriend suggested that I draw a flower after I read a book.
I've been toying with the idea of a separate journal for my business/work so I can maintain a healthy separation. Sometimes it just takes over my "everything" journal. I love to ritualize work whenever and wherever possible, and it might just be time to give my work the space to grow! PS - OMG, I love the square style! Excited to see it in action!
I love bullet journaling and struggle to find good quality journals that are not out of stock! I am really inspired by you spreads for your book bujo setup and hope to do that with my journal of I won x I would want the North star white paged 8x8 notebook 😊
I really want to make a separate bujo for my memories. I started in the past few weeks to make a list of all the things I never want to forget (memories with my friends, family, books, movies, any memories). So basically I want to have a page or two for each memory, where I give a "title" ans de scribe what is the memory and why I dont want to forget it. I hope to be able to remember some things from a long time ago and put them in there too. That's what I'd love to have a separate bujo for !
Love the scrapbook vibe!! I'm hoping to read more this year though most of my reading will be textbooks for my classes lol. Looking forward to more setups from you in this journal!
This is absolutely gorgeous. I've watched it more than once and it just gets better every time. I'm thinking you may be the main inspo for my bujo this year 🌻 I love your spreads
Love this so much! I could see myself making a reading journal, or using an extra journal for my relationship (date ideas/date trackers/our mutual goals/relationship expectations, etc)
What a beautiful and inspiring setup! :) I already have a separate journal for morning pages, which is anything but pretty though. :D I'd like to set up a journal for traveling and use a kind of vintage travel theme throughout. At least once traveling is an option again! :)
This will be my first year making a reading journal! Because I'm a Literature student I will include a books for college spread. I think I will also make another journal for classical music. In 2020 I had some spreads on my regular bujo for classical music, but this year I watched and listened to SO MANY operas that I feel it just deserves a separate place where I can write down my favorite recordings and albums, the upcoming releases, ect. I'm also starting to have more serious opinions on the classical music that I hear, so I'd like having somewhere to write down my thoughts.
I would probably make a general review journal. Seperating books specifically would not feel right to me, I like to consume stories in all formats. So yeah a review journal, as a place for me to write down my thoughts on books, movies and tv-shows, but also maybe podcasts and art and exhibitions, as I visit a lot of museums, as an art student. I could keep track of release dates and openings as well. Thats sounds really good to me.
Love the way you set up your journals! I would definitely use a journal like this as a project journal for my crafts, art, and crochet. LOVE this size, and I’m going to check out Archer & Olive’s site for them. Thanks!
Elizabeth, could you make a video about your reading year, like how you feel, if it's changed you or your life, that sort of thing. Like what effect has it had, reading all these books?
I was thinking of making a separate bujo for reading! I want to get into reading more... I be an avid reader when I was a teenager but now due to college I fell out of it... Anyway sorry for rumbling but this really inspired me to set one up and read more!!!
I really love the morning sun notebook 😍 Well, I have a separate bujo for daily gratitude and I'd like another one for reading; I superated my challenge from Goodreads and perhaps 120 books are too much space in my pages. My favorites bujos are minimalist, but the mine it's not minimalist 🤦🏻♀️ Merry Christmas everyone 🎄💖
I’m thinking about setting up a TV/Movie bujo because i spend a lot of my time watching things. Netflix and Prime are my best friends. It would be nice to have somewhere to document all the things I plan to view and have seen. ♥️
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Where did you get that old looking paper from?
I love creating a "book Bingo" spread. Basically in a way to get me to read more outside my comfort zone or for just for diversity or even if I'm in reading slump. I create a 5x5 chart and fill it in with promps like a book from our birth year, historical fiction, memoir, book with two authors, POC main character, POC Author, translated book, multiple POV, non-fiction, non human main character, LGBTQ+ main character... and so on.
That’s a terrific idea !!!
this actually sounds good! I wanna try this sometime😃
This is really awesome idea!
Aw, your reading journal was immediately blessed by your kitty.
Oh dear, you’re making me want to make my own reading journal this is gorgeous.
In another vein, this “scrapbook” style is a lot more similar to how I journal, and I’ve never thought of it as an art journal, but maybe I will.
"Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And most of all, don't blink. Good luck."
Gives me the shivers...easily one of the scariest episodes
@@annatierney6608 It's one of my favourites to show to people who are new to Doctor Who. It's great, it's scary, and you don't need to have seen the show before in order to enjoy it. :)
How does a square notebook seem so fun? This is gorgeous and I feel quite inspired to make my own! 2021 will be my second year doing what I've called the "Read Your Bookshelf" challenge, I made prompts for each month of the year and then will be picking a book that fills the prompt from off my shelf. I love that with art journaling you can always cover up any kind of mistakes, it works with my slightly OCD personality. Okay, thank you so much for the inspiration! I feel like I really need to go buy a notebook now and get going on this!!!!
I remember many years ago when I was still in my early twenties and blogs were all the rage a girl I followed kept mentioning how many books she had read or planned on reading that year. I was mystified because I didn't understand why you would keep track. I keep track now (30 books this year) but I also feel that I don't enjoy reading as much. Reading challenges keep me reading, which is good, but I didn't use to need an excuse to read. Reading was a pleasure in itself (or maybe a compulsion) and I couldn't care less what other people read or what they thought about my books. I'm not sure I'm happier now, and I don't know how to go back.
Sorry for the downer, I've just been thinking about this a lot lately.
I hope the reading journal will bring you sooo much joy! It will bring me joy watching you update it 😜
The first time I saw a reading BuJo, I thought- why do that? Two years into my BuJo addiction, and realizing I’m putting reading notes in my long term journal, and wanting to read more (watch tv less)...... oh, that’s a great idea!
I was just thinking about starting a reading journal this morning! This seems like a sign. Also, I love the bracket spread
This is GORGEOUS and I love the look of using stamps because I'm never happy with my handwriting for headings. GORGEOUS!!
I would have just added to the end of the quote “and disappear there” 😂 just to make it rhyme love this journal so beautiful🥰
I've been doing bullet journaling for a couple of years now, and it's been the most creative thing I've been able to do. In terms of what I'd use a second one for... I'd use it as a daily journal. With a family member having stage 4 cancer, I feel like using a daily journal to write down my feelings and emotions would be a good thing to do. Something to help me cope with the inevitable, as I don't have many people to talk to. I started a daily journal this year, when the family found out about the cancer, as well as when my dog died, and it's helped me quite a bit so far. Because even on days where I just "didn't care", I was able to jot down what I was feeling, throughout quarantine, and it's helped me quite a bit.
Okay, this is absolutely stunning! It gives off dark academia aesthetic vibes which I've been loving!
I'm not usually a fan of scrapbooking in a BuJo, but yours looks so lovely! I don't think I'd try it for myself (I need something more minimal or I'll get distracted), but I love how you connected your love for reading with the aesthethic and feel of your journal. I love reading, but with 2 young children and cooped up during the pandemic, I've found I have very little time for it, unfortunately... So I wouldn't make a reading journal, but my husband and I do have personal BuJos and we also have a shared one for our finances and family goals. It's been working great for our little family!
Hope you're having a wonderful day and enjoy a lovely Christmas with your hubby!
One of my recent fave spreads is monthly ones where I track number of books read, number of pages read, average rating, and number of books DNFd. I also put in sections for favorite quotes and a spot to put which book was my favorite that month.
It's not even half an hour, yay I m early !!!
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I would make another journal probably for how much I've learned art so far, cuz art and calligraphy is my thing :)
Hi, I'm so in love with your aesthetic of this book journal, which gives me gorgeous ideas for mine! I wonder if you could show how you print the picture elements ???
I would like to set up a separate journal to track my baby and my toddler's milestones, family meal planning, upcoming school dates etc. A parenting journal, if you will. I love my little ones so much that filling a book with memories of them would be so easy to do and a treasure to look back on. Thanks for sharing your reading journal set up. I want to pour a cuppa now and curl up with a book. So I will ;-) @christina_moxon
You would most likely like Claudio Joseph then because she does a lot of that in her bujo. It’s such a cute idea and very practical!
I would do a knitting bujo to keep track of what I've knitted and ideas for more projects. Knitting has been essential to me this year!
I don't even have a spare notebook but this makes me want to start a reading journal like - WOW
I've been keeping reading journals for a few years. Prior to 2020 I was reading a lot, and I found that I would forget things, so I started a reading journal with an entry for each book I read. I don't do ratings, but I do a synopsis and any details or thoughts about the book I might want to refer back to. It helps when putting down a series to come back to later on when the next book is available. I'm onto my second journal, unfortunately I fell off the reading wagon at the beginning of 2020 and haven't gotten back on. Maybe I will soon. I do miss it, I just got way too busy ironically at the time when everyone else had lots of free time due to covid lockdown.
Omg I wanted to start a reading journal for 2021! This video is perfect 😁🥰
I love the idea of reading spreads! I also did a reading goal spread this year. It was a bunch of big books and I colored them in as the tracker, but just wrote multitudinous names on the spine of the large books. It wasn’t the cleanest. I really love the idea of doing one similar to your TBR somehow. Maybe an abstract and simple art cover thing instead, so I don’t need to print things. Thank you for the ideas!
If I had a second book (sometimes I use two books for yearly/monthly and a weekly journal) that wasn’t a weekly journal, I would love to make a version of a common place notebook, where I could track my favorite quotes and keep notes from the miscellaneous things I am learning at the time, but in an artistic/doodled/scrapbooking sort of way. That way my main journal could be more functional and efficient for daily use, and interesting things that make me happy can be collected in the other. IG: @Aesthewen
Fun fact, I spent this morning with setting up with my reading journal. I started this years ago (2018, I think) and it lasted til now. I mainly note there which book I read, some basic facts about the book (author, format, publish date, if it's a translation and so on) and if there are quotes that I really like because then I have many on hand if I need them which I do suprisingly often. I love reading through it again years later, especially the selected quotes. Most of them I still love but some are more meh now.
By the way I did not manage the 100 books. By the end of the year it will probably 93 books.
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I just looked through your Instagram and it's beautiful. I wish I was Bilingual. Great job.
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I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess I have several bonus journals- reading, knitting, budgeting/finance and a five-year diary (you just add a few sentences and can see your entries from that day on previous years on the same page). I’m adding yet another this year, which will be a separate bujo dedicated to work. It used to work for me to include work with my personal, but working from home this year has made me want to redraw some boundaries and separate them. I’ve never done any spreads in my reading journal so thanks for the inspiration!
This gives me such a dark academia vibe and I LOVE it
I am SO amazed that you read ≥ 100 books in a year. I do good to get through one book/month. And I hate I didn't get the morning sun journal before they sold out. Kicking myself right now. Love your set up
I'd probably make a reading journal because I forget what books I've read without seeing the cover. Like I can tell you where that specific book is located in a specific library but for the life of me I can never remember names. So I think a reading journal would be a load of fun to go down memory lane, reread old books and just create fun spreads!
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As an illustrator, I'm always drawing, but I feel the need to experiment more with my art and I think an art journal with that square notebook would be just wonderful❤️
i love the collage style you did for this set up - very reminiscent of an actual old library or collection. and more utilitarian, but having a journal for my job would be why i’d start another journal. working at home means it’s harder to separate work and my personal life. i’ve always kept everything in a single journal, but a work journal would be a physical barrier between the two. i’m on instagram at clairemiller.png
This year I'm planning to make a separate journal on the things I want to learn and my progress on what I'm learning. Such a languages and skills at work.
I absolutely love A&O! And I love what you did for your reading journal! It's so pretty!
For my journal, if I made another one, I think it would be a writing journal, because I absolutely love writing and I feel like I spend less time than I'd like to on that "hobby" of mine, so it could push me to get back into it and do it more consistently!
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I read constantly and keeping track of an author and series isn't easy this would be a wonderful place to track my reading and future books to read. Love it!!!
I love the natural feel of this journal. I am expanding my journals this year and love this idea for my faith journal.
I figured it out... Im obsessed with the colors & the esthetic, the placement of everything, how you used pages of a book to accent and the cut outs of “book of the month”.... you have beautiful taste
I'm very late and it's September but I highly recommend storygraph. You can even import your Goodreads information so you don't lose all of that. It also gives you nice graphs for each month/year!
I would use a second journal for scrap booking all my favourite memories!
After 2020 I want to take more photos, collect more momentums for special trips, moments and times with friends and family, and start scrap booking them all in one special place for me to look back on in years to come!
Loved this set up and the spreads are beautiful!
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I love the mix of scrapbooking in a bullet journal they both blend together beautifully. I’ve been wanting to try turning a bullet journal into a smash book since the paper would hold up to glues and watercolor but also great for journaling too.
Good luck on you Bookish Bullet Journal. I loved mine. I love the square size. I am moving from an A5 to an A6 so I had to reconfigure all of my trackers. New sizes are always fun to set up. 😊
Also good luck on the 125 books! I had to move my goal up this year as well but next year I’m downsizing the amount of challenges I participate in as well.
I can’t wait to see both of your Bujos evolve. They are gorgeous as always.
I would totally make a separate bujo for lettering practice. I’ve been thinking about it! I looooove this theme for your reading one. So beautiful!
How gorgeous! I feel like the square notebook suits this usage so well. I might make a separate bullet journal for reading as well! But also, I think I need to try to make a practice bullet journal again. I'm a pianist, and having a place to sort out my practice goals/gigs etc. is something I desperately need.
I'm so glad you shared how you decided to use this square notebook! I remember when you got it, and I wondered what ended up happening with it.
Very pretty! Makes me want to create a separate reading journal. I’ve never tried doing the scrapbook style and this makes me feel like I should. I usually have some kind of TBR bingo, those are fun to do.
I track genres since I wanna make sure I won't just read my favourites. I also track dates like how long it takes me to read each book. I also rate all my books at least with some stars.
That's funny I just set up my own VERY first reading bujo 2 days ago!!! That square book is gorgeous!!!!
I never really journalled (don’t know if you can write it like this), but lately I feel like I want to read more in 2021 and then mostly non fiction. I wanted to start annotating books, although I don’t feel at ease with the idea of writing in my books. A journal would be perfect for this, and you just giving this video to us feels like a conformation for me.
Love everything about this! I think I would be most likely to make a separate bujo for reading content as well - notes, quotes, reviews etc...
I love the bracket rating system!! I want to add that and try it in my bujo! I use my regular bujo for tracking everything including reading but I love the idea of having a second notebook for that!
Lovely reading journal Elizabeth!🥰 I hope that you enjoy it. I loved using my reading journal in 2020, and I’m excited to keep using it in 2021. I made plan with me videos for both, and I’ve gotten sooo many great book recommendations through those videos!🤩 The bracket spread seemed very interesting!
What a great idea ! ❤ I'm so sad plantmas is almost over !
For my part, I've been doing pole fitness for a few years but in the past year I haven't made any progress, I think I've lost some of my strength and flexibility. Your plantmas gave me a lot of ideas to create a bujo to track my progress, to write workout routine and some new pole combo (I ALWAYS forget them) as well as pole move goals I want to be able to do !
I would use the new journal as a reading bullet journal as well! I recently got back into reading after being too busy and forgetting just how much I love it ❤️
I love this set up!! I currently have a reading journal, a normal bujo and a life journal but I love the idea of a square journal and now I am obsessed hahahaha. I think I would use a separate journal to keep track of long term collections as a way to separate them from my planning. Or maybe I would make a review journal, as my reading journal just contains my rating and reading stats. so many possibilities!
I started a reading journal this year too! :D Tbh there are a lot of fluffy reading spreads people do that I don't really like. However, I'm a big fantasy reader and so I've got a spread to track the series I'm reading. Like, you list all the books in each series, and color in a corresponding square for every book you've finished. Super helpful. :)
I'm always so impressed with your set ups, they are always so beautiful! And that yellow notebook is so pretty! I just started bullet journaling in June of this year and it has really helped my mental health and anxiety, its helped be more organized and stay on track ( which can be very difficult with depression) but also given me a outlet to help me when I'm feeling anxious. I've actually been thinking about a goal type of bujo, somewhere I can keep track of my goals, timelines for those goals, steps I need to take etc so far I just keep them in a random notebook but would love to migrate them and have more room for plans. I think i might also look into setting up a reading journal as well as I tend to have a hard time remembering the names of books I've read, if someone tells me the plot of any book i can tell you if I've read it but not just by the name so I look forward to seeing more of your reading bujo for inspo! I dont have twitter or insta so here is my email tessa.grignon@gmail.com :)
I love the aesthetic for this one :)
I would make a separate bujo for medieval German literature... it’s my field of study and I love it. The language is captivating and old handwritten books (codices) are so visually appealing and beautiful. I would keep track of the Stories ive read, cross references and research literature on all the topics, as well as highlights of my lectures, notes on special things and so on. :) I’m kind of a nerd about medieval books as you can tell 😅 love from Germany :)
I’ve been thinking about making a master archive journal for the recipes I try. I’ve been a little more adventurous in my cooking this year, but my recipes are scattered everywhere (my head, my photos folder on my phone, a Pinterest board) and I’m not the best at remembering how I’ve modified the recipe and how much I liked it 😬 I think I also want to track the recipes that I want to try 🤔
Now that I’ve written that out, I’m definitely making that journal! 😂
These spreads are gorgeous! I wish I read more. And actually kept track of what I do read. I forgot I read Mexican Gothic this year until you mentioned it. I liked it. I for sure would love to start a reading journal. My socials are prettiestpigeon, I use Insta the most.
I am envious of you. I read only read five books this year, a far cry from fifty I read in 2018.. I am trying to get back into reading. I bought so many good books but I haven't read them yet.. hopefully 2021 would be a good reading year
Very pretty. I like the square size. I don't have a lot of time for reading but would like to start a journal just of all of my favorite things.
If I could recommend one book bujo tip it would be to make both a “tbr” and a “books read” page each month. Just because I find this makes me not feel so pressured to read my planned tbr, if I end up reading something else, I still have a place to write it in and track it 😊
I'm watching videos for inspiration while I wait for my supplies to show up from amazon now I've decided to start a reading bujo. I love what you've done with yours so thanks for the video, also can I just say your voice is amazing, you should really do audiobooks, such a calm and comforting vibe, thanks again 😊
I just watched you're video and I think it is a wonderful idea to have a reading journal. I think I will start one of my own. Before I started journaling and colouring I read a lot and I kept a list of books I read from 2017 on, I also use Goodreads but I also want to write more down on the book which I don't do at Goodreads to know later on what I really loved or hated in a book without spoiler to much for people who haven't read the book. A reading journal would be perfect for this. Thanks a lot for the tip.
I was just telling my husband I want to do a separate journal for my families favorite meals and do my own recipe book! I think it would be super fun and so many different ideas running through my head! I love this square journal! I also love your reading journal setup!!
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this video inspired me to start a reading journal! it's nowhere near this complex but I read a lot and for some reason was afraid to dedicate an entire notebook to reading. no longer. and I'm loving it!!
Yay! That makes me so happy to read 🥺❤️
How does everything you get your hands on turn out so beautiful? You're amazing.
I do have an extra gratitude journal in a drawer next to my bed in case that counts. Besides that I struggle enough to keep my regular bullet journaling up, lol.
I really enjoyed this video. All of your spreads are incredibly beautiful! The all look very complete. Your voice is very calming and I like how you describe each spread! I hope you have a wonderful day
This is so lovely. It has such a nice cozy vibe.
Hmmm I would use a separate journal to track my botanical art. I would list plants I’ve drawn and painted, what medium, what I learned about the plant, etc. I would include little diagrams to help understand the plants’ anatomy. I am going to do this anyway, but I haven’t decided on a journal to use. I’m doing this because I eventually want a career in botanical or floral illustration.
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I was thinking about bujo for historical sewing. It is definetly a lot to track, no only productivty, but pattern and fabric stash, events that nedds specific items finished, fabric and inspiration swatches... But last few years I made big plans and finished almost nothing. Seeing my plans on paper and compering them with I accualy achieved made me sad. This year I give up totally, I just focused on learning new totally diferent skills and not pushng myself anywhere. And it was way mere satisfaying!
So may be I made instead small notebook with tips and ideas about being just happy and spend some nice time - ideas for trips and walks, what I wih to paint or craft, some new recipes to cook. And even challenges to myself - use sticker you bought six months ago, paint something and hang it on the wall, use some stationery stuff you bought... I´m still waiting for being skilled enaught, for perfect bujo spread tu use nice stickers fot it, it is weird and I´m happy I finally live more freely.
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I started a reading bujo at the beginning of quarantine this year... I liked it a lot, but it kind of just fell off after awhile... I'm hoping that I can make one for this year and that I'll stick with it!
I've been wanting to set up a reading journal. Currently I have my bujo, one for cooking and one for quotes and random things I find but I have been really wanting one for books.
I will be using my second bullet journal for art journaling and personal journal entries (ie not bullet journaling in any way!). Loved this video. So calming
Separate bujo maybe for traveling .. Book reading .. And kinda cook book or art idea collection
I had to immediately do that bracket rating thing for my 2020 books and it was way more fun than it should have been!!
i love this sooo much. The theme around the entire set up is so cozy and warm. Also love all the spreads. I am thinking of remaking the book bracket spread for my reading journal. I always wondered how am i supposed to pick my favourite book from the bunch that i will be reading but you were just in time. Thanks alot for the inspiration.❤🎈
I love having a reading journal, I kinda use the system Liz from Wonderpens posted on the blog. I already have a second bujo for Grad school, but if I were to have a third it would be a crafting one to keep track of knitting/crochet/cross stitch/whatever project notes
Wow I never thought this type of bujo😍 Now I have in my bujo tbr styled spread, because I have "bad" habit of reading too many books at the same time... And my boyfriend suggested that I draw a flower after I read a book.
I've been toying with the idea of a separate journal for my business/work so I can maintain a healthy separation. Sometimes it just takes over my "everything" journal. I love to ritualize work whenever and wherever possible, and it might just be time to give my work the space to grow!
PS - OMG, I love the square style! Excited to see it in action!
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I love bullet journaling and struggle to find good quality journals that are not out of stock! I am really inspired by you spreads for your book bujo setup and hope to do that with my journal of I won x I would want the North star white paged 8x8 notebook 😊
I really want to make a separate bujo for my memories. I started in the past few weeks to make a list of all the things I never want to forget (memories with my friends, family, books, movies, any memories).
So basically I want to have a page or two for each memory, where I give a "title" ans de scribe what is the memory and why I dont want to forget it. I hope to be able to remember some things from a long time ago and put them in there too. That's what I'd love to have a separate bujo for !
i would probably use it for my studies, for actual studying and drawing anatomy for example (i am in medschool) and for planning out when to do what!
Love the scrapbook vibe!! I'm hoping to read more this year though most of my reading will be textbooks for my classes lol. Looking forward to more setups from you in this journal!
I would DEFINITELY use another bujo for reading. I love reading so much. 📖 📚
This is absolutely gorgeous. I've watched it more than once and it just gets better every time. I'm thinking you may be the main inspo for my bujo this year 🌻 I love your spreads
Love this so much! I could see myself making a reading journal, or using an extra journal for my relationship (date ideas/date trackers/our mutual goals/relationship expectations, etc)
What a beautiful and inspiring setup! :) I already have a separate journal for morning pages, which is anything but pretty though. :D I'd like to set up a journal for traveling and use a kind of vintage travel theme throughout. At least once traveling is an option again! :)
I definitely recommend watching Journal with Chloe and Brittany the Bibliophile. They have such amazing reading journal spreads
I also add my favourite quote from the book, because i easily forget them and sometimes they are so inspirational
This will be my first year making a reading journal! Because I'm a Literature student I will include a books for college spread. I think I will also make another journal for classical music. In 2020 I had some spreads on my regular bujo for classical music, but this year I watched and listened to SO MANY operas that I feel it just deserves a separate place where I can write down my favorite recordings and albums, the upcoming releases, ect. I'm also starting to have more serious opinions on the classical music that I hear, so I'd like having somewhere to write down my thoughts.
I would probably make a general review journal. Seperating books specifically would not feel right to me, I like to consume stories in all formats. So yeah a review journal, as a place for me to write down my thoughts on books, movies and tv-shows, but also maybe podcasts and art and exhibitions, as I visit a lot of museums, as an art student. I could keep track of release dates and openings as well. Thats sounds really good to me.
I would love to make a separate bujo for my kids homeschooling tasks. It would probably make it more fun for me to lesson plan 😆
Love the way you set up your journals! I would definitely use a journal like this as a project journal for my crafts, art, and crochet. LOVE this size, and I’m going to check out Archer & Olive’s site for them. Thanks!
Elizabeth, could you make a video about your reading year, like how you feel, if it's changed you or your life, that sort of thing. Like what effect has it had, reading all these books?
LOVE this setup!! And since you asked about some recs, journalwithchloe has a reading bullet journal and her spreads are pretty lit. :)
Something about the square notebook is so pleasing!! 😍🟧
Wow! First video I am watching from you. Lovely set up and great inspiration. Thank you! 🌻
I was thinking of making a separate bujo for reading! I want to get into reading more... I be an avid reader when I was a teenager but now due to college I fell out of it... Anyway sorry for rumbling but this really inspired me to set one up and read more!!!
I really love the morning sun notebook 😍
Well, I have a separate bujo for daily gratitude and I'd like another one for reading; I superated my challenge from Goodreads and perhaps 120 books are too much space in my pages. My favorites bujos are minimalist, but the mine it's not minimalist 🤦🏻♀️
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄💖
Thanks so much for another getaway video! It’s totally inspired me to make a reading journal since I’m a little obsessed with reading 😜
I’m thinking about setting up a TV/Movie bujo because i spend a lot of my time watching things. Netflix and Prime are my best friends. It would be nice to have somewhere to document all the things I plan to view and have seen. ♥️