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New subscriber, I’ve been binging book journal videos lately because I’m getting ready to make my first one for 2025. You have some really creative ideas and I enjoyed watching along! I’m not the best artist but I’m hoping I can make a decent looking basic journal lol. I like the way you did the vellum chair and I would have never thought an xacto knife would work like that without cutting through the page! What a neat idea. Bravo to you for starting a channel! I also work in education so I get the abundance of free time in summer too, nice to have a hobby for those vacation days!

So inspiring!

ROOM is such a great book. I still think about it 10 years later 😂 So excited for Sunshine on the Reaping! Your journal turned out amazing! You’ll have so much fun with it. 🫶🏼

Your nails look great! They're neat, clean, and neutral, so they do not distract from what you're doing in the video. I have a very strong dislike for long, overly decorated nails in videos. They're a huge distraction, and most "content creators" struggle to do basic things like peeling stickers with nails like this. Additionally, natural nails that are unkempt (dry cracked cuticles, unevenly cut, etc.) are equally distracting. Kudos to your daughter for getting you to try something new.

Beautiful and love the color scheme. I got some really good inspo from these. I'd love to see a flip through also. I am new to reading journals. I created one for the last couple months of this year to test it out and am so excited to do a new one for 2025.

You did an awesome job! I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos.

Fellow teacher here…holidays and summer biggest reading time. This will be my first reading journal, thanks for sharing your set up!

I’d love to see a final flip through of your whole setup! It’s been fun watching your process and everything turned out beautifully

This is really turning out so cute!

Absolutely gorgeous Susie. I'm getting there with my 2025 reading journal, it's all pencilled in I just need to nail down my colour palette. I'm thinking black, grey and some sort of burgundy. I hate putting pen to paper as I have no confidence in my decorating skills :)

Wow, I'm so impressed that this video is your first!!! You did great and I love your ideas for your journal, especially the world map. And please do keep doing voice overs, you have such a wonderful and calming voice. I will be looking forward to following your channel!

Your lettering is so pretty!

I'm really enjoying watching your videos. I'm getting some great ideas for my 2025 reading journal. I love the b&w covers replaced with the colored ones once you read the book.

Love what you are doing, would love to see the full setup flip through!

my archer and olive binding broke after i tore some pages away from it T.T

that is a beauttttttiful bujo

Obsessed with that flower garden tracker! I’m going to try to use that as inspo in mine, maybe as a genre tracker for me though ❤❤

Your journal is so pretty!

I don't mind the voice over, but would like the video slow down.

Love this set up! Planning with Bumble is one of my favorite content creators, too. Your journal is amazing, and I love the layout. Looking forward to getting ideas from you!

the flower idea... it shall be used immediately in my reading journal. thank you😭❤🥰

I love this! I will read watch all of your videos so far. fyi i have 125 roles of washi (it is a late night shopping problem lol)

Hi! Loving how your journal is shaping up, and the speed was great! For the book bracket: I do mine at the end of the year, so I can reflect on each month and choose a favourite. I also randomise where I put each month in the starter position, so that no two consecutive months are together. And finally, I add four more slots, one for each quarter of the year, so that I can choose a runner-up from one of the months. I don't know if that made sense, hope it helps!

Yaaayyy!!! Part 3😁

The voice over was brilliant, but to be fair I loved the longer videos. Now I'm going to have to google a horror tropes and add that into my journal. Great video, looking forward to the next

Really enjoyable videos, very inspiring. For the Book Bingo - I recently saw a poster (so sorry, can't remember who) that created the bingo box on two facing pages but leaving the right hand box blank then, as she fulfilled each prompt, she put a picture of that book's cover in the corresponding blank space. Not sure I'm explaining it very well but I thought it was a nice idea to identify the books. Of course, some might think it a waste of space in their journal bur I think I will be using it myself.

The word I think you are looking for is “prompts”. Your spreads are really nice.😀

The voiceover was great- not too rushed. And I think the word you’re thinking of is prompt. Your journal really came together, so pretty and cohesive without being repetitive.

19:30 This is just an idea but maybe you can write the titles of your classics on craft paper then cut them up and stick them on the page when you read them. I hope this makes sense😅

I'm relaxing with my coffee and enjoying your video on a Sunday afternoon😊

Love to our journal! I am currently setting mine up and gathered ideas and planned in a similar fashion. I will be adding a couple of yours as well. Looking forward to your new channel!! ❤

I loved your setup and you have given me some ideas and inspiration for setting up my book journal. ❤❤ I subscribed.

The map is a great idea that I had not thought of. I found an A5 Moleskine that I'm using as a sewing and project journal, and I couldn't figure out how to implement the map. I think I'll cut it out and create a tip-in for my Reading Journal. Thank you for sharing!!

One of my favorite books in the world is The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig. It’s a memoir of a young Jewish girl sent to Siberia with her family during WWII. I read it so many times in middle and high school.

I loved Molokai and Remarkably Bright Creatures! Have you read Daughter of Molokai? Also good.

My 2024 journal was the first one I ever set up, it was like a pilot project. For 2025 I have chosen a B6 Corderona and bought a printer for the covers of the books and more, im getting waaaay better at this and I love it. Having it actually made me read even more, I have read 63 books this year and that has never hapenned before i love yours

I just finished my first Lisa See book. Snowflower and the Secret Fan. LOVED IT!! 4.5 ⭐ what other Lisa See books do you recommend?

The way you did that chair is fantastic! ❤️🇨🇦

Colin Thubron… In Siberia. That would get a big chunk coloured lol

Oh, I adore how you do the book awards, I'm wondering if I could do something like that for my book bingo this year. Time to get my thinking cap on. Big loves from England :)

Hello! I've really enjoyed watching your first videos. You're doing great! Your videos are really inspiring me for my 2025 Reading Journal. I also did A to Z this year and have Zero Days on my list for my Z as well! I'd love to hear how you liked it. For Q, I HIGHLY recommend (The) Queen's Gambit. It was so good. I haven't watched the show so I went into it pretty blind and it didn't disappoint. For X, I read this cute Korean KPop teen romance called XOXO. I'm not sure if that would interest you, but it was something different and I really enjoyed learning about Korean culture. I'm looking forward to your future videos! Keep it up! 😀

Love the idea of tropes. Where did you find your list of Thriller Tropes?

Love it! 😍 Great ideas with the awards

The chair idea is just lovely and so creative!

This looks amazing! I am planning for my book bracket to break it into quarters instead of by month. So 3 books per each of the 4 quarters because I have the same situation I’d say my top 8 were read in q1 in q2-q3 I did read much and was recovering from my book hangover from q1 😅

Me again! I'm sorry. I got stickers on Etsy that has the outline of the US and when you finished you put a sticker on the state. BTW my youngest child is Chinese. Lisa See came to my older daughters school for a reading. My oldest daughter brought 2 books and a little Chinese shoes and asked her to sign them! She was so sweet and even personalized it to Jia. Also: South Africa: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and Don't Lets Go to the Dog's Tonight (can't remember the author ) I hope you don't mind my writing. Ps. Queenie by Toni Morrison. I'm better at the book names than the beautiful journals like yours!

Do keep talking as you’re ‘doing’ your journal-your voice was just perfect. It’s only confidence you need and that will come the more you upload. Really, you did a fantastic job and if you hadn’t said you were new at this I would not have known 😊

Welcome to the reading journal community! You've done A LOT of research and it shows 😍 I wish my first journal was like that. Hope you'll have lots of fun with all your spreads and trackers in 2025 :D

So pretty! 😅 I only buy books after I’ve read them and love them to know they will be on my reread list. There are several books that I must reread yearly especially during book hangovers.

This is a really nice video with a lot of great ideas. I also set myself the goal to read at least 25 books in 2025 and I think I will include 2 or 3 ideas in my bullet journal. Thanks for inspiration. ❤