This is beautiful! You have a talent. I'm really excited for my journal, I'm repurposing an undated teacher's planner as a reading journal and i love it
❤📚 I've been searching on Pinterest for reading journal inspiration, so I'm so happy to see your beautiful journal. This will be my first attempt at making/keeping a reading journal.
Such a cute idea! I'm going to get journals for my girls (they're in middle school) and work on this together this weekend. Thanks for the fun ideas-love the bookshelf with the window!
Last year you inspired me to start a reading journal. This year since i've been watching more journaling creators i started my 2024 reading journal rather early. I have a floral/butterfly theme for my spreads. Recently I also started a monthly planner as well!! And i may start a budget journal 😅😅
I was so inspired by this that I went to the website where you bought your journal, and have bought one! 2024 will be my first ever year of filling out a reading journal 😊 such a lovely creative idea, thank you ❤
I really wanted to start doing a reading Journal in 2024 but I had supplies or any clue on what supplies to get so this showed me that u don't need a whole lot, thank you!
THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!! I was watching your previous year spreads for some journaling inspo and then this popped up. ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR JOURNAL VIDEOS❤❤
I started my 2024 reading journal rather early just to make sure I got it done. The only pages that are themed is my book tracker page and my 24 books to read in 2024 tracker page. I chose Studio Ghibli bookshelf themed for my book tracker page and my 24 books to read in 2024 tracker page is Ponyo themed. I am currently reading The Only One Left, slowly reading An Ember In The Ashes, and Half A Soul. Happy reading and Merry Christmas!
It might help you to plan out the pages in the form of a small sketch on printer paper so you can see them all side by side. It's what I did for my current reading journal and my old bullet journal.
Makes me want to try being more artisitic. I'll be starting a journal this year for the first time so I'm binge watching videos all day for ideas. Thanks for making them.
Thank you for sharing, Katie! I love how yours turned out! 😍Yesterday I set up an altered book to use as my 2024 reading journal. It's an old reader's digest romance that I covered up and painted and went with a birds and flowers theme.
How did you manage to do this? Did you just stick papers inside to cover the pages of the digest? This is such a cool idea. I've never seen anyone else do it!
@@Chaos_and_Creativity I tear out about 1/3 of the pages throughout the book and save them for later notebooks or projects. Then I use gesso and pain to cover most of the words on the page. I plan to use scratch paper and notebook paper to paste into the book. You can search "altered book" to see how others make them too. So many creative ideas out there!
Its so funny how Katie hates doing this but she actually inspired a lot of us to start a reading journal. (update: as i was finishing my yearly spreads my notebook fell apart.Now the rest of my notebook with be my scrap notebook.)
I write down my TBR for each month and all the books I end up reading. It's nothing. Just a list. When I finish a book, I write down title, page count, rating, the day I finished it, and the date the book was published. So, yeah, nothing fancy.
I love how your spreads turned out! You've definitely inspired me to try some of your layouts for my 2024 bujo and I wasn't considering doing a 2024 bujo set up but after watching this...i might just have to💛
I have not started setting up my 2024 journal yet because I am still behind on some pages in my 2023 journal and I want to catch up first 🥴 But your video gave me a lot of inspiration! I'm so excited to set up new pages hopefully soon!
The Anita Blake series is a classic Urban Fantasy. Laurel K Hamilton has been credited for making Urban/paranormal fantasy a bigger Genre. The series does get very graphic spicy closer to book 15 ish. But everything is in its own chapters so if you don't like that type of spice you can skip those chapters and won't miss anything in the story line.
You've made me want to do journaling too even though I'm really bad at maintaining them😭😭, yours look so aesthetic, I love the theme and the color palate.
ah thank you😭 but i also used to be really bad at maintaining journals! i tried to start a bullet journal in high school like 3 separate times and never kept up with them for more than a week!
I read a short, wonderfully weird, Japanese-translated-to-english book called "The Cat Who Saved Books" by Sosuke Natsukawa. You reminded me of it when you said you were sometimes reading just to read it. Plus - cats. Books and cats. If you need a simpler change of pace book, maybe give that one a try.
i love your spreads so much they always inspire me to keep making my reading journal:) also your sweatshirt is so cute i was wondering where you got it from🫶🏼
I love how this looks! I'm so tempted to start my own reading journal now, but I know myself enough to suspect I might give up mid April 😂 But the spread with the bookshelves and the window is sooo beautiful, I wish Goodreads would upgrade its features to have something like this 😅 Right now my biggest reading goal for the end of 2023 is finishing the three books I'm in the middle of because I know I'm getting lots of books as Christmas gifts and I wanna start reading them as soon as possible 😂
Just read the kingdom of sweets you should read it was pretty good they call it a horror fantasy and it was good but I need someone to discuss it with me
i really want to make a reading journal, but im not really sure where to start or what pens and highlighters would be best. does anyone have any suggestions?
You didn’t ask me, but I upload the images to Canva and make them the size I want on a letter size project then I print the final image onto matte sticker paper
Don’t think we’ve forgotten about you supporting rebecca yarros (who supports Israel in their genocide on Gaza) and you ignoring other peoples comments. Staying out of your comments section won’t make it go away
If you don't like her or her thoughts -- go somewhere else. We have enough negativity in the world, we don't need you on here spreading MORE of it on a READING JOURNAL video. What is happening over there is AWFUL, heartbreaking... But a person CAN enjoy the books of authors they don't agree with. No two people are going to have the same beliefs. I just don't understand what you think you're accomplishing by making this comment?! What are YOU doing for the people in the middle of a war right now? Posting negative comments on someone's TH-cam channel does NOTHING to help those in need. You're just spreading more hate. If you don't like her or who she supports, then don't watch her videos? It's LITERALLY that easy.
So don't watch her videos? You can regard my response to the one below who also had something negative to say about this. What do you think you're accomplishing by making this? How are YOU helping those in need right now?
i AM doing what i can, i share and sign petitions and amplify their voices. why do you think i cant say what i think just cause it's not a positive review? i like her content, i wish i could watch it without feeling frustrated that apparently a genocide documented live on socials it's not important enough for some ppl to give a few minutes of their day to share something in support. @@Chaos_and_Creativity
I love your setup! 😍 you’ve inspired me to make a mood board of colors for this year - I just ordered my new journal & can’t wait to set it up! I’m thinking greens/golds 😏
I had a reading journal but I kinda gave up midway through the year. I already track my books on Storygraph and I sometimes don't find the motivation to track them physically. However, you have inspired me. I love these spreads because they really do remind me of 'The starless sea' which is my favourite book.
I have not set up my reading journal for 2024 yet, and yes, you did give me some ideas! I haven’t fully decided on my theme, I honestly may just wing it this time around and see how it turns out!
This journal is SOOOO dreamy!!!! I wish I had the time to do something as detailed !! I just use my Traveller's Notebook to do a short (half page) review for each book I read and I have a spread in my Bullet Journal to track all the books that I read in the year. I track too many other things to be able to keep up with a full reading journal like this (unfortunately)
Definitely pick up Hobb's titles, you won't regret it! But maybe read Ship of Magic after the 1st cycle of the Farseer! It's easier to understand what happened. That's how I felt. 😊 P.S. Laughed so hard at Winnie at the end😂
that’s my current plan!! although i am especially excited to get to liveship traders! thank you for the advice!!🫶🏻 and winnie is always trying to get some screen time i swear😭
Watching this makes me wish I'd come across your channel earlier! I've been meaning to do a 2023 wrap up of the books I've read, and i track what i read every month, but i LOVE the way you've dedicated a journal to it! I suppose March isnt too late to start considering i have all the info though! Definitely loved this video ♡
It will be my first time doing a reading journal..I haven't read since childhood only started a few years ago, I'm finding it hard to know what books to read, Thank you for sharing your speads it was nice to see.
Watching this as I finish my 2023 spreads and setting up my 2024 spreads. No specific themes used but trying to use more stickers than last year for an easier time
I love this type of vlog like this with bloggers, personalized book notebooks, posis, how you show us indicative maps of what your world is like 🌍📚✨ reader I enjoy it like a dream
Ahhh finaly! I really really wanted to see your spread for 2024! Inspiration hit me like a train too!
Making a spelling error but just leaving it bc trying to fix it would draw more attention to it is so relatable 😅
I don’t normally love “bookshelfie” spreads but yours with the window and the moon was so pretty ❤
I’m working on my 2024 reading journal spreads today so this video came at the perfect time!
aw yay🥰 i hope they turned out well!!
This is beautiful! You have a talent.
I'm really excited for my journal, I'm repurposing an undated teacher's planner as a reading journal and i love it
❤📚 I've been searching on Pinterest for reading journal inspiration, so I'm so happy to see your beautiful journal. This will be my first attempt at making/keeping a reading journal.
Such a cute idea! I'm going to get journals for my girls (they're in middle school) and work on this together this weekend. Thanks for the fun ideas-love the bookshelf with the window!
Last year you inspired me to start a reading journal. This year since i've been watching more journaling creators i started my 2024 reading journal rather early. I have a floral/butterfly theme for my spreads. Recently I also started a monthly planner as well!! And i may start a budget journal 😅😅
I was so inspired by this that I went to the website where you bought your journal, and have bought one! 2024 will be my first ever year of filling out a reading journal 😊 such a lovely creative idea, thank you ❤
oh yay! i love their journals so much, you won’t regret it!!🫶🏻
I really wanted to start doing a reading Journal in 2024 but I had supplies or any clue on what supplies to get so this showed me that u don't need a whole lot, thank you!
yay i’m so happy i could help!!🩷🫶🏻
THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!! I was watching your previous year spreads for some journaling inspo and then this popped up. ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR JOURNAL VIDEOS❤❤
I cant wait to see your 2023 journal flip through
ahh thank you so much🥺🥺🫶🏻
im barely getting into reading journals so my first one will def be gothic themed !!
I wAnt to find a channel where they read mostly horror and thrillers and design their theme around that. So far I haven't. Have you had any luck?
I started my 2024 reading journal rather early just to make sure I got it done. The only pages that are themed is my book tracker page and my 24 books to read in 2024 tracker page. I chose Studio Ghibli bookshelf themed for my book tracker page and my 24 books to read in 2024 tracker page is Ponyo themed. I am currently reading The Only One Left, slowly reading An Ember In The Ashes, and Half A Soul. Happy reading and Merry Christmas!
OMG studio ghibli theme is such a great idea!! Now I wanna do this too😭😭
oh a studio ghibli theme sounds so lovely!! i hope they look super cute!!🩷
I get so frustrated because i watch these and get so excited and then end up hating mine 😭🥲 i love your journal so so much
It might help you to plan out the pages in the form of a small sketch on printer paper so you can see them all side by side. It's what I did for my current reading journal and my old bullet journal.
comparison is the thief of joy
Makes me want to try being more artisitic. I'll be starting a journal this year for the first time so I'm binge watching videos all day for ideas. Thanks for making them.
THE VIDEO I WAITED FOR ALL YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🩷🩷🩷 and i will actually be doing a video dedicated to my end of the year flip through in a week or so!!
I'm glad you decided to make this reading journal set up video, it was one of my favorites and a great inspiration! 🤗
First year doing a reading journal….so excited. Dark academia theme 🤩🫶🏻
okay im already obsessed with the color scheme and keys😭
my 2024 theme is a 90's theme and it got me excited for the new year !!! thanks for the inspo, youre the reason i started my journal !!!
This was so helpful, thanks! I'm journaling for the first time in 2024.
I read long shadow in 2023 and loved it!!! Can’t wait for you to read it too 💕
Thank you for sharing, Katie! I love how yours turned out! 😍Yesterday I set up an altered book to use as my 2024 reading journal. It's an old reader's digest romance that I covered up and painted and went with a birds and flowers theme.
oh that sounds so creative!! i love that idea!
How did you manage to do this? Did you just stick papers inside to cover the pages of the digest? This is such a cool idea. I've never seen anyone else do it!
@@Chaos_and_Creativity I tear out about 1/3 of the pages throughout the book and save them for later notebooks or projects. Then I use gesso and pain to cover most of the words on the page. I plan to use scratch paper and notebook paper to paste into the book. You can search "altered book" to see how others make them too. So many creative ideas out there!
I’ve been thinking of starting a reading journal but it seemed overwhelming until your video. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Yes!!! More inspo for my journal for next year!
Your setup turned out adorable. I really like how your bookshelf turned out. ✨
“ah i can’t stand her sometimes” is me with my cat 😭 they get into everything!!!
OMG i love your book journal!
i will definitely make a "series to complete" spread in my 2024 journal. Thanks for the inspiration❤
yes! quality over quantity is what im aiming for too. i rather i have a great time reading whatever im reading vs reading to just finish a book
I can’t wait, I’m pretty sure I’m getting a new customized reading journal for Christmas haha so I’m so happy I have your ideas for inspiration!!
Its so funny how Katie hates doing this but she actually inspired a lot of us to start a reading journal. (update: as i was finishing my yearly spreads my notebook fell apart.Now the rest of my notebook with be my scrap notebook.)
oh no😭 rip to your notebook, she will be remembered forever😭😭
I write down my TBR for each month and all the books I end up reading. It's nothing. Just a list. When I finish a book, I write down title, page count, rating, the day I finished it, and the date the book was published. So, yeah, nothing fancy.
as long as you’re doing something that works well for you then that’s great!!
@@katieisreading thanks 😊
I love how your spreads turned out! You've definitely inspired me to try some of your layouts for my 2024 bujo and I wasn't considering doing a 2024 bujo set up but after watching this...i might just have to💛
I have not started setting up my 2024 journal yet because I am still behind on some pages in my 2023 journal and I want to catch up first 🥴
But your video gave me a lot of inspiration! I'm so excited to set up new pages hopefully soon!
I love your reading journal set-up! My theme is bright colours and bubble letters 😊
I find your background music to be so soothing would you mind sharing what it is?
Ahh!! Finally!!! Been waiting for this! This just made my day❤
The Anita Blake series is a classic Urban Fantasy. Laurel K Hamilton has been credited for making Urban/paranormal fantasy a bigger Genre. The series does get very graphic spicy closer to book 15 ish. But everything is in its own chapters so if you don't like that type of spice you can skip those chapters and won't miss anything in the story line.
You've made me want to do journaling too even though I'm really bad at maintaining them😭😭, yours look so aesthetic, I love the theme and the color palate.
ah thank you😭 but i also used to be really bad at maintaining journals! i tried to start a bullet journal in high school like 3 separate times and never kept up with them for more than a week!
This is just Perfect!
I just wanted to start my Journal!!❤❤❤
what a lovely setup! I really enjoyed watching this ❤
Lovely journal setup 📚☕⛄🌨️🎄🎁
Love your book case page
It's sooo beautiful, love it
Such a cozy and inspiring video❤
This makes me want to make a spread ❤❤❤📚
I read a short, wonderfully weird, Japanese-translated-to-english book called "The Cat Who Saved Books" by Sosuke Natsukawa. You reminded me of it when you said you were sometimes reading just to read it. Plus - cats. Books and cats. If you need a simpler change of pace book, maybe give that one a try.
Yess she posted!
Hey this is so inspirational. I am trying to get into journaling and bought some stuff. Hoping to get through a lot of series. Like 30 series!
30 series?? that’s so ambitious!! i’m rooting for you!!!
i love your spreads so much they always inspire me to keep making my reading journal:) also your sweatshirt is so cute i was wondering where you got it from🫶🏼
My finishing touches are gold dots 😂 They add so much haha!
it’s crazy how such small details can bring everything together!!!
Do you have a template for each spread??❤ This was lovely
Would u ever consider doing a digital journal for iPad users🥰
This looks so good :)
obvi my nosy-ass zoomed in on your yearly tbr lol & i'm soo curious for your thoughts on An Education in Malice! I gave it a 4 😍
ahh i’m so excited for it!!!!👀👀 dowry was so good i need more of s.t. gibson’s work asap!
Hey Katie! I love your journal spreadsheet! What printer are you using for these tiny photos?
I am also a fan of the selenophile moon like me 🌚🌝🌙🌑🌕🌘🌒🌔
WAIT!! What was the murder mystery looking spread?!!! 😍😍
amazing! can I ask what size do you print your book covers?
thank you!
I love how this looks! I'm so tempted to start my own reading journal now, but I know myself enough to suspect I might give up mid April 😂 But the spread with the bookshelves and the window is sooo beautiful, I wish Goodreads would upgrade its features to have something like this 😅
Right now my biggest reading goal for the end of 2023 is finishing the three books I'm in the middle of because I know I'm getting lots of books as Christmas gifts and I wanna start reading them as soon as possible 😂
12:56 where are your two braceletes from? they're so pretty
they’re from ana luisa!!
Katie might not be pregnant, but always delivers. period.
this made me laugh way too hard, thank you!!!😭😭
@@katieisreading glad to have the pleasure.
wow incredible now 2024 🎉 🎊🍾🎁🎈👯♀️ your R E T O reader wow wow
Absolutely IN LOVE with your city of forks sweatshirt!!! Where did you buy it? 🥹😍
i found it on etsy!! i wear it like everyday honestly it was such a good purchase!
Aah thank you! 🎉
Just read the kingdom of sweets you should read it was pretty good they call it a horror fantasy and it was good but I need someone to discuss it with me
i really want to make a reading journal, but im not really sure where to start or what pens and highlighters would be best. does anyone have any suggestions?
I loved this. I am curious though do you have a video of your a good girls guide to murder page I saw it briefly at the beginning of this video
thank you!🩷 and i’ll be showing that page better in my end of year flip through which should be going up in a week or so!
@@katieisreading awesome I really enjoy watching your videos
Where is the washi tape from?
Have you read scarlet veil yet?
not yet! i don’t 100% know if i am going to pick it up, but it will definitely be in a vlog if i do!
How do you print the tiny book covers?
You didn’t ask me, but I upload the images to Canva and make them the size I want on a letter size project then I print the final image onto matte sticker paper
i find pictures of the book covers on google images and paste them in a google doc and resize them from there!
Are you in school?
yes! i’m currently getting my masters in mechanical engineering!
@@katieisreadingInspiring!!
Don’t think we’ve forgotten about you supporting rebecca yarros (who supports Israel in their genocide on Gaza) and you ignoring other peoples comments. Staying out of your comments section won’t make it go away
If you don't like her or her thoughts -- go somewhere else. We have enough negativity in the world, we don't need you on here spreading MORE of it on a READING JOURNAL video. What is happening over there is AWFUL, heartbreaking... But a person CAN enjoy the books of authors they don't agree with. No two people are going to have the same beliefs.
I just don't understand what you think you're accomplishing by making this comment?! What are YOU doing for the people in the middle of a war right now? Posting negative comments on someone's TH-cam channel does NOTHING to help those in need. You're just spreading more hate. If you don't like her or who she supports, then don't watch her videos? It's LITERALLY that easy.
there's a GENOCIDE going on and you think us keeping ppl accountable is spreading negativity?@@Chaos_and_Creativity
silence during a genocide: not cute
So don't watch her videos? You can regard my response to the one below who also had something negative to say about this. What do you think you're accomplishing by making this? How are YOU helping those in need right now?
i AM doing what i can, i share and sign petitions and amplify their voices. why do you think i cant say what i think just cause it's not a positive review? i like her content, i wish i could watch it without feeling frustrated that apparently a genocide documented live on socials it's not important enough for some ppl to give a few minutes of their day to share something in support. @@Chaos_and_Creativity
i think she can and should say something. it's so impossible for ppl in the western world to sacrifice a minute of their fucking day
So exited!!!! You’re my biggest Inspiration!!!!
I’m really excited for this new journal, I’m going for a witchy black and purple vibe and so far it’s really pretty
ooh that sounds like such a fun theme!!🫶🏻
With the circle bookshelf window tracker spread, what happens if you run out of book slots?
I love all of your videos your amazing
Have you ever done a bullet journal for daily life? I think you'd be so good at it
Awww I love her disruptiveness
I love your setup! 😍 you’ve inspired me to make a mood board of colors for this year - I just ordered my new journal & can’t wait to set it up! I’m thinking greens/golds 😏
I had a reading journal but I kinda gave up midway through the year. I already track my books on Storygraph and I sometimes don't find the motivation to track them physically. However, you have inspired me. I love these spreads because they really do remind me of 'The starless sea' which is my favourite book.
Is this journal the original size or A5 please?
is this how I learn that the mildliners have names for each marker?
How does the dark marker not show through on the back page?
this journal has really thick paper 👌🏽
@alsosmeli i might need to invest than because there is nothing worse than colour leaking through the other page! Thank you :)
I have not set up my reading journal for 2024 yet, and yes, you did give me some ideas! I haven’t fully decided on my theme, I honestly may just wing it this time around and see how it turns out!
This journal is SOOOO dreamy!!!! I wish I had the time to do something as detailed !! I just use my Traveller's Notebook to do a short (half page) review for each book I read and I have a spread in my Bullet Journal to track all the books that I read in the year. I track too many other things to be able to keep up with a full reading journal like this (unfortunately)
it looks so good!! i’ve done mine but only in pencil, i still have to decide what colour pallet to use
i swear deciding on the color pallet is always the hardest part😩
@@katieisreading it really is 😩
Definitely pick up Hobb's titles, you won't regret it!
But maybe read Ship of Magic after the 1st cycle of the Farseer! It's easier to understand what happened. That's how I felt. 😊
P.S. Laughed so hard at Winnie at the end😂
that’s my current plan!! although i am especially excited to get to liveship traders! thank you for the advice!!🫶🏻 and winnie is always trying to get some screen time i swear😭
The bookshelves with the circular window looks really lovely!
Watching this makes me wish I'd come across your channel earlier!
I've been meaning to do a 2023 wrap up of the books I've read, and i track what i read every month, but i LOVE the way you've dedicated a journal to it!
I suppose March isnt too late to start considering i have all the info though! Definitely loved this video ♡
Looove your bookshelves. This is inspiring me to start my 2024 spreads! ☺ I just posted my reading journal flip through too 💖
It will be my first time doing a reading journal..I haven't read since childhood only started a few years ago, I'm finding it hard to know what books to read, Thank you for sharing your speads it was nice to see.
Watching this as I finish my 2023 spreads and setting up my 2024 spreads. No specific themes used but trying to use more stickers than last year for an easier time
Love your video (currently watching it) but i saw a mistake you put two time 60
I loved this video, I have no clue what my theme is going to be... Thanks for the ideas and the inspiration..
ahhh this literally inspired me to make my own :,) ty for sharing!
I love this type of vlog like this with bloggers, personalized book notebooks, posis, how you show us indicative maps of what your world is like 🌍📚✨ reader I enjoy it like a dream
Love the spreads!!! My favorite is the moon page. 🌙
Hi, Katie! I loved this video so much, but what do you use to print out the book covers?