Only half way through the video and I realised I gave you NO context for the readathons and spreads 😂😂 but it’s actually been quite fun watching you guess. Thank you so much for featuring my journal. It’s so odd, but so cool seeing it in one of your videos! 🥰 🥰
Haha, wait until you get the me not remembering that 12-sided dice were a thing 😂 thanks again for letting us have a look through your journal! Always a pleasure to feature your work where I can 💜
This is amazing Monica! Thanks for sharing your journal with us! This is also the first time I wish I could purchase a reading journal just like yours -- it's perfect!
i've never been more jealous of someone's dedication to filling out their journal thoroughly than this very moment. monica's journal is so beautiful!! i would love to see more of her journals!!!🥰 (maybe they will motivate me to keep up with my own instead of abandoning them 3 months in, lol)
This is my first time watching a reading journal flip through and it's super fascinating and impressive! A 2023 flip through of Monica's reads would be very welcome 😍
I needed more reading journal ideas that didn't involve printing out large art work pieces. Thanks Monica, I'll be taking some notes. And yes, I would love to see more of your ideas.
Rewatching your Monica videos as I've bought a square journal for my 2025 reading journal and these videos were a large part of why! Making notes for my spread layouts. Now off to watch 2023!
WOW! What a gorgeous journal ❤ I wish I had more time to read to fill out a book like this. The graphs/statistics make my heart happy and have given me ideas. Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to seeing 2023
@Monica.Bibliophilebynight, your journal is so clean and well organized! Props to you for keeping up with it so regularly, and also for your amazing handwriting LOL!!!
More reading journals please!!! I have a reading journal that goes back over 20 years (yes, really!!) but it's nowhere near as stunning as this. Thank you so much for sharing.
Wonderful collaboration! I am definitely going to copy Monica's visual statistics and reviewing style. Those book covers are gorgeous! Considering my really slow reading pace I am going for yearly sections. Such a lovely journal!
Monica's journal has certainly given me some ideas for my reading journal next year. And I would love to see her completed 2023 journal when available. Thanks for sharing Monica.
I've followed Monica for a while, and I've always admired how neat everything is. Her use of space and stickers is so creative, and I also just happen to love her reading taste. 😊
I love this! I am starting my very first reading journal this next year and I will definitely be saving all reading journal content! Thank you and thank you to Monica!!
This is so BEAUTIFUL! It makes my heart so happy seeing my stickers all throughout this journal 💗 Monica’s spreads are some of my favorites of all time, and I just love how she uses all the stickers from my shop - she’s constantly inspiring me!
As a close friend to Monica and an avid lover/hater of her handwriting, I totally had to pause just to say, I get your reaction when talking about her handwriting well 😂 Seeing this completely filled in from start to finish has me even more in awe. I'm always here to see more of her gorgeous journals! Major inspo creator for me 🥰 Thanks for sharing, and if you see this Monica, stop making it so hard for us mere mortals to keep up with you lmfao xxx
OMG This journal is an absolute work of art and Monica is just amazing, i thought i couldn't like her more after seeing the journal and how perfect everything is but then it turns out she's a critical role fan too!
This was amazing. I've been reading a ton lately and am starting to pencil in pages for a 2024 reading journal. Found a few things in this video I hope to modify to my needs and use. Thanks so much to both you and Monica for sharing!!! 📚
I got excited about the silliest thing: i've been purchasing planning with kay stickers for a few years and recognized them immediately.. They are hand drawn on her ipad and so reasonably priced. (as a canadian I purchase only a few usa products due to the shipping and hers are so worth it). Oh, and great video. Love the rating system.
Monica, I knew your journal would be good, but it’s glorious, and clearly your handwriting is perfection. I’d love a font of it!! Jess, watching your cute aggression had me wheezing with laughter! I so enjoyed seeing this video!! It was fun to see another style of reading journal featured to remind us all that there are many different ways to interpret the same kind of journal depending on personal needs, wants and styles! I love that you feature different kinds of notebooks (both reviews and changing up the sizes you use), different setup styles (your Rejo vs Monica’s or your Bujo vs Vogel’s), and different ideas on your channel! It keeps things fresh and ensures there’s something for everyone, which I so appreciate!
a really great option for printing the covers is an hp sprocket!!! Erin Smith uses one for her reading journal and I loved the idea so much I had to get myself one for my journaling! definitely worth looking into 💕
Vogel was going to get me one for Christmas a couple of years back, but then the guy at the store said they weren't getting any more papers for it 😝 dunno if it was just a "that store" thing, but fo reals, I need a new printer anyways. Maybe I can make this the push that gets me to get one 😂
@@JashiiCorrin I find all of my paper on amazon. I think the printer itself has been discontinued, but in the US, amazon has paper and the printers still. (here's to) Happy printing!! 🥰
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing Monica! I am planning my first reading journal for 2023, this is the style I have been leaning towards. Gorgeous journal and some great takeaways to try in my own journal.
I am loving this journal so much! It is giving me tons of ideas of how to put together a health/training journal for tracking my fitness activities. At first I thought “oh I should have a cool reading journal!” Then I remembered that I’m a meathead and spend most of my time in the gym. So, cute training journal makes much more sense. :)
Heck yeah for idea transfer! 💪 not gonna lie, “meathead” isn’t a term I see used often so I totally read that as something else and was like 👀 that’s brave to admit on the internet…😝 Glad you got ideas for this one! 😄💜
@@JashiiCorrin I believe that type of “meathead” would be a VERY different kind of journal. Maybe I should call it my “gym rat 🐀 “ journal and find a journal with a mouse or ray embossed on the cover
This was a great idea! Thanks Monica for lending your journal. It was beautiful to look at and I got some great inspiration for my own reading journal. So much fun!
I always get into the mood to watch making of reading journals or even recaps at the end of the year to give myself ideas as someone who does a long-term journal and thats what I have stuck to but seeing how others do theirs it makes it easier for me to see what I can add into the next year's design
The dot and fill method on the reading tracker solves a problem I've been having tracking something else! That I'm going to take and I'm so happy about this!
Thanks for giving credit to all the creators' work and ideas! I love to see that and it's so cool to track how these traditions get formed in online communities.
I've been watching videos for a long time trying to figure the best layout and least amount of "tracking" with most information, and here it is. Omg love this! How do you stick the pictures of the books down and if anyone reads this and is willing to point me at the program I could use to do this myself? Thanks so much. Everyone in this community are so artistic and so helpful!❤
I’m glad you took some inspo for my spreads! I use sticker paper, save the picture of the book covers from Goodreads, upload them into MS Word, size them 2cm X 3cm, create a sheet of covers and then print it and cut it out. Hope that helps!
@@Monica.Bibliophilebynight how do you save the book covers from good reads? Screenshot and adjust? I'm trying on my phone? Should I be on my PC instead? Thanks so much for responding?
For the 12 prompts I would use my d12 (12-sided dice). Very commom in tabletop roleplay to get one with each set of dice you buy. I don't read enough to do anythong like this but it is very inspiring to watch. And you could (if you are like me) add in shows and movies for the same concept ❤
Beautiful. I love to read and have read a lot of books. I’m very impressed that Monica took the time to document everything she did. The reviews alone would be inspiring. For the love of reading good books and authors!
This has made me decide to keep a reading journal myself! I’d *love* to see the 2023 one. Also, so so funny to see how different literary tastes can be! I have totally different ratings for a ton of these books!
The idea of a reading journal has sounded so fun since discovering journals. This flip through helped me organize my ideas and how I'd want to layout my version of the spreads I've seen over the past few months. I also ended up buying my first A&O journal for this purpose! ☺️ @monica.bibliophilebynight, thank you for sharing your journal. @jashiicorrin, thank you again for showing that organized information can be clean and beautiful.
Started out the year thinking I’d only read like 20 books cause I’m a new reader… and so I started making all my review spreads long and very decorative… big mistake, HUGE😂 ! I got burnt out and am Still stuck in April in that journal cause I’ve read more like 100+ this year 🤦🏼♀️. I’m gonna start keeping things less decorative and a lot shorter I think- once I start back up! ❤
Totally fair 😂 I LOVE the look of the full decorative page reviews, but even with my only 23ish reads this year, I know I wouldn’t have been bothered to keep up with doing those kind of reviews 😝 you’ve got an impressive reading count for the year! 😄💜
I honestly enjoy the organization. Because... girl needs to learn how to organize. ESPECIALLY IF I WANT TO GET THROUGH MORE BOOKS!!!! LOL!!! ANYWAYS. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL AND GOD BLESS YOU!!! Much love!!!! ❤️✝️
This is an amazing journal! I am speechless - it's awesome. Dedicated and beautiful work. Congrats to Monica 🥰 Actually I will probably take a bit of inspiration from this too!
This was so inspiring. I keep the same sort of spreadsheet but adapted for TV watching (I also keep one for reading). I've been keeping a journal as well where I track episode thoughts, and this is so close to what I do that I'm excited to adapt some of the ideas for my 2024 TV journals. Thank you so much to both of you for sharing the video!
Wow that is fanatical! Thought this reading journal would be boring, but it is amazing! I couldn’t ever be so self-disciplined. I don’t work, but even so I find it hard to imagine how someone has so much time for all this reading and very arty record keeping. Anyway, well done to her, it is a beautiful and interesting journal 🙂
I think Monica does a good job of balancing the artistic side with approachability 👏 the format itself is very straight forward, but her consistency with filling it in and added decorative flair make it really special 😄💜
Everything is in pencil till I get the layout I like then I ink it in. Its gotten easier every month because my spreads are very similar. This was my second time using a square notebook so I had a better idea of spacing. Also my stickers, book covers and graphs are always the same size
Wow! This is gorgeous! I'm thrilled with myself when I remember to write the titles of books I've read 😅. I'd love to be disciplined enough to record some info about each book. Thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful journal and she reads even more books than me! In the last few years it’s been around 60 or 70 per year. Current total for this year with two and a bit months to go is 57.
Monica’s refined her process so it doesn’t take her all too long to put in her reflections 😊 the stickers as decoration also speed up the process 💪 but she does great work! 😄💜
Only half way through the video and I realised I gave you NO context for the readathons and spreads 😂😂 but it’s actually been quite fun watching you guess. Thank you so much for featuring my journal. It’s so odd, but so cool seeing it in one of your videos! 🥰 🥰
Haha, wait until you get the me not remembering that 12-sided dice were a thing 😂 thanks again for letting us have a look through your journal! Always a pleasure to feature your work where I can 💜
Amaze balls Monica!! I too love your handwriting. I second making it a font!
This is amazing Monica! Thanks for sharing your journal with us! This is also the first time I wish I could purchase a reading journal just like yours -- it's perfect!
What an amazing work of love and art! I followed both your channel and IG. Happy reading! 🥰
You made a gorgeous journal
i've never been more jealous of someone's dedication to filling out their journal thoroughly than this very moment. monica's journal is so beautiful!! i would love to see more of her journals!!!🥰 (maybe they will motivate me to keep up with my own instead of abandoning them 3 months in, lol)
I feel you on the abandonment 😝 I’ll make sure Monica knows there’s interest to see more! 😄💜
Monica is far more organized than I could ever hope to be
I do very much appreciate her systematic approach 😄💜
@@JashiiCorrin very beautiful indeed
My toxic trait is thinking I could 100% do this and keep up with it the entire year. This is beautiful!
I am in awe of Monica lol. Just when I think "oh that's wonderfully detailed" she goes even further into detailing it. Just lovely!
She's a gem 👏 I hope my reading journal looks as good as hers when it's more full 💜
I'm always here for more reading journals! And this one was beautiful. I'd love to see the one from 2023 as well.
I'm counting up the votes so Monica knows we want more 😝💜
This really inspired me to start my own reading journal for 2024, so thank you loads, Monica!
Oh that's awesome! 😄 Hope you enjoy it 💪
This is my first time watching a reading journal flip through and it's super fascinating and impressive! A 2023 flip through of Monica's reads would be very welcome 😍
Glad you liked it! And cool that this was your first one 😄💜
This journal is a work of art!!
She does awesome work 🥳
I needed more reading journal ideas that didn't involve printing out large art work pieces. Thanks Monica, I'll be taking some notes. And yes, I would love to see more of your ideas.
I'll let her know there's interest for it! 😄💜
Monica from Friends would be VERY proud of this Monica 🤩
I wish I had the patience to do something like this with a journal
Haha same 😂 love the finished outcome though! 💜
Rewatching your Monica videos as I've bought a square journal for my 2025 reading journal and these videos were a large part of why! Making notes for my spread layouts. Now off to watch 2023!
WOW! What a gorgeous journal ❤ I wish I had more time to read to fill out a book like this. The graphs/statistics make my heart happy and have given me ideas. Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to seeing 2023
I’m very much hoping Monica let’s us look at 2023 cause it’s even better 😝 glad you liked 2022! 😄💜
I've been following Monica on IG for awhile. Great to see her reading journal in full.
@Monica.Bibliophilebynight, your journal is so clean and well organized! Props to you for keeping up with it so regularly, and also for your amazing handwriting LOL!!!
She's a reading journal consistency wizard 👏💜
And I'm horrid at it!@@JashiiCorrin
I am amazed, absolutely amazed! How MUCH she read each month, also that she tracked so artfully! Beautiful.
One word, GOALS!! I thought I read a lot. She puts me to shame. Love her set up. Thanks for sharing to see a different POV.
More reading journals please!!! I have a reading journal that goes back over 20 years (yes, really!!) but it's nowhere near as stunning as this. Thank you so much for sharing.
20 years!? That’s impressive as heck 😦
Wonderful collaboration! I am definitely going to copy Monica's visual statistics and reviewing style. Those book covers are gorgeous!
Considering my really slow reading pace I am going for yearly sections. Such a lovely journal!
I’m doing a more yearly approach too 💪 the visual statistics are so excellent, so I’m thinking about how I can bring them into my system too 🤔💜
Monica's journal has certainly given me some ideas for my reading journal next year. And I would love to see her completed 2023 journal when available. Thanks for sharing Monica.
I'll make sure she knows people are keen 💜😄 Glad it gave you some ideas 🥳
I've followed Monica for a while, and I've always admired how neat everything is. Her use of space and stickers is so creative, and I also just happen to love her reading taste. 😊
Haha the taste alignment helps too! 😄💜
Hoping we get to see more of her reading journals!!
I love this! I am starting my very first reading journal this next year and I will definitely be saving all reading journal content! Thank you and thank you to Monica!!
Exciting! I held off on making one for ages, but I’m really glad I finally started one, haha 💜 hope you love yours!
This is so BEAUTIFUL! It makes my heart so happy seeing my stickers all throughout this journal 💗 Monica’s spreads are some of my favorites of all time, and I just love how she uses all the stickers from my shop - she’s constantly inspiring me!
She's a sticker wizard 👏😄
This is amazing! Such a work of art! I think we are all in awe of Monica's artistic skills and patience.
As a close friend to Monica and an avid lover/hater of her handwriting, I totally had to pause just to say, I get your reaction when talking about her handwriting well 😂 Seeing this completely filled in from start to finish has me even more in awe. I'm always here to see more of her gorgeous journals! Major inspo creator for me 🥰 Thanks for sharing, and if you see this Monica, stop making it so hard for us mere mortals to keep up with you lmfao xxx
uhhhhh your handwriting and spreads are just as stunning my friend! Don't know what you are talking about haha 😆💜
I'm glad you get the feeling Chelle 😂💜
I need to see more reading journal inspo!! Love love LOVE ❤️
Haha 💜 Glad you liked it! 😄 we’ll certainly have more reading content on the channel 🤙
Wow! I have only watched 5 minutes so far and I am awestruck. What a thorough and beautiful journal.
Glad you like it! 😄💜
Mind. Blown. There is more organising in this reading journal than I can cogitate.
She’s done a great job, yeah 😄💜
This was such a fun video! Thanks for sharing. Very cool stats pages and flip outs. So fun!
I love the stats and flip outs too! 😄💜 glad you enjoyed them
OMG This journal is an absolute work of art and Monica is just amazing, i thought i couldn't like her more after seeing the journal and how perfect everything is but then it turns out she's a critical role fan too!
Haha 😂 Glad you enjoyed the journal 💜
This was amazing. I've been reading a ton lately and am starting to pencil in pages for a 2024 reading journal. Found a few things in this video I hope to modify to my needs and use. Thanks so much to both you and Monica for sharing!!! 📚
Most welcome 😄💜 Glad you liked it!
this is the prettiest journal I have ever seen. this channel is gold
Aww I’m glad you like it! 😄💜
Yessss my heart is so happy! Thanks for the flip through Jess and thanks Monica for being brave! The journal is gorgeous ❤
I'm so glad she let us flip through it! 💜🥰
I think this journal is perfection. I didn't notice how it finished, I want to see mooooore. And it is really great!
Glad you liked it! Monica has kindly said we can see her 2023 flip through in the new year 🥳
I got excited about the silliest thing: i've been purchasing planning with kay stickers for a few years and recognized them immediately.. They are hand drawn on her ipad and so reasonably priced. (as a canadian I purchase only a few usa products due to the shipping and hers are so worth it). Oh, and great video. Love the rating system.
Haha I totally understand the excitement of seeing a familiar product in a video 😝 Glad you liked it! 💜
Awwww Paula this comment makes me so happy 😊❤
Monica, I knew your journal would be good, but it’s glorious, and clearly your handwriting is perfection. I’d love a font of it!!
Jess, watching your cute aggression had me wheezing with laughter! I so enjoyed seeing this video!! It was fun to see another style of reading journal featured to remind us all that there are many different ways to interpret the same kind of journal depending on personal needs, wants and styles! I love that you feature different kinds of notebooks (both reviews and changing up the sizes you use), different setup styles (your Rejo vs Monica’s or your Bujo vs Vogel’s), and different ideas on your channel! It keeps things fresh and ensures there’s something for everyone, which I so appreciate!
Thanks Deb! 😄💜 always enjoy bringing something new to the space where I can 💪 glad you appreciated the cute aggression, haha 😂
im gonna send this to my mom so she can start a journal to keep track of her books and such! i think shell love it!
Aww yay! I hope she does 😄💜
a really great option for printing the covers is an hp sprocket!!! Erin Smith uses one for her reading journal and I loved the idea so much I had to get myself one for my journaling! definitely worth looking into 💕
Vogel was going to get me one for Christmas a couple of years back, but then the guy at the store said they weren't getting any more papers for it 😝 dunno if it was just a "that store" thing, but fo reals, I need a new printer anyways. Maybe I can make this the push that gets me to get one 😂
@@JashiiCorrin I find all of my paper on amazon. I think the printer itself has been discontinued, but in the US, amazon has paper and the printers still. (here's to) Happy printing!! 🥰
I love this! Thanks so much for sharing Monica! I am planning my first reading journal for 2023, this is the style I have been leaning towards. Gorgeous journal and some great takeaways to try in my own journal.
Awesome that you were planning on a similar style! 😄💜
What a labor of love! I'm in awe!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
I am loving this journal so much! It is giving me tons of ideas of how to put together a health/training journal for tracking my fitness activities. At first I thought “oh I should have a cool reading journal!” Then I remembered that I’m a meathead and spend most of my time in the gym. So, cute training journal makes much more sense. :)
Heck yeah for idea transfer! 💪 not gonna lie, “meathead” isn’t a term I see used often so I totally read that as something else and was like 👀 that’s brave to admit on the internet…😝
Glad you got ideas for this one! 😄💜
@@JashiiCorrin I believe that type of “meathead” would be a VERY different kind of journal. Maybe I should call it my “gym rat 🐀 “ journal and find a journal with a mouse or ray embossed on the cover
I was so psyched when I saw the Locke and Key series! It’s such a wonderful franchise. ❤
I need to watch that 😝💜
This journal is GOALS for me!!!!!
Haha glad you like it! 💜😄
This was a great idea! Thanks Monica for lending your journal. It was beautiful to look at and I got some great inspiration for my own reading journal. So much fun!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
I'm a huge book reader so this gave me a few new ideas to add in my journal, too - loved the review at the end of the year! 🎉
Glad you could nab some ideas from it! 😄💜
I'm amazed and thrilled at this! Watched it once to marvel at this amazing journal - then watched it a second time to pause it and read the reviews!
Haha I had to be really careful not to fall in reading the reviews as I flipped through 😝 didn’t wanna spoil myself!
@@JashiiCorrin I don't worry about spoilers because when I'm reading I forget everything else.
I always get into the mood to watch making of reading journals or even recaps at the end of the year to give myself ideas as someone who does a long-term journal and thats what I have stuck to but seeing how others do theirs it makes it easier for me to see what I can add into the next year's design
Heck yeah for nabbing the inspiration 💪 I like to do similar 😄💜
@JashiiCorrin I just finished making my yearly spread for 2024 and have added in quarter recap spreads to help me out
The dot and fill method on the reading tracker solves a problem I've been having tracking something else! That I'm going to take and I'm so happy about this!
Oh awesome! Glad it was useful for you 😄💜
Oh my goodness, this journal is gorgeous! #goals 🤩🤩
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
Oh hey Monica is a Critter! Always exciting to spot a fellow out in the wild ❤️
Wow that's a lot of books!! Beautiful journal!
Thought it'd be good to have a look at a reading journal from someone who reads a lot more than me 😝💜
@@JashiiCorrin very much enjoyed the flip through! Hope we get to see 2023. I read like 3 books a year so.... 🫣😆
Wow this is amazing I love her journal and got some fun ideas.
Gorgeous journal
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
Thanks for giving credit to all the creators' work and ideas! I love to see that and it's so cool to track how these traditions get formed in online communities.
Most welcome! 😄💜
I've been watching videos for a long time trying to figure the best layout and least amount of "tracking" with most information, and here it is. Omg love this! How do you stick the pictures of the books down and if anyone reads this and is willing to point me at the program I could use to do this myself? Thanks so much. Everyone in this community are so artistic and so helpful!❤
I’m glad you took some inspo for my spreads! I use sticker paper, save the picture of the book covers from Goodreads, upload them into MS Word, size them 2cm X 3cm, create a sheet of covers and then print it and cut it out. Hope that helps!
@@Monica.Bibliophilebynight how do you save the book covers from good reads? Screenshot and adjust? I'm trying on my phone? Should I be on my PC instead? Thanks so much for responding?
Empire of storms is definitely a winner, what a great book it's been years since I read it and still make me feel things 😅
That Reading Journal is amazing! I am a fairly avid reader and aspire to create a journal to track my reading. Great ideas to try one day…
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
For the 12 prompts I would use my d12 (12-sided dice). Very commom in tabletop roleplay to get one with each set of dice you buy.
I don't read enough to do anythong like this but it is very inspiring to watch. And you could (if you are like me) add in shows and movies for the same concept ❤
Yeah I totally forgot those types of dice were a thing 😂 this format would totally work for other media, yeah! 😄💜
this is such a beautifully done reading journal
I did not know this was a thing! It is absolutely amazing; the time and dedication to the reading and then the journal. Very inspirational!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
Beautiful. I love to read and have read a lot of books. I’m very impressed that Monica took the time to document everything she did. The reviews alone would be inspiring. For the love of reading good books and authors!
I love her consistency 😄💜 I’d certainly have only gotten through like 10 before being like “nahhhh” 😝
This has made me decide to keep a reading journal myself! I’d *love* to see the 2023 one.
Also, so so funny to see how different literary tastes can be! I have totally different ratings for a ton of these books!
I was literally talking to Monica yesterday about a couple of reads that we had distinctly different opinions on 😂💜 Glad you enjoyed this one!
Absolutely gorgeous!!! I ordered a square journal to use for my reading journal next year and this has given me lots of ideas!!
Oh awesome, glad you got ideas from this one! The square is a great size 😄💜
What a beautiful book journal. I would love to see her 2023 :)
I’ll make sure she knows there’s interest for it 😄💜
OMG I have no words! It's most beautiful reading journal that I've ever seen!!!!
I'm glad you liked it! 💜 Monica did a great job 😄
The idea of a reading journal has sounded so fun since discovering journals. This flip through helped me organize my ideas and how I'd want to layout my version of the spreads I've seen over the past few months. I also ended up buying my first A&O journal for this purpose! ☺️
@monica.bibliophilebynight, thank you for sharing your journal.
@jashiicorrin, thank you again for showing that organized information can be clean and beautiful.
Glad you liked this one! 😄💜 and super exciting about your first A&O! 🥳
Its absolutely incredible 😮😮😮😮😮😮
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
Started out the year thinking I’d only read like 20 books cause I’m a new reader… and so I started making all my review spreads long and very decorative… big mistake, HUGE😂 ! I got burnt out and am
Still stuck in April in that journal cause I’ve read more like 100+ this year 🤦🏼♀️. I’m gonna start keeping things less decorative and a lot shorter I think- once I start back up! ❤
Totally fair 😂 I LOVE the look of the full decorative page reviews, but even with my only 23ish reads this year, I know I wouldn’t have been bothered to keep up with doing those kind of reviews 😝 you’ve got an impressive reading count for the year! 😄💜
Love this, just added so many things to my nujo list for 2024 reading journal ❤
Oh yay that's awesome to hear! 😄💜
I've never thought to put tip ins into the middle of my journal, just on the inside cover! Oh the possibilities...
They’re super handy! 😄💜
I never thought to do something like this. It’s really cool.
Glad you liked it! 😄💜 I think it's a really nice way to keep track of what you're reading 💪
I love the cawpile system. I’ve never heard of it before. I really like how the average number works out the star rating ⭐️!
It's nice to have a more systematised way of rating rather than "hmmm it feels like a 3" or whatever 😂
Omg I would love to see a digitalized journal of this! I would be obsessed!
I’ve never been so jealous before. I wish I was this creative and dedicated.
I feel you 😝 Love Monica's consistency with her book reviews! 💪
Yes please Monica, bring on the 2023 reading journal flip through
Vote for the 2023 flip through counted! 💪
I honestly enjoy the organization. Because... girl needs to learn how to organize. ESPECIALLY IF I WANT TO GET THROUGH MORE BOOKS!!!! LOL!!! ANYWAYS. I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL AND GOD BLESS YOU!!! Much love!!!! ❤️✝️
Haha thanks 😄💜 Glad you liked this one!
This is an amazing journal! I am speechless - it's awesome. Dedicated and beautiful work. Congrats to Monica 🥰
Actually I will probably take a bit of inspiration from this too!
i've never seen a square notebook before but it looks easier to use than a regular one...also, the detail is insane in this!
The square is a super fun size, yeah! 😄💜
yes! it's awesome
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
this is INSANE! I LOVE IT 👁️👄👁️
Haha, glad you liked it! 💜😄
Wow ! Monica’s journal is incredible ! This is my goal and it is inspiring. ❤❤
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
What a beautiful journal!
Glad you liked it! Monica has done a great job 😄💜
This was so inspiring. I keep the same sort of spreadsheet but adapted for TV watching (I also keep one for reading). I've been keeping a journal as well where I track episode thoughts, and this is so close to what I do that I'm excited to adapt some of the ideas for my 2024 TV journals. Thank you so much to both of you for sharing the video!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜 and awesome that you can apply it to your TV journal too 💪
I like the GirlXOXO keyword reading challenge!
Oh cool, good to know! I’ll make sure to check it out 😄💜 thanks!
Loved watching this!
Glad you enjoyed it! 😄💜 I like detailed flip throughs too 💪
Wow that is fanatical! Thought this reading journal would be boring, but it is amazing! I couldn’t ever be so self-disciplined. I don’t work, but even so I find it hard to imagine how someone has so much time for all this reading and very arty record keeping. Anyway, well done to her, it is a beautiful and interesting journal 🙂
I think Monica does a good job of balancing the artistic side with approachability 👏 the format itself is very straight forward, but her consistency with filling it in and added decorative flair make it really special 😄💜
OMGS is Monica a critter too??? her journal is amazing, i'm definitely take some inspo
Haha yup! Glad you liked the journal 😄💜
I'm in awe
Haha 💜 Glad you liked it! 😄
Wow I need Monica to explain how she was able to line up her layouts perfectly!
As in fill the full journal, or the layout structures? 🤔 or both 😝
@@JashiiCorrin both! Her spacing is perfect on every page!
Everything is in pencil till I get the layout I like then I ink it in. Its gotten easier every month because my spreads are very similar. This was my second time using a square notebook so I had a better idea of spacing. Also my stickers, book covers and graphs are always the same size
What a lovely reading journal! Love it!
Glad you liked it! 😄💜
Wow! This is gorgeous! I'm thrilled with myself when I remember to write the titles of books I've read 😅. I'd love to be disciplined enough to record some info about each book. Thanks so much for sharing!
I feel you on the wishful discipline front 😝
Beautiful journal and she reads even more books than me! In the last few years it’s been around 60 or 70 per year. Current total for this year with two and a bit months to go is 57.
That's still a super impressive total! 😮💜
This is insanely beautiful! How does anyone have the time and dedication for something like this
Monica’s refined her process so it doesn’t take her all too long to put in her reflections 😊 the stickers as decoration also speed up the process 💪 but she does great work! 😄💜
Yes, please, for the 2023 reading journal! This is amazing and I want more.
Also, what type of printer is Monica using?
I also really want to know!!
I use the HP DeskJet 3720 for my printing 🙂
Good question! I'll add it to the description too for people 👌 Thanks Monica!
@@Monica.Bibliophilebynight Thank you!
This is so pretty ! We need her to design reading journals ❤
I know right!? 😝💜
Jess, there's a 12 sided die you can roll for chance/community chest.
Well heck 😂 I knew there’d be a reason for it! Lil egg moment there 🥚
this is amazing! i really wanted to start my own reading journal after seing yours, it's inspiring 🥰
Amaaaaaaazzzzzinggggggg!!!!!
Haha 😂 glad you liked it! 😄💜