Blogmas: 2021 Reading Journal

The last couple of years I have received a reading journal in Fairyloot’s December box. this year we didn’t, but that’s okay. I use Goodreads and now Storygraph to keep track of my reading. I have my own excel spreadsheet set up (thank you hubby – he’ll take orders) and I have my own bullet journal too.

So I thought for this blog post, I’d share my bullet journal layout for the first half of next year.

I like to keep track of my actual reading each day, so half a reading check page. I fill in each box depending on how long I’ve read for the day. Some months look great, others less so.

I’ve decided to have one page dedicated to books I buy. Rather than hiding the long list each month, I’m trying to keep track a bit better and contain my buying habits a bit. A book buying ban is just not going to happen in this house, but I do want to be a bit more aware of how many books I am buying, especially as I’m not getting around to reading them all.

Turn the page and this is the main part of the journal. A page a month, keeping it tidy and simple. Borrows, reads, and my presence. I’m expecting this to change a lot as it’s looks like we’re going to be bouncing between tier restrictions and lockdowns for some time.

I need to do a page for my reading challenge, which I haven’t finalised yet, and I don’t know if I’m setting reading goals this year again. Any readathons I do, will go after June’s page just to keep things tidy.I quite like having the readathon information all together.

Blogmas posts to visit;

• https://www.randomredheadedramblings.com/2020/12/blogmas-best-reads-of-2020-most_20.html
• https://ruthannegarciabooks.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/blogmas-day-19-top-authors-of-2020/
• https://bookishinbed.wordpress.com/2020/12/20/blogmas-day-20-new-to-me-authors/
• https://worldsunlikeourown.home.blog/2020/12/20/a-sky-beyond-the-storm-sabaa-tahir-blogmas-day-20/
• http://www.amyjanealice.com

Happy reading!