In a recent Sunday Salon post I mentioned how I was enjoying my Legend Planner and I think a lot of us who love books also love stationery so I wanted to chat a bit about that.
Last year I was using two planners (one for work and one for personal plans) and I know I’ve seen people who use more but that’s just too much for me. This year I decided to consolidate and just use one planner. And, yes, I use stickers, colored pens and what have you, and it works. I love my planner because I feel productive and makes me smile so that’s always a win.
Now the other change I’ve made to my planner and journaling notebooks lineup (I have to do a separate post just on the journals because I use several), is that I’ve started a reading journal. Just a simple A5 grid-notebook from Baron Fig. I was inspired by photos of reading journals on Instagram. I’ve seen a lot of readers keep very detailed and creative journals of their reads and while I’d like to do that, I don’t see the need for it now (or have the time) given that I have this blog where I’m supposed to be recording my reads!
However, I am keeping this reading journal next to my reading chair as a way to take notes while I’m reading. So it’s not decorated other than a tiny print out of the book cover on each page devoted to a book. I like keeping notes of current reads so that when I finally get a chance to review the book I still remember ideas I had while I was reading, names of characters, or any other detail.
I’ve kept reading journals in the past but was never consistent with them but I’m in the mood to give this a go again. Do you keep a reading journal and/or planner?
I am thinking of including more journaling/stationery posts so hope you enjoy this. And, even though I may not be selling my journals I still love bookbinding and other crafts so I’ll be sure to share those adventures.
I like the idea of reading journals and such – but with my blog & Goodreads I mostly put thoughts there. Planners are good & I put a lot on an online calendar. I think writing notes while reading books is very helpful and I took a lot of notes when I reviewed novels for Publishers Weekly. I find notes are Key when remembering details for reviews. Keep it going!
I don’t have the habit of writing journals but I do like seeing the journal cover arts and also seeing how others decorate their planners. So creative!
I keep a journal. It also works as a planner. I have kept a journal for many years, maybe forty.
I would like to see and hear more about your reading journal.
Susan – I know what you mean. I feel like that would only add one more thing I need to be doing instead of reading! And, yes, it’s so funny how years will go by and you know you read a book but have no recollection of it so hopefully this will also help me with that!
Melody – Me too. There are some beautifully decorated planners and such. I like to use stickers a lot but I don’t really go for decorating a planner. Now journaling that depends which journal I’m working on!
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz – I’m a long time journler and planner too! I’ll definitely do a check in a bit later and share more about my reading journal. I’ll let you know if it’s working or if all of a sudden I gave up on it. Hopefully still working!
I love stationary, journals and planners. This is the first year I didn’t get a planner. I always get them, have all the pens and pencils and such to use with it–and then I don’t use it after the first month or so. It’s more work than not for me, I’m afraid. I love the idea of them though! I do enjoy journaling though–even if I’m not as consistent with it as I would like to be.