I have started putting together my fiction reading journal. I was hoping that I could talk myself out of it, but it was too tempting to resist.
I used an eight-inch square journal, and I have all these decorative papers and stickers and washi tape that I've either been buying or already had for scrapbooking, so hey, free creativity.
When I put together the Nonfiction Reading Journal, I bought a large number of steampunk files on Etsy and only used a fraction of them. This time, I was determined to use only what I had.
Of course, that limited me on theme. I have an Alice in Wonderland kit, and I thought about doing that as a theme, but after some consideration, I decided to save those papers and everything else that came with it for another day.
That left me with dark academia, which feels like the default book journal aesthetic. I hated doing what everyone else is doing, but I had two different kits with dark academia papers, washi, etc. and I was like, might as well.
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The books along the bottom are washi tape, and so is the purple and black diamond border on either side of the image. The picture of the desk with the bookcase behind it came from a craft kit I bought a while back. My plan is to put my name on this page.
This is the title page of the book journal. That open space on the left-hand side is where I plan to put "Fiction Book Journal 2025." I've actually been doing a lot of reading, so I'm hopeful that I will be able to fill it up in the year and won't be dragging into 2026. I do realize the three ladies are writing, not reading, and I've added two pens and a typewriter in addition to the book stickers, but I did not have any paper with ladies reading. I decided since I write books that this will be fine.
I found more supplies while I was looking for Halloween paper for my DNF page. I didn't actually find my Halloween paper, which I know I bought when I was scrapbooking, but I'll make do. I found scrapbook paper with stars on it for my Five-Star reads page. I'm really hard on books, and almost never give any five stars, but I've already had one this year, so I decided I'd make a page.
I'm going to do a couple of book bingo pages. I just need to find some good prompts or make my own. And of course, I'll put together a couple of spreads for the readathon. I'm going to do a spread for the book club/buddy reads and then each book will have its own page. I made stickers for the rating and format.
There's lots of work left to do, but it's fun to have a creative outlet that doesn't exhaust me like writing does.
