2023 reading journal set-up 🪄 traveler's notebook

woohoo!! i am so so so excited to share these spreads with you all :-) i had so much fun creating these spreads so i hope that i convey that i'm just as excited to use them in the coming year!! expand for more info and important links, please and thank you!
✉ important links & world issues
✎ click to give to palestine relief funds: arab.org/click-to-help/palest...
✎ halalan 2022 (philippine elections): / 1523891961325043712
✎ support abortion rights in the US: NYAAF/status/1540...
kaitfeldmann/stat...
✎ black lives matter - blacklivesmatters.carrd.co​​​ ​​
✉ things mentioned
✎ kath | the last reader: kath-reads.com/
✎ kath's video: • my 2020 reading journal
✎ justine @ justinekape: linktr.ee/justinekape
✎ veronica @ moon and coffee books: moonandcoffee.com/
✎ plant based bride book bracket: • 📚 My Favourite Book of...
✉ find me elsewhere
✎ instagram: / macnbooks​​​
✎ blog: macnbooks.wordpress.com
✎ more: linktr.ee/macnbooks
✉ music used
✎ Prod. by Kyoto: / @jontheloverboy

[@lil.ikuraa]

Hi Mari! I’m slowly getting into reading more than just graphic novels/manga so I’m back here watching your videos from inspiration. 🙂 I hope you are doing well and I love watching your videos for comfort haha.

[@esmemontgomery4201]

I loved this video and took lots of screenshots as great ideas for spreads in my new reading journal tn! Thanks

[@lolableu517]

I love this method it's much easier to carry around. I just have notebook that I keep lists of books I want to read. Authors to look up. For 2023 a travelers notebook is looking better. Great video. I'm a new subscriber

[@mysteriesofmar]

welcome friend!! honestly that's the beautiful thing about travelers notebooks, they're compact and easy to take with you. there's also a passport size if youre looking for something even more portable!!

[@wiekesteenbruggen3855]

I use a TN passport as reading journal. It is so easy to take with me. My regular TN works as my daily planner.

[@mysteriesofmar]

love that!!! the passport's portability makes it such a gem in my books😀

[@futoijosei]

I've only been counting reading books that were new to me. That way I'm not counting something that I've ready 20 times already.

[@dearrivarie]

I love your spreads and this gave me so many ideas for how to set up my journal for 2023 - going to have to try using tombows to break up the space! (and omg diego jumping up to say hi was the cutest thing I've seen all day)

[@mysteriesofmar]

i hope you have fun setting up your spreads for 2023!!🧡 also🥺🥺my angel son

[@patjohnston915]

I really liked your goals, particularly your last one so I'm modifying and using it too. I've been using an insert for my reading too, but I used a stack of books on one side to track the books I buy (and color them in when I read them) and a lined page on the other to track the books I read. I number them so I know how many I've read at the end of the year, and I switch colors every month. This year, I'm trying something totally different, The Bookworm Life Planner.

[@mysteriesofmar]

it's good to change things up! makes things more fun👍hope you enjoy your 2023 system!!

[@kath_reads]

Yey! Your reading journal looks very adorable and fun to use. ♥ on days when I read multiple formats, I just track down which format I read the most. Hope you have fun with the trackers. Happy reading!

[@mysteriesofmar]

youre a saint, thank you for sharing and for all the great inspo!!!✨️

[@lil.ikuraa]

Not gonna lie, I took screenshots of all your spreads because they are soooo effective and cute! I’m definitely going to create a space for anticipated releases for anime. xD I’d love to try a buddy read in your book club if that’s gonna happen!! I’m debating on an ereader at the moment, but even if I don’t get one hopefully I can find the books of the month at the library! Also… your creative reading journal thoooo 😍

[@mysteriesofmar]

ahh i hope these spreads help you out (or are at least fun to make)!! i'm not sure if we're going to be more public about our buddy reads, but i definitely want to start a book club if people are interested :-) if all else fails, you can always read e-books on your phone/tablet/computer!!

[@brandylatriecereads4357]

i love this so much. I set up a. Hobonichi weeks to be my reading journal but i am itching to get back into my travelers notebooks and i didn’t even consider using it as a reading journal. Thank you.

[@mysteriesofmar]

thanks for tuning in!!! i hope that the TN is a good home for your reading journals :-) happy journalling friend!

[@mori7956]

I've been trying to keep a better list of my reads over the year so how you did things is super helpful (I was making things too complicated again🤣)

[@mysteriesofmar]

sometimes simplicity is the best way!! honestly i had fun tracking tons of stuff before but now i just wanna slow down and focus on the reads rather than all the other stuff like i used to hehe

[@Schwinning]

I'm curious, how much time a day do you spend reading books? I want to start reading more, probably going to start with just a book a week for now because I can only take an hour or two every day to read. :) Because of this video I think I'm going to make a reading journal too!

[@mysteriesofmar]

it really depends!! i would say that i also on average read an hour or two a day, but only because i either dont read at all or read a whole bunch. i also listen to a lot of audiobooks while at work, so that helps! but i think as long as youre enjoying what youre reading and going at a pace youre comfortable at, then that's perfect😊👍there's really no rush to read unless youre like me and you just like to live in other's stories rather than your own ahahaha