2025 reading journal set up 🍄

[@maggieruth]

Doing the connecting maps each year, that is SO COOL

[@cassandralynnreads]

ah thank you!!! ❤️❤️

[@SelkaAndHorses]

Going to steal your idea for maps connecting every year! Love it! I draw maps for DnD and enjoy it so much and it would fit the idea of year as a jurnary. You are so talented!

[@cassandralynnreads]

OMG yessss! that's gonna be great 💕

[@hannahgreen681]

You NEED to put these maps on your website, the fact that they connect is just brilliant. I need to buy them for my own journals. To have them at the end all opened up and connected into one large map would be so satisfying to see. You are so talented and I am happy for you that you got your work published! Thank you for sharing and your journals are inspiring. I am doing one for myself for the first time this year.

[@cassandralynnreads]

Awe, thank you so much! 💕💕

[@marygraham9709]

Project Hail Mary and The Lies of Locke Lamora are two of my absolute favorites books. So excited to see them on your tbr!

[@cassandralynnreads]

I feel like I'm going to adore both of them!!

[@TheRealImaginary]

I just got my first book journal for 2025! I'm so excited to fill it out over the year and now I've been watching all these people creating beautiful journals and I'm inspired to keep up with mine and create my own for next year! I think this year will be a good test to see what kinds of spreads I like and what works best for me. Love your journal, it's awesome!

[@cassandralynnreads]

oh how exciting! i hope you love it, it's such a fun hobby!

[@Jeanny.Q]

This was so much fun to watch, I especially loved your series tracker spread.

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@Jeanny.Q awe thank you!!

[@shelleyfrank6909]

Speaking to your question about how I keep up with new releases...I use my future log to track when books are coming out. For instance, each time I learn a new book is coming, I write it in my future log, under that month, with the release date, title, & author. And halfway through the year I start a new spread for books that are coming in the following year so I can pre-load my future log for the coming year. I hope that makes sense.

[@cassandralynnreads]

ooo interesting!!

[@marynuttall163]

You are so creative and such a great drawer. You even inspired me to copy the idea of one of your pages (the 100 blocks and use a different color for each month). 👍🏻😊💛

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe, so happy you were able to be inspired!

[@emmalio15]

I'd love for you to make a video on your favorite book maps!! it would be so interesting

[@cassandralynnreads]

ooo maybe I will over on my IG!

[@manda_made]

You have the coolest job ever! Always love seeing your journal set ups. I think the maps connecting every year is genius! I also went for an ocean view in my shelfy spread, but didn’t have a pirate ship sticker. It screams adventure!

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe 🥺💕 it is a blast truly. I love that we're twinning with the ocean views!

[@goodmornindreamer]

I love the Maps connecting!! That is such a fun touch to have on each of your notebooks. I can't wait to get back into journaling and get my journal set up for next year!

[@cassandralynnreads]

i'm so excited about the new tradition, so happy you also think it's cool ❤️❤️

[@planningwithnanny326]

Your Journal is AMAZING! Great work. Your job sounds so FUN! (and it looks like your very good at it)

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe that's so sweet! it really is a blast! ❤️

[@reneearcher]

I love your journal layout, and am jealous of your map making skills!! This year will be my 3rd dedicated book bujo year, and I am so excited to sit down and finish all of my beginning of the year spreads.

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you!! ❤️❤️ have fun setting up!!

[@Kittyzero13426]

Love a good reading journal video. I am still finishing my reading journal at the moment but getting to the end to be ready for next year.

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@Kittyzero13426 you've got plenty of time!! 🥰

[@elisabethprice4697]

I was going to do a reading journal but gave up and this inspired me to retry it! I attempted one this year and stopped halfway through the year but that’s also the longest I’ve ever done one so maybe I can do it the entire year next year!

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@elisabethprice4697 I believe in you!! 🥰

[@elisabethprice4697]

@ thanks! 😊

[@brooke8642]

I'm literally rewatching this video for the 3rd time. I really love your style, probably will use some spreads for my reading journal as well. The font looks amazing and the map is stunning and connecting them. Can't wait to see what it will become! Just wanted to let you know that in the ATLA novel series there 5 out and one more coming in 2025. Kyoshi, Yangchen and the newest ones are Roku's story. The one out is called The Reckoning of Roku, the one coming next year is gonna be The Awakening of Roku.

[@cassandralynnreads]

so happy you were able to get inspiration!! ❤️ I didn't know that about ATLA, is the 5th one the last one?

[@brooke8642]

@@cassandralynnreads No, the 6th one called: The Awakening of Roku is coming this year (according to Google). After that I don't know if there'll be more.

[@karlynmr]

your journal is gorgeous! thank you so much for actually filming yourself cutting the dutch doors. I want to do one in my reading journal for 2025 but I am really nervous and I haven't seen any videos of people actually doing the cutting so this was amazing to see.

[@cassandralynnreads]

of course! i know it can be a bit intimidating, but once you do it, it's easier!!

[@Bookbonkers8439]

The woman on the series tracker page is definitely a vibe, and you’re a top notch circle drawer! 🤣

[@cassandralynnreads]

haha 💕 thanks!

[@julischrier]

Love your journal setup! So so cute ❤️ And I also have LOTR on my tbr for 2025! Same here lol figured it’s about time I read them

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe thanks! ❤️ hopefully we both will read LOTR this year!

[@TheBrookelizabeth21]

The Lost Bookshop was MY FAVORITE READ of 2024. I can't wait to see what you think of it!! So glad to see it on your TBR for 2025 :-)

[@cassandralynnreads]

omg that is lovely to hear! makes me very excited ❤️❤️

[@juliaisreading]

I am on my 3rd year of journaling and have been slowly trying to transition over to a more data based journal set up! This video was so incredibly helpful! Loved it♥️♥️

[@cassandralynnreads]

omg love it!

[@beautifulmama862]

I absolutely love how your reading journal came out ❤❤❤❤ such inspiration 😊

[@cassandralynnreads]

Thank you so much! 💖

[@mako_bocab]

i could watch you draw maps for hours

[@mako_bocab]

also side note, i too had some crazy art teachers

[@cassandralynnreads]

that's so sweet of you to say!

[@Mamadriggs]

This is phenomenal! Love your commentary. ❤❤ you’re so fun!

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe thank you so much 🥰

[@wendyhoward2699]

I want to start a reading journal, but I don’t know where to start. You’ve given me a lot of ideas. Many blessings and and.

[@cassandralynnreads]

happy to help!! ❤️

[@luciesouvenir9481]

This was so lovely to watch ! I absolutely love the result

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you so much!!

[@ChinyeOseji]

For new releases, I go to Barnes & Noble’s website and they have a page for new releases by month. If you go there now, you can see all of the titles that they have listed for next year. Some books don’t release their dates until later, so I would just check back every couple of months to see if it’s updated with any new titles.

[@cassandralynnreads]

that is SO helpful, thank you!! ❤️

[@UFOCrochet]

Project Haily Mary is a must it is so much fun! I read it as an ebook and most everyone else in the book club had it as an audiobook and it sounds like I missed out by not getting the audiobook. They Love it so much.

[@cassandralynnreads]

people have been telling me the audiobook is a must!

[@nooresahar8352]

this turned out so so pretty and got inspiration to do one for myself

[@cassandralynnreads]

yay! I hope you have fun!

[@azaria424]

This video was very inspiring! I’ve been book journaling since September of this year and can’t wait to journal some more in the new year. ❤

[@cassandralynnreads]

yay! journaling in/for the new year is ALWAYS the best! :))

[@pucktweety]

This is so impressive!! I don't feel like I read enough to warrant a book journal but I have quite a few journals for everything else lol

[@TheKatalystical]

Love this! When you read The Lies of Locke Lamora, do the Audible version! Seriously the best narrator I’ve ever heard!!

[@cassandralynnreads]

ooo i'll definitely have to check that out then!

[@terradoesnot]

Subbed and liked! Love the dark colors for the journal!! 🤍

[@cassandralynnreads]

❤️

[@Tinasmovinglibrary]

In love love looove with your journal setting! You must've spent like, I don't know, maybe 18 hours on it?? So stunning! I also have Project Hail Mary in my 2025 TBR 🧑🏼‍🚀

[@cassandralynnreads]

omg i hope we both get to it, everyone has been saying it's amazing!!

[@emerlyisreadingagain]

Loved watching this, thanks for sharing, great inspo for this year's reading journal. Also 🎉 on becoming a published cartographer ❤

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe thanks! so happy you were able to be inspired!! ❤️

[@bethethridge7260]

love your maps!!!!

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you!! ❤️

[@whoaacandace]

I would love to know what printer you use to print your book covers? Mine never look that good 😭 I’m in the market for a new one!

[@cassandralynnreads]

it's an hp envy 6050, but she's a bit temperamental 💀

[@jessicahope1180]

I have been Journaling for 4 years but omg I want yours!!!

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe that's so sweet!! ❤️

[@TexasPelican]

You are going to love Daughter of the Pirate King, it's terrific!

[@cassandralynnreads]

i've read the first one and thought it was fun, excited to see where the rest of the series goes!

[@nerdybynatureblog]

Obsessed with your spreads!

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you so much!

[@frumpyspace]

This is such a beautiful setup (and SO fun that your title page maps connect!!)! Shoutout to Apothecary Diaries my beloved 💖 If you're a stats girlie and haven't gotten onto StoryGraph, you DEFINITELY should. SO satisfying, and you can see stats on all sorts of stuff including custom tags (I tag based on where I source my books, but I know other people use them for tropes, etc...). Super easy to import your Goodreads library, so you can look at historical data too! Anyways, this has definitely inspired me to acquire some map washi! Love it! ✨

[@cassandralynnreads]

I tried using Storygraph, but I've been using Goodreads for so long that I'm always hesitant to commit to the switch 😅

[@frumpyspace]

@cassandralynnreads I was the same - I've done Goodreads since 2015. I still update both, actually, but I think the stats features for StoryGraph are just so interesting that it was worth it for me to import my library and update on both. I totally get that not everyone has the time/interest to double track, though (triple, if you count physical reading journal, lol!)

[@flagomesbh]

Beautiful setup!! 🤌🏽

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you so much!! ❤️

[@thedarlingbookworm]

Looks great!! And my high school art teacher made me straight up cry so I get that. I stopped art for awhile because of that.

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@thedarlingbookworm what is with crappy HS art teachers 👀😫

[@jackiejeffords5991]

I thought about getting this EXACT journal, and now seeing it, it's even more gorgeous than I thought and maybe this is the year i actually commit hahaha

[@cassandralynnreads]

omg do it! we can be twinning!

[@jackiejeffords5991]

@@cassandralynnreads Yess ✨

[@katiannacotton6397]

I have the same notebook in a B6 that I want to use as my first ever Reading journal. Thanks for some inspiration

[@cassandralynnreads]

@katiannacotton6397 omg we can be twins 🙈❤️

[@abbyburghart6329]

Project Hail Mary was my fav book of 2024! I hope you love it omg

[@cassandralynnreads]

I really think I'm going to love it!! 💕

[@ItalianScallion]

Those maps are 🔥🔥🔥

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you so much!! ❤️❤️

[@elizabethcore2156]

I color the book type on my library page, but color the rating for my tracker! I like having a quick glance for both.

[@cassandralynnreads]

oh that's smart!!

[@dani.p]

Recommendation💁🏻‍♀✨ Read "Project Hail Mary" doing the dual method (physical copy or ebook + audiobook). The audiobook is SO GOOD! Like, crazy good🙌🏻. For me the book had way too much science and I could easily have been bored, but the audiobook was my MVP during that reading 😆❤

[@cassandralynnreads]

i will def be doing that!! ❤️

[@emmie4628]

Loving your vlogs sm ❤❤

[@cassandralynnreads]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[@silkestuecker]

Thank you very much for the video, your design is beautiful and you gave me a lot of ideas and inspiration. 8 hours is really a lot of time, WOW, but I think it was really worth it, it turned out beautiful Greetings from Germany

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@silkestuecker awe so happy to hear, and thank you!! 🥰

[@pixelkittyy]

I have the same journal for my 2025 journal! I’m doing a dark forest theme I think 🙂‍↕️ love the journal videos

[@cassandralynnreads]

Omg twinssss!! 🖤

[@peachytori]

i love whimsy, (MUSHROOMS AHH) so i love this plus the maps give me life. gained a sub:))))

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe, thank you!! 💕💕

[@pamdavies6199]

alright cass loved the journal 🎉 map at the start i thought was really good even if u didnt think so x 🎉🎉

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@pamdavies6199 awe thanks!

[@elisabethprice4697]

I’m actually excited for Sunrise on the Reaping as I love Haymitch so much but I haven’t read A Balled of Songbirds and Snakes as I never wanted to because I hate Snow but now I kinda want to read for I can have read them all!

[@cassandralynnreads]

@elisabethprice4697 it's an interesting book for sure, quite the whiplash because you start off almost rooting for Snow. but by the end...yikes 😬

[@CatherineSteele328]

this reading journal is my aspiration💜😂

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe thank you 😭😭❤️

[@procrasy]

I was about to ask what font tou used/took inspiration form for the first spread (« reading journal 2025 »), but then you said you’re a fantasy cartographer 🧭 (coolest job ever). So now I’m gonna ask : any chance we could get a video on medieval/fantasy/vintage looking fonts? Or just that one font reference really, I really love it.

[@cassandralynnreads]

I literally just googled, "pirate font" and it was one of the first fonts to pop up! I don't make art related videos on here, but maybe on my art IG or TT some day!

[@beatrizbooknook]

I have never been so early for a video!!!

[@cassandralynnreads]

@@beatrizbooknook omg 🙈

[@sarytirado_88]

Project Hail Mary is one of the best Sci-Fi books I've ever read.

[@cassandralynnreads]

that seems to be the general consensus, so i'm certainly excited!

[@k49821]

I'm shocked that only took 8 hours... Beautiful job!

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe thank you! ❤️

[@SorryIcantIhavebookclub]

Hi,thanks for the washitape shop code, just made on order… I Was almost sure I will use an A6 midori reading general but the notebook therapy are really great now I am confused on which one I should use 😜

[@cassandralynnreads]

glad i could help! ❤️ i prefer notebook therapy, but it is just my opinion!

[@iptfan45]

Just lovely

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you!!

[@TrinaHours]

OMG is that a new bookshelf set up I see back there 👀 it looks amazing!

[@cassandralynnreads]

yes!! i bought a corner bookcase and did a little reorganizing! 💕 i'll be posting a new year organization video, don't worry 😌

[@TrinaHours]

@cassandralynnreads yayyy so exciting!!! I love a corner bookshelf, can't wait for that video!

[@ZimmieReads]

I so wish I had the time and creativity level you do.

[@cassandralynnreads]

awe ❤️❤️

[@alesswonderland]

Girl where is that green sweater top from?? I am also using this notebook for my reading/writing journal with the kraft pages! Congrats on being published! Are any books out yet?

[@cassandralynnreads]

the top is from Cider! i literally have been wearing it so much 😅 there's a couple, 'a clash of tides' and 'insolo' are the ones that are released as of right now, but there's a bunch more coming out later this year!

[@Lola11711]

there is a new VE schwab book coming out in june

[@cassandralynnreads]

oh I forgot about that!

[@jageun7488]

I love your thumb ring omg, any chance it can be bought online??

[@cassandralynnreads]

i bought it at a Ren Faire years ago and don't remember the seller! 💕

[@isabelhunt5804]

I want that ship sticker 😍

[@cassandralynnreads]

it's she stunning! 😌

[@valerieramirez6446]

Love it ❤

[@cassandralynnreads]

thank you! ❤️

[@glauciadepaula]

I love frieren 💜💜

[@cassandralynnreads]

it's so great!!! 💕

[@elizabethhoyle9130]

Love this journal. Wish I was artistic!! I’m creative but can’t do the drawing bits so I feel like bullet journals are not for me. Too much of a perfectionist. 😅 I also have never read LotR and it’s been on my list forever. Maybe 2025 is the year!!! Narnia is another one.

[@cassandralynnreads]

If you ever did want to give bullet journaling a go, stickers are the best way to go if you can't draw, along with printing things out ❤️ Hopefully LOTR happens for the both of us!

[@BowTiesareCool12]

I added a map in my (first!) journal for 2025 because of your videos! I love it so much. For the maps you do professionally, do you draw them traditionally and scan them in to digitally clean up, or do you draw them digitally?

[@cassandralynnreads]

ah that makes me so happy to hear!! ❤️❤️ I draw them traditionally and then scan them, yes!

[@thevintagechronicles]

Love it!

[@cassandralynnreads]

Awe thank you! 🥰

[@Sunflower24781]

Girl u should download storygraph u can even choose the format and .5 and .25 star rating!!

[@cassandralynnreads]

i always feel like a jaded grandmother who refuses to change what she's been doing for years 😭😭

[@eviepiers3119]

I keep track of releases by following the authors on TikTok and regularly checking their Amazon profiles 😅

[@cassandralynnreads]

i never thought to check amazon profiles haha

[@Mermaidstuckonland18]

I haven't read a new release in years 😬I'm so behind on my TBR that new releases go unread for me for months 😅

[@cassandralynnreads]

i feel like if i didn't do booktube i'd be super behind on the new releases too 😅

[@aislingelizabethauthor]

So very pretty. I plan on doing my own reading journal for the first time this year, although it’ll be less exciting tgan yours ☺️

[@cassandralynnreads]

Have fun! 🥰

[@temiomotayo]

what size did you print your book covers at for the books read page? im totally using your journal as my inspo for this year!

[@cassandralynnreads]

about .8"x1.4" ❤️

[@chloeharnes9644]

I’m going to do a reading journal in 2025, for the book cover print outs what sizes do you do for that? Can you do it on Microsoft word and just print it out?

[@cassandralynnreads]

i just use google docs, i'm sure microsoft would be the same!

[@autumn0587]

How do you become a book cartographer? That seems like such an amazing job

[@cassandralynnreads]

I accidentally stumbled into it, I have a video on tiktok explaining how!

[@KerryFrankish]

How do you create book stickers please I’m new to this

[@cassandralynnreads]

drag and drop the cover from google into a google word document and print them.

[@KerryFrankish]

@ thank you x

[@charlie_bharlie6795]

I don't really keep up with new releases because I have way too much to do and read before I can get to them and they'll probably be just as good a few months later. also, where do people get the money from to buy that many books?! I'm just a simple, broke, uni student

[@tine272]

it's this really neat thing called "having a job" lol. but seriously the library is your best friend if you dont have money to buy books yet ❤

[@charlie_bharlie6795]

@@tine272 yeah I get that and I also have a parttime job besides being a full time student but when I see people hauling 100+ new books every couple of months I do fear for their bank account I use my library a lot, but since I'm not from an English speaking country, most of the books they have are translated and their stack of English books is very limited unfortunately

[@cassandralynnreads]

@charlie_bharlie6795 3 jobs is how I have the money lmaooo 💀💀 the broke uni life won't last forever, you're close to being done!!

[@phantomflutist]

Thrift shop for me!

[@charlie_bharlie6795]

@@cassandralynnreads yeah, planning on finishing my bachelor's next semester and starting my master in September

[@RonaldReads]

Love the setup! Although I did just watch you tear my country in two 🤭

[@cassandralynnreads]

omg noooo 😭😂

[@pamdavies6199]

ive sent u a dm xx

[@cassandralynnreads]

please email me, i can't respond on patreon :)