my book journal tour & how i journal ✍️📜

[@Yesica1993]

Finally, someone actually JOURNALING, not just drawing & making cute layouts!

[@sunnykimreads]

💜💜💜💜💜

[@lovetahsin]

uh people just likes to doodle there’s no right way of journaling

[@RJ-id6yu]

Journaling can be anything! As long as you think it's a journal, It's a journal. Personally, I've done writing, scrapbook and different types of journaling

[@Yesica1993]

@@RJ-id6yu People are free to do whatever they want. But words also do have meanings.

[@orpheusandeurydice11]

bare minimum reading journal, this is exactly the kind of reading journal that i need. the more i make it pretty, the more i’ll get lazy to write on it

[@katief8397]

I feel like we journal for similar reasons - writing is so calming and relaxing, I love the action of just physically writing stuff down, it's so therapeutic. I also find it so helpful just writing down all my thoughts and emotions about the book, as usually I don't know anyone else who's read it and so can't talk to them about it, and yeah it does help give closure!!

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg soul sisters 💗💗💗

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Dollar store supplies and real content? Love this! It's refreshing to find someone whose journaling is about what happens in the book. Thank you

[@glo3475]

here's a low effort, easy to remember, less da Vinci and more thriftstore vibes, almost useful format for book journalling: -date and day (so that when you flip through later the nostalgia hits or whatever) -name of the book + author (the essentials, you shouldn't be writing without this) -opening line (unnecessary if its nothing worth remembering) -favourite quotes/lines (to be a little pretentious) -favourite character (we know you wanted them to be your friend) -end it with stars on a rate of 1 star to 10 stars and add a comment if you like (something like "this book was fine but the MC reminds me of grandfather" or "haha that guy should have been sent to prison earlier he was worse than a horse lmao") end of story, drink juice, sleep

[@sunnykimreads]

I love juice

[@hdjzjwbzkfbzkdjzindh]

Best comment I’ve ever read

[@ell4736]

sounds like a good setup! I don't think writing your favorite quotes is pretentious at all (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)

[@sophieward8302]

Girl same, the effort in my reading journal has gone sooo downhill since the start of the year, but honestly I’m just proud that I’ve kept it up at all!

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg literally same but go off to the both of us 💗💗👏👏

[@zoe-mi9yj]

wow. imagine being able to journal consistently. could not be me. sunny’s journal is literally goals thooo-

[@sunnykimreads]

omg no cuz my consistency is 📉📉

[@Heyitsbisma]

I love this video so much!! As someone who's just getting into journaling, it's so overwhelming when you see other's who are literally like Picasso and yours looks like it's from the dollar store. Thanks for reminding me that my journal is for me.

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA THE DOLLAR STORE I LOVE IT 😂😂❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@Heyitsbisma]

you have to be honest with yourself 😂

[@dearjaneth]

I honestly really like the simplicity of your journal! It's just a very relaxing thing to see too :)

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH thank you so much 🥺🥺💗💗

[@makaylagrant873]

I totally relate to trying so hard in the beginning just to end up doing the bare minimum at the end. I agree that writing is really calming to do. For my reading journal I decided to keep things simple and just summarize what happened in each chapter. Since I'm a college student sometimes I go a long time not reading a book and would forget simple things such as names etc. I just add washi tape to the top and bottom of the page to make it look somewhat nice 😂 at the end I write down 1 or 2 quotes that I really liked from the book.

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg that sounds amazing honestly

[@dominicluvschickpeas]

I love how real you are with us !

[@sunnykimreads]

Bahaha thank u💗💗

[@sarahchristiansen2860]

I love this and the vibes so much! I was looking at book journal videos and getting so discouraged with all the intense art and time going into them but I absolutely love your set up and the reminder that a book journal is just for me and so it doesn't need to be a super aesthetic thing. 💕💕

[@sunnykimreads]

AWwh I’m glad 💗💗💗 I am FOR book journals suited to your personal needs :))

[@SheilaNorthcutt]

I’m glad to see someone actually journaling about the books they read, not just a set-up! Thank you. I am inspired!!

[@Yesica1993]

YES! I've gone through video after video hoping to see what people do and it's always the pretty setup and very artistic looking stuff but very little actual journaling! Don't get me wrong, they can be very pretty. I'm amazed at people's creativity and talents. But I want some substance, not just pretty pages!

[@caitlinx4962]

Just started my book journal the same way you do and it’s so fun.

[@sunnykimreads]

Yay!!!

[@lexireis8431]

I’ve been journaling since I was a kid. I always had some kind of nopepad in hand. Writing always gave me clarity. It gave me somewhere to belong.

[@sunnykimreads]

💖💖

[@jogichrist2484]

Wow, I love that! I never thought about journaling about books. I write about songs, movies, series and other things already but never thought about writing about books. Gotta try that sometime :)

[@sunnykimreads]

Oooh that’s such a fun journaling idea too!!

[@charitymack1913]

B+ for effort. Love how real you are throughout the video . How you get back to reading, I truly enjoy it more now that I’m not in college

[@eli_drottningu]

Love it! I'm looking for inspiration bc I realized I want to do a more personal reading journal, at the moment I have one I bought, and while I like it, I don't really get the most of it. I'm thinking on doing a left page with the book and author details, as well as a little tracker where I write down the date and how much I read each sitting; and then use the right page to write whatever I think while reading the book and then when I finish it, including quotes or just random thought I got during the reading. I don't care about stats bc that is more efficient in spreadsheets or an app, so I love seeing your journaling focused on each book itself.

[@martynap1781]

honestly i prefer simple journals like yours, you actually write down your thoughts and focus on that

[@annikasophie6504]

Just found your channel and this motivated me so much to pick up my journal again. Love how simply but lovely your journal is. Always glad to see other people whose journal is a bit more minimalistic🥰

[@sunnykimreads]

Awwwh thank u 😭😭😭

[@agustinamei6691]

I do the same but sometimes adding my reflexions in different color. I see other people tracking numbers of pages and genres and I feel that is so pointless lol, I don't want to read more, just to read better ❤️

[@sunnykimreads]

Ooh the colour thing is a cool idea!!

[@ang-meets-world]

i love how real and true to u this is!!! also the way you say embarrassing

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH thank u 💗💗 and LOL “emburOSSing”

[@marrithiemstra4959]

I love your handwriting!

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH thank u 💗💗

[@BrainyCreativity]

Omg thank you! This is what I was looking for! A book journal where you write down the impactful quotes and what you learned!❤❤❤❤

[@Talesandtexts]

Love this! And it shows that we don’t need to get super artsy with our journals, unless we absolutely want to. I do something similar, but not with the quotes. I summarise in 3-4 words each section that really stood out to me and write the page number next to it. That way, if I want to go back to that section, I can read that part and also any annotations I have made there. Even if I don’t feel like re-reading a book, I can quickly skim through these points to recollect what I liked about that book.

[@blissjosy9328]

As a swiftie, I find the fact that this video is exactly 13 minutes as a good sign

[@sunnykimreads]

Swifties ✨✨✨

[@kyra6744]

love the channel name change for you sunny kim supremacy

[@sunnykimreads]

omg this means a lot thank u 🥺🥺💗💗🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️

[@DanaDays]

please observe sunny's character development via the style change from the beginning of the journal to the end

[@sunnykimreads]

My energy 📉📉📉

[@l0veLY111]

My book journal is literally a wish list of books I want at the back then a book title it’s star rating next to it then like 2 things I liked or didn’t like about the book that’s it..but it works for me so I’m happy with it!

[@sunnykimreads]

Ok love that for u 💗💗💗

[@l0veLY111]

@@sunnykimreads ah thank you! I tried to go all out at the beginning but it looked AWFUL. it made me wanna cry when I opened the book so ripped those pages out and started fresh💀

[@Bigmango_]

My journal is similar. I write a brief synopsis then make a column in the middle. On one side I write what I loved about the book and on the other side I write things I hated/ dislike

[@l0veLY111]

@@Bigmango_ that’s a great technique! I recently added a page of problematic authors so if I ever hear someone is reading some of their work I’ll let them know what they’ve done and why they’re a bad person so they don’t invest in more of their work and try either buy it second hand instead or don’t continue to read it :))

[@subodhSakhalkar]

This is so random, but you seem like such a chill person. Like you seem so easy to talk to :)

[@circarmen]

why are u so naturally funny lmaoo the way u are (casually) is making me laugh idk y

[@sunnykimreads]

wait this is the highest compliment 🥲🥲

[@keriwhite4969]

Thank you so much I'm kramming and having brain overload help me out when I'm been writing off the wall thanks love. 💕

[@sunnykimreads]

Awwwh thank u for watching 💗💗

[@littlebelowski]

I love this so much. All the reading journals out there are beautiful but also so extra and I’m like… yo I’d have to spend all my reading time into journaling time if I’m gonna make it look like that!?

[@izam1832]

omg this is literally how i journal when i read. yay! glad i'm not alone lol

[@stanlevi2927]

How do you decide how many pages you might need for a book if your reading multiple books at once? thats my biggest struggle 😭. I honestly like the simplicity of your book journal, keeping things pretty and complex can be hard to keep up! another question: do you journal after reading your books or during readings?

[@error707detected]

It depends on the amount of pages your journal has and how many books you're reading at once but you could permanently divide 2, 3 or 4 sections of your journal with roughly the same amount of pages in each and use them when you read more than one book. Keeps it roughly organized and you don't have to worry so much about pages. I've been trying this method out these days, but if you know a better one now I'd like to listen

[@ILoveJahangeer]

LMAO!!! Sunny, I literally just came across you and could not stop laughing throughout your video; you’re so funny! I’ve subscribed and cannot wait to binge-watch your previous videos and look forward to future ones. Also, good luck with all of your exams, hope you do well!

[@sunnykimreads]

Thank u 💗💗

[@oh.hannahho]

bro your handwriting reminds me of my friends like literally they are the same

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg we are one

[@emmagrace5787]

How am I just now finding your videos? Um.. don't mind me, I'll be binging them all 🤎

[@sunnykimreads]

omg 🥺🥺🥺🥺💗💗

[@melena5821]

finally a realistic book journal bahaha

[@jakirebecca6461]

You go to my old uni/live in my hometown haha I was like wow how many schools have the same sweater and then realized its cause I own that exact one LOL

[@sunnykimreads]

OMG NO WAYYYYY MARAUDERS

[@maddog1052]

i absolutely love how you respond to everyone, also i want to do a reading journal but my handwriting is so ugly i literally cant 😭😭

[@sunnykimreads]

Where there’s a will there’s a way 🤾🏻

[@JesseOnYoutube]

Loved this!!!!

[@sunnykimreads]

Aksjdjakak thank u 🥺🥺💗💗😩😩🙈🙈

[@tejaswinisureshkrishnan4228]

I've seen people printing out book covers but I found that too much of work so I decided to draw the covers this year let's see how that goes😂

[@candimoser9067]

What ereadrer/tablet are you using? I love the idea of just writing down the quotes!

[@sunnykimreads]

Kobo Clara hd!

[@oh.hannahho]

your cursive is so niceeeee

[@sunnykimreads]

ITS NOT LOLOLLL just don’t look closely

[@sophiarmcfillin]

i love this !

[@sunnykimreads]

awwwhh thank u 💗💗🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️

[@divyajha50]

thank you so much for this video

[@ariela_]

What kind of journal is that? There isn’t a link in the description box

[@LawsMC1]

What brand of journal do you use, and are your pages dotted or unlined?

[@sunnykimreads]

I think I just bought it from Amazon! And it’s dotted :)

[@oh.hannahho]

ahhh idk if i could journal cuz i'm too self conscious about my handwriting like i will not write in a journal bc i'm scared to mess it up

[@booktales1687]

I’m the same exact way, but finally got into book journaling. What really helps me is knowing nobody but me will see my handwriting. Plus, why should I hold myself back from enjoying something? Its okay to mess up . I hope that mindset can help you in someway

[@sunnykimreads]

Literally was about to reply the exact same thing

[@sunnykimreads]

Girl everyone’s seen my journal - I literally go in with a pen and fully don’t use white out I just cross stuff out - it adds character I feel like in the future someone’s gonna see my scrawls and romanticize it as an ancient journal or smth

[@minteabee]

I honestly don't understand why these days journaling has to be so extra. Journaling is journaling, even if you literally just write stuff down without any fancy extras imo. It makes a notebook charming imo. I even often dislike the look of heavily decorated pages and calligraphy titles. It's just so much. While simple is so beautiful and comes down to what a journal is meant to be used as in the end. I tried to do a fancy bullet journal a couple years ago and only managed to do a few pages, I had the exact same reaction as you looking back "who was she? lol" xD I love just journaling to journal, to just write even if it is not perfect. My favorite pages are the most simple ones.

[@bitteralmonds666]

OH SCHNAPP! There is a video on the book journal. Shoutout to Death Note 👍🏽😎👍🏽

[@munchmunch7300]

Can you please do a rec on romance books? Love ur channel😙

[@munchmunch7300]

@@iheartgrace6636 I have heard of it and i am waiting in a line for it, but I was thinking maybe more underated ones?📚

[@booktales1687]

Ooo I gotcha. Here’s some of my underrated favorites. Most of these romances are subplots but are well done Emmy and Oliver (it’s been a while since I read it, but I remember loving their dynamic) The Cemetery Boys The Snow Child (an old married couple rekindling their relationship) The Darkest Part of the Forest

[@munchmunch7300]

@@iheartgrace6636 thank you!❤️

[@munchmunch7300]

@@booktales1687 thank u:)💕💕

[@sknight2810]

I HATE writing (it’s exhausting to me ok😭🤜) so ik im never gonna have a journal eventho i wish im that girl with cute doodle skills and neat handwriting to journal 🗿💨

[@sunnykimreads]

LOLOLLL u can be that girl in energy queen dw 🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️

[@Kirihere]

really nice video, I am going to make my first one soon :) and this was a great start. (also, the number of times you said literally in this video tho XD)

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWH thank u!!

[@ariela_]

Where can I get this journal?

[@sunnykimreads]

Jeff bezos 💀💀💀 (Amazon)

[@ariela_]

@@sunnykimreads the name of it? There’s a lot of journals on Amazon

[@DanaDays]

ahhhh nooo i LOVE your hands 🥰 손 잡아주세요~~

[@sunnykimreads]

🙈🙈🙈

[@loveescape9848]

Literally.

[@sunnykimreads]

💖💖

[@axlxya]

i absolutely love how this video comes out the day i buy a book journal

[@sunnykimreads]

Get it 💥💥💥💥

[@mariabinkley5712]

Bare minimum is my favorite minimum.

[@sunnykimreads]

BAHAHAHA

[@ramayanaroxas5457]

Who isn't in love with ve with Grayson Hawthorne?

[@sunnykimreads]

got me there

[@ryah2]

i heard dollarama and knew you were canadian

[@sunnykimreads]

Wait is dollarama only in Canada??😨

[@princezalmueda5719]

Personally, I like the minimalistic style better It's more practical specially as a reader with many thoughts I'd rather not think about design

[@sunnykimreads]

💖💖💖

[@muminab.u.3206]

Love this video. You are hilarious

[@sunnykimreads]

Aw thank u 🥺🥺🙈🙈

[@zoe-mi9yj]

me when i see sunny’s journal: yo she thicc

[@sunnykimreads]

Omg I believe u she a thicc queen 👑

[@est-fm9ui]

I just noticed the way you say "embarrassing". Is it from a meme? 😅 If it's just a Canadian thing, I'm sorry. English is not my first language. ❤

[@paintpray5497]

just so you know- your hands don't look that big :)

[@SabineThinkerbellum]

your editing is really tough to follow. You cut out a lot of your words. I’m no native speaker of English and it’s difficult to understand what you are saying.

[@olguineb38]

I love this so much I'm crying, "Who am I trying to impress?" I enjoy this so much. I'm watching this on a break right now as well. Thank you so much for sharing your book journal. It's fun to see the different ways people recorded what they've read. I hope you have an amazing day! Thanks again!

[@sunnykimreads]

AWWWHH 🥺🥺 thank u so much 💗💗