Reading Journal Setup // simple and easy spreads

🌱 I'm so excited to post my 2023 reading journal setup, and even more excited to start filling it with the books that are on my tbr for this year. This is my beginning setup including my bujo book library, my reading goals, which is 60 books, reading log, reading stats, book series tracker, a to z reading challenge, and the best book of 2023 bullet journal spread.
My Digital Reading Journal: www.etsy.com/l...
insta: / maya.journals
tiktok: / mayasjournal
📚 Grab your planner/bullet journal if you're going to plan with me or if you're just chilling, make yourself cozy, make some tea or coffee and I hope you will enjoy my 2023 reading journal setup.
🤍 If you're reading this, I'm really grateful you're here! 🤍
🌈 PENS USED: 🌈
Black fine liner pen: amzn.to/3s9sMBE
White gel pen: amzn.to/3MOBjDH
🌱🌱🌱 if you know you know hehe
📚 Reading bullet journal setup:
0:06 Last year vs this year bullet journal
0:17 Books read in 2023 - mini bujo library spread
2:26 Reading bullet journal theme
2:43 What I'm reading right now
3:00 Library story time
3:29 Book recommendations pleasee
4:06 Reading log spread
4:57 2023 Reading stats spread
6:17 Book series overview spread
6:55 A to Z reading challenge - Every letter of the alphabet spread
7:56 Reading goal for 2023 spread
9:13 Best book of 2023 bullet journal spread
10:26 Fliptrough of my reading journal 2023
🤍 Creators that inspired my 2023 bullet journal spread:
‪@amandarachlee‬ ‪@JashiiCorrin‬ ‪@lootengstudio‬ ‪@thebibliovert‬ ‪@PlantBasedBride‬ ‪@katieisreading‬ ‪@mochibujo‬
Thanks for being so amazing and inspiring!
#bulletjournal #readingjournal #booktube #booktok

[@manibun727]

Here you go 🌱 ..thought the plant would make you and others smile. Here's a grown up version too 🌳

[@typicalvirgomaya]

hahah grown up version, I love that 😆 made me smile for sure! thankss 🥰

[@NancyvandenBerg-sl9sk]

There are so many journal setting ideas out there, somehow I like your style so much, it's so creative and artistic in a very simple way...thank you and I enjoy this!

[@typicalvirgomaya]

That is so nice to hear thank you so so much 🥰 I really appreciate it!!

[@AuthorJNKayla]

🌱 thank you so much for this video

[@typicalvirgomaya]

That is so nice of you, thank you so muchh 🥰

[@becm963]

🌱I can’t believe you did all this free hand. You have definitely inspired me. I was looking for book stamps. After watching this video, I see that I simply need to draw them.

[@Luniferagirl]

🌱 amazing work! So neat and airy 🎉

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii thank you so much, I appreciate itt! 🥰

[@ExLibris-Alys]

🌱 I enjoyed watching that and I think your journal is SO nice 👍🏻 ☺️👏🏻

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thank you so muchh!! I'm glad you like it 🥰

[@Omi1031]

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[@MsLovelyLeggs]

I love these, looking for inspiration for my 2024 reading journal 😊🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii thank you so much! That is so great, I'm also posting a video of my 2024 reading journal asap, its similar to this one but more "vintage" style, I like it more than this one and so I can't wait to show it 🥰

[@TheNutmegStitcher]

Best recent read this month: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Absolutely great. Almost done with The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thanks for your recommendations! I will check them out, hope I can find them in the library near me! 🥰

[@missbliss2587]

🌱 (Your reading journal is really cute! 💓)

[@typicalvirgomaya]

iii iykyk hehe 🥰 Thankss! Love your profile pic btw 🤍

[@tatiellibarbosa8111]

🌱So beautiful! 🌱First time here.. 🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thank you so much! and hiii 🥰

[@caitcreates]

🌱 i love your set up and all the plants! i absolutely love plants. and for fantasy recs, i highly recommend dauntless and stolen city by elisa a. bonnin!

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Yayy 🌱🥰 Thank you so muchh, I love plants too hehe, uu added to my tbr, I hope I can find it in the library, thanks for the recommendationn! 🤍

[@dominiquetate2224]

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@grinchb1tch]

🌱 would love to have an Update!

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Deal! Since the year is almost over I will complete my journal and will post an update when I'm done with it at the end of December 🥰

[@DeannaCrochets]

I love your spreads and that they are not too complicated. I can't wait to try some of them in my own reading journal. 🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thankss, I tried a more complicated one in February and I'm finding out that I like the simple spreads better too, so in March I'm making it simple again 😄 Yayy love that you have a reading journal too! If you read any books that you like, send the recommendations I'm searching for new books to read 🥰

[@colleenlogie334]

I love your style! I'm a sticker girl, because I can't draw :) I'm also a writer of a romantic/suspense trilogy, so I've started tracking my reading of romance stories to see where my own novels sit in terms of genre etc. It's REALLY tricky because there are so many sub-genres now. I decided to start a Reading Journal to narrow down which writers I am similar to and also to learn more current authors. This has been great inspiration for me and I'm definitely subscribing. Thanks again :) 🌿☘🌲🌲

[@typicalvirgomaya]

I just started using stickers too and now I'm obsessed hahah wow I feel such deep respect for writers, I couldn't write a book to save my life, so I can't even imagine how hard it is! Do you have any books of yours I could read? I was a big reader when I was a young teenager but then I stopped reading until last year, and now getting back to it I'm slowly getting to know how many genres and sub-genres there is, so if you have any recommendations what to check out next I would appreciate it a lot! And thanks for the support!!

[@colleenlogie334]

@@typicalvirgomaya I haven't had any novels published yet, but I'm going to start submitting one to publishers in the new year! I will be looking for people to read the manuscripts for feedback 😀

[@veronicamiller6089]

🌱 I love that layout. Here are my two favorite series that are yes romance but also fantasy with great plot and character depth. Dark-Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Black Dagger Brotherhood by J R Ward.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Iii thankss 🥰 omg, I read Black Dagger Brotherhood and I ATE it up, it was so amazing, probably my favorite book series, but my library only holds the first three partss 😢 are the other parts as good as the first three? and I’m definitely gonna read Dark-Hunters now, I trust your book taste already, it’s gonna be fire if you liked the Black Dagger Brotherhood ☺️

[@DeannaCrochets]

I also love the Dark-Hunter books and Shelly Laurenston's books make me laugh out loud. 🤭

[@veronicamiller6089]

@Typical Virgo - Maya Yes the others are just as amazing.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

@@DeannaCrochets ahh, I still haven't read them, but they are on my tbr right after I finish Acotar 😁

[@BethR-vf8ne]

Authors to check out: Tamora Pierce, Dianne Wynn Jones, Shana Abe, Terry Brooks, Jonathan Stroud, and Ursula K. Le Guin

[@agustinamei6691]

🌱 thank you for the video ❤

[@typicalvirgomaya]

aw thats so nice of you, thanks for watching!! 🥰

[@tonisha9385]

love it 🌱 so simple and cute

[@typicalvirgomaya]

iii thank youu 🥰

[@marya4632]

🌱Wow! This is absolutely amazing! You are such an artist. I just enjoyed watching you create this.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii, thank you so so much, really appreciate it!! 🥰

[@donnalnitad5772]

🌱 Love your layout and you are to funny. And I also love plants. Keep up the great work. 😊

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thank you so muchh this is the best type of compliment to get hehe blushing 🥰 yay plant lovers heree ☺️

[@vidyasingharoy]

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[@karenmabe9819]

🌱I enjoyed your video and story telling.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Iii 🥰 thank you so much!

[@user-mv2ii9oh9p]

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@annettecolagrande3736]

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@booklov3r__]

Omg I love this! 🩷🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Iii thank you so much 🥰

[@hannahcollins_thehomelibrarian]

🌱 Beautiful spreads and I love the simplicity! This is my first video of yours that I have seen, but I definitely subscribed! I can't wait to dive deeper into your content library. ❤

[@typicalvirgomaya]

iii thank you so much, this really means so much thankss 🥰

[@therealmisscachou5394]

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@Lynslie2]

I’m so late lmao but I have a few recommendations, a good girls guide to murder- a murder mystery book, as the name suggests. Another one is Almond, it is more of slice of life❤️

[@fableroad]

This was such a cute set-up! I have a couple of recommendations for you to read! I'm a librarian and I read a lot of romance but a lot of fantasy as well! If you haven't read Laini Taylor's Strange the Dreamer duology it is a delightful blend of romance and fantasy. Also, Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross is a TREAT! As is the Raybearer duology by Jordan Ifueko Happy reading!

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii thank you so much for the recommendations! I hope the library near me has any of the books you mentioned, and I just started my tbr for 2024 so these will be my first on my list, thanks againn! 🥰

[@urbanonwheels]

🌱🌱🌱 let's goo! Love this design 😍

[@typicalvirgomaya]

hehe thanksyy luv ❤

[@margaretwallach7200]

Awesome reading journal!!...Love all your spreads and hope to see more in 2023✌️❤️📚

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thankss 🥰 it really means a lott 🤍

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

I love your spreads. They are simple enough for anyone to do and look great. Also, at 5:25 I have a suggestion about those sploches. Flip your ruler around so the ink does not spread on your pages. It's a trick I figured out years ago because the smears bothered me too. Good luck.

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

Insert Pothos plant emoji here? How?

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thank you so much!! And thanks for the suggestion, thats actually genius, and I can't believe how I didn't think of doing it before hahah

[@typicalvirgomaya]

@@butterflymagicwithhottea9291 I have it on my phone in the emojis, but this counts too, thank you so much for watching! 🥰

[@Myth___books]

Ur layout is too good

[@rachaelbaker4086]

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@EshalEmaan-eg9wk]

i just randomly found your chnnal and its the besttttttttttttttttttttttttt

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii! Iii thank you so muchh, made my day! 🥰

[@KraftyKattCreates]

Have you looked on Amazon for dual brush pens? They have some cheaper options 🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii, I've looked at many of them, but I don't know which to buyy, I'm scared that if I buy the cheap ones they would leak trough the page as well... So if you have any recommendations send the link pls 🥰

[@KraftyKattCreates]

@@typicalvirgomaya but i also use an archer and olive notebook so my paper might be thicker than yours

[@KraftyKattCreates]

It will not let me post a link for you

[@valeriacristina8747]

Amei. 🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

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[@faithpoirier2643]

A great vampire series set in modern times is the blackdagger brotherhood series by J.R.Ward. You could also try daughter of smoke and bone trilogy by laini taylor!

[@typicalvirgomaya]

I'm literally re-reading the brotherhood series for the third time right now because my library only had first 3 books when I found this series a year ago, and I was obsessed when I read the first book. And when I went to the library like a month ago I saw that they had 2 more books so now I'm on the third book again and again can't believe how good this series is, so I know your taste in books is elite haha. But I havent heard of the trilogy you mentioned before so now I'm running to the library tomorrow to see if they have it!! thankss!!

[@emmasdeaf]

could u make a flip through from ur last reading journal 🌱

[@typicalvirgomaya]

🥰🥰 Of course! I’ll let you know when I post it here

[@setanta123]

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[@asmrbyremi]

🪴 🌱 🌿 🪴 🌱 better late than never

[@typicalvirgomaya]

iii yayy, thanks for watching! 🥰

[@lisabatten6068]

🌱Crave series by Tracy Wolff. Loved your layout

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Thank you so muchh 🥰 and thanks for the recommendation, as soon as I saw vampire romance when I googled it, I had to add it to the top of my tbr hahah I love vampire romance books

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

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[@vanessamichelletv]

🌱🌱🌱 😂 recommendation Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (I think that's her last name)

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hiii 🥰 thank youu!! Added to tbr ☺️

[@BethR-vf8ne]

The third one just released!! I can't wait

[@vanessamichelletv]

@@BethR-vf8ne IT'S SOOOOOOOOO GOOD

[@keerthanaprakash7344]

please let me know the colours :D

[@keerthanaprakash7344]

the marker colour number.

[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hii the markers are Graph'O (water based) I'm searching on Google and it's either anise or lime green and the gray is I think neutral grey light. But I'm not sure because the names aren't written on the pens, I will go to the art store where I bought them and check to be sure! 😄

[@AliceinaBulletJournal261]

Twilight

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

yayy thanks for watching 🥰

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[@typicalvirgomaya]

Hehe yayy 🥰