Six Months in my Reading Journal (60+ books!) | Flip Through 📚

[@PlantBasedBride]

I have a question - if I were to do more reading around the world reading vlogs, would you prefer them to be grouped alphabetically (A countries, then B countries, etc.) or by area/continent? 🤔

[@AbiGinever]

Area personally

[@AbiGinever]

Area personally

[@paperbackenthusiast]

Area for sure!

[@alliberry]

Area! I always wish people would "zoom in" on the maps - like, print each continent (ish) separately to color in

[@Aviplotbunny]

I think even just a video of “I did x number of reading around the world” would be cool, even without categorizing them. Gives you more flexibility to follow your reading moods!

[@SheMeetsPaper]

Some thought on reading goals vs reading slumps. Personally, I think it’s more important to have fun reading than to meet your goals. My reading goals are meant as inspiration and to push me to diversify my reading. But if those goals start to feel like a chore, I will drop them and just focus on books that I want to read.

[@trisanger8104]

Ooooh I'd love more reading around the world content! And maybe we could do one as a buddy read some time, I miss doing the reading around the world as a bookclub

[@PlantBasedBride]

A RATW themed buddy read would be lots of fun! ❤️

[@stormofapril]

This is so calming and aesthetic

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you 🥰

[@stellar2435]

About the "reading around the world" challenge-- Jack Edwards posted a video recently featuring one book from each country in Europe, and it had some great suggestions! He said he plans to post videos for each of the other continents too, so that could help with inspiration

[@olipakerranvanamo]

A watcher from Finland here! I would love to see the reading around the world -challenge as videos, I’m intrigued for what you will be picking for Finland 🫶🏼🇫🇮

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’d love recommendations if you have any!

[@olipakerranvanamo]

@@PlantBasedBride Sadly there is very few books translated from Finnish to English, but I'll give you some Finnish classics to choose from

[@PlantBasedBride]

@@olipakerranvanamo Thank you so much for these! I’m excited to try some Finnish literature ❤️

[@16ilovevampires]

I loved the Moomins when I was a kid, I remember watching the cartoon as well. 😊

[@ShikiPirs]

i've been rewatching the previous flip throughs over and over waiting for a new one)

[@PlantBasedBride]

Well I hope it’s worth the wait! 🥰

[@Citizenofyoutube]

I was wondering can we get a bookshelf tour? Also, your videos are so therapeutic to watch. Omg yes! Please do reading vlogs!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I can definitely do a bookshelf tour at some point! Maybe I can manage to film it in next few weeks ❤️

[@paperbackenthusiast]

Such a stressful work day; I’m going on a walk on lunch right now and watching this and feeling sooo much better. Thank you as always! Hope you’re well

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’m so glad this video could help you relax on your lunch break ❤️ I hope the rest of your day goes better!

[@16ilovevampires]

Definitely YES to more reading around the world content, I'm doing the challenge as well so it's always nice to see other people's picks for the countries. 😊

[@PlantBasedBride]

Yes it’s so helpful, especially for countries with very little translated literature!

[@rosarodriguez8984]

The bookish Queen has uploaded a video! Long live the bookish queen!😂😂😂😂 so satisfying to see the chunky side of your notebook 😊😊😊😊

[@Drawreadplaymusic]

I always love to watch these videos - your reading journal is my fav!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@bujowithbeans]

your reading journal is so pretty!! i love all the spreads you create, and seeing these vlogs a few times a year is such a treat!!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you so much! I love creating these spreads ❤️

[@jaderaven34]

I need to read more! I love how you do your spreads! You inspire me!

[@sayitloveitscreamit]

What a wonderful collection! Ireally love how much attention you give the books you read. I wish I could keep up with my reading this way too, but alas, we only have 24 hours in a day. I have found myself reading a lot more books that give food for thought than I've managed over the last couple of years. It's been really good, and I have sort of reminded myself of why I have a Master's in English lit. I have found a new favorite author too, Julia Armfield, because of the review you made on Goodreads. Can't wait to read her latest this fall. Thank you for that.

[@ladyplutomelody6531]

Would love to see more reading around the world reading vlogs! It’s a great way to find new books that otherwise you wouldn’t see!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Good to know! I’ve found some gems doing this challenge ❤️

[@lunawarren6913]

i always love any reading vlogs you make, i would loveee a reading around the world! (to me, it makes most sense to go geographically rather than alphabetical, but both sound fun 🌎)

[@haleylquinton]

I love how you take digital notes as you're reading and then update your reading journal monthly/every other month. I was trying to keep a reading journal, but I read multiple books at the same time, so it was impossible to know how many pages I needed for each book. Or I'd be ready to start another book but didn't feel like finishing the notes for the last book, so I'd end up just never catching up. I think I'm going to try this! (Also, your reading journal and spreads are just absolutely gorgeous😍)

[@Froggies589421]

I saw this in your story earlier and thought it was already posted and I was searching for it and getting angry I couldn’t find it - then it popped up. Days got much better! 😂

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oh no sorry! I post little count downs to let my IG followers know about upcoming videos since I don’t always post on the same day/at the same time ❤️

[@Froggies589421]

@@PlantBasedBrideI just didn’t read the time because I was too excited! 😂

[@nguyenhangYTSZ]

you need to find the banned ebook magnetic aura from borlest even if it's the last thing you do in life

[@_jazzylocs]

I love these videos, so cozy and interesting. I've read 60 books so far this year and I'm in love with The Locked Tomb series (I'm halfway through Nona). T. Kingfisher is new favorite author of mine. Thanks for the video!

[@gemalopez8619]

I see you havent read a book from Chile, so I wanna recommend Isabel Allende´s books. All of them are amazing, but if you want something more related to the country itself, Maya´s notebook and Violeta are the perfect ones

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you for the recommendations! ❤️

[@amandatyler]

Love watching these journal videos for inspiration! Mine isn't nearly as pretty/aesthetic as yours but it's just as fun to do 😂 Also, completely agree with your comments on Gideon the Ninth and the Locked Tomb series - I read it earlier this year too and I am now obsessed. I read the Silo series last year and loved it and I'm also a new fan of Catriona Ward ♥

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oo seems like we really share book taste! Any other great books you’ve read recently you can recommend?

[@amandatyler]

@@PlantBasedBride If you haven't yet read the popular sci-fi/romance novella This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone I highly recommend it! I just finished it and I think it will end up being one of my favorites of the whole year ♥

[@tanninenelviira]

If I saw right, you didn´t have Finland filled in your "read around the world" -spread. I recommend reading The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, which is a Finnish classic and also very short

[@PlantBasedBride]

Thank you for the recommendation! It sounds lovely 🥺❤️

[@xatastrophix]

Omg I'm here early, love your videos and you inspired me to start a reading journal!!❤

[@PlantBasedBride]

I love that!! ❤️

[@Heothbremel]

So lovely, I'm going to try to start my channel with a similar book-of-books reading journal, thank you for being such an inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nianovadesigns]

Great video, as always, but I’m super obsessed with your nails! This nail shape is so nice on you. Can we have an updated, in depth, video on how you do them please? I’d love to try it myself but the short one linked is too short 😂

[@nailalouis]

I would love a 1 to 3 hour „read with me“ video. I would probably watch it every day ❤

[@TheAlobear]

Your journals are so gorgeous! All my reading tracking is digital, so I definitely have journal envy! I'm in a real reading slump at the moment (six DNFs in the first two weeks of August which is very unusual for me) - though Role Playing has been a stand-out for the year (great audiobook version) so thank you so much for pointing me towards that one!

[@roniinkster1578]

I could never do a reading journal as it would take me 10 years to fill what you do in 6 months. I just enjoy seeing your creativity, and it just blows my mind that someone can read that much, lol.

[@ceciliafonseca4996]

Hi from Uruguay! I just wanted to add some recs for the reading around the world challenge from my country. Las venas abiertas de América Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America) by Eduardo Galeano. Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis. Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte (Tales of Love, Madness and Death) by Horacio Quiroga or Cuentos de la selva (Jungle tales) by the same author. Hope it helps 💛

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oh thank you so much for these!! I’ve loved pretty much every book I’ve read from South America so far ❤️

[@aprilsmithswe]

What are your thoughts about having a combo reading, podcast, blog, documentary journal? I like all of these and think it might be fun to combine them.

[@kyra8138]

I think after this school semester is done, I will finally start my square reading journal journey! I'm probably going to backdate to the beginning of the year but only have two pages per month because I really like seeing my stats and the books I've read each month. I wanted to know what the sizing of the book covers was in your reading journal?

[@PlantBasedBride]

I share lots of details in my Canva tutorial, linked in the description box, including the exact size I make my book covers! I can’t remember off the top of my head 😅

[@Nittanynn]

1.5 by 1 inches was what was in the canva video

[@Granuaile0013]

I would love a reading around the world video!!! During my travels I always have to get a book from that specific country, it just make all the experience resonate so well ❤ and, if you miss Chile, you could try Luis Sepúlveda, les roses d'Atacama or any other title will do, it's just wonderful 😅

[@Nittanynn]

i went and flipped through my reading journal when i got to the end of this video (i was inspired to start one by you this year) and its so funny to see how my style of journaling has developed over the past 8 months lol. I'm really looking forward to starting next years journal in an Archer and Olive (i bought two from their nautical collection)

[@PlantBasedBride]

That’s so cool! I love flipping through old bullet journals and seeing how much my style and skills have evolved over time 😅 old journals really do feel like a time capsule!

[@SarahTSav]

It’ll be one month since I started reading again for the first time in years on the 17th, I’ve just started my 11th book! 🥳 Hoping to have a reading journal like yours for myself one day, it’s beautiful and an inspiration!

[@PlantBasedBride]

Congratulations!! That must feel so amazing ❤️

[@knitwithjo]

I would love reading around the world vlogs! Also, as a fellow Canadian, I think you should do a Canadian author reading challenge too

[@fannisland]

Canadian Author rec: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard. It's a sci-fi / bit of a time travel story in a best way possible.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oo cool, thanks for the recommendation! I’ll see if I can get it from my library ❤️

[@PeachyKeen10]

You should do a vlog where you read great Canadian authors. Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Yann Martel, Alice Munro, Thomas King, Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherina Vermette, Michael Crummey, Richard Wagamese, etc. :)

[@PlantBasedBride]

Oo yes I should 100% do this! Adding it to my list of reading vlogs to get to ❤️

[@solar1913]

If you need a Canadian classic in French you could try « Ces enfants de ma vie » de Gabrielle Roy. They are a collection of short story based on her experiences of being a young teacher in the 1930’s. Maybe because my mother was a teacher and I grew up on stories of how school was for her growing up in a small town but I loved that book and I just remember it was beautifully written. It was one of my first « classic » book I ever read and I was surprised by how much I loved it.

[@nyssa_c]

I've had a pretty rough reading year - only 15 in the first six months! Then again, I have work and chronic fatigue to deal with too, so sometimes reading is just not feasible for my brain. I'm so glad you started the Locked Tomb!! I read the first two last year in November (they really feel like November books to me too, which is a weird thing to say so maybe you could let me know if you get what I mean lol) and immediately thought you would LOVE them but wasn't sure they would fall in your path. I must have typed out and deleted a dozen comments recommending Gideon the Ninth to you! I found Harrow such an interesting way to tell the story and now when I get stuck in my head, Abigail Pent calmly informs me that this isn't how it happened. I hope the next 6 months of reading go well for you!

[@debra9916]

I vote yes for the alphabet country vlogs. I think it would be a lot of fun. Also, I recommend The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson (also listed as Perkins Gilman), a very short story, but it packs a punch. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the ending.

[@PlantBasedBride]

I LOVE The Yellow Wallpaper!!

[@empathandy__5722]

Do you water color the pages? How do you make it look so good?

[@Marijana0001]

If you want to add another book read to your book around the world, I reccomend "The bridge on the Drina". It won a Nobel prize and it's a real bridge (I went this summer there - it's incredible).

[@alvinscott1331]

I really like your reading journal layouts. It's impressive that you read Le Comte de Monte-Cristo in a week and a half and in French no less. Félicitation! One question...Do you read physical or e-books?

[@FlucksHoangGiang]

I can't believe the ebook Magnetic Aura from Borlest isn't a hot topic. It's an incredible read

[@JulesIsWatchingStuff]

I would LOVE to see a RATW vlog ! So excited for you to get to Belgium ! May I suggest you read "Lorsque j'étais une œuvre d'art", by Éric-Emmanuel Schmidt ? I have no idea of it's available in English but honestly reading it in French would be amazing because Schmidt writes very well. This book is probably one of the most unique books I've ever read. The themes explored are incredibly interesting. It kind of disgusted me, in the best way possible. Im awful at describing books but please please please go read yhe summary and give it a shot. It'll be worth it.

[@PlantBasedBride]

Ok but your description is so intriguing! I need to get my hands on a copy 👀

[@larascott7736]

I'm so happy I found a vegan youtube channel that's not about cooking haha. I'm looking for more vegan "lifestyle" youtubers if anybody has recommendations 🥰

[@stephaniepronovost7734]

Beautiful and A lot of work! ❤ Can you tell us how you do books thumbnails? Is it stickers? From a little pocket printer? Thanks! ✨

[@PlantBasedBride]

I talk through the whole process in my Canva video (linked in the description) but I just print them in regular paper and cut them out then glue them in!

[@stephaniepronovost7734]

@@PlantBasedBride ok super thank you very much! I’ll watch your Canva video.

[@sofiarodriguez6768]

Sundial was a really interesting read. If you get to it I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[@annikatc]

What printer do you use? The little images are so vibrant despite having darker colors!

[@PlantBasedBride]

I use an HP printer but I absolutely hate it for a million reasons so I typically don’t recommend it 😅

[@robyn_southafrica]

Oohh, what did you read from South Africa?? I know I'm delayed in watching this video lol but it was such a lovely flip through. Your spreads are so pretty!

[@editingart_PJ]

8:40 Germany: Author: Marah woolf

[@JaxsOthoro]

This is something I'd like to do. Thank you for the inspiration. May I suggest a book by a Kenyan Author? Dust By Yvonne Odhiambo is a great one to get you going.

[@caspiansvensson]

I would love reading vlogs with the countries,

[@productivitymodeon]

I was wondering if you could share what was the Italian author you read, since I'm Italian I'm curious to know what other people read from here🥰❤️

[@PlantBasedBride]

It was actually Ali Hazelwood, who was born in Italy! I’m planning on reading another book written by an Italian author set in Italy since Hazelwood’s book was set in the US 😊

[@navaborjian5153]

Hey. Long time subscriber here👋🏻 I saw you colored Iran in your map. I’m from Iran and really curious to know which book did you read

[@PlantBasedBride]

I’ve read two! Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali ❤️

[@MaiTháiHuệ]

there's a book called Magnetic Aura on borlest , and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract anyone with charisma, it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal

[@corkspa]

I'm in the middle of a slump now. I just cleared out the 10 books I had going on my currently reading to DNF or Paused. I get about 20% in and just lose interest. The only ones I've finished is the Keeper of Enchanted Rooms series by Charlie N Holmberg. Not perfect but a good historical magical fiction story.

[@VanDinhNghi]

It's crazy how nobody is talking about the banned ebook Magnetic Aura from Borlest

[@camilaorellana447]

Chile 🇨🇱: You coud read some from Isabel Allende, "Spirits house" is famous

[@heabooktubes]

Role Playing was my favorite romance of 2023. 🥹 The best.

[@PlantBasedBride]

It was SO GOOD. Legitimately one of the best F/M romances I’ve ever read!