My one goal for 2022 was to “read more.” That is admittedly pretty nebulous, and by the end of the year I had ended up reading 100 books (for context I had read 17 the year before).
I started out the first half of the year making kind of collagey journal spreads to document my reading, but by the time came to start a new journal I had become bored with the process. At that point I decided I was much more interested in tracking stats and reading challenges. I did some brief reviews in my daily planner for most of my books, but at the end of the year I brought it all together for a giant tally of statistics. So here we are with the Yearly Wrap Up!
I had started out in July with a few basic pages that I kept up with for the coming months.
Little thumbnails of all the book covers I’d read throughout the year grouped by my rating for the book. I give all books a 4 by default, just for the record.
So there it is! I have plenty of space left in this journal and lots of stickers and washi tape, so I expect I’ll be doing this again next December/January.
This is just WOW! So cool! Love the little book thumbnails. Looks like your “best” book is also one of mine…excellent choice. Congrats on 100 books, that’s amazing. And what a fun way to get motivated to read more!
This is amazing. I’d love to do something like this but I honestly don’t think I could to it justice. I’d probably conk out after a few months. Which makes your journal all the more stunning to me!!
@gozer - Thanks! No templates, but I mocked up a bunch of things with a cheap dot-grid notebook. That way I could cut things out and move them around the page until I found an efficient layout.
@Abbeeroad A neighbor recommended it, and it was so good! I’ve bought a couple copies so I can give them as gifts to the unsuspecting.
