Books I read in March | reading journal update

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Books I read in March | reading journal update | easy bullet journal spreads

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Reading journal update for March! Such a lovely reading month, hope you like the journal spreads :)
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Joy in the Little Things, hiyori, kau, akebono / Sayuri Hayashi Egnell / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
00:00 - 00:23 Introduction
00:23 - 05:06 Franny & Zooey
05:06 - 07:55 Never Let Me Go
07:55 - 11:29 Devotions
11:29 - 15:16 Circe
15:16 - 15:54 Outro

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@ArborParva 4 ай бұрын

As always, your spreads are works of art, my favorite being the ones for Circe and Never let me go. And your impressions of Franny and Zooey made me want to re-read it. I used to adore Salinger, but haven't re-read his works in a long time

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your supportive words as always!! Franny and Zooey was quite a surprise for me, I'd only read the Catcher in the Rye before which was yeaars ago, but now I want to read the rest of his work too!

@angeliemar344 4 ай бұрын

I love your content and creativity. Just wanted to say that I was watching this video with my fiancé and we both agree that you can DEFINITELY narrate audiobooks

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Ohhh I'd actually love to try out narrating an audiobook. I've been really enjoying reading passages in these wrap up videos lately, so I might try some day ☺️

@rainbowesque 4 ай бұрын

I've been meaning to ask you for a long time, where do you get your ideas from? Does anything inspire you to make these spreads like the way you make them?? Maybe I'm out of loop, but so far I've seen, you are the only one who makes such distinct journal spreads on KZfaq. It's very unique. That's why I'm curious. Have you tried painting before?? Oohh!! So many questions 😅

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 4 ай бұрын

Ahhh thanks for the question, I hope I can answer it 😅 I usually just try to create something that has a similar vibe to the book. Sometimes a specific passage or element from the book inspires me, like Manderley in Rebecca or the Hogwarts letter from Harry Potter, and other times I start from the general atmosphere of for example dark academia which always makes me go for scrapbooking or if there's something whimsical I go for doodles and patterns. Sometimes I'm completely stuck and that's when I try to find inspiration elsewhere, like music or movies that I associate with the book or I start doodling until something halfway decent comes out 😅 I hope that somehow answers it haha? It's not an exact process, but usually it goes kind of like this! I've not really painted before, except for some attempts at small water colour paintings. I always like it when I managed to include it in a spread, I wish I would think of it more often!

@amyofhearthridge 4 ай бұрын

Never Let Me Go sounds intriguing 🤔! I’ve been “scared” 😅of it. I really enjoyed Buried Giant, Klara & the Sun and Remains of the Day! Mary Oliver is a favorite. ♥️🌿 lovely wrap up as always! ☺️😍♥️✨I recommend the collection of poetry by Wendell Berry called ‘Peace of Wild Things’.

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 3 ай бұрын

Ahh it's been the opposite for me haha, Never Let Me Go seemed a safe choice because it's kind of dark academia, the others sound a little more intimidating to me. Glad to hear you enjoyed the Buried Giant, I think I may read that one next! Thank you ❤️ And thank you for the poetry recommendation!

@carolinee4616 4 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful video and beautiful spreads. I love how creative you are with each reading review, I am amazed by how unique they turn out

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Glad you like the spreads 💕

@themidnightreader 3 ай бұрын

you are definitely inspiring me to pick up some mary oliver poetry 😊So glad you enjoyed Circe! It was one of the first greek retellings I read and I've found myself finding all the rest since falling a bit short. It had a very special something that made it work so profoundly well. Also congratulations I think you definitely found the most pretentious sentences in literature, I'm laughing so hard. Dirty little bookworm is definitely going in the rotation.

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 3 ай бұрын

Yess please do! They are such sparkles of joy. Ahh yes that's what I fear now too, Circe may have raised the bar too high 🙃

@____wicked.witch.of.the.words_ 3 ай бұрын

I FINALLY got to watch this video till the end! 💕 I read Remain of the Day by Ishiguru first and I absolutely enjoyed that one a lot more than his other works. I think in total I've read 4-5 of his books and still my first read remained my most favorite. Never Let Me Go though was a one star for me 😁 couldn't connect with it but Remain of the Day had a certain melancholy in it that I really felt... if you ever decide to pick it up, I hope you'll love it ❣ and Circe! yay! such an amazing book that one. I really need to reread it for sure. I remember during the pandemic, I dedicated December to retellings / gods related stories and I read the Percy Jackson series, both Miller's books and Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Norse Mythology. it was the best reading month I had ❤

@chiara.kikisbookishservice 3 ай бұрын

Ohh the Remains of the Day hadn't really been on my list, but it is now haha. And definitely feel like I should read more retellings after Circe!!!

@LanikaYule Ай бұрын

I feel such an affinity for fellow readers who also enjoyed Never Let Me Go and, feeling that the best way to go into it is with no understanding, guard the plot like a secret

@chiara.kikisbookishservice Ай бұрын

Yess sometimes I just don't want to give anything away because I wouldn't have wanted to know anything beforehand myself!! Just a bit tricky when trying to review a book haha 😅❤️

@LanikaYule Ай бұрын

@@chiara.kikisbookishservice I think you managed it well!