When you said "you can hear the difference" in the paper, I screamed. Because yes, I know exactly what you mean, lol I like using my pens, I CANNOT with thin paper.

With 400 spots the Moleskin one would be great to buy at the beginning of high school or undergrad, so you can keep track of everything you read during a program

Even though I prefer to make my own reading journal I’m obsessed with these videos

The Mental Floss one looks like something I'd get at a school book fair in the 2000s. Like the mix of photos and illustrations, the quote bubbles, even the finish of the paper? If that makes sense But the first one is my favorite for sure

it definitely shows that the best of the journals are ones created by people in the book community because they really know what they and the rest of the community is interested in rn!

I think Hannah’s journal is the closest to what I like. I like the owl crate one because I don’t need a lot of space for reviews and like the monthly stats page and wrap-up page. But I don’t like having to buy the box to get it and it is wasted because I don’t use the planner part. But I appreciate your reviews so much!!

Hannahs is so pretty and colorful, I just wish I didn't have to pair it with another for tracking. I love to do the monthly stats, readathons, etc so I just ended up making my own. I do think I might purchase hers to collect all of my all-time favorites in one book. I still say you need to design your own journal Kayla. You've done so much research into what works, yours would be epic😂

i’m absolutely not a journaling person but these videos of yours always makes me want to be one! lol

I'm so glad you've done this series because I think what it's ultimately shown me is that I don't want any premade reading journal and just want to use a bullet journal to make my own 😅 There's just always something I don't like or don't want in a premade journal as well something missing I do want. The flexibility of making my own just can't be beat. But I'm glad to see you go through all of them so I can see what they have to offer before I commit to something and then inevitably give it up for not being right in a couple of weeks.

because of this series, i was so inspired and bought a secondhand reading journal for like $2 at a thrift website. its the book lovers journal by peter pauper press. am loving it so far because of the review space - but would not repurchase full price because the actual book itself is binded weirdly. tho the real question here is: will u ever make a reading journal? because i will definitely pick it up

I'm glad you reviewed the Moleskine one because I have been looking at it at the book store but the problem is that it is plastic wrapped so you can't flip through it to see what it is like. And now I know I don't want it 😅 I'm currently using the one that Jack Edwards designed and so far it is working well for me.

This video has definitely confirmed for me that I want to pick up the 'a clockwork readers reading journal'. I love the design and it has all the lists I want to compile. I actually like that it has a space for 'narrator' as every book does have one as it is the way the story is told to the reader and I personally enjoy looking to see whether I have a particular preference for this (this is probably something new for me to look at since I started an English Lit degree and part of the course has been looking at how stories are told, so I can appreciate that it isn't for everyone or it's used for audiobooks!)

Jack Edwards, a fellow booktuber has recently come out with a reading journal! I'm really enjoying it! Lots of space to review without much fluff

I love the idea of these type of reading journals but I know from past experience I will give up on them after about 2 months. My reading journal now is just an index, one or two stat pages, a page for the month, then I just fill it with notes on whatever I'm reading until the next month. It's waaaaay more writing, but I started it when my ADHD got me starting 20 books a month and not finishing any and I just keep doing it out of routine. 😂

I use the Always Fully Booked Planner/Journal to track all my reading and reviews. I love it so much.

I bought Hannah's journal and plan to use it for 2022. It's very stunning and I agree with everything you said. I would have loved the index, but otherwise it's perfect

For anyone who is looking for a hardback or a color other than the light green, the last journal is quite similar to the Litjoy reading journal! I've had it for a while and it's really great. Definitely want to try out this cute light green one next!

Had no intention of buying a reading journal but as soon as I saw Hannah’s I bought it immediately!

I recommend the Always Fully Booked planner or the Novel Companion planner by Little Inklings Designs. She is Canadian and sells bookish planners and stickers. The Always Fully Booked planner is a huge 12 month planner that she only sells once a year towards the end of the year, but her Novel Companion is a more comprehensive planner that isn't reliant on dates/starting in January like the AFB planner.

I love the IDEA of a book journal (and have spent a lot of money on many) but ultimately I end up feeling limited and just keep going back to my blank bullet journal where I can track other weird stuff like series progression, video planning, etc. But boy do i click on these videos immediately and am like 👀👀😂

Currently using and loving Hannah’s reading journal. My only critique was that I didn’t think the “where you read this book” answer spot needed to have so much space, but that could be because I mainly read books at home. If I had had this journal on my honeymoon, I could have written in that space about which Air Bnb we were at for certain books, etc.

The Mental Floss one looks like an activity book and yes, it's something that seems like would be released a decade ago. I'd imagine teens and maybe young adults would enjoy it.

My mother had us start reading logs when I was 9 (2007) in compositions books so that we could see how much reading we were doing as well as what kinds of books (also helped her know when more nonfiction was needed lol). Now in 2022 I am in my third composition book and have a log of almost all the books I have read in the last 15 years which I love because I use it to suggest books to other people. I never considered doing a reading journal though, I have occasionally written reviews on Goodreads but I like the idea of writing a few thoughts just for myself in my log. Thank you for your thoughts and ideas!

I am using the Always Fully Booked Planner and reading journal by Little Inklings and am loving it. She has a KZfaq channel with a full flip through of her 2022 release.

I bought the Paperstyle Book Notes in 2011 and found all I want from a book journal is a space to write title, author date started and finished. The book is split into Books Read, Quotes, Books Borrowed and Lent and Wish List sections with a pencil loop, ribbon and elastic band. The pages themselves are blank with the title of the section at the top.I like to know when I last read a book and how many I've read in a year. Now that I've finished the Books Read section, I'm continuing on the next section with the same information - a line a book. I love that I have a record of all the books I read since 2011 in one place, and I don't really need to review the books for myself. As I reread favourites, it's also nice to know how many rereads I have done. I know I last read the Lord of the Rings when I fell pregnant with my toddler, or that I've read Jane Eyre 5 times since the start of the journal. All that to say, I don't think these journals are for me and if and when my book is full, a really quality notebook will suffice me next time.

Buy this for your dad before it’s too late and his eyes go bad 😂

I get the thing about paper. I'm always willing to pay an extra $5 or something for a thicker nicer paper. And yes, paper makes different sounds at different qualities! You're not crazy. I adore the narrator line in Clockwork Reader's journal. I am a narrator snob for my audiobooks and I have favorites. This would be very useful for me.

The shade on Hemingway!!

I bought Hannah's when it came out and am loving it so far. It actually has everything that I'm looking for when tracking, I'm a fan of the extras in the back too like book-to-screen adaptations! I'm planning to use it for 2022 and include some 2021 stuff. I love that it isn't restricted to a year in any way. Someone could continue to add to it over a long period of time!

I wasn't paying attention that much to watching this because I was eating but when you kept saying Hannah I was like she must be friends with her but the you flipped to the last page my jaw dropped omg i didn't know she came out with a book journal and it actually looks so cool because she really knows how people like their book journals. i hope she can take in the critiques to make an even better edition in the future. so excited for hwr

Always love your honest and thorough reviews of these journals!

I've really enjoyed this series of videos with you looking at all these reading journals!!

You giving the hypothetical Hemingway book 2 stars 😂 same girl

these results make me so happy because those are the two journals I am already using for this year!!! 🤗😍 how fun

I want Hannah’s journal so bad but I already have a reading journal for 2022. I’m going to save up and buy it for next year because it is gorgeous.

I am so so so happy that you love Hannah’s journal. It’s so beautiful and I love all of her hand drawings.

As someone who isn't very artistically inclined the Clockwork Reader journal is a godsend.

ahhh yes! I saw the clockwork journal on her channel and bought it. so glad you like it too

Happy to hear you are able to pass some of the lightly loved journals along to others

I really like the mental floss one. I think I’d have a lot of fun with all the fun facts and lists and things that the author provided

This is so cool!! I’m glad you did the expensive one first so you could find the ones you love for 2022 😌

So glad I'm not the only person who's that picky with paper!!

I just asked for another one of these videos last night, and tonight I got one! Yay! And I ordered the clockwork reader journal too!

I just my clockwork reader journal and I’m so excited about it. it’s beautiful !!

So appreciate your research and evaluation.....I also chose written in the stars!!! Thank you!!

I'm so happy I picked up Hannah's reading journal. I'm absolutely loving using it so far

HEMMINGWAY GETS TWO STARS. I love it. 😂

I've never really used a reading journal before, but I got one in a recent illumicrate box so I am gonna give it a try. it has a good mix of features and I especially like the expense tracker

My kids got me Hannah’s journal for Christmas and I love it!

I'm so glad you showed Hannah's I was debating getting it and I ended up not cuz I just like to do it myself but hers is so pretty and well done I'm amazed

The ones you’re using this year are beautiful! I love the look of Hannah’s- it’s how I’d like my bujo to look but can never manage.

Hannah’s book journal is so beautiful! I absolutely need this!

i’ve been making my own reading journals for about 6 years now and i love keeping it simple and altering it as my tastes change every year!

I've used the little inkling novel companion for a while and finally splurged and bought the always fulled booked planner for this year because it has weekly layouts instead of just the monthly ones that are in the novel companion and I'm in love with it! I use it as an every day planner along with my reading stuff which is super nice that it has all that room!

Ooh very exciting -- I'm trying my best journalling my reading this year but I'm just using a blank bullet journal for now.

A lot of these feel like the journals you get at a child that act like a time capsule like “my best friend is:” “my hobbies are” personally I never liked doing those and I don’t like similar in reading journals. I think the Etsy one looks most my style here

I think it’s so interesting how different these all are - just like how readers are all different too. I love dotted or graph notebooks with super thin papers like tomoe River or Stalogy or Midori papers. The pre-formatted pages and thicker pages just don’t appeal to me, but it I love how much variety there is. A perfect notebook for every reader!

i found your channel recently through these reading journal videos and i can't believe there's a new one!!

My mom is not a big journal person, but the minute she saw my Clockwork Reader Journal she made me get her one. We both love it! Also, you convinced me to get the Pooli Printer and I used your code!

I ordered the clockwork journal! thank you for this amazing video!

I already bought Bibliophile Reader's Journal by Jane Mount but now I'm completely drooling over A Clockwork Reader's Journal. I love the full spread. The Bibliophile's only has a half spread and I tend to make a lot of notes. I'm going to have to treat myself to this other journal at some point.

This video was so helpful! Some of these I’ve wanted to see the inside but there’s been no previews online; so thank you! ♥️

Thank you for including journals without review sections! I'm more about the stats than writing reviews. That first journal is on my Christmas list now (I've got my journal for 2022 already)!

I just got the Moleskine book journal not too long ago. I’m completely ignoring the alphabetical review order and just writing in the books as I read them. So what I’m saying is I’m using it entirely wrong but I’m okay with that haha!

I was tentatively sold on the clockwork reader journal but just waiting until it hit stores to check it out. But, you convinced me! I have one ordered and several for the shelves at the bookstore 💚

The nice thing about reading around 40-50 books a year is that I was able to combine my 21 & 22 reading year in Hannah’s 😍 so much room!

I just use a 12 month monthly planner from Rae Dunn. I love how thin they are, they are just each month on a two page spread with nice size squares where I can write down my pages read and I use the To Do list to list the books that I read and put down my rating next to it.

I’ve been using the book journal for years and I love it. If you read a lot of one letter I go to the letter before or after. I think it’s a great reference no matter what other planner I’m using. Because it’s not finished at the end of the year like other planners.

Stumbled on this videos a year late when autoplay took the wheel during a night of organizing, but have you seen The Quirky Cup Collective's reading journal? I believe you can find a few videos of it on here. If I didn't already have one supplied to me for this year, I would have gotten one. Still might grab one for next year when they restock. They have beautiful products.

I got the moleskine journal for Christmas 2020 and have been filling it in a chronological order instead of alphabetically. I love that I can get about two years’ use from it. The etsy one looks so beautiful and whenever I run out of pages in my bullet journal, I think I might try my hand with that one. Thanks for the video! :)

I bought the clockwork journal before you finished your review! I’m sooooo excited & it’s exactly what I would make if I was artistic!

just ordered Hannah's journal ^^ it was already on my radar, but I was waiting to decide ( and also see how affordable it would be getting it from a local shop since I live in Europe) but your video convinced me. Also, I really like these videos because lots of the things that you find important, I do too, so it feels like a more curated (re)view that I would get somewhere else X

I can't decide whether to create my own spreads in a reading journal, or whether to buy one of these. Either way, thank you so much for these videos! They help so much!!

I wasn't sure who Hannah was but I not only subbed to her channel, I bought the journal! Can't wait to get it!!! 💚

I bought one from Little Inkling Designs who is based in Canada so shipping to the UK was quite a lot but it was worth it. I think the only thing missing from it is a page or pages to record DNFs. There is a dot grid and note page for every month and spare ones in the back. I am using the monthly pages as a proper diary too. It has monthly, quarterly and year wrap ups. Lots of space for reviews. Its exactly what I wanted from a journal/planner and I have already started using it. The wishlist is really long too!

I've had the Stella journal on my wishlist for the longest because it looked like a physical tracker I'd finally use. Your review moved me to go ahead & purchase it! I also got the Book Riot Book Marks journal because of your last review. It works pretty well as a repository of poignant book quotes, etc. that I hope inspire my writing 🤓📝

I was looking for a reading journal to get myself back into reading and I will buy Hannah’s for sure! I was going to get a HP classic bc I like the idea that I can add and take away when I want to

I have been WAITING for your review of Hannahs reading journal 😍💕

I would buy the Clockwork Reader one if it existed with a loop binder with a hard cover. I know, I know, but it’s so practical to fold back the front of the notebook. The moleskin can easily be replaced by a any reading journal + a standard repertory where you note book’s titles, authors and rating.

So excited to see the clockwork reader one. I was wanting to hear your thoughts on it

I'm looking for a Book journal to put on my Christmas wish list this year. Brilliant to be able to see what they look like inside, it's so hard to order a book journal because you only get to see the covers which is ridiculus. I'm going to see if there are any more book journal reviews on this channel, because I found this one very informative.

I've been waiting for this! Also, I would still love to see you make a reading journal!

I've been using Stella's reading journals for awhile and I love it honestly. My version is a bit different and I use pens in mine.

Omg I absolutely love the two that you liked best in here. I really wish the paper was thicker in the Etsy and I’d buy that. I just always use felt pens :/ Hannah’s is so beautiful as well!! I love these videos so much-thank you for trying out reading journals for us, this series has helped me so much!!!

I’m waiting for my Owlcrate reading journal to ship (the stuff happening in Vancouver probably is holding up that shipping). For the past 2 years I’ve used it as both a day planner and reading journal and that combination is a must for me. I need space to keep track of errands day by day and my reading in one place and only Owlcrate has provided the format I want so far. Which means I’m currently going insane a few days into the New Year without my planner. I too care about paper thickness and being able to write with pen, like a weird adult.

Oh yes!!! I’ve been waiting for this. What a great way to start my morning ♥️♥️♥️

I use a Legend Planner and adapt it to be a reading journal. It has loads of dotted pages in the back too! I haven't seen a reading journal which allows for the flexibility I want yet.

I wake up every day to a lala video and it has been a BLISS😍

You really can hear the difference though!! I never considered using a reading journal because I write everything on either Goodreads or Instagram, but this made me consider doing it this year just for the fun of it!

i LOVE this series

This has been an amazing series! It’s such a great help I’ve been looking to getting into making a reading journaling!

This was so fun to watch even though I am in love with my $6 bullet journal. 😅

I bought Hannah's planner and bought digitals for things that I wanted to include and taped them to the empty pages in the ack. Now it is perfect!

You talking about paper gives me flashbacks to my lab project at Uni where I spent a few months doing tests on different types of paper.

The mental floss one seems perfect for minors. I would have loved that as a kid to do with my friends. Or maybe you fill out some of the pages for your BFF. But probably not something anyone would use regularly.

Hi Kayla, I would love to see a reading journal designed by you. I think that a journal which included all your preferences would be awesome!! At the moment, I use a bullet journal from Archer & Olive and create my own spreads so that I can record / track the things that are important to me, in a way that is meaningful for me. Love your channel :)

Between you and Starla, I’m converted! I started with Hannah’s journal and might lean to a DIY one in the future ❤️

Love this series!!

Ooo I hope there’s a really good one! I need one😩

Don't mind me, just going to steal layout ideas and try to make my own. 😂 The Moleskine one is probably what I have in mind in terms of one page per book with a review. But I'm not sure if I'll even need that much room because it varies. Decorating a spread for 2 books might be fun, or not idk we'll see.