I am once again in awe of Kayla’s dedication

Excuse ME.. I can’t get over the fact that they chose ‘biography’ & ‘memoir’ as two separate boxes to tick??? That is virtually the same thing, but all of fiction is one? I swear I’ll have a stress dream about that tonight 🥲

Kayla curated Book journal in the future 👀

Kayla dearest, now you're legally obligated to make your own journal and bless us with the perfect journal U.U Thank you

It's the way she's always got a project going on in the background of OTHER videos! organisation!!

I use the Little Inklings planner and I think it’s amazing. The designer is a booktuber/bookstagramer so she knows what people really want. And it’s a Canadian shop so maybe that’s beneficial for you too!

I'm making my own! I just can't stand to have wasted pages!

I actually love the format of the Bookaholic journal. I've been looking for something simple where I can just rate books and track random thoughts, and that one looks like exactly what I need. I hate that the pages are thinner, but I still may look into getting it.

I don't use reading journals because I would just like it to be the most basic thing ever, no quizzes, no extras, just filling in what I read and writing a little bit about it, but I also don't have the time or energy to be making my own pages like in a bullet journal

I love how picky you are. As someone who is also picky I can appreciate it. I didn't even know these type of book journals existed. I'm definitely more "the artistically inclined" so right now I love making my own and customizing it to what I need. 🖋 But I just love reading journal videos period. Another great video Kayla! Always so creative. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I actually love looped journals, they’re my preference. I hold my pens way differently so I think that makes it easier for me, but I love that I can turn one half all the way around so I’m only working with one half at a time. I store my journals upright so stacking isn’t a problem either. If I were reviewing journals I’d knock a whole point off of a hard cover journal for the same reason 😅

It's like Kayla can read my mind, ive been looking into reading journals forever

The Book Marks journal seems like a way for someone to decide if they will be able to create and keep a reading bullet journal.

I never knew reading journals like this were a thing and now I must have one. Also, Kayla, you look beautiful in yellow!

Little Inklings has two bookish planners / reading journals. An undated smaller journal and a larger dated planner that comes out at the end of the year.

I would watch a second round of this in a heartbeat!

Also, I don’t know if it helps anyone who may be looking but the dotted journals aren’t actually bullet journals! That specifically means planning using the bullets from the method itself. Notebooks with the dots are called dot grid! 🥰

How have you lived your whole life holding your pen like this?? 🥲

Also, ive found “book review” stamps on Etsy for the “less artistically inclined.” Ive considered buying one of those and using it in a blank journal so you dont have to do your own lines/words/designs.

i love the idea of having a journal i can just fill out, but like you i'm too picky and neurotic to be happy with pretty much any preprinted journal lol so i just stick to a spreadsheet and bujo combo and i'd love to see you do this again! i hope you can find the reading journal of your dreams!

I use a Google sheets doc on my phone. It tracks dates read, authors, ratings, and a bunch of other stuff. Plus there's a tab where it makes charts to see everything super easily. It doesn't have a review section, but I'm ok with that. I could always add a tab/ column if I wanted to.

Damn the thorough way you review things is so intense and well developed

"Did they not know of the pandemic?! Points taken off!" 🤣🤣🤣 Awesomeness!

Moleskin actually makes their own reading journal which I think you’d love since you already use those type of products. I’d highly recommend it! Little more pricey, but like you said, you are paying for the higher quality pages and such 😌

Girl.. even though the last thing I care about is spine structure I REALLY appreciate how in depth you go in reviews like this!! You don't just do the overall layout and how easy it was to track reading etc. you do the full monty and I know I can always come to you for a comprehensive review

This video is a lifesaver! I’ve always been interested in having a reading journal but it has never seemed worthwhile because I didn’t know exactly what to expect when buying one online and the ones I have seen in stores don’t appeal to me. This has helped me narrow down which I might be more interested in, and I would definitely be interested in seeing another round of these reviews.

I loved seeing these journal reviews. I'm a stationary geeks and love journals. I've created my own reading journal out of a notebook. Partly because I think everyone's unique in what they want in a journal and partly because I have to many notebooks. I think this video is great as you can never truly see what a journal is like from a few pictures online :)

I actually really love spiral-bound notebooks and journals so I can turn books back on themselves, but i hate the rings like the owl crate journal - at least when it's one spiral binding pags only really slip off at the top and bottom, and the single wire usually keeps the pages closer together for a full spread. And you're so right, anything bound with those rings absolutely gives me school-agenda flashbacks

I thought the favourite books on the owl crate one was just for that shelf. Like .. you'd only put the favourites you read that year in that area.

I am just not a journal/planner person, as hard as i try. I've used goodreads to track my books for years, but I've recently began transitioning to StoryGraph, and i absolutely love that platform. Buut i really enjoyed watching and hearing your thoughts on these journals! I desperately wish i liked keeping planners and journals lol

I loved this video! I have tried so many book journals. I finally looked up printable book journal pages on etsy and now just print my own (there is a lot to choose from). Plus, you can print on the type of paper you like best. This was such a great video idea, love your creativity.

I really like the layout of the BOOKAHOLIC. I’ll be picking that one up. Thank you for showing these journals.

Amazing video! Just the kind of thing a journal addict like me needed. Would love a part 2!

I am so excited you did this-I always get so frustrated that online rarely shows pictures of the inside layouts and I need to see what’s in there to know too! I have the Owlcrate and really like that setup pretty well but not perfect. I never minded the spirals but wish it was fully connected without the opening for pages to fall out. I do agree the layout of the Book Riot one is the ideal kind so it can lay flat without obstruction.

I have used the Leuchtturm reading journal in the past and liked it well enough! My current reading journal is just a B6 dot grid journal where I make a spread for my monthly TBR and a list of books I bought, and then I just make a note of the title and author and any notes/thoughts/questions/theories I have while reading and a short review and star rating when I’m done. Super simple and easy to keep up with.

When you talked about the way the journal lay flat, the quality of the page, the size, the binding...I felt seen 🥰 , it's me in a shop considering a journal, I hate when they are under plastic, I want to feel the paper :)

This is the most informative video I’ve ever watched on youtube.... I can’t wait for a part 2!

I love reading journals but notion is so much easier to update and you can make it look like a personal journaling website too! Notion and bullet journaling is what works for me but I keep a physical planner for work too. I just love cute notebooks and stationery in general tho. ☺️ would love to see more of these 🙌🏻

“ RINGS ARE MY NEMESIS. “ - Kayla I can’t express how much I laughed at that hot take because I resonate sooooo much. Anyone want to build out some reading journal ideas? Because this series (that’s starting) is amazing and I love journals/reading journals etc, I want to create a solid collection that could be the best versions of these and more!

Little inkling designs has an amazing reading journal. I love her so much!

This year I’m using Little Inklings Design planner which is a regular monthly/weekly planner, but specifically for readers with a ton of bookish spreads!

I used to use a regular lined notebook to keep track of my reading, but then I discovered bullet journaling from when you did videos on it and have been doing it that way ever since. I just like that I can make it exactly how I want it to look

I have tracked my reading many different ways over the years and have been very curious about book journals. Currently I use a grid bullet journal. I write out my goals for the year then I make my top 50 books I want to read. As I read them I color code them (based on how much I liked the book) and write the date I completed it next to it. I found your reviews very valid and inspiring to change up some of the things I am doing now.

I love the Always Fully Booked planner! It is gorgeous, and it is a mix between a regular agenda and a bookish one! And it is such an eye candy!

Loved watching this! And looking forward to you doing it again - since you're still on the hunt. While I agree the Bibliofile journal is way too limiting if you read a broad range of genres, it might work nicely as a "companion journal" if you're someone who maybe reads non-fiction or classics once in a while, but maybe wouldn't read a whole bunch in a single year. Then it could hang out at home while you carried your regular annual journal with you (could also potentially limit the wear and tear a bit, as well). I think you did a great job of sharing your opinions with us, while also pointing out all the features (good and bad) so that others who might have different preferences, could still get a feel as to whether one of these might work for them.

This video was INCREDIBLY helpful, I’ve been eyeing pre-made book journals, but so often it’s hard to tell what your actually getting with them. I want to know things like paper quality, how many reviews it fits, is there room for my own spreads. Basically this convinced me to just continue getting a blank dot journal and doing my own setup, it’s a little more work at the onset, but I’m getting what I want out of it.

I needed this video so much this week! The dedication is amazing

This idea 💕 I miss you're journal videos, I loved them, adored them.

I just keep a separate bullet journal for book things and thestorygraph does all my tracking for me. With both of those I've been able to build a layout that works for me finally.

I love this video and found these reviews so helpful! The OwlCrate reading planner was personally my favorite (despite the loops lol)

I’m here i’m here!!

I've decided to do my own bullet journal for next year and I think I may pick up the Book Marks journal for further inspiration. Thank you.

I think I might purchase the bookaholic one, and I'm definitely interested in seeing part 2 💗

I've been using the Moleskine Book Journal and absolutely loving it! It's very nice quality and has one-page spreads that are very straightforward: title, author, publisher, book type, year, and room for notes. The entry pages are alphabetical, and there's an index, a glossary of literary terms, and some blank pages. It's pricey at $30 but worth it in my opinion.

This was so interesting! I literally bought a dotted notebook 3 years ago and made my own book journal out of it and it's been working great for me :) i can make my own lists and TBR's and yearly wrap ups. I only watched this video hoping to get some ideas of what kind of pages I'd like to incorporate into mine, but none of them seemed like something i would do. Still am entertaining watch, because Kayla has such a nice personality, i just like to hear her talk and ramble 😅

Incredible video, Kayla!! The whole time I was thinking how you were the *perfect* person for this review. You are picky but aware and able to show your personal dislikes in a neutral light since we all care about different things.

I'm so early👀 Love your channel! I've found so many favourites here💕

Little Inklings has two journals for reading on their shop! I have the full year planner but she does have one that you can buy at any time of the year.

Thank you for such a thorough walkthrough of these four journals. I've long wondered if I might benefit from a specialized journal like this, and I'm pretty sure now that the answer is no. However, there were some really neat features in these that have given me ideas for customizing my own system, and I'll definitely watch any more videos you do like this.

I have never used a reading journal before this year. I also got the owlcrate journal so I am using it because it came with the box. I do carry it with me everywhere and I can say it has held up well so far. I would prefer something else because I dont utilize it all but it works for what I use it for. In the future I think I will stick with book journaling but I will be on the hunt for something else.

I don’t like using physical tracking methods AT ALL, but I still watched this whole thing and was so fascinated because you are just that good, Kayla.

Great video, as usual :) I keep track of my books using a binder and refill pad (it rarely leaves my house so transporting it isn't really an issue), which I find super useful as it's completely customisable. It's great because I'm super neurotic, so if I mess up a page or decide I want to restructure a whole section, I can simply remove the pages and you can't tell they've been removed at all. Plus I can add sections in a non-linear fashion. If I decided halfway through the year that I wanted to track a new stat, I could easily set that page up in my stats section without getting all the pages and sectioning muddled up like in a classic notebook. Then when the year is over I take all that years info, put it at the back, and keeo the front relevant to the current year. I've had it for 4 years now, the same binder, and I read 50-100 books a year.

oh heeeelll yeah !!!! the content i didn’t know i needed 🙌🙌🙌

Reading journals seem like such a fun idea and might help me with my book blog. I’ve never thought of keeping one but now I think I might try!

the Owl Crate one actually looks so good! im impressed. i have a book journal and i cant even rememebr when or where i got it. i used it for like 1 month and then forgot about it. i've been using Brock's (From LetsRead's channel) spreadsheet for probably 4-5 years now and its been my go-to. i like physical stuff but im much more consistent in tracking my reading online. i also have my own spreadsheet for things i watch/read/listen to each month that i've used since January 2018.

The video that I didn't know that I needed! I've always wanted to buy a reading journal, though it's hard for me to commit to one without knowing what I'm getting!

This is such a fun video! I’d definitely love to see another one!!

Okay, you’re amazing. I make my own with a spread in my Bujo at the end of the month. Some books I write about more than others, so I don’t like having a certain amount of room for book thoughts.

I really like the bookaholic one! It's simple, straight to the point and neat!

I use a really simple monthly planner from Plum Paper, I like the monthly pages, because I do like to track when I start and finish books. And then for my Book Reviews, I use a simple little traveler's notebook insert, it's a bigger like 5x8 size, and it has 2 review spots on one page, with just the title, author, thoughts, and a star rating. I love how simple it is. It's like $5 for one, and since I read like 50ish books a year one little book is good for a whole year

Moleskine a Book Journal and really plain and simple. It reminds me of old address books with the letter tabs and you fill out your books alphabetically rather than monthly. I like it the most to track all of the books I’ve read and be able to look back on my thoughts.

I use the “ Always Fulled Booked” planner or sometimes the “Novel Companion” both are by fellow Canadian, Megan, from Little Inklings Design. 🥰 🤗 Highly recommend !

You could try the kunista reading journal for avid readers. It’s pricey, but it does lay flat and has some cool features.

LittleInklingsDesigns Always Fully Booked planner is my favorite. I've used it ever since she released it and will continue to buy. Plus a wonderful Canadian artist

Love this idea! Reminds me of when you use to do monthly bullet journal set-ups, I found your channel around the time you did those and use to love seeing your monthly set-ups. For my reading journal, I still use a bullet journal/customise journal style. I actually have a very elaborate set-up for what it is but I consider my reading journal as an extra hobby on top of reading and love it so much! I use a travelers notebook system (basically a bunch of small notebooks, rather than one large one - I bought a custom leather cover to keep the notebooks together, but overall it is cheaper than using a standard A5 bullet journal). I have: - a yearly notebook: this includes yearly stats that I update as I read, my entire physical TBR which I tick off as I read, and challenges I am doing that year. - a continuous notebook: authors backlist that I want to catch up on, a list of my five star reads, book club picks. - a monthly spread (typically I fit 3-4 months per notebook): I track my monthly book haul, monthly TBR, readathon spreads, page tracker (I have used the template you use to use in your bullet journal back in the day, I have used that monthly since you started doing that and still love it!) and then I print off the book covers of all my physical TBR books - then I stick them in, write the title, author, rating and favourite quotes and If it is a five star or a new favourite sometimes I also do an entire aesthetic page along side it. For the books not from my physical TBR I just write the title, author, rating and sometimes a quote but don't print the cover, unless it is a new favourite. I also number the books as I go, so I can look back at last year and find out what my 100th book was if I want to! For future rounds of this, I have seen book journals at etsy before, and would be curious to see you check one of them out! I can't recommend a specific one as I have never used it, and don't know what would ship to you. Also, would be curious to see you compare the pre-made journals vs. custom reading bullet journal like you used a few years back.

It’s been a while since I’ve watched a Lala video because I’ve been really busy but I’m so happy to be back and am so excited to catch up on what I’ve missed! 😁

I use the Owlcrate planner, it's my second year getting one from their November box and then having it prepped to use for an entire year. I really love it as a planner and can decide which books I want to be detailed about at the end of each month.

This year I started using a digital reading journal and life planner on my iPad and it's been the best decision for me as I am very bad at drawing and creating visually appealing spreads so I was able to buy templates on Etsy where all the nice boxes and banners are already pre-drawn for me and all I have to do is write in my content and it is guaranteed to look nice without any effort on my side (plus I can easily erase all the mistakes I make!) and I can also insert stickers and photos. It's the best of both worlds as I still use a digital pencil to do actual writing but I don't need to do any of the creative spread drawing which has always stressed me out about my bullet journals! :)

It’d be so cool if you could design your own reading planner with the customizable Golden Coil planners!!

Ahh I loved this video. It’s one of thoese that you see the title and thank how fun that could be and finish in one go and think wow how fun that could be

I am HERE for the pickiness of notebooks! So few notebooks are suitable to my own pickiness that I love to see what notebooks others are picky over.

I've toyed with adding little book covers a la Instagram to the annual review page to jazz up my journal with my favorites.

I've been using the Always Fully Booked planner for a couple of years from Little Inklings Design and I LOVE it! Although, it's more an all in one, planner, reading tracker etc. and it's how I plan my content.

i loved the Bookaholic one! i like how straightforward it is and how it doesn't overwhelm you with tons of reading prompts (making you think you should read more). i like the review prompts, it sounds fun, making you think more about what you've read. i'd buy it if it were available to my country :(

I used a reading journal for years but it wasn’t exciting and I always had not enough space. This year I bought a blank notebook and started creating my own journal.

Now I'm impatient for part 2 😂 This has me thinking about pulling my favorite bit from each one and making my own

I struggled so hard to find a book journal I liked that in the end I went with designing my own!

I love you so much for this. I have to write things down. Even if I'm doing something else, I have a notebook to scribble on the side to feel good.

This was such a fun video! And i would love more of this in the future. I would be so disappointed if I got one expecting it to have pages to fill out and it ended up being a guided bullet journal. Would've been nice for them to warn you of it

I love that pen cup!

I gave up on pre-made journals and I've just been using a bullet journal. I can adjust it to fit my needs each month. I'm not super creative, but with a ruler and some micron pens, everything works just fine.

I love my reading planner! I have the little inklings design all booked up planner! Its great!

Brilliant!! I published a book activity journal this year... I think you would have destroyed to pieces LOL but I learnt so much from your review and what to think about next time designing one. Mine is extra size for starters... oops...and has some silly book activities.. it was more intended to new readers now with the pandemic and all, but thank you for sharing.. this was valuable and fun! :)

I agree that the previews for reading journals are awful so when I decided I wanted one, I decided to just take a blank journal and make it into a reading journal. Mine has an inside page similar to the Owl Crate one, my goals inside, monthly Want-to-Reads, a section to keep up with how many pages I've read, then a section for my book stats--a grid with the title, genre, how it was acquired, whether I kept it or not if owned, and the star rating. Then I tally things up and make little pie charts for my monthly and yearly reading. Thanks for reviewing these though, was nice to see them more-in depth.

This was super interesting to see what you like/dislike in journals, haha. I use the Always Fully Booked planner from Little Inklings Designs! I have been using it since 2018 and I absolutely love it, it just keeps getting better and better every year.

Love this video idea 😊 you should make your own perfect journal and publish it! I’d for sure buy one ❤️

Omg, I didn't know how bad I needed this video until I saw it in my sub box! AHHH!

My birthday is coming up and you gave me so many ideas, thank you ;)!

Readers Log: Readers Journal for 120 Books. It's like 8.5× 11 and only $5 on Amazon. I like the bigger pages with plenty of space to write a review or notes. I just started using it this year and I like it.

Thank you for this video. My favorite planner is the Always Fully Booked Planner. Not sure you'd like the binding but it's so good.