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Happy Easter Everyone! I‘ll be sitting here testing myself to see how well I recall the notes scribbled on the backs of my cards this month!

March 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp
#Indexcard collection

It‘s a wrap on February 2024 and most of these books were pulled from my physical shelves.

….My read & unread books are mixed together on my shelves with a translucent paragraph tab on the spine of unread books. It feels good to finally pull more tabs than I add in a given month. If I plan to donate the book, I'll turn the spine out on my shelves.

#MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard

My first stack for the 2024 #indexcard collection is complete! Nice that I have this representation because many were a result of shuffling Libby holds. I wanted to work down that virtual stack since much of Feb will be looking at my physical shelves. #MonthlyWrapUp January 2024

Reading journal setup # 5- Lastly, here's how I set up each month. On the calender I use a highlighter to mark which days I read a book (they each get their own color), then I have pages for #ispybingo (first time participating) and my #bookspin bingo boards. After that, I make different colored boxes with the book info for each book I finish in that month (book box color is the same as the color marked for the book on the calendar). That's it!

Reading journal setup # 4- This is my first year participating in #roll100 and I'm pleased with how I settled on adding it to my journal. I'd be happy getting at least 1/3 of these checked off

Reading journal setup # 3- Reading physical books is my favorite, but the reality is that I just wouldn't be able to read 1/3 as much as I do if it were for multitasking with ebooks and audiobooks. That being said, I am hoping to read more of the physical books I own ... if for no other reason than feeling better about getting more of the ones I want 😏

Reading journal setup # 2- Anyone else's brain get happy with lists lol? Here's to being optimistic about crossing out more on my wishlist/series tracker/ unread physical bookshelf than I add

Reading journal setup #1 - Got my reading journal all set up (for now lol). I went with a binder this year so I can add as many extra pages to sections as necessary. My poor brain was hurting over having parts in different sections of last year's when I ran out of space.
Here, the chart is broken up into 5% sections and I color a square for every book. Each month has its own color for squares

If anyone needs me, I‘ll be sitting at my table sorting 245 2023 cards by author along with previous years‘ books.

Happy New Year all my marvelous Littens!

#indexcard collection

December 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp.
The last #indexcard set of the year!

How can it be only one more month before my 2023 #indexcard collection is sorted (by author) in with 4 previous years of cards. I‘m gonna need a bigger box!

#MonthlyWrapUp November 2023

Wow, this month flew by, perhaps because I saved so many of these books to specifically read this month!

#indexcard collection, #MonthlyWrapUp

My October TBR was so stacked that I realized I better use most of September for a head start on that stack!

September 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard

Making some bingo boards for my #bulletjournal, and transferring over some of the others shared on the Google drive. Have to draw them all out this year, since my printer is 🗑️

#scarathlon #spookyghostclub

I‘m certain I‘m missing some, but here‘s my list so far! #octoberevents #readathons #scarathlon #bujo #bulletjournal

#bulletjournal #scarathlon #spookyghostclub #wordsearch #bucketlist

First layout for my #scarathlon #bulletjournal. I had to hide the weekly game details, since we won‘t be posting them until the start of each week, but I‘m telling you - THEY ARE GONNA BE A HIT! 🎃🎉

#SpookyGhostClub

Finally getting started on my #scarathlon #bulletjournal! 😅

Anybody want a free gently used Rocket Book? I just bought it not knowing it didn‘t have lines. I just want to use it to take notes. I am not good at bullet journaling at all. Anyway, I‘ll give it to the first person that expresses interest. Pen not included. Just asking for the cost of shipping. Sorry, US residents preferred. ☺️

If I actually owned as many physical books as I now have #indexcard representation, I‘d have to get extra support beams running under my floors!

August ‘23 #MonthlyWrapUp

Two new #leuchtturm1917 #bulletjournals, and a new notebook. Stationary is my weakness!

I usually go through 2-3 a year, but I‘m hoping to stretch the one I just started until the end of the year. I have separate ones for Scarathlon and WinterGames, so the plan is to keep these two for 2024(!!!) planning!

Trying something new this month, and colour-coding by my star rating. Loving how it‘s looking so far, though I‘ve only had two 4-star reads so far. The rest are 2 & 3-stars.

#Rushathon #bulletjournal #bujo #augustreads

It‘s a wrap on another month and one which turned out busier than anticipated so I‘m thrilled to my #indexcard collection.

#MonthlyWrapUp July 2023

Midyear check in! 🤩

#BulletJournal #bujo

Time for some #MidYearCheckIn #bulletjournal posts!

Most of my main goals are complete, with the exception of a few monthly goals, and my goal to read 162 scribd books (seriously why did I choose such a high number!?) So long story short, I‘m happy with all of these.

Current progress for both of my 2023 #Roll100 lists! Hopefully I‘ll be finishing my NetGalley list in July, and then I can focus more on my Chirp list again in August. #bulletjournal #bujo

June, you were so good - don‘t leave me!

June 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard collection

How does the last day of each month just keep happening so quickly! Here is my #indexcard reminders of a month well-read!
May 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp

Another month of books added to my #IndexCard collection. I concentrated on my shuffled Libby holds TBR because it was reaching its max and stressing me out. I owned about 1/4 of these books, but my cards don‘t care - they‘re just a reminder of the experience!

April 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp

Following the same layout as my #bookspinbingo and #ISpyBingo layout, I created 23 #AlphabeticalBingo boards in my newest #bulletjournal. I decided to combine Q&V, and X,YZ. Looking at it now, I probably should have just done all 5 letters together since I don‘t have as many V titles as I thought. 😆

That‘s a wrap on this months #ISpyBingo! 🌸

Decided to get my #BookSpinBingo list together a little earlier this month! The majority of these will match up with the #ISpyBingo prompts. 👀

As of right now, I don‘t think I‘m going into May with any monthly themed goals, but I‘m still tinkering with a few possibilities. 🖤

@TheAromaofBooks

Although I‘ve a busier week than expected, I‘ve stuck with my #ThingInCommon reading. Some matches are definitely more vague than others.😆

This is still probably one of my favourite #bulletjournal spreads ❤️

How did 3 months of this year happen so fast, but I‘m always happy to add another stack to my #indexcard collection! Oh, and I‘m about to present a visiting sister with a physical stack of 16 mostly 1940‘s historical fiction. Oh yeah, room for some new books!

#MonthlyWrapup March 2023

Another month and another stack for my #indexcard collection. I wanted to concentrate on books residing on my shelves that were written by black authors. The plan worked and it was a great reading month!

February 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp

Here's my #unreadshelfproject progress for January 2023. I started with 2,251 unread books and only bought 5 physical new books. However, while cleaning, I found a bag of books I hadn't counted. So I read 23 books, 11 of which were moved off Mt. TBR, and ended up with 2,252 unread at the end of the month. Oops. #readingmytbr #bujo #bulletjournal

Inspired by @Clwojick today, I started this #bujo tracking page for the first half of my year. I had a nice streak of 13 days straight of finishing at least one book. #bulletjournal

#Jumpstart2023 was SUCH a blast! 💥 Here is my January reading in pixels, with only one day where I didn‘t complete a book(& I don‘t feel bad about it since I worked a 16hour shift that day). I‘ll share all the books I read shortly, but for now I‘m just going to happily stare at this tracker. 😊

#BulletJournal #ReadingTracker #yearinpixels #annualreading @Lizpixie

My first 2023 submission to my #indexcard collection which now boasts well over 1000 books and, sans 1990‘s children‘s picture books, may finally outnumber the physical books on my shelves! …one original goal was the souvenir index card would replace the actual book - sometimes that is true!
#MonthlyWrapUp Jan 2023

Another Zendoodle. I have definitely been doodling more than reading lately but it's just so fun.
#Zendoodle #lineart

Latest Zentangle
#zendoodle #zentangle

Just got the email that this years #Leuchtturm1917 colours are now out, and I‘m OBSESSED! Fox Red, Mint Green, & Forest Green would all be beautiful for my #WinterGames planning, and the Light Grey would be perfect for #Scarathlon….. so I need to buy all four, right? RIGHT? It doesn‘t matter that I already have multiple blank bullet journals, these ones are the best! I‘m going to be hounding the site for sales.

#BulletJournal.

I've recently started to zendoodle/zentangle. It's a great way to relax and recenter my thoughts. It's so simple and easy to do. I get ideas and tutorials from Instagram and pinterest. I highly recommend it.

#bulletjournal #zendoodle #recommendsday

I love to get wrapped up in books, and this is how I covered 2022! #indexcard

Final #bulletjournal post (for now) - as I mentioned the other day, @Clwojick has created this template for anyone who wishes to use it for their #BookSpinBingo list/tracking. I wanted to share it again, because I have a link to the printable version!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/13GiPdZMQiIscHgYktFA4nHPSfhdmtRI-SQ5uKJNYWrw/...
Check it out if you're interested!!!

And here is my #BookSpin list for the year!! Like last year, composed of various classics I have been wanting to read or reread. I start a new one every month on the 2nd and go a chapter a day until it's finished, even if it carries into the next month. I was able to check off some "hard" books this way last year (looking at you, Gone With the Wind) and am optimistic about this year! As numbers are chosen, I will add in the unnumbered titles.

A small example of how frequently my #bulletjournal isn't remotely perfect 😂 I wrote out the #BookChain prompts but didn't like them just laid out plain like I do most of my prompt pages, so I went back and taped in pages with my updated layout. Sloppy but efficient!!

This is literally just something I am tracking for fun. I am still working on the #192025 challenge hosted by @Librarybelle so I thought I would see how many years I can check off this year! The asterisk years are the ones I also need for #192025 #bulletjournal

I'm really excited about the #SeriesLove2023 challenge. I have participated in #SeriesRead the last few years, but this is the first time I sat down and made a spread for it. These are my current series but I left room because I am planning to read several this year!! @TheSpineView @Andrew65 #bulletjournal