Book Journal 2020. {Set-Up and Decor.}

Hello!

I recently, well a couple of weeks ago, finally set up my Book Journal for 2020. I've been using the same notebook, from Rifle Paper Co since 2018 and now it will house 3 years worth of book reviews and musings and thoughts and lists of books to get and books I didn't finish. In short, the very essence of my bookish life lives in this notebook. I've had a Book Journal since 2012. Before that I used whichever planner I was using as a means of keeping tab on my reading but let me tell you, having a specific place for all my book related things to be in has been a a life changer. Not to mention it's took to have a place to go look back at my year's reading.

So let's see how I went about setting my Book Journal for 2020.

I set this journal using the limited amount of supplies I had carried with me on my holiday. But I still think it's turned out pretty good!

The front page for this year.

A girl with flowers and all things that make my bookish heart happy.

Flowers.

Coffee.

Plants.

Candles.

Pens.

Glasses.

A cozy chair to read on.

A stack of books!

All of these little stickers are from The Planner Society Kit.

My Bookish Life.

The supplies I used.

Sticker sheets from Planner Society.

Girl stickers from BonBon Stickers.

To differentiate between the last year and this I used this postcard from Hastnirmit that she sent across as a freebie with a bunch of bookmarks I had ordered.

It's a perfect mood for my book journal.

Monthly pages.

Reading Resolutions.

20 Books I want to Read in 2020.

I am still working on this list.

Some months when I can be bothered to make a TBR, I make one and then I start writing about the books I've read and how I feel about them.

I also have a running list of books I want to buy and a list of books I DNF-ed through the year.

Basically anything book related ends up here.

Do you have a book journal?

SUPPLIES USED///

Notebook- Rifle Paper Co.

Postcard- Bookmarks by Hastnirmit

Sticker and Diecuts- The Planner Society Kit

Girl Stickers- BonBon Stickers

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