Today I'm so excited to share the new 2025 Reading Journal Setup, where we're creating the beginning setup that I'll use for the whole year. I'm going with the same 20-book reading goal as last year and I hope to reach it this time! I think it's very achievable, but we'll see, haha!
My 2024 Reading Journal Setup (with the book cover guide):
♦ https://youtu.be/CbuHsHZDJDY
Free Reading Bingo, Genre List and lots of free scarpbooking papers from my Freebie section:
♦ https://papermonogatari.com/pages/freebies
If you want to find a list of the books I've been recommended to, see my (very short) reviews of them and have a better look at my up-to-date "Want to Read"- list, you can find those here:
My Goodreads Profile:
♦ https://www.goodreads.com/journalaway
My Pinterest Reading Journal Inspiration Board (most pictures I used are added here):
♦ https://www.pinterest.com/journalaway/reading-journal-inspo/
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THE TOOLS I USED:
♦ *Notebook Therapy Love Lock A5 Size Journal:
https://notebooktherapy.com/products/tsuki-love-lock-bullet-journal?variant=40687511601267&ref=226
You can also get 10% off all products here with my code: JOURNALAWAY
♦ Sticker Paper, Online Labels Standard Matte White (my printer is Canon Pro 200S):
https://www.onlinelabels.com/products/ol177wx
♦ *Red Flower stickers (cover spread) from Kawaii Pen shop (these are from the brand Mind Wave but looks like they are not sold anymore):
https://kawaiipenshop.com
(Get 10% off everything here with my affiliate code: JOURNALAWAY)
♦ Background text patterns, Wide Text Washi tapes, Academia Stickers, Dark Washi Tape (2025 in books spread) Alphabet&Number Stickers, Big Rose and other botanical stickers (tbr spread), Winter Pattern washi tape, evergreen stickers (1st Quarter spread) and Reading Journal Stickers are from my own shop:
https://www.papermonogatari.com/
♦ Lily and Rose PET tapes (Bingo spread) from Leelajournals:
https://leelajournals.com
♦ *Kokuyo Dotliner (the glue roller I use, but there are other types too):
https://amzn.to/3XaXVCu
♦ *Artistro White Paint Pen, Extra Fine Tip :
https://amzn.to/3ME845D
♦ *Tombow Dual Brush Pen in Light Sand 990 and Cappuccino 942 :
https://amzn.to/3yqYLSi
♦ *Sakura Pigma Microns (02, 05):
https://amzn.to/2Iqpcvr (US) / https://amzn.to/2DIob3j (UK)
(All links marked with * are affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission if you shop through them. I appreciate it a lot if you do so since it helps me to continue making these videos ❤)
Others:
- Nail Polish: OPI Infinite Shine 2 We The Female
- Pictures downloaded and printed from the internet
- Brown kraft paper are bought from my local stationery store but any type works!
- Vellum paper I used is called tracing paper and it's also widely available in art supply stores
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♦ MY ONLINE SHOP! ♦
- https://www.papermonogatari.com
Stickers, washi tapes, bullet journal themes, and more! Digital version of this theme will go up on my shop and also on my Patreon at the end of December!
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ALL AFFILIATE CODES:
♦ Get 10% off of Archer&Olive with my coupon code: JOURNALAWAY10
http://www.archerandolive.com?aff=91
♦ Get 10% off of Notebook Therapy with the code: JOURNALAWAY
http://notebooktherapy.com?ref=226
♦ Get 10% off The Washi Tape Shop with the code: JOURNALAWAY
https://www.thewashitapeshop.com?aff=333
♦ Get 10% off Paper Wrld with the code: JOURNALAWAY
https://paperwrld.com/?ref=JOURNALAWAY
♦ Get 10% off Kawaii Pen Shop with the code: JOURNALAWAY
https://kawaiipenshop.com
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MUSIC:
From https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/209acl/
(Singing up with this link gets both of us one month for free! ^^)
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MY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA:
♦ My Online Shop: https://www.papermonogatari.com
♦ Bujo Instagram: @journal.away
♦ Shop Instagram: @papermonogatari
For business inquiries please email me at [email protected]
Hi everybody! My name is Anna, I'm a stationery and art lover from Finland but I live in Japan! I make videos and run a small one-woman stationery shop! Let's be friends! ❤