October Reading Journal Setup 📚 & What I Read in September

Let’s track ALL my September reads, and set up some cute October tracking pages - including dedicated spreads for my Bewitched Book Challenge, which you can join in!

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00:00 September reads & updating trackers
02:48 Funny Story & Part of Your World

06:55 Business Casual

10:08 The Paradise Problem

13:09 Updating trackers

15:41 A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch

18:34 Playing With Fire
See last month's video for links to the things I used for this spread!

21:13 Hooked

24:58 October tracking pages set up
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34:46 September reading stats

36:22 Setting up October reading stats pages

38:31 Flip through

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[celticwelsh]

I think you'd do well to branch out of romance. I know they're easy and fast reads, but what's the point of reading a lot if you're not really enjoying the books? Especially because you listen a lot on audio and a good narrator can disguise a subpar book.

[maygenDrenee]

I was in a book slump this summer after reading too many romance books back-to-back. I switched to reading the fantasy genre, which has helped me to engage more with the books I'm reading.
I recently read Piranesi by Susanna Clark. I interpreted it as a mix between fantasy and mystery, with laybrinth vibes. Would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys that sort of thing.

[hannahkathleenjo]

loved every minute of this long reading journal video
cant wait to see ur travel size reading journal finish up the year

[cvvzdesigns]

My only advice for using sticker paper is go for the matte, and print anything in colour in the highest quality!

[Dddccfttttf]

I enjoyed watching this video. The setup for September and October are both beautiful.

[shadowqueen]

I've just started a reading journal this year to help me out of a years long reading slump - i was still reading every now and then but tended to reread more. I've really enjoyed branching out a bit more this year and wanted to suggest some non-fiction. I don't tend to read non-fiction myself but loved these this year - to make you laugh & think I recommend Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. He narrates the audiobook and it's so good! All about his childhood growing up in South Africa.
For something a little more spooky season related, Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan (of One Tree Hill fame). A beautiful memoir about finding your home & yourself as an adult.

[NanaStillLearning]

👻😱 So pretty and comprehensive . Haven’t been a book reader in years but I’m fascinated by your dedication to recording your journey through book reading. I was an addict when it came to books….nothing else mattered once I started reading a book including eating and sleeping.

[Rowan.Evander]

Emily Wilde was SO much fun! 💙 That and Nettle & Bone (T. Kingfisher) were my reads for the month and I had a blast with them. I highly recommend.

[sarkavomackova]

Hi Erin, I really love your creative work, and I am admiring it. I have to appreciate your own challenge to go into smaller journal.

You asked in the video about different types of stats. I realised, that I love the colour-coding ones. And get results at the end of the year (because I don't read as much as you). My system is based on evaluating each book individually in every section. In the end of the year I will have numbers of colours with results. I evaluate my books in these things: pages per book, the year of selling the original book (it makes me realise, if I appreciate more writters of older generation or which exactly), days spend on reading, days when I started reading even dough it is lying on the night table. Next is my rating and for curiosity the type of main heroes - child, teenage, young adult, adult, older, senior and if it was male or female. I realise that I have fun especially with the hero's marking, because it pinpoint interesting result in my reading 🧟🧛🧙

[PeverellBros]

Emily Henry went to my High School, I'm still blown away by how globally she is known now.

[moriasexton]

I really enjoyed watching this reading journal video addition to seeing how you decided to set up your October pages in your Traveler's sized notebook. 🦇🕷⚰️💀👻

[ggi]

Contemporary romances are usually hit or miss for me but you’ve convinced me to give Lovelight Farms a try, the setting and the seasons theme sound so magical!

[moonpie]

I get like this with reading too but I find an easy fix is to just not read for a while! Sometimes I’ll even take a break in the middle of a book and it lets me enjoy finishing it rather than that feeling of having to slog through it. Also, changing genres can help I mainly read mystery/thrillers but I’ll pick up a chick lit romance novel or some non-fiction when I feel like a change👻 My standout (and only book😂) for September was Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, I absolutely loved it and know I’ll definitely go back to it again!

[solar]

I have been « starting » a reading journal for months now. October is the month it will become a reality. I started reading Mort and I am checking books in my TBR that could go in the bingo. I have a square journal and I will see how it goes but I don’t plan on having a lot of stats or writing long text on each book so a traveler journal might be a great size for me. More of a list of book read than essays on each book read😁

[chelseamiller]

🕸️ I love seeing the many ways you format your pages depending on the book size or what style you fancy per month. It is so helpful for ideas for my own layouts. Love the variety!

[ClaireRousseau]

If you're into epic fantasy and you haven't read it, I would recommend one of my very favourite books ever, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. We follow Maia, the estranged half-goblin son of the emperor of the elflands, who suddenly becomes emperor after his father and brothers die/ are maybe murdered. It's very much just about him navigating politics and court intrigue while trying his absolute damnedest to be a good person. The prose is beautiful and Maia is such a thoughtful, lovely cinnamon roll, too good for this world (not in a cartoon internet way, it's just the world could very well chew him up and spit him out less caring and good but he won't let it happen).

[SentiLiz]

I love the way you do your reading journal! You actually inspired me to start my own reading journal. I've never done one before. I also happen to watch a lot of movies so I'm wondering if it'll be too chaotic to put them all in one place? I'm happy the algorithm brought me to your channel!

[aureliawaliszewska]

I use my reading journal to try read outside of my comfort zone, with reading goals. 5 non-fic, 5 600+ pages, 5 local authors, etc. it helps to not get stuck in a slump. But still having space to have those comfort reads that don't start blending all together

[irishdayzee]

👻 I love the travel size reading journal! You have actually convinced me to make a reading journal for myself. Because of you, I have begun to read more books than I ever have in the past and just can't thank you enough! I will definitely be purchasing an hp sprocket for sure and I will also be checking out your video on how to use it for this purpose! Thanks again Erin! You're the best!

[amiam]

I have to recommend a book that I surprisingly enjoyed a lot and I warmed up to as an audiobook as well -- City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita. It's a mystery set in Alaska so it's wintery and has some of the best characters I've come across in a while. It's not that long and I LOVED listening to it in the evenings with a cup of tea <3