r/readingjournals

I’ve still got some more to catch up on but these are the spreads I’ve completed for April so far. I’m really happy with how they’ve turned out and had so much fun making them.

A principios de este año empecé un diario de lecturas en una libreta que, la verdad, es de muchas otras cosas, sobre todo relacionadas con la organización. Junto a él retomé un hábito de lectura que llevaba tiempo queriendo iniciar pero que nunca terminaba de arrancar. Siempre me ha gustado leer, lo que me cuesta es empezar 😅 pero una vez que lo hago no hay carro que me pare.

Con esto también buscaba mantener más activa la cabeza, usar menos el celular (especialmente estar todo el día en redes) y sobre todo mejorar un poco mi pensamiento crítico, analizando y haciendo reseñas de los libros que leo. Y ahí viene mi problema dilema y es que me cuesta hacer una reseña decente. A veces tengo tantas ideas en la cabeza que no logro plasmarlas con coherencia u otras veces simplemente hay demasiados huecos en mi cabeza de una historia que supuestamente acabo de leer.

Me encantaría aprender y desarrollar esta habilidad, si es que se puede llamar así. ¿Alguien que desee darme algún consejito? Porfavor y gracias 🫂

foto sacada de pinterest pq estaba bonita

Going for a rainbow 🌈 theme

including my spread for r/fantasy bingo

Had some chonkers this month but still a good reading month.

I’m not artistic at all, and can’t draw to save my life, but I’m an English teacher and love symbolism, so I started creating digital collages to encapsulate the themes, symbols, motifs, and overall vibes of the books I read. Then at the end of the year I’ll print it out as a coffee table book!

These are a few I’ve done so far! I’m about 10 books behind for the year but I’m sure I’ll pick it up again (thanks ADHD 🤣). I hide a lot of stuff in the images too so if you zoom in you’ll find a bunch of Easter eggs and details!

Just wanted to share 😊

My Reading Tracker and Rina Kent Challenge.

I read not only Rina Kent. Today I finished Vicious by A.E. Murphy.

I read 15 books this month which is quite a lot for me as I usually read about 6 a month, the only problem with reading all these books is that I’ve fallen behind on my drawings, although I have done all my writing, so here is the first half of my April reading with completed pages, hopefully I’ll finish the rest of April’s pages in the next week or so.

This is my first time keeping a reading journal, and honestly, I feel a bit shy about sharing it. I’ve been going back and forth on whether to post anything at all, especially after seeing how intricate and beautifully put together some journals online are—it can feel a little daunting in comparison. But I still wanted to put this out there, maybe get some small feedback or even just a bit of encouragement. I’m really enjoying the process so far, and I’m hoping sharing it might help me stick with it and improve along the way.

My wrap-up for April, using the stats from the StoryGraph and Margins apps.