March Wrap Up & Reading Journal Spreads 📚 (so many new favourites!)

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Published 2023-04-16
I'm back with another monthly reading wrap up in my reading journal! I finished 8 books in March and am super excited to share my thoughts on them with you :)

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✨TIMESTAMPS/CHAPTERS:
0:00 March Cover
2:18 March Overview & Stats
8:40 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
13:00 Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
16:45 Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
19:48 Driven to Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell
20:57 Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate
21:35 Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
22:58 The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
24:20 Monstress Book Two by Marjorie M. Liu
29:15 Yearly Goal Updates

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All Comments (21)
  • @dawnbish9822
    Wow, I absolutely love watching your reading journal spreads. You are so creative! I've read Parable of the Sower and loved it, despite the content. I have had Monstress on my TBR for a while and now I will be moving it up due to your review. Thank you for sharing!!
  • Well... I removed a book from my Master TBR.. way too many things in The Parable of the Sower.. While I do read to learn more about the world, I also read to escape it and that book sounds like a nightmare to me. Thank you for actually saying what it's about instead of just praising it like I've seen a lot of other people do (why it was on my TBR in the first place). I would have been so mad if I bought that book - you saved me! 😊
  • Thank you for the “B-roll” of the graphs! So helpful! I love this format the combines talking about books with creative journaling.
  • I’ve read Kindred by Butler twice and the Parable series has been on my list for a while now. I think I’ll read it in January because the series starts off in 2024. It might be cool to read the book for the first time in the year that it takes place, even though it’s pretty depressing and scary how accurate Butler’s predictions are turning out to be. Love this spread. Love the spooky vibes.
  • @arciafalcon
    Can I just say - you inspire me to read more than my confort genre? Also, phenomenal reading spreads! Love your voice!
  • @sophhnavarro
    This is such a cool way to show your wrap up, I love it 😃Also, Monstress sounds awesome, definitely gonna have to check that out!
  • @Octobig
    so many five star ratings!! very happy for you 💖 parable of the sower has been on my TBR for ages, and i'm definitely also adding monstress. i'm looking forward to the next reading vlog video!
  • @shansbo217
    I hope when you finish this journal, you decide to publish it. I would love to read it, in its entirety. This is the most and best detailed book reading journaling I've come across. Your entire channel is interesting and intriguing. Thank you for sharing a piece of it with us. ❤️❤️
  • @mellymel1100
    You do SO much writing! I don't think I'd be able to write one page like this all at the same time anymore--my hands cramp up with arthritis. Thanks for sharing your creativity and your quotes. And Shades of Gray--I loved the book!
  • Loved this. I also really like hearing the quote you really liked from the books!
  • @martad654
    For reading around the world, I recommend you the brilliant Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem (yes, I'm Polish 😁). I've enjoyed every one of his books so far, but my most favourite are Solaris, His Master's Voice and The Invincible. I think you would enjoy them ☺ Great video as always! ❤
  • @piafitoussi
    If you enyoyed Jasper Fforde's writing and humour, I very highly recommend his Thursday Next's series (the 1st one is The Eyre Affair). It's hilarious, unbelievably smart, and is clearly written by a book-lover for book-lovers 😊. Time traveling like i've never read about, jumping inside books, making dodos and mammoths from adn-kits... it's crazy and lovely, and the heroin is sooo relatable.
  • Thank you for inspiring my to create a reading journal. (It will actually be a combined reading, video game, and board game journal. All the hobbies!)
  • @_babyabdalla
    Sometimes I'm doing something else and I played your videos in the background because your voice calms me. Thank you =) BTW I love your journals, you're so creative!!
  • I gotta say, Jasper's Thursday Next series is one of my favorites (and my favorite within the series is the third one ;) ) The Eyre Affair is a bit of a set-up novel but by the time he gets to The Well of Lost Plots he's on a roll📚
  • Love your videos! Your layouts are always such an inspiration and yours lists always give me at least one book to add to my TBR. I really look forward to a video on how your make everything, would also love to know what printer you use to print off everything, your book covers look a lot better than the ones I've printed off.
  • I am going to have to check out Shades of Grey. I’ve sort of rediscovered my enjoyment of sci fi (Thanks Becky Chambers) in the last few months and have been keeping an eye out for recommendations that aren’t too dark
  • @StetStudio
    Hearingyou talk about Monstress Book Two makes me think you might really like Kameron Hurley's Worldbreaker Saga.
  • You always add to my TBR. This time Shades of Grey, Hester and Monstress. Love your reading journal videos. ❤