Welcome to Litsy!

Lately I have been enjoying writing and journaling. I plan my week, my activities, the books I've read, the series I've watched, habits tracker, mood tracker... I've been doing #BulletJournal from 2020 (lockdown was to blame for my discovery of a new hobby)😄. I enjoy it, it's relaxing. This year, for the first time, I'm adding drawing doodles (I'm not an artist but I try and do my best-please don't judge). ⬇️⬇️⬇️

My body seems to have completely forgotten its Western Montana roots (maybe it was those 5 San Antonio winters I experienced🤣), because I can‘t even abide Kansas City‘s ‘Uary‘ months with comfort and ease. But at least I covered myself in the warmth of books and contributed to my new year of my #indexcard collection!

I'm working on my book tracker today. My in-laws got me an Ivy mini printer for Christmas & I'm loving it. ❤️
I decided to go small this year for my Journaling
(For scale this journal is 4.3" x 5.7")

#bulletjournal

in 2024 I covered myself with 272 books. Years back on Litsy I bemoaned my inability to retain all I read. I paraphrase a Litten response - Like eating I read to live. I don‘t remember every meal I ate this year, and I don‘t recall every book read. But the great ones, oh boy, do I remember those! …So, it‘s like that - along with spoilers and my subjective ratings on the backside of every #indexcard pictured! Happy 2025 you gorgeous Littens!

Last batch of entries for my 2024 #indexcard collection before I throw all 12 months into a single pile for the annual pic - then tediously sort them by author last name into years worth of cards. So my day is planned!

#MonthlyWrapUp December 2024

What entertains me about my #indexcard collection is I don‘t differentiate between physical, e-book, or audio, thrifted, pre-purchased, or library loan - it‘s just stories I‘ve consumed. And good lord, I need the spoilers written on the backsides to re-open the ‘pages‘ locked in the cavernous halls of my brain!

Dec 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp

Anyone else keep track of their swaps?
#bulletjournal

I‘m a mood reader but can‘t believe I stayed on theme for the entire month! My issue is I stacked my Oct TBR all year and need an additional couple months to flatten said TBR so I‘ll just redate tomorrow to Oct 32!

October 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp #indexcard

September was all about reading books on my TBR that might not fit my seasonal reading moods for the remainder of the year. I think I did okay! #MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard

September 2024

For the most part this month I selected books based on cover art providing me a summer feel. I‘m a mood reader, and as September settles in my reading plans take a drastic turn. No telling if these books would have made it off my 2025 TBR so I feel good about this wrap up! #indexcard

August 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp

Another month of reading logged into my #indexcard files. I think I‘m gonna need a bigger 🗃️!

July 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp

Halfway through the year and I‘ve been captivated by so many books - both the treasures quietly resting on my shelves awaiting my recognition of their brilliance and the bright shiny books dazzling me every Tuesday on publication day. Just how do authors manage to write so many good and new stories!?

June 2024 #IndexCard collection
#MonthlyWrapUp

Well, I‘m minutes away from hosting my 10 month-old grandson for the next 4 days and 3 nights - by myself! And some of that daytime will also include his first cousin and my 22 month-old grandson. 3 year-old twins will be in Branson, MO and - goodness I love them- told there parents‘ they‘d rather stay with me! ….I think it‘s safe to lock in my #indexcard collection for May!

May 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp

It‘s April and once again my tax bill was significant. So this #IndexCard display represents in part a game I play …. In my head I subtract $15 from my tax bill for each new release I‘m able to nab from the library. This month I subtracted $225 - not bad, but I have a long way to go 🤪
April 2024 #MonthlyWrapup

Happy Easter Everyone! I‘ll be sitting here testing myself to see how well I recall the notes scribbled on the backs of my cards this month!

March 2024 #MonthlyWrapUp
#Indexcard collection

It‘s a wrap on February 2024 and most of these books were pulled from my physical shelves.

….My read & unread books are mixed together on my shelves with a translucent paragraph tab on the spine of unread books. It feels good to finally pull more tabs than I add in a given month. If I plan to donate the book, I'll turn the spine out on my shelves.

#MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard

My first stack for the 2024 #indexcard collection is complete! Nice that I have this representation because many were a result of shuffling Libby holds. I wanted to work down that virtual stack since much of Feb will be looking at my physical shelves. #MonthlyWrapUp January 2024

Reading journal setup # 5- Lastly, here's how I set up each month. On the calender I use a highlighter to mark which days I read a book (they each get their own color), then I have pages for #ispybingo (first time participating) and my #bookspin bingo boards. After that, I make different colored boxes with the book info for each book I finish in that month (book box color is the same as the color marked for the book on the calendar). That's it!

Reading journal setup # 4- This is my first year participating in #roll100 and I'm pleased with how I settled on adding it to my journal. I'd be happy getting at least 1/3 of these checked off

Reading journal setup # 3- Reading physical books is my favorite, but the reality is that I just wouldn't be able to read 1/3 as much as I do if it were for multitasking with ebooks and audiobooks. That being said, I am hoping to read more of the physical books I own ... if for no other reason than feeling better about getting more of the ones I want 😏

Reading journal setup # 2- Anyone else's brain get happy with lists lol? Here's to being optimistic about crossing out more on my wishlist/series tracker/ unread physical bookshelf than I add

Reading journal setup #1 - Got my reading journal all set up (for now lol). I went with a binder this year so I can add as many extra pages to sections as necessary. My poor brain was hurting over having parts in different sections of last year's when I ran out of space.
Here, the chart is broken up into 5% sections and I color a square for every book. Each month has its own color for squares

If anyone needs me, I‘ll be sitting at my table sorting 245 2023 cards by author along with previous years‘ books.

Happy New Year all my marvelous Littens!

#indexcard collection

December 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp.
The last #indexcard set of the year!

How can it be only one more month before my 2023 #indexcard collection is sorted (by author) in with 4 previous years of cards. I‘m gonna need a bigger box!

#MonthlyWrapUp November 2023

Wow, this month flew by, perhaps because I saved so many of these books to specifically read this month!

#indexcard collection, #MonthlyWrapUp

My October TBR was so stacked that I realized I better use most of September for a head start on that stack!

September 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard

Making some bingo boards for my #bulletjournal, and transferring over some of the others shared on the Google drive. Have to draw them all out this year, since my printer is 🗑️

#scarathlon #spookyghostclub

I‘m certain I‘m missing some, but here‘s my list so far! #octoberevents #readathons #scarathlon #bujo #bulletjournal

#bulletjournal #scarathlon #spookyghostclub #wordsearch #bucketlist

First layout for my #scarathlon #bulletjournal. I had to hide the weekly game details, since we won‘t be posting them until the start of each week, but I‘m telling you - THEY ARE GONNA BE A HIT! 🎃🎉

#SpookyGhostClub

Finally getting started on my #scarathlon #bulletjournal! 😅

Anybody want a free gently used Rocket Book? I just bought it not knowing it didn‘t have lines. I just want to use it to take notes. I am not good at bullet journaling at all. Anyway, I‘ll give it to the first person that expresses interest. Pen not included. Just asking for the cost of shipping. Sorry, US residents preferred. ☺️

If I actually owned as many physical books as I now have #indexcard representation, I‘d have to get extra support beams running under my floors!

August ‘23 #MonthlyWrapUp

Two new #leuchtturm1917 #bulletjournals, and a new notebook. Stationary is my weakness!

I usually go through 2-3 a year, but I‘m hoping to stretch the one I just started until the end of the year. I have separate ones for Scarathlon and WinterGames, so the plan is to keep these two for 2024(!!!) planning!

Trying something new this month, and colour-coding by my star rating. Loving how it‘s looking so far, though I‘ve only had two 4-star reads so far. The rest are 2 & 3-stars.

#Rushathon #bulletjournal #bujo #augustreads

It‘s a wrap on another month and one which turned out busier than anticipated so I‘m thrilled to my #indexcard collection.

#MonthlyWrapUp July 2023

Midyear check in! 🤩

#BulletJournal #bujo

Time for some #MidYearCheckIn #bulletjournal posts!

Most of my main goals are complete, with the exception of a few monthly goals, and my goal to read 162 scribd books (seriously why did I choose such a high number!?) So long story short, I‘m happy with all of these.

Current progress for both of my 2023 #Roll100 lists! Hopefully I‘ll be finishing my NetGalley list in July, and then I can focus more on my Chirp list again in August. #bulletjournal #bujo

June, you were so good - don‘t leave me!

June 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp #IndexCard collection

How does the last day of each month just keep happening so quickly! Here is my #indexcard reminders of a month well-read!
May 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp

Another month of books added to my #IndexCard collection. I concentrated on my shuffled Libby holds TBR because it was reaching its max and stressing me out. I owned about 1/4 of these books, but my cards don‘t care - they‘re just a reminder of the experience!

April 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp

Following the same layout as my #bookspinbingo and #ISpyBingo layout, I created 23 #AlphabeticalBingo boards in my newest #bulletjournal. I decided to combine Q&V, and X,YZ. Looking at it now, I probably should have just done all 5 letters together since I don‘t have as many V titles as I thought. 😆

That‘s a wrap on this months #ISpyBingo! 🌸

Decided to get my #BookSpinBingo list together a little earlier this month! The majority of these will match up with the #ISpyBingo prompts. 👀

As of right now, I don‘t think I‘m going into May with any monthly themed goals, but I‘m still tinkering with a few possibilities. 🖤

@TheAromaofBooks

Although I‘ve a busier week than expected, I‘ve stuck with my #ThingInCommon reading. Some matches are definitely more vague than others.😆

This is still probably one of my favourite #bulletjournal spreads ❤️

How did 3 months of this year happen so fast, but I‘m always happy to add another stack to my #indexcard collection! Oh, and I‘m about to present a visiting sister with a physical stack of 16 mostly 1940‘s historical fiction. Oh yeah, room for some new books!

#MonthlyWrapup March 2023

Another month and another stack for my #indexcard collection. I wanted to concentrate on books residing on my shelves that were written by black authors. The plan worked and it was a great reading month!

February 2023 #MonthlyWrapUp