RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 3
Episode Title: Making Your Own Reading Journal (AKA Fun with Office Supplies)
Release Date: October 15, 2021
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Episode Summary:
We love upgrading our reading lives, so this week we’re talking about one of our favorite ways to enhance the reading experience--creating our own reading journals! Plus, as always, we’re giving our RAD Reading Recs of the week.
Highlights:
Why Dawn’s teen journals led her to get grounded--unnecessarily!
The one journal Roni’s been able to stick with
The basics of a reading/book journal
Private reading journals vs. Goodreads
Roni avoiding awkward book signings
What Dawn said that made Roni clutch her pearls
The unexpected benefits of a reading journal
Dawn’s epiphany about stencils
The nuts & bolts of putting together your own journal
What Roni wishes she’d been putting in her journal from the start
Rating systems - Roni’s highly detailed one & Dawn’s low-key method
Documenting reading challenges
Finding your journaling style - decorative, bare bones, etc.
Digital options for journaling
Dawn’s signal that she’s been kidnapped
Journaling tips
Instagram perfect journals are not necessary
Our favorite journaling supplies
Our RAD Reading Recs of the Week
*Note: all book/product links are affiliate links which means the podcast makes a small commission if you make a purchase, but there is no extra cost to you!
Supplies recommended by Roni:
Staedtler Template, Geometric Shapes & Symbols to draw boxes and circles
Supplies recommended by Dawn:
Other resources mentioned:
Roni’s free downloadable Romance Reading Journal
Rock Your Reading Tracker by Sarah’s Bookshelves
My Reading Journal by Anne Bogel (Modern Mrs. Darcy)
Dawn’s Reading Journal
Roni’s Reading Journal
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Dear Writer, Are You In Burnout? by Becca Syme (Dawn’s rec)
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Roni’s rec)
Find us online:
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram