#jennfscurrentreadstracker

Thursday has me like 😵. I'm ready for the weekend! . For #squeakybookishlibrary Monica Gellar, I thought it would be a good time to share my reading tracker in my bullet journal. Monica is known for her competitive and obsessive nature with a touch of exuberance that some may view as over zealous but I see it as being full of awesome (Remember Ross and Monica's dance routine?💃🏾🕺🏻 Pure awesome.) . I like to set goals for reading and writing and I track my progress in my bullet journal. For reading, I set a goal for at least 30 minutes of reading a day and to finish 2 or more books a month. I set a goal of reading 50 books for the year and I'm already more than halfway toward my goal. 💪🏽🙌🏽 (I purposely set it at a low number, for me, because I'm trying to finish my draft.) . Any planner addicts and/or bujo junkies out there? Do you track what you read? . #jennfscurrentreadstracker #currentreads #currentlyreading

If you’re new to my feed, HI! HELLO! WELCOME! And also, I’m a lister, planner, tracker and an unapologetic notebook and pen addict. What does this have to do with books and reading? WELLLLL, I love making TBR lists and using my notebook to plan and track what I read. (If you saw my previous post, I included my disc bound notebook and Genre Tracker layout.) I usually post my reading tracker for the month with my TBR, but I still have to make mine for May. 😅 But I do have my TBR to share! . Most of these are books from April that I didn’t get to finish. If you saw my previous post for my April Wrap-up, I really pushed myself to finish books before attending the LA Times FOB and Y’all West and meeting the authors. I did finish some books, but started many, so I hope to finish them this month. Top books to finish for this month are Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor and I Darken by Kiersten White @authorkierstenwhite. (Both stories are fantastic so far and both authors are amazing humans! I highly recommend reading both of them!) . I also added to my TBR some ARCs that I received at Y’all West @yallwest. The first two I hope to finish are I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo @mauxbot (out May 30) and A Poison Dark and Drowning Book 2 in the Kingdom of Fire series (out September 19) by Jessica Clues @jesscluess. I can’t wait to read these! I met both authors at Y’all West and they were both so nice! Thank you to Fierce Reads @fiercereads and Random House Kids @randomhousekids for the copies! . And don’t despair! I will share my Current Reads tracker layout once I’ve set it up! But you want to see it noooooow! Okay! Check out this tag #jennfscurrentreadstracker. What? Remember? Daughter of Athena—total planner girl. 🤓🙌🏽 . This fabulous wood bookmark is made by my girl Mary @markedbymary. Check out the lovely Andie’s @_halfbloodprincess profile for a rep code! (And really, you should be following both of these amazing humans!) . (And YES, I will also be reading ACOWAR. But my copy won’t be hear until Saturday! 😨) . For #grimdragon, May Day! TBR

It’s so much fun buddy reading. I love being able to talk with a friend in real time about about a book we’re both reading for the first time. It’s so nice to be able to laugh and cry over the same parts together! The thing is though I had not realized that I agreed to several buddy reads this month. 😅 It’s a bit overwhelming, but my #writersbulletjournal is helping me stay organized. . For the #planwithmechallenge, Overwhelm, each month, I use a reading tracker for the books I read during the month. It’s helped me gauge how long it will take to finish a book and also see my progress. To keep from being overwhelmed especially with multiple buddy reads, the reading tracker helps me stay on track with my daily reading entries. Each day I shade in a box for the book I read and note the page and/or chapter I read that day. If it’s been a while since I’ve read a book, I make sure to read more of that particular book. It’s also great for accountability. One of my goals is to finish reading 50 books and I’ve found what works for me is seeing my progress in my reading tracker and updating my reading status on Goodreads. I love the progress bar on Goodreads to show how much you’ve finished and the added pressure of social media helps too! 😂 If you’d like to see more about my reading tracker, check out the tag #jennfscurrentreadstracker. . Okay. Here’s another #bookstack for #augustofpages. In my last post with HP and TMI, I had mini-bookstacks, so I thought I’d post a real book stack this time. This particular book stack is my buddy reads stack. I’m reading A Gathering of Shadows with my good friend Vicky, Flamecaster with Serena @girl_of_books_and_torchlight My Lady Jane with Kori @_livelaughreads and Winter with my #booktwin Amy @ladyofthelibrary. I'm loving all these books!

I think I did a better job this month picking out my books. I made sure not to go to the library before hand. (I still have some of my books from last month to finish!) Most of my books for August are for buddy reads which I’m very excited to do! • As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m #currently reading Hollow City, City of Fallen Angels, Shadows of Self, The Girl in the Steel Corset, and The Winner’s Kiss. I’m actually almost finished with Hollow City and The Girl in the Steel Corset. If you guys listen to audio books, I highly recommend the Miss Peregrine’s series. I like that they kept the same narrator for the first and second book. He’s very good and does the voices of all the children very well! The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross is part of the Steampunk Chronicles. I had bought the second book The Girl in the Clockwork Collar at Book-Off (used books), not realizing it was the second book! (I had my kids with me!) Anyway, I was so happy to find the first book at the library! The writing isn’t the greatest (there seems to be some typos in the copy), but the story is keeping me interested. Anyone else read this series? • I’m buddy reading Winter with my #booktwin Amy @ladyofthelibrary, A Gathering of Shadows with my good friend Vicky, Along for the Ride with @e_mellyberry, Flamecaster with Serena @girl_of_books_and_torchlight, and My Lady Jane with Kori @_livelaughread. Not all at once though! Hahaha.😂 • And the only book on my August TBR that’s “new”—not a continuation from July or a buddy read—is Six of Crows. I KNOW. But listen, I just finished the Grisha trilogy and then July was crazy. So, I’m finally ready to read it! YAY. Can’t wait to see what you’re all reading this month! • For the #augustfantasychallenge day 1 prompt “Invent a flavor of Bertie Bott’s for your ENEMY! Ah! *rubs hands together* I would lead my enemy to a garden. Right before we got to the section that was just fertilized, I would “share” my Bertie Bott’s manure flavored jelly bean. That way the smell would be in their nose and in their mouth. 😇😁😂 • Challenges: August TBR #livelaughbooksaugust #augustofpages #challengebookamajig #jennfscurrentreadstracker

A bullet journal planner hack that I was reluctant to try was tabs. It’s so weird because I tab my other notebooks and my books too. For some reason, I didn’t want to tab my bullet journal. I think partly because I didn’t think it was necessary. I have a color coded index and ribbon bookmarks. The other reason was aesthetics. This was my first “real” bullet journal and I didn’t think it should have tabs. A couple of months ago during the #planwithmechallenge, one of the prompts was to try something new. Tabs was the rage then and since I already had the Post-it tabs (see? I do like to tab things!), I thought I’d give it a try. The tabs are adjustable so I figured if I hated it, I could just take them off. • I can admit now that after several month of using tabs, I really like it. I would go so far as to say that tabs have become one of my favorite ideas for bullet journaling. I don’t take my #writersbulletjournal with me that often, so having the tabs hasn’t been a problem. The tabs are also thick plastic, so they’re really durable and don’t bend easily. • If you’ve been following me for a while, you know how much I love the Papermate Ink Joy gel ink pens. Look at all the pretty colors! They’re medium nib and write so smooth. They are wet, so I’d give it time to dry. • Shown here is my monthly goals page. I try to make my monthly goals measurable and actionable. So for example, my goal for July is to read at least three books. The action(s) to help achieve this goal are to read for at least twenty minutes a day and to post my reading updates on Goodreads to keep me accountable. I also use my Current Reads Tracker layout as a way to see my progress on books I’m reading. • I’m working on blog posts about my #writersbulletjournal and #jennfscurrentreadstracker. I hope to post the first one by next week. • Challenges: #planwithmechallenge “Favorite Ideas” • #rockyourhandwriting “Recommendations”