2026 Reading Journal

As 2025 draws to a close, I am designing my reading journal for next year.

Melanie Owen

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white and brown book on brown woven surface
white and brown book on brown woven surface

In 2025, I started keeping a reading journal. I kept it pretty simple, to ensure I kept up with it, it was basically just a two page spread for each month, which I decorated with a frame I designed in Canva and printed out, and then I printed miniature images of each book cover and glued it in. I watch a lot of journal set up videos on YouTube, but I'm really not that great at creating pretty journals myself. So this year, I have decided to make a digital reading journal, in the form of this website. Creating websites and digital design is actually something I enjoy, and it takes away the stress of buying stationery items to decorate a physical journal. I can let my creativity run wild with this digital journal, knowing that I already paid for the domain and I don't need to spend all my money on washing tape and stickers!

Stay tuned to see how my reading journey goes for 2026. And how I manage to translate the concept of a physical reading journal into a website.