Hello, book friends!
Welcome to the eighth monthly setup in my main 2026 reading journal. Each month, I’ll be taking core/repetitive themes from a romance novel I’ve enjoyed and decorating with it. For August, I've done an Island theme for The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren.

𝓜𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽
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𝓞𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓸𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝓸𝓾𝓽
★ July setup: 2026 July Reading Journal setup
★ June setup: 2026 June Reading Journal setup
★ May setup: 2026 May Reading Journal setup
★ April setup: 2026 April Reading Journal Setup
★ March setup: March 2026 Reading Journal setup
★ February setup: 2026 February Reading Journal Setup
★ January setup: 2026 January Reading Journal Setup

𝓘𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓤𝓼𝓮𝓭
"Antique Floral" B5 notebook by   @ArcherandOlive  https://www.archerandolive.com/produc...
Ohuhu Maui color markers: https://a.co/d/eZuF33X
Anko Parchment Pad: https://www.kmart.co.nz/product/parch... (on clearance)
Soft Color Double Head Highlighter Dot markers: https://www.journalsay.com/products/j...
Scenery Faraway island stickers: https://www.journalsay.com/products/j...
Holiday Trip - Maldives stickers: https://www.journalsay.com/products/j...
Sunset in California vellum stickers: https://www.journalsay.com/products/s...
Waves washi tape: https://www.journalsay.com/products/4...
Anko washi tape (discontinued)
Anko Retractable Gel pens: https://www.kmart.co.nz/product/24-pa...
Anko watercolour pan: https://www.kmart.co.nz/product/24-pa...
5-star stickers I made through Canva and using my Cricut
12 in 1 Paper cutter: https://www.journalsay.com/products/j...
Font: "Island" for headers

𝓐𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓼
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𝓠𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓤𝓼𝓮𝓭
To come

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓣𝓸 𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓮
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StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile...
The Reading Journal Collective: Discord: discord (link expires within 7 days, feel free to comment for a new invite if it’s expired)

𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓶𝓹𝓼
0:00 Cover Page + Books Read
7:57 Monthly View + Arcs
13:57 Functional Hub (First Lines, Tbr, Book Haul, Spinner Wheel, Subscriptions, Library Hires, Readathons)
24:37 Reading Log
30:39 Additional info & decor
33:14 Final Flipthrough