2021 Planner

I decided to get organized this year since I thought last year, I was so disorganized and I feel that my NetGalley list reflects that.  I have in the past relied on a separate calendar on my wall to keep my books organized but last year, I just couldn’t get it to work for me.  I felt that I was constantly taking it off the wall, marking it up and then, forgetting to put it back up.  I’d then miss a book date and this would just escalate.

I looked at a few different planners and when I came across this one, it had all the bells and whistles plus more. I really liked this one and I knew that I needed this one in my life, this year. I knew that there might be pages in this planner that I might not use but it was going to be better than not having what I wanted and having to add something else later in the year. So, I ordered it. Coming from Canada, I should have ordered this earlier as I missed almost 3/4 the month of January before I ended up receiving it. I live in the U.S. and with Covid, it took longer than usual but now I know.

This planner is huge (340 pages) and very nice! I mean, it’s fancy! I love it and I hope that I can fully enjoy it this year as there’s is so many great things about it! (Sorry about all the exclamation points). It’s a heavy planner but its well-made, so that explains it.

I’m just going to tell you a few things about the planner and then, you can check out my pictures. At the beginning of the planner there are book challenges that you can fill in during the year. These challenges are some of the popular ones that I’ve seen online. There is also a page for goals, a nice 2-page spread of blank books where you can enter the book titles on the spine of the books that you have read this year. There’s also pages that you can list out the books that you’ve read this year and there’s some fun pages about books too. Every month you get: a calendar that you can write in and also the option of a daily calendar with three slots that you can use, if you track minutes. There are also monthly pages in the book for: books you want to read, new releases, your book hauls, your monthly wrap-ups, notes for the month and a quote for the month. There are also a few quarterly pages to mark your thoughts about how things are going. At the back of the book, there is space for some book reviews, some yearly wrap-ups including graphs, and place for some notes.

The book is beautifully done and I loved the graphics. It’s definitely a keeper for me and I’m going to see about placing an order earlier next year, if I decide to buy it again next year. I bought the planner from Little Inklings Design which carries a variety of products for book lovers. Has anyone bought anything from Little Inklings Design before? Has anyone used this planner before? Is there a planner that you really like? Here are some pictures I took of my planner: