cozy reading vlog ☁️✨ reading + annotating, book shopping & decorating my reading journal 🖋️
from: cath ✉
to: you ✉
hello again everyone, i hope you've all been well! happy april and easter for those of you who celebrate 😊 i had a rather recharging long weekend filled with lots of family and church activities! march was a very busy month for me so it was lovely to unwind with the people i love 🤎
in this video, i did (by my standards) a bunch of reading and annotating! ✏️ i also finally updated my reading journal, which was long overdue. the weather is getting colder here in perth so it was so very cozy to be on my desk while sipping on my cup of tea ☁️🍵 i hope you all enjoyed the video, and i will see you in the next one!
take care,
cath.
p.s. join my book club below if you are interested :)
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I'm not sure how to explain this, but your videos feel like having warm tea and a delicious pastry while reading a good book. It's so cozy and heartwarming! Definitely my comfort yt channel ❤
this is the cutest compliment ever, thank you so very much!! 😭🤍☕️🥐
I so agree ❤
It would be perfect without the music imo
Yes. YES. I couldn't find the words but you coined it !
Yesss I would love to watch a longer timelapse of you annotating! It’s my favorite part of your videos
ahhh that’s great to hear!! will definitely do more of them in my future vids 🥰
I love your annotating, and journaling montages, it’s like eye candy, I can just watch hours and hours of it. Thank you for giving us an insight into your rational, I am always looking for new ways to actively read, so I don’t fall into a book slump. ❤️
oh i’m so happy to hear that! thank you so much 🥰🤍 it’s my pleasure, i’m glad you can appreciate it :)
A thirty minute video? What a treat! Thank you so much, Cath, for continuing to make lovely videos like these. They're perfect to watch in the evenings, especially after difficult and painful days
it is my absolute pleasure, sara!! 🥰 thanks for the amazing support as always 🥹 i’m glad they’ve been helpful! sending you lots of love and an amazing month ahead 🤍
my hope for humanity has been restored
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😂 best comment, haha!
And isreal make me believe that humanity is lost Free Palestine
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I knew you wouldn't let us down Cath..✨ Really needed a Cups and Thoughts video this Easter weekend.. Love this so much.. ✨💜
the long weekend isn’t complete without a long video ☺️ i’m glad you like it! 🤍🤍
Your video makes me feel like I've been to another world. It's been a lot of inspiration. Thanks❤
Your videos are so peaceful!! They are therapeutic. Though I personally don't like annotating my books but seeing you do it is so calming. Love your videos♥
aww you’re so kind! thank you so much!! 🥹🤍
I love love love watching you annotate! I could honestly watch an hours long video of you doing just that and read/annotate right along with you. 🥰
ahhh thank you!! that’s so good to hear 🥹🤍🤍
I could watch an hour top, sooooo relaxing. Now I am annotating everything 😊❤
Perfect start to my Monday :) Seeing your thought process and choices for your planner and reading journal is soothing and makes me itch for my own supplies! (sadly in storage...somewhere...😅) I don't much care to watch the annotating if there's a lot of it but your captions and reading your thoughts on the books is always appreciated 🩵 I just fast forward 😄 can we get a garden update next video? 😮🌱🌻
thank you for the continued support!! 😭🤍🤍 i’m glad you liked the planner decorating process hehe 🥰 that’s good to hear! :) i’m hoping to sow some seeds this week so hopefully there will be some content there! it’s been a loooong summer, and i’ve just been waiting for autumn to come back before planting my cool crops 🍂☁️
I am wiggling in my seat with anticipation! I just set up my summer garden and plan on doing tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas, potatoes, squash, pumpkins, melons and flowers, of course!
Such a lovely vlog Cath, I loved how long and cozy it was from start to finish! I love your annotating sections so please keep them as long as you want. Lots of inspiring reads and journal inspo, can't wait to decorate my own journal 🥰💞💞
awww thank you so much! and i’m so happy to hear that 🥰🥰 glad you could gather some inspiration! 🥹🤍
I’ve just discovered your beautiful channel. So relaxing , so satisfying. OMG , seriously, I think I’ve found a new form of therapy, Thank you.
OMG, I just found this channel and it's absolutely amazing! I love reading books. I started a new book today, and your channel has inspired me to read more every day!
Ahhhh, checking KZhead first thing in the morning (at least in my time zone) to find you’ve uploaded a new video is such a treat. I think you’ve reignited my love for hojicha…I used to drink it all the time, and now I’m reminded of how good it is. The perfect accompaniment to a good book! Thank you for the cozy vlog. 🥰🥰🥰
oh thank you for the support!! 🥰🥰 i’m not sure what started the obsession but it sure is amazing! i’m glad you’ve rediscovered your love for it ☕️✨ i totally agree it’s the perfect drink for a cozy read 😍 thank YOU for the support 🥹🥹
i know you got burnt out but some of my best times in march were watching your videos, feeling cozy and inspired and then spending the rest of the day romanticizing life and reading/journaling! plus i got some new books bc of your videos too! thank you for your effort and hard work, i really enjoy your videos and your opinions on the books you read! also, i looked up one of the books you showed in this video (where the dark stands still) and the reviews said it was like howl’s moving castle so it’s in my list now!
oh that makes me so incredibly happy, thank you so much 🥹 i’m glad the videos gave you some inspiration reading recommendetions 🥰🤍🤍 that’s so wonderful!! i’ll need to look it up now too hehe 😍
Your videos are always warm, cozy and beautiful 😍. It always inspired me to read more books 📚 ❤❤
thank you so much for the sweet words! i’m so very happy to hear that 🥰🤍
Another wonderful video! I, for one, love your annotating sections. Makes me excited to go read and they're incredibly relaxing to me. The book covers shown were so pretty at the store too! The warm hands of ghosts was cool to see as I have a different version. Always fun to see the differences between covers. Anyway, thank you for another video I can relax to. You've basically become my comfort channel that I go to in order to wind down and I thank you for all your uploads! ❤ Edit: also, your reading journal and spreads are so beautiful!
thank you so much! that’s so good to hear, i love making them and will continue to do so :) hehe i’m always attracted by pretty books in the store! i was soo tempted to get The Warm Hands of Ghosts… maybe when the weather has really cooled down 🍂 i’m so happy that you can wind down with my videos :’) thank you sooo much for the love 😭✨
Love the feeling of warmth and cozy vibes from all your videos!
Yeah!!! We enjoy seeing you annotating your books and i love the way you do them whe i first watched your videos i didn't had the courage to write on my books but now i have started to annotate a little bit and also write my thoughts though i like simple annotations like yours ❤ And the hooky review you wrote on your journal was beautiful Emily's wilde was gorgeous and like you said yellow face was not your favourite but still you love it 😊 LOOKING FORWARD TO RECOMMEND YOU MORE BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC NOVELS ❤❤❤❤❤ And thanks a lot to response on our comments 🤧
ahh i’m so happy to hear that 🥰🥰 i’ll definitely do more in the future :) so glad you’re enjoying annotating! thank you for the kind words 🥹 i’m always happy to recommend more graphic novels in the future if i come across any 😍✨✨
I love your videos! They're always so relaxing and fun to watch!🤗✨️
Your annotating is sooo peaceful to me. 🍄😌 I’m sorry you’re feeling burnt out. 😓 all those book covers are lovely! I think it’s so fun and interesting that your seasons are opposite. We are easing into to spring here in Wisconsin. It’s still pretty cold, though!
thanks amy!!! 🥹🤍 i’m glad to hear that! burn outs come and go so totally normal! hoping for a more relaxing april hehe 🥰 definitely, i’m the same in perth where our mornings are getting chilly but afternoons are still warm 😮💨 hopefully spring will come around sooner for you! 🌷
Cath! I just purchased Mr. Penn highlighters, pens and the tabs on your Amazon shop. I’m so excited! The book I’m going to be annotating is a gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Thank you for the examples and encouragement!
Yes..Love watching the time lapses.. So satisfying to watch.. 😊
i’m so glad!! will definitely do more in the future 🥰
I think there are extra findings/detais which I couldn't noticed earlier.....👋🌸🌸🌸🌸🌹💐💐💐.
Your videos inspire me to get into touch with my inner creativity and imagination along with reminders to take life slower. This one was especially calming. Thank you 🤗💕
Your videos are so cozy. Thank you for taking the time to shoot, edit, and publish this cozy paradise for us. ❤❤❤❤
i’m super happy to do it! thank you for the support! 🥰🥹🤍
I love the long annotations time lapse!
Oo I love your new book journal layout! Having the title be the star is brilliant. I plan to add a print of the book cover too. Thank you so much for sharing. Your videos are a thoroughly refreshing and healing respite ✨
thank you so much for the kind words!! 😭🤍 it was lots of fun decorating it that way too 🥰
Thank you so much for putting in so much effort in making these beautiful, cozy videos for us!! 🧡📚 I‘m currently 2/3 in Emily Wilde and I‘m loving it sooo much!! 😍 Definitely a new favorite of mine as well! 📖 And I could watch you annotating books for hours, and annotate along. So cozy! 🤗 Have a lovely day, much love from Austria! 🌸
i’m very happy to continue creating cozy videos 🥰🤍 sooo glad you’re enjoying emily wilde 🥹 thank you so so much for the amazing support 😭✨
Watching your videos is soo comforting to me.. sending love!!
Thank you so much for another video! It was just as cozy and sweet watching you read, annotate, and reflect on your amazing reads! Hope you’ll feel better soon from the burnout, and that the autumn weather will make things brighter.
aww you’re welcome! i’m glad you enjoyed the video ☁️🍂 thank you so much for the love, i’m excited for autumn!!! 🥰✨
I started reading Hooky thanks to you and I LOVED it!! I'm going to buy the second volume asap!!!💕✨️
awww yayyy! glad you’re enjoying the series 🥰
I love annotating myself. I really enjoy going through this with you.
Love these videos! You totally need the crimson moth!!
I was having a bad day but 30 minute of your vid is like heaven to me ❤
sorry to hear you were having a bad day :( i hope you get some much needed rest! i’m glad the video has helped 🤍
i could watch your videos all day long they're so cozy and relaxing 🤎🤎
aww thank you celine!! i loveee your videos too :))
@@cupsandthoughts omg thank you so much it means the world 🥹🫶🤎
Your videos are absolutely amazing ❤
Best part of my day was seeing this 30 min video was out! Always what I need to relax and calm my stress ❤Emily wild sa some of my fav last year and I’m so glad I reread and annotated it this last month!
hehehe thank you for the support 🤍🥰 emily wilde is so amazing! there’s so much detail, a reread and annotations are necessary! :’)
First video! I love this! Nice change of pace then my normal video lol in a good way. I loved Emily Wilde last year. I need to read the sequel. I also just got A Tempest Tea from the library so I can join in the book club if that’s okay. I love this journal you are doing! So beautiful! I want to try but afraid I don’t have the artistic ability lol. Plus I love the fairy stickers
Love your scrapbooking style :)
Love a good Dymocks visit. I work in Sydney CBD and the George St Dymocks is a regular visit for me. I don't always shop but being surrounded by books is just so calming. Bonus as Abbys's Bookstore is nearby on York St.
I loved loved loved Emily wildes series!! I couldn’t wait till I got second book!! Oh I just love the characters. I laughed soo much!
CATH!!! I recently got the chapters tea you recommended, and I wanted to let you know that I absolutely LOVE it! Picnic at Pemberley is such a great cozy tea to sip on when I'm doing college work! Thank you so much for your suggestion ♡
oooooh that makes me so happy!!! 🥰🥰 you’re making me want to brew some rn hehe that sounds so cozy 🥹 i’m so glad you enjoyed it ☕️🫖
I loved everything about this vlog💜 thank you for sharing.
awww thank you!!! 🥰🥰
your journal looks so pretty 🥰🥰
ahh thank youuu 🥹
OMG girlllll I literally just finished Emily's Encyclopedia of Faeries and I don't think I have ever cherished a book so much! I also had so so much fun annotating it while I read and funny enough we had marked many of the same sections, hehe. Wendell and Em are just too cute ahhhh they make my heart melt just love to hear that another human loves this book as much as I did :) and that we had a similar experience while following Emily and Bambleby's adventures through Ljosland. I want to visit!! and meet Aud and try Poe's amazing bread!! I also didn't know that Katherine Ardern's new novel was release either!! Her Winternight Trilogy with Vasaya is one of my absolute favorites
the new book journal spreads look amazing! i'm often scared to go bold with decorations
thank you so much! 🥰 i totally understand the fear, but it’s so fun to brand out and try new things :) won’t be perfect the first time but it’ll get easier with time 🤍
This is way too cozy I can’t 🙊💞
thank you so much! 🥹🤍🤍
This so cozy :) Thanks for a slice of happiness to my dull life 💕🌻Will visit here often!
Such a cozy and beautiful vlog. Thank you for sharing.❤️❤️
thank you for the love!!! 🥹🥹🤍
love your annoations😍
Thank you for sharing your videos with us they are so relaxing have a wonderful day 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩
it's my pleasure!! thank you for enjoying them! 🥰
Such a beautiful and relaxing vlog ♥️
thank you so much 🥰✨
The annotating is one of my favorite parts. love also when its unmuted and all the sounds are there, even when sped up.😊
ahhh i’m so happy to hear that!!! 🥰🤍🤍
your videos are always so calming to watch, i feel like im talking to a friend hehe
hehe thank you so much! i’m glad it’s got that effect 🥹✨
Love the annotations and watching the process! I do something similar; but watching different ideas inspiring:)
Oh my goodness I can get my craft hoarding fix through watching your videos HAHAHAHAHA! 😂😂😂😂😂
I love your annotating. How do you decide what to highlight or put a tag on? Many blessings.
So cozy 🧡 i love your channel
thank you 🥹✨
Heya Cath! I was wondering where you got that clear sticker book you mentioned around 10:22 ?? (and if you have any other journaling doo-dad recommendations. I'm always looking for more embellishments)
Your videos are so cozy 👌
I have been really enjoying you're vlogs. They are so relaxing...
i’m so happy to hear that! thank you so much 🥹🥹
@@cupsandthoughts , of course, How do you annotate? I need some help in that area!!! Please and thank you.
Just happened upon this video. Love it! Will follow and continue watch. Very inspiring!
thank you so much for another amazing video! I only realised now that it is autumn for you while it's spring here XD
it’s my pleasure!! 🥰 hehe that’s right! 🍂☁️
Please never change the music you use it's soo amazing!
it’s one of my favorite collection of music! glad you like it 🥰
Love this video ❤
Ahh, love your videos ❤
aww thank youuu!! 🥰
What a dreamy vlog!
I really love the vibe of this video and I love your Instagram content too ❤
ahhh thank youuu!! 🥰🥰
I saved TWO videos from you for my treat today! 😅♥️🌿🌷☕️
you’re sooo sweet!! your support means the world to me 🥹🥹🤍🤍
Okay you’ve convinced me to read this book. It’s been on my shelves for a bit 😊 encyclopedia of faeries.
Where are your little books of stickers from? The ones you have in the cute bag? Adorable!
Hello! I truly enjoyed this video! It brought me all the warm fuzzies
All the stationary and washi is SWOONY! 😅🥳🥰😍
i am obsesseddd and so grateful for them 🥹😭🤍✨
I just read I Hope this doesn’t find you and it’s amazing! It’s such a wholesome book and I think if you’re an academic you’ll definitely relate with the characters on some level. The romance was also such a nice change of pace and reminded me a lot of Lara Jean and Peter from To All the boys I’ve Loved before. I hope you enjoy it❤
i'm sooo glad you enjoyed it too! i definitely related to it so much, especially sadie's toxic productivity + people pleasing traits :') yes i agree! the romance was very cute and wholesome. i loved the book 💖💖
Such a lovely video 💛💛
I didn't know people did this with just... general books.... I really like the muted highlighters, i just learned pastel and soft highlighters existed. I really wish I had some when I was in school because I was never able to take proper notes with the super bright ones. they hurt my eyes too much.
Hi 👋 where do you get those amazing boxed stickers from?! ❤
Came across this by accident but I loved it. And you write and highlight in your book as much as you desire. 😊
hello and welcome!! aww thank you so much!! 🥰🥰
Saludos desde México, sufro de ansiedad y justo hoy tuve una crisis, pero ver tu video me reconfortó y calmó mi mente
hello from australia! i’m so happy the video helped you in some way :) sending you lots of love!
I love your videos so much thank you for sharing the way you do.🦋 There was a clip of an autumn, grayish brown scene with pheasants and leaves blowing but I don’t think that’s from Arietty and I was wondering if you could share what that is from ? 🦋🙂🌷
Yes we do enjoy long lapses of your annotations🥺💗
hehe so happy to hear that ✨✨🥹
What is the program name ?(for read books) Thanks for this beautiful, relaxing,warm videoo❤️🩹🫠
I read and finished "i hope this doesn't find you" in a whole day. No joking. It was the fastest read i had in so long but i would recommend you "if you could see the sun" by the same author. That book is one of my favs
so glad to hear that!!! i’m eyeing If You Could See The Sun so will definitely pick that one up next 😍 thanks for the recommendation!
How to get out of the reading slump while working full time? I come home and all i can do is sleep. Haven’t touched a book in a while sadly.
Wow, you feel the exact same as me (a messy but organised desk ) you have a massive collection of washi tapes love your videos
haha always! 🥰 thank you so much! i love my washi collection hehe 🤍
Where do u get that beautiful stationary?
I loveeeee your annotation montages, please never stop!
i won’t hehe 🥰 thank you so much!! 🥹✨
Where do you get most of your stickers from, they are all super pretty and I need them asap! Also love the video, it was very calming after a long day.
most of them are from journalsay (links in description)! 🥰 but some are from small businesses too :) i try to link everything i use but if i missed something do let me know!
@@cupsandthoughts Thank you so much!
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I would appreciate it if you could share with us annotation tips. What do you look for when annotating how to label your annotation, etc.🙏
i’m making a whole video on it soon!! 🥰 but in summary, annotate anything that catches your eye! and don’t be too bugged down on labels - use whatever you have on hand, whether it’s book tabs, post-it notes, etc! :)
Your cat is beautiful. Where did you get the clear sticker autumn book with the owl in the front from?
he’s a stunner!! :) that sticker book is from journalsay! here’s the link to it: www.journalsay.com/products/journalsay-20-sheets-vintage-art-pet-waterproof-stationery-sticker-diy-journal
@@cupsandthoughts Thank you.
I would love to make a reading journal, but where do I find pictures of the covers?
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Do you annotate just for fun or do you do this as a side business? Just curious! :) Also, what types of pens/hilighters do you use? Those are great!
Where do you get your book recs from? I always see you reading books that aren’t that popular but seem very interesting 😅
mostly instagram! i don’t go to tiktok for book recs as they’re very saturated 😅 but also booktubers are great sources for book recs! 🥰
Another beautiful video 🫶🏻
thank you so much 🥹🥹
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A little question. Why do you annotate your books? Do you do it as you are reading them?