I enjoyed this bullet journal guide. I've been following Jasmine (studyquill) for a few months and I've always enjoyed her videos and stuff. It's great to see that she has come up with a book about bullet journaling.
I believe this book is perfect for students (high school or college) because it gives such amazing tips on how to organize your journal and keep track of everything in your life. I would highly recommend it. I wish I had discovered bullet journaling when I was still in school/university.

Full of clear information, whilst being fairly short, this book can be followed at your own pace. From the beginning it is made clear that bullet journaling is a highly personalised way of tracking information. You can use it for studying, as a weekly planner or as a general journal, whatever you think will work best for you. The relaxed, no pressure approach throughout the book encourages your own creativity, alongside giving great ideas and guidance on how to create a daily or weekly spread and handwriting and display tips. However, unlike other bullet journal guides currently available on the market, this guide focuses specifically on how to create a study bullet journal. From algebra to the arts subjects, everything is covered in this guide, even online courses! There are frequent tips and hints throughout the book on how you can improve your study techniques through the use of a journal. I really enjoyed learning about the new and different ways I could take notes on what I have learned, some of them have made it a lot easier to process the information in a way I will remember. I will be taking forward some of the techniques and using them on a daily basis. I would recommend this book for anyone going into high school, college, university or anyone who needs a basic refresher on study tips and bullet journaling.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarry Books for sending me a free ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

Study with Me is the type of book I wish I would have been able to find when I was in middle and high school. It has a lot of promise, but unfortunately I don’t think it has reached its full potential yet. I’ve been bullet journaling for several years and I can see how this book could be helpful for those just starting out who haven’t discovered Ryder Carroll (who created bullet journaling, by the way) or don’t think bullet journaling is accessible (here’s a hint: it’s 100% customizable to your needs!).

Before I dive into what didn’t work for me, I do want to mention how Study with Me encourages everyone to bullet journal and shows how accessible it can be, whether you’re looking to add more flair to your current spreads or try bullet journaling out for the first time. The authors also share some helpful tips and tricks when it comes to studying.

Now, for the not so great parts (I’ve sent my full comments on to the publisher through NetGalley, so these are only some of the issues).

In general, I don’t think these authors had a clear view of who they wanted their audience to be. Some parts seemed geared towards people who had previously failed at bullet journaling and other seemed geared for bullet journal aficionados, with no really continuity between them. Study tips ranged from helpful and unique to much too basic to be included in this book. It seemed like the advice alternated between specific tips for planner lovers and advice for people who’ve never picked a journal up in their life, which made the book pretty clunky. For either group, the level of detail is not sufficient (it’s not enough information for beginners and it’s much too general for those looking for serious suggestions).

I liked the idea of including subject-specific spreads and study suggestions, but each subject didn’t receive much space (in general, 2 pages including 1-2 photos with some exceptions), and the level of detail between subjects was extremely varied. I don’t think enough space was given to each subject and I wish there was more uniformity to how in-depth examples and spread suggestions were. Several subjects seemed to miss key points (such as, has anyone ever had a foreign language class that didn’t stress the importance of verbs and verb tenses? In the book the authors choose to focus on vocabulary spreads instead). It made me feel like the authors were adding subjects because they wanted to include them without having a good grasp of the subject matter (or just limited experience) or doing the proper research to find out what would be the most beneficial.

Study with Me is 112 pages, including photos, at the cost of detailed information. I think it should have been closer to 200 pages to properly cover the information hinted at. In multiple cases it seemed information had been cut in order to make room for a photo, which means most of the text in the book is a general overview of possibilities and not much substance. I think Study with Me could have spent more time on how the reader could identify their specific bullet journaling needs and how to use the information they’re given and less time on general information.

If you’re looking for specific bullet journal ideas I would recommend searching Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube to start with, over picking up Study with Me. If you’re looking for general bullet journal information, Ryder Carroll’s book The Bullet Journal Method goes much more in-depth of how to get into bullet journaling and customizing it for your own needs.

Overall, even though it’s not quite where it needs to be, I am glad to see a book like this finally getting made and I hope to see it flourish in the future. Thank you again to NetGalley and Quarry Books for the privilege of reviewing an ARC.

The given description of “Study with Me” could potentially be its truest review. “Study with Me” teaches readers how to effectively take notes, keep bullet journals, and succeed in your studying. It could easily be considered a necessity for students all over the world for its reader-friendly top-tips on taking notes, creating bullet-journals, and motivation to succeed. Before reading this, I didn’t understand (or give the time of day) to the importance of bullet journals, but “Study with Me” explained how and why to make one and gave me the confidence to keep it up with my own studies. I strongly recommend “Study with Me” to any and all students who are struggling or want to improve their note-taking habits.

This book is amazing! It’s so clearly organized and easy to read and understand. This is great for anyone who wants to gets started in bullet journaling without getting overwhelmed. It specifically focuses on using bullet journaling for a students purposes like health, studying, and personal uses. There are some amazingly no examples of how to do your lettering and embellishments and examples of each type of class subject and how you can bullet journal to help you study. I am planning to get this book for my library. I think a lot of the students will appreciate it!

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Study With Me by Jasmine Shao and Alyssa Jagan
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Review copy provided by the publisher, via NetGalley.
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So I don't usually read non-fiction but when I saw this on NetGalley I had to ask for it because I'm all about stationary, bullet-journaling and lists! Not so much about the study part haha
This book has all the basics to start your journal including the stationary you should get, the fonts you can use, the layouts and more.
I'm a perfectionist and this book gave me some amazing tips to correct my mistakes and not ruin or abandon my journal in the process. With all that, I do think that there are many parts that I could've found on pinterest or that could've been more visual but I also see the advantage of having it all in one place.
This book is out next Tuesday (October 8th!) so be sure to check it out if you journal!
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I can see how bullet journaling is a hard topic to write about and I appreciate the authors tips and ideas, thank you for the opportunity!

I received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  			
			
From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.			

Inspired by the global "study with me"/#studygram phenomenon: Study smarter, stay motivated, improve your grades—all by taking better, more effective notes!

Written by Jasmine Shao, founder of popular YouTube channel and Instagram account @studyquill, and Alyssa Jagan, founder of @craftyslimecreator and author of the DIY book Ultimate Slime, Study with Me includes everything you need to set and achieve your study goals using simple-to-master bullet journaling techniques:
- The basics of bullet journaling, and how to adapt them to your specific studying needs and goals
- Methods for organizing your time and scheduling
- Ideas for page and spread layouts for specific topics and how to set them up
- Plus: Dos and don’ts, hacks, and assorted tips for beginners

With Study with Me, you’ll learn the note-taking and organizational skills you need to achieve success!		

I am decidedly out of the loop in regards to YouTube but it seems that  I have been "bullet journaling" my entire life, personally and in regards to studying. and it works for me .. it should work for your child.  Maybe. Why do I make this librarian interjection:    The book explains how their system works and how to do it, but what it does NOT take into account that people are different kinds of learners.  Some are visual, some learn by doing, some watch and then understand and some only understand how to do it by listening --- writing notes may not help people with divergent learning methods.

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "Social Influencer Millennials" on Instagram and Twitter) so let's give it a B grade ... 3.5/5 which to me looks like this:   📚📚📚📖

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for an Advance Readers Copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!

Study with Me provides an overview of the Bullet Journal process that is appropriate for beginners or as a refresher course for those who are already familiar with the topic. Then, the authors show students how to apply these techniques specifically to scheduling school-related tasks and events, setting goals both for their education and personally, and taking thorough notes for their various classes. This book is filled with plenty of examples and illustrations so that the student will feel confident in creating their own bullet journal and putting it to good use right away.

Where was this when I was in school?! My teenager would absolutely benefit from this step by step how to for studying and organizing a bujo (bullet journal). Each subject has clear and precise diagrams, lists, notes, etc and this is a great tool for a year (or more) in school. 

Boost your grades and dive into a new artistic territory of study aids.

While cute, this is a frivolous book that is more focused on making your notes pretty than productive.   I won't recommend this to my students for learning note taking.

I had a really long time a studygram, so I really wanted to read this book, because I loved the instagram accounts off the writers.
This book is full of great tips for your bullet journal.
You have different pages full of tips to help you study, but you have also pages for planning your work and tasks.
Do you want to start a reading journal?
Read this book, because there is a page full of tips for a reading journal.
I loved this book and I really want to start a bullet journal right now.

Thank you netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book!

I have  been bullet journalling for about a year now, but am always interested in looking at new inspiration and ideas. 
This book had useful and practical spreads for studying. It was split into different sections, and showed how you could use your bullet journalling for each specific subject. 

I got some new ideas from this, but found myself skipping over the majority of the text included. I have looked at Jasmine Shao's instagram page (@studyquill), and I think I got about the same information from scrolling through her feed as flipping through this book. 

Overall, if you are looking to start a bullet journal, this may be useful to you- but I think much of the same content is available for free online.

I really enjoyed this book! I have a bullet journal that I use every day and this book had a lot of really wonderful suggestions. It is definitely tailored to people in school but it has a lot of good ideas in it for regular bullet journals also. I would definitely recommend this to someone interested in bullet journaling or who already bullet journals. I think that this book would be really beneficial to beginners.

I've followed Jasmine on youtube and Instagram for years now, and I'm so proud of her for coming this far and having the opportunity to make such an inspiring and motivational book for her following and the world. I heavily enjoyed this as someone who has been apart of the study and bujo community for many years and I know I will continue to look back on it for tips and tricks as well as suggest it to all my friends.