tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post9164132429392445268..comments2024-02-27T02:13:15.436+11:00Comments on Feed Your Reading Habit: Notes in the Margin: Good or Bad?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811715507475139339noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-9887181519434119172021-06-24T02:05:59.128+10:002021-06-24T02:05:59.128+10:00i wrote in the margins of a books and i regret iti wrote in the margins of a books and i regret itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076684479829186778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-64041877135491850662012-06-18T16:09:33.174+10:002012-06-18T16:09:33.174+10:00Part of me likes finding old books with annotation...Part of me likes finding old books with annotations because, as you say, there's another layer in traveling through a book with a previous reader. However, I grew up with a mother who had very strict rules about marking books, so I can't do it myself. Having said that, she broke that rule herself - but only within a single genre - her poetry collection, which was bequeathed to me when she died. I wrote a post on it recently on my blog, which you can find here:<br />http://bookkunkiesanonymous.blogspot.com.au entitled '...to make an end is to make a beginning' Anything else she read that struck her particularly was noted down in whatever the current notebook happened to be - and I have them all...from the tiny one that lives in its own wee drawstring bag in my handbag to the boxful on the top shelf of my wardrobe that are waiting for me to wander through them and perhaps do something with...some sort of writing project, perhaps.<br />But for myself, I'll buy annotated books, but not those scored with highlighter pens. I love to find forgotten treasures secreted between the pages, and I have a trove of those that have been left in the books where I found them to be re-discovered each time I re-read.Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-18600502185348060672012-05-16T01:39:43.017+10:002012-05-16T01:39:43.017+10:00If the book is one I find precious or priceless. I...If the book is one I find precious or priceless. I will write in the margins, circle, highlight, underline, place a tiny star, arrow, draw a line from the area to the bottom/top of the page and write a note there, and even place a number next to it since I will continue on the back on the book where blank space may be available. I thought it was only me in the family who "damaged" the books I loved but found it's in my DNA when I inherited my grandmothers books. I thought I knew her, but found I only knew her as my grandma. When I read her books and seen her notes. I seen her as the woman she was, and now wish I was mature enough before her death to have met THAT woman since she was incredible. I feel know it was her way of sharing her wisdom, and what she had learned about life with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-63020169119183917192012-03-05T22:33:06.709+11:002012-03-05T22:33:06.709+11:00I enjoy your posts and the books you read...I woul...I enjoy your posts and the books you read...I would like to know more so I'm tagging you!<br />Hope you can join in :-)<br /><br />http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/ive-been-tagged.htmlBronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-50080198626294631622012-02-19T02:25:05.131+11:002012-02-19T02:25:05.131+11:00I would buy a book with notes in the margin, but n...I would buy a book with notes in the margin, but not one that's been highlighted or underlined, that's rather distracting isn't it. It kinda forces me to acknowledge a phrase I would have otherwise glided over, and if its significance is not immediately apparent, I'll probably wonder if I've missed something, or if I'm not getting something, or I'll just imagine a severe conversation with the earlier reader. Takes my time away from enjoying the book.Ahalyahttp://www.literaryangels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-1547201665608789682012-02-15T01:58:45.524+11:002012-02-15T01:58:45.524+11:00brilliant clever insightful; not only read but enj...brilliant clever insightful; not only read but enjoyed every word and all three points of view; (from LinkedIn /Jaymes) I am thinking of buying some books...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-58795164490918400442012-02-13T08:59:18.972+11:002012-02-13T08:59:18.972+11:00I am too ridiculous about perfect books, but I hav...I am too ridiculous about perfect books, but I have to say that my all time favorite book, Cane River, is marked, bent, and underlined. I bought another copy when I saw it at a sale, but I would still rather read from my older copy. It is like a good old friend.<br />I really enjoyed this post. I have still not read Tuesdays with Morrie. I have been meaning to for the longest time. <br />-FABR Steph@<a href="http://fivealarmbookreviews.com" rel="nofollow">FiveAlarmBookReviews</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-71917490419598948592012-02-13T04:35:46.161+11:002012-02-13T04:35:46.161+11:00I just wanted to let you know that I tagged you!
h...I just wanted to let you know that I tagged you!<br />http://kathyhsreviews.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-tag.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385787689075231229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-90686772934848361562012-02-11T03:09:26.396+11:002012-02-11T03:09:26.396+11:00I have prejudices against marginal notes that stem...I have prejudices against marginal notes that stem from being a sometimes professor at the local university. <br /><br />I find that highlights and underlines make poor guides, and distract me from other text that the original reader didn't care about. Students often assume that the last reader saw the significant moments or issues, and will therefore miss whatever the marginal note-taker missed.<br /><br />I won't buy a book with marginal notes in it, even though I believe that most of the time the writer has at least been paying unusual attention to the book. The notes distract from the books author far more often than they add to my experience.Bill Swearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556058541212067615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-30480043578407432172012-02-10T23:16:08.814+11:002012-02-10T23:16:08.814+11:00I have always thought of margin notes as a kind of...I have always thought of margin notes as a kind of mysterious bonus, as an eng lit undergrad I bought a lot of 2nd hand copies and I always enjoyed reading other peoples conversation with the text and slowly over time I became less precious about my books and started adding my own notes but usually only on books I intended to keep. In recent years my daughter has been reading my collection of classics, many with my notes and she also likes the notes and with books she owns, particularly the texts she loves she writes her own notes all through them. <br />Having said that I generally hate text books with highlights through them.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-32572487810950288692012-02-10T22:10:05.953+11:002012-02-10T22:10:05.953+11:00OR in my case the joy of finding a Twenty pound ...OR in my case the joy of finding a Twenty pound note the auction house had missed! Put me in profit by a large amount!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-34802519796619299192012-02-10T21:14:13.050+11:002012-02-10T21:14:13.050+11:00I will underline or highlight stuff, but I don'...I will underline or highlight stuff, but I don't write in books (except my name and date inside the front cover). If I feel the urge to write something, I use a journal or write a blog!!<br />What I do like finding in old books is little treasures like a pressed flower or an old bus ticket.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-559320473948593050.post-84365271335431854102012-02-10T15:09:07.841+11:002012-02-10T15:09:07.841+11:00If I'm keeping an academic book, then I'll...If I'm keeping an academic book, then I'll make notes in the margins and highlight. However, if I'm selling it back, then I don't do that. I've received some textbooks that have freaking Sharpie smiley faces over the text. It's ridiculous. I say that if you're going to be selling the book, then have an ounce of consideration and don't write in it. If you're planning on keeping it, then do what you want. Also, if you did write in it because you think you're going to keep it, then don't try to sell it. Just throw it away. I don't care what someone else thinks; I want to figure out my own ideas. That's my $0.02!<br /><br />Amber<br />http://falln2books.blogspot.comFall Into Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420957223360840257noreply@blogger.com