In the end, it made me feel like I was wasting my time reading books. I would keep finishing books after books and wouldn’t remember anything useful from them. I’m more immersed in the world building.Do you find yourself struggling to remember the content of a book after you have finished reading them? Or does it ever happen that you want to apply a book’s lessons, but you can hardly remember them? Relatable, right? This used to happen to me ALL THE TIME! So, yeah, I get you. Being less delicate with my books has made me a more invested reader. Sometimes I type my characters on the Enneagram (I’m not kidding). It’s not like my notes are full of profound insight sometimes it’s five exclamation marks because the girl you didn’t think was going to be the killer was the killer, and wtf?! I can have conversations with the characters. I’ve also found it helps me stay up late if I’m trying to read at night (which, many of you know, is hard to do for this grandma). Instead of consuming the words and starting another book, I’m responding to what’s in front of me. Scribbling notes in a book is like keeping a journal, writing my heart on the page. Pencil case to keep everything together and organized.My favorite notebook for writing book quotes.But if you’d like to take your annotating up a notch, here are some of my favorite annotating tools to have on hand: If you’re wondering how to annotate books, all you need is a pen or pencil (crayon, marker, whatever!). My Favorite Supplies for Annotating Books RELATED: 8 Tips on How to Read More as a Mom I love to record favorite book quotes in a reading journal notebook, but if I don’t have that on hand, I take a picture of the page and save it in a book quote photo album on my phone to sort through later. Sometimes I’ll write the topic at hand on a sticky note as a page marker, so I can easily return to it. If I have sticky notes on hand and I have a lot to say and not a lot of space to write it, I will write it on a sticky note. But most of the time, I just use a pen and a highlighter, especially if I’m in a busy season of life. Sometimes I highlight for different reasons (pink for funny quotes, blue for character development, orange for plot, etc.). It’s like a little time capsule of who I am as a reader. It helps me convey just how important a book was to me at a particular time in my life. Taking notes in my books helps me organize my thoughts for book clubs or podcast author interviews. When you’re reading 4+ books a month, it’s easy to forget why you loved the books you loved. because of Brit Bennett’s notes inside.īut annotating books isn’t just about leaving a legacy of your reading experience on the page for other readers it’s about preserving that feeling you had for yourself when you finally read that crazy plot twist, or remembering which parts of the story stuck out to you and why. My reading experience of The Mothers was enriched. Any time I stumble upon a used book with notes in it or a letter in the opening pages, I feel as though I’ve tapped into someone’s intimate thoughts or secret letters. When I started buying more new releases (largely thanks to the BookTube community), the books were so pretty that I felt badly about “harming” them in their pristine condition.īut I just couldn’t shake the desire to write in books. Why I AnnotateĪs a child, teenager, and young adult, my reading life has largely consisted of writing in my books, taking notes, dog-earing pages, et cetera. I’ll admit, I used to be one of those people who would practically hyperventilate when even thinking about writing in books, but that “stage” of my reading life only lasted about two years. I’ve been full-on annotating books for about two or three months now, and I can’t imagine doing it any other way. I am finally sharing why and how I annotate my books, and you guys, it has enriched my reading so much. If you want to read my annotations, I highly suggest just reading my notes and not the actual pages of the book! Proceed with caution, readers!** ** ATTN: Some of the pictures I included could contain pages with spoilers.
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