So after the 4th interception by the Patriots, I went to the Levenger site, which is always a fun place to window shop for the person who loves all types of accessories for reading and writing. I used to lovingly pour over these catalogs and make lengthy wish lists, although I must admit I rarely actually purchased anything.
Anyway, I found this interesting table of reader marks to help when making notes while reading.
Which brings up the everlasting question:
Do you like to make notes in your books as you read or are you someone who would never think of destroying the pristine page with some personal notations or reflections?
3 comments:
I'll definitely underline if I find something good, and occasionally scribble questions in the margins. I'll have to work on making my marginalia more interesting!
Sarah,
I have always been a writing in the book person, because I save my books and my notes are a kind of journal that shows changes in my perspective as I go through life.
With the opening of Paragraphs, I am faced with a dilemma. If I mark in books it reduces their value or means I cannot resell them, and I need to change my attitude and be willing to sell my used books--I mean isn't that the purpose of having a neighborhood bookshop.
So, this is one more decision I face in opening a bookstore.
Me, if I like something - or am getting paid to review things - I use Post-A-Notes, stickies, or whatever. It is a sacrilege to spoil a very good book by writing on it. That's just silly old me.
Draft manuscripts, hehe, they're fair game and I'm pretty darn-tooting rough on the writer! One uses proofing marks for those. But rather than be too rough, I might use squiggely lines or a cloud box to indicate awkward writing, and write "Awk" in the margin.
As to writing in published books, some say that is a sign of true genius. Somebody did a study of Adolf Hitler's library and about his use of extensive marginalia, which was quite impressive. -sam
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