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But I’m yet to receive a physical copy so I guess as of now I have no reference on how to work with those.
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Ooooh post-its sound like a fantastic idea. Your habit of writing in the book took me straight to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Kal. On the rare occasions that I forget I usually go back to the reviews I wrote on the book or I read up on the blurb and some one else’s review to jog my memory. This helps in cementing what I already know so I usually always remember well.īut since I started reviewing I’ve found myself doing a LOT of highlighting and bookmarking on my Kindle. When I go into slumps, I go back to books I thoroughly enjoyed to pick myself up.
#Book annotations series
I have a really good memory of everything that happens in the previous book in a series so I rarely have any issues going forward to the next book. The reading I do of fiction books is probably the only space in my brain where my memory outweighs that of an elephant’s. But that’s just me, I do however appreciate seeing other people’s annotations/tabbing etc because at the end of the day it’s their book, and if they want to show that book love by annotating the hell out of it – then they should! My family thinks thats a waste of money but I don’t know, if I were going to annotate a book I’d want to use a different copy. Suffice to say I was not a fan of annotating books for English Literature, though I have toyed with possibly buying a copy of a book I already own to erm read it and annotate it. (wow…all these things seem so silly) but for me it still is a huge hurdle for me to get past because I like to have things in a “pristine” condition. It was a time Kal, a frustrating time for everyone who wanted to buy me books because I’d gotten so fussy and particular about them.įast forward to now and I’m trying to relax a bit, I’ll buy a book which has a mark on it or the top edge of the spine is indented. I was brought up to respect my things (writing in your book is totally respecting it if that’s what you choose to do to it!) But for me, my parents always praised me for keeping my books in a pristine condition and it eventually got to a point when I was 12 that I legit couldn’t handle buying a book that had a mark on it or something.
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Although I have danced with tabbing books, but my system wasn’t organised haha. ? Related Post: My Book Buying Process as I Build My Dream LibraryĪs someone who doesn’t really review…I don’t really take notes at all.
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My conversation with the author habit returned and I found myself reacting to plot developments in the book! Not to mention that I enjoy writing little notes to myself while I try to piece together the plot or suss out a murderer. I’d gotten so used to heavily annotating my books – especially on Kindle – that I really came to rely on it for reviewing. It also was a lot easier when it came to reviewing because I just had to scroll through my notes section to refresh my memory on my thoughts while reading. Reading books electronically was something I took to fairly quickly because of how I could annotate the book to hell and back. (And being a lot less confused while reading books with multiple points of view.) I pretty quickly took advantage of the different colors available for highlighting to take notes on four key things: world-building, quotes for review, character development (/keeping them straight), and romance-y bits. (I love writing in my books.) Color-Coded Notes on KindleĪnnotating on Kindle actually led to me being far more organized. Up until then, my reading skewed heavily to the physical format and as you’ve seen, I have no qualms writing directly in my books. It all started with reading eARCs on the Kindle app in 2017.