Mark Up, Mess Up, Beat Up Your Books

Yesterday, Trevin Wax and Tony Reinke talked about marking up books in their interview about Tony's new book, Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books:

Trevin Wax: You recommend marking up books. Why?

Tony Reinke: I certainly do. So many Christians treat books as taskmasters. Most Christians have a stack of unfinished books in their house, maybe on a desk or a bookshelf. Those unfinished books are often a source of low-grade guilt. We've been conditioned to think that if we buy a book, we must...