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Feb 17, 2024 06:59PM

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i highlight lots of thing on my kindle though <3
noelia ☁️ wrote: "i haven't annotated on physical books yet but i would be open to do it with those transparent sticky notes that are on the market!!
i highlight lots of thing on my kindle though <3"
try to find those sticky notes with video reviews; the ones i bought doesn't really work well. like my ink or led wont stick to it if that makes sense.
i highlight lots of thing on my kindle though <3"
try to find those sticky notes with video reviews; the ones i bought doesn't really work well. like my ink or led wont stick to it if that makes sense.

I would personally recommend getting a journal! I have a bullet journal for my books. I write my thoughts and favorite quotes, or pages I need to revisit (stuff like that). It is super fun because I can create beautiful pages for the books I’ve read 😊. It’s a way for me to reconnect with my creative side

i would love to get annotated books! in fact i would love to gather 3-4 people to read a book together. one person buys the book and reads it first, annotating. then, they send it to the next person to read, and so on!! seems like a beautiful idea
noelia ☁️ wrote: "Vik wrote: "I think annotations are great but then I just know myself… 100% I’m not going to read them again 😂. Also I share my books with my sister. I just think that it’s harder to share books if..."
ikk!!! i would DIE if someone read my favorite book (or their favorite if we have similar taste) and they annotated it for me and gifted it to me!!
ikk!!! i would DIE if someone read my favorite book (or their favorite if we have similar taste) and they annotated it for me and gifted it to me!!
noelia ☁️ wrote: "Vik wrote: "I think annotations are great but then I just know myself… 100% I’m not going to read them again 😂. Also I share my books with my sister. I just think that it’s harder to share books if..."
we would def argue who gets the final product. itd be fun to do a few times with everyone's fav book so they all get it yk
we would def argue who gets the final product. itd be fun to do a few times with everyone's fav book so they all get it yk

Interesting! I didn't think of it that way :). It is really good input!!
I guess I usually don't write inside the book. I either use my journal, or I talk with my sister or friends. I am always curious to see which points stood out to them without them knowing what stood out to me beforehand (and vice versa). If that makes sense haha.
But I can see how reading an annotated book could be interesting :)!
esp if u cant talk to ur friends a lot (ex; i have one friend who lives across the country with a big time difference, plus we both have school at diff times)

i just bought a pack of different colored tabs on amazon and make little keys at the front of each book! helps me remember what happened so i’m actively reading instead of forgetting the last sentence lol

I use different color tags based on the cover colors and mark them at the start of the book so matches the vibe of the book but also makes me know some specific scenes or things like that… 🤪🤪
i mainly have like about 6 categories which are: important!, quotes or like things that leave me thinking, romance cute moments, funny moments, angst or sad, smut or anything like that 😌

yes! that would be a good idea ! <3



emmy ˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆ wrote: "i want to start annotating but i don’t have any materials! plus i don’t know how 😭 can anyone recommend supplies or where to start?? even dropping down a name of a youtuber that makes videos of ann..."
id figure out like what u wanna go back on? like r u the type to wanna go back and read cute moments or sad moments or good quotes? whatever you like, find a sticky tab color for it. once you have all your sticky tabs of stuff you wanna reread, start!
i just read the book and underline lines i like and put a tab there. if its like a entire paragraph i like, ill do brackets.
ik someone said use pencil, but pencil always looks bad IMO. id just try to find a pen that doesn't bleed.
also, i use a study bookmark to make straight lines so its pretty!!
id figure out like what u wanna go back on? like r u the type to wanna go back and read cute moments or sad moments or good quotes? whatever you like, find a sticky tab color for it. once you have all your sticky tabs of stuff you wanna reread, start!
i just read the book and underline lines i like and put a tab there. if its like a entire paragraph i like, ill do brackets.
ik someone said use pencil, but pencil always looks bad IMO. id just try to find a pen that doesn't bleed.
also, i use a study bookmark to make straight lines so its pretty!!

omg TYSM. i agree with the pen thing, but i don't know any pens that don't bleed, so i must just stick with transparent sticky notes! it's a great idea to use brackets cause my hand would suffer trying to underline a whole paragraph lol
be careful on what clear sticky noted you buy! i’ve only bought one before and the ink doesn’t stay on very well, it just rubs off and doesn’t look good.