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Originally Posted by Juliette
I make annotation all the time- a book well-worn is a book well-loved. Shares a piece of history with me. As long as it's not comments like "about time this essay ended, how boring" and with the notable exception of library books (I'd get medieval on them, which is kind of ironic given that mostl of them are books of medieval history), I underline (mostly with pencils- also, keep a lot of pencils around because I don't want to interrupt the reading because they need to be sharpened), I write, I put bits of reference and so on. Don't feel as if it's defacing: it's enriching.
(just my two cents, eh  ) |
Thank you for that
I was actually wondering why so many (of us) here who'd voted and commented seems to have problems with cracking spines and writing in books. On the one hand I can see point of it being enriching, making the book feel lived-in - but I couldn't do it myself, not to my own books, it would be so wrong. I think I know why I don't, but it's my impression that this "obsession" with keeping a book pristine is pretty unusual - which is why I was surprised to see so many of you here talking about it. What is your impression and experiences?