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How I Get More Out of My Books: Annotate with Me
The people have spoken and they want more annotation content :)
I've started reading Midnight's Children, and I could not be more excited! I instantly knew that this book was going to become a favorite, so I had to go all out annotating. Leave any questions, comments, or suggestions below!
Tell me your favorite book here: forms.gle/2bKDyUbiVQyRetZ5A
Books Mentioned:
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
0:00 Annotating chapter 5
7:15 Researching unfamiliar terms
9:00 Whole book flip-through
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a big book haul (all for free!) vintage classics, translated lit, penguin classics & more!
มุมมอง 1.4Kปีที่แล้ว
Hi everyone! I got super lucky the other day and I found a ton of free books that a local school was giving away!! Almost everything was classic literature :D I picked up 15 new books and I'm excited to show them off today. Let me know which ones I should read first! Also in this video: a rant about book covers, expressing my gratitude for translators, looking up every word I can't pronounce, t...
How to Annotate Books and Remember What You Read (Annotating Wuthering Heights)
มุมมอง 10Kปีที่แล้ว
welcome back to my annotation series! today we're taking a look at the "full monty" method from my original annotation video. i don't recommend using this method all the time, but if you really want to commit to a book (perhaps on a reread?) give this a try! basically, write notes, question, highlight, tab, and summarize! this method is great for classic literature you want to analyze and proba...
How to Expand Your Vocabulary: Read to Become Smarter and Learn New Languages
มุมมอง 4Kปีที่แล้ว
The highly requested “how i improve my vocabulary by reading” video is here! I hope this helps to answer everyone’s questions. I’ve provided a variety of ways to read more actively that should help all types of readers! The more complex tips are great for anyone learning a new language. What languages are you learning? Which of these tips will you use? my list of new vocabulary (not yet proofre...
not your average book haul: books i “borrowed” from my parent’s shelves--classics/philosophy/vintage
มุมมอง 3.3Kปีที่แล้ว
reading is one of the most inexpensive hobbies out there...especially when you can find books for free!! go see if your friends and family have books they don't read anymore you never know what you'll find :) tell me your favorite book here: forms.gle/2bKDyUbiVQyRetZ5A let's be friends! IG: booksinbarcelona @booksinbarcelona Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/lislibraryreads 0:00 silli...
annotate without writing in your books | relaxing annotate with me | the master and margarita
มุมมอง 8Kปีที่แล้ว
thank you everyone for your support on my first video! in order to go more in-depth with one of my annotation styles, i created this walkthrough of how i annotate a chapter of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. this russian classic is wild ride! creating chapter summaries and an index of all the characters has helped me slowly make my way through this book. i hope that you enjoy the ...
the 9 books i read in july | classics, romance, new favorite book | monthly reading wrap up
มุมมอง 1.9Kปีที่แล้ว
Thank you so much for your support on my first video! More annotation videos are in the works, as well as videos about expanding your vocabulary, and getting into classic literature. I'm going to try my best to present tips and information that you haven't already heard!! Today we are discussing the 9 books I read in July 2022. I think this is the best reading month I've ever had!! i'm hoping t...
Bookshelf Tour: Classics & Thrifted Literature (350+ books)
มุมมอง 3.3Kปีที่แล้ว
hi everyone! i love to watch bookshelf tours. i especially love fast-paced bookshelf tours that show every book...so that's what i did. this 12 minute video took over 16 hours to produce!! so, if you enjoy this video, please give it a like and consider subscribing. i create bookish content and (soon) vlogs about my travels. please leave video suggestions in the comments and let me know your fav...
a realistic guide to book annotation | 10 ways to annotate your books
มุมมอง 137Kปีที่แล้ว
Hi! My name is Li. Welcome to my channel dedicated to all things books and reading! Today I'm giving an overview of how I annotate. I emphasize the importance of individualizing annotations to you and your books rather than making it look perfect. Subscribe for more bookish content! how i expand my vocabulary: th-cam.com/video/dNOHcSBmdMQ/w-d-xo.html in-depth annotation (method 8): th-cam.com/v...

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  • @harrymandel
    @harrymandel 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You dare to advice people to damage books by highlighting and write on the book pages?! You damage books. Do you realize they can be read by other people? Yeah yeah you bought these but these use public resources and you DAMAGE what can be reused...

  • @pinkpearlpages
    @pinkpearlpages หลายเดือนก่อน

    binge-watching your channel and desperately hoping that you make another comeback soon!!! your annotation system is top tier and exactly what i have been looking for, and i love how thoughtful, intentional, and soothing all of your bookish content is <3 i hope all is well 💖

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:08 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for uploading a TRUE annotating video ... Also: Love your reading selections!

  • @shoe3251
    @shoe3251 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you study the words that you are unfamiliar with? I am trying to expand my vocabulary, but I am struggling to retain what I look up. I loved the last method you presented 🩷

    • @lillysummeroriginals1213
      @lillysummeroriginals1213 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, not sure if you saw this but she pinned a comment with another video she made about this exact topic. You may want to check it out😊

  • @machinayrequiem8596
    @machinayrequiem8596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are the purpose of tabs and how do you use them specifically?

    • @lillysummeroriginals1213
      @lillysummeroriginals1213 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, I just saw this but hope it is helpful. I think everyone finds a different purpose for tabs but here are some that I am familiar with. I have seen a lot of people leave them blank simply to just guide them to the passage they want to see. You think a tab is just easier to find directly what you want and on that page which you have tabbed will still be something else, highlighting or underlining for instance. Another thing I have seen is tabs being a preview of what is on that page. Of course you cannot copy down the entire quotation most likely but it can be a word to trigger your memory or a topic. Captive also being used as indicators for topics or something else. You would before Reading associate a certain colour of tab or even design on a tab with something specific like a topic. This would just be a substitution for highlighting or underlining if that is what you prefer. Although, I think it is about deciding how you want to annotate your books and then figuring out where tabs play a role which will help develop your style. Everyone will do it differently which is amazing as we all have different needs. For example, a reader enjoying a romance book will annotate differently than a student who is planning to put together an essay afterwards and therefore needs exact quotations and different information. I hope this with useful and if you have any questions please let me know. As well I talk into my device so I apologize for the mistakes but have a great week and happy Reading😊

  • @machinayrequiem8596
    @machinayrequiem8596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All the videos Ive seen people have beautifully annotated book that are artsy. I dont annotate like rhat at all. I use 1 highlighter (whatevere coloe I choose which has nothing to do with anything, just whatever I feel at the time), and a pen. I highlight anything that resonatesnwith me or I fight interesting. I underline words I do not know and write the definition in the margin around the area the word is in. I then reread the that part to understand the word and context. That's it. Simple, effective.

  • @SR-li5do
    @SR-li5do 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I listen to a lot of audio books and this would probably be super helpful. 💖 I could take your technique but annotate in a notebook.

  • @steffymuze
    @steffymuze 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Make it Messy" Now that's one I can definitely do 😄 These are all great, TYSM

  • @gildedwolves
    @gildedwolves 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the realest one on these type of videos!! appreciate it, and also i love ur nails theyre so pretty

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      haha thank you!

  • @KonradNeuwirth
    @KonradNeuwirth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Readwise app for the phone allows you to take a picture of the page, then highlight the parts of the page you want, and then it just stores the text in your Readwise database. I thought that this might be good for your flow of photographing pages - and with the Readwise app, you even can assign it to the book and have it all in one collection. I really like that.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thanks so much for this recommendation!! i’m going to try it out

    • @steffymuze
      @steffymuze 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's very cool, TY!

  • @brooke_henley
    @brooke_henley 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    did you crochet your shirt??? i crochet and i love it!!!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i did!! thank you :)

  • @Mocha77793
    @Mocha77793 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best Video on Annotating a book. Tfs

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks so much!

  • @hibarikyoka8186
    @hibarikyoka8186 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, this is John. I appreciate that there are other ways to mark parts of the book to remember passages, chapters, and events in the book. This year, I want to go back to my avocation of reading books. May I ask if you are a writer or plan to be? I think you would be a good writer. Thank you. Have a blessed year ahead.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, John! I’m glad you enjoyed this. And yes, I do like to write :)

  • @imane1577
    @imane1577 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm so glad I found this video (which is well done btw)

  • @judycarrasco74
    @judycarrasco74 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the best annotating video Ive seen. I want to annotate more but would feel overwhelmed. So this is helpful! I appreciate you focus on function rather than aesthetics!

  • @monkeydstreamlive
    @monkeydstreamlive 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey can ya help me with murakami's books .. i don't know which one should i read first and further , so can you please help me with it. 😢😣

  • @kskgautam
    @kskgautam 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't trust people who don't write on books, you could save alot of time by just writing all of the characters in one page sheet, vacab in the book itself. Post it is okay, but rather enjoying, you are doing labor, stop this!

    • @ADHreaDs
      @ADHreaDs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What an incredibly rude and pointless comment. Who cares what you think? Nobody 😂

    • @kskgautam
      @kskgautam 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ADHreaDswell, at least you seems to care! Muchas gracias for that 😘

  • @kskgautam
    @kskgautam 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why no one is talking about such a sick bookmark?! Great one!

  • @NoNo-uy2bq
    @NoNo-uy2bq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where did you go :(

  • @eduardaaraujo9039
    @eduardaaraujo9039 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    omg this video is so good and detailed!! i annotate every single book i read because im dramatic like that and i love interacting with my books, even if with just a pencil or just tabs. it makes me feel more connected to it <3

  • @bujobyfilo
    @bujobyfilo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The algorithm worked! It suggested me your channel, and we seem to have exactly the same taste. Midnight children is a book I didn't know I have to read, but hearing you talk about it I realize it's exactly what I'm looking for. I loved 100 years of solitude and I'm making my way through everything I can that has magical realism.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what else is on your list?? please share! still reading midnight's children and I can only continue to recommend it

    • @bujobyfilo
      @bujobyfilo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lislibrary Como agua para chocolate me encantó, me recordó a 100 años de soledad. Y luego The bear and the nightingale aunque ya tiene elementos fantásticos y no sólo realismo mágico es precioso y está muy bien escrito

  • @bangtanluver
    @bangtanluver 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really like method 8

  • @timus4993
    @timus4993 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm sorry but the book looks messy and dirty af... 😬

  • @jessiedial5895
    @jessiedial5895 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just picked up 100 years of solitude and now you have me so excited to read it! Thank you for your excellent breakdown of different types of annotation and ways of doing it.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're going to have such a wonderful time! So glad this helped!!

  • @AmrutaRanade
    @AmrutaRanade 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredibly helpful! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @alinesantana7925
    @alinesantana7925 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that's a very mindful way to approach annotating. I agree with what you said, it has to make sense and motivate you to read, not the opposite

  • @cherryblossomsandwisteria855
    @cherryblossomsandwisteria855 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kudos to you, I will get bored with the book if I spend 45 min for each chapter

  • @martinelanglois3158
    @martinelanglois3158 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah! You are back! 😃

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hey there!! glad to see you :)

  • @codmobsession
    @codmobsession 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Missed you my queen! Watching your videos make my heart happy!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh thank you so much!

  • @Anna-fl7ho
    @Anna-fl7ho 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are back ahhhhhh

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad to have you here!

  • @vaish_diarys
    @vaish_diarys 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi! Umm... I just wanted to let you know, as an Indian, that almost all the words that you searched were not "pure hindi". You must be knowing about India having a vast number of religions, from which Hinduism and Islam are two of the biggest. We all mostly speak hindi, unless we are bilingual which most Indians are. Pure hindi siders or speakers, like me, don't really use these many urdu words in our daily life convos. The words you searched were almost all Urdu words. These got mixed in hindi when the Mughal emperors ruled India between 16th-19th century. We do have an alternate word for the same in hindi, but we don't notice the diff anymore. It's all just one language now. Maybe because the writer is Muslim, he wrote Urdu words more. Anyways, this doesn't really affect anything but I thought you should know more about what you are reading. I might be helpful in your booktalk too. Have a great day :)

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for letting me know! The narrator is indeed Muslim, so that makes sense. Yes, the linguistic diversity of India never fails to impress me!!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was also thinking, since the partition of India plays such a key role in the novel (it hasn't happened as of chapter 5, but soon), the politics of language and the Hindi-Urdu split may start to play a larger role. Thanks so much for pointing this out. As a linguistics student, its super fascinating!!

  • @iceejeans
    @iceejeans 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    omg li!!!! i love your videos and i was hoping you would come back! so glad you did 💗

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      this warms my heart!! thank you 🥹🥹

  • @zamnordic8278
    @zamnordic8278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait a minute! You just vanished into thin air one day for half a century ago and all kinds of gloomy thoughts whirled in my mind and then just as sudden as you were gone once, you are now back like a bolt from the blue and just keep on annotating. To put it very mildly, I'm thoroughly bewildered. Is it really you? What happened? I am so relieved that you are back fully alive and in one piece. So happy!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey there! I did pull quite the disappearing act... I went to Barcelona and thought I might never come back, but then I did. Here I am, in one piece as far as I can tell. I never stopped annotating and now I'm back to tell the tale (or dole out more tips, if I haven't run out yet...) It's great to hear from you!

  • @kathyreads8813
    @kathyreads8813 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We’ve missed you Queen! ❤

  • @khadinechamorro2018
    @khadinechamorro2018 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YOU’RE BACK JUST AS I FINISHED MY SEMESTER 😭😭

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      haha the end of the semester was the reason i was able to return 😅😅 hopefully i can keep the content coming for the fall semester!

    • @khadinechamorro2018
      @khadinechamorro2018 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lislibrary looking forward to it :D

  • @meerlesen3350
    @meerlesen3350 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your annotating videos!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thanks!!

  • @aleah2575
    @aleah2575 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ahhh missed you!!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so glad to have you here!!

  • @Yesica1993
    @Yesica1993 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HOW did you know I was just looking at your channel a few days ago, wondering if you would come back? Srsly kinda creepy. Is my house bugged? ;) I will save this for a treat and motivation to get some work done first!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      great minds think alike... thanks for the support! <3

  • @mehakmaurya2100
    @mehakmaurya2100 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where were you for so many months??? Is everything okay?? I was a bit scared.....But I am extremely elated to see you back. Loads of love to you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      everything is good! thanks for asking :) i went to Barcelona and got carried away!

  • @yourlocalgollum
    @yourlocalgollum 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don't know how happy Iam that you're back and then it's an annotate with me video!! I looove annotating videos and especially yours are really calming and peaceful to watch 😊

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad to hear that 🥹 thank you for the kind words <3

  • @benmartizz8238
    @benmartizz8238 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ayeeee love that you are back!!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Ben!!! Glad to see you've stuck around :D

  • @cherryliterature_
    @cherryliterature_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMGG HI LI!!🕺🏻🕺🏻

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey there! Thanks for watching!

  • @Oliver-2103
    @Oliver-2103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whaaat you are back?!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Oliver!! Glad to be back :)

  • @analacy
    @analacy ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey! I'm going into my freshman year of high school and this will be super helpful for getting into my reading habits. Thank you so much! +1 Sub and +1 Like!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm so glad! Good luck with your first year!

  • @yourlocalgollum
    @yourlocalgollum ปีที่แล้ว

    I could do a video like that too, because I took all my 'borrowed' books out of my main bookshelf and put them aside and now I have a lot of new space again...

  • @cassiopeia347
    @cassiopeia347 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you fot the video 💚

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome 😊

  • @marinamcgovern6497
    @marinamcgovern6497 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great: a really useful range of ideas to suit every book and situation. I'm going to recommend it to my students! Thank you for your clear explanation.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm so glad to hear that!! It warms my heart to know an English teacher is watching 🥰

  • @rainamanatkhan8196
    @rainamanatkhan8196 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so helpful! It's also so much fun seeing you showing it all with so much joy. Thankyou for the video!

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @dilushajayamnne6147
    @dilushajayamnne6147 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi I am a student in a french highshcool, and I have to read a lot of classic french novels which are very long and like with some parts that are quite boring, I feel like I just know the story generally and during the test about the book I usually get good grades since the question were like based on the general story and no details. But once we had to read a book from Guy de Maupassant (an amazing french witer, at least for me ; ) ) called Bel-Ami ( I reccomend it) And during the test the question were just about extremely precise details that I so in the book but forgot since I didn't annotated it. So I learned my lesson thank you so much for this video. ps : would you recommend The Stranger from Albert Camus I was going to read it but idk I always put it aside.

    • @lislibrary
      @lislibrary 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Stranger was fantastic! So glad this video helped :)