destroy your books. resist the capitalist urge to preserve.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Today I want to chat about why we are so obsessed with keeping everything pristine including our books and why we... shouldn't be?
Please let me know your thoughts on everything I said in the comments below - keep it friendly!
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I don't annotate because I give away things I won't reread, but I keep a notebook next to me and copy lines and page numbers if I want to reference it later. That being said, I don't care what people do with anything they paid their own hard earned money for.
That’s a cool idea!! I will start suggesting that to people I love that
One of my favorite reading experiences has been annotating a book and passing it on to a friend to read next, and they annotate back to me. When they're done reading I go back and skim the book to read their comments. Like an out-of-sync book club!
yes ive done this too!! i love it
I used to keep all my books in pristine condition but i gradually started annotating starting with underlining the lines that I liked and now i highlight, write in the margins and tab my books too. I love doing it so much. Like you said, I want my books to reflect me and my journey as a reader. I also find it very nice when I lend someone my books and they can read all of my annotations, it feels so nice!!
also Hiii!!! I love your instagram (that's how i found you here) and I am also thinking of starting a BookTube channel, LET'S BE BESTIES!!!!!
omg i loooove that you started doing that and that youre having fun w it
I dont usually annotate, but as an english student ive been doing it more and more because it helps me when i write papers or discuss them in class! I also just recently started reading "I am not your perfect Mexican daughter" and theres some spanish words in there that are slang and so ive been defining them in the top and bottom margins which has been really helpful!
@@georgiakateryan love that!! It definitely is essential from an academic POV
Love ur perspective of wanting to connect to your past self / thoughts!!
Thank you❤
I love annotating all of my books, especially with non fiction it’s super helpful for me! Recently reread my annotations in a book from a while ago and cried haha
@@noellevogel2469 the non fiction thing is SO true - with any dense book it’s so helpful
There are some books that I've annotated, just because it GRIPS me in a way some other books don't. I don't do the tab thing because I am not that organized, but I underline, I write things in the margins, et cetera. It is a preservation of a sort; preservation of ME. I was HERE, I read this BOOK, I LIKED it.
@@auroradimitre2568 I love this!!!
I didn't even know that some people are anti-annotating! I don't do it much, but I do enjoy it when reading classics or favorites. I also love used books with other peoples annotations, its so interesting to me to see other people's thought process! I think there's something badass about committing to permanence (as you said, a strength) in the form of marking up your book. Looking forward to more of your videos!
Thank you!!! I love when I find a secondhand book that’s annotated it brings me sooo much joy
You are a great addition to Booktube! I am an annotator. I love how you provided historical examples, but also reminded us that as student we were encourage and taught to annotate our books. As an English major, I purchased physical copies of the books that we read in class, because I really want to delve in the text. I also want to bring up your points about capitalism. I think social media has encouraged or influence users to buy all the nice things and keep them nice, rather than purchase what you like and enjoy your purchase. If people are worried about buying books, VISIT the library. If you can't physically visit the library, try elibraries. Try and obtain an ecard that you can take out ebooks and audiobooks. I work at my local library and I am always encouraging people to visit their local library or make requests to add to the library collections.
Sorry for the long comment! You are inspiring me to get back to creating videos.
I LOVE the long comment - do not apologize! I totally agree with you and that’s my thing too like if you’re wanting to resell your book right after reading it why are we not utilizing libraries more???
Welcome to Booktube!! :) No one should judge you for annotating books with a pen, that's fair. ❤ I consider books as shared resources, whether they are owned, borrowed or bought second hand. So to keep pages clean for everyone, I prefer to use post-it notes and tabs to flag quotes, jot down questions, and reference back to key points. It's like a mini book club in the margins! For library books, tabs and post-its allow me to annotate with minimal damage to them. If I like a book a lot, I buy my own copy and transfer my annotations. 😄
totally get that! thats so smart for library books - i should start doing that! i love library books and always get so sad when I cant annotate - i will definitely be using this moving forward
Yesss I love how you mentioned it make it feel like YOUR book collection! I feel like Annotating totally helps personalize and make my connection to a book stronger!
LOLLLL the TTPD notes were so funny!!!🤣👏
I loved this video! You made so many excellent points!
heeh i appreciate you and THANK you i luv TTPD
personally the best part of annotating is that you end up with this object that morphs into a confessional of unrestricted black ink lines and scrowls, mixed with post.its and tabs, of unfiltered thoughts, favourite lines, and, literally, confessions of how you actually feel without dreading someone else ever finding them
I completely agree w you
This is such an interesting video about something that I have never thought about. When it comes to nonfiction books, I love annotating and I have to do it because otherwise I will not really take in what I have read. But when it comes to my favorite fiction books, I never thought about annotating. Thanks for the idea and the great information! Also, Atomic Habits is a MUST read
Found this by your insta! So excited to see where your channel goes!! ❤❤
🥹😭 thank you!! I’m excited too
I keep my books nice for myself, because i dont like having books that look like theyre about to disintegrate. Its fine what others want to do with their books, I dont care. But if I let some borrow my book they better not be damaging it anyway, no underlining, no highlighting, no dog earing, no bending and damaging the cover or the back, none of that. The spine will likely already be broken because I have likely read it already, but if people want to damage my property they can simply not borrow my things.
I also dont annotate, or highlight or underline, or any of that because that sounds like work, unnecessary work, when reading is meant to be for enjoyment and entertainment. Why would I make something I enjoy into something thats not enjoyable. If you enjoy doing that stuff more power to you, its just not my thing so Im not going to.
In school I remember I also did the bare minimum required with note taking. And I never did annotate books because it actually distracted me from my reading immersion and wasnt helpful for me to retain information, same reason I didnt note take during lectures.
@@ashleyashleym2969 that’s so valid - dont annotate unless it’s enjoyable for you!!
I love your Instagram and I'm pumped that now I get to enjoy your bookish TH-cam content ... what a great way to start the summer 😎
This is so kind I’m so happy you’re joining me over here as well - I’m hoping to do weekly uploads!!
Ahhhh welcome to BookTube!!! So excited to have you here 😍
thank you so much
I just found you on instagram not long ago and I’ve watched every thing you’ve put out. I love your content and am SO EXCITED for your TH-cam! ❤🎉
This is so nice thank you!!!❤
I mark my nonfiction. They're books I want to keep and go back to, but with my fiction books, I just want to read them for fun and if I don't like them, I give them away. Now, it may be different if I ever get into older classic books. As for 'damaging' my books, if I buy it new, I tend to want to keep it as new as possible, but if I buy them 2nd hand, I love a somewhat damaged book as long as they aren't underlined, highlighted or massively written on.
love it - makes total sense. i find it hard to read nonfiction if i dont annotate!
I was really surprised to hear this was your first video! Great video, good vibes. Really enjoyed hearing your perspective and I completely agree
@@savannahraisor1154 thank you so much I really appreciate that!!
7:00 so people who don't annotate and make others feel bad about annotating have commitment issues? 💀
Lolllll
Welcome to Booktube! I really don't get anti-annotation culture...it's so bizarre for me...
So bizarre!! I totalllyyyy understand not wanting to annotate but don’t understanding hating when others annotate!
Hey Tay! Yay, happy first TH-cam video! 🎉
I love your thoughts on this. I guess as a recovering "perfectionist" I struggle with the idea of "ruining" a book. But fuck that lol. It's my book, I do whatever I want with it! I haven't branched into underlining or writing in any of my physical books... YET! But I highlight lines/passages I love like crazy on my Kobo! Soo the natural progression is to put pen to paper... soon 😅 I dog-eared a page the other day! Lol progress!
Excited to see more uploads from you! 😁❤
haha so proud of your dog-ear! you're on the road to annotating hehe
I don't annotate myself and I can't explain why I don't. There's this weird perfectionist bug in me that just wants to keep everything pristine and neat. It could be that "capitalist urge" that I never realized but idk 😅 Loved this video!
Thank you!!
I personally like to annotate with sticky notes cuz I'm not a fan of my handwriting and the margins dont have enough room for me 😅 but this video actually has inspired me to reread the one book i have from highschool that still has my annotations in it. Also I want to say I read somehwere about how Terry Prachett loved signing copies of his books that looked like they had been read hundreds of times, were dropped in the tub, etc. So even authors appreciate the annotations and love to their books
@@morganbluestar yesss I wanna start implementing sticky notes honestly as well! And that’s so cute and makes so much sense that authors would love that
Ah, welcome to booktube! I love your instagram and cannot wait to watch your videos!!!!
that is soooo kind thank you
Nothing more romantic than a beat up paperback
I am with you there
Hi! I really liked your video, made me want to be your friend!! I'm going to look forward to your videos now😄
I personally do not like to write in my books, but it's all just personal preference, isn't it? No one should be judging you for annotating books you got with your own money - it's yours to do what you want with it!
Aw thank you so much!!! And that makes total sense - a lot of people don’t feel the need to annotate and that’s totally ok:)
@@CreativityDiaries Yup! I do feel like I might start annotating my non fiction - it might actually help me retain and understand some of the information better! Let's see😄
It's going to be so funny to re-read The Picture of Dorian Gray in the future to just read "SLAY" and * GASP * or "SHOOKED" and more stuff I wrote there hahahahaha
Actually my sister says that it's so funny to read the books I annotated bc it always makes her laugh bc it could be such a tragic scene and I made a funny comment in the middle
@@RamonaGelosi MEEEEE lmao I love that!!! It makes your collection so undeniably YOU which is so important I think
I loved this!!
@@acollieralso that’s super kind thank you!
This is madness. Cut the lounge music and bring your UFO back down to terra firma. Unless you're the ghost of Robinson Jeffers and have literary immortality in your future, buy a reading copy to supplement your collector's copy. With thrift stores abounding there is no excuse not to have 3 or 4 editions of every book you like.
@@Bawbcaht lollll dead
I’ll annotate but there’s no way in hell I’ll dog ear the pages.
@@jakfan09 hahaha I respect the boundary
Annotate the text books! So you can't sell them back
People be evil i like the concept of annotating books but i definitely haven't gotten to wear i can convince myself to do it plus i borrow from the library a ton so its not natural for me but i think if i was going to it'd have to be a second copy i had accidentally bought a second copy of the night circus and was considering keeping it to annotate cause i like my normal hardcover of it same with a little princess which i finally read and i have a meh copy of it so i think im gonna get a b&n classics version and annotate my old copy
As far as deep works being annotated my copy of jane eyre is partially annotated and i love it cause it helped explain some of the confusing parts in the book lol
However i will tab a book to death i didn't have any tabs for a book i was reading so i had to dog ear and my friend about fainted like why do you think i buy tabs in bulk long live the tabbies
Subscribed btw this was a good wholesome video
aw appreciate you! i dont tab but i really should start haha