a realistic guide to book annotation | 10 ways to annotate your books
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- 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: • How to Expand Your Voc...
in-depth annotation (method 8): • annotate without writi...
more detailed annotations (method 10): • How to Annotate Books ...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - intro
0:56 - 1) don't annotate (People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry)
1:56 - 2) borrowed books (The Stranger/Outsider by Albert Camus)
3:42 - 3) subtle pencil (Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin)
5:16 - 4) tabs only method (The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller)
6:24 - 5) give up (The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry)
7:37 - 6) pen in hand (Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro)
9:29 - 7) make it messy & re-read (One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez)
11:11 - 8) detailed annotations on beautiful books (The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov)
13:50 - 9) all about the ideas/non-fiction (Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke)
15:24 - 10) the full monty/destroy your book (Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë)
18:02 - summary/conclusion
how i expand my vocabulary: th-cam.com/video/dNOHcSBmdMQ/w-d-xo.html
in-depth annotation (method 8): th-cam.com/video/E5PfE5p1nJU/w-d-xo.html
more detailed annotations (method 10): th-cam.com/video/68N442s8NUk/w-d-xo.html
tell me your favorite book here: forms.gle/2bKDyUbiVQyRetZ5A
Bro, that Quizlet advice was genius!!!
Every book needs and deserves a different annotating system! So far I'm loving your channel and I would love it if you make a video on expanding your vocabulary through reading, that's actually why I started reading about two years ago. English is not my first language so I wanted to get better at it, I think I've improved but still I would love to hear your way of doing it. ♥️
thank you for this comment! i'm already planning it! I'll keep english language learners in mind
here it is: th-cam.com/video/dNOHcSBmdMQ/w-d-xo.html
hope it helps!
@@lislibrary I am beyond happy that you remembered my comment and even happier that you made the video!!! Going to watch it right now
@@noname-ps4jo literally that is so thoughtful of her
This really was a realistic guide to annotation. It was concise easy to follow and offers new ways to look with annotations! Seriously an underrated video😭 also thank you! The videos was fun to watch!!
thank you so much!! this means a lot :)
Any books (for me personally) that I feel the need to annotate, are books that I feel the *need* to read more than once. Thats the difference for me between reading to entertain and reading for expansion/knowledge/analysis etc. If I don’t feel the need to read it a second time, then I usually don’t feel nor see the need to annotate. Love this video and glad I found your channel!
i feel the same way! i won’t see my annotations if i never reread it lol. but sometimes it’s hard to know which books are worth a reread before you’ve read it…
@@lislibrary oooo yess I get what you mean!
I like this! And feel resonance!
I've watched tons of annotations video but I'm not kidding when I say this is the *bestest* one!! you go into so many variations and ways to annotate because like you pointed out, each book is annotated differently or is not at all. I think the beauty of these different ways is that they give books some sort of personality!
wow thank you so much Eugenia! i'm so glad this video was helpful. i was trying to present a new perspective on annotation and your comment makes me feel like i got my point across.
@@B.x.t.t.e.r.f.l.y lmaoo I know 😭 stop being a grammar Nazi im not a dummy. I just meant to emphasize it. Yes please take it down.
This is the best annotating video I’ve seen here! I love how you admit that annotating is often messy and doesn’t have to be Instagram-perfect. I think many of us need to focus on why we love to read rather on what they’re going to look like in pictures. Everything you say is also very precise and your voice is very soothing haha. Thank you, and keep going!🫶🏻
thank you so much!
You are so right
The thought of writing in my books gave me anxiety but after watching this I decided to annotate in pencil with tabs and sticky notes and I love it! I can't wait to do more. This video was very helpful to me😊❤️
yay i'm so glad you found something that works for you!
You can get transparent sticky notes so you can see the text through it and annotate over it instead of on the paper
@@Jordan-db2og I live in South Africa so unfortunately we don't have nice things like that🥲 I'd probably have to order it online. That's a really good idea tho, I'll check where I can find it😊❤️
@@shannatiffin3861 OMG me too!!! I'm sure you can find somewhere!!! But if you really can't you can order online... But I'm glad to find another South African
@@shannatiffin3861 As a South African, we do have that, lol; you can find it at picknpay, pna, cna, Walton's, checkers etc.
The index cards for characters is a method I am implementing as quickly as possible. I am horrible with remembering characters especially with books that have so many and they are introduced so quickly. This was very helpful! Thank u!
i’m glad this helped!
And long series books, this will be so useful!
I personally just use tabs and highlight/underline and sometimes write my thoughts . I’m not a big fan of writing on my books but I love underlining and highlighting:). I also usually read romance / ya / fantasy so like I have no reason to go into deep analysation and underlining my fav scenes and quotes and tabbing them is more than enough.
LOVED this video. Thanks a lot. Most people show the way they highlight but it‘s not actually „useful“ for Uni reads, etc. And I really liked that you also mentioned a digital alternative for library books etc. :)
thanks for watching Lily! I'm glad this helped. i tried to keep a variety of readers in mind and i think the more detailed systems will be good for uni :)
I am a big fan of sticky notes/book tags + a notebook method. I used to be a big “write all over my books, create dog ears etc” type of person but I realised that once I’m ready to: I like to pass my books on to the next person. It will often be strangers from fb groups for giving away books and I’d like that person who will get my preloved book to get a clean copy both because it extends the life of it (more people like clean books = less wastage) but also… sometimes annotations etc. are very personal and I’d rather not have people look at mine 😂.
you make a good point! some of my books i could never loan out or give away because the annotations are so personal! i try to guess whether i'm reading a book i want to keep in my collection before i annotate it. so that romance novel might get donated at some point and it still looks new :) thanks for watching!!
I watched this to revisit annotating as I'm preparing for this huge book report, and I LOVE that you loved One Hundred Years of Solitude!! It's genre doesn't get nearly as much recognition as it should. Magical Realism is such a fulfilling genre. I have a couple awesome recommendations in that same genre if anyone would like to know them!! One Hundred Years of Solitude was such a mind boggling read for me I redid the full family tree highlighting family lines and everything becuase there's just SO MUCH, but it's sooooo good
i complete agree!! what are your other recommendations?
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
I’ve read many books in my time and I haven’t really thought about annotating, I truly want to because there are so many memories and events that happen in the books that I read it’s just I never really knew where to start.This really helps me thank you.🙏
i'm so glad you found this helpful Isa! thanks for watching :)
now this is annotating! i love your methods. ive done the first 4 and the last one. it doesnt have to be too serious but enjoyable. thats what i do. all depending on how i feel and the book.
One hundred years of solitude is my favorite book of all time and I’m going to reread it 3th times which is the reason why I studied how others annotated their books (also saw one hundred years of solitude on your thumbnail so I click your vid immediately🤣)
its my favorite book too! next time i read it i will annotate it even more
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.
You're going to have such a wonderful time! So glad this helped!!
Thank you for the video! I’ve been looking for a good annotation guide video and this helped, I realized that I don’t need a beautiful letter, an aesthetic organization, messy writing looks amazing, more real and even more personal, this makes me want to just start annotating now, cause I feared writing with pen and messing up and all of that.
i’m so so glad to hear this Mariana! have a great time annotating :)
this was a lovely video!! i've been looking for annotation guides, and this is by far the easiest to understand. i can see myself actually doing these different methods on different books! thank you !!
thank you so much Lula!! i hope you enjoy your annotating journey
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!
Love this! So glad I found your channel I’ve been looking for people’s different ways of annotating and your video is so thorough 🥰 thank you :)
i'm so glad! thank you for watching
this video is great! it has so many useful tips for annotating and i definitely will use some in the future!
i only started annotating like a month ago because earlier i thought it would ruin my books…
for me personally putting in tabs is not a way to go, i just don’t like it how it looks - but obviously it is very valid too - i just underline my fav quotes, expressions and thoughts in the book and write my thoughts on the pages 😊
i've watched a lot of videos on annotation for fun, and this was by far one of the best guides! really enjoyed watching this :)
that means a lot, thank you
i loved this video! you have a really calming voice :) i look forward to seeing more of your videos
thank you! glad to have you here
this is the best annotation video I’ve seen and your style is so similar to what I do as well, but you gave me so many new ideas/methods!!! thank you!
thank you Lore that means so much!
This is by far the best annotating system, you pretty much covered it all. Thank you for getting straight to the point.
Great job!
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thank you Jill! I tried to pack in as much info as possible :)
TH-cam recommended this video on my feed and I clicked on it instantly ! You have a really soothing voice 😍 I really enjoyed this video ! You earned a new subscriber 💞
thank you Alyssa! i'm so glad you like the video
This was so helpful! It's also so much fun seeing you showing it all with so much joy. Thankyou for the video!
Thank you!
the amount of times I have watched this video is mad,love your annotation guides more than myself( I listen to them in the background when I read because ihave to have someone talking because I get lonely and yours are the best for that ) ily
i’m so glad you’ve found my video helpful
This was super helpful! Please make a video about expanding vocabulary through reading, you explain things very well
I'm so glad you enjoyed! I'm going to make that video :)
This was sooo good!! Happy to have found your channel 🧁
thank you Wilma!!
This is legit exactly what I needed and was looking for! You rock.
so glad this was helpful to you!! thanks for watching
Great video! Very informative. I also agree that instagram does make annotating daunting for some, but I liked how you explained all your ways with examples. I also like how you put in that one way to annotate is to give up annotating mid way through. If it’s not fun or interesting to do then why do it? One can lose the love for reading because you “have to do it”. “ have to finish it” or have to make it pretty”. Thank you for the recap of the ways at the end too. Keep up the good work with the videos 🙌🏼
thank you!! i'm glad my message got through :)
Thank you for the video I'm excited to try annotating!
the realest one on these type of videos!! appreciate it, and also i love ur nails theyre so pretty
haha thank you!
I annotate books that give me the *desire* to annotate. For example, I’m reading a contemporary romance/fiction right now, and I absolutely adore it. Whenever there’s a line I like, or a romance scene I really enjoy, I will annotate (highlight and possibly underline) it with just my thoughts! Sometimes the thoughts are too much to not write down. Soo… yeah!
Period! I’ve been reading so much lately and I don’t buy books mostly kindle audiobook and library girl here but the night circus by morgenstern blew me away 😮such a challenging read for me. I feel like the smartest person in the world having finished reading it 3 times now 😂 so yes this urge to buy a physical copy and annotate like a crazy person has come out of nowhere for me ✍🏿 but I’m loving it and learning as i go. Initially didn’t want to write in it but now I am doing just that. It’s literally “my book” never read anything like it ever before 💕💕🥹 I get emotional about a few other books but never had a desire to annotate them or feel the need to buy physical copies of them or even re read them
Hi I've just discovered your channel and your content is great! Please keep doing whatever you're doing, I hope to see your channel grow!
wow thank you so so much!
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.
I'm so glad to hear that!! It warms my heart to know an English teacher is watching 🥰
Helpful and gave me some new ideas. Thanks for making a thorough and concise video!
Glad to hear it!
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
Your channel is beautiful! Thank u for the video I’ve been meaning to read many of these books but never got to it, I can’t wait to read them !!
thank you so much! i'm glad my channel is inspiring you
Thanks for uploading a TRUE annotating video ... Also: Love your reading selections!
this is such an amazing video!!!! i can't believe it's your first, I just finished annotating a book for the first time (only using single coloured tabs for quotes/parts that I liked) and this was so helpful for how I can take it further, think I'm going to stick (no pun intended) to only using single coloured tabs and then work my way up as I see fit lol, saving this video for later!!!!!
Thank you Eloise!! i’m so glad this is helpful :) good luck on your annotating journey!
So happy yt recommended this video to me! You’re inspiring me to go do things to my books and really engage with them. (I used to not be able to even break the spine on mine. Slowly getting over it.)
There’s a time and place for all of it! It’s liberating to “destroy” a book, and I personally don’t feel bad doing it to a book that I got for $2 at a thrift shop :) my hardcovers however… Glad you’re here!
Incredibly helpful! Thanks for sharing!!
I loved this video. Thank you for all the tips and ideas. I found it quite hepful 🌟. Also, it is interesting that you mentioned that you can just read a book without annotating, I usually felt "guilty" because of that and this helped me to understand I just have to enjoy the book. New subscriber 💫.
Thanks for sharing!! No guilt allowed here :)
came across this video through my homepage and the thumbnail looked so pretty so i clicked on it and agh, just wanted to say i really enjoyed the video and it made me look at the rest of ur channel and i love it so much so far! u speak i’m such a calming but clear way and ur videos are really fun to watch :)
thank you so so much Hanna! i'm so glad you are enjoying
You really inspired me to anotate. And also to increase my vocabulary! Im really impressed! Thank you! You are really intelligent girl!
thanks so much Venus!
I'm so glad I found this video (which is well done btw)
This is one of the most helpful annotation videos I have watched!!
I'm so glad!
Thanks a lot for the video! I'm planning to annotate The Song of Achilles soon. I'm rereading it for the seventh time and I feel like this would be the perfect time to annotate it.
7!! i'm impressed.
i really enjoyed this video and loved seeing your annotations!
i'm so glad! thanks for taking the time to comment
girl u have no idea how helpful this was thank you 💕
I’m so glad Juanis!
"Make it Messy" Now that's one I can definitely do 😄 These are all great, TYSM
great video! i always felt left behind because many ppl began to annotate books. all my life i just read for fun and didn´t annotate, but now i know some simple methods to write down my thoughts cuz i´ve never been a fan of colorful annotations (it´s not really my style) however i do find them pretty :)
i’m glad this video was of use to you! i’ve always liked the look of just pen/pencil on books. and if you want to avoid color and still try some of these things out, there’s a lot of neutral or even clear stationary you can use. thanks for watching!!
I love the video. I wanted to start annotating but didnt know where to start. Now I do. It was a great help, thanx!
I’m so glad this helped Claire! Thanks for watching
Thank you for making this video guide, it’s really helpful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
These are great tips, thank you for the advice! Since I don’t like writing in my book I almost always use the tabbing method only!
thanks for watching! maybe you can try keeping a journal with your notes & favorite quotes!
im on ch3 of wuthering heights and im doing the exact method u mentioned for it even before i watched this video!! what a lovely coincidence omg i loved this vid and ur 10 methods u earned a new subscriber
wow what are the chances! how are you liking it so far? i'm glad you enjoyed :)
this is interesting:] i'm still starting out on annotating and i'm trying to see what works for me so the different variations really help. i'm also a perfectionist so i somehow instilled in my mind that i wanted to use the same style for all the books i read but i really like that you didn't have a 'fixed' annotating style, you just do whatever feels right for the book and i like that! i think i'd consider doing that as well. i also do think about how time-consuming it'd be to do the aesthetic annotating styles others are doing so the simpler annotating styles feels more appealing to me. i just need to get over my fear of actually writing on the book. overall, this is really helpful!
also keeping track of words you aren't familiar with and adding them to quizlet? to expand your vocabulary is very smart, i'll start doing that too>
I just wanted to say I love your room! (from what was in the frame)
thank you!!
i love this with all my heart, ty
i'm so glad Andrea!
Thank you for this! Excellent video!
Hi Sue! Thanks for watching!
Cant wait for more from your channel!
More to come!
This was so helpful! Thank you!
I'm so glad!
Just stumbled across your channel! Loving it!
thank you so much!
This was such a detailed and informative video! I used to underline/highlight and all of that in years past. I'm not sure why I got away from it. I think maybe because I used to do most of my reading on the train to/from work. Some people can highlight/underline on a moving train but I never could do it without everything going all crooked and looking awful. That's no excuse now, since I've been working from home for years, long pre-Covid. I guess not doing it became a habit. Anyway, this was great. It makes me happy to see people who are even more serious about their reading than I am! I feel like such a weirdo in real life because very few people I know in my real life seem to read much at all. Somehow... they all live in Booktube!
i like to use my bookmark as a straight-edge when i underline on the subway! we may we weird...but i think more people should join the club :)
really good vid i would love to see how you improve your vocabulary it sounds like an interesting method
thank you! I'll make a video about it :D
ok... hi i'm subscriber 671 lmfao
we have a lot of similar idea about annotating, and i just love the way you explain things!! also i agree 100 years of solitude was just phenomenal oh my goddd
Thanks for subscribing Trinity!! And thanks for the praise-i hope you got some inspiration from this video. 100 years is my new favorite book!!
I am Colombian and it made me really happy to know your favorite book ever is from a Colombian author haha I loved the annotations methods btw, very realistic and useful
I'm so glad! Garcia Marquez is a genius
very helpful video! most annotation methods i've seen around booktube only include fiction in the first place, and usually under a single umbrella of relatively strict sticky note categorization (such as pink for "romance" blue for "sad moments" etc). i really liked your comment about how you usually read a book for a little while before deciding on how to label the stickies - that's much more useful and realistic and i tend to do the same. thank you for this, i'll definitely be coming back to it!
i feel the same way! a lot of the same tips get recycled when we forget what we’re annotating for in the first place! also, supplies don’t really matter as long as you’ve got a pen or pencil :D thanks for watching
good. i enjoy books like this.
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.
thanks so much for this recommendation!! i’m going to try it out
That's very cool, TY!
Loved your way of annotation
thank you Nurjahan!
Best Video on Annotating a book. Tfs
Thanks so much!
Appreciable effort😊😊 also you are so beautiful❤
youre awesome btww!! really helped me
i'm so glad!
Yes please make a video on how you expand your vocabulary by reading. This quizlet idea sounds genius! Got any other tips/ tricks/ ideas?
working on the video :) glad you’re interested! try working with new words in context, whether it be something someone else wrote or something you write
I think for the second type of annotation, something to make the annpotation on a notebook easier is just getting a small like A5 or A6 notebook- one with no lines or dots or anything is really nice because it doesn't look like an old, school notebook, (not that there's anything wrong with that, it's not just not really my style) and you can create patterns if you're linking things plotwise and such
i love this! i'm also a huge fan of blank pages and mind maps
This is exactly how I annotate. Thank God I am not the only one 😌🤞
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.
just found you in my feed! loved what you had to say. new subscriber. can't wait to backbinge
thanks so much! glad you're here :)
Love love lovee that you categorized each strategy. I just got into the world of annotating and collecting lots of books. I'm a big reader and so each strategy really spoke to me because I've done a bit of each. I just started getting into the classics and I was wondering which version of wuthering heights that is? Like which publisher it was by.
I'm so glad this connected with you! It's the Barnes & Noble classics edition :) Enjoy your classics journey--I have lots more content to come on that front!
@@lislibrary thank you so much :). If you ever have the time I was wondering if you could make a video and rate which classics you thought were the best or which ones you think beginners should start out with. Or you could just reply here if you don't feel like making a whole video haha.
@@kat.j0y548 I'll make a video on it!! thanks for the suggestion
Nice video! Wish u success on YT💌
thank you so much!
Thank you for all the methods! I have three different books I have to read for my ethics class for my upcoming summer semester (Monday). I know I need some way to keep things down. I'll likely combine methods. Thank you so much!
Good luck! I hope your class is going well :)
@@lislibrary Thank you! I ended that class with a 98 overall. I did combine methods; thank you so much!
@@puppybunnysquid3358 Congrats!
Great video. My dilemma is with classics, because there are beautiful editions I get because they have good size text and margins - and I want and need to write on the pages, but can't bring myself to do it. Somehow tabs and post-its don't feel enough! And it never feels as personal as engaging on the page itself... 😏😏
i usually feel better about writing on used books haha! but i certainly have editions i'm scared to even open...
i take photos of quotes or scenes i like. i have an album of my phone specifically for it! luckily i have a ton of extra storage on my phone but its easier for me because i can look back on something anywhere i am lol
smart! i’m not organized enough to keep them all in an album lol
thank you so much for doing this video,
Glad it was helpful!
I really like method 8
Can you make a video about how you expand your vocabulary by reading, because I do the same thing too. Whenever I see a word I don't know I just write the word and it's meaning on a small sticky note. I've also been trying to find a great way to use Quizlet, and using it to study new vocabulary sounds amazing
yes i'd love to! i tend to need to do more than just write down new words so Quizlet has been great! a video about it is coming soon :)
Thank you.
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.
Thank you, John! I’m glad you enjoyed this. And yes, I do like to write :)
I'd love to hear about how you expand your vocab! :)
Ohh just checked you've already posted a vid on it, yay
Omg you’re totally that girl!!! Immediate subscribe
haha that's such a nice compliment
For the most part, I think I’ll only annotate a book for fun if it’s a re-read or if I’m in love with the book from the very start
for sure! i only annotate when i want to take the extra time & definitely for my favs. thanks for watching Jeremy!
Just found your channel! you seem so nice ! :)
:) thank you emi
Subscribed💅🏻
thanks!
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.
The Stranger was fantastic! So glad this video helped :)
amazing video! u did a fantastic job of an in depth guide to annotation! If i had the power, i'd bestow you the booktok award pumpkin ;)
aww thank you so much!! love your username!
@@lislibrary thank you ;)
did you crochet your shirt??? i crochet and i love it!!!
i did!! thank you :)