It depends a bit on the type of book, but mostly I find other people's annotations invasive and annoying. It's just me and the book/author--I don't want that relationship turned into a threesome.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Susan W. - Oct 19, 2007 10:20:24 am PDT #7562 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
amych - Oct 19, 2007 10:23:15 am PDT #7563 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Maybe you should've tried the king-sized Twix, flea?
megan walker - Oct 19, 2007 10:24:51 am PDT #7564 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My favorite(?) was a Jane-Austen-as-detective mystery written in the style of JA where someone had written "Jane Austen is rolling over in her grave" in the margin. All I could think was "Not as much as she probably is at you writing in a library book"!
Jesse - Oct 19, 2007 10:31:14 am PDT #7565 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In college, I always had trouble buying used books, because I find it nearly impossible to read the un-highlighted text if it has been highlighted. Part of why I basically stopped highlighting myself. Also because I was always highlighting things in bold, and you know what? You can already tell those things are important!
Also, I just got good work news which makes me want to leave for the day. Would anyone notice? Probably not.
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2007 10:33:02 am PDT #7566 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, I just got good work news which makes me want to leave for the day. Would anyone notice? Probably not.
You should point and exclaim, "Ooh - what's that interesting thing over there?" Then run away in the opposite direction.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2007 10:33:10 am PDT #7567 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I never really highlighted things in texts. I did underline. I also noticed that a lot of my classmates seemed to highlight without any thought behind it, as though somehow the magic power of yellow would make them remember everything.
flea - Oct 19, 2007 10:33:54 am PDT #7568 of 10001
information libertarian
Oh god, I read a mystery last night where Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy were detectives. It was so distressing. It was written okay, but the characterizations we so wrong, and the plot way over the top, and the historical anachronisms...
I did not write in the margins, though.
(I've written 1 paragraph!)
Jesse - Oct 19, 2007 10:34:33 am PDT #7569 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You should point and exclaim, "Ooh - what's that interesting thing over there?" Then run away in the opposite direction.
Ha! I don't even need to do that. There's seriously no one in my chain of command in the office. My minion, boss, and boss's boss are all out of the office, and that's it. Four out of six senior managers are out. Half of my department is out.
flea - Oct 19, 2007 10:34:37 am PDT #7570 of 10001
information libertarian
somehow the magic power of yellow would make them remember everything.
I love this. So true. If you highlight everything, what's the point?
Kathy A - Oct 19, 2007 10:34:54 am PDT #7571 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I found that I remembered things best if I copied over my notes from a lecture-heavy class ASAP after the class was done. It gave me easier-to-read notes, and burned the info into my head better than the first time around.