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minus-squarezemo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoSince I turned 30 I write in the margins of books I read. The better the book is the more notes. Its much more engaging.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoOk, but what is there to take notes about? Assuming it’s a novel, and not some reference book.
minus-squarePringles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoIf you have really complex books with lots of story threads, I can imagine doing this. For example in Tolstoy’s War and Peace or GRRM A song of ice and fire books.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoIt would be more useful to take notes besides the book rather than inside it in that case. Maybe it’s just me, though.
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days ago100% maybe it’s my ADHD, but now I cannot read without a pen
Since I turned 30 I write in the margins of books I read. The better the book is the more notes. Its much more engaging.
Ok, but what is there to take notes about? Assuming it’s a novel, and not some reference book.
If you have really complex books with lots of story threads, I can imagine doing this. For example in Tolstoy’s War and Peace or GRRM A song of ice and fire books.
It would be more useful to take notes besides the book rather than inside it in that case. Maybe it’s just me, though.
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maybe it’s my ADHD, but now I cannot read without a pen