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I draw brackets around words i don’t understand and underline passages that i enjoyed.

>> No.16711496
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A couple times I did both with a highlighter.
I went back to the passages and felt like it wasn’t worth it so now I never mark anything I read.
If it’s that important, write it down

>> No.16711502

>>16711473
dude why would you not do it the other way around you're wasting so much ink or graphite or whatever holy shit

>> No.16711504

I have an E-reader that can highlight. It is very useful. But otherwise i use sticky tabs.

>> No.16711528

>>16711473
Anon, it's 2020. If there's a word I don't understand, I google it on my phone in 10 seconds. If there's a passage I want to remember, I take a photo or make a digital note. There's 0 reason to ruin your books.

>> No.16711550

>>16711473
Depends on genre and my purpose.
If I'm reading fiction, I underline very rarely.
For philosophy I might underline the key points, I find it helps me follow the author's argument. Also useful for rereading quickly

>> No.16711567

I'd only permanently mark a book I have no intention of ever rereading for pleasure and would only consult as a reference. I haven't permanently marked a book since I graduated college years ago. If I need to reference something in a book anymore I use a sticky note. Because I have a lot of books on lend from the library, or from friends, and also sometimes lend out the books I own to others.

If I don't know a word I simply look it up, if I'm not able to figure out what it means from the context.

>> No.16711570

>>16711473
that's what I do, but on my ereader. nifty shit, my ereader

>> No.16711685

I cross out sentences i have read

>> No.16711688

>>16711685
Do you also tear the pages out of the book once you finish them?

>> No.16711770

>>16711473
>I draw brackets
>I'm a drawer hehe
Oh yeah? Can I put things in you and shut you closed, you stupid bitch?

>> No.16711786

>>16711473
Yes, it gives me pleasure when I read the book again.

>> No.16711798

>>16711473
Pretty gay of you anon

>> No.16711799

>>16711496
>If it’s that important, write it down
This

>> No.16711800

>>16711770
have you been diagnosed yet?

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>>16711685
>>16711688

>> No.16711958

>>16711803
based senile grandma

>> No.16711964

>>16711803
This is the chaddest way to read a book.

>> No.16712738

>>16711473
I draw hentai in the margins.

>> No.16712840

>>16711496
fpbp. Only highlight if you intend to return to the passages pretty soon to make notes. Highlighting alone doesn't do much for retention.

>> No.16712875

>>16711473
I like to underline things I like or little details I think might turn out to be important in books I own. I love the idea of coming back to a book I read years ago and having a little touch of unintrusive commentary from a past reading. I also like the idea of seeing other people's marginalia in an old used book, and I'd hope someone who ends up with an old book of mine would feel similarly.