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Re: I only make notes/marks on copies, not originals Camilla Send a noteboard - 26/06/2011 09:18:12 PM
And more and more, I depending on electronic sources so this is becoming even less of an issue.

I read this blog (linked below) in the Guardian, and I found it oddly comforting. I tend to read with a pencil in hand. Not always, but very often. I find that the better the book, the more I require a writing tool.

But I have also found that some people consider writing in books (and we are talking about books that you own, of course; not those a friend has lent to you or that you got from the library) a heresy on par with burning them.

I love finding writing in books as well, which is probably why I have kept up the habit despite the frequent disapproval from others. Books have histories, and if I am part of that history, I do not see how my making that visible detracts from the book at all.

Your thoughts?

I'm with the others on this one. You should be ashamed of yourself. :P


Why?
I am really curious. I have a theory about the origin of this feeling, but I would like to hear your reasoning.
*MySmiley*
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Do you read with a pencil in hand? Camilla - 24/06/2011 01:04:13 PM 1418 Views
A heretic! Burn her! *NM* jh - 24/06/2011 01:07:20 PM 411 Views
I'll add notes in the margins of textbooks but not fiction or anything I read for enjoyment Stephen - 24/06/2011 01:49:20 PM 963 Views
I can't stand non-mechanical pencils anymore. Nate - 24/06/2011 02:08:02 PM 1006 Views
I actually really enjoy one or the other...for different tasks and reasons LadyLorraine - 24/06/2011 02:39:13 PM 817 Views
As a lefty... ßelals Girl - 24/06/2011 07:25:47 PM 1033 Views
Sinister... *NM* Stephen - 25/06/2011 01:16:02 AM 401 Views
Never. j-whitt987 - 24/06/2011 02:05:40 PM 951 Views
Re: Never. Camilla - 24/06/2011 02:08:21 PM 1066 Views
Re: Never. j-whitt987 - 24/06/2011 03:47:19 PM 983 Views
I like the idea but I typically don't bother random thoughts - 24/06/2011 02:17:00 PM 903 Views
in pleasure reading books, never ever LadyLorraine - 24/06/2011 02:35:03 PM 917 Views
Re: in pleasure reading books, never ever Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:14:01 PM 881 Views
No! ? - 24/06/2011 03:47:31 PM 934 Views
Re: No! Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:15:54 PM 874 Views
i haven't touched a pencil with intent since a drawing class ages ago. temeraire - 24/06/2011 04:36:13 PM 904 Views
Huh Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:16:47 PM 941 Views
it's interesting, i like the idea of the history, but, i don't like it when it's my book.. i hoard. *NM* temeraire - 27/06/2011 04:55:14 PM 425 Views
so do I. *NM* Camilla - 27/06/2011 05:01:54 PM 387 Views
HERESY! You will burn for this, Camilla Tom - 24/06/2011 04:49:08 PM 859 Views
Oh dear. *NM* Camilla - 24/06/2011 09:14:36 PM 475 Views
I've never even heard of that ironclad - 24/06/2011 06:00:53 PM 819 Views
I used to edit a literary magazine, so I would always be folding corners of pages RugbyPlayingAshaman - 24/06/2011 06:17:44 PM 1090 Views
I don't think my Kindle would like that very much. *NM* Myrdhyn - 24/06/2011 06:32:42 PM 429 Views
No ßelals Girl - 24/06/2011 07:24:16 PM 937 Views
Never, except at uni with textbooks. *NM* Wibble - 24/06/2011 10:51:18 PM 389 Views
I only make notes/marks on copies, not originals Praziquantel - 24/06/2011 11:49:32 PM 898 Views
Re: I only make notes/marks on copies, not originals Camilla - 26/06/2011 09:18:12 PM 871 Views
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