tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post3822395185775337551..comments2023-10-31T07:32:40.085-04:00Comments on Reading Thru The Night: TSS - Marginaliachristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-61340703601349163912011-03-18T20:24:08.145-04:002011-03-18T20:24:08.145-04:00I found my way to your blog from blackwatertown...I found my way to your blog from blackwatertown's link to both of us on the topic of marginalia. I laughed when I read your comment about your Norton anthologies. I still have three with copious notes in the margins and I've giggled at how esoteric the notes are. Somehow my brain must've melted in the 20 years between then and now. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-79299448399773195272011-03-18T18:10:12.153-04:002011-03-18T18:10:12.153-04:00I'm a hypocrite. I think it's justified to...I'm a hypocrite. I think it's justified to do it, but I might turn my nose up at buying a second-hand book with copious scribblings inside. Unless it was neatly autographed as coming from a literary giant - or, let's be honest, any celeb.<br />I've been talking about the subjext too here http://wp.me/pDjed-Me and I've linked to you because... Because it seemed like a good idea and gave me the chance to write in your margin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-76580995979576117282011-02-28T16:23:04.891-05:002011-02-28T16:23:04.891-05:00I like marginalia to a certain extent. I like read...I like marginalia to a certain extent. I like reading other people's thoughts on a particular book I'm enjoying just to see if we like the same things. However, I myself don't do it. Most of the books I read are loaned to me by other people or through the library and even with my personal copies, I can't seem to write in them. I'm so uptight.Amber Elle Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07708965401235391782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-4399285076541766132011-02-28T09:54:11.165-05:002011-02-28T09:54:11.165-05:00I love marginalia. I hate it that used book store...I love marginalia. I hate it that used book stores and swap sites won't allow books with marginalia anymore. If they had a section labeled, "Books with writing in them," I'd go there right off the bat every time.<br /><br />For me it's a shared experience. I get the experience of reading a book and the experience of observing another reader's reaction to the book. Once, in graduate school, I got a 120 year old copy of an obscure Victorian novel through inter-library loan. The person who first owned the book left copious marginalia including a six page essay on the blank pages in the back attacking the central argument of the book.<br /><br />It was fascinating to see how a contemporary reader reacted to what was not a very dated book. The book was called The Woman who Wouldn't. It was about a woman who married but refused to sleep with her husband for political/feminist reasons. The note writer took it much more seriously than I did.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-31142540816192639122011-02-27T15:08:35.040-05:002011-02-27T15:08:35.040-05:00I just can't make myself do it! I like the ide...I just can't make myself do it! I like the idea of writing in margins, and I'd be delighted if I found books that, say, my grandmother had written in. But I can't bring myself to do it. Once I write in the books, it's there forever and I can't take it back even if I've written something deeply stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-3234722864258391072011-02-27T13:34:25.923-05:002011-02-27T13:34:25.923-05:00Sometimes I'll highlight passages in my books,...Sometimes I'll highlight passages in my books, but that's usually about as far as I'll go.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370282561573039877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-51394489086089725612011-02-27T12:49:31.449-05:002011-02-27T12:49:31.449-05:00I recently wrote a post on this topic, and I too a...I recently wrote a post on this topic, and I too am on Team Marginalia. It just provides such a wonderful way to interact with the book. And I really like reading other people's notes in books too.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-44342628037801626632011-02-26T23:26:04.517-05:002011-02-26T23:26:04.517-05:00I've never made a habit of writing in margins....I've never made a habit of writing in margins...it's kind of funny actually..part of me is appalled by writing in books, but I think a BIGGER part of me loves seeing a page filled with notes :) Something about it just makes me happy!chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1121646009572423296.post-28084773487873753802011-02-26T21:59:39.945-05:002011-02-26T21:59:39.945-05:00I used to write in my margins and I loved it. I wi...I used to write in my margins and I loved it. I wish I never got out of that habit. Now that I am going back and rereading some of the classics I read in high school and college, my little notes make me smile. <br /><br />Maybe it is a habit I need to get back into? But then I would worry about lending my books to anyone...wouldn't want them to think I'm silly. ;) Perhaps I will just stick to my post-it method.<br /><br /><br />You know, after my productive weekend...I haven't read anything. I am in reading FAIL mode. Nothing is grabbing and everything bores me. *sigh*Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.com