Hello, folks! Today I'll be glad to know your opinion about a mania which I have. When you pick up one of the books I'm reading or those which I have already finished, you'll probably get very surprised about the MESS they have become - because of me! I make several notes and disorderly scribbles through it's pages (don't forgive any of them). Sometimes because I don't understand some point, or even because I found something interesting. Then, last week my cousin picked one of my books and she got scared. She said: Oh my god! You destroy your books, Tiago! What a shame!
The question is... in your opinion, do I really destroy my books?
They're your books! It's your world! I think that's fine! What I REALLY don't like (as someone working in a library) is people who write all over library books - it's called defacement and it's ugly! As for post-it notes or sticky paper markers - I spend my life having to get these out of books. Seriously annoying!
YOU WRITE IN YOUR BOOKS!!!! AHHHH!!! Only messing. You own then. You bought them, you may treat them as you wish :) I personally use a note pad or post it notes if I am going to do that though :) and too be honest, I am usually so lost in a book I forget all about notes.
I'm in two minds about this.
On the one hand, I try really hard to keep my more precious books looking as good as I can possibly maintain them!
On the other hand, there is something deeply satisfying about making annotations etc that you can refer back to. I have started to do this using iBooks for my own manuscripts (saving paper y'know) and I am finding that I probably enjoy annotation and posting "stickies" on my work more satisfying that writing it in the first place.
Annotation was probably the only thing I enjoyed about English as school...
So I guess I'm on the fence about this one. One thing I cannot fault though - there is nothing better than a well read (and maybe annotated) book!