Scribbling in the margins?

amansmith · Post by **amansmith** » 21 May 2014, 11:09

I do not and will not scribble in the margins. I like for all of my books to stay in excellent condition and I am extremely particular about how they are taken care of. To me if you turn down pages or write in your book it ruins the book.

sammi8764 · Post by **sammi8764** » 22 May 2014, 07:57

I'll do this with books I'm reading for school, like summer reading books, but other than that, I don't like to. I feel it mars the pages. If I'm reading an ebook I'll highlight phrases I like, but that's all.

swalker123 · Post by **swalker123** » 22 May 2014, 09:30

I would be more likely to use the 'add note' function in an ebook than to write in the margins of a printed book.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 22 May 2014, 09:36

I usually circle the page no in pencil if there is something I particulary want to note & of course, on Kindle I'd just highlight or bookmark

autumnmarie · Post by **autumnmarie** » 22 May 2014, 18:05

I've on seldom occasions thought about doing this...But I just can't bring myself to do so. Anything I seem to write ends up looking lame to me afterwards.

Elizabeth Rogers 47 · Post by **Elizabeth Rogers 47** » 22 May 2014, 19:08

I read too many library books to do that . But if the book is mine, -- Look out. I also maki
e great use of highlighters.

barbie25 · Post by **barbie25** » 23 May 2014, 07:14

On my textbooks, yeah, I do scribble notes in there. I do it to highlight important details and I find it really effective. But its not the same with my literature books. I love to see them clean, pure, unadulterated.

-- 23 May 2014, 08:15 --

On my textbooks, yeah, I do scribble notes in there. I do it to highlight important details and I find it really effective. But its not the same with my literature books. I love to see them clean, pure, unadulterated.

bookworm_107 · Post by **bookworm_107** » 23 May 2014, 07:19

Im one of those people that treat the pages of a book like they're holy! But when I come across the notes of a stranger in a book I cant help but read them.

runnergirl13-1 · Post by **runnergirl13-1** » 23 May 2014, 20:00

I can't stand when people write in books and then they try to erase it and it only smears it all over the page and sometimes it even rips the page.

klucey · Post by **klucey** » 23 May 2014, 20:03

As an English teacher, any book that I think I might possibly teach or even has the potential of good passages, makes me keep a pencil close at hand. I LOVE good quotations. Those are what I usually mark in my books. I decorate my classroom with them.

Dustin M · Post by **Dustin M** » 24 May 2014, 15:04

I don't really like writing in books that I read for pleasure, but if I'm studying something, usually philosophy, then I don't have a problem writing in the margins or highlighting lines. I remember going through my copy of Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche and seeing almost every margin filled with some kind of note or other.

Wolfsbane Creations · Post by **Wolfsbane Creations** » 26 May 2014, 08:31

only in text books or on the kindle!

robind13 · Post by **robind13** » 10 Nov 2014, 19:57

I usually write notes on legal pads then paper clip the paper to the first page of the book

Divya Tamilselvan · Post by **Divya Tamilselvan** » 09 Sep 2021, 07:39

I used to do all the shabby scribbling things on my textbook. But when it comes to fictional or self-help books I would keep them as neat as possible.

Scott Fling · Post by **Scott Fling** » 23 Dec 2022, 14:46

I absolutely do this if I plan to write something about it later. I found that a lot of the books I read in college are marked up pretty bad. If it is solely a pleasure read, I tend to shy away from it.