#Book Annotation Methods

✍🏻 book annotation (without writing on the page) coming through! 📖 first let me say that I have nothing against the girlies who write on their books. i honestly admire y’all! if you’re like me who would rather use tabs and flags and write on them, this video is for you! ✨ how about you? do you annotate your books? share some tips below 💗 sidenote: i was supposed to post this last year alongside the booktube version but better late than never mehehe #annotating #annotatingbooks #bookannotations #bookannotating

How I Annotate My Book!! [A GUIDE<3] One of the most common questions I get on this account is my annotating process. How I developed it? What I write? Supplies etc. So I decided to finally compile a little guide. Let me know if this helps 🤗 [Tabbing:] 🗂️ I like to generally use 6 diff colours to tab. If I go above six it becomes hard to keep track and makes things tedious! 🗂️ I have a “tab key” put in the beginning of the book for future reference. 🗂️ I decide on themes I tab as I go— usually designating certain concept or patterns that comes up again and again within the story. 🗂️ Examples include: motifs, character development, certain emotions, relationships, beautifully written passages etc (the list goes on! You can literally tab whatever comes up a bunch) [Underlining/Highlighting/Emphasis of Text] ✍️ I underline passages or lines of text that are essential to the ‘literary’ aspect of the book, this could be: use of a symbol, an extended metaphor, juxtaposition etc ✍️ I highlight passages or lines of text that evoke me to feel (Don’t be excessive. Highlight the parts that stand out!) ✍️ circle/square/bracket (basically emphasize) important diction, keywords, or phrases related to the theme you had tabbed that passage to! [Writing!!!] 🖍️Write down: thoughts, wonders, predictions, feelings, essential details, connections, questions, analysis!! 🖍️ Where? If it’s especially long use a sticky, otherwise, the margins, the spaces, and in between lines. Literally anywhere. 🖍️if you’re afraid to damage your book sticky notes are very helpful:) and there are clear/neutral coloured sticky notes that are quite lovely 😊 🖍️use: arrows, bullet points, numbering, icons, or whatever that may clarify your annotations. 🖍️Reminder: I only write in annotations after finishing a chapter in the parts where I’ve tabbed, this keeps my reading flowing :) [Supplies] 📂I usually use gel black pens in 0.3 (I like the thinner feel and they often don’t leak through the page) 📂I use the grey highlighters from muji religiously 📂Stickies and tabs are all from Amazon, they come in a variety of colours so have your pick:)! Love, Bea

☁️ • i stopped annotating my books because… • i don’t like to draw on my books anymore. i used to write so many stuff on the pages. and i actually love reading them after a while. but last few months i stopped doing it. because i sometimes consider let my friends borrow my books. and i don’t want them to read my annotations 🫣. maybe i’ll start doing it again, who knows 🫠. • i never read on a straight surface! i don’t read books on table or on my lap so i don’t have the right position to even highlight the sentences. so i stopped even highlighting when my lines started to look so messy when i read on my reading chair or in my bed. • i only take photos of the pages now. my camera roll is like a jungle 🫢. i started doing this when i didn’t have a pen or highlighter with me. i have my phone with me all the time so no highlighter, no problem. i have a lot of photos of book pages in my camera roll. 💭 • do you annotate books? #smallcreators #bookstagrammers #bookstagramtürkiye #bookannotation #explorepage

There are many annotation methods: highlighting, underlining, writing in the margins, color coding specific things…through much experimentation, I have learned what works well for my needs. As I read, I like to practice active reading and mark quotes, passages, and pages with a pencil and small sticky tabs. In each chapter or section, I jot down key ideas, important points, passages and my reactions on large sticky notes and paste them in the book itself. This method helps me retain what I read, allows me to return to the book and find things I like very easily, and helps me write my reviews and form my analyses. Though I have found this method to work well for my needs, I am open to refining this process and even trying out new methods. How do you like to annotate? Let me know in the comments! #bookstagram #reading #literature #annotations

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Annotating✨ Annotating has my heart and I don’t think that will ever change. This is a book I annotated years ago, so the style has changed, but I still thought it was fun. QOTD: do you have any annotating content you would like to see? Or how was your weekend?

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I tried annotating for the first time and I get the appeal now. I was inspired by @thebookleo's video on how annotating can help to replace your doomscrolling and although it only helped me with that marginally, what I did learn from the video was that annotating is truly about the journey and not the destination. Even if I were to never look back on what I wrote and what tabs I left, I still feel like the actual process elevated the reading experience for me. Am I annotating the books I'm currently reading (The Strength of the Few and Howling Dark)? Not really. 😂 BUT, I think for certain books, such as ones that are more speculative, I'll definitely be pulling out my tabs and pen. ❓QOTD: Do you annotate or tab your books while you read?

how I annotate my books 📖✍🏽✨⁣ ⁣ 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴? ⁣ ⁣ A few people have asked me how I annotate, so hopefully you find this helpful. Drop any questions that you may have in the comments! ⁣ ⁣ 🔗 all annotation supplies can be found in my Amazon storefront (linked in bio) or my “annotation” IG highlight ⁣ ✨ desk pad by @anecdotegoods

a guide on how I annotate my books And if you don't annotate this way, that's totally fine. There are a lot of different approaches that work for different readers, including drawing in the margins and adding post-it notes. This is what I've found works best for me, and I wanted to share it in case it might be a good fit for you too. #annotatedbooks #annotations #annotating #englishmajor #literaryfiction #literaturelover #literatureaesthetic #bookstaexplore #bookstagramcommunity #bookreel #bookishreels #booksbooksbooks #booklover #readinggoals #bookdragon