I’m going to have to agree with Aimee. I only annotate (and annotate heavily) the things I read for school. If I’m reading for pleasure, I never annotate. I wouldn’t mind annotating really, I don’t think it destroys a book in any way, but I’d rather think on the surface level whenever I read fiction.

I annotate my books all the time, though some are definitely more annotated than others. As a general rule, I never annotate a hard copy or a special edition, but any paperbacks are fair game. Books by Dickens, the only man I have ever truly loved, are usually annotated the most out of anything I own. My copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is a close second, though.

I do. Only in pencil and very VERY lightly. You never know if you will change your opinion in 20 years or something wont be as interesting as it was 20 years ago.

i fold down the corners of pages with funny lines or if they have something i wanna show a friend, but i dont highlight or anything. im like my friends’ library, so i try to keep books looking nice in case they mess them up.

@Brittany Hudson Thanks I’ve just done exactly the same with The Hunger Games – it does look lovely and used now …

I was raised to think that it’s sacriledge so it never happens. I used to write my name in books, but that’s as far as I will go. Reading other people’s notes bothers me, it distracts me.

I dislike using highlighters in a book – the colour distracts the general flow of the words of the page. It’s like it’s yelling at me to pay attention to it when really it may not be needed. I use pencil to note some paragraphs or underline things in non-fiction books as I may skim through it again in the future. However I never write in fiction books – it takes away the rhythm of reading and the story should be read with the eyes only, not touched with another pencil. It’s a weird way of seeing it, but a fiction book should look new in my library. I like giving my books away too since I have too many to keep all of them, so it’s a good thing that I don’t write in them or fold the page corners (another pet peeve of mine).

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I generally don’t annotate my books. It’s not because I think that it is defacing the book, or damaging it in some way, I just like to have them look clean.