Published On Mar 22, 2024
In which I explain how and why to annotate your books with examples from my own collection.
For a pleasantly honest description of the challenges of slowing down while reading (and thus maybe a reason to annotate so thoroughly), check out @renee_angelica's video: • Trying to Read Slowly *My Biggest Wea...
Some great videos (in agreement and disagreement) on annotating books:
@anotherbibliophilereads with • Against Annotations: A Response
@saintdonoghue with • Response Video: Annotating Books!
@M-J with • What Have I Done? #books
@materiagrix with • Should you annotate? who also has a follow-up on the contentious issue of pen vs. pencil with • Why Do I Annotate With Pen?! 🖊️vs ✏️
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Chapters:
00:00 Purpose of Marking Up Books
02:42 Limits of Highlighting
05:42 Detailed Annotations
15:38 On Annotating Fiction
18:16 Outro
The books discussed in this video (with Amazon links):
Behave by Robert Sapolsky: https://amzn.to/3TFaKVv
The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell: https://amzn.to/3TAMQuc
The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/4aw6P4g
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit: https://amzn.to/4ajnB6C
The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore: https://amzn.to/3J9Rw5f
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes: https://amzn.to/4aeeMeq
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant, which is the first part of the Story of Civilization series: https://amzn.to/3vFR0ZN
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker: https://amzn.to/3J3KYoN
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener: https://amzn.to/3PKq6Xm
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