tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post588471397518409129..comments2023-09-21T01:50:52.998-04:00Comments on Flying Pages: MarginaliaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15123676447865226668noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-36089391815461728152012-12-14T23:23:34.302-05:002012-12-14T23:23:34.302-05:00Dear Mr. Anonymous
This was a confessional. Thank ...Dear Mr. Anonymous<br />This was a confessional. Thank you for sharing, and you can embrace it. There are many who would and should value the courage of your journey of your Marginalia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123676447865226668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-61241666344517575722012-12-14T18:29:28.074-05:002012-12-14T18:29:28.074-05:00Throughout public schools, we were not allowed to ...Throughout public schools, we were not allowed to write anything on the books. Each book ever issued to me had been through many hands and would go through many more. Embracing marginalia now is hard. Plus, I believe that most of my books may have future appreciate owners who may not appreciate my musings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-13631662344120016022012-12-12T00:46:54.244-05:002012-12-12T00:46:54.244-05:00I admit to having a shelf (shelves) dedicated to b...I admit to having a shelf (shelves) dedicated to books autographed by their authors––thank you book fairs, conferences, and author reading groups. I've also began collecting vintage postcards with messages (most used as bookmarks inside used books), and I delight in finding equivalents of footnotes in gently-used/read books. I frequent The Book Exchange in North Palm Beach, Florida.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123676447865226668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-78598088707192073982012-12-12T00:41:26.490-05:002012-12-12T00:41:26.490-05:00Of course, the first thing you do is catch what is...Of course, the first thing you do is catch what is not intended to be there by a publisher. Whoa! What's this in print or cursive in the margins, but like a divining rod, we're lured in to read it. We can, or cannot, be persuaded––depending on what is noted. The strength is in forming your own opinion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123676447865226668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-9018827614662590162012-12-11T23:26:19.071-05:002012-12-11T23:26:19.071-05:00I collect and read signed books. Not just signed b...I collect and read signed books. Not just signed by authors but books signed by the giver to the reciever. From tjose books I get two stories; the plot of the book itself, and the story connected to the signatures inside the cover. <br />:-> VaVaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279810357296469936.post-59306402175069840182012-12-11T20:30:09.488-05:002012-12-11T20:30:09.488-05:00Although I've underlined a few key quotes in n...Although I've underlined a few key quotes in novels and scribbled questions in textbooks, the only book I've felt comfortable marking up is my Bible. I grew up knowing that my books would always be handed to (or sold to) someone else, and this thought always made me scribble on Post-it notes and in journals rather than directly in margins. I get excited when I see evidence of the life a book has had before I met it, but I also feel super-conscious about someone else's thoughts being there as I'm reading.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431762933049043552noreply@blogger.com