HOW I ANNOTATE MY BOOKS | My Full Annotating Process

[@dindranew.6808]

As an academic and professor, I am fascinated by how people choose to annotate the books they're reading for fun! And as specifically an English professor, I'm super happy to see people reading for fun at all. I took a survey of my students a few years ago and found out that none of them had read a single book for fun since they were 8-10 years old. I never took that survey again; my heart can't take it!

[@drime5253]

I read for fun!!! I’m 15 :)

[@phoebe1313]

@@drime5253 same!!

[@technoratic5589]

It seems like reading for fun is becoming more popular for people in their teenage/later years, I was a massive bookworm up until I was about nine or ten and now at 14 I’m after getting back into it, I’m currently reading Crime and Punishmemt by Fyodor Dostoevsky and No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai :) as-well as that I’ planning to read War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice, And The picture of Dorian Gray, much to the joy of my mother who’s a massive fan of reading and especially Oscar Wilde considering we’re Irish.

[@drime5253]

@@technoratic5589 I literally said this the other day. All of a sudden people are reading again! :)

[@noramuja4479]

@@drime5253 Mee tooo!!!!

[@tyrathebooks2481]

I am so judgemental of myself when I annotate lol. I question everything and I'm like did I really need to annotate that? But when I look back through it later I feel like I appreciate the annotations more. It shows what I was feeling and thinking during the experience I had reading the book, and almost helps me to relive it!!

[@RebeccaStoneoffthehook]

Omgsh, same. I second guess myself all of the time

[@professordekarios]

for anyone else worried about tabbing or highlighting too much (whether you're low on tabs or don't want to "regret" writing in your book), i normally read another page or two and if i'm still thinking about whatever i wanted to annotate then i'll go back and do it :) otherwise i'm like "oh i don't really care about that" 😂

[@chloebunnie]

love this tip!!!

[@xgremlynnx]

Really good advice! Thank you! ;__;

[@romae.22]

Why I annotate- 0:42 How- 2:46 What the colours mean-4:27 Annotating audiobooks-13:25 Q&A-15:05

[@romae.22]

No problem!

[@rishanroy9f365]

You're an angel!

[@afsanaashika4878]

Thanksss

[@Valeria-mg4ty]

Thank you!

[@jennysrg4494]

thx ( ◜‿◝ )♡

[@charnida]

wouldn’t it be so much fun to annotate a book and then send it to someone else to read and annotate it as well? kind of like sisterhood of the traveling pants lol 😂

[@chloebunnie]

yes omg i've always wanted to do that!!

[@Jaragreene]

Books with Chloe you should do that with your subscribers!! Maybe find a way you can do that with an online PDF book?

[@lostmymindinbooks]

@@Jaragreene you can annotate in PDFs ☺️ would have to look for it but at least on PC I often do it for uni

[@madalynmiles]

that’s what my best friend and i might be doing for christmas with our favorite books!

[@badlove6896]

have you heard the novel "S" by dorst and abrams? check it out, that's exactly what they did there. reading it would be as if you're the third person the book had been passed on to. :)))

[@Becksnnc]

Im going to try annotating. I think it will help me engage with the book more. My problem when reading is that once I've finished a book I pretty much forget everything about it. I hate it. Like if you asked me about all the books I've ever read I don't think I'd even be able to give you a brief summary of it. My memory is just awful at taking in information and letting it sink in.

[@kerizolmayn]

yeah same here

[@iloveasmr8462]

Me too!

[@andrea0A]

SAME i hate that. What I’ve done that has helped me has been reading slowly and basically taking my time with it. I can actually read pretty fast but in doing so I wouldn’t retain most of the information that I’ve read. I’ve just accepted that my memory isn’t very good and that’s okay lol. I actually would like to annotate but the thought of writing on my book scares me. Like I’m the type of person that dies on the inside when people fold the corner of a page lol.

[@ivy2805]

yesss i feel like while i’m reading i don’t process what’s going on so i forget what happened earlier in the book

[@demerion]

Same here. I kinda just accepted that I won't retain a lot of information, so I just try to keep an overview of what happened. Sometimes it's very superficial, like "They went to X, but there was a monster so they fought it, then they found a chest with a ring" when in the book the fighting scene takes two pages. But that's usually enough to follow the story. If I'm really into the story, I naturally keep more information. I still have problems remembering what happened after I finished the book, so maybe I'll start to keep notes. Like Andrea, I don't like writing in books, mainly because it looks awful if I do it. If it looked like in the video, I would probably do it. For that reason, I might try post-it notes (or an external note). And depending on the book I'll write down less or more. I learn by writing down, so this hopefully keeps information in my head longer. But I probably still have to come back every so often to refresh my memory. :/

[@georgiefarr1094]

I love seeing the tabs when you look at the side of the books where it shows how much there is and I love it. So well detailed 💟💟💟

[@estep808]

I thought the same thing!! So detailed 😄

[@ReadByTiffany]

you're honestly the reason i started tabbing and annotating my books, and it's been so fun to interact more personally with my favorite stories 💖

[@chloebunnie]

omg my heart 😭🖤

[@dinishavogt87]

If anyone is concerned about bleeding through when highlighting or underlying, I 100% recommend using colored gel pens! That’s what I use and I’ve never had a problem with bleeding

[@LibraryofKym]

I use high quality artists colouring pencils.

[@rainbowgirl2540]

Green = angry Orange = relatable Yellow = important info world Pink = love fav quote scene Blue = sad Dark purple = shocking moments Violet = funny

[@chrish4991]

zebra mildliners are nice for highlights. There are lots of colors and they don’t bleed. They also have 2 tips. Also Zebra mildliners are fun to use when bullet journaling.

[@jennysrg4494]

park

[@girIkiss3r]

Just bought some for school, thank you!

[@throneofpages]

I've always felt like annotating books enhances the reading experience tenfold and it's always so exciting to see the finished copy 🖤✨

[@richardmoore6078]

Don't be scared writing in or marking up your books. I just saw a Ryan Holiday video at Daily Stoic. He says, "As I'm reading, I'm either highlighting or writing in the margins. If anyone does this with my books, I consider it to be an honour. You're supposed to be in an argument or discussion. It's a 2-way communication with the author." Hope that helps. :)

[@rightwhereyouleftMEHEEHEE]

If it can help some people, here is my colours system : Pink : moment I love/cute moment Orange : when something pissed me off Green : quotes Blue : sad moment Purple : Trigger Warning Yellow : my theories

[@harleyr5247]

I'm going to be annotating a book to send to a friend and found this so helpful!I was struggling on what to actually annotate. However, the card at the front of the book with main characters... GENIUS! I have read so many books where I would get confused on which character was who- especially when authors use the same first initial for most of the main characters. Going to use this for all future books. :) Thank you!

[@trinhsformerz]

omg i remember watching the first two annotating videos and getting really inspired!! so i’m very happy to see a third video dedicated to this lol 😭😭❤️❤️

[@chloebunnie]

trinhsformerz 😘😘

[@evaneedraa]

using your sticky note method is great for those just getting into annotating.

[@patriciahernandez4542]

This is the most ravenclaw video ever, what a hard work!😂🖤

[@taranpreetgill8628]

Lol

[@elly3466]

Perfect timing... i am trying to get into annotating!! this will be very useful

[@shamanking48]

The part about not worrying about whether something "should be" annotated helped me so much. I always feel like I'm over underlining or putting too many tabs especially when I put more than one on 1 page, like maybe the top had a really shocking moment I want to come back to but the bottom had a part I SUPER liked, so I'll have 2 tabs there and I always question whether I should have put them both or just the one, but who cares? It's how I wanna do it so I gotta stop worrying. ^_^ Thanks for the video, really was a good watch and informational.

[@SiaaSoox]

This was extremely helpful! Didn’t feel the need to annotate, but now I’m feeling inspired

[@andradacalu6700]

I love seeing tabs on my books, but for some reason I'm so scared of annotating them... idk why, but I always think that my writing is so bad and if I somehow mess something up I won't stop thinking about it and then just won't enjoy the book.... Thanks a lot for this video Chloe! I really enjoyed it... maybe I'll get over being scared and give it a try. I really love how you annotate your books!!!

[@aufsandgebaut]

SAME!!

[@wanderingbeyondpages]

I find it really interesting how people annotate their books. I don't do it myself (a rare post-it note in a book series but that's it). What I do like to do is add the month and year that I bought the book at the front pages. Or if I bought it somewhere special (ex. abroad) or was gifted it I'll add that to. Sometimes very confronting. Right now I'm reading a book I bought at a con in july 2014... welp

[@Ha3344]

I’m kind of annoying about sticky tabs because it bothers me if they don’t all look the same 😂 It always has to line up with the first line in the sentence and it has to stick out like 0.4 cm exactly. I use a ruler as a bookmark so I can use it to underline and to line up my tabs. My colors: Pink: love (romance + friendship and family) Orange: quotes/scenes I like Yellow: shocking moments Green: important character/world info Blue: sad moments or things I don’t like

[@BookinItWithAhtiya]

I've only been annotating for a year or so, and it was actually one of your previous annotation videos that helped me create my system! Now I annotate almost every book I read, and I love going back to favorite books and flipping through to see my annotations.

[@chloebunnie]

this makes me so happy!!!🖤💗

[@SharniandBooks]

Your previous videos are what inspired me to want to start annotating my books. I'm definitely still in the phase where I'm working my way up to fully annotating like you said. I'm mostly just tabbing and using post it notes at the moment. Maybe soon I'll build up the courage to write in my books in pencil 😂 it seems so silly to be so scared, but I'm just scared of making my books look messy with my writing haha

[@emmabagel4131]

So I got a study Bible with margins for writing notes in and it (as well as all other books) just felt completely wrong to write in. Unfortunately now the floodgates are open because I love it and I just want to annotate every book I own 😂. This video gave me some great ideas to try as I tackle books on my reading list!

[@KikiFu]

Post it brand does sell just pink page flags at office Depot and staples. Probably directly from their site as well. Thanks for the video, it's interesting hearing about other people's annotations. I really like how your page flags don't stick out as far anymore.

[@l0veLY111]

My favourite books to annotate are murder mysteries I love writing my initial thoughts and theories on the pages then when I’ve finished the book and know who did it I like to re read it and read all my thoughts and ideas and you finally see all those small hints that you might not have noticed when you first read it😩🤚✨

[@JeanneLollypop]

I feel like this video got me out of my physical reading slump, suddenly I want to go and read and annotate my books so bad lol. Well, I wanted to say that you were one of the persons that inspired me to start annotating my books (actually I watched your first annotating video wow its been so long) and I love doing it and yeah I completely agree with every reason you mentioned when it comes to why you like annotating your books!!! And PLEASE daiso needs to sell colours separately I have like 32647 packs that have all the colours except orange (which is the one I use for the moments I love) and it frustrates me. What I try to do is to use the colours that I use less for poetry/nonfiction. If you decide to get more into highlighting, (probably you know this already but just in case) but personally for highlighting I prefer using the stablio pastel highlighters which look way more aesthetically pleasing than regular highlighters. And finally, does it ever happened to you that when you're annotating and you come across a moment that you love but it is also a sad moment so you don't know which colour to use or is it just me lol

[@naturallyjasauni8446]

Yes that happens to me a lot! i just use the emotion that i feel most strong about or sometimes if i cant choose i'll use a the color tab for favorite and highlight or underline in the color that i have for sad or emotional

[@emilysatticarts5538]

By the way you can get the sticky notes 4:00 at doller tree BUT thay have an triangle thing on the sticky side so you can point to the sentence i love them!😍😍😍

[@kauru3844]

From another girl, you are SO pretty! 🥰✨Thank you for the informative vid on annotating... I can't wait to start!

[@arhamashaikh7879]

The fact that she looks so gothic and is so colorful with her annotations

[@kasandra1641]

I realised that annotating makes me retain information so much more ♡

[@xnichole_mariex]

So many helpful tips! I always forget names, that tip is going to save me! Thank you!

[@wafflehoarder2666]

I love annotating my books for school, but I've yet to come up with a color system or anything like that. I'm taking a semester off this fall (I go to uni), and I might try practicing annotating some of my older books on my time off so I'm ready next spring. Thanks for the video!

[@susanjarrell1573]

I just came across this video. I have watched a ton of annotating videos and this by far has been the best one I’ve seen. I got a few ideas that I hadn’t thought about before. 😊

[@uncreativegreen3768]

I decided to annotate my first novel since school so I popped over for your previous annotation video and saw you had posted this one. Thankyou!! :D

[@st4rb0y333]

i always just tab whatever length i want then cut them down with scissors to be short and even :)

[@KLC228]

I just started tabbing books so I'm excited for this!

[@madelinee2720]

You're so organised and it's just really satisfying! I think I might finally give annotating a try, because I was worried about knowing how to categorise my tab colours but your method makes so much sense!

[@bumblebeahive]

Oh my gosh… I always wrote & doodled stuff like that in my books but never knew it was called Annotation! This was pretty neat & educational in a way! Thank you!

[@saharadesert3910]

Loved this video!! I only annotate books when I re-read them, because i don't like stopping and tabbing while I'm reading a new book because I get so into the story and the world.

[@maddielyons7979]

I use tabs to annotate my books! I’m super obnoxious with my tabs, I always line the u so they're straight, and I only have the stick out about the same as yours, so I make sure they all stick out the same amount lol. Here’s my color coded system: Orange - Imortant Yellow- Funny Blue - Sad Purple - Favorite Pink - Love (not like your love, yours is like my favorite tab, this is for my favorite romantic scenes, etc) Green - Quote

[@poof379]

I’ve never annotated a book before unless it was for school lol. I might try this type of annotating though because it sounds like a lot of fun! Thank you for the amazing video 💕

[@coffeebeen65]

This is all new to me as I come from the camp of NEVER writing in ANY book! I wouldn’t mind learning how to annotate with a companion journal.

[@thebookishnook4165]

Chloe!! You are a booktuber that makes me feel so motivated to read and annotate my books!! We are so blessed that you create such a quality content💕

[@zosto102]

I would highly recommend the Zebra midliners for highlighting books as some of the packs are not as fluorescent as highlighters so they are not as in your face when you go back and read through the book, and they have very minimal bleed through. Another pack i would recommend is the javapen power lines as they are not as expensive as the midliners and comes with both pastel and fluorescent colours so you can pick and choose. :) I also use a ruler when highlighting as I also like straight lines in my book. xx

[@vany2099]

I actually started annotating my books bc of your second annotating video! You're such an inspiration! ❤️

[@carolinesromancereads]

I’ve been rewatching this video today because I just wrote in my book with a pen for the first time! I love it! I felt like post its blocked the text for me.

[@yasmine3212]

i just started children of blood and bone so this came just in time! i started annotating that book today and i’m weirdly satisfied with the organization of it. it just looks so neat and personalized.

[@TheVentBench]

I keep seeing videos about annotation and now I really want to try it! I have never done this before but I am fascinated.

[@jessicamccdance]

Your first annotation video was the first video I ever saw of yours. Huge fan ever since, the best vibes

[@karlaarmy123]

Thank you sm i wanted to start annotating for a long time but had no idea how to do it! btw I've never seen a video of your channel before and I cant help to notice that judecardan fanart in the back so I'm instantly subscribing

[@sprihajain771]

I’m so thankful for this vid! I have annotated pdfs nd e books but I was scared annotating my hard copy novels. Like, this was so nice to know that I shouldn’t be hard on myself. Honestly, thanks for this vid. It really helped me! ❤️❤️❤️

[@nourakhalid5484]

Thank you so much for this video! I've watched your first annotating video so many times. Still looking for the courage to do this but I'm planning on rereading The Perks of Being a Wallflower soon. Really want to annotate that!

[@ammalyrical5646]

Post it sells dual colour packs (and single colour and I believe pink is one of the colours they sell that way I believe). I really like the Post-it tabs, same as with yours they don't really lift all the ink of the page and how much they lift depends on how long the tab has been there mostly. And I did try writing thoughts in my books and underlining, didn't really like it. I don't really tab often enough to have a set meaning for each colour so I tend to create a legend in the book and give the colours a meaning as I go along.

[@ammalyrical5646]

Those tabs (or most of them) also have the benefit that only the end that sticks out has the colour. Which is something I want when I'm using tabs for anything (I use them for textbooks as well or to remember I need to do something with the tabbed item since bright colours do attract attention).

[@vanillatsarina]

I love annotating but I am so afraid of doing so with my hardbacks and my visually pretty books (if that makes sense). I started annotating the books that I teach to my students. I found that separating novels that I read for fun, the ones that are in my personal library, and then the books I teach are on their own. This helped me enjoy annotating while also keeping my books pristine which is all thanks to booktok and youtubers scaring me into keeping my books perfect. Maybe one day I will decide to move forth and write in my YA and NA hardbacks.

[@sarahm1447]

A note about the erasable pilot frixion pens: I use them and they erase well, but be careful since some books have inks that smear if you try to erase pen marks in the text. Great video! I love annotated books :)

[@rachel-rx6ol]

loved this!! i don’t write in my books yet, i have been tabbing them for a few years. i just use one colour and it’s whatever matches the book’s cover for Maximum Aesthetic haha. i definitely want to annotate but i think i’ll start by buying a second hand copy of one of my favourites, just in case it’s not for me.

[@Storydustreads]

Same, I want to try this but I'm scared to write in my books/mess them up😂😂

[@rachel-rx6ol]

Emma Kerssemeeckers i feel like none of my thoughts are worth recording in the first place haha

[@DragonHeart29]

I love my books and I can't tolerate a single mark directly on the pages yet I also like to annotate. So I use similar colorful transparent tags and post-it that allow me to mark a page, highlight some lines or write a note/ comment. As long as it causes ZERO damage to the book.

[@racheldemain1940]

I am so with you. Nothing goes near my books except a bookmark

[@drawingwith_me4243]

Oh my God, I just watched your other annotating video yesterday! Crazy😂

[@lilyGoodbred]

Omg I’ve watched all these videos and your the reason I started and now love to annotate!❤️

[@melodymachuca9024]

I love to use washi tape as tabs too!! You can choose a color scheme and fold the tabs however you want.

[@jelena9]

Omg I was just about to watch your old annotating video (I'm kind of new to your channel so I'm still exploring) and then you post this!😂 Love it😍❣️

[@RossMcgowanMaths]

Excellent video. I sat down with a pen and paper and filled half a page of A4 with comments from this video. Looking at annotating my first book.

[@chasaw5468]

This was so detailed!! Perfect! Thanks!!

[@Amyduckie]

You inspired me to start annotating my books. I’m still extremely picky about what I annotate, but when I do annotate, I enjoy myself so much. When I first started to annotate, I couldn’t deal with the idea of running out of a certain colour faster, so because of that, I switch things up every time I annotate a book. I use different colours every time and put a key in the front of the book. Another reason I do this is because I didn’t want to always associate blue with sad and pink with love. Doing this also allows me to use as many colours as I like and I will often use a colour to annotate a specific theme in the book. For example I had a colour for Mormon specific information for Autoboyography by Christina Lauren and colours for Asian/Vietnamese specific info and autism specific info when I annotated The Kiss Quotient. As a result of using extra colours, though, I had to ditch tabs and I now use book darts.

[@parissellers7663]

I love this. I'm happy I found this! Thank you for showing me how to annotate a book!

[@jmatos7872]

New subbie, just really learned about annotating books last night, I take notes from them but this is a whole new level.

[@sunflowervalleyhomestead1098]

On the loaning out part I annotate with tabs and sticky notes and if I decide to loan it out I just transfer the tabs and notes to notebook paper in a binder with notes on the page and line so I can put them back when the book is returned. Also helps in the case of donation or resale because it doesn't mark up the book

[@bellaeastwood4235]

i wish i had friends who loved to read, so i could buddy read with them & i would highlight / annotate my book to exchange it with the person i’m buddy reading with. so we can see what we thought & the differences or similarities on what we thought about that particular book. and then we could discuss the book in depth further

[@Emmy-ez8fr]

hii im always down to do buddy reads or just talk abt books in general lol do you have goodreads or instagram? this is the kind of friend i’ve been looking for too but most of mine don’t read so :/

[@oliviascott329]

This was SO helpful thank you!! I definitely want to annotate some of my favorites and I wasn’t sure where to start, this was perfect ✨

[@diana.herrera]

OMG my tweets are in your video!! what an honor haha :)

[@alassea1698]

I would definitely buy the annotated books, I know you said sometimes they're personal so I get it if you wouldn't want to but I would love to read someone else's thoughts on the books and mark my own underneath them!

[@hannahk7981]

YESS i was just watching your old videos. Also i love how you annotate your books so much. Hopefully i can improve my annotations HAHA💙 also i always get people asking me why i annotate

[@lovely-bo2ri]

I only highlight and leave tabs, I have a separate notebook for writing (I don’t want my book to look too messy)

[@montinyx]

I started annotating books thanks to your previous videos!! Watching these makes me happy for some reason lol! I personally underline and highlight and I use the zebra mildliners! They have all the colors of the tabs so I keep everything matching! 10/10 recommend, again there is always a mild bleed through but I personally don’t care about it.

[@navyamokashi2792]

Omg I just realised that I first found Chloe’s channel around two years ago when she posted her first annotation video. I can’t believe I’ve been watching her for two years. Love you, Chloe 💜

[@kacysspace]

I’ve been slacking on annotating lately but I’ve gotten into writing summaries every 50 pages because of you! Every 100 pages seems like a better idea but idk if I’d remember everything then 🤣

[@ZzZivaReads]

It's so satisfying to see all those tabs on the side of books, especially with all the different colours ☺

[@aquadusk6568]

There is absolutely no way that the same day I searched this up the person I got inspired to do this by posted a video on it... I am sooo lucky

[@hiekfbisnl2772]

Will you be participating in the reading rush? Sorry if you've already addressed this on a different platform- I only use KZbin!

[@chloebunnie]

teacakes no i won’t be this year!

[@vivik11]

Congrats on 60k! You deserve it so muuuuch & I loved this video

[@iloveFASHIONyaya]

Love this! I just recently started annotating. I don’t annotate every book I read so the post it notes idea is such a good idea every 50pgs summarize.

[@The_reading_hygienist]

This video was everything I have ever wanted in an annotating video. 👏🏻 Thank you you so much for doing this. Love you ♥️♥️

[@someone-pi4dp]

her makeup and black outfit make her give off a powerful aura

[@manicoquita]

I’ve always wanted to do this

[@kaesinfinitelibrary]

I’m so glad you made this video - I’ve been thinking about annotating books I know I’m going to love and was trying to find ideas on what to tab

[@leeadams4934]

That editing is pretty god damn good.

[@Frittzze]

Six of Crows is soooo good!!! I want to read all of her books

[@tiakiwi]

Aaa I love these videos!! Every time I try to annotate I end up giving up, but hopefully I get the hang of it sometime because I love the idea of it!!

[@adamtufts8395]

Omg i had no idea people annotated for fun lol. I have to annotate my books for school so naturally i dont enjoy it that much but it is a bit of a suprise to see people doing it iut of enjoyment lol.

[@PatAndBooks]

I bought a whole ass pack of sticky tabs bec I have really bad memory and I just need to up my game so I can talk about the books I read properly

[@Jesus-eg3yb]

I started reading heavily in 2015 after previously hating to read. Since then I have continued to do so with a goal of 25 books a year minimum. However I’m not really reading fiction, but on occasion I read one here and there. I’ve started annotating and it’s pretty sloppy and highlights EVERYWHERE. . looks horrible. This video was very helpful. Thank you.

[@malucos00]

I couldn't relate more with the idea of annotating books to make them yours! I love reading a book and changing them as much as they change me.

[@hijabibooks9405]

I really want to start annotating, this is really motivating to start. I can’t wait. 👏🏼❤️

[@lilaah3425]

I started annotating recently from being motivated from your other videos, and I love doing it so much!!! It is more fun, making them more personal with my lil thoughts:)💕so thank youuu!!>.

[@scoobydoo_forever]

I only do poetry and I just pick a color to match the poetry book. I also barely have the tabs peaking out.

[@xgremlynnx]

This was very helpful! I always second guess myself about if something is REALLY worth annotating/highlighting etc and before I know it I'm 100+ pages into a book with not a single annotation. I need to be less judgmental. It's not like anyone else will see it unless I want them to, and I won't be graded on it.