How I Annotate My Books!

[@TravelsinFiction]

I haven’t ever annotated my books but I’ve seen a lot of people do it recently and it makes me want to give it a go!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Go for it! It can be so satisfying 😍

[@jaimeslibrary]

lmao when i annotated chamber of secrets our annotations would've been completely opposite. literally all mine for gilderoy lockhart were "god i love this man" hehe ✨

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

He’s a great character but lawd I just can’t 😂

[@martinaleone3301]

this was really interesting, I love seeing how people annotate their books because there are a lot of ways to do it. I personally started earlier this year, I annotate just my rereads or books I know I'm gonna like (for example Game of Thrones). as always great video, love your content!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Game of thrones is one I want to annotate at some point! When I have the time to reread them all 😂 and thank you!

[@ariascarlet7736]

I've never anotated any of my books, I'm not sure I like the idea of writting in a book 😅😅 but I'm always really curious when people show books they have anotated, I think it's kind of a way to see how people think and what they find important/interesting, so I really like to see this type of video from one of my favourite booktubers 🙌🤗🙌

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I used to be the same! But I usually end up with multiple copies of favourite books so at least then I can have a messy version with all my notes in and a pretty, pristine copy ahaha. Aw thank you!

[@idek7661]

you can also write in them with pencil instead of pen, then you can erase it later if you don’t like it :)

[@anoukvanessen4176]

I've only 'annotated' my absolute favorite book once many years ago, and it didn't went any futher than underline a few quotes with a pencil.. But I would love to give it a go, because to me it seems like a way to delve more into the story and better understanding in an organized way..

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Being hesitant is understandable - even now I tend to get another copy cheaply to write in instead of messing up a favourite copy ahaha. It can be so satisfying though and I love seeing other people’s notes on a book

[@TomesAndTravel]

This was so interesting to watch! I used to annotate my required reading books when I was in university as a way of capturing my thoughts "in the heat of the moment", and of highlighting scenes dealing with key themes. It definitely made it easier to find interesting parts to write about in essays (but if I had more complicated thoughts that I couldn't fit in the margins, I also had a MS word document open as well). For recreational reading I don't tend to annotate my books very often. Sometimes if there's a really interesting quote that I want to share, I'll put a small sticky note inside and refer back to it when planning a BookTube video or Goodreads review.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I have to be careful with uni reads because if I don’t enjoy it all that much then I’ll donate them after, but can’t do that if they’re written all over 😅 it definitely helps though, which is the annoying balance I have to find

[@callmeaftercoffee]

I love these videos! So interesting how everyone does their own thing, I also have how I annotate on my channel. Loved BasicallyBritt's video as well ☺️. I just love seeing what comes to different people naturally, I'm a pretty emotional reader so my tabs tend to show how I'm feeling throughout the books.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

It’s so intriguing seeing how different people approach a book! I’m glad you liked it ☺️ ahh yes Britt’s video was fab! Aw nice, I love that

[@readbymalja]

You have a very unique style of annotating, and I really liked it 😊 specially that tree in The Night Circus 💕

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you! Aha I have to admit the Night Circus Tree is one of my favourites

[@readbymalja]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction 😊❤

[@faithm5736]

when this popped up in my subscription box i got so excited bc I love seeing this topic !!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Aw yay! 🙌🏻

[@SlowpokeReads]

ok but why is your background so aesthetic. your annotations are so cute and even your post it notes are aesthetic. it has been confirmed you are aesthetic queen of booktube

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I will happily take a crown ahaha 👸🏻😂

[@lexa7646]

I really liked your video and appreciate the way in which you use your pens/highlighters vs post-it notes (also, I agree that the transparent ones are the best for this, so I exclusively use those). I'm not a literature student, but I love reading and would like to try to get into annotating beyond just highlighting certain sentences, so I'm trying to see what other people are doing and I really like what you said here. I love the way you ocassionally draw, too. I think that's such a beautiful thing to do and adds to the experience (sadly, I'm personally struggling to draw a straight line, so I'm not giving that a try lol). Just like you, I also struggle a lot with remembering the details, even of the books I loved, once a certain amount of time passes. I'm now trying to write down things in Notion, just some basic things about the book - the main characters' names, the main themes, a few things I liked, a few things I disliked, something I found interesting and a few quotes. Sometimes I would look for other people's comments (either professional critics' or just avid readers') and add them as well. I'm hoping this will help me with retaining key information later on. This is my first time on your channel and I really enjoyed it. Thank you for a lovely video!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you for stopping by! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it 🥰 I sometimes look at other people comments too to see whether there’s anything interesting I could add upon reflection, though that only started since filming this video aha

[@Amyduckie]

Found this really helpful. I annotate my books and flag them. I do colour code, but I have decided to reassign my colours every single time I do annotate and flag my books, because they key I used for my first book might not work in the next book. And it means that I won’t run out of the same colours all the time.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Ahh that’s a good idea, changing the colours! I see so many people run out of colours and then just have endless amounts of one colour they don’t use that much

[@Amyduckie]

A Frolic Through Fiction that’s the hope. I did still run out of pink after annotating Red, White and Royal Blue when it was the marker for ‘love’. 😂

[@Amyduckie]

I got the idea from Basically Britt’s annotation video, you should check it out, she has some fantastic, original ideas for annotating that I found really helpful.

[@opalewing8631]

The tree drawing idea was beautiful

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you!

[@aclassicread]

I love seeing annotation videos! I made one myself as well where color code the literary elements 🖍

[@natscorner]

I loved this video so much

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Aw I’m glad! Thank you!! I don’t think I have enough favourite quotes/passages to just highlight them (I like my pages looking really full of scribblings aha)

[@Memodeth]

I am the type that goes like “pfft, sure I can write on my books, no big deal at all, I just prefer post its,” but in reality, I just can’t bring myself to write on my books to save my life.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

😂😂 I used to be that way but if I’m writing in a favourite, I tend to have multiple copies anyway so I can have my “destroyed” copy and a pretty one

[@Memodeth]

A Frolic Through Fiction haha I like that, I think I can do that

[@abeautifulchaosofbooks]

This is a really interesting discussion, as someone who doesn't annotate their books 😊

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thanks! I didn’t used to but I’m coming to love it more

[@theindecisivereaders9450]

I feel like I’ve got a weird relationship with annotating books - I don’t mind doing it, but I always think people will judge me if I do 😅 I really like the way you annotate yours, though, especially the little drawings!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Who cares if people judge! They’re your books aha

[@marylcunha]

Please link the post it notes you use!! Those look so cool, so many colors, I also usually just color match with the cover 😅!! Loved the video 🥰

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I will do! They’re from Paperchase if you want to search before I can edit the description box aha

[@marylcunha]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction thank u so much 🥰🥰

[@kiaraisreading]

GREAT video! You look like madchen amick and Brooke shields!!! So pretty :)

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Aha thank you!!

[@annagrimberg]

Loved this video, so inspiring! I might just start annotating in my books... 📚😊 /A fellow booknerd

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Aw thank you! You should, go for it 😁

[@Hallo-io5ru]

Mabey I overhead it but I don't think you really talked about using the colored pens (green and pink). Could you mabey explain it?

[@Mariak82]

Love this video! thank you for making it. 🙂

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Thank you! I’m glad!

[@emmiereads]

Ah so funny I just popped into a random second hand store today and found The Bone Season!! You should totally make it a read along!!

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I am!! Join me!!

[@mariyquinnrose]

I love annotating my books with post it notes, which ones do u use???

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

The ones I use are from Paperchase

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

Can you link the place where you got the post it notes?

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

Just paperchase!

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction Thanks :)

[@ashlee6341]

Would you be able to link the post it tabs? 😊

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

I can't seem to find them online, but they were from Paperchase!

[@ashlee6341]

@@AFrolicThroughFiction Thank you 😊

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

Do people annotate books that are not fantasy books with no world building? I don’t read fantasy and would like to see how and what people annotate in a book with no fantasy or magic.

[@AFrolicThroughFiction]

All the time! I imagine there’s videos on it, but it’d just be a case of editing what you’re looking for when annotating ☺️