how to annotate books for fun | beginners tips to not feel overwhelmed

[@isirlasplace91]

I see annotating as communicating with the book😊

[@nikkisbooks_]

this is the PERFECT way to describe it!🥰

[@alejandranegron6171]

Thank you for the video. Also, I liked the red highlights in Dracula.

[@nikkisbooks_]

thank you!! maybe i’ll go back and highlight more in red👀

[@oranzadahelenka]

what a lovely video! i just stumbled upon your channel and i think i will stick around! for ink pens i find that muji pens don't bleed through the pages and are my favourite pens for everything :)

[@nikkisbooks_]

aw thank you so much for the lovely comment😭💕 i don’t know why i haven’t tried muji pens before because everyone always says they’re great. have added some to my basket😁

[@mj-sc5ff]

I've recently started annotating my books and I really enjoy it. I was a little hesitant about annotating at first because I thought that it would be too distracting or that I wouldn't enjoy the book as much, but I find that I'm actually enjoying the book more. I personally don't take it too seriously and I don't try to annotate on every page, I only usually annotate while I'm reading and a thought pops up into my head. Sometimes, the thought is something silly, sometimes the thought is more serious and analytical. Part of the reason I started annotating was because sometimes I get a bit sad thinking about a book I loved and realizing that I can't really remember how I felt or what my thoughts were when I first read it, so annotating is a nice way for me to relive the joy of reading a book for the first time. It's like a little time capsule. Like, in the book that I'm reading today, I guessed a plot point before it was revealed to me, and I both annotated my guess and my reaction to when I first realized that I was right, and that's a nice moment that I would probably have forgotten about in the future had I not preserved it. It's just nice to be able to flip through and look at the mark that I made on my book. I used to try and keep my books in such pristine conditions, it was almost as if they had never been owned, but they're my books that I bought with my own money and they should feel as though they were owned and loved, and that is what annotating is to me. My favorite musical said that soul is buying used books full of marginalia, and that really changed the way I thought about and approached books. Also, I love your coffin bookcase!

[@nikkisbooks_]

i love this so much! you’ve put everything i love about annotating into words🥰 i’m glad you’re enjoying the process so far💕

[@everest2677]

Hope you get better soon and this was really helpful thank you!!

[@nikkisbooks_]

thank you💕 glad it helped!

[@isirlasplace91]

5:14 my favourite regular black gel pen to annotate with is the uni-ball Signo in 0.38. It doesn't bleed, it doesn't skip and it allows me to write smaller since books rarely have tons of space to write in. A close second choice is any Zebra Sarasa pen in 0.5. I think I'm close to owning every colour they offer under the sun but that's because I love collecting pens😂

[@nikkisbooks_]

thank you so much, have put both of them in my amazon basket😁 i feel like you having them in every single colour is a good advertisement for them being good🤣

[@paulinemcleggan7585]

I felt for you, I hope you’re better. I’m also watching your vid with eyes running and sneezing ++ I am only on my4th annotated book. I have notice my style changing already. I would like to learn to annotate at a higher level. At the moment I highlight funny quotes, things I want to remember character development. However I work with a teacher who sees so much more in a txt that I do see. I wish I could get to the nitty gritty of the text. For eg why a character says what they say - the real meaning behind the words. Am I making sense?

[@nikkisbooks_]

Oh no, I hope you feel better soon! And yes, I completely get what you mean and honestly feel really similar. I think part of it is practice because reading in that way is very different than when I just read casually. But also some writers I tend to vibe with more and am able to see that detail more easily than with others so maybe some writing styles just suit peoples brains differently? Idk, as long as you’re having fun annotating I think that’s all that matters🥰