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April 26, 2007
A few questions for the person who made markings on nearly every page of the book I'm reading
-- I can see underlining a particular passage that strikes you as profound or beautifully written. I get that. But half the time you're underlining pedestrian descriptions, ordinary phrases, and simple transitions. Why oh why do you do that?
-- Sometimes you draw an asterisk. Other times you draw a bracket. And then, every once in a while, you draw a crude, crooked circle around a paragraph. Is there a method here? Are you just mixing it up? Seriously, what's going on?
-- I assume you liked the book. You read all the way to the end. But in a number of cases, your markings have obscured the text. What if you wanted to re-read it? Or what if someone else wanted to read the same copy? Like, for instance, me?
-- Only underline when you mean it. For instance: You suck. See what I mean?
Posted by teb at April 26, 2007 07:08 PM