![]() I receive a lot of books from publishers and Netgalley, and as mentioned before, annotating helps me write those reviews. Finally, I’d annotate books I need to review.Sometimes I’ll annotate books on a first read that I know I’ll love (or sequels of books I loved). That’s why I only want to put my time and effort into a book I already know I love. It takes some time to annotate books, and it often stretches out the reading process. Secondly, I’d annotate books I reread and previously gave five stars to.So I’m more likely to annotate a book club book. As we have some in-depth discussions about these books, I want to really get into them. Firstly, I’d annotate books I’m reading for a book club.Personally, though, there are a few types of books I’m more likely to annotate than others. There doesn’t have to be any rhyme or reason to it, you can just go with your gut. You might be asking yourself, which books can I annotate? The short answer? Any book! You can completely do what you want with annotation. Here’s an example of how to annotate books from Aurora Rising, where I tabbed a relatable scene with orange: My advice is to have a few different kinds of pens, as books sometimes have different types of pages. Make sure to buy fineliner-type pens that don’t bleed through the pages. Blue – Sad moments/scenes that make me sadĪs soon as you have the colours assigned, you can also match the sticky notes to your colour pens and highlighters.įor example, if you’re reading a book and the characters kiss for the first time, you can highlight it with pink, place a pink tab, and even write your thoughts with a pink pen.Orange – Important Stuff/Relatable moments.Red – Scenes that make me angry/things I dislike.My basic book annotation colour key looks like this: Grab your pack of sticky notes and assign a colour to whatever it is that you want to annotate. It doesn’t have to be complicated, just follow your heart! Most of the time I try to match my sticky tabs to the cover of the book, but there really are no rules. I think one of the biggest struggles people have when trying to figure out how to annotate books is deciding on a book annotation colour key. Now that you have all of your supplies, you need a book annotation colour key! Book Annotation Colour Key I’m not going to add where I bought all of my supplies because they’re all from South African stores, but you should be able to get these at your local stationery store! ![]() I love colour coding with annotating, it’s kind of the easiest way to get started. I use a pack of 8 colour sticky tabs (pictured) to annotate. I use these to annotate my books, especially the sticky tabs. Here are some supplies I use when annotating books: The first thing you need is some supplies. I could list many more reasons, but I think the main one stands: just have fun! However, annotating a book can sometimes help you formulate your review and point out things you liked or disliked. You want to write more in-depth book reviews – I’m not saying you have to annotate books to write good book reviews.It helps with understanding the plot, story, characters, and structure better. You get a better understanding of the book – Annotating a book can often help you look at it more critically.It really helps you remember what happens in a book. It helps with your memory – I still remember what happened in Furyborn (a fantasy book I read over three years ago) because I annotated it and took notes.However, if you need more convincing, here are some other reasons: You can write down your wildest thoughts or your bad takes or hilarious comments. Yes, you can annotate them for your classes or homework, but annotating a book for fun is different. Book Annotation Inspiration! Why you should annotate your books.
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