My Evolution in Annotating Books—With Examples!

In which I explain how and why to annotate your books with examples from my own collection.

For a pleasantly honest description of the challenges of slowing down while reading (and thus maybe a reason to annotate so thoroughly), check out ‪@renee_angelica‬'s video:    • Trying to Read Slowly *My Biggest Wea...  

Some great videos (in agreement and disagreement) on annotating books:
‪@anotherbibliophilereads‬ with    • Against Annotations: A Response  
‪@saintdonoghue‬ with    • Response Video: Annotating Books!  
‪@M-J‬ with    • What Have I Done? #books  
‪@materiagrix‬ with    • Should you annotate?   who also has a follow-up on the contentious issue of pen vs. pencil with    • Why Do I Annotate With Pen?! 🖊️vs ✏️  

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Chapters:
00:00 Purpose of Marking Up Books
02:42 Limits of Highlighting
05:42 Detailed Annotations
15:38 On Annotating Fiction
18:16 Outro

The books discussed in this video (with Amazon links):
Behave by Robert Sapolsky: https://amzn.to/3TFaKVv
The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell: https://amzn.to/3TAMQuc
The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: https://amzn.to/4aw6P4g
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit: https://amzn.to/4ajnB6C
The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore: https://amzn.to/3J9Rw5f
A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes: https://amzn.to/4aeeMeq
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant, which is the first part of the Story of Civilization series: https://amzn.to/3vFR0ZN
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker: https://amzn.to/3J3KYoN
The Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener: https://amzn.to/3PKq6Xm

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