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illu45  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you feel about underlining in your books?

Unless I'm reading a particularly nice edition, I almost always underline and make marginal notes with pencil. I've actually come to enjoy seeing other readers' marginalia in library and second-hand books. Sometimes just a question mark in the margins to let me know that I'm not the only one who doesn't understand what's going on can make the reading experience more enjoyable.

I frequently use the highlighting feature of my Kindle, as well, and I like being able to see all of the sections I've underlined in a list. I turn off the 'see what other people have underlined' feature some time ago, but I've been thinking about turning it back on recently.