Haha yes! Some of the older, random works have been my best finds! 🙌🏼

Have you met me? I run with the tag #QueenOfBooksYouveNeverHeardOf 😆

I agree.. I have found so many interesting books second hand 😊

Exactly 👏✨️

That is WONDERFUL! Such an inspiration! 🌷

49 is not old 😉 I am so happy to hear about your bookshelves- I bet they are filled with so many precious treasures 🌸💫 my bookshelves are overflowing … it’s a happy problem

My best friend is a reader and I know it’s one of the reasons we are best friends. I have books that feel like friends- I’m sure you do as well.

If your old at 49, you'll be what at 80? I'm 45. Maybe we're olDER ;) Not old :)

@@andreiadetavora8471 ppl in my family call me old, so it’s just kinda stuck. 49 is still considered middle age and yet everyone around me, or most ppl, think 49 is old. You’ve put my mind at ease. I like “older” for sure.

Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with me. It encourages my heart and spurs me on! 💕

​@@quietintheland that makes me so happy! God bless you ❤

This channel I’m going to recommend is less biblical. It focusses more on reading and enjoying nature. If that is something that interests you Ruby Granger is a great channel. Not all of her videos fall into those categories but a lot of what she makes about enjoying life and simple living. and that seems to be the videos you are looking for if I’m not wrong

Agreed. Used books with anotatations give me a warm feeling towards the person who left their thoughts for the next reader.

Aww! I'm so glad. Thank you for watching! Yes, I'm definitely inspired to share more reading. 💕

Yes! Please do! Books like these fill my soul!

That's amazing! Thank you 💕

I am definitely guilty of this too! But with discipline it gets easier to pick up a book rather than a screen. I go through waves where I have to shake myself out of the lure of the digital and remember that books always leave me far more refreshed. Thank you for watching and God bless! 💕

Yeah I'm the same way too, and have done this with library books as well (I sometimes underestimate how many books I can read and tend to check out multiple books at a time). ^^; What I've found helpful is setting up specific times of the day/night to read and having my phone turned off/set aside and/or given to my family members to hold onto. I tend to read at night before bed myself (not always one of my better time management habits - I tend stay up late reading - but at least it helps me have a somewhat consistent reading habit). I also recommend using the library to check out physical books for having breaks from phone use, and save Kindle/Libby for exclusively on-the-go reading - unless there's books that can only exclusively be found online/need to be bought because they aren't available at the library.

That is wonderful! Thank you for watching Karen! 💕💕

Haha we are totally familiar to that reaction from others. If we want to watch something it's either youtube or playing a DVD on the computer. It makes it more intentional and more work than just turning on a TV, so we read more often then not!

Ditto, and wrote a list to shop

Aw thank you Kelli! I think the only downside of marking books is I probably wouldn't be able to loan them out to anyone, unless they wouldn't be distracted by that at all. And I feel like being able to borrow/loan can also be a huge part of creating a culture of books. So I totally get the hesitation. I suppose there are some books I do leave clean, but it's easier for me to absorb heavier theology by underlining!

@@quietintheland I agree. In my long experience with loaning books, I have come to accept that I seldom (and I do mean seldom) get them back. So now the only time I loan a book is if I no longer need or want it, I have more than one, or I am loaning it to someone that understands that being loaned something means they are to take care of it, keep up with it and return it without me having to ask for it. Usually be the time I have ask for the book, the one I loaned it too, does not even know where it is, or they loaned it to someone else. So if your book means enough to you that you dog ear, mark, highlight and record it in you common place book, you should not loan it out. Just a recommendation from an older lady that has spent years learning and accepting this is a fact. Books are a treasure (well some books are 🙂) and should be considered valuable. If someone thinks they might want the book, refer them to the library to check it out and take it home. Unless they want to sit in your house and look it over. 😄 Yes, I am passionate about special books.

@@BelindaTN Haha, yes I have a feeling that is very good advice. I don't know that I would lend a book to someone who is not as serious about a home library as I am! Thankfully I have people in my life that are and it's so far been enjoyable to borrow from each other. I can't imagine not returning a book but maybe that's just my personality 😆😳

@@quietintheland Yes. It is so enjoyable to have friends that love and appreciate books as much as we do. I have always told myself that if I felt the need to get a job after retirement, that I would work in the local library. 🙂

"Visit many good books, but live in the Bible." -Charles H. Spurgeon ❤ Thank you Daniel for your godly encouragement!

I have my Goodreads account linked in the description! I'lll try an add a "favorites" category soon...it will be hard to choose! 💕

@@quietintheland I can understand that. I’m a reader also.

It's such a lovely reference book to have!

Yes yes yes! 💕💕 Thank you so much

Agreed!! 🙌🏼

Yay! Thank you kindly 🥰💕

That's wonderful! Everyone approaches reading differently and that's okay :) As I mentioned in a previous comment, I would never mark a book that is not my own. Thank you for watching! 💕💕

Thank you and God bless! ❤

That is wonderful! Collecting books is a worthwhile investment for the present and future generations. Especially when you find them used at a good price- no guilt necessary!

Sounds like you've been commonplacing all along! I love the notecard idea. Easy to flip through! 🙌🏼

I found this comment so useful and inspireful, thanks for this.

Mine too! 💕

This spurs me on. Thank you so much!! 💕💕💕

Me too 🥰❤🙌🏼

That is wonderful!! 💕💕

Haha! That is amazing. Thank you so much for watching 💕💕

I'm glad it was encouraging! ❤I will say if I am reading someone else's book I will use my commonplace journal along the way since I can't make notes in their copy... but if it's a book I can write in I will typically save the writing of quotes for when I'm finished, moreso out of laziness than anything haha. I think either way can be great

Aww, thank you! 💕

That's wonderful! 🙌🏼 It's so worth it! 💕

It's so easy to get into the screen time cycle- even when you *know* that reading is more fulfilling! I find myself having to crawl out of that hole quite often...so I'm glad this video could be encouraging to others as it was to myself! God bless you!! 💕💕

Yes definitely! Commonplacing can be in addition to or instead of underlining. Everyone may do it differently and that's okay! Definitely not a one size fits all, I was just sharing how I do it 💕

The coziest reads! 🕊

Praise God for your testimony! Thank you for sharing, Darla ❤🙌🏼

@@quietintheland You're very welcome. My library is pretty big. I used to be in ministry. I love learning. (I confess that I have dog-eared, underlined, highlighted, starred and annotated most of my books (and yes, my Bibles also!). Here's a blessing I personally ruminate upon regularly: Through out all eternity, we as GOD'S children, will actually continue to study the WORD of GOD...and keep learning. (Reminder: Only GOD knows everything there is to know.) But for us...There's so much to learn about our infinite & amazing GOD. I've had the privilege of "studying" HIS WORD for almost 50 years now...HE'S still opening up HIS TRUTH. "There's nothing new under the sun"...however HIS WORD is abounding in layers (and patterns) of the revelation of HIS sovereign and predetermined will. "HIS mercies are new every morning" of each and every day. Now, we actually get to live by faith (Hab. 2:4-6) but in eternity we will have the capacity to fully know HIM...and see the magnitude of HIS glory...face to face. I Corinthians 13:12 We shall meet someday. Until then, I pray GOD'S protection, provision and will for you, and those you love. In CHRIST my beloved, Darla

Congratulations!!! 💕💕💕

My goodreads kind of acts like that! I love keeping track of my reading and reviewing things on there. I have it linked in the video description! 💕

Everyone reads/absorbs information differently and that's totally okay. If it helps you comprehend better then I say go for it! I don't think it's disrespectful. Books are for our enjoyment and edification. I will say do keep older/antique editions clean, or use pencil in them if I really have to. But I have no problem marking up cheap paperbacks because it helps me retain the info better and reference it easier ☺

Thank you! 💕

To answer your second question personally I do both. As I am reading I will take notes and highlight but I also will for sure do some reflection reading at the end. This allows me to still love and value my reflections after reading the entire novel or a book but make sure I don’t forget anything important as well. Get the best of both worlds

Why thank you! 💕

I'm so glad!! Thank you sister! 💕

Thank you so much! 💕

I'm so glad! Thank YOU! 💕💕

What do you want to know?! 🥰

Praise God! I'm thrilled to have you here 💕💕

Books are absolutely awesome. Sure they can become visual clutter but they still have meaning. Fit books in every nook and cranny available and love it for what it is. Knowledge education enjoyment fulfilment not just clutter I am blind and I still love physical book. Sure I cannot read all of the books or any of the books on my bookshelf that are not in Braille but that’s OK. I love coming home after a long day and remembering that I have booked. Utilizing books as a safe refuge. Nothing bad or upsetting needs to be going on for me to find books to be refuge. Sometimes it’s just a rainy day and it’s super fun to snuggle up with the book. It also adds depth to your life. You I’m not really sure how to phrase it but what you’re so important. If it is choppy I apologize I talk into the microphone in my phone so it sometimes picks up my thoughts but I try not to edit those out because then sings sometimes get missed that I want

That sounds right up my alley! I'll have to check those out :) Thank you! 💕

Thank you! 💕

Thank you! 💕💕