Like you, I also find myself loving the chance to go back and read my thoughts on a book. What I’ve recently begun to do is annotate with a different colored pen every time I reread a book. So my first read notes are usually in black, second blue, third red, etc. It’s fun to see which things have stood out to me during different parts of my life. :)

I should incorporate the end of chapter sticky notes. I really enjoy writing in my non fiction books, because it's like im talking to the author indirectly. Such active engagement vs. passive.

An interesting system you have. I could never write on my books, especially the more expensive ones! Perhaps I’m being too precious about them. Lovely handwriting by the way.

Nice idea for sticking notes at the end of each chapter. I'll take this.

I do this and then transfer to a commonplace book. It’s a great way to remember key points

This is a simple yet effective system! Will be using this myself 👏

This was so helpful. I’m annotating my first nonfiction book today and needed tips. Thank you ❤🎉

Great tips! I do something like this on kindle. One thing I want to copy from you is the idea of summarizing the main idea of each chapter.

Great video! I’ve been annotating for years and now I have new ideas. Love the sticky notes at the end of the chapter to summarize.

Your handwriting is so cute! I also annotate in order to make sure I’ve understood what I have read.

Thank you so much! This was so straight forward and helpful, and I loved seeing what you’ve been reading 🥰

I really appreciate your insights into this. I think I need to follow your example!

Awesome! Straight to the point! BIG thumbs UP!

Thank you! This seems like a very good and straightforward system! Did you ever think about a common place book where you'll store all of the text from your sticky notes so it's easier to go through them?

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thanks for this video! so helpful and concise, i look forward to seeing your channel grow!

Sapiens? That sounds like a very interesting book. Adding it to my wish list now!

Really nice video. One thing though… 1984 was fiction, it’s a novel by George Orwell. It does feel like non-fiction, though so I totally get it.

Cool! I annotate most of the books the same way AND have a very similar handwriting :)

Great video! it inspired me to start writing on my books!

Thank you so much for this! Not much information on how to annotate non fiction. will be using this system :)

For me I just scribble random thoughts I have on the text in the margin or sometimes between the lines. I’ll highlight a few lines that stood out to me. I’m too lazy to write summaries, I read slow, imagine arguments in my head, and how these new ideas relate to my old ideas. And if after all that my mind is still blank well the truth is that book was just boring and not my thing, and in that case what’s the point. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Nice video tho, interesting too see other peoples thought process 👍

What do you do with the books once you no longer need them?

The post-it idea is great! Seems like a great way to go back to it and make sure you learned stuff :p This might be a bit of a stupid question, but the only thing I am a little worried about is that it'll make the book look different, like the pages are too spread apart and it's too thick in general. Does that happen once you're done with the books? :v

great choice of books 😁

That's so cute 😍🤩📖

if you use a library book, do you use highlights?

Imagine reading Sapiens and taking it seriously enough to make annotations or take notes💀

could you do one for fiction?

Imagine thinking Hawking or Harari write non-fiction.

are you annotating for your own pleasure or exams?

Never mark in a book. I buy 90% of my books in used book stores, underlines or highlighted sections ruin a book for the next reader.