I would highlight random sentences and rephrase things without actually taking any of the information in.
You can probably remember being given paragraphs or pieces of text and being forced to annotate them in middle school and high school. The definition of annotating a book is reading and analyzing a piece of text, and then adding the thoughts, feelings, and ideas that pop into your head directly into the text. I make a commission through these links with no impact on your purchase. In this post, I am going to talk about the art and joy of annotating books in detail, along with all the supplies I keep in my annotation kit.ĭisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. It has become such a relaxing and creative pastime. I was immediately addicted to annotating books for fun.
Rereading my favorite book and adding my thoughts and emotions throughout was such a special experience. If you are trying to figure out what the first book you annotate will be, I recommend choosing something you’ve read before, or a book in your favorite genre. I started with my favorite book that I have read multiple times already so I could really focus on analyzing the text I was reading. The first book I decided to annotate was about one year ago, and it was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
#Annotate a book how to#
They go into so much detail, please go check out their post! I also love this post from Mollie Reads! They give so many examples of how to annotate books for fun!Īfter all my research, and once I got the hang of it through photos and videos, I decided to try it for myself.
I also love reading other bloggers’ takes on annotating! Here is a fantastic post from The Wordy Habitat all about annotating. “How I Annotate Books” with Pages of Hayley
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