tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post4798454797986002792..comments2023-11-02T02:32:37.421-07:00Comments on Brenda's Arizona: It's marginalBrenda's Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-24622173101046180632011-02-28T13:50:15.958-07:002011-02-28T13:50:15.958-07:00I mark up text books so badly that that schools re...I mark up text books so badly that that schools refused to buy them back. I've only kept one, but it's interesting to me that you've kept yours.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-23480325656717671732011-02-26T14:25:18.329-07:002011-02-26T14:25:18.329-07:00The new ebook readers do allow you to make notes, ...The new ebook readers do allow you to make notes, highlight, and dogear pages... I was very happy to find this out! <br /><br />Along that line...<br />One of my daughters recently bought me a hardback James Patterson book. IT WAS $27.99!!!<br />In my humble opinion, the publishers know exactly what they are doing to us...they are herding us toward ebooks.Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-52940491886967162642011-02-26T09:27:58.520-07:002011-02-26T09:27:58.520-07:00I don't like reading the notes made by other f...I don't like reading the notes made by other folks, but I like finding old notes of mine. Mainly because they show how much I've changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-4052979846503341202011-02-24T07:24:16.968-07:002011-02-24T07:24:16.968-07:00This is a really interesting post, Brenda!This is a really interesting post, Brenda!tracyhttp://lifeisaroadtrip.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-40793412020753140662011-02-24T07:04:05.957-07:002011-02-24T07:04:05.957-07:00Oooh, Jo, I have to contact you offline about the ...Oooh, Jo, I have to contact you offline about the poem in your book! And thanks for the Swamplandia recommendation - I have read a lot about it, but the title alone left me less than interested!<br /><br />Banjo, glad you stuck with Collin's poem. It has a punch line, doesn't it?<br /><br />Sandra, your margin notes alone make you an excellent teacher! You are right, margins are the best places to find your reference notes. <br /><br />And Cyndi - let's hope we aren't relics in 10 years. Books will always line my walls...Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-78135661615336927722011-02-23T18:41:35.113-07:002011-02-23T18:41:35.113-07:00A while ago, I bought a used copy of Billy Collin&...A while ago, I bought a used copy of Billy Collin's Sailing Alone Around the Room. Most of his poetry just grabs me but this book went one better. The previous owner had written a most touching poem in the back pages of the book.<br />I wanted to find this person and tell her I loved her poem. It was scrawled, scratched out words, I am sure it was hers. I need to find the book and read it again. What a little treasure it was to me.<br /><br />The Collins poem reminded me of this! Thanks for writing such good stuff, Brenda!<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Jo and Stella<br /><br />PS: I haven't read either book you have mentioned here but I just finished Swamplandia by Karen Russell and I loved that too!Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04890014621743537798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-55768455009213401352011-02-23T18:30:55.194-07:002011-02-23T18:30:55.194-07:00Love Billy Collins' conclusion, tho' I thi...Love Billy Collins' conclusion, tho' I think he takes a while to get there.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-21687577329291850852011-02-23T18:27:10.416-07:002011-02-23T18:27:10.416-07:00GREAT topic. I used to look for pristine books in ...GREAT topic. I used to look for pristine books in a used book store until the only copy of what I wanted had INTERESTING marginalia. It was a little like two humans conversing over time about a topic that was important to both.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-15915280868563912932011-02-23T10:05:28.327-07:002011-02-23T10:05:28.327-07:00my Bibles are covered in marginalia. underlined, h...my Bibles are covered in marginalia. underlined, highlighted, notes on almost ever page i ever read. when i would hear a sermon i would write their points, i have done this all my life, when i started to teach and over-comers Sunday school class it helped me so much, because the interpretations i heard years ago, i had forgotten until i saw them in the margins. also every blank page front and back is covered in notes. great postMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734461371716454022.post-85272928684995825552011-02-23T09:51:06.220-07:002011-02-23T09:51:06.220-07:00I have always enjoyed comments in margins! I real...I have always enjoyed comments in margins! I really do resent technology and what it's cost our society. Of course, there's much to love, too.<br /><br />The electronic books are practically blasphemous in my book loving mind. And I hadn't even thought of the loss of marginalia!Cyndi and Stumpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945219976457829612noreply@blogger.com