Comments on: not writing books but writing in books

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:58:12 +0000

Thanks, Maggie!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:23:28 +0000

yes! its a book about books, its very well written and so is the sequel “Inkspell” . Do read it

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:11 +0000

Maggie, I love the Cornelia Funke quote. With so many books I can remember where I was when I was reading them. That last part especially is lovely–”memories cling on to printed paper better than anything else.”

I will take a look at Inkheart. Thanks!

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:14:24 +0000

I have to write my name and the year I bought it in! I don’t write in the book, but I make sure that i have a scribbling pad for me to write down anything I find helpful, and it so happens that every time I go through the scribbling pad, it works like a time machine and puts me back in that time frame the best thing about books for me is that it helps me create memories!!!

And like I read in a book called Inkheart the author (Cornelia Funke) says “The book begins collecting memories, and forever after , you have to open that book to be back where you first read it! ….. and ends it with memories cling on to printed paper better than anything else”

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:31:58 +0000

Owlandsparrow, I agree that it’s fun to see what I was thinking the last time I read a book. And I love what you write here:

“To the writer, perhaps a finished work feels complete when it’s pristine on the printed page. To the reader, it may not feel complete until a connection is made with it, and some readers connect best by marking up the margins.”

Thanks for reading and thanks for adding to the conversation. Hope to see you again!

By: owlandsparrow

owlandsparrow — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:12:00 +0000

Oh, yes, it seems we do have a lot in common – I cannot make much use of any library, either. I love the way handwriting looks on a printed page, I must admit. This habit started in college, with textbooks and my Bible. My entire Old Testament, and some of the New, was marked up with notes and what they meant to me, but I accidentally lost it in a Chinese phone booth. As for other books with notes and underlines – I think it’s fun to re-read books and see what I was thinking the last time. Plus, they’ll be fun to hand down to my kids one day (once my husband and I eventually decide to procreate…). To the writer, perhaps a finished work feels complete when it’s pristine on the printed page. To the reader, it may not feel complete until a connection is made with it, and some readers connect best by marking up the margins. Glad to see I’m not the only one who does this!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:05:54 +0000

Really we’re just sharing, not trying to take prisoners. But woohoo! Let us know how it goes.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:16:56 +0000

I’ve been rethinking this. My books are MY books, why shouldn’t I make them my own by recording my thoughts as I read them? And someday, those notations will be part of my legacy.

I’m glad we had this talk!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:11:10 +0000

So we can read our favorite passages out loud–another reason to underline!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:52:07 +0000

Yay, another kindred spirit!