Wait, folding corners is strange‽
Related: I only realised recently that "dog-eared" referred to a folded corner on a page.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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Wait, folding corners is strange‽
My ex-wife would always scold me when I did that. And if I were to write into the margins I would sleep on the couch. Sadly enough we divorced after I switched to ebooks so I couldn't even start to deface books out of spite :(
Related: I only realised recently that “dog-eared” referred to a folded corner on a page.
In German, they translate to Donkey-ears.
I won't fold corners of a book if it's from a library or borrowed from somewhere else, but if it's my book I'll be writing in the margins, underlining shit and folding corners to my heart's content.
When I buy a second-hand book and see someone else has done that it gives me a warm feeling because I know someone else loved that book.
In German, they translate to Donkey-ears.
Ah I never knew that! It's the same in Dutch too: ezelsoren.
For reading I usually binge-read every volume that is transated and never pick-up the series again. Although sometimes I pick-up it again if it was realy good, or stop halfway through if it's bad.
Interestingly it's opposite for anime and TV series. I almost never binge-watch.
Looking at the comments, Am I weird for not writing in the margins?
Not even little animated flip book comics? Man, your not only weird, you're outright freaky!
The only habit I'm aware of is taking notes and posting them online. I also rate volumes internally by how often I lose concentration and start doomscrolling or browsing while reading.
I use TTS to generate pseudo audio books and listen to light novels while working out/driving.
Though one weird quirck of doing this is you don't get to see the pictures as you read For j-novel books I unzip the book and extract the pictures.
Some times I view all the pictures before listening to the book other times I view them after finishing the book.