3 Ways I Annotate and Make Notes on Books I Read

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0:00 intro
0:49 simple reading journal
3:24 sticky tab system
7:47 in-depth note taking

today i'm sharing the 3 ways in which i annotate and makes notes on the books i read! I use a reading journal, use colour coded sticky tabs as annotations and also make notations on my phone. I use a very flexible system that I hope can be used by anyone!

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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 23 year old girl who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave). I live in the Netherlands and go to university, but make booktube videos in my spare time :)

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[dia]

heres my sticky tab system :)

pink - any beautiful writing I can get inspired by
orange - scenes that make me angry or annoyed
yellow - scenes that warm my heart
green - fun facts in the book that would be fun to know
blue - relatable lines - where i see myself in certain characters
dark blue - scenes that make me sad or cry
purple - shocking parts

[desi_paris]

Here is how I tab:
Blue- a death just happened
Yellow- it was funny
Green- as a quote I like
Orange- help (like if there’s a simile I can use it for my wattpad story)
Pink- scene I like or other

I got my tabs from Amazon and I type the page I like when I don’t have my tabs :)

[aaaacarolina]

my personal system for sticky tabs: I don't have one
(I lied, I coordinate the colours with the colours of the book)

[ReReChan]

I know it's irrelevant but I love that your make up today really emphasises your eyes and hair

[espressoblues]

this is so useful as someone who wants to start a reading journal💖🍄🧚🏽‍♂️

[wattamayo]

My tabbing system:
Pink (romantic/cute)
Yellow (important)
Green (funny)
Red (angry)
Purple (world building)
Light Blue (sad)
Dark Blue (character descriptions)
Sea Green (likable scenes)
Underline+Orange Tab (since I don’t have an orange highlighter) = quotes

I started VERY recently (yesterday to be exact) so I’m still finding what works best for me, but this is the gist of it.

I use:
the *Picma MICRON marker-pen 001* (kind of shows up but it’s all I have)

The *pilot frixion erasable highlighters (pastel) 10 pack* ! No bleeding at all and it’s barely visible on the other page! I was nervous but it totally works and I love the color variety. I really suggest getting it.

*Golcellia 900 Pcs Transparent Index Tabs* ! For everything except the orange, I have a color that will match the 9 colors that there is on there, so I love that.

You can get all this stuff on amazing, but I snagged the highlighters at my mall target yesterday :)

I want to start a book journal! It’s not all that fancy tracking stuff, but I want to have a list of all the books I want to read to fill it out on the rest of the journal, inspirational quotes between pages from authors or famous people, my star rating, quotes from each book etc.

No one will read this but I’m going to give an update on how I do for the sake of myself 😂

[armanithurman]

Finally a reading journal that is actually a reading journal. No offense to other creators, but there's a lot of people posting bullet journals with "bookish" spreads and calling it a reading journal. Let's call a spade, a spade here 🤷🏽‍♀️

[joliraisinreads]

I think the reading journal is a great idea but I feel that it's too much commitment, for my reading experience personally. But I like the sticky tabs a lot! I love your videos! You're my discovery of 2021 and I like that :)

[JolienReads]

Such an elaborate system 🙈 I have a reading journal since this year, so 2 weeks basically. The idea is to write reviews of each book in there (around 1 page per book). I did try tabbing my books but in the end I went completely wild and tabbed every other page... I used a complete pack of tabs on one book. It was clearly not the system for me haha.

[chloemansfield]

Anyone else noticed that she is starting to get an Australian accent on certain words 😂
Edit: the amount of people telling me she's Dutch 🤦‍♀️ I know she's Dutch. Just that I'm hearing Aussie twists on her words, not a bad thing at all, just an observation 😊

[SabinesBookNook]

I’ve been keeping notes during my reading process since last year and it works really well!! It’s wonderful to look back at your thoughts and with fantasy books it’s so nice to write down big plot points/how the magic system or world works so that you can reread it once the sequel comes out 😄

[mehwishfatima]

I love how honest and real you're about you organizing notes etc

[KaatReadsALot]

I love annotating!! I usually just write/underline directly in my book and use sticky tabs to mark that page. Your reading journal seems so useful and so cute😍 you are definitely inspiring me to start one for 2021 too!!

[monikasinha]

I really like the fact that you mentioned the pros and cons for each of the methods :D

[acourtofbooksandbakes]

I love hearing/watching how other people annotate and take notes. I love your way, its simple and effective.

[antonia.westcoast]

I LOVE your journal. It’s basic in the most beautiful and functional way, to the point, nothing intimidating or high maintenance. Thank you for helping me finally just get started on mine!

[mahshidalborzi]

I've watched so many videos about annotation, but this ... was the best, so useful, thank you!

It seems a lot but I think a redundant system is better than a single system of annotations! If you ever lose the book, if notion for some reason stops existing, you'll always have the journal and vice-versa :) I use the tabs system and have been wanting to try a reading journal! Loved this video 💖

[myqj]

Girl I can feel your vibe and energy through the screen and I'm telling you it's amazing❣️keep being you unconditionally

[july]

Something that I started this month is summarising every chapter while reading. My English teacher probably wouldn't approve of the way they are written, but so far it really helps me to understand what's going on.

Another thing that I do with quotes is that I take a picture of that quote and draw a line next to the paragraph of said quote. Later, I want to write them down with the chapter they are from.