Comments on: To Note, or Not to Note http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1342 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Mon, 18 May 2026 02:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1342&cpage=1#comment-11505 girldetective Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:07:25 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1342#comment-11505 NEVER library books! Your English prof sounds a little over the top. I own a first edition of Michael Chabon's Mysteries of Pittsburgh. NEVER library books! Your English prof sounds a little over the top. I own a first edition of Michael Chabon’s Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

]]> By: Becca http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1342&cpage=1#comment-11426 Becca Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:51:08 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1342#comment-11426 I once had an English Lit course in which we HAD to write notes in the margins, and the professor checked each week to make sure we did so. I've had a discussion about this issue with a friend of mine. I take the side that it's fine to write in your own books (please, NOT library books!); she takes the side that books should never be besmirched in this manner. But aside from certain cases (first editions, of which I own none, or some rare or special bindings, family heirlooms, or what-have-you), it doesn't seem to me that a book itself is a sacred object. Esp. mass market paperbacks. Which also make decent coasters, particularly those with shiny covers. I once had an English Lit course in which we HAD to write notes in the margins, and the professor checked each week to make sure we did so. I’ve had a discussion about this issue with a friend of mine. I take the side that it’s fine to write in your own books (please, NOT library books!); she takes the side that books should never be besmirched in this manner. But aside from certain cases (first editions, of which I own none, or some rare or special bindings, family heirlooms, or what-have-you), it doesn’t seem to me that a book itself is a sacred object. Esp. mass market paperbacks. Which also make decent coasters, particularly those with shiny covers.

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