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.
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.
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!
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.