Comments on: 5 Easy Tips for Taking Notes While You Read

By: The Sunday Salon: Goals, Goals, and More Goals

The Sunday Salon: Goals, Goals, and More Goals — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:23:04 +0000

[...] to take notes while I read. — This has been hit and miss, still. I abandoned the red notebook I was using because I didn’t like carrying it everywhere and started using big post it notes at the back of [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:03:30 +0000

Sasha: Marginalia is one of my very favorite poems. I tend to not write in library books, but I do have notebooks sitting everywhere so I always have paper to write on

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:37:41 +0000

PS – I’ve loved that poem by Billy Collins ever since I listened to it on audio years and years ago. I recite it to myself whenever someone shrieks, “You write on your books?!”

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:35:25 +0000

I know! I write in the book when my bag (or bed) has swallowed my little red reading Moleskine, and I just really need to write something down. I even write in borrowed (library) books. Eek.

But I love seeing the scribbles left by previous readers. So, I figured, someone might like mine, ahahaha.

Or, at least, when I reread the book, I amuse myself. ;]

By: Journal Gift Guide

Journal Gift Guide — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:01:20 +0000

[...] Content. Many avid readers keep journals to capture thoughts about the books they are reading (here’s a great guide from fellow panelist, Kim, on how to take notes while reading). I do a lot of note taking while [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:39:59 +0000

Jennifer: Thanks! I hope you have good luck with it!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:37:04 +0000

Loved this post. I’m going to try out some of your tips with the next book I read. I already have the perfect notebook in mind!

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:22:57 +0000

Jodie: Very frugal suggestion I think I’m too lazy to cut post its in half, is that sad? I love the flexible spine and covers — they’re hard enough to write on, but easy to hold with just one hand.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:10:27 +0000

Sticky notes are the way of the future (+ if you cut then in half and write v small you get two tab notes for the price of one). Great tips here, I think I need to find the perfect notebook, one with a flexible spine like yours.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:55:16 +0000

Esme: Awesome, glad to hear taking notes went well. Thanks for stopping by