I especially liked the last paragraph. I do not write in my books, but maybe I should. In college, I wrote in my texts. I do know that when I pick up a used book and find the writings of some unknown reader, I am a bit excited each time. Whether it makes sense to me or not, it feels like an intimate moment between readers.
I wrote all over my books in college but find them too sacred to write in now. They were tools then, objects of love now. That said, for me finding writings in books forms a connection to whoever owned and read them before, like a book club over time and space. Including my college books. How cool is it to connect with a younger, earnestly passionate version of myself? However, NOT in library books. That's the worst. Evil. Just no.
I especially liked the last paragraph. I do not write in my books, but maybe I should. In college, I wrote in my texts. I do know that when I pick up a used book and find the writings of some unknown reader, I am a bit excited each time. Whether it makes sense to me or not, it feels like an intimate moment between readers.
I wrote all over my books in college but find them too sacred to write in now. They were tools then, objects of love now. That said, for me finding writings in books forms a connection to whoever owned and read them before, like a book club over time and space. Including my college books. How cool is it to connect with a younger, earnestly passionate version of myself? However, NOT in library books. That's the worst. Evil. Just no.