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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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
I love this system!
I WILL be taking some of these categories thankyouverymuch (💙)
Sameee but I also have a tab for cute romance :)
I will be using this 😅
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 :)
I will steal that
that it so much better then the way i do mine lmao
Ngl I would put a blue tab and a yellow tab on the same page😭🤚
I go
Blue = liked
Purple = disliked
Yellow = boring
Pink = Important
Omg you and I have a very similar key for tabs! I use blue for very very important plot points, yellow for funny stuff, red for a scene i really liked or was very heartwarmimg or wholesome.
my personal system for sticky tabs: I don't have one
(I lied, I coordinate the colours with the colours of the book)
me too!!!!
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Same! But i wanted to change that, that’s why im here lol
@@cerendemir4152 exactly
I know it's irrelevant but I love that your make up today really emphasises your eyes and hair
She's so beautiful
It really looks great on her. #nosimp 😂
@@milton5417 lol that disclaimer hashtag
@@ReReChan It’s insurance. 😂
I was thinking the same ❤
this is so useful as someone who wants to start a reading journal💖🍄🧚🏽♂️
For mine i use 2 pages per book on the right page I write the name of the author and book my star rating and a light hearted synopsis eg “this book made me laugh,cry,die it was so good” then go on to write about the book, including spoilers cause yeah why not then on the left page I write down my favourite quotes/parts of the book! :))
@@l0veLY111 omg this is so useful!!
@@raagavichels I’m so glad! Have a great day🥰
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 🤷🏽♀️
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 😊
We love her composite accent :)
Yes !! Haha
As an Australian, I was thinking “wait, that sounded Australian” lol. Love it.
I was thinking about this while watching the last video of hers but I didn't see anyone else comment about it so I thought I was just hearing things....
no, because my comments get deleted all the time
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 😂
For anyone who uses of is thinking of geting the Pilot Frixon Markers: They erase with heat! So you ca just . . . Blowdry or Iron your book if you want to remore all your annotations. I use this when I have to annotate a book from my collection for a Literature Class and I may not want my notes when I'm done.
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 :)
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.
I use highlighter xx
@@jennajtxx can u please share your technique? thanks
I did the same thing. Well first I underlined things, for example my Percy Jackson book every other words is literally underlined and I can’t read that copy anymore it’s so annoying lol! But then I started with sticky-notes and my The Darkest Minds book is just full of sticky notes like every other sentence hahah
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 😄
oh smart to keep track of the magic system and plot points!
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!!
I love how honest and real you're about you organizing notes etc
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!
I love hearing/watching how other people annotate and take notes. I love your way, its simple and effective.
I really like the fact that you mentioned the pros and cons for each of the methods :D
I wish I had the patience to annotate 😂
Its so easyy. I use these kinda tabs instead of bookmarks. And when i read beautiful sentences or things that made me excited i just put tabs in 1 sec and i move on quickly
@@yarencevher9452 I do the same! But I just mostly tab funny parts and good insults.
Omg your reading journal is exactly what the idea i needed. Thank you !!
Girl I can feel your vibe and energy through the screen and I'm telling you it's amazing❣️keep being you unconditionally
I love how you used Notion! It looked so organized and aesthetic. ⭐⭐⭐
Oh Leonie, how did you know that I needed this video?😍
I started a reading journal in september but never use it, because I put so much pressure on me that the thoughts I write down need to be super important. So I open the journal, look at the empty page for about 10 minutes, and then close it, not even going back to reading!
Thank you so much Leonie, for this wonderful and useful video!! Took you twice your normal time to prepare the video, but I think you helped a lot of people. So much appreciated! 🌷🌻🙏🏽😊
I've watched so many videos about annotation, but this ... was the best, so useful, thank you!
This was such perfect timing!!!! 😍🍄❤️ as I want to start my own reading journal!
You are one of those people I would just looooove to get to know. I enjoy your videos so much and they made 2020 so much better for me ❤️
Much love from your neighbour in Germany!
I've been getting more into annotating lately! loved this video 💛
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 💖
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.
I really need this!! Thank you so much! Love your vids!! 💕
I love the different ways you annotate / make notes !! I tend to just annotate with tabs as well as write in my books 😊
Thank you for this post. I planned to start a reading journal this year, but I couldn't picture exactly what I wanted. This has been a huge help.
This was such a useful video I want to start a reading journal and wasn’t sure where to start and this vid helped so much
Yes, I enjoyed everything, including the Mozart, but as I've already written, I want to hear more ABBA. Thx
I am curious what would your textbook annotations / lecture notes look like? Your reading journals are pretty and practical. But how about your study note books? What did you look like in another part of your “reading”?
Love love love the reading journal idea!!
Loved this video!!! Got really inspired to do more book related bullet journal spreads!!:)
Love this. Starting my first reading journal this year.
With you so far--the reading journal will be newly in the back of my BuJo (thanks for that idea!), and I do sticky tabs for SOME books, and they change meaning--it's just for reminders to Future Me too 😍🤩
Thank you, Leonie. I always enjoy your videos. :)
My tabs:
Red = romantic relationship moments
Orange = angry/annoyed
Yellow = makes me happy/happy moments
Green = funny
Blue = sad
Purple = favourite quotes / references / important parts
pink = platonic love (family, friendship, animals, etc
This is such an aesthetic and helpful video, thanks
my system :D
orange - fav quotes
green - shocking moments, plot twist etc
pink - cute, romantic
yellow - happy or funny moments
blue - sad moments
just found your channel! i'm a beginner at reading, i've been reading for a few years but suddenly i got a reader's block and the books i have by bed make me sad because they are not read yet. i thought that if i started a reading journal it would help e get back on track. this video is really helpful♥ thank you! you have a new subscriber ♥
p.s. you're beautiful and your make up is stunning!
My tabbing system (very subjective system so not really reliable lmao)
Pink- romance scenes that make me go 👀
Yellow- scenes that are funny
Blue- important plot things
Orange- beautiful writing, quotes
Green- quotes or scenes that make me go period sis😩
Thanks for this video was looking for this 💖📚
omg i like your accent so much! it's cutely smooth
sometimes i just use my tabsheet as a bookmark so i don't have to look for it if i want to mark something
You have made me try Notion!😄❤
here’s how i tab:
pink- romance moments/ cute lovey moments
blue- sad upsetting moments
purple- important for character development/ something that defines a character
green- scene or moment that made me smile
orange- quotes/sayings or just pieces of the book i liked
this was really cool! i really need to get on notion 😮 i use my notes app on my phone for everything and it’s a bit of a dumpster 😅
I've recently started annotating book, but I've also had to adjust the system book by book. For tabbing, I try to limit myself to 3 or 4 colors tops per book and I pick the color based on what I have available. But since I borrow so many books from the library, I put sticky notes every 50-100 pages and then I write myself updates as I reach each one (which then helps for writing reviews). I'm still trying to figure out ebooks and notes on my phone, but it's a work in progress.
that was a super interesting video! Also i don't know how I was not following you before because it seems we have very similar tastes in books haha and your videos are amazing!
I actually don't like to post comments unrelated to the video topic but ah, I love your makeup so much 😍
Very helpful video, I was wondering if there's sth I can or should do while reading more than highlighting. Also, I love how this eyeshadow color compliments your eyes and hair color and I also love the line art earring💓
Oh it's fun to see that in your reading journal you go back and forth between writing in english and in dutch. Doe ik ook namelijk
Nice..Somethings never change. I did that with 15. Brings backs memories. I had no sticky cool extras.
Very well done, and very detailed
Love your look in this video!
my tabs:
green: yay moment
pink: i cried at this part
yellow: ship moment
blue: funny moment
orange: comfort character stuff
I love the way you explain and talk
Thank you so much.. This helped me a lot
I personally think that the three way system of annotating would be beneficial as the journal is a brief overview of your thoughts on all the books you read and if you want more in depth, you could then refer to the other methods.
This reminds me of my previous corpo job, where we were forced to track the same thing in 4 different trackers. I use Notion to collect my thoughts and if I like a passage from a book, I take a pic with my phone directly through notion app.
How I tab - Based on what each color means
-Orange: Something that made me have mixed emotions
-Yellow: Something that made me happy/excited
-Green: A character just died
-Blue: Something that made me cry
-Purple: A quote I like/could help me in the future
-Pink: Something relatable
-Also I get my tabs from Etsy and Amazon-
11:50 personal impact after reading man's search for meaning: "You always have a choice facing whatever comes at you. My problems are very small compared to what people in WWII experienced". A considerate, thoughtful and candid note.
It's very interesting that she thinks of it that way, because Frankl doesn't want to tell anyone that their problems are less important than others, he talks about the freedom that you always have to change your attitude when you experience the Tragic Triad - guilt, suffering or death - and his experience its very accurate with his thoughts and thesis.
@@brbaramoreira interesting. I didn't quite agree with Leonie saying that either. No need to compare tragedies or its "importance". I don't mean to put words in her mouth but I think it's just a way to say "things can always be worse so don't worry". It also says "if Frankl's method works for ss prisoners, it'd work for anybody".
A book like this is bound to overwhelm the readers with insights, along with many ways to express them.
Thank you!🥺😍
Only watching it now, but there’s one thing I do in order not to forget my tabs, specially when I have just started reading and am not sure if I’d like to annotate or not. I pick one or 2 colored tabs and glue the hole thing on the cover, and that’s it; super complex, jk! Hahaha awesome tips! 🥰
I tab only where there is a sentence that I like that I want to write down / quote, or a paragraph especially well written. That's enough for me. 💕
I've never really annotated. I write a short review for every book I read, that's it...
But I've recently joined a book club and I realised that I need a system to remember the pages that I want to talk about, so I'm gonna try just marking with a highlighter 😅
Off topic but I LOVE YOUR VIBE SO MUCH ❤
Great thanks very useful information ℹ️
LOVED IT
I've literally been checking out annotation videos on RUclips because I wanted to start annotating my books this year. I love your videos and I'm so glad you made one about your system as well ☺️
I hope this isn’t too invasive but would you ever consider doing a notion tour? Or one of those “how I organize my life with notion” videos?
I liked everything about this video :)
Fantastic video!
This inspires me to start tabbing my copy of “The diary of a young girl”. So far yellow is reference/info and orange is new person … I’m thinking pink for funny moments, blue for moments I like and green for upsetting moments but we’ll see
Nice !!!
Love you 😘❤
I also assign different meanings to the colors for different books! Every fiction book I annotate gets an index in the front w what each color means.
I started a reading journal type thing but online, I use google slides and add in the book cover and just go over the book and then i have a page where i give my ending thoughts and critics.
Practically my tabs vary from book to book but rn I’m tabbing Norwegian wood by haruki murakami
My tabs :
Yellow : Quotes I like
Pink : Symbolism + Imagery
Green : Environment
Blue : Sad
Orange : Plot twists
I loooooove this eye look on you!!!!
I saw someone else do this for their tabbing system. (EDIT: Oh wait, you did it too (or planned to) haha. Guess I should have finished the video.) They put a "Legend" or "Key" at the start of the book. Like pink means funny, green means beautiful writing, etc. It looked like a good idea, especially for those who use different colors for different books.
Personally, for me, what I do id the following: keep in mind I primarily read books online (lol I can’t afford buying all these books every year, and there’s no local library where I live)
1. No annotations. thoughts + review in my book journal after I finish reading the entire book.
2. Add a few highlights, randomly, perhaps writing a thought that I feel I won’t remember, or a quote that I would add with my review in my journal later
3. Full on annotations - I would add highlights and note with those highlights (this option on Apple Books where u can highlight and if u click that highlight and click note then u can add a note speaking abt that particular highlight). In these, I tend to use a color coded system. It goes-
Pink: romance/somethign cute
Green: plot point or general thoughts
Blue: something funny
Purple: quotes/lines I love
Yellow: anything else
(I have a limited selection of colors so this is what I stick with)
Many times, I read a book once, and I turn the few highlights form that point to yellow and then reserve yellow for those old ones and annotate with the remaining colors (same meaning tho)
To recall: I do this only with digital copies, with physical ones, I have not yet had to courage to fully annotate, though I have been thinking about tagging one for a while (I haven’t done it yet cuz I want to do it for a really good book but idk which one to do atm so I’m waiting to find somethign that just hits)
I love your voice ❤❤ It's so pretty.
I am addicted to my iPad, you can highlight in colours ; make comments' underline and more!
I love how you're getting an australian accent
I use just one colour for one book. And i usually coordinate it with the cover so that it doesn't ruin the beauty of the book😂
Soon to be guilty of this, when my sticky tabs come in the post tomorrow 😂
Wow your handwriting is beautiful
I love these how-to videos because even if you don’t want to replicate the exact setup you get lots of ideas you can incorporate into your own system. A question regarding Notion, did you set up from scratch book annotation section or does Notion provide a template to help you get going? Thank you!
Oh I see that maybe indify is the answer to the Notion question?
could you please share more about the reading goals and trackers that you have in Notion? I can't figure out how to make these :/
I remember you said you wanted to read Shakespeare but found it to be difficult/ daunting in one of your vlogs. Have you tried reading No Fear Shakespeare? They’re books created by Sparknotes using the original text side by side with the modern-day english translation of his plays and sonnets. I appreciate the play more since the book has notes and explanations along with the translations.
Can you make a video where you go more in-depth with how you make your setup in notion? Thank you
You should do an video explaining how to use Notion. I loved how your's is but when I tried to do one it kind of just looked messy.
I just highlight and write my thoughts and comments in the margins :) I’d like to do a reading journal but keep it simple lol
Damn. Never thought I'd ever find someone with the same handwriting as me. 😂 This video is very helpful. Tysm!
I find it helpful to just stick a chunk of the sticky tabs in the front cover of my book so I don’t have to carry all of the tabs and they are handy.
You kinda use Notion how I use my reading journal this year. I'm trying to take more detailed notes to let me do more honest and thoughtful reviews but also so that I can actually recall what the heck the book was about, especially if I'm reading a series over months or years.
i have a great questions: why do you read novels or books? whats the ulterior motive and how they help you?
omgggg can you please tell where can I get those earrings?